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THE CONFESSION OF AN IDIOT. 1 bought some stock, one luckless day. Which I'd t>een told was -‘sure to pay;" •• The capital whs all pat I in:" The company would soon begin— Not in the way that others do. With lack of funds ami credit, too; It would “ make money very fast,” And “dividends be sure to last." The managers were all great men— Before tneir names wrote Col., or Gen., <Jr Maj., or, at the least, wrote lion.; A basis good to build upon Such names to me did surely seem f< hen 1 went into that grand scheme. 1 was •• let in" at “lottora price,” And theiigtit I'd “ picked up something nice;” The stock «io»t surety would advauue. w*lthont the fear of a mischance 1 held the stock—l hold it still. Know mg it is Mg worth a mill. Tin managers had “ place J the sbarotf’— This was the greatest, of th Ir cares. 'Xhe •‘wish puidiu" theu diawppuured, And all too Close the latnlis were sheared. The “bottom price.’.' on which I’d built. Di upped out, and all my milk was spilt. The pis glut largo were all aoroaui, E.xceptTo those who work' d the scheme; Hut tin inyc-tmcnt, iu gsmtae, H*s om greet tgerit—p»tna»n«t»e. * t r—ffuffalo ChnmtiTVu Advert tter. HOW MONEY IS MADE. The Cnrions and Interesting History of a Government Dollar. The fact that money is a subject of universal interest probably accounts for tne large number of visitors to the Bureau of Engraving nnd Printing at Washington, where Uncle Sum prints his promises to pay ami the various stamps required to be used on certain articles. So atiunger on a short visit to the Capital will Tail to visit this instl* Uiliuii and trace the history of 41 dollar, irom the turn it is simply a sheet of blank papi»r until he secs it bundled up with a lot of its fellows, ready to be sent to the bank and paid out through the pigeon hole of the paying teller. The paper on which our National se curities are printed is immu'aetured at present in New England. The owners of the mills that make it are the pat entees of what is called the ‘’‘localized blue fiber,” which runs through the right hand end of the United States notes, andon the back of the bonds, etc. 'The peculiar fiber is the great obstacle to the counterfeiter. A Government of ficer receives the paper from the con tractor, counts it, and holds it until it is needed at Washington. Each paper making machine has an automatic reg ister, by which the mill owners account to the Government for every square inch of paper they make, and the key of this machine is held by a Govern ment oflicer who watches the work. The paper, after it is made, is sent to the Treasury Department at Washing ton, and from there the superintendent of the bureau of Engraving and Print ing orders it as he finds need. He gives a receipt for the number of sheets he lakes, and the pi inter, who next re ceives this precious blank paper, gives a receipt to. the s superintendent. And now the pitp’r'f Is readt 1 ' to receive its first impression. The number of persons employed in the bureau at present is nine hundred, two-thirds of the numlrr being women. In the case of the ladies who are en gaged in examining, counting, cutting the money and gumming the stamps, they lire employed directly by the Gov epiment. In the ease of the printers it is different. The printer, always a man, is employed by the Government, and he hires such female help as ho needs. The printer is paid by piece work, and yo matt,e( h">v little' or how much he earns, he njust pay each of his female help ?$1.28 a day. If he is sick and obliged to be absent from business the pay of the girls goes on the same as though they worked at such times. The ilftpaidment is divided into vari ous divisions, the building being four or five stories high, the workers in each division attending to only one of the many different processes thtough which the bit of paper has t<» pass before it comes out a crisp, full-lied red dollar. The first impression given to the sheet is the face of the bill, without the red • stamp or seal. The pr t r has re ceived from six to ten th tusand sheets in the morning, for wh ch, of course, he gives a receipt. Should but one of the sheets be lost or spoiled the fact must be reported in the evening, and the missing sheet must be found or sat isfactorily accounted for before the man can leave the building. And right here it may be mentioned that no one is allowed to leave the building until the close of working hours, and not then without a pass to show that the exami nation of the