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THE WEEKLY OOXSTITUTIOX. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 18£>.
TEE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION,
Entered at the Atlanta Post-Office as second-class
Snail matter, November 11, 1478.
Weekly Constitution, •1.33 per annum.
Clubs of five, 11.00 each; clubs of ten 11.00 each
andj^eggy to getter-up of Hnl*.
ATLANTA, OA. ( DRCKMBKK 1,1W>.
Compare tlie Count llutioti with any oilier
paper you receive. See which ha* the
moat nens, the moat ItiformatIon,the moat
matter of Interest. Then take the one tliai
la I test.
The ('oust IIuf Ion atanda on Ita merlta,
We claim that It carries more news for
leas money than any other paper. If you
don’t you onfht to take the paper that
beats It. Kxamine the paper carfully and
do what yon think right. Wee rates above,
In the next house there will be 184 demo
unt* and 141 republicans. This result Is ar
rived at by dividing the two greenlmekor*
between the two parties. The democratic
majority is 43, and it will require the aid of
33 republican* fo carry any motion requiring
n two-third* vote.
Mary Dowd, white, married John Detent,
negro, near Hartford, Connecticut, the other
day. Hie happy conplc made a wedding
tour, according to a telegram, “through the
negro section of the city, v isiting the lowest
dives.’* How is this? Are the negroes in
Hartford no better than the negroes in the
south ?
In fit. Ion is, the other day, someone gave
Mr. John Hnsch a cigar. When John went
home he lit his cigar, took his wife on hi*
lap, find prepared to enjoy what is known in
the west ns “domestic felicity.” The cigar
exploded and severely injured Mr*. Htiscli,
and now Air. Hnsch is suing the man that
gave it to him for $T»,000 damages. The
othe r man ought to file a demurrer and ask
by wlint right Mr. Hnsch had his wife on hi*
lap. If people me allowed to go on in this
way in St. land**, it is no wonder that cigar*
up and explode.
Di iiixn the last fiscal year there wma net
increase in the number of pensioner* of 22,-
360. Tlic roll* now eontoln the name* of
nearly 350,600 pensioners, who. nljuorb each
year over thirty-eight million dollar*, or pi 10
n head. And the maximum has not been
reached, and t\o one know* when it will lie.
Lost year 15,233 pensifmem were dropped
from Urn roll for various cause*, but the ad
dition* and rc-imitatement* were two and a
half times more, uumorons.
Tiik full figures of the New York election
are lte/ore the public. The total vote for
governor wo* 1,024,138, os againsi 1,170,216
for president in 1884. For governor the total
vote was:
Illll, democrat -.501,11*
Davenport, republican 480,727
Basrom, prohibitum
Jones, greenback 2,127
Hill, for governor, had 11,601 plurality,
and “Jones of Hinglranipton,” tor lieutenant
governor, Imd 3,162. Tho vote was very
huge, and it was umnistnkably partisan. It
simply shows that New York is a democratic
stat* whenever tbs democrats come out and
vafo their own ticket.
Tiierk Is to lie a very lively contest tor
Mr. MahAhe’a Ital In the Untied fttnte* sen
ate. Mr. Ilnrbonr and Mr. Daniel are the
lending candidate*, and Judge Staples tho
dark hors*. Tho young men, particularly
those of Hidimoml, are rallying to Daniel,
and throngliout tlic state there are mnny who
would like to see the hrilliunt orator in tlio
senate. Hut the practical men of thq state,
the working politicians, the party machinery
mid a feeling of gratitude are pnshing Mr.
Harbour forward, and ho has the lictter
chance of the two to secure the prise. If a
rant im is held ho will certainly . be nomi
nated. _
The sent* in the United Htates senate aro
now all filled. The roll was completed by the
election of John H. Mitchell, of Oregon. The
Body contains forty-two republicans and
thirty-tour democrat*. The*republican ma
jority of eight include*, however, Muhone,
KiddlcU-rp-r, Van Wydc am! Mitchell. Ma-
hone*s crushiug defeat may have unsettled
his )Nilitiea1 status. Kiddlcberger is in
climtl to he Independent, and to vote against
Muhone, whom ho detest*. Von Wyck is
on null-monopolist at all times ami ill all
wentlu m. Mitchell was elected by the aid
of dt nlocmtta voters and under pledge* to
support administration Nominees. If the
doubtIhl quartette should simultaneously
kick nut of tin* party traces, Mr. Hendricks
would hove a cuMing vote.
Our New Drew*.
Tiik Cunktititiox appear* in a new dress
this week. It looks a little light this week
hnt it will print darker and dearer after the
liair-edge is worn off the type, ami will thou
be pcrfVetly plain.
The type is larger than onr last dross, as
will ap)Hiir in a week or so, when the type
is mi worn that it will print true and accu
rate. Onr new dim will prove very hand
some, and will, we are sine, please our read
er*.
Herb and llulgar.
The Herb* won at the ontset in a fewr skir
mishes by their dash and superior organisa
tion ; but as soon as Prince Alexander could
collect aud rally the Bulgur*, the tide oflmUle
was turned, and the Herb* were driven luck
into their own country. The picnic to Sofia is
indr-finitely postponed, and then* is woe and
trouble at Helgnule, and especially in the
palace, where King Milan will rejoin in uo
enviable frame of mind the toautiful queen.
