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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION' ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY DECEMBER 22 1885.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION
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ATLANTA, OA., DECEMBER 22.1S8S.
Wnv will a large tnqjojily of the republi
can* In Ihe honee vole to distribute tho ap
propriation bills? Became they ore natur
ally in favor of the jobber*, ami because tliey
delicto gettbe democratic party out of
power.
Tiie conviction of John Walsh for the
murder of W. If. Dawson, iu Havannah,
leads the Kew* of that city to remark that
tt la the first conviction of a white man for
mnrder in Cltalbam county in forty-si*
year*.
We print tills morning a thrilling story
told by Jaek Daniel, the noted Arkansas
outlaw, now liidti. t o'.2 In Jackson county,
dome of the names "c, for prudential rea
sons, withheld, but all are in possession of
???Ten Jny,???,who secured the interview. The
story will lie widely read because of itscliar-
actrr and Uie circumstances under which it
was told.
. Mr. Frey, the Hwlsa minister nt Wash
ington, lias just returned from n visit to the
colonies established by his connlrymcn in
the south. Many of tho Hwiss liavo settled
in Kentucky nnd Tennessee. In nil there
are probably 800,000 in this country. They
are a hardy, industrious people, and succeed
wherever they go. When thoy como to this
country they do not take readily to a cold
climate, and for that reason are gradually
working their way aonth.
The division ot the Vanderbilt estate Into
eight parts, places Jay Gould, be
yond all doubt, nt the head of
tbs rich men of this country.
Cornelius Vanderbilt???s wealth does not e*-
seed sixty million dollars, while Jay Gould
can, at any time, exhibit eecuritlcs worth
one hnndrcvl million dollars. If possible,
the latter is more a master of Wall street
operations than he ever has lieen. There is
now no one to check or' defeat bis comblna-
Dealh of llobert Toombs.
The klogliest of Georgians is dead I
The rich lift, riotous to its affluence, la
spent at Iasi, The deeps throngb which it
swept In thunderous mgjesty and the shoals
over which it tumbled noisily, we drained
and hare.
Bob Toombs is no more I
Quenched la this Imperious life. BUUed
is the mighty heart. Gone, the dsnnth
spirit. At rest, the turbulent emotions.
Pulseless, tbc splendid form.
If Gad ever nude the body of mortal man
to shine with the hope anil Inspiration of
Immortality, snrely here it was. In the
splendor of his beauty???In the mightiness
of bis strength???in the vitality that sparkled
ia his eyes and rnnhed through Ills vlens???In
the ease with which he conquered anil tho
heights to which he soared???In the scope nnd
freedom and bonmllcss comprehension of
his powers, them was little enggeetlon of
decay. Dazzled by bis kingly beauty and
majesty, ono might luve said, ???.Surely ho
will conquer death I???
But the eounva of uatnro it unchangeable.
Even the eagle's wings grow weary anil aro
folded, and tho strong man totters to the
welcome grave. Tho glory fades from the
cheek and the light din in the eye. The
majesty departs from the pallid brow, and
the rich blood fiilteis in the vein. The
tongue that summoned forty million pcoplo
to war bubbles unmeaningly in Its hollow
cavern. The Ungers that easily split this
continent in two, beat tho air pitifully for
anpport nnd guidance. The mighty spirit
that bent senaton to its will nnd that forged
earth's bloodiest revolution, sicklled o'er nt
lost with uplifting shadows, creeps aimlessly
within tlis walls of memory, and weeps
or laughs alike with itself.
Then God, in bis wise and infinite merey,
comes and ends it sill Ilia gentle hands
clasp the wandering fingers. Ilia kiss
touches the maundering lips. There Is peace
nt last. Georgia???s glorious son sleeps. Tho
unftrgivcn reliel awaits, In unbroken still
ness, the final judgment of God. And
Death, tombing the tranquil lace with his
unspeakable solemnity, revives therein some
thing of the majesty nud beauty of youth,
that hi* people, gaxing through thejnist of
tears, may see him lost a* they loved him
best, when be stood among meu in his
kingly splendor.
A Horrible Accident.
When The Constiti tion went to press
Tuesday morning, it had a bare intimation
of the horriblo and heartrending disaster
that had occurred on the Georgia Pacific
railway near Austell. Bat the information
The fuas-tirt tics had was as complete as
could he obtained at that hour. The olll.'cra
of the Georgia l???ncilic hod received conflict
ing nnvuut* lium Austell and from Mable-
ton, hut there was nothing to lead them to
believe tl.ut the disaster woe as serious as it
tarn* ont to he.
