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Hixeecx and liirrls oounltM hart panad
hroughthotbrooiolprohibition eontaata In
Hancock county, where lta* alactlon hald waa
tha third on lha subject, tho prsMbltloniita
won by n majority oi eighty-seven, while in
Santa county tha wat Uekat received n
majority ol -HO.
Tat Maw York llanld thlnka that nona ol
tha republican martagera will ha donkaya
enough hereofler to allck to tbo bloody ohiit;
but It la plain that tha Herald doeen't under
atand the crcruiUre of lha rtpabllean parly.
It UCeitber lha bloody abtrt or nothing. They
will were tho gory garment besauae they
have noothir laene, and thay will ha defeat
ed la tUd, ae they were In IBM, only more ao.
A raivATi dispatch waa received yeaterday
la lha city by Colonel D. N. spoor an-
sonncltg lha death at Barlow, Ga., of Colo*
ntlWindcrl’, Johnson, lie was a aon of tha
Hon. Henehtl V. Johnson, and graduated at
tha uslvtnily of Georgia with honor, and
waa lha vaJedletcrlan of the class cl law atn-
drnla at tha Lumpkin law achool in 1856.
Bo htld a rirpenalblo poll Hod daring the
wot In tho army ol northern Virginia, and
wu a brill lam man wboaa dtalh In lha prim*
ol Ula will ba regretted by all who haaw him.
Att/deaomintUone art interfiled In the
question which wu dlecuseed at Use raoeol
church ooegreae la Saw Uaves- ekaU pen
b* rented or not ? It la a difficult <iuaatloa.
U tba crsdid Income of n church la rataed
by renting the pent, the poor will itay away
feet they should tatrnda upon tha proparty
of tha rich. And If pawa are not rented
current eiHnere must be met by contribu
tions, which ero urged and enforced at every
opportunity. A "In*’’ church le therefore a
church of contribution■. and tha poor have
no money to contribute. How then an tha
paw to hear tho gospel?
UNION CASUALTIES.
Figures are not enticing, but the flguree
presented by Adjutant General Draco,
Untied Btsteo army, relating to the onion
forcee and their loner, will ecarcely fall to
internet all who wen engaged In the great
etruggle, whether they were moskot-bearers
or not. The report before oa la tha reault
of a long, patient and txbatuUve examina
tion of all official noorde, and the figure!
may be regarded ae trustworthy. Certainly
no more accurate figure* can be gathered
from known sourcea. They an in a word
official and final, tha nearest approximation
to the truth that la now or aver will ba at
tainable.
The various states and tarrltorleafurnlabad
to th* union armlet vary nearly 3,800,000
men, bet th# report before oe reduces all
troopi furnished; to the three-years’ standard.
This baela reduces tba number below tba
actual number famished, because a great
many man wan enliited lor ehorter terms.
Go this basis General Drnm make* the total
number of troopi 2,320,272, of which num
ber 369,400 were killed in battle or diad In
thaeervlc*. About ona In every alx died.
The JcwMa of New York alone aggregate 40,.
634 men. The casualties among the colored
troop! were ixcssslve, being over forty per
cent of all enliited. The total namber of
colon d troopi wu OL788.
While between fifteen and sixteen men In
100 died In the service, yet not quite three
men in 100 were killed outright on tha field
of batlla, Vermont loet proportionately
more than any other state In both “killed In
action," and "died of wounds." The nntn-
ber klllid In action waa 07,030, and 43,000
more died of wonnde. Tha exact percentage
of tbcie killed in action la 2.88-abont three
In ICO,
Bnt disease le the greet foe of tbe soldier.
Nearly ten (In 106 fell by disease. A table
•bows the percentage!at a glance:
For cent.
>ted In battle — ...aw
led of wouoda ....181
led ol disease 8.M
Disease carried of 2,703 offloerr, and 221,-
701 anllatad man. Tha unseen foe had allln
In bad drainage, Irregular eappllee of food
and clothing, foretd marches, malaria, tha
unregulated urn of atimulanta, neglect of
penonst cleanliness, homealokoam and *
dosen other (hinge. Tha report abo ws that
th* man from tha middle states withstood
dlieiae batter than thoie from any other sec-
tiona. Iowa’a lorn, lor example, on acorunt
of discus, wu over thirteen per eeuL Toe
experience of the warle, that dty-brtd men,
accaslomed to atore or offioa Die, ara hardiar
and batter adapted to the duties ol tbe asige
and march, and picket line than tha aona ol
toll from thafarma or from tha great work
shops.
THIS UNITED STATES SENATE.
