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THE CONSTITUTION.
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Atlanta Post-office assccond-class
matter, November 11,1878.
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WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, SIX MONTHS, 81.00
ATLANTA, GA.,DECEMBER 27,1881.
The legislature of Tennessee will visit the
exposition on Tuesday.
The liquor traffic in Kansas is increasing
rapidly, notwithstanding the vigilance of the
state officials.
Politics run dry as Christmas draws nigh
What a pity there could not be perpetual
Christmas.
past; full of happiness for the present, and j machine in the world for every branch of bis
full of hope for the future. A Christmas so | business.
full of peace and prosperity that those who j The effect of, this has been wonderful. Al-
enjoy it may have the leisurtfand inclination | most every man who has an improved irnple-
to share a little with those j??or souls to j nient for farming, whether it be a plow, a
whom the season brings nothing but the ??? gin, a planter or actress, has sold immense
pressure of poverty. A Christmas full of quantities. One farmer bought thirty cotton
O???Donovax, the man who captured the peo
ple of Mcrv by his eloquence, has made him
self obnoxious to the sultan, and .now lan
guishes in prison.
Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, will everbe
a welcome visitor to his mother state, who
rejoices in bis well-earned fame in the state of
his adoption.
The Irish landlords are dissatisfied with the
execution of the land act. The best thing
these patriots could do would be to go west
and grow up in a new country.
The $10,000 beauty has been turningadazed
reporter's bead by her witchery, and an
nounces her purpose to star the country on
her own account next season.
English butchers could pay no higher
, tribute to the quality of American beef than
by palming it off as the Saxon article. The
English sales foro ur product are steadily in
creasing.
The Florida lund company has sold two
million acres of its recent purchase to an
English company of capitalists, It is said
that immediate steps will be taken to settle
and develop the territory sold.
Floiuda is rapidly developing. A dredge
is being taken up the Catoosaliatchcc to Lake
Hickapoochcc to make connection with Lake
Okcchoobee, The next progressive step
should be to abolish the names.
The whole world goes out in sympathy to
ward the survivors of the ill-fated Jeannette.-
Prince and peasant alike feel an interest in
the rescue of the brave men wlio^re now cut
off from civilisation almost under the shadow
of the north pole.
The interest in the discussion of the fate of
the confederate treasure train continues.
General Johnston???s card will not meet the
expectations of the public, and fails to do
justice to the reputation of its writer, lie is
now at the bar of public opinion, and must
meet criticisms with something better than
unskilful evasion.
???The final official figures??? of the tenth cen
sus are presented to the country in bulletin
No. 271. The population of Georgia is 1,542,-
180, against 1,184,109 in 1870. Our present
population consists of 702,981 males and 779
199 females. There are only 10,504 people of
foreign birth in the state. The whites nun*
her 810,900, and the blacks 725,133, and there
are seventeen Chinamen and 124 Indians in
the state.
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The theater disaster in Vienna will pass
into history as one of the most dreadful that
ever occurred. The number of lives lost is
now officially put at 794. I twill be strange
indeed if this loss does not lead to new law
and new precautions for the safety of people
in similar places of amusement in every part
of the civilized world. Georgia should not be
an exception in such a movement
Hon. Bknj. Harris Brewster, of Philadel
phia, was promptly confirmed yesterday by
the senate, and is, no doubt, to-day in control
of the law detriment of the government
Mr. Brewster was bom in 1816, and has long
lieen a prominent member of the Philadel
phia bar. He is a stalwart of stalwarts, al
though up to the war lie was a staunch demo
crat and had close relations with the old
democratic leaders. His wife isadauglitcr of
the late Robert J. Walker, of Mississippi.
The Georgia cities need to-day more per
haps than any other financial enterprise
supply of savings banks???genuine savings
banks, anil not institutions of the dividend-
making, money-getting variety. No town
can become prosperous and happy that has
not facilities for the care anil investment of
small savings. If Mr. Sam Inman, or some
equally patriotic citizen and clear-headed
financier, could spare the time to supervise
such an institution in Atlanta he could inau
gurate a work that would be of almost incal
culable benefit to the people.
Mr. Bancroft Davis, who was yesterday
confirmed as assistant secretary of state,
expected to take the laboring oar of the easy
going department. His diplomatic experi
ence began in 1849, when he was appointed
secretary of legation at London. General
Grant made him assistant secretary of state
in 1809, and in 1871 lie became the secretary
of the joint high commission. In 1873 he
resumed his old place in the state department,
atid in 1871 was appointed minister to Berlin
resigning in 1877. He resigned a life place on
the bench of the court of claims to re-enter
the diplomatic service. He is rich, well-con
nected, and altogether respectable.
The new postmaster general, Timothy O.
Howe, is one of the old guard who stood by
???the old soldier,??? with never a doubt of his
loyally. He is a native of Maine, where he
was educated, went to the bar and attained
seat in the legislature in 1S45, resigned and
moved to Wisconsin the same year. He was
a supreme judge in the latter stkte five years,
and held a seat in the United States senate
three full terms, eighteen years. He is old
64 next February; a shrewd political man
ager, a keen book lawyer, wlio never has been
suspected of knowing anything else or caring
for anybody but himself. His son-in-law,
Colonel Totten, is one of the chief counsel
for the star route defendants. Howe is thor
oughly disliked by the more liberal members
of his own party.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Following close upon the footsteps of Santa
-Olaus in the darkues of the early dawn. The
Constitution drops in upon, its readers this
morning to wish them A Merry Christmas
A Christmas full of tender memories of the
songs and laughter and music for the chil
dren, and sober, hearty enjoyment for the old
folks. This is the Christmas The Constitu
tion would briflg to its readers this morning.