In the history of railway accidents in
Georgia Ihere is uoue to compare with this
in the Ion of human life. The story is a
barren ing one, and the detail* which oar re-
|srtcr gives are heartrending. The question
wLi.li the public win nek, and which the
public bav a right to ask, is: Where don the
blame rnt? Who 1* responsible for the con-
taka that hoe ended in the sacrifice of so
many valuable lives? On whom docs the
responsibility lie? Ifow did the accident
occur? Ifow could sails an accident occur
where there is a proper regard for the safety
of the traveling public?
These questions will be asked, and they
must he answered. The investigation the
public wJJJ demand must bo complete and
searching, so that the blame may be placed
where it properly belongs; or, if there Is no
blame anywhere, no that the matter may bo
thoroughly understood,
"Tbs niesseil Christina* Worm" Is divcumcil
Hits week by Hill Arp, BcDy Hamilton an.l Mr.
Fohom, while Hr*. Kpofford gives us a splendid
stoty on Christmas. lUxl Irless our readers ruid
Ihclr families, and give them a happy Christmas
and a prosperous New Year.
A Grand ltecrrrd fur Georgia.
A year ago we printed the result of a com
petition for prixes offered by Sir. George W.
Reott, of the Gossypittm phoapho company,
for tho best acre in cotton and In corn. The
results were carefully attested and were re
ceived with genuine surprise. On one acre
a Georgia farmer had made 1,545 pounds of
lint cotton, and the 75 farmers who con
tested for the prize averaged 774 pounds to
the acre. This was practically two tales of
eotlon to the acre. A nol her farmer marlo on
one acre 110] bushels of corn, and sixteen
grain planters averaged HI bushels to tlic
acre. These results were unprecedented,
and were quoted nil over the union to show
wlinl Georgia lands would do when they
were properly Ginned.
On yesterday the results of a new compe
tition by Messrs. George W. Reott ft Co. were
declared. Instead of offering prizes for
the lies! one acre, tho competition was mode
to (???flier five aero patches. Tills was wise
policy. It caused the fnrmcr to improve
more land, and made the result more a mat
ter of good farming than n result of chance.
Tho record for 1885 is magnificent. One
fainter made on five acres 7,8i??8 pounds of
clean lint cotton, which is equal to 1,579
pounds lo the acre, or practically four bales
lo tho acre of 400 ponnds each. Five far-
mcis made over 0,000 pounds lo tho five
acres, and the 180 acres planted in lha com
petition averaged 085 ponnds or 3} bales
lo the acre. The result reached by the corn
raisers was quite as notable. One fitrmcr
made 405 bushels of clean, shelled corn on
flvo acres, and two oilier farmers mule more
than 450 on flro acres. On the 45 acres
planted, they made an average of 70 bush
els lo the acre, the largest average being 00
bushels. Following these are a numlior of
club contests quite ns remarkable as those
made by single Individuals, These results
ere cheering. They show that, umlerpropcr
encouragement, Georgia soil Is ns good as any
on the top eide of this earth, and that any
farmer who docs his duty in this state need
not neck for a homo In any other state. Five
acres of emit com as Mr. McWilliams raised
wonld give a farmer all the corn that he
needed. Five acres of such cotton as Mr.
Truitt raised would give liitn twenty bales of
cotton, and another live acres cultivated as
well in wheat would give him nil the bread
he needed. A man wlio own* 500 acres
might thus make fifteen acres give him his
breed, com and money crop, and patting
the rest down to grass, or selling it off, lie
could, qot help prospering. There Is just
nowel strong movement of northwestern far
mers towards this section. The results pub
lished above oaght to eatisfy them that they
cannot find better lauds any where Hum are
offered to them ato nomlnnl price In Georgia.
It Is hard to cellmate Ihe fur-reaching tale
nts that will come from llie improved sys
tems of ftrmlng instituted and encouraged
by these competitions. Mr. George W.
Reott has made liiniwlf indeed nml in truth
a public lienefacior, whose mime will live in
thcgrntcftil .menmiyof his jicoplr. If his
example were followed, nml 1,0011 firemen
were competing for similar prizes, tho good
old stnte of Georgia would bloom nml blos
som like n rose. Tho details of the competi
tion for 1885 will l>o found in another col
umn.
