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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: DECEMBER IT, 1884.
THE MACON TELEGRAPH-
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LET MACON EXERT HER INFLU
ENCE.
One very smut admutUgo ot the
Carlisle plan, f ir e.telng the prevailing
financial stringency seems to be Us ex
cellent chance of reconcling existing
differences between lib» clashing ele
ments, not only within the ranks of
the Democratic party, hut. throughout
the country.
In the East, where the creditor class
is hoard from almost exclusively, there
lias developed some spirit of opposition,
in other sections by men more Imer
eti.*. in the success of the Republican
painty than in the prosperity of the
Amorittin nation. But, take the nation
over, and there appears to he unusual
unanimity in favor of Carlisle's project.
Washington dispu tabes yesterday
morning indicated that there was a
good prospect of passing u bill based
upon Carlisle's suggestion at this ses
sion.
The present congress has not been
rapid in its movements and must break
Its record it it takes such action; but
this is tlie hope held forth.
A majority of tiie bankers in Georgia
are cither in favor of the plan or have,
at least, urged no objection to it. The
same may be add of the country at
large.
Yesterday afternoon there avas a
meeting of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce to formulate a petition to
congress for the speedy passage of a
currency bill founded on the Carlisle
Idea. It Is expected that other cities
will (take similar action.
In Macon the hankers all seem to
feel a deep Interest in the matter. Mr.
J. W. Ckitoaniss, one of the most prom
inent, who furnished so full a synopsis
ot his views to !the*Teloguuph, believes
that Carlisle has hit upon the true solu
tion of the financial problem, and that
rut:rioting tuuk bills issued to a min
imum denomination of ten dollars will
give silver its proper circulation.
The Carlisle plan promises to recon
cile gold and silver men, monomofciWsts
and 'bLmetallists, as no former expedi
ent to meet the financial enigma has
yet promised to do. The query is;
Will congress put it through at this ses
sion or (Mill the work of relief be left
to die Republicans?
Whether for the sake of the Domo-
enutfo pnrty or of the country Itself, it
appenni equally important tlait finan
cial legNkitiou should be enact.si at
, tilts session, and no legitimate means
sboUUl be neglected that may impress
upon congress the fact that the people
eagerly await 11s action on so vital an
issue.
Would lit not lie a good Idea for the
Board of Trade of hlaoon to come to
gether .‘toil pass resolutions and draft
a petition to this end?.
The town, rite state—the whole land
is interested.
WOULD XT WORK OUT THAT WAY
Editor nook of the Augusta Chron
icle advances a bold suggestion.
Noting the fact that six million dol
lars annually ore expended to fertilize
the cotton fields, and that it W pre
dicted from prices ruling in October and
November cotton futures In die liver-
pool market that nest year the staple
can be bought for 4 1-2 cents on farms,
lie Inquires: “Why raise any cotton
at all? Bpeattng of the Southern farm
ers, he Hays:
‘‘They cun't raise it at that price, and
it they are lotermincd to have it, they
ltad beater buy it. They caa get it
cheaper than they can moke it, and
will sate all the labor expended In
: making the crop, and oil the chances
of bad seasons. If the Southern people
. could unite In buying a few million
! Isles from 'Liverpool ok this price nnd
then refrain from planting a single
acre, they would mhke hack all the
money they have lost in the last few
years. Why not try it? It nhe South
would not plant any cotton for one
, year, and would raise a tremendous
I food crop, our people would he inde-
I pendent Id a few years.”
It is not improbable that it would be
| to the interest of the South to follow,
1 in the main, Editor Hooks' Idea, If, as
i a pmuticul proposition, It were rcuson-
' able to suppose that it would b« hon-
! cztly followed.
Rut the chances are that his sugges
tion Is not advanced with the idea that
j lb-re Is any serious prospect that It will
, be followed at aU. It took many years
and tt very bitter experience to im-
1 press the formers of Georgia with the
importance of cutting down the cotton
acreage. It will hike many more and
s situ more bitter experience A> con
vince thorn of ithe wisdom of ellpiinst-
Ing it altogether, even for a time.
This Is but natural. Bach man
thinks, anil wisely thinks, Mr.it if otner
farmers are to raise little or no cot.toa,
tlie cotton be may proiuas will com
mand an increased price. If only one
or (two were to take this view it would
make no practical difference so far as
the country was concerned, but the
view being a reasonable one, so many
formers would act upon Tt, 'that file re
sult would be that comparatively few
would reduce Their cottou ncrwige.