Tha senate will bo controllid by tha repub
llrsna until Hatch 4, 1887. Tba contaat for
control alter that time will be n clou on*.
Aa Iblnga stand, thirty-four democrats and
thiity-thrca republicans art reasonably aura
to hold tula alter that time—luvlng
nlnesealifobeoonteetedfor in next year’s
elections. These teats ara to b* filled In Cal
ifornia, Connecticut, Indiana, Halne, Michi
gan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York and
Wit eon tin.
If the fie mocrafe carry four of these atatat
tbe senate will ha a Ur, and Mr. Hendricks
will have lha decisive vole. Bnt oan tha
democrat! cany (cur ol lb* nln* etatea?
Beyond all rtasonabl* doubt tba democrats
Will be able to carry New Jersey end Indiana,
bt causa they are dsmoerallo slates. In tba
rscent election In Naw Jersey tba democrats
lost two slat* senators, owing to local find*
bnt (bay gainsd members In lha lower house,
and than Is ao reuon to doubt their ability
and disposition to seen re next years major! ly
In Joint ballot. Indiana la not eerioasly
contested by ih* republicans. Connecticut
and Niw York ara both democratic states,
as shown by lut fall's altcllona and con-
llim<d by those of tb* present month- but
tba genjmahder of Naw York and tba rot-
fan- borcugb sytlim of Connecticut ara
against us, and tbo;popnlar will may be da
faalid In both stalls.
Wc must thrn turn to California, Main#,
Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin—all doubt
ful stale* sxorpt Maine. Ws need from tb*
Ova states only two seals, and wa may gat
them In ery two of them. They are all
oloiely balanced, and tha Independent voter
may diolds next year that Hr. Cleveland
•ball have a fair field in tha lut two years
of bla term. The prospect la not altogether
bright. Tba democrat! have, however, an
•ven chance, and tba wist policy ol tba
president may sasnlt altar all In a shitting of
tha conttol of tha senate In March, 1837, to
tba democrat* Tha incctu In Virginia off-
■ala tha backiat In Ohio, and than la alUl
mom for hop* and work.
A BELATED CONFEDERATE,
The romantic aid* of |tha lata war la Juit
beginning to show Itself. Every day aoma
llttl# scrap of history cornea lo light, rival
ling in dramatis Interest anything to be
found la the pages of boot!, Dumu or
Coops r.
Shortly after the cools derate! begin thalr
•ttnggla for independence, Winahlp Up
chuck, of Ohalham county, N. O., Joined a
volunteer company and want to tha front
Ba made a good soldier, and fought on nntU
lha last year of tba cos filet. Tha fadamla
captured blm In ona of tha bloody battlaa In
Vlrgtala, and ho sru unt to ona of tha prla-
oca In tba norlhwuL At tba cloaa ol tba
war ba wu dltcbargfd. Ha wu without
money and bad heard nothing from homa
in many months. Hit relatival, ba knew,
bad good ration to bellava him dud. De
spondent and poverty-stricken, tba poor
fallow drifted about from placa to plaea
wherever ha could obtain work. Hia wan-
datlrgi curled him all tha tlma westward,
and whan ba found hlmaelf In San Fran
cisco ha ytaldad to a temptation to vteft tba
Mndwlch Islands.
The voluntary exile intanded iome day to
ratuen borne, but many things lntarfarad.
He also intended to writ* and notify bla peo-
plaol bla whereabont* bnt from lima to
time ba delayed. Almost before ba knew it
twisty year* flitted by. A law weeks ago he
felt an utcentroUabledesire toss* tba old
nerth slate again. Ha arranged hia bulnswi'
puked bla trunk tnd started on bis long
jourstj. Lut weak ba tumid up .in Chat-
barn county with tha announcement that ha
bud ecmt to pay u abort visit to bla old
friends.
It It easy lo Imsgtna tha astonUhment
created by tba ruppaarauca of tha belated
confidante. Tbe Intelligence of hia return
ipxcad Ilka wlldlfe,and hundreds cl formus
who were total atraagera lo blm rods many
ruflea to Interview blm. Tba Sandwich Is
lander will ba tba lion of tba hour and a
nine-days wonder. Unfortunately for tba
symmetrical rounding off of tbs atory, tha
advealuons soldier does not propose to asttla
down In hia old boma. Ha bu prospered
among bla heathen Irianda and will go back
to spend bis daya among them. Perhaps all
tba points In tb! story hare sot bean made
public. Tbert may ba a woman In tbe case.
