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TITUTION Cl SSI IA L. [ty of Brotherly Hove Celebrates Bay in an Appropriate Way. ■ree days of last week will long pmembered in Philadelphia, the f place of the Declaration of In Indence and of the Constitution ^e United States,two of the grand works of the human mind. The onal constitution has stood the of time and it becomes dearer more sacred as it grows older as we learn more and more of its tunable worth.. THE FIRST DAY. Tursday was made memorable by eview or pageant illustrating 6 the % k ts and , sciences for , +1 the past ioo ars. A dispatch *. speaks 1 of this iture in the following . terms: THE GREAT PARADE. The monster civic and industrial farade, illustrating me advancement the industrial arts and sciences uring the past century, it is believed c,l».yv<aed anything of the kind ever nown. There vfere in line three Biundred floats, each bearing a repre¬ sentation of some particular branch pf ind«i3 4 ry, twelve thousand men, ■three thousand horses and one hun Bdred and fifty bauds of music. At the Khe^uot the column rodeCol.A.L.Snow ififty iden, Chief Marshal, and his staff of aids and standard-bearers and land Directly behind them, [ leading the column itself,was the United States Marine Band, followed i [ by lumbra a grand pointing banner the representing with Co to past one hand and with the other to the pres ent, the former being represented by old implemecivs and conditions, the latter by those of to day indicating progress. The banner typified the demonstration, and was drawn on a car by six horses. The display from this point was divided into twentythree divisions, each being under the charge and supervision of an assistant mar¬ shal* and several aids. The honor of heading the first division was given to the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America, who presented a beautiful display. It was headed by a gayiy decorated wagon, bearing banners with mottoes emblematic of the or¬ der. Following this float came a band several tableaux on floats,typical of events during the Revolution and representing the different nations which make up America’s population in native costume. A beautiful tem pie, handsomely decorated, with thir¬ ty-eight ladies at the portal, repre¬ senting the States of the Union,“Un¬ cle Sam,” the Goddess of Liberty, and the thirteen original states, rep¬ resented by daughters of America in costume, and a float on which st*}od representations of the school Bouses of a century ago and to-day, ail’d sur¬ rounded by the school-children. THE SECOND DAY. This day’s characteristic feature was the military paiade. The l press dispatches say: Nearly thirty thousand uniformed soldiers passed in review before the Chief Magistrate and the high offi cers of this and other governments before noon, and at their head rude General Phil. H. Sheridan. There are at fea*t a m illion strangers within the city’s gate to-day, and even with this vast throng in addition to the million of inhabitants the page of history made yesterday passed away without a blot. Not a single accident of a serious na¬ ture marred the occasion. Everybody was good-natured and forbearing,and had but the one object in their mind’s eye—the peaceful and happy celebra¬ tion of the greatest event of civilized times. THE THIRD DAY. l Saturday the eulogists were given an opportunity and the Constitution was discussed in all its bearings. The address of Justice Samuel F. Miller of the Supreme Court was a fine ora , tion and the songs of several thous and children were grand. The speech of President Cleveland was so plain-, nrartical practical and and characteristic characteristic that that we we C °l^ } !fl a ’ e Sai ‘ I deem it great , honor and i a very pleasure to participate in these im¬ pressive services. Every American citizen should, on ! this centennial day, rejoice in his citizenship. He will not find the cause of his rejoicing in the antiquity of his country, for among the nations of the earth his stands with the youngest. He will not find it in the glitter and pomp that bedeck a mon¬ arch and dazzle abject and servile subjects, for in this country the peo¬ ple themselves are rulers. He will not find it in the story of bloody foreign conquests, fo* his government has been content to care for its own domain and people. He should rejoice because the work of framing our Constitution YC4.S coropleted io<$ years ago to-day* and because also when completed it established a free government. He should rejoice because this Constitu tion and government have survived so long and also because they have survived with so many blessings and have demonstrated so fully the value and strength of popular rule. He should rejoice in the wondrous growth and achievements of the past ioo years and also in the glorious prom¬ ise of the Constitution through cen¬ turies to come. We shall fail to be duly thankful for all that was done for us ioo years ago unless we real¬ ize the difficulties' of the work then in hand and the dangers avoided in the task of forming “a more perfect union” between disjointed and inhar¬ monious states,with interests radically diverse and stubbornly maintained. q he perplexities of the convention w b*ch undertook the labor of pre paring our Constitution are ^parent jn these earnest words of one of the most illustrious of its members : “The small progress we have made after four or five weeks of close attend¬ ance and continued reasoniugs with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question—several of the last producing as many noes as yeas—is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the hu¬ man understanding. We indeed seem to feel our want of political wisdom since we have been running about after it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of gov¬ ernment, and examined the different forms of those republics which, hav¬ ing beei> formed with the seeds of their own dissolution, now no longer exist. In this situation of assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to dis tinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not heretofore once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Light to il luminate our understandings ?” And this wise man, proposing to his fellows that the aid and blessing of God should be invoked in their extremity,declared: “I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of the truth that God gov erns in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground with out his notice, h it probable that an empire can without his aid ? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings that except the Lord build the house th . , abor . . that , .. bull( .... 1 v ,n valn ‘ 1 : , bei,eve p this; andl alsobehevethat wlthout hls concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than tire builders ot Babel. shallbe divided by our little partial, local interest, OHr projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and by-word down to future ages; and, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of es¬ tablishing government by human wis¬ dom and leave it to chance, war and conquest.” In the face of all discouragements, the fathers of the Republic labored on for four long, weary months, in alter nate hope and fear, but always with ru gfl e d re solve, never faltering in a, sturdy endeavor, sanctified by a pro phetic sense of the value to posterity of their success, and always with un¬ flinching faith in the principles which make the foundation of a govern¬ ment by the people. is At last their task was done. It related that upon the back of the chair occupied by Washington as the president of the convention a sun was painted, and that as the dele gates were signing the completed constitution one of them remarked : “I have often and often, inthe course of the session and in the solicitude of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that sun behind the presi¬ dent without being able to tell wheth¬ er it was rising or setting. But now at length I know it is a rising and not a setting sun.” We stand to day on the spot where this rising sufefemerged from political night and darkness, and in its own bright meridian light we mark its glorious way. Clouds sometimes have obscured its raysfand dreadful storms have made us fear, fjut God has held it in its course, and through its life giving warmth has performed his latest miracle m the creation of this wonurous land and people. As we look down the past century to the origin of our Constitution, as we con template its trials and its triumphs; as we realize how completely the principles have^et upon which it is based every national peril and every natiohal need, how devoutly should we confess with Franklin “God governs in the anairs of men and how solemn should be the reflec tion that to our hands is committed this ark of the people’s covenant, shield and that ours is the duty to it. from impious hands. We receive it, seealed with the tests of a century. It has been found sufficient in the past; and in all the future years it will be found sufficient if the Ameri- j can people prove true to then i icr d trust. Another centennial day will come and millions yet unborn will inquire concerning our stewardship and the safety of their Constitution. God grant that they may find it unimpair ed ; and as we rejoice in the patriot ism and devotio ose who lived a hundred years ago, so may others who follow us rejoice in our fidelity a^id in our jealous love of constitu tional liberty, Georgia, one of the original thir¬ teen states which adopted the Con stitution, was represented at Phila delphia by Governor John B. Gordon and his gallant staff. Oilier states had larger delegations but none was beWer represented. » • «' In u Hfew Field. Passing down Broad Street in Coluin bus a few days singe, we noticed that the store room formerly, occupied bv Hill & Law was undergoing a considerable change. Always on the lookout for the new and novel this reporter entered an 1 proceeded to investigate. lie was greet ed by that genial gentleman, Mr. I. L. Pollard, well known to those of our read era who have bought groceries in Col¬ umbus. We inserted our reportorial jrjtnlet and obtained the following facts: I[e is opening up one G f the finest crock er y stores to be found anywhere Ifis g OOC jg he selected in person ami bought for cash, so that they are pretty and cheap. He will be ready to show what he has by Monday or Tuesday of next week and we can assure our readers Chat it will be a treat to see what he has. We saw enough to promise them this. Mr. R \Y Williamson, one of the cleverest boys in all Georgia—that is ho was a boy when we were at school with him eighteen or twenty years ago—'s with Mr. Pollard, and he will make it pleasant for you if you will give him a call. Mr. Pollard will still continue his grocery business at the same old stand. In Brief ami to the Point. Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good nature. is The human digestive apparatus one of the most complicated and wonderful things in existence. It is easily put out of order. ♦ Greasy food,tough food,sloppy food bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, rregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, have made the American people a nation of dispepsia. d But ( f e f n ' s Au f lst F1 ° wel has ° ne a wonderful work m .eformmg this 52(1 bnsm ess ai * d t he Amen ' can P e "P'. , e 50 h f alth ^ hat , tllc , >’ caD en W mea ' s a " d be u h W>' ; Rotnember^-No happiness without But Green s August Mower brln S s health and happiness to the ^ s P e P ,lc - Ask your druggist for a bottle - Seventy-five cents, esm LOOSE, No, 10, r, i A, m, Regu , arcomn , unicaUo „ s „„, ecr md and fourth Saturdays in each month, M. T. Mc Gkk.W. M. Benj. F. Hill, Sec. MILTON LOOSE No, 21 L 0, l W, Regular meetings on first and third wlays in each month. II. C CAMEKON, M. \V j. 1, I;