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BgTBV HAMILTON'S LITTER.
Delay Hamilton waa out of the city lait
week and her letter-lid not reach ut in lima
fer publication.
In the coming oongrtia tbara will bo a
republican majority of eight in thoaanata,and
a damocraUc majority of over lorty in tha
homo. Thia maana ibat tbara nan bs no
lrglalation, ontoido oftbrappropriation blila,
that aoma man of both partita do not aooapi.
A TIIO would bn fatal tnalmmtanymaaanra.
Tiie New York Son baa a Waablngton lot-
ttr In which dtmooraliaia warned agntnat
tha lack of nnily and fntcrnnl dissensions.
Tbara aatma to bo no raaaon wby tbara
abonld ha any lack of unity among demo
crat!. Tbara la to ka an attack mada on tha
natfalmaiol Mr. lluidal!,but Mr. Itandall
haa the knack of taking cart of hlmaelf.
Tan "national oattla growora” recently
mil In Chicago; and whan tbay adopted a
platform they demanded, Brat, national
oversight of oatUa dlaauu, and, me trad, an
appropriation "of not laaa than $1,500,000,"
to pay for dlaaaacd oattla atangbtarad, and
alto fo provide for paymant of azporta to
•atllo the valoo of oattlo on tbo baata of
haoltb before Infection. Modooty dooa not
■rim to have bean an ambarruamtnt to tha
cattleman In tha recant convention.
flisaoi- Fosva* took oocaaton tha other day
to ray to a meeting of clergyman and layman
In Naw York that tbo currant belief of an
approaching millennium la falao and dalaa-
iva. Hla ballaf la baatd npon Urn teat that of
Ike world’! fifteen hundred million*, not
on*- third era yet Christiana. With ao vast a
proportion of tbo world'* population In Ig
nore* o* of tbo word ol (led, tha blahop
thlnka that there la work for ganoratloni yet
to come before tbo arrival of the millennium,
Tna election of Hlpplo-Mllahril totbeaen
ale lore term of tlz years, laa dlagraotte
Orrgon, no matter how it was brought abont.
A native of l’ennoylvaala, ha dasai-tad a
yoneg wife when he croaaed the plain*, and
whan ha reappeared In Orvgon tha John Hip-
plr, of a l’anniylvanla village, had baooma
John 11. Mitchell. He remarried, It laataart-
ad wlthent tha formality of a divorce. Ha
became a pnaptrona politician and ao active
throughout hit Orrgon carter. The recent
eaaviaa brought out a naw lot of compromta-
Ing letter* written to hla preaentwlte’e atatar.
COMING TO OSORdlA.
l)r. C. A. Kalabrook, of Dayton, Ohio, bu
organlrtd an ercunton from that atat* to
Ororgla. Thla eicuralou will bt compoaed of
tb* beat people of hla aaetloo, and Its pnrpoaa
la to (Iva lb* propl* of Ohio a clearer Mao of
tha paoplt of tha noth aad to ahow than
that Ibis taction baa been radly mlarapra-
aanted by tha republican polltlclane.
In a not* to Tag Comiirriox, Dr.
brock taya that tb* only difficulty b* haa
found In gttUng together a large excursion
party la tha fast that* gnat many poopl* In
Ohio, iiupreutd by tha oratory of such man aa
Hbetiutn and Farther, art afraid that thay
will sot ba.made welcome.
Dr. Ketabrook abonld 1*11 hlafrianda that
Atlanta, to far aa tta hcipllallty la concerned,
knowe no ptrly and nonetton, and thamma
may be arid of tltorgta. There la no point in
tble ital* where an Ohioan or tap other wtat-
tin or Eorlhehs man would not llnd a moat
cordial wolcomr, no matter what hit polities
Only the other,, day Tna OoamTrno* con
tained an aeronnt cf Ih* vlatt of a party of
gentlemen from weatern New York to Geor
gia; and theee gentlamen war* go daligktod
witbelimal* and soil that many of them
havt lnvealad In farming lands.
It tha Ohioans want to find ant all about
lb. aontb/lat them aoma to Georgia.
A NBOKO va. MAHONB.
It I* InlertaUng to compart the wild itatre-
mtnla of Mahon* with tha remark* of Intelli
gent leading nrgroea of Virginia, In regard to
the n ml t of Iho recent election In that atat*.
Mahon* declare* that the negro vote wee
itipprtMed by tha democrats, and that the
rlgbta ol the nrgrooo thamaalvea won violated
la the moat outngeono manner. H* even
goea ao far at to aay that another war will b*
moieary to protect the rights of the negroes,
and b* txpmaea tha hop* that If another
war deaa com* that the "democratic hounds
and hlrtllrg* will b* driven into tha sea."
