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UNION & RECORDER.
OUR AUGUSTA LETTER.
Augusta, Ga., July 24th, 1886.
Editors Uniox-Recorder:
The operators of the Augusta. Fac
tory are still “out on a strike.” Most
of them are determined, some even
defiant. The say they are living on
next to nothing now, and it will re
quire but little* more effort on their
part to exist on nothing. Some have
abandoned all hope of an early de
termination of the strike, and are
seeking and obtaining situations else
where. The mills have organized
themselves into a co-operative associ
ation, and will act with and assist
each other in the great contest be
tween capital and labor. Ten years
ago such a thing as a strike was not
thought of in Augusta. Then all was
peace and contentment, and no hap
pier working classes could be found
than thosein our midst. Now, it is get
ting to be the rule to “strike on the
slightest provocation.
The State Senatorial Convention
held quite an exciting session in Au
gusta this week. It was generally un- I
derstood that Hon. John S. Davidson, j
our present Senator, would have no ,
opposition, and that he would be 1
unanimously returned to again rep
resent this district. But when the
convention assembled Glasscock coun
ty put forward the name of one of
her favored sons, Mr. W. H. Brady.
The District is composed of the count
ies of Richmond, Jefferson, and Glass
cock: Richmond has six votes, Jeffer
son four and Glasscock 2. During the
first day 84 ballots were cast, there be
ing a tie each time between Davidson
and Brady. Richmond's six votes
were cast for the former, while Jeffer
son's four and Glasscock’s two went
to the latter. On the following day
after 114 ballots, two of Jefferson’s
votes were cast for Davidsons there
by giving him the nomination. It is i
said that the Glasscock delegation i
are quite sore over the defeat of their j
candidate. Mr. Davidson has made i
a brilliant record in the Senate, and j
it is the wish and expectation of his
friends that he be unanimously elect- j
ed to preside over the Senate during
the approaching session. Georgia
has no son more thoroughly qnalifi- 1
ed to discharge the duties of that high
office, and none more worthy of the
honors than John S. Davidson. In
conversation with one of the candi
dates for the Legislature he informed
me that the nominees would have op
position at the general election. The
Knights of Labor seem to be dissatis
fied with two of the candidates nomi
nated, and propose trying their
strength at the polls to defeat them
with two of their own party. It is to
be hoped that this is only talk on the
part of the Knights, and that no
steps will be taken to defeat the reg
uiar nominee of the Democratic party.
The gentlemen on the ticket are all
friends of the Laboring classes, one in
particular having devoted years of
service to their interests.
The second game of base ball was
played yesterday between the Augus
ta Amateurs and Gradys of Atlanta,
and was again wtm by the Augusta
boys. Since the collapse of the pro
fessional club these have been the
only games of any importance played
on our grounds. Our people.lost all
inter st in the professional games, but
when two amateurs composed of gen
tlemen meet in friendly contest there
is much in the game to awaken lively
•interest on the part of the
A dastardly attempt was made last
night to burn down the store of
of our Chinamen. Shortly after Loo
The Surplus Resolution.
Morrison says an amount equalling
nearly one-third of the money in cir
culation in the United States, was
lying in the Treasury idle and un
productive, subtracting from this
amount so much as was necessary
for current expenses for the redemp
tion of United States notes, aud lay
ing aside the amount which was un
available, being in fractional curren
cy, there would yet remain a surplus
of $70,000,000. He proposed that when
this surplus should amount to a sum
over $100,000,000 it should be paid
out in sums not less than $10,000,000
per’ month, to redeem the interest
bearing notes of the United States.
By so doing, the government would
be saved interest, money would be
cheaper, and temptations to extrava
gant expenditure would be removed.
The resolution has passed the House
and is pending in the Senate.
A War Cloud.—El Poso is a town
in Texas on the Rio Grande river and
Paso del Norte is a town in Mexico on
the other side of the river, the two
towns being opposite to each other.
It seems that a Mr. Cutting, editor of
a paper in El Paso published some
editorials in which he spoke disres
pectfully if not abusively of Mexican
officials on the other side of the river.
The Mexican authorities caught him
on their side of the river and put him
in prison. The Government of the U.