Upchurch may bava bean drawn to North
Carolina by a sneaking desire to again look
npon the face of tha girl ba left behind blm
whan ba want to tba tinted field. Ha may find
bar, not tba buxam lamia of twenty yean
ago, bnt a faded matron, happy In tba cease
less dntics and earn of wlfahood and moth
erhood. This may ba tba and of tba little
romance. Who knows?
EDITOR STEAD AS A VICTIM.
Tba verdict of tba jury in tba Stud case is
eseastlaliy a British verdict, at tba charge of
tba jadge wu the charge of a British Judge.
Mr. Btead le tbe editor of a Journal, but un
like other British editors, ba la aomethlng of
a reformer. Ae an editor, ha deemed it bla
duty to expose tbe Immorality and nastiness
tbst intrudid ttemulvea npon blm at every
tun.
Ir vratlgallrg tba sourcea ef this Immoral
ity, ba dlacovcrrd that tba young glrie of tba
lower cissies are bought and sold for tba rue
of tba aristocrats—tbe higher cluaea By
mcane of reporters ha gathered a tremendous
array of facia and spread It befora tba pub
lic. Tba publication created tremendous ex-
ell ement In England. Tha moral paopla war*
•hocked and tha gnllty classes trigbtanad.
Tba facta gstbered by Editor Stead wersqnes-
Honed, whin upon ba propoaad to verify
them by porch a-lcga young girl for Immoral
purpotes. The guilty ones uv tbsir oppor
tunity, acd elor.ee proceeded to make tha
editor a victim. He wu prosecuted (or prov
ing that his alls) alters wero true. Those who
were- guilty ol tbe crlmeawblch Editor Staad
expend icolt tdvantaga of tha opportunity,
brought tbsir aristccratle Influence to bear,
and now tba editor fa convicted, to aoma de-
grsa, of tlia vary crime which ha charged on
Brlisb rcciely, though tba crime wu oom
mltted for tba pnrpou of proving that bla
exposures were facia. Aa Great Britain up-
holds the Turk, It may wall baanppoaad that
it will cordons tba Crimea of Its aristocracy.
GEORGIA AND THE FORESTRY CON-
GREBE.
Tba appointment ol delegates by Govarnor
McDaniel to tba southern forestry eongraaa,
shortly to ba hald at DiFonlak Springs,
Florida, glvts lo Georg'* a decided lntanat
In the masting. Asa matter of fact, tba pro-
pcssd congress la of more importance to
Georgia than to anv other atata In tbs truth,
When tbo legislature wu In union a law
woha igo t TnaCo«BTiruTiox called th* at
tention of lta membere to tba naoemlty of an
Investigation ot tha subject of forged land
titles In tbla Mate, tbe luvastlgatlou to ba
followed by necensry lagblatlon. Tha tn
veatJgatlon need not bava covered many days,
for there are man In all parts cf tbe state
wbo know of tbeexletence of forged land
tltlae and the grrat damage that hu bean
dona tbrongh them to tha right* and prop
eityof lard-owner*. For tba matter of that,
tba InveMIgatloo need not heir* extended
beyond the toemptroller-geoeral’s offioa, for,
U we are not mlitakan, that officer bu on
flla In bla department sufflclant evldonca to
•bow th* nature and axtant of tha franda
that bava bean perpetrated by mrana of
forged tltlea.
For several years there have bun man In
various parts of tba atata whose business It Is
to Ideal in these forged tIUea and this fact
bu bean taken rdvtntaga of to a very alarm
ing axtant by Individuals and corporations
wbo dialra to ccoupy tha land only tempora
rily for thepmpouof alrlpplngltof timber,
or for tha pnrpou of making turpantlua.
MlUtc-ita of aeita of tba flnait timber lands
In Georgia bava been despoiled by those wbo
fcevr no claim to them. The Interested! thou
who purchase these forged Utln for non
Inal lima are Important enough to gtvajtham
sn excuse for cor listing the right* of the reel
enters, hut by the time tbe oourta bare
leillnl the matter tb* Loldtraof the bogus
tttlsa bave accomplished tbolrwotkof do-
alructlcn, and are ready to mova to other
fields.
Tbla la a malfcr that a forestry congreea
cannot reach, but tba people ol tbla atata
ought to taka some steps locking to tha pru
ination of thalr valnabla pine foreeta—the
meat valuable, all thing* considered, In th*
world. By tb* tlma tba Isglalatnra can ba
Indnetd to sot, much of tba flout timber la
tba atata will hava bun dutroyed. White
then la ao ramsdy outside of teglalatlva ac
tion for forged titles that will prsrsat this da-
•ruction, ntvarthslsaa, It tetobabopadtbata
aound public asBtlmant can b* created whara-
by tha timber Interests ef tb* atata may ba
promoted, and lta valnabla foraata preserved.
