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TIIE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27,1885.
THE TELEGRAPH,
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BT THE
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THE TELEGRAPH,
Macon, Ga.
Money order., checks, etc., should bo made paya
ble to If. C. Haksok, Manager.
An Episcopal convention has tackled the
tariff with the usual result. During the
.discussion the free trade brother denounced
rfhe protection brother os a liar.
Rose Ooohi.an will shortly produce a new
■play by Mr. Will CoiJper, entitled "The Idol
of the Honr." It is supposed that a base
ball pitcher will he the hero of the pieeii
jK see trade that extends to all they pur
chase ami protection that covers their own
productions describes many men's ideas on
political economy. Hut a taiiff based upon
•this principle would not bring in as much
revenue system as that we have already in
operation.
Tnt Ne w York Star appeals to all who
h ive receii 'ed abnormal profits from invest
ments with Grant ft Wurd to give bnek the
money. T, ’tis is the most picturesque joke
of 1885. dVe can see the Wall street brokers
unite in one gigantic smile which extends
from Broad* ay to the ferry. Give hack
the money, h -deed. Wall street—give back
—money ! E a! ha! whoop ! Hold us,
somebody ! 1 to! lie! ho ! ho! hi! hi! Oh
gracious goodn “ SK •
Before Joint. dhermun left Washington to
vstmnp Virginia h 5 " A leading pc,per
ue out and admitted that
dd the truth in regard to
but it justifies the course
out the same time the
Courier took occasion
an editor in Georgia
d by facts that he
or continental cur-
he truth for legal
Esiill holds his
tee of iuvestign-
>k into this mat
in Georgia lias cor
Senator Sherman t
Southern elections,
■adopted there." Ah
Charleston News and
to say that there was
who was so cmlmrrawi
preferred to write lies ,
rency in preference to t
tendors. When Colonel
next convention a commi,
tion should be raised to lo.
ter.
•'The Nashville America!.
Southern agricultural labor
negro —is better contented wi
the farm hand of the North,
has a better prospect for imU
terial advancement. His freed
accompanying responsibility, ha
steadier and graver than in the
times. He sings leas; hut works w.
determined zest and clearly define
power. The negro, the free peiuta
Mouth, attached to the laud, and he
says: “The
r—that is, the
h his lot than
Moreover, lie
pendent inn-
mi, with its
s made him
old slave
ill a more
1 motive
ut of the
-lding n
Governor MrDanlel at the liar.
That Governor McDaniel arraigns him
self at the liar of public opinion and chal
lenges critiscisms of his condnct, at extraor
dinary times and upon untimely issues,
must give pain to the friends who are close
to him.
Entering upon the discharge of the dutiea
of the State Executive under circnuiatances
so peculiar aa to attach auapicion to him-
aelf, his first net of importance was to place,
over the head of an upright and experienced
judge of the City Court of Atlanta, a per
sonal favorite of his, in a small nttomey
and rural politician.
The shock with which this was received
by the bench and bar was communicated
to the intelligence of the State, and the new
administration was thus inaugurated, to put
it mildly, with unpleasant surtoundings.
Now that an epidemic of official resigna
tions 1ms made political wire-working ac
tive, and possibly profitable, the City Court
of Atlanta and the Governor come forward
again, hand in hand, and in most question
able shape.
It is stated that a meeting of the Atlanta
bar was muchly moved liv a message from
the Governor, asking that a decision he
made between opposing candidates for the
City Court judgeship. There wns a fierce
wrangle, proposition for a primary elec
tion and the nse of proxies, the exhibition
of sharp feeling, and an adjournment with
out conclusion.
The spectacle was not a pleasant one.
Plainly, it was the duty of the Governor to
fill the vacancy. T.he power to do so wns
in his hands, and the attempt to shift the
responsibility upon other shoulders wns
anything lint courageous or manly. The
advice of the Atlanta liar was at his command
with or without asking, bnt the Atlanta bar
is not empowered to make appointments, in
which the people are at Inst most interested.
In this ease a mistake conld not hnve been
made. Both aspirants are men of character
and competency, and if the Governor could,
not decide between them, there wasn larger
field from which to choose.
Why this doubt or dismay nbnnt an At
lanta judgeship? The Governor settles one
iu Maeon without calling npon the bar, and
hut the other day the funeral announcement
of the solicitor of the City Court of Augusta
was closely followed by the name of his
successor. Whefe wns the small bnt pow
erful cabinet, which has hitherto controlled
the Governor's anions in matters of this
kind?