He went ont to conquer, and he comes luck
pretty well used np.
It was not a great war, and neither side is
Utdly hurt, if no mention is made of Servian
pride. It Is announced that King Milan has
accepted the at mi-t Ur pnqmortl by the pow
ers ; aud the eluntce* now are, that the
status quo ante w ill lie restored, and the Sick
Man allowed to retuin a foothold in Europe
until matters ore riper for his repulsion.
The Heath ol*Mr. Hendrick*..
We do not my. the death of the vice presi
dent. Tide Is one twee where the man out
ranks the office. As high as the office K the
diuth of the nun will carry sorrow to more
heart!*, aud leave n larger vacancy in public
affairs titan the death of the officer pomibly
could.
Few men had stronger lurid on the affec
tion of the people than Mr. Hendricks. He
was a popular, idol. He addressed himself
always to the people ratln-r than to the poli
ticians. He looked above and beyond the
bead of the men who cuntrwted with him,
and flchlresMrd himself to the dim and vast
populate beyond, the ham of whom industry
mUxd tiia tan ud wm mnsic totfaca. Bk
real power was with the people, and he was
weak with the men who pettifogged. Tills
weakness alone prevented his reaching the
highest office within the gift of the American
people.
Next to the man, whose victory he made
•wire in 1870, and In whose place he might
have confirmed it, he was perhaps the greatest
of living democrat*. Of singularly pure
character, of gentle and sincere nature, he
was as lovable In his private relations ns in
his public appearings. His death will lie
mourned by democrats as by those who have
lost a friend and champion, and by Ameri
cans everywhere as one of the most illustri
ous of their race, and one of the best types of
their civilization.
The Death of King Alfonso.
Our diNpatchcH this morning announce the
death of Alfonso XII of Spain.
The death of the young king was not un
expected. For Milne time post he lias been
struggling with consumption and a cotnpli
tat ion of other diseases, and his constitution
was too much impaired by the excesses of
youth to sustain him in the unequal fight.
In 1875 the army culled Alfonso, who was
then living in exile with his mother, the
ex-Queen Isals-lla, to the throne ot Spain.
He accepted the call, and placing himself at
the bend of the troops, remained in the field
until the’Carlists were crushed and scattered,
The suppression of the rebellion in Cuba
next engaged his attention, and this was ac-
niplisbid in due time.
Under Alfonso’s rule, it cannot lio said
that Spain made any marked progress. An
empty exchequer and warring factions ham
pered the king. Unable to piny ail impor
tant part in tlic; politics of Europe, lio con
solcil himself by plunging into fashionable
dissipation. He made his court the most
licentious in Europe. In him the notorious
vices of Queen Isabella were renewed, and
made the scandal of the time. The death of
mu ll a ruler will not ho regarded as a public
calamity. There is no reason why the gov
ernment should he disturbed, and yet It is
impossible to make a prediction. Tho un
expected frequently happens in Bpain.
The Duty of Atlantlnn*.
Whatever differences of opinion there may
hnve been a week ago over the contest just
closed liy the voters of this county, there is
no doubt now that it is the duty of every
good citizen fo do his level best to maintain
Atlanta’s prosperity and progress.
both sides appealed to the ballot-liox under
the same law. There was no point mode
agninst any precinct In the county, but both
sides labored earnestly to poll the Iarg<- »t
possible vote. The result was very much the
largest vote over cast in the county. It was
tlio freest and most orderly poll ever wit
nessed in Fnlton. There is not the slightest
taint of frand about it. None is charged or*
suspected. There may lie individual eases
where the vested rights of persons or corpor
ations are illegally threatened. If so, these
will go to the courts for clear and righteous
adjudication. Hut to attempt to nullify
the general law, simply becauso the minority
fail to agree with the majority aa-to the effect
it may luivo on tho city, iq linwlso, uqjud,
and ought to 1 & aofthdoned.
Every general issue involved in the prohi
bition contest is res odjudicatu. Any attempt
to raise them in new shape, or to nnllify
the law, simply liecanse the miuority did
not ont-votc the imparity Is bad policy. It
will result in confrision, the perpetuation of
discord and work Atlanta more vital injury
than any other alternative could possibly do.
No principle is more dearly established,
more essential or more jealously defended
in our American republic than that tlio ma
jority shall rule. History shows that all
attempts to overthrow the will of the
majority, clearly nml honestly expressed,
result in disorder and confrision. Tho sov-
eignty of tlte people is powerful only when
it speaks through a majority. Its voice may
he kiw and not! .ns the murmuring of a
repliyr. If it is unheeded it swells into tho
thunder of a whirlwind. Next to the wool
of Cod it is the most potent nttemnoe that
Americans can hear. Itq mamlates way
sometimes lie nnpleasiut. Hut there eau be
no righteous protest from those who have
submitted to its arbitrament—after its de
cision has bccu fairly and peacefully made
and legally ascertained. Every court in tin*
country, every department of the govern
ment, whether it be federal, utato or munic
ipal, is sworn to *ee the result of a fair elec
tion fairly carried out, nml the will of a
minority, if it is a majority of only one vote,
enforced.
this infamous slander, we might cite the case
of two hundred negro emigrants, who barely
a week ago passed throngh Atlanta, and were
feasted at the depot on a dinner provided for
them in a vacant storeroom. The people
knew- that these negroes were emigrating—
and yet, instead of lynching them, stood by
and enjoyed seeing the pone and ham-bone
passed out to them by their white friends.
