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THE WEEKLY CONST! TUTHLV. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 ltc.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITOTIO
EnUTi'rt at Hi* Atlanta Fort-Office aa smou4c1sm
mail rurltrr, November 11, 1*7*.
Weekly Constitution, gl.SS per annum.
Club* of five, >100 etch; club* of ten fl.W e*cu
and ?? copy to getter up of Mob.
ATLANTA, OA..DRCEMBEB ??, 18??-
Compart' llic Constllutlou nllUxujr oilier
paper yon reeelre. See which haa th??
mt??l ueivs llie nio-l InforwatloOftlienaoat
walteroriulereal. Then take the one that
la heal.
The Comtltutlon sUmls on Ita merits.
We claim I lull It carrlea more newa for
lean money Ikanany other paper. If you
don???t you ought to take (be paper that
beat* It. Examine the paper carfaUyaad
do what you think right. Wee ratOo ahore.
)Iacok, August* and Havnnnah will nerer
know what lirellneaa ia until tl??y go through
a prohibition campaign.
Mr. F. II. HiciiardmiN, known to onr
render* for many yearn as oar brilliant Wash
ington correspondent, ta at hif poat again.
'J he criming cOngram will set the tune for de-
mocntcy to march by In the next campaign.
All democratic cant idtoold tiaten for the mm
air. Mt. ltichardaon will keepTnaCoNOTi
TtnoN ftilly Informer!,
EviDKRTCY the negroea at the northare no
Iwttor off politically than they are at (ho
aoalh, and have no more advantage* and
finite aa little recognition. Else why altould
the editor of tlio New Vork Freeman, a negro
pajier, indolge launch remarks aa thin? ???Not
one Mark man,??? the Freeman any*, ???eqjo/s
the reapect or the ronfldenee of the repitbli'
ran ]??)itiriana, or can approach one of these
sharper* on terma anything like on eqnal
footing. We kuow whereof we apeak,
and we challenge any no-called colored leader
to impeach our arraignment, and toauatfdn
It by citation of facta.???
Tut: faith-cure folka are tilling the north
cm papeta with tculimony more or leas
aatounding. The following ia the richeat
sample pcrlmpa of (lie stuff they feed them-
Mlvca w itb;
Mr. J. R. W'elili, ot Oak r.rk, ,ave this Instance
of faith a. a protect[on*agaimt dratla In the upper
Unh ot a .lecplni car:
???On the .teeplua car last night I had an tipper
fcenh, and found a draft Mowing upon me. I eould
not .hut It off. mi 1 prayed: 'Pearland, thla l??a
matter I ean't do anylldnt ahonl: I leave It to
Thee;' and 1 rejoice to.ajr lie threw III*.Meld over
me, and I did not lakc.iold."
We truat that Brother Weld, did not Ire-
rome ao nbaurhed in prayer that be forgot to
poll the thrre-ply t???nlltnan blanket over him
and tnrk it anngly under hie chin. If hedhl
we fear the cold will Inrcak-ont on him yet.
Tlio Vlcc-IVesIrlent'a Chair.
A Irrmcndoua effort la to be made by the
bourbon rrpttblirana to place John A. Izrgan
in the virr-prcaident'a chair.
In thia effort may he aeen Ilia One Italian
hand of Mr. lilalno and hia personal organa.
The movement ia not only in the intereat ot
tbe-moat prononneed partiaonahip, bnt i* un
drrtakcn for the purpose of pnniahing Sena
for Blmnnda for Ills ooolneaa toward Blaino
in the hut campaign. Mr. Edmund* ha* al-
wayu been a atalwatt republican, but be took
little slock in Brother Blaine, mid rcAtaed to
enter into the campaign, or to exerclae hia
inflnrnce in Brother Blaine???* behalf.
For tlda ho 1* to lie pnnlahad, foe it i* a
theory of tho Brother Maine organ* that all
repaid]ton* who refuted to aupport there-
ptibliean cantlidale for the prcaidency, or to
fctihacribe to hia unparalleled political purity,
are dcaerring of the nailer.
from a political point of . view, of cotime,
one rrptahliran it aa good aa another, if not
better, but from Die standpoint of decency
and rcapectabllity, there ia no compariaon
between Senator Edmund* and attch a man
aa Logan, it'tho republican* in tha aeoate
have any aeif-rtapect, Ihry will promptly
diapoaaaf Iks Heather Blaine movement to
pnt John A. Logan iu the vico-prcaident???a
chair.
The Fony-XInlh Congreoa,
The lint acaaion of the (brty-ninth congrraa
will meet in Washington to-morrow, and, for
???rvrral month*, thr capital w ill be a very in-
tcrcating apol, If not for adtoe-aecken, at leant
for the casual apectator. The meaaag* of
Cleveland will be the llmthualnew document
auhrniued to congrraa since the dnya of Bu
chanan, and It ia likely, aeconling to alt ac
count* to contain matter on which demo-
craft may lie allowed pleasantly to divide
without coating a ahodow of auapicioii on
their party fealty. There ia the silver quev
lion, for inttanrr. If thr preaident baa uot
changed hia ntiitd, lie I* in favor of suspend
ing coinage, whereat there are many good
demorral* who believe tliat, il the value of
the silver dollar ia really not more thou the
bullion valnr, tlie iita|N'nalnn nf coinage will
still fort her tlcpracbite the value of the nwtal
and practically liring nhont the reanlt for
wliWi the laiaka are panting???namely, the
premium on gold.