THE CLOSING OF THE EXPOSITION.
One week from this morning the cotton ex
position will be closed, and ten years will
come and go before Georgia will see such an
other show.
There are thousands of people living in At
lanta who have never yet been within the
exjtosition gates, and men of position, wealth
and intelligence, at that, It can hardly be
I>ossiblc that they will let the opportunity
finally pass without having paid Oglethorpe
park one visit at least.
There arc thousands of people throughout
the state, who apparently take great interest
the material progress of Georgia that have
never been to see the grandest display of her
resources ever made. We cannot believe tliat
these gentlemen intend to stay away till the
exposition closes. We consequently look for
large crowd next week.
We learn from Mr. Wrenn, the bead of the
transportation department, that one cent ex
cursions will be run from every direction for
the next six days and the attendance for
those days, the last of the exposition, ought
to be the biggest of all the big days. Let
everybody come out and see the exposition
and its wonders before the gates are finally
closed and the wondrous exhibits scattered to
the four quarters of America.
planters of new pattern???another bought- ten
cotton seed cleaners, and others bought pro
portionately. The purchasers come from
every rural district in the south, and the im
portation into tlieir neighborhoods of im
proved machinery will result in the purchase
of much more. We may reasonably look for
the general introduction of better tools or
implements, and consequently better meth
ods, as the outcome of the exposition. We
shall have more efficient farming, larger crops
raised at less cost, handled in better shape
and marketed to better advantage. In tills
reform???the value of which can hardly be
estimated???one of the ??? results of tire cotton
expositon predicted by The Constitution
will have beon worked out
REMUS.
Senator Hill showed up the true inwardness of
republican professions of civil service reform the
other day, and now the organs are accu ring him of
waving the bloodyshirt. The exposure of repub
licanism appears to be a violent form of isioyaltv.
To Englishmen Frenchmen and Mr. Henry
James, Jr., America is the queerest country under"
the sun. There is a tendency to criticize Mr. James,
but even the tomtit will tell you that we can never
be happy without ivy mantled towers.
ADULTERATION OF EOOD.
The prevalence of paralysis lias caused con
siderable comment in our city. Three or
four prominent citizens have died recently
from paralysis in one form or another. A
gentleman well posted on this subject called
our attention to this a few days since and re
marked that paralysis resulted in many cases
from the use of adulterated food. This gen
tleman remarked that a large quantity of the
Hour, syrup, lard, sugar and coffee now used
daily was adulterated, and that nearly all the
candy made, except rock candy, was also
adulterated. If this is true the prevalence of
paralysis can be easily accounted for. We do
not vouch for what the gentleman says, but
it is a subject that will do to investigate.
One thing we do know to be true, and
that is that something causes the disease,
and if leading articles of food are adulterated,
it can be very easily traced to that source. A
leading physician, to whose attention this
matter lias been brought, says that be bad no
doubt whatever that the prevalence of paral
ysis now could be traced to the use of adul
terated food. It is an injury or disease, he
says, of the nervous centers, and acts on a
human being just as the use of impure and
worthless lubricating oil do'es on machinery
It clogs up the system, and the longer it is
used the more certain it is to finally render
the machinery utterly useless. It would be
well for our legislature to take some steps to
look into this adulteration of food. If it is
carried on to one-tenth the extent intimated
above, it should be prevented by penal laws
at once. It is a subject that consumers
should carefully inspect, and in every in
stance where there is adulteration of any
kind to turn tlieir forces against it.
THE EXPOSITION REPORTS.
The exposition lias already received tlie
unanimous recognition of the country as one
of the most successful and significant events
in our industrial history. From all sections
of the union it has been visited by admiring
thousands of people wlio have carried back to
their homes glowing reports of the strange
and marvellous exhibits here made. In all
parts of the union there are tens of thousands
of people who would have delighted in visi
ting the exposition, but for many reasons
were debarred that gratification. Among this
class are undoubtedly hundreds of wide
awake, intelligent and progressive men
who expect," in a measure, to supplement ill
fortune by reading in full the official reports
of the transactions bad at this second world'
fair of the United States. We know this from
tlie extent of tlie inquiries already made con
cerning the fullness and time of appearance
of these reports.
As yet we believe no action lias been taken
by tlie management of the exposition in this
matter. We cannot urge them too strongly to
do so at once. It will not be necessary for
them to print such volumes as embodied the re
ports of our commissions to foreign expositions
or those which embodied the results of tlie
centennial. What tlie people want is
volume that shall succinctly and intelligent
ly give to the annals of our country tlie pro
ceedings which signalized and the results
which dignified this great afiiiir.
It may be safely predicated that there
not an exhibitor, not a man interested sub
stantially in tlie industrial progress of the
south, or a student of the economies that are
to advance tlie commerce, productions and
wealth of our union, who does not at once
recognize tlie necessity of this publication
We trust the executive committee will act
promptly and announce that such a report
will be speedily compiled and issued.
THE VALUE OF THE EXPOSITION.
Colonel Ben. S. Ricks, of .Mississippi, next
to Colonel Ed. Richardson, tlie largest cotton
planter, probably, in tlie south, says:
???I would not take $20,000 for what I liav
learned of improved machinery and methods
by my visit to the Atlanta cotton exposition
I thought I was a pretty good farmer before
came here, but what I have learned since
came will save me thousands of dollars annu
ally.???
