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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, OCTOBER 18, 1881
A FEW SOLDI
TO APPEASE THE AVERAGE ITAL
IAN MIND.
r. Harrison Meet* With Boms Bore Ezpcrieaea.
in Iraly.-A Nation of Shameless Beggars, Whose
Constant Business It Is to Fleece the
Stranger???Olimpaea About Florence.
it, fori am very hungry. He touches lib cap to
the ???Americano,??? and we rattle on. When
the conveyance arrives bt the hotel I request
the landlord, or one that looks like a land
lord to pay my coachfare and charge it tome.
Hut I notice that three or four officials are
present. I hand the j>ortmuntcmi to No. 1,
who lodges it into Xo. 2???s hands; and he in
turn passes it to Xo. 3. Meanwhtie the
shawl lias been seized by a fourth, while a fifth
conducts me, followed hv the procession of
butlers, waiters, cooks and chambermaids, to
Iuy apartment. 1 learn, to my sorrow, that
Bpcclal Correspondence Constitution.
Florence, Italy, August ???I took???
leave of Venice with the only feeling of re- |> i
, , , , . , . , uiv detwrture. One may feel very promt at
gret I have felt in departing from any Italian t ,,' e lica(l o?? ??? uc j, a Falstaffian brigade, hut I
rj-every individual who occupied a place in this
IkiruIc exjiects a few ???soldi??? at the time of
town. The manner of life In Venice suited
my tastes and inclinations. If I chose retire
ment, the privacy of my room was all that 1
could wish. If I desired to see the city, by
day or night, n word to the jiorter brought a
gondola, with its printed fare-tariff on the
seat in front of me. By day, 1 franc, or 1ft
cents, for the first hour, half a franc for every
succeeding hour. For a wlioledayof ten hours,
five franc, or ft) cents, American money. This
was certainly little enough to pay for a luxu
rious ride upon these waters. At night, when
the grand canal is in its glory, the gondolier
takes another man to help him,'and the fare
is doubled. But, let not an unsophisticated
American dream that the Italians care for
tariffs and laws, if, by evading them, a lira
or franc can lie made.
The fact is, the business of Italy cons'stt at
present of fleecing travelers. The whole coun
try seems to he a vast bureau whose opera
tions, first and last, will extract the last sou
front the stranger???s pocket. The process, as I
have seen it, amounts to this: I had a ???circu
lar ticket,??? taking me from Turin, byway of
Venice, Koine, Xaples, Pisa and Genoa to
Turin. This ticket must lie ???stamped??? at the
station of departure. Arrived from your hotel,
the porter of that institution hands your
IMirtmantcau to a railroad porter. The hotel
(sorter escorts the railroad porter to the scales
where your baggage is weighed; then the
weigher reports to the -registry clerk, who
gives you a miserable piece of paper, witli
some scratches on it, and this purports to he
a certificate which will obtain your ???baggage???
at t he end of the journey. Here three pay
ments arc to lie made. One for the freight on
a carpet hag, one to his honor the hotel jior-
ter, for riding with you in the omnibus and
seeing the railroad porter take your
Imggagc in hand. Then, this last functionary,
the porter of the railroad, shouts ???soldi,???
with an intensity of energy which is electri
cal. It brings the ???soldi??? from the depths of
your pocket, and if you have no copjicr coins,
ami entrust the fellow with half a franc, or a
whole oite, lie disappears like an???ecl, wriggling
through the crowd, and you never sec him
again. Ten centessimi, or two American
cents is his legal charge???if he gets more, he
resigns his commission for the day and al>-
sconds. Having your ticket ???stamped,??? and
and your baggage ???registered," and paid for???
the hotel porter unwisely paid liefore you
had found the cars, or obtained a place, an
other railroad functionary steps in and lays
the foundation for another claim of ???soldi.???
You might have said this last investment, ???if
you had known"???alas! there is the trouble!
you do not know! The doors of the waiting
room are locked until a few minutes before
train time; then comes a rush. Every man
allows his ticket to the fellow with a punch,
he snips at it and you puss on. Here a tu.??3cl
begins. There arc first, second and third class
cars, or compartments, rather, for the same
car may lie divided into all three. The in
genious traveler c.m distribute himself in
pieces, after such fashion as to get nearly all
of a compartment to himself. By putting a
hat in one seat, a spy-glqss in another, an
umbrella In a third, and a hand-sack in a
fourth, whilst he deposits himself in a fifth,
he manages to create the conviction that the
compartment is full. Heads peer in, draw
hack, and pass on. The weather is hot, and
there is a crowd there, in that compartment.
A few ???soldi,??? judiciously bestowed, will
bring the railroad traveling porters into the
case, and you are secure.
The drain on the ???soldi??? lias only begun.
Not a drop of water can he found on the cars.
The land is thirsty, the air is thirsty, you are
thirsty. For thirty, forty, fifty miles, it may
lie, yon suffer. Suddenly the train stops.
Now for water! but no sooner have
you put a foot to the earth than
it whistle blows, and the porter
shuts the door of the coach. In ten feet of
you ???aqua fresca??? and ???acquit gela??????fresh
water and ice-water, are retailed by men and
women to a pushing, shouting, yelhngcrowd,
hut you can get none. Your feeble pipes lack
the true Italian ???vim,??? but if your voice
lacks it vour money possesses it. Tite train
has not started, and may not for .ten minutes
perhaps. At all events slip a few ???soldi???
into the hands of the gentleman with the gold
lace cap on, and in a trice you have tite water at
the window. You shell out your soldi, ac
cording to circumstances. I paid two cents
fora small glass of water, with eight or ten
drops of lemon juice in it???the aforesaid
lemon iieing squeezed by an old woman with
very dirtv hands, and my change given me
by a voting girl with a rather pretty face and
exceedingly dirty hands. However, I was
suffering severely and the lemon water was
go,Hl. This operation is repeated, with varia
tions. at every stopping place. You feel a
little chagrin when it turns out that you had
plenty of time without feeing the railroad
porter. For, after some minutes, a fellow in
roval uniform rings a bell???the jengine re
plies with a shrill whistle. Everybody runs
to the cars, but still they are not off. Then
gentleman, with chr.r is and gold lace, blow:
a horn, and the engine answers that by a
whistle, a bell rings again, another whistle,
another blast of the bugle, and we depart
with all the honors of war. These formalities
are not observed at every station. If they
were, you would not be deceived by the pre
liminary snort of the engine, and might pro
cure a glass of water and drink it at leisure.
