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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 1885.
ON THE BORDER.
He Report* the Indian* to be Well Mounted, Well
Armed and Abundantly BuppUed-Tha Indiana
Remain Savage* in Spite of What la Be
ing Son* for Their In tercet. Etc.
Washington, December 3.???Mgjor General
Schofield,commanding the division of Missouri,
says iu his annual report that his army,in round
numbers, consists of0,500 infantry, 5,000 caval
ry and 380 artillery, aggregating 15,000 meu.
They occupy 05 different stations, giving an
average of 231 men at each. He has the fob
lowing to say about the necessity to prevent
great destruction of life and ??? property by the
savage Indiana:
???The Indiana are well mounted, having several
ponies toeaclgnamwell armed and abundantly sup
piled with ammunition. Being trained from early
childhood, they are excellent horsemen and expert
marksmen, equal in these respects to the best regu
lar troop* in the world. It is manifestly impossible
toperoanently overawe and bold in suwectlon
suck bodies of savages by show of any force far In
ferior to them In numbers. Considerable progress
has doubtless been made toward the civilization of
some of the tribes. But their savage nature has not
yew. : been greatly changed, and their
love of war not greatly diminished,
while the temptation to engage in hostilities, and
the opportunities to do injury have been vastly in
creased. The reservations arc now surrounded by
great herds of cattle, and by vast fields of wheat
and,com, and by thousands of defenseless settlers.
When tbo lapse of a few years has dulled the recol
lection of past punishment, only a slight provoca
tal last.
The great majority of the large frontier popula
tion are ttraugers to the earlier history of tho In
dian eountir. They hare settled their since the In
dians were located upon the reservations. Kolying
upon government protection, the)' are apparently
unconscious of any danger, while in simple truth
they are liable at any moment to experience all (fie
horrors or savage warfare. Nothing short of tho
Immediate presence of a superior force can bo relied
upon I o restrain the Indians from outbreak until
they have advanced far beyond their present stage
of civilization. Of course * ,J -- rrT -
??? purpose,
a* compared with anything in our past expert,
encc of Indian wan. The number of Indiaus in
this division, as reported by tho interior depart
ment, is about 175,000. ??? Of these about &1.000 are
rated as peaceable, the remaining 122.000 being
more or less uncivilized and warlike. Tuolr wsrrt*
riors number at least 25.000, equal to the entire
strength of the llnltod State* army, or two-thirds
more than the whble number of troops serving in
this division. It Is manifest that this numerical
ly smaller force of troop* cannot absolutely
prevent Indian outbreak* in the future, a* it has
not in the pant. The probabilities of such out
break* may have diminished in the last few years*
and undoubtedly the facilities lor suppressing them
have greatly increased by means of rapid transpor.
tatlon of troops by rail. But tho question to be now
considered is whether the vast increase! or tho in
terests of life and property Involved doc* not
now demand that such military measure*
bo adopted as will surely prevent in future any
wholesale destruction of life nml property by tho
uncivilized tribes of the countnr. It is my duty to
plainly and clearly present this question for the
consideration of tne authorities upon w hom tho
responsibility of the election finally rests.
Following up this line of argument General
Schofield says:
1 desire to pointedly invite attention to tho fact
that while onr present fore?? can, by concentrating,
subdue any rebellious tribe, as has no often been
dono heretofore, thu warlike trlbs are no less pre
pared for war now than they haro been at any
former period, and that our present military force is
manifestly insufildeiit to prevent or promptly sup
press Indian outbreaks. I beg leave to submit that
in a country of 50,000,000 people 50,000
men would bo a small army to bo
maintained with solo reference to possible
foreign wars. But when the country has constant
-'that fbree to protect its
against destruction by
midst, it is extfemely
he'fcavagc tribes
As well mi{,
their police ...???
pcricnec has shown to lie necessary for the daily
service with no reserve for great emergencies.
Tombstone, December 3.???The Indians at
tacked the town of Duncan, on the Southern Pa
cific road and Allied one man yesterday. They cut
the telegraph wire between Wilcox and Port Grant.
The military operator warned tho ranchers in tho
towmto go homo and protect their families. The-
Indians are between Persists ranch and Gamp-
front D. B. Smith* ...
people who live near .Stockton pass, was chased
Into Fort Grant today. It 1* feared that all the
families In that vicinity haTO been murdered.
Washington, November 30.???Adjutant
General Drum has received the following tel
egram from General Crook:
???Sanchez brought into Fort Apache last evening
(ho head of one of the hostile*. lie also reports
tbst tho hostile* aro killing all the White moun
tain Indians they can find scattered over tho reser
vation, Jt seems probabicthat up to this time
they have killed eleven women, four children and
five men and boys. The White mountain Indians
threaten
the re*c
itlles will be killed.???
The Indians who left Cedar Spring early
yesterday rooming killed William Johnsou and a
iwalve-year-old boy.
THE APACHE8 IN ARIZONA.
Tha White* Advised to Attack and Slaughter
Them.
From the Tucson, Arm., Star.
Tho sconrge of Arizono has 1>cen and is tl??c
murderous Apache. These fiends havo peri
odically broken out and devastated tho ooupUy
and butchered its peaceful inhabitants???men,
women and children. Nowhbrc faxOVAfofc-.
pcctor, miner, or cutter safe from thbit-wanton
and fiendish assaults. Why is this? Why
should not the inhabitants of Arizona fro as se
cure in their persons and property against In
dians ns the eitlscns of Massachusetts? We
are citizens of tho tamo republic; then why
should our homes and onr wives and our chil
dren be at tho mercy of the pitiless Apache
without protection, without redress? The gov
ernment has corralled tho Apache on the San
Carlos reservation. It feeds, protects and per
mits tho Apaches to be armed with the most ap
proved weapon of death and destruction, and
the Apaches use the instruments of death to
slay and murder our people. The very ground
of this territory 4s moist with tho blood of our
rosrdered neoplc. Tho very air rings with tho
shrieks or the victims of Apopho atrocity.