Thel'Tuhl Over!ho Killt-e.
The change of the rules iu the bouse has
three-fold purpose.
The first is to belittle Ranmel J. llnndall.
This is the pnrjiose of men wlio never saw
the dsy lliry were wortldy to tie tho latchct
of his slices.
The second 1* to open the way for job-
bciy and extravagance, which was impos
sible when the npproprintlng power was
messed In one lommilleo nnd Samuel J.
llnmlnll's firm hands held the reins over
that committer.
The third is to put tho whisky ring,
whose nefarious schemes Mr. Ilaudal 1 crushed
lest winter, in commending position again.
it wiu> a sad day for the democratic party
when, with the almost solid republican vote,
the irsponsthility of appropriating money
was divided among n dozen commltterei, for
this ambition of the men who forced the
change may tie achieved. Tlielr other
???ehemrs will full. Mr. Kandall will grow
in power nnd reputation, and in tho confi
dence of the real leader* of the democratic
parly???aud the whisky ring is doomed.
Mr. li'umlall will always lie strong enough
to set hi* foot on the worm of the still.
Ono Cause of Insanity.
A singular ease reported from Mechanies-
ville, New York, may throw some light upon
insanity and it* moving causes.
It seems that the citizens of Mcehanles-
ville were astounded, the other day, to see
Sir. Junes, one of their most respected
townsmen, rush out into his front yard and
begin a series of indctrrihablo antics. He
went to work tearing down his fence, ges-
tlcululingjwildly all the time. Tho neigh
bors looked on in a stale of stapefiictian.
Mr. Jones was known to be a ???dry man,???
nnd il was, therefore, clearly out of the ques
tion to impute bis actions to intemperance.
Just when public cariosity reached its height
Mr*. Joins rushed ont and imitated the con
duct of her husband.
Fortunately, the spectators had sense
r.cngh to see that something was wrong.
They trok charge of Ihe eccentric couple and
>cnt for a doctor. When tho medical man
rrrivrd oml investigated the rase, he stated
tbr-t the utllictcd husband and wife hod
tan eating largely of fresh pork and sau-
rage, and had contracted trichina spiralis,
if.r ti-rtum* they snfitnxl had caused them
to lc*e thfir reason.
The New Mormon Bill.
Fmator Edmunds has introduced another
hill for the more effectual snppramon of
polygamy. Bill No* provides that polyga
mous wives may be cotppelUd to testify, and
that witemes, who there la good reason to
believe will seek to evade service of A ??ub-
pann, may he attached. The hill also 3b>
franthiftes the women of Utah. It annuls the
law of the territory which now enable* the
Mormon authorities to identify each ballot
caat, and to ascertain whether any member
of their church has voted contrary to the dic
tates of the chnrcb authorities. It deprives
the Mormon probate courts of Utah of their
jurisdiction over election matters, and every
thing else except the probate of wills, etc.
But, most important of all, it divests the
incorporated Mormon church of all the vast
political and temporal powers conferred upon
it by the ordinance of the so-called state of
Deseret, the original attempted Mormon
state, Butaerjucntly merged into the territory
of L???tnh, nml authorizes the president of the
United titates, with the consent of tho sen
ate, to appoint fourteen trustees to exercise
all the powers conferred upon the corpora
tion, nride from religions matters. These
trustees are to report to the interior depart
ment. It annuls the Perpetual Emigrating
Fund company, under which tho constant
influx of Mormons into the United States is
maintained, and it redistricts Utah for legis
lative purposes, under the control of the fed
eral officials instead of the Mormon church.
Ifow Shall a Young Man Rise?
A young man, eighteen yearn of age, wrote
to the New York fiun the other day, asking
the advice of tlmt journal in regard to his de
sire to attend college. He says that he is
compelled to work for his living, and is now
getting f8 a week. He says if ho stays
where lie is there is aliout one chance iu fifty
of his raising himself, and he thinks that if
lie could go to college nud get a good educa
tion, he would have a better chance to rise
in the world.
The Fun tells him that in order to go to
college, he will have to give up his present
salary, and become n charge on his parents
for six or eight years to come, practically
lofing from eighteen hundred to twenty-five
hundred dollars, the wages he could earn at
his prescut salary. He would also have to
spend two or three years in preparing for
college. Then, nt the end of his col lego
course, ho would find himself unfitted for
any special employment, and if he desired
to enter into any of the professions, he would
lie compelled to go through another course
of preparation, so tlmt he wonld bo thirty
years old before ho found himself really
started in life from a business point of view.