If Atlanta is tho-great city she claims to
lie, tlie business of her City Court must be
such as to interest to some degree the en
tire people of the State. Why invoke a
handful of lawyers, who also diligently
practice polities, to discharge the functions
devolved liy the fundamental law upon the
Governor;
This exhibition is another pninfnl phase
of the wiserabk- personal politics which has
lowered the dignity and power of the
State, anil has stood for years as a bar to
her progress. It is an illustration of the
necessity of two pnrties, to command and
insure a clean anil healthy performance Of
public duties by all officials of the people.
Cotton Statement.
From the Chronicle's cotton article of
October 23, the following facta are gathered
relative to the movement of the crop for tho
past week: ,
For the week ending this evening (Octo
ber 23), the total receipts have reached
2C1.7IM lialea, against 231,431 bales last
week, 132,107 bales the previous week and
133,603 hales three weeks since, making the
total receipts since the first of September,
1883, 1,120,430 bales, against 1,158,300 boles
for the samo period of 1884, allowing a de
crease since September 1, 1885, of 37,330
bnles.
The receipts of all the interior towns for
MOBBED A FORGIVING HUSBAND, dovetail into the frames. The bolts in each I VIVID ACCOUNT OK A BATTLE
VillagersIlrenk the Furn ture of n Man
Who Itccelved Hark nn Kltijiitig Wife.
A Syracuse, N. Y., special soys: The
grand jury found six indictments to-day for
assault against well-known citizens, and
through this action tho particulars of a bohP
outrage on Mrs. Olive Whedon were made
public. Mrs. Whedon lives on a farm six
miles west of here and is highly respected.
She has one daughter, who married Burrill
Howell about ten years ago. About six
weeks ngo Mrs. Howell obtained about
SI,000 anil mu away with a school teacher.
They went as far as Buffalo, xvhere the
Bchool teacher stole her money and lied. In
the meantime Mr. Howell had begun pro-
door weigh 200 pounds, hut by carefully ' _ ... _ . _
balancing, they are shot with the. greatest •' n 1 ThinjJ"' 1 Kno “ s * 1 ”*
Commercial Bulletin.
I remember thinking to mvsclf, "I Won
der what this is going to be like. Wliet!., 1
ceeiliugs for A divorce.
Mr». Howell returned nbont ten (lays ago
tho week have been 178,737 bales. Last and her husband forgave her and discon-
tiia receipts for the same week were tinned the divorce proceedings. Some of
i-xou'.i™ -it, , „i,i. _• . i i .. the citizens at Cnmilras, two miles away,
lu3,808 hales. Ihe old interior stocks have ‘ umbragc „ t tUls uc ’tion ftn( , committed
increased during the week 30,002 hales, and „ crime which will send some of them to
are to-night 20,147 boles more than at the State prison.
same period last year. The receipts at the At about 12:30 o clock on October 12 Mrs.
.. Whedon wns aroused by a haul knocking,
same towns hate been 4, COO boles more than g be t j n ber „jg b t clothes and asked
the some week last year, and since Scpteiu- wbo wag there. There was a demand for
tember 1 the receipts nt all the towns are for admittance, and the question was asked
36,757 hales more than for the same time in K Mr. and Mrs. Howell were there. Then
. , the door wns smashed in and ten men en-
tered, while about thirty who had surround-
Among the interior towns, the receipts at ed the house fired a volley. The gang then
Macon for the week have been 4,230 bales, ransacked the house, bnt were nnnhle to find
Last year the receipts for the week were Uj'- and Mm. Howell. They subjected Mm
re A , 1 Whedon to all rorts of abuse, and threw
4,084 hales. These figures show a decrease hef down> inflating severe injuries. They
for the week of 454 biilett. knocked down Htoves, tinned over n table
The total receipts troin the plantations which was spread with dishes and threw the
since September 1, 1885, were 1,205,702 crockery about in all directions. They oven
. . .,00 4 • - QOO went into the pantry and threw miyc and
bales;in 1884 were 1,270,056 bales; in 1883 about.
were 1,411,816 bales. All of this time rotten eggs were being
Although the receipts at the outports the thrown and smashed on the walls and fur-
past week were 261,704 bales, the actual nitnre while an oecasionalstone was thrown
1 . . i a a* .mo nr $ through the windows. W hen they left the
movement from plantations was .M)J, *ol ] loU8e a quantity of jewelry and silverware
bales, the balance going to increase the was missing. Mr. Howell said this evening
stocks at the interior towns. Lost year tho that Mrs. Whedon had been offered $1,000
week were 321,363 holes, and for 1883 they
were 280,801 bnles. | A THRILLING INCIDENT.
The imports into continental ports this | N „ rrow „r» Tramp from a Horrible
Death—Caught on a Trestle.
Yesterday'. Gliattaiiooga Times.
A man nnmed Tbomns Beasley mot with
In each partition dividing the rooms
is n manhole, also guarded by locks and
bolts, for allowing occesa to the rooms, in
the event of the door key being mislaid.
