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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, OCTOBEll 25, lSsl
FAIR ITALY.
wanderings of rev. dr.
HARRISON.
Naples Visited, Vt nere "Soldi" are Still in Bequest???A
Surfeit of Haccaroni. Hisfc-Prlccd Lemonade,
No Fiab. but Some Beef-Steak with a Sus
picious Scent???The Eternal City.
R ime, August 25.??????.Sec Naples, and die!???
This saying was written many times in thedays
of old???and I have read it in many books, but
I never fully understood it until now. Inter
preted by one traveler's exjicrience, it means:
Surrender all the money you have to thieves,
burglars, and banditti in Naples, and then
die of mortification for having been outwitted,
cozined, swindled, yelled, brow-beaten, and
banded about by the dirty fists of as lazy and
worthless y people as the world affords! Es
cape without torn clothing, and with a whole
skin, in this ferociously wicked town, is great
good fortune. Forty-eight hours experience
in Naples disqualified me for anything-like
attempting a description of this the meanest
of Italian cities. If I could go from Genoa or
Marseilles by sea, and stroll through Pompeii,
and ride up the volcano again in winter time,
ami without touching the soil of Naples, I
might probably do so. Bat not all the beauties
of the bay, and the view from the crest of Vesu
vius, and the extended treasures of Pompeii
could induce me to enter the foul city again.
This letter would have borne the date of
Naples, but for the feeling of disgust, which
I found unconquerable on the sjiot. Oh! ye
lovers of maccaroni! Go to Naples, and you
will eat it no more.
Leaving Florence in the morning at 7:55, I
reached Naples at 11 o???clock that night, hav
ing tarried only thirty minutes in Rome for
a change of cars. My first view of the river
Til>cr was, like all the rest, a disappointment.
A narrow creek, with rugged banks, immense
hills of loose earth mingled with massive piles
of limestone rock, and a serpentine course of
* the stream???now through flat morasses, and
then through gorges in the dull and unpre
possessing mountain range; this was my in
troduction to ???Father Tiber.??? A very poor,
insignificant stream, with its lime-tinted wa
ters crawling on towards the eternal city.
It requires no guide to tell you when you
enter the ???states of the church??? as part of
this territory was called. The signs of inis-
governnieut of an impoverished and priest-
ridden people are everywhere. If there be
treasures and wealth of silver and gold candle
sticks and images in the churches, there is
neither silver nor gold in the hands of the
poor people who struggled at once with a
jKior, unfruitful soil, and a grasping, all-
devouring ecclesiastical tyranny. The ox is
still pulling the ungainly wooden plow that
ought to have been superceded three thou
sand years ago. From the windows of the
railway carriage the furrows look to be about
two incites deep, and how the land has fed its
people is a mystery to me. The temperance
of the people in eating and drinking, and the
economy of dress as well, could alone render
existence possible in this arid soil, which
yields its fruit with great reluctance.
Memorials of the old Rome, mistress of the
world, are on every hand. Battlefields twen
ty-five centuries of age and pillurs and col
umns, and arches, and walls, and sculptured
monuments are standing entire, or lie in
fragments on both sides of the railway. The
conquered wealth of other nations built these
mighty works, for this land could never have
produced them by herself. The civil power
which laid the world under contribution, was
followed by a spiritual principality which
gathered, in the name of religion, the gifts of
many nations to decorate the capital of the
Roman hierarchy. These days are past, to
return no more. Now the visitors from many
lands must supply the means that are to keep
in being this old, dilapidated country.
From Rome to Xai>les is a journey of seven
hours by the express train. As we drew
near the town, about 10 o???clock at night,
from my window I saw a dense, black
mass in the distance, with a funnel
of fire, very much resembling the chimney of
an iron furnace in full blast. I could not fail
to sec that this was the far-famed Vesuvius.
At a distance the mountain does not appear
to be as lofty as the Stone mountain in Geor
gia, although the books and guides tell us it is
lour thousand feet in height. For an hour it
appears and retreats from ilic horizon until
the train reaches Naples, My hotel was called
the "Ohiatninone ct Mitropole ??? and over
looked the bay, although the mountain was
hidden by an old fortification on the mole.
This ???C???hiatonionc??? which gives the Italian
jiart of the hotel's name, is a lofty hill on
which the city is partly built, and on the sea
side. an escarpment of solid masonry makes
an abrupt wall of great height. At the foot
of this hill, in a hotel of high sounding name,
and wonderful pretensions. I was the only
lodger for the two days I spent in Naples. Ail
extensive system of baths, hot. cold, mineral,
salt, Russian, English, and Turkish Hammain,
brings in sonic revenue to the hostelry, other
wise l do not see how it can pay rent, not to
men' in the wages of numerous servants, to
whom a traveller???s advent is a day of jubilee
and liis departure???a day of ???soldi??? gathering
I had been warned in a dozen ways not to
drink the water in Naples. The advice is
needless, for no man can drink it that has any
sense of taste. But something to. drink a tired,
thirsty man must have. I called for a syphon
in
of lemonade, which was nearly half an hour
in making its appearance. This lemonade is
drawn from a syphon bottie, effervescirg like
soda water, ainVa thirsty man cau easily dis
pose of one bottle in a few minutes. For this
lie will tie called upon by his bill to pay twen-
eight cents and a half American money.
Wine does not quench thirst, so the lemonade
???gaseau,??? or a tumbler of ???granite.??? costing I
twenty cents, must take its place. This gran
ite is grated ice with a_ little sugar and lemon
juice added, and is quite palatable, especially
with the thermometer at 05??. Wearied as I
was, the cool air from the liay before my win
dow was very grateful, and 1 had a pleasant
night???s sleep.