work of the day has been completed and everything has been found “regular.” It has sometimes happened that an employe has been seized with sudden sickness and had to be taken home in the Government am bulance, but that rarely happens, and when it does proper precautions are taken to see that the invalid has not taken any of I n vie Sam’s paper— whether blank, or wholly or partly printed. The bills are generally printed fouron a sheet. The presses are worked by hand and require the attendance of a printer and one or two girls. The im pressions are, of course, from steel plates, the man inking the plate, wiping oil the surplus ink. and the girls putting the sheet on the plate and removing it after the impression has been made. After the face of the bill has been printed the sheets are taken to the drying room where they remain two or three days to be dried. Then they are taken to an other division, where a second printer prints the red seal upon each bill. Then it will be taken to another division, cut up, counted and put into the vaults, for then it is money. The signature on the bill is part of the regular impression from the plate. After the red seal has been printed on the face of the note, it is printed on the reverse side. Kevenue stamps receive two impressions, but lager beer stamps are made with one. The system of receipt s and cheeks upon carelessness and dishonesty is simply perfect. In order to swindle the Gov ernment in this direction there would have to be collusion through an almost interminable line of employes, begin ning w’ith the men who make the paper and ending with the officer w ho receives the packages of bills to pnt them in the vaults. In fact, the sheets, whether blank or partly or wholly printed, have to be receipted for by each and every k person through whose hands they pass. 1 I'he superintendent receipts tor them “ as he receives them from the Treasure. I the paper clerk as he receives them I from the superintendent, the printer as he receives them from the pApcr clerk, each superintendent of a division as he receives the sheet partly printed from the printer, and each sub-superintend ent as he receives them in turn from his superior, and so on up to the time when the banks send in their receipts for the dollars when Uncle Sam has finally parted with them never more to see them, until they come back to another branch of the Treasury in the shape of old and worn-out bills to be burnt up in the furnace after being replaced by new ones. Indeed, this system of receipts is so earnestly spoken of by the pleasant gentleman who shows you round the building, that at the moment you leave the place JoU almost expect him to return you a receipt for your precious person ere you are permitted to depart. As soon as A printer has printed two hundred sheets he sends them to the division where the bUxt process is to be gone through with. There are four divisions in the building. each managed by a silperiiitendtent, ami at the close of the day Ug‘se superin tendents make their revert in writihg to the chief of the bureau. The drying-room, where the sheets are taken to be dried after receiving an impression, is heated at a temperature of 150 degrees. The sheets are wheeled into the room on a sort of railroad truck nnd put upon drying frames, and there they remain long enough sos them to get dry and crisp. When all ‘b4 impressions have been made gt into the examining room where tne women examine them to see that there are no defects in the work. After this they are pressed in a hydraulic press. 'Then another set of men cut them; then they are counted and done up in packages ready to be sent to the vaults. Die examiners receive $1.75 a day. The ladies who count the notes do it with a facility that is simply marvelous. ()l<i Mr. Test, the clever old gentleman who showed me around tne place, pointed with pride to one lady in a striped dre-s, who had been in the de partment for a long time, and who could count al the rate of one hundred and eighty notes a minute; that is three In f? ai. It is hardly probable that there is a teller in any bank in the country who can do this. If this lady counts live dollar notes for six hours during a single day* two huri Ired and seventy thousand dollars would pass through her hands. The engravers occupy the lower floor <»f the building, and it is almost need less to say Hutt the highest talent is employed in this department of the service. There are live different styles of engraving on a bill—the written or script part, a peculiar