The doom are seven inchqs thick, and the
t dates are all treble, thus giving a pmcticnl-
y adamantine strength. The enpaeity of
the safe is sufficient to contain 1,250 tons
weight of gold bullion, equal in value to
£110,0*7!,OtH). The safe will he taken to
pieces previous to being shipped on board
Hteanier for Scotland, anil will he removed
in 000 sections. Each of these sections
contains no less than 1,000 rivet holes, the
bolt being in each case broken off and filed
doiyn close when it lias been driven home.
The entire erection has been bnilt np nt
Messrs, Chubb’s factory in the Gleugall
road. Old Kent road, and lias taken seven
months te complete. The locks, besides
being furnished with the well known detec
tor pin, are provided with certain plates
which turn with a key, rendering nu in
spection of the levers from without impos
sible, while tho keyhole is internally sur
rounded by a rim in such a way as to ren
der 'it impossible to insert sufficient gun
powder or explosive to blow the lock open.
Altogether, this giant safe stands unique in
being the most perfectly made as well ns
the largest safe ever constructed, and, ns a
triumph of skill, refiects the greatest credit
on its bnildera.
week hnve been 3,000 hales.
The figures indicate a decrease in the cot
ton in siglft to-niglit of 177,773 hales ns com
pared witu the same date of 1884, a decrease n shocking accident on the Nnshville nnd
of 420,320 holes as compared with the corre- Chattanooga railroad, near JV hiteside yes-
.,00.1 , , . terday, the details of which are thrilling in
spending dnte of 1883, and a decrease of tllc ext reme. Jnst beyond Whiteside is the
142,435 bales ns compared with 1882. Running Water trestle, which strethhes
The Chronicle has the following to say of across a deep gorge and is 150 feet high.
the market fluctuations for the week under “ °' c >? ck W*******
start til to welk across the treatle.
review: He gone thirty feet when he
The speculation in cotton for future delivery at heard a low rumbling sound, and the next
tUl* market Laslncn fairly active at variable prices. I instant he was horTor-stricken to seethe
There wan an advance on Saturday and the morning Memphis and Charleston fast freight dart
hours of Monday, when the highest figures were 7 around a curve coming directly toward him.
to 13 point* above the close of Friday last. Tho ad- lie stood in the centre of the trestle for a
vam c waa due wholly to speculative manipulation I moment trnnstiyed .with terror. To attempt
and some “outside” buying, encouraged by the re- to turn back meant instant death and he re
sumption of work by the Oldham spinners. A do-1 solved to have a race for his life across the
cllue then set in. which, with slight fluctuations, I trestle: In his hurry to outrun the train
continued down to near the close of Thursday’s un< l escape the frightful death which stared
business. This was duo to the warlike aspect of “.the Beasley made o muuten and
the new. from Eastern Europe, the dull account. I ? eU - The engine passed over him, buU brake
from Manchester and the increased
"“““'r; 11 :" 1 ' I caught under the wheels and cutoff just
» rau-ed.iw.t ns I : vthe ankle. The dissevered member
Ktion*. Out they prevail quite temporary. T®"*** luy for a moment on the end of the cross-
tbc opening w»s iqiKin lower, nailer tho foreign ail-1 tins, but the jar of the train displaced it
rtccA but a Ucurand to cover contracts caused a full uml it {,,[[ t0 the ravine below. When the
recovery, ami the cleae was not without indlca- trnin b(u [ passed over the trestle, Beasly
tlou. of the revival of .peculaUvi- eiinllilcuce. Cot- made au attempt to staunch the flow of
ton on the spot baa been In rather better demand I blood, and in doing so his hotly slipped be-
for bouio cim.iiuiptlim. but .till inactive, quota- tween the ties. The next moment ne was
elo« at o'lJdGe. 1 " 11 cl> * n80 “ ni1 “'doling upland. suspended betyreen heaven nnd earth, liis
ts pro-
u than
material nnd increasing interest in i
duct, has n better future hetore hit
the vagrant "farm hand" of the Nortl
The Philadelphia Times says: “The !*
lieu of the Georgia Legislature in urt
the Congressmen from that State to v
for tho repeal of the internal revenue ln '
will hardly he interpreted as menacing tl
protective principle. Bnt coming from th.
South it possesses a double significance.
Aside from the fact that it is a distinctive
indorsement of the Randall platform, it is
ulso a direct notice to the whisky ring that
they will receive no aid from Oeorgiu in the
furtherance of the schemes which that laxly
will no doubt spring upon the coming Con
gress. And it is not uulikely that at least
some of Alabama’s representatives will take
the same ground also."
JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING.
