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13 mm THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. 4= YOLUaqS.X i n^y i|M5 OA. J_ TUESDAY MORNEN^, DECEMBER 12, 1882. PRICE 5 CENTS K DURljSrffls WEEK. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF CITY AND COUNTRY ARE DOINO. A Lari* Fir*» in Lo-don-Asaemblms of Congrtaa- Daaih of tba Aroabtabop of Castsrbury-Tbs Murders, Sutoldr* and Oilier Criminal X rente—Loeal Happening of tba Week. Tatiieri Deaembar 5. The archbishop of Canterbury, la dead. The sul tan of Turkey fears aaaassination. Noah D. Smith, elerk of customs at Memphis, haa absconded. The cotton compress at Houston, Texas, was burned. Loss $125,000 John Hunulcutt and son weremur- dered In Walhalla, South Carolina. A train robbery was attempted and repulsed on the banta Fe railroad. Stephen Brytley committed suicide by laudanum In Petersburg, Virginia. The steam barge Peters, with thirteen men on board, was lost on lake Erie. Along the Hudson river yesterday the thermometer fell to & degrees below zero. Two hundred small dealers were arrested in New York on Sunday for eabbath violation. Clayton McMlchael, of Phila delphia, has been appointed marshal of the district of Columbia. Hon. W. II. H. Tlson. speaker of the Mississippi house of representatives, was murdered yesterday. At Paris, Tennessee, a young man named forest. was arrested for murdering his mother and grand* lather. The second trial of the star route prisoners began In Washington on yesterday. Much diffi culty exists in getting a fury. The United Stales supreme court has confirmed the decision otthe court below giving the Arlington estate back to the family of General Lee. Patrick O'Brien, deputy sheriff of New Orleans, was murdered in a bar room row. 6,212 bales of cotton came in by the New Orleans and Nashville road. Arabl Pasha, on 8unday, pleaded guilty to the charge of rebellion, was sen ten oed to death, and then ho had his sen tence commuted to life Imprisonment. in tiib CITY. Mr. William Gibson, of Stone Monctaln, is dead. Overcoat thieves are plentiful in Atlanta. Dock Seay, a negro, has been arrested for attempted out rage upon a white woman. Three candidates In the field for mayor, Dr. Roach, John H. Seals and J. B. Goodwin. A delegation Is in the city from Boston seeking a Georgia exhibit for the New En gland fair to be held next year. Wodaesdaj, De«eaabcr 6. General Toombs Is In Washington. The Utah commission report that they are progressing In their work. The post-office department has made $1,000,- 000 over its expenses last year. Two cent postage is recommended. The second star route trial has com menced. John Crunder, a crank, has been arrested for threatening to assasslnato the prince of Wales. At Towanda, Pa., sevon lives were lost in a railroad wreck. Three resurrectionists were arrested in Philadelphia basing lu their possession five bodies stolen from the colored cemetery. An attempt was made to lynch them. IN TUB CITY. Rnfus H. King, of Wluston, North Carolina, has been arrested on account of crookedness In a meat transaction. A thirteen year old girl named Msry Mehan charges J. U. Pali with her seduction while she was yet eleven yoart of sge. Several pickpock ets are in the city. Miss Carrlo Westmorland aud Mr. John Rommel wero married at St. Philips.; Thursday, December T. Pope Barrow sworn in in the tenate. The negroes of Philadelphia attempted to lynch the men charged with robbing the oolored cemetery. The Trczevant claim, a Georgia claim over 100. years old. passes the house of representatives. Anthony Trollope and Louis Blsno dead. . Kellogg has been given his •csrtlfloatc-of election-to-oongross from Louisiana. Congress will devoto tbo 20th of January to eulogies of the late Senator Hill. The transit of Venus will not be again visible before 206 years. Eleven per- •sons were killed by a boiler oxploslon in New Or leans. in TJIB CITY. J. B. Goodwin has been elected mayor of Atlanta. Earn. H. Shaw Is a candidate for coroner of Fulton -eonnty. Rufus King Is charged by the postal au thorities with forgery. Tho cotton factory has been sold under decree of court. Friday, December 8. CongTWV Is askod by the democrats to Investigate the political assessment frauds. A Russian lady, exiled In Siberia, haa assassinated the governor of Frankraal. A $15,000,000 fire has taken place In Lon don. Socialism is etiU increasing In Germany. In Chihuahua, Mexico, seventy five persons were massacred by Indians. The cold spell has extend ed over the whole country, the mercury falling 35 degrees below xero In some places. The steamship Cartnond h«s sail .*d from New Orleans with a cargo valued at $>100,000. The legislature iu Pennsylvania stands 38 republicans to 113 democrats. IN TUB CITY. An Atlanta lawyer owns a $500 dog. Thos. Kil gore, a strange white man, was adjudged Insane. The residence of Mrs. Klniey, on Collier street, de stroyed by fire. Saturday, Detcmbrr ». A bill bss been Introduced In congrew by the post office committee reducing postage to two cents. Will Porter, colored, was banged In Perry, Georgia, for themnrderof a negro boy. In Swalnsboro Ed ward Conyers was hanged for the murder of North ern Pierce. Two negroes were lynched In Bastrop, Louisiana. John W. Dorsey, a wealthy young man of Baltimore, committed suicide by shooting him self through the bead. 8alUe itokes, who killed a rival In Arkansas, has been acquitted. In a riot In Opelika nine men wero shot. Four Chinamen were killed In Portlaud, Oregon. IN TUB CITY. Coal stealing haa become common since the cold spell come in. Edeh Maxwell, a five year old white child has been lost. Rodgers, a young white man In the employ of the East Tennessee road, was found dead The public schools will suspend for the Christman holidays. Sunday, December 10. Gambetta Is seriously sick from effests of sn acci dental wounding of his haud. At Sharkly, Mis sissippi, a clerk was murdered by burglars. In the Tennessee penitentiary ono of tbe guards shot and killed another. Six persons drowned at Tsllabas- •ee, Florida. An Illinois family died from cadng trichena. Holman, of Indiana, is added to th candidates for the speakership. 