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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 29, 1885.???SIXTEEN PAGES. CONGRESS. Proceedings of the Two Houses Last Week. With the President and His Ad' visers???General Newe. ffen.te. Tli?? petition of the Mexican veteran, for ?? pension wee referred. The Kimundibill con corning bigamy end jpolygniny in Dtah wee ?? pieced on the eelender for action immediately itflrr the holiday recent. Senator Winsome in troduced a bill for the crgptiou of public bnil.l- inga to coet 150,000 at Salem nnd JVIneton, N. U, Senator Brown introduced a bill providing for the erection of n *100,000 public building at Columbus, Oa. By Mr. Hoar, from the aantc committee, the original bill to establish n uniform system of bankruptcy throughout tho United Staten. By Mr. Wanivyek, to proriile for the organl- ration of that part of the territory of the United Statce cow known aa the Indian Terri- tor and public lend atrip into a torrltoryjto be known aaatribeoof Oklahoma,' to rovl.le n ttmporarygovcrnment for the Mime, for the allotment of liomcitende to tho Indiana in sev eralty, and to open unoccupied lamia to Indian eeltlera. Mr. Call offered a resolution providing fora special cbmmitteo of dveaenatoratolnvostlgnte the alleged fraudulent appropriations of public lauds in Florida. Mr. Call said he had no charge of corruption to.make against any official, but had received* lettcra stating that there had been aomo ini proper dispositions of public lands in Florida. ' House. Mr. Wheeler, of dlutpma introdneed hills creating n burcuu of military statist les and grar ting tnmlsto Alubamatoald the St. Louts, Alabama and Atlantic railroad, Several hills were iimodnc. il granting trepiKirntgialdto tjio common schools. By Mr, T.rtvmlicn Vm Illinois, proposing n^ ecnstitntlonal nnieniintaht for the election of Glisten by thepeoidn. By Mr. Thomat, of Illinois,proposing a con* ctltutlonal nincii.linent prohRHting polygamy, in the United Statoa. By Mr. Worthington, of Iltlnoiis, prohibiting the'employment of convict labor on govern-' mrnt works. BjfU r.r Watson, of Indiana, Wopoelng tUntlrnd amendment providing for th Ion of postmasters by the people. By Mr. Weaver, Of Iowa, for tho estubllsk- mtutofthe postal telegraph! also for tho free and unrestricted colmige of silver dollar*. By Air. Afef Wary, of Kentucky for the cre ation of the department of agriculture. discussion of business pending in the depart ment. It waa decided that in additibn to closing th*?? departments oa Christmas and New Tear's .lay, they would be closed at precedini be open I ??? _ . This conree waa adopted'in view of the repre sentation, that business in several of tho' de- pertinents, notably the treasury, la In arrears, and might nceuinulnto to serious proportions if the hours of work were shortened. ??? WasrtusoToy, December 83.???The president will spend .Christmas day quietly at the white houseT lie will have nncompany, hot will eat hit Christmas dinner with Mis* Cle' Ireland. The iiresident???s reception ww very largely attended this afternoon. Citizens .of all ata- the constitutional requirement nn enumeration of the people for the purposes of apportioning representation In congress and .direct taxation for tbo support of theaeneral government. It showed a population Of little over fear million. The second and third cen suses were equally simple. In 1813 Albert Gallatin, then secretary of the treasury, pro ttons called to wish him a merry Christmas. " Walker, who had been unable to see !>r. Mary-Walker, who ha the president during the I presence in the east i dank movement got in ming, awaited hla nd byavii igorous of a Iqpg line of callers. She slipped a letter in the president's haml and asked hii endorsement. Washington 1s enjoying a season of repose. Three-fourths of the members of congress have Nothii gone home to spend the bolidsys. Nothing Is transpiring it tho department. In fact, the only commotion discernible hero now ,_ the merry sway of the crowds on onr streets* and in the brilliantly illuminated shops, where til varieties-of Christmas goods are tempting ly'oflcrcd. The president will sign the hill granting a pension to Mrs. Grant in Urns forthat measure to become a law as a Christmas present for the widow of the late cx-preaident. * The enemies of allvsr are trying'to belittle the effects of Hcnator Beck???s recent speech, but it still stands as tho foremost topic here. It will be followed soon after congress reassembles with other speeches of like tone in tho senate. Tho silver men nn becoming more and more ag gressive, because