It ia thought, too, that there wltl tie some
thing of n contlict tictwren the ptvaldenl and
a rrpublican senate in respect of Die uamiua-
tloue to be aebt iu. Such a coutlict will uot
be at. all imintercatiug, but tho prolnliility
ia that the senate will not deliberately enter
Into any conflict in which it would have
altogether tiro worst of it. There ia no doubt
that the democratic preaident ia more than a
match for tlio bourbon republican* who tie-
kite to cripple him.
Our I'rlcutU From Ohio,
in apitc of the fact that onr friend*, the
Ohio former*, brought their Ohio weather
with them, we are glad to ace them.
They are Just the people wo need iu Urar-
gin. We need thrir atnmg arm*, their tidy
capital and their wide experience. We tired
the ahrendne**, energy and economy with
which they have mods on thrir forma ia a
five months??? season enough to carry them
through the year, and laavt them a neat sur
plus when the year waa over.
it ta bant to say what the reanlt would be
If one hundred good western or northern
farmers were located in every county in lleoe-
gia. If ihe hundred .farmers who make up
thiu exclusion, lor example, were to settle in
Bumter county, they would odd twenty-five
per rent to the value ??f every Hum iq the
county. They would undoubtedly teach the
it*at fanuees much of husbandry, system
and economy, and would in turn-leant numb
from that*. ' Tbs outcome would be aaaoUtr
forms and better farming for Sumter, in
creased reputation furlmr milani) consequent
demand for her land. These suggestion*
should hndakrn into consideration by local
land otvneto.ln pricing land tosach of the
new ccnwr* a* may with to bay,
To the Ohio folk* we have a word
Ik
want them to understand fa meant to be con
veyed in tire foregoing word*. Take yoor
time about making up your mind as to Geor
gia. Discard all the prejudice you may have
lull. Understand thatjnboul nine-tenth* of
wbnt you lute heard ngainst our people ia
absolutely untrue, and that the other tenth
leave* them no worse than the people among
whom yon have been living. With thisrnncli
said,- go slowly and surely to the bottom of
things. Ask questions, keepyour ryes open,
observe closely and make your oirn conclu
sions. Meet onr people frankly and you will
find that ynu-arc on the short road to their
confidence and respect.
Do this, and'we warrant that you will make
Georgia your lioine. You will Ire satisfied
that we area hoapitahle, frank and neighbor
ly people; that onr climate la incomparable,
with open and pleasant winters and temper
ate summers; that onr soil ia just what you
will make it; that onr lands arc cheap, water
pure, schools ami churches abundant, taxe
low, our landsrnpablcof producingthcgreat
est diversity of crops, and that the better
ports of onr state rombine more of the ele
ment* for happy, and prosperous,fantl healthy
homes than any section that Ilea under the
shadow of the slat* and stripes.
Whether yon determine to make your home
with ua or not, yon will be glad that you
came lo see its. You tvillfgo back home con
vinced that wo are belter folks than you had
been taught to believe ua, and that tho slan
derer and Die demagogue have done u* griev
ous wrong. And Georgia will deserve, ifaho
doe* not nlwnys command, kind word* from
you in the future.
Dakota Territory.
When rongrra* meets there will Ire an up
roar in fuvor of the ad mission of Dukota to
the union. The estimates of the people of
the territory tut to ita population vary great
ly. They begin nt about JOOJIOO and run to
double that number; but the fact remains
that Dakota haa less than the ratio of repre
sentation in the lower house nri-ording to the
latest official figure*. There ia no injustice
in reimjrelling nil territories that desire tut-
mission lo the union to wnit until it is olfi-
tolly ascertained thut they hare sufficient
population. One Nevada ia cnongh of that
kind at present. The rotten-borongh system
is not popular in this country.
Governor Fierce, the present territorial
governor???a republican by tlio way???does
not consider the division nf the territory and
the admission of the southern division as n
state, a probability. The demand of the re
publican manager* (takes that shape. Gov
ernor Fierce thinks the territory will (cither
lie divided into two((territories, or rlao Die
entire territory will bo admitted as a slat*.
The formation of two territories from one Is
the greater probability. The people of Da
kota fovor a division, the intereat* of the
southern lialfiieing very different than those
of tha northern half. The southern half is a
gracing section, and it uaea Die Union Pa
cific road. Tlie northern half grows wheat,
ami ita port ia Duluth on the Northern Fa
il tic road.
The Pension 1,1st.
The report of the comm Unloner of pensions
presents many immense aggregates. Over
half of a million pensions have been granted,
and the government has disbursed to pen-
sloneta since the outbreak of the civil war
seven hundred and forty-four million dollars.
Tlie annual expenditure of the pension office
for outruns the annual interest of the public
debt. The pension list, in other words, is a
heavier btuden than the public debt creuteil
by the war.
Norhnsthemaximnmlieenreai'lMd. Claims
hy the thousands are ronatantly coming In,
and it is thought it will be several yean* In-
fore any material reduction in tlie pension
etiarge will take place. In tho meanwhile
the demagogues in congress can bo Irnvted to
o|>en tlie trenstiry door from time to time to
one elans of claimants or another, ami nooue
ran foresee tho limit of the system.