81r Hugh Allan, of the Allan line of steamers, Is dead. IN TUB CITY. Fulton superior court meets on Monday. Two small Arts In the fourth ward. A petition for tbe pradon of Id. Cox lias beeu circulated In Atlanta. A delegation of Ohio editors has been in tbe city. Major T II. Blscsnall, the tobacco man, has be «mm u citizen of Atlanta. B< aret/ae** VhJ Shot at a Burglar. Tboy, December 7.—James Dearstyne, proprietor of a hotel In Bath-on-the-IIudaon, was awakened at an early hour this morning by his wife, who de els red that burglars were attempting to break into tbe house Dearstyne armed himself with a revol ver and went Into the hallway, where be saw a man at Wo k upon a window, and asked him what he was doing. Tbe burglar looked at bis questioner and continued his work. Dearstyne then fired. The burglar fell and a confederate ran away. When the burglar reached this city he was recognized »s Fairies 4111ft. a desperate criminal. Tne bullet pasted through bfs neck and struck the spinal Col umn. Tbe nan cannot stir, and is eying. Before he visited Dearatyne’s he bad emered John 8. Wolfs house, two blocks away, and ibe police wen- looking for hiih while he was forcing the hotel window. Utf*j •rvmih*i+ R atlas*. Father Ryan’s Boston Lecture. 1 admit that c atholic nstlons are decaying. The sixteenth century was an age of protest. The seventeenth century was one of doubt. The eighteenth century was one of denial, and In the nineteenth God Is ostracised. Yes, those nations are decaying, and they d servo to decay. Isms Catholic. I would die this moment for my religion, for e religion that is not worth dying for f worth living up to But atftll I say these n deserve to decay. I have travelled through Europe and I saw more true religion In Queenstown in six weeks than 1 nw on the continent in as many months. When Catholic nations fall they fall far. WbUkr I'aach for a Bisk Klspbaat. Indianapolis. Ind., December 7.—The elephant Bamboo, one of tho principal attractions of the Klralfy show, has had an exciting experience In this city. In a rehearsal Sunday he broke through the opera house stage, fortunately without injury Yesterday the exposure of a street parade brought on a chill, which is usually fatal to elephants. James Klralfy, alter stuoying the case, concluded to treat Bamboo as though he tvere a human being. He, therefore, with the approval of the keeper ~ pared a punch, consisting of two gallons of w and three gallons of water Bamboo was ten tbe drink, and he took it with the greatest sal tlon. and seemed to appeal for more. In a few moments the an<mal appeared to have fully re covered, and hss shown no Illness aluce. The punch did uot Intoxicate him In tbo slightest. Cotton la Flames. Special to The Constitution. NbwOelbans, December 7.—The Tlmes-Demo- crat’u Galveston special says: This morning the work ef breaking out the cotton In the forward hold In the steamship -Ardeucarrah” was com menced, and the fire that was supposed lo be subdtt ed last night was discovered smouldering In the eot- ton’ln the bottom of tLe hold. When about 300 bales had been taken out the flames again burst forth, aud a geueral alarm was rounded. The fir* de- partmentsoon had the flames under control. The entire cargo will be taken out. A Murderer ArroatcS. Charlotte, N. C., December 7.—Joe Ross, a negro, who murdered T. N. McDowell at Camden on thanksgiving day, was killed on Wednesday at Ivsy's Mill, o/i the Catawba river, in Lancaster couuty,South Caroline, by ferryman Alonso Hunt- ley. The pursuing-party were close behind. Ross asked the ferryman to take him across. The ferry man Identified him. and tried to arrest him Rost resisted and tho ferryman shot him. Before dying the negro confessed murdering McDowell, and also murdering Bob llennegan In Mecklenburg county two years ago”, Better D«atb Thai the Daetsre. From the Philadelphia Record. Concerning Presldert Garfield's case, we ere told that "If anybody Imagines that Dr. Agnew or Dr. Hamilton would have given the same atten tion to any patient for $5,000 he Is a fool.” There are doubtless a great many "fools” In this coun try, but they will continue to think $5,000 a venr resi ectable fee for ten or twelve visits from Phil adelphia or New York to Washington in as many weeks. If doctors charge much more than that, death would come as a relief even to a millionaire, A Retaliatory E*tU New York, December 9.—The atttomeys for tho Mutual Unlou telegraph company have filed with the attorney general an application for leave lo bring suit to annul the charter of the W. U. tele graph company on the samo grounds that Jay Gould alleged la his complaint against the Mutual Union. The latter claims that the Western Union has violated ltscbartealn watering stock without cash representation. A Fatal Qsiml lUiwtis Cmlel Guard*. Memphis, December 9.