But. if you try this, perhaps at the next
station tlie bell rings and the engine starts at
once, and you may have to drop a franc, the
tumbler of water, and scramble into your
carriage, or lie left by the train. The whole
thing looks to me as a' conspiracy to force the
traveler to ???shell out??? his small change. He
must do this or suffer great inconvenience
and real pain. .
Arrived at vour destination the ram of
???soldi??? begins again. You show your ticket
to the puncher at the ???Uscita," the gate of
exit. You are now ushered into the presence
of two or three dozen omnibus and hotel por
ters. Having selected your hotel in advance,
you join the din and yell at the top of your
voice the name of your house, A porter re
sponds, but it is summer time, there is not
much travel and liis omnibus is not on hand
There is a carriage, however, plenty of them
ahd he has already arranged lor one. A rag
ged. dirtv, bareheaded boy starts on a run,
shouts to' the cabman, and in half a minute
you are seated. But not to rest yet awhile.
You give up your receipt, and the porter goes
for vour portmanteau. Whilst lie is gone the
aforesaid bov that walked orran ten stops and
shouted at the cabman, ???values the walk and
tite shout at precisely ten ???soldi,??? and lie be
gin;. to argue liis cause. To stop his hideous
mouth you toss him a tienny. which he pock
ets, and. like Oliver Twist, asks for ???more.???
If you are word-proof you can stand it until
the" porter returns, accompanied by the rail
road porter, who must have twenty-five cen-
tessimi. or five cents for bringing the baggage.
This paid you start on your way, until you arc
stopped at a gate, and another gentleman with
gold lace on his cap vociferously demands if I
have any ???octroi??? to enter. As. this octroi is
a government tax upon anything eatable or
saleable in the city, I assure him 1 have noth
ing iu the world to eat, or I would be eating
confess I thought tlic game was not wortli the
candle. At the rate of ten ???soldi??? percapita,
the dress parade on reception is rather a costly
proceeding to last for so short a time. *
When the hour of vacating comes and the
???bill??? is paid, into which bill every possible
???extra??? enters of course, tlie news lias gone
forth that the ???Eieignor Americano??? is about
to go. There are many turns, windings, crev
ices and crypts in an Italian hotel. The first
one will lie occupied by the chambermaid.
It would lie downright ingratitude to refuse
her claim for ???soldi.??? Has she not made
up a hard bed, and brought you a
decanter of water you dare not drink?
Half a franc is the smallest amount a Chris
tian conscience can allow you to pay her,
although in your bill you have already paid a
franc per dfent for ???service." I pay it, and
three paces beyond come face to face with the
gentleman in a swallow-tail coat and brass
buttons. Jle it was that brought me dishes
in the dining room that I could not possibly
cut, and his looks are eloquent for ???soldi,???
and a good many of them. 1 am going away,
its I came, hungry, hut this gentleman waiter
acted as proxy in eating the articles I did not
touch, and lie must he paid. Unfortunately,
I have nothing less than a franc, and this gen
tleman was never known to have any change
The franc goes. Sadly I turn a winding, and
there stands the butler, with the most gracious
smile, and the most intelligible petition for
???soldi??? on his handsome face. To
such a finely arrayed gentleman I would
not think of giving twenty cents in America,
for fear of insulting him. But here it is a
different thing. I have only franc pieces, bits
of paper rather, for there Is no silver in Italy,
at least there is none in circulation. Our
fractional . currency in paper somewhat
resembled this. Down goes a franc to his
honor, the butler, and 1 breathe freer, but
only for a moment. As I descend to the hall
there is the veritable gentleman, the porter,
who escorted ntc from the stution, two days
ago. He must lie paid now, for another i??jr-
ter is going with me to the depot and he will
get his ???soldi??? there. The franc goes and I
turn down the hull only to see tlie'shining
faces and expectant looks of the grand bri
gade who received me into the hotel. I have
only paid the chiefs of the army; the rank
and file are before me, and honor, patriotism
and all the noble sentiments of human
nature forbid that their merits should be
qverlooked. If I had a handful of ???soldi'
would toss them in the air and hid tlie clam
orous crowd to scramble for them. I have
not tlie ???soldi,??? not a solitary one. I hav
not two francs in change for any purpose.
One of these must go to the captain general
of this brigade, with orders to be distributed
in ???soldi??? according to the various ranks,
titles, services and merits of the individual
members of the brigade. I take my seat in
the carriage or omnibus, which makes its
appearance now, being certain of a fare, and
find tnyself in a somewhat dubious condition
as to niy financial affairs. I find that it lias
cost me, in the matter of gratuities, no less
than one dollar and twenty-five cents, to go
in and come out of tins hotel.
Wisdom comes by experience. Hereafter I
ball procure a supply of ???soldi.??? I shall
give half n^tnc to the most venerable, the
most distimpished-looking gentleman officer
in the hotel brigade, and only ???soldi??? pieces
to the remainder. The reader, if lie should
ver travel in Italy, will act like a sensible
man if he begin where I left off.
Of course tlie sight-seeing is an expenditure
that must tic made. Seven francs a day is the
usual amount I have pfcid Air the services of a
guide. These individuals, if they are intelli
gent and honest, earn their money, and I have
no reason to complain of them, except that
they are not, as a rule, able to speak English
intelligently, and I have adopted the plan of
making them talk to me In Italian, slowly, so
that I could understand them very readily.