of what they regard aathe willful failure of the treasury officials to exs- nitottho law. Borne lively music on this lino may he expected. Hcnator Plumb, or Kausas, one of the strongest silver advocates In that body, sald^eatcrdac ???We have a clear ma jority of the senate, nohr, uml if there la any Vttimrn it will hn in hnr fni'nr 11 change, it wiJJ be in bur favor. The fttatement that Evart* la going to make a speech In defense ofailver la a stunner to the gold bugs, who counUd him as a ataunch friend. ?? WammnutoV, December 23.4-Tbe friends of inlvarsal education are very hopefhl of pass* nulveraal education are very hopetal of pass Ing an <???ducatlonnl bill through congress this session. Mr. Hlair, In the senate, and Ur. Willis, In the house, will press tho matter, and both ate sanguine of sucAm. The bills Intro* duredi)^ these gentlemen arc different in many matters of dctaflphnt both provide for the sumo amount to be appropriated by con- 8 reis for public free schools in states, and if tin bill* paw the tyro houses, respec tively, ??? their difference* can eas ily bo adjnsted; Hcnator Blair asys that he expects that tbe committee will lldays, and he baa no doubt of its passage. He receives a great many letters and petition upon the itttyect, and says there Is an almost universal -demand for congress to provide for the establishment of common schools throu - through out the country. . Washington, December 24.???The following* . . f Ohio and pomibly Mr. Jlutlcr, of South Carolina. Tho silver men show a disposition not to wait until they nro attacked, but lolmldly as sume the nggrcahlvc and assail the???pollcy of tho admlnlstration iu making war on silver. They have realized their power in congress and are defiant. tub silver qrwrnov, Mr. Berk railed up the resolution hereto fore offered hy him directing tho committco on finauceto inquire whether tho official* of tho United States had complied with the laws re quiring that tho coin paid for duties on im ported goods should bo sot ajwrt as a special fhud and applied to tho payment of interest nn the United States bonds, etc. Mr. Bock spoke at couaiderabie length on ltls resolution. The laws of the land, bo said, were equally binding on tho highest executive otlloer and the humblest citizen, yet tho laws to which his resolution referred bad not for tuauy years been complied with by tho treasury official*. A???o mere statcMimnlike message had over o;u* anated from the executive marisiou, in Mr. Beck's opinion, that President (lowland's first ???rewisge, but be, (Ilcckl, did not agree with the position of that rue sago regarding silver. Three-fourths of our business troubles arose from the fart that the laws of tho United States were not carried out by our executive officers. The combinations of bunkers and bondholders, ami their well paid press, were opposed to silver, and their present cru* against that metal was another evidence Of the nudaoitv of organizations of wealth . .. which hud always secured what- ganiratiutis ever they had demanded. There was not an obligation Uting in this country, national or municipal, that could not law Billy be paid in gold or sil ver coin of the United States. An exawins- lion of our trade, aud a comparison of the exports aud import* of this time with those of 1850 showed that silver dollars now bought twenty per cent wore titan in 1*70. Yet our treasury officials told us that grave troubles wen* apprehended by thrui if the present condition of things should last much louger. Tho bondholder* of the Uuitcd States controlled mormons amounts of money, and the best talent of the press, and having now captured the executive branch of the government, they d-srnd *??? * ??? wen clamoring for gold-aud gold alone???iu the settlement ut their claims. How was the surplus silver to get out of the treasury if the urpius silver to get out ot tno treasury if the ???rvtcury of the treasury would not call in the beads, that ought to be called in, and pay out the silver f The peo}de and thdr repiescnta* TivwrUowever, supported silver. No executive Mfieef should be allowed i *?? ??* iBr ^??rd the lew. lie (B&rhl was not wakiug war on the bond- beMevs or the banks, but he would, if he could, take from the bonks their political power and laelr influence on currency, ss shown when they received President Hayes's veto on a memorable occasion. Tlie Nrwn In c.rnerat. WMiuxcres, IVi-utber ??.-Fir*t tinun- JreUjt Dndraaa ka. dirallowtd an Item if g),HjO in the sccounts of Norman J. Column, cMatMi.nt'rof eyriculture, on the |mad tlmt that un tut ns, used In tha purekaM of reeAaanitlabor,M'liUtgally chaired to tho mffrtpi iaticu for "laboratory.