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2 THE -WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: DECEMBER 31, 1894. THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR tun uirriri v Office 569 Mulberry Street. (THE DAILY TISLKOHAt-H-DeUTCCed by carriers In the city, or mailed, postage frar, 60 cents a month; 11.75 for three months; (5.50 (or tlx months; {7 (or one year; every day except Sunday, IS. cottons used in this country; but the tendency of which Hie Tit trait! speaks will oonttme ntul eroretually the bulk of rhe cotton doth .will bo nude among Hie cotton litiUte. FRANCE AND SILVER. fTIlE TELEGRAPH—'W-Weekly, Mor.- j da. 5, Wednesdays tend Fridays, or Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, three months, II; six months, !-; one year. It. {THE SUNDAY THLEURAPH-By mall, one year, 12. (THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH—By mall, one year. It. WlJESCRtFTlONS—Payable In advance. Remit by postal order, check or regis tered letter. Currency l>y mall at risk ct sender. COMMUNICATIONS should be addressed and all orders, checks, drafts, etc., made payable to THE TELEGRAPH. Macon, (la. PROPER PRECAUTIONS. Our cstofimnl canitraiporary, the At lanta Const lout ion, priuit.s a Washington disinttii, In 'Which is Mill hoiv a uuui- btir of newspaper nion avers hustled nway tom the White Housotm die np- pniach <>f Presiilciyt Oliivdunrt by po- liootnao, who sha tod til-ait wore acting titular orders. It is intimated that the president is afraid to allow people ho approach him, lest he be assassinated. OkUMnoKtlng on this story, tihe Consti tution remarks that “it s not pleasant to hoar that the jwesideut of tlliis great republic bas to hedge himself about with protcution which would better suit the Czar of Russia.” ITdbahJy the story is a very gross ex- nggomtion, but under l&e circumstances which now exist, it Is perfectly proper that the president should me ooreiftilly gtiardod against attacks. For a good l ing time a considerable numb «• of so- called iDmuooratio newspapers have nit'ido St tiba.r busintws to excite tihe tin- inv’-'ity of their readers against the president. This pm of 'the press has been led by the New York c>un, awl the Oinstitution has followed the Sun’s lead ns closely as possible. If (hose n m-npapers can be believed, there Is li'irdly n political crime or a personal vice of iwhioli tihe iprenidenfc has not been guilty. If what 'they say is true, he is not the rail president of tho Unit'd States, but is simply the agent of the “sharks of Wall sitroeit" and the Rrititfh gavennmenit, who is using the piwars of (be presidential office to en- slaVe and iiupiverisb the American p-.-oplc. As a person and as a presi dent, he is, according to their accounts, utterly datplcublc, and as long as he ruin .tins in office the liberties and the prop,may of the people 'will be In dan ger. ’ > Is it mot possible that some Booth or Ouittnu may believe what these nows- papt'tji say, and, lieilevlng, undertake to #Wy the pat* of a great patriot by murderin',' the president? If not, then it (taust bo true that even the Booths and Culteaus of the country are not otuzy.enough to believe that what the Constitution bas been saying about Mr. Cleveland is true. Tho president may not be pipotomed fuBy by lho reputation v.fri.sSt -She Sun and Its bumble Atlanta rollo ver had rtcqu red before they began their wariiv.e upon him and by the tx- tr i v.igant growth of their hatred since then, however, awl it is well enough that extra precautions should betaken to Irusuhe his nafdty. The. newspapers which clamor for the free coinage of silver In the United Stares, curiously enough, frenuently point to France as an example that JuslJflcs our government in adopting that policy. “Just let us do as France docs,” they say, 'hind we will be all right. The French have bimetufllism, and there ts no reason 'Why we should not have it -altoo." Now, as a master of fact, there has not been ta. legal tender silver coin turned out by the mints of France on private account in about twenty years. The mints of (hat country are Just as absolutely closed against silver as those of the United States lire now. During the time when ours were coin ing silver under d» Bi'andoAlllson law, and later, when our treasury was emit ting notes based on silver under the Sherman law, no additions whatever were being invade to riie volume of '.he