S. has made a peremptory demand for
his release. The Mexican officials re
fused to comply with the demand and
have sent a considerable body of
troops to Paso Del Norte, apparently
to resist any effort by the U. S. au
thorities to effect Cutting’s release by
force. In the .‘meantime, there is
much excitement among the people
of Texas and if the Mexicans, who are
a proud and obstinate people where
they think their national honor is in
volved, should continue to refuse to
release Cutting, there is a probability
that we may be involved in a war
with our neighboring republic, before
one half of our people know there is
any matter of controversy between
the two nations.
AN ITALIAN’S INVESTMENT.
Chong, who keeps a store on Camp
bell st., had gone into his back room, j
he heard something like the sound of ,
water being poured on the house |
Going outside he saw a man drop a |
bottle and run. The contents of the ;
bottle proved to be kerosene oil, j
1 art of which had already been pour- ;
ed on the wooden planks. Near by |
was a box of matches, and no doubt j
tiie perpetrator of the attempt was
just in tiie act of setting fire to the i
store. The police have the case in j
hami, and are “on the scent.”—Sang
The Proprietor of a Washington Street
Fruit Stand Draws a $5,000
Prize.
Among the many persons made hap
py by the drawing of the Louisiana
State Lottery on the 13th inst., was
was Mr. Vito Dilorenzo, who held one
fifth of the ticket 77,227, which drew
the second prize of $25,000. The lucky
individual presented the ticket at the
office of the company yesterday morn
ing and was promptly handed a check
on the New Orleans National Bank
for the amount it called for.
Mr. Dilorenzo, who is only 26 years
of age, is a native of Italy and has
been in this city for six years. He is
the posprietor of a modest looking
fruit and vegetable stand at the cor
ner of Washington Ave. and Laurel
st. with which he has always managed
to make a comfortable living: His
late stroke of good luck, however will
enable him to enlarge his business and
enjoy more of the luxuries of life.
Unlike many foreigners, who return
to their native land to spend what
money they may have acquired in this
country, he will continue to make
New Orleans his home. Mr. Dilorenzo
is unmarried, but after having been
so kindly smiled upon by dame For
tune, he might now prove more
susceptible to the smiles of some
soft-eyed daughter of sunny Italy,
spectators, i Mr. Dilorenzo was met by a reporter
after receiving his money, and a hap-
one ! pier individual than he thes cribe had
never seen.—New Orleans (La. Pica
yune, July 25.
A Dakota editor made the following
statement in his paper last week:
“Times being rather hard,'* we are go
ing to take our wife to the home of
our mother-in-law, next week for a
short visit, and we. will give our read
ers a little vacation by not issuing
any paper. They won’t lose much,
for there is little news going just now,
and we print this week an editorial
on the tariff which would have ap-
Sing, whose proper name bv the way, peared next week. The only thing
we have had to leave out on this ac
count is Bill Jones’ ad. about a farm
for sale, but this is of no consequence,
as he hasn’t paid us anything for it
yet. Brethren, white paper is too
blamed dear to fool it away when our
mother-in-law will keep us a week for
nothing.”
is Lee Duong, has taken quite-a fancy
To Houghton's little boy whom he
frequently meets in the Chinese mis
sion. A few days since he presented
him with some curiosities in the
shape of Chinese nuts, and a package
of t lie'finest teathatgrows in the fields
of China. " •
Mr. Amos P. Wiggins, who has held
the office of delivery clerk at the Un
ion Depot for several years past, and
who has been connected with the
maii service for the past twenty years,
has recently V>een removed from of- '
lice, and Mr. M. E. Galvin appointed 1
thereto. _ Mr. Wiggins has given en
tire satisfaction and was removed!
simply because he is n-ot a democrat, j
This is one of the Republican appoint-)
meats that the people' would like to <
see stand, as Mr. Wiggins was not an
offensive partisan in any sense of the
term.
The city regrets to lose Rev. War
ren A. Candler, for years past the
faithful and energetic pastor of St.
! Gen. Albert Pike, the Grand Com
mander of the Scottish Rite of Free
I- Masonry, is in feeble health, but he
f. still gives his attention to the duties
f of his office. He was elected Grand
i Commander in 1859 for life. He is also
l the Principal Grand Master of the
i Royal Order of Scotland—Masonic—
j for" the United States, of which the
| Earl of Rosslyn, of Scotland, is Gov
ernor. The Royal Order is limited in
membership. In the United States
the limit is 175. There are only abont
120 Masons at this time who have ever
been honored with the Royal Order.