I preferred this to tite ???pigeon English??? that
most of them are very proud of. By this
means, too, I have learned something of the
various dialects, which are numerous in Italy.
Taking things easily, stopping the rattle of
the guide and muking him. talk his own
tongue slowly, and asking questions here and
there, I have* made these guides of great ser
vice to me.
On entrance to a picture gallery two francs
must be paid???one for myself and another
for the guide. This is an imposition, but a
guide is a luxury, and must be paid for. Then
1 move into another ante-room, where a gen
tleman kindly requests me to give up my
stick, for which he gives me a check, and for
this afew ???soldi' will bejcxpectedjat the end of
the tour of inspection. After we have looked
over the art treasures we are both very thirsty
and one of tlie innumerable cafes or restau
rants is always near by, and we stop and take
a bottle of gassose, or effervescing lemonade,
a very cooling and pleasantly flavored drink
Of course-1 pay for both; but it is a point of
honor with tlie guide to call for nothing high
er in price than that served to his jemploye.r.
In visiting the churches in the morning, the
entrance is generally free, but they are al
ways dark, and a taper must lie lighted for
some purpose or to show some curiosity, and
a few ???soldi??? must go to the sacristan for
these purposes. At every convenient point I
meet an old woman, often in ???unwomanly
rags,??? who tells in a dolorous voice a sadstory
but I usually atu deaf and blind to those
appeals. They are not always, nor generally,
worthy people, and I feel no scruple in letting
them talk without appearing to observe them.
A toothless crone, in St. Mark???s, however,
played me an ingenious trick. She had
mumbled over something about ???poycra
???miscracordia,??? and the like, as I came in the
door, and followed me half around the church.
When I came out, she was some distance
from tlie door, hut seeing me about to leave,
as quick as a girl of sixteen could have done
it, she dartcd'across the floor, took lierstation
at tlie door, and as I arrived, she raised the
heavy cloth curtain, always suspended at
church doors. With a look of triumph she
appealed to me. She had performed some
???service??? for tlie signor, and deserved to be
paid. The trick amused me, and I gave her
lialf a dozen ???soldi,??? which brightened her
face, and brought a very graceful bow. She
was a good actress, and had studied her part
well.
Tiie railway from Yenice to Florence,
passes through an extensive tiax-growiii
country. It was the first time I lmd seen flax
grown as a staple commodity, and the pros
pect on cither side of tlie road, from Padua to
Bologna, was very interesting. In all stages
the stalks cut and piled or stacked into
sheaves of eight or ten feet in height. Tlie
stalks under water, weighed down in pools by
rocks???and the bleached article ready for the
last process???all these were in view. Some of
the plants were left standing for seeding pur
poses. I have no means of knowing, but
from tlie hasty glance in transitu, I should
say the harvest was good, and the culture a
profitable one. From Bologna to Pistoja. tlie
railway pierces the Appenine range of moun
tains, "and we passed through no less than
forty-six railroad tunnels. It seemed to me
that we were nearly half the time
under ground. Before reaching Pistoja,
one rimer, the lteno, is crossed nineteen
times, and the road ascends to a point 2,000
feet above the level of the sea. Inyfnense la
bor was expended in tlie construction of tite
line, and I could not restrain my admiration
for the excellent ntasonry that appears every
where. When on top of the range of moun
tains. night liad just fallen, and we could see
tlie city of Pistoja, in the valley lielow us
nearlv an hour before we had wound around
the defiles and descended by heavy grades to
the railway station. It was a picturesque
ene, more beautiful to my eyes than any
paintings in Italy. Every rod of this territo
ry is consecrated soil, sacred to Roman his
tory, and the memory of the heroes, orators
and poets of tlie eternal city.
??? To Florence we came early in the evening,
having traced the valley of the Arno, a stream
which one could easily cross at this time with
out getting the feet wet. Arrived at Florence,
at the ???Grand Hotel Xew York.??? I expected,
frtm the American name, to find a live yan-
kee in charge, but was disappointed. A cour
teous native of .Switzerland mingled French
and English with multitudinous gestures un
til I was glad to walk out on the bridge over
the Arno, and get some fresh air. This bridge,
at the foot of which tite hotel stands, is about
one hundred and fifty yards wide, and tlie
gaslights, in a semicircle, following the wall
of the river bank, glittered and sparkled iu
the water below like a vision of beauty. In
one spot I saw these lights reflected in the
water from the shore hid above another
bridge. They were divided by an arch into
the torm of an immense harp, the long strings
of golden brightness and as a breeze gently
ruffled the water, tlie columns of light wil-
ered ami trembled, as if invisible figures
.ere touching the chords and sweeping
strains of music too delicate for mortal ear.
Late into tlie night I mused upon these
scenes, every change of my position bringing
new imitative forms to* view, and gave
me a profound sensation of pleasure. Here,
at last, 1 thought, I have found a large and
beautiful Italian river???something worthy of
the name of river. But, - when 1 walked* out
next morning the scene was changed. A few
hundred yards from the bridge on which I
tood last night, the river was enclosed by a
dam, acting as a lock, and below a mill house;
the Arno was but a creek, fifteen or twenty
feet in width! This is summer time, however,
and all Italy is in undress???winter time site is
in her holiday apparel. The formation of the
whole region through which I have passed is
limestone, and only limestone. The earth is
cracked and seamed by dry weather, for it has
not rained here in more than ten weeks.
Of Florence itself, it would be impossible
to speak in suitable terms, without entering
into details. I attended service in the great
Dtiorno, or cathedral, and in the Church of
tlie Annunciation. In tlie first there was a
poor parade, siimly attired, and in the last,
there was a great, unaccountable noise, which
people said was excellent Italian music. It
may he so, but I soon got enough of it, and
was glad to escape. A drive around the city,
to the heights overlooking the valley for many
miles, was delightful. All Florence lay in
her gayest plumage at my feet. Churches,
towers, domes and palaces, exceeding fair to
iew???at a distance. Tite whole length of the
splendid park,- down to the end, where
monument stands to an Indian prince who
died here many years ago???and back again in
company with many of the chattering Floren
tines prepared me for quiet rest that night.