French sliver currency. There were no mints anywhere, not oven thos of Ger many and England, more nearly her metically closed against silver than those of France. This is stlli true. There is no free coinage of silver at nil, excapt of minor coins, perhaps, on government account, just tas there is in the United States. These references to French free coinage are about twenty years out of d.L'to, Trtere was once free coinage in that country, but it was abandoned for the very sotme reason which now makes free coinage impossible in the United States. The French government sow that it could no longer maintain the free coinage of silver without per mitting the currency oif the country to rink -to tihe silver basis, nml rather than permit this, It closed its mints against silver. It will not open them again to that mUal unless under an internaelonail agreement. For the men Who are in favor of in dependent free coinage in 'this coun try, therefore, to cite the example of Fiance In Justification of their de mand, is dishonest. The example of France is exactly opposed to what they assert or insinuate that it is. Instead of French example Justifying free coinage, it justifies tihe closing of the mints against silver until an interna tional agreement has been reached as to 'the proper ratio of coinage. A PROMISING INDICATION. Wn.VT IS A “FUGITIVE.” SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The Now York HeraM. in commenting on Che fact that certain of the great Now Eitrfunri cotton corporations have decided go build mills In the South, siyn That “in the recent program of the South nothing is more striking than the devedopmona of its cotton manufactur ing industry. Within Bin last four years (tie number of mills has In- crwuH'd from two hundred and titty to four iminlrul, and 'Lue Capital invested from s!xty-s>ne to nlnety-eovon million do'km. This rapid devvdopraent bas boon due chiefly to Southern cutcr- r-rise, bat now that (New England man ufacturers have entered that Held, their leud will douUlAnu be followed by others." A few years ego the world was being told by Now England “experts" that the cotton manuAicturine industry could never he developed to any great extent jo one South;Mint Now England would always be the center of this In dustry. 'Many raisons tor this conclu sion were given, but the one which seemed to Impress the “experts" most w.ie that the climate of the South was too dry; thrvUta dryness made the man ufacture of fine goods .practically Im possible, and hampered the Booth even In the manufacture of coarser goods. The chaitfo since then bas been very great. As IWO mow see, the Northeast hjfl lost tin confidence in Ms ability to monopolize this Industry, or even to hoM the lead In It The other day we printed an extract from the Journal of Oommepce, pleading with tho railroads to oowttnue the discrimination In their rst*a In flavor of the Bast that would exclude Sotofcern goods from the West ern markets. Tbit appeal, of course, »V* confession of weakness. The string logic of flams' bus apparently convinced oven (he “experts" that the itouh con maneflaotune cotton, andean maniflaatare it so cheaply that New B protection in «*. or go out of this sort ml doubtless no for a good at of the lino Some time ago Governor Hogg of Texas made a requisition on Governor Flower of New York for liflie arrest and extradition of Mr. John D. Rockefel ler of the Standard Oil Company, tile ground that he was a fugitive from Justice and should be returned to Texas for trial. Governor Flower refused to honor 'tho requisition on tho ground that Mr. Uekefolitr bad newer bean in Texas and therefore could not be a fu gitive from justice In that State. 'More recently. Governor Hogg has sent similar requisition papers to Gov ernor Mitchell of Florida, with the pur pose of having Mr. II. M. Flagler, also of the Standard Oil Company, sent to Texas for trial. Mr. Fluglor, like Mr. Rockefeller, has never been In Texas and of course denies that he is a fugi tive from Justice. Governor -Mitchell has honored tihe requisition, but doubt Sir. Flagler will resist the Florida counts the effort to tuko him to' Texas fur trial, and (he ques tion whither a man ca,u be a fugitive from a state without over having been In it will bo decided in a K-g.il .way. The chtirEo against -those two mil lionaires is that the Standard Oil Com pany has violated the utrtl-mwt taws of