The glare of the frontiersman???s burning cabin
signals tho fact that tho Apache is on tho war
path, that ho has left tho reservation where
the government feeds and clothes him???not be
cause he is In want of food; not because tho
whites hove molested him in any manner, but
purely in the spirit of fiendish mpino and
murder; not to seek food or shelter, but to
seek victims to satiate his devilish disposition
to kill and destroy. The Apache is by uature
bloodthirsty, and having no sense of respousf-
fouity gratifies his cruel, heartless thirst for
blood by murder and rapine. Tuo time has
cune when the people of Arizona will stand
this no lodger, The government heretofore has
protected and fed the Apaches, but has not so
mnch as even protected the whites from the
Apache*. On a former occasion tbo Apaches
exhausted tho endurance of the peoplo of
Arizona, and the whites armed themselves and
went on to the Indian reservation and carried
death and. destructionhnto the homes of the In
dian as tbo Indian had carried death aud de
struction into the homes of the whites. This
can and will be done again. It is a severe
remedy, bat it proved once to be. an effective
???nc. The Indiana have broken out repeatedly.
Let tho whites break out once again and teach
Apache in the Apaches??? home on the Son Carlos
reservation that the whites can kill ami slay
JU well as the Apaches. Let the whites inflict
death upon the Apache in his home nnder the
very eyes of the government officials just as
the Apache has inflicted death and destruction
upon the white*, in full viow of the govern
ment. Is the government powrerful enough to
protect the Apache and not powerful enough to
protect the whites against the Apache? This
appears to be tho situation. Tne Apache is
protected and the whites art not. Retaliation
and self-preservation is the first law of nature.
The whites have waited in vain for govern
ment protection. Now Jet them assemble and
arm themselves and teach the Apaches that
two can play at the game of extermination,
and that the "whites hold the strongest hand
in the game.??? When this is done, and not un
til it is dose effectually, will the Apache be
properly and effectually disposed of in Arizona.
The Apaches have broken oat often. Let the
whites break out once.
STORIES OF THE WAR,
Which Never Fall to Interest the Reader,
Whether Old- or Young*
Baltimore, December (J.-While the two
armies nnder General Grant and General Lee
were confronting each other below Petersburg,
President Jefferson Davis became so exhausted
by overwork that he determined to rest for a
few days. His steward was a worthy German
named Eggling, who before the war conducted
a flourishing nursery business near/Richmond.
The president notified Eggling of his purpose
to take a rest, and directed that nil visitors bo
excluded until further orders. Mr. Eggling
Sand his asaistants carried out their instructions,
and Mr. Davis serenely enjoyed hla rest.
One night at about ten o???clock there was a
i strong pull at the front door bell. Mr. Egfcling.
answered, tho call, and on opening tho door
found Standing outside a venerable gentleman
who gave his name and said htf wished to see
; the president on business of great importance.
Mr. Eggling informed him that the president
bad retired, and could not possibly bo seen un-
jtil next morning.
???But, my dear sir,??? said ttwfcaller, who gave
his name as Mr. A., ???it srilLbo too, Istethen.
I wish to try to save the Uyes of iwv German
deserters from the other sUte.whoxataccnaenin*
cd to be shot at sunrise psipleV':'- r\ v ???
The mention of the natiyity ot tbo doomed
men touched a sympathetic chord iu Mr. Egg-
ling???s heart, and he invited Mr. A. to a seat in
tho hall. After bearing the main particulars
of the arrest and sontence. of the supposed
spies, Mr. Eggling became interested in their
deliverance. He accordingly left Mr. A. in
the 1ml), and went up stairs to Mr. Davis's
chamber. He opened the door noiselessly, and
moved on tiptoe across the carpeted floor to*
ward the bed, fearing that Mr. Davis would be
asleep. The gas was burning dimly.
Mr. Davis happened to be awake, and asked
his chamberlain what he wanted.
"3ir. President,??? said Eggling, ???I have been
in your service a long time, and have never, as
you know, solicited any special favor from
you.???
Mr. Davis admitted that.
???I have one to ask now,???. resumed Eggling,
???and I hope you .will not refuse it.??? He
then requested that Mr. A., who was waiting
in the hull down stairs, be allowed to como
up to the chamber to see him on urgent busi
ness, involving the lives of two innocent sol
diers.
Tito president consented, and in a short
time Mr. A., accompanied by. k Eggling, pre
sented himself before tho president, who re
mained in bod. After a short preliminary
conversation Hr. A, mad* known tub object of
his visit, which was to secure a reprieve for tho
two men until tho charge against,thomcouUl
be further investigated.
President Davis asked various questions,
and, when i n formed ilia t the sentence of tho
drum-head court-martial had been approved
by General Lee, declared that ho could hot
and would not interfere- Mr.: A. bceaxuo im
portunate, and Mr. Davis so far relented as to
agree to think over the matter for an hoar, at
the end of which 3ir. A. would receive his fluid
decision. 3Ir. A. then withdrew, and at tho
appointed tlrao returned to the chamber with
Eggling. Tho president courteously informed
his. guest that lie .had. considered the matter,
fully, and could hot change nis decision.
???The men must dio, if General Leo has ap
proved the sentence,??? said the president.
???Is that yonr irrevocable conclusion ???? Mr.
A. tremulously asked.
???It is; I cannot reverse it,??? Mr. Davis re
plied.
???Then,??? said 3Ir. A., ???will you .rise from
your bed and unito with mo: in prayer to
Almighty God for the souls of the poor unfor
tunates who are to bo shot to death in the
morning????
President Davis agreed to do this, and in a
minute tho three persons in the room were
kneeling, and BIr. A. was fervently praying for
the salvation of the doomed Germans. When
???Amen??? was said BIr. Davis was about to rise,
but he was prevented by BIr. A,, who said-;
???Now, BIr, President, I want you to pray.???
BIr. Davis, however, insisted on rising, and
after doing so, said: ???Mr. Eggling, bring mo
some paper and pen and ink,??? They were
speedily produced, and in a few moments tbo
desired reprieve was handed to Mr. A., who,
after profusely thanking tho president, has
tened back to the confederate camp, arriving
just in time to avert the execution.
THE O LUSTER HATTLKFIELD.
While the regiment was recoilnoiter 1 nc along the
Coosa river, General N. B. Forrest got after it and
chased It aero** the stream.
Forrest knew that by fording at another place,
and by taking a near cut, ho could overtake and
capture Straight aud his raider*. The ford, how-
idiiigi ???
ever, w as a dangerous ono and fra
it without a guide he rode up to
and inquired for some one to point out the dangers
of the stream.
There was no man about the house, but a young
Thunder unless she desisted.
From the Baxley. Go., Banner.
While in Florida a few weeks ago wo visited
the Olustee battlefield,which is about two miles
east of Olustee station, on tho old Florida Con
tral railroad.