^ THE CAH1XKT INMSg. whototn New York. ^fho^STTLw ab^i Urt?? hour*, and waa devoted to n central pCOplfl i The Silver Debate. ^Ya???^ll^???tiTox, ???December 21.???[Hpcclal.]??? Hcnator'lk'ck's silver sj??cech has created^ a de cided sensation. He spoke an hour, and w.i* listened to with profound attention. Ho handled without gloves tho policy of the sec retary of tbe'trcRHiry and tbo treasurer of the United States in attempting to bring silver into disrepute, while they vvero ready togrnti*, fy every wli'.m ????f tho bond holders to???aid iik producing this efleet. llo referred to a part < J the president's mc??j(nge ns an unfair stat??ncif| ??? Of the ~ speech hud betf^ rurcfhliy tyCpJVt(17ipfiT*1s pronbutTCWl Oril the itroiigc^kyct mado on this nputfotw Tlj c 'y&miJfffftiptotfvnwartiiWif-ie satirii (planner ne \??id, "liBe* the senator * 1 ??? ?????? from Kentucky has proven that tho secretary of tho treasury Is little better than n common thief, and that the president mid tho sec rotary are in lcaguo tu defraud the people for the hcnoilt of the bondholder*, and as 1 Mipp<??Mi no senator on that side is prepared just now to ilcftud tho mhuiuistnitJnu, 1 move that tho senate proceed to tho consideration of] executive business." ??? Tltr. STRi:XCiTII ok thi: su.ver mk.v. It is stated on good authority that a ui uorit ?? f l??oth houses nro opposed to the sti.s|Kniuou il i liver coinage. In tho senate there are twclvl ft thirtn n tvpuhllran Vcmators who will stand up for silver, ami only five or six demis rats are hi iieved to be in favor of the sus|??oiisioii of its coinage. These are Mr. (ionium, of Mary land; Mr. (irny. of IMswarc; Mr. McPherson fvtbtljVplf of decretory Bayanl to the Jcttc'? of the Uhincso minister* enclosing flWK) ns a contribution So -tiifw 1 ment in New Yofk t*ntnF memoty Qraut: . Depahtmevt ok Statu, Washington, D. C. oty ofCfhaoral lAi.r.wii.'ir.M uk or.viK, wu-iniiikiaju, ^*?? December 22, 1886.???Dear.Ma. wmMrrf 'll/ gives me great 'jV??xsnrb to acknowl??fl|?? youT, excellonty* noto of the 21st, inst, acoom] dents???all were subjects of tireless toil in the effort to make the census a perfect picture of the people In all thdr conditions, *nd of th 4 ) the fund in which they live in all its * s developc 1 which was taken In 1700 in accordance with nt aimed only at uurnuu, men werewry 01 uiq vnanuty. inu- posed that autistic* of industries should aleo be tAen and the Idea wt' , ??? , - I wla acout- rd, ns.cxtni-conititntional and extavacant. Tbo total appropriation for this pnrpOM in connection with the con ana of 1830 waa only 830,000. It was not until 1810 that any goo- S-./u,uuv> IV 'l??0 UVV UUUI Ml era! atatiatica were taken with the they were on on extremely modeet plan com. pared to the ayatem of the tenth census. All the censuses show that the rate of prog- been almost HDliorm. res* Jn population has 1. An incrcaao of about 30 po, cent has marital 1870 when tho soonrgo of war eat It down to 88 per cent. One, of tho mort interesting facta .revealed in the tables of the last census is the movement - of - <??? PT ??? - miles west of Baltimore. In 181(1 it waa 10miles northwest by west ofWr ??? in 1880 It was 10 miles north Vn. Tho 'movement westward set in and in 1890 the centre of population was 10 mile, west, by southwest of whore Moor- Held, West Virginia, now Is. -Ten years taler " of CunlMI^Mx it appeared* 10 miles south ui uimwi, West Virginia; in 18S0, 83 miles southwest of Farkersimif, West Virginia; 1800, 80 miles, south of Chillleothc,0. In 1870 it was 4 V miles east by north of Cincinnati. Dnring- tho next ted yo*ct???^t???:j, souUi increased In population retatlvoly US. S than any section of the country, and the ecu-. sus of 1880 showed that though the center of population Jbad still gone westward, it had moved southward atilfmore dcddodly.lt was A WALKING VETERAN. Cnptafn Kobert W. Andrews Walk* From * Portland, Maine, to New Orleans. Captain -Robert W. Andrews, tho vetem walker who lias counted cross tics IV6m New Orleans to Portland, Me., reached Atlanta Monday night on his return betue to Sumter, 8. C. The captain looked a little jaded by bis long walk,* bujt said that ho was fcd???hig as Ifvefy as a cricket. He wore a gray suit ' of woolen* clothes, and about his shoulders hung a -large shawl pinned at the throat. His feet .were in- cared in a pair of brogans, ample in six?? to mako them comfortable to walk in. ???Yes,??? said-be, ???my name is Robert W. An drews and I have done a good deal of walking in the last year or two. My home is Sumter county, where my wife and family live. I ???ave twelve grown children and thirty-seven grandchildren. 