Tux naw gradual emancipation bill ol
Btaatl give* satisfaction to all except a tew
plaatan, who declare th* agricultural pro
duels ot tha country wUlaaffarbaeeasatha
frsedmen will not work. Tbt plan of
•mancipation la this: Immediate freedom ol
llUtavwovtr thasgoolGO yaara. This will
release about 100,000. Tha measure sin pro
vide! for a registration of all slaves under
tb* ago of 60, with an exact valuation to be
fixed upon uch ona of them by tba anumet-
•ter, tha maximum price, depending upeu
their pbyalcal condition, Intelligence, and
michanlcal knowledge, bring 1350. An
emancipation hind Is established, consisting
of 3 per cant of tb* ravenna of tha govern
ment, for tba pnrcbua of snob staves u
thalr maatara are willing to sell, tba freed-
non meanwhile reimbursing tba govern
ment by working for It at tba regular rata of
Iria wagta until they have earned a tarn
equal to tb* coot cl their freedom. At tba
exd of five years a naw valuation will b*
mad*, which will of eonruba leu than tha
promt standard; and at tha and ol thirteen
jiara all person* tn bondage will b* Ire*.
TaaChtstestoa N»w* tnd Courier highly
axtola Mr L. W. Trenholm, whom tha presi
dent hu appointed to terve u a civil service
commlsrioiar. He le a Charleston merchant
by Inheritance, a man of Mild acquirement*
and large information. Ba briiavea firmly
■fin lb* | sii olplsa which wsra aought to be
applied to tha pnblie sortie* In th* law and
ngatelicM now In force," bntour Chutestoo
contemporary uya h* will takta thoroughly
hsaiatia-bka viaw of tho matter, seeking
alwaya lubttantlal rsaulte ot public value
itihtr than tha gratification of an Idea.
HIGH 1NTERES V AND BAD SECURITY.
The oigaion of tha Duka of Wellington
that “high Interest means bsd security” hu
been quoted Ume and again, but it doe* not
teem to have had moch effect. Tbo success
ot Ferdintnd Ward in wreckieg tbe fortunes
of tbose wbo trnsted blm shows what risks
people will ran In order to secure big relume
on their invutments.
Out in LsFayette, led., a scoundrel bu
bun playing Werrt’a game tor yean Toe
western swindler, Jadga Yates, confined hia
fidneiary dialings lo widows and orphans.
He pceed as a benevolent man, andso general
waa tba belief of nte goodness thst in the
course of time tbe estate ol nurly every
widow and orphan In tbe country cime into
bte heeds. For peers sit went well. When
bit victims wonted funds the judgelsdocsd
them to meke bills at tbe stores in his name.
Occasionally, when ba eunld not avoid it,
be refunded a little money. Estate* ranging
from 31,000 to (20,000 were intruetad to blm.
The man must have possessed a wonderful
perional magnetism to enable him to bold
tbe confidence of tba people so long. For
fifteen ycereevery thing went along imoothly.
Tbe other day tbs crash cams.
It has not yet been clearly ascertained
wbat tbe Judge owe*. It mey run up to
(100,000. Hie asset* are too intangible for an
estimate. The long and abort of It la that
tbe Jodgebu robbed the weak end helpless
crcaturis wbo trusted blm and believed In
blm ss tbsir benefactor.
Of eeurie no punishment con be toe se
vere for such bareness. But tbsre is enotbsr
side to it People are culpably careleea when
they confide tbelr fortuuu to apeoutetors
wbo promise to secure them immense profits.
There le a tremendnous risk In all such
schemas. Even under ordinary dream
stances those wbo manege tha fortunes of
others should give good security, and they
should be welljna'ched. If Judge Yales had
been looked after from tbe start be would
donbtleii have kept straight. As It was, the
temptation waa too much for him. He fell,
and wrecked lnnccent people in bi* fell. Tn*
case carries lta own lesson with It.
A COLD-BLOODED CRIMINAL.
Marshall Clements, wbo ta on trlel at Den
ver, Col, lor tbe murder of tbe brother end
eleter-in-law, made a remarkable atatement
in bis own behalf.
Clements told tbe jury that bte brother
Torn and hie alster-ln-law Suite, disliked blm
end treated him badly. Whan they heard
of bte approaching marriage they mtde
rifgbtlrg rtmarka about bte sweetheart. AU
this annoyed blm and ao worked upon bla
fsalltgi that It mada blm a changed mao.