If the list could be cleared of framlntcnt
cases, very few would complain of its mag
nitude; bnt it is n well known fact that the
abuse* of the |icuaion system are simply en
ormous. Millions are disbursed each year to
frnuduleut claimant*, and no amount of seal
and integrity on the part of the commission
er ran stay the tide of robbery based oil false
swearing.
Tlie llnppy Christmas Time.
There is a distinct Davor of Christmas in
the nir, albeit the children havo three long
wreks to wait before their expectation* can
bo realised. Everywhere there are signs of
movrmeut and preparation. The thoughtful
store keepers ore beginning to furnish forth
their show window* in most tantalizingstyle;
the confectioners have painted their candies
brighter red, it seems to us, *ud all the
wares, und tricks, and contrivances Imre a
gayer appearance thau usual, ThcwaxdoU*
wcar finer clothes and their henveuly blue
eyes urr limpid with such pathos os art can
give them.
Tlie suggestion of frost in Die air is only
another symptom of Dio approaching Christ-
lime. It resident Dio cheeks of the
youngsters and scuds them along withaliop,
skip nud a jump, their theca .beaming with
the expectation tliat is sometime* pieosauter
than realization.
Wo may lie sure that for the meat of these
little oues Santa Claus is preparing a least of
good thing* that will lie enjoyed nud appre
ciated, and all of them, let us hope, will b*
reminded that the coming season is one oi
joy and thanksgiving. We may be sure that
Santa Clans will lie a* jolly and as thought-
ftti as ever, hut thorn arc some faces hs will
miss???fores that lie Iu* mowed this many a
long year. Tlio little girl, fair haired and
blue eyed, that sat in the yellow sunshine and
sang to hot dolly will sing no more. The lit
tle hoy that ran ta meet his father at the gate
will run lo meet him no more. A kinder, a
higher, a wiser than Santa Clans has taken
these little ours into Ma keeping.'
And yet, it may he, they wilt sit with us
in the iutppy Christmas time, not as pale,
dread ghosts, hut a* children who retain their
.childhood forever. Most sacred the hearth
that bn* then* ilrcnin-cliildrcn sitting around
Jit! Thrice Mewed the home tliat lias had
tSemiw for its guest!
t illin' ami i*vjitoo tnllueneo.
In every community there are some ex
ceptional cases of crime w hi* lv are protMUMed
??? .uttaceongtaMe. Sometime* rat honored eiti-
ixrn umimits a flagrant offense, when it i* ap-
,parent thpt it could, iu no way benefit him.
In eneh case*'the plea of hranity ia generally
urged, bnt it is aot- always, sustained, be-
esnse the offender's conduct may bora been
that of * dear beaded and intellectual man.
-A Froridenee, a I., lawyer has recently
endeavored to clear the mystery enshrouding
the peculiar crimes nlindcd to. ire says tliat
tlie power of mesmerism may ho used by bad
men to the extent of making weaker men
commit crime unconsciously while iu a mes
meric state, or while under control of the
operator. This is startling enough, but the
lawyer proceeds to give instances coming
within his personal knowledge. A man was
arrested for attempting to poison the food in
preparation for hia own foiuity. The jury
considered him sane and he waa sent to the
penitentiary. In six months??? time a young
daughter of the convict jvas arrested forpoi-
soiling a barrel of floor. Her ycuth and
beauty impressed the jury, and she was ad
judged insane. In less than a year the moth
er told the lawyer, who Is responsible for
these facts, that she felt at times a strong de
sire to shoot her son, uud had actually bought
a pistol for the purpose. A consultation of
friends was held, and it was suggested that
tha woman was under psychic influence,
noted mesmerist called at the house vvitli
friend of the family and studied the rase.
Before he had been in the house a quarter of
an hour he discovered that one of the ser
vants possessed strong mesmeric power. The
friends of the family held a second consults,
tiouand advised the lady to get rid of her
(errant. Klio iUd so and was never after-
wards troubled with her mttrtlcrons mania.
Tlie inference is that the servant hod
grudge against the family. He was deter
mined to ruin them, and hy the exercise of
bis will power he forced one-after another to
commit crime. Of course there was no law
to toueb him, but in the old ftelciu (lays he
would have been hanged for witchcraft. It
Is to lie hoped that the l???rovidcnce lawyer
was mistaken in some of his observations aud
conclusions. It is not a pleasant thing to
feci that we nre'nt the mercy of any nnprin
cipicd prison who may happen to possess
more psychic force than vve are charged with
But the matter leads to too many purely fan
cifnl speculations. I???crhaps the Froviilcncc
-luwycr is a liar.
A Bullion Free Constitutions.
IVe want to send out between now and
Christmas day n million copies of The Con-
wriTl'Tlo.N, as free samples to people w ho do
not take it.
Onr reason ,???is plain. Wo believe Dune
who see it will taku it. AY* pnt it square on
its own merits, and we want every man in
Amciira who doesn't take il, to see it and
subscribe for it.
time irhnl ire trust you lo do h thin. IPnie
on a portal card tie name and addretn of every
friend or rtlalkr you eon think of, or of peo
ple in your neighborhood, who don't lake The
CoxwmTTloN. Address the rani to us and
we will send n sample copy of the paper (tree
to each one.
