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By the UNION PUBLISHING COMPANY.
VV. F. Bowers.
E. Bowers.
PHONOGRAPHY.
Among the arts that are strictly
the invention of the last few cent
uries is the very important one of
shorthand. It is impossible to say
how much we owe to this valuable
invention. Suppose lor example that
mankind had all the speeches, ver
batim et liberatiui, of Demosthenes—
.he fiery orations of his great rival,
Eschinee—of Cicero and Hortensius;
had the shorthand proceedings of the
Great Councils of the Fathers of the
Church; the debates in the British
Parliament prior to the great Civil
War; the speeches of those giants,
Harley, Shaltsbury, Pulteney and
others up to the time of Chatam;
the immortal orations of Patrick
Henry, Fisher Ames and iSamnei
Adams in the pre-Revolutionary
times; the famous speech of Aaron
Burr on leaving the Senate of the
Uuited States—all these speeches and
proceedings if given us at full length
and minute detail would be of price¬
less value to this generation. Sup
pose for example we had a ste¬
nographic report of Paul’s addresses
to the Athenians on Mars Hill, or
more valuable still, a shorthand
report of the Sermon on the Mount
and the sacred talks of Jesus with
the people of Judea. How inesti
inabiy precious w^uldsuch shorthand
be.
It is interesting to note how earn
est were the efforts of mankind to
attain this great desideratum and
bow blind and struggling were the
steps towards this end. Modern
phonography really dates from the
days of the elder Pitman in the
early part of this Century, but Pit¬
man’s system was puerile compared
to what is the degree to which the
art has now advanced. Take for.
example the latest improved system,
beyond which it is hard to imagine
any lurther perfection can be reached,
the Acme system of Phonography.
This system, invented by Mr. F. J.
Mulvey, of this city, who has long
been regarded as one of the most
expert stenographers in the world,
an eminent member of the Institute
Stenograpbiqne des Deux Mondes ol
Paris, and a gentleman of high in¬
tellectual ability, has.effected a won¬
derful revolution in the art. Up to
the date of Mr. Mulvey’s invention
the acquisition of Shorthand as a
practical measure was a work pi
years—a work, moreover, involving
the most laborious toil. It was far
more difficult than the acquisition ol
a new tongue. Hence so few men
and women became practical short¬
hand writers of value. Ail this has
been changed by the Acme system.
A thorough knowledge of the art
and science of phonography caw be
obtained under the Acme system in
sixteen lessons and proficiency ac¬
quired in two or three months
This statement seems incredible to
those persons, who under the old
systems, had to spend years in the
severest study and practice before
they were able to report a speech
fully and correctly. But the facts
remain as we have stated. Indeed so
utterly superior are the merits of the
Acme system, that wherever intro¬
duced, it has completely driven out
all other systems. It is eminentl)
for practical work.
A knowledge of the principles
involved iu the Acme system ol
phonography can be learned in a
few minutes and their reduction to
application in almost as short a
time. Students of this system go to
work reporting fully and faithfully
from the very beginning It is
indeed a marvelous discovery—and
we think the very perfection ol
phonography .—Nutional Republican
The new Gerrard gun is a terror.
You pull a trigger and one drop ol
condensed carbonic acid enters the
chamber. Its pressure drives out the
bullet with a continually accelerated
velocity. There is uo flush, no
report, 1.0 smoke. This silent gun
ran stretch you dead at a distance ol
1,200 yards. A dangerous weapon
for assassins.
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GEN. PHILIP IL SHERIDAN.
Born March 6, 1S31.
This great warrior and statesman,
the present commander ol the United
States army, is of small stature. He
was one of the most dashing officers
during the war of the Rebellion, and
was the idol of his men, to whom he
imparted much of his vim.
Born of Irish parents at Somerset,
Ohio, Sheridan, as a boy, had but
few opportunities. The family was
poor and his school days were few.
He was always a leader among his
associates, however. His time when
not at school or engaged in doiug
chores, was largely devoted to the
juvenile show business, where a
charge of from three to five pins
constituted the admission fee. Phil
was invariably the ‘‘slack-rope per¬
former,” and if a menagerie was
attached he performed the feat ol
going into the “lions den,” which was
a large box with wooden slats nailed
on the front side and generally con¬
tained two or three dogs and a
number of cals. He also took a
great fancy to drilling, and had a
company of eighteen or twenty ol
playmates. His old playmates and
the older people general y eay he has
a mania for riding vicious horses,
aud, although young and small for
his age, he never found a horse he
could not manage. Phil was known
as a good dispositioned, manly boy,
but was as wild as any of them, and
stood ready to assert his boyhood at
any time with bare knuckles if
necessary, though he was by no
means quarrelsome. And old resi¬
dent who is full of reminiscences of
Phil tells this story of his early days:
“Phil was a little bit of a fellow,
but I guess he whipped every fighting
lad iu Somerset. He became early
in life a most daring horseback rider.
