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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

Baltimore, Feb. S-Flour dull, unchanged;
western superior 81 1909 90; western extra
winter wheat, patent So 209s3 30; spring
wheat, patent 50 75dbS4 co. Wheat steady;
No. 2 red spot 629s162Ac; February G2%@
62Ac: March &c asked Nav 66lkm66hC;
steamer No. . red 59GG5914c; milling, BY sam
pie, &c. Corn steady; mixed spot. 411a641S5;
February 4l404126c; March 41a@4ll(c; Nav
42Sc bid; steamer mixed 4O1sG4OSc; southern
by sample, 4l94Sc; southern, by sample, on
grade, 4lQ542c. Oats firm; No white west
ern 35Hc; No. mixed western 33I14c;
Rye dull; No. 2; SOC Hal. quiet; good to
choice timothy SIS 00(0Sl5 80. Grain freights
steam to Liverpool, per quarter; Cork, for
orders, per quarter, 3s 3d613s 41ad; cotton BOO;
flour 12c. Provisions steady: mess pork,
SIS so. Bulk meats, loose shoulders nc
long clear sac clear rib sides Sc. Sugar
cured picked shoulders Sc; sugar-cured
smoked shoulders SAC; hams 12c. Lard, re-
Is Cd. Butter Arm; creamery, fancy. pc;
creamery, fair to choice 25026c: creamery
imitation, 20021c. Eggs quiet, 13HOl4c; de-
maDd light. Gomez dull; Rio, in cargoes,
fair, lshc No. T. 173sc. Sugar steady
granulaled 3-i6c. Whisky steady at 81 24Gl
Cincinnati. Feb. s.-Tlour, spring patents
IS 1893 80; family 50 254s2 80 Wheat,
steady; No. red SIC, Corn quiet No. 2
No. white S2lc; No. mixed Sic Pork
mess SIP so; clear mess S13 80; family Sl2 so.
Lard-steam leaf nc; kettle dried 75sc.
Bacon steady; shoulders 6Hc; short ribs
s.HS5 ~ NA' NAO"A SA"0S NV "nASAS
St, Louis, Feb. s%Fiour dull and easy.
Wheat higher; February s56c May 50hc.
Corn higher; February 33c; March 331Sc;
May SAC Oats stronger and higher; May
306c. Pork - standard mess Sl2 87IS on
orders, S14 90. Lard. prime steam at 81 49,
Dry sailed meats-shoulders So 90; longs
and clear ribs SO IS; shorts SO 90. Bacon
boxed shoulders SO s711 longs 81 1874; clear
ribs So 250s7 371a; shorts 81 50l0S7 671s. High
wines steady at 81 ID
Rice.
New York. Feb s.-Rice, moderately active
and steady; domestic fair to extra, 31lQ59sc;
Japan z14Ac.
New York, Feb. s.-Wool. fair demand
and steady; domestic fleece 20l125c; pulled
l6G25c.
Petroleum, Oils, Etc.
New York Feb. S.-Cotton seed oil dull
and weak; crude 29929Hc; yellow 3S1$034c
New York, Feb. s. - Petroleum MARKET
quiet; Washington, in barrels. SO 90; Wash
ington, in bulk S. 50; refined nominal; New
York, in barrels, s. IS; Philadelphia and
Baltimore in barrels, s. 10; Philadelphia and
Baltimore, in bulk, 50 600$2 s..
Naval Stores.
New York, Feb. s.-Rosin dull and easy;
strained, common to good, 81 0709l ii. Tur-
pentine quiet and firm at 321z0133c.
Charleston, Feb, 8. - Spirits turpenttne
firm at 2sHc. Rosin steady at CSC for good
strained.
Wilmington, N. c., Feb s-Rosin steady;
strained, soc; good strained, Csc. Spirits
turpentine steady SOC Tar steady at S5c.
Crude turpentine firm; hard 81 05; soft and
virgin, 81 70.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
CILT-EDGED SECURITIES.
Government Bonds Are Eagerly Sought
by Investors.