The Fun gives the fact*, and tells the young
man to choose for himself.
The fads seem to lie discouraging, but if
the young nmn has tlic right spirit and tho
proper ambition, tho stubborncst facts, in
stead of standing in Ills way, will merely
help him on to his purpose. A young man
of eighteen, who is determined to get a col
lege education, will overcome nil obstacles
in the way. Indeed, the obstacles will be in
the nature of helps, for his efforts to over
come them will he a part of his education,
and a very substantial port.
There aro thousands of young men in the
south who ore puzzling themselves over the
problem that presents itself to the Sun's cor
respondent. Tub Constitution lias dis
cussed this question before, and it returns to
it now merely to repeat what it has already
said???namely, that a yonng man who is de
termined to rise, will rise in spite of all oh-,
stacle# nnd all disadvantages. Ho wilt, itw
deed, do more than this, for he will make
his disadvantages the stepping stones to his
success.
Young men rannot be told too often tbnt
while n college education is desirable, it is
not necessary to success in life. Snmo of the
greatest men tlio world lias ever pro dticcd
the greatest in all departments, in states
manship, in literature, in science
nnd iu war???were denied the advantages
tlmt result from a collegiate cour**. Some
of them, indeed, wero denied nil educational
ml vantages.
There is this to lie said: The young man
whom n college education would help to sur
er**, would succeed without it. The ele
ments of success arc in tho nmn himself, nnd
arc not port of any educational course. In
college or out of it, the young in.m must
cdnmte himself. His ftiturc depends solely
on Ids own efforts, nnd the resources lie must
draw u^xm are to l>c found only in his own
character. He is the architect of liU own
career, no matter w lmt his advantages or
disadvantages.
???The Crave In Wet Mountain Valley," by
Mr. A. A. Us Yen, U tlic* story for next week, and is
a prod one. We will probably print also a story
called "My Adventure With a Tnuup,??? which is
worth a year's kubtcrlption.
after her acquittal the marshal and deputy
who arrested her were hanged for killing
hank president, and two others concerned
her capture were shot. Sometime after tills
affair the wayward young woman went
Waukesha, where she captivated n man
whom she was secretly married. When
found out all about her he ran away, and
supposed to be still traveling.
The divorce suit is regarded os proof posi
tive that the lady has made another con
quest. Flie doubtless lias a lover in the
background who will marry her as soon as
she w ins her case and is legally free. 3Irs.
Dailey is quite young, vivacious and pretty.
Her language smacks of the frontier, but she is
a very fascinating woman.
???Kvery Time a Hen Clock*??? and lays an egg
the pay* far The ComtTVTunr tor a week. Its 12
page* cost less than two cents a week. Can you af
ford to be without it for that email sum? Put one
hen apart for Tut CownruTlox and send in your
subscription.
"lie Calmed Their Fears.???
On the morning of tlie 1 ttli iiwt. an extra
ordinary mrolitc fell in the streets of Naples.
A cablegram states that the celestial visi
tor was uniform in shape, presenting a super
ficial patina, weighing over six kilogrammes,
without reckoning the Augments tlmt fell in
the rapid flight of the stone.
Naturally, tlie fall of tho aerolite terrified
the people. Tlic crowds in tlio streets wero
os much frightened as though they had felt
a shock of carthqnakc. The general stupe
faction increased until, ns we are informed
by the cable special, ???Professor Domenico di
Lucca calmed their fenni by announcing that
the stone had fallen from heaven."
Just why such nn announcement should
have tlic effect of allaying excitement and
fear, it ia not easy to explain. Tho inference
is that the good people of Naples are willing
to accept anything that comes from heaven,
whether it be n gentle rain or a shower of
red hot stones. Fuch a state of mind is os
admirable as it is tin usual.
Bonmntic nnd Itcckle**.
The divorce suit of Nellie C. Bailey
against Fhannon Bailey, at Ft. Louis revives
public interest in the woman** history.
