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jGREENSBpHO, S.C.. JANUARY 6. 1S85
THfc GOVERNMENT
PRINTING
i" -I
ii if
OFFICE.
ij iTlie Gotemnietit Printing Office
ii ashinirton, has grown .from a
; s i , - sssbbbbbssssss
poorly equipped printiug ofiQco nn
til, under ta present able and sue!
'sslul "management, , it is reco
nized as the largest printiug
. cstai)lisliment in the vorld. It is a
. stupendously vast concern. The
present, public printer , has thor
oughly niastered its miuutest Je
. tail, and , conducts it ou strictly
. .'i -, j ' j - .
'business principles. lie is an ex
j per ie need! manager and a practical
printer, having worked his way; up
jifrpiDrjude'iP iu a country printing
ofliee. : lluriug his three yertrs in
i ciiiitbency as Public Printer he has
' established a thorough business
system in every division of the
I great establishment; refilled it to
a; largo ! degree with modem and
i labor saying machinery and appli
ances, arid that. too. without asking
Oongres$ for aliy extra appropna
j tion of j money and without j any
iff deficiency bills jjand has brought
the unfinished work of the office
jwhich had accumulated for years
' as jwell as current business, up to
& point nearer completion than
ever before attained. -This splen
tlid record is a part of the estab
ljiisnmeut we se out to jlescribe.
bat is. caiieu tue "Uocument
koi)m" is 300 feet long with a gen
eral width of CO feet, giving an
: area of 21,C0O square feet, j j The
Btands for compositors are arranged
ou' the north and south sides of the
room, tho iraposi'ig stones, galley
racks aiid cabinets, with the many
other, annurtenauces : which are
necessary iu a large office, occupy
ing the.ceutre of room. One: hun
dred and eighty compositors, about
j i it '
jtho average number employed; can
;be accommodated here, iu addition
td the J makers up, floor-hands aud
l laborers. There arc now in con
istant Use 27j double stands; 1,030
I pairs of cases, 19 imposing stones,
S G ! proof pressed, one Washington
! wress. 210 chases of all sizesi more
vIthan lC0j00 pouuds of typo of the
-, 1 standard sizes, besides about 115
), fonts iot different styles usea lor
: tit mires a iu ueauiuirs aim u
. ... ,
i cabinets for extra type and cases.
An iuitueuso amouut of tyie is con
1 stantly kept standing iu this di vi
Jsiou of the office. Piles of page,
j tied up and kept iu place by pieces
; of heavy wrapping paper, can be
; seen Ion every available resting
i placej! j ' ""j
! The document room comes under
the immediate supervision of the
foreman 0f Printing, Capt. Henry
T. Brian, who with his capable
corps ot assistants, . Messrs. J. M.
A. Sittswood. D. V. Beach, anl
! J. Ml Maloney, i carry on the im
"mense business of this department
iu a I thoroughly efficient and eco
i nomical manner. j
From the office of thei Chief
Clerk the manuscript of each job
i siMit tn the foreman accraiauied
by jackets" bearing the number
! I.?t 1- A I. 1.
aim line oi iao wwk, msciuci
4nv?necessarv instructions. ! These
jackets arev vouchers upon; which
the work is executed aud are sup
posed to follow the jobs" through
whatever divisions of the office the
character
of
the work requires
them i to
go.
Endorsements are
made upon
lade
them . by the i several
foremen as to date of receipt and
delivery of work, thus insuring ex
jpeifftioiraW locating at a glance
anl unusual delay. Upon the re
ceipt of the manuscript of. a job.
thd foreman places it in the hands
of j the copy editors, who, after
numberiu
g the sheets in order,
mark the different styles of type
in which t is to be set, indicating
also, in tl e case of Ji book,; the size
of jthe vo ume in which the work
. J . ' . i
is to appear. , i
' "The cony is then trausferretl to
the! Assistant Foreman, who has
iniHiediate chargeof the mechani
cal! brancli of the work, and by him
parcelled out in takes to the
compositors, j -
. At Hit present time there are
einVdoved in 'this -room about 173
compositors, C makers up, 7 floor
hands,
bipprentices and 14 labor
er$.
ivmong the '"type stickers" are
seVen h
1
ly compositors, .who are
I"""" - '
expenen;
ed hands,-tliorouguiy
skilled in
the trade and j have no
difficult in getting Up their aver
aee" and! arqnitting themselves in
a Very creditable manner..;
The job room is an important
feature of the public printing, and
from comparative insignificance in
the earlier history of the Printing
Office it ,lias grown in size and use
fulness until it probably excewls
iuj its equipment and capacity any
job printing office in thecountry.
jit fHicn pies part of the new fire
proof wing erected1 iu 1879, aud is
8G feet 6 inches long by 53 feet 8
inches wide, with a ceiling 13 feet
high. . . " , j .