-‘The annual dinner,'* the most su
perb thing of the kind, will be held in
Among our Exchanges.
The State Horticultural Association
will convene in Fort Valley on the
28th. The prospect for a large atten
dance is excellent, and the session is
expected to be pleasant and profita
ble.
Primus W. Jones, of Baker county,
has, as has been his custom for sev
eral years past sent'ln the first Geor
gia raised bale of cotton. It was
shipped by him to Macon on the
20th.
A man named J. H. Bowles, who
has hitherto borne an excellent repu
tation in Greene county, has been ar
rested tor counterfeiting. Another
man named J. C. Bone* charged with
the same offence, has eluded arrest.
Bowles will be tried before a United
States commissioner in a few'days.
The Atlanta and West Point rail
road will have the longest sleeping car
line in the world after the first of Oc
tober. A family sleeper will then be
put on this line which will run from
Atlanta to San Francisco, 3,000 miles,
without a change, by the way of New
Orleans and the Southern Pacific.
George Taylor, a seventeen-year-old
son of George Taylor, of Pike county,
was drowned in Martin’s mjjl pond last
Monday morning. He, with other
companions, had gone to the pond for
the purpose of bathing, and while in
the water was seized with cramps and
drowned before he could be rescued.
Montezuma Record: There is some
talk of more bar-rooms in Montezuma
this fall. There are enough here
now, and none of them are making
much money. There is an opening
here for a clothing, boot, shoe, hat
and furnishing store; also a station
ery, music and novelty store. No
more barrooms are needed in Monte
zuma.
The Prohibitionists are likely to
agree with Sam Jones in their views
of politics. He says: “Prohibition
mixed with politics will help politics,
but don’t you put any politics in your
prohibition. If you do, you are gone.
You see, I put sugar in my coffee to
help my coffee, but if you put your
coffee in your sugar, your sugar is
ruined.”
The man who came into my office
Monday and deliberately stole my um
brella, is worse than a thief, meaner
than an assassin, lower than a black
guard, and uglier than a crazy quilt.
May each rain drop that falls upon it,
turn into drops of blazing vitriol, and
each sun ray, bristle with ten thous
and pointed needles dipped in tacrid
poison to prick his putrid flesh.—
Barnesville Mail.
Macon, Ga., July 20.—Major Kline,
of the Central railroad, says that the
cars are loaded down with the melon
trade. Growers seem to have secured
better rates than formerly. Other
branches of the truck business are
not doing so well. Growers find that
fruit and melons pay much better
than vegetables, so they are banking
on the latter. Byron ships fifty to
sixty car loads per week, and still
they come.
North Georgia, East Tennessee,
South-western Virginia, a part of
Kentucky and North Alabama con
tain every mineral known to science.
The most wonderful development is
Birmingham. A half-dozen years ago
two four-horse teams did the freight
age of this locality. Now it sends to
market 100 loaded cars a day, and
here, w r ithin this period, have found
profitable investment millions
Northern capital.—Augusta Chroni
cle.
A novel social event, made so from
the fact of the age of the parties in
terested, occurred at Atlanta Tues
day, at No. 15 Magnolia street. This
was the marriage of George W. Karr to
Mrs. Julia P. Everett. Mr. Karr is 71
and his bride 66. Mr. Karr’s son, who
is 50 years of age, and a daughter and
son of Mrs. Everett were among the
witnesses to the marriage. The
couple will dispense with the usual
marriage tour and will continue to
live in Atlanta.
An old miser died in Carroll county,
Ga., the other day, who had literally
starved himself to death. He was
alone in his hut when found. His
neighbors found money sticking
around in cracks of his house. They
unearthed $18,000.
and improvements,
his wife, he died
abundance, but too stingy
food. “What will it profit a
JO-CAPITAL
Tickets only $5.