All Ihie I* in etriklng contrail with tha
leallmtnt* expruatd by tbaadllor ol tha
Virginia Lancet, a colored man of lntalll-
gene*. "Tehicg into eonatdtntlon," taya
tble oolorid editor, "all Ih* franda that war*
conmlittd in the rveent election. If than
were any, Ih* feat remain* that it waa on* of
tha qutetut and falrrat oltctlona aver bald to
thla atat*. And from lb* return* tha popu
lar will la damocatratad by the alaatton of o
democratic etato ticket and a democratic leg-
Ulatura. Although many of ui may havt
prelortad to have aatn tha atat* goo* tha
other way, yat 1’rovMano* ordered otherwlee,
aad In our country tbo will of tbo majority
taiupremo. Now let on turn our attention
to mature of more vital Importance than
Politic*. Let oe, without any atarlAe* of oar
principles, eirlvt to caltivota Ik* friandahlp
and nepcct of our white neigh bora with
whom we art iltuatrd. Let ua realize that
twool tb* moat important aad afhatual fac
tor* to add to snr proaporityaro money aad
•duration. ’
Thlo colored editor ia a republican, but ho
la an bonrnt man and baa patriotic instincts,
aa tampered with violaat bUtbankllea ae
It la raid that Mahon* hai left Vlr
!*?.**,t H ao. h* tea uft ihaatato fur tbo
atat* a good, aad hit place can ha mar* lk —
by *** cUix<M M •***«* ***
BRITISH JUSTICE.
The hanging of Liuia David Mil, the Ca
nadian revolntloniit, which occurred yeator*
day, le an unfortunate thing for dvillietlon
and fer tb* nnlty of Canada. It ia true that
Biel wee a dargerout character—a nvolo-
tionlit and a rebel-bnt he repreaanted a
principle. lie repreaented tha demand of
large nnmberaof unfortunate* tor that jua-
tice which the anllghtaned government of
Great Britain haa alwayt bora alow to extend
to those who meat needed It.
The execution of Kiel le at once pathetic
and algnlScant. Tharaault la aadlyontol
proportion with the erase of 1L Though a
half breed Kiel wo* a man of nnnsnal latel-
I pence. He waa well edneated, and ballsvad
It to be his dretlny to reecoe tbo half breads
from the fnjuetlee which BrlHih greed bae
forced upon them. Ha sympathized with
their mltfoitonee, and thought that by a dta-
play of force he could bring abont remits
that pray era and petitions bad fallad to pro
doc*. Hawaa at lha head of the abortive
half breed revolution In I860, and waa ban
ished from Canada for five yean.
In 1881 ha engaged In a similar venture
with no hope of aconriog anything bnt aim-
pie jostle*. All that ha or hla tollowan do -
mended was that tha righto of tha ball breed*
b# respected. He waa joined in hla move
ment by many Indian* who bad been
the victim* of Britlab Injustice.
The attempt waa a dismal lallnre.
lushed of sacurlng justice for tha poor
people who regarded him aa thalr natural
leadsr. be baa mat death at tha handa of a
powi r that claim* to bo iha moat highly civ
ilized on the face of lb* earth, and tha mis-
fortune* of hla hapten followed will con
tinue to accumulate.
Much intaraat haa bean fall In hla fat* by
ih* Franck Canadiana, who nndaratand the
nstnra and extent of Dritlah apollatlon, and
lha Bnt result of hla murder, for It It noth
ing lraa, will bo th* total alienation ol that
atnrdy race from tb* object* and lntemta
which the British In Canada havt In view.
Tha French Canadian member* of parlia
ment have nailed in appeals to th* govern
mant for th* commutation of Rltl’a ion
tebft, but their appeals ware n vain—the
oatoitonat* 111*1 baa been hanged for a po
litical crime, for attempting to at cure justice
forbli oppteisid brethren.
As a remit of this refund H l« predicted
that th* Franck Canadian* will unit* In
voting Sir John McDonald's government out
of power. ThaFranehOanadianspraetleally
hav* tb* government In thalr own handa,
and Ih* legalized murder of Louis lllel will
nnit* them on many qnoetlon* In whloh thay
hav* heretofore barn divided.
Th* vardlot of th* olvlllstd world will bt
that tb* execution of thla poor rathuolaat,
following aa It does the continued oppramlon
of hla race by tha Britlab, la th* natural out
growth of that groad which atopi at neither
lajnaUca nor death to carry tta and* It la a
crime for whloh, sooner or later, than moat
be expiation.
themselves in a purple haze, but, for til
moat part, these stalwart representatives of
tha Blue Iltdge, have presented tbemaelres
to ua In a clear atmosphere, acd have tent
si their refrethlog breexta.
Under these clrcnmatascee, It la a pity
that the men of much climate cannot be
promt with ua to bahold a temperate sum
mer elip into the embrac-a of a beautiful
autumn. Tboaa who come amongst us at
thla Mason usually vote to aiay, wherefore,
It Is natural Ihet we should regret the ab-
arnce of olhcra who have been pinched by
th* Berea climate of .the north and north-
weet.
Georgia ia a great state. Her climate is the
most tunable, her people the moat hospita
ble, her soil tha moat fertile. These arc
among tha reasona why, whan there
are rumors of a heavy fall
snow In the northwest, wa yank tbs
pankln yam from tta hot's rest In
the embers, blow tb* ashes from It and pro
cied to gormandize. Thla Is wby wo drink
sharp 'slmmon boar from a tin cup, with an
accompaniment of ginger-cake, feeling all
the while a profound pity for people who do
not live In Georgia.
A NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW.
Congress will soon mast, and tha eastern
cilice and eastern states will demand
national bankrupt law, and will work untir
ingly and akUUnlly to push one through
both house*. Tha Naw York chambar of
commare* indorsed last year th* Lowall bill,
and It will undoubtedly ask edngrsaato pass
a gtnem law. Inez* la conmawabir aw
gnrment In th* eaitarn stela* relativ* to th*
exact terms of th* Mil, bnt nearly all th*
conflicting Interests biller* than should b*
a law of soma nature.
Th* wist and sooth hay* not spoken. If
th* south I* still ayors* to tbs passage ot a
general law, It ebonld make tha fact known
to Ita ttnalon and rapraoratatiTM at one*, or
ale* aoma of them will baoomo committed to
on* of the eastern bills. It should not b*
overlooked that then are some Naw York
dry goods firm* who on opposed to toy
bankruptcy law, but than Anna art mostly
old and consarvatlva bouaos that hav* not
forgollan thalr exptrlano* under the last
bankruptcy law. That waa a law which
swindled debtor and creditor alike, and
handsd over th* bankrupt'! property to a
horde ot ofllelali and bankrnptoy lawyer*
On* inch lew In a century abonld aufllce.
MORMON MIBCHIRF.
Th* killing of two Mormon older* In Hick
man county, Tenn., and th* rough trantmsnt
of Iholr aieoclata* lu -ouih Caru.lna, did not
frighten oft th* aalnta On theoontrary they
team to hav* got# to work in certain puli
ol tha south with renewed vigor.
During tha present year two Urge detach-
meuli of over on* hondnd each ara reported
to hav* left Chattanooga for thalr new home
In lha weet. Tha mcoad of that* parlies
passed through Memphis the otharday on tta
way to Now Mexico. A newspaper man who
mingled with tha emigrants desert baa thsm
as being, almost without axosplioo, of Ih*
town! order of wbttea—only such Ignorant
and depraved characters aa out b* found hi
tha nmotcat acd pooreat conn ties of Tanneo
■t* and Georgia.
It la said that thir* ara now ninety Mor-
mcn older* at work among th* eountry peo
ple In Georgia, Alabama, Tannsasa* and Vir
ginia, aad ntarly all Ih* mw converts oomt
Irorn the#* states and th* mining districts of
Fnrope.
Th* oonolnslon MU Irresistible that tha
Bald In which th* Mormon aldara meat with
so much incoeea has bean neglected by oar
Christian workers. Welle this may not bs
sntlrvly true, It must bo aduUtod that our
civilization and religious methods ban
failed to Iran their impress upsntheda-
ludsd ptopla who evary yaar drift oil Into
tha Mormon stronghold!. If thla prosalytiog
croud* la lo continue right ban at our door*
th* Mormon problam will non boooma a
local Inna. Kvra nowit haa aaaumad salt,
dint Importance to mart! the consideration
cf good dtlvana and win lagta'alor*.
A QUESTION or CLIMATE.
It to a pity that raprotonlatlvaa of th*
plochtd population of tho north, th* north-
watt and the east—the unhappy yietlmiof
climatic misery—an not in Georgia at thla
mason to enjoy th* ootublnad bounties of sun
and air. Tharahai bran no winter bar*.
Occasionally, th* Mgnri atraica officer hat
bttn caution* taongh to holat th* cold wav*
Bag over th* Attests poatoiU ca, but thla hu
amounted thus far to a mar* formality. Ia-
aUsdofa cold wavt, wa bar* had ooly
bracing brasata from tb* mountain*, aad a
frost or tiro to prepare tb* pantmusoot for
tb* 'possum, and th* ’pctsnm tor th* favored
w that know bow to oojoy him.';
Wa hay* had aoma days that answered for
nmraar, when Kannaoaw and Lett
Mountain, aa Vlowed from th* editorial win
dow at Tat Coxsrrtrviox, teamed to bury
LOVE AND THE LAW.
Justice la a tough antagonist, but a
woman's wit Is mora than a match Cm It.
In Bmylhe county, Virginia, not long ago,
litre* Dugan, In a jealous frenzy, insulted
Min Downer, who was walking in a lonely
pltc* with Jama Fountleroy, bar sweet
heart. Fonntleroy wsa so augend by the
fallow’s words that he struck him a heavy
blow. Dugan staggered back and toll Into*
ravine, breaking both laga and sustaining
other dangerous Injuries.
Fountleroy was at onoa amatad and lodge-1
la jail on lb* charge of aaaanlt with Intent to
murder. A tow daya ago It waa ascartatnad
that tb* wounded man would probably die.
In that event MisaDownaa would bs the only
livlrg witness, and she would b« compelled
to ttatify against fair lover.
The outlook was black enough, but the
young woman proved equal to tba emergen
cy. A marriage licet;is waa procured, and
that night Mlia Downer, accompanied by a
minister and a friend, proctcded to the jail.
