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OHHHMi THE CONSTITUTION. 1? Atlanta Post-office assccond-class matter, November 11,1878. Weekly Can.tttutloa, prl<?? *1.50 per uam. Club* of twenty, 120, and a copy to the getter up the club. 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. ! ???????????? 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.