kind of work done on the eml of the bill near the fig ure representing the denomination, and which is done by the geometric lathe, the lettering, the vignette and the por trait. Each of these styles of work are done by a single man, so that one man, no matter how long he may be in the B‘rvice, can never engrave a bill in its entirety. It is a somewhat annoying confession to make, however, that there are two men in the country, counter feiters, whose ability as engravers is so great that they are able to make all parts of a bill. On the other hand, it may be said that the engraving on the United States notes and securities has long been acknowledged to be the best in the world, and has Deen awarded such by foreign Expositions and the Centen nial b air recently held in our own coun try. The engravers receive from $6 to $8 a day. The vaults in the basement of the building where the money is deposited after it is made arc huge compartments, the entrance being through an immense iron door, seemingly large and strong enough to defy the united efforts of a party of giants. The door is worked by a combination lock, so arranged that ft requires throe men to work it. They i have charge of the plates on which the engravers and printers arc at, work dur | ing the day. Each afternoon these plates must be returned before four o'clock. In a glass case near these vaults may be seen the swords of the rebel Major-General Twigg, which were captured by General Butler during the late war. There are three of them, all presents in consideration of h's bravery in the Mexican war in 1816. One is worth $5,000, another SIO,OOO, and the third $20,000 the last being largely made of gold and set with precious 'ones. The heirs of General Twigg are now making efforts to have the Govern ment restore this property to them, and it is generally supposed that the eflort will be successful. There is now being tried in this build ing a new patent process for printing United States securities. It is called alter the inventor, “ Mulligan’s Patent Plate Process." The presses which are run by hand in the upper part of the building, and to which allusion has been made, do not get through the w ork very fast. The new press is run by steam, and all the necessary opera tions but one are done by machinery instead of by hand, the printer remain ing at one point of the machine and be ing only required to rub off the surplus ink with his hands. Os course a great deal more work is done by this method, but work is accumulating so fast on the Government that some labor-saving method, it is claimed, is getting to be a necessity. The inventor worked the machine a year and a half for the Gov ernment before the officials were satis fied to give it a trial. Then the Govern ment built five presea as a commence ment, and now they are talking of building more. Washington Letter. —Queen Victoria is loath to surrender property which has once come into her possession. Claremont, bought bv her from the nation, and now the residence of the young Huke of Albany, has only been lent to him. The Queen retains her own suite of rooms there, which are kept locked up. Ihe housekeejier and female servants are also in her employ, and are paid by her. —The public have become more fa miliar year after year with the fact that a few miles from the coast, and not far below St. Augustine, there exists a fresh water spring in the Atlantic, that is. that there is there a natural circle of water, from a quarter to a half mile in diameter, fresh in taste and different in color from the sea water. Os late years it has been fully identified and officially reported on by the United States coast I survey.— Chicago Tribune. I A Few Simple Recipes. The Small Boy—Take equal parts of noise, dirt and four horse-power steam engine; mix with bread and butter to the taste (the boy’s taste), and set the mixture to cool in the middle of a ten acre lot. If you find you have put in too much noise (which you undoubtedly save), turn over and knead with the hand or split shingle The Saleslady— This Is a very easy dish. All that is required is a little giggle, brass to season, and a garnish ing of frizzles, bangs and cheap jewel ry. Mix in an empty skull and serve. The Politician—Tact, one part; two eyes for the main chance; one tongue, well oiled, and as much cheek as possi ble. If you have a little brain handy, it may be added sparingly; bttt it does not matter much, ami most housekeep ers consider any use of brain in th.3 connection as extravagant. Bake in a slow