His first experience as a cavalryman
was.on the back of an' ugly beast
without a strap of leather anywhere
about him.. The horse started into a
terrible run and did not halt until he
came to a tavern several miles away.
There he ran in the stable-shed.
Sheridian hung on like an Indian
and did not seem to be in the least
frightened. When asked how he
managed to stick, the five-year old
answered: ‘I’d been told how to do
it. I just hugged his neck and
stuck my knees in his side.’ No one
had ever before succeeded in clinging
to the horse’s back.”
At the age of twelve Phil went to
work, being employed as clerk in the
dry goods business until 1847.
While preparing himself lor the
academy he came uear Dever seeing
West Point. While lying on his bed
at night, tired out after his day’s
work in the store, he was hard at his
studies, a lighted candle standing
near the bed. Gradually his eyes
grew heavy, the book slipped from
his grasp, and he fell asleep. In some
way the candle fell and set the bed
on fire, and he barely awakened in
time to save himself and the build
ing.
At the age of seventeen he was
admitted to West Point, While
there he was put back a year for
shipping a higher classman. Thus
it took him five years to graduate,
hut still he was only 22 when he came
out, graduating in 1853. After
graduation he was assigned to the
trontier in Texas, whence he WUH
transferred to Oregon, where be was
“UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.“-Washington.
stationed at the breaking out of the
civil war.
He was then appointed quarter¬
master of tne army of Southwestern
Missouri, and in April, 1862, chief
quartermaster of the western depart¬
ment. The following May he was
made colonel of the second Michigan
volunteers cavalry; was commissioned
brigadier-general of volunteers in
July of the same year: and after a
brief period he „u pel in
of the eleventh division of the
of the Ohio. A divisron ol the srL. Jd
of the Cumberland .u comma,
by him, and at Stone Hirer saved th
army from rout by his stubborn re¬
sistance. For his gallant conduct,he
was made major-general of volunteers,
and on the fourth of August was
appointed to the command of the
middle military division, and sent to
operate against the Southerners in
the Shenandoah Valley. His assaults
upon the army’s position at Five
Forks (April 11, 1864) and Sailors
Creek, being particularly brilliant.
In November, he wa3 made major
general of the Uuited States army.'
Then joining General Grant’s army
at City Point, whence he started
March 25, 1805, to strike the
blow for the overthrow of Lee’s
army. On June 3d of the same year,
Sheridian was assigned the command
of the military division of the south¬
west, and on June 17 that of the
Gulf.
In 1807 he was assigned to the
fifth military district by Johnson,
and to the. department of the Mis¬
souri shortly after. In 1869 he
became, by promotion, lieutenant
general; and upon the retirement of
Sherman, became commander- in¬
ch ief.
m* recent .ontbrenks among
Indians r of , the a southwest , t necessitateu t ,
his . . with ... Gen. „ Miles,
presence, upon
the firkl of hostilities.
Geh. Sheridiau’s serious sickness
of 1888 filled many a veteran’s heart
with sadness, for he was a general
favorite everywhere in the army.
While commanding his regiment, the
second Michigan cavalry, he showed
the mettle of which he was made.
He was a figther, and that is why
he is so popular. His motto was as
Irish as his heart: “Whenever you
see a head hit it, and hit it hard.”
His methods were most simple indeed,
and were generally devised on the
spur of the moment and to suit the
occasion. No doubt he had studied,
the science of war, as he was a grad¬
uate of West Point and had been in
continual service, but be went on the
field to whip somebody, and not to
demonstrate theories of old masters.
While he was with the army of the
Cumberland he acquired the title of
Little Phil. It was not because he
was a diminutive creatuie, but when
in company with Pap Thomas,
Garfield aud Rosecrans, he was the
smallest of the lot. They were all
large men, which made him look
slender, if not small. Then the t^rm
little is often applied to a favorite as
a soit of pet name. A 3 a matter of
fact, however, he was a much smaller
man than they when he became lieu¬
tenant-general.
When in the army of the Cumber¬
land he was one of the boys in camp,
yet he never became familiar with the
men. He was not a dandy by any
means, as far as his clothes were
concerned. Indeed, his superior
officers and boon companions often
lectured him for looking so shabby.
He would answer that he felt better
in his old clothes. In addition to
feeliug better he also looked better
in a common fatigue uuiform than in
a dress purrde suit.
When he went into a fight he
went in to win. It was for that
resaon that he never made any pro¬
vision for a retreat. His men were
always confident of victory, or at
least never feared defeat. At Ston^*
river his men stood like statues, and
held positions that were seemingly
forlorn hopes.
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A matter 200-pound of some weight—Propos¬ widow.
ing to a ,
the coming ocean
steamer.