1 will be 93 in July next. I am very fond of walking and bavedonoagood am very fond or wanting and navfrdone a good deal of it In my life time. The longest tramp that I ever mado was from Snmter, 8. C., to ??Portland, Maine, and back home again.??? * ???When was this???? ???Well. I left home on the 7th of May, 1884, and got back to Sumter on the 18th of Dec. walkmg the distance of 1,600 miles in making the trip. 1 remained there uutil Sep tember 16th lost, and then left for New Orleans: I am on my way home now and will stay there awhile before taking to the road the centeb of population hinoel700. Then it was 23 miles cast of Bxl timore. By 1880 it had shifted to a point H ???U?????????I - ^ 1810Jt WM A-J**v in *r, ???i ??? ??? ??? ???Did you take in the exposition while there???? [ then rapidly a "Yes, i wax on tho grounds one day, but did located eight milee vrc*t hy south of Clneln- Jt la probable that the center of popula- natl. lation today, is considerably west of that Point. From 1700 to 1880 tho center of population moved 467 milcsC.wcst, and westward *sull it goes. Congress has provided for the issue * of an tho grounds one day, not see' anything to interest me, so I did not go back. I saw bigger shows than that in Boston. While on my trip to Portland I visit- nl Boston, Bridgeport, Hartford and New Huvmi. Barnum come to see me in Gi;d>?? port, and took mo all over !iio - place and showed , me ??!1 r.f; is flue horses, and everything that he hril. 1 fe gave me a suit of clothes and treated i- j \ciy kindly. The peoplo who visited his -U.how looked upon me ns a sort of curiosity, and my dog Fido, came in for a good share of .the attentions of the pcopio. ???Walking must be pretty hard on shoe leath er???? suggested tbo reporter, glancing down at the captain's weather beaten and well worn brogans. edition of ten thousand completo sots, of tho f the tonth census;??? nlno thousand 'Reports oi , of tneso sets will l>o distributed by .coogrtBs and one thousand by tho secretary of the In terior. The eompcndlnm of the census c mtafn about nil tho facts and figures needed for ordi nary reference, but is not cmbcUishcd With tho nlqtgW a check for 41600 in aid of tbo com] ???Hon of tin tbo monument proposed to be memory of Gem in Nbw Yor> to tho ????????? ??? _ K\ rrealdcnt Grant. T>.t me find all m;?? ountrymen???not in fannaWayUnit witii mtieb * graliilcatloi fooling nts. the literature of statistics. Thoy are tho irrff- futablo records of tho progress of our*conntry which^cvcrjjr patriotic.citizen must bo proud THE OUT y^ORLD. JABUiOV, December 81.???Aii???lntertJcw wav had today vyitb Bight Jion. Hugh C. Chlldon, chancellor of the exchequer, in Gtadatono'a administration, on tho subject of Irish b' rule. ' - j. - Mr.ChlldetMald.hjcTVKxIfencrmlly diapovi'd to raoetln a gencroua spirit tho request of Ire land for local self government. He thought that parliament might require, even In tho re : culatjiui of purely Irish matters, tho maiutei- nanpeSf rellglou. liberty and a strict abscrv once of contracts, and that tho rights of prop erty nKs much protected as under the United Htatce constitution from infringement .by the individual atatc. ??? - AX OBAXOr. M* * Dpn'wn, December *1.- Itb her ???- ???IretuuU bcWji. I feathers I ^ '*AW .???Yei in making my trip to Portlaud, several pairs of which I had half soled to make them hold Out a little longer, and in making my trip to New Orleans I have used up five pairs of shoes. These that I have on aro pretty good yet. The wofti off, and I have bad them half _ #ar ?? thoillustfl I.ion expression of my high approcii gift of $.'K)0, and accept my equal your owu contribution of $200. Tlio tol shall be tran^mittid to tho ciiHtodlans of tho monument Bind in New York with a copy of your letter. T. F. Bayard. The National Itoimhllean tomorrow will givo rh a r< suit of on exhaustive inquiry concornfng tl.e future decision* in the houso of reprosont* at Ives iu regard to the unlimited suspension of silver coinage, a table showing that I4G demo rratn and 62 rupublican* aro against suspen sion, and .'19 democrats and 91 republicans in favor of It. A iiotlcealdo B-aturo, iu conuoc- tlon with tho matter, I* tho divixion of tho members upon sectional lines. Tho west and south aro practically a unit for coinage, whilo lo Ik-almost the Hint and iniddlo staten npinvir a* solidly In favor of suspension. On the first of duly last tho postmaster gen erul mado twenty two appointment* of |x>??r- otlieo