Fomenting over n year ago Mrs. Bailey
was arrested in Texas, charged with the
murder of Clement Bothomley, her traveling
companion. She was detained sixteen
montlis, tried for a week, nnd acquitted by
n jury in live minutes. Tbc defendant's
story of the nft???air was sensational. She
claimed that when she was sixteen years
old her parents compelled her to break her
engagenient with the man of her choice and
marry Shannon Bailey, a wealthy banker,
twenty-three years her senior. She was un-
happy, ami after awliilo her hu*tand gave
her $1,000 and sent her hontc. On her way
site met Bothomley, a yonng Englishman,
wlio was cn route to Texas to establish a
sheep ranch. They agreed to travel together,
and after reaching Texas a divorce was to be
procured from Bailey and the two wonld
marry. Near Wichita Bothomley, inn fit of
despondency, committed suicide. Mrs.
Bailey gave the alarm, bat her story was no#
believed, and *he wss arrested and tried with
the result above given. Within four weeks
Colonizing the Negrqps.
Mr. Kcdney W. Daniels, of Buffalo, New
York, lias a new idea???or, rather, an old idea
in a new shape???which he proposes to put in
opr rat ion before the season closes. George Al-
fred Townsend soys that Daniels ???is one of
the most nervous and wiry politicians in the
republican party in this state."
What Colonel Daniels proposes to do is to
colonize the state of New York with south
em negroes, so as to insure a republican ma
jority in New York, and so as to compel the
southern politicians to treat the ncgroei
right and count their votes. Tho trouble
with Colonel Daniels ia that he has a farm
where he employs ten or a dozen men the
year round. These men are so vicious that
they vote the democratic ticket, and Colonel
Daniels is so dissatisfied that ho is thinking
of sending to the sonth for colored men to
take their places.
His own dissatisfaction with (temocratic
help set Colonel Daniels to thinking why it
was not probable that other able republicans
in New York wonld not lie glad to discharge
their democratic laborers and employ col
ored republicans from tlie south, and since
this idea first dawned on him the colonel has
fixed his powerful mind on the possibilities
of n colonization scheme. He thinks it
wonld not take much effort to carry twenty
thousand lively colored men into New York
state between now and 1888, and he believes
they would make the stole solidly repnbli
con. ???It wouldn???t cost a fraction of tho
money we usually spend in the state," tho
colonel declares, ???and would he much moro
certain in its effects."
Tlic colonel apprehends that such a schcmo
wonld canso tho southern politicians to
???raise the biggest kind of a howl, for if tho
people of the north set about such a thing as
this it wonld toko all the host colored mea
of the south, and leave them only tho shift
less, improvident and vicious."
If he knew what he was talking about, he
wonld know that the best negroes of the
south arc accumulating property here and
could not ho induced to go to New York
or to any northern state. He would
know that such of the negroes as are worth
anything as laborers or ns citizens have bo*
come attached to the soil and ore engaged in
making themselves homes. We can inform
tho colonel, however, that there will be no
fowling on the part 6f the ???southern politi
cians." He is perfectly wclcomo to snch of
the negroes os would bo willing to go to New
York. He would find, when he got them
there, that he had accumulated the riff-raff
of the race here???just those whoso absence
w ould l>c most agreeable to both races.
A Conftjdcratolii Parliament.
Tlio fact has already been stated in oar
news columns that one of tlic???recently elected
members of the British parliament was once
a soldier in the confederate army.
This ex-confederate is Colonel Burleigh.
In 18G2 ho ran the blockade with George
Lawrence, the author of ???Guy Livingstone,"
nml joined the dashing cavalry of General
J. E. B. Stuart. Burleigh was at that time
a daring rider and on expert swordsman. Ho
was given on important command nnd dis-
tingimhed himself in mauy of Stuart???s raids.
Finally Burleigh was captured. He
was sent to Elmirs, N. Y., but ho succeeded
in making his escape. Ho crossed through
Canada nnd returned to Europe. JUtliongh
lie was a man of fortune he focanio a sort of
fiec lance. He joined.tho Turkish cavalry
in 1ST and in the war with tho Russians
put into execution sonic of the brilliant ma
neuvers he had learned under Ftuart.
Getting tired of military life the colonel
became a conservative candidate in Glasgow
at the late election nml was successful. For
a young man of forty-ono he has enjoyed a
wonderfully varied experience. His confed
erate hympatliics arc not likely to hurt him
in his new |x??ition.
An English Hero.
Among recent publications, none is of
greater interest or greater value in the hands
of young men than tlio ???Life of Henry Faw
cett," by Mr. Leslie Stephens. Tho author
tells the story of an ambitions young man,
of fine mind and thorough education, who,
at the outset of his active career, was ren
dered wholly blind through a wound acci
dentally inflicted by his own father.
