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THE STATE CONCLAVE.
Knights Templar of Georgia to
Meet in Augusta.
Interesting Exorcises to Be Held
on May 10th and 11th.
The Y. M. 0. A. Boys' Band to Furnish
tlir Music for the Occasion.
Lookout for the Knights Templar oi
the state.
They are going to hold their nnnnnl
concldvc in Augusta on May 10th ano
11th and al) the good knights of Geor
gia will thou congregate within the por
tals of our citv nnd take charge of tin
town for about 48 hours nnd some odd
aeoonds.
ft has been nbont six years now. since
the Knights Tenmlnr held one of their
nnnnnl conclaves In Augusta, and nl.
of the knights of the Electrib City art
tuneh atirnsl un over the coming event,
and nre now arranging to give their
'brother knights n right royal time from
the start to the finish of the two-days'
session.
Yesterday a contract wns closed be
tween the Y. M. C. A. Boys’ Band nnd
the order of the Knights Templar for
this excellent band of young musicians i
to furnish all of the music for the oc- ;
casion.
They are now quite proficient, and )
play first class music nnd their receiving
this contract is quite n compliment, con
■sidering thu fine bands of musicians
they had to compete with for the occa- .
sion. This is 'n stepping stone ns it ;
wore to higher things with them, nnd it
will not be long before they rank among
the foremost bands of the state.
The band is composed of twenty boys, I
nnd Prof. Wiegand has been training ,
them nil during the past, winter nnd says |
that they are now In first class trim.
There will be between three and four
hundred uniformed knights in Augusta
.hiring the conclave, nnd they will hail
from all over the entire state as every I
< ommandcry in Georgia is to send n ,
ei.m.ei nv.
The knights of Charleston have also
been invited to attend flic conclave ns
they have no state commandery. _ It
has bean exactly 'fifteen years since .
the Charleston knights have visited Ali
gn :ta. for the last time they were in :
vitei was during the annual conclave ;
which was hold in this city in 1878. The
renewing of the friendly ties that were I
made at that distant time will he unite !
a pleasure for many of both the Charles- )
lon and Augusta knight ■ The follow
ing is a program of the two days: .
<>n the morning of May the tilth the I
knights will meet in front of Masonic
Hall nnd form in line, nnd then have ai
grand street parade; the balance of tin*
dnv wid be devoted to business nnd al:
night thi'v will hold an interesting Ma- |
•mnic service around at the First Pros- i
bvtcrian church.
The morning of the second day will
bo devoted to business and in the after
noon they will be given a delightful ide- j
nic to the Locks by the Augusta com )
manderv.
On Thursday Jhe order of the temple
will be conferred, and a great many
of the visiting knights will remain ove
t.o attend this interesting session of the ;
order.
The knights of Augusta have invited
the Mystic Order of the Shrine, of At-i
lanta to attend, and ns vet it is not
known whether thev will accept, or de- j
cline. None but the thirlv-seeond de
gree knights are eligible to this ord r of
Masonry, ami consequently it is a very
exclusive one.
The knights of Augusta are in hopes
that they will attend ns it will add
greatly to the pleasure of the conclave
If they attend they wili give a street .
parade dressed up in their fancy cos- :
tumes which are Very fantastic ano
amusing. Augusta's Knights Templar
are not leaving a stone unturned in re
gard to entertaining the visitors when
they arrive in the city. It is needles®
to snv that the annual state conclave o,
the Knights Templar will be a grana i
success this year.
A SOLITARY EXILE.
There is a remarkable recluse on the I
top floor of the big six-story building
■<o. 87 Gold street. For nine years he
Ims not left h’s quarters, or gone down,
si J’-s even. Al) his food is
carried up to h'm. and lie rounds out .
the years in uneventful solitude.
The hermit is a big gray horse, seven-j
teen years old. and weighing over 1,300
pounds and he earns his keep by going
ceaselessly round and round a tan bark
ring pushing a sweep, and furnishing)
power for hoisting bales of leather to
different floors.
