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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-29


 inc gese; Al adoption of the block print ing uRt.. improvements oa the system began e be made The block method. however, continued in ase Cor many years after movable types were slyenied. In deed. ~e may say. j; has continued in use n limited degree to the pwesen, time.
 The Gert step n the &r, was the en- graying e. single words on separate blocks. and some of the blecks that had been engrssed were cut m proper shapes and sizes, preserving the iegotypes sox ;he purpose This step towards perfec- ;ion was sesy short. and the zaethod vas never generally adopted.
 as' al thss date appears ia eke history of printing Ike names of throe men 10 whom the hsssot.an gives the eredI, of the invention o< movable types They are Gutenberg, Fus, and SchoGer. There are claims for several others as 6rs, in- veniogs, and some arc veSy strong, sotabiy those q Roster, Of Hsiland, and Menteliin, of ssrasburg. The latter makes his own dzin on his own tomb stone His epiezph roads e fo1lsws :" reposc here, toan MnselIin, vAn, by the grace of God, vzs the 6sss to iaveni in SuAsburg tAe chaEactexs of printing, by means of which . nAs may wrae more ia a day fhas formerly in year.
 or the three named, Cufenbeyg was. without doabe, the originator q the nov able type; Fust, the psopsissor Of fbs en- terpsise, and Scho6er, an employee vAo suggested the mould or mafrix for cast ing the separate types.
 To Gutenberg and Schoaer, then, is
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-29

The peach crop has been officially desiroyed.-Nfav OyleasI Pieayxs<.
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-29

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
GaIIantrX in Georgia.

The action of the House Of Representa-
tives of Georgia in passing a resolution
instructing the Clerk to employ ladies to
do his engrossing and copying has been
generally approved by the press and
people, excepting, perhaps, that portion
of the people included in the efficient
force OF clerks of the masculine gender,
who will have to step down and out, if
this new species of civil service reform
is actually enforced. 1t has been an
nounced that the Clerk is in sympathy
with the movement, and those who know
him will readily believe the assertion, for,
grandfather though he may be, there is
not a greater admirer or champion of the
fair sex in the State than Mark Hardin.
1t may well be imagined, however, that
the Clerk will sympathise with himself
more taan he does with this movement
before the end of the session, if he at
tempts to comply with the letter and
spirit of the resolution; and it is TO be
feared that he will anathematize the
Lockwood doctrine" before many days
shall pass. His first difficulty will be in
selecting the clerks. There are 175 men,
bers of the House, and the member who
does not urge the appointment of at least
one lady friend to a clerkship will show
himself to be wanting In some of the
essential qualifications of the true states
man. 1t would not do for the Clerk
to show fayoritism in the selection of his
lady assistants, for he would thereby not
only gain the enmity of a large number of
his steadfast supporters in the House, but
would merit the contempt Of nine-tenths
Of the ladies Of the land, and as his allow
ance for clerical work does not permit him
to employ more than a dozen assistants,
he could hardly afford to appoint 1Ij of
them without coming out at the little end
Of the horn. Another difficulty will prob
ably be in keeping the clerks room unen-
numbered with members and in securing
a quorum in the House unless a regiment
of sergeants-at-arns should be employed.
Then how can the Clerk temper the deep,
resonant voice with which he is accus-
toned to read bills, and count up marvel
ously large votes when it is necessary, so
as to give directions to his gentle clerks
in a manner that will not make them too
nervous to write!
There are many other difficulties in the
way of enforcing these directions which
naturally suggest themselves to thinking
men; but all things are possible to the
man Of genius. Mark Hardin is a man OF
genius, and he can be trusted to meet and
overcome the many difficulties in the way
Of this reform as they come up.
Now let the Genate adopt a similar res
olution. Nodoubt Secretary Harris would
be equal to the occasion,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY DECEMBER l. 1884,