We have no words to characterize the
meanness of the nmu who deliberately in
vented and printed such a slander on the
southern people. Upon reflection, we be
lieve we have the words that would fit his
case, hnt they cannot lie printed in the col
umns of u polite paper.
The Problem Hoi veil.
Hon. John C. Hart, of Union Point, in a re
cent contribution to The Constittttion on
Hurmuda grass, offers a solution to the prob
lem that lias been vexing the southern farm
er*. The infatuation with cotton is perfectly
natural to people who are striving to get
their heads above water, and this has been
pretty much the condition of both largo and
feniall planters since the war. Cotton is a
spot cash crop, and this fact has led fanners
somewhat astray. Tlic close of the war found
them without means, lint with plenty of
good land. If they had raised corn and
grain, hog and hominy, they would have re
mained pi tor mi far ns money was concerned.
Hnt, when the war closed, there was an
unprecedented demand for cotton; the w'orld
was hungry for tlic southern staple, and was
willing to pay for it. Under these circum
stances our farmers were justified in the pol
icy which they pursued—that of planting
cotton to the exclusion of most other crops*.
Cotton brought the cash which no other crop
would bring. Hut this policy, which was
well enough to liegin with, developed into
a habit, and the planters and the state have
suffered therefrom.
There has been a reaction, however. For
several years now the best farmers of Geor
gia have been turning their attention to
farming as a business—a profession—and,
instead of planting all cotton, they have
deavored to so manage their business as to
make the money received for cotton the real
profits of the faun. These who luivo firmed
on this line hnve been eminently snccossfrtl.
They have introduced the intvnsive system.
Land that formerly barely produced one
hale to the acre now produce three. More
attention is given fo clover and tho grasses,
to the dairy business and to stock-raising.
The result is that the lands are recuperating,
and ninny of onr farmer* are making a hun
dred dollars where they formerly made one.
This is notably the ease in the Oconee
valley, from which Mr. Hart writes.
The Bermuda grass that was formerly re
garded ns a enrse to the farmer is now recog
nized ns a blessing. It makes the liest and
tlic most succulent hay ill the world, and
enables farmers, who formerly boright their
stock from Kentucky, to raise their own mule
rolls. Mr. Hart is right when he says that
Bermuda grass, rust-proof oats and the mule
colt solve the problem that vexes oft;
frurners.
An Alt-Wool Mar, n Yar«l Wltk*.
It 1ms been our duty to reprint uml expose
some scorching anil imaelcs* lies front tho
partisan press of tho north, concerning tho
south. But the following fathomless false
hood, from the Hutchison Daily Nows, of
Kansas, surpasses anything wo luivo yet
Mrn. That ptt)*r in its issue of tlie 10th in
stant 1ms this article leaded:
Early hut spring a colored man by tho name of
Major Jacktnn, cana* to our city from Atlanta, Ga.
Ho wash Mdtcr, hiduntrtou* mail, ami soon found
plenty of work to do here In town. He astlMcd the
ma-oii* In building Hu* new vaulu at tho courthouse
laM wiminer, and had determined to return tolteor-
vis for hi* family, whom he had left there, and
bring them to this city with hlm.BFor this pur-
}a*e he left here In the latter part of July lari.
Previous to hit doing ho had told «overal colored
pemma that it wan difficult tor a colored person to
Kit away from Georgia, aud that he was obliged to
ireretly leave there when he caiuo away. It atoms
(hat the neon* % now free, are still needed by tho
Msithrm riffraff aud rubble to do their dirty work.
They hate long had the chance to slutv, m'susc
aud maltreat the colored man whom they could
Impure upon, rob and jsiy iu* they chaao for hit time
and labor, that they are now vfty loth to to de
prived of their usual amuM'incnu, pa»tlme* an I
dvvIUfch deeds of bloml and murder, that they are
•W forcing the blacks to stay am mu them o
lesve at their peril. After our colored man. Jack
H'U. arrived at home, this ftn t was known
among those who arv horiUe to the colored man
Iras lug them. 11c was rol toiled by live or six u»«*v
person* of his color to a*M*t them also iu Icaving.uud
it w as arranged fi r them to Ua\ o together. On the
day fixed tor leaving Atlanta, Jaekwm wont to the
railroad depot to get tickets for the party, and as he
went Into one door a |>aiiy «if white devils entered
by another door, wind J*« k*ui, dragged him sutao
dt-tanes* from the depot and-huug him. Tims, o »e
mon? atnsUsn and devilidi »!cc*l ofnmnler Is add
ed to tho long list of crimes that th«*se Inhumci
wretclwsiof the kkuIi are snilty of. Before thvl
they tmot riand amnimaldc ffir tho »lcath of one
mote Innoctuthuman being. The angel*mo* In
deed w«ep at such d«s>ls <*f man's luhumauity to
tnan. Why an* such fiend* in human sluia* allow
id to htvath thi* free air of Ikwvcu.' Ou« fell *wooj»
f theU'Msn of destruction *h»s«ld wi|ie them tor-
ver «fi the face of the earth to ublli Uhi.
The atrocity of this lie is inconceivable.
To begin with there has not liccti a lynching
in Atlanta since tin* war. lit the next pl.wv.
