The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-24

discussing the habit this week. 'here are
more than 100000 bicycles in farIs, ana
they are ridden by young ana oiu, lde anu
thin A prominent physician uIe" ING
attention of the academy 10 the oe-tn a.. u
three persons from heart disease recently
while riding bicycles. He SAID thaC not
loss than 1 per cent of the riders are SUI
fe,ipp from cardiac affections and are IN
danger of the same fate. He argued tnat
no one should use the machlhe "HhoG1
submitting to medical tests
In New York the other day announcer eN-
ample of the danger of electricity trans
mitted by water during rain was aforosd
bv the instant killing of man III Eldriuse
street through contact WIN i"hiiie-
Durine every rainstorm every electric WIRE
becomes a constant menace 10 NE. Inc
merest contact with any wet OBJECT may De
deadly because of some water connection
with a neighboring WIRE
The amazing ignorance of the Engllsh peo-
Mo as a whole, of American affalrs, mas
often been commented upon, anu lheir iu
dicrous statements laughed at, out OF every
manifestation of it hitherto brought TO hgnt
fine following is easily the most eXtraordl-
nary II is taken from The Star OF Beth
lehem, a religious paper publsned III Leeqo'
"a bir revolution is now going on IN the
limited States of America, and there is Ilttle
doubt that the government VIII pc deIedted-
Tine dictator, DebS, has been urIVeh from
his palace and he and his mistress are
now hiding in the mountains Inc Sled..SsII
trouble has been experienced IN the capltai
of Chicago where Grover Cleveland mas
obtained complete control. The railroad
a. that Mace mas been torn up and thrown
into the Mississippi river, and the STOCK
yard has been RACED to the ground
A New York special says: 1.-THE Goulds
have gone into trade again; this time the
staple article is not mouse traps, out
matches. Heretofore the Diamond Matcn
Company has controlled the entire trade or
this country and has offered powerful re-
sistance to the importation of Sweden
matches that can be sold here for hall the
cost of the native product. This company
is more than q trust. 1t is q national mohop-
oily. 1t simply buys outright any coTnpeu-
tor worth taking the slightest notice OF.
1t is more powerful than a trust in suppress
ing competition and keeping up prices.
Reliable estimates place the capital or TINS
company at $4,000 900. literally watered,
and the annual earnings at 10 per cent on
the capital This has proved to be more
than the GouIdS stand Edwin, the
younger son of his shrewd father Jay
Gould who is said to be literally a chip
of the old block has organized a company
for the manufacture of matches. lie has
incorporated his company over in New
Jersey, although the men interested In 1t
live in this city. 1t is called the Continental
Match Company"
SAYS q London letter. AS Idr as snort
stories are concerned, $50 thousand words
is no unusual price. The Idler has paid
more than 500 a thousand words for some
of the snort stories it has published. The
Youths Companion, of Boston, paid Ten
nyson s. a word for u poem, and it is an
open secret that an American paid DIT.
Doyle SEQ a thousand words the other day
for a short story. But Of course every auA
thor does not get $50 a thousand words,
and a man must have good deal of
name to get even half that amount. The
prices which authors receive have been
greatly raised within the last few years
by the advent Of new and enterprising mag
azlnes. The Pail Mall Magazine Is noted
for its liberality to authors, and its sue
cess both editorially and financially, IS
more gratifying that account. The big
American ma gaZines have always been ex-
ceedingly liberal in the price they paid for
matter and the result justified the eX-
penditure. The old-style magazine is GER
tainly doomed, and as several new maya
zines are to be brought out during the
next few months, the chances are that the
prices paid TO well-known authors Will rise
rather than lower