In 18G0 the only work done there
for the government was for the use
of 'the y immediate, dennrtmont.
there in Washington; The work
tor the dhTerent branches of the
departments located outside f of.
Washington was done in private
offices throughout the country.
Now the work performed here is
in part, as follows : .,The; coraposi
tion on blank books, the ; blank
forms, comprising bonds, contracts,
pay roils, vouchers, schedules, cir
culars, letter-heads envelops,
specifications, and, in fact, all spe
ciesof job printing (excepting that
executed at the branch offices" at
the , Treasury, Interior and Navy
Department) for all the depart
ments in Washington, the-Smith
sonian Institution, aud jail j the
blanks, blank books, etc, used by
diplomatic and consular officers of
the United States,' wherever locat
ed. The completed volumes of the
Medical and Surgical History of
the Rebellion and the Atlautic and
Pacific Coast Pilot, which arc
models of correctnessand typo
graphical excellence, were done
here, and were published at a great
saving to the Government f
The inventory of the job room,
taken at the time of its transfer by
private parties to the Government,
shows that the material then on
hand consisted of about 200j-fonts
of type, 224 cases, 80 chases of all
sizes, 4 imposing stones and 25
composing sticks. In 1881 'an in
ventory disclosed the following
equipment: 448 fonts of type, 781
cases, about 1,200 chases of all
sizes, 14 imposing stones, 240 com
posing sticks, Washington baud
press, used only for taking proofs,
and 1 Degener press for small hur
ried work. Since the accession of
Mr. Kounds to the position ot Pub
lic Printer, many additions to the
stock have been ! made to meet the
growing needs of this room.
There are on band, ready for
press at any time, without1 com po
sition, about 20,000 electrotype and
stereotyie plates of such forms as
are rarely if ever changed. They
"are so arranged that any! desired
plate can be readily found.'
; There are at present employed
in this room 52 journeymen prin
ters, 6 apprentices, 1 bookkeeper,
2 laborers, 1 messenger and 2 copy
holders. Many 'Of the j printers
have been employed since the or
ganization of the office as a Gov
eminent institution, and as a whole
the work done here will compare'
favorably with that doue in any
office in the country. ' J
j The Specification Room occu
pies the entire fourth story and is
60 by 100 feet. Under the assist
ant foreman in charge are two pre
parers of copy, an efficient corps
of proof-readers, revisers, copy
holders, makers up, compositors
and laborers, to the number, all
told, of 125. j " ;
A history of the Siecification
Room would necessarily involve,
iu part, a history of American
patents. So closely are the two
allied that an intelligent person
caunot speak of one without think
ing of the other The never sleep
ing genius of American! inventors
not " only made- the , printing of
specifications of patents a possioil
ity, but a necessity. ; Heretofore in
the early history of American pat
ent laws, one transcrip of the
specification of any patent or dis
covery was deemed sufficient for
all concerned From the year 1790
up to 1840, probably! not more than
3,000 original patents and patents
fr additional improvements had
been issued by the Government to
inventors. Since 1840scieuce has
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made such gigantic strides in the
field of discovery, has so enlarged
the scope for the genius of patents,
the patent laws have been so fre
quently amended and liberalized,
the rapid growth oMhe couutry
necessitating j new j appliances to
new and ever-changing conditions
of man, that Upwards of three hun
dred thousand letters patent for
inventions or j discoveries, fif;een
thousand design patents, ten thou
sand re-issued letters patent, and
eleven thousand trade-marks have
beeu issued to inventors. With
8o'icitors of patents in every con
siderahle town iu the United States,
the frequency with which they have
to make reference to former disco v
cries upon a case in hand, interfer
ences, or infringements, the clerical
force required to furnish transcripts
for the courts and utberersons, it
became evident, for the dispatch of
business, that the specifications of
patents and designs must be print
ed. So, in 1866, V. contract was
awarded to Philip &' Solomons for
printing twent copies of each case,
-which continued two years. , It was
thought,' for economy, the work
id-' , .
could be executed at the Govern-,,
ment Printing Office cheaer 'than
by contract. So, in 1868, the Gov
ernment assnmed the priuting ot
the specifications with a force, all
told.j of twenty -five employees.
The number of specincations issued
eachlweek averaged about two bun
dred : and fifty, of twenty copiepT
each. . i . t !
kIn January, 1872, the, first num
ber of the 'Official Gazette of the
United States Patent Office,w was
issned. ..I , - 4
'. In July, 1872, the immber of
copies of each secification was in .
creased from twenty to two b ou
dred aud filty copies, and the libra
ry edition of "Specifications and
Drawings' wa. commenctnl, which
contains all the, specifications of
patents aud drawings issued by the
Pateut Office for one mouth, to
getber with complete "Alphabeti
cal Lists of Pateutees and 'Inveu
tious,,, a volume containing 2,092
pages, which has now increased iu
size to 3,536 pages per month -t-a
work of nearly twice the magni
tude of Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary, j (
Several thousand specifications
of old patents, some of which' were
uever printed, and some of which
printed copies have been exhausted,
are printed or reprinted every year
in addition to the above. j
.There are also printed in this
room 'Quarterly Lists of Patentees
and Inventions," ot about 200
pages, and an Annual Index" or
the same of about 700 pages'. ' j
About two hundred .. pages of
claims are reset iu larger type for
the use of the photolithographer,
who reduces them in size and
prints them by his process, with
the drawiugs, each week. t' j r j
, I The amount of composition done
in this room exceeds that jot any
other room under the charge of the
Public Printer, except one, (the
Document Room,) and . probably
exceeds that accomplished by any
priuting house in the United States1.