This is testimony to the real wortli of the
exposition. What is true of Colonel Ricks
must be true in less degree of every planter
who has attended the great show. Agricul
ture is a proverbially slow and stubborn in
dustry, and in the very nature of things it
bard to introduce new machinery or new
methods into rural districts Off from tlie
highways of travel and tnfcie, the farmer
sees and hears of but litt-le but tlie daily rou
tine of work and the gossip of bis neighbor
hood. At the exposition he is brought face
to face with the best that science and inven
tion has done in the past fifty years, and can
study under one roof and in one day every
The statement that Whittaker Is to go hack to
West Point has caused considerable excitement in
Wall street. The boys are speculating as to how-
many eats he will have when he comes out, and
futures are selling rapidly. If Whittaker is a gen-
_ne republican, his cats will stand considerable
(nipping.
Frederick Douglass and Professor Greener have
been besieging the president In behalf of the claims
of the colored race to a share of the public offices.
There is something pathetic in the. persistency of
these leaders, who know, before they go to the
white honse, that they will receive fair promises
and only tlie crumbs of office.
President Arthur has written two impressive
essays on civil service reform???one In his letter of
acceptance, and the other in his recent message.
Did President Arthur ever pause to reflect that he
now in a position where he can inaugurate.civil
sen-ice reform with more promptness, certainty and
effect than any law passed by congress? Some of
the republican reformers who write for the maga
zines ought to slip up behind onr esteemed presi
dent and whisper this mournful fact in his eaT.
Guiteac was astounded when he heard that tlie
italwart leaders bad denounced his crime. Proof is
accumulating that the wretch is perfectly sane,
Wf. want the capitalists of the country to under
stand that dogs and United States bonds are exempt
from taxation in Georgia, If a man doesn???t like
dogs he can swap ???em for bonds, and if he doesn???
like bonds, he can trade ???em for untaxed dogs.
We are violating no confidence when we say that
genuine bull-fice is worth SI,000 in Georgia.
The public will regret *o learn that ???Tony,??? the
well-known street car mule, lost his life in the
recent fire. As a kicker, ???Tony??? never had his
equa lamong mules. He has been known to walk
on his forefeet ten minutes at a time, endeavoring
to unroof the car with his hindlegs. There was no
partiality about ???Tony.??? He kicked as high on
Decatur street as he did on Peachtree street, and
he never lost an opportunity to kick on either side,
May his hindlegs rest in peace!
Four bald-headed men out of five will tell you
that a sawdust calf in tlie ballet is more attractive
than a tin helmet in tragedy. There must be some
reason for this remarkable.uuanimity.
Every farmer Is interested in knowing what brand
of fertilizer Colonel Charley Owens used on*his
Florida pine. It is estimated that this pine has
grown seventeen feet since it was planted in tlie
exposition grounds.
In preparing liis predictions for December,
Colonel Vennor appears to have thumped the
wrong watermelon. It is so easy to be mistaken
about the Atlanta climate.
It appears that the rest of tlie United States are
anxious to visit Atlanta. And yet Atlanta is not
proud.
Not a day passes that the Atlanta exposition
doesn???t cripple stalwartism in this country. We
call the attention of our statesmen tothisimportant
fact.
What a Christmas, this would be, if it could be
known that every hearthstone in this city, no mat
ter how humble, would be sanctified in the eyes of
the children who live around it by a visit from Santa
Claus? '
Do you know how to make V>ur Christmas a suc
cess? Divide what you have for your own children
with the children of some one less fortunate than
you. Then in the morning, if your own store seems
light, take your babies on your knee and explain
to them what yon have done. Their little hearts
will approve your charity and bless you for it
Extract from the Georgia primer???See liow Sad
this Man is. He is a Georgia Independent 11???has
been Told that the Republicans arc not Camping
out with Independent Democrats this Season. This
is why he is Sad. He is not Sick enough to go to
Bed, but he is very Unwell.
A few of the Independents flatter themselves
that the Mahone movement in Georgia is to proceed
under independent democratic auspices. A more
sadly deceived lot of men probably never existed
in this portion of the hemisphere. The republi
cans propose to take charge of the campaign. This
much is definitely known now. and more will be
known when Colonel Murcellus Thornton comes
home.
When President Arthur dipped his intellectual
eyebrows in a posset of sonr wine and wept over
Dorsey???s victories in Indiana, he little knew that
he would have an opportunity of keepiDg this noble
republican leader out of-jail simply by appointing
a new postmaster general. In politics, as in poker,
the cards run curiously.
In the riotous ups and downs of a politician???s ca-
treer there are some strange phases. Old man
Timothy Howe now has the privilege of blowing
his nose on Frank Hatton???s Sunday handkerchief.
Santa Claus Is now supposed to wear side-whis
kers and a swallow-tailed coat. As hotel waite*
answer to this description, it will be difficult in the
general hurlybnrly to identify the old man.
It is far more appropriate that Christmas should
be ushered in by the church hells than by sky
rockets and fizz-wheels.
Santa Claus is not in politics.
When Santa Clans came to your Unde David
Davis???s stocking last night he tore his hair and said
somebody was trying to pnt up a job on him.
There are hundreds of little children within
hearing of the church bells this morning who can
not be prevailed upon to believe that Santa Clans is
good to the poor. Charity should either hide her
eyes or open them wider.
Editor Albert Lamar says that the Santa Clans
business pells on the appetite of a man who is fa
miliar with the democratic national executive com
mittee, as that concern is now constituted.
