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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION' ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY DECEMBER 22 1885. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION Entered HI Ihe Atlanta roat-OBce u .econdcUw mail matter, November 11, 1878. Weekly Constitution. ??? 1.8.1 per annum. Cluba of fire, fl.00 each: clubs of ten fl.OQ cacn A WORD WITH YOU. If you are not a tubscriber to The Conatitution, thfa copy is sent you as a sample, with the request that you examine and decide whether or not you want to take it You need a good paper for 1886. We think The Constitution is the best paper you can get. Please examine it carefully. Read It, compare It with other papers, and send us jour subscription. It will be ihe best investment you ever made. Try it one year, and you will never quit it. 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 Constitution this year, you will like it better next year. 8o come in wtth your new subscription and bring some of your friends with you. Whether you come with us or leave us, wc wish you a happy nud prosper ous year. 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 OUR OWN COLUp, v hort Talks With Our Readers on Matters of interest. The Printed Slip on your paper tells when your time is out. It save both of us trouble???If you will renew before the date of expiration. With the Coming of the New Year Yen roust decide on wist paper 70a will take. Xo intelligent man can afford to be without a goal paper. We offer yon The Constitution, We believe it is the best fhnilly paper in tho world. Hut this is only onr opinion. Bead here what those who have read the paper and who have no Interest la it say about it. Hero is the testimony. letters From Our Benders. J, K. Caster, Caledonia, Miss.???I The CoMirrtmop by for the best paper rd llCfWrd.. Mr>. Hlianc .Vr>. Tu ?? lulh *??? *. Webb Tefal $162,400,000 Kach child ha* the power t<?? divide by will amng 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- lie* to relatfsecond otbcraJMUNO I* given to other W. E. Ta5?x>R. Temple, Texas.???It requires no cflbrt to gel subscriber* to your paper. To see It I* to want iCand there are few persons here who feel unable to i*ay for> good paper. J. 8. Martin, Brest on vl lie, N. C.???I am per fectly carried away with The Constitution. Tho mote I read It the better I like it. Tliluk it one of tlie best papers I have ever read. John F. Murdock; Scott* Cross Roads, N. O. The CoxmtunoN i*given up by all who see U, as t he best paper they have ever seen. Cius. C. Axdreson, Dahloncjm, On.???I will do nil lean for The CoNsrfrrnox. it Is all tho paper I need, from thefad.lt gives , all the new?? tlmt k worth reading. C. L. Badoett, Chandler's Grove, 8. C.???I must toy in all caudor I think The Conctttution is ahead of auy and allfrupcn published in tho United Hates and I have rcadlnumy of them, including New York Herald, Bun. World, anti mauy other noted northern papfft, but am better-pleased with The C'oxrrrrrtiON than any of them, and expoct to take the paper as long a* I live. 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 ptiMteaticu of oar p n l* - n?? cn *uercs??ftil farmers. 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 ??? Are Written by Practical Farmers, uid give detail* of actual experienet. Xfecae papers will be invaluable to cur former reader*, and foil of intertat. They will repay any snbacrifcer -- Ten Times the Price of HIa Subscription fer the year. We beg of yon not tomlasihe first latch of there letter*. They will begin next week, flikacrfita^cpca