The house of commons is a large body anil
a trying place for a man who is well equipp
ed nnd possessed of all his senses, and no ono
hail succeeded in it who was handicapped
with blindness; but Henry Fawcett never
quailed. lie determined to go on os he had
planned, and as soon as he could convince a
constituency of his capacity for usefulness in
the house, he began a career in office that
brought him personal renown and preserved
to his country his rare sen-ices.
In 1860 he was defeated for parliament,
and in 1864 he again suffered defeat His
speeches were marvels of clear statement and
foree, but the voters were not willing to en
trust their interests to a blind man in par
liament But in 1865 he was elected for
Brighton, and during the twenty years that
followed no city hod a more capable repre
sentative. He soon fought his way to the
front t ank of liberal leaders; nud w hen Mr.
Gladstone took office in 1880, Mr. Fawcett
became postmaster general. G rent as he had
been in debate, and in the preparation and
prosecution of reform measures, he gained
new reputation in office, lie mastered every
detail of his department???tlie parcel post,
the postal telegraph, the postal savings
bank*, and all the ether branches of an in
tricate system???and the judgment of friend
and foe is that England never had a greater
minuter in that department.
His memory is revered in England, and
monuments are rising to the blind hero and
statesman in several parts of the kingdom:
It is well that such a cuter, under such cir
cumstances, should lie kept before those who
arc about to begin the harder battle of life;
forJlcnry Fawcett???s record and achieve
ments teach the lesson of manhood iw the
completest and sweetest manner. IIo ia one
of the heroes of the English-speaking world.
We Have done Our Beat,
Within the next DO days the time of 20,000
of onr subscribers will expire.
These 20,000 men will be called on then to
decide w hether they will stand by the old
Constitution, for another year or leave us
for a new frien^ We believe they will re
main with us. Wc are sure they cannot bet
ter themselves by going elsewhere.
One thing is very certain. We have done
our best to make Tiie Constitution a wel
come visitor to your homes???a friend, coun
sellor and messenger from the busy world.
Not one single issue has been sent out with
out our careful and earnest inspection. Every
copy that comes to you brings our liest work,
nnd as far as we can judge, the things that
you most want to read. The year has been
a busy one. To us a very successful one.
As it closes wc feel that wc have done our
duty to you.
Are you not???satisfied with The Constitu
tion? Has it not carried you in its 624 pages
more news, more comfort and more informa
tion than any other paper ever carried for the
same money? Has it not dealt honestly and
fairly with you in everything, and proved
itself frank, candid and sincere? Did you
ever get before so much forso little? Has the
patron of any other paper been able to show
you that his paper was better than yours?
If these things arc true, then stay with ns
another year. Not only stay yonwelf, but
when you go to renew your subscription,
bring a new friend in with you. We will
give you a better paper next year than even
the one we sent you this year. We have tied
all our our old writers to us stronger than
ever, nnd have added new once. Bill Arp,
Betsy Hamilton and Talmnge will stay with
ns, nnd new writers are coming in constant
ly. No matter how well you liked Tue
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An Arkansas Tragedy.
A recent murder near Pine Bluff, Ark.,
has some very sensational features connected
with it.
The murdered man, D. Boyd Smith, a
prominent planter, was shot dead in his yard
one night, and all the evidence tended to fix
the guilt upon William Lasley, a mcreluint
in the neighborhood. Smith made a dying
statement. He said that Lasley shot him in
order to get the plantation on which he lived.
He said that certain letters in tho possession
of the county treasurer would explain every
thing.
On tlie preliminary trial tlic letters refer
red to were read in evidence. They were
written by Lasley to Mrs. Smith, the wife of
the dead man. They contained assurances
of tlic most ardent affection, and urged her
to hurry up her divorce suit against Smith,
sothatsho would be free to marry Lasley.
Tlie evidence further showed that Smith had
in pope way obtained possession of theselet
ters and he had notified his wife that if she
persisted in her suit everything should he
made public, thus defeating her case.
After hearing all the testimony the court
and spectators were thoroughly convinced
that the mnrder was committed by Lasley to
avoid exposure and to enable him to marry
Mrs. Smith. The court required hail in the
sum of $5,000, which ot last accounts had
not been given. The prominence of the par
ties gives interest to the case. Smith was a
Virginian, of good family and well-to-do.
