Richland beacon., 1881-11-12
THE. BTEIf Mss.

terms employed mus 'c 'V''4'H''S /"
those who have not the means OF ictin-
ing them. Thus, III every newspaper
more or less is said about "uncills' and
"cursives" as applied to the old texts of
the scriptures. The former term relates
70 such maLuscriprs as were written
earliest. say more than thousand years
AGO. and tine latter to those that have
been written more recently. Cncial5'
is from the Latin word inch, and Is 50
used because the letters, Icing capitals,
md therefore large. were sad to be an
inch long. The "cursIve" Is the run
ming hand. and refers to small and con-
nectcd writing, such as We use at pres
on. The antiquity OF the uncialS gives
them an interest that cannot belong To
the others, though il Is their essential
value as being the eariy-thc first
copics OF the text that comments them
to the scholars who use them. Whon
we remember that these old WRITINGS
were copied over and over again iy
hand, we can have some faint idea of tine
labor required to give the scriptures
circulation, rs We can also appreciate
the ease with which mistakes coud uc-
cur in the formation of letters and the
construction of sentences. Our sur
prise is not, therefore, that there are sd
MANY mistakes III the various readings.
but that there are so few, wlii,c We
recognize the necessity OF correcting
them so far as it is possible to do So
The United Pre~Ly'crj,la.
In recent New York dispatch Was
the statement that III the first eight
months OF 1891 there were issued Lew
bonds and stocks, and placed on the
market for sale, 10 the amount Of $G1l,-
600, 600. The whole amount Of new
railway constructed covered by these
figures is about $500 miles, which, rs
actually costing 81, 900 a mile. would
ElNc All VI sgb'ih gt'N. ''''.
Wcpresume this Is more than thciractual
cost. In all the cases the compiler Ot
this statement puts down rs cash act
ualiy invested the amount oi bonds is-
sued for the construction of new roads
the amount of bonds issued for Improve
ments and for the purt hase and conso,i-
dation of other roads are put down as
also calling for cash, though the amount
is somewhat estimated. In the case oi the
so-cllled "iucome bonds and the capital
stock no cash was called ior, they being
mere gratuities issued in excess of any
real cost, or expenditure, or value
created. OF this SOL 900, 600, remarks
the Chicago Tribune, less than $780,
W0, ,000 represent any actual property
the remainder is purely fiction-vater
without even color OF substance in it.
Yet these stocks and bonds are on the
market for sale, and that there are will
ing dupes prepared and anxious To lose
their all i'll these wildcat operations is
evinceI by the evcr-increasing supply
of the paper issuing. There is, OF course,
10 be an end to the knave-ard-tool bUsi-
ness. Credulity and credit have limit.
There must be IA day of reckoning. The
holders o. this S67l 900, 900 OF new bonds
and.stOck must sooner or later discover
that less thtn $500, ,000, 90 of eNtrava-
Gantly rated values is ali that is behind
these bonds and stocks. This SOL. .OUO =
600 is only q fractional part of the
watered and inflated stocks and bond,
now floating on Wall street. The times
that preceded 1873 are ias, repea,ipg
themselves, and the crash of 1873. SO
far as the stock market is concerned
promises speedy reapparance. hu
with vastly increased force. jus: a. soon
rs the fools have all been drained %. H., II
money, and there is no longer any us.
III keeping the swindles atoat.
VISTT TO HENRY CLaY'S TOuR,
Here we visited Ashland Farm, the
home Of the "Great Harry of the West" "
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