It would take a long time for the
Southern farmers to organize a move
ment of the kind suggested by the
Chronicle, and without united action
nothing worth spettking of could be ac
complished. In the absence of such
united action, of course each individual
farmer would at once conclude thn.t if
his brethren were to atwndon cotttou,
the price of co-titon would speedily go
up. He .would, therefore, see clearly
dint it was to his ndvuntage to produce
cotton, and he would produce it more
abundantly tltin ever.
Let ouch Indiviflual former, noting on
this presumption, behave as a reasona
ble business man ought to do, and we
should have, seasons flavoring, a.t least
as greut a crop as we have ever had.
The Chronicle's idea is probably a
good, but scracoly a practical one.
Perhaps tiha.t paper goes too far in sug
gesting <tihat absolutely no ootiton be
raised in the South for one year, und
that in the meantime the cotton coun
try buy of Liverpool. Were the South
to produce only so much cotton as the
Southern country nnd Sotitheru facto
ries need, Liverpool prices would go
up and the staple could not be bought
for 4 1-2 cents. If by united action
the acreage were cut down to a point
where only the Southern factories nnd
farmers oullUl be supplied, this greut
reduction would be sufficient nnd prob
ably work out the desired end so ps to
repay the Southern farmers .for one
year's abstonance from what has grown
to be the odtlton dissipation, even to
the extent that Editor 'Hook scorns to
hope.
fROF. GLENN’S APPOINTMENT.
Tlte appointment of Professor
Glenn to be commissioner of
education whs well received in
Macon. So far us the Tele
graph yesterday heard expressions of
opinion, they Were entirely to the effect
that Professor Glenn will make one of
the best canwnissioniera ithe state has
ever hud, and this was always tiocom-
panied by a further expression of grat
ifloation thait the governor had seen
fit to make the appointment.
Professor Glenn is a man in the prime
of life, vigorous, energotic, enthtwius.
tic, of high ability, cultivated and fully
informed as do the work which Is be
fore him. He will enter upon the dls-
charge of his duties with confidence In
himself and (Conscious, foot he,
is tracked xy the confidence nnd
good opinion of the communi
ty in which his work as an
educator has been done. He will not be
merely an ndaninfstruitor, looking after
the simple details of his oflice; but, tak
ing a broad view of his work, will bend
his energies anti devote his talenlts to
enlist the interest and the Intelligence
of the people of the state in The public
school system. Full of Intelligence and
inf.imitation, he Is also na excellent
speaker and writer, and Is therefore
well qualified to present his views in
a manner tint will attract favorably
attenttion to them.
The Telegraph is especially graitlficd
that the appointment should have come
to -Professor GJenn. Ho was for some
months ithe business manager of this
paper, and, In constant association
with the men who make It, won their
respect ana liking. Always genial and
kindly, strict in his attention to bus
iness, yet atfahle, he mado upon them
the impression ithat he was a who oould
be depended upon to faithfully carry
out any trust. They expect to see him
largely successful In magnifying the
oflico To which he is now appointed, by
making it more useful than It ever has
been to Tbs people of too state. Hit
heart is in educational work. He has
the knowledge and experience that go
to make a man useful In that
work, nnd Is animated by the
modern spirit of progress that
enables one, by too use ot the best
methods, to achieve great results quick
ly. In this appointment, as In otbeni
which he has mule. Governor Atkinson
has displaced uaund Judgment
OUlM ORANO BAL1S.
Ycwterday morning, at ithat grey hour
when roosters are licensed to crow In
The country "deedsriota," and Baby
Esther crows at the capital of these
United States, Just before Jabbing her
heel Into Baby Ruth's mouth or stick
ing her small pink toe into her own,
there was on unaccustomed sensation
under the White House windows.
Mr. Cleveland, disturbed by the noise,
rushed to the window, clad—as ho was
before being disturbed—and peered
out upon toe District of Columbia in
a great state ot suspense.