A Dream and n Storr.
???I dreamed all about Brother Fox and Brother
Rabbit last night. Uncle Remus,??? exclaimed the
little boy when the old man came in after supper
and took his scat by the side of the trun
dle-bed; ???I dreamed that Brother Fox had wings
and tried to catch Brother Rabbit by flying after
him.???
I don???t ???spute It, honey, dat I don???t!" replied
the old man in a tone which implied that he was
quite prepared to believe the dream itself wife true.
Manysenmanys de time, deze long nights on
deze rainy spells, dat I sets down dar in my lipuse
over agin de chimbley jam???I sets dar en it seem
like dat ole Brer Rabbit, he'll stick his head in dc
crack erde do??? eu see my eye perieutly shot,
den he???ll beckon back at dc yuther
crecturs, en den dey???ll all come slippin??? in on der
tip-toes, en dey???U set dar enrun over de ole times
wid wutiner nudder, eu crack der jokes same ez
dev useter. An den ag???iu,??? continued the old man,
hutting his eyes and giving to his voice a grue
some intonation quite impossible to describe, ???en
den ag???iu, hit look like dat Brer Rabhit'U gin dc
wink all rOun???, en den dey???il tu???n in en git up a
reg'lcr juberlee. Ercr Rabbit, he???ll retch up and
take down de trivet, and Brer Fox he???ll snatch up
de griddle, end Brer B???ar he???ll lay holt erde pot
hooks, en ole Brer Tarryplu he???ll grab up de fryfu???-
pan, en dar dey???ll have it,up en down, en rsun??? en
roun???. Hit seem like ter me dat ef I kin git my
mine smoove down en ketch up some er dem ar
chuncs wat dey sets dar en plays, dea
I???d lean back yer in djsh ver cheer en I???d iutrance
you wid urn, twc-1, by dis time termorrer night,
you???d be settin??? up dar at de supper-table ???sputin???
longer yo??? little brer 'bout de ???lasses pitcher. Dem
crecturs dey sets dar,??? Uncle Remus went on.
dey plays dem kinder chunes w???at moves you fum
way back vander; en rnanys de time w'en I gits
lonesome kaze dey ain???t nobody year urn ???ceppin???
it???s me. Dey ain???t no tellfn??? de chunes dey is in dat
trivet, en in dat griddle, en in dat fryin???-pan er
mine; dat dey ain't. W???en dem dar crecturs walks
in en snatches uni down, dey lays Miss Sally???s plan
ner in de shade, en Mars John's fiute, hit ain???t no-
wliars.???
Do they play on them just like a baud. Uncle
Remus???.?????? inquired the little boy. who was secretly
in hopes that the illusion would not be destroyed.
??????Dey comes des like I tell you, honey. W???en I
shets my eyes en dozes, dey comes en day plays,
but w???en I opens my eyes dey aiu???t dar. Now, den,
w???en dat???s de shape or marters, wa???t duz I do? I
jes shets my eyes en hoi??? um shot, en let um come
en play dem ole time chunes twcl long atter bed
time done come en gone.???
Uncle Remus paused, as though he expected the
little boy to ask some questions or make some com
ment, but the chjld said nothing, and presently the
old man resumed in a matter-of-faet tone,
???Dat dream er yone, ???bout Brer Fox wid wings,
fetches up de time w???en Brer Fox en Brer Wolf hud
der failin??? out wid wuuuar ne???r???but I speck I done
tole you 'bout dat.???
???Oh, no, you haven???t, Uncle Remus!??? tlie little
boy exclaimed.
???Well, den, one day, atter so long a time, Brer
Wolf en Brer Fox dey gqt ter ???sputin??? ???longer trail-
ner n???er. Brer Wolfe he tnck???n ???buse Brer Fox kaze
Brer Fox let Brer Rabbit fool ???im, en deu Brer Fox
he tuck'n quol back at Brer Wolf kaze Brer Wolf let
old man Rabbit likewise fool 'im. Dey keep on
???sputin???'en ???sputin???, twel bimeby dey clinch, en Brer
Wolf bein??? de bigges??? man. ???ttvonldn???t a bin long
fo??? he???d a wool Brer Fox, but Brer Fox he watch
his chance, he did, en lie gin ???im leg-bail.???
???Gave him what, Uncle Remus????
???Gin ???im leg-bail, honey. He juk loose from Brer
Wolf, Brer Fox did, en, gentermens, he des mosey
thoo de woods. Brer Wolf he tuck atter???m, he did,
en dar dey had it, en Brer Wolf push Brer Fox so
close dat de onliest way Brer Fox kin save his hide
is ter fine a hole sonter???s, en de fus holler tree dat
he come 'cross inter it he dove. Brer Wolf fetch
a grab at ???im, hut he was des in time fer ter be too
late.
???Den Brer Wolf he sot dar. he did, en he study
en study how he gwitie ter git Brer Fox out, en
Brer Fox he lay in d??k, he did, en he study en
study w???at Brer Wolf gwine do. Bimeby Brer Wolf
he tuck???n gedder up a whole lot er chunks en rocks
en sticks, en den he tuck???n fill up de hole whar
Brer Fox went in so Brer Fox can???t git out. Wiles
dis tvuz gwine on, ole Brer Tukky Buzzud he wuz
sailin???rouu??? ???way upinde elements wid his eye
-???peel for bizness, en ???twau???t long???fo'his glance lit
on Brer Wolf, en he ???low ter hisse???f, sezee:
???I???ll des sorter flop down,??? sezee, ???en look Inter
dis, kaze Brer Wolf hidin??? his dinner dar wid de
expeck???shuns er findiu??? it dar w???en he come back,
deu he done gone en put i^ in de wrong place,
sezee.