Discchsino the sources of Republican
losses the Boston Herald says: "We liuvc
several times exposed the absurdity of this
charge and given sound reasons, verified by
olsiervation and inquiry at the South, why
the negro vote has, as Mr. Higginson puts
it, been in a measure "suspended, but not
suppressed." The controlling reason, which
no Republican has attempted to answer, is
that their party has given the negTo no in
ducement to vote its ticket for the psst
eight years. It lias abandoned him to his
own devises, and not lifted a
finger either to protect or educate
him. But the array of cold figures
marshaled by a writer in a religious paper
proves that the Bepublicana gained more at
the South than the Democrata did at the
last election, while the Democrats gained
more at the North.
"The Republican vote in the Southern
States was 1,053,250 in 1880, nnd 1,202,033
in 1884, a gun of 140,843. Tue Democratic
gain in tbs same States was but 121,837. In
the New England States the Republicans
lost 23,045, anil in all the North, despite
the increase in population, the uet gain
over 1880 was only 204,388, which was
nearly 25,000 less than the average gain
in every four years from 1808 to 1880, while
the Democratic gain iu the North waa
281,614. It thus appears that the Demo
cratic vote increased nearly 80,000 more
.than the Republican in the Northern States,
>nd tell off relatively 25.UUO at the South.
"The plain deduction is that there
no serious interference with the right to
wots st the South, bnt that the Republicans
lost heavily at the North, aa the result of a
bad nomination. What the party needs is
not “more nigger," as Mr. Halstead ex
pressed it, hut a national omniatioo.
- . fidelity to principle, and better cen-
Tlie Land and Tiiiili er Itubliers.
It is much regretted that the Legislature
did not adopt vigorous methods for punish
ing the land anil lumber thieves of South
Oeorgia, and protecting rightful owners of
such property who nro powerless to protect
themselves. Almost every week complaint
reaches the Telegraph of tlie utter insuffi
ciency of the present laws. People owning
timber lands in Konth Georgia are nt the
tuercy of dishonest mill and turpentine
men, who way with impunity seize npon
the timber, or by threatening to huv bogus
titles force them to sell for what may be
offered—gencmlly a trifling sum.
Such robberies are extensive and sys
tematic. A fine laxly of timber land is
selected by the millman or turpentine dis
tiller, n forged title is purchased or made
0 ut, the trees ure cut or boxed, nnd if the
w rang is discovered before the timber is
rn i ned, the owner’s effort to obtain redreas
is n ,et ky well-paid lawyers and endless liti-
gntie Wc Bre informed that in the section
whetx ' *1** ev 'l* common, it is almost
imjKJS. *l»i*> secure a conviction or get a
judiOiu nt against the trespassers. The mill
nnd to. 'Peutine men are protected by the
ninny fek- reHt * to which they contribute,
snri wkat x " other sections seems a venal
crime, U th, >re regarded as merely sharp
practice.
We an* in tecex^' 1 ' of information to the
effect that having exhausted every effort
known to our courts, certain parties abroad,
by their agents, have decided to proceed
against the most prominent offenders in the
United States courts. Unfortunately, they
an limited to the civil twocess only. Koch
damages may be secured as will at least
check the evil. It remains for the Georgia
Legislature to crush it ont.
New York Itepulitlcana.
It is a significant fact that while Foniker
is already in New York vigorously waving
the bloody shirt, and Sherman nnd Logan,
are to follow him this week, the address of
the Republican State committee con-
not a word about the South
ern issue. The Republican
gers of New York are bent upon
making the campaign on one line, the im
ported irreconcilables upon another. While
the efforts of both are of course in the di
rection of Davenixirfs election, the situa
tion seems to reveal the fact that the forces
in that State which beat Blaine last year,
are still united and firm. It is probable
that the Republican managers have
dropped the Southern issues, not
because they an obsolete but because
Blaine has preceded them, and to wave the
bloody flog now wonid be to assist in the
great effort being made to elect Iilaine in
1888, and thus reverse the Mugwumps’
judgment of 1884. Is BUine already beaten
in New York?
coat sleeve having caught on n projecting
spike. There he remained suspended
for five minutes. , expecting every
moment his coat sleeve would tear and he
A’tough looking citizen entered tho cili-1 ' ron £ b . e dnsBed »o denth on the rocks one
torial sanctum of a newspaper in this city hundrea fe0 ‘ h*' 0 *- Jh® trnl "
some time ago, says tho Aim Francisco Post, men came to his assistance and rescued
and, aiidresuug the editor, said: "Aro you , u , lu perilous position, lie was
the editor"? J | taken to Stevenson on the train, where he
received medical aid. Beasly is abont fifty
years of age and says his home is in Phila-
souic time ago, says the San Francisco Post, j
and, address
the editor’?
“Yes, sir," was tho reply.