—A difficulty occurred on Thursday night at Eusley’s convict farm, ten miles south of this city, between C. M. Tardy and E. M Wheeler, two guards, which resulted lu Tardy shootlug Wheeler In tho bowels. Wheeler returned tho shot and killed Tardy. Robert Wilson, who killed Frank B. Russell in this city last September was to-day sentenced to be hanged on January 3rd, A Burglar Fatal!/ Shot b/ a M i*al.» Toronto, Out., December 7.—Last week a young scan named Jroilc* was admitted to thu hospital suffering from a pistol wound In the thigh, but would uot tell how he received the Injury, and it wns only to-day that tho mystery was cleared up, He was keeping watch while two "pals” burglar izedaprlvato dwelling. Fearing they would net make a fair division of the s,ofls, Crazier left his post to soe for hluuolf what was belug secured. Due of his companions, taking Crosier fora police man, fired at aud wounded him. Kcnnymau. who fired tho shot, boa been arrested. Crosier Is uot expected to recover. The Hear loot Shtpnoat Hcoord. New Orleans, December 7.—Tho steamship Car mona cleared to-day for Llverpo 1, with 10,861 ball of cotton, 12,0:0 bushels of wheat and 2,650 staves. This Is Is tho largest cargo of cotton ever carried by any vessel. The total weight of the cargo Is 6,840,000 pounds, and the total value $617,000. The Carmona will go to sea on Friday or Saturday through the jetties. KxeltfBad from tbs faerameat* Special to tho Constitution. Ottowa, Out., December 0.—Tho Irish Catholics of this city arc greatly excited over tbe action of Iilfthop Duham in excluding from tho sacrament Irish Catholic parents who allow their children to attend tho model aud normal schools aud cbildreu who attend such schools. Peroaao Druwurd. New York, December tf —A Tallahassee, Florida, special says: Thursday the Mall sloopcupelled near Fort Myers. Three boys named Bright, aud one named Tice wero drowned. Last Might the steamer Roxle grounded at Mt. Homer landing. Two sail ore, named George Jones aud Frank Mathews were drowued. Via *bs of tba Kiplaolaa. New Orleans, Docomber7.—Frank Holt, of Chat tanooga, W. M. Freltus, aged sixteen, and Sarah Young, colored, who were badly scalded by the cxplo»ionon the Morning Star, have riuce dkd. of toe twenty one persons on board at the lime of the accident, but five are now living. It Is stated that the Morning Star was racing with the Sunbeam when the explodon occurred.; Bales by Dart nad llasiarda. Chattanooga, December 7 — Sanday a negro matt died suddenly a few miles above tbe city, and was buried. Yesterday it was discovered that dogs bad exhumed the remains, and had partly TktPtluant Pork. Bloominoton, 111., December 9.—Tbe family of LdUis Brandenburg, a well-known citisen, was poisoned a day or two since by eating trichina In usage. One of tbe family died this morning. Brandenberg and his wife cannot recover. Salrlde of an laeaetaoao Father* Aubl’en, N. Y., December 9.—Alva H. Green was yesterday convicted of incest with his daughter, and was to have been sentenced to-day, but last night be banged himself In his cell with a sheet from his bed. A UlMlaff Married Mao. Special to The Constitution. Kbw Orleans, December II. Mrnnler, a young married man. who took paaregeat Point a la Hacks, on tbe steamer Morniug Star, has been missing since the disaster, and is supposed to have per ished . A Murderer Kbw BEsav, B. C , December 7.—Cicero Colli as, who was sentenced to be banged at Kingston, N. C., on December 8th. bas been respited by the gov ernor until January 19th. Hols of a Uallroad. Cincinnati, December 9.—The Marietta end Cin cinnati railroad was sold under foreclosure to-day to Robert Garretr, of the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, for $4,375,000. Booth cl Mr flash Allea. Montreal, December 9.—Tbe death liannounced In Scotland of Sir Hugh Allen, proprietor of the Allen line of steamships. BUZZ AND BOUNCE. GOSSIP THEY HEAR IN NEW YORK. Bpley Talks and Brifbt Aneodotes of tba Men a Tbloga Past and Praaeat in the Metropolis cf the New World-Th# Latest Railroad Qoeatp—Tbaatrioal Notes, Eio. | edit, ra who have been left out In Hie cold have beeu moved to make facetlour remarks about the club in the dally papers. The Stuyvcsant club will draw its members, for tbo moat part, from the journalistic and theatrical pro- fcasUm*. Club men general* are talk ing about the ueed for new clubs In New York. The men about town and the newly rich are two cl&ues that have been rapidly growing here, and all the club* are besieged with applications for ad mission. Tbe limit of membership has been reached in most of tbe leading clubs, and the crou ds that are besieging the doors are rather cm- Tin's ' bar racing, to say the least. The Union League Special to tho Constitution. New York, December 7.—The old Louisville- and Nashville crowd, which was saiion of the street two years n*<<, ««■: , . , - . . . . .. r . gone to piece* Id a huff. Newcomb. Bddulnahd ! - Ihounud mouberm ui.d •. It* l«*t CUrk. the three Inseparable,, ere at digger, point,. ; now member! only three eould he_ed- stid rumors of a hostile meeting between New-j “ comb and Baldwin were a float a short time since. ’ Newcomb aud both the Clarks are out of the dl-1 rectory, but Baldwin has tho p esldcncy safe with | E. II. Grecu and Mrs. Green at his back. Ugly J stories are circulated soncerning tbe road, and every time tho stock shows its head somebody hits J it between the eyes. Baldwin has the nerve of tho f, devil and has shovelled In a cleau million and mined out of over two hundred applicants. Tho KnU’ktrbrocker has not quite reached Its limit, for die reason, doubtless, that it la tho most expensive wish in town. It costs $450 to get Into it, in the first place. The initiation fee is $300. the annual .toes aro $100, and new members are ass ssed$50 each for tbe benefit of the oulldlng fuud. It is no uncommon thing for gentlemen of mederste , m* ana te get into the other clubs, but wealth Is a hull In the campaign, the Ken ol which ero Joel f ?""'