In nsponit to a signal Fountleroy appeared
at tb* barred window ol his cell. Tb* ettoa-
tlon waa speedily explained to him, and the
marriage ceremony wan then performed. Th*
boggy was driven under the window, tha
mlnlitai'a blond knelt down, and the bride
atoed on hla back, joining handa with the
man babied tba ban. In a few moment* th*
affair was ovar. The yonng couple ex
changed klaaea, and Mn. Fonntleroy stepped
down, and was driven off with her Irleudr.
Everybody understood the matter the next
day. The girl had married the man of her
choice in ordtr not to be compelled tu testify
(gainst him if Dogan abonld die. Bach
pluck excited th* admiration of the commu
nity, and It Is not likely that the bridegroom
wlU hav* to remain In jell much longer. Th*
conrti will not find it easy to handle a man
who la Ihe possessor of auch a wife.
THE IAMB OLD FlOH r.
A irport comas acroaa the water that seven
bundnd psrilamantery candidate] In Great
Britain ara pledged to vot* .for th* Deceased
Wife’s Sister Bill.
For tho lest forty or fifty years thlshs*
men a nmcuiuuz nut live issue in English
politics. Just because It Is forbidden, nearly
every man In'.tha kingdom atemo to ba-amtt-
tan with an iniana desire to marry the slater
of hie drad wife. As th* yiars roll on popu
lar excitement Increases. Many Englishmen
evade tha law by marrying and living abroad,
bnt thla iv too inconvenient to eatlifythe
menu.
Thosgltallon^of tb* question baa undoubt
edly won pnbllo opinion over lo th* aid* ol
tb* unfortunates who ara prohibited from
rnlerlog Into the bonds of wedlook with tba
objrot ol their affections, end the honsool
commons naturally rtflecla the sentiment ol
tha people Th* obstacle to the paslagaof
th* bill le to b* found in the upper house.
Tb* lords are considerably divided, but they
have thus far defeated tha measure every
time-
It is not posstbl* to disappoint tho pro
hibited widows and thalr sisters-in-law much
loagtr. If necessary, they will resolve Ihim-
selves Into an tinmans* society ol anti-pro
bibs and bring tha entlro weight of their
moral and social Inlloanoe to bear upon the
obstlnato lords who stand In tha way ot
oranga blossoma, etc. The delay ia securing
the desired legislation haa bean annoying and
mortifying to tha advocates of this gnsatre-
form, bnt In tha and thay will suraly win.
In lha mtanllme iunch"trouble would be
tfivad if Englishmen would marry tha da
eiaied wife’a siller Drat, instead of making
hi r thalr atcond choloa.
PROHIBITION AND WOODBN LEO*.
At a recent temperance meeting In Xes
York th* Kev. George It. Vibber laid that ha
one* mat a man In a prohibition oommunlty
Who told him that ha had no dilllculty In
galling whisky. "Whin’s th* saloon.’" ask-
ad th* minister. "Oh, I didn't gat It ina u-
loon," was th* answer; "I was walking
along Ihe ilrsat and met an old man with a
wooden l>g who winked at me. I winked
beck and he told mt to come along and he’d
get m* what 1 wanted. He led me ont back
ol a little chnich, eat down on a tombstone,
uneenwsd ble wooden leg and took a black
bottle ont ol It. I nadjtwo drinks for thirty
cants.”
It is ntnereuary to soy that Mr. Vlbber’a
little sloty cast a gloom ovar tbs masting.
The publication ol tuch wicked davlcaa on
the part of He wsi man ia naturally calcu
lated to Ir jars tho cause of prohibition. It
luggvste an Irgenloua method of emuggUng
liquor Into a community, and hereafter no
dry town will feel tale whils It has a wood an
legged man roaming abont Its atreeti. Such
la tha depravity ol human nature that it
would tot ba at all surprising to m* entire
colonics ol mm with wooden leg* making
thalr appearance in prohibition conntle*. In
places where drvm drinkers are numerous It
will probably tot ba long baton every aaooad
or third ruin to bo ecen on th* streets will bt
slumping alcigcn a.wooden !rg.
As a snat-sr or public policy the** wooden
legasbould be nipped to tha bud. 11 will not
dolo have ah't bcdled citizens crippling
themselves in ihlasecblts* fashion. To Sly
nothing cf tbs east* of good lnmbsr, at a
time wt»n the foreatry problem ia looming
np aa a vl'al qmatiea, such an .adroit viola
tion of Ua law must land to gaaoral demor
alization. Tba matter should racalvt attaa-
lira betas* It 1* too laky-
£m wait wd'l CkaWilutim. It will it tin
tcNcopy star sasaad.
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THE MBBTINO OF CONORB3S.