The Uttize gallery and that of the Pitti palace,
~2 saw, as a matter of course, but they are
much the same as other latge collections
of art treausures. My most interesting visit
was to the Dominican convent, or monastery,
rather, where numerous relics of Savonarola
are exhibited. He was burnt as a heretic in
Florence in 14U8, and they show a piece of the
wood from the pile that consumed hint. His
hooks, with notes in his own hand, the sack
cloth which he wore, the picture of the cross
which lie carried to collect a Congregation in
Florence, and tlie cell in which he slept???
these, and more, tlie visitor is shown. I have
at home, one of Savonarola???s books, printed
in 149ft, the year after he was burned, and
the old volume will possess a new interest to
me hereafter. There was a painting on the
wall, done by a monk, a representation of the
poor old man???s martyrdom. This was a little
strange to me. It looked like killing the
Learn Thin by Heart.
Mv nerves will regain their vigor.
My brain will become more clear and power- I
ful. *
My muscles be made strong.
My dyspepsia and indigestion no longer |
trouble me.
My heart's regular action restored.
My blood be made more pure.
My weak lungs made more healthy, and all
the functions of my body restored to their I
normal condition, and every symptom qf
weakness, nervousness, and debility be re
moved, if I use Brown's Iron Bitters.???News.
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???A furrier advertises: ???Capes, victorines, etc,
made up for ladies in fashionable styles, out of
their own skins."
Indorsed by the people as a safe, reliable,
harmless and cheap remedy. Dr. Bull???s
Cough Syrup.
???At the request of the citizens residing thereon,
Guiteuu street iu Cleveland, Ohio, has been chang
ed to Abram street.
To Save Trouble und Expennc.
My family has derived very great benefit
from tlie use of Hamburg Drops, writes Mr.
John Stocklin, Union, Broome county, N. Y.
It lias saved pain, trouble and expense; and
I shall be glad always to recommend the
drops, as it is my best and cheapest family
physician.
???The real ???burning question??? before the Ameri
can public is that which relates to the price of coal.
Exhaustive diseases that lead to insanity,
consumption, and a premature grave, are
quickly cured by using Brown???s Iron Bitters.
It strengthens every part of tlie body.
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I am tlie great independent problem. Solve
me.???David Davis.
To PROMOTE A .VIGOROt'S GROWTH of the lllUT,
use Barker???s Hair Balsam. It restores tlie
youthful color to gray hair, removes dandruff,
and cures itching of the scalp.
scplT???dim tues thur sat&wlm odp
Mmk. Gerster will sail on the Arabic for
I Xew York, October 19th.
Substitute for C'ulomel und Quinine.
Simmons Liver Regulator, purely vegeta
ble, is equal in power to blue mass or calomel,
but without any of their injurious properties.
???Have tried it in several cases of bilious
disorders, chills and fever, and find it effects
a cure in a most satisfactory manner. Dr. J.
H. BOWEN, Clinton, Ga.???
Genuine prepared only by J. H. Zeilin & Co.
Mr. Aldrich is the youngest member of
the senate. He was born in 1841.
The Popular Demand.
So great lias been the popular demand for
the celebrated remedy. Kidney Wort, that it
is having an immense sale from Maine to Cal
ifornia. Some have found it inconvenient to
prepare it from the <lr}'compound; for such ......
*!| c . proprietors now prepare it in liquid form. I t f 0 that there is so valuable a medicine made
This fan be procured at the druggist???s. It lias -\?? us j lTLI v @ Cushing
precisely the same effect as the dry, blit is 1
very concentrated, so that the dose is much
smaller.???Lowell Mail.
Ashburnham. Mass., January 14,1S80.???I
have been very sick over two years. They all
gave me up as past cure. I* tried the most
skilful physicians, hut they did not reach the
worst part. The lungs and heart would fill
up every night and distress me, and my throat
was very had. I told my children I never
hould tlie in peace until I had tried Hop
Bitters. I have taken two bottles. They
have helped me very much indeed. I am now
well. There was a lot of sick folks here who
have seen how they helped me, and they used
them anti are cured, and feel as thankful as I
-???Please do not spit on the mirrors,??? is a con
spicuous placard iu the Omaha opera house, and
the patrons of the house accommodatingly regard
the notice and whack their tobacco juice on the
walls.
President Arthur is picking liis way along
| slowly and as velvety as possible.
???Ask vour watchmaker to alter your American
| watch from key to stem-winding, by applying to it
one of Abbott's Patent Stem-Winders ???
A BIRMINGHAM MILLIONAIRE.
Forty Years??? Experience of an Old Sine,
Mrs. Winslow???s Soothing Syrup is the prescrip
tion of one of the best female physicians and nurses,
in the United States, and lias been used for forty
years with never-failing success by millions of
mothers for their children. It relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrhtea, griping in the
bowels and wind-colic. By giving health to the child
It rests the mother. Price 25 cents a bottle.
mai2G???dly sat sun wed&wly
'???There is more liquor sold in Scotland than in
Ireland.
Dyspepsia and I.Ivcr Complaint.
Is it not worth the small price of 75 cents to free
yourself of every symptom of these distressing com
plaints. If you think so call at our store und get a
bottle of Shiloh???s Vitalizer, every bottle has a printed
guarantee on it, use accordingly and if It does you
no good it will eost yon nothing. Sold by all drug
gists. 502 julylT???diimeow tues thur satJcwcow
Alexander III. is mentioned as the pos
sessor of almost evangelistic opinions, and he often
declares, ???1 am quite ready to meet death when it
comes.???