PRIZE, »75,000.-WL
Shares in proportion.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
“We do hereby certify that we supervise the
arrangements for ali the Monthly and Quar
terly Drawings of The Louisiana State Lotte
ry Company, and in person manage and control
the Drawings themselves, and that the same are
conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good
faith toward all parties, and we authorize the
Company to use this certificate, with fac-similes
of our signatures attached, in its advertise
ments.”
We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will
pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State
Lotteries which may be presented at our coun
ters.
J. 31. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana Nat’l Ilk.
j. W. KtLBRETH, Pres. State Nat'l Bank.
A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat’lBk.
Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legis
lature for Educational and Charitable purposes
—with a capital of $1,000,000—to which a re
serve fund of over $550,000 has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise
was made a part of the present State Constitu
tion adopted December 2d, A. I)., 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed
by the people of any State.
It never scales or postpones.
Its Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the Extraordinary
Drawings regularly every three months
instead of Semi-Annually as heretofore.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
WIN A FORTUNE, EIGHTH GRAND
DRAWING, CLASS H., IN THE ACADEMY OF
MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, August
10th, 1886—195th Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000.
100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each,
Fractions, in Fifths in proportion.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE ^ $75,000
1 do PRIZE 25,000
1 do PRIZE 10,000
2 PRIZES OF $6000 12,000
5 “ 10,000
10 “ 1000 10,000
20 “ 500 10,000
100 “ 200 20,000
300 “ 100 30,000
500 “ 50 25,000
1000 . “ 25 25,000
APPROXIMATION TR1ZES.
Prizes Of $750....$6,750
“ 500 4,500
“ 250 2,250
9 Approximation
9
9 “
SEMI ANNUAL STATEMENT
1967 Prizes, amountlbg to $265,500
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the office of the Company in New Orleans.
For furtherinlormation write clearly, giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Mon
ey Orders or New York Exchange in ordinary
letter. Currency by Express (at onr expense,)
addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, D. C.
Male P.O.Money Orders payable
anfl address Recistereft Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
July 13th, 1886. I4t
Personal and General.
He owned land
yet abandoning
with money in
to buy
man to
John Church. On account of throat 1 Washington next October in connec-
troubles he has accepted the position
of assistant Editor of the leading
Methodist paper, South. Mr. Chand
ler has won the hearts of all our peo
ple, and it is with regret that we bid
him adieu.
It is rumored that another Alder
man will soon resign his seat in the
City Council, and that the citizens of
the fourth ward will be called upon
to elect a successor to Hon. Francis
Cogin. It is also said that Mr. Cogin
will resign the Superintendency of the
Augusta Factory, which office he has
so ably filled for many years. The
loss to the Augusta Factory in his re
tirement will be very great.
Our people are leaving the city in
large numbers, and seeking the cool
shades of the country, or the invigo
rating breezes of the sea-shore. Your
correspondent expeets soon to be
climbing over the high hills of Caroli
na, and enjoying the delightful cli
mate in the upper part of the ’‘Pal
metto State.” Houghton.
tion with the Supreme Council.
How to TELL A Girl’s Age.—Girls
of a marriageable age do not like to
tell how old they are; but you can
find out by following the subjoined
instructions, the young lady doing
the figuring. Tell her to put dowu
the number of the month in which
she was born; then to multiply it by
2; then to add 5; then to multiply it by
50; then to add her age; then to sub
tract 365; then to add 115: then tell
her to tell you the amouut she has
left. The two figures to the right will
denote her age and the remainder the
month of her birth. For example the
amount is 822; she is 22 years old, and
was born in the eight month (August)
Try it.
For Sale—house and lot in centre of
city—cheap. Can be made a desira
ble residence at small cost. Apply to
Bethune & Moore, Real Estate
Agents.
gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?”
Editor W. A. Shackleford, of the
Oglethorpe Echo, has invented a
small mailing machine which ’lie is
liow having perfected. Being desir
ous of increasing his mailing facilities,
he at once united his mechanical turn
of mind with journalistic enterprise
and foresight, and has perfected this
simple,.yet complete little contrivance
for his own convenience, and as a
help to other papers that do not use
those costlier machines which cost
$20 to $30. Should he succeed in hav
ing it patented, the cost will not be
over $5 for one of these machines, and
doubtless every weekly in the State
will have one.