Whether toe clamor proceeded from
an imported Armenian massacre, a
clash between toe Chinese and Japa
nese legations, or from a popular Amer-
lcun uprising to demand tlio speedy
passage of the Nionmgua canal bill
or the enactment of Mr. Carlisle's
measure of financial relief, in the dawn
ing light It was impossible to trti
Presently there was u tap st the
door and a sentry stood without, his
musket upright at ‘'present bumps.”
“What is too matter?" asked the
president.
‘That's wbat we -want to know, sir.
Dopes Hotnettn’ ton der grounds, sir;
wot west keep off of Her cress.”
*'Oood gracious," gasped too presi
dent. ‘‘Well, and why don't you -hoot
It?”
‘‘We ha* no orders from der war
department, sir. per t'ing aint 1 otin’
human.”
-ut course, of course! discipline must
be respected, but what is ‘this some
thing' like?"
“One of der officials from dor Smith
sonian InstMoot happened t'v be goln’
by and here Is nls report, sir.
The report read thus:
"Long nose, ears and tall, the latter
naked and prehenstbte; great toes so fully
opposable to the other digits as to con
stitute a functionally perfect posterior
pair of 'hands.' These opposable great
toes are without nail or claw, but their
tips are expanded Into broad, flat pads,
which are no doubt of the greatest use
to such a climbing animal. On -the an
terior limbs alt the five digits are pro
vided with long, aharp claws, and the
potlex, or thumb, is but little opposable.”
“Good gracious!” again gasped Gro
ver.
And then there was hurrying and
skurrying and telephoning anti message
sending of all sort* to gat the proper
authorities together to consult on ways
ami means nnd unrol The necessary red
tape and Issue the necessary regttla
fton orders to protect the safety nnd
the dignity of the White House and
preserve the sacred nation.
No wonder the resident felt anxious;
for the above terrifying description
was unanimously endorsed by too breth
ren of ithe belated natumllst when,
assembled in solemn condave. they
shook their wise heads and wagged
their wise 1 wards over toe doubtful ob-
Jeot.
Secretary Dan Lamoat arrived soon
after they had .given Their division,
and, that no chances might be taken,
ordered 'the sentry to 'shoot.
This order was official, and would
have been obeyed, last Just a* that
moment the creature fell over appa
rently dead and remtined in a coma
tose condition for some moments, giv
ing The soldier time to reflect that
the musket possibly might kick.
The Idea was therefore abandoned,
for the secretary of war, like all great
generals, is a prudent commander and
tender of US men.
The question, "whnit was to bo done,”
In view of the emergency, Then reel rose.
The navy might have been culled Into
play, -but there again was the danger
of the recoil ot the, guns; bashes,‘it
would have been necessary to use mor
tars to Shoot over the White House,
and Secretary Herbert pointed out
that they were notoriously Inaccurate
and might tear up the whole neigh
borhood before toe exact range could
be ascertained.
In the perplexity Secretary Smith ar
rived. He canto to the rescue Just in
the nick of time.
“That?” said he, "TtoaTl Hallelujah!
Why that's a Georgia 'possum, and
Just to time for Christmas.”
. Tfye nation was declared Mfbe -sw^e.
MAY GO TOO FAST.
A Washington special to the Phila
delphia Times says that President
Olevc&md will devote the remainder of
his term to an attempt to -thoroughly
establish in ohr syfetn of government
the civil service ideas which he made
prominent when be first entered pol-
ites. He will, Is said, relieve chiefs
of divisions, chiefs of burets, heads of
departments, members of the coast and
gcodeotic survey and of toe geological
survey, employes of the government
printing office, the postal agents of
tire various departments and fourto-
ebss postmasters from danger of re
moval when -party control of too gov
ernment! changes, Iby piloting -them
under The protection of The civil serv
ice law.
It will he seen that the reform hero
outlined Is a very sweeping one. The
chiefs of bureaus and divisions are not
very numerous, but they hold toe best
pad positions In the departments. The
printing oflico employes, however,,
number some thousands. It is iu the
cuse of the fourth-class postoffices,
however, that The change will be most
felt. Of these there are not less than
seventy thousand In the United States,
und everyone of them has heretofore
been a political office, to he given out
In reward for sorvlvw done to a party,
or to party candidates.
The country Is quite prepared for an
extension of the civil service law.