"Well, I have come to see yon abont a i ... - , . ........ ...
piece that appeared in your paper ono day d «lP bltt - H® '***,«» route to Nashville in
last week, in which you said my wife, who N . cnr . cb u. w ? r £ * bcn b ® “J®* *f “Jj
keeps a candy store on street, was i e u*. His injuries arc very dnngetous, but
rather fond of the society of young men.” uot ‘“tal.
"I assure you," said the editor, as he cast A NOVEL JAIL.
his eyes around tho room in search of some
weapons of defense, and, seeing none, llow the Prisoner, are Krpt Secure In an
looked out of the window to ascertain tho Iron Cylinder,
distance to the graund. "I bail nothing to Omaha, Neb., has just finished a new
do with the publishing of that article. I jail, bnilt on an entirely original plan, and
was ont of the city nt tho time, and the re- the Omaha Kec says it is a novelty well
imrter who wrote the article was discharged worth visiting. The peculiar feature of the
List Saturday. Bnt anything I can do in jail, which marks it as different from any
tho way of correcting the false pnblicntion other, is that the cells are arranged in the
concerning your wrife, which appeared in I form of a great iron cylinder which revolves
this liiiiier, I will do with pleasure. about so that only one cell is at the opening
"Corrected? Why, I wouldn't have that I at any one time. This cylinder is three
publication corrected for $500. I expect to stories high, there being ten cells on each
make u fortune out of it My wife sold floor. Its weight is forty-five tons, and
more candy thia week than she did during this ponderoua weight ia hung from above,
the six months before. And oh I am not u instead of turning on a truck below. The
man to forget a favor, I just come around strangest part of the arrangement is that
to iMty for the advertisement Here is $25, the great cylinder can Ixs turned by a alm
ond if you'll put another piece in next I pie crank with very little force, a man with
week, and make it a little stronger I’ll imy hut left baud moving it readily. Wheu it
you fifty,” anil with the air of a charitable is complete it is the intention to have a little
man who had done hia duty, though it cost water motor in the liasemeut, and then hy
him something, the "tough" citizen left the simply moving u lever the cylinder will be
sanctum. | set to rotating. U is suggested that when
thero am prisoners who it ia feared ruav be
try ing to cut out, the cylinder cun, by
Walt street Munir.
sMsaSrsHaf st I JSrBSS
^lv^ch^SJteri^Ijail. A cage of iron liars completely sur-
ctsely characterizes every variation and ^ , the cylinder in which the ceUs are.
aspect of the market A broker or opera- qn“ ‘", “ i. a " “ i“
tor ut “louit of ntoclu n when “uirn’Uki" or I entrance on i uch floor in fgnasnea by
holding tosm Er! rise: The officer standing outride
if < )V Imvifur lri.-rvil v imrtiunn in I Uofc hftYK tO Hillock <*Y€»n th© tint lluOT,
"1,licks" somtxised of uuy nruutmr jj} «»n swing thscyUnder nruumfimltt the
shares—say 5,000 or lOJIOO-honkht cal1 n Bt >e f r * ‘a vdach is the desired prut-
in a lump, ami is, theref.re, a “bX" oner ’ V“ l ‘ L * a By a simple movement the
whose natural aetieTis to lower hia KL *"“**?"> £P““ *“i l th® pnsonercan
and give things a bout. He “forces quota- Bt ‘l’ ®"‘ «*£“““• ?*®“ tb ® °*“ r c “?
tiomi 3 when he wishes to keen np the price ?K^ the , , h th “ , . l ~ r ' UMl let tl *« ““ “ut,
of s stock; "Wdlooms" U to s height >L ^ oth “ V*^ rn “• '“X ‘*>® nd
its intrinsic value by imsginstive stories, *“• th .® oBlc « r - ‘ m<1 “ ilu
fictitious sales andkiridrcl ixetho.1*; 10^ 1^““,*.!^ th ®“. 10 mnk ® »ny bresk or
“s tier," or .mall ride venture, U^t do.s " "to hJ l I h u “f kin } ! 1 “ u ‘»“° u *« r l*«“*ng
not eunloy his entire ospitalr "flies kites" *“®. m - »® ®“» Buadle any number of men
when lie expands his creilit lx-.viiu-! juJic I ^ d . t W r * MUM> re-ch b * Ct
ions bounds; "bolds the mucket" when he' " m un ' d u chorees to let them,
bays sutHcknt stock to prevent the
pnee from deriining; "milks the
street" when he holds certain stocks
so skillfully that he raises or de
presses prices at pleaxure, and thus absorbs
some of the accessible cask in the street;
boy* when the "market in rick” from over-
A GIGANTIC SAKE.
Dneeiptlea of tkr Lsnce.1 "8tr
Ever Coiutrueterl.
hr the Mugwump fails to.elect Davenport
this fall, it’ll good-bye Mug forever.