Darien Gazette: Charlotte Bolton,
the old negress, a county pauper,
whose death was mentioned by us
several weeks ago, was a native of the
West Indies, and at the time of her
death, by her statement was 115 years
o.ld. She has quite an interesting his
tory. During the insurrections of an
hundred years ago, she being a young
girl, together with her father, old Ali,
belonged to a Dr. Bell. During the
outbreakes many of the West Indian
planters were killed. Dr. Bell being
one of the unfortunate killed, his peo
ple were brought to the United States
and sold. The cargo was purchased
by the Hon. Thomas Spalding and
Mr. Couper. Mr. Spalding bought
old Ali and Charlotte with a great
many others. They were all Mahoni-
deans, and old Ah died in the faith,
and his koran was buried with him.
Once during the revolutionary war
Mr. Spalding asked old Ali if he
thought his negroes would go to the
British, and he replied : “Ali can an
swer for the Mahomedans, but not for
the damned Christian dogs.”
In the primary election in Fulton
county, last Tuesday to choose dele
gates to the convention, Hon. N. J.
of LHammond delegates were chosen by a
majority of 838.
A man in Campbell county had tliir
ty-six boys old enough to fight in the
last war, and twenty-three of them
were killed. He has been married
nine times.
The people of the 6th district show
no signs of a foolish purpose to “re
tire Jim Blount at the end of his pres
ent term.” We don’t believe Georgia
has ever had a better Congressman.—
Ishmaelite.
Miss Ellen Connelly, who shot and
killed Steelly, her second cousin, at
Sabbath School, in Barnwell county, S.
C., for circulating slanderous reports
about her a short time ago, was tried
under an indictment for murder and
acquitted last week.
The Atlanta Constitution says:
“The nomination of Hon. John S.
Davidson to the State Senate secures
to that body the services of one of the
best and brainiest men in the State.
Mr. Davidson has a broad mind,
and possesses a thorough sympathy
with the human race.”
Mrs. Anna Bonner, of Taylor coun
ty, now living with her granddaugh
ter, Mrs. P. Z. Hill, is one hundred
and five years old. She can get about
now with much more agility than a
great j|iany ladies one-third her age.
She was formerly of Jones county,
but has been living in Taylor and
Schley counties for nineteen years.
Some newspaper man who is ap
parently posted says: “Dana, of the
New York Sun, goes to work at elev
en o’clock, dictates his editorials to a
stenographer, quits at 4 o’clock and
gets $20,000 a year. The country edi
tor goes to work at seven o’clock, has
his editorials dictated to him by his
subscribers, quits at 6 o’clock and
gets in debt.”
Dawson Journal: Mrs. Roena Has
ty, relict of Obadiah Hasty, has eighty
six descendants. She is the mother of
seventeen children and has fifty-one
grandchildren and eighteen great
grandchildren. Mrs. Hasty is now 75
years old, and walks two miles- to
church once every month. During
Mr. Hasty’s lifetime they “lived at
home” and made their own provis
ions, and since his death Mrs. Hasty
has continued on the same line, look
ing after her affairs with the energy
and zeal of a much younger person.
The speech delivered by Hon. Nat.
Hammond, Saturday night in Atlan
ta, ought to send him back to Con
gress. It is a grand speech from a
grand man. It has the ring of the
right metal—no counterfeit to deceive
and trick the people. The State of
Georgia needs the services of Ham
mond in Congress, and he should be
returned, and we hope he will be.—
Marietta Journal.
—OF THE CONDITION
OF—
The Milledgeville Banking Co.,
OF MILLEDGEVILLE, GA
AT CLOSE OF
, 1886:
RESOURCES.
Debts due within the State, $21,013.89
“ “ without “ “ 1,620.38
Furniture and Fixtures, 1,303.90
Expenses, Taxes and Salaries, 730.02
Currency in Vault, 16,207.00
Silver in Vault, 8,227.79
Gold in Vault, 5,679.45
$54,782.48
Debts in Suit $ 150.00
Debts not in Suit 22,484.27
Debts Doubtful, (none.)
Capital Stock, IA ^.^ I ^ KS '
Surplus & Undivided Profits,*'’?’
Due Banks and Bankers,. q So qI
Due Depositors,.!^. . .3;r 29,m27
$54,782.43
Debts Bad, (none.;
S e i^?°° d $22,634.37
Debtg Lost, (none.)