1???LKAse no this at oxck. We want
everybody to see Tit* Constitution la-fore
tlie New Year opens. Your friends will
take it aa a favor that you have sent us their
names, and secured them 12 page* of reading
mailer for n week free. Yon will doable
the favor to us, if you wilt speak n good
word or drop a line of indorsement^) those
whoso names yon send ti*.
J???lrnte tend the nnmeo immediately. IVe
irosl erery reader of thin paper lo nrntl no n
lied of good nimrn thin ireek. IF* leant lo din-
tribute a million eopiro of sample Constitu
tions before Cbrintman.
Murder Wilt Oat. i-ii
Sooner or later crime Is always Amntl oaf???
The Innocent are vindicated, and tho gnilty
ore exposed.
The Burton case at Newport, it. I., is a
???signal illustration of the old saying, ???Mnr-
der will ont." When old Benjamin Burton
Was killed, his soii-in-law, Dorsey, Mn.
Dorsey, and his daughter Emily, all told the
story tliat the tragedy was a simple snicide,
nothing more, nothing less. .Suspicious cir
cumstance* l??l the authorities to arrant .Mr.
Dorsey and hia wife, but at the iuquwt noth
ing was developed.
Tlio lapse of a few days put a different
fare on tlio aspect of the rase. Miss Emily
Burton, who had not been suspected of com-
plicity in the crime, suddenly made a start
ling confession undernath. After describing
the family discord* which had enraged the
Dorseys against Mr. Burton, she told how
Dorsey plotted tho murder. In the presence
of his wife nud Miss Burton he said tlust lie
would shoot the old man. He asked Miss
Burton if it would not lie better to do it in
the daytime, and she replied in the afflrm-
ajire. When the time came Dorsey took lit*
pistol in his hand and requuted Miss Burton
logo outside nml watch tho street. When slur
iroanl the pistol shot sire returned amt met
Dorsey, who, in reply to her question, ad
mitted that he had done tho deed.
The girl claims that her horrible secret
caused Iter to feel that sb* was dying l>y
inches, hire could not remain silent. She
had to speak. Now that this confession lias
been made the Dorseys see the gallows star
ing them in the face.
Watch Out For The Jolitrer*.
That the jobbers vitro find it to (heir in
terest to hang uliont Washington are prepar
ing to make a desperate raid on the treasury,
perfectly well understood hy those who
arc in the habit of watching tho ronne of
events. As soon ns the house of representa
tives meets it will lie compelled lo deal di
rectly nml promptly with a proposition lo
distribute the appropriation hill* among the
committees. Such n proposition will not, ns
mat ter of course, meet tlie approval of any
conscientious ctingmKtnan who understands
the situation, lint there are many honest men
in congress who will have their eyes Minded
to the situation, nml if these men cannot Im
brought to perceive tlie mil object of tiro
proposed change*, the treasury will lie left
unprotected.
Tlie jobbers are strongly fortified with ar
gument*. Tile whisky ring men declare
that the appropriation bills should
lie distributed in order lo cripple the
influcn*T of Mr. Samuel J. liunduU, and to
preyeut him from controlling legislation.
Tills argument n ill appeal strongly to the
naiTOw-mindcd, who regard Air. Handnll
with roue degree of envy; hut the truth is
that an attack on Mr. Itaudall is only an in
cident of the programme.
Another contingent nfthe jobbery party
declare* that such distribnliou of the appro
priation bills will facilitate legislation, and
there are oilier arguments of oue sort and
another to lie brought forward. Fbrtnnate-
this attempt of the jobbers and plunder-
era to take a abort cut t?? the tmmiy Is hy
no mesas s row one. The question was dis
cussed ia the mate in January, 1884, and
ig that divn-sisn Senator Beck stated a foet
that excry democratic congressman would do
well to consider. He said: "To distribute
tie appropriation hills among the committed
is a good way to get money ont of the treas
ury; there Is no donbt about tliat.??????
This is the milk in the cocoannt; this is
what the jobbers are after. The proposition
which they ore now bringing forward as a
new one, and which is finding hearty sup
port among democratic papers of a certain
class, especially the recognized organs of the
corrupt whisky ring, has already been de
feated in both bouses, tho honest men in
both parties voting solidly against it.
"A Wory of Outlaws." Mr. P. S. Moran, of
Tin: coxsrm'TiON staff, lias been sent to interview
Hie famous "Uaniel Hoy." known u the Arksnsts
outlaw*. He has found them, and the story of
their adventures, which rurptxs the strangest no
tion, will be published in an early i*sno of Tit*
( oNsTiTvifoS. Don't fail to read thla thrilling
chapter of Itfc sad death struggles
Tito American log Cabin.
A newspaper conics to us with a picture of
Die house in which the late Vice-President
Hendricks was liorn.
It is a plain log cabin. A rude chimney,
outside the logs, leads the way from the hum
ble hearthstone. Two sqttnre holes, cut in
the front side of the htit, served as windows.
A larger hole made the door, to w hich square
hewed logs were the steps. 1 a this house the
great statesman first saw the light.
It is at once the glory and the strcngDi of
American institutions, that they lstr the pro
gress of no honest anil devoted man. The
paths through w hieh men have reached the
highest places in this republic leud oftener
back to the little log cabin, than to the man
sion. Lincoln was a rail splitter, Johnson a
tailor, Clay a mill boy, Garfield a canal hand.