iiiRiicctorH to mm during tbo remaining six months of tho year, with the understand ing that if their service* were satisfactory they we re to recti vo permane nt appointment * at ->l,<>00 per niiuuiu. Jt i* auid that tbo wboio nund'cr will be reanpoiuted ou January An examination will soon Ikj held to till tho vaeanciea now existing. The secretary of tho interior, after conddcr lug a number of eases which have been brought to hi* attention, relative to tho cutting of timber on certain lands in Alabama, which in xtructioii of tho .Mobile and Girard railroad, requested tho attorney-general to institute a test suit against the several timber depredator* to settle the question of title to these lands wbieh covers some 200,000 acre*. It is claimed that the railroad }hus no valid title bccauso of its alleged failure to complete tho terms of the contract on which tho gvaut was made. Our 50,000,000 Cruitt*. Wabiiinuton, December '20.???(Special.]???A little over five years ago every citizen of the mile over live years ago every citizen of the republic had the knowledge literally brought tohia own door that tho government had iu Enumerators were busily engaged In every * * . ..... throughout Ity, towuidiip and militia dlati _ *; nud these, together with the clerks the laud; employed here to receive uml systematise their w'ork, constituted a force of several thousaud persons. The mtcivfit, liu. it so ubxorbiug has so far pie out often subn!ded that pi-obably nlno poop would bo burprkvcd to learn that tho tenth census is yet 1*AR FROM COMPLKTIOX. Of the multitude five year* ago employed iu this work only six persons are now retained. Twelve quarto volumes, about 900 pages each, have m en printed, but these by uo moan* eon- tain all the material that has been gathered in to this marvelous hr a nary unpublished to fill twelve or fifteen volumes more. The total cost of taking the tenth census, exclusive of printing, has already amounted to the emormou fVU OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. H therefore cost ten cents a headtooount the people of the United States. But the meru enumeration of tho population was one of the tightest labors iu connection with the santas. The pigs aud *hcep were counted as oareAilly ax the men aud w omen. All domestic animals were enumerated. Au inventory was taken of every, form aud household. The maatfold Bruits of Industry were all brought account Every output * into energy from the way^de blacksmith shop to the mammoth manufoctory, wax inspected and and asacssrd. The products of cultivated field and unbroken forest were alike examined and reported. Streams were dragged and made to disclose their animate and iaaminaie treasures: and tho ocean itself was narvhrd in this restless socking after focts. The earth was mads to faring out all iu treas ure*, and tha history af tbo wayward winds was written. After counting tha people, the census began to inquire into their conduct. Their habits, creeds, end every phase of their social condition wore ascertained. ??? erimeo and the posahiee therefor hr noted. Their habit* af llfoi Diseaaeo of all kinds were sukJeeb ???ulfiected to cal scrutiny. Births, deaths, marriages, acd- i "flTubfitaut hilly n Tho aspect of aflklr* in Ireland nra* nerer more menacing than nt the preaent. ProteRtanthm in a of the I province* i* nt the mercy of avowed con- rplratorx. who aro lmleavoring 10 overthrow tho rule cf tho Imperial government. Tho duty of all tnio Irishmon I*plain. Whilo unwaveringly | npholdim orange principle*, and abating not one jot of oui roasHcntloti* opinions, we ??nall cordially wel come oft who arc willing ta awlst In keeping intact the bond of unity with the great empire of which Vv arc proud to form not an unimportant part. Onr little band of loyalhta find* lt*clr Iu a position or unequalled Olfflcultlcfl. Wo arc gristly out numbered by tho member* of the Irish national league, tho delegate*, direct heirs and Mtcmror* of tho land longue, which, even the lil??eral government wo*(breed to suppress nn Illegal, aud which la nn*wcrablc for many thoti- >mul*of outrage*. The small but firmly united band of loyalist members of thehou*e or Common*, by energy and determination, may convince their Au/rlfsh brethren that tho lopailMU rcjirescnt tho iuiltiMry and Intclllgchco of Ireland. If the???Par .... . ... ... uollite faction docs not succod ??? wholly In itx^H dcavor to oever the union by degree*, one of tho drat i olid* which It will reck toobtalu will bo thc| unpleto control of educational _ matters.