Congress'will not meet this year until the
seventh day of December, the latest day in
Ihe jiar it can meet. Owing to th* fact that
the speaker neede about two weeks in which
to form the committees, not much work is
done by ellbcr bonse nntil alter the Christ
mas holidays. December ir, therefore, a lost
month; and yet it Is not easy to name ■ bet
ter date lot the assembling ol Congress. IS
cannot well be convened before the Nc7em-
bir slections, and any data after Christmas
would ha crowding tha workot tho snort
sessions Into two months. Tbo first Monday
of Dscembsr seems to bs, aftor all, the best
day.
Tho new concrete will bathe forty-ninth,
sndjtwlllba the first on* In twsnty-Hre
ysass to listen to a meastga from Use pen of *
democratic president It la well known that
It will bare grave qneatlons tu deal with.
Tha president will doubtless discuss th* sti
ver question, the tariff and tb* Indian quts-
tlou. All these are complex and difUcult and
Important problems, and if tba n*w congrats
—one house being democratic and tha other
republlcaa—succeeds In makioga satlafas-
lory disposition of any oneof thesequsatims,
It will not have met It valo. Tha condition
of our merchant marine will alsoolaim atten
tion ; Ihe need of * navy will be prawed; th*
Ntcarangua canal, and elmilar projects nearer
homo, will oome np, Including th* improve
ment of theMlaikaippi, and tha subject of
civil service reform will of course have an
Inning. Altogether, the forty-ninth will not
leek opportunities to earn the gratitude ol
tha country. It Is raooh more likely to lack
the dispoeiUon to seize all th* opportunities
within reach.
THE COST OF COTTON-RAI1IMQ.
The Bt. Louis KipnbUcen gives asms very
Interesting figures as to th* cost of cotton
raising. They are the reeult of comparative
ly rough estimates, but thay an worthy th*
attention of. th* cotton planter. According
to there figures, the aatlmtted cost of a crop
of seven million bales, altar It has matured
in the fieldr, and not counting the ooat ot
cultivation, la tbont zs follow*: Picking,
$.72,800,000; homing, ginning, weighing, ato
$12,100,000; Ibagglng and ties, $7,030,000:
tare In Liverpool tor bagging end ties, $14,-
000,000; catrjege to market, and ehargea end
commiwlon for ectllpg, $17,1.10,003-101*1,
$113,480,000.
If the cotton ia worth $40 a half, or $230-
000,000 for 7,000,000 bales, the cost of mar
keting la a little over forty par cant ot th*
vain* of the crop, leaving to tho plantsr
only alxly par cent tor th* cost ot raising it
and tor profit.
This it very poor pay, capoclally when the
real coat of cotton-raising is taken Into ecu
elderation. With his remnant Ol elxtypir
cant tha planter must not only pay
for raialng tha cotton — Ita _ cultivation
being vtry tedious snd costly—bnt he must
bnyhis supplies and pay his labor. When
thia la done, the margin cf profit la exceed
ingly small, and this fact aeoonnts tor tha
condition of the eotttou plantar sines tha
war. He ts gradually working ont of debt,
but it is the result of the bitterest economy,
and tha profits that should go Into hi* pock
et ara diverted Into th* pocket* ot middle
mer.
Whan ibesa who plant cotton conclnd* t*
make thrlr farm lalt-sutalnfog In other
direction!—^whan they rales their own
iuppliee of bread and meat, Instead of
depending on the west —whan they
make thenuelves thoroughly Independent,
they will be in a condition to control tba
price cf cotton, and to pocktt all tha profits
they should naturally draw Cut of t bale of
the staple. The planter! of Grorg'a, both
gnat and tmall, ara beginning to Item this
listen cf independence.
THE PHILIPPINE CYCLONE.
The cj clone which swept over tha Philip
pine Ielandr, the olherday, destroying sight
theuiand buildings and killing twenty-two
personi, wae one of the matt notable calami-
ties of the ytar.
The I’btiippint Islsnde are mora than 1,203
In number. They lie to the north o! Borneo
tnd Celt bci end have an are* of about 150,-
OGO square miles, with a population of bt-
tween lour tnd fiv* millions. Thn Islands
are subject to .Spain, Mantis being th* col
onial seat of government The woods, mat-
ala and agricultural products of th* Philip-
pints ua viry valuable, and In Manila and
other towns British and American merchant*
in large numbsrahaT* carried on a ilonriah-
trgbnsinsia for many yearn. The popula
tion la mada npof Indiana, Africans,-.'hinai*,
Fptnlarda, Ktgllrh and Americana. ’ Tha
climate ia delightful, end in no part ol th*
world la it possible to liv* a* luxariomly
with so Httl* labor rad expanse.
Among tha drawbacks th* peopla have to
contend with are cyelonea and volcano**.
Haidly a year p*sa*e without * dattrnctiv*
etcim.brd there are tnnj tativ* volcano**
whichcfltn csaie.fieat devastation. When
cyclone* and votouesa ara not putting in
lh*Ir work, th* potffi* generally hav* aa
earthquake on hand t? occupy thalr titan-
(ton. Manila was nearly destroyed by one
in 1KM, end (he following year one of these
convulsions cauatd several islands to diaip-
peer. Undirthree conditions Spain finds
tie Philippines the moat uncertain of all her
J crifflier.». The islands appear and disap
pear with such rapidity that it la impnssiole
to get a correct map of thsm. Bom* day
three lively bits of land may all b* thrown
together In the shape ol a continent, or pis-
aibly share the fate of th* fabled Atlaatla,
and sink ont of eight altogether.