Oh, What a Cough:
Will you heed the warning. The signal perhaps of
tlie sure approach of that most terrible disease eon-
sumption. Ask yourselves if you can afford for the
sake of saving 50 cents, to run the risk and do noth
ing for it. We know from experience that Shiloh???s
Cure will cure your Cough. It never fails. This
explains why more than a million bottles were sold
the past year. It relieves Croup and Whooping
Cough at once. Mothers, do not be without It. For
Lame Back, Side or Chest use Shiloh???s Porus Plas
ter. Sold by all druggists.
502 julylT???dCmeow tues thur sat&weow
Madame Modjeska and her troupe play at
, ., -, . ??? the Crystal Palace, London, nearly every Thursday
prophets, and then building monuments to I afternoon. Madame now speaks English beautifully
them???all by the sons of Rome! For here, in and her handsome drawing rooms in Loudon are
He tin* Baskets of Coafederate Money Hoarded Away.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Birmingham,*Ala, October 14.???Your reporter read
xo an old gentleman to-day the article relating to
Griflin???s millionaire, and when he had finished
there was a smile discernible that showed very
plainly that poverty and woe had to come to an
end. This gentleman lives two miles from
here in a log hut, and earns his living by
hauling wood. lie is now joyful, and
the ideas entertained underneath Jthat cabin roof
is thut.the inmates will soon be living in a man
sion with spires that (mint heavenward. It is said
that he has trunks filled with confederate money
which he has gathered up since the war, and has
always entertained the idea that some day it would
be worth face value. Score Birmingham with one
confederate millionaire.
???Vilin outfits cheap. Send for circular and read
advertisement of C \\ Story, 26 Central street, Bos
ton, Mass.
Being intoxicated three times deprives a
j man of the right to vote under the old French law.
A religious newspaiier is a necessity in every
family, und we kuow of none better than The
Methodist, published in New York, It was estab
lished in 1800, and has ever since maintained a lead
ing position among the foremost of the religious
weeklies. It is ably efiled by the Rev D If Whee
ler, DD, LI, D, and the Rev Daniel Curry, DD,
LI. D, which fact is enough to commend it to all.
The Methodist is bright, crisp and newsy, conserva
tive and fraternal. Its editorials command esteem
for wisdom, moderation and good temper.
the monastery, is the monument to the
burned hero,* who was a reformer before
Luther had arrived at man???s estate.
generally full of the best people,
to America in 1882.
She will return
.... , .... , , i. ???We have a speedy and positive cure for Catarrh,
The political condition of xtaly,.as it has I diphtheria, (.anker mouth and Headache, in SHI-
i) folded itself to me, after patient invpstiga- LOH???S CATARRH REMEDY'. A nasal injector free
unfolded
tion, I shall make the subject of a special let
ter when I arrive in Rome. There are rumors
and stories of 'troubles not a few, in the Ital
ian air. One report is, that a serious riot oc
curred at Home a few evenings ago, and that
the people of that city are determined that
liis holiness, the pope, must change Ids place
of " - -- ....
asks . ??? . . _
France to live, whatr is to become of the
French republic???? The Italian government
appears to be eminently wise and conserve
with each bottle. Use it if you desire health and
sweet breath. Price 50 cents. Sold by all drug
gists. 591 julylT???dfimpow tin's tliurs sat&weow
Colonel Robert <!. IngeksolL is going with
nil his family to New Mexico, where he has become
interested in some silver mines. He is quoted as
say*
A very absent-mi tided man, who often ask
ed a triend to dine witli him, but almost always for
got to be himself at home on the day named, meet
ing his friend in the street, said: ???Come and dine
with me on Thursday,??? and added graciously: ???1
will be there.??????Pat is Figaro.
llccllne of Man.
Impotency of mind, limb,???or vital function, nerv
ous weakness, sexual debility, etc., cured by
???wells???s Health Rencwer.??? SI. At Druggists.
Depot, Lamar, Rankin & Lamar, Atlanta.
barely enough to satisfy the rapidly increasing de
mand. The Wall street combination has stifled tho
market considerably, but it is understood that the
stronghold has been relinquished, and hence a reac
tion is hoped for. The heavy receipts for tlie post
few days have had a depressing influence, but a fall
ing off is predicted for the coming week. Spots
have ruled generally quiet and dull, but to-day a
fair demand was reported with middling 11 9-16C.
Net receipts for the week ending to-day 186.035
Is'.les, against 159,995 bales last week and against
208,088bales for the corresjionding week last year:
exports for the week 93,0u3 bales; same time last year
73,808bales; stock 503,021 bales; same time List year
458,552 bales.
The local cotton market has beea unusually quiet
this week, and transactions, both in the spot and
futures market, have been only moderate. During
the early and middle of the week a dull feeling pre
vailed, but later on the tone strengthened, and to
day the better grades were in fair demand at a mod
erate advance. Receipts for the week amount to
8,512 bales, against 6,741 bales last week.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 15.
New York???'The cotton market opened barely
steady and considerably lower for the more distant
months. During the morning there was a moderate
upward movement of quotations, but later in the
day the market eased off, though no material
change in the tone was perceptible until the close,
when futures were quoted easy at opening figures.
The spot market remnius quiet and steady with
middling 11 9-16c.
Net receipts to-day 25,155 hales, against 44,637 bales
last year; exports 1,933 bales: last year 21,054 bales;
stock 520,758 bales; last year 477,863 bales.
Below we give the opening and closiug quotations
of cotton futures to-day:
OrENED. CLOSED.
October ll.2S@lt.36 October ll.3u@l!.32
November U.42@ll.44 November 11.40@11.4l
December 11.54@11.55 December.... 11.52@11.53
January lt.71@ll.72 January 11.71@
February .......11.86@11.87 February ll.85@ll.86
March 12.0i@12.02 March 12.00@12.01
April 12.12@12.13 April 12.1.i@12 14
May 12.-22@12.23 May 12.24@12.25
June 12.34@12.35 June 12.35@12.36
July 12.46@12.4S July 12.45@V2.47
Closed easy; sales 69,000 bales.