No pains is spared to make the
work perfect in all its parts, the
proof being read three times by
copy before the matter is! sent to
press. -- . ! ' . " f -:
; To accomplish this immense
work, 12,000 Jibs. Loug I Primer,
10,000 lbs. Nonpareil, 1,000 lbs.
English. 500 lbs. Brevier,! and ten
or twelve large fonts of small job
type arc required.' About 130
bases, 116 pairs cases, 600 brass
galleys, 150 composing sticks, Bey
hundred pounds metal furniture,
and 300 wooden side sticks. !
These remarks might be extended
to considerable length. I
1 The stereotyping and electrotyp
ing foundry occupies a room 50
by 50 leet on the same floor with
and immediately adjoining the job
room, and is under the superinten
dence of Mr. Alex Elliott, who is
the "father" of this branch of the
"plant." The average number of
hands employed throughout the
year is about eighty. j
The machiuery consists! of 3 Eter
eofype. mold presses, 2 stereotype
aud 1 electrotype furnaces, 2 circii
lar saws, 2 hand shaving machines,
2 steam planing machines, 1 hand
machine for thicknessing blocking
wood, 1 jig saw and lril
1 squar
ing up and" trimming machine 1
plate-beveliug machiue,l hydran
lie and 2 toggle jointed electrotyi
mold presses, 1 black leading ma
chine, 2 dynamo electric machines,
1 brass rule sawing machine, . and
furnaces for casting le.ids, slugs,
etc. ; .;- j "L.'.';"
The average amount of work ex
ecuted per day is equivalent to
about 300 octavo pages, in addi
tion to which the foundry casts all
the leads and metal furniture used
in the different departments of this
Printing Office." The amount of
metal used in the various f.rms
will aggregate not less than 200,
000 Kunds per annum, j ,
The bindery occupies a floor
8 pace equal to one acre. It is nn
der theimmeliate superintendence
of the Foreman of Binding, Mr. J.
H. Roberts, with Messrs. J. W.
White, 'John- A. I Perkins, P J.
Bryne, ami W. J. Kingsbnryas
assistant foremen. '
All documents for the use of
Oimress, he Library of Congress,
the several Departments, and! the
various courts, are bound, and all
blank books of eveiy description,
for the use of all the different
branches of the Government,! are
made iu this, the largest bindery
in the world. ' j -
The press room of. this vast es
tablishmentis on the first floor and
is 60 by 300 feet, and has about 60
power presses with f a i capacity of
I, 000,000 impressions per day.j On
eutering, j a , great noise and din
greets one, which at , first make
him feel uncomfortable, but booh
the ear becomes accustomed to the
sound of the machinery, and on
GREEXSBORQ, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY
ii- i mii MHMMMMBMMH
investigjktiow finds this part of the
building' verylnteresting. Since
the appointment of the present
Public Printer many improvement
have been made, improved and fast
presses have replaced the old slow
machinery, and the sanitary condi
tion is better than it has been
since tneTexisteucel5f tbej estab i
lishmeutr It is a very difficult mat '
ter to keep auy press room clean,
but this one is "a model of neatness.
The folding room is ttief largest
in the building, ,400 arsons being
employed there. s The folding of
sheets, maps or illustrations, the
pasting, gathering, etc , are all sep
arate and distinct ! operations, re
quiring special, care aud patience,
and iu some cases great labor. A
great deal of its folding if done by
machinery. In this room; oue cau
form some idea of the vast amouut
of work doue i by the Government
Printing Office. -- P 'j
There aro about one hundred hands
employed on the Congressional Re
cord. : This force varies' during
the sessions of Congress, and, with
the exception of its foreman and
laborer, is dismissed at thp close of
each sessiou. j . h
The piece department luf the of
fice forms part of the "Docameut
Room," (already mentioned,) in
which are employed some eighty
compositors, engaged principally
on work for the .Supreme Court
and the Court of Claims.! i' i J
This department originated: with
the present Public Printer' Mr.
Sterling P Rounds, and has saved
the Government from $25,000 to
$50,000 annually. It was one of
the first acts of his administration,
which has been throughout the
u.ost successful in the history of
the Government Printiug j Office.