DURING~T>tE WEEK.
Tnreday, November IT.—W. P. Rend 4: Co.
large owners and operators ol cnsl mines In Hock
iDgvzlffy, have acceded to tho demandsotthe
strlkltR miners for an advance In wagee The
secretary ot tha treasury hss appointed William
P. McIntosh, hi. I)., of Georgia, to be aislatsnt
, urgeou in the Marine hospital service.
In tiii: Cnr.-The anti prohibitionists aro going
to start a new evening paper In Atlanta Charlie
and George Rose were yeaterday sent to the Dade
coal mines The general council, at thalr meet
ing yesterday, passed a rreolnilon Instructing the
city marshal to levy tax fl fas on several churches
snd the chamber of commerce building for taxes
due thc.clfjr.
Wednesday, November 18—The Catholic
piefacfory. at Glencoe. Mo, wu burned Monday
night Frank F. Carney, of Lewisburg, Pa., was
killed bye falling elevator at the Buftalo mills
yesterday The business portion olthe town ol
Uazlehunt. Miss., wss burned Tuesday night.
LessS1C0.CC0 ..Miss Wai'.le Hacker, Ottumwa,
Iowa, play iully mapped e pistol at her companion
without cOcct. and then putting tha mozslo to bar
own head pulled she trlggerand abothcrzelf dead
HiTBr.CiTv.-TUe figure* tor the total reglk-
tration for Fulton county are put down at s DJI
Ycitcrdsy afternoon, Tom Ward, colorcl, waa
severely cut In the back by a white boy named
King Rlchaid Gamble, a twelve year old boy,
baamlsterloutly disappeared from his homo on
Kimball street.
Thursday, November 10.—A large section ol
ore fell from the top ol tho cut lu theCalnymloes
at Bessemer, Wis., Tuesday, and four miners were
Instantly killed- An explosion occurred In tho
Green Mountain coal mine Tuesday night, instant
ly killing one man and fatally wounding two
others Two casco of smallpox ware found in
the city of New Ycrk yesterday John
IVetherbse, a prominent lawyer ol Boston, com
mitted suicide yesterday.
IriTHXCiTV.—Judgo John C. Stewart, of the
Flint circuit, hu Bled his resignation with the
goyemor, to take effect January 1st There are
e largo number ol revenue prisoner! lu Fulton
county jsll......S. II. Gresham, ol Charlotte, N. C.
wu worked for ten dollars by a sharper on Whites
hall attest yesterday afternoon.
Friday, November 2d—Two mora of the men
injured by the oil explosion iu Philadelphia
yisterday. have died John C. Heckin, who
wu found guilty of participating In the election
imudi in Chicago, wu taken from the county Jell
to tho Illlnola stele penitentiary yesterday P.
C. Kirkland, cashier of tho Farmers’ and Mar
chants' hank, at Oxford, Kanau, took all the
lands he could find end ebccondcd to parti uu<
known.
In TUX Cmr.-Mrv. Mary Rice died yesterday
from tha effects ol a fall of twenty-eight feet,
from a platform at 35 Marletts street Tha liquor
dealers, both wholesale end retail, will oloae their
places of buslnera Monday night till Thursday
morning....EdFarrls and Ed Cook, both white
men, were arrested yesterday on a charge ot bur
glary The United States troops stationed near
Atlanta, lave received marching orders. They
will leave (or Fort Barancu, Fla,, In about a
week.
Saturday, November 81 —The eale ol th*
late Richard Grant tVblte'a library. In New York,
bos been concluded, ana n.wo-wu realized by
the sale The coroner's Jury, invutigttlog the
Cull Domingo, Colorado, mine dlautor, found
Superintendent Fogs guilty ol criminal negtl,
Croce—.The jury In the lieckwlth murder cuo-
In Hudson, N. Y., brought In a verdict ol guilty
ol murder In the lint degree.
Ire Tire City.—A countrymen Irom Clayton
county waa In the city yeaterday with a coop of
nearly a hundred live quails, which he was selling
two for a quarter 5ln. Ferrule Scott, who lira
ot 257 Foundry street, is In greet dlstreu over tho
mysterious disappearance of her six-yetr-old boy;
-...Colonel D. P. Ellis,a wall known citizen o
Atlanta, died yesterday afternoon.
Sunday, November hi.-Yesterday at Omaha,
Keb„ John Letter shot and killed his wile. He
claims that he took htr lor a burglar .Msrshsl 1
A Co, extensive manufacturera of linen thread,
in Leeds, England, are looking for a site to estab
Ifrk a linen thread factory In or near Newark, N.
J Daring the put week In Moutreal, Canada.
there were 132 deaths Irom smallpox.