Some genius thus portrays the
ocean steamer of the future:
She will be oyer a quarter of a mile
in length and will do the passage
from Sandy Hook to Liverpool in
thirty-six hours, being one night out.
She will be driven by electricity, and
in such a fashion as to keep railway
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tlme ’ storm - °K
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P»tent-and
“oket w,11 molode an opera stall,
* '°" CCTt ’•“’ket. ora seat inaoburch
pew—the opera house, concert hall,
and church being all on board. A
covered ling for horse exercise will
also be provided and a racing track
for fast trotters. A base ball ground
and tennis courts will also from a
portion of the attractions.
For business men a stock exchange
will be operated, the quotations being
posted from the tickers every two
minutes on the vibration system.
The leading papers of all countries
be reprinted each morning by
4’“ . eleol . refleotlon
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A spacious conservatory, contain
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will afford an agreeable lounging
place, and bouquets will be provided
gratis.
As at Monaco and Monte Carlo, a
suite of apartments will be laid out
for play, to be kept opan all night—
a sumptuous supper with costliest
wines free. -
English tailors and Bhoe-makers
will be in attendance, and clothes
will be made and finished during the
pssage. The millinery department
will contain the French fashions of
the previous day, and costumes will
whil ! lh “ «“P ft
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enromte, and delivered ,. complete J on
arrival • , at . dock. . , Accmmodatons . , will ...
, be fnrnmhnd e .. , lor . 10,000 papers.
WATERING A HORSE.
A great many young men who get
their conveyances from the livery
stables become very good drivers
without ever learning bow to get the
harness on or off a horse. A young
man of this sort, from the east, was
driving out one day with the young
lady to whom he was engaged, whose
home was on an Illinois prairie, and
who could on an emergency harness
a horse as well as the most expert
stable boy. In the course of the
drive they came to a watering trough
by the roadside, and the young lady,
with true humanity, the afternoon
being warm, suggested that the horse
have a drink, whereupon her escort
reined up to the trough accordingly.
But the horse, being checked up,
ceuld not reach the water, and the
lady again suggested that her com
panion get out and let the animal’s
head down, which he proceeded to
do. He made a careful survey of the
harness, considered the various straps
that ran along the animal’s back
from his head to his tail, and after
due thought reached a philosophical
and ultimate conclusion, and pro¬
ceeded to unbuckle thecrupper. The
horse got his drink, but the country
girl, who sat in the phaeton and
watched the operation, was so nearly
convulsed with ill concealed merri¬
ment as to be wholly unfit for or¬
dinary conversation for the next half
hour.
Manners are the shadows of virt¬
ues, the momentary display of those
qualities which our fellow-creature*
love and respect. If we strive to
become, then, what what we strive
to appear manners may often he
rendered useful guides to the perfor¬
mance of our duties.— The Old
Homestead.
Doctor, passing a stonecutte’s yard
—Good morning, Mr. Jones. Hard
at work, I see. I suppose you finish
your gravestones as far as “In
Memory of” and then wait for tome
one to die, eh? Stonecutter—Why,
yes; unless somebody’s sick and you
are doctoring ’em: then I keep right
on.
HOW TO STOP A PAPER.
The following Iron) one of out
exchanges, so fully and clearly ex¬
presses our views on the subject, that
we copy it without comment: You
have an uudoubted right to stop a
newspaper when you feel disposed,
upon the payment of all arrearages,
Do not hesitate .to do so on account
of “tenderness” for the editor. Don’t
you suppose he would quit baying
sugar of you, or meat, clothing, dry
goods, etc., if he thought he was sot
getting bis money’s worth, and why
should you not exercise the same
privilege with him ? And when you
discontinue a paper, do so manfully.
Don’t he so spiteful as to throw it
back to the postmaster with a con¬
temptuous “I don’t want it any
longer!” and have “refused” written
on the margin, and have the paper
returned to the editor. No gentle¬
man ever stopped it in that way, no
matter if hia head is covered with
gray hairs that should be honorable.
If you do not longer wish to receive
a newspaper, write a note to the
editor like a man, saying so—and be
sure thut arrearages are paid. This
is the way to stop a newspaper.-r
Press and Printer.
J. • --«
WHAT IS IN YOUR HOUSEf
When the long-buried city of
Pompeii began to he uncovered, men
were introduced into the very scenes
of its home and business life in the
days of its glory. The houses were
opened to view, and the pictures and
and utensils and statuary and ar¬
chitecture, and hundreds of things,
disclosed the habits of the life of the
people. And the stranger now vis¬
iting the unburied city and walking
the streets and going into the bouses
and shops and forums and temples
and theatres that were crowded- with
a busy, active, pleasure-seeking pop¬
ulation, can see for himself just how
they lived and what was the nature
of their various pursuits. And
it is a deeply impressive lesson to
meditate upon, bow, after lying for
eighteen centuries in the grave,
these things have been disclosed to
us, and especially how, among the
freshest of things preserved, are
numerous evidences of the sensual
and vicious pleasures in which the
people indulged. What was done iu
their houses is now brought to the
light of day.