Major Jackson, the negro reported to have
lynched, is in At Uinta t inlay, iu pretty
good health, and will he surprised to hciu-
that he luui been hang.
Kit wm worth while to go further with ,
A Itclbrinetl C'unuibar*.Fall.
The apiiearanec of a reformed cannibal iti
a went missionary conference at Washing
ton has already been mentioned in these
columns. Our readers will doubtless remem
ber that tlus reformed man-eater, on the OC'
cordon retorml ’to, eanaed a thrill of horror
to run throngh the conference by his frank
admission that he had partakcu of roastetl
miflfiionary more than once. He even went
so fur n« to tell how it wits served and how
it tasted.
'When we called tlic attention of our readers
to this remarkable evangelist we felt it our
duty to cuter onr protest against tlic employ
ment of such agents in evangelical work. As
a rule, a reformed sinner umy l»e trusted,
hut un exception must lie made in the
of a cannibal.
Onr warning 1ms been emphatically sus
tained by recent development*. It seems
that our missionary from tho cannilr.il
Islands has been lecturing for several weeks
past in Maryland and Virginia. The other
day he turned np in Alexandria several de
grees drunker than the bird known
drinking circles as a “Idled owl.” lie was
fco limber that when he entered the elmreb
where he was to lecture, the indignant con
gregation rose en masse and throw him into
tlio street. He was then picket! up by an
officer nml sentenced, in default of payment
of a flue of five dollars, to go to the chain
gang for thirty days.
Alter this inglorious exit of the only or
iginal nml genuine reformed cannibal mis
sionary, it i* to be hoped that such converts
will, in fritnre, bo compelled to take book
stilts. We have touched very lightly upon
Huh ease, hut it is calculated to do good as a
warning example.
Mr. DIaIim* Again.
There is an unmistakable Blaine move
ment iu the republican purty. In the light
of the recent election in New York, his
friends boldly claim that he is stronger than
his party in that state, and that bealoue mu
take enough men out of the democratic purty
to insure victory. Tills simply means that
they believe many Irishmen can Is? induced
to support the Maino trickster. We do not
believe it. They have tried that sort of a
thing, mid there is no evidence that they
want any more of it. It is conceded on all
hands that no section of the party in New
Yoik supported Governor lliil more enthusi
astically than did the Irish-Americans, espe
cially of New York city.
Tlic mugw umps do not hesitate to charge
the defeat of Mr. Davenport to the Blaine
republicans. The Boston Herald assorts that
while the mugwumps voted for Davenport,
the Blaine men stayed at home. The repu1»-
lirau vote fell off 11,<W0 more than the demo-
ratie vote; though, adds the Herald with
m me hitternev, a column of mugwumps 20,-
t?00 strong went over to the republican side.
Why was ibis? The Herald says it was the
result of a determination to nip in tlio hud a
ittridcntial aspirant, and to leave the trick
jm to Mr. Blaine. Mr. Samuel Fe&endcti,
tertiary of the republican national commit-
i***, spring** up to Kty he must run again, and
the I lair.c oigans mnliuiu* to declare that li»?
tan get mote votis in New York than any
other ; republican. He is fairly euteivil for
the next rate.
TIti* l*» e*dtli»uiml Hum'Mlon.
The M-uate did not elect a ixv^iitent /»#o
(< it.j c it duriiig the ‘-pccial se*edon of la-ri .
3dnrcb, ;>r.d tliuv is no organized Imu-ri* of
n j ti m ntiitivits and louse-qiteutly no speaker.
Mr. Cleveland alone, therefore, stand* be
tween filly millUms of people aud lawfril ex
ecutive power.
The question of mccmim beyond the Tice-1
prtsideut is vested iu congress; and a mere
congressional enactment, placing the mem
bers of the cabinet in fixed order in the line
of succession pending an election would give
the fountry security under all circumstances
hut although the question has been actively
agitated nearly ten years, congress has neg
lected or refused to act, and we are again
confronted with the succession problem. For
tunately the president is a man in robust
health, and in ten clays congress will meet,
and two incn will l>e at one** placed behind
tlic- president. Mr. Edmunds will doubtless
he elected sjieaker pro tnn of the senate, and
Mr. Carlisle, as a candidate for speaker,
seems to have no opposition in his own party,
which largely controls the house.
If Mr. Cleveland should lie stricken down
ns the lamented Hendricks was on Wednes
day, Mr. Edmunds, or whoever is elected
president pro ton of the senate, would not go
into the presidential office on the footing that
Mr. Arthur did. The vice-president, in case
of a vacancy in the presidential office, suc
ceeds to the remainder of the term, hut the
president pro Inn of the senate, or speaker of
the house, holds the great office only until a
president and vice-president can lie elected
The law provides that in such a ease the sec
retary of stale shall “forthwith” notify the
head of each state. This notice is also to Ik?
published in “at least one” nowspajier
each state. This notice in effect calls for the
selection of electors in the usual manner.
We give the words of the statute in relation
to a choice of efeetors in a special election:
Flrkt. If there shall Ik? the space of two months
yet to ensue between the date of such notification
mid the lira Wednesday iu December then next
Miing, Mich notification shall specify that the
elector? shall be appointed or chosen within thirty-
four days preceding such first Wediu-duy iu Decem
ber.