school, ron know-and want to ask him if
he's home-sick. What's the French for home
sickness" 'sOh, call it NAL de herewith
e" "-PuHch.
JONES was playing billiards. 81
he said, addressing Timmins, who
ing on, "the more / play the "
You've played a great deal
asked Ilmmlns quietly. 10
Orleans Picayuns.
A STERLING MFMoRY.-Ar. odge:
know ye, sir? i sh'd think r., 'ow
you DO favor your old father, sir: can most
'ear i'm now a-sayIR': NO honest old laborer
is ever work for me shall want shilun' tur
'baeca as longs got eer a one! ''-FNs.
TIE treaty with Spain would lower the
price OF havana cigars. but as 1t might inhles
cabbage-leaf cigars, to whom the tariff gives
the right to impose on the public, the govern
ment should not be too hasty in entering into
the proposed arrangement with Spaln.-Cht-
cage Times.
HAD HIM THERE.-Stage asplrant: Il am
DESTROYS Of appearing in first-c theatre,
and'- Theatrical agent: Are you prepared
to pay:p S. A: Pay! Oh, dear nOw T. A.:
,'Ihe en- I've no vacancies" 5. A; Gpdignant-
W: NO vacancies, indeed. and the papers
fun OF the retirement of Mrs. Bancroft! 1t
VIII be necessary for SOME one to I'LL her place,
l suppose E'-FURny Folks.
THE owner of a chair shop in a town in
Wisconsin figured away for week before he
saw his way clear. 1t was evident that he must
either reduce wages or discharge some of the
men, and he was working to get around it.
He finally called them together and said ::
''Ghentlemens, it vhas hardt times. 1 hat
blenty shairs, but no orders. vhas Oafer-
productiOned for der market. l doan' like to
shut up shop, und l dOan' like to cut down
wages, so | fix it some odder way. My capt.
tai vhas $4,000 und my stock on handt vhas
$1,000. l water my capital $4,000 und l put up
der brices on my furniture $1,000, und so you
all hat work all winter at the same old wages,
und like enough make $1,000 to boot. "-6elc
York Sun
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
The NIitehem County Tragedr.

The murder Of Stephen Goodwin at his
home in Mitchell county last Tuesday
night, and the attempt to murder an old
lady. Mrs. Gregory, and her son Richard.
the remaining members of Mr.. Godwin's
household, do not appear to have excited
as much attention as such a terrible
tragedy ought to have excited throughout
the State. The deed was committed in
the night. The victims were asleep, and
the murderers approached them stealthily
and assaulted them with an ak. At last
accounts, Mrs. Gregory and her son were
alive, but insensible. The prospect that
they will recover is not at all promising.
No pains should he spared to secure the
arrest and prompt punishment of the
murderers. The inquiry thus far leads
to the conclusion that the guilty parties
resided in the neighbOrhood where the
crime was committed, and that their OBJ
ject was robbery. The escape of the MUIR
derers would be sort of indUcement for
other vicious and bad persons to commit
similar crimes.
1t seems strange that so many murder
ers escape the gallows! A little more
tnun 9ENA d5o tuAo was
startled by the announcement Of the MUIR
der of the Haertels. That crime is yet
shrOuded in mystery. The murderer es-
capped with the fruits of his terrible deed.
A few days ago prominent city official
was assassInated by five men in broad
daylight IN a public street in the city of
New Orleans. Although forty persons
witnessed the cOwardly deed it is claimed
that the assassins are yet unknown.
But how few are the instances where
the murderers, if able to make defense,
are punished when caught! If the muir
derer is a poor devil, without money or
friends, he is pretty certain to pay the
penalty of his crime on the gallOWs, but
il he have the means to fight the law, and
if he have influential connections, he is
pretty certain TO save his neck.
Within the last few weeks, in different
parts of the country, murders and at
tempts at murder have been quite fire.
quent. There is a growing necessity for
a more stringent enforcement of the law.
If murder is not to become a common
crime, murderers must be swiftly pun
ishad
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
MRS. TooDLEs IN WASHINGTON
How and by Whom the Auctions are
PatrOnized.