Suppose, now, that our home life
could be put into some permanent
form, and then our houses should be
buried by a similar catastrophe, and
at the end of eighteen oeaturies be
brought to light What would they
disclose to the curious investigators
of that day ?
Let it be remembered that every
member of a family has an influence
on the home life, and therefore a
responsibility for the character of the
family. Our bouses are what yon
and I make them. Let it be repeated:
Our houses are what we make them.
And we are what our hearts are.—
Southern Cultivator.
An exasperating editor being
threatened with a coat of tar and
faetbers said in his next issue. “The
people of this town may break into
somebody’s hen roeet aud steal the
feathers, but we know they are too
stingy to buy the tar.”
A country paper says that daring
a trial in court a young lad, who was
called as one of the witnesses, was
asked if he knew the obligation of an
oath, and where he weald go if he
told a fie. He said he supposed be
should go where all the lawyers went.
First bootblack—Wbat did they
pot those pennies on old Skinflint’s
eyes for after be was dead? Second
bootblack—'To tee if be was dead.
How can they tell by that? Why,
don’t you tee if be wit alive be
would nuke a grab for tbe pennies.
Tbe Arab who invented alcohol
died 900 years ago, but bis spirit still
lives.
Terms: foe Dollar per tt».
VOL. VI,-NO. 32.
HOW THEY BEGAN.
Daniel Webster held the plough
and swung the scythe on hia father’s
humble farm.
Asa Packer’s grandfather had been
a tanner, and Asa sought employ¬
ment in the same business.
Horace Greely arrived in New
York with his worldly possessions in
a handkerchief, carried on a stick
over his ahealder.
Henry Clay, “the mill hoy of the
dashes”, rode on a sack of oats to the
mill and returned with a bag of meal
to feed the family.
James Gordon Bennett, in Boston,
was the possessor of a Yankee shil¬
ling which he picked up in the
common, aud that was the sole
capital with wbioh he commenced
the world in hie adopted country.
Potter Palmer, the Chicago mill¬
ionaire, was a cle»-k in a country
store in Pennsylvania, at a salary of
ten dollars a month, before he mi¬
grated West to the Lake City in 1857
Senator Joseph E. Brown began
by plowing a bovine steed, deprived
of its caudal appendage.
Andrew Johnson began his life as
ataylor.
NE WSPAPER BORRO WERS,
An exchange recently published
the complaint of a lady subscriber of
the annoyance she experienced from
the habit her female neighbors had Of
constantly borrowing her paper.
The following plan was suggested to
the suffering lady, and all others sim¬
ilarly situated, as an adequate means
of succor; Immediately upon receiv¬
ing the paper carefully out from it
some item—it makes no difference
what it is, any item will do, only let
it be neatly and carefully removed
from the paper. In a few minutes
the neighbor's boy will come after
the paper—be will take it hotne-
within three minutes he will emerge
from the house; he will scoot down
the street and very shortly return
with a paper the same date as the
one j ust borrowed. By the time the
dipped paper has circulated around
among the female borrowers, the
street will be lively with hurrying
boys, and tbe reveane of the news¬
paper will be materially increased.
Not one woman among them would
sleep a wink without knowing exactly
what that cut-out item was. The
next day pursue the same course,
and similar results will surely follow.
In an extremely obstinate neighbor¬
hood these proceedings may last
three or four days, but no longer.
By that time the paper will be read
in peace, and the newspaper will have
gained rule infallible several new where subscibers. the borrowers The
is
are females, but it ean’t be vouched
for in the case of men. There is not
that inherent curiosity to work upon,
you know, and—but prehaps we are
getting a fitting too deep.—Ex.
-—t—:-.
In spite of all that cynics say, a
good many people do marry for love
—though very often the love that
influences them is the love of money.
At drill a soldier spit* in the ranks.
Sergeant of manoeuvres, indignantly,
The fellow that spat, four days in
the guard house. There shall be no
spitting iu the ranks. We are not
in a parlor here.
Rat* have become* staple article
of food among the poorer class of
Parisians. Many shops for the sale
of rodent’s flesh have been opened
and a thriving trade in this unuanal
dietary article established. An
American gentleman who had the
fortune (goodor otherwise) to sample
a tet steak in Paris recently, declares
the dish to be delicious beyond all
belief. Xt maybe well to remark,
however, that the diner did not know
until after he bad finished hit meal
just what kind of area* the succulent
steak really was. There need be
but little fear that the rat will be
eomt a popular article of food for the
dinner tablet ol this country.