This was one of tho hardest fights In Florida,
and. all things considered, it was a most terri*
ble battle. Tho federal* started from Jackson
ville to go through Florida, something Ilka
Slicxman went through Georgia. About 0,000
federal* nnder General Seymour, left Jackson
ville fir Tallebassco, They hsd gono but
forty-fl* o or fifty miles on their journey when
they were met by General Finnlgan and Gen
eral Colquitt. The former was at the station
two miles away, while tho latter was on the
field with his men.
Tho battle ground is an open pine fiat, cover
ed in part by low palmcttoes. This afforded no
shelter for either party, and they fell thick and
fast on both aides. In tho beat of battle, am-
munition gave out and a messenger was sent
two miles to headquarters, bat our men waited
bravely. Finnlgan ordered them to fall back
to the breastworks, but still tboy faced the
enemy. Ammunition arrived and a shout went
up along tho line of battle which made overy
heart throb with Joy and
barn with trues patriotism. Again
wo:d came from Finnlgan ???Fail back to tho
breastworks.??? Colquitt answered: ???3Iy men
do not know what you mean, sir,??? and still tho
Airy of battlo increased. Men fell dead on
every side. The cavalry were ordered on the
right. They made a move, but in trying to
cross tbe Ocean pond many of their hones
bogged up and tho riders were compelled to
leave them and wade out throngh mud and
water. But the last come and 4,000 boys from
Georgia and Florida whipped out 0,000 yanks
as slick os a whistle. The battle was severe;
about 1,500 were killed. The federal* had
pushed a company of colored men in front,
nearly all of whom were killed.
But the worst is to como. The southern boys
were so enraged at having a drove of negroes
to fight, that many of them went on the battlo
field and killed tbo wonuded with knots and
chunks of wood. A very large man was stood
up like a brute, near tbo railroad where all
who passed could seo him. Hundreds lay on
the Imttlo field and were devoured by
hogs and buzzards. A stench roso
np from the field which spread for
miles away.
How desolate tho place looks, even now to
one who is acquainted with tbe facts above.
Tho same old pine tree* with their shattered
limbs and scarred bodies that stood in tho
midst of tho battle, still stand like silent sen
tinels amid the scene of carnage. Thousands
pass this historic place without any knowledge
of being on such blood-stained ground.
Bloat of our people have heard of the ???Hero
of Olustee,??? Governor Colquitt. It was here
that ho made his name. General Finnlgan
has recently died. He wai a brave and good
man.
Several gentlemen from this county were
in the fight. A gentleman from Coffee county
told us a few days ago that ho lost his homo
in the Ocean pond. . , ,
We counted os many as twelve bullet holes
in a single tree, and were successful enough
to get one bullet os a wsr relic.
A. TIGHT SQUEEZE.
The Recap* of Colonel StrHght from Libby
Prison*
From tbe St. Louis Republican,
Captain Jack Warner, who was quartermaster
of Libby l-rhon, and now Uvea at (:cntraUa,Ill., far*
nlsbe* the Republican with tho following story:
Ja tbe Jotur pert oTIM there wa* organised an
expedition of union troops, having far its object a
raid throc&b the country in and around Rome, G*.
Two men were fit this raid whose narrow and mar*
(rulr. LtirCtkiico. ,
; Bates, on the ttrtngtti of haring been aprbooer
1.700 raiders into rebel hand* and they were
thrown into Richmond prison. .
One day Bates Impersonated a doctor who was in
the habit of visiting the rick and passing the guard
got away, although he wa* afterward* recaptured
and can Into a loathsome dungeon, from which ho
emerged In such an emaciated condition that no
one expected to sec him get home alive. But he
was a
MlETTYd.IVg CORFU
and in after year*, when the republican conven
tion at Peoria was divided into factions, no ono of
them able to elect a caudidato for state treasurer,
Judge Condit, of Centralis, got the floor and re
cited the Bufferings of a union prisoner of war, and
wound up by nominating Major Kra*tu?? N. Bates.
Tho tiitrao took liko wild nre, and was carried
throngh with a hurrah. He was elected and served
another term.
colonel straight also hod an escape experience.
Ho wa leaderin a plan by which 117 men got out
of the ramous prison. Iu tho basement of Ltgon
warehouse, which then wa used a Richmond
prison, a. large quantity of straw was kept for
the purpose of making bed*. From
the rooms In tho upper stories a wide
chimney ran down to tho basement floor.
By means of this chimney tho men took tarns in
going down to this room, where, with a scoop such
as is used in lifting flour from a barrel and ono
part of a strap hinge, a tunnel wa commenced In
be basement floor, and by dint of several week*
... .. ??? ??? gr across the street, a dis
and preparad to jjmer^o
__ raw.
Thera was a woman in this ease by tho name oj
Abbie Green, and she now holds a position In tho
United States treasury. Bbo boa been warned
many tlms about fooling with the yankee prisoners,
and was threatened wlthbelng locked up inCastlo
ht, and she managed
... JpCBhOWl
until he could get out of tho country.
Thus instigated, the plan given above was devis
ed aud carried out, and if it had not been for
RSMARKABLK ACC1MCKT,
to go under a gas main which had bceu encoun
tered for fear that if it wa gone over tho tunnel
would get too close to the surface and it would bo
broken into. A sharp turn under tho main was
made.
Colonel Straight, who wa a large, heavy man,
got caught midway between his shoulders and hips
in making this turn, and wa held there a though
he wa In a vise. The men in front pulled and
H lu the rear pushed, but without avail. FI-
toward daybreak lie wa hauled out more
hnn olive. It was then too Into to make the
delivery general, about 117 petting rfwny.
As they emerged from a hole lit the vacant lot.
they ctond, by the aid of the moonlight, bo observed
from the windows of the prison, and many amusing
remarks were provoked. After two or three men
had popped up from the very bowels of the earth
ana hod taken quickly to their heels, a fellow at
tho window shouted:
."Where In h are those men coming from????
Another prisoner, who was In the secret, but wa
crippled and could not get away, ran up to the ex
cited man at the window and hissed:
a large manner oi mu men were rrcaiuurcu. out
| Straight was taken care of by Abbic Green until ho
H*afriyJB
Confederate War Record*.
Tlio work of collecting the war records has been I
going on slowly In Washington for the past ten
year*. Colonel Robert A. tfcott Is In charge of tho
work, with General Marcus J. Wright to look after!
the confederate archives. A correspondent aays:???
The greatest Interest seem* to attach to the cool
federate archives. They have been collected from
wldoly scattered sources. In the hurry of flight, iu
the destruction of headquarter*, ana tho cutting
off of communications, orders, dispatches, and off
Ihlal documents could obtain no ufo depository.