Liverpool ??? Futures closed linn. Spots ??? Up
lands 6 7-16d; Orleans 6%4; sales 10,000 bales, of
which 8,500 bales were American; receipts 4,400;
American none.
The local cotton market is quiet and dull and a
decline in the better grades is quotable. Receipts
while less than last year, hold up remarkably well
considering tlie unpromising condition of the crop.
Rut reports and rumors concerning the cotton crop
are very conflicting and arc such as to embarrass the
clearest head. YVc ascertained to-day from parties
visiting large portions of the Carolinas and Georgia
that the great hulk of the crop had been gathered,
and the yield would undoubtedly fall far short of
our earlier expectations. The agricultural bureau
also reports tlie erop projects 15 per cent worse off
tlinu this time last'year; and as the outlook lost
year was rather unlnvorablc, it is not impossible
that tills estimate might be placed even higher.
There is one feature of the crop that deserves espe
cial notice, and that is the great scarcity of good
middling. This scarcity is attributed to the
damage done by the caterpillars liefore the
cotton was matured, and the injur}' thus
sustained is rather of a serious nature. Rut
this early in the season, and liefore the harvesting
of the top crop has begun, it is quite impossible to
name, with any degree of accuracy, the nearest
probability of the crop yield. Receipts to-day
amount to 1,426 bales, against 1,639 bales for the same
day last year. At the close to-day the following
prices were reported with demand limited: Good
middling 10%c; middling 10%c; low middling 10%c ;
strict good ordinary.lOc; ordinary Sc.
The following is our statement of receipts and
shipments for to-day: ??
RECEIPTS.
The Detroit Post and Tribune estimates the
yingthat the Indians are so dangerous in that 1
f I neighborhood that he and his family prefer that if S????? g anV tl mi f insurant on aRt???his
residence. One Italian paper 1 picked up, OI ,c must run the risk all should do so, that they i n ???iv4>3ir-'??? <T l 1
Its the pertinent question: ???If papa goes to | may live or die together. . property was only
finance and commerce.
lcviate human suffering. Judged from this
BONDS, STOCKS AND MONEY.
L7 ??? levtate human suttering. Judged trom this
and Hitter national feel
Of'this, more anon.
W. P. H.
The Trade Isaac.
Jonesboro News.
The Constitution' trade issue yesterday, surpass
ed anything that ever before happened iu Georgia.
Madison Madisonian.
The Constitution issued a thirty-two page edi
tion on the 5th. It was their mammoth exposition
issue, and as elaborate as anything we ever saw.
Jesup Sentinel.
The exposition issue of The Atlanta Constitu
tion contains 32 full size pages, and is head and
shoulders above anything of tlie kind we have ever
seen.
??? Fort Valiev Mirror.
The Atlanta Constitution of Wednesday last ap
peared us a 32 paged paper. It was not only a cred
it to Atlanta, but to the south and to southern jour
nalism.
Sparta Ishmaelitc.
The exposition issue of The Constitution was
ahead of anything that we have ever yet seen in
the way of journalistic enterprise. There doesn???t
seem to be a lazy bone iu^all the body of The Con
stitution.
Fairbum News Letter.
Atlanta is a progressive city???no one will dispnte
this???hut The Atlanta Daily Constitution man
ages to keep a step in advance of the city's progress.
It has recently put on a new dress and been en
larged to an eight page.
Conyers Weekly.
The exposition issue of The Atlanta Constitu
tion, on last Wednesday, was the most wonderful
exhibit of newspaper enterprise we have ever seen.
The Constitution is the most progressive paper in
the south, no doubt about it.
Albany News.
The exposition issue of The AtlantaICoxstitc-
tion was a wonder in journalism. The pages nunt'
bored thirty-two, the most of them being advertise
ments, of course, but still any paper is a wonder
that can have thirty-two ]iages of advertisements.
Athens Banner.
???TnE Atlanta Constitution,??? said Hon Emory
Speer, in a conversation the other day, ???is truly a
great paper. It Is an honor to Georgia, and I am
proud of the wav in which it represents our state
abroad.??? To which opinion the Banner gave a
modest but unqualified assent.
Washington Gazette.
Tlie whooping blg-tKfle issue of The Atlanta
Constitution came ldSE Wednesday, and the peo
ple had more Constitution than they well knew
what to do with. There are thirty-two pages that
typographically are very handsome, and they are
tilled with an amount of business that would over
run an ordinary establishment like a tidal wave.
Ail this is accompanied with the news of the day,
such as The Constitution furnishes in every issue.
In this latter respect it publishes a trade issue every
Aof.
Covington Star.
The oxpositionesue of The A;T ..i ant a Constitu
tion on last Wed isday was thne largest newspaper
we have ever seen ssued in the south. It con tamed
3??? pages of 6 columns each, making 192 columns of
matter About 175 columns of this matter consisted
of new'advertisements. We doubt if any paper
south of New York ever issued as profitable an edi
tion as the exposition issue of The Atlanta Con
stitution This shows what Atlanta is capable
of doing when ???Barkis is wfflin.??? The Con
stitution has done a great deal for Atlanta and the
cotton exposition, and the people of Atlanta know
just how to npprecia'e such service, and they mani
fested their appreciation in the most practical way
bv their handsome patronage of the exposition is
sue. Thousands of people at a distance|will be at
tracted to Atlanta, by this magnificent display of
her wonderful enterprise and business. The same
spirit of liberality by the people of Covington, or
anv other town in Georgia would soon return,
like bread cast upon the waters???^in an hundred
fold remuneration. The growth and success of At
lanta is positive proof of this point, and it cannot be
successfully controverted. We congratulate the
people of Atlanta upon having such a champion of
their wonderful city as The constitution, and the
proprietors of The Constitution upon their good
fortune and success.
diseases. Send for circular to tlie above ad
dress.
octft dlw sun wed fri & wlw
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, October 15,188L
EXCHANGE-
Boving at % off | Selling
BONDS???
par
It can now be positively asserted that Ma-
hone is with the republicans first, last and all the
time.