Osa day be wu ont hunting with Tom and
when they came lo a lonely place be yielded
to a suddm temptation and fired athte
brother. The shot waa fatal. Toemurderar
stood for a tlma locking at the dead body,
•ad tben went to work tnd dug a grave for
It. Afterward! be went home and indnetd
Saua to go with him to look for Tom. When
they rt ached a favorable place he railed bte
gnn end shot the woman, fibs fall dead, and
ba bnried bar on the spot. He put soma
(lowers In her grave and went boma to tnvant
a story explaining tha disappearance ot bte
two victim*.
Th| criminal related tbte story atoanridara-
bla length, giving details, end describing the
appearance of bte brother and slater In law
when they wara killed, Ha glibly analyssd
bla own feellngsat the Ume, and'olalmad that
heyleldedto an overpowsringimpntea. He
donbUen hopes that the Jury will bring In a
vsidiot cf manslaughter, but in this ha will
probably ba disappointed. I’erhaps a pris
oner bu never before stood beioro a jury
and mada snob a calm andjoltir confession of
a double murder. It le to be boped that lha
fellow la booked lor tb* gallows.
ONE MAN'S TWO WIDOWS.
Lut year Henry Thompron died In tbe
little town of Orange, Texu, leaving • widow
and an estate valued at (40,000. Tha widow
baixg apparently the tola heir,(ook possession
of lha property.
In the court* of a law months Mrs. Thomp
son received a ate gular letter from a lady In
Canada wbo signed herself u Mrs Rsra-.oy.
Tbe writer listed that in 1881 she married
Henry Rsmeey In Bcotlsnd and emigrated
with blm to Canada. Just before the civil
wu btr husband went aouth, and for nurly
twenty yean she baud nothing from him.
He than sent bar a thousand dollar*, sad a
law mouths later came t j ue her and gave
her mote money. Ha loft with no other ox-
cuu than that tba oouotry did not suit him.
He did not say whara ha wu going, but altar
diligent inquiry she learned that be bad
Mltled In Orange, Texas, where he had mir-
risd under the name ol HtDry Tbompiin.
When Urn. Thompson real this remark
able letter lha naturally lost bu temper.
She wet latisfiad that an attempt wat being
trade to swindle her, and therefore allowed
tba Uttar to rarnaln unantwared. But aha
wu not destined to escape «o easily. Th*
Canada widow visited Onega and notified
th* other widow that aha must divide the
dead men's estate with her. This proposi
tion wu refund and a autt in equity was
commenced in tha United Statu court
It wu generally believed that tha can
would ba hotly eontutad, but within th*
post few daya tb* partlea hava agreed to a
compromise. Tha suit will ba dtemUaad and
the widow from Canada will btpald tba anm
ef twenty thousand dollars. Tha inride
■sente of the csu.have not tasked out, but
the inference le that Ramsey, of Canaia.and
Thompson, of Texu, were ona and tha umt.
Ae tba two woman bad an equitable claim
npon tbenrateh who mada them hte victims,
It asema fair that they should shars tha
plundar.
ME WINTER ON CORN-RAISING.
We print ateawhtn an arllela from Mr. J.
s. Winter, of Montgomtry, on a naw theory
of corn-planting.
Wa command tbla artlolato tba atten
tion of our fumsr readers. Wa cannot
indorse it, (or we know nothing of ltepraeU-
cal workings. It ia certainly important
(tough, however, to m»rit tha attention ol
very farmer who wants to hup abreasi of
the tlmiA It may he that ume experiaoced
farmer will at one* discover tusapcrablo ob
jection to the new plan. It so wa ahould ba
glad to have him slat* them through our oil-
umna. Mr. Winter tapoUttss he cut main
tain the position be takes, tn any avast,
th* good army of eora-raiurs ia increasing
ao rapidly In th* south thst any aoggtttisB
u to tha bsat way to plant aero and enltt-
vala It, ia In order.
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THE CONSTITUTION’S NEW HEAD.
Thx Constitution appears this work with
■ new head. It has felt for a long time that
it wu entitled to a distinctive head-by
which lta friends could tell it, whenever and
wherever they saw its face. We think th*
new head tbla morning will fill the bill.
It will ba noticed that thera la » picture ol
a house In th* canter our hiad. Thai it s
country bom*. It la tba borne of the people,
wbo feed and clothe the cities. It ia the
boma where labor, and peace, and content
ment live, and whara; boneaty and virtue
abide. It to the bom* of aueh worker* and
inch philosophers u BiU Arp—wbsra sturdy
young workers, and baodsoms young wives
and mothers art raised. It ten typo of a half
million of bomee scattered In tbe towns an 1
village! and eountry-sldca ot the south Into
which Th« Constitution is going to find Its
wsy.