In our own state, Stephens began witii noth
ing, Hill went with his brown jeans clothes
from between tire plow handles to school and
Brown sold wood and Intel: on the streets of
Dahlonega. In business, as in statesman
ship, there is no limit set to tho progress of
tlie hoy who was horn in the American log
cabin. Our greatest merchants acquired in
tlie rude anil haul life of a poor !??y tho self-
reliance anil resolution tliat carried them to
fame and tbrinne.
As a mntter of course, all boys who are imra
in log cabins cannot become vice-presidents.
There are more boy* ami more log i-.tbin*
than there are office*. Bnt tire lesson taught
by Mr. Hendricks's life, and theHvesofhnn-
dreils who preceded, and of hundreds who
will follow him, is, Dial in this government
of the people, by Die people, and for the peo
ple, industry, nud courage, and honesty will
win when birth and fortune would fuil, and
tliat the grassy path from log cabin door lewis
without hindrance to shining heights.
Negroes in Northern Cities.
The Alumni Magazine, published by an
association of Lincoln university, a college
for colored people situated in Philadelphia,
gives prominence to an article that discusses
the rate of mortality among negroes living in
northern cities. Two cities only are consid
ered: Boston and Philadelphia.
To the negro, Boston, it says,' is simply a
yawning grave, and if its negro population
were not ronatantly reinforced by nevvcomcra
from other localities, there would be nothing
left of it in a few yean. In If&t, for .exam
ple, there were 42.10 dcntidl to escl) thousand
of the colored population, while there were
only 2I.I2 deaths in each thousand of tho
white population. And yet the colored pop
ulation of Boston has risen from 2,400 in 1005
to nbout 0,000 in 1884.
Philadelphia coo tarns 38,309 negroes; and
their dcathratelast year was 29.31, ns against
n rate of 21.27 among tlio whites. Tito negro
population of Philadelphia is steadily in
creasing, and there is a feeling among them
that it is the northern paradise of their race.
A close inspection of tbo statistics from
these tvro cities shows that the excessive
mortality of the Macks ^is ^largely due to
infant mortality. 'They are also more sub
ject to disease of the lungs and throat, but
are less apt to antler from zymotic diseases.
The writer of the article from which wo tnko
tho facts herein given very significantly say*
that lung diseases are pre-eminently tho ene
my of nil ???the tinted races."
???Tlio Diamond Qnoon."
TTic conviction ot Mrs. Fitxgcrald of grave
robbery nt Eimira, N. Y., lias a story bohlud
it.
Many years ago this woman attracted at
tention hy traveling over tho country with
General Irv ine, of Elmira. The general w as
prominent lawyer and an ex-congressman.
Ho had n wife and children, lint they nover
accompanied hint on his trip*. Tliat pleas
ure was reserved for Dio woman whose daz
zling beauty and lavish display had won for
licr the name of ???the Diamond Queen.???
in 1888 General Irvine opened a law office
in Ban Francisco, hut for several years did
not move liis family there. In tho mean
time hr resided in Die snute lionso with the
Fitzgerald woman and her hnslmnd. Koiuo
time after the general's family had joined
him he died suddenly nt his hotel. The
nrxt morning Mis. Fitzgerald claimed that
she had loaned Irvine $2,400 on the day of
Ids death. To make herself secure she took
forcible possession of tho dead man's carriage
and horses, besides 'the residence she occu
pied, which was also tlio general's property.
The Irvines returned toElmirnaml buried
tho general there. Kumors were circulated
Die effect that tho death was caused hy
iolence. At this jnneturo "Dio diamond
qnern??? turned up in Elmira, threatening all
sorts of exposnres if tbo Irvines dal not set
tle with tier. She heard the rumors concern
ing tlio suspicious manner of the general's
death, and to satisfy herself, had the grave
opened and Die remains examined. This
(hiring act was more than the Irvines ennid
stand. They had tho ???queen??? indicted for
grave robbery. The jury knew tlio shame
ful story of the womau's life, aud perhaps for
that reason showed het uo merry. They
bronght in n verdict of gnilty, and the brazen
but bcautiftil culprit bent forward in her
shimmering silk and flashing diamonds to
receive n Convict's sentence. It is a fitting
end for such a career. This woman???s life was
all dazzle and duplicity, aud it only neoled
the damning disgrace of the law to round it
off with its proper climax.
A Fair Borgia.
The most lumwos woman in Kansas, just
at present, is Mis. Frankie Morris. Til*
lady is ahonl thirty, tail, graeeftil and beau
tiful. Dazzling and dehotuir, her ciihrnic
and ire r cldc have brought the Kansans to her
feet.
But the notoriety of Mrs. Morris isnot due
to her rare end radiant personal gift* It
arise* from the foet that she has been em-
???vtcted of poisoning her mother, and bu stte-
'oeeded by a lucky Occident in escaping tbs'
i penalty of the law.
! Tho history of the ass is peculiar.
fimSSmSr
n widow of shady character, insured
mother's life to the extent of $15,000. The
premium amounted to $800 a year. The old
lady was too jnor to pay it, and the daughter
was unable to keep it up. Finally old Mis.
Morris died, and the young woman applied
for the insurance money. Kuspiciou was ex
cited, a post mortem was hcl<l and it was
found that the deceased luul died of arsenical
poisoning. An exciting trial followed, last
ing a week, and Frankie Morris was found
guilty of the murder of her mother. A new
trial was granted, and it was believed that
Die result would lie a second conviction. To
the surprise of everybody, however, the case
was dismissed Die other day, and the defend
ant was allowed to go free.