Billions Raised by Bonds-seoretary
oarlisls's $50, 1000, 900 Loan, But a
Drop in the Bucket.
F. G. Carpenter in the New York Press.
Washington, Feb. 3.-The new per
cent. bonds are but drop in the bucket
with what Uncle Sam has scattered since
he began business little more than 100
years ago. The total amount Of bonds
sold by the government from the begin
ming Of the union down to the year 1880
was $40, SOC, 600, 900, sum which makes
the mind dizzy and which would buy up
a dozen Of the small monarchies Of Eu-
rope.
The gold which has been spent in this
way by Uncle Sam would gid the great
departments Of Washington and leave
enough TO make a solid gold statue as
large as that OF the Goddess Of Liberty
which stands on the capital dome. This
last loan is for SJO,OO0,OOO. The interest
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

P. p. p. stimulates the appetite and aids
the process Of assimilation, cures nervous
troubles and invigorates and strengthens
every organ Of the body Nervous prostratton
Is also cured by the great and powerful z. +.
p. Its effects are permanent and lasting.
II you feel weak and badly, take p p. p,
and you will regain your flesh and strength.
For rheumatism, malaria and syphilis, p. p.
p. (PricklY Ash, Poke Root and Potassium)
is the best known remedy.
For females in delicate healths, for tndi
gestion and dyspepsia take only p. p. P. It
is the best spring medicine in the world.
w. H. Wilder, mayor OF Albany Ca, says
he has suffered with rheumatism for fifteen
years, and in that time he tried all the
so-called specifics but to no purpose. His
grandson, who was on the Brunswick and
Western railroad, finally got him bottle OF
z. Il. p. The first bottle OF =. Z. Z. showed
its remarkable effects and after using a short
time the rheumatism disappeared, and he
writes he feels like a new man, and takes
pleasure In recommending IL TO rheumatism
sunerers.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
NIarltlme NIisceIIanY.

London, Feb GA telegram from Helvoet
states that bark sylvia NOR, Gabrielsen,
from Pensacola via Falmouth for Dordrecht,
is ashore In the river. Assistance is with her
(The Silvia has been reported arrived at Dor
drecht Jan 27l
The fire broke out again last night in the
steamer Gracia lSpl, at Liverpool from Gal
weston; lower hold flooded. Cargo is being
got out as rapidly as possible
Wilmington, NC, Feb S-Schr f II Lister
arrived at southport reports that on Feb 3
she spoke schr Lizzie Heyer of Thomaston
who wished to be reported her captain had
died at 9:4O o'clock that morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


New York, Feb 8, p. m.-Money on call
is easy at per cent. The last loan was at
per cent, and at the closing was offered at
per cent
Prime mercantile paper, 4941l per cent
Bar silver 63Ac.
20 Mexican dollars 5lhc.
Sterling exchange is dull. with actual bust
ness IN bankers bills at "a "a zG94 IS for
sixty days and 81 86A44 81 for demand;
posted rates 81 S5G14 S71a.
Commercial bills "a 8f34 s4l4 for sixty
DAYS and 81 5000 8e4 for demand.
Government bonds steady. State bonds dull
Railroad bonds rirm.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
neglected.
New York, Feb. 8, noon.-The following
were th9 opening quotations:
Chicagoand Northwestern. ...............l0 1924
Norfoik and Western preferred ' 2074as
Rtchmondan1 West Point Terminal ....
western Unlon....-. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S2A
New York, Feb. s-A drive was made at
St Paul at the start, 4O01 shares having been
sold at 574058. AS the sales were made to
affect the general market they signally failed.
and when this became evident some of the
shorts began to cover. A rise of l46D1 per
cent. followed, American Sugar Richmond
Terminal, Chicago Gas, Northwest, Western
Union and Reading leading the upward turn.
Reading sold up to q 4 on reports from Phlla-
delphla that efforts for the early reorganiza-
ton of the property were progressing favora-
bly,. Richmond Terminal touched 4; the
first time in a long while. Rumors were cur
rent of a readiustment OF the plan for
reorganization of the property, whereby the
holders OF the stock would receive additional
advantages. The Trunk lines weakened;
New York Central declining to 80 regular and
9S2. seller 60. Lake Shore to 126% and
Canada Southern to 494. There was talk of
rate cutting, but this gossip was evidently
due TO the new diherential allowed the Erie
on westbouud business. The Grangers were
also inclined to weakness at one time and IN
some quarters the question Of the dividends
on Burlington and sQuincy. and St. Paul
were discussed 1t was held by certain
operators that the Quincy dividend
will be reduced to per cent. at the directors
meeting next week, ana that the St Paul
dividend would be passed altogether. It
might be added that those expressing these
opinions have been arrayed on the bear side
OF the Changers for a long time past The
decline in the stocks from the highest point
of the day was less than a point. After
clock, when sugar rallied from 70 q TO S0M on
Washington rumors that the company would
be accorded some protection on its product
the whole list improved. Later on, the
stock named receded to IN on the contra
diction of the rumor referred to and on state
ments that an amendment had been intro
duced In the Senate finance committee
placing a duty Of nc on raw and lc on re-
nned. The net changes for the day were
slight eli her way. Total transactions were
l12 pol shares. Railway and miscellaneous
bonds we're strong. The sales OF listed stocks
aggregated $4,000 shares; unlisted $4,000
shares
The closing bids were
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