Second. If there shall not be'the space of two
month* between the date of such notification and
nidi first Wednesday In December, and if tho term
for which the president nml vice-president la-tin
rllirc were elected will not expire on the third day
of March, next ensuing, the notification slwll speci
fy that the electors slinll be appointed or cho-on
v Ithln thirty-four days preceding the first Wednes
day in December In tho year next ensuing. But If
there shall not Ik? the space of two months between
the date of such notification and the first Wednes
day In December the next ensuing, nml if the term
for which the president and vice-president Instill
office were elected will expire on the third day of
March next ensuing, the notification shall not
specify Hint electors are to Ik? appointed or chosen.
The next section of the statute provides for
the meeting of the electors, chosen in a spec
ial election, on the first Wednesday in De-
tember.
There need lie no apprehension of trouble
nt this time. We preseut the law and the
situation solely with a view of promoting
legislative action which would cover all va
cancies—thereby adding strength to our po
litical fabric, and giving assurance to all in
terests of order, peace and lawful govern
ment in nil contingencies.
‘•The lint tie of the Crater” published this
week will Mir a fever In the blood of many an
old soldier. We have a jxirUculurly rich stock of
Mnries for the next month. One on the “tout
of the Confederacy” will probably lx> printed
next week.
Tlio Itoinaiico of a Pauper.
In Berlin for many years past an old man
with a noble face and a snowy heard has
been conspicuous around the studios of all
the well-known artists. Everybody knows
the old man. He is a professional model.
The most famous painters of tho ago have
painted liis face and form hundreds of times.
V A short time ago the old mail married, and
the marriage was one of the maddest and
most romantic on record. Although a pau
per, this artist’s model was a nobleman. He
came from Hungary, and lmd a right to bear
tlic title and name of the Baron de Petofy.
A beaut ifril and wealthy young woman of
the middle class found him out. Slit* wanted
to l»c a baroness. It was an easy matter to
strike a Iwirgain with the old man. He wu*
to many tlie young woman, give her his
aristocratic name, and then live apart from
her and never claim her as his wife. In re
turn he was to receive three pairs of liootsu
year, and two pounds of coffee and four
pounds of sugar a month. The contract was
signed, the wedding took place, and the
pauper shuffled off-to Ids garret with his
1 loots, coffee and sugar, while the baroness
drove away in her glittering carriage.
Tlie Baroness Petofy now reigns as a so
cial star in the European capitals. People
believe her to he a w idow. The lniron still
pom tor 4lie Berlin artists. Whether he is
proud of his Wuuliful wife or not, nobody
knows. For a chapiter of every day life,
this lients the wildest fancies of tho novelists.
It isdillimlt to lielieve that it happened in
Beilin. It is too Frem hy for anything.
A Million Free Constitutions.
We want to send out between now and
Christ nut* day a million copies of The Cox-
MlTl'TloN, as free samples to people w ho do
not take it.
Our reason !fs plain. We lielieve those
w ho see it will take it. We put it square on
its own merits, and we want every man in
America who doesn't take it, to see it and
stiWrilic for it.
A’orr irhut irr mini yon fa do w thi*. Write
on tt poffal ford the name mid address of every
frit ud or retatire you ran think of, or of jteo-
pie in your nciyhltorhood, irho don't fake THE
UoNM iTi Tiox. Address the can! to us and
we w ill send a sample’copy of the paper free
to each one.
Pi.kahk no tii ik at oxc-R. We want
everybody to mc The Constiti tion liefore
the New Year open*. Your friends will
take it uk a favor that you liuve sent nn their
nr me*, and wnml them 12 page* of reading
matter for a week free. You will double
the favor to us, if you will .speak a good
word or drop a line of indorscmenUto those
w liose names yon send ns.
Pirate tend the nanus iuimeitiatrtg. HV
iron/ <nry under of thi* jntner to send m a
list of good iiiiftu * this *n ek. \\ r e teant to dis
tribute a million copies of sample Constitu
tion* before Christmas.
One at a Tim*?.
One Mep m n time, nml that well placed,
W i* reach the tnuidet height;
One stroke nt nt * Una*, earth's hidden storov
Will slowly come taught:
me nol at a lime, and the forest crow*;
drop ni a time, aud lhe river bows
luto the buimdlu
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1- w tit wit and bread:
fine riene at a time, nml * pn
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minute, another, tlw lionrs .'!y:
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luto eiertiity.
t»ne emiti of ktimvledtre. nml that t
Amsher ami more on them.
Ami as time roll* on y«*ur mind will shiuo
\\ Ith many a aanu red reiu
Of thoucht ami wisdom. And time will tell,
u* thine at a time, and that done well,”
]> wiwiota’s proven mk».
-Erou the Gulden Days.
HOT OLD POLITICS IN FULTON.
The Atlanta of Today Compared With the
Atlanta of Thirty Years Ago.
The Mirprtee that las Wednesday's election pass
ed so peacefully was only exceeded by the general
gratification at the avoidance of all trouble.
A gentleman who came to Atlantain ISSk when
the city boasted that its population numbered two
thousand, said yesterday: ’ .