???Wid dat Ole Brer Turky Buzzud he flop down en
sail ???ronn??? higher, en he soon see dat Brer Wolf
ain???t hidin' no dinner. Den he flop down fudder,
ole Brer Buzzud did. twel he lit in de top er de hol
ler tree. Brer Wolf he done kotch a glimpse er ole
Brer Buzzud shadder, but he keep on puttin??? chunks
en rocks en de holler. Den. present???}???, Brer Buzzud
he open up:
??? ???W???at you doin??? dar. Brer Wolf????
??? ???Makin??? a toomstonc, Brer Buzzud.???
??? ???Co???se, Brer Buzzud sorter feel like lie got in
truss in marters like dis, en he holler back:
??? ???Who dead now, Brer Wolf????
??? ???Wunner yo??? ???quaintancc, w???ieh his name Brer
Fox, Brer Buzzud.*
??? ???W???en he die. Brer Wolf????
??? ???He ain???t dead yet, but he won???t las??? long in
yer, Brer Buzzud.???
???Brer wolf, he keep on, he did, twel he done stop
up de hole good, en deu he brush de trash off???n
his cloze en put out fer home. BrerTukkv Buzzud
he sot up dar, he did, eu outankle his tuil-fedders,
en ltsseu en lissen, but he ain???t year nuthiu???. Ben
he flop down eu sail all ???roun??? eu ???roun??? de tree,
cn lissen en lissen, but Brer Fox, he keep dark, en
Brer Buzzud ain???t yearuuthin???. Den Brer Buzzud
he flop his wings en sail away.
???Bimeby, nex??? day, bright en early, yer he come
back, en he sail all ???roun??? en ???roun??? dc tree, but
trcr Fox he lay low en keep dark, en Brer Buzzud
ain???t year nuthiu???. Atter tv???ile Brer Buzzud he sail
???roun??? ag???in. en ills time he sing, en de song w???at he
sing is dish ver:
??? ???Boo, boo, boo, my filler-mer-loo,
Man out yer wid news fer you!???
???Den he sail all???roun??? en ???roun??? n???er time en
lissen, en bimeby he year Brer Fox sing back:
??? ???Go ???way, go ???way. my little jug er beer,
De news you bring, I yeard las??? year.???
???Beer, Uncle Remus? What kind of beer did
they have then???? the little boy inquired.
???Now, den, honey, youer gettia??? me up in a elose
cornder,??? responded the old man, in an unusually
serious tone. ???Beer is de way de tale runs??? but
w???at kinder beer it inouter bin ain???t come down ter
me???en yit hit seem like I year talk some???rs dat
dish yer beer wuz mos??? prins???ply ???simraon beer.
This seemed to satisfy tlie small but exacting au
dience, and Uncle Remus contfhued:
???So den, w???en Brer Buzzud year Brer Fox sing
back he ???low he ain???t dead, cn wid dat Brer Buzzud
he sail off eu ???ten??? ter his yuther bizness. Nex??? day
back he come, en Brer Fox he sing back, he did, des
ez liveiy ez a cricket in de ashes, en it keep ou dis
way twel Brer Fox stummuck ???gun ter pinch ???im
en den he know dat he gotterstudy up some kinder
plans fer ter git out fum dar. N???er day pass, en
Brer Fox he tuck???n lay low, en dat keep on dat
away twel hit look like ter Brer Fox pent up in dar
dat he mus??? sholy pe???sh. Las???, one day Brer Buz-
znd come sailin??? all ???roun??? wid his
??? ???Boo. boo, boo, my filler-mer-loo,???
but Brer Fox he keep dark, en den Brer Buzzud he
tuck'n spishun dat Brer Fox wuz done dead. Brer
Buzzud he keep on singin??? en Brer Fox he keep on
layin??? low, twell bimeby BrerBnzznd lit en 'gun ter
c-le???r ???way de trash en truck fum de holler. He hop
lip. he did. en tuck out one chunk en deu he hop
back en lissen, but Brer Fox stay still. Den Brer
Buzzud hop en tuck out n'er chunk en den hop
back en lissen, en all dis time .Brer Fox mouf ???uz
waterin??? wiles he lay back in dar en des natally
honed atter Brer Bnzzud. Hit went on dis away,
twel des ???fo??? he got de hole unkiwud Brer Fox he
break out. he did, en grab Brer Buzzud by de back
er de neck. Dey wuz a kinder skuflle moiigs??? urn,
but ???twan???t fer long, en dat wuz de las??? er ole Brer
Tukky Bnzzud.???
SICKLED BY CUPID.
THE PRICE OF LIFE
THAT THE INSURANCE FIENDS
WISH TO PLACE ON GUITEAU.
The Old Man Conclude* to ??lve It I.CRuj Form.
New York, December 23.???No matrimonial event
in this city during the past twenty years has at
tracted snch a promiscuous gathering as that wit
nessed in St. John's church, Varick street, in which
the venerable George C. Sickles, long past his four
score years, father of General Daniel E. Sickles,
was the bridegrome. The bride was Mrs. Mary
Sheridan Sawyer, widow of Sergeant-Major Sawyer,
of the British army, who served in the Crimean
war. She is forty-eight years of age. Her court
ship with Mr. Sickles has existed for twenty years,
during a great part of which she was a member of
Mr. Sickles???s household at New Rochelle. The
novel character of the cards of invitation to the
wedding ceremonies increased public curiosity in
regard to the event. It was distinctly stated that
???no presents arc expected, and none will be re
ceived if sent???