JR the CtiT.-Frlday night a thief entered I. G
Martin e premises, on Jackeon street, and stole
nine chickens and a turkey Tho governor
terday paid Charles Brown, cilored, $230 for th*
arrest of Robert Pa-cal, colored, who la charged
wl'h the murder of blsdaugbler, near Weycroes,
January lut Mr. T, L. Bmltit, loat a leg by am
putation jcilcrJsy Three ladles and a gentle
man were thrown from a wagon oa Marietta
•treat yesterday, serlo i-ly injuring on* of the
ladlti. Tha accident wu canted by « hole In
the middle of the street.
OUR KNOWLBDOB.BOX.
On thla department we givs MM and partitmt
answers to such questions u our reader* stay do
tire to aak—provldad the questions ara ot aped*)
or general lntansL Answers may he delayed tor
a week. . .
Subscriber. Forsyth, Ua.: Wby la a tailor aoma-
tlrr.re called "the ninth pin of a man?"
The expression originated in a way highly hon
orable to tire tallon. The story.runi u follows:
Many years ago a poor lad wu wandering about
the streets of London, friendless and hungry. He
happened to go Into a tailor shop where nine tail
or* were working. He told them hla pitiful atory,
and uch ol them gave him a Hula money to kelp
him along. II Hh whet they gave him It helped
him to start a Util* buslueulor hlmwlt, and by
and by he grew Immensely rich.jlnitsad of having
* court of.a:n»iputcn hla carriage, as many wonld
have done, he simply put the words, “Niue tailors
made a man of me." So from that time a tailor la
called tha ninth part of a man.
Subscriber, Franklin, N, c.: Is U true that a per
ron cannot cat one quail a day lor thirty daysf
It his been done, but most persons fall when
they attempt It.
subscriber, Opelika, Ala: What Is the trusgulf
stream;
Th* gull strum Is a continuation ol tha equato
rial current that sweeps Into the gnat Mexican
lea from theatutheast. The true gnlf stream la
the Florida current That current la t stratum ot
warm blue water not more then fifty fathom*
deep, and It flows due rut at a rata that would
take ft to England w Itbln one hundred days. OS
Cap* Hatters*, ibis northward flowing atraam lain
the shape of a lan, ils three warm bands spreading
ont over the Atlantic surface to an aggregate
rredth of 1*7 miles, while two cooler hand* ol an
araregate kresdih of fifty two miles are Interposed
between thtm The Innermost warm bend Is the
one that shows the highest temperature end
speed. Its velocity being greetett where ft la
rreiMit laterally ty the Arctic current, ao that
the rate ol four miles an hour ta occasionally ob.
reivid. Cantsln Korea aatiaiatoatha depth ol tha
• tnam off Baturas at on* hundred Uihsms, and
ill rate of flow i* tho Unsat most rapid movement
at threw mtite aa hoar. Oft **sdy Booktht
•ne*m takes an caaiward tons; ka flaw pan Nan
tucket l« about one milt >n hour. Tho pcraliar
bine color of the wiser probably la because tha
river aOtwaahcgtntothagnlthj tha Mtntulppl
'-ktidlnanipeuloD.
CONSTITUTION AL.S.
Breens! Gossip and Editorial ghort Btopg
Caught on tho Ran,
When the slave ship, Wanderer, wu captured,
shortly before the war, the Africans found on hot
were held torn time In the enstody of United
Elates marshals. The gang passed thraagh Monte
gomery, end hundreds of citizens flocked to see
the block tenges. Among th* spectators wu a
notorious character named Bert Blake. Bart was
alwayi ready for an adventure, tnd when be
heard bfa friends prilling the One physique of tha
Africans, end wishing they had them at work on
Ureir plantatloz a, it struck him that It would bs
* rather hrllllent end daring piece of work to
■feel one of tho negroes. The more he thought ot
It the better he liked the Idee,end finally heletlt
ont to romo of hla companions. The crowd
laughed and bantered Bart to carry out hi*
scheme. It took several drinks of whisky t*
nerve tho man for the work, hut when
be felt ready to try It, be walked right lull tha
midst of the prisoner!, flourishing n revel ver, and
awearlng at the top of hie voice. He waa a big,
flcree-looklng fallow, and the United States mare
shall, teeing tut he wu apparently backed try n
number of men, gave way to him. Bart picked
out th* tallest, strongest and blackest ot th*
negroes and marched him oft before the oftlcen
could eay Jack Robinson. The people who wit
nessed the affair sent np a about, and covered the
flight of Blake, thu preventing pursuit until It
wu too late.
Blake sent hla new slave to his plantation near
the Florida line, and In the course of a few
wceka forget ell shoot him. One day hla over*
seer came to Montgomery.
“That nigger lathe devil," he said, as soonu
he law hla employer.
“Whet nlgnerfl'
“Thet Wanderer fellow. I can't make him
work, end ell the nlggeie on the pluitttlon ere
afraid of him."
“Yon mt yon can't mak* him work,"said Blake,
"hav* yon mada him understand that he moat
work?"
"Yes. I’ve made signs to him. He can't apeek
n word of English yeL He Just looks at me tnd
then I get out of tho way. 1 believe he wouldkill
me If I laid bends on him."