Texas, and 'that they, as officers of tho company, urp responsible for this violation of the law. Tho fact that they have never been In the state does not, in Governor .Hogg's opinion, re lieve them from liability for (ho crime which they have committed through their agents. The decision at the 'Florida courts will be awaited with a good deal of in terest. In our opinion, it will go against Governor Hogg, but If It should go oth erwise, the officials of the various trusts will have a pretty rough time of it In carrying on -their business. The Augusta Chronicle sayB: “Now P strikes ns that we am begin ning to eee daylight ahead for the hog and hm-lav farmrr Hem nr* ,'ralern Ip All- gustu ready to handle grain for the farm er, and the hanks make advances upon It. In Valdosta a packing establishment Is to be started up which will cure fifty hogs a day. will try out 100 pounds lard In two minutes, and which furnishes a market for alt the hogs our farmers will raise. If there are too many hogs ottered for the capacity of the plant, will take very little time to enlarge It, start another packing establishment, that the market for the farmer’s pork provided. Our livery stables and mills and commission houses are buying Geor gia grain every day. instead of getting from the West, as they have done former years." It Is no doubt true that the excessive devotion of Southern flMmvrx to cotton has been duo In soma degree to the difficulty of marketing other crops. Tlie farmer in 'the Went has been, cer tain that at any iti'nre ho curried wheat, or corn, or hogs, or hay, to the market, he would find buyers eager to take and pay the wish. This -has not been true in the South. -Here the farmer who brought such articles to market was obliged -to search far a purchaser. There -was, In fact,'no market for him except in (ho general tsanxi of that term. There was nobody ia the busi ness of buying com and base and meat for the reason -Mitt itliaso articles were generally supplied from the West. The local supply was so small as not to cre ate a marked. The change indicated in -tihe extract from (he Ohrondole’s ar ticle which we hove given wo regard as fl very hopeful one. When it is poor ble for -the Southern farmer to find as ready and as cuger a market for other products as for cotton, it will be easier and more pr.-Hu-thlo for fgm to diver sify his agriculture. Wheat and corn and hogs -will too momqr crops, as well as cotton. But 'the supply must come before the market can ho created, and we hope 'that the experience of the last year with H-ve-ocnt cotton will Induce our far.iueta to produce rblitit supply. Thqy can be sure that after a little while. If they bring corn, wheat, etc. to The-market, ithat there will be people ready to buy them—whose business will bo to buy them—and i» pay cash for them at the highest rate at which there Is a prospect of profit. INJUSTICE TO DODGE. BUSINESS AND CHARITY. The proposition to send a train load or two of Southern com and meat to the starving people of Nebraska prob ably combines consciously busimws witfi charity. During a good many yeans -past (he South has boon s buyer and tho West the seller of corn and meats. Tho sending of (he (train loads in -tbs opposite direction would be in tended to emphasize the faot that the South is now taking care of herself by raising her own com and meat, and it would not fail to do (bis section a grant deal of good if the people of iho Norih- weet were thoroughly apprised of this faot. Those of Nebraska, especially, during (he last mwo years, have made almost no crops. Many of thorn ore in an almost starving condition, not through any tViulr of their own* but be cause they ttave seoUid in a bare prairie region, scorched by an almost intoler able sun In summer and swept by al- prollflo sourCe of .trouble. The Dodge people are Just as good, no doubt, and Just as hud, as the other people of this country. They ougtft not to be held responsible flotr (he crimes of a few per sons, but sbouH be oldtd, as our corre spondent suggests, in their efforts to develop nnd build up their county, which fans resources that ought to at tract immigrants and capital from every di-reduon. The icbe that cither immigrants or capital seeking employ ment in Dodge would be uraafb is a mistaken one. One of the loading meroW.ui.tji of Podge county sends a letter, which we print in another column, in which he protests against (ho -teodeuey ‘on the part of the press to locate -all sorts of violent crimes in Dodge, when in fact they were cornual Mod in other counties. If (his tendency really exists. Dodge certainly bus good cause (» complain, and (ho press ought 'to amend its ways. The Telegraph, which Is'an ( offamler In the specific case pointed oittUby our cor respondent, will oentaiuly try (o do so. It is‘a case, .wo suppose, in illustration of the old adage, “Give a dog a bad name and kill him." The fqarfal Nor mandate (tragedy of a few years ago and the sons*Mortal (rials (halt followd, fix'd in (lie minds of many people the Idol (hat such crlmi* had their natural habitat in (Dodge. We are certain, however, (halt this idea does Dodge county n very great ii\)usttloe. There is no community iu which jnen caps bie of couMnititiug great crimra, when subjected to) 'tomptation, do wot live, and 'tho unfortunate disputes In regard to h.nd tit leu would anywhere bo most unendurable blizzards in winter. Whim they see the nnrlvnl among them of the surplus food sent thnrp in rh-ari ty from a region where tho' summers, if long, are not intolerably hot, where there are no blizzards, ami where crops are certain, it will 'be strange if they do not experience a desire -to emigrate to Dixie. SHOULD BE PUNISHED. The Tfmes-Advertker boasts that Brunswick baa six young men who told Dot get gtorloua ChriaUnaa. Our correspondent at Quitman staled in the course of bla dlspatdhra yester day that “the people of Brooks county, as a rule, deplore tho killing of the ne groes and regard It ns having been largely without provocation. Tho facts appear to bo that the negroes killed -wen; supposed to know the whereabouts of Waverly Pike, Isom's murderer. Many people here say that they will use tbelr utmost efforts to bring the men who killed (he negroes to trial." What our correspondent says Is, in effect, what Is said by other correspon dents as to -the Justiflcti tion for the kill ing of these negroes. No doubt these correspondents tell the whole truth. The men were kill'd because they were behoved to have knowledge of the hid ing place of a murderer belonging u> their race. There is no evidence titit they, in fact, know end protected the munderer. As a mutter of fact, it is almost certain (hut, having committed his crime, -tho murderer followed the example of most of bis ktml and left the country ss fast as he could. If he did, then (he murdered negroes wore not guilty, eared at (he minor offense of which (hey were suspected, and bad done nothing to deserve punishment. The itta-btUty of me pursuers of the murderer, Pike, to find him, though they numbered hundreds and searched energetically In eveiy direction, makes it aim tst certain.(but immediately upon die eotmn sBlon of his crime be left the country. Tlie Tdqgrapli fans sympathy for tho feeling of exasperation by which the neighlxm of which Mr. Isom must have been animated, because of the maimer of his death at (he bawds of a worthless negro, -without luting given or m any way provoked the fate which overtook him. It is enough to make (he blood of even <x stranger boll, that a good and honorable citizen, useful In his community and deservedly loved by the highway, without warning and without provocaitton, by a- negro who aeemnd In committing bib crime merely to wish to establish -his reputa tion as u 'ibad man.” But while are can alwu-e In this feeling of exasperation, we have no eympa'tlhy whatever for the spirit .which led tihe mob to take tho lives of Innocent men for no better reason Milan (halt they were negroes and that Pike was among their acquaintances. We hope that our correspondent is right, said that the many oitizens of Brooks county who wish to see the law vindicated and the rights of peaceful citizens maintained will persevere in their determination to 1 see that the members of the mob are brought to account In the courts for the perpetra tion of this crime. The moral offense of which (they are guilty is very arena. In cold -blood and acting alone, perhaps not one stngOe member of the mob could possiby have been guilty of it. But leaving the moral question out of (he account, and considering only the safety nnd prosperity of the commu nity, !t ts necessary that a curb should be put on rhe mob sphrlt. It if Impos sible for any community tq be pros perous in -which It ir known’ that men, Whether white or black, may be killed by a