Promptly on time the signal was immediately
given at the door of the vestry, and a buzz ran
through the assemblage. Nearly all rose to their
feet when the sexton made his appearance, leading
the way. Following him came Mr. Sickles???s pretty
young daughters as bridesmaids, dressed in pale
blue and pink silks. Each carried a bouquet, and
smiled at the ladies and gentlemen in the
front pews ns they stepped slowly and grace
fully along. They were the objects of gen
eral admiration. Their names were Roma,
aged fifteen; Pere, aged twelve, and Alta, aged
seven. After them came the bride, wearing a bro
cade ashes-of-roses silk dress, with hat to match
bolding a bouquet in her left hand, and leaning
with her right on the arm of her sou George. Next
came the bridegroom, escorting Mrs. Emerson, niece
of the bride, and following came Mr. William Sick
les, nephew of the bridegroom, who gave away the
bride, and Mr. Morris F. Dewley.
The Rev. Dr. Weston, who officiated, then took
his place in the center of the sanctuary, whereupon
the bride gently stretched her hand to tlie bride
groom with a delicate smile, and led him forward
pace or two. ???Who giveth this woman to this
man???? asked the clergyman. ???I do.??? was the
reply of Mr. William Sickles, at the same time sep
arating their hands and then joining them firmly.
The bride maintained her position, facing tlie
clergyman; but the bridcgooin wheeled around
and assumed a side position, displaying
his long patriarchal beard and his fine profile to
the assemblage. \\ hen asked if he would take the
lady for his wedded wife, his voice rang out, ???I
will,??? in tones that-echoed distinctly throughout
every part of the church. He gave all the other
responses in a similar ringing tone. A smile ran
through the spectators when he uttered the decla
ration: ???With all my worldly goods I thee endow.???
The giving of the ring and tlie blessiug followed,
and the organ pealed forth: ???Fixed in his ever
lasting seat.
As soon as the ceremony was finished the bride
nilvanced anil kissed the new partner of her bosom
The young bridesmaids and Mrs. Emerson follower
the example, and a most vivacious and happy
scene ensued. The bride clasped little Alia in her
arms and kissed her fondly, as she did also Pere
and Roma. Other ladies advanced to greet her
into the sanctuary, and there was a general rush
thither front all partsot the church. The organist
struck up the wedding march, and the
iroccssicn to the vestry took place. There
he bridal party remaiued for nearly an hour,
receiving congratulations. The crowd outside
had by this time increased by several hundreds,
who lingered till their curiosity was at last gratified
by seeing the bridal party. Mr. aud Mrs. Sickles
and some friends proceeded at once to their home
in New Rochelle.
A reporter called on General Daniel E. Sickles,
the son of the groom, this morning. General Sickles
declined to converse about his father???s marriage,
and said that lie was disinclined to give family af
fairs to the public. It is understood, however, that
General Sickles has bitterly opposed his father???:
marriage. Tlie father and son are not on visitin;
terms.
THE ASSASSIN
Tull.* itt Once Snr and Entertain tug.
Washington, December 21.???The Associated
press reporter had an interview witli Guitean.
um happy to see yon,??? Guitean responded to the
good evening of the reporter. ???I was shut oil??? from
the world so long, deprived of the newspapers and
of my letters from relatives by that miserable Cork
hill, that it is quite a treat now to be able to re
ceive my friends.?????? Ashe spoke he extended his
hand in a hearty manner, quite at variance with
his manner in court, ???l???ardou me,??? he continued
???if I keep ou my hat. It is quite draughty here,
and I am somewhat heated. I have just been mov
ingruy things in for the evening. 1 occupy durin
the day tlie cell further down the corridor, whir
is much larger than this, and affords better light
and more chance to move around.
Guitean being asked. ???How are you feeling after
your two days??? recess???? answered with a smile,
???Oh, first-rate: I never felt better in my life, in
health or spirits.???
???You appear to be a muscular man, Mr. Guit-
eau.???
???I am generally a healthy one,??? he replied,
have taken things easy since I was arrested and
have never allowed anything to worry me. I knew
they were howling to shoot me, but this is a pretty
strong place (glancing aronnd), and I knew they
could not get ut me.???
A rumor was started this afternoon that you had
committed suicide.???
???Stuff und nonsense,??? laughingly said Guiteau.
What next won???t they say? That???s too ridiculous.
Why, what on earth should I want to con/mit sui
cide for? I???m perfectly satisfied with the way
things are going. J have never had any doubts for
tlie issue. Tlie Deity lias taken care of my ease
thus far. (Reflecting a moment) Yes, and pretty
;ood care of me.???
???What is the object of the defeuse in calling Mrs,
Runmire? ??? asked the reporter.
I do not know what is Scoville???s idea. I will
have to see . him .about that. I don???t want to pat
those women ou the stand again. Scoville is no
criminal lawyer. I have to give him points all the
time, but then he has done very well. He ha
worked hard, and- aud I don???t know but that I am
as well satisfied as if I hail managed it alone.
Hesitating a moment, he continued: ???When I say
alone, you understand, of course, whut I mean
evidently fearing the reporter might imagine he
had lost sight of the Deity and inspiration feature
of his defense. ???Scoville loses sight of the main
feature. He started out with the proposition that
an insane man was but a half idiot.