Matty were carried urorodrogMMlHHliHMffi
ronvclilntof Ik *
The greatest I ??? ??? . I??? ??????
archives have been from tho Klch-fi
moud historical society. Tboy Included papers and
rcoonWof field operations, and many or tbo most
valuable- document* connected with tho govemd
inent offices at Richmond. From ncarljj
southern state there lir.?? been sent *
ner bearing upon the campaigns of
lint there urc deplorable omission*.
???riilllMI diligently prosecute* flffii
there win never be a complete and
ccord of confederate operations com-
archive* of the union were preserved, and their
compilation remain* as merely a patient task. . .
A.peculiar; mystery attaches to tho last confeder
ate teal. TVhar bccamo of It.
About 1870 there appeared In Wahfngton a
quaint brochure from ???R???jynioiw pen. t _IW
Nolo
OUR LETTER BASKET.
Told from Texas.!
DfcattB, Ter., December 2.???[Special Cor<
raspoudcnce.]???From Texarkana to Fort
Worth tho ride is through tho pleasantest part
of Texas.
At Fort Worth there is a good deal to seo.
This city will in time lie the railroad center
Texas. Already the people there???many
whom nr#* fii'nro'inni???rill Vnrtlt Worth **t
Iderivotiou of seals. At the end was the abrupt
announcement that a certain Jeweler In this city
t-onld ftimkh, for a specific price. Impression* in
isllver electrotype of tho lost seal of the confederacy.
It roon became known that Colonel John T. Pickett
Was a* certainly the author of this monograph mi
It hat Judah I'. Benjamin was- tho ???A.
Ccnal, a Loudon barrister,??? who wrotel
tho fampn* work, 'Tho Republic o'
From whom had Pickett gut tho seal
sohndy knows. After he had secured enough itn-
net Hons he returned it presumedly to It* original
mlder, and tho secret of its abiding place died with
Republic.
Nob! ' *
Mdcf,'aiid???tl)oac(^onl*abldini'placodfedwlih
Pickett. He had the original, for one ofthe olec-
was sent to "J. Wyon, engraver of her
U seal*, lotulon,??? who had executed tho
Ho certified that he never roodo dnplif
eatCH.andlhatlbo electrotype showed stichdcllfi
cate tracery that none except tho orlglual seal
gpuld harc boon used. Ptckctt
had been consul at
iMopuin. wmi sai
ls ridicule* that hod
ake and delay in execu-
by exposing the similar
delay in the procurement or the great seal of the
United Wate*,' and the fact of the fitter'* seal hav??
lug bcou designed by an English lord.
In tho last volume of tlm war records now beln
mailed h n history of the campaign In Missouri
Kansas, Indian territory and northwest in iw?.'.
The confederate record* give the famous quarrel
between General Hindman and Goncrai Albeit
Pike. Pike disobeyed orders and wa* arrested as a
traitor,
traitor.
General Hindman declare* that bo dl??covered
mong the very* troop* detailed by him, and among
the clJizcuK In the adjurrni part of Texas, ???a secret
society, funned for restoring tbo yankco union."
Forty-six of these traitor* were jait to death by tho
people of northwestern Texas. Two of them de
clared that like wa* looked to a* tho probable
leader of the organization. General Hinduum con
cludes: "Tills society having been broken up, aud
Mr. like???s Influence among either whites or Indi
ans amounting to very little, ho wa* turned loose,
and ha* since been permitted to go at large.???
General Pike's reputation was not affect
ed by Hindman's Implacable animosity, for Ire be
came the editor of the Memphis Appeal. General
Hindman i* recalled by Minister 8. H. Cox a* n
??????tire eating congressman,??? with no thought of
compromise. It wa* lie who Involved General
Claiborne in the street riot at Helen*, Ark., jnri
Ix-fore tire war, when several live* were lost. Tho
connected report* of the Hindman-flke quarrel,
now made public, reveal a great deal of the mutual
recriminations among officer*, and tire constant
bickerings with southern srafegovernors over their
rafieal to transfer the iniUila to the army, cause*
that largely influenced tbo final collapeo of seces
sion.
North Carolina Faying Fenslon*.
It a 1.1:1011, N. ( December 0.???Tho legisla
ture at tbe'losc session appropriated 900.000 annu
ally for the payment of pensions to soldiers who
were disabled In tho wsr.by reason of wounds,
and to widow* of soldier* who were killed In tho
service of the Mate. About 1,000 application* for
penrion* under thlx act were fifed. The state
board of peusions has apportioned tbe money
among 1.0Q9 widows and bVJ soldiers. Each re
ceives 414.75 per annum. _
'Onr Picture* or Strange Lands??? thh week
tell of a ???Ruck Farm In China,** a ???Strange
Tribe in Afrlra??? and then leaving strange lands
Ul! of ???A Fight in Ktrange Water*.???* Wc have
some rich sketches for this department next year
and those who rend it will have travelled over th
entire earth, aud learned the customs of all the pro
ale that inherit it. For young folk* it U an cduets
Jpon in iuelf. _
??C0m V. ML I At OX OF PURR.
Cod Liver Oil, wills llypophoaphltoa.
FOR WASTING CH!LV)KP.X.|
Dr. f??. W. Cohen, of Waco, Text*; say*: "I hare
used your Emulsion In Infantile waning, with good
gesnJtA Jt no* only restore* waited tissue, but gives
strength, and I heartily recommend It for diseases
Stranded by atrophy," *
When a miner ba* been eaten by a grimly, the
restmn people-speak of him as befog ad mite, d ur
Ktt York city it America's metropolis; her
pride is Dr. Ball'* < oegh Fyrop at(tBM
of
. ....... of
whom are Georgia ns???call Forth Worth ???tho
Atlanta of the southwest.???
A strange thing about Fort Worth is it* pop
ulation. It Is constantly shifting, always
changing, likfe tho sands of the ocean. At
e nt iTeckon there art 30,000 people iu
Worth. Next year this time there will
be fully 5.000 more and yet probably not
more than three-fourth* of the people who now
claim that city for their home, will remain
there for another year. No ono Jean tell why
this is. Bfr, W. L. Bfalone, now manager of
the Gazette, the leading (taper of Fort Worth,
said to me yesterday:, ???Five years ago I know
atinost every young mnn in Fort Worth, today
I don???t know a dozen. Tho people
i were aro always on tha. move. The.
; city continues to grow very npldly, and It will
| in timo bo the metropolis of north Texas. Wo
have a good many Georpians here# and os soon
as one comes to my office he wants to know if
wc get Thk Constitution.???