Experience with that law ins been
such as to commend It To die people,
hut it may be seriously doubted wheth
er the county is yet prepared for so
wide an extension of the operations
of tbo law in the sudden manner pro
poned. for even though toe extension
bo stretched over two yarn, It will
nevertheless be sudden. There is dan
ger That if Mr. Goveiand atrries out
too programme which the Times’ cor
respondent outlines, that he will ex
cite on opposition so bitter among the
persons os.st immediately interested
in toe life of toe oVl system that they
will be able To bring to hear influences
sufficiently strong to undo some of This
work, if not alt of it, with the result
ot demoralizing and d-laying the civil
service reform movement. The public
bus approved each step which Ins
heretofore been Taken in widening the
scope of toe civil service law. Bath
of these steps ins' itcen Taken very
cautiously, and we do nof doubt, If
the satire policy Is pursued, that too
public will still approve su more and
more employes of the government are
taken out of the control of patronage
distributors and made, to rely upon
their own efforts as faithful and effi
cient employes for the mention of their
places.
We would count it a very serious
misfortune if through too great haste
too civil eervico reform inoreineot
should now get a fack«et. Like ell
great (reforms, it must come into ope
ration slowly. A political system can
not be changed in a day. It must
have a new growth. If its ohamet.
Is to change. The spoils system had
been in undisputed operation for fifty
years before a reform of it -was ser!
ously undertaken. In too bar ten
years much has been done. It will be
sufficient cause for congratulating the
country if in too next 'ten years as
much more is done. We believe that
the end sought to be accomplished by
too president is the one at which
civil service reform will finally nrrlve.
We 'think Jttot when it is reached, the
politics of the country will be in a
much healthier conddblon than they have
been. I’eople will then divide more on
questions of public policy (than they
have been able to do heretofore, when
so mtuh of Their attention wits taken
up with toe mere filling of subordi-
mate offices, .whose icocupaDts Crave
little or nothing to do with too Inaug
uration or enforcement of now policies
—who ore 'merely too executants of
the will of those on whom the duty
rests of inaugurating and enforcing
now policies.
WORTHY OF IT'S HIRE.
For a time it seemed that the session
of the legislature which has just closed
would result in toe accomplishment of
lititile or nothing. Indeed, toe opinion
bad already gained ground among the
people 'that we had a do-nothing leg
islature. But that body fully redeemed
Itself in toe bat days of Its session. As
we said yesterday. It would fully have
justified its existence and its cost to
toe stnite if It bad done nothing but
pass toe registration bill. Having
pissed That bill. It disperses, nnd each
one of its members returns to a com
munity where he .will be welcomed be
cause or that blit. Having begun
well, -the logistaituro will, no doubt, at
its next session, complete its good work
by pJIssing a ba-uot law correspondingly
good.
The Took family are notoriously tut
pecuutous, but They seem Ito be people
of -talent and are never blind to what
is vulgarly known ns "toe main
chance.” One lttitle iprinoeds of toe
Teok blood ilxm been engaged to two
prospective heirs nppiront <md is now
the wife of the eldest living son of the
Prlooe of Wales. In time, if she nnd
her husband tire, too will not only be
Princess of Wales but Queen of Eng
land. The Prince of Teck, doubtless
her brother, displays no meaner talents
In 'the inaitrlmonlul line. He has just
married Lady Margaret Grosvenor,
daughter to the Duke of Westminster,
the richest peer in The kingdom, nnd,
our Auedcao bondholders and the
ItotlischildB usifie, -perhaps -tine wealth
iest nmn fn toe world. When It comes
to matters nturtmonlal, too ‘Peeks
know who to take.
The Sylvanla barn burners got thirty
years each in the -pern. They pleaded
In extenuation of tlie.tr confessed crime
that they toad been Incited by ti Pupil
list candidate, named F. M. Buford, to
burn out all prominent Democrats. If
Buford's guilt is proven he will bo re
sponsible in-fourteen cases, nnd, ac
cording to the sentences muted out to
the negroes, would have 210 years
serve. ‘If Chin should be punished
seven fold, Then -truly Lantech Beveuty
and seven fold.”
The Now York Hem Id Insists or
printing war news from China und Jn
pan according to the atotiive fashion. If
you have patronized JUn-Jam's laundry,
you don’t need to see toe Herald. If
you hnvo nott, take a spider and a fly,
dip Their login into an ink bodtlo nnd
then turn them loose on two blank
sheets of paper. The result will bo a
fac simile of The New York Herald's
print—apparently obtained In precisely
the tame wuy.