Guiteau announced his intention of cross-exam
ining the government experts. They had not yet,
ne said, touched upon tliat mysterious influence
impulse which often impels men to do things, even
in the ordinary and minute transactions of life
when there may be preseut no sufficient reason
either to the mind or to the senses from the sur
roundings, for the particular exercise of will upon
the body, as when a man suddenly fec-ls an impulse
to turn around aud on doing so finds some one of
whom, perhaps, he lias just been think
ing. or when a man obeys what is
termed presentiment. Guiteau nppeared
to feel he hart been defraurted by those
persons who hart sold to the pres- interviews with
him without even giving him a division. Scoville"
attention was called to the alleged statement c
Mills, that he had found on taking the cost of Gui-
teau???s head that one side was more fully developed
than the oiher. ???If his statement is reported cor
rectly,??? said Scoville, ???It will sustain the
theory I have maintained throughout, and Dr.
Discovery of a Scheme of Some Pennsylvania Patri-
triota to Run the Assassin Into Orfc of the
Death-Rattle Companies of that Statc-
The Prisoner???s Conduot in Court.
Washington. December 23.???A sensational scheme-
ha* just come to light in connection with the
Guiteau case. Parties at Reading, Pennsylvania,
have obtained the consent of some of tlie leading
co-operative ???death rattle??? insurance companies to-
insure tlie life of Guiteau if the signature to the ap
plication could be obtained, waiving all medical
examination. To-day the application, filled out for
Sit) 000, was received here by Stilson Hutchins, edi
tor of the Post, with instructions to procure
Guitcau???s signature to the same. Accompanying
the application was a letter from the Pennsylvania
procurists, wherein explanation was made of the
plan proi>osed. Mr. Hutchins was seen this evening
and could not imagine Why the same had been
forwarded to him, unless it was for the purpose of
bringing the mutter into notoriety. Mr. Scoville
was'called upon in relation to the matter and in
formed vour correspondent that he had heard noth
ing of it. though such might be easily enough ob
tained if it were not for the medical examination
usually required. He could not see what would
induce an insurance company to consent to such
insurance, as Guiteau, he thought, would then
surely be killed, and the parties for whose benefit
such u policy might be made out would desire to
have him tilled. When made acquainted with tlie
character of the plan, it being co-opcratjve. he
readily saw whore such a scheme was reasonable.
He was of the opinion that such a matter would
put Guiteau???s life in greater jeopardy than it was
already.
Dr. Worcester, ef Boston, whose examination on
the part of the defense wascontmenced some week??
ago und was closed abruptly because he insisted on
Mr. Scoville defining what he meant ill one of his.
questions by the word "inspiration,??? was called to
the witness stand on the part of the prosecution.
He stated, in reply to questions by the district at
torney, that he had examined the prisoner at the
ait, ami that he had been also in daily attendance-
at the court room for several weeks post, anil-
had carefully watched the prisoner s conduct dur
ing that time and heard what lie said, lie thought
he was sane. ,
The Prisoner???How much pay do you expect to.
get for that opinion, doctor? I think that it is worth
about SotiO. J i you go to Corkhlll, he will give you
a little slip for that amount, 1 inn sure, i do not
think tlie opinion is worth one snap to this jury, but
probably Corkhill will pay you S-TOO for it.
The district attorney then proceeded to read a
long hypothetical question, embracing the historjr
of the' prisoner???s life and the facts that have ap
peared in the case, and asked tlie witness whether,
assuming there propositions to be true, the prisoner
was sane or insane ou the 2d of July last ?
A???In mv opinion he was sane.
Mr. Scovllle's questions on the cross-examination
were directed practically to the motive of the wit
ness in testifying for tlie government, and he was
askedwliat had changed his opinion as to the men
tal condition of the prisoner. Mr. Worcester re
plied: ???Mainly his own testimony and my inter
view with him in the jail, supported by the evi
dence which 1 heard.???
The Prisoner???I guess that that S300 settled you,
doctor. When you came to my cell you were very-
friendly witli me; but that was before you got the-
$o00 idea in your mind. ???
Mr. Scoville presented to the witness a postal
card, which the witness admitted having written,,
dated Salem, Massachusetts, November 21, saying:
???Accept my congratulations on the iminner in,
wh ch you have conducted tlie defense. It may-
not be popular, but it is right and just.??? The wit
ness-added tliat lie saw no reason to take it back???
at the time it was written.
Again the prisoner broke out against Mr. Seo-
vlUe. ???It is an outrage on justice,??? lie said, ???for-
this man to eo.ne here. I would rather take iny
chance, even at this late hour, with Charlie Reed ???
who is a first-class criminal lawyer, than with this-
idiot, who is compromising my case all the time.??????
Mr. Scoville, for the first time during the trial,
seemed to be annoyed,-worried and humiliated by
the prisoner???s speech. He had difficulty in repress
ing hi* emotion, as lie said to the court???timt he lmd
to notice what the prisoner said, and that he should
be very glad to have the assistance of Sir. Reed.
The witness went on to state the circumstances-
connected witli a meeting of the experts who had
been summoned for the defense. There were nine
or ten experts at that meeting. Mr. Reed was.
there nnd asked each expert his opinion. The wit
ness, when it came to his turn, expressed his opin-
on. Mr. Reed said, in summing up tne opinion o??
the.experts: ???You seem to have the prisoner on
tlie Oorder-linu of insanity, and a little more testi
mony will carry him over." The impression of
the witness was that he told Mr. Reed that he con
sidered tlie prisoner rest>onsiblc.