A dozen years ago all tlio real estate in tho city
of Fort Worth could not have been mortgaged
ifor one hundred thousand dollars. Today tho
rvalues reaches up into tho millions, and the-
mau who owns a dcsirablo building lot any
where near the heart of the city has got a nioo
thing of it. Every three or four years the land
doubles in value. This is true, too, of tbo
towns lying in a radius of fifty miles of Fort
|Worth. Decatur, In Wise county, tbe town
from which 1 write, has within a dozen years
jdone wonders. It is now a thriving place, with
wide awako peoplo and every indication of
{further growth. Wise county is a grain
! producing region, and all the
farmers raise more bread and meat than
Ithoy can use. General Robert Toombs owns
20,000 seres of flno land in Wise county, and
it is said that Governor Brown, of Atlanta, is
also tho owner of soveral large and valuable
tracts. There are hundreds of Georgians up
through here, ???Tho (roods are full of 'em.???
Agriculture is profitable, although today corn
sells here for twenty-five cents n bushel, and
wheat for fifty or sixty cents. Last year this
county raised a million and a half bushel* of
corn, and no ono knows how much wheat,
besides about 20,000 bales of cotton.
Governor John Ireland, of this state has
just written a loug article on tlio progress of
Texas for the North American Review, from
which eomo Interesting facts about Texas may
be gathered;
In 18C5, at the closo of tho war, Texas wa* de
moralized and almost ruined. It is true she had
been spared the tramp of hostile armies; yet, her
material wealth was gone, bor loss iu slaves alouo
being 1137,000,000. Her labor system hod been de
stroyed, confidence bad fled, and hope had de
parted. Thepnrsulta of the people had been essen
tially agricultural and pastoral; but agriculture lay
paralyzed, and tho flocks and herds of the grazer
were scattered and lo??t???added to such misfortune
the Iron heel of tho conqueror came to crush tho
really brave and genuine manhood of Texas. But
the men who had strongly mot the storm of war
were prepared to meet it* counequences???tho
placing In their stead tho selfish stronger
and the ignorant negro. Governed, how
ever, by a clam that only sought the
deeper degradation of tho people, wo can under
stand that Texas naturally reverted .to tho oppres
sion of Mexican rule, and found no consolation by
comffcrifoii. The days seemed dork indeed. This
Mate of things, ameliorating gradually bnt with ag
onizing slowness, came toon end in 1874. After
nine years of experience those who controlled the
government of the nation realised that tho way to
treat brave men was to trust them, and so restored
to the people their politics! rights. Upon this res
toration Texas entered with a bound, as It were
upon her new career.
Embracing all tho territory between the 0ith ami
100 degree* of west longitude and tho 20th and 36th
degrees of north, latitude???* territory of 274,000
square milcs-larger than New York, New Eng
land, Pennsylvania. Ohio and Maryland combined
larger than tho half of Europe, omlttlug Russia, she
c..m Mipi ort a population equal to the present popu
lation ofthe United State*, and yet not crowd her
people. Plio has * genial climate, whoso uni-
.'ormily of tcmpcrt(uro give* health and Comfort
fnd docs not shut up labor for .six month* of tho
year with lee and snow. She has a soil, rich and
dlvcisified, producing wheat as in California,
cotton as hi Egypt, aud corn a* in 1111-
UcR She la the gracing ground of a
contim nt, where within ths memory of man count-
lost herds or buffalo roamed over her prairies, from
her northern to her southern boundary, but whoso
trail* are now covered with Inclororev brooding
cattle with which to feed the world.
Let me call earnest attention to a few remarkablo
facts, which I take from the official reports of tho
Mate. Our tables of statistics show that in 1838 the
population numbered about 60,000. In forty-nlno
ycara it has increased fifty-fold, and we now have
2,008,000. . Fifteen years ago, In 1870, the anememed
value of property was a little less thsn #150,000,030.
It I* now twn,000,000. Yet the tax rate for 1813 is
only twenty-fire cents on tho hundred dollar*, one-
half or which la for the public school*.
In ibis Important matter of public schools and
tbe education or our youth, U mutt be remembered
that tbe father* of 1836 set aside one-tenth 1 of the
general nvenue of their republic fora perpetual
school fund, and also granted to caoli county four
leagues of land, or 20,000 acres. 8UH, In addition,
they set wide fifty leagues???more than 220,QOQ acre*
-for a university. Subsequently the state of Teza*
dr/nated to railroads sixteen alternate sections or
land to the mile, and coupled thla donation with
an obligation to survey an equal area for the school
frmd. Till* fond now own* from that source 32,-
000,000 acres; worth, at tbo minimum government
price, 184,000,C00- It ha*, besides, #7,000,000In cash,
bonds and stocks, which yield more than 9J/j0O,0OO
as lan available school fand for the year 1885,
allowing each child in the Mate #5 for alx months???
tuition. The Increase In value ot the school land*,
whether from leone or from salo to actual rottler*,
will In a short time relieve tho people from paying
any school tax at all; for, with the Interest ou
early a hundred million* or capital Invest
there will 1* enough revenue for tho grandest froe-
school system ever known.
Of tlio 274,000 square mllea of Texan territory, 20,-
600,000 acres are rich In mirtnmls???Iron, coal, cop-
prrjlradand silver. The timberiand*,wlth;HH varie
ties of wood, comprise 48,000,000 of acres. And over
this various territory run, already, 7,300 miles of
raUro&d, connecting us with the market* of tbe
world. The crop estimate* for 1885 include 1,300,000
b*lc?? of cotton, 4,000,000 bushel* of wheal, *,000,000
bushels of Coro and 32.000JMO pound* of wool.
Twelve million bead of live stock sustain them
selves on our 353 varieties of grasses. We cou feed
New England with cheap meat. Wc can supply
Old Kuglaud with fine beef, France with fat mut
ton and Ingratiate Germany with tho bust of pork,
though not one-fifth of tbo area of Texas i* yet
occupied or utilized.
This article by Governor Ireland calls fo
some comment. Ho says ???wa can support
Imputation larger than tho present population
of tho United Htstcs, and yet not crowd tho
people.??? It ia Hot very long since this same
gentleman wrote an artiete, in which he
claimed that in tbe near future tha people of
Texas would be ???crowded into tho sea??? oy itn
migrants. ???
Tbe present population of tbo United States
b from 6fi,??tXMNU to OOfiOOJOOO. Tessa t?? In-
creasing in population st tbe rate of a million
kcry anxtoui to get a copy o( o poem entitled I
??????tmrwpectton,??? Jrnny ono will Hindus the poem
no will take pleasure in printing It.