Few New Yorkers know that a few
years ago horse power was almost en-■
tirely used for hoisting purposes in the)
leather district popularly known as "the
Swamp.” The story goes that a short
time back a gentleman who lived nt an
tiptown hotel, and who was chiefly
noted for his conviviality, found himself
by some unaeconutalde means on Spruce;
street at. a.n early hour on a Sunday)
morning. Looking up at the sky. through
which the dawn was just breakmg. he)
saw. or thought he saw a horse's head'
porjeeting through an upper window of)
a tall buiding. lie could hanfiy believe)
there was n horse there, and he looked
ngniu, and saw a white equine head
•dearly outlined against _ the _ sky. I
Thoroughly alarmed as to bis condition.!
lie hurried to a call. drove to his hotel,
and hastily rousing some friends who
worshipped Bacchus only to a moderate
degree, returned will them to Spruce
street. Much to his relief, his friends
too soon saw the horse's head, and the
party returned uptown, one of them at.
least in much better spirits than he
ea me.
The horse at 87 Gold street is the
only remaining equine elevator in. the
Swamp. Nine years ago he was hoisted
io the top floor, and every working-day
since then he has earned his .daily oats
by walking round and round his tan-bark
ring. He has never left the top floor,)
and he probably never will till his body
is taken away for hural. He hears the
neighs and whinnies of other horses far
below him in the busy streets, but he!
cannot respond: he cannot rub noses
with other horses, and he has forgotten
what it is like to bo turned out to pas
ture and feed on frosh green grass.
His owners estimate that he travels
■nine tales a day, on an average. Ac
cording to this estimate be has covered
21,000 miles around his ring. and if he
lasts eight years more, as is expected,
he will at the end of his service have
covered 40,000 miles iu round num
bers.—Harper’s Weekly.
LADIES
Needing a tonic, or children who want build
tug up, should take
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS.
ft is pleasant: cures Malaria. Indigestion
UtUousuess. Liver Complaints and Neuralgia
ASSASSINATION.
Jackson. Tenn., April 12.—Jos. Chap
man. a highly respected citizen, was as
sassinated Saturday night, being shot
from ambush by some party so far un
known.
AM ERIC AN VICTORY?
Paris, April 12.—The court of arbi
tration on Bering Sea has decided not
to admit for the present the British sup
jUementary report. This is a victory
for the American side of the contention
on that question.
FERDINAND WEDDED.
Ho Loads to the Altar Princess Louise o
I'urtnit.
London, April 10.—It seems that the
little "Firebrand of Bulgaria.” I’riuee
Ferdinand, who has Htieceeded in keep
ing himself so picture.-qnely before the
world for the last few years, cannot
even get married without Hotting the
powers that be by the ears, pud flooding
Europe with rumors of war.
In the space of ii few months he has
won the hand of an Orleans-1 lapsburg
princess, ignored the I’ope, stamped the
life out. of a Russian conspiracy to ns
[snssinnte him, given notice to the Porte
that he will not tolerate, interference,
| ami called upon the triple alliance to
) "regtilari.e” his position its ruler of Bnl
gariii. This is cheek <->!l issnl enough
to daze an American corporation with a
i mortgage on n municipiility.
I In nothing in his career has Prince
Fcdimmd shown his capacity for getting
what he wants more than in the winning
"f his brale The Princess Marie Ixiuise
Fia of Parma, whom he reiicbed up
ami gathered to himself is n niece of the
| Ei'ini'i’or of Austria, nnd of the Count
i of Paris, and is a great favorite of both.
| She lived in the castle of Scliwurzan, in
lower Austria, when not nt the court of
' Vienna. Prince Ferdinand slipped dawn
l i her country seat when all the other
i princes had gone fishing. and conductisl
! his wooing fitter a star chamber fashion
of his own. Wlimi it wns done Em
peror Franz Joseph wns called upon for
In betrothal dinner, and the bride-elect's
paii was sent to Home to ask the blessing
of the pope. His Holiness refused to
'sanction the marriage on the ground
I licit tlie children that might result from
the union would have to be brought
lup in the Greek faith.
This apparently did not alter the nr
! r.angeiuents, as the marriage was an
i noimeed to take place April 10,
at Villa Ranore, Tuscany. Bul
);niri.:t is congi’iitulnting itself, the
Boulevardlores have ceased to
speak faim'lisrlj' of the “small Coburg,”
Germany is possibly encouraging him to
defy Russia, and *o all appearances Fer
dinand’s position on the Bulgarian throne
is aeeepted. nnd his method of getting
there forgotten Yet lie bolds one of
the keys to European peace, and be
seems careless as to how he turns it in
bis reckless bauds.
