Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fc. . VOI-H'V.-W'HW H&S. " ' "^ UNION C. IE, HOUTffl^^^JN A, FRIDA Y. N()VKM BE !{ 10, 1803. NUMBER 45. ^ A late authority on Amerioan money says that the largest amonnt repranented by any one "greenback** is $10,000, and that there i? but one uoh note in existence^ The tension! of speaking of tho President as "His Excellency" is unwarranted, declares tho Chicago Herald. No such formal title was ever given him by legislative action. His legal titlo is ."the President of tlio United States.'* Ono of Boston's newest notion*, and, in the estimation of tho New Yor": Times, oue of tho best of its many good ones, is tho establishment of n mechanic arts high school, to supply a connecting link, as is .explained, bt-. , JhcoTetUVdr an I )>r icticsf edu<Sa? lion. Its friends claim thst this r*fJchool will lie tbo crown nu 1 clionx oi tbo city* common school system. Everywhere in California iho Chinese nro now working tho gold mines on tlieir own account. The metal is Bent directly to China, and is smuggled out of tbe country in the name way that opium is smuggled in. Sinco 18H0 tbo Chinese have taken from California mines tho enormous sum of $lil,75Q,0()0. It ia reported that the Czar of Knsaia will shortly issue a decree abolish* ing tbc use of the knout in the puhli? courts of that country. Not long ag# lie ordered tho Governors of all ths Provinces of the Empiro to make a special report on this form of puuish* ^ jnent. Tho report showed that tbs kuout was often used for tbe most trivial offenses, that women and children were not exempt from it, an ' thai 1 its victims were frequently maiuu I oC life. Tho Governors were unanimous vu favor of its abolition. 1 William Dcau Howells, while editing a certain magazine, ono dak re* coived from Elizabeth Stnarl. PUnla. m. story which he didn't care to publish, relates the New York Advertiser. It dealt with all sorts of nnpleasaut people ; who used bad English and were not cultured. As Miss Phelps belonged to a sacred coterio composed of people who were accustomed to havo their , work accepted, whether it was good, ( bad or indifferent, William Dean was i _ ?Jin a hole. But he finally nerved blip j to-MfsT Phelp?7 "saying j know thin is not a pleasant jMtory," Miss Phelps changed the i ?itle?originally "The Oyster mau"? i "Not a Pleasant Story," sold it to 1 another magazine and cat William off 1 ^ier visiting list. They met thereafter 1 strangers. Sinoo the loss of lives on the coast i of New Jersey at the time of the recent great storm there has been an agitation in the seaport towns and satn-ner F resorts along that coast in favor of an oxtcnniou of the time of employment of the men iu the United States LifeSaving Service. Fonr seamen of the wrecked schooner Mary F. Ketfy were drowned At Asbnry Park, for instance, within thirty feet of the shore, while hundreds of people stood on the beach unable to help thorn. Twenty-four seamen were drowned off the New Jersey coast in a range of ten miles, where there were tlien four unoccupied life* "Saving stations. The life-saving orews are discharged on May 1, and do not get employment again until September 1. It is argued that violent storms occur in August, and that th3 life-saving crows at least should be employed from the beginning of that month. Nearly every large hotel in New York has an individuality, ohserves the Jour* nal, which ia stamped on the facade of it by the people of different climes and parte of this country and in different trades a ho patronise them. Englishwomen and Canadians would not think of patting up at any other place than the Breroort or Brunswick. The game of politios is indelibly imprinted on the Hoffman and Fifth Avenue. One can almost hear the beating of horses' hoofs when he steps into the Coleman and GKlsey, and an insider would not be surprised if he saw a man running for a base or an umpire calling "Three strikes and out" in the Sturtevant. The