Eostojc, Tliomat county, On., November 88U
???Editors constitution: At It la a rainy, dull tlmo I
??? thought I would improve theIline by rending a let
ter to the "tetter Baikct.??? We tabu Tiu OOSan??
. J fn j???y reading Bill Arp Talmago'a icrmont
- children enjoy mr reading "Bctry Hamil
ton." Wo can't do without Bit??? Arp, bcJtgntb
comfort to me. Alto a poem now aud then. 1 haro
raved "ltnck me to Sleep Mother," and "Keep mo
Florence None.' There three poems aro dearer t??
mo than two or three Cosimtuiioxs. with many
good wither, I remain a Mend of Tun coxrmu-
T'os, < . g. V. A,
rOHEIOM NEWS.
London, November 30.???Tho Timas uyr:
Mr. Gladstone's Midlothian progress tuts iieon-a
failure. Me return, to the bouse aa tbe leader , of
tbe opposition, but .that position may act aa a
brightest jewel In hla crown of fame if. he shows
himself patriotic and non-partlsap in hla manage,
meet of tho dlfllcult Irish Question.
??? MC OtADOTONK BFKAKS.
Mr. Olandstonr, speaking at Buckley, Flint
shire, today, said that tho liberal reverses wrer<
due to the tomfoolery of nominating duplloato
candidates, the miserable imposture called
???fair tfade,??? and lastly and chloBy tlio Irish'
vote In ftimt Britain. He had nothing to say
against lit, Irish felloiv-cltlrens. He had spent
the best part of his life In humbleendoavon to
do them jnatlee, and he hoped that hla part:
would continue Its rtttarts to aid the iris*
esnae. Tho power of tho Irish In tlio present
elections had been spent. Ho would bo much
surprised If the now comity electorate should
;voto against tlio men who had been lighting
I heir battles for forty yean.
The Fall Stall Oaactte, in an analysts ortho
voting up to the ctoae of Saturday, makes tho
conservative gains elghty-nino and tho llbonil
gains forty-three, and estimates the total voU
cast as follows: Liberals, l,??p.*,Sai; conservnl
[live, 1100,210.
London, December S.???Tho political situa
tion tonight la one of perplexities to all British
politicians. The liberals close tho week with n
tie with the torles and FnrnettUes combined.
There arc,however,enough constituencies yet to
vote to make tho whole issue ono of awoluto
uncertainty. A glance at tho history of tho
rampsUgn will make the reason of this plain.
When Mr. Gladstone was defeated In a purlin
mentary vote, In which home rulers withdrew
their strength from him, ho know bis absoutco
votes, added to tbe votes he tallied, would bo
more than sufficient to overcome tho entire al
lied opposition. Ho was disgusted with his
whole relationship to tho Irish party, and con
fident In his strength, resigned power In outer
to regain it on anew foundation, whereon ho
should be independent of Irish members. Ho
desired to have at his back tbo British nnOorlty
so that whatever ho might do for Ireland
should be accepted as a conclusion and not aa
extortion. He felt able to accomplish this re
sult. He had enfranchised d
TWO MII.UON VOTES, I I
hail redistributed the boundaries of coustltul
cnclcs, and felt certain tlmt his party would
gain largely from these meas
ures. When tho campaign opened, how-,
over, the radical leaders went otT on
???(heir own hook," ami tried to secure aq alli
ance with tho homo rulers with whom they
believed they Could secure government for
themselves. In tho meantime, MrJ
Gladstone, hy almost superhuman efforts,
had eucceedod in dwarfing tho impor.
tanre ofthe disestablishment Issue hy localiz
ing It In Scotland, where It Is popular with tho
majority aud throwing It out from tho cam
paign altogether In England, whore it is un-
popular.With the mqlonty. Hy this achieve,
inent ho stopped the religious stampede from
his ranks snd brought lack thonssmls of de
serters. Voting had now begun In tho large
(owns. The liberal party gradually drew to
gether, and tho tory party left without n dis
tinct Issue, aa gradually dwindled. Tho
l'arnellltes havo stood together to a man whllu
they have voted in all esses against tlio liberal
candidates and In favor of tho tory nominees
In districts wherein no nationalist candidate
was running. They havo practically parted
company with tho torles.
At the thneof writing, the liberals have elec
ted :tl3, coitservalivca2W, and Farnollltes 70:
while Air. Gladstone has therefore 70 majority
over tho torles, they aud tho houiu niters tie
him.
THE KING IS SURELY DEAD,
Madhip, November 00.???[Special.]???There
was an imposing scene at tho palaco of tho Its-
curia! upon the arrival of King Alfonso's body.
When tho procession reached tho monastery
tho lhikc lie Sexto, tho royal chamberlain,
knocked and reqnrated admittance for Alfon
so. When inside tho gate, tho duko unlocked
tho coffin and called three times 111 Alfonso's
csr. Then, according to tberitual, he sold:
"There Is no reply. It is (run tho king Is
desd."
1I?? re-locked the coffin snd broke bis wand
of office.
The nest cabinet has been approved through
out Si*ln. Tho only fear is In regard to Honor
Zorllla, the republican chief, who wilt loso
prestige unless ho attempts a revolt. If lie Is
raptured tho sentence of death already passed
??? pon him, for participation in former revolts,
and bo will bo executed immediately. Tho
i lanlfcata of Chrloo promising to confirm to
the Spaniards all thult present civil and re
Uglous liberties, ia considered a direct
1 Id for the throue, and ia also Interpreted
ns s prelude to tho proposal of marriage of Don
Chrlos???s sms, rriuce Jalaiie, and tho princess of
Asturias, tho king's eldest daughter, In tho.
ovent of no heir to tbo throne twin* bom.
Both (artists and monarchists would welcome
uich a settlement wltlwudnmatlon, naltwonld
end the fifty, years' conflict and enable Spain to
assume nn appropriate petition among tho
ewers of Europe.
MADntu, December tl.???The queen regent to
day, for tho first tlmo, presided over a council
rtf the cabinet.
deports aro In circulation that the young
OUR OWN comp
Short Talks With Our Readers
on Matters of Interest.
* We Cannot Supply book uumbersof Thj??:c<W-
STrrtnox. The only way to keep up is to tub-
H'ribCr ;
Tho Printed Blip on your paper tclla whan yome
lime 4s out. It save both of us trxrabl??-Mf you wiik
renew before the date of <**piratlon* .. ;
???Coming, and Shouting ns , Tht*y Corn??,* ???