number of (iheir neighbors acting together, and the murderers go un punished. The glory of our civlllza-. tion and Its cornerstone Is the unwil lingness of a good citizen to ahadSn his natural desire (o redress 'Ms own wrong, and depend upon the courts and the laws—nnd that is 4o say, upon the sense of justice of his neighbors— when he believes that 'his rights have ben Invaded by any one. If It become known of any com-muinty that the peo ple are nut willing to refer such ques tions to tih'e counts, but will take Into their hands, to be settled at the point of The Winchester or the shotgun, Questions betewen them and -their neighbors, the world wEl recognize that that community Is one In Which life and the rights of property are unsafe. Nod only will Immigrants and capital avoid it, but peaceful citizens already there will, as soon «s convenient, seek In other communities a safer place to live. The affair In Brooks county is dis creditable, not only to (hat county but to She state, and we hope that lihe state authorities will, to the extent at tlhoir ability, enforce (he law. and In doing so manifest their abhorrence of the methods Which have resulted In the murder of three Innocent men. ITEMS NEWSY. A blind horse ran away in Albany the other day. In passing a saloon lie got a Whiff of "com.” He stopped be fore 'the counter, so says the Herald. The chief of police at Columbus was severely cuned by his force -dhc other day. He got even by stabbing the re corder with a gold pen. Camilla's Jail contains -two negroes charged with murdering another over a game of cards Christmas morning. Cutty must have h1s fun even if It costs him his neck. Tho editor of the Waiycross Herald days that an anti-klsslng society is be ing organized an Tttxas, and remarks that as old as he is, he hopes no such movement will reach Georgia. A GtorgiU, editor exclaims In rhyme: “The wind blowath, the water floweth, the subscriber oweth, and the Lord knowelh we arc In need of our dues. So come a-running; this filling of dun ning gives us the bluea. WViyoross Herald: Comparatively speaking, the South is today in better condition in every way than any sec tion of the country, and the hog and hominy business is going to make It betid. Judge Cozart Is the bachelor reborder of Oolumbus. Ha is shaking In his shoes (or It is whispered in Columbus that th-ree girl tramps will be arraigned in >iits court uit tui early ul'-ie. He will have to listen to their troubles unless he resigns beforehand. •re not unknown in Maine raj attributes are Many a Western bun(™S. J°. a A deer lad - t wi tone, but when two heei wilds of banters wilds of Piscataquis *» rrom '.;ae woods Che othr -r ",— . 1 the (wo flue deer thev y 0 them as teophlM oftheir ship was -a white one™ arkl A notable exa-mpe of a biere-m duced by small means is foiinrt fact chat lead pencil useraTl tied away several big f„ r t un ' d-ar trees in Europe and is!? j* wood suitable for lead penei'T? tlcally exhausted in toe ,,'ij „ order has Just been placed hy Gorman firm of -lead pencil 1 with a California lumber roi, a large quantity of wbidtt Is found to be «(ie bests available for pencils. The J. the big tree of California. u Two London doctors, F. j , and David Walsh, announce is not sterilized by bi-klnc I tlie staff of cteach as we I ai t of life. Thes: doctors m-ad» „ tions from sixty-two loaves <• taken from various bakeihous«i<, don. Some one of the thirteen l" bacteria were found alive in «■ ' loaves. They, therefore, conclude see no particuar reason why the of -many mysterious sceptic im- otf the 'human body may not even be traced to the agency of bread ■ Columbus Ledger: A few weeks ago till- sugar trust was to tnouble. Now it is (he whisky trust. But both of -them will pull through aJ?l right. Whisky uind sugar have often been In hot water before. Littt) Dollie Mayo's clothing caught fire Christmas. A Roman candle ex ploded at the wrong -red. Her mother was also badly burned while trying to exilnguish tlaia flatmes. They live at Albany. North Georgia Citizen: A t.MO-ton vessel lias reached tihe port. of Bruns- port on tihe Aitkiratic snores, and she Is bound to become a city of great Im portance not only to Georgia, but to the South, and her oitizens art doing Will in bringing her prominently before the whaJe country. Mayor Pingreo of Detroit. Mich., is a notable figure in Nortthiweatern poli tics. During the last three or