In the morning, I had hoped fora break
fast of fish, for 1 could sec hundreds of fish
ermen at work before the dawn, and even by
night, in a few hundred yards of tuy room.
My landlord, or the "chef de bureau," who
ever he was, informed me that the fish had
not come from the market. As this was past
nine in the morning. I knew very well that
the story was false. No one had been to buy.
and I was forced to have set before me "a
dish they called steak???bcafsteak. The odor
was peculiar, the grain of the flesh unlike
anything bovine that I have ever seen. In a
wo: -???, it looked like, and the odor was like,
some unquestionable "horse steak" I had
seen in a cafe in Paris. The suspicion killed
inv appetite. I could not swallow a morsel,
and was compelled to pay. in ???Cook's hotel
coupons,??? at tl??e rate of 56 con's. American,
for a cup of poor coffee, a bit of hard bread and
wafer of butter stamped and served on an
i???..f 4??? ...a, ??? ir . a.?.
ian he rattled off, bnt I know not what lie
said.
My next adventure was to see Vesuvius, if
possible, that day, and was told by one porter
tlwu by taking a??? cab I could reach a place,
somewhere, at which tickets for ???Vesuve???
were sold. The name of the place he did not
seem to know, and as ???gueasing??? at a thing of
that nature was hardly practicable, I applied
to the head of another "bureau??? in the house.
He told me, that by going to the king???s palace,
I would pass two, three, four streets, and then
come to the ???Strada Abriglio??? and there at
No. 421 would find the place at which, for
25 francs. I would he permitted to go to
???Vesuve.??? Provided, that is toysay. I could
find three others Germans, English, Frcncli or
Americans to join me, as it was not worth
while to send a carriage out there for one pas
senger alone. This was a hopeful enterprise!
A railroad track led to the base of the moun
tain???then a carriage took you for five francs
to a certain place. Then a guide, for live
francs escorted you to the mountain railway.
Then ten francs must be paid for a seat in the
car up the inclined plane. The process must
lie repeated, and the charges in getting
hack home. So, at the least, if I could suc
ceed in finding the railway station, nearly the
sum of $7 in gold would be expended in
making the trip. This was one way to get
there. Another way was the office at 42 Strada
Abriglio, at 25 francs for tlic trip. I resolved
on economy, in this case, and set out alone to
find No. 42.*
Who it was that invented the system of
numbering houses in Naples, I know not.
After a long, hot, tiresome walk over a blis
tering pavement, I found something that
looked like the ???Strada??? I was hunting for.
On one side of tlic street was No. 2, and the
series in order to No. 13; then tlienextliouse
was No. 81. I was puzzled. The numbers
varied on each side of the street, and tiiere
was no name at the cornerof the street itself.
I spent an hour in a vain effort to find No.
42. The sun was [touring its burning rays on
the mountains, for it was now eleven o???clock
in the day, and the enterprise must be given
up for that day at least. I saw that I must
make a change of base and try another plan;
I must pay a guide to get me to Vesuvius the
next day, and to Pompeii if possible. The"
guide, I found???the most worthless rascal I
have seen in Italy. How. at last, I accom
plished my purpose???how the aforesaid
???guide??? managed to make my trip cost me
more than double the highest rate I have
mentioned???how, in tlic torrid sun, on the
sweltering lava beds, I tried to feel rewarded
for my self-denial, toil and money, to say
nothing of the acute physical pain,* I do not
think it worth while to deltil in this letter.
At Pompeii it was little better, if any. Mi-
rime was limited, and not until I was about
to leave Naples did I discover that all my time
lost, and trouble, and suffering might have
been avoided by a liberal tender of ???soldi???
to the rascals who know nothing about the
matter until they were paid to know. Against
tlic hotel and its corps of officers, adminis
trators, chiefs of bureau, and rank and file of
servants, I determined to shut up the ???Soldi???
box, anil to depart by the first train.
Meantime I had by indefatigable exertion,
managed to ???do??? Naples whilst the Neapol
itans were ???doing??? me. It???s a great theater???
its churches, galleries of fine arts, historical
associations und memorable data, reaching
back to the commencement of the Christian
era???and the strange city recovered from the
sea of lava???all these things are too many
and too difficult to group in a single letter.
If I thought any reader of this letter would
dream of going alone to this city of extortion
ists, I would say that ail the wonders of the
[Mist arc not worth the exertion and the vexa
tion I endured to see them. From the sea,
Naples is a beautiful place. The illusion
vanishes when you touch the shore. Com
pared to Turin, Milan or Florence, Naples is
not to be mentioned at all.
The streets are generally narrow, steep, and
filled with a shouting, brawling populace,
who seem to have no sense of refinement, and
scarcely any of common decency. The only
animals that deserved my sympathy or awak
ened my interest, were the poor little don
keys. Some of these were not as tall as my
walking-stick, and were covered up with huge
panniers filled with fruits and vegetables.
Now and then, one of them would lift up his
voice and bray with a vigor that echoed
through ohl Iloniba???s palace and invariably
tlie stalwart gong was responded to by some
fellow-sufferer ???far up the mountain height,???
icrliaps toiling under his load with a lubberly
least of a man astride the thing???s back???the
smutty legs of the man being doubled up to
keep them off the ground. Among all the
???revolutions??? that have occurred or can oc
cur, in Naples, there is at least one that 1
would give a few ???soldi??? to inaugurate; a
revolution of the donkeys against their cruel,
stupid, vagabond drivers and riders. The
largest donkey of them all is not as large as a
mule colt ten*months old, and it is pitiable to
sec the grave, long-eared creatures jogging
away up and down the steep defiles of streets
with immense burdens on their backs. Asleep
on church steps, on the side-walks, every nook
and corner, day and nijfht the miserable laz-
zaroni may be "seen. Out of this sleep only
the hope or dream of ???soldi??? arouses them.