-»«*«• "> «>• Knickerbocker. It. curd-room I is amc 1 healing on his lean body, and he will bold to tbe last. The story was that ono of the links of their system, from Mobile to New Orleans I believe, has been captured by a rival corporation, but this Is doubtful. The great system of ro ids blocked together with such startling rapidity three winters ago will probably cohere, simply because they can't let go. In the meantime Fund l ford, the old president, who was ousted by Newcomb, after he had drank heavily and become dlszy, returned from his stock- farm, where he retired fer rest, to take the presi dency of a bank, and later of the Kew Albany and Chicago road, Is the picture of health and prosper ity, having built up both bis enterprises and stead ied his habits. Newcomb, having unloaded his stock at cuormous profits, resigned the presidency and sold the stock short, ou his knowledge of its af fairs, and raked In a fortune or so on the down turn. He Is now a ohuffy bank president In this dty, owns his bank, and is a club man, a patron of the arts and an amateur politician, with a fortune of anywhere between ten and twenty millions, There doesn’t seem to be much confidence In the oome-out of the Loulsvlllo and Nashville stock. A11 the "southern fancies ' iu which huge for tunes havo been lately made and lost, seem to be sick. 'Jho campaign engineered by the Richmond crowd that came up and ran the Danville stocks up so high that "privileges” of taking stock in their now schemes commanded from 60 to ICO premium, was tho most brilliant of the past decade while it lasted. When the old foxes of tho street thought it had gono far enough, they sprang on it aud it tumbled v0 points In a day. It Is said that the fall Impoverished most of tho officers of the road, just as tbe rise bad enriched them It Is now believed thst Mahone, of Virginia, will be elected president of the line, In return for privileges asked from the rcadjuiter courts aud legislature. Tho system It considered the most promising lu the south, and its managers as bright men, but just now tho whole thing seems to l>o carrying a black eye. The Memphis and Charleston pool Is also sick. The crowd that operates through the Baxters In Nashville, Jamison & Co. in Phila delphia. and Stevenson in New York have control, but the stock that was to go to par staggers below 60. It is said that little of tho stock Is offered at any thing under 75 as tho big holders believe In the earning capacity of tho road aud count It a sure 6 per cent stock. The East Tennessee and Virginia slocks are quiet’ and droopy. The new roads of the ayvtem f.id.hcd and investors are waiting to see rents of trade established before they pitch In at fsney figures. Tho manipulators of this system having realized heavily on the >alo of their nickel plated ro«d, will now probably put their hands to tho East Tennessee and Virginia stocks. At present, however, the southern railroad stocks are heavy. They wero "boomed” too furiously at first, and tbe values set too high. They wlU appre ciate as tho south develops slowly but more surely. You havo no idea how many private organs are built lu housos here. The Messrr. Odell have just built two for \Mlliam Belden. Tbe first was au orchestra organ of Immense power, which was placed in his cournry residence on City Island. It cost $7.100. Its peculiar feature Isa high pressure cornet atop, for solo effects, which is frequently heard clearly iu Long bland, two miles away across the water. For the second organ, to be erected in his residence at Fifth avenue and Sixty-second street. Mr. Belden gave the order: "Make me the best organ you know bow. without regard to cost,” and that the Messrs. Odell have just done. There are only one or two church organs in the <ily that are larger than this one, aud even they have not some of Its peculiar and most effective features. It bas 58 stop* and 2,500 pipes, a carillon, er Chirac, of 32 bells, military drums, and a solo cornet stop. That solo ooruet Is supplied with wnd from a separate bellows of Its own, Is voiced at 10-lneh pressure, whereas the usual voicing of a church organ is on 3-inch pres sure, aud In solo playl g has exactly the effect of a cornet performed upon by Levy or Arbuckle. The "carillons” are not actually bells, but steel bare, and are operated by a separate piano action. This organ itself cost $16,000. but that was by no means the extent of tbe outlay ou it. To afiord a place for its erection, a place had to bo provided 22 by 18 feet, running from the sub-cellar floor up to the secoud story of tbe bouse, a height of 33 feet. give absolute security sgalust dampness and its lower parts, which would be fatal to It In a short time, the sub-cellar and cellar had to be double and treble lined with concrete, aspbaltum, and other mated- A steam engine of three-horse power was pro vided to work the bellows. Perfect connection was effected by the employment of the patient pneu matic system, which Is the distinguishing feature of the Odell organs. The key-btiard was putln tbe first story in a recess back of the parlor. Looked at from tbe front there, only a large expanse of highly ornamental Queen Anne fretwork appears, ou either side of which, at the depth of tho recess, window. Before one of these, win dows Is the botrd, and