Newark Neva.
, A gigantic strong room, the largest ever
sixculstion: keenly examine* “points"— constructed, measuring fifty feet m length,
theories for facts—on which to base snecn- ?“‘ l weighing close uixtn 1UU tons, has just
lation; "unhaids” when he —n- what has 1,1 ® n ’ rictnl for the Nstionol Bank of Scot-
been carried for some time; luw a ‘Vwim- M* 0 *! By Jfessrs. t'hnhb. The entire stenc
illing uiarkat" when all is buoyant; “spills I lure . l * "f Ban! steel. Tho plates were
stock” when he throws great quantities up- I roU®*'; and after the lairing had
on the market, either from necessity or to Been completed were again tempered toreu-
"break,” L e., lower the price. He “sail- !*“ r “®, n: unassailable by took of any kind,
■lies the market" by foisting a certain stock I The safe consists of three rooms, eaeh en-
npou it, and ia "ont of' any stock when be I **1“* by a aeparate door ami grill, messur-
hes sold what he haa held of it tng seven feet hy three feet four inches,
and the doors weigh a ton each, notwith-
TennyMm's "May queen." | standing which, they turn on their two pins
THE SEWING MACHINE.
Some Interesting Fact. a. to Its Invention
anti Inventors.
Pittsburg Letter In Sewing Machine Time*.
Aa historical facta are growing more in
teresting eaeh year concerning the prime
movent of the great sewing ltinchine indus
try, I wish to give you wliat I know nbont
the king of the sewing machine business,
L M. Singer. It ia said that Eliaa Howe
never made n machine that wonid Rew per
fectly, Irat that Mr. Singer did. All author
ities give Howe credit for tho invention,
and the country blacksmith did well
toward that end, no doubt; but he got hia
idea from a defective machine mndc by Wal
ter Hunt, of New York, in 1832. Hunt in
vented the paper collar also. He demon
strated the fact that a machine could take a
stitch, but could go no further, nnd Howe
mtented the model anil got nn offer from n
jondon firm of corset makers, who gnve
him two yenrs in which to perfect his ma
chine nnd adapt it to their business. They
fitted np a mnehino shop nnd paid him for
his time, bnt it was a failure, nnd he re
turned to America disconsolate. The prob
lem was solved thus:
About forty years ngo a man named Re
gan 'owned a wood-carving establishment
on Fifth avenue, this city (Pittsburg).
Among his workmen was I. M. Singer, who
wns nn expert in making wooden letters for
signs. Jinny of these old letters are still to
be fonnil in the rubbish of Pittsburg gar
rets. Mr. Singer in those ilnys was “hard
up" in the fulleat sense of tlmt term, and
waa somewhat of a Bohemian in habits ami
taste. Ho left this city nnd tramped to New
Y’ork, where lie obtained work
similar establishment, his new
employer being engaged perfecting
machine for sawing ont wooden
letter*—n sort of scroll saw; nt any rate, Mr.
Singer helped him to complete it. The in-
ventor went to Mr. Clark, noted lawyer on
patenta, in onler to get his scroll saw pat
ented. He took Mr. Singer along to better
explain to the lawyer the working,
specifications and plans of the scroll saw in-
vention.
Whilst thore Mr. Clnrk spoke incidentally
of the fnilnrc of Elias Howe to perfect liis
sowing machine in London. Singer lis
tened attentively, nnd it is said asked many
questions concerning tlie difficulty.
"By George," exclaimed Singer, “lean
moke that thing work.”
“Thero is a fortune for you if you do."
said Mr. Clark.
“I con do it. I have tho idea now,” en
thusiastically contiueil singer.
Tnen it is recorded how he looked down
his shoes, with tho soles looso nnd his
clothes in tatters nnd mgs. He wilted (so
to stieak) and exclaimed: "I nnt talking
wild; I haven't money enough to lmy a
screw.”
“I will tell yon what I will do,” said
Clark. "I will fit yon np a shop in the loft
of my ntable, furnish yon with everything
yon need to work with nnd live npon. nnd
give you two months to make it go. If yon
are auccessfnl I will get all accessary
imtAtltu. Anil tnlrn linlf «»# mv invreitnw.nl *»
patents, and take half of my investment.
“It's a go,” said Singer.
Inside of a month be hod his machine
working, using the eye-pointed needle and
shuttle invented liy iinnt, lint with sn nil-
dition it msile u continuon* stitch. Tlu-rc
was one defect, however. His machine
failed to draw up the stitches nnd left each
one with a loop on both stile* of the fulirie.