A writer on The State of The Chinese
empire says That the people of the
provinces which do not have to bear
the brunt of the Japanese invasion are
very mdiffereat to The woes of toeir
brethren who do. They yawn and
scratch toeir hauls and, as an object
of interest, unanimously pronounce toe
sent of war to be threadbare. Perhaps
Ibis accounts for the Japanese
sue-
Poor old Bbud utnnot even get his
own conimVtroo together. Yet he is so
hopeful ss to declare tout “free coin
age” never before had a bettor chance.
Honor tn toe valiant! If nothing but
the personal courage «.«* epe man were
required, silver would be os free os sal
vation and ss plentiful as blackberries
In July.
An Armenian in New York, excited
by toe recent Turkish nmsssare in Kur
distan, has written to one of .the
metropolitan papers to- inquire if there
is X God. Some people are so curious
that they haven't even the pjftieuce to
wait until they die. Besides, how Is
the nuwspuper to know?
The South Carolina sena/torthlp seems
a high price -to pay to get rid of Till
man, but South Carolina may make on
the traasmodon. Tillman Is only ono
man in the senate. In toe guberna
torial chair he was toe one and only.
Recent advices from Europe would
seem To suggest that the Gannas band
of Bodaltsta were restrained from
Shouting im The retehstog through toe
efforts of toeir leader, who is not a
shooter, but Herr Singer.
Carter Hite, toe emigre apian, op
poses tart her opproprixUonx to the «tvy.
He wants no more rtilps. Possible Oar-
ter fancies that Turkey can be token
with Mhtmoem at GbriOnas Time.
The Georgia nSKtary get only $15,000
instead of $21,000. Bin turif a loaf at
the encampment m better than no sum
mer vacation at all.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A fine of ^0 pounds end costs for con
tempt of court has been. Imposed on
the editor of the London Figaro, who
Countess of Russell for restitution for oMerf aotoram’flhUretadW mEL* <2
ora-ma nf Ban.
her martial rights before the case was
tried.
,New York has recently had a loan ex
hibition of portraits ot women. A critic
has confessed disappointment beoause
so few beautiful women were seen In
the collection. Sadly, beauty was not
there. Oil pnlritings by famous artists
are expensive luxuries, and It would
seem that the New Yo-rk women who
can afford to have toeir portraits paint
ed are not beautiful.
A plan to establish a division des
taging with the geology erf highways Is.
It Is suld, in contemplation by the
United States geolog.Vti-1 survey. It
is proposed to establish a laboratory
where materials to be used Lit the con
struction of ihi-ghways will be tested
and reported on. and It is to be as
sumed that .the opinion of experts In
these matters will not only be of an
educative, but a practical vullue. Any
movement in tols direction cannot fall
to be -an added Impulse To road reform.
This plan may provide places for more
public officials, ail'd, tt may cut across
lots of states' rights in regulating
roods; but if It prevents highway rob
bery It -will do good. '
The man who Thinks he knows says,
In the man of average stature, the
height of the body is Ton times toe
length of the face; llhe face, from the
chin to 'Che hair, is las long as title hand;
toe arm is four times the length of toe
face; the sole of the foot Is ono-slxth
toe length of the body, and six times
the 'Thickness of the -band In tihe thick
est place equals the thickness of the
body. As all signs are liable to fall
in a dry Time, and are bound to fall
In a wet time, tt -would be Interesting
to know how tall a Chicago man would
be six times us long as his feet, and
how -long papa's arm -would he it four
times -as -tong os his face when he IS
thinking ot the Christmas presents he
must buy.
It is said Utat a singular Incident
occurred recently In the stenographer*'
gallery of the Hungarian House of
Representatives, 'line new member.
Deputy Antunovlce, belonging' to the
Clerical parly, made his maiden speech
with such remarkable volubility that
one after another of toe stenographers
put down their pencils In utter despair
ut the Impossibility of following him
In his well memorized effort. Hfa col
leagues listened to -him in amazement
and amid great hilarity. It is the first
case of the kind that has occurred in
thirty-four years. This offers a chance
for Edison to Invent a phonograph that
can be run ait great speed, by elec
tricity, wnrrsated to catch the fastest
talker without any apparent necessity
for winding up.