CLEVELAND AND CIVIL SERVICE
V , !:.'! i; REFORM. . ...j .. .';
A letter was addressed to President-elect
Cleveland on December
20. by George W. Curtis, president
of the Civil Service Reform League,
and signed numerously j by other
members of that organization re
questing Mr. Cleveland to be guid
ed by the principles of civil service
reform in j the selection of public
servants in his comiug administra
tion. The following able aud vig
orous answer is published:
Albany NVY.,Dec. 25.
To Htm. j George' Wilfiam Curtis,
President,' &C. . ! f
Deab Sir: Tour communication,
dated December 20, addressed to
me ou behalf of the National Civil
Service Reform League, has been
received! ': ; ;" j
That a practical reform in the
civil service is demauded is abun
dautly established by the fact that
a statute referred to in ! your com
munication to secure such a result
has been passed in Congress with
the assent of both political parties,
and by the further fact that a sen
timent , is : generally,: prevalent
among patriotic people calling for
the fair anil honest enforcement of
the law which has been thus en
acted. I regard myself pledged to
t his, because my conception of true
Democratic faith and public duty
requires . that this and all other
statutes should be in good faith and
without evasion enrorced, and be
cause iu many utterances made
prior to my election as President,
approved by the party to which I
belong, and which I have no dis
position to" disregard, I have in
effect promised the people that this
should be done , '
I am not unmindful of the fact to
which you r?fer, thatmauy of our
citizens fear that the recent party
change in the national Executive
may demonstrate, that the abuses
which have grown up in the civil
service are ineradicable. I know
that they are deeply rooted aud
that the spoils system' has- been
supposed to be intimately related
to success in the maintenance of
party organization, aud I am not
sure that all those who profess to
be the friends of this reform will
stand firmly among its advocates
when they find it obstrncti lg their
way to patronage and place. But
fullj appreciating the trust com
mitted to my charge.no such consid
eration shall cause a relax-on my
part of an earnest effort to enforce
this law. ' 1 v
There is a class of Government
positions which are not within the
letter of the civiL service statute,
but which are so disconnected with
the policy of an administration,
that the removal therefrom ot pre
sent incumbents, in; my opinion,
should not be in ado duriug the
terms for which they were appoint
ed, solely on pmisau grouuds aud
for the purpose of puttiug in their
places those who were iu political
accord with the appointing power.
But many now holding such po
sitions have forfeited all just claim
to I retention, because they have
used their places for party purposes
in disregard of their duty to the
people, and because, insread of
teiiig decent publk servants, they
have proved themselves offensive
partisans aud unscrupulous inani
pulators pf local party manage
ment. " I j ' -1 - , ,
The lessons of the past should
be unlearned, and such officials, as
well as their successors, should be
taught that efficiency, fitness and
devotion to public duty are the
conditions of their continuance iu
public place, and that the quiet
and unobtrusive exercise of indi
vidnal KlitIcal rights is the reason
able measure of their party service.
If I were addressing none but
party friends I should deem it en
tirely, proper to remind them that
though- the coming administration
is to be Democratic, a due regard
for the people's interest doe not
permit faithful party work to be a!
ways rewarded by apMiiitmentto
office, and to nay to them that
while Democrats may expect all
proper considerations, selections
for office not embraced within thf
civil service i rules will be based
upon sufficient inquiry as to fitness,
instituted by those charged with
that duty, rather than persistent
importunity or self solicited recom
mendations ou behalf of candidate-
for appointmeut. i
Yours, very truly, : ;
Grover Cleveland. .
The Opeulug or the Year!
It is odd that Time, the one thing
that would seem immutable as the
fact that there is a suu iu the heav
ens, old Chrouos, whom we iaucy
fashioued of stone from . everlast
ing, has, ever siuce men have been
humming aud buzziugabout, seem
ed, ou the surface of things, to en
dure nothing but change. This is
Ks;bly because time is one of the
mysteries that men can not pene
trate; they can uot quite reduce it
to im lowest terms, aiid they are
uever satisfied with the incapacity
of the Vay thev have treated it;
finite things finding t. hard to for
mulate infinite thiugs a dissatis
faction of which even the recent
chauge! iu standard time offers it
self iu evidence. '
Thus the year 'seems to have be
gun and ended ueariy all round the
calendar, February having once
sto d at the end of the year, when
Nuraa had the business in hand, as
various days of March have stod
at thej beginning, and as the days
of a number of mouths have been
scattered about in order that Au
gustus Caesar might have as many
days in his mouth of August as
Julius Caesar had in his month of
July.) ' ' ; ' '
Although' it is-more than a huu
dred and thirty years ago that the
change was made from the Julian
to the Gregorian style, it will be a
matter of surprise to many readers
to kuow that the Old Style, so call-,
ed, not only still holds in Russia,
between all of whose dates and our
own there is now a difference of
twelve days, but that, in poiut of
solid fact that id, so far as finan
cial fact is concerned it still holds
iu England.- Although an act of
Parliament i loug since made the
change legal ami compulsory, the
legal and the ecclesiastical year be
ginning on the 25th of March be
fore that act, yet the accounts of
i he British Treasury still run iu the
Old Style, j Nobody iu England, it
will be remembered, ever expects
Christmas dividends to be paid till
Twelfth-day, or the Miisummer
ones till the 5th of July, aiid Lady
day: being that with which the an
nual reckonings of the Budget be
gin and eud, aud on which .the
British laborer ou laud lets out his
services fof the j'ear not the 1st
of January, but Lady-day, which
mow is reckoned ou the 25th of
March, the former New Year's Day,
Old Style, but which financially is
still held to be the 5th day of April,
as it used' to Ins before- New Style
came in ; and it is from the 5th of
April, and not the other date, that
reckonings "of t le British Treasury
are madeJ thus adhering to Old
Style... :-.! !
