The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-03
rape and eight for seduction. OF the
total number of convicts in the peniten-
tiary only 10 are white.

Montezuma (Ga) Weekly: Probably
one OF the greatest deformities in tn,
world is that of Mr.. Gaultney, nov
living. in Taylor county. There SEEM
20 be an accumulation Of adipose matter
about every Joint in his body, and thu
nearer the joints of course the greater
amount Of this fatty matter. Conse-
quently his feet and hands are enormous
each of his hands weighing over sixteen
pounds, and being several times larger
than his head. He is twenty-three years
old and only th,rty-six inches in height.
The joints seem to have taken away al
flesh from the other parts of his body
and the limbs look like threads support
ing enormous weights, aid SO great is
the weight Of his hands that they hang
helpless at his sides, he being unable 10
lift them of his own accord. This fatty
matter continues to increase, and hi.
hands and feet get larger every year.
Ten Atlantic cables in all have been
successfully laid, and the first two are
dead or lost. A brief reference to these,
and to the conditions under which the
others came into existence, can scarcely
fail to prove Of interest at this time
DR.. Franklin, toward the close OF the
last century, directed attention to the
subject Of deep sea soundiuga, and limited
that science might be great gamer
from an examination of the Atlantic
bottom. Up to thirty years ago, how
ever, the ocean was regarded as being in
many parts too deep for soundings. In
he year 1853 series Of careful exami-
nations revealed the fact that Between
Newfoundland and the Irish coast there
stretches a vast plain, 1000 miles long
and 400 mile, wide. At either eide Of
this plain, or roadway, the land rises
from 1000 to 1000 feet, forming de-
clivity steep as Mont Blanc. The Azores
and Bahamas were shown to be moun-
tains higher than the Himalayas, and
which rise precipitiously from unknown
depths. The discovery of the compare
lively level ocean floor encouraged those
who had been dreaming of connecting
the continents by the electric wires, A
company was organized, called the Lon
don, Newfoundland and New York Tel
egraph Company, with 11essrs. O w.
Field, Moses Taylor, Marshall o. Rob-
erts, Wilson G. Hunt and Peter Cooper
az its promoters. They established a
cable between Newfoundland and Nova
Scotia. and Mr.. Field obtaind the exclu-
sive right to land cables in Newfound-
land. He then went to England, and
succeeded in convincing the capitalists
there.
The cable lines have an aggregate shore
capital Of 1884, 10000. How much of
this has real value back of it and how
much is fictitious may be estimated up
on the basis Of the cost Of the new and
improved cable about to be laid. This ia
said to be 1920 $50. Supposing the
acrual cost of the old cables To be 81
6m,' 90 on the average, hey represent
some $3.50 0,oOO of property, and the
remaining sl4, 10000 Of share capitals
water. Dividends cannot be earned by
a twenty.6ve-cent tariff. OF the eight
cables only three are in really good or
der, The other five being old and having
little chance Of continued life. The
average life Of cable is only ten years.
One Of the eight was laid in 1879, anoth
er in 1873, third in 1874, a fourth Is
the old cable Of 1866, repaired In 1880,
while fifth was laid in 1876. The more
recent three are the French (Pouyer
Quertier) cable of 1879, and the Two new
Gouln cables. The Oldest company, the
Anglo-American, is the owner of the
four oldest cables, including the patched
one of 1880. Three Of these 1t laid,
while the cable Of 1869 was laid by the
old French Company, and came to the
Anglo American when it absorbed that
company. These four old cables are
represented by a capital Of Sl2,oS2,5W
preferred six per cent. shares, q Ike
amount Of deferred shares, and 1884,
900 of ordinary shares--in all s35,oOo,
900. Their total length is 1888 miles
and the capital is therefore 1890 pc
mile.