| ??? gtn nmud of the pollec would make them masters of cth pres-ent generation. atniiiation of tbo case of John and Sarah Ma gee, arrested on the 18th inat. at Kensington, on the charge of attempting to procure money riting threaten from the princo of Wales by wi ing letters, was held today. Tho letters re pointed to murder the prince of Wales for 5l pounds ca<di, and Magee offered to inform on (ho intended assassins provided they wero given 600 pounds ami a free pardon. Tbo de tectives who wero detailed to work up tho case them a package containing 600 farthings. was dono to load tho prisoners to beliovo that their rcoucst was being Billy complied with, so that tno detect! vo might get the whole story from the Magees, and seo if there was any truth in it. Magee, discovering that tho package contained fnrthfugs instead of pound pieces, he upbraided tho prince for his treach ery, uud demanded 1,500 pounds, and threatened to shoot the police who Mrs. Magee iuuocout, aud' that sho was tlrely under tho .lufiucucc of her husband, withdrew the charge against her, aud hhe was discharged from custody. It was proved by the draft of letters found in Magee's pocket hook that the letters were iu his handwriting. He was committed for trial. J.onpox, December ???23.???Miche.il Davitt, in i interview today respecting homo rule for Ireland, said: ???The alleged proposal* of Mr. Gladstone, recently published, sre a good basts for tho set tlement of tho Irish questlou. I advocate Daniel OVouhcU???s plan for miuority represen tation in the Irish parliament. I would give seventy-five teats to the loyalists ami 225 to tho Pttruellitca. THE MILLIONAIRE CONVICT. Alburn, N. Y., December 21.???Mr. Fish, who hss not talked with reporters since his ar rival at Auburn, reftised to lie interviewed on the story told by Mary A. Brown. From oth er sources, however, it i* learned that Uo has had no correspondence with her during his aqionru in prison. When Fish came to Auburn the authorities were fear Ail that his mind might become af fected. As work cannot be provided for all he was allowed to remain iu his cell for some time, but wax soon set at work iu the packing room of the shoe shop as a precautionary measure. Later he was sent to the chaplain's office, and it now quite resigned to his imprisonment. His duties are to distribute letters to the convicts after the chaplain has looked them over, to keep a record of the addresses of all outgoing letters and to take charge of several other book* of record under the supervision of the chaplain. He also docs work in the circulating library of the prison. His daughter hss moved to this city ana is allowed to eee him once a week. She has with her the child of Sailie Keber, the active* to whom Fish was secretly married, and who died a fsw months ago. heels are soled. One more pair will do mo until I reach home. The shoes that I wear cost about $1.60, but nearly all of them wero given to me, so in reality my shoes have cost me nothing. Every where that J have gono 1 have been treated with the greatest kindness. Friends came to mo and gave mo shoes, and presents, and a good deal more money than I spent. My trip to l*ortland*ond New Orleans did nidt cost mo more thap $???o. When I reach h/uine I Will have completed a walk of about *7,000 miles in the last year or two.??? . ??? * ???Do you carry any bagjgago.wjth you???? ???Yes, I have a grfy sack that weigh* seven teen pound*. ???L generally express this ahead of mo frqm* one .town to another? and take alor with me a clean shirt lo make a change Avliilo on the road. Whilo traveling north I average twenty-two miles a day, and in the south avenigo about twenty, and I can with more case average twenty-two miles at tho north than I can twcuty miles in *' south on account of the bracing climate.??? FIDO. ???And you have a dog for a companion???? Yes, and ho is a good one. I can lay down uic iii|ii(iiu uiiu uiu niuu, nuiu uu his toe uails while going to rortlnu<l nml ono of ills Bet got a littlo bit sore. I took some rust offpf a piece of rusty iron and nibbed it on tho bottom of Ills foot, and the sore place got well. Ho move* along lively on the road, and I think stands travelling better than I do although I have net been sick iu two years. I came very near losing him near Troy, Ala. He ran ahead of inn and got into a house where I had spent u night on nty way down, aud when I got to the house I could not find Fido anywhere. After making much inquiry, and feeling very I tuuiiiu); iiiiiui iiii)uii ( v. mm icviiiih over the loss! learned timt he had follow ed a Indy off to n house a short distance away. When I went there tho ???lady had Fido tied with a piece of string to sewing machine. I called him aud ho made jump and come to me, breaking the string as he junificd. The lady gave we as an excuse for lying him that she thought that he was a mad dog uud she feared ho would bito tome of tbo uldrcn in tho house. ???Do you walk on Sunday???? that day aud go to church. I nin a Meth odist nud attend that church whenever I can, 1 also lay tip when it rains. 