The whole of Europe was amused one
day to learn that the sobranje had sent
n deputation to an obscure prince—Fer
dinand, of Saxe-Coburg—inviting him to
the throne of Bulgaria'. He received the
deputation with the assurance that “at
heart lie was a Bulgarian, and had felt
like a king in exile. Now he had come
into liis own.” There is reason to be
lieve that his mother, who is Princess
Clementine, a, daughter of the bite Louis
Philippe, witli ail the craft and chainc
lion linos of her ancestor, "Egalite,” en
gineered this bit. of diplomacy.
He appeared nt. Sofia under the pro
tecting wing of bis mother, and has
been there and Very much en evidence
ever since His assumption was not
sanctioned by anybody or even taken se
riously at .the time, though it was seen
nt once thnt to allow him to remain
made null ami void the great Berlin
treaty, by which my Lord Beaconsfield
secured “peace with honor” to Great
Bril aim
The silence of the great powers was
miniimms. France shrugged her shoul
ders, Russia plotted, Germany wns neu
tral. England was oblivious. It now ap
pears that Austria was friendly, since
tile prince was permitted to get a wife
there. Ferdinand now has nil the ef
fect of having siu-eecled to the throne,
for his patriotism is the most pisturesque
feature of the situation. He is the most
interesting of all the Balkan princes;
he has achieved his success with a good
many liabilities and no visible assets.
Now. as he brings his bride in at the
front door the Russian conspirator,
Prince Dolgorukoff. is being led to the
back. In other words, an assassination,
planned by agents of the czar, has been
nipped in the bud. and the sultan has
been notified that ho must got rid of all
Russians This nmy precipitate a war
for Bulgarian independence from the
suzerainty of the Porte. Then comes
tlie deluge.
The bride is not to lie daunted by any
such prospect. She lias had her expe
riences in the way of tragedies herself
Her grandfathers, the Duke of Parma
and the Due de Berri, were both assas
sinated. Her grandfather. Charles X..
was dethroned and exiled. Life will
not be dull in Sofia. There will always
be .a denouement to look forward to.
The “patriotism” of her subjects may be
purchased by the czar, or she may' see
her husband brought home on a shutter
any day.
For neighbors she will have the emo
tional Carmen Sylva, the crown prince
nnd his English bride, tlie tenor of whose
way will be made rough by Mlle. Vaear
eseo on one side, and the edifying figures
of Natalie and Milan on the other. She
will also 'have her mnther-in-lu w, at
whose feet she may sit and learn in
trigue that would have made Marie de
Medici blush.
As if these were not enough elements
of tragedy to supply any reasonable
royal household, the bride proposes to
lake her Scotch governess, Miss Mary
Frazer, witih her ns her first lady in
waiting. To satisfy the canons' of
English novelists, the governess Is bound
to marry the hero tit the end of tlie
third volume. And where will her royal
highness be then, poor thing.
It is not necessary to call a doctor fir
a cut or bruise; get Salvation Oil. Only
25 cents.
THE RETORT COURTEOUS.
Maj. Ilainmonil Shows the Basis of His
Calculation ami Comment.
Editors Chronicle:—The director of
the Georgia Experimental Station ac
cuses me in your issue of the 11th of
April of doing him “gross injustice in
quoting bulletin No. 20 as authority.”
for the statement that lint cotton can
be made at IS hundredths of a cent per
pound. This statement, is a direct deduc
tion from the deelaratiion in bulletin
No. 20 that. 1000 pounds of seed cotton
can be made for an expenditure of SS.
which is the same as saying that 347
nounds of lint cotton, and 653 pounds of
cotton seed or 213-4 bushels, can be
produced for 88. Cotton seed has re
eentlv sold to the oil factory at 34 cents
ver bushel, which would give 37.39 for
653 punds. Deduct $7.39 from $8 and
there remains 61 cents covering the
cost of producing 347 pounds of lint cot
, ton. This inealculate to be IS hundredth
) of a cent of 18 ten tliusandths of a dol
lar per pound.
I have no personal acquaintance with
i uny one connected with the Georgia
) State College of Agriculture and Me
elKiiiiics' Ans. and can have no possible
motives to wound or i.nejur any of them.
1 think, however, thnt the welfare of
our agriculture demands, that such state
| meats as are contained in bulletin No.
