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6 WEEKLY CONSTITUTION- In until «t the AtlanH'astOffice u second-olase ■ill ir.it vci, Moroni bet U, im Weekly uonstl tattoo, |LU par mow Ulutool fiTAfUneach; oinbo ol ton, 4L06 each and a copy to gitter-npol Club. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17 '.185. ATLANTA, OA.. leOVlMBXB 17, IMS. Please Read This! AVe have our four page premium list ready for the press, but the floods caused a break in the railroad and delayed the paper on which it was to be piintcd. We are obliged, therefore, to delay it till next week, We urge our readers to wait for it before buying elsewhero, or making their arrangements for next year. They will save money by so doing, It will certainly be out next week. One word more. The year is fast drawing to a close, and we want to ta'k socially with you. Haven’t we kept every promise we made you this year ? Haven’t we done even more than we promised? Hasn’t every issue of our paper carried evidence of our earnest de sire to please you? 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Hut there is not one who cannot get us at least one new subscriber, by simply showing your own paper and speaking a good word for us. Will you do It? This no idle request. It is an earnest lavor that wo feel we have the right to make of you. If every subscriber would send us one new name before December, we would be tho happicBt editors in America and we couldn’t help getting np a better paper than ever. Now, will you throw this lightly aside and forget if, er will wc hear from you beioro December? If yon will only give us a little of your time we will reach over 100,000 subscribers be fore January. Wc feel that every home will be brighter next year from having The Constitution. *'e will surprise you w ith many good things from month to month, that are new. Bill Arp himsvlf, seems to mellow as ho grows older and hia humor to be richer, and his wisdom the finer. His 78 letters for the year, will be a book in themselves. The paper will be brave, sunshiny, cheerful and clean, and such as you can re commend. Won’t you help us ? Get us up at once a club of your friends. If you can’t do this get us one subscri ber anyhow. If you can’t do any thing olse, send it to some relative or friend who is for away. Do your best and we will go into the good year 1886, with all our sails let, and 100,000 subscribers written on our flag I 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. Wtil/or lit CbmtitHtien't premium list—/ear ; uyrs—list cat kill next week'syeper. 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 Four popes of premium:. Vieful arti-Mt, qj Kaff price. Out with nut (reek's Constitutions Don't/nil to ttt iV