This result cannot lie understood without
getting on the inside of Kausas justice. The
only explanation offered is that two of the
main witnesses for the prosecution left the
state and their whereabouts conld not be
ascertained. Despairing of a conviction nn
cider was granted to euter a nolle prosequi
iu the rase. So the fair Frankie goes on her
way rejoicing, and the law has been baffled.
It is a striking commentary on thetlmesthat
such n woman should lie considered almost
heroine, and should lie the recipient of at
tentions amounting to ovations. Kansas
needs to lie submerged by the tidal wave
morality now rolling over other states. But
the wave will strike a high and dry place
when it reaches Knnsns.
Mr. XI. M. Folsom.
VVe announce with pleasure that the gentle
man whose name heads this article has been
added to The Constitution staff.
Mr. Folsom won for himself an enviable po
sition in literary ranks. Writing from the
heart of Die pincy woods, without friends or
inflnrnee, with no training or eqnlpnjont, the
nnusual excellence of his work attracted wide
attention. Unaffected, limpid, subtly humor.
j-athrtle, liis simple sketches of llfo in
tho barren* had finer quality than is expected
in jonrnnlistlc writing. His poem, "Jeff Hull
cock's Bull,??? had the run of the year, and won
high praise from all quarters. His pen, lias
been lately in detuaud. The ???Home and
Emm, " of Louisville, the richest and the best
of our agricultural papers, engaged him to
rite a series of letters and advertised it as
leading feature; and ???The Southern Bivouac,'
a magazine of high elm racier, promise* a story
from Ids pen for its Christmas number. Ollier
papers have sought him and engaged his work.
Tilt: Constitution now makes him a mem
ber of its family, and feels sure that its readers
will rongratnlato themselves on this acquisi
tion, For the present, Mr. Folsom will lie as
signed to duty in Macon.
Deeply to be ltegretted,
The following wicked card has been received
at this office and is reproduced from a niclau
choly sense of duty:
(.cuts???Please discontinue my CoxsTirerrox and
rend It to Rev. T. Pennington, shingle,White coun
ty, Tcun. He is a democrat. Ism not, and dou't
want the damned thing Jn my bouse.
I'rowvllle, Trail. Hz*. W. Lows.
Mr. Luwe need not have seut us his post-
office address. We should have known that
he lived at Crossvillc. Indeed wo suspect that
town may have been named after him.
Mr. Lowe, It appears to ns, is unnecessarily
profsuc. To have said that he did not want
tho ???hlsmed - ??? tldng???or even the ??? ??? thing
in his house would have been qnite as effective
as the startling oath ho uses. We are afraid,
that Mr. Lowe is neither a Christian or a dem
ocrat, and wo regret that ho has deUbcrately
opt himself loose from the influence of such at
great and food paper as Toa CONSTTTtrrioir,
while he is still wandering ia ???thej low-
grounds of sorrow.???* He neede It worse than
his preacher friend docs.
OUR KNOWLEDGE-BOX.
(Ill this department we give brief and pertinent
mowers to such qucsilous as our readers may do-
siro to ask???providci) the questions aro of special or
general Interest. Auswcia may be delayed for a
wcck.j ???
Subscriber, American, Chi.: 1. llow- many coun
ties Iu the state are riryf 3. llow many barroom*
are there in tho stale? a. Arc there auy states that
are prohibition all over?*
I. The latest estimate In UO. 5. We do not kuow.
3. Maine, Iowa, Kansas and Vermont.
C. F. R??? Ath
work on birds,
Bingham's Natural History will give yon ail (ho
information yon usiit. Tire price, If we mistake
not, Is four cellars.
A Ulmers, Ga??? November! 30.???Somo discussion
hero atsmt the president pro tern
senate. Did Ednnin.l* formally resign the office of
pro lem presiding ofiler niter announcing the ro
suit or the election, or did the position naturally
??? Puliicrlbcr, Covington, (la.: llow-thick Is the
earth s crust, sad la Hie interior a molten mass?
The "crust of the canh" theory is one which rests
upon an imdrnionatrable hypothesis now growing
in disfavor, viz., that the whole. interior of our
earth enclosed within this precarious thin crust, no
thicker comparatively than tlie rind or an orange,
iss mass of white liw, molten rocks. The only
fact to support It is that, as we descend into deep
mines, the temperature Increase*. But tt is 4,000
miles in the center of die earth, and thus la no
mine or well into which men hare descended a
mile, or even a half mile???and it is by no m
certain that the increase of temperature observed
Iu mining shafts extends all tlio way down. Forty
years ago die molten ccutcr theory was the
thing to believe, but many men of science no:
jeet it on the ground of absurdity, snd teach that
the earth???s crater is cold and solid.
Subscriber, Orlando, Fla.: Please tell me some
thing shout "telpherage."
The new system (for automatically transporting
goods by rnesus of electricity Is called telpherage.
