Show o I II 7 b d The Members Reject 1 I re lb I I k I u gU I Suggestion Finance mance That a Great They Scheme J J I o 0 i l T HAVE here said O O. Shaw fiddle liddle 1 I I Ph D D. to the as assembled members mem mern- bers bern of ot tho the league a n re remarkable re- re dt discovery coyer which Is destined to become an untold boon throughout the length and breadth of th the land It ia is a discovery calculate calculated to have Imp Important important Im- Im Im- Im I p b bearing upon the high cost of or IvIn living problem and will wil In the natural trend of or events restore Its Its' to one time ono popularity and general consumption that southern delicacy known now only to epicureans epicurean as corn bre bread Th The m of tre they the J league eague hunched their chairs a trifle closer to a the stove In the corner r grocery and pre pre- pared ared to listen Isten rapt attention t t tn to I I n p proposition might might- lessen t their Individual I lun cost costs of or living via corn cor br bread This continued IS c nt nu d 0 O. S Shaw aw Fiddle l dle P Ph D. D displaying a gra grayish powder held eld In an nn arnica salve b bi s Vis Is is a t ful ui of skyline dust dutt gathered from tom one of fr It the aerial rl roads S trave tra traversed e etl b by the aviator Fowler while h nhe n was at n his transcontinental C flight In his bits aeroplane aero aero- plane It I Is 18 part of ot the Ule only specimen specimen of ot aviation dust ever er brought down dun from the tho aerial aeria hl highways hwa's and It I was as I myself who was waR fortunate enough to observe it I on the rudder of oC A Aviator viator Fowlers Fowler's flying machine I careful carefully scraped it I off oc for tor the experiments which resulted In the discovery of certain certain tam tain properties which I shall Introduce to the world as 0 O Shaw Fiddles Fiddle's Corn COIn Growing Coaxer Coaxer At this point Dr Fiddles Fiddle's narrative e was sas Interrupted b by one of or the Inconspicuous Inconspicuous Incon Incon- members of or the league Pitts litts a retired prize prizefighter prizefighter fighter who sud suddenly en opened his eyes oes and remarked that hed he'd take a Ill little littlemore more ot the same went right to sleep as-a as again In however and Dr Fiddle continued I had Intended to experiment widel widely with wih 0 my ray aviation a dust but to be bo perfectly perfectly per per- frank niu and truthful with my fel- fel 1 10 ant r nf hI 1 Ir i. 1 i- i I shall il have e t to admit d IC ti that t the experiment p i ment meat which promises to result resul with wih great profit to the entire worM world was made mabo quite quie by hr accident accident With th m my s salvo sal box filled fIed with the lie dust dUt and held so In m my rl right ht hand I was wal walking across a corn field when I 1 suddenly tripped and fell The farmers farmer's second crop was just beginning to sprout above the ground My box of or a dust chanced lo En hit upon the tender nose of ot one of nC those corn sprouts and its Is con contents ts were cre partly parth spilled spied upon the ground from which the tue sliver silver sl er of or corn was Just peep- peep Ing Ins The effect of ot the contact between the dust and th the tho earth about the roots of or the tho corn was marvelous mar I had hOd stooped O over r. r with wih my back bace to the embryo stalk over r which hail had hal been sprinkled tho thi aviation a dust and was picking up this remnant of m my precious find when hen the stal stalk behind me tile spurred to rapid growth h by the tho In Influence Influence Influence In- In fluence of or the dust which was accustomed accustomed accustomed tomed to only high altitudes grew up so 50 quickly that the top of the stalk caught In t rny trousers The corn grew I Iso so fast Cast that before I f could reach m my I hand around to release myself It I had Ite lifted me hl high h from the ground I At this Juncture Pitts Pits I again awoke This ThiE time lime he glanced at atlie atthe the lie speaker r and ant tying a 0 handkerchief 1 about his right fist asked a brother member to tIe tio le the fist to a chair rung so owner that thal slept It I might not go astray while hilo its 18 O. O Shaw Fiddle continued continued- n By fl the time thin I had Imd recovered reco ered from my const consternation con con- st at the remarkable manifestation tation talon of the effect of or the lUSt dust I upon I a corn stalk I was as high above tho the ground and even If I I had released my my- self 1 would have hen ben afraid to Jump down And AntI I was rising higher every cry second second- As Ax the stalk grow grew higher It thicker and ml beneath ath grew me inc there appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap great at ears eals of ot coin corn sprouting out and completing their development de i In scarcely a minute I 1 shouted aloud in m my excitement at my er discovery and also In the hope that J my voice might be heard antI and summon aid ail Farmers who W were lo planting corn curn cornIn curnIn In an adjoining field heard m my cries and looking over the lie tie field the wonderful wonder wonder- ful sight of a man suspended twenty f feet feel ct high on the top ton or of f a gigantic corn cornstalk cornstalk cornstalk stalk met their Ce eyes The They ran to my mya n but by the lie time hue assistance the they a arrived ar nr- ar- ar rived the stalk had hall grown glown another tie ten r ed feet t and on one of or tho ho farmers was dispatched dispatched dis dis- l P patched to the thc stables for fot a ladder They The n put t lie tho til ladder against the thin stalk but h by the time one ont of ot them had haJ I climbed Its rungs the stalk talk had grown rOWn I another twenty tW nty foot feet and I tHI n out JUt of oC I the bo rescuer s reach The They held I and Ii t e evidently I nty Was decided de tle- l to emit cut me down They I me fler brought ht chet axes html but t sen gentlemen believe 0 me or not nottie the tie axes were useless for tor this the sturdiest farmer among them could not strike the he stalk rl enough no gh to cut it through blow hlo and before with wih a n single ho lie could for tor swing back his ax a second Slash nt nt ot the cut made mado by hl his first t blow blo th tho stalk I hall hail so muc much that the tho first I j jI cut was out of or his reach an and he ho could not cut twice In the tho same place It I seemed as if IC I were doomed but 1 i resolved not to die before I had satis- satis tied fled myself that with wih this extraordinary extraordinary nary lightning growth the ears of or corn which sprouted out beneath me faster than they could be counted were perfect per per- feet developments I tasted an In ear that gew grew right beneath me The raw flavor was more delicious than fn anything I ha had ever eaten I tasted It again An all- all consuming appetite was created within me as If by magIo magic magio I ate the full fun ear of corn and another and still stil another In- In stead of appeasing m my appetite the com corn cora seemed only to increase my hUnger hunger hun- hun ger I ate nto ravenously picking every ear I could reach from my uncomfortable able attitude altitude As taBt fast ns ne I plucked anear anear an anear ear ear an another ther appeared appeared- I 1 dl discovered ered co then that the upward growth roi of tho the stalk Malk emed to slacken the energy enen Imparted by tho the aviation lust evidently being heing beIng taken talen up UI in the tIme development of or the cars cams which were wre replacing those I tore off or Then oc occurred Oc- Oc the tile Idea lea that saved me While hlo J picked and ate with one hand I picked off oc ears ar with wih the other an and threw them down to the tho ground My h denuded cobs I also throw threw down By B ht midnight I had piled pied up a great s-reat pile pie of oC cobs and unharmed ears around the tho base of the r stalk B By dawn awn the pile had risen so I high that I courage and Jumped down to tho the top of ot tho the pile I then slid safely saraly to to the ground 1 8 feet below bel ow I had saved what was left lef of m my aviation dust dust- dustI I 1 have ha treasured it carefully What I propose gentlemen I of the league Is that wo we take up a n collection here tonight that Its Is proceeds pro pro- ceede ma may finance me nie In lii the organization tion ton of a company which shall gather ather dust from the aerial highways and after adding bulk b by mixture with wih common earth dust which farmers will wil not do do- teet sell the tho dust as 8 the O. O Shaw Shiaw FiddIe's Fiddles Fiddle's Fid Fid- dies die's Patented Corn Growing Coaxer Farmers everywhere will buy and a awe all al we will wil hll need Is a corps of or aerial white white- wings and amid a half score of flying machines machines machines ma ma- chines with dust containing dust receptacles receptacle attached Who Jio will wi start the colee- colee t I n a t The rhe stars merrily In the tIle sk sky when shien O. O Shaw haw Fiddle came camo calO to Down Dow LImo tho lane he could hear the echoing footsteps foot toot steps of the members 0 of tho tim In ad league n as the they plodded wearily toward home A great pain In his ills Jaw harassed harassed har bar assed him With lh an Inward groan h he lifted his hand to his mouth and drew rew from between his teeth a gigantic corn cor corncob cob Cot which Pitts Pits had hai driven down his throat |