Then a torn shirt is lifted to show a bruised
shoulder, or some real or counterfeited
wound and the greasy cap is extended for
charity.???
Sellers of every conceivable article of small
value catch you by the button-hole, thrust
the article in your pocket and refuse to take
it back, and make off as if it were a gift.
These articles I deposited on the first wall
that came to hand, and heard the hard words
muttered against me with unconcern. Tlic
owners were very careful, however, to take
possession as soon as they iiad left my hand.
To name the nuisances, public and private,
in Naples, would fill a volume.
At last the happy hour came for niv de
parture. The bill paid???the coach fair in
cluded???there was a wonderful interest
awakened in me by the whole establishment.
The ???American??? was going. At the dining-
hall, the stupid waiter, who had been of no
manner of service to me, assumed a very ge
nial look, and bade me ???good bye,??? in very
good English. I responded, hut not with tlie
expected ???soldi.??? Up to my room in the
third story three men, my waiter included,
followed me to look after one portmanteau.
In a moment, a fourth put in an. appearance.
He was the official ???porter.??? A few ???soldi???
I gave him, and my waiter bade me ???good
bye??? again. Once more, I wished him a good
n'iglit, and down tlie steps the procession came
increasing with every story of the descent.
At tlie door tlie carriage stood. Half a
dozen pairs of hands were extended, and as
many ???good byes??? followed. It was, indeed,
a most affecting scene. A good painter might
make his fortune by taking it in colors. But
I affected to see only the porter???s hand, and
dropped four ???soldi??? into them. A shower
of "good lives??? came once more, and I res
ponded en*masse, and told the driver to put
out. which he did. with tlie chief of the por
ters, a dignitary who was essential to me, on
the box. At tlie depot, another ???scene??? oc
curred. Tlie railroad porter earned his "soldi???
by taking my portmanteau twenty steps to
the weighing office. Here, an ingenious
scamp discovered that my scatcliel could be
forced open at the ends by main strength, af
ter undoing two straps, and removing a steel
catch. At once, ' with a shower of
words, he began to cord the
thing all over with a stout twine, and
actually poured burining sealing wax all over
that occasion. My hotel porter had gone to
*' ' *???cket office to get. ray "stamp??????there he
looting, yelling and pushing, as if life
depended on tlie issue. The rascals over tlie
counter were literally plastering my portman
teau with sealing-wax: the registry man was
yelling the number of francs 1 had to pay for
my poor sack, and the railroad porter had
seized my shawl and was making a pass at
my umbrella as security for tlie ???soldi??? due
to him. In tlic midst of it all fifty voices
more were adding to the din. eacli one with
his special trouble, tlie dirt and perspiration
streaming down their cheeks, and the violent
jesticulctions of tlie crowd threatened to
crush my hat, or put my eyes out with a per
fect hail of sticks and umbrellas.
I shall never forget that scene. When my
"stamjied??? ticket came, my railroad porter
was paid; my hotel porter marched mein
triumph to tlie waiting room to be locked up
for half an hour, and left the heroes of the
cords and the sealing-wax to whistle for their
???soldi!??? Never did any of king ???Bomba???s???
soldiers march through these halls with a
prouder step than I and my hotel friend on
this occasion. When he put down my shawl
on tlie bench to wait tlie opening of the door
to the cars, he looked up at -me with an air
of triumph that brings a hearty smile to me
now, that the tiling is over. Tlien, I felt very
much like taking him by tlie hand, and con
gratulating him and myself upon our splen
did victory. His face was radiant with a mag
nificent sense of his achievements, and every
dimpleof his swarthy face proclaimed,'???there*!
if that docs not deserve a tranc, what human
action can???? I agreed with him, gave the
franc, and set down, as he made me a polished
bow, a military salute, and retired with a
graceful pirouette from the scene of his glory,
leaving me to muse over the battle that had
been fougiit and won. Half an liou* after
wards the door was opened, and a scramble
for carriages began. Happily, for me. there
were not a dozen going to ???Roma??????so I got
a preferred seat, and one other person in the
compartment at the start, got out two or
three stations ahead, and I had the whole
[dace to myself, and slept soundly as a brave
warrior on the battle field, until we pulled
up at Roma.
Nine o???clock was the minute for starting,
but after half a dozen preliminary snorts of
the iron horse, the ringing of as many bells,
and the melodious twang of tlie guard???s horn
sounded as many times, it seemed that tiiere
was something the matter. What it was, I
could not learn. Ten minutes elapsed, how
ever, before we left. As tlie train moved off I
saw a singular procession on the left of tlie cars.
Something was being drawn, either
by men or a diminutive donkey,
with lighted torches in advance.
It occurred to me that it was a funeral pro
cession, and in this picturesque manner, and
with measured step they were taking some
[loor fellow to his long home. But a moment
afterward other lights and a similar proces
sion came into view. There could not be two
funerals at the same time after tills fashion,
I thought. In a moment or two we turned a
curve, and looking out of tlie window I saw
tlie cause of this unique procession. There
was a fire, close by the railroad track, and
these men on the dismal march were firemen
escorting an engine somewhat larger than a
garden sprinkler, to a row of buildings then
wrapt in iiamos! As we passed by the heat
was intense???volumes of smoke arose from
tiie spot, and as nearly as I could see, tlie gar
den sprinklers stood but a small chance in
putting out a fiame a hundred feet or more in
breadth.