oven, so that it need not be done brown. If it be more than half-baked it is ruined. The Poet —To make a poet, take lib erally of shimmering sunshine, strain through a rhyming dictionary, and add equal parts of lovesick adjectives, archaic adverbs and such other words as you may never have heard of. Set in a warm place, where the whole may be come intimately mingled, and garnish with long hair, sttedy clothing and art empty stomach. The Author—Take such facts as you have in the house and mix with twenty gallons of gush ami twaddle for each fact, ami boil down one-hrtlf. I hen add of classical allusions, threadbare stories and übiquitous anecdotes ten parts each, and serve in a greasy coat and bald head. Some pre'er to send to the table in curlpapers, triced with hair-pins; but in this case the sauce must no' be for gotten, and a little politico-poetic tran scendentalism Is also a great improve-* ment. A Kiss—This is composed of equal parts of honey, sugar, ice cream, soda with four kinds of sirup, love in a cot tage and supernal bliss. It can be made in the dark just as well as in the light. Bake in an elliptical dish, and serve warm.’ Charity—This is usually served cold. When warm it is very apt to spoil, and must therefore be used at home. Take <n« part heart and one hundred parts talk, and stir together until the lieart is dissolved, and add sufficient policy and worldly wisdom to give it a flavor. Charity made by this recipe will keep a longtime in any climate.— Bouton Tran icnpt. An Instance of Self-Control, Sir Walter Scott was in the habit of employingin literary work a German student named Weber. Being an inter esting person, he became a favorite with Scott's household, and often dined with them. Sir Walter, knowing that Weber was inclined to drink too freely, en couraged this intimacy, that he might keep him as much as possible from temptation. When Sir Walter left Edinburgh at Christmas, 1813, the two parted kindly, and on the day after his return, Weber was with him in the library, as usual, making extracts. As the light began to fail, Scott leaned back in his chair and was about to ring for candles, when, seeing the German looking at him with unusual solemnity, he asked what was the matter. “Mr. Scott,” said Weber, rising, “you have long insulted me, and 1 can bear it no longer. 1 have brought a pair of pistols, and must insist on your taking one of them instantly;” and he produced the weapons which had been placed under his chair, and laid one of them on Scott’s paper. “You are mistaken. I think.” said Scott, “in your way of setting about this affair but no matter. It can, how ever, be no part of your obje t to annoy Mrs. Scott and the children; therefore, if you please, we will put the pistols into the drawer till after dinner, and then arrange to go out together like gentlemen.” Weber answered with the same cool ness: “ I believe that will be better,” and laid the second pistol on the table. Scott locked both in his drawer, say ing: “I am glad you have felt the propriety of my suggestion; let me only request further that nothing may occur at dinner to give my wife any suspicion of what has been passing.” Scott then went to his dressing-room and immediately sent a message to one of Weber's intimate companions, who came and took him away. He had been on a long walk through the High lands, during which he had drank "so heavily as to unsettle his mind. He became a hopeless lunatic, and till his death was supported at Scott's expense in an asylum at York. But for the great novelist’s self-control, there would have been a murder in that quiet library.— Youth's Companion. A Hazardous Undertaking. At the mill of Palmer Brothers, Palmerstown, Conn., the other dav, an attempt was made to put belling on a large wheel, fourteen feet in diameter, and in order to get the belt in position several of the employes got on the spokes of the wheel to' turn it. It was found impossible to get power enough in this way, and accord nglv the eng.ne was started before it was noticed that one of the hands was still on the wheel. His perilous position was ipi ekly per ceived an 1 a scene of the greatest ex c.tement ensued. Ihe unfortunate man owes his life to the presence of mind which he displayed. Had he attempted to jump from the wheel his death would haie been inevitable, but he clung to one of the spokes with both bands and feet as the revolut ons of the great wheel, with its sweep of fifty feet, car ried him first to the ceiling and then to the basement of the mill. The great difficulty was in stopping the engine so that the wheel would be n a position which would allow him to extricate him self, but tins was accomplished after quite a number of trials.