behind that fretwork are the carrilons and the solo organ, iucladiog that powerful cornet stop. A vMtor might be In the house fora week, and, If tbs organ were not played In that time, or he did not chauct to penetrate that recess, he would not be likely to suspect that there Is sn organ In the building. Messrs. Odell have alio erected organs in tbe^ouses of Benjamin Gregory, $74 West Twenty-tMrd street; Robert Thallon, 81$ St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn; E. M. Bowman, of Sh Louis, ind a number of others, but none of them at all approximating In size to that built for Mr. Bel- den’s dty residence. Within tbs psst week twro new clubs havt been organised here, one styling Itself the Authors’ •lab. and the other adopting the name "Stuyves- ant club.” Tbe Authors' club will have quite a small membership. The limit is at present fixed at fifty, and that number, it seems, in tbe opinion of the members, will include all the book writers In town of fair ability. Among the members arc E L. Godkln, George Wi lltm Curtis, 8. 8. Co- nant, A.Thnrsklke Bice, R. W. Gilder, RIrhard Grant-White, Edward Eggleston, E. C. Stedman, H. H. Boyrten, Noah Brooks. Charles DeKay, (1. E. Montgomery, Bronton Howard, William Winder, Rraud'.-r Matthews, H. M. Alden, W. L. A Idea, and John Blgelowr. Some literary men and ameus for the heavy game of poker that if gofug ou there every evening. *-'ome time ago one of the younger members, who haa an inoomsof $76,000 rr*er annum, dropped $3,000 of it at a single slttlug in the club rooms. The Union club has beeu talk ing of buying land near Central park for the erec tion of a new club-house. it is now Mid that the schemo has been aban doned, as it was found that a deslrablo site could not be bought in the proposed location for U-m than about $76,000. Many members of tho Union club are very wealthy, but the club Itself is uot particularly "forehanded,” as It has always been Its policy to live up to its Income. It costs a <ood deal of money to belong to a fashionable club, hut the advantages and comforts of club life are <uch as only the most opulent purses could provide .'or private enjoyment, and many men of good <landing, but of really moderate means, are will- .ug to pay tho large Initiation fee and the annual ducB. It is esteemed also a great advantage to have a membership in a first-class club when one happens to visit London or the continent. The hospitalities of the leading clubs of London aro free y extended to the members of the Union, the 4,’nlon League, or tho Knickerbocker, and a New Yoik gentleman hardly needs any other Introduc tion to the society of tbe British capital. The8t. Nicholas club la In ono sense the most exclusive In die dty. Inasmuch as it has an inexorable condi tion of member hip as respects one's ancestry. It is wholly composed of tbe descendants of old New Yorkers, and no one Is eligible to membership who*e ancestors did not live In this city as far back as 1787. It Is probable that one or two new clubs, organized on an ambitious plau, will bo formed here soon to meet tbo demand. The most distressing news reaches us from tho ell region. The number of pcoplo ruined in the Ikte speculative crash there is unprecedented. Fortunes of a million dollars and trlblo that were swept away os feathers In a cyclone, thousands of people who enjoyed a competency ono hour found themselves hopel -ssly bankrupt the noxt hour. Of t^ureo the Slundard oil company made Incredible pfrotits. As it controlled tho market, it mado prices just what It pleased, dropping them when tho lambs had bought, or shooting thorn up when tbo lambs had sold. .liockafcllor, who manages tho affairs of this giant corporation, is ono of tho shrewdest men In tho country Ho has in his time tackled Vandorbilt a id Gould on tho transportation question, and uut- Itrited them both. There Is no monopoly so secure ‘ t' TJib.ic a« the oil compauy ho has built up, and the t- rtutics amatsed by Its members are fabu lous. I acted a friend of Rockefeller's what he was worth. The friend replied: ••Rockafollcrls oneof the few men who would bo afraid to tell Just what he Is worth. I should put bis wealth at $10,000,000. Ho would probably nut it at half as much.” the meantime the suicides that have been commit ted In tho oil reglous by wrecked Investors, and tbo lunatics that have been crazed by their losses, cry out against Rockafeller and his friends. But these sort of cries rarely ever peuetrate tbe gilded palaces of those against whom they are directed. "CURBSTONK ECHOES/' Caught on the Wing -S*v ,r° Sent Flying Through THE CONSTITUTION. The Passion Plsy Is now being rehearsed hero for presentation soon. Roy. W. M. Waunemakcr Is to take the part of Christ. He says ho was reformed from sin by seeing the Passion Play rendered lu Sau Francisco, and has ever since studied tho char acter of Christ so that ho could render it reverently and iutelligeut|y. The play will be rendered In a new bouse called Passion Hall, now being built by Mr. Salmi Morse, who owns the play. The scenes, and elahoiste ones they will be. represent the Garden of Gethesmane, the aabbatba where Christ was tried, the temple, and a great street scene In Jerusalem, 137 feet in depth. Mr. Morse says: "I do not in tend in this production to give tho scene of the crucifixion or any of Ihe horrors In tbe tiagedy of tho life of Jesus, but only to depict, as man reverently and lov ingly may, the meekness the goodness, the great ness, attending that sublime subject. I mean to show contemporary matter* aud tblngs > ot which little Is