four years ho bas figured as the most oensa- tlonal of Michigan politicians. But he seems to he in the imhnptpy case of a_ man who having sought for fame lias acquired notoriety. But. though 'Mayor Pingreo is notorious as a politician, he has his nights as a man, und the Tele graph, which has recently unintention ally done him an injustice, is ready to undo it ns ftir as posnibto nvhen re quested -to do so. A few days ago the Telegraph printed a. story sent out in tlie press dispatches to the effect that Brunswick Tlmi -s-Advertiser: Tho governim-ent buildings at Wiiffalngtoin arc supposed to be getting too small for the extending machinery of govern ment, and new buildings nr.' to be gradually infused into tile public mind. It would be better to reduce rhe gov ernment family to business Require ments. Brunswick TUmes-Adverttser: The re cent rioting in Brooks county seems to oo filled with Vlements of apology that do not satisfy tic public mind as to the necessity for such trouble'. Official statement from thtut quarter leaves the impression thait the trouble 1ms two sides -to It. Our nttighbore should avoid racial feudalism. Tile good citizens should not tolerate It. Investigation goes to show „„„ perlments on cad-ivere prove I pistol or rifle ball deflected iwU course immediatel resumes it, after “rimming" (he objeot'it h ,C to pass directly through, in words, -a bullet turned from Itj. by a rib or o-fher bone pi met the skin and flesh until It revs point mathematically dlrctiy -to rhe point whore It entered nnd (hen iposseB out, resuming ii, act line of flight, in oases its velocity is far spent It riauits bedded in the flesh directly the spotie where it came in with the bone. About a month ago a party of or fifty Spokane and Calispel vlsitd their friends, tike IC.. (he Kootent-a reservation in Wa( ton state. Their ostensible purpw trade and (heir real obiect gamv They did up the Rooicnaie brown, after a stay of some three ween for home, taking with thorn i| everything the Kontenias pons* All the winter supplies of the ( nais are gone, and most of them lost oven their blankets and a r> pitiful plight at (he beginning <> winter. So serious Is their plight they are even asking for work der to live through (he winter. Brunswick TtnwAdvertser: The statesman who repi-iWnlR Brooks county 1n the legislature voted against an appropriation for tife Georgia mili tia. By a- strange coincidence he was thii fl mt to npp?al to Governor Atkln- »m tor military aid in suppressing a riot which the civil- authorities were powerless to stop. The gentleman lrom Brooks rihould remember this. Brunswick Times-AdvertKS r: Two or phan colored boys. In rags nnd tatters, were entrried to Collat's store.' Chdst- mtts morning by a member of the Shi- Mr. Pingreo had poisoned two fine car- tots morning by a member of the Sm- , . . , . ,, .. loh Baptist church (colored) anfl w -re riage faonsre-to rave the cost of feed.ng dres-xed by big-he.s.rted Mr. OoJtat In compi to new outfits of clothing, iha.ts, them during (he winter, and in favor of a general slaughter of horses In Michigan. We have received a letter from Mr. Pintsree, in iwhlcti he de nounces this story as a base flabrica- tlon, and in which he 0>os (be olr- cunwtuncrti under -which he did actu ally eliiorof,>nm idwo -horstti Isflonglng to him Th'\v were old and infirm, one of them taventy-nlno yenra old, and tho other unable (o walk, and his purpose was to re iove Wieim of a miserable cx- stunoe in .'(he kindest way. DODGE COUNTY WANTS JUSTICE. To (he Edit or of (ho Teles rn-ph: Again aim ealled on to defend the good peo-' pie W Dodge county. This time It Is headed "Nalt Porter Prarloned—He Is tho Negro Who Was Beaten In (he Dodge County Cha!h-*a.n«.” Dodue counfcy never had a chain-gang, but sends her oonvief-s to Laurens county, and If there has been any brutal acts, credit them to Laurens county. Wih-y dli you credit Dodigo county with aM the mean acta of the wh-alc state? In uJI seriousness. It Is lime fo.r this thing to stop, and I say to you and the press thnk It is an outrage peipe 1 . rated an (Ms community that conflicts seri ously -wC-h all Khe peoate l»f l(h!s county. Willie wo asked you In an article a few days ago to ascentalm'on -which side the county line -the meanness h«.Dp«ns before you credit us with It, In your next Issue you -give ns Shoot ra.