«.| uas ueverlieforc so proud efour people. I donut
if there is a city in tlie country under which such ff
pressure of excitement ever deported itself so well
"The most exciting election I ever saw in Atlan
ta,” continued the old timer, ."was when we elected
city officers In IMG, I think It was. There was no
registration, but nil city taxes had to be paidjbefore
a man could vole. Tlie city clerk sat nt .the ballot
box, and when a man offered bis ballot the clerk
looked at his books to sec if all the fellow s taxes
bed been paid. If he happened to he a defaulter
he could pay up and vote, or his party could pay
him out. __
“Eac h party api>oIntcdoue challenger to stand on
each fide of the ballot box. For this service cool,
but determined meir were always selected. At the
election I refer to, the democrats put up Clem
Howell as their challenger and the whig* selected
Judge C. II. Strong. Tlie election opened hot and
grew hotter every minute. Several knock down
arguments were used before ten o'clock. Finally
some fellow came up to vote the democratic ticket
Mr. McPherson, who was the city clerk and a whig
said his taxes had not been paid.
*• You are a liar!' cried out Clem Dowell.
“JnstantlyMcPbcrson and Howell sprang to their
feet with drawn pistols, and before you could wink
your eye that was tlic liveliest room I ever saw.
Including clerks, managers and challengers, there
were n dozen men In the room. As McPherson and
Howell made for each other every man present
whipped out a revolver or a bowle knife-and
glared like w ild beasts at each other. The crowd
outside saw the commotion within ami
made n rush to participate in the row. There was
mi assault on the door and It gave way. The first
man to enter was Colonel Wilson, father of Dr.
Henry !.. Wilson. He was ft man of powerful pity-
rique and came through the door with such force
that he fell on his knees when it yielded. A mo
ment more and the crowd outside would have
jounced iu nml no power on earth could hnve pre-
ented it ffcnrfttl encounter. As the door fell In
Judge Strong leaped on the table and in tt voice of
thunder yelled:
Colonel Wlbon, stop Hint crowd! We can settle
this thing.'
Then, turning to McPherson and Howell, who
had precipitated the trouble, he cried'Sit down!’
•Colonel Wilson turned to the crowdjmtside nttd
!d a few cool words. They hesitated and then
retreated, in five minutes order had been restored,
and the lives of scores of men had been saved.”
The democrats bent iw that time,” said the old
whig, "but we bad our revenge next year. We
nominated Judge Ezznrd for mayor and a full
ticket for the council. There was a witty fellow
named Allison Kelson, who got out some very
amusing caricatures on our candidates. Ho
taunted Larkin Davis, one of our candidates, with
being a butcher. I lielieve that gave us our cue to
success. We accepted the ridicule and turned It on
the democrats. We had old man Ilanleitcr to print
our ticket on the cut of a big hog,
hicli was printed in bright blue,
n tlie morning of the election
wc formed a line of over two hundred men, and
headed by Jack Buchanan, the lifer, and Judge Ez-
znrd's negro man Gullford.thc drummer, wc started
for the polls. Every fellow had a bluo hog ticket
In his right hand and waved it In tho air. As wo
marched wc squealed like pigs. All day long that
queer noise kept up a bedlam around the polls, And
w e beat tho democrats nearly two to one. The
only trouble that day was when Buck Wlllmoth
knocked down two democrats for laughing at our
‘hog’ tickets. Buck Is living hero yet and Is over
seventy year* old, but I don’t believe there is a
mon in Fulton county who can whip him now. tic
w as our Samson iu those days.”
‘ There was a good deal of talk about entertain
ing voters in a freight depot and in the churches
lari Tuesday night. Why, that was a regular trick
with us on the night before every election. The
wbigs med Bob Clarke's warehouse, which stood
atom where J. A. Anderson «fc Co's, store on White
hall street now Is. The democratic pen was at
Muhlcnhiiik's barroom. opposite to tho
present rite of James' Iwnk. After
our rallies on the night before the election each
party w ould muster nil the votes It could get aud
shut them up for the night In their respective pens.
JJquor would flow freely, and wo u-ually had a
country fiddler to amuse the boys. They would
drink, and dance, and jpke until morning, and
then march yelling to the polls.”
•‘One of tho most remarkable scenes ever witnessed
nt the poll* In Atlanta occurred in lsfifi, when Dr.
James F. Alexander was running for mayor. One
of hi* staunchest supporters was Whit Anderson.
Whit Mood at the poll* from the time they opened
until late iu the afternoon, lie challenged and
protested against things that he dldut like until
finally, bring all patience with tho
way in which the election was being
managed he seized the ballot box, hurled it on tho
ground, before the astounded crowd and stamped it
to smithereens In the mud. It was one of tho»c
desperate acts whose very desperation i* their pro
tection. It I* a wonder that Anderson wa* not shot
dead.in hi* tracks, hut men slured at him ns if they
could not realize what he had done. He broke up
that election, and another had to be onlcrod.”
"lYrlinp* the wildest scenes ever enacted in At
lanta, except during the desolating days of IS6|,
were iu its early history. In I ATI Jonathan Nor-
cross was mayor. The city had been hastily set
tled nml had most of the characteristics of a wes
tern bonier town of today. There were thirty or
forty as hard cases here n* can be found in Near
Mexico now. Thc«e fellows used to ‘‘take the
town” every night. We hail only three or tour
policemen and about all they did was to march
around, blow whistles, iuid call cut the hoursof
the night.
"The roughs did not terrify them. They simply
ignored them and made night hideous to their
heart'* coutcnt. One of their favorite tricks was
to plant nn old cannon in the middle of Decatur
street and fire blank cartridges at the big wooden
building owued by Mayor Norerow at the corner of
rcachtrce and Marietta street*. These brawlers be
came more and more defiant until the mayor,
tacked by the quiet people of the city, resolved to
suppress them.
