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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDA Y NO / f- >i 24 '/Ps" —SIXTEEN PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. entered *t to* Allant. Poet-Office u second dam mail Bitter, Roventer n, U78. WhU; UonaUtutlon, Bl.»« p« mmammi Clnteof fire, HOC eachJ clnhsol tan, 11.00 each and a copy to getter-up of Olob. ATLANTA, QA., NOVEMBER 21. IMS. Compare the Constitution with any other paper you receive. See which has the most news, the most information, the most matter ol in terest. Then take the one that is best. The Constitution stands on its merits. We claim that it carries more news for less money than any other paper. If it don’t you ought to take the papi r that beats it. That’s business, and wo mean busi ness. Examine the paper carefully an^l^Wiat^oiUhfakright^^ 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. OUR PREMIUM LIST. IVe present cur premium Latthis week aad feel sure that our readers will fled interest end pr< fit In It. It is prepared mainly for tteir benefit, and we commend it to their at tention. The Carlslmas season is close oa ns, sad the enbteriber roust be hard to please who cannot do much of his Chriatmss shop plrg through our columns. A sswing ma chine for tba wife, a watch, knife or gun far the boys, books or cologne (or the girls, make susful as well aa enjoyable present*. Wa gurrauleo that whatever Is bought from this list will be bought at half the price, often oce-third Ihe price, it can bs bongbt from regular dealers. We offer also a number of clubbing com binations, by which tho inbscriber can, for * small amonnt, got his reading for next yaar. In one combination, he can get Tus Weikct Cosstitctioz, the Southern Evangellit, (Sam Jones’paper), tho Home and Firm, and Good Cheer, all tor $2.70. Ihie Is a sample of Iho other offers. So Ihe premium list if with oar rea-lere. Ills thei/s and la made np fur thsm. We ■hall bs glad to have them use it liberally, end shall count the trouble ol lilting their orders prcmply as nothing compared with the pltasure ol serving them. 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.