-ain. While we do out -think JHe new version lint" justice to Khe cause, wc wifi not use the old vernon tenn. We ask you to give us Justice, and we will take our position with tth-e most progressive counties In the state. Give us (he right band of fellowship and help un to build up, instead of try ing to -push u« back Into a barbarous state that would give us file race horse spirit to contend with all the uncivilized nations of the eirihk. It lihe press has anything against ns, send representatives down bore and hang us, and we will die as martyrs of the cause of Dodge county A Citizen of Dodge County. shoes, neckties, neat suits find dill, us' Chr!s;m!is gifts to tin- shivering little darkies. The gift was a worthy one, and of Him d-asj of charily which does greatest good. Griffin News: Tlve governor's staff In cludes sons.' of the wealthiest men In the qountrj;, showing fhnt fortun-) smiles an those who nre already blest. The first to be appointed was Hon. Phil Glenn Byrd, who owns a gold mine In H* Rome IluetUr, and the hilt of whose sword is studded with a myriad of diamonds as large ns hall stones, nnd the trust Is Ohevullpr Edouard Cal loway, woo owns the Kimball House and a new Christmas scarf pin of a carbuncle of diamonds. Weil may tho govaroor exclaim, as he glances over ■urh a parade: “These are my Jewels!" The introduction of a typewrtn veiope, as -A universal Boon to a typewriters, proves how ex-eta commercial correspondence is c out by means of Cue ingcmois . writing machine and h uv *>»« turera of the day are constantly ■ alert to meet every need in ill concerns art and industry. The llarlty of these novel sun re *nv»' is to offer a splendidly even st and regular thickness of paper Ji the spa-ce where (he address -has written. In (bis wise, whatever writer t* employed, any unsi, “shadowing" Is avoided ani p alignment secured. It Is worth no too, nya sign of the advance of era civilization, that the very fir»:| cel rf Ore new Invention dlspt frond England was for Rejk; Whoch bonts of (he only typewri- the whole of Iceland. Oholll-4-U ts the unexpcctri always happens, don't you knoi Jack—Whait's up? Did you toy I board bill?—Dctrri-t Fr-e Press. “Did you give your dnuiilei when she wns -mqrrted?" "Th:c>| MM sir: litsnaSly threw her aw Detroit Tribune. Hsirry—Why. site wqs right arms wtorn I proposed to h«r Fred—Whose arms? Yours? Harry—You've blit it. But Iwn’ happen to guess?—Boston Tran OF GENERAL INTEREST PRAYER FOB PHYI8 TAKERS. A lady in Philadelphia possesses an English prayer book of the year 1(34, which is In n. wonderful stake of fires- ervatton, the gold embossment on the brown calf bWflinS being still untarnlsh. It contains a dedicatory epistle __ prince Charles, prince of Wales, (laid It seems intended for private rather than public us?. The following Is an extract from "A prayer to be used be fore taking of Physicke." “And now, O Lord, In this my nece- mty, 1 have, according to thine ordi nance, tent for thy servnot (the Pnyfi- tiaii), who hath prepared for me this Phyfleke, which I recelue as meunes lent from thy fatherly hand; I b- fcec.h thee, therefore, that, as by thy Behrenzln, the king of Dahomey, who Is Imprisoned in Martinique, was in great terror when l)e ihoird Of Presi dent Carnrot’s death. He expected the French -to follow the custom of Daho mey and put him nr.d his wives to death, wit It .alii orher prisoners, for tho Inaugural at the now president. In Iloumanla It is a common super stition that if t'he clay figure of n child be thrown Into the water It will bring rain. Tw\> boys of Bucharest recently one 6, (he otlir 14. determined 'o nut an end to the drought, and. having no clay figure, drowned tt smaller child of two ynars old. The oldr boy was sent to prison. In fifing tho wires for electric lights In the ba!l of the Middle Temple in Isindon recently the workmen came on a box In a roess of (he wall near the roof, which contained a skeleton In a perfect s ate of preservation, but from Its -appearance at least 200 years old. It has not yet been accounted for. A son of Sir James Fergunson, Bart, M. P., postimao'er general In the Mar quis of Salisbury's last government, was sent to Jail for a year lately for setting fire twice to She school build ings at Glen Almond, where he was studying. The boy, who Is 16. Blinded gulity, -but 'his counsel triel to have him lot off on the ground of arrested mental development. Mr. InglesBy—Is MLw Gayburij mirth a charming girl? Mrs. IMyoewiwut—8U» rrrott I her girt friends hate her ftatoasb'J mgo Record. Fond Parent—Bobby, why always persist In pnCM is 11*1 of your Wttle sister's d»!!s? f Bobby (conclusively)—Becaus-11 pick 'em out.