"Mayor Norcrow toned a proclamation for a
‘!*o*fe comitutu*' to enforce the ordinances of the
city. About fifty men readily responded. Tlie
leader* of the rough* were summoned to appear at
the mayor's court, which wm held in a building that
stood where John Kecly's store is. They came
backed by their crowd, not in obedience to the
mayor's summons, but to defy his authority. There
sat fifty peaceable but determined men resolved to
enforce law; at any JcoM, facing about thirty
n w ho were equally resolved to defy all control
Bill McConnell,the city marshal, and Allen Johnson,
the sheriff ami father of the present Tom Johnson
trod on each side of the mayor, two as fearless men
os ever breathed.
A can? ngaiuri the leader of the rowdies was
called. It took very little time to find him guilty
of gr« violation of the public peace*. The mayor
entered him locked up in 'the calaboonc’ for three
da>*. A* the sentence was promram-cd the fellow
ro*e up uitb hi* rev olver in hi* hand, aud after ex-
pn rring hi* opinion of the court In terms more em
it :o than elegant, turned to leave the room. As
i!!d si, Allan Johiwui leap down from the plat-
n aud w ith an Iron grip seized the hand Uiat
held the revolver. Mc« 'onnell.u Ith a heavy hickory
tick jtimf ed to JobnSta's side and faced the |»ar:-
urs«f tlie MirprKri roisterer. They had o il
their )4mo!s and kuivc-a In a moment, and the
the other side of the room did thesam*
thing. Everybody) thought a fight inevitable.
JohUM.ii and McOaunell held the leader of tho
pperitUn with relcntlesa grasp and showed
that they would dte rather than re lease him. Cour
age was equal cu both rid-.-, but it.wos on unequal
match. On one side were men who’ were bftYO
enough to defy law and do wrong, and on tho Other
side were men who were willing to dlo to pircaenro
peace. The latter prevailed. Before night fifteen
of the roughs were in the littlff
‘calaljoojc’ that stood at the
bottom of muddy hill near the
‘earthed.’ That was the last of the trouble wttll
those fellows. Some of the men come out of the
‘calaboose’ better men, aud quieted down Into
sober, industrious citizens. Others continued «a
bad ns ever, but tbeir .comlis were cut, and they
realized that the law abiding cltlzcus of Atlanta
meant hcnccfoith to rule jt."
OUR KNOWLEDGE-BOX.
jin this department we give brief and pertinent
answers to such questions as our readers may do*
(.ire to aJ-k—provided the questions are of special or
general Interest. Answers muy bo delayed for a
week.]
Subscriber, Tv Ty. Gft.: Please tell me something
about the origin of Thanksgiving Day.
During the latter half of the sixteenth century t
religion* sect farose In England under iiifiuoncei
from Geneva, which demanded a purer worship
and In consequence, earned tho name of Puritans.
Persecuted and imprisoned, they sought refugo
iu Holland, where they remained for a generation,
and then, under the leadership of their minister,
John Robinson, a small party of them set sal! for
the new world July 22, 1020, nrrlvin
November 11, and In the autumn of 1021
thi* little band held tho first Thanksgiving
festival on American shores, with Mom-spit and
ninety of his Indian braves as their guests. Tii
next year no such festival was held,but in 1023 itwa
again begun, and from then continued as a pecu
liarily New England annual custom. The flrri time tho
celebration was observed by the notion was iu De
cember. 1777. on account of the success of tho Ameri
can arms nt Saratoga. No settled dote had yet been
agreed iiimhi. nor had the custom spread outside of
New England except on* special occasions. But
three proclamations by the president of tho United
f-tates setting apart such a day were made to tween
17M* and 1S63. New York adopted tho custom in 1817.
and Pennsylvania in 184A. Since 1803, however,
such proclamations have been yearly Issue* 1 by alt
he presidents ami reiterated by all the governor*,
naming the lari Thursday of each November «w tho
date or these thanksgivings. In tire southern state*
the governors never iiiihIo It a practice to issue
thanksgiving proclamations until after the war.
J. II. C., Carrollton. Go.: Please give the name of
the author of "BcautiftU Snow.”
We cannot do it. The authorship has toon dis-
j Kited for years. John W. Watson has persistently
claimed it from first to last, and his title to It is ap
parently well founded.
Tlic world's population is estimated at 1/>oo,000,000,
The Mohammedans, Buddhists, and several other
sects are compelled, if they arc faithftil, to abstain
irom liquor. They number some 700,000,000.
P. G. Venter,'Go.—1. Whence came the American
Indians? Who introduced the first Indian corn
Into America?
l.lt has been conjectured that they Ci^ie front
the cost and migrated to America by way of Beh
ring’s strait. But this Is fonclftil. 2. It was not
introduced hero. It originated here.
An Old Favorite.
In response to tho request of a subscriber, Mr. J. A.
Wade, of Madison, kindly ftimlshcs a copy of Rich- *
nrd Henry Wilde’s poem "My Life Is Like tho
Summer Rose.” Following Is the poem:
My life is like tlie summer roso
That opens to the morning sky,
But ere the shade* of evening close
is scattered on the ground to die.
But on the roses' humble lied
Tlic sweetest dew* of night are shed,
As If she wept such waste to see,
But none shall weep a tear for me.