Lasley stood w-cll as a business man, and the
lady who is at the fottom of the whole affair
is a very charming w oman. Great excite
ment prevails around Pino Bluff, but the
people express their willingness to allow tho
law to take its course, When all the fiicts
come out it is expected that tho story will
rival in its murderous wickedness anything
ever penned by a Braddon or a Gaforiau.
A Flag With a History.
As tho stream of visitors pours every day into tho
treasury, not one In a hundred stop* at tho narrow
room which Is tho headquarter* of tho captain of
tho watch. I had been through tho building fifty
times before I saw the Interior of that room. One
day Its keeper said to mo:
'Did you ever sec my flag? ???
On being told that I bad not, he took me Into a
plainly fornizbed room, whoso only ornament is a
silk United StAtes flag protected iu a glass frame.
That was the flag with which the president???* box
was hung on the night of hi* murder by tho mad
assassin. Booth'shot Lincoln from tho rear and
then leaped on the stage to make his sickening
proclamation of ???flic Semper TyranuU." Ashe
Jumped from the box his spur caught in this flag
and made ??? rent of several inches.
During the war General jPhll .Cook, 'of Georgia?
pushed a brigade almost to the gates of Washing
ton, and had the honor of leading the only con fed'
crate force that ever fought in the District of Co
lumbia. It was out at Frazier's farm, on the Haiti-
and Ohio railroad, and General Cbok says
that the dome of the capltol was clearly visible to
his men as they fought.
irwas to meet tljs raid;.that a regiment was
foimcd out of the employees of the various depart
ments in Washington. The city was ftill of south
ern sympathizer?, bnt a large number of ladles con
tributed to the purchase of a beautiful flag for the
Home Guard.??? They bore it into one or two bat
tles but it seems that It was never in any lively
quarter as it was perfect when Manager Ford bor
rowed it to drape the president's box ou the night
of his anamination. It U now growing yelloW
with age but it is preserved as one of the relics of
our civil revolution, as a thrilling testimonial of
or.c of the maddest acts ever perpetrated by a Aren
zied mortal. . _
Vanderbilt's Will In Brief.
From the New York Sun.
To the widow is left $200,000 a year, with
power to dispose by will of 1500,000 of the principal
from which the income is derived. She also has
the home and its art treasures for life. They go to
the ??on George for life after her death, and after him
abro>2utcly to a granson fa the male line. To each
* the four daughters Is given the house in which
new lives. The eight children share the money
fccuriile* about as follows, the youngeat dangh-
???. Mis. Webb, to receive her principal $5,650,000
hen she shall be thirty yean old:
Abaofuteljr. For Life. Total.
Porreliu? tfa.tftf.U'j ??U,}0.nu> $> n??.u??
llitUiK- 5n,fifiu,000 6.150,000 M,$00.00,)
5.650,OM 6.L50.UU) U.SM.OOO
5,650,UX) G. 150.0)6 11,'Od.lM)
5.650.000 G.loO.OO*} 11.605.060
5.650.6.150.000 11.660.000
5.65O.0U0 6.150.UD ll.^XJ.uO)
5,6.0,000 6,150,000 11.300,006
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letters From Our Benders.
J, K. Caster, Caledonia, Miss.???I
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rd
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Mr>. Hlianc
.Vr>. Tu ?? lulh
*??? *. Webb
Tefal $162,400,000
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n!s or her rhiMrvu the $6,150,000 left in trust f.>r
cat h. A million i* given UH.'arnoiius???s *on, Wil
liam II., and there are contingent legacies to
graniben* which go with the house and art gallery
The income of over half a million ia left in annul-
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The Constitution Sewing Machine.
Hundreds of homes havo been mod?
lmppy tills mouth by tho Con
stitution Sewing Machine, sold to
them at one-third the price of machines ex
actly like it. Every neighborhood onr ma
chine goes into orders moro, au<l they aro
getting established all over the sojftli.
You understand it, don't you ? Wo havo ft
iv.*< hjuo modelled after tho $15 Singer, but
ot'A rantkkd to be better than that, whi-:h wo
tell for MS with Tire CoNtrtTUTioN thrown
in, or $17 without tbo paper. Every one who
Iliya our machine saves about $30. We have
fold hundreds and hundreds, and havo only
had one machine returned. We will keep our
orders open certainly uutil January 1st. Wo
cannot *uy how much longer. You will dft
well to Older nt oucc.
Rc member! You get your machine, try it
on every kind of sewing for TEN days. If, it
is not better than any $45 machine In yfe
neighborhood we will refund yoor lioxiT.