120 should be challenged. I regret that
I at the instance of others it fell to me
I to this, and that it has nroved unpleasant
j to the director of the Experimental Sta-
I lion. I still think my points well taken
) and that they remain unanswered.
HARRY HAMMOND.
Beech Island. S. C., April 12, 1893.
destructive strikers.
Brussels. April 12.—The striking coal
miners have rioted all over the mining dis
tr ets of Belgium today, and gendarmes
have had their bands full. Much property
has been destroyed but no life lost.
’ CHARGING CONSPIRACY.
Toledo, lAprll 12.—The Ann Arbor road
today filed a petition against Chiefs Ar
thur anil Sargent demanding $300,000 daui-
I ages. The conspiracy charge is made.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, APRIL 19, 1893.
VENERATION <
FOR THE PAST.
Charleston’s Testimony of Affec
tion for Gen. Beauregard,
Public Reception of the Sword in
the Old City.
Such a Scone Never Before Witnessed in
the City by the Sea-
Charleston, S. C„ April 12.—The thir
ty-second anniversary of the bombard
ment of Fort Sumter by South Carolina
volunteers ami its surrender by Maj.
Roliert Anderson, comunuiding United
Stales troops, was celebrated today by
thousands of Charlestonians, veterans
from neighboring parishes and several
representatives of other states. It was
I not an exnltaint commemoration of the
victory, but a memorial tribute of tlie
people to the mop who had come to
their aid when their needs were sorest.
Heretofore the anniversary of the sur
render of Fort Sumter has not been ob
served ia Charleston except by the an
nual meeting of the Confederaitie survi
vors of this county who read a few
memorials in honor of their members de
ci-ased during the preceding year, passed
ordinary resolutions of regret, talked
their battles over for two hours and
perhaps in view of their depleted ranks,
drank a toast to those that would pass
awav before another meeting.
Today the Confederate survivors of
Charleston held their second meeting
since tlie war. the first being the memo
rial services to Jefferson Davis. Today
the wives and sisters, children and grand
children of Confederate soldiers took
their place in t.he procession to the grand
opu-a house, following the Confederate
veterans bearing the sword of Beaure
gard ami crowded that edifice to its ut
most capacity, hundreds failing to ob
tain admittance. It was a scene and oc
casion that will not soon bo forgotten.
There was not a suggestion .of regret
over the failure of the Confederacy; not
a breadth of disloyalty to the flag against
which iJiey once fought, and which float
ed over their bend as they spoke today
but a tribute to General Beauregard,
whose death they had assembled to de
plore. They made no apologies for his
course or that of their dead comrades
in what they still believe to be the great
est struggle in the world’s history for
constitutional liberty.
As soon as tlie announcement of
Beauregard's death was received it was
lotermined to make this ordinary, un
eventful and unobserved anniversary of
the attack of Fort Sumpter, in which
he was the most conspicuous part., the i
occasion of memorial services to his '
memory. This was the intention of the
Confederate survivors, but when the
will of the great soldier and engineer
wns ifriemsl, nnd it was found that he )
had left his sword to the city of Char
leston the enthusiasm of the people
knew no bounds. The scope of the cele
bration was enlarged and the result
was the outpouring of people today.
The city council sent, a special com
mittee of distinguished citizens to New
Orleans two weeks ago to receive the
sword of Beauregard. They returned
and delivered the sword into tlie cus
tody of the city with appropriate cere
monies. Today the sword was brought
from its place in the city hall to the
memorial meeting nt the opera house
by ex-Mayor Courtney, Gen. T. A.
Htiguenin, the last commander of Fort
Sumpter, Maj. John Johnston, engineer
and historian of the siege, and Maj.
C. S. Gadsden, who composed the com
mit rae wliich brought the sword from
New Orl.-aus. The guard of honor to
this committee consisted of the city
■ouncil, the veterans of the Confederacy
in this city and the color guards of every
white military organization in Charles
ton w'th their flags draped and preceded
by a band playing martial music.
As the procession entered the already
crowded opera house, Gen. Huguenin
jearing Beauregard's sword, the enthu
siasm rose to the highest intensity, men,
women and children rose to their feet
and cheered, sober men" grew wild, nnd
probably Charleston testified as she’
never will again in human emotion
her reverence for the past and her love
and admiration for her defender.