The prisoner resumed his abuse of Mr. Scoville,
called him an idiot, and said: ???You lind 1 tetter get.
off the case. I expect that the Almighty, notwith
standing Scoville???s asinine character, will sec that
I am protected. I expect that it will take a special???
act of God to do it.??? Then there was an alterca
tion, conducted iu a lower tone, between the pris
oner mid his sister. He was heard to say tliat it
would be well for him if all his relatives had died
twenty years ago.
Charles H. Reed has assumed the duties of asso
ciate counsel for the defense.
William A. Edward, of Brooklyn, who was clerk
in Shaw???s office, testified to overhearing the con-
veraation between his employer and the prisoner,
when the latter, as alleged by Shaw, said he would
some day kill ???some big man, ns Booth had done.??????
The witness was cross-examined by Colonel Reed.
lie Could Lie.
From Floating Paragraphs.. -
He could lie. He said thnt he was ca.*t away on
an iceberg with no baggage but a pairof skates nnd
a lishing pole. Bur he skated around it until he
came ncross a dead whale, frozen in the ice. So he-
took off his shirt???it was night for six months that
year up there???tore it into strips for a wick ran
the sirips through the bamboo fishing-rod,
stuck tile rod into the fat of the whale and lit the
oilier end. He said it burned splendidly, and the
Iceberg reflected the light so strongly
that it was as bright as day for forty miles,
around. anil one- vessel ran into the
here thinking it wins a light house. He said he
soli} the iceberg to the captain for fifteen thousand
dollars, and the captain split it up nnd took it
hundred ] ???
home, and made two !._
posing of it to ice companies.
per cent profit, dis-
A ConttiHiMl Juror.
From the Drawer in Harper???s for January.
During the administration of the Hon, John
Schley, mdgeof themiddleeireuitcourtof (.eoigia,
one day in the trial of a ease on the common law
diKket, before a petit jury, in which the Hon.
Charles J. Jenkins and Quintilian Skrine, were ou
opposing sides, a juror, alter tile conclusion of Mr.
Jenkins???s argument, and the introduction of
Mr. Shrine's, suddenly tore, left the box.
and rushed out of tlie court-house. Being brought
back, to the court???s indignant demand why he had
taken such a liberty, he answered: ???Well, now,
jedge, 111 jes??? tell you how it is. 1 heerd Mr. Jen
kins s speech, nnd he made ou tithe case so plain tliat
I done made up my mind. And then Mr. Skrine-
he got up, and lie went intirely on tlie back track,
lie did. and he were gittin??? my inind all confused
up like: mid I jes??? thought, as for me, I betterleave
ontwell lie got thro*. Well, now, jedge, jes, to tell
yon the plain truth, I didn???t like the way the argu
ment was a-gwine.
Atlanta???* Village Wbt*.
l.ouisville Courier-Journal. ???
. A'hnita is a pushing, progressive, growing place,.
a 2?, UIU , ber of village ways which it should
: *??? c depot, or car shed, hi in the center
???\ pIace * au< 3 trains arrive constantly at that-
point, but even during the exposition the ticket
office in the depot was closed several hours during'
the day, and hundreds of tired visitors are
kept standing around the window awaiting
treasure of tlie ticket seller. A
o? v ?* A }* anta for Chattanooga at mid-
night; the traveler who wishes to secure a berth in
acnance is told that unless he can find the watch-
theory I have maintained throughout, and Dr. man with the diByrnni ?? n#.ftiii??Mi ^
Hamilton will have to take back some of his testimo- he must wait unfit whmS
ny, for he testified that Guiteau???s head was sym- ! sleeping-carwillbeo~???rkSZu
metrical. Mills???s statement supports the statement with a porter in i-haree but a
of tlie experts for the defense, and I think ever ex- b ??? t a P lacard informs the
pert will admit that where a head is unevenly de
veloped, the smaller side forms the basis for au un
balanced brain, and cun become the groundwork
for a case of insanity. If Mills substantiates the
statement, I shall summon him as a witness.???
Scoville thinks that two weeks more will be re
quired to finish the trial.
In the Guiteau trial Dr. Hamilton was cross-ex
amined and testified that he believed Guiteau to
be sane. Dr. Worcester, of Salem, was then called
and testified to the same effect.
Me Turned the Point.
Texas Siftings.
When an Austin schoolmaster entered his temple
of learning a few mornings ago. he read on the
blackboard the touching legend:
???Our teacher is a donkey.???
The pupils expccti d there would be a combined
cyclone and earthquuke, but the philosophic peda
gogue contented himself with adding the word
"driver??? to the legend and opened the rehool with
prayer as usual
thnt John, the porter, receives no pay from
tlie company, and that he earnestly solicits a dime-
as the reward for his services. The watchman at.
the depot, who is forced to be ]K>liceman, ticket
agent, sleeping-car conductor, etc., is the only
ttlde-awake railroad man now around the depot.
The New South.
Vicksburg Commercial.
The day lias passed when ignorance can raise its
hands oyer inventive genius aud demand n return
to the old system of hand labor in those industries -
now performed by machfbery. The machine is
labor saving. Wherever it can be applied in the
south the greatest good will in the end be found.
At Home and Abroad,
to-dhy on the era of a new civilization.,
of which the Atlanta exposition is to be a mcin-
!? e P?? c ???. Henceforth every man is to be a
thinker; anu brains, whether in the workshop, at
the forge, on tho farm, or at the forum, are t<* pass.
p.?* 1 are worth, in working out the destiny
of this people under this new regi-nc.