Upon this he worked night itml day until
the last day of liis time came. Up worked
at it until noon and then started for his din
ner. A thought struck him, uml back
through the streets he started ou a run for
his shop. He seized a little piece of wire,
twiatedit several Ixuiils anil inserted it in
the mnehino. This was the little "spind"
called n "take-up,” which is to-ilny found in
ono form or nnother iu every machine. It
was a success.
liy the time Elias Howe got back from
England he fonnd three machines In
America that would sew; all were based on
his [intent—the Singer, the Wheeler ft Wil
son and tho Grover ft Baker. He fonnd
thnt Singer had sold 4,000 machines. He
Brought suit and succeeded in getting judg
ment for $80,000 royalty on those sold, and
further established u royalty of $20 on each
machine sold by any of the three firms.
After this Howe got a man named Taylor
to work on a machine, and he finally suc
ceeded in inventing an entirely new one.
which took Howe's name. Abou ttbis time
Tumors reached the other Anus that model*
■nolle by Hunt and antedating Howe's were
in existence, and they secured one from
Baltimore. They held a consultation and
sent for Mr. Howe, and showed him the
model, and their proof that Hunt invented
it long before his patent wns nppliod for.
Howe was broken up badly and nude a clean
breast of it. Howe left the office and bap-
liened to meet his lawyer on the street. To
him ho confided the whole matter. “I will
fix that," said the lawyer, and they started
I shall stand, shoot and be shot nt nr ah.ii
I feci like skedaddling ?" We began to an
proach the edge of the clearing. Jnst then
the never-to-be forgotten scream of a shell
from the enemy, somewhere on our left
caused every man to make n most polite
how—I'm sure I did—for it sounded like
the howl of dcviU and seemed to be even
where.
Out captain’s face was a little n«Len iu
color—so were all ot our own, I think Th
captain smiled faintly, and nude some re*
mark about • •dodging 'em,” which we
perfectly willing to do. Thinks I there's
more where thnt came from, and't ,w.
like the sample. .wuiUi.nt
Halt! We were standing on a bit of
ground, part swamp, part pnstnre. A f, w
small trees about us, logs ,*„ a brokeu
branches scattered about, mixed up with
wild climbing vines, plants and bushes
Directly at our front we saw what appeared
to he n railroad, or roadbed for one, extend
ing from our right as fur as we could see on
our left.
Now comes nnother order, "Lie down.”
Iu our rear we heard the tramp of men
nsliing of underbrush, rattling of artillery
wheels, etc., ns ottr forces v ere taking up
their positions. Then there seemed to be
almost n perfect silence for n Bliort time.
A little bird, perched on n tree at onr front
sung sweetly for a minute or two and three
or four cows walked about chewing their
cutis in a must unconcerned manner. I
peered abend, anxious to catch sight of
something living and moving behind the
earthworks of the enemy, but they seemed
deserted.
■ A little closer inspection, however, re
vealed the heavy guns poking their ugly
black noses from out of the embrasures at
intervals nlong the work. I thought I saw
a hat or two, but wasn't sure. Will this si
lence never lie broken? This awful husli. I
wns nervous; what’s going to be next? I
take another look at my gun, holding on to
it tightly. About me lav the boys, every#
face to the front, nnd n business look abont
most of them. Suddenly a crash of mus
ketry was heard far on our left. Like a
wave, it rolltxl nearer, louder nnd louder.
Then a boom! Ixiom! of the field pieces
[limited in the road An Immediate r* ply
came from the enemy, and tbe battle had
commenced.
Now the voice of our colonel wns heard :
•’Tention, battalion!" "Fire nt will!"
‘Commence firing!" Tlie noise noW wns
deafening. The ntniil discharge of musketry
on onr side, nnd the heavy volleys from the
enemy, who, when they fired, rose np in
one long line. Thousands of gray lints, ap
pearing above the earthworks, delivered
their fire and disappeared, to lie immedi
ately replaced by another line of mi n. nnd
then hy still another. The bursting shells,
flinging their iron fragments tar and wide,
tho whistling of gmp > nnd canister, the par
ticularly vicious yip; yip! ping I of the miuie
ban, flying branches of tn * s, tom apart liy
b ill nnd shell, the misty atmosphere thick
with smoke, waa a scene never to lx* forgot
ten.
Onr gunboats threw their ponderous mis
siles over and into the works. Tho cows
before mentioned as feeding quietly nt OUT
front now bellowed loudly, nmnwith their
tails straight in the Air, rushed nlwnt seek
ing shelter and finding none. A large (log
belonging to the enemy ran after the liall<i
where they struck the ground.
I hail fired some half-dozen rounds when
I looked nlxmt me. It seemed ns though I
was noting under the influence of a dream.
I conld not exnrtly realize my situation, yet
knew thnt death wns in tlie air. "Is this a
battle?" thinks I to myself; "why, no one is
dead nr wounded about me.” Cure fully ram
ming iu another cartridge, examining my
cap to sec thnt it was dry, I fired ngain.