PatrOnized.
The fact is, says Ramsden in the Phila-
delphia Press, that the Mrs. Toodles spirit
has chance to get abnormally developed
in Washington. Frequent auction sales
are feature of the life here. There are
not only the occasional sales in the case
of noted people who die OF otherwise have
occasion to part with their household
stuff, but the succession of foreign Minis
tiers and ENJOYS excepting always the
British, who have a permanent home.
gives occasion for a dispersal of
the elegant articles which they bring
with them into the country free Of
duty, and sell upon their departure, gen.
orally at handsome profit. In the frst
instance mentioned there is the plea that
the prudent hOusekeeper desires to acquire
something with historical associations
about it, in the second there is the chance
of getting slightly ahead of the customs
laws and securing bargains always dear
to the feminine heart. The result is that
more ladies of a higher class and means
attend auction sales here than in other
cities, and as some of them are mex
perienced in the actual cost OF arti-
Giles at first hand they afford a har-
vest for the auctiOneers and vendors.
Following up the grand danes come
the phalanx of secondhand dealers,
who see that nothing valuable goes
below price that will afford them a
chance for profit, and these are reinforced
by a guerilla army of boarding and
lodging house keepers, who gather up the
remarkable remnants that confront
stranger on his search for ''rOoms with or
without board1 in the metropolis.
Domestic auction sales have lost, by their
frequency, all the sentimental associa-
lions so pathetically described by Thacke-
ray in "The NewcOmes," for instance,
and nobody has any feeling other than
that of business, either about attending
one or having one i'll the house.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
inc Currener ProbIem.

The New York san publishes an article
which tends to show that the country is
approaching a time when the currency
will be gold and silver and United States
paper money.
The argument Of the Sun is substan-
TALLY as follows: State bank notes have
already been taxed out OF existence. The
national banking currency is being con-
tracted al the time. 1t was diminished
during the past year $25.O00,0OO. Allow
ing fer notes surrendered for
redemption it now amounts to
only about 1922, 900, COO. This
circulation is secured 10y three classes of
bonds-3s, IS and AS. or the IS there
are S155, 900, 600 which viii probably be
redeemed within the next two years. Of
the IS there are S117, 900, 600 which viii
mature in 1907. OF the AS there are
$50, GOO, GOO redeemable IN 1891. or course
the above bonds include only those held
by the banks. The bonds are certain to
be paid as fast as they mature, unless
there shall be legislation which VIII de-
lay their payment. By the payment of
the debt the national bank currency will
be reduced to about S1O0, 900 within
the next half dozen years. BY that time
it is probable that timid investors and
trustees and executors anxious for safe
investments will have by their demands
so increased the premium of the As that it
will be found more profitable to sell them
and invest the money than to maze them
the basis of national bank circulation.
In that event the end of national bank
circulation will have been reached.
But there will not be any scarcity of
currency. There is now outstanding
1916, 600, 900 of legal tender notes. No at
tempt has been made to increase or de-
crease this amount since 1878. Since that
date there have been coined 1S5. 600, 600 sill
yer dollars, 100000 of which are in
actual circulation and 100000 are
represented by certificates, which are
now part OF our currency. There has
been coined also since 1879 $1SS, 900, 600 in
gold, which has been put in circulation.
The above figures show the national
bank circulation to be decreasing annu-
ally at the rate of $25, 100000, and the cur
rency, by means of gold and silver coin
age and the issuance of gold aud silver
certificates, to be increasing at the rate of
$56,OOO,OC0. tits probable that the net an
nual increase is fully equal to our in
creased annual demand.
VIII Congress permit our currency to
continue in the direction it has taken, or
will it stop the coinage of silver and cut
down the revenues so as to prevent the
natiO nal bank currency from being ex-
tinguished by cutting off the means to
pay the bonds2 Bills have already been
introduced in Congress to stop the coin
age of silver, and the action on these bills,
which may be expec ted this session, will
give some idea as to what our currency
in the future is 20 be.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

and cursing God and cNan for ending him
with little bit of lead. Indeed. the vay
of the transgressor is hardl But the
worst feature of this affair was that the
conqueror being man of fine moral and
physical organization, died some years
after blaming himself for a failure in
moral courage in not refusing to fight.
VI many such affairs / could write, but
VIII limit myself to two more. the details
VI Which heard from the survivors them
selves in the years of 1885 and 1876. when
l tramped the State as portrait painter,
TO make money and study the peoDle and
geology Of my fathers land in which /
determined to live. That | had cause tn
be satisfied with the results nav be in
ferred from the fact that l agreed with
Volney in his opinion, that Georgia from
the falls of the rivers to the mountains
was the garden spot of the earth, whilst ]
had formed the same opinion of our fall
islands Of the sea lying along her coast.
r. VIII
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
Some Facts About Religious Demon
nations