Per steamship CITY of Macon for Boston
ssl bales upland cotton, III bales sea island
cotton, 57S bales domestics and yarns, $40
sacks cotton seed, q bbls rosin, 225 bbls
hides, 10 bDls opened oysters, 1871 pkgs fruit,
is pkgs vegetables, 2 cars slaves, 5 refrigera.
tors berries, 25 bales moss, 20 cases eggs, 222
pl1gs mdse,
Per Italian bark Vedova r, for Gutujewski,
Russia 3,61s bbls rosin, valued at Ss,6S6-
Paterson, Downing & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

New York Feb. 8-Flour, dull and easy,
offered freely; winter wheat, low grades
81 001DS2 4b; patents SO 2501S3 so Minnesota
clear ~ 504S2 %; Minnesota patents 50 700
81 30; low extras g. 054s2 49, southern -four
dull and easy; common TO fair extras g. 90
G63 90; good to choice extras s. l04G4 20
Wheat, fairly active and frmer; No. 2 red in
options opened weak and declined h0kc,
reaching 40 &c, closing firm at 1S9Ac over
yesterday with moderate trade; No 2 red
February 64Bc: March 65c; May 671lc. Corn
duh and firm; No. q 42c; elevator 42KI43c;
No. white 44Hc; options dull opening 80
Nc decline, rallying 4119tc, closing firm at =
over yesterday: February exc; March 421Sci
May 435sc. Oats more active February 344c;
March 35c; May 34%c; No. Q white March
S6Aa37c; spot NO: 2 34A03oe; No. white
36l D3634c, mixed western S5d365lc; white
western 37li04One. Hay steady; shipping 90
@65c; good TO choice 750S5c Beef quiet
family Sll O09Sl3 90; extra mess IS OO0Ss So
Beef hams inactive at $40 so. Tierced beef
dull and hrm: city extra India mess 80 90
GS20 90. Cut meats dull aud steady; picked
bellies 7Hc: picked shoulders 6AGb7c; picked
hams 9Hc; mtddles nominal. Lard quiet
and nrner; western steam closed at 81 81;
city a. %; futures nominal refined quiet;
continent Ss 20; South American IS 90 com
pound 20 3IH96 3D. Pork quiet and steady;
mess Sl3 7ozDti4 rs. Butter moderate de-
mand fresh steady: state dairy i6Deic;
state creamery l712lc; western dairy l3HA
lie; western creamery is127hc; Eigins 2fn 6.
M0lasses-toreign nominal New Orleans
open Kettle, good 10 choice 30lt3ec, dull and
steady. Peanuts quiet. fancy hand picked
sac. Cofee-optlons barely steady, "a 10
points aown; FebruAry Is p; April IS % ;
June Is ~; september "a 5o9li S. December
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
Sailed Yesterday.