known, exsept to students. I shill show the sedltloa of tho Jews when Pontius I’ilste placed the bust of Tiberius In tbe temple. I shall show the disastrous consequences of the battle of Arctai at tbe time of tbe death of John tho Baptist. I shall give the plausible grounds of John tbe Bap tist's decapitation. In nothing that I will do shall there be anything that might justly shock tbe prejudices or weaken the antagonism of the most devoted religionist.” The shop windows are assuming their holiday aspect, aud they draw better than a pantomime. One of the windows at Macy’s is given ap to Mother Goose and a grand performance by all her characters. Tbe piece is set lu a large carved gilt frame, and by some unseen magical process re vnlves, each revolution turning out different sc#-nea First comes Mother Geo»o and hor maids of honor. Tbe fate of po^r Jack a»d Gill is graph ically personified by a little boy doll at the too*, ot a steep hill, laying flat on tbe ground with his bead mashed and Gill tumbling after with her pall of water upset and the bucket rolllugoffat one ride. One novelty In toys is an old white hen com posed of real feathers and in life-sixe. When wound up she would run over the floor as If looking for com on the ground, and deposit her eggs at inter vals. She has a companion of the m«le persua sion composed of brilliant feathers, and displaying a veiy red comb as he struts around, crowing lust ily every few steps. Mrs. Langtry came very near meeting with fail ure In New York. Had her engagement been pro tracted a week longer, empty benches would have been tbe tale. As it was, there were many vacant seats the last few ulgbts. Tbe papers are fierce lo their criticisms of her acting, and the most thst people have cared for was to see the greatest beauty of our day. She does not show well In the rustic garb of Hester Graxebrook, nor the absurd leggins of Rosalind, and her audiences have little chance to Judge of the witching beauty that lu dtcollette and diamonds captured the prince of Waive at an evening party and made the lUy the rage. In Boston she is doing well, as she always will to first nights She bad little or no social recognition here and bas fallen In with a »et of fast club men thst drive eTen the dot!-g Mrs. Laboucbere from her side In alarm. With an income of more than $1,000 Atlanta, December 7-1 dined with Ballard Smith, of the New York Herald, tho other night, and the conversation turned on tho next presidential election. "I think few things wero ever more certain in our politics,” said Mr. Nmlth. "than that tho democrats will elect the next president. Or rather that the regular republican nominee will be beaten. "Then the regular democratic nominee must beat him?” suggested some one. "I don’t know about that There are hundreds of thousands of republicans who are dissatisfied with the party mauagemeut. They cannot be brought to vote for tbe party nominee, even wheu ho Is personally unobjectionable-aa witness the overwhelming defeat of Folger in New York against whom not a word could be said. But it doubtful If thero dissatisfied republicans would vote for tbe nominee of tbe "machine” elements of tho democratic party, such as Tammany for ex ample." "How will the fight be made then?” "It Is easy to see how. 8*y that Mr. Cleveland makes such a governor as the business men and con- irvative people, lriespective of party, will approve, Put forward as the representative of there lutcrests ho would sweep the couutry certainly and over whelmingly,” A gentleman at the table suggested that with a million dollars cash ho could defeat the democrats by paying a southern congressman to move for tho payment of the confederate bonds, and by establbh- lug incendiary bourbon papers throughout the south. •The time has passed for that sort of thing,” Mid Mr. Smith. "Tbe time hss been when the republi can ranks could be closed by almost any sort of rallying cry. You notice in tbe last campaign that even when Folger raised the alarm about the unset tling of values aud of "panic,” to which New York has always been particularly susceptible,it failed to check the anli-Folger current aud the answer to it was 193,000 ad verso majority. The best republicans (and I'm Inclined to believe tho bulk of repub)! cans) have become convinced that the manage ment of the party Is thoroughly corrupt and baf and if Cleveland gives New York a clean administra tion. i do not think one million or ton million dol lars coula defeat his election to tho presidency in 1884. it la quite probable that ho will fall out with tho democratic politicians of New York, will have a head of his own, and will not bo the too) ot Tammauy or of any other clique. The opporitlon of such an element would really be of benefit. "Is Cleveland a strong man personally T” ’ lie is a safo man and an honest man, without having tho intellectual force that would of itself command tho presidency. It Is his position and op portunity more than any thing olso that wllladvanco him. Paitiion, of Pennsylvania, is a stronger matt than Cleveland and mote forceful, llo Is out of the question as ho is too young to tako tho presi dency if ho woro elected, jf he had been born nine mouths earlier than bo wni, I believe bo would crowd Cleveland < ut. Pennsylvania Is about as important as New York, In certain view, more im portant, I'atliron is a moro magnetic and a broad- der man than Clevoland, and his very youth would be &u otement in his favor. Ho has also tbe quali ty of reservo and dignity which is a good deal. If ho wero niuo mouths older it would probably bo I’attison