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HAH LIVELY FIGHT in i i i , 11 i t Man Found Coachwhip St ake No Mean Antagonist Mr. Q. M. Bobbins of Atlanta Is Ready to Announce That He le Not at AH Deelroue of Another 8uch Bout. Some folk asy ? coachxnalie won't chase you and tie you to a plue tr?a and whip the everlasting daylight out ?f you. They scandalize tl^la ancient tradition as unscientific urul contra dictory to the facia and the evl deuce. The defence now calls to the stand one G. W. Hobblns, whose Initial* may or may not stand for George Wash ington, and who watches at the Dow man Do/ier piHiit in Atlanta, On., by night. Mr. Hobblns avera that the blamed coachwhip went an far a* pos sible? h.tt chaupd Bobbins three times around his own garden to be gin with, and when Hobblns dually turned and gave battle he (the coach whip) lassoed him and the eiiHulug wrestling match simply ruined a large part of an acre of excellent radishes and Momo tine young onions. IlobblitM nay? lie was out In the gar den pulling Home radlshe* when he discovered a six-foot coachwhip snake watching hltn hatefully. Mind ful of the tradition, and despite the absenco of plue trees, Itobblna turned and tied, and the coachwhip after him. Hound and round the garden' patch fled Itobhlns, the coachwhip still pursuing him. The chase ended near the barn, where Hobblns was forced to pause for breath, Whether the coachwhip nlso was sli.v of wind does not aj> p< n i . but he blurted crawling under the barn to think It over. Itobhlns, encouraged by this?maneu ver and angered at the -damage al ready wrought among his garden- ' sns, grasped the snake ? by Ids deli cately tapering tall and dragged him, resisting furiously-, from beneath the barn. Instantly t tie coachwhip chnngcd his ta'c tics and looped him- I self^about Hobblns' neck. Iluslness plcl^d up at onee, and the warm spring atmosphere was shat- j tered.^by rude exclamations of the: rough-and-ready variety. The coach- J whip had a combination grapevine i and head hold on Hobblns, who wns , striving to achieve the deadly toe j hold made famous by the late Mr. j Got eh. The radish bed wns used us a mat, i and the grapple was fast and" fu rious. It is' always a difficult matter to put a toiT hold on a large and sci entlfle snake, hut Hobblns was bat tllrU: for his [jfe and a few remaluliur radH'"" and he gof the hold. The flrat thing Bobbins did was to unwrap the intake from about hi* neck, The next thing he did wit* not ?trictly In accord with the wrestling regulation*!. Instead of pinning the coach whlp't* shoulder# to the nullah bed, Hobblus deliberately and with malice aforethought popped hid ene my's akull vindictively agalimt the aide of the barn. The battle' ended there. The anake measured two Inches over two yard*. Mexican Child Stealer*. | Mexico's "child atealera" engaged In a regular business of ateallng children and making them beg coins for them, according .to a writer In the National Humane ltrvlew. The headquarter* or central place of business for the blggeat thieves are located In Gomes Farias street. Guadalajara. Here a regular market In held for the dlaposid of stolen Children, either by outright sale or rent. "XT fer passing through tffe hands of thlM gang the Innocent victim of this barbaric system Is generally un recognizable. and maimed or blinded Is carried or hauled around with Its poor little hand outstretched for coins to support Its fiendish master," according to the writer. "Such children are seen any hour of the day or night In Mex ico City, hovering around the theater doors, sitting around the streets and often among the beggars that line the church doors. The pleasure seeker, the passer-by or the communicant who puts pennies In the outstr<\|ched hands does not realize how well he is co operating with the fiendish Industry.** >*noxner Degree. . Grandfather is a learned Indiana professor ? one who Is greatly respect er' by all his neighbors and acquaint* ances. But his little three-year-old granddaughter knows him quite another way from any other person, as the be stowcr of anything she may wish. The other' fvenlttg bin mother left her- with grandfather while she went to a party. For a while everything went all right and then haby began to get sleepy. At the same time she longed for mother to tuck her in bed. Then she pitched her voice high and walled loud and long. Grandfather presented money, tulnk ets and everything the Ionise offered, but still the huhy walled. More pres ents,, and finally the baby took enough notice to utter this rebuke: "I want o<? to know I'm tryln' for my mudder." Mastery of the Air. The progress in the mastery of the air is moving ?>o fast as almost to make it h-ird to follow every develop* JiMt about the time that both the Americans and the British were inaV.Ing at'empts to lly across the At lantic fir airplane carrying passenger* landed <?n the roof of a hotel, left its passengers, aud went on its wyy. Contribution of Jimmy. Jimmy !? sgyen and he'a "smart" for bis age, Hven bin mother admits It She ftnr? he'll bo whltled up some day In a pll'ur of fire or something. Olhera who know Jimmy well doubt the pilfar of lire business. His father the other day caught him smoking a cigarette nml whipped him soundly. Jimmy cried loudly and attracted the atten* t U>u of a uelghbor, a man chum of the lad, who, seeking to comfort the boy, said ; "Jimmy, of course It was very wrong of you to smoke a cigarette, and yoifr papa whipped you not to hurt you bnt to show you how wrong it was. Stop crying now snd your hurt will soon be over." "I ain't cryln' 'cauae I was licked/* said the child as he gazed through the tears, "but when papa grabbed me I swallowed my cigarette, and it waa the last one I had." ? Kxchange. A Wonderful World. "Don't talk to me about the ?*?nder* of past ages," said Uncle Joe Cannon, "The world today is far more wonder ful tl|?u ever before. Just think: It took Columbus as many months as It now takes days to cross the ocean/ and we talk about flying and traveling a mile a minute as though they were nothing. "Why, the other day 1 dropped Into a country school Just In time to hear l he teacher ask: j . " 'Johnny, Into what two great classes* Is the human race divided?" And Johnny answered promptly : 1 "Motorists and iiedestrlatia." "Thntv what I call progress. After awhile there won't be. any pedestrl aus,"< ? Los Angeles Times. 8 miles from Camden 011 Adams Mill, good five room house and out buildings, pasture lands, school house within 200 yards of dwelling, church half mile on R. F. 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