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6 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 Samples free. I 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. ‘ Gentlemen—l beg to add my testimonial of the great virtues of P. P. P. I have suffered for years wl'th Rheumatism and could get uo relief from any tourrt. I took a couple of courses of your P. P. P. and it has cured me entirely. 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