Our readertatill come to tbo front with praise*
of their favorite paper. U r e could fill this eel*
um with letters, but these wiir taffice to let
new readers know wlint our old readers???think?
of Thk Uonstitction. Read what they at*
aud thru subscribe for the best family pap??i* iu<
the world. 4 ???
Letter* From Onr Render*. ??? i
J. C. Cousins,.of Equality, Afo., mUeas^uak
Constitution is gaining ground rapidly r.t this
office, and la certainly tho best paper In tho United?
State*. Tiroes an hard out hero; crops short; cotton
cheap. I ariseU an. old man, to, eubscrlbo to .tkki
Comm tion. He said money was ao scarce ho
could ??4ot t*ke It tittlcn Mm CONsTimioN wuuhl
take it out In shuck* atul pumpkins- I toi.t him to;
bring hlN truck tome atut I would .pay him for it
and rend yon the money. Hd said that he knowed'
during tbe w? 0 * forbc b * d * ccn h, P J to*
T. N. Allen, BIcLcndon, Texas: I send ydrt*
a club of ten suUcribers to the Wkkxly Coxstotv
tion. \\ * find It tho safest and best paper In tbui
south, and because U sp**ak?? the sentiment* of tha,
ronthern people, and Its round democratic prid-'
. dplcs, wc like It. In It wo find new* from all thel
world; and best of all Uncle U1U Arp???s letter*.
B. J. W., Ella ville, Gn.: The OoNoriTimdlf ???
| Is the be*t paper l over saw. I prophesy that. Iu,
> less than twelyomonths it \rUl bo in tho hand* of,
; every civilized family in America.
W. A. McWmoitkb. Salubrity, Sample
eoplc????U distributed and nrUi *end iu anotoce
club toon, i have been a regnlarmbRorlber toyoar
paper for eighteen year*, and I bceu able to *c?? an*
improvement in it all the time.
J.W. RailKY, Halifax, Ky.: My 43oxtri-
Tt Tro.v Ofthe tilth hurt., wa* tho best paper l ever*
saw. I is so far ahead of oil other paper* (ha# 1/
want to set circulation lucrea**.. You w
* agent at every ofllcc. If you
outfit I Will do all I can.
Tha Constitution Sawing Machine. ???< *
The sewing machine monopolists are howl
ing! The Constitution sewing machluoh**'
kmteked their monopoly into doll rags. Foe
yean* and years they have boon charging three*
prices for machines. Wlidnthey sco ns telling
a machine hotter thsn their $15 machines, for*
#18 with the paper thrown in, they realize that'
they will have to cut prices or break op^ otiti'
arrangements. '
They aro now hying to bnlly or bny tlm/to* *
tory into refitting to sell to un, unless* wo will'*
agree to charge $4O'for our machines. We will ???
never consent to do this. Wo ??? do not beliovd '
IthCT can buy or bully tho factories. It wilt b*>???
well, however, for every ono who wants turn of
our morbific*, to buy at once, and then
hoy are Independent of whatever tho mbiiopo??*
ly may do. ???
Remember! We cell a machine^ modcllcd'Jtfli
ter the Singer, bnt superior to tho ono tliay sail *
for $40, for $18 with tho paper???or$17 whfcanfci
tho paper-to subscribers only* Wo ictyontry/
this machine ten days, and if yon don???t: likwi
it you can return it and we will refund vour:
money. This yuiimntct; goes with cvcry'iua-
chine, Order ntotire. f
MOney Talk* Mighty Pluln, and that is wliy !
c print thla letter. Many pdpplo doubt tlirt tho*
machine wc rail fur #18 (with the CoromTUTio-N?
thrown In) can be as good a* tlio machine r if un,
fell for#45. Wo guitnintcr that onr nmrhlnq Iq;
batter, aud If It Is not wc will refund yonr money;
But her* Is testimony from Mr. J. W. Black, out;
ngent nt Lutherville, Go. Head what ho soy*:
Mis* Alice Walker nnd Mr. Bnniel Pinlth hnve ro* ???
reived their machine* and am both well p)??a&4<l.
'"hen Mbs Walker rerelwd her machine smaa ???
ho lm??l bought one for 5|.?? from an ugsrit <>tten-d
cxi-liuDcc i<ir The Constituiiun umchlno *qd.
pay Sl> tUm n nce.
31k*. 8.11. Johnson, Lothalr, On.: I havo
laycd Nckhotvlcdglngtlio receipt of. my rawing
machine longer than I riiould have dono. It caNMl,'
safe, ami I* nil, and more too,than wmi reprosontetr. ???
* would uot do without It for anything. 1 ??m well ???
b "'mI with it mid jinn paper.
E. A. llniXKU.Y, Wnrronton, Go.: Tlio sew
ing nuirhhie ordered from you cuina t #f#lfr(n dm> .
thne. My ulster has given it a.thoroiigu trinl*n<t ???
ray* It exceeds her highest expectation*. Equal to
any #15 machine.
machine I have kecu.
Would fujvirofinyf
half price ran get l_ .
you for your kindness.
PETKn Cleveland, Elberton, Go. Ma
chine lm?? arrived. Am glnd to ray It is till you ???
Claim for It. TUB Co.NKrm now h the b??**t mem**
paper In .the couutry. We could not do wltuout ,lt,>
. M. Fillinoamk, Sprlngvale, Ga.i Ma
ne through yonr agent. J. W. Ucnnlngton. gtvnts
Ira and complete xatufactlon. My wife IIImm
???> CoNMtTLiioN machine Just as well a* a *v> wa-
Queen Merertlfs han already developed symp
toms of lung disease and scrofulous debility,
Inherited from her father, aud will never 1m> In
i. lwoper condition of health to succeed,to tho
rate it con lie figured out that
of, ??ajr t*,nco,OCtt, win not be enlarged to H,
C(??,0W> or do,00(1,000 irltliln tbe neat hundred
years,
How doe. Governor Irelond noodle hla
wn Watnoeofar Itwlllbe rewrrad for a tu
tu n letter to tell ofthe life til "tha wild, wild,
wot," and ofthe phenomenal growth of ran
of theae Teaan citlea. IttXHA
Wm. A. Dt.y, of Balkcahnrg, Iowa, write* aa
tbtlowa. A. The rosmrrnon >a??na to be devoted
toauncring pul,It,: want., allow aro to wijfwt
nue: There ri a growing InterM In carp culture-
ibronahoul tbe countnr. JS/JOrtpooU have been
MippUedwIththla f.h than Waridufton, and Jtt
therotoverplittloknowledcaefthahaliUauf carp,
an* how - ??????*?????????
ao. of j
I.riracewllhrarewauldttvoa few no.rn.ou u.