Conld see no particular object to tire at
wliea the enemy were nnt delivering their
fire, unless their artillerymen should them
selves fire nt them.
One tunn in dark clothes mounted tin-
works, and with n field-glass carefully
scanned onr position. I fired nt him several
times. If I ever hit anybody I didn't know
it. Indeed, I did not nlwnys know whether
my gun was discharged or lint, except hy ita
commencing to kick hack a little, thero was
such n noise.
"Why don't some one get him?" My font
was pulleit slightly by one of our men 1m-
hind me. Looked around. Saw him point
ing to my left, and he eviileutly was tolling
uie something, as his Ups were moving. I
could scarcely hear him, bnt looked in tho
direction indicated, and saw one of my
company who had bi>en firing from a kneel-
te . nrtXnmtot ail tare. dtertLraUMrateUfa. I baring Ixilta' all around, which nlinot at
sreusbls. 1 angles of 45 degree), forming a powerful
“Now, gentlemen,” he said, addressing
the sewing machine proprietors, "you are
simply killing the goose that lays the golden
e»p kiu let this thing get known and
refuse to pay Mr. Howe hi* royalty and you
. i.re V’ 55* machine at $25 instead
of $125. Inside of a year there willbea
hundred sewing machines in the market, all
of them using the patent yon now hold.”
luey Haw the A coinpromixe vu ef-
fccted, liy which Eliaa Ilowe continued to
!if t *“xV’ 3 o- ly of .*?, on e * rh machine instead
T*® dollara also went into a gen
eral fond to fight other companies into salt-
mission to their control. This waa the
famous "combination" which made millions
upon millions of dotlsn, and furnished
much canse for denunciation on the part of
many wall-meaning [*,,.,| e . The Howe ma-
chine then waa redly the Taylor machine
was f Pittslmrger, maite
the first machine that would tew. He died
worth tl5,UJO,M», to say nothing of the
millions be squandered. "
C^t blew, "TlL Let - Dr. m*.
ing [ii isition lying with his face to the ground,
a sin all spot of blond on his tempi'. That
was all. He never knew what killed him.
I looked at nim with astonishment, and
couldn't seem to comprehend the situation
even then.
•Don't hit me boy*, I’m wounded!" and
one of onr front rank staggered to the
rear, holding a bleeding hand to his bleed
ing face.
"They'to got the range of ns now!”
shouted some one, and in* n began to fall
Imek to the rear with bleeding wounds or
feU in their tracks. Home mun in thc-ir
excitement fired in the air, and one or two
fired off their ramrods. 1 could see these
things happening aU abont me
By and By we near load cheering on our
leftr it grows louder and nearer.
“Charge!” and out of the works we spring,
rushing at top speed, stumbling over tbe
fallen tree trunks, spWiiug into mud
holes, scrambling through th- briar*, nnd
leaping into the ditch in front of the
works, we scramble nn the sloping parapet
and are on them. Tlie enemy is iu full
retreat
We have now a short halt In the breast
works; companies that were broken np in
tbe charge were rejoined and rolls called.
Many had answered to their names this
morning for the last time. The last two or
three hoars bail mastered them out, and
they bad joined the great majority. Dur
ing the short rest that followed, 0«n. Barn-
side rode past us, hat in hand, his face
beaming with smiles, every oih chi * ring at
the top of bis Toice. All felt happy, i
think. The time of the engagemcii: * * mad
very short. One man said it must have
been thirty minutes or thereabouts. It
seemed to me a trifle more. Iu reality it
lasted nearly tine - hours.
—Madame Patti has a small, cold anil
wrinkhu iMiw. Modjeaka't hamls or.
round, long, well tunm u. Ihi v ure gen
(rally in rapcsi Tlie hands of Clara Mor
ns are long, slender, rather wiry and ucr*
Tons. Her nails are pink and pr.-tty, and
the wrists are small nnd well turned. Mary
Anderson haa a cold band lluit almost gin s
you a chill if touched. Margaret Mather's
Bands, like herself, are small, graceful au-.l
Mtectire in gesture. Gen-t-r, s.alchi.
Fnrxeh-Madi and Matema all hnve large mul
E nemas bund.), bturty to clasp, mul hx>k-
g able for the work their staple ixslies
nnd brains require,
—Mrs. A. T. Htewart i. he- it • *v for
the poor to enjoy her bounty by allowing
them to do something in n turn. Kite > m-
ploye a nitmler of women locl .uh. r
marble palace drily. They work foil- bonis
and receive $2.50 • 1*. uthi r wotoeti nr.-
employed to dean silver at $3 $ file, and
men who t,rush the statu *rj . t ., .!.**