So witli Vesuvius sending its column of flame
and smoke on one hand, and a row of houses
lighting up tlie topmost peak of Naples with
ruddy light, upon tlie otiier, I made my exit
from a place I desire never to see again???no,
not if I could fight and win a dozen baggage
battles as gloriously as that was won upon
this sultry August night. Tlie coal-red heights
of the volcano, and the vision of water buckets
flying through the air to a tank form a brace
of recollections in my first and last adiew to
Naples. W. P. H.
A Physician???* Advice of How to CSaln Health.
Harrisburg, Pa., Marcli 30, 1881.
Nothing is more charming and attractive
than a thoroughly healthy, perfectly formed
woman; a liright-eyed, rosy, laughing, joyous,
happy-faced girl, one who finds keen pleasure
in merely living. An invalid wife or moth
er is a constant object of sympathy in an oth
erwise contented household. Happy tlic
home whose women folk enjoy perfect health.
In my practice I have always recommended
sickly women to use Brown's Iron Bitters. In
case of irregularites, dyspepsia, indigestions
heartburn, nausea, sour stomach, nervousnes.
and exhaustive debility, I find that it exceed
all other remedies as a true medicinal tonic
It never fails to gently soothe, refresh and
strengthen the general system, and especially
those parts made weak by continued distress';
and what satisfies me most is, that tlie cures,
although in some instances gradual, are al
ways permanent.???M. D. oct23 d&wlw
Ax Autauga county, Alabama, poison was used to
increase the production of cotton in the fields.
About two hundred pounds more per acre was
realized.
E*??Ilr Proven.
It is easily proven that malarial fevers, con
stipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys,
jeneral debility, 'nervousness, and neuralgic
ailments yield readily to this great disease
conqueror^ Hop Bitters. It repairs the rava
ges of disease by converting tlie food into rich
blood, and it gives new life and vigor to the
aged and infirm always.
MERCHANTS
Visiting Atlanta during the exposition will
find it to their interest by calling on Atkins,
McKeldin & Co., 35 Peachtree street, examin
ing tlftrir stock of hats and caps and boots and
shoes before buying. They buy direct from
tlie manufacturers and can and will duplicate
eastern prices.
1158 oct25???wky tiidcel.5
???lion. James F. Wilson is said Jo have the inside
track in the Iowa senatorial race.
ShlloV* ConsnmpUve Cars.
This Is beyond question the most successful Cough
Medicine we have ever sold: a few doses invariably
cure the worst eases of Cough, Croup and Bronchi
tis, while its wonderful success in the cure of con
sumption is without a parallel in the history of
medicine. Since its first diseoverv it has been sold
guarantee, a test which no other medicine can
stand. If you have a cough we earnestly ask
you to try it. Price 10 cents, 50 cents, and 51. If
ronr lungs are sore. Chest or Back Lame, use Shi
loh???s Porous plaster. Price 25 cents. Sold by all
druggists.
502 julyl;???demeow sun wed fri&weow
???Mrs. Barney Williams, the actress, lost 810,000
worth of proiierty???costumes, manuscript, etc.???in
the late storage-house fire in New York.
SHILOH???S CaTaRRH REMEDY, a marvelous
cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker mouth and
Headache. With each' bottle there is au ingenious
nasal Injector for the more successful treatment of
these comolaiuts without extra charge. Price 50
cents. Sold by all druggists.
502 j uly 17???dfimeow sun wed fri&wkeow
???Senator Bayard???s wife is an invalid, and rarely
;oes out or receives calls.
We are strongly disposed to regard that per
son as tlie best physician who docs most to al
leviate human suffering. Judged from this
standard, Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233Westem
avenue. Lynn, Massachusetts, is entitled to
the front rank, for her Vegetable Compound
daily working wonderful cures in female
diseases. Send for circular to the above ad
dress.
oct'J dlw sun wed fri A wlw
???Ex-Governor Throckmorton is ill at San Antonio,
Texas.
Anftwer thl* Question.
Why do so many people we see around us seem to
irefer to suffer and be made miserable by indiges-
ion, constipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, coming
' eu for 75 cents we
p o
all
them. Sold by all druggists.
502 julyl7???uCmeowsun wed fri&weow
???General and Mrs. Grant expect to spend the
winter in Washington, and their daughter. Mrs.
Sartoris, will probably be with them in a few
weeks.
???For impure blood, disfiguring eruptions
and scrofula, the Liebig Co???s Coca Beef Tonic
is without equal. Beware of cheap counter
feits. oct2I d&wlw fri sun wed.
George II. Berthard, the lawyer who professed
desire to shoot Guitcau in the Washington court
room, figured in Omaha three years ago as drunk
ard and temperance lecturer.
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
lias ever done, and it is besides very agreeable
to take.??? Beware of counterfeits. Ask for
Liebig Co???s Coca Beef Tonic. It will recon
struct the most shattered and enfeebled, rein-
gorate the aged and infirm, and make
sickly children and infants blooming and
healthy. octl4 dlw fri sun we&wlw
A ballet dancer dieu recently at Naples, leaving
large fortune. This shows how easy it is to accu
mulate wealth when one dresses economically.