Steamship City OF Macon. Boston.
Steamship Benisaf [Brl, Genoa.
Bark Emigrant lNorl, GutujewskL
Bark Giaele tItall, Newcastle.
Schr Lena A Cotton, New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

Pilot charts and all photographic lntorma r
ton will be furnished masters OF vessels free
OF charge in United States Autographs Of
nee in the custom house. Captains are re-
queSted to call at the ONCE.
Reports OF wrecks and derelicts receive d
for transmission to the navy department.
SCALES, Ensign U s N, in charge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
Departed Yesterday

Steamer Katie, Bevin, Augusta and way.
landings-W T Gibson. Manager
Steamer Alpha. Daniels Port Royal and
Beaufort-C H MedlOck. Agent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

Steamship City OF Birmingham, Burg, New
York-C G Anderson
Bark Vedova LItall, Rozeto, Gutujewski
Chr G Dahl & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

Bark Englebrecht [Swl, Eckman (f1fty days
from Dunkirkl in ballast to ] f Minis Co
Steamer Bellevue Garnett Brunswick and
Darien-W 4 Gibson, Mgr.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

Cleared Yesterday.

Bark Simon IGerl, Belitz, Dakar, in ballast
for orders.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
EXPORTS OF COTTON.

New Orleans, Feb. s.-The following state
ment of the Texas cotton crop movement was
issued here to-day: Foa the month of Jan
uary, 2lO,463 bales against 204. $50 bales in
January last; for the Ave months from Sept.
to Jan. l. inclusive, l,708 1l9 bales against
1,724 S. bales last year. The Texas move
ment after Jan. 81 last year was 1888 965 bales.
The commercial crop Of Texas for all last
year was 2. los. 523 bales.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
PaasenRarE.


Per steamship City Of Macon for Boston
Mrs L Roberts, Rev Fredk Preston.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
MARINE INrELLIGeMcE.

sun nlSoS.' 49,. b:4O
Sun Sets. Observation-Disclosures. 5:2O
High WAFER at Fort Pulaski 9:03 am. 9:32 pm
Central Standard Timel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
Country Produce.

Market for poultry steady; fair demand;
grown fowls q pair, 60970c; q grown, 4O945c;
ket for eggs Is unsteady; supply large; coun,
try per dozen, l2H0l4c Peanuts--Amples stock;
demand fair; market steady; fancy hand
picked Virginia, o n. SC; hand-picked D %,
4c; small hand-picked, q n, 4c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09
COMM ERcIAL.
sAVANNAH MARKETS.
OFFICE MORNING NEWS.
Savannah. Ca, Feb. 8, 1884. J
Cotton.

--s. s,ot market remained quiet and steady
Nv the offerings were quite light, and
puoS s,i,bt demand The sales Of the day
oni -. 40 males. On Change, at the first call,
,o.9oa m. the market opened steady and
:. .Sangsd with sales of 166 bales. At the
u-L',-Ior midday call. at p. m, 1t was bull
I'D steady, with sales Of 1913 bales. At the
- and last call at p. m, the market
In-.s steady and unchanged, with further
80 ~ 90 bales. The oficial quotations were
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

Friday, Feb. o, 1894.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

New York Feb 8, 4 p. m.-Money on call
is easy at per cent. The last loan was at l
per cent, and at the closing was offered at 1
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 49i1s per cent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-09

on the bonds is per cent, but Uncle Sam
has sold them at such a rate that he pays
in reality only 3. 1t is believed here that
a per cent. bond could be hoated.
Every one wants these bonds. The
banks cry for them, old maids sigh for
them, and the tiTid capitalists are al
most ready to die Tor them. They feel
that their money Is safe, and that this
$50, 900, 600 in bonds is surer than safe de-
posits or stocking under the rafters.
The advocate., 1894-01-17

