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Newspaper Page TextTIIE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27,1885. THE TELEGRAPH, yiBLIHHKD EVE1T DAT ISC TUT TEAR ADD TKILT, BT THE Telegraph ami Messenger I'nblisliiiijr Co., 97 Mulberry Street, Macod, Ga. The Daily la delivered by rarrlent In the city or in Ailed postage free to euliecribers, for $1 per month, $3.5o for three months, $5 for six months, or $10 a year. Tar Weekly Is mailed to mb.,Tiber**, postage free, at $1.-23 a year and 70 cents for sit months. Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at $1 per equate of 10 lines or less for the Ant Insertion, and 50 cents fot each subsequent in sertion, and for the Weekly at $1 for each insertion. Notices of deaths, ffterals, marriages and births, $1. Rejected communications will unt be returned. Correspondence containing iuiistriaut nea-s and discussions of living topics is solicited, but must be brief and written upon but one side of the paper to have attention. Remittanrmi should lie made l>y express, postal note, money order or registered letter. Atlanta Bnreau IT 1 , Peachtree street. All communications should he addressed to 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 ., .!.**

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, October 27, 1885, Image 2