???Byspejitic symptoms, such as retasting of
tlie food, belching, heat in tlie stomach, heart
burn, etc., promptly cured by Brown???s Iron
Bitters. oct23 d&wlw
Expostulation was useless. My grinning
waited understood neither French, Italian,
Gentian, nor English. His skull was as thick
as a millstone. The Nepolitau dialect oi Ital-
the strap buckles to keep my little portman
teau from being robbed on the train! This
he pretended to be the reason of tills senseless
proceeding???the real one was to extort "soldi???
trom me for protecting my property. In vain
I joined the din, hooted and yelled like a na
tive Neapolitan against this outrage on my
property, but a wide counter was lietween us,
and be he had four strapping fellows to help
him in digging with their fists and yelling
with their discordant voices. I mixed English
and Italian freely???told them they were pi-
olive leaf. For ten cents in IVashTujft'Sn I i ??tes. rascals, thieves, ladroucs, banditti, and
have made a more hearty and enjoyable meal th * f ,k *- hut m * r mv ??? rTW ??? r S51pk tijjg g' ppa ??? 1
The canal around the Musele shoals, Tennessee,
will be completed within two years, when the Ten
nessee will be navigable from Paducah to Knox
ville, some 580 miles.
The highest hopes and interest of the race
rest on tlie purity, health and strength of
womanhood. We take pleasure in referring
our readers to the remarkable efficacy of Lydia
E. Pinkham???s Vegetable Compound in all
that class of diseases front which women suf-
er so much. octlG dlw fri sun&wed
The Methodi^fepiscopal church will establish
magnificent university in Chattanooga, provided
that city will give the ground for the structure that
is to be built. v
Colonel John C Whitner,
Of Atlanta, Georgia, says he owes his life to
Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
octlG???d2w sun wcd&fri & \v2w
???A sermon in six lines: A penny makes more
noise in the contribution box than a five-dollar bill,
and the man who gives the penny usually makes
more noise than the giver of the bill when it comes
to say ???ameus??? or voting on church management.???
Christian at Work.
the like, but over my carpet sack they spread
tlie sealing wax, until it looked like a large
money envelope from Adams???s express com
pany. If ever a lone American was
???in a fix??? I claim the honor on
Let the poor sufferers from female com
{ ilaints take courage and rejoice that a p:'
css remedy iias been found. We refer .
Lydia E. i???inkhani???s Vegetable Compound.
It* is prepared at 233 Western Avenue, Lynn
Mass, fiend to Mrs, Pinkham for pamphlets
oct23 d&wlvy sun wed fri
???How i>o you manage.??? saida lady to her
friend, ???to appear so ixappy ail the time????
???I always have Parker's GingerTonic handy,'
was the reply, ???and thus keep myself a'nd
family in good health. When I am well T
always feel good-natured." See other column
sepl7???dim tus thars sat&wlm2dp
TheSIoss furnace now building at Birmingham,
Ala., will cost when completed 81 St",(XX): will employ
about 250 men, aud will have a capacitv of 80 tons
per day.
???Tlie demand for White's Cream Vermi
fuge increases, because it is the best remedy
for worms. Children who take it are speedily
relieved.
Oct22 dlw sat tues thurs&wlt
Forty Years' Experience of an Old Nurse.
Mrs. Wjxslow???s Soothixg Stepp is the prescrip
tion of one of the best female physicians and nurses
in the United States, and has been used for forty
years with never-failing success by millions of
mothers for their ch ildren. It relieves the child from
pain, cures dysentery and diarrh'jea. griping in the
bowels and wind-colic. By giving health to the child
it rests the mother. Price 25 cents a bottle.
mar26???dly sat snn wed&wly
James Flixt, of Pliiladelpha, I1L, will soon
enter upon his 107th year. He attributes his lon
gevity to tobacco, which he has constantly used
since boyhood.
PERRY DAVIS??? PAIN KILLER.
of tlie food, yellow skin, when .... ,??wuu> ??? c
??? sell them Shiloh???s Yitalizcr, guaranteed to cure
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
BONDS, STOCKS AND MONEY.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, October 22,1881.
% off | Selling -par
BXCHANGE^-
ying at
INDS???
Georgia 6s 109 @111
Ga. 7s, 1886 ...109 @111
Ga. 7s, 1896.. ..122 @125
Ga. 7s, gold ...116 @118
Ga. Ss 110 @111
Western ICR.
Ala. first
mortgage ...116 @118
Atlanta 6s 100 @102
Water 7s. 110 @112
City 7s.....110 @112
City As 116 @118
10s .AOS @110
Aug. City 7s ..110 @112
Wo quote long dates; short dates are lower.
RAILROAD STOCKS-
& W P st'k. 78 @ 82
do. scrip..... 98 @100
At. & Char.... 70 @72
Aug. & Sav ...120 @122
Central 118 @120
do. scrip 98 @100
At
???Germany has subterranean telegraphs connect
ing two hundred and twenty-one towns and cost
ing 87,000,000.
???The bottom out, a grand bargain, open till No
ember 1st. We have a large lot of solid calf and
kip peg shoes and boots for men and women, suita
ble for plantation or every day wear, which we offer
at a sacrifice as we intend going out of this line in
order to increase our fine hand made and custom
goods???can furnish any sizes or quantities. Mct'alla
Bros., 3 Whitehall. oct23d&wlt
???W. H. Vanderbilt???s special train made the run
from New York to Albany, a distance of 144 miles,
on Wednesday in 205 minutes. The fastest time
hitherto made was 210 minutes.
For Colic and Grab*.
in my mules and horses I give Simmons Liver
Regulator. I have not lost one that I gave it
E. T. Taylor,
Agent for Grangers of Georgia.
Genuine prepared only by J. PI. Zcilin & Co,
???Queen Victoria???s children stand iu great awe of
her. They are on far easier terms with their fath
er, whom they adored.