The meeting Of the Plenary Council at
Baltimore has been made the occasion for
gathering some very interesting figures
relative to the growth of religious denom-
nations in the United States. The popu-
lation Of the country in 1860 was, accord
ing to the census, 81, 445, $50. 1t is now
estimated at 100000. These figures
show gain in "a years Of %, SOC, 600, or at
the rate of 70 per cent. In 1860 the num-
Der Of Methodists was placed at 5000, 600.
1t is now not far from 5000, 600. It is the
strongest, numerically, of all the denomi-
nations. 1t has exactly kept pace with
the increase Of population.
The number Of Baptists In 1860 was
100000. 1t is now 100000. The in
crease has been about % per cent. less
than the increase of the Methodist.
The PresbYterians numbered in 1860
100000. Now they number $500, 900, an
increase in . years Of SO per cent.
The Lutherans, who have been materi-
ally benefited by constant and increasing
emigration from Germany, Sweden, Hol-
land and Norway, have grown from !, 25O,-
coo in 1860 to 100000 in 1884, or at the
rate of 60 per cent.
The COngregationalists have declined
relatively. They have only increased
from 1, $4,000 in 1860 to 100000 in 1884.
The Reform Churches-Dutch, German
and EYangelical-have increased from
$40, 600 in 1860 to 100000 at the present
time.
The increase Of the Episcopalian has
been relatively below the average, al
though fair. In % years the increase has
been 3315 per cent, the number increasing
from 0OO,0 in 1860 to 100000 at the pres
ent time.
The Notwithstanding together those
who are orthodox and those who are
merely nOminal-haye increased from
$780, in 1860 TO 700, coo in 1884, full 100
per cent. of gain.
The Friends. or Quakers, show an abso-
lutte as well as relative decline. They
have fallen OF GO per cent. from 900 in
1860 to 1jO,O00 in 1884.
The denomination of Christians number
SOC, coo against 100000 in 1861 an absolute
gain OF 60 per cent, yet falling off rela-
lively of Is.
The Catholics show the most surprising
increase. In 1860 they numbered in the
United States 3,175,0O0. Now there are
100000. This IS a gain of 200 per cent.
in % years. Should the same ratio of in
crease continue to be preserved, they
would number Is years hence 100000.
Bishop Gross, Of this city, has placed
before the Council at Baltimore plans for
more effective pastoral work among the
colored people of the Southern States. 1t
is estimated that all churches of all creeds
in the country have accommodations for
27,5OO,000 people, or just about One-half
of the population.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
BRIGHT BITS.

POsT- THANKsGIvING NoTE.-Now is the
time to purchase misft poultry at low prices.
-LOaoeU Citizen.
DANIEL MCSwEENEY sailed yesterday for
Europe, but Mr.. Blaine was not at the pier to
see him off, Washington Post.
so DEAR, nOln exclaimed Mrs. Silvadollar,"
''we were Obliged to remain at home this
year. / did so long to zee dear Paris again !;
but paw said he wouldn't think of it while the
epldermis lasted. ''-BoSton Transcript.
ENGLIsH-FRESCH.-"Oh, 1 say, Effe, Pm
writing to Isidore Dubois-he's gone back to
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
An AcoommodatJDe Shirt.

II tclthiOlu UlsDdtcN lDeH.'J'
For our part, we are not at all apprehen-
siVe Of any evil consequences to flow from the
continual compulsory coinage Of silver. But
discontinuance, especially if Mr.. Tucker, Mr..
Buckner and Mr. Warner are, as they are
supposed to be, in favor of such discontinue
ance. There was time when such a step
would have added strength to the Greenbaek-
ers, but their heresy is pretty well stamped
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

TIC death in Brooklyn, Thursday, of
Mr.. Francis d. Moulton, the mutual
friead' in the Beecher-Tilton scandal,
caused a newspaper reporter to interview
the Plymouth pastor. Mr.. Beecher said:
i could say many kind things of Mr..
Moultsn, but some things not comph-
nentaTy. remember the maxim, de NOR
tufs M nisi bOnunl Then why say any
thingT His hand was raised against me,
but he could not help il. The real truth
of that great conspiracy against me has
never been given TO the public. Mr..
Aoulton held many papers, documents
and letters that have never been pro-
duced. know full well the underlying
reasons for this conspiracy, but in evil
dence 1 could not prove them. Many
things that one knows to be true he can
not prove. 1 may speak more fully Of Mr..
Noulton later. l may tell what know
some day."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