— Hur'ford Times. Michael Davitt is a ta'l, rosy cheeked man, with a short, black mus tache and close-trimmed side whisk es. His right sleeve hang- empty at . his side. 1 foreign gossip. —Queen Victoria has granted a char ter to Newcastle-on-Tyne making that town a city. —A London clergyman of the M eat End makes a charge of $5 a year to women who want spiritual advice. —A Dublin medical student sought to bribe a London doctor to go to Dublin, andj under a disguise, pass the examina tioii which he himself felt incompetent to undergo. —During eleven years of peace the ordinary debt of British India has m-* creased from £97,000,(MX) to £15i,0 ( m),- 500. In the meanwhile £142,000,000 has been expended on canals and irri gation work, and 8,000,000 people have died of starvation, although a famine hind of £15<000,000 has been expended. —The system of Banking in Scotland, whereby shareholders were liable to their last cent for the debts of the bank, is now at an end. All the banks have concurred in forming themselves into joint stock companies, and at the worst all that they can hereafter loose is the value of the shares which they have ac quired in their bank. —The Mansion-house (London) Com mittee of the Rowland Hill Memorial fund has completed its work by erect ing a statute at the Royal Exchange and a memorial in Westminster Abbey, and has handed over the remainder of the fund, amounting to rriorC than $70,000, to Trustees, as a nucleus for a fund for the relief of aged ami distressed postal employees; and their widows and or phans, throughout the kingdom. —The Duke of Hamilton has declined Lord Rosebery’s offer of $5,000,000 for the Island of Arran, on which Hamilton Palace is situated. The island is near the mouth of the Clyde. It is about twenty miles long by eight, to eleven broad, and contains a superficial area of 165 square miles, or 105,814 acres, of which about 15,000 are cultivated. It is a rugged, mountainous island, and not of muck account to anybody but a lord or some rich person who wishes to be known as a landlord. —The price obtained at a London show tor the prize bull-dog Lord Nel son, who had won every cup for which he ever competed, was $50,000. His aspect is described as that of the “most unprincipled ruffian that ever ran on four legs to help his master in the at tack on a helpless traveler on a star light night.” His coat is milk white, his eyes red and bloodshot, his chaps fall down each side of his jaw, and when he raises his lips and shows his ttJeth the spectators draw back in ter ror. —Recently a remarkable mirage was witnessed between four and seven o’clock one afternoon at the Lake of Orsa, Sweden (latitude 61 deg.), in a region by the way, notable for phe nomena of this kind. First large and small steamers were observed as if ply ing otl the lake, and their outlines were very distinct. The funnels of the ves sels seemed to emit smoke. Then a transformation occurred. In place of the ships there were verdure-clad is lands. Lastly a haze came on and the wonderful spectacle ended. - . — 1 i ll'* Erasmus Darwin’s First Love. About the year 1760 there came to the town of Derby, in England, a young physician, who rented an office and be gan the practice of his pro ession. Young and careless physicians were no rarity in the town at that time, but Dr. Erasmus Darwin was a rare man. At Elton, in Nottinghamshire, he had been born in 17.31, a poor man’s son, and without gentle blood in his veins. Alter studying at St. John’s College, Cam bridge, for a time, his means failed him, and he went to the less aristocratic uni versity at Edinburgh, there to pursue medical studies, and there to graduate. From college he had gone to the little town of Litchfield, where for several years he had a large practice. Alter a time Litchfield became too con tracted a field, and he went to Derby, where there was a better opportunity for development. Enter prising and ambitious, he soon had many friends in town, and among them a lucrative professional business. It was not unnatural that in course of time he should come to love. Among the lady friends whose society he frequented was the daughter of a farmer, an artless and modest country maiden, as fair and fresh as the daisies in her father’s fields. Young Mr. Darwin loved the girl, and his affection was reciprocated. Sina Chaffee put her