The ears used run along a line of steel rods. Tho
line Is a denote one, nearly a mile hr length, and is
composed of two sets of steel rods, three-quarters of
an inch In diameter, supported on wooden pests of
T-shape, and about is feet high. The carriers, or
skips as they are technically termed, are Iron
trough shared buckets, each holding about two
hundred weight, and suspended from the
Hire by a light iron frame, al
theuppcrradofwbiehlsapsirof grooved wheels
running on the line of rod*. A train is made up of
til. of there skips, whteh are In electrical connec
tion w ith each other and w ith an electrical motor
w hich Is placed in the middle olthe train, having
five skips In front of and rive behind It. At a point
about midway of the length of the line Is the en
gine house, hi w hlchj* a steam-engine which drives
the dynamos. From the latter ihc current is ted to
the line, aud thus to the electrical motor
whieh moves tbo irafn. Tbo use to which
the line is put is to carry clay at a cost of 15
conta per ton from a pit to the rtlyndc railway
siding, whence it Is delivered Into trucks and
tmneporn-d by rail to the works of the Newhaven
cement company. A laborer, by touching a key,
item tke train, which travels at a speed of from
four to five miles an hour. The laborer at either
of ibcline lure (nit control over the train,
and can -top, dart and reverse it at will. The
total co-t ,-r sorb a line as this la ;esttmated pt
il.iut Vif CCO. with fire trains with locomotives lo
carry over tat tons .laity. U is estimated that*
deal,lo hue tentofles long. If- heavily weighted,
would carry meiertllac four cents per loo per mile.
Itc trains itselwo auevuiou while running, aa
Urey are gov. nasi lo must the Mme speed np eart
downhill, while twenty uaba> can mnoti the tine
without arrdeuRSr of coliisfoik an absolute swur-
insUc block being provide*-???
Subscriber. Dahlonagg, ???U.: I???lea-e give tb*
???present -tsiiaef the c'.r.UTin*case, r
, Thomas J. (Imcrtos was convicted lathehas
tings remit- of Richmond of-the manlerof MM
Fannie Lilian Madison, snd sentenced to he hakt
em Ike Mb cf the present month, hot a suyof
l-entenrewM greatest hy the supreme coratof the.
state.' At the meefing sf tklsvoun irt Staunton
recently the ???itcpleanoouceemeix was Bade tha
tlie ease was continued. Argument on the for
mtdable bill of exceptions filed by defendant's
counsel daring the trial will probably not bo
heard until March or April. Tire new attoraev
general, Hon. Rnftis A. Ayres, wBt uric the cue
for tlie common wealth, and Mr. Meredith, and
perhaps colonel Aylctt, will assist him. duvertna
will be represented by his former counsel, Judge
rump, lion. Henry Pollard and Mr. Evans.
St Bscnizz*. Forsyth, Ga.: Please publish the
short poem by Dr. J.u. ilolUwUenUtled-Wsnted "
The following are the lines requested by our cor-
respondent:
- w ANTED.
God give us men! A time like this demands
strvnjr minds, great licarts, true faith and willing
Men whom ihe lust of office does not kill:
Men whom the spoils of office cannot hoy;
Men who possess opinions aud a willt.
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand befc.
And damn.Ua treacherous flatteries without
worn creeds,
Wrong ral??Umla'nd'snd\vsitoagjuMieo l iieeps I
???Tho Ohio Farmers??? who visit Georgia thl
week are tire advanro guard of thoomads of sreae.
erners who will seekbome* lathe south tills win
ter. This Is a special movement of .Tax Coxstith.
tion???s. ami will he mighty interesting. The snows
b??ve already enveloped the north, snd the balmy
south I nvites. The next three months will wltnam
a wonderful building upof tbesontb. Watch Tin:
Constitution.
JOURNALISM IN ARIZONA.
From Ihe Red Gulch Rlpnrorter, Aognst 1.
The circulation ot Ihe Rlpsoorter is simply
paralyzing. It ererlastinglyknodm the almighty
spots out of everything In thlssection of thejeountry
snd don???t yon ftrtgct to remember it.
From the Rowic-Knlfc, August??,
Every saloon keeper In the burg knows that the
Bowie-Knife gets out more papers than any other
blanket sheet in Arzona.
From the Hlpntortcr, August IV
When the editor or that skinflint sheet, the
Bowie-Knife, says ho prints more ptpen than wo
do, we answer tint he ia a liar and a mugwump.
We don???t want to seem ungentlcmsnly or severe,
but he is a white-livered coward and a hurecthitr,
and we can lam the bloody eye out of him in three
???hakes of a pig's ear. Our lighting hour Is 9 a m???
snd uc ran always be found sithsf time In Bloody
Dick???s saloon, whore we have rented* fighting pen
snd a private graveyard. Ail corpse* burled stonr
expense.
Front the Bowie Knife, Augnst 22.
That cowardly cur, the editor of the itipsnorter,
ran talk fight, but evory one knows wlrai kind of a
hairpin ho is. Why, un ordinary glass of good
budge will knock him out, and when he tackles s
dose of genuine Kooky mountain tanglefoot bo Is
laid out stiff as a poker. He's the worst lep-sldod,
cross-eyed, nnc.eured win of a galoot in these dig.
zings, uud we u-sm him that he'd better carry liw
shouting-irons with him, for we're going to put
some holes in his rarea*s tho first time we see him.
Our nuine is Two-fingered Jake, and we are laying
for him.