"Electric lights are plrfylng sad hav
oc with shade trees In Towns and vil
lages.'' says a philosopher. "Tho effect
Is to make tile leaves appear as though
they hud been subject to a blighting
breath. Arboriculutrlsts say that the
light keeps the trees aivnke, nod. con
sequently. they are tired to death.
Trees need sleep and rest, as well as
any other thing In nature, nnd the lack
of tilts rest causes the leaves fo droop.
This solution Is probably correct, as It
has been noted that similar trees In the
neighborhood of those affected, but re
moved from the exposure of toe Illumi
nation. retain their strength and col
or.” This should be looked Into. If a
remedy Is not provided for before an
other spring, the trees near electric
lights will probably leave.
At the Episcopal congress In Boston
recently. Bishop Potter told n story of
a horse-car driver who was a candi
date for the clergy- It wus necessary
for him to make application to the
bishop before he could pursue the
studies that would fit him for tho uni
versity. "Why do you wlah to enter the
ministry?” asked the bishop. "Well,’’
said the man, I have to stand up all
day as a car driver, und I want to do
some kind of work not so nrduous.*
His case was Indefinitely postponed
Congresses having the making of
preachers cannot be too careful. If
given a Job lit preach.ng the ear driver
might ultimately have doubted som<
rarts of to* Bible—which might have
nothing to do -with leading a good life,
nor prevented ilia glviug advice to otlt-
full possession. Either to* marshal, , -
deputies ero powerless or .1.™. an T
aepuo.es are powerless or stand
toe robbers. The Interior 0 ( i,T.*?
and Washita ranges of mountains'^
naimre of the country and ttaf^v
made almost Inaccessible by
ing Place* It affonda 1" JL * rc>cll »
orama of border history might ‘ r£
forest Just at 'Chi* Time. The om£
class do not come entirely
male members orf .the Community L'
are often recruited from toe f,, n £
tion 0/ the population. ***
One great ipotav to favor of these <«
laws has ibeen the friewMilp »hoS
them toy toe "squaw" men and 2
boomer element, from whose ranks thin
often depleted forcer arerednffirvd „
yearns go toy, until now they are ,
er than ever before tn their hb.-.,s
There are scenes of panic to full
tion art 'too present whltln,-, , s,
among which are the (jtarrs an i
Cooks. Bill Dolan nad /Slaughter Kid-
yet live, and are elehtv feadres or ertm.
toent mamtoers of one or toe other *
these outfits. r 01
Many cowboys, whose oooupatlnn c,,
passed away with toe opening and ”•
tlement of toe country, toave taken it.-a
'horses, arms and knowledge ( ,. 7
an3“starrs t0 ' th ® ser '" ice of th ' ? Coot,
In the letter part brf toe ’70s Sam Ri„
started in a* a gentleman of \h»
by single-handed stage robberies in,
name became a very -terror -to tre tr
ellng -public, and toe James boy*
only a secondary consideration on th.
border. But Bass did -not last ion.
and -was finally shot, captured and
cuted.« His oareer ended the "in,!
highwayman" -fad In toe -territory
since tot* demise toe work has been car.
Pled on by bands of from two to a
dozen tn each raid.
Close upon .the heels of Sam Ba*
lowed the O'Connell gang, organics
and raidtotg through the ChickJav
country. They were not very partkukr
as to their sort of booty, and -a-,,u!!
stoop from the high-toned «W „r
holding up a stage coach or robbing,
wagon train down 'to stealing sheen anr
cattle. A pair of 'this hand were kilW
by officers and auttlens, and the leader
Dan O'Conm-1!. was captured, tried at
Waohlta. sentenced to a long term h
toe penitentiary, where he is now del*
ins in the ooal mince for the g..ven>
merit.
A uniaue meonbw nt t-hr
has lately been sent tb prison, was at
Wade. BTU 'was a most unromrand, r
law. and after hLs pals were laud -by
.took to stealing hogs along the uHH
of the terltory and Kgn»as. Wad
personal appearance .was on -the swi
order, and the most ultra-romantic d-
perado living, a female would mu it 1
very hard Task to faifll to love with him.