th&t would fill tlio public eye threo years from now. As It Is it will bo Cleveland, if ho at all metis tbo expectations of bis frkndt.” Mr. Smith has traveled extensively over Now York and Pennsylvania lately, aud his facilities for obtaining Information have beeu very great. By the way, Mr. Smith tells a story of a North Carolina wedding. It runs this way: It was In the Carolina backwoods, a country couple and a coun try parson. Though a Baptist, tho minister wore an old surplice. When he bad finished the cere mony, he said: "An’ tbem'uns who God bath Joined”— "Siopthar, parson,” said tho groom; "don't say tbem'uns, say thrse'unsi” "John," Mid tbo parson, "I lech you at school, and I say tbem'uns." "These ’uns,” shouted the groom, drawing bis pistol. Tbe parson selng tbe movement fired through his surpllco and tho groom dropped dead—wluilug the parson as be went down. There was a lively fusil- ade of perhaps thirty shots. When tbe smoke oteared away a half dozen men were on the floor. The bride, peeping over tho pulpit to wbicb she bad tied for refuge, gazed mournfully on the scene, and said: Them a self cockin' pistols is a playin' b—II with my prospeiksi" Ot course the story is an Impossible one, and yet said Mr. Smith: That is tbs staple story of the south that iscircu latedatid believed throughout tbe north. While such a thing could hardly have happened lu North Caro lina cny more than in New York, tbeaverage north man smiles Incredulously when you tell him that this performance Is Improbable at a Carolina wedding." A broker gave me tbo following story yesterday 8ald he: Watch for a lurprile in Georgia railroad stock. You know the Central and Georgia roads control the Western road of Alabama. Tbo only obligations •gainst that road are $3,000,000of bonds fndoned by tbe Georgia and Central. There Is no stock. It is uow proposed to issue $5,000,000 of new bond*. Of these $3 OuO.OOO will be ploct d In trust to tske up the I3.00u.0i0 f Indorsed bonds now oat. The re maining $.',000 000 will be divided between the Georgia snd Centra), giving them $1,000,000 each o bonds. These bonds can sell at par, for the p ad Is undoubtedly worth $5,000,000, and with $3,000,009 held In trust the remainder can be sold.” "What will be done with this cash surplus?" "I only know as to the Georgia road. Tneir $1, 000,000 ran cither be put iu their bank and used as additional banking capital or It can be paid out as a cash dividend. In tbe the first case it will in crease ibe annual dividend, coming Ines Increased earnings from tbe bank. In the other case it woull be a cash dividend of $2 a share on the 42,000 shares of capital. I think the last Is the most probable course." "Has It been decided that thu scheme is to bs put through?'" * "My Information comes direct thst President Pbinixy, at a meeting where the plan of Issuing stock ou the Western roid was proposed, suggested ihe bonding scheme and tbe division of the surplus bonds. HU suggestion wss favorably considered, and he wss requested to^ee whether be could get the directors of tbe Georgia road to aaree to It. I am Informed that he now hss written authority from bU board to put tbe Georgia road into the scheme, and toy belief Is that it will be carried out.” I give tbe above for what it U worth. My in- formaut has faclU'.lee for gelling information, and is sincere in bis statement. In the historical department at tbe Art Loan are two woro and dirty ticket* carefully framed. One . .1,01. Mr., tunnr iotm’tfor . 'h.prron. ^ Kor Uur( . nl ' ri Hul; r „, Clf , ptmi M. M. Tidwell; For8cnator, J. M. Calhoun; Rep resentative, B. H. Overby. The other, For Govern or, Joseph E. Brown; Congress, L. J. Gartrell: Sen ator, J. I. Whitaker: Representative, J. O. West moreland. These are probably tbe only tickets left of tbe hundreds of thousands of tickets of that fa mous struggle in which Hill and Brown were first pitted against each other, and the feud began be- tw- on them that lasted for a quarter of a cen tury. Just back of these relics of an opening rivalnhip hang the life-size portraits of the two rivals taken In virtue of their colleagueshipln the United States senate. What vast concerns fluctuate between the days when the tickets wero printed and when tke portraits were painted. What desperate struggles— what momentous affairs—tbo slow-growing forces of disunion, tho Inexorable approach of war, the bloody soenes of tho strife, tbo destruction of slavery, tbe reconstruction of a shattered republic. In the working out of ell these problems the two voung statesmen were pitted against cash other, and looked at things from opposing points of view. Each wss a leader of his faction, and each potential as a leader. They came together m friends when each had reached by different routes tho highest honor that the state could give. With tho achieve- mentof this honor is closed the career of the two youngsters which began with the tickets and pro gressed to the portraits. One han gone to his long rest, followed by tbe love of his people and tbe other after more than twenty years of pub lic service turns longingly toward the -hades of pr vato life. John Goodwin, tho newly elected mayor, has had a very remarkable career In Atlanta. He came bore a raw oountry boy, from Powder springs, and was a reporter on the old Atlanta Herald. In writing up ward mcctiugs he bccamo interested In politics, and soon took a hand on bis own aceouut. Ho offored for tho city council and was elected to the surprlso A everybody, who thought that tbe un known couutry boy had no sort of showing with tho