The French, at the time of their
great Revolution, meaning appar
ently to carry the revolution into
all things,! divided their year into
aew segments and sections, and
our first month became a part of
Nivose and a part of Pluviose,
Snowy aiid Raiuy, not even the
Freuch Revolution, which brought
such chauge into the world, being
able to aljter the characteristics of
time by whatever name one chose
to call its divisions. This same
Nivose and Pluviose period was
long known of the Dutch as Chilly
Month, in translation, known of
the old Scandinavian as the mouth
of fhe fighting god Thor, and of the
Anglo Saxon as Wolf Month the
latter, perhaps, because it was the
devouring wolf raged . abroad most
cruelly for prey, perhaps because
not eeuj wolves are fiercer, bun
grier, and more devouring than the
bitter cold of the month which
made thd sad-hearted distich:
"The blackest month in U the year 1
Is the blck month of Jniveer."
It is well, in view of the sharp
character of the month, enforciug a
erpctuai fight with its rigors, that
it should have been named for old
Janus, the god of battles, whose
temple, closed in peace and oen in
war, never shut its doors but once
in al! the days of fche Roman Re
public. jAnd another aptness in
its naming appears, in view'again
of its standing at the opening gate
of the year, that it should have its
appellation from 'this same ancient
deify, wfio was alsa the guardian
aud god!of all gates. Was not old
Janus, too, the jauitor of heaven
itself f (And is it not a possibility
that we all cherish in our inmost
hearts only letting none suspect
our brief fol.y (brief, since we too
soon find out the delusion) that
this year just opened may prove a
heaven to us, if no otner ever nas
doue so t The two faced god it is
thatopefled the gate to us, for he
smiled on ns with the ace of hope,;
and tn miner a backward glance by
and by,! we see him frowning with1
the face of despair, i
In all these changes that nave
been rung upon the calendar of
course fre have no assurance tha
things are going to remain as tbey
are, especially arbitrary things thai
are not enforced by nature, and
that we! shall ha ve no more changes.
So long a wo have the precession
of the equinoxes, men will be tint
eriiie with? the properties ot-old
Chronos. But whenever any other
changes are made, we wouder if it
will occur to the changers max
there is some Doetry. if not some
reason, in beginning the year when
nil the sweet forces of nature begin
to assert themselves too, when all
6, 1885.
ri;
things begin to bud and buigeon,
the sap runs, up the stem to burst
in leaf and bloom, vitality sweeps
along' the currents of the blood,
ferror arid purpose swell the heart,
and tbe very earth itself seems
freshly made, rather than at a seal
son when all nature lies cold and
dead in its frozen shroud. Change
is uot dear to the feminine heart,
which feels safety,: only in prece
dent ; aud we make haste to re-assure
our readers that, pleasant as
they might find this Change when
once used to it, it is the most uu
likely thing iu the world to take
placev-jrhatever other change come
may, because there is nothing in
the idea to recommeud itself to
those Dryasdusts who attend to
such matters, and who, ignorant of
the existence of ooetry, or of the
poetry of facts living iu the midst
of poetry, but stone blind to it,:
would care nothing at all about the
pretty coiucideuce of opening year
aud opening bud if it hindered
them1 in disposing of some odd
quarter of an hour that has been
bothering almauac makers
ever;
since; time begau for them,
proved to them, iudeed,
mauvais quart d'keure.
and has
a very;
Gen. Grant's Trestles.
! I Philadelphia Times.
General W. T. ShermanJ George
vv. unihls, and A. J. Drelel, who
are among the most intimate and
de voted of General Grant's personal
frieuds, met in Philadelphia last
week ' and discussed plans for re
leivirig Gen. Grant from bis i presf
eut financial troubles. While in
New York Gen. Sherman learned
that! au inventory had been taken
of Gener.il Grauts real estate and
lersoual possessions, under a judg!
ment entered against him Jin favor
of William H. Vanderbilt for$lG0,j
000,:the greater part of which was
loaned him . by Mr. Vanderbilt in
the Effort to save the firm jof Grant
& Ward from failure. After con
sulting General Grant's friends in
New York, General Sherman came
to Philadelphia and arranged a
'meeting' with Messrs. Drexel aud
Childs. ' j . Y ! ...