A realty romantic and picttiresqiw
figure was that of George Steven*. Hr
was an educated Southerner on the
Chcfiterfieldian order, who would apois
gize to you while cutting your thru!
or trirntag your purse inside out. .\v
strange to say, he had a beautiful wile
who preferred to follow this man's n
citing and disgraceful career to wel
ding some respectable mnn. For ,1 yen
or more Oapt. Stevens, assisted by tm
burlyneg rocs named July Mouday 1
Burly July, terrorized the territ. ry
They stele horses, cattle, robbed ..tags
ana trains and waylaid lone traveler*
Suddenly, without any apparent cause
these depredations ceased, and peek-
and quiet reigned. This calm was un
nccciuhtabl* to the officers and the pub
lie, until one day July Monday wa.
found murdered at Rucell, and ills in
dian mistress informed the officers tha
his death lay at the door of Buriy
July, and also that George Stevens un.
his pretty wife bad both been murder*
by these fiends and the bodl-s cast Im.
tt snake den In toe mountains.
This den was located und visited by
n poase, and sure enough the bones ot
the . dead couple were found as thi
squaw had said. The negroes had first
killed their captain, then ravished his
wife dad afterward consigned both tb
a grave among’ toe rattlesnakes. Burly
July bad murdered Monday to prevent
him from dlsokwlng the story. Tn.
black desperado was captured by Blit
Carr after a hard fight, und cxpltlte
his crimes on thb gallows at Llttt
Dnslr A s»l*
Rock. Ark.
Then Belle Starr flitted across toe
Prairie stage. During the war she wi
a rebel spy; afterward she married 1
Union officer. He died and Belle drift
ed West, became the mistress of C.*
Younger, and 'by him nod one chili
a btuutlful girl named Peart Ycrutis-r
As Is welt known, dole Younger »u
Jesse James' righit-napd man, a»l I
now a prisoner tn toe -Minnesota pea
tenthary ati Stl’ilwaTer.
Belle became a faro bank deiler r
tho 'border. Shi* flitted froqi lover
lover and from place To place, fin-ill
winding u as mistress to an Indti
^ hi' 1 oi-rh f' u-Tu "wi.D* u as miscress to an mar
m t fir’ o! !U?-»oh K Vh®. ^ThTr Jlm Starr, a noted desperat
not fit to prutch the gospeL That Desperate a «id lawless, she become
terror and killed many men In bar
would have left him out In toe cold,
with chances that the air Drivers' As
sociation would not 'take him back to
work again.
U-pon toe far Western plains toe an
telope, a few years ago so fsimlllar
a sight to toe traveler by rail or
w:»gon, has now almost wholly dis
appeared. In Ooolrado, Texas nnd west
ern Kanaus shy bands, numbering
from two or ttbree to half a dozen an
telopes, are sometimes sighted, where
fifteen years ago toe herds were many
and targe. The extinction of these
rtPIUhirM saafnlaut.J a/.
beautiful fleet creature*, seemingly' so
near at hand, will bo less the reeult
of systematic hunting, such as Char
acterized the hunting of toe buffalo,
than the encroachments upon their
feeding grounds by cattlemen and
sneopmen -wlto .their herds, and toe
desultory shooting or sportsmen, ranch
men and cowboy*, now so generwMy
distributed over the pUnine, that toe
timid animals con find no plaice of se
curity. In New Mexico toe antelopes
have almost wholly disappeared from
the high ptaJns cost of the Rockies,
where onee they rtbounded, a few
small herds In the southwest of the
territory bring about oil that remain
within Its limits.
room fights. It was also declared tin
she was to* loader of a notorious Ms
of express robbers -then In operiTt*
Bhe was amtbusatded and killed oev
ernl -years ago wh»> riding to tierh-c
In to* mountains, after escorting if
husband to a border gambling ton
Her .husband continued hi* tames* ei
reer until he. too, -wa* shot to doth
“Tom King” Is a womnn who hi
caused toe officers lot* of trouble
"Tom" Is • woman and Is now at lib
erty. She steals horses, snoot* deput
marshals for her apprehension and «'
reaf. W ts only a short time since sft.