My lift* is like the autumn leaf,
That trembles in the moon’s pale ray,
Its hold is frail, its date is brief,
Restless and soon to pass away.
Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fodo
My life Is like the print, which feet
Have loft on T r —^ *
mn un the ririn
This track slia
Yet Mill as grieving to cflhce
All vestige of the human race.
On that lone shore loud moans tho sea,
But none shall e'er lament for me.
October 19,1885.
Subscriber, Talladega, Ala.: Please tell me some
thing about natural gas hmv it Li used for illuraiuo-
lion, where It Is found, etc.
Natural gn* Is now largely used for Illumination
and fuel in the coal regions of Pennsylvania and
Ohio. Iu order to obtain the gas a well is dug and
pipes arc laid to convey the gas to any desired
point. Some of the pipes run 100 miles. Findlay,
Ohio, has eight large go* wells, and enough gas to
supply the largest manufacturing city in America.
One thousand families are using it for light and
Atel, and many manufactories are ruu by it. Tho
supply docs not diminish. Each new well opened
ha* no effect iu lowering the pressure uponthO
others, and in several well* the pressure has in
creased since opened. The oil well Is running about
twenty-five barrels a day. Plenty of capitalls hero
nml coming here daily. Derricks are Doing built
all arotiud the town. The last gas well struck is to
be med by a glass factory, and two other manufac
turing institutions have contracted to be at work
by August, 1MW.” At present the ell is purchased
by Chicago parties for forty cents a barrel, or fifty
cents delivered upon the car*. The heat from tbit
gas is woudcrfttlly intense, its heat-producing
finality being its chief characteristic. Start a tiro
in a cold stove, and in five mUnites people standing
atom it will begin to back off. _
The whole business of warming and cooking !*•
revolutionized by tho gas. There is no kindling
wodd.no explosions of kerosene oil, and cookc«i
servant girl.-, no "clinker.-,” uo *moke, no soot, no
going out of the fire Alio attention needed, no woo*>.
ctitific and unscientific opinion appears to lie about
settled down to the belief that the supply of
gas I* from continual generation, and that,
upon a broad scale. It will not cease, though
here ami there wells may peter out, and local
inert-, Wimt' mo great product oi water
will keep flowing from the earth. It burnt na
ture'* way of doing things to open up a new stora
of material for man and then cut It off suddenly
or curtail It. She is more bountiful, ami does
things tor her children upon a more broad and
litoral wale, In dealing out to us from her tremen
dous Morehouse of air, ocean and earth. An earth
that was once all gas, ami nothing but gas, is
not going to fall to romhh gas enough to run all
its mills and light all the houses and cook all tho
food for Findlay.
Subscriber, Maryville, Tenn.: Please give tlifl
origin or the name* of the different states.
Wc have not time and space at present to frilly
comply w ith this request, but tho following point*
may satisfy our correspondent: Maine takes it*
name from the province of Main, in France, and
was so culled in compliment to the queen of Charles
I, Henrietta, it* owner. New Hampshire, first colled
Laconia, from Hampshire, England. Vermont from
the Green Mountains (French, verd mout). Massa
chusetts from the Indian language, signifying tho
country about tin* great hill*. Rhode Island get*
sme from the fancied resemblance of the island
»u mat of Rhode* in the undent Levant. Connecti
cut was Mohcgan, spelled originally Quon-eli-ta-cut,
signifying ‘-a long river." New York was *o named
os a compliment to the duke of York, whose
brother, charless II., granted him that |territory.
New Jersey was named by one of its original pro
prietor*, Hr George Carter, after the island of Jer
sey in the British Channel, of which ho was gov
ernor. ivnmylvania, as is generally known, take*
its name from William Penn, and the word* "syt-
vania,” meaning woods. Delaware derives tt*
name from Thomas Went, Lord De la WareJgovemot
of Virginia. Maryland receives iu name from tho
Queen of Charles I., Henrie tta Maria. Virginia got
its name from Queen Elizabeth, unmarried or Vir-
iticcn. The Carolina* were named in honor of
les I., ami Georgia in honor of George II. Flo
rid* gets it* uamc from Kalqtuu de Flores, 9
Teari of the Flower*.” Alabama come* from m
Greek word, signifying ‘Xh’* land of rest.” LouM-
aim was to named in honor of Louis XIV*
Mississippi derived its name from that of tho
great river, which ii In the Natchez tongue.
The Father of Water*.” Arkansas is derived firm*
he the Indian won! Kan*u*. *>moky wotepf,*’ wltll
the French prefix of “ark/' a ls»w. Tennessee 1*
Indian name, meaning "The river with a big
d.” Kentucky also is nn Indian mi le— Kain-
-ae,” signifying "at the head of ihe river.**
Ohio l« the fwanec name for "The beantifril river.’*
flohlgan's name derived from tho lake, th*
Indian name for fiyh weir, or trap, which rhu Mtap--
of the lake suggested. Indiana’* name eotae from
that of the Indians. Illinois is derived from tho
Indian won! "Illinl” tnieiri and the French affi-X
"oi*,'’ making "Tribe of men.” Wlscoa-InM n*ra.«'
I* mid to to the Indian name for "a wild, nidi Ing
channel.” Mtoouri is aizo an Indian tiara» foe
uuiddy, having reference to the mndriincm of tho ■