The flags borne by tlie color-guards
wone the company colors, the stars nnd
stripes and the company flag of the
Marion artillery, which is claimed to
have been the first flag fired at by the
United States troops during the war. i
'i’ll opera house had been elaborately
draped from pit to dome with the flags
of all nations and the stage was nt onoe
an armory and a garden, consisting of
stacks of arms and flags, palmetto trees,
hauls of roses and festoons of moss,
and ivy. Attached to the flies aliove
the stage and arranged so ns to fall
away in regular tiers before the au
dience. were broad bands of white cloth
each being inscribed with the name
of the famous regiment of which Beau
regard was lender. “Fort Sumter.”
“Manassas.” “Shiloh” and Petersburg”
hi the order named formed the subjeA
of special addresses during the day. At
the corners of tlie stage were placed
two famous bullotb.olod. ragged and tom
battle flags from Sumter, on the left
that were owned by Sumter Guards nnd
on tlie right that owned by tlie Wash
ington Light Infantry. Each was under
■i glass in a massive frame surmounted
bv garlands of ivy nnd roses. There
were various other Confederate colors,
including the headquarto/s' flag once
used by Beauregard himself. A ban
ner bearing the legend “Fort Sumter"
was flanked on one side by a gorgeous
United States flag and the other by tlie
stars and stripes.
Tlie dressing of the stage was the artistic
work' of Major Edward Willis, formerlv
of Beauregard's staff. On the stage, with
a hundred of the distinguished surv'vors.
wore fol Alexander Robert Chisolm, of
New York, and Dr. R. C. Brodie, of
charleston, who also belonged to Beaure
gard’s military family. The exercises were
onened with prayer bv Rev. C. E. Cbm-
Chester, tlie distinguished Confederate ar
t’llerlst. In the absence of General Wade
Hampton who was detained by ill health
in Washington. Alexander Robert Chisolm,
of Beauregard’s staff, New York, delivered
the opening address on “Beauregard at
Manassas,” which was received with great
enthusiasm by his old comrades.
F. L. Parker read a striking paper on
"General Beauregard's operations in the
West.” prepared by Mrs. Sallie Rhett
Roman, of New Orleans, widow of Beau
regard's biographer.
Major John Johnston spoke eloquently on
"The defence of Charleston harbor,” and
General Johnson Hagood, one of South
Carolina’s ablest brlgndlers and ex-gover
nor of the state, made aa able histories’
contribution to the day's proceedings in
his address eu “Beauregard at Drury's
Bluff and Peterbnrg."
Captain Charles Inglesey, a Fort Sumter
veteran, introduced a series of resolu
tions expressing Charleston’s loss in
.Beauregard's death, which was adopted by
! a rising vote of the whole assemblage.
The exercises were concluded by Rev.
Robert IVllsou, late surgeon C. S. A., and
the vast assemblage dispersed.
That cure of Geo. W. Turner, of Gal
way, N. Y"., of scrofula, by Hood's Sarsa
parilla, was one of the most remarkable
on record.
INVESTIGATION
POSTPONED.
Senate will Not Look Into Roaoh’s
Character Yet.
A Number of Appointments and
Confirmations Yesterday.
France’s First Ambassador Received by
President Cleveland.
Washington, D. C., April 12. —Among
the nominations sent to the senate today
by the president were the following:
Postmasters-I—Conway 1 —Conway C. Floweree,
Vicksburg, Miss.
Robert G. Wright, Waynesboro, Vir- ;
ginia.
Richard Adams, Radford, Va.
Charles E. Thomas, of South Carolina,
has been appointed confidential clerk to
the commissioner of railroads, vice IX iliis
A, Taylor resigned.
Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C.,
has been selected by Secretary Hoke
Smith as appointment clerk of the inte
rior department, vice A. C. Touner, re
signed. Mr. Daniels thirty years ago
was elected state printer of North Caro
lina four times consecutively. He is
a lawyer by profession, but has never
practiced, having been an editor and
publisher since bis 17th year. He suc
ceeded Walter H. Page, now editor of
The Fortuu, as editor of Th>‘ State
Chronicle, and sold that paper one year
ago. He then established The North
Carolinian at Raleigh.
George 11. Howard of Tennessee, has
accepted the appointmnt of chief clerk
of the postoffice department. During Mr.