oorridors of the Imperial resemble ^ a sociable club in some Western oity. The Vendome is the home of prosperL one Hebrew merchants from all parts B of the oountry, and there is just enough K of a theatrioal flavor about the alienIK* 4eU 4A ii rm.. lf^ r voio ?v Hiiit it uiiw9Vtui|. Jkiiv nwr fc tropole is nothing mora than Urge B end oomfortebU beohelore' quarters. He In every pert of the Gedney House the eyes ere blinded bj the glere of the Hfet footlights This hotel ie the hone of Ul the eotor end the meaeger. The jingle H3jK of money end the elipping of ooupons oen be heard in the Windeor end the Piece. An eir of serenity.nad eomfort I I the! riches beget permeate* every nook end cranny in the epeoione corridors of the Piece, New Netherlands Savoy I^K- and Holland House. PITHY NEWS ITEMS. A cradle and carriage factory is a new industry to be located at Charlotte It. C. The dome of the Capitol building at Raleigh, N. C., ia being rep ainted. Work hat ben begun on the new hotel at Southern Pines, N. C. When completed, it is said, it wilt be a handsome and substantial boteV, costing 9175,000. It is being built by a number of Northern capitalist*, who propose making Southern Pines oue of the leading health re oris in the South The Ch rlcsiun bur has recommended to Preti eut Cleveland Charles H. Simonion, United 8tatas district court judge for South Carolina, for apprin'ment to the United States Circuit b.nch-a^ xW Fuji fir ctnmiT. ^ Mi? Jane Holmes, whose will has just been probated at Pittsburg, Pa., left to the Home of Orphans and Dcstilu'c Colored Children of Pittsburg $20,000, to the Presbyterian Church for missions for freed men $20,000. and $05,000 iu large bequests to charitable institutions. On St. Andrew's Djv, November 80, a statue of Wallace will be unveiled at Druid Bill Park, Baltimore. The mem bers of the St. Andrcw'a Society o! Bdtimorc will march to tlio site hc.ulitl by a guard in Highland costume mid two pipers. They will form a circle around the statue during the ceremonies. A chorus will be secured to sing "Br.iCsV Address to his Army" and other Scotch songs. Delegates will be Invited to-bi present from St.Androw\? societies m Savannah, O.i , Churl ston, S. C., Itich mond, Washington, Pittsburg, Phi ndel phis, New York and B<>-ioa. The largest cotton seed oil mill iu the world is at Sherman.-Texas, and it i le dv to crush 432 tons dally. It ia ex pccted that this vast concern will coin 0.| Monday morning, of Capt O. A. Batcheler, U. B. N., retired. A pro pot of the ditcutsion in Bumter oonaty, B. C., over the payment of fee by children at the gr.ded schools, it it intereating to learn that there an 10,170 free achoola in K nglandand Walea. with 8,429,077 children. The total number paying a fee In schools receiving the fee grant, but still charging a let ranging from under ! peony to a little orer sixoence. ia 849.091. The Moravian 8undsy schools, of th Southern Sunday school, district, met ii< convention In Belem, N. O. About 1, 500 were ia attendance. The address o' weloome was delivered bv Bisboii ltondthaler. Something new la the way of canning hae been adopted by a South Carolina planter, who baa determined to turn tb? greater part af hie rice plantation into ? ! truck farm. Thin gentleman hae erected a cannery to handle the eurplue tru k grown and, in addition, to can rice. II ptopoaee putting It up in c*n* varying from one to thnw pouade, co ke t in rea old Southern etyle, euch ae ie only found ; in the rice-growing dietricte. plete its year's collection of seed in sixty days after it gets to business, Sherman is in Nortbc .st Texas, ai is generally known. The mill there has sold cotton see 1 oil up to 55 cents pi r gallon and as low as'20 cents. The oil cake, or seed, has sold up to $->3 ?nd as low as $10 Dhake'h Branch, Va.?"The notorious Abb Rcdm >nd, t .e wor.?t man that ever lived in ChJ^lott-j Couuty, came to his death at the hands of a mob. lie had bi en arrested at daybreak