During the consultation they
merely discussel the general situa
tiofi, without adopting auy specific
phyi of relief. Mr. Childs and Mr.
Diyxel, however, heartily! approved
of General Sherman's course iu be
haf of his. old friend and fellow
)lU:er. . ..j v i: t "j!.
The exer,iitins issued jm favor of
Mr. Vanderbilt cover Gei'l. Grant's
two fat ins, one near St. Louis and
the other near Chicago, jhis Wash j
ingtoti house, and the Philadelphia
h(iise, at TwentitthJjiiid Chestnut
streets, which, was presented to
him by . the citizens of Philadelphia.
St an after tde close of the war. The
inventory also includes (the many
valuable presents !anjl trophies
p esented to the ex-President dur
ii g his tour around the world after
his leaving the presidency. The
catalogue enumerates costly weap
ons and 8niirenir8, rare articles ot
decoration and brio a brae, tokens
of the esteem of trieu
s at noma
potentates
ajntl the respect of
abroad.
The swords aiid medals awarded
Ii i in by Congress, his relics of the
war. his pictures and
lirary, and even the cards engraved
by Congress in recogiiition" tf his
services, are included iu the list of
articles covered oy the) judgments.,'
"the possibility ot his friend losing!
all these invaluable trophies so im
ressed General. Sherman that he
sailed upon General Grant while in
STew York early in the week, and
;hen started immediately. upon his
;rrand of relief.' As Mrs. Grant
has united her resources with those
of her husband, and surrendered
her life interest iu his property, the
assets mentioned are ample to cov
er the amount ot the judgments in
full. The tarms alone are valued
at SGo,0(l) and $25,000, respective!
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General Sherman and Mr. ChihU
expressed themselves! as being en
tirly satisfied with Mij Vauderbilt's
action in the matter. ""I Ii j
Mr. Vanderbilt expressed his en
tire sympathy with the movement,
and immediat fy offered to throw
off $00,000 of "the entire amount
which is about $100,000 witlijiri
terest, provided the remaining
$100,000 were . paid. Mr.' Field
saitl that he had uot realized the
true suite of affairs until General
Sherman communicated with hiuli,
hut he proposed to take the Uiatter
in hand himself aiid expected no
difficulty iu ' raising the money.
Upon his departure trom .Philadel
phia General Sherman expects j to
isi", Washington, where he will
probabl3 coiitinne the eflf rts be
gun in New York and in this! city.
Trust God and Talk Cheerfully.
"Merrv Christmas" said I Mr.
Talmage to nis congregation! last
Sunday. "For fourteen Christm is
es I have spoken1 to you of the spir
itual benefits of the birth of Christ.
To day I speak of the temporal beh-
efits of the Saviours Oirtn. there
is no nation that has so many hap
nv homes as America. I Yet there,
are many to day without work, with
OUb lOOU ctlHl niiuuiiv ouciii
There must be something wrong, as
t hundreds of thousands of people
this is a hungry, shiveriug Christ
mas. The trouble is that our coun
try is suffering from too much pol
itics Eloqu.'Ut campaign orators
have said that the fate of the na
tion depended on the success jof
their; party, when tbe fact is, jit
does iioc make two cents' difference
to me or you who is President for
the next four years. I enjoin two
things upon you: First, helpful
ness to the helpless, and, second,
cheerful talk. If we want to pros
trate business, talk in a dolorous
tone aud keep on talking. What
are you complaining about f ' The
loudest cries about hard times are
not hard. I waut to join a conspi
racy made up of business men,
editors and preachers who shall
u.rroA tn trust in God and talk
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i J Guarding the Electoral Returns. ? ,
jThe way the returns pf the elec
toral rotes of the States, as they
are delivered to aiting JVice Preai
dent E Imunl8, are held prepara
tory tu the final declaration ot the
two Houses of Congress, differs
from that of 1876 as widely as the
circumstances of that fyear differ
from those of the . present. Now
they are placed iu the safe! with no
extraordinary precautions, tor there
is no necessity for theuu The re
turns of 187G, as they were deliver
ed to acting Vice President Ferry,
were put under extra locks aud
guards, day and night. ; During
the period 'of suspense, down to tbe
action of the Electoral Commission,
the great vigilance was observed.
Threats from different quarters, as
well as the excited state of the
thecountry, led to extraordinary
precaution-. One - hundred extra
policemen were sworn in and plac
ed on guard night and day. Tbe
number was occasionally increased.