"That's nil blank nonsense,” raid Blake, "I'll
come down In n day or two and straighten him
out"
Blake kept hla word about going down, but ha
found th* African a tough customer. Blake
tackled him on* morning and lad him out to tha
woodpile. Flaring an ax In tha' man's hands he
Indicated by signs that k* moat cut tha sroods
certain length. Th* negro, n perfect giant In
atatore. threw the ax down, folded hie brawny
arena acroaa hM naked cheat, and looked at Blake
with eyee that felrly blazed. The while men felt
peculiarly nervous, and calling the overseer or
dered him to whip the rebelUoua slave
"Whip him yonrsell,” said tha overseer, “I'll
cover him with a ptitol while you do th* Job.”
"Never mind about It now,” muttered Blake,
and he walked oil.
When Blake relumed to tosrn be told hielrlenda
tint he had never been so badly bothered lu his
life. He said that ht had dona wrong In captaring
the nigra, and under tha drcamatanccs he would
not feel Justified I* killing klm. He hid made np
hit mind to watt until the uvegt learned English,
The other negrori would then no doub: persuade
him to go to work.
Montha end yean tolled by, but Sclplo, u
Biske'a pet wae catled.could not be Induced t*
do any regular work. B* learned to talk English
and proved to he a man ot fin* sanss and Jndg-
menu Dnrlngjtho wu Blake spent most of hla
time on hla plantation snd got well acquainted
with his slave. Bctplo told hla mutar that In hla
own country ha wu a chief and a magician. Ha
had always had hla triba to work for him and he
did not propose to do any work hlmtel f.
Tho neighboring planters gava Blake no peacs
shout Bcfplo. They urged him to mak* theism
gro work or kill him u a warning example.
Why Blake did not foUow their advice la amyis
ttry. He wu a rough, wicked man, and he had
shed blood more than one*, bnt there wu some
thing abont Bctplo that commanded hie respect
end sympathy. Cdplo wu allowed to do pretty
much u ha pleated. Ha picked ont the heat
cabin on tha place and livid In It by himMlf. Th*
other nrgroea tarllly acknowledged hie auperls
ority and made him peasants ol trait, gams and
money when they had It Tha African wu not
IQ-tempered. He took are Interest in the other
sieves, and In the conns of time made blmeell (
uiefnlaa thalr doctor. In hla ruda wayhawu
quite a akllllul physician.
In tha euly past of 1801, Sriplo suddenly disap
peared. He skipped ovar th* Florida Hue ud
mada hla way to Pensacola, than In the handa ol
thefednali. Blake wu tbs happiest man In
Alabama whan he heard ot It. He had somehow
got the Idea thet Sclplo wu hla evil genius, and
would ioms day kill him. Whan he heard that
he wu In the federal lines he wu to overjoyed at
getting rid of him that ha got on n big spree, shot
two of his friends and fell down and broke hla
arm.
Jnat alter the wu Ihe writer heard Blake giving
a history of gclplo. He woundup by saying:
Yas, I wu dellghlad when h* ran away. Two
months afterward! I accidentally got holdol a
copy of th* Naw York Herald. In It wu an Inlaw
view with 8dpi* tiro column long That nig
ger, sir, mada hla tray to Now York, and told that
Herald man all abont maand my plantation and
how nlrgtrs were treated In Alabama. H* did for
fact. I wss never so surprised In my life. And the
way old Scfp showed me up! Why, air, It wu a
conlounded outrage I I don't wish the nigger
•ny harm, tut III ever get holdol him again I'll
wear him ouL III don't I'll bs dog gooedl"
Although Bisk* blustered a good dial about It
hla frianda uy that n* aapt th* Hsrald containing
the Interview until hla dying day. He frequently
•bowed It to hie frienda, and although he always
swore over lithe Impression prevailed that M
was very proud of It.
O UK
We begin thu week the publication of a new
■erica ol “Stories ot tho Wu.” In next week's
tuna of Tbx Cosrsnrctioss wa will prtot a graphic
story of
The Battle of the Crater,
One «f the Most Thrilling Chapters of War His
tory, Sowing how Let'i Men Fought at
Petertbvrg, when the Confederacy
wu in it* Lut Strugglei,
And htw Regiment* were Thrown in the Air
and Sank under the Debris of that
Terrific Explosion.
We wonld Ilka to have short and crisp contrlbnt
ticca on lmcldenu of tho snr Irom old soldtara
Wa bun no room for derailed ox ofllcial reports U
tatties or campaigns. Bnt
THE GOSSIP OF THE CHIP FI&E,
Jacldents ol tha march Of laid »• trill ba glad ta
have Tha harala deeds o! tha mas who fawght
the sru on attkeralda abonld ha kaptgteaa Into*
memory ol onr people. The MtUraree bai passed
away forever. Tha old eoMlemthe-stiTj wlff
loro to iu*n toot spirited day, and the son* ol
the old union should read with boners ble pride
tot atorg *< totir father** Trior.