by an officer and a dor. n assistants, which was one of the few times he was ever captur d without trouble. He mistook the the wrong one by mistake/ Q"t lot hiat oil without htvig beaten him Dearly to death. Hi was taken bjfor * j iB'tcc of the peace, but for the wan if evid< ncc was acquitted. Latter threit uhig a number of the best citizens in the vilest manner. A kiss comes high in Massaclnwe Is under certain conditions. A member of tbt Senior class of Harvard University recently kisse 1 a pretty inuid who was showing him a suite <f iumi< that lieproposed renting. She complained to I her miitrexs. He win tl ied three hun ired dollars. KitlU.aliln Tmm nriini* a li-nll at the Portamouth navy yard, but tin water was pumped out before she sunk. t Montreal, Can., Sir Job a Abbot, ex Premier of Canada died at 9 o'cltck Monday. His cod was peaceful. The courts have fixed the date of salt of the South Carolina Railway at foreclosure for December 19. The new Railway Y. M. C. A. build Ing at Clifton Forge, Va., has been com pleted and thrown open for use. It it one of the handsomest of its kind in th? country,and waa built by the Chtsapeakt A Ohio and donated to Clifton Forge. J. C. Henries, of Charleston, S. C., it the only Ex-Confederate In the s ate who wears the iron cross of Piussi t foi valorous aervioe in the Franco P? ussiar war. The Wayside Inn at Hendersonvilie, N. C., a new hotel and the pride of Hen derson county, bunted to th> groun i Monday morning. The Navy Department has been it formed of the death at Tryon City, N. WON'T BE MARRIED ON SUNDAY; Because he fttole Cabbages to Oei More Money for h:s Wed< ding Outfit. New Y rkCitt. ?Farm r Pctct Nil o i's wedding will riot take plrico thi? c mi'ng Punchy, as origii ally planned Instiud. Farmer Nelson will spend tli lay in the Queens county jail meditating upon the uncer.aintiea of ill-gotu i w iilth. It all happoaed through Fan*, r N Isou's desire to appear in a stun ?! #* All I H A# K o w**! U? ? ? ... H wu?ai c?v um VfVUMIII^, UO UWHB >m ill faira In Pioral Park and his i onde 1 bride la Miea Lena Kckt-i i, I ?ugh er uf o Crtedmoot farMct. VVIi In o.i his way to Market with lml load of c.ibbugi a the o bet morning li -stopped a itie cahtTnge puTCU 01 Skate istock ho'ni. No one was to be scon, * N'elsoa helped himself arid finished h a-. But. r.n unseen witness wn the urn, nud on his return from market N< o i wits arrested while driving throu^ lie sticctsof J tmaica. He told the J i tiee he stole the cabbages and sjld tie n o help buy his wc iding outfit. Thj uu Minpa hutic Judge sentenced him tos x norths in the county jail despite h plea f-?r m rcy. Bud Lindsay l&ilied. Hud Lindsey, ome of the most not u I 9pcrado>-s in Teonessce, Was shot and fata ly wounded nosr Jacksboro by J N. M? Ghee, a Deputy United 8t t Slnrshd. h ml ey wnM one of the Ifen-l rs it; the Coal ('reus mining tidubhs. nd it was In- ivll i Csp'ur rl Gen. Andei | m)ii c .11.in ndirof th Sli.t ICoO a, an held h ni prisoner nil ! release t l?y Gen. | Gallics. F-r s vend yea is Lindaiy w?> a I ? puty lhii.nl Slat a' V a.-slid ami .. nor to the m omli rs Jle has ki 1c tince men ant w s mixed up in nunierou> b.t I s in llm border coiiutii.. ..r Ke lucky a d "IVim wo. He was alio in a person J dillhulty bought on bv himself. He did nut Hv? long n'te beintr wounded Soulhiin 0..ti i Mi I! 3. [From the St. I. -.i - I? :, uii ic. | From the increase i i ih?- ir.enber ?.?' cotton mills in he St. nh it begins to look as if ahu < ot mi imi'iuf ct re s I New Engla id w I s<io i ?avo o cunt ? their business or th ir local ions 8 v?m.? counties in Sou h t'nro 1>?, Georg a mi North Carol, u t now m till fact u re mor< cotton than they grow, an 1 th< y arc big last fifteen years. Nearly 14,000,000 i? nvfsted in these mills, 0,000 bands unemployed, and they consume nearly 60. 