tlon's wealth; and leaves the remaining
property Of tho nation (51 per cent? to
9 per cent. OF the families, excluding the
comparatively few millionsires.
The result seems incredible to Mr.,
Holmes. That 4047 families should pos
sess nearly az much wealth (ssvsn-tenthG
ss much, st lsast) sO 11,5938S7 families
is, indeed, rather startling. But it ia
probable, he contends, that the state
msnt h approximately correct. Exclud-
Ing the millionaires, the wealth OF the
], ,092,2l8 families lying between them
and the great mass OF people holding
property ct less than $1,000 becomes an
average Of $4,000 famiIy-Which seems
large for 90 many, but which, Mr.
Holmes goes on TO demonstrate, must be
about tho case.
He attributes the condition Of the
great mass Of families partly at least to
tho well known extravaganza Of the
American people; and it is questioned
whether this extravaganza, this lavish
Of money for material comforts,
enjoyments and knowledge has not been
Of greater good to the nation than such
saving as the French people practice. We
do not understand him to conclude that
on the other hand the riches Of the rich
have been the result Of Rrugslity alto.
gsther; he admits that land monopoly
and h0 might have added railroad and
patent monopoly-hRVs done wonders in
the way Of playing so large a fraction Of
the nations scCumulations into the
hands Of 90 small q number. The oppor.
tunitiss for the accumulation Of excess.
i've fortune are rapidly passing away, he
thinks, but the dispersion Of those already
hSaped up does not show any signs Of
development in the natural order Of Of
fairs, and the great problem they present
to the republic tends rather to become
more and more aggravRted.-Ksnsss City
Star.
The advocate., 1894-01-17

than staying ut home, because big coal
bill 10 saved.
Regular winter tourist tickets can DO
bought any day, but special excursions
will be run the second Tuesday Of each
month from a limited territory to all
points In Texas.
The excursion EareH Cheap enough
q little over q cent q mile; tickets good
thirty days, with stop overs southbound.
The Gulf coast Of Texas is q charming
resort for inVRlids who don't like zero
weather. Big attractions also for home
seekers; twenty acres OF land there
planted in pears nets the owner $1,000
each year after orchard is established.
Strawberries and grapes also proftSbly
raised.
Talk it over with agent Santa Fe route
or address G.. T. Nicholson, g. P. A., A.
T. & s. F. r r, Topeka, Kss.
The advocate., 1894-01-17
PREMIUM LIST,

Amy OF the useful and valuable articles
advertised in the ADVOCATE can DO had
90 premiums with clubs Of ADVOCATE
subscribers. Below we list only the best
bargains, giving the number OF yearly
subscribers necessary to secure them.
Or, II not all yearly subscribers the
amount Of Oash must be az many dollars
Rs the the number OF yeRrhes required,
taken ct the rate Of 81 Q year; so cents
three months, or 26 cents three months:
Value YEARLY
saibSeFiherR
The advocate., 1894-01-17
WHY WE ARE NOT MILrIONAIRBs.
The Condition Of the Masses Due to Ex-
trayaganCe- Some Interesting Facts.

trayaganOs- Some Interesting Facts.
George K. Holmes, special census
agent on mortgage statistics, approaches
Che concentration Of wealth question
from the other side. He writes in the
current number Of the Political Science
Quarterly. Instead Of attempting TO
compute the property holding Of the
rich, he strives TO ascertain how much
Of the national wealth the masses Of the
people possess. The census bureau took
from every family IN twenty-five states
and territories answers to the questions
whether it owned or hired the farm or
home occupied, and the extent OF the
incumbrance on owned farms and homes,
il any, with the value Of the property.
The results are believed to be fairly rep
ressntativs of the whole country. Assum.
ing this to be 90, 80 per cent. OF the farm
families and 63 per cent. Of the homo
families in the country are tenants.
Among farm owning families 80 per cent.
carry mortgage debts averaging 81, ,l30;
on farms whose average value is $3, 1870;
among home owning families 20 per cent,
carry membranes averaging 8l,l39 on
homes valued on the average at $3,254.
The census will show the number Of
farms to be about 945O0,OOO, leaving
S,196,152 families occupying homes that
are not farms. Mr.. Holmes confines his
wealth estimates here to properties
valued at less than 5000. Such farms
incumbersd constitute 80 per cent. in
number and 50 per cent. in value Of all
inCumbered farms, and such incumbered
homes constitute 80 per cent. in num-
ber and 46 per cent. in value Of all In
numbered homes. The census did not
take the values Of unincumbered farms
and homes and the per Centsgsg In the
other case are adopted here as probably
near the truth. Mr.. Holmes thus pro-
ceeds to compute the distribution Of
wealth Of these poorer classes:
1A4OOOO families hiring farms
worth $3.50 above debt. s. 2l6OO0OOO
752,760 families owning incum-
bered farms worth less
than 5000, deducting in
cumbrance and other
debtsand allowing $500
additional veal lth......... 1,S59,74lyOOO
I,756,4A0 families owning free
farms worth less than
5000, allowing $1,000 for
additional wealth above
debts. ..,............::,.. 5SOO5SO6OO
5,I59,796 home hiring families
worth $500 above debt. 057OSOsOOO
720616 families owning incum-
bered homes worth less
than 5000, deducting In
cumbrance and other
debts and allowing $500
for additional wealth.. 1,1I25Sly $50
1,762273 families owning free
homes worth less than
5000, allowing $1,000 for
additional wealth above
The advocate., 1894-01-17
Tezas Wantu YOu-YOu Want Te1as,