From the Ripsnorier, August 29:
Two-Fingered Jake bad better hare some more
ngers spliced onhofore be lays for One-Eared
-lily. We know this enr, and we are coming down
to see him. Thisapolnn- for a male-hangs out at
Bed-headed Jimmie's place, and if the laws want
to see Mono ftm they had better drop in there to
night. Jimmie, obi " min, you???d better get your
crockery down behind yourbre aft works, for we???ll
open Just aa soon as we fay ayes on ta* galoot.
DURING THE WEEK.
Tti??Mlajr?? December 1.???The Marshall HlauUa
have been annexed to Germany. Owing to tho
decrease of cholera, inutroctlonahavo been riven to
discontinue tho services of most of the Military ta*
r tora of tho Marine hospital service attached to
United States consulates in Europe Foot
cairns or smallpox in Karr York*. The Jones
hotel, together with: several ??? dwelling houses, at
Omaha, Neb., were destroyed by fire. No one wav
Dcrtoual)' injured George X. Kcachwa* hanged
by rigiianta near Adams, Oregon, for hone steal*
tag.
I??tut city.???Lone Kendrick, tbo voloo prac
titioner, has skipped tho town Dr. A. tt* Panama,
of JamcMown, N. Y??? died at the Markham homo
last night The liquor dealers of Atlanta have
had Imitations to locate In savcral cities through
out the United Stater, but as yet the invitations
have not been accepted.
Wednesday, December 2.???At Hull a mats of
require ra for Riel was attempted by 1^00 perrons
and similar services were held In Cape RUnc, a
snberb- of Quebec.-...Tlio cotton warehouse of IT.
P. Farwood & Co., of TonUrille, Ky., has made a
general assignment Tha ftmeral services of tho
late king of Spain hare been fixed for December
12tb The Frehch cabinet has decided tocondder
a proposal to raise tbe d utiet on foreign wheat
The new spaulsh cabinet has accepted the pope'*
settlement of the Caroline???s question Honor ???
iSorillo, the Spanish agitator, has started for Spain
for the purpose of fomcnting.fi rising In favor of
republic.
In nik CiTY.???Moody; the evangalM, has been
invited to come to Atlanta, and il ls probable ho
will be here next spring Colonel Tom C. How
ard haa assigned his position In the O0co of the
state agricultural department and Captain John
W. Murphy baa been appointed to aoeoeed him......
Colonel Howard has accepted tha position of seore
tary to Senator Colquitt Freeh venison i* plentl
(bland Alabama has so far famished the most of
the shipment* to Atlanta.
Tlinrsdny, December 3.???William II. West,
the negro minstrel, bat filed a bill for. divorco lu
the superior court, at Chicago, from Fay Templctott
the actress......Two freight trains collided on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near Washington
(Tty, killing a conductor and engineer, and injur*
log several others Tho civil governor of Havana
ha- resigned The Austrian village of Grahov*
waa destroyed by a land slide, yesterday King
Alfonso died in debt, and U is denied that be had
uiMirauce on his lift.
n T!iECrr\v-Iu the election yesterday, for aa
alderman aud members of the city council, the
citizens??? ticket wa* elected by an overwhelming
majority J. B. sherbert, a railroad man, died
snddeuly of licart disease M. Foster, tho con
tractor, engaged in laying bclgian blocks upon tbo
principal xtreotaof theelty, is nearing thecomplO' ???
tion or hU work for this season.
Friday, December 4.???A limited expre-atrain
on the trie railroad was wrecked yesterday, killing
the engineer A third attempt was made last night
to burn the colored orphans???home building in Chat
tanooga......The sale of the franchise of the Provi
dence club to the Boston baseball association la said
to have tieen effected for $4,600. The United Kta to
mail was robbed between Fredericksburg and San
Antonio, Texas, by two young men.
In the City.???Gilmore Thomas, a twelve-year*
I negro boy, shot himself through tho beed yes
terday with an old pi??tol. killing himself Instantly*
is not know n whether it was a suicide or on acci
dent Revenue olgccr* are kept bu*y raiding
blockade distilleries. Occasionally they bring a
moonshiner to town Real estate sold four mile*
from Atlanta yesterday, on the Central railroad, tot
f 72 rer acre.
Saturday, December A.???Parnell will not vWt
America at pretenf......Whittier college at Salem,
Iowa, was destroyed by fire yesterday The grand
jury In New York presented an indictment foe
bribery agata"t General rhaler. The banking
nr Kantel & Co., of Freedom, Pa., was robbed
of (12,000 in casli and securities A heavy snore
sinim iu Ht- Paul, Minn Great damage to pro
l*crty was done by wind off the coast of A??pinwal!
Several persons w ere fiscally injured and .'eon-
tidcrablc property damaged by the explotkm of
natural gas in Pittsburg, Pa There were 213 bee-
iue*?? failure* In the United States and 26 lu Ouuulg
during the past week.
In the City.???a buggy containing two men waa
off the Central railroad track by an engine yester-
day, m the Peters street creating; and the occu-
pant* were slightly injured???Henry Green, a no
gre> tx>y. was arrested on the charge of stealing two
watches......Bristola coloredfcfltani, who has
Ucn wanted in Elbert county foerenwetlaie*, was
arrested inthis city |yo??tcrday..,...Te??t??nWy?? Gov-
ciiu.r McDaniel .appointed ex^owinir Boynton
judge of tho Mini circuit, to snore*! Judge Stewart*
u 1.0 luul handed hr hW regitnatioutotakccikcfi
January 1st.
???day before Judge MeCsy.