ThU was done once in consequence
of reports of plans maturing iu Bal '
timore to make a descent on the
Capitol to sieze the returns. ; They
were in a safe in a room at the
Seuate end of the Capitol. At all
hours that room was closely guard
ed. ' I ; : '
I Unknown to any one but the
Sergeant at-Arms of the Senate, at
nights a man locked bituselt in that
room, and remained without a light
and in silence till morning, One
night he carelessly drew a match
to light a cigar. Though it was
for au instaut only, the light was
seen and the alarm raised that all
was not right! in tbatroom. The
door was shaken and a call made,
but the man, inside remained si
lent, t reparations were made to
force the door, and the Sergeat at
Arms was sent for. After hearing
the report of the officer of the night,
he fouud a way to dela; forcing
operations till moruing, when the
guard Were relieved and the man
inside came forth to j confess bis
carelessness and receive a proper
reprimand. The sudden light was
a mystery to the guard as long as
they were ou' duty j
! When thej Seuate -went to the
House to meet in joint session to
count the votes, the lox contain
ing the returns was placed in the
possession of a chosen man,' who
was strongly1 flanked on the way by
the guards, but with fas little dis
play, as possible, while the joint
meetings wefe being held. Guards
were posted In the galleries, ou the
floor especially iu the vicinity of
the Speakerjs desk, where the box
was and throughout the Capitol
building, and iu the approaches.
This was kept up with military
precision throughout the suspense
down to March 5. I
Meanwhile precautions on a larg
er scale weii? taken by men higher
in office. A military force was con
centrated iu! and about Washing
a a a s i -
ton. unu neid in reatiiuess tor an
pinergeuey-f-that of
inaugurating
bayonets, if
at that time
Uayes, . protected by
necessary.')
A Cabinet official
said, recently: "The preparations
for a great j emergency were more
extensive than any fecord shows;
The country was nearer its greatest
crisis thanwas known except to a
few. J ; j
hootin at a Target tor a Bride.
""Jehial Clancy is superintendent
of the Clarion Company's lumber
mills, near Csalton, Pa. Since
July last jWilliam Nicholson and
William Brant, two "young lumber
men from the Maine lumber re
gions, have been working at. the
mills. Clancy has a nineteen-year
old daughter? with fhom the two
young men fell in love. Each one
wuuted to 'marry the: gill, but their
frienilly relations were not disturb
ed by that; fact. Mfss Clancy has
been bomb from school in Kew
York Stati' a few weeks only. She
seemed pleased with! the attentions
of the two;frieud8. 1
On Thursday of ?eek lefore last
there was! a shootiilg match near
the Clarion Mills. Young Brant
audNichoIsou attended.' During
the day Brant promised to Nchol
sou that they shoot ja match at 300
yards, best three in! five, tbe loser
to retire irom iiiriuer aiiempis u.
win Miss Clancy's hand in favor of
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. n f t " a. a
tne winner, xue men suot iweuij
times each, he shooting resulting
in a tie each tune. Ou the twenty
first round Nieholseu missed, and
Brant won the match. The two
mends then went to Clancy's and
and told the young lady what they
had
douej
and the f result.
Braut
proposed marriage to her. S'e re
plied that! she felt pleased with his
offer, but'as she was eugaged to Ihj
married to a young man in Waver
ley, N. Yi, she could not accept it.
Brant was so chagrined at this iu
formation that he left the neigh
borhood at once, saying that he in
tended u return Ut Maine. Nichol
son remained at work In tbe mill.
The day before Christmas Miss
Clancy went away, ostensibly to
spend the day with a young lady
friend in a neighbonug village. On
Christmas Day Nicholson also went
away. No oue1 connected bis ab
sence with that of jthe , girl, but on
Saturday they returned home to
gether jThey had heen married on
Christmas. Nicholson had con tin
ned to press his suit after Brant
went away, iu spite of the girl's
declaration that she was " already
ensraced to be married. She final
ly consented to marry him, but her
. . a . a S S
father insisted tnat sue Keen ner
engagement with I the Waverley
young man, aud she then agreed to
elope with Nicholson.
' One county in Australia has
this vear taid the! bounty on 25,
810 dozen of captured sparrow eggs;
, David Dobbs. Will's P. O..
Ala , says: My grand-daughter had
suffered witn a sore upon ner leg,
of six j mouth's standing, which
riiiil n ii irk I v to! Kamou's Nerve
and Bone Oil, aud is permanently
enrtHl lT its use. For sale by
Rob'U G. Glenn.
fJ?TO. n. ItrSSET, TAllfr A Proprietor.:
Ksit H1.50 Per Year, in Advanri .
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""UlerakL j , lj!:
As the year, draws to its close
everybody is loking back over its
gloomy; record and hoping that
1835 will prove of a different char
acter. It must be confessed, bo'w
ever, that the prospect is not less
dismal than the retrospect. The
year about closing has brought lit
tle cheer to financial or mercantile
interests.; , ': , v 'z-. I : , i ;;'
Those who twelve months ago
refused to say that the outlook was
attractive were classed as croakers.