hyou like May weather in winter, ap-
ply to nearest agent Of Santa Fe route.
he will supply it In thirty-six hours. It
is done BY buying q ticket 10 Galveston
or Houston. Perhaps les expensive
The advocate., 1894-01-17

1l,503887 families worth. ...,..$1 81 ySS6 SS7 848
Total number OF families In United
otases.. d6og0,IoS ag0,o
Total OF national wealth. .S6O,OOOOOOOOO
Thus 81 per cent. Of the families Of the
country own no more than about 20 per
cent Of the wealth, and 8 per cent. own
II per cent. OF the wealth. And Mr..
Holmes believes hia estimates do not
oVerstate the case against the poor. His
allowance Of holdings above debt, eto,
are certainly much too large for the
south, he says, and for the whole coun-
try are probably none too small.
These conclusions are about as du-
bious as any which have ever been
reached in the study Of this question.
Proceeding to divide the richer 8 per
cent. OF the families az between the very
rich and the moderately we'll of, Mr..
Holmes takes the New York Tribunes
list of millionaires (4,O47) and gives them
sn average of about So OOOO OOO-thls esti-
mate being also partly based upon the
results of Thomas g. Shearman's claims
In the came line. This gives to the 4,047
very rich families, or three-hundredths
q rer cent Of all the families, about
tl2,OOO,O 100000, or 20 per cent Of the ma |
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-03-07

The earth does not travel at the same
rate all through its journey. It's orbit
being elliptical, it must at some time
approach nearer to the sun than at
others and will take less time in NOV
ing through one part of its path than
through another. In winter the earth
is nearer the sun than in summer and
moves through space more rapidly. On
Jan. the earth is about 5000, 600
miles nearer the sun than it is on July
1, and as the velocity of a planet in
creases with it nearness to the sun the
earth passes over one-half of its orbit
in less time than over the other half.
Between the vernal equinox, which
happens on March 21 and the autumnal
equinox, which falls on Sept. %, the
earth is 1876 days in accomplishing that
half of her journey round the sun,
while the other half occupies only 179
days. 1t has been said that, owing to
the friction caused by the tides and
other reasons, the earth Is moving more
slowly than it used to do, and that the
days. are consequently frightening, but
as this is only to the extent OF half
second in a century it will be long
time before there will be any apparent
difference. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-03-07

If individual character influences in
dividual handwriting, national charac-
ter should influence national handwrit-
ing. Authorities tell us that such is the
case; that the art of the Italian, the
pride of the Spaniard, the vivacity OF
the Frenchman, are all displayed in
their penmanshlp.
It may be so, but as rule it would
take an expert or an enthusiast to tell
the difference between the writing of
the shrewd Scotchman, the staid Eng
lishman and the lively Irishman. Ger
man handwriting. however, is truly in
dicative of the national character; 1t
requires nearly as much patience to
read it as to write ii.
On the other hand, one seeks IN vain
to discover the temper of Jew from
the dots and points of Hebrew or to de-
cipher the character of Mr.. Pltman
from the phonetic alphabet. -Chan-
bers' Journal.