escaped from the El Reno (Ok.) Jail I-
broad daylight, the Jailer etopmg wtt
her. The first night out she robbe
him of h1s money, wibteh. hor*e snf
outfit and left him bound hard a»
foot on the prairie, where he was faun-
0**1 day,
• Her manta Is to steal horses, »I
Though she is also declared To be
memfber of the present Cook gang
express, robbers. She dresse* like
Same Idea of how much money a
successful doctor fn England m*y ac
cumulate In toe course of a tang life
Is shown Iby th* sworn statements
made to the -presbate office of the per
sonal property tliey leave. In toe last
five years sixty-five doctors have left
1,(00,000 pounds, an average of 50,000
pounds, or 1250,000 eqch. This is in part
due to careful Investments by fltr Will-
ham Gill who was phystolen In ordi
nary to Th* queen and toe prince of
Wales, and when he died, at toe age
of 74. left a fortune of (1,720.000. He
once spoke ot making over ((15,0000 In
a single year. Seventy-five thousand
dollars Is prrgmbly as rmioh as any doc
tor or lawyer can possibly make in
Enctand, and not more than half a
dozen men probably In each profession
average more than (50,000 a year. Of
tMrty-tlwo doctors in the list whose
nge* were given one -wmlM. eight more
were 50 or over, and eleven were be-
Twen 75 and 80. Btr Andrew Chirk,
president of toe College Of Physicians,
eft over (1,000,000; Btr Cater Clayton
(750,000, Dr. Anmttage, a blind mnn,
over (1,000,000. Dr. Moreli Mackenzie,
who win U when he died,, left only
(110,000. Beven estates only out ot tha
sixty-five exceeded (500,000.
THE BANDITS OF OKLAHOMA.
Bad Men and Women with Teibr-In-
spiring -Names,
(f lade reports from Washington ary
true, ton war departmel* hoe at length
come to the conclusion that affaire in
the tndtnn Territory are In a deplorable
condition, ami it ta proposed to send In
troops, ntst To quell an Indian uprising
or -to guard Gerordmo. tout, to put down
with a strong baud toe bandits which
have bee infesting this Country for toe
psoe fifteen year*.
In rapid onocaarion have come and
pasted the Jam.*' gang, th* Barr outfit,
tbo Daltons, and now the Cooks hive
I'AjurrB | rooDerii. r*ne
dashing sowboy one day, a squaw tb
next, and has even been'known to fo 1
die tracts among the Indians, acting »
a mfsslonary. Her disguises are ewi
.ess. and she Is a terror -to th* offl^cent
Th* Daltons had a long run. Enure*
Bob and Grafton belonged to the ort|!
nal band, the tatter two of which *<*
killed at Coffeyvtlle. Kan., and the tw
mer Is now tn the penitentiary. They «*
mad* a raid on the banks of the to**
and to* fight which ensued the ent!
crowd were wiped out end captured.
Then followed four monthe of peict.
Bill Dalton waa a respectable farm«
but soon fell from grace, and In «o
pany wlto BUI Doolan and other deeper*
do**, he took hi* lately deceased broil
erg place In toe outlaw-ranks. Hl« IW
In* of a deputy mnrahal a few menu
ago Is familiar In hlatory to all. Altho'S
there are now no more of the Daltos
on to* warpath, there are members
toeir bands stUI In existence. .
The Cooks, the present outfit rnahtn
trouble In the country, are the remnani
of sit th* bands that have gone be(o”
Those who escaped death from the nr>
Dai ton gang Joined Bill Dalton's me"
outfit, and after hts death these me " .
listed with the Cook*. In the latter ta"
are over thirty desperadoes, the tougnc
of all the bands that hair* gone bew^_
The Daltons would spare life In t r°“, h
The Cooks shot on sight and care n°“
ing for the life of a man, woman, or e«
tng ror the lire of a man, woman.
a little child. They are the terror of U
entire territory; guads In th* espr"'*™
do not care to try their nerve with t®J
men. They have been hunted Irie
animals, and now they are more s**“
than the tiger.
Women of all notions, ts tough astiw
are themselvest are known consort* ^
these men and are to be found*™,
small towns frequently by theso ut«P
dose, ffbe worst among them all b
Cook, Bill Doolan. "Slaughter” Kid. "
Starrs and Dr. McLowry. It will t**«
small army to kill or captor* them--'-'
tthorns Star.
"Why is Smith always ringingJOJ
mo The old time religion?*"
take up any collections tn those •!■""
—Atlanta Coostluutl.m.
It seems that Wffitatn Penn’s * *
in Pblladciplita, oc well «• Hsory .-w