Fee what those who have used the Constitution
machine eny of ft.
A. 8. Ward, Watkibavilte, Oa.???Onr sewing
machine has arrived, and after testing Hon several
kinds of work wc c*n|:say it; haa provOn to all
that yon claim. We arapleased beyond our antid-
patlorts, because we And ft to be a nicer and moro
handsomely finished machine than we were ok* -
pectiug.
Mrs. R. T. O???Neal, Hatchechubbee, Alt
My machine received and tried: ft give* ]???
satisfaction In every reepect. It is a much
RnSRks&ft* 1
agent* _
V. L. Fielder, Eclectic, Ala.???Tho flowing
machine ordered from Mr. D. A. Britt ha* arrived
In perfect order, and ia doing better work than the
$46 one that baa Just worn out. The family is
wonderfully plciuca with both the machine and
rsj*r.
Mbs. Wesley Brady, Oglethorpe, Ga.???Wo
received our machine aafe, and after having tried
it four month* wo are perfectly satisfied tt does all
ft claims to do. 1 would not exchange ft for any
othci machine.
Famuel Smith. Upoon Oo., Go.???I received
my machine all right; it works well a* far as 2 havo
liH. 11, Pic**** with
it. My neighbor* all like ft well.
Hester A. Daniel, Wetumpka, Ala.???After
trying your machine for two week* I thought I
would write to let you know how well we like ft.
It Is every thing thot tt is recommended to be. I
have tried ft on all aorta of cloth and ft gives per
fect satisfaction. Borne of my neighbor* have been
here to look at tt. One of them said ft was tho
finest finished machlno he had ever aeon.
Onr Waterbury Watch.
We aro selling onr famous Waterburya by
the thousands. Remember wc send the Waterbary
watch and chain in a satin-lined box and TnaCox-
???mtmoNaonc year, ail for $8.25. This ia a reduction
ofittcentsonourold price, and la the beat offer
mode. The watch and chain In aatin-Uned box wiu
bo ^ut to old subscriber* at $??50, without tho
??W..
back is elegantly frosted and < mgreroO. Mr. CL &
Bnimrocll write* u follow.:
'i'iii: w atch ordered or yoo hu been pot to tho tret
ror the lut ten day., and can lay that It kern, u
pied time u any watch In thU town am. Booon-
mend it to any warning ?? good cheap watch.
lliirreh forTiiK CoxhTiTi-rioti, It lithe bnt paper.
Jt nowcomc. with .notched on, but I guc*. the
Our 4gcut'. Trine.
Only-a week remain, in which to work
for our ngenfa prigea. No prize haabeen won 10
far. There are hundred, of agenta whoaoliatf
arc about equal ami ail very email. Wo hare
so many agent! that each Dae only awi.ll terri
tory and sends in only small clnla. A littlo
work during the next week will win one of tho
prizes. The following list will show what thtt
prizes are:
lit. For the largest number of enhecrihen sent
in hy one agent between now <nd January 1st,???
ws?? 860.00 In Hold.
:d. For tbo tecend largest number of rubscrib
en sent In by one agent between now and January
1st., 1*6. 8*6.00 In Gold.
3d. For the third largest ntusber of toheriber*
-jntinjby one agent between now nnd January
1st,1M6..??? ...816.00 * Gold.
4th. For lbs fourth largest number of snbaerfl,.
nientlnbyone agent between now and January
t.isee ??? 810.00 in Gold;
Mb. For tbc filth largest Uit of subscribers i
eth. For the sixth largest list sent In by
as
7th. to lfth. Fee the next fire largest lists sent
in by one agent between now and January tat.
1?? l ???A Waterbary Watch taretu
This competition .b open to nil oor agent*.
We will kehp account of every subscriber sent
In by every agent and trill award the prizes on
January lit to threa who bare sent the largest
list..
You do not know how assy jt will ha to win
these prizes. A few names added to your list
this" ??? ??? --
thot
One Thousand Successful Fanners
AND
Hew They Found the Way to Successi
In next week???* Cumitottiov we will begin tho
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Theae papers will pUc the record of 1,000 formers
featu red over the n;uih. allowing what they havo
??? and bow they c.m!e it. They ???
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will be invaluable to cur former reader*, and foil
of intertat. They will repay any snbacrifcer --
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fer the year. We beg of yon not tomlasihe first
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