whole soul into that love, but like many another maid en loved too strongly. There were de lays in the advent of the promise I wed ding day, unavoidable delays, no doubt, but Darwin's love grew cold. Another ami wealthier lady had gained his half given affections, and the farmer girl awoke from her fond dream to find'her knight was faithless. The blow was too severe, and she was glad to remove from the scene of her disappointment to America. Ihe ( bailees settled in a Massachu setts town, and became well-to-do farm ers. Other young men sought the pret ty Sina’s hand, but to each offer she turned a deaf ear. The years went bv, and when the lady’s youth had pa-sed, Amasa Converse, Jr.', a-ked her to be his wife. He was a pros; erous Windsor farmer, not such a gay beau as had been Dr. Darwin, but still a very popular man. Miss Chaffee's aeceptaiiee of his oiler came reluctantly, but at length Amasa brought her to his father's lunne as his wife. Mrs. Converse never had cause to repent her choice. She did not. however, forget her lir t love, and with a far-away respect for him she gave her son his name. Erasmus Dar win Converse is living to-day in Cum mirmton. an old, gra 1 -haired man. In the vV indsor Cemetery the June roses are budding above the grave of Sina Converse, who died many years ago, hearing in her old age of her early lov er’s fame as a botanist and scholar, of his earnest advocacy of temperance, perhaps of the birth of his son. who in later years was to be the father of < harles Darwin, the great naturalist. Long ago her romance failed, ami she who would have been the wife of a great man lies in a Berkshire rural cemetery in the well-earned repose of a farmer s wife.— Bcrks.'iiri Count ij (A/ass.) Eagle. —Boston has recently known a dinner to have been given to four at S3O a rlate. exclusive of wines. WM. A. MILLER, • <-’• T, CARgij j MILLER & CARGILL, WHOLES AL E QU E E NJS W ARE No. 184 Market Street, TEJSTTST. Refined Petroleum and Lubricating Oils I scp3 fim| ” * ' •- -L_." HERRON'S ’ Special Announcement for the Spring! I We present to our patrons, and the public generally, this Season the most com plete assortment of Goods ever shown here. They were purchased for CASH, and we now offer tljym at INSIDE FIGURES BUT SEE US AT ONCE, AS AVE SELL AT BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH. We know that money is scarce this yearH ith you, but remember that Prices will be in Proportion to Your Purse and if we have the Goods you want, and you can spare the money, now is the time for you to secure *TIIE BEST GOODS Coy tlie JLILYST MONEY HEESjaOK «&, SOLW’SS, FOUNTAIN HEAD FOR BARGAINS. I— ■— THE " WHITE” SEWING MACHINE, The Ladies’ Favorite! & BECAUSE IT IS THE LIGHTEST RUNNING the most quiet; makes the prettiest stitch; and has more conveniences than •'iraßi , .r Kt FWS tri? any other'Machine. B L'TpW'J rxl It is warranted five years and is the easiest to sell, and gives the best sat;- H "-»■ k faction of any Machine on the market ■ . X lntending purchasers are solicited to - I' examine it before buying. Responsible r dealers wanted in all unoccupied tcr- ritory. I J. I). r r. 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P*? ce of < ) ! lr TOLU, ROCK AND RYE. which is the ONLJ MhDK ArK]> article--the genuine has a Private Die Proprietary Stamp on each bottle, which permits it to be Sold by Drugg-lsts, Grocers and Ilealers Everywhere, WITHOUT SPECIAL TAX OR LICENSE. he TOLU, ROCK AND RYE CO., Proprietors, 41 River St., Chicago, I' l Dx-. K.. S’. WRIGHT, Wholesale ami Retail Druggist, Dealer in ZDEETTC3-S, EUBLZDIdISrES, Perfumery, Soaps. Hair Dyes, and Toilet Articles generally; White Lean. Mixed Paints, ready for use. t olors in Oil; Dry. I.inseed. Tanners'. Machine and Kerosene Oils/liirniy'Ges, Putty, Window Glass, Lamps and Lamp Fixtures; Surgical •tpparattf- ~ . :| s Abdominal Supporters. Trusses. Lancets, Pocket Cases, etc., etc. This firm also deals in Smoking and ( hewing Tobacco, Fine Cigars md <nul and have the e' elusive Drug trade in tine 'Wines. Whiskies and Brandies in Dalton. Call and see them at the corner of King and Hamilton streets, Dalton Ga Prices guaranteed compare with Atlanta. iel» 11 Tlxe Xla/lton. - [CHANGRD FROM INDEPENEENT HE A i i.n.H i, J Brightest. Most Progressive, Liberal ana^^P n^al News Paper in Northwest Georgia. O2STLY OUT IE TDOLBjTLEE YEAR- Advertisers can find no Belter Medium through which to Meet the lartners, Mechanics, Merchants, Mill Men and People of this section. 11. A. WRENCH, Publisher.