Though wa bave cbtnged onr head our
besrt is unchanged. It still beat* for tho
south, for democrery, and for tbo good of
our people. It Mill warms to the subscri
bers whose lots are cset witbours, Into whose
homes we go, and by whose hearty sympathy
and support we ere building up the greatest
fsmlly piper ol Am-rica
A PICTURESQUE OUTLAW.
6ince the days when R bin Hood and bis
bold followers terrorized tbe rural Britons,
there has not betn n more daring desperado
than Merlin Mitchell, the Arkansas out-
la tv.
It would be Impossible to give a fiat ot
Mitchell's crimes. For yours bo has roamed
the S'. Francs bottoms, and the river cons
ties oppcsltn Memphis. Tb* courts hsve
pij.d up stark* of Indictment! against him
as a moonshiner. He bu figured u a high'
way robber and as a rid-banded murderer.
He la known far and wide as tha “Swamp
Argil,” and tbe story ol bis deeds and mtrac-
nlcua (scapes would fill a volume.
A short lime (go tbo “Swamp Angel” wu
lodged in jail In Croie county, Ark., under a
thirty deya sentence for some email ofieoie.
Hia term of imprliosaent waa ao brief that
the good people cf the vicinity oxpeeted him
to sirve It ont, bnt In tbte bo bu grievously
disappointed thim. After remaining in Jail
ten daye be myaterlonriy effected hie escape
and la again on tbe rampage, armed with a
repeating rifle, a oonpla ef revolvers and a
bowl* knife. Ae ba knows every inch In tho
tangled canebrakea of St. Franolr, the au
thorities do not leaf Inclined to pursue
blm.
Now comes tho strange part of tho atory.
Although Mitchell la known to ba s bad and
dangerous man, hnndrada of peopte In the
river counties areattaohad to blm beoause
they think ba Is porsoonted, and baeansa ba
la a kind, considerate neighbor, open banded
and generous to a fault. Soma of bla moat
activa enemies belong to a high-toned sport
ing clnb In Memphis. During bte imprison
ment ha turned thst thus amateur hunters
bad earned bte wife and children to be turn
ed out ol tbelr little cabin before tho lease
had expired. This Intelligence aroused all
tha mischief In him, and ba at onoa broke
Jill with the intention of protecting bla
family and securing revenge. Under the
circumstances It Is uiolcis to expect any as-
statenc* from the country people of Arkan
sas In capturing Mitchell. They regard blm
u the victim of tbe Memphis Gun olub, and
sympathise with blm.
Tha situation excites gnat In tereat all along
tba river. Tbe Memphis sportsmen have
baen In tha habit of bunting in tha St. Fran
cis bottoms, bnt they are not likely to dis
turb tha game in that region thle season. The
prospect ot bring picked off by a ballet from
Ibtunerrirg rifle of tbe “Swamp Angel,”
le enough to chill tha ardor of tba most reck-
less bonier. It stems almost Incredible that
ona determined man should bo literally
monarch ol all he surveys In a tnotof par-
baps a hundred mile* square,but It Is ovtu so,
Tbe ludicallono are that tbte terrible moon
shiner will enjoy tbs onsets ot Ubarty for a
long tlma to coma. In tbo meantlma th*
Mimpbio Gun o’ub will look out for another
bunting ground.
A POOR GHOST.
Tb* newspspera soy little Billy Matron* Is
in Now York, making a very Interesting
exhibition ot himself. Hte loog gray beard
la thin and straggling, each particular hair
■landing on end and looking out for ilaalf
after tha manner of tbo quilli of tb* aggra
vated porcuplna. His ayer, sunken In thalr
scckria, shine Ilk* hallo ol fir*. Ha wanders
listlessly about md complains of Hinas*
Ha abuita General Fits Lee with n tongue
dipped in gall and vonom. Ha talk! hope
fully cf another war in which the democrats
of tba south ara to ba routed and drlvon Into
tba M*. Ha dielaror, according to I
respondent of tho Cincinnati Enquirer, that
If ha frit aa tba KUthern democrats do, ha
would go with hte neighbors to Washington
and demand that tba rebal flag ba rnlatd on
lha capltol and tear Cleveland In piecea If ha
retailed lo bava it done.
We presume there ta no person In all tbte
land w prejudiced that ba cannot taal a aort
of contemptnona figure for tbo poor ghoat of
Mabon* as It prowl* about through tba
country staking sympathy In strange places,
and rattling Its dry bones among thou who
laugh at It. It la a pitiful ghost In all re
spects. Epeeking In lta oan proper andea-
davtrons parson, this ghost and lost ratio of
lontkern republicanism dedans that it will
soon publish a loiter announcing that It waa
counted out by tha dimccrata ot Virginia.