Wed:onld befIM1-, h??ro ??hort letter.from an,of
- irreadenontbetohiect. ItUnncotour Beoera
.tereiu, and After praetieal u:??*e,tioot inat lava
rrirat deal of ??Di;',y.r,ce uiduoubie to new begin-
nil _
Mr, A. J. Johnron, of Hnnttville Tena., i??
ENGLAND IN HOVPT.
CAino, November 30.???General Grenfall tel
egtapha that the bodfea of rebel eavalr,. aud
infantry are demnnatraling on the left Innk of
the Nile, near Koehay. Tlieannonat ateamer
Lotua h employed In .helling tha rebel*.. The
following la an rxtmct from n reeent letter of n
Britl.h uffirer atatloncd at Aaaavan:
The mahdfa death, Inuead of dee,..???>k --
pirettge, ha. tnen-oMoi It. Ilia tomb ha. hecomo
(he renter nr faoatlrinn. III. mantle tin. fallen on
Khallfla Abdulla K Twuha, who wlehl. auttairitjr
wH???BaPfe 4 flrtr3 l S'
tarriiion hwnemo qnantUlaa of atnmu,
nltton In the areenat at Khartoum,
???killed artlindia,'uul material .* ueaator hull,ling
hare fallen Into the band, ofthe rebel* who aro
???Me to orianiTO Hewer convoy, between Hcnnaar,
Khutonm, Berber tnd Uongofa. They bare on.
??? *- ???r-" -nut on the river wnth
inn*,, aro toil Ming. Theen-
tohrt In eontact with the En-
lay, and IHoy- hart all neeea-
ratcept the. Imuwtant Item,
tlnrothecrmw- ???
wilipure'an "they 0 rermlre. ,
aoranco north rranlar gorvmor.t uf dirt
ihsrtctum,
lirnitol emn
of Aim TaWPW
are under repair at
mm
fcdwlth* th H
nd*. they
Known n
nrof thB Brftta
mainfng loyal sheikhs, pnSng them to come In.ai
???Muring them of a good reception,, Tbe Arab* a
now with the rebels, heart and non). The race
i Unugol*. it is not only pn*b-
Onr ??????Wit Aryt* Is In FlorUlt, waiting with rad
butlK.r>efol heart at the ty??>??t ride of'a son, who U
???cry ill. At unw-* hi* life l-r.* I*t it klinna dr*fi??ar*
cl u(, tot now U is hoped be w Ul reeowr. We are
M.re tbe tevK*nd i >mpaUiy of *ur nadem will go
o??it toihri/fr1<-n??t Hto j* kOUHok wU)?? *orrow ana
HVlngin a gn*t*ha<Ww. ??? ???
J. 3f.
Chino thn,
entire and
liKCONMtTLTION mncllilicjiwtg . _
e lnc, Wo have used It about ferir week-. It: WILL;
motteysaved to auyons wanting to bay a ma
chine of you. .
Our Watci bury- Wwtch.
I We are nulling our famous Watcrburyt bjU
(he thousand*. Remember we send the Waterbary
welch and chain in a **IJn Un??J box am) Tnr.Vos-
*TiTfTioNj??no year, all for #3.28, Tills Isa reduction ???
Of28centsouourold price, and I* thu bo-t offec
B ade. The watch and Cham In satin-lined box will??
sent to old Mitocribcrs at ILto, without Hut
rot wateh for your boy for Christmas. It U tins
hrs.t present you cun get, arid will make him happy. .
Our watch ha* no advertisement on the back. Tho .
back I* elegantly frosted aud engraved. Mr.-C, B.,
Brummell writ** as follows:
Tbe watch ordered of you has been put to tho test I
for the last ten days, and can my that It kevj i ??h
good time s* any watch In this town can. Rc<om*
mend it to any wanthig a good cheap wateh.
Hurrah for'i mCtiNMUtTios, Ills Hi*-u-i paper.
It now comet with a now head ou, but I gut** tha t
editor still boh) on to tbe old one. Tim uks to you*
Iteractfully, C. B. Jijti'xxdu.
Our Agent'* rrize*.
Only a month remains in which to work for
our agent???s prize*. No prize has been won- so'
far. There are hundreds of agents whoso li??ti
are about equal and all very small. Wa havo
so many agents that each lias only small terri
tory and sands in only small clubs. A littlo ???
work during December will win ono of tlio
prises. The following list will show wlut tha
prizes are:.
I??t. For tbe largest number of tnbseribera rent
In by one agent between now nnd January i*t;
IN*,...........'......, *00.00 In Gold*
2d. For tbo second largest number of rubaerib*
rr* wit in by one agent between now nnd January
1>L, irM.....,......"".,............. ,...990.00 III Gold*
3d. For the third Urged mmU r of ml???*??nberi
fentlnlby one agent between now and January
W., JMC. .....??l0,Of> In Gold*
4tb. For the fourth largest nunoK r of mid rib*
ee?? pent lu by oue agent between now and January *>
bt.,l*Nl - *10.00 III Gold,
6tb. For tbe fifth largest list of rotacritiera rant
In by one agent between now andJotrua/y. l*t.,
....: One Sewing Al..< U1m*
S FOr the rixth. largest list rant in - by
??r-nt between now and Jaraimy?? IA,..
Tlia Constitution LibrAiry.
to iJtb. Kw tbe nest five Urgnt li- tt rent
one agent between now MNinaujr bt.,
lorn..???. . ~.-.A AYaterbury Hwtcli feaeh.
Thi* competition i* open to aUonrmrnt*.
We wUkkecp fceeount of every *nb*crtb??>r aimt
in by every agent apd will award the prize* on
January 1st to those who havo sent tho largest
list*. < inly money rant after October 1st, will
bt credited on the prize lists.
Agents nil! do well to keep In their hand*
book* the li-t of Miijs rant in no that there
can bo no mistake.
Go to work nt once now for these prize*.
They are offered firstly byTfc*Oo.v<rm;Tio*
In appreciation of it* agent*. It will Us ??**y
for any active man or woman to g??t oue of
|hk?? prize*.
Nsine* need not W rani in all at once, asr
for from one office, AH nafos* rent by wy
ns agent, from any point, beywssn now sad
anuary tat., 1^0, wfll be credited to kM lift.