—Truth. LI Hung Chang’s wealth is rt!« at »r.00.000,<x>0, hut tibtlit won't sivej from b ing a Hi Hung dims I don't keep mighty Quiet imt "1 mg.—Washli-ngtcm Ha tehet. Smart—Whatever indued your I to -marry the widow of a ratir.l inis hanged? f Simpson—He has be n raarr'-l widows before, nnd said bewwj of helving the virtues of rorra-’- bands flung in bis face.—S. Teh graph. ACCOUNTS VERIFIED IN SECfl Mascagni has -in original opening for "Ratcliff," which Is to have Its first performance on any stage at Berlin roan. The taps arc beard behind The scene (he curtain goes up and shows the crazy nurse of (he -heroine gazing Into space throughout the whole over ture. This glides without a break Into her song, as in Wagner’s "Flying Du ehmare." Every man Jus his price 'n England, as Is Shown by an advertisement that receltly 'appeared In a newspaper, which read: “A beautiful boy for adop tion. Gentleman going abroad. Would give bis boy to tidy or gentleman for 300 pounds." The Society for the Pre- bletfing on « tumpe 'of drir flgs. thou j vention of Cruelty '» Children Invest!- dlft henle Tzechlart fore, that lie re- ! ?i’il^L ,l ' l l, n!la t ( * ered; and by feuen times warning -foreii*v tt rii(n» ... the rluer of Jordan ffidft cleanfe | Y tryll),r Nu-ama-n, the Syrian, of his leprotl bis neighbors, should be sbot down on i Ledges. and dlddeft reftore the man that was blind from nls birth by annotating his eyes wfi clay <ind fplttle, and fending him to aifh In the pool of Siloam: and by touching the hand of Peter's wlues mother, dlddeft cure her of her fcauer; and dlddeft reftore the woman that touch’d the hemme of (hy garment from her bloody Iffue. So ,it would pleafe thee of thine Infinite goodtaffo and mercy to fan title this phyfleke to my vfe, and to gue fuch a blotting vnlo It, that It may (if It be thy will and pleafure) remoue this, my fickneffe «nd Plir.’ a»J reftore met to hearth and fttWHith stawtelKA "—Itaiji. to dispose of 'Ms child Certain tables of longevity jqft nub- fished In England br Professor Hum phreys leaves the whole matter pretty much In the dark. Of the S24 cases In which the sublecta have reached (be ages varying from SO to over 100 years, one-third were snxvfi eaters nnd only one-tenb am Dear to have bad robust appetites. Physicians as a '•1.1** were found to tem bellow She average ago. The usual directions for prolonged life by diet, sleep nr.d exercise are not strlh- Ingly confirmed by these fables. White deer, which probably are nl- hlOu*. and which figure so often In wild Western superstition and romance A Feature of DtuineM Psrfbrnwi« Ito Accountants After Del In many n business office there acted a business at nlghtof which J tho employees Is nwnro. II l» 1,1 lug of books, a foature of work \4 by several well known puhlio octal Of course In the majority of tfl tho partners in the concern howl reason to anspeot some ol the of of dishonest practice. At times, I one partner may auspect another reason may arise where tho flrr ascertain tbelr standing si s tlmo of the yoer sml withoutj known to the bookkeeper- "It Is by no means nn unu •of my work,” said a well km accountant, In sp-aklng “houlj recently. "Many a time; wow mercantilo house has closed l- r and everybody has gone fa« have entered the store, take from the safe and worked over| daybreak. "In suob oases thoy never i or pencil to the books. They < fy tlie figures nnd transcribe toj K por. The result of each rar pt by Itself and turned ovci person In my oflloe, who obt« results. Every cam Is taken I tho books and replacing them to give no grounds for stuplcj Is going on. “Nodoubt many aBookkc ier In this city would bo surj into his office at night and 1 men working Sver the books » as ho nnd his fellow olerks hi lng In tho daytime for yean- forco speedily beoume soqnslnM names of customers and the pri ledger accounts, turning to tha reference to tho Index, like old » "Sometlmos, of oonrse, tbetr work'ng at night over tho re bsoomes known to tho clerks counts ore found straight, there ( eon to let them know they WM pec ted. At ctlo'r times they oml their figures have been overhang confronted with tho unmlsta denco In figures of their false i Now York Herald.