It bu bttn gathering np tho testimony—
this poor ghost—and it will print it all inn
few days, showing tba gnat difficult!** un
der which dishonest republicanism labors In
the solid south. It la so cuy for a poor ghost
to maks a showing of this sort, It is surpris
ing that Mahon* bu not ooma to tha front
btfora.
Bnt wbat Is tbo nmedy of tbte poor ghost?
It Is a very ilmple nmedy. War. War ia
afmpla. It la also a nmedy. It la a ramsdy,
for instate*, for Mabonotem, which is only
another noma for conaplracy, repudiation
•td robbery. War la a very simple ramsdy,
bnt a simpler remedy 1* tb* vote* of honoot
patriots, wbo are tired of tba misrule and
Juratory of such men. Every honest Mobone
mas in Virginia voted for Fns La* and good
gonroment at tba last election, and their
vote! win reinforced by thou of thonaindt
of tha Intelligent segreca of tb* state who
have more confidanc* la their home people
thus they hire In all tbt naegadas and rap
scallion! that supported such man u Ma
hon*.
Lit Mahonato ghoat wander at tba north
U It will. Tb* world 1* wide and hospitable.
But, even at tba. north, tbe poor ghost will
find that William Waller Phelps has shorn
bla barge, that Evarts has been destroyed by
bis tongue, that EJmnoda trembles for an
other toddy, and tbat G. Friable Hoar will
rtfuie to go to war, even u a antler, in baball
of Msbonelsm. It is a pity that the poor
ghoit of Mabono Is not more affable.
CUR KNOWkSDGI-BOX.
(in tats ucpxrsmens ws give Mel and posttont
answers to inch questions sa our roaders may at-
tire to ssk-prorided the question! ara ot special
or gonertl Interest. Answora may M delayed fox
a week.
ffnbscrfber, Greenville, 8 C .- Wbo wu ‘‘filnglS
Speech Hamilton)”
The nsmewss given to William Gerard Hamlls
ton, sBrltlih stxtetmsn, who was born In 1726,
died In 1790. Hia firxt speech wu delivered No*
Timber is, 1)76, and his eloquence threw into the
■hadccTcr;orator<xceptFltt hlmsoU. DcQulns
ctytiyiolhlm: "It was supposed that ho (Ham*
UUn)lia<l eahauated blmioll In that one speech,
and hod become physlcaUy Incapable ol makings
second: so that afterwards, when he really did
make s second, everybody was aoturaUy disgust
ed, and most people dropped hte acquaintance."
Readir, Lswton, Ga: Wbat about cryssnthe-
it urns, rbclr origin and tho recent ciyaathemum
shows m she north?
In 17M* flower was Introduced In Europe from
Chins. It resembled tbo common daisy to mush
that It attracted Uttle attention nntll * shrewd
florist discovered that It was highly susceptible to
cultivation. From that one single white flower
has sprung no leu thou seven hundred varieties.
They hove every known color, but
blue, ranging from ivory white to sulphur yellow,
peach pink, crimson purple and bronz-, with
hundreds ol shades Detween. In shape and size
the chrysanthemum hu changed as much as to
color. Its petals curve In and out, or are recurved.
They are quilled In tubes, or flat and solid. They
look like a tangled mass of hate and like a solid
ball. The plant Itself grows from a lew Inches
Ugh to a tree often foot. The flowers vary from
leu than an Inch to nearly two feet in dreamier-
ence. and one plant wtlLhsvo from one blruom
to SCO. Forthlrtyflvo years regular chrysanthe
mum shows hove been held In Eng
land, bnt It ia only six yean since they were
grouped lor public exhibition to th* United
statu, snd three yetre since they were first shown
to Philadelphia. It to no wondor that tho chrys
anthemum la the notional emblem ol thst most
artistic ot nations, Japan, or that it hu grown ao
rapidly to popularity here. Its colon and forms
arc pure, grscalnt and beoutlfuL It blooms when
nearly all other flowen have ceased to blossom.
AnyoEo con cnUlvtta It successfully, and to spite
ol its vogue it la not expensive, the highest prleo
for which otlttglo pleat hu boon Mid being VO,
In Japan next week era iy altar to th* oonotry will
be strewn with crysanttumir ms, u votive offer-
lngf, and while they or* cot a sacred flower here,
they are most deservedly popular favorites, and
* rtttlo,
have justly won their title, the Queen el Autumn.
Subscriber, Opelika, Ala.: Onr cities are grow
ing much more rapidly than tho whole popula
tion. From 1700 to 18S0 the latter tocreusd twelve
fold, the popnlatlon of the former eighty sixfold.