Those who predicted reduced earnv
iugs for the railroads, the shutting
down of manufacturing establish
meats, stagnation ia general busi
uess, cessation of dividends land de
faults oh iutcrest were denounced
by Watt treet operators as living
bears n and Vwreckers. But facts
are stubborn things and the record
of 1884 stands out in bold relief a
startliug array of failures, defaults,
defalcations aud receiverships. Its
close fiiids depression in business
circles, decreased railroad earn
iugs, and abnormally low prices for
agricultural products and for iron,
wuicb, next to agriculture, is the
most faithful index to the general .
couditiou of trade. j I ! ! .
More than- forty railroads have
passed into the hands of receivers
duriug the'year, iuclndlng"8uch im i
port ant roads as the W est Shore ,
the Heading and tho Wabash,"tind
others are resorting to desperate
expedients to prevent default, In
tue nope tnat some improvement
may occur iu the situation which .
will enable them to pull through.
The condition of trade is indicated.
iu the fact that 11,000 failures have
occurred duTing the twelve months, i
as agaiust 4,ikKI in i5U, and the
liabilities amouut to $210,000,000,
as agaiust $37,120,000 in the year
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Ilorrois of the Flame. . ; j
. Rainwater & Kern's big grain
elevator at Dallas, Texas, was burn
ed last week and three lives were .
lost iu th. flames, immediately af
ter the fire started it was reported
that two men were iu tbe building, '
and immediately afterward a hat
was thrown from a window, in the '
top story. This was conclusive-'
proof that there was at least ; one
man in tLe building and; that ; he .
asked tor assistance. The excite-
ment accordingly became intense.
Mr. David Kai u water, wtro, had .
been cou fined at his home through 1
illness, was quickly ou the ground
iu spite of his condition aud offered i
$2,000" reward for the rescue of
each of the men supposed to be in
the building lie explained, the
manner in which the elevator" was
built, and said that if the fire cut
off egress by the stairs there i was-;
no way of escape. The
windows!
the! floor
were tonrteen teet irom
and could not be reached without a
ladder from, the iuside- Nothing,
however, could be doue! to rescue
the men. y- : ' --'.- ' -
When- the fire had about , halt
consumed tiie building 1 the! floor
fell and the grain commenced pour
ing through the doors The charr
ed remains of a man camo with it.
The body was quickly- taken up.
riaced on a blanket and takiu to
the morjruei Soon an- then boily
came through the same dOor, but it
was quickly covered by the grain
and the tottering second story, pre
vented itsfremoval. The body re
moved wa charred beyotid all re
cognition.? -J-!" teet to the knees.
and the bauds to the elbows were
burned off and .there was not a
vestige of skn by i which to tel
whether the rantr had been- whiti
or black. .. ; !'!.!.
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Married on iclidule Time, n
Au Americus (Ga.) special sa.vs:
The unexpected marriage of Miss
Georgia Laramore, of this ctti, to
Mr Ward Holt, conductor on! thf
Southwestern road, has create
quite a sensation. Mr. Holt, being
aware that Miss .Laramore. Was to
marry a prominent Macon merchant
in a lay or two, steped over to
the hotel veranda, where she , wa.
standing with a letter in her hand,
and congratulateit her!.1 Holding
up the letter, she said: r -1 f
"Do vou see tuisi it is a re
quest for a postponement, which
have cranted." '
"WhyF replied the conductor,
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w h ose train was now i ready to
leave, 4tI would not have! agreed to
that. Do not i postpone a wedding.
If he is not ready, I am, and you
know I love you. Will yoii marry
me?" i '"" - ;" -!.'i i -:. ; ;4v .
She dropped her head, dropped
her eyes, and next moment the
answer was olain. The conductor
delaved his -train for five minutei,
procured his license from a magis
trate who was within call, jand in
less time than it . takes to tell it
the two were made one Then the
conductorkissing hi wife, pulled
out with , the train, having first
telegraphed to Macon, for . a con-,
doctor to meet him midway. , The
relief arrived at the place de
signated. Mr. Holt returned rto
his bride, while her letterj pt post
ponement to her jilted lover, by
the kindneft of the postmaster,-
was withdrawn from the mail.
A Horrible Hallucination.
Near Chehalis, Wyomingloii the
line of the Northern Pacific rail
road, last week, Wm: Pearson,1 a
welHodo farmer, who is ia strong
believer in spiritualism, imagined
that he received an orde from a
higher power ; to kill his infant
child. This he did with a hammer.
When he had finished he .showed
what he had done to his wife,, who
is also a spiritualist. ; ,H?then said
that if she would cut her throat he
would do the same... Both' were
found Uextiday halt frozen i with !
their throats cut but not yet deiad.j
Pearson had revived sufficiently to!
state what is above related, but hej
and his wilo will probably die. ; !
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" A writer in the Texas Couriai
of Medici e say s that any th i n g w h ich
wm cause a man to sneeze win curt
! him of hicconch. i it t
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