The Philadelphia authorities very pro-
perly decided not to allow the old
"Liberty Belr' to be carried to New Or
leans to be placed on exhibition. Aside
from the danger of breakage in transltu,
the value Of such a relic diminishes by
its being exhibited in places where the
commercial idea is predominant. The
Philadelphia people have local venera-
ton for the bell,which is very proper, and
which makes them 10th to let it go out Of
their city even temporarily.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

Cleveland, o., is the seat of an epidemic
.of measles, which has been increasing in
virulence ever since May last. There have
been over 5000 cases in the city, and the
number of deaths during the fall has
been over % per month. The medical
society Of the county has thought it
necessary to issue circular Of instruc-
tIons 70 parents urging better care Of
children afflicted with the disease. 1t
advises that the patients be kept in warm
rooms and supplied with an abundance of
pure air, which is not always easily
obtaired
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

y Washington special says good many
Of the merchants of that city are more
distressed about the changes likely to
take place in the departments than are
the clerks themselves. The system of
long credits which has been in vogue there
Is not only causing good deal of labor in
balancing accounts and making settle
merts. but it is said that a great many
improvident clerks will not be able to pay
mp aud get away in good shape. They
say. mat one merchant has $4,000 in
slalnns of this kind which he expects to
Lose. The truth is that a great many Of
the department clerks do not get munifi-
cent salaries, and unless they are schooled
in economy they cannot get along with
cut going IN debt.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

Tie new naval cruiser Boston was
launched at John ROach's ship yard at
Chester, Thursday. Like the other boats
built by order of Mr.. Chandler, she is said
to DC lit for nothing but to transfer a few
hundred thousand dollars of the
treasury money to ROach's bank account.
She Z 100 weak to fight and too slow to run
away from an enemy; and, like the other
boats OF the same class, she is built very
largely of steal.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07
Won't be Apt to FIND Them.

-'VV 4 w WVIttt tAIoH0sJ'
What a spectacle is this for a Senatorial
election in the great State OF New York! Yet
It would be easy to avert the disgrace. The
Lord promised to spare SodOm if Abraham
could find ten righteous men in the city.
Only about the same number of honest Re-
publican legislators could save the State
from the dishonor of Mortonism and honor it
by the election of Roscoe Conkling.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

The voice of those who favor cheap
whisky ''for medicinal purposes is be-
ginning to be heard anew in the land. The
same people demand high blankets and
clothing for the benefit Of our Gigantic
infant industries"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

Postmaster General HattOn is very
anxious that the Democrats shall not turn
gu5 The skilled clerks who manipulate the
male in the postal cars. If the Demo
Gratis do turn them out it is to be hoped
they will take revenge by refusing TO di-
vuige to their successors the secret art of
identifying letters which contain one and
two dollar bills, which some Of them, it is
allarel. nnssess.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

The oil Of the one-hOrse patriot, Con-
gresham J. ID. Taylor, of Ohio, to pro-
hibit the removal of any Union soldier or
sailor, ETC., is an insult to the incoming
Democratic administration. The Demo-
Gratis will guard the interests of Union
soldiers just as zealously and with less
partisan bias than the Republicans have
done. Mr.. Taylor and his ''little' bill
ought 20 be kicked under the table.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

We Don't Want Them.

FHttddetphfd Record tInd.l.
The Deputy Marshals of elections must go,
even though the impeachment of Marshal
Hght, OF Ohio. should miscsrry. 1t would
be disgrace to the Democratic party 70 re-
tam the election machinery which they have
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

The seeds of sickness and of death
In disordered mouth are sown;
When bad the teeth or foul the breath.
Both soul and body, loss their tone,
Till SOZoDoST's brought into play.
And sweeps those dire defects away.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-07

The Gotham dudes can not understand
one-half Henry Irving says, but his pro-
nuncIatiOn is so delightfully."- English that
they are entranced by his acting.