000 bales a year. This year's produc will biing the connty fully |3,000,000 Cotton Mi-Is in the Carolina*. [From tha Charlotte Obsirvei ] Figming on n basis of one and a half million studies bring operated in North Carolina, with roircapoudi' g looms and twi .ters, and pu ling the cost at an average of twenty five dollars a s, indie, the spinning interests of the State Topics *.ts about thirty-seven and a half milH ns of dol ars. South Carolina has about the same amouut invested, and the amount now being invested in the two aiates in mills being constiucted, is about four million dollars. At the present rate of growth the two Caiolinm will lure within five yea s over one hu idred m-llion dollars in tuc manufacture of cotton. Laws Passed by the Extraordinary Congress. Washington, D. C.?At the extraordinary session of Congress just closed 16 joint resolutions and 17 bills became law. Three of these joint resohri ns were signed and nine of the bills. No vetoes weie tent in by the Preside it and no bill or resolution tha* reached him remained udgncd The last proposition to become law was the joint r< solution amending th set approved April 25, I860, re'alhig 'o the a itnission of article- i ite ided for finWorld's Columbian Kxp >sit on. Two Bad Ksn Gone, Roanukk, Va.?J. P. M Ihoro, formerly manager of the Roanoke Sanitary Plumbing Ccmptny, was shot and in stantly kille 1 by Policeman Gus B. Gee Wendesday morning in the < fflce of the company, at 10 Jeff rson street. Office.Gee, who was attempting to arre?t Me horn, wis badly beaten on the head b a polh cman'a e u > in the hands of Mel horn, wh took (he weapon from tl v officer Among the resolutions rmrsv I ov the Ttades Congress in Bvifad, Itvli: '.4 one expressing H?tisfiiifcnm nt i'> e ?? pointment of women .vorksh-ip ? jotors, and praying Jlho ti?>vcruuiju. id increase tbe uum'ocr. The Grspe Growtrs' Association .( North Carolina met in C nriote N??* 3th and 9th. Thcie were loouglit tojet her tome of tbe most pr iniuent jtr.pv {rowers of N 0. tn I edj.oninir hirt*. A nlnn is on foo^ to fnim w<> .! County," 8 C., from Abbev ll? > <>u t< with parte of KdgeflHd au?l Laor.av Georgia's Legh'fttifrr, by > vote of ft; to 88, has pt?Mtcd a bi I fori>i<bl nfe lb ale of cioriretta. "BRAZIL DOOMED." ' The United State* Urged to Grab th< Amnion Valley. Nfcw Yokr ? Jcfft'isoi) lto s, at American fciVil engineer, who has pass, c bfeariy fifteen itnrs in Rrazil, arrived hire from Rio Janeiro. In a conversation be said, "Brazil is doomed to g< to pieces and European power* are al watching for an opportunity to jump it and grab a si ce. It's a shame if th? ?United Stati-s don't go in nod take th' Amraon Valhy when the 'imo for grab bing cotneB English and German favor Mello, and when the teasels which w n I.I . - lately purciiascG arrive off Hlo they' I certainly fall a prOy to the rebel <1 et. Tbi; Aaaclvtn 4a thqrotlgV ly alive to th<r situation. Peixoto bat tried to putebns". the (builestoti fron; the tJnitod St?*ca.H Carolina AppropnaMoiiV: Washington, D. C.?The chi>f en* gimcr's cstimntc of appropriations for rivers and harbors: Roanoke, available balance from last appropriation,$43.526; Pasquo'auk, balance, $1,502; Machcny's creek, ba'ancc, $408; Ocracoke Inlet, ba'ancc, $24 871; necessary to Complete the oont net, $405,000. Pishing ctcek, baiaic.**, $15,000; necessary to complete, $10,000. Pamlico and Tar, balance, $3 073; amount that can bo prod ably expciub tl bv 1895, $1,70 ). Neusc. balance, $10 004; ncorsary to complete, i $500. Inland wdftrway bo'wecn Neu c | abd licaillort, hi'lance, $7,508; necuss..ry | tocomp'eto $57,000. Beaufort, btlatiec, $12,579; nec?ssiry to Coin pi te, $13,000. i Iblatd waterway between Ceanf >rt and New river, Inlancc $9,700; inland water Way, New River h:i I Swanaboro..balance $4,382 n< cessnry to comple c $88 000; New River, bnlance $12,057, necessary to , complete $7,000; Northeast Capo Fear, balance $4 925, recommended $10,000, necessnry to comph Tc, $20,000, Bb.ck. balance $5 125, recommended $3,00J; Cape F. ar above Wiirnhgtoo, balance, fo.uiu. necessary -o complete fl.jO,7oO, recommended 140,000;" at and below W.mngtm, balance $43,049, recommended $4"0,000; Lrck wood's Follj,bab ' ance $8,024; tree ss?ry to complete $32,000; W? cairnw, North and South Car.;, lin balance 4 304; recommended $30,0 0; Lumber, balaoce $692; rccooimeud?d $20 0 i0 _ Colored State Fair. . by ex-Governor. Jarvis, for whom th? negroes hare a very great regard. Ii< always speaks plainly and directly to th< point, and gives them 4he very best ad vice. It was expected that a colorec military company, from Charlotte, would be id camp at the fair ground but it wil not attend. Governor Carr's remarkt were in excellent test*, and were well received. He congratulated the negroei of North Carolina upon their improve ment and their constant advancement since thrir emancipation. He declared that the North < a'OIi a colored peoplt were the best in the world and that thi relationships between them and th< white p op'e were more kindly thai snwhere else. Auditor Furman followed followed-the Governor and his remarki were on the same general line. The exhibit is pronounced excecdincli creditab'e. There are 1,200 entries, and Secretary WiUiamsou says fifty couutiei will be repreaeoted. A Rosebud Indian Killed by Falling from a Train. Faybttevii.i.b. N. C.?As Iho train * o veying a Wild Wcat show was Bearing this city one of the Sioux Indians fell from the tinin and was killed. The other Indians made an assault upon the showmen, and, after a bard struggle, were quieted and the leaders confined over night. The Indians are from the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, and the d<ad Indian, Crowfoot, took part ia the Custer maasacre. Oete Two Plums at Last. Washington, D. C.?The President nominated to be consuls: J. Edward Nettles, of South Carolina, at Trieste, Austria; Rob-rt J. Kirk, of South Carolina. at Cop nhagen, Denmark. Edwin F. Uhl, of Michigan, to he Assistant Secretary of State, vice Josiah Qtrfncy, resigned; James R. Roosevelt, of New V?L. n..?. ?v ( tk.. Oa _. *. li/ra, wvrimi? ui iuc uuiicu oimea embassy, at London. Kng nod, vice Henry While, res^ned. To Invite Cleveland. 1 Auoubta, Ga.?President Patrick Walsh, of the Augusts Exposition, and the committee of directors left for Wash' ington to extend an invitation to Preaident Cleveland, JIL ^-j^Maideet 8'evenaon aijd the cab'net of officer* to attend the Auguatn Expedition, which opens November 14 and cloaes D cumber 14. Burned to 2>e*th. A special from WilUnmsburg, Va., I says that Mrs. Andrew Bethune war burned to dea h. Two children at plaj in the room are supposed to have set fire , to the bed on which ahmrfoj sick, and in an effort to ataj the Aatht a she lot her life. A \ LADIES' OLUMN. two nonr-n i>aikwtt:ha Five years ngo, F. P. Bergamin', n Italian banker of New York* ? owing eight hundred depositors nix tit twenty-five thrfusand dollars. F : since then his twd daughters, Rachel and Bnsselono, have labored diligent < to clear off this indebtedness, surrendering all of their reid and person d property, tuclu ling even jewels, pictures aud books, supporting theiuselve i meanwhile, the 0110 by teaching, Iuj other by working as iui amanuensis iu a lawyer's office. A few weeks ago ttjpy Diet the-cro litorH in tke eb un? berlain's office, and paid oat eighth 1 thousand dollars iu clieekn, varyin ; i i amount front 0110 hundred dollar < f? fifty Cents.: They hope t j liquidate the remaining debts iu time.? Arjo UHUl. ALDAKl's BALLADS ANI? MCKKtV.5 FOB ON'rf. Mme. Album lias for many yean spent her holidays at the Old Mar Lodge, which is placed at her disposal by the Duke of Fife. Albnni has gone there as Usual this venr, ami, as it it Hear Balmoral, the great singer is not Jeldoni favored with a call by the Queeu herself. Albnni always makes it a point to send word to the cook to prepare muffins for these occasions. Muffins are quite to the Queen's taste, And she will dispose of several whilo Albaut sings to her. Victoria