???A Nobby lot of new alpaca umbrellas very dn
rablc, stylish and cheup, just in at McCalla Bros, 3
Whitehall street. oct23d&wlt
???Contributions are being collected for a memo
rial to President Harrison at North Bend, Ohio,
where he is buried, in the shape of a Methodist
church, to cost 810,000.
Horafferd???a Adil Phosphate
Is of great benefit to pastors when, run down
by long continued brain work.
Senator David Davis has but one child, a
daughter, who five years ago married a sou of Jus
tice Swayne.
The Wdl-Known Sportsman, Harry Hamilton,
132 West 31st street, N. Y., did not belive
a ringbone could be cured until he used Giles???s
Liniment Iodide Ammonia, and now cures
spavins, splints and thorough-pins by its use
Sold by all druggists. Send for pamphlet,
GILES??? PILLS cure dyspepsia.
De. Giles,
120 West Broadway, New York.
Trial size, 25 cents. oct23 cl2t sun wed
It is announced that Mayor Harrison, of
Chicago, is soon to be united in marriage to Miss
Maggie Steams.
???Bnchnpalba???
New,quick, complete cure 4 days, urinary affec
tions, smarting, frequent or difficult urination, kid
ney disease. 81. Druggists. Depot, Lamar, Rank
in & Lamar, Atlanta.
David A. Wells lias been elected president
of the Delta Upsin fraternity to succeed the late
President Garfield.
Liquid or Dry.
Some people prefer to purchase medicine in
the dry state so that they ean see for them
selves that they are purely vegetable. Others
have not the time or desire to prepare the
medicine, and wish it already to use.
To accorimiodaie each class the proprietors
of Kidney-Wort now offer that well-known
remedy in botli liquid and dry forms.
Sold* by druggists everywhere.???Truth.
A portrait model of Guiteau has been
placed in the chamber of horrorsat Mme. Tussaud???i
exhibition, Loudon.
BURNETT???S C0C0AINE
promotes a vigorous and healthy growth op
the hair.
It has been used in thousands of cases where
tlie hair was coming out. and has never failed
to arrest decav. Use BURNETTS FLAVOR
ING EXTRACTS???the best.
???A new lot of ladies fine kid button boots, work
ed button hole?, heel plate and box toed, at 82.50???
a big drive, at McCalla Bros., 3 Whitehall street.
oct23d&wlt
Tiie crown prince and princess of Denmark
have come into about ??3,(XX),000 by the death "
Prince-Frederiek, of the Netherlands.
???Another heavy lot of shirts received, a great
bargain, at McCalla Bros., 3 Whitehall street.
oct23d&wlt
???Delicate and lasting: Imperial Boquet Cologne,
for sale in any quantity at the drugstore of Parks &
Janes. 829 lwk
???Visitors and exhibitors are specially invited
examine fine hand made shoes, stylish hats and
laige line shirts and underwear???"low prices to all???
our motto, McCalla Bros., 3 Whitehall, Centennial
building. oct23d&wlt
PERRY DAVIS???
PAW KILLER
IS A PURELY VEGETABLE REMEDY
F2R ir*TZn?2AL AHS EXTERNAL USE.
A Sure and Spoedy Cure for Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds, Diphtheria, Chills, Diarrhea,
Pvsi.ntery, Cramps, Cholera, Cummer Complaint, ?????????ick Headache, Neuralgia, Cuts,
Lit.sv.s. i proirs, Rheutnrtilcra, otc,
; n-eGy sue m use tr.t"" .r> or estenraK ard c .Train to affmd relict No family
(???-??? ??? 'O )%??? r* Si.V.,5oc. i.i.'Li -. hot Go.
??? ?????? - ??? T,
5???d&wly eptember*October whole next read mat
DR. HARTERS??? IRON TONIC. ,
FnXanmt andrnomA
mcHifeJ fti?? the mrrll-l
cal jirofesnien, form
ttuanepeia, General I
DeOilitu. Wemale Die-1
ease*, frant of Vital- ???
ity, .Terr??HV Vroetra-???
Imii, ami Convalee-a
heeneefrotnVeeere.A-e.f
Gkntlkmm: 1 was saffertas Iron punl dsbilitj to such an axt.nt that my labor was exceedingly bur-
docsome torn*. A. vacation of a month did not giro m. much relief, bnt oathe contrary, was followed by
/ 111 noon u ,
and rigor ot body, has come also a clearness of thought nererbefore <
work, I know not what. 1 sirs It the credit .
/The Iron
lamersN
zmm/??
very traraesr i
Tenistenecei _
UAMffltHm ' THf PR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. HO. 318 HUB MAIM STREET, ST. ICUH.
Sav. City 5s
new 87 @ 89
Macon City... 97 @ 96
Col. City 78 @ 88
Ga. R. R. 6s...107 @109
Cent. U.R.7S..115 @117
W&A R. Les
sees; 10 pc.
ine???e b???ds...ll5 @120
Ala. Class A
2 to 5 75 @78
Class A small 76 @ 78
Class B5s 94 @ 95
Class C 4s 83 @ 85
West Point Railroad.
Total
Receipts previously.
s-M
88,931
Stock September 1
Grand total - ..........
SHIPMENTS.
Shipments for to-day
???shipments previously
Local consumption previously
Total
40,891
26,090
13,904
C. & Aug. 47 @49
E T Va & Ga.. 14 @ 16
Georgia 163 @172
Mem. & Char. 70 @ 72
North Car 90 @ 95
Rich.& Dan... 99 @101
South Car 40 @ 45
Southw???n 118 @120
By Telegraph.