In 1K0 there were only six cities In tho United
States which had a popnlatlon ot gOOOor mors;
In lf80 there were 2£G. Our nrbon popnlatlon to
1CSC was 2?.3 per cent ol tor whole. The time la
coming when the dty will control the country.
Header, Seneca, S. O.: Bow tar hack were stoves
cicdr
A fixed stove (stnha) wu used to the time ol the
Bomsn empire for heating bsths, and to Germany
and Scandinavia for bathg and hot houses. In
the middle ages they were generally constructed
cl brick and tiles, Mmatlmesof the slate or stea
tite (soapstone), snd rued for warming dwelling*
They were huge structural, sometimes occupying
tha whole aide ol a room, and In Scandinavia their
broad, flat surface wu the sleeping place ol tho
household. Th* fire wu kindled ot tho oottem,
and the heat tnd smoko passed tbrongh various
guts before reaching the chimney. There stoves
wero economical ol tool, * matter cl much tmpor*
tone* ta some ports ol Europe. In th* homuot
the rich they were Msretlmu faced with porce
lain ot highly ornamental tiles.
One ol tho first artempts at making a stove ot
ren was that ol Cardinal Follgntc, In France,
early to tho eighteenth century. The Folignoo
fireplaces, so colled, wore constructed with hallow
becks, hearths snd iron limbs, to economize toe
heat. In 1716 Dr. Dtugntlers, ol London, modi
fied there fireplaces to use thtm for coil Instead
ol wood. But neither those nor tha Holland stoves
ever become popular In Eoglond, owing to tha
strong prvjadlot to ftvor of open firw.
Dr. Franklin's stove, Invented to 1743, wu n
great Improvement on all that had precoded It.
The principle ol its teflon wu th* ume u that ol
thoalr-Ughtatoveo Introduced many yean later.
Indeed, it would hove been air tight had it been
poitlbleat that Ume to make castings aulldently
dote fitting. About 1778, Franklin Invented sav-
era! other stoves, among then two for the hum-
log ot bituminous coal. Out ot thou had a down-
presslon ]
often: “Jonto, ha poyo the (nlghtr
Jonu manufacture! Kales at Btoghampton, N.
. His advertisements read: “Buy your scales ol
Jones. Jonsv.bapays the freight,” During the
recent campaign to Near Yetk this advertisement
was much quoted by Jonu’ friends u well u hia
opponents.
Subscriber, Forsyth, o».: How many mllcaot
leol railway track or* thera to the tooth, and
how many toclnea and can?
In Wfo tho south had only 4,226 miles ol steel
tuck, os about one-filth ol her total railroad mile
age, white at tbo [present Ume there ue 11,491
mUci ol steel track, or. In other word* a lllrte onr
onfrhallotUia south’* railroad milt age la now
laid with steel tails. Thor* an still over 14,000
mlleaof Iron track that must, in tho natural
court* ot events, shortly be refold with oteoL
Tho southern railroads now have to operation
4.CC0 engines, 2,338 boggsge cara, 633 special can
and 83,SCI freight cara.
Sshfcrtber, Anniston, Alabama: 1 recently MW
a heantflnlly engraved egg shell. Haw la it done!
Trace tho writing or design on the shell with
this varnish or melted wax, using a common
pen; then immerse tho egg for a few mioatea la
vioi gar or dilute tee tic acid. A few experiments
will determln* tho proper time, depending on tho
strength ol tho acid employed. Then wash the egg
to water, and remosolh* tracing. Wax will mb
off, and varnish will comood with alcohol. The
result will ho a moot beautiful and delicate rtllet
oi the desired pattern. If Tarnish bound a col
ored background eon bo produced by dyeing th*
egg b*tore applying the tfoohsL Wish the egg
before dyeing It, as the acid would injure tbo
color.
Header, B'tckvlUe, B. ft: What son them state*
hava technological schools)
Maryland hu two schools lot white boys, not
counting tho naval academy.
Vtratnlehu two laatltuUoao whore manual
labor it taught white boys, end on* for colored.
West Virginia, ont tor whiles.
Kentucky, two for whtece,
Tcnnitstc has two schools ol this kind fox
whlteo.
Georgia btt Just mtdt provision for a achool ol
technology on a fiat baste.
Atlanta has as artisans' iniUtnte.
Alabama, on* tut* school for white!.
Mlarisrippl, on* 11*1* school for white*
Arkansas, one slat* school lor white*
Louisiana hu two manna: training scholia tot
white boy*
Texas has on* at least
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