1 don't want to take the chauecs of getting sick.??? ???So you propose to publish a * _ . . book giving tbo history of your life ???? ?? ???Yes, that i* what I intend doing. 1 was in the war of 181*2, and will have something to sny about that struggle. After that war I went north nml lived in the states of Maino and Massachusetts until 1830, spending some timo a* a sailor while holding my residence there. I was also iu the ouefederate army, filling a position of veterinary surgeon in Hampton???s command. 1 was wounded twice but got out all right.??? ???I don???t want to run you off,??? said tho re porter, ???but how do you Kaudon prohibition???? ???Well,??? said the captain with much firmness, that is something that 1 do not tako any stock WOMEM tilttlnc rrmt.ii itnrph, y wio .nCrr from taflrmUIra ,????!!????? U till, AcuWJrr BROWf. wanted it, and do it now. I took one yester day, the first in three months. I felt badly, and I took a littlo whisky, and now J am all right again. ???Much Ado.??? A-continued Kory by Mrs. Frun.is Hodgson Bur. welt nil) be begun iu Next Week's Constitution. Burnett It ramou* the world over, hooks, ??? Thai Law O' l.owrU-X" ,, IU'Torth,??? wM In every civilized land. Much Ado??? A Rare Treat For Oar Readers. am geiRg to tell you a capital tale, b b?? free from all pain aa* * SL Jacobi Oil use, it never i We urge you not to fail to get tha first chap ter- orthis beautiful story. It will begin next week and run lyveral week*. Subscribe AT ONCE *o as not to mits the first chapters. S E LARGEST STOCK CARRIAG1 lies and wagons in the south, will be wagon Atlsnu company's repository, mmssms?? D. Appleton & Co. . PUNISHERS, FEW YORK. ANNOUNCEMENT. With a view to extending and to aiding our busi ness interests in,the south, we have established a branch department at Atlanta, Ga?????? whence, In a reasonable time, the trade will be supplied without publications at our regular New York rate*. The southern department is confided to the manage ment of MR. JOS. VAN HOLT NASH, who has heretofore represented us in the southora states. I). Appleton & Co. I???UBLISHKRS, & me without Fidb knowing it and letting n know. A man offesed mo t^amick of ?? half dozen horses for Fido, and another man jrho heard tho offor made said if I traded hc'womd give nu* $100 for the horse that 1 selectee. Hold themuu that T vould not part with Fido foral tho. liToiwy and hot^sos that ho lrac Why, that dog has got as Hutch sense a* man. When I wnm ???ou??U%-ha??k i ~ leans 1 returned by tho . saino n traveled over in going, ami aaa rule stopped at the in me houses along the line. As soon, as I would get within a niiloorsoof tho house! Fido would-run r.hcail of mound go into tho house, and by his presence the people would know that 1 was coming.??? ???Yon have had him u long time???? put???in tho reporter. ???Yes, J owned his father nml mother. Fido???s father was a Russian terrier and hi* mothsr was a flee. Ho will lie six years old in noxt June. I tako good care of him and ho keeps fut ami lively. ???Tho poor littlo follow,??? 'said the captain patting him on the head, ???wore off Xtw York, Chirafo, Atlanta, bii-EmulMK. In assuming charge of the Southern Branch of Messrs, p . Appleton Ji Co., we assure tho trade, ???r-Mtuers, authors and others, of our desire to ac commodate them with promptness. JOS. VAN HOLT NASH, 44 Marietta St., Atlauta, Ga. dee 26 sit frJwAwhylt. "P ? Fumitnre. hric-*-Er??ft, Ac. t fVWSGtroag ca Iron, Bond ca a Reck. tVaiThe loul qn&nUty ic???d Curing tha qpast flu# yearn araooctrf t ??? ' JfUntnrjSHffi. n Mil it. AH-arCeq j FTronouncfil StrcnK^??t ??..:.e know* _ -??? . .. 6??n4d????ler'??c??ni*n>I ICc.rriwura . teto h Ad. ^RBaHgSaBi riEORCIA, RABCS COL'KTY-TO ALLWnOJI It It ra??r concern???Jivmes I: Fincxnnon. siianll.it rorCltcroFInouinou, Slnreuj L. Hncuuion, SrmiU HA* r Clsero Fincannon, Marcus L. 1' Incamion, 8ai??? FIncannon, Mary L. Fincannon and Rachel A. nennon, minor lielni of Q. W..Elnmonon.: rjll be beard ou tins Uni Honttay lu Fcbruuy, hit 21th dtp of Ucccrnbcr. ^ D j CKS0J .^ 9 rv k It Ordinary. 15 'extra 1 .^tSSimcnc?' tt ft msec* and needlca, oJ. and satflt ot 12 ple-7??