BURNETT???S C0C0AINE
PROMOTES a VIGOROUS AND HEALTHY GROWTH OF
THE HAIR.
It lias been used in thousands of cases where
the hair was coming out, and has never failed
to arrest decay. Use BURNETTS FLAVOR
ING EXTRACTS???the best.
Bret IIarte says the English Princess Be
atrice looks like a pleasant, comfortable, corn-fed
Kentucky girl.
llornford???* Add Phosphate
IN INDIGESTION.
We have used Hereford's AcidPhospliate in
cases of indigestion, witli good results.
DRS. MARSHALL & LONGACRE.
Olncy, Ills.
Georgia 6s .....109 @111
Ga. 7s, 1886 ...109 @111
Ga. 7s, 1896....122 @125
Ga. 7s, gold ...116 @118
Ga. 8s 110 @111
Western R.K.
Ala. first
mortgage ...116 @11S
Atlanta Cs 100 @102
???Water7s.no @112
??? City 7s 110 @112
??? City 8s 116 @118
??? 10s -108 @110
Aug. City 7s ..110 @112
Ye quote long dates; short dates are lower.
RAILROAD STOCKS???
A & W P st???k. 78 @ 82
do. scrip..... 98 @100
At. & Chur.... 74 @76
Aug. & Sav ...120 @122
Central 120 @122
do. scrip ??? 98 @100
C., C. & Aug. 51 @ 58
Sav. City 5s
new 87 @ 89
Macon City... 97 @ 96
Col. City- 78 @ 80
Ga. R. R. 6s... 107 @109
Cent. R.R. 7s..U5 @117
W& A R. Les
sees; 10 pc.
ine???e b???ds..,115 @120
Ala. Class A
2 to 5 75 @ 78
Class A small 76 @ 78
Class B5s 94 @ 95
Class C 4s...... 83 @ 85
E T Va & Ga- 14 @ 16
Georgia 168 @172
Mum. & Char. 75 @ 78
North Car 90 @ 95
Rich.* Dan... 99 @101
South Car 41) @ 45
Southw???n 118 @120
Ur Telesraph-
NEW Y???ORK, October 15???11:00 a. m.???The stock
market weak and generally lower and in early dcnl-
| ings prices declined per cent in the general
list, Denver and Rio Grande, Lake Shore, New York
Central and St. Paul leading the downward move-
By wagon
240
2l>0 *
373
Central Railroad
Western and Atlantic Railroad-
..... 445
.... 200
108
Total
.... 1,426
SHIPMENTS.
700
Shipments previously
17.W3
2,661
General Prendkrgast, who has bepn ap
pointed governor-general of Cuba, is said to be a
Scotchman, who for years has been in Spain.
A leading member of. the legal profession of
New York City, Charles Carroll Leeds, 120
Broadway, says: ???Liebig Co???s Coca Beef ... .
Tonic strengthened my wife as no other tonic I day at 86%, opened at 85, advanced to ??5%, broke to
has ever done, and it is besides very agreeable 5^
were again most prominent in dealings; Manhattan
fell off from 42 to 41%, rallied to 42%, dropped tu 41
and rallied 42; Metropolitan, which closed yester-
to take.??? Beware of counterfeits. Ask for
Liebig Co???s Coca Beef Tonic. It will recon
struct the most shattered and enfeebled, rein
vigorate the aged and infirm, and make
sickly children and infants blooming and
healthy. octl4 dlw fri sun tue&wlw
The French academy will probably elect
three new members on Thursday, November the
17th. The vacant seats are those of Littre, Dufaure
and Duvergier de Hauranne.
Colonel John C Whttner,
Of Atlanta, Georgia, says he owes his life to
YVamer???s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
octlO???d2\v sun wed&fri & w2w
The idea that influenced tlie postmaster,
general in placing the vignette of President Garfield
upon the five cent postage stamps was to familiarize
the people of foreign nations with the features of
the late president.
The highest hopes and interest of the race
rest on tlie purity, health and strength of
womanhood. \Ve take pleasure in referring
our readers to tlie remarkable efficacy of Lydia
E. Pinkham???s Vegetable Compound in all
that class of diseases from which women suf
fer so much. octIG dlw fri sun&wed
euned to 109% from 116% lust night but sold up to 111.
NEW YORK, October 15???Noon ???Stocks strong.
Money 5@G. Exchange???Long 84.79%; short Sl.83.
Governments dull and nominal. State Bonds quiet
and steady, except for extended 6s, which are %
per cent lower.
Evening ??? Money 4@G. Exchange 84.79%. Gov
ernments irregular; new lives 99%; fourandahalf
percents 1X3; four per cents 115%. State Bonds
nominal.
Stocks closed irregnlar.
N. Y. Central .138% Chicago & N. W. .124%
Erie ..................... 45 do. Preferred .131%
Lake "Shore .119% Wab., St. L. & Pac... 49%
Illinois Central 130% do. Preferred 90%
N. C., & St. Louis ..??? 84% Mem. & Char . 72
Lou. & Nash 94% Rock Island ???134
Pittsb???g F.W. A C ??? .138 Western Union ??0%
BONDS???
Ala. Class A to 5 77% EastTenn R.R .14%
do. Class A small... 78 Ga. K. R ??? 160
Ala. Class B 5s ???. 93 Rich. & Alleghany- 41
do. Class C 4s SO
???Offered.
Sub-treasury balances:
Coin S7S.633.92S Currency
Total 19,303
Stock on hand 13,358
The following is our comparative statement:
Receipts to-dsy 1,426
Same day last year 1,639
Showing a decrease of. 213
Receipts since September 1 - 31,552
Same time lost year 35,397
Showing a decrease ol- 3,845
By Telesraph.