practical politician*. Goodwin has made many races, but has never been beaten. He always has strong opposition, but his majority is always sure and decisive. Without eloquence, affability or showy qualities, and with no fortune to back him or old family alliances, ho wins by common sense and quiet management. With tho possible excep tion o! Bill Hulsey, ho is tho youngest mayor Atlanta ever selected, aud ns the head of the chief and capital city of tho state for tho two years that are pretty sure to bo the most Important years ol her history, ho occupies a responsible aud delicate posi tion. But it Is a place where common i«nso will ivo him where showier qualities would fail him. When tho Hon. Joshua Hill was in tho United States senate ho bought for $7,000 an old field lying on tho suburbs of Washington. IIo thought little of it. but held it as an investment for hh children, Tbo British minister built a flno rcsldenco in tho quarter In which this land was situated, made It a fashionable district and Mr. IIIH’b purchase is now worth perhaps $25 -,000-ocrtaln.y a vo.y largo sum. get this information from Mr. Theodore Cono, a former citizen of Georgia, who now lives in Wash ington. Treasurer Watson, of tbo Cartcrsvlllo car factory, udU mo that tho factory paid25 percent cash divi dend and passed 12 por cent, cash toa reservo fuud tho first year of Its onoration. It built 600 cars that year and has a capacity of over 1,200 cars per annum As it cleared 37 per cent net c«sh its first twelve- mouths, and is doing bolter tho present year, it maybe put up as an cxamplo of what money and skill can do In manufacturing in Georgia. 1 heard ono mother say to another yesterday: "If you want your daughter to grow up graceful aud comely, glvo her a cold bAtli every morning, give her hnlr ouo hundred strokes with a stiff brurii, lo her breakfast bo mado of graham bread and syrup, glvo her broad slfocs with low heels, and pnt her to bed at 7 o'clock, overy night.” Mel f.t'uM trot. 1'rof. W. B. Carpenter's Lecture. No human power can be so rtrcngtnenod by prac tice as this power of self-control. Every successful moral coufllct loaves tho victor ro much the strong er—with so much moro good—for tho next time. Tbo way to conquer temptation is to fix tho mind upon somo other object. It l* a bid policy to keep m\ I hr nw i, "I will n (it yl< id t<» thl-.'' for thru the object is kept before the mind, but the mind should be resolutely turned to tonic other tiling. of brooding over wrongs and tho slUhts Inflicted upon us by friends, tho remedy is not to say. ”1 “ tot think about it.” but to turn tho mind to somo other channel. Frequently tbe morose feel- Ingi aro the result bodily derangement, often the liver. Nothing is worsj than bo o ling. In nerlodsof deprcftrioii. Dr Carpeufcr *»ld ho bau found much relief in read»ntt ncott’s novcli. The UeUee-lle Tex. From the Memphis Avalanche. Now the day lor reforming the tariff U como, let every one concerned lu the cotton business remem ber the odious aud oppressive Iron cotton-tlo tax, and tbe Insolent cffirtamsde bv those who levy tribute fr<>m tho cotton planters to double lu amouut. Tbe duty is thirty five per cent. Appll.-Mblu to all Paper*. From the Memphis Avalaucbe. When tho average citizen on these bluffs ispuz tied to know what to buy and where to buy Christ mas presents for bis sisters, bis cousins and his aunts, be will naturally seek the advrirtMaf (Uaf umusof the great and good Avalanche for a solu tion of tne problem. lboislativk notes. The senate lean Industrious body. Senator Morgan resembles Bill Arp. Senator Baker was in thu pro-uk-ut’* chair yester day. After all it was a busy session and a good working one. Henator Meldrim celebrated bis thlrty-fortth birthday yesterday. Senator Parks helped tho secretaries In the read ing of bills yesterday. Senator Neal does credit to bis district although ao far he bas not made any speeches. Henator Bush Is one of the most unassuming yet • one of the very best members of tho senate. Hpeaker Garrard pulled through with fewer mis takes aud a better avenge tha t any new speaker cv<r made. Senator Wilcox has made no speeches. He hears the others and then quietly votes as he pleax* and he pleases to vote right. IMr. Watts, of Stewart, established himself ax ono the leading tbiukenof the house,and a good de bater wheu mere was need of debating. Several of Tux CoNtrrrtmoN correspondents aro .j the legislature. Noiablv among them aro Hcna- lor Parka.aud Honorable* Mr. Hawks and Rountree. These three geiitlemcu stood In the very front rank end The Constitution lx proud of them—u their constituents ought to be. No man leaves the capital with more frimd* than Ben Ku»*ell, of Dtcatur. He baa won the «**».. « m and confidence of hi* c.,lie*Ku. * and is a favorite with the public. Bluff. Incorruptible, and coura geous, he baa been true to his cunxtlur~* J Four of the most studious and conoclentlous membere of the senate were Senators Waik.-r, wti- cox. Frederick and Harris. They were aiwa their places, always anxious to do what wu when the intereMsof ihe state woul ■afe tn the bands of these four senator* alotu Judge James B Park, of Greene county, la the|workitig men of the b gidature. " ■ervaitveln politics, but is ono of tho bars of the Douse. He has been r- npeaker Garrard os one of the h-ding bouie in the sppolntmeat of HU c«.i!u hh record in the leBblature, not onl> f but for revere! terms, ha* been equal ‘ judge box some eucmkh In ni< • iillng on tbo rivef bank / tr Jng, n whenever there ban electi-sn her’ i leaves thqtn on t elect too. nm