prefers ballads to any other songs. "The Lass o' Gowrie" aud "CJomo Yo by Blaii AtholoM tiro decidedly her fav^itos, though she likes "Robin Adatr4* and "Bluebells of Scotland" pretty well. When Albaui sings it ? always the Princess Beatrice who plays. Alboni has sung at Balmoral for other royal persons, notably the Empress Eugenic and Emperor Fredorick.?"New York Sun. NEW COLORS. For street wear the hues are generally of the unprononnced typo, browr being perhaps an exception, since iti A LK V t . _ A .1 a 1 uiuuv iMuvuunuiu Hutiuun mini lowaru tho bright and sunny varieties. Cinnamon brown, now called visoir, i haden of purplo art niiu-li loss won than they were during the past season the only two shades being much in rogue having a reddish cast; tht lighter one is pinkish in tone, and the darker is a reddish plum color callei Sigurd. An attempt is making to introduci the old fashioned magenta into gowni and millinery ; but its general unbe comingness makes it more stylish thai popular, and the lucky woman who cai wear it may at least feel assured tha she will have a novelty that few other will be able to oopy. ? Doinorest's. FASHION NOTES. The deop Empire rutlle will remaii in favor for the evening corsage. Pearl necklaces with diamond clasp are the prottiest for yoimg women. A distinctive llower, color and pel fume mark the effete girl of the perio.l Very luxurious infants cut thei teeth ou exquisitely chased silver an pearl ring*. . A pink conch shell and a pearl h< diagonally oa u linger ring in one t the newest frivols. BaV>y rattles of silver aiul pearl, wil chimes of bells and ivory whistles, mi in favor with irritable infants. Mink will be as popular as over hot for garmouts and trimmings. Man fashionable capes and jackets will L made of Persian lamb or black raartei A three-quarter capo of mink, wit an edging of tails, has a long berth forming a deep pointed yoke effect i the back and ending in points in froi and a roll oollar. Hop-sacking of a rich russet brow is a favorite material for brides' tr.t eling dresses; and chcstnut-bro>v sacking is used for girls' school dnwe with jacket or short circular capo i match. The brocade silks for fail wea'* ai nearly all in two, three and four i >i colorings?tono colors in ail dress the rigid rule this year?with hcimI and flounc s of small design formii afvirtAfl ... Babies who know whit is what ha\ their nursos dressed in tlio Russi, fcjric, with wmto cups bound nrom with black ribbon, which iH tied '.i bow, the oudr, falling to the hem the black dress. Among the uewst dressy bo.l ce . o d?y wear arc those that have cro 1 aeams about the waist litr>, attachir ' ap ircular piece curved to lit snugl ' This piece is about six inches doe ^ aud is lined with soft siik. "Baby books" arc among the uov? ties at the fashionable stationers. XL arc bound m win to and gold and tin ro are illuminated I dunks for th full imriu', the hour nu>l date of lurt'u, tlio first photograph and for the eventful (lays when the first tooth appears ami the first step is taken. Fall rutfs of lace, sh I silk, velvet and embroidered net are as much worn as ever. Besides these, there are \ a? rieties of capes au 1 scurf-like fichus, which are very be-ioining and very usoful for mid-season wo:u', just whoa ono wants so nethiug which protects .gainst tlio chill blasts without being heavy. There are many new hats in small shapes, m do of fine felt, with wings and Liowh of ribbons for trimming. S/rno of thorn aro waterproof, and all the s I'.nj color, wings and ribbons mulching the felt. Those have a most novel effect, and aro most useful for coitut ry wear looking especial 5y well with tailor-built costumes, which ro quire neat, close-fitting headgear. Making Bgoks Quickly. Tlio "novel machine" is a largo wel) ' press similar to the kind newspapers are printed on, but arranged to take curved electrotypes of each pago of a book, ip'stead of a single large metal cylinder casting. There are two cylinders, on each of which 141 pages may be screwed, and as the long strip of paper goos through first one side is printed and then the other, mukiug it 1 possible to print 288 pages at every 1 revolution. The strip of paper, after ? being carried over rollers which dry ? the ink, is cut, folded and brought to1 gether into tlio shape of a small volume, with the edgea all trimmed. 