NEW YORK, October22???11 a.m.???The stock market
opened strong and a fraction higher, and specula
tion hi the general list has been strong in tone up to
this hour, prices showing anjadvance on yesterday???s
closing quotations of J4@ik per cent, coal shares
and Union Pacific leading the upward movement.
Manhattan elevated, which closed 48%@48%, opened
at 49%, receded to 48% and rallied to 49%.
NEW Y???ORK, October 22 ???Noon ??? Stocks dull.
Money 5@6. Exchange???Long 84.79%; short 84.83%.
Governments dull. State Bonds dull.
Evening???Exchange 84.79%. Governments quiet;
new fives 101; fourand a half per cents 112%; four
per cents 115%. Money 2@5. State.Bonds moderate
ly active.
Sub-treasury balances:
Coin S75.6S3.975 Currency ......8 4,967.780
Stocks closed generally firm.
Ala. Class A 2 to 5 7??% Lou. & Nash 93%
do. Class A small _*S() Mem. & Char 73
Ala. Class B Ss -'-.Xl N. C., & St. Louis.._ 80
do. Class O 4s 80 N. Y. Central 137%
Chicago & N. VV 128% Pittsb???g F.W. & C ...???140
do. Preferred 132 Rich. & Alleghany.- 40
Erie 44% Rock Island ???133%
EastTeuuR. R 15 Wab., St. L. & Pac... 48%
Ga. R. R -.170 do. Preferred 8S%
Hlinois Central 129% Western Union 8G%
Lake Shore 119%
*Offered.
THE COTTON HAHKET
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, October 22,1881.
THEjWEEK???S REVIEW???FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21.
New York???There is no material change in the
condition of the cotton market Futures have been
quiet aud steady all the week, and very little inter
est has been manifested by speculators. The de
crease in net receipts, as compared with last year,
has exercised considerable comment, but it is barely
possible that a proportional decrease will be main
tained throughout the remainder of the season.
The months show no quotable change in prices as
compared with the close last week, and the market
at present is very steady. The spot market is also
very quiet, and only a moderate demand has pre
vailed this week; middling closed to-day unchanged
at ll%c.
Net receipts for the week ending to-day 181,771
bales, against 186.035 bales last week and against
234,154bales for the corresponding week last year;
exports for the week 79,869 bales; same time last year
105,030bales; stock 575,320 bales; same time last year
557,658 bales.
The local cotton market has been quiet this week
and only a moderate inquiry has prevailed. For
the past day or two, however, the tone improved
some and an advance of %c was made on the better
grades. Low grades show but little change, and the
market lor such rules quiet and generally dull. At
the exchanges only a fair amount of business was
transacted. Receipts for the week ending to-day
amount to S.505 bales, against 8,512 bales last week
and against 9,473 bales for the corresponding week
last year. ???
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22.
New York???The cotton market opened several
points higher this morning, but continued quiet
and steady all day. After the opening a firm tone
was developed which caused a moderate advance
in futures, but later in the day the feeling moder
ated and lower prevailed. At the close the market
stood pretty much at opening quotations with fu
tures steady. The spot market ruled firmer to-day
but no change in quotations occurred; middling
ll%c.
Net receipts to-day 30,998 bales, against 35,713 bales
last year; exports 9,871 bales; last year 28,218 bales;
stock 599,317 bales; last year 554,697 bales.
Below we give the opening and closing quotations
of cotton futures to-day:
OPENED. CLOSED.
October -..11.42@11.50 October _.ll.47@ll.48
November ???11.4G@11.48 November 11.50@11.5L
December. H.65@ll.66 December ll.C6@ll.67
January ....._..11.85@11.S6 January ll.8t@ll.85
February 12.G1@12.02 February 12.00@U2.01
March 12.16@12.17 March 12.15@V2.16
April 12.2S@U2.30 April 12.29@U2.S0
May U2.40@12.4l May 12.40@!2 42
June??? 12.55@U2.o6 June : U2.51@12.53
July 12.67@12.68 July .'. . .12.G2@12.6I
Closed steady: sales 86,000 bales.
Liverpool ??? Futures closed steady. Spots???Up
lands C%d; Orleans 6 7-16d; sales 10,000 bales, of
which 8,700 bales were American; receipts 3,950;
American 3,9o9.
There was a better demand for cotton in the local
market to-day, and business generally was much
improved. Spats, while firmer, are still quotably
unchanged, but toward the close showed an upward
tendency. Receipts to-day amount to 854 bales, of
which 144 bales were received from wagons. The
following prices ruled at the close: Good middling
lie; middling lG%c; low middling 10%e; strict good
ordinary 10c; ordinary 8c.
The following is our statement of receipts and
shipments for to-day:
RECEIPTS.
Stock on hand.
The following is our comparative statement:
Receipts to-day 854
Same day last year. 1,646
Showing u decrease of 792
Receipts since September 1 39,485
Same time last year. 44,876
Showing a decrease of 5,391
By Telegraph.
'LIVERPOOL, October 22???noon ??? Cotton firm;
middling uplands 6%; Orleans 6 7-16; sales 10.000
bales; speculation and export 1,000; receipts 3.950;
all American; uplands low middling clause Octo
ber delivery 6 9 32@G 5-16; October and November
delivery 6 9-32@6 5-16; November and December
delivery 6 5-16@6 11-32: December and January de
livery 6%@613-32; January nnd February deliverv
6 7-1' ??? 1 ??? '
61
April . _ ???
June deliver}??? 6%; futures opened firm."