LIVERPOOL, October 15???noon???Cotton in fair
demand and freely supplied at previous prices:
middling uplands C 7-16; Orleans 6%; sales 10,000
bales; speculation and export 500; receipts 4,400;
American none; uplands low middling clause Octo
ber delivery 6 9-32@6%: October and November
delivery 6 St-32: Novemoer and December delivery
6 ll-32@6 5-16; December und January delivery 6%;
January and February delivery 6 7-16; February
and March delivery 6 15-32; March and April de
livery 6%; April and May delivery 6 9-16; May. and
June delivery 619-32; futures opened steady.
LIVERPOOL, October 15-2:00 p. m.???Sales of
American 8,500 bales; uplatids low middling clause
October delivery 6 9-32: November and December
delivery 6 11-32: March and April delivery 6 17-32;
April and May delivery 6 19-32; futures closed firm.
NEWY???6liK,October 15.???Cotton quiet; middling
uplands 119-16;middling Orleans 1113-16: sales902
bales; net receipts 130; gross 1,202; consolidated net
receipts 26,155; exports to Frauce 1,030; to continent
968.
SAVANNAH,October 15???Cotton quiet: middling
10%; low middling 10%; good ordinary 9%; net re
ceipts 578 bales; gross ???; sales 2,800; stock 62,379;
exports coastwise 3,006.
NEW ORLEANS, October 15???Cotton firm; mid
dling 10%; low middling 10%: good ordinary 10%;
netreccipts4,657bales; gross 6,184; sales 9,000; stock
156,450.
AUGUSTA, October 15???Cotton quiet; middling
10%; low middling 10%: good ordinary 9%; net re
ceipts 1.475 bales; shipments none; sales 1,1942>.
CHARLESTON, October 15???Cotton in good de
mand and firmer; middling 11; low middling 16%;
good ordinary 10%; net receipts 5,090 bales; gross???;
sales 2,000; stock .>7.097; exports coastwise 965.
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE.
Atlanta, October 15,1881.
The following quotations indicate the tluctuations-
on the Chicago board of trade to-day:
WHEAT.
Opening. Highest
November- 1 34% 1
PORK.
...S 5,073.132
THE COTTON MARKET.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta. October 15,1881.
THE;WEEK'S REVIEW???FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14.
New York???The cotton market ha??been quiet and
steady this week, and nothing of particular interest
has transpired. During the early pnrt of the week
the market showed weakness, and the decline that
followed affected values to a considerable extent.
. , , ... ??? However, the subsequent improvement in the tone
lie empress of Russia ts jioor, indeed, with- I b i u the f ee ji ug to some extent, and through-
Uoussms s Lightning Liniment. L sing it, J* . .
Miss Catherine L. Wolfe, of New York,
who is taxed for ten millions in that city, and who
owns a summer residence at Newport, has just pur
chased a building site at Ochre Point for 842,000, the
land being a portion of the William Beach Law
rence estate.
The
out . ??? _ ,
the j>easant girl cures her rheumatism, and
is happy.'
octlO d&wlw sat sun thur
It is said that the co-operative stores in Bos
ton will hereafter be conducted on the plan of the
civil service stores of England. They promise to
deal only in the best articles and give every buyer 5
E ??r cent discount from the average market price.
verv stockholder will be given a list of forty stores
where he can buy goods 10 per cent lower thau.the
ordinary price. A share costs $1.
out the remainder of the weekja moderate upward
movement prevailed, While it is settled beyond
doubt that the present cotton crop will fall farshort
of last year, still, from all the information that can
be gathered, the yield will approximate 6,000,000
bales. This fact is being realized now, and its in
fluence on the market is by no means encouraging
to the bull element, who persistently assert that
much higher prices are inevitable for the fall and
winter deliveries, and claim that 6,000,000 bales are
lest. Lowest, (losing.
37% 1 34%i*??? fl 36
November 17 50 17 57% 17 45
CLEAR BIB 8IDES.
November- 8 87% 8 32% 8 82%
17 45
8 82%
Floor and Grain.
NEW YORK, October 15???Flour, sou'hem quiet
and steady: common to fair extra SO.???-0@S7.4b; good
to choice extra 87.50@5s.75. Wheat l@2c higher, fe-
graded 66@71%. Oats a shade stronger and le .s
active; No 3 44. Hops firm: choice yearlings 12@2 ;
CHICAGO, October 15???Flour nominal: common to
choice western spring S4.50@86.75; common to jam \-
Miunesota 85.25@87.75: patents 87.50@S9.50; winter
wheats fair to fancy $6.50@SS.25 low grades 83.50
@84.50. Wheat uctive, firm and higher; No. 2a-l
winter $1.34@81.35; No 2 Chidago spring Sl-StJ^j
81.31%cash; 81.31%October; S1.3o%@?1.3>% Novem
i. . . .irwl ViftrHor* Vo ???> rjfVl no- 1.
43% cash; 43%Q43% October: 13% November.
Provision*. dk
ATLANTA, October 15???The general market is i???
quiet but of downward tendency. The recetv c', ; .
cline in the west has affected our market consult-,'wi
blv, although the demand has greatly fallen oil. I 4.
Tie present market quotations are tiarely sustained. 1
and lower prices are predicted for the coming week.
Clear Rib Sides-Are held at 10%@llc. Bacon-
Sides in moderate request; sugar-cured hams firm
and active at 14%@15c. The lard murket is quiet,
and while the. tone is somewhat??firmer than clear
rib sides, vet lower prices are apt to follow the late
decline in the leading markets; we quote best leaf
scarce at 16%@17c; refined 14@14%; cans 14c(sl3.
closed
818.87%. , ,
dies quiet and nominal
ong clear 10: short clear
UUa U JU-???l uuu liuiuiuni, / r , V L i ! ,
10%; long and short clear 10%. Lard fe\ crjah and
unsettled, closing firm: prime st-am spot J12.0j@
812.10; November S12.07%@812.15. ,