Vilas, administration of the post office
department Mr. Howard was chief of
the stamp division, and when Mr. Vilas
was made Secretary of the Interior he
made Mr. Hoiward chief clerk of tliat
department. At the close "of Mr. Cleve
land’s administration he resigned and
engaged in the banking business at
Carthage, Tenn. Mr. Howard did not
seek the appointment, r>ut om account of
his exceptionally good (record in the
interior department was induced to ac
cept.
It is understood that the president has
tendered the chief justiceship of the new
court of appeals for the district of Co
lumbia to Martin F. Morris, a leading
lawyer of this city. Morris has accepted
the position according to report, and lias
been in consultation with the president
concerning the selection of two other
judges of the court. The delay in the
appointment of judges has been occa
sioned by the inability of Mr. Cleveland
to decide whether he shall appoint all
the members of the court from the Dis
trict of Columbia, or whether he shall
select outsiders. This question will be
settled before tomorrow, when tlie pres
ident will nominate the three men se
lected.
The Senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations:
Hannis Taylor, of Alabama, minister
to Spain. . .
J n ines S. Ewing, of Illinois, minister
to Belgium.
Win. Lochrew, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
eomm’ssioner <rf pensions.
Samuel T. Fisher, of Massachusetts,
assistant commissioner of patents.
luouis C. Hughes, of Tucson, An.,
governor of Arizona. .
Paul F. Faison, of Raleagh, N. C.,
Indian inspector. .
Positnittsters: —Ttenucssee —Connie • •
Priestley, Huntingdon; James T. Mc-
Cutcheon, Jackson. , 1
Virginia—How-son H. M allace. It red
erricksburg.
North Carolina—Clarence W. Boslia
mer, Statesville. .
South Carolina—W. O. Prentiss. Beau
sU Georgia—lsadore Zacharias, Bain
'‘ri'Jke- g enat(? n j so con f irm ed the nomi
nation of James 11. Echols to be comp
troller of the currency in spite of con
siderable opixtsition (mainly Republi- i
can.)
Tlie democratic senators held a cauctiß
this morning, and decided there should
be no investigation of the Roach ease
at this session. The resolution of the
republicans will therefore remain un
acted upon when the senate adjourns.
The republicans will naturally antago
nize this proceeding, but it does not ap
pear how they can do so with any hope
of success, for tlie reason that adjourn
ment. can be effected as soon as the
president" notifies the senate that he has
no further communication to send. The i
caucus decided to investigate the claims
made by Ady to the seat held by Mar
tin. It was announced to the caucus
that the president would complete the
business he has for the senate by the end
of, the week, and it is believed the sen
ate will adjourn the first of next, week )
at the latest.
France had the honor today of being
the second country wthose representa
tive was formally received by the United
States in the capacity of an ambassador.
Yesterday Sir Juliau Fauncefort pre
sented his credentials to the president,
and was formally acknowledged in the
title and prerogatives of the highest rank
in the diplomatic service, and today M.
Patenotre, the French minister, was
likewise received.
FIFTY-THRE CORPSES.
London, April 12.—Up to 2 o’clock this
morning fifty-three corpses had been taken
from Pont-v-Priss pit. Searching parties
had been unable to find signs that any of
the missing miners were still alive.
The State of Texas, Couty of Comaneh.
Before the undersigned authority on this
day, personally an-’eared A. M. Ramsey,
who after being duly sworn, says on oath
thnt the foregoing statement made by him
relative to the virtue of P. P. P. medi
cine is true. A. M. RAMSEY".
Sworn to and subscribed before me this.
August 4th, 1891.
J. M. LAMBERT. N. P..
Comanche Co., Texas.
GERMANY’S LOAN.
I Berlin, April 12.—The German imperial'
I loan is covered by subscriptions to near y
I quadruple the amount asked for. the gov
ernment and Prlsslan loan to triple the
! amount. The government has reason to
bo gratified with this evidence of eonfl-
, ■ e on the part of financiers, which pre-
I s ; ts a striking contrast to the experience
of Russia.
THE ONLY ONE EVER PRINTED.
Can You Find the Word.
There is a 3-inch display advertisement in
this naner this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. Ths same is
true of each new- one appearing each week,
from the Dr. Harter Medicine Company.
This house places a "Cresent” on everything
. they make and publish. Look for -it, send
them the name of the word, and they will
return you Book, Beautiful Lithograpus or
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A NOVEL-MAKING MACHINE.