LIVERPOOL, October 22???2:00 p. m.???Sales of
American 8,700 bales; uplands low middling clause
May nnd June delivery <* 21-32; June and July de
livery 6 11-16; futures closed steady.
NEW YORK,October 22.???Cotton quiet but firm;
middling uplands 11%: middling Orleans 11%: sales
729 bales; net receipts 52; gross 3,964; consolidated
net receipts 30,998; exports to Great Britain 695; to
France 4,141; to continent 5,035.
NEW YORK, October 21???The following is the
comparative statement for the week ending to-day:
Net receipts at all United States ports. 181,771
Same time last year. 231154
Showing a decrease 52,383
Total receipts from September 1 958,518
Same time best year 1,084.681
Showing a decrease 126,1(21
Exports f??>r the week 79,S0??
Same week last year 105,136
Showing a decrease 25,267
Total ex)airts to date 452,414
Same time last year 547,307
Showing a decrease- 54,893
Stock at all United States ports 575,320
Same lime last year 557.658
Showing an increase.. 11.662
Stock at interior towns 99,516
Same time last year 84,975
Showing an Increase. 14,541
Stock at Liverpool 542,000
Same time last year. 368,000
Showing an increase 174,000
American cotton afloat for Great Britain 195,000
Same time last year. 223,000
Showing a decrease 28,000
SAVANNAH,October 22???Cottonquiet: middling
NEW ORLEANS, October 2???Cotton firm: mid
dling 11%; low middling 10%; good ordinary 10%;
net receipts 3,231 bales; gross 3,670; sales 4,500;
stock 169,236; exhorts to France 4,141; to continent
3,600.
AUGUSTA, October 22???Cotton firm; middling
10%; low middling 10%: good ordinun- 9%; net re
ceipts 1.446 bales; shipments none; sales 1,076.
CHARLESTON, October 22 ??? Cotton linn; mid
dling 11%; low middling 10%: good ordinary 10%;
net receipts 6,741 bales; gross???; sales 1,600; stock
76,926.
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE.
Atlanta, October 22,1881.
The following quotations indicate the fluctuations
on the Chicago board of trade to-day:
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
November. 1 35% 1 36% 1 35% 1 36
December. 1 36% 1 37% 1 37% 1 37%
PORK.
16 85 16 75
November 16 S5
CLEAR RIB SIDES.
November. 8 60 8 65
8 65
16 75
8 65
Float*, Grata and HeaL
ATLANTA, October 22???Flour???Dull but steady.
The mills have good stocks on hand; fanev S9.C0@
810.75; extra family $8.75; family ??8.50. Wheat???
Chicago???The future months have moved irregularly
during the past few days, but compared with the
quotations of a week ago 110 material change has
taken place, the market at present being somewhat
lower. The local market is decidedly quiet anil
dull. The mills have all laid in heavy stocks, and
as flour is dull and business light, sales are very
moderate. Seed wheat is in very fair demand. To
day spots ruled as follows: milling 3LG0@$1.65;
seed 8l.75@82.00: fadey seed S2.25@S3.00. Com???
Lxceedinply quiet, and sales have been light all
the week. The preseut high prices have a decided
tendency to keep off buyers. No that new com is
coming in this line will be reduced for some time
to come; tve quote choice white in sacks31.00, small
1 ts a fraction higher; yellow 95, small lots higher.
Oa^-Feed 62%@C5c. Meal???81.00. Grits???Firm at
CINCINNATI, October 22.???Flour dull; family ??6 90
@$7.15; fancy87.40@??8.00. Wheat strong: No. 2 red
winter 81.45. Com steady: No. 2 mixed 69. Oats
easier: No 2 mixed 4G%@47.
Provisions.
ATLANTA, October 22???The demand for provis
ions ts remarkably light for the season, and clear
11b sides are shipping at 10%c, but these prices are
barely sustained. Bacon ??? Inquiry moderate for
sides; sugar-cured hams are firm but steady at 14%
@15c. Lard???In fairdemand atquotations; we quote
best leaf scarce at 16%@17c; refined 14@14%; cans
14C(ttlo.
CHICAGO, October 22???Pork steady and in fair
demand; S16.75@816.80November; S16.90@$16.95 De-
Lard 7airly active and a shade higher;
ll.(>2%@ll.&i cash and November; 11.75@11.77% De
cember. Bulk meats stronger; shoulders 7%; short
clear 9.40.
NEW Y'ORK, October 22???Pork dull, weal: and un
unsettled; new mess spot 818.25@8lS.50. Middles
dull and weak; long clear 9%; short clear 10%.
Lard lower and less active, closing weak; prime
steam spot 11.90@11.05.
By w;
Air-1
???Line Railroad
Georgia Railroad
Central Railroad-
Western and Atlantic Railroad-
144
41
300
231
97
???*n??trr Produce.
ATLANTA, October22???Eggs???17c. Butter???Fancy
scarce and in demand at 27%@30c; choice 25c;
prime i8@20c; the lower grades are plentiful.
Sweet Potatoes???75@80c?? bushel. Poultrv???Young
chickens in good demand at li@25c, owing to size;
hens 28@30c. insn Uuiacoes???S3.7.5@8t.00. Dried
Fruit???Dull atquotations; apples 3%@4c; peaches
nominal with moderate stocks offering. \Vax???20%
@21c. Onions???84.50@8I.75. Cabbage???3@3%c: good
X^'! c - ou ??? arket - Feathers???Choice 55@50e; prime
53@a>. Cheese???13%@15%c.
Uve Stock.
CINCINNATI, October 22???Hogs steadv; common
and light S5.00@SG.20; packing and butchers $-3.U0{j??