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2 THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: DECEMBER IT, 1884. THE MACON TELEGRAPH- Published every day in the year and WbtKLY. Office 569 Mulbrrv Street. JTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH—Delivered by carriers la the city, or milled, posts** tree, 60 cents 4 month; SI.IS tor three months; 8.60 tor six months; (7 tor one yesr;'every day except Sunday. 8. tTHB TRLWEEKLY TELEGRAPH—Mon- 1 days, Wednesdays end Friday*, or Tues days; Thursdays and Saturdays. Three months. 11; six months. 8; one year, 8. SHE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH—By moll, one year. L. SUBSCRIPTIONS—Payable In advance. Remit by postal order, check or regis tered letter. Currency by mall at risk or sender. COMMUNICATIONS—All communications should be addreieed, end all orders, checks drafts, etc., made payable to THE TELEGRAPH. Macon. Ga. 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