There are various rumors and tales
floating about New York among those
iu t.h(’ business concerning some wonder
ful machinery over on tlie west side of
the city in a. certain monstrous book
making establishmeuit, says a letter to
The Philadelphia Press. But even the
best informed seem to huve shadowy
notions, for one gentleman iu conversa
tion with tlie writer said they tirade
three books nt a time on this machine,
and when they were all sewed and cov
ered great knives came down and cut
them apart as they were end to end.
But a visit to the establishment reveal
ed nothing of this sort, though there was
otlier machinesy perhaps equally wonder
ful.
The "novel machine.” It is a largo
Webb press similar to the kind newspa
pers are printed on, but arranged to
take curved electrotypes of each page of
a IxMik, instead of a single large nivtal
cylinder casting. There are two cylin
ders. on each of which 144 pages may
screwed, and as tine long strip of paper
goes through first one side is printed
and then the other, making it |h>ss l.l<»
to print 288 pages at every revolution.
The strip of paper, after being carried
over rollers whirl dry the ink, is cut.
folded, and brought togtether iu lira
shape of a small volume, with the edges
all trimmed. Every time a novel is print
ed. folded and trimmed, 5,000 of these
are turned out every hour, while, if it
were necessary, 7,U00 or 8,000 might be
the quota.
From the printing press these liooks
are curried to a little machine that looks
like a sewing machine, and two wire
stitches are taken in the back of each.
The stitched volumes are then carried to
the covering machine, where they are
put side to side in a long feeding trough.
At, the end of this is a little compartment
large enough to take a book, carried on
an endless chain running over wheels at
each end—indeed, there are a series of
little compartments on this chain, and
as the drain moves along each one re
ceives a book. As the book proceeds a
wheel running in a glue pot presses
against its back, smearing it with glue.
A little further along there is a pile of
covers that comes up at just the right
moment, leaving a cover sticking to the
gluey kick of the book. Os course the
cover stands out straight on each side,
but as it is carried all the way around
on the chain the glue has a chance to
dry. When the circuit has been made
the book drops off on its back, and by
falling in between other books she cov
ers are folded up against the sides.
In this way fifty books can be covered
every minute. Two hundred and fifty
thousand of these paper covered novels
are thus turned out every two weeks,
and extra editions of 50,(MX) or so are
often worked in besides.
It is the paper which costs the most,
nearly five times the price of printing.
But tliat is only about two cents for a
novel. Tlie rest of the «penditure—for
printing, covers, etc.—is about one cent.
The whole is not over 3 cents, and doutit
les is something even less than tills
when such quantities a« I have men
tioned are printed. Tliis machinery is
not duplicated in any other establish!
ment. It is said that Charlie Lovell,
brother of John W. Ixivell, invented the
covering machine. It is doubtless by
such processes as these that tlie 10-cent
novels will be made which tlie syndicate
with ss,<H)o,o<kt is promising to turn out
next fall in editions of 50,000 at a time.
But who will buy so many books?
The greatest selling books tlrat have
ever been on the American market in
recent times are E. I*. Roe’s, and Dodd,
Mead & Co. are said to have made the
bulk of their fortune on those almost
lone. At one time they made up 35.-
000 copies of his works in paper covers
and sold them entire at a single stroke
to the American News Company. But
the publishers get such sales only by
luck. The Lippincotts paid SI,OOO for
Amelia Rives’“Quick or the Dead,” and
sold an enormous number of copies.
They paid $5,000 for “Barbara Denug,”
but it has fallen comparatively flat.
Yet many publishers do not make their
money in this way. One firm, highly
reputable, is said to get their principal
income from publishing books for au
thors who will pay. They openly offer to
take any book which will be duly paid,
for, no matter what its character, if it
is not actually disgraceful. Even the
best publishers carry a large number of
books which the author has paid for
entire, and from which they expect a
profit aside from that.
It seems a peculiar thing, but almost
every established publisher has a regular
clientage for his particular line of books.
Thus, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. can sell
twice as many volumes of books of
poetry as any other house, for their
clientage is poetic and literary. The Ap
pletons will sell more scientific books
and have run it subscription department
with the greatest success, while the
Harpers have failed in this, although
they have tried over and over again.
(In the Other hand the Appletons have
never been successful with their period
icals as the Harpers have, and their
fiction is put on the market more as an
ambition than for profit
Savannah. Ga.. April 14th, 1892.
Office of McDonough & Ballentyne.
Messrs Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga.
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