1 Every time the great cylinder goes i around a novel is printed, folded an I 1 trimmed, and G000 of these are turned ' out every hour, while, if it wore nec; epsary, 7000 or bOOO might bo the quota. From the printing press these books arc carried to a little machine that looks like a Bewing machine, and two 1 wire stitches are taken in the beck s of each. The stitched volumes are ' then carried to the covering in-icliiuc, where thoy ar^put side to side in n 9 .long feeding trough. At the end of * xnxvngKl VU n UIJUK, CUTTIUU' on "nil endless chain running over wheels at 8. each end?indeed, there are a series of 1 littJe compart incuts on this chain, and ? as tho chain moves along each one re1 ceives a hook. As the book proceeds 5 a wheel running in a glue pot presses ! against its hack, smearing it with * glue. A little farther along there is n pile of covers Hint comes up at ju"t 3 the right moment, leaving a cover 9 sticking to the gluey hack of the hook. Of course the cover stands out straight I on each siile, hut as it is carried all a the way around ou the chain tli 3 glue * thus bus a chance to dry. Wheu the 's circuit has been made the hook drop!' off on its hack, and by falling in between other books the covers nr< folded up against the sides. II In this way iifty books can be co\ cred every minute. Two liuu Irod am >8 fifty thousaud of ttiese paper-cov.-rei novels are thus turned out every t .v< . weeks, and extra editions o" 5 V>.)0 [, so are often worked in besides. r It is the paper which costs tin j most, nearly live times the price o printing. But that is only about twcents for a novel. The rest of tli - ex j ponditure ? for printing, covers, etc ? is' about one cent. The whole i not over three cents, and doubtless i ^ something less tli-in this when sue ro , , great, quantities are printed. Tbi machinery is not duplicated in an ^ other establishment. It is doubtles ? by such processes as these that tli 10 ten-cent novels will he made wliic a* the syndicate with $5,000,0i)0 is pron h ising to turn out next fall in edition of 5.1,000 at a time.?New York Coir t wercial Advertiser, it ? Groat Lumps ol Light. n Thorn* who were ?t the bicyclers'res v- oil the Plavstead during n part of las a evening witnessed h most peculiar an a, beautiful Bight. A huge decayed tiv lo had Huccumbed to the gftle, and and denlv at its uprooting aud fracture th 0 ground all aroun 1 it Ida/.ed up in lu l0 ininous phosphorescent light; the tree iN and Hhrubberv all nhout were fille |H with gem-like shining particles of tli ,? dying phosphorus-charged decayo wood. There were lumps of it lyin around bigger than the famous Koli o noor, ?nd as a scene it roallv looked n though a diamond mine had auddenl t been unearthed by the uprooting < {>2 the tree. Many peoulo took npvcimen home with them, which all night r< r mained luminous, nit this morning th t luminosity ha I almost entirely pas.se ^ f away. The ncienti ie reason for all < thin can pro >u!?ly ?o explained by tl theory of dec;v, but the night wan oi r? that it ia not likely thone who wi j nenaed it will ever in a lifetime agai behold.?lion to n Transcript. oy Two Terrilfio Men-o'-War. The English Government has provided for the construction of two powerful first-class cruisers, to bo named the Powerful and Terrible. They will be larger and more powerful than any . cruisers heretofore constructed. Tim principal dimensions are as follows: Liength, 500 feet* breadth, seventy ! feet; displacement at a mean draught ? of twenty-seven feet, 14,000 tons. The vessels are to bo constructed of