Highest Amount Due, 4,283.77
STATE OF GEORGIA, Baldwin County. —
THE Subscribers personally before me, L. Carrington Not Pnb *md Fv
I Off. J. P., for said county, make oath that the foregoing is a just and true
statement of the condition of the Milledgeville Banking Cornuanv Milled
ville, Ga., at the close of business, June 30tfl, 1886. And moreover’ that since
tiie last returns of this Bank to the best of affialnts’ knowledge and belief it
has not violated or evaded any obligation imposed by law either itself ’ it*
officers, or agents. * ’
G. T. WIEDENMAN, President
B. T. BETHUNE, Cashier
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 14th day of July, 1886.
L. Carrington, Not. Pub. and Ex, Off. J. P.
To-morrow
two members of the firm of
W. T. CONN & CO;,
Leave for New York to purchase the largest stock of Groceries ever
brought to this part of the country. They are
Going to See the Manufacturers,
and be certain that they are getting the LOWEST PRICES on all
goods bought. Their trade, so far, this year, is double what it was
last year. And by enterprise, pluck, fair and honest dealings, they
intend to make next year double this. Their trade now extends
from Washington, Crawfordville and Thomson, on the Georgia Rail
road to Milieu and Dublin down the Central. They have no rivals
in this section and the Goods shipped, daily, by them testifies that
they have very few rivals in the distant- cities. They don’t ask you
to buy of them, but do ask you to
Get their Prices,
before buying elsewhere. If they don’t sell you then, good goods
and low prices are no inducement. Tobaccos, Cigars and Snuffs and
Kerosene and Lubiicating Oils, are specialties. Wholesale only.
m t. cojvjv 4* co ,
22 <fe 24 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga.
July 20th, 1886. 29 ly
WHITE & TREMOR'S
GREEN STORE!
No. 17 South Wayne St.)
The finest lot of Fancy Groceries in the city can be found there.
We have just received from New York a fresh lot of Canned and
Bottled Goods, viz.: Desicated Cocoanut in quart fruit jars, sealed
glass top, Queen Olives, nice lot Pickles, Durkey’s Salad Dressing,
Tomato Catsup, Celery Salt, <fcc. Just received fresh Tomatoes
and Pine Apples, both sliced and grated. We can suit you if you
will send us your orders or call on us and will make the
Price as Low as the Lowest.
We have on hand the finest Coffee H19 market affords. Just receiv
ed a lot of the celebrated Murray Hill Java in handsome 3 lb car
toons, with screw top which makes it air tight and keeps the original
aroma of the Coffee. In meats, we have White Meat, Breakfast
Bacon, Hams and Shoulders. Lard in any quantity. We have Rice
to suit any man’s pocket book. Be sure to ask for our. prices on
same. We can now furnish anything in the way of PIC NIC GOODS
wanted. We do not pretend to advertise all we keep, as it would
take up too much space. Try Cleveland Baking Powder sold by us.
Also our
Jersey Patent Flour.
We can’t help from bragging on our different grades of Flour, be
cause all of our trade tell us it is fine. Try it and be convinced.
ISPOur regular patrons will please remember that we will at
times try to fill their orders whether we have the goods in stock
not. Goods delivered promptly and free of pharge to any part
the city.
ah
or
of
May 25th, 1886.
WHITE & TREANOR.
No. 17 South Wayne Street,... .Milledgeville, Ga.
31 ly.
The biggest trees in the world are
the mammoth trees of California. One
of a grove in Tulare County, accord
ing to measurement made by the state
geological survey, was shown to be
277 feet in height, 108 feet in circum
ference at the base, and 76 feet at a
point 12 feet above the ground. Some
of the trees are 376 feet high, and 34
feet in diameter. Some of the largest
that have been felled indicate an age
of from 2,000 to 2,500 years.
is
The originator of the bycicle
Pierre Lallement. He was not only the
inventor, but the first maker, rider,
teacher and exhibitor of the wheel,
But his lot, like that of inventors gen
erally, has been quite luckless. There
are at present in use about half a mil
lion bicycles, but Lallemont is still
poor, holding a rather humble posi
tion in the workshops of the l ope
j Manufacturing Company, in Boston.