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6 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.