steel ? throughout, but as they aro intended < to keep the sea for lengthened periods they will be sheathed and coppered. t ! The proposed continuous, jsea spaed smooth water is twenty knots, bvit on ^ the eight hours' natural draught trial the expected speed is twenty-two knots an hour. For the protection of the vital parts of the ship, which iuchide the engines, boilers, magazines, etc., 4 they will be covered by a strong, turtic-back deck of steel, haviug a maximum thickness of four inches amidships, reduced toward the extromities. Between this and the main decks for the whole length of the engine atul boiler spare, these vessels will be subdivided into numerous conl bunkers. At the normal displacement and draught of the ship about 1000 tons of coal will bo carried, but provision < will be mado for a bunker capacity of 3000 tons. The vessels will bo propelled by twin?in preference to triple 1 ?Bcrews, their efficiency within the limits of the proposed power and draught having been established by previous experience in our largest cruisers, as well as in the large twinscrew vessels of the mercantile marine. The armament of the vessels will comprise two 9.2-inch breech-loading guns, mounted at bow and stern as chasers; twelve six-inch, eighteen twelve- I pounders, twelve threo-pouuder quick- fl tiring guus, and several machine guns. The 9.2-inch and six-inch guus will have armoj^d protection, and tho twelve pounder guns will bo litted with strong shields, revolving with tho guns. Special study has been given to the protection of the guns and their crewB, and tho transport of ammuuU tion from ifae magf.inea tf> tliq guntr. i - ? I . '12 Tho half is not told?that is, hij better half frequently is not. Money talks; it even has an eloquent way of making its absence felt.?l'uck. It is strango that some people always find it easiest to Uo u thing iu the most difficult way. Tho ragpicker seldom grumbles. * He, of all men, is content to take things as he finds them.?JJuxlulo Courier. , All opt lllllst IS ft niftll WHO will I m y , a coat for tea tlolltirs upon the hskui, ftnce of the elothier thut it is worth thirty.?Puck. > A Caution?Never speak to ? person who is running up ft column of figures; it will be useless, for he cannot lienr 1 what you sfiy. Nothing so deaf us an I adder.?Boston Courier. ' M?u le\ "M^here's one thing Belle r can say ab\ her lanccc. He belongs to a well-kuovt 'aniily." Grace ? II ''Indeed? What \ lis name?" Maude ' ?"Smith."?Buffalo Courier. " Conundrum?What's the difference between a cat and a legal document? Answer?The ono lias clnwses at the end of its pawpesjthe other has pauses at the end of its clauses.?Boston Courier. if ^ Davis ? "Who says tho day of miracles is passed? Judge Williams performed one yesterday." Henkins? I, "No? What was it?" t Day is -"Ho j. gave a deaf man a hearing."?Brook1|t lyn Life. t- Woodcraft is the art of securing a cord of your neighbor's wood without detection, and of being able to sell a man a cord ot chestnut without his be- j t ing able to discover that it is not hick- ' t ory.?Puck. 1 ???? Journalism a Practical Work. o Now comes the University of Penn,, sylvauia with its four yenr courso tle. signed to prepare youugmeu for newsIS paper work. Tlic success of Cornell in its journalistic department has not . been so great that the University of ,j Pennsylvania should follow its ex,, ample. Journalism being a practical j. work of life, previous theorotical 1S preparation can do little more than v ipoil young men who want to follow u ,f newspaper career ; a school of journalK ism is very different from a trade school. A knowledge of men is of far lt. more use to a reporter than a knowll(] edge of books. So far, at least, in the )f world's history, journalisin has not io been dependent upon the universities 10 for the great majority of its best men. t- Nor liaa Cornell been able to show that 11 this rule is likely to change.?New York Sun. $ j4KV/Huft".. mtm