* Aith each. Wffiwtt l??nK Mn r-.?? partus. (Sr/ Iilort, free. TOnN TODD VS ???J divorce, Fnyctic lupcDvruuiui, ouiiHiwuci tuiu, 1885. It appearing to the court by the return of the sheriff m the .hove ??tatcd case that ihcdcfcnd. ??? mil doe. not reside In raid county, and It further op. ncaylnjr .he doe. not reside In said rtMo, ft is there- fore ordered by the court that tho wnico Im per- fccteU 6n the defendant by the publication of this order once a month for four months before the nexB term of this court In The Atlanta^Constitution. T. V. LESTER, _ Plaintiff's attorney. I do certlfyVhat the above and forcgolna Is a trno extract Item the minutes of Vayeuo superior court. This October 29,1885. . . ' " A. ESTOKEd, novSsvlamtm C. 8TC. K, C., BEST TRUSS EVER USED I' ImprorMin iMjj CLI^GMAN???S OBACCO REMEDIES TEECLKGEAH TOBACCO 0KT2EH7 THE CLIMQMLIt TOBACCO CAKE I THE CUH3MAN TOBACCO PLASTEBI Ask rear dir raUtfcrtbssaresirdlaa, or writ. t. tha CUNGMAN TOBACCO CURE CO. DURHAM. U. 8. A. MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE, Jonesboro, Ga. MALE AND FEMALE. milK EXBRClSKdOF THIS 1NSITUTION WILL J be resumed January 11.1RW, with a full corps of competent teacher*. Tuition only $1.00, fl.aO 12.00 per month, according to gt aifc. ??? her*. per month, according to grade. You can not get the advantage* ofllircd In this college any w here In the Mate for the money. For further particular*, address OtL* Ashmore, president; Mr*. C. 1>. Crawley, principal female de partment; or Jno. 8. Crockett, secretary and treat- ret board of trustee*. 8cnd for catalogue. dcc???J9 wky4 jar. 3 sun2t SHORT-HAND BY MAIL, UNITARIAN CHRISTIANITY. free of charge to All ]>erMjus appiyim ). L. Chaney or Mr*. A. V. Goode, AH NO MORE ???CHAPPED HANDS.??? St Nnwht a ?? I. r u-r, t pSpEfl&wl it. or wed 2c. avail' to iLe iurn for u Magnolia Balm Is a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owesherfresh- ness to it, who would rather not tell, and you cant??? tell. RUN YORK ELUTN ' truss eg., q iu roMdwar.tr, y, POKER! Incorporated 1884, TUB CBLBBRATBD "BRADFORD" . PORTABLE NULL, tout, WHIAT IS rttl. ??tiffin, WniAl O rills VLOCB X1U BACllXSSaT, MemI he deter! pUre CL-1 the, Addrtrt pUl&ly Th* Tho*. Bradford Cs, ???7. 99 A SOl.orkXS, ???I, ???* mm cw i.nru I CINCINNATI. O. Southern Medical College. ATLANTA, GA. PH HHHII w eek in October and continuo until March 1st, iwc,. Course of instruction completo mall respect.*. Consists of didactic and clinical lecture*, delivered In Hie college building and Ivy street hospital. The hospital la under the medical management of tho ??? i or any information address, UK. AV3I. PERRIN NICHOLSON,l)i :AN% I*. I?? t:..-; ???*!-.! - - ??? r Office CONSTITUTION BUILDING/ AlnLiiir.a n;:-l I???orsyth ftYeet*. FT., t mar 10 J>tow ?? j ri T iVx !8-A MONTH AND BOARD FORTIIItRE LIVE "nor it wky ct c o iit-glerACo., Philadelphia. all persons Indebted to said estate are rent make Immediate payment this 27th day or ber, 1 m. H. L. JOHNSON, Admlulst jssns th day of Kovem- Administrator. ??? _ Jfy an persons that X have this day mado my wife, Jane W. Bright, a Area dealer, to contract to sue and be sued iu as fall a manner as proridoa by law, this December 10,1885. dec 15,wky.4t rjEORGIA. FAYETTE COUNTY ??? GEORGS XI Heteher has applied for supplementing of home stead and valuation of the same, and 1 will pass the oth day of January, 1??8, at my office. ThUl December 16th, 18??. D, M. FRANKLIN, JccMwliyat, ?? n "??? 4r)r ' IMPOTEHT HEKI And thoeiSBda of Cases of aerroos debility, erranlq ??? nerroo* prottration, prenatur* bee ilna of lowers. In voluntanr vital lours, and klMtrcfi w-*akneM, i r . Y m the rnuDly po wen. mvotffiDU nr TH affectto&a ipcedlly, thoroughly, permanently cured by 3STEH.lTIXi5.. t i F.n^BoxSU. iso e. w%hinjrtoa*treCMCi??a Itu' Price per paokase $1.00* 81xfor(6.doT^ Nolle* to Debtors and Creditor*. l the estate of William U. Riven,???late of Fayetto and all persons indebted to said estate are requited to make immediate payment this November fob, 1885. & U JOIIh'SOX, Executor. ??? ilrelwktt WE WANT SALESMEN WBt& WWIII itritod itlirrud .11 rirrim, VriM f.r HM Mull, b^tai ut mi ut ,um. MtlAX * M,tlllMM. ??* Mp BU, i..;iuu,0. O C Bob. rordt; new i . book end foil outfit. 8 rents. Id. Ohfq nor Kbtylmeom T AKTEIV-IADIES OR GENTLEMEN TO TABS Wjilht, blctrant cmploTment m thclrown homes: Work rent br melt. Distance no objection. It to 83 * day cut be quietly nude. No cenvisetnc no nunp for reply. Pl??ue addrea Olobo UfoCa. Breton. Mem,, box 5348.mch .11 wky * Sawing Made Eaays kokabcs UQBXxnoaaviio XAcsen BENT OJy jf USttotauSS oca!. uii W auit'st, ckiuc*. n.