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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY JANUARY 5 188 6.
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ATLANTA, OA., TUESDAY, JAIft'AHV A. MBS.
People no longer expect a speedy over
throw ol the French republic. Every year
Increaeea faith In ita atnhilitr, oven when its
friend, nrc divided, while ita enemleaaro
consolidated.
And now tbo country ts startled 1>y the
statement tlmt in twenty-eight Kentucky
counties the aalo of intoxicating liquors is
prohibited by law. The movement is local
option, and it began in Bullitt county, once
the most lawless In the state, lint now one of
the moat orderly. It is the only county in
the state that has uo jail. Prohibition has
been In force in Bullitt county twelve years.
The death of ex-Mayor Murphy, of Oma
ha, has excited great interest among the
medical fraternity. It seems that Murphy
had been rating chicken (Vecly. TI10 flesh
of the fowl bail frozen and then thawed,
causing a certain poison to Ixr engendered
which is highly dangerous In ita effort*.
Thls poison may he found in any kind of
meal alter it thaws. It nets directly npon
the digestive system anil Is frequently fatal.
The days have liccn growing longer since
the 21«t inst, but na we write they nronot
growing pleasanter. A storm from tiro cast
dees not held out promise of good weather at
this season of I he year; but our people do
not dread tho mud season as they formerly
did. M’e have now over forty miles of good
sidewalks, amt over eleven miles of paved or
hard roads. Let the ywd work go on.
TnE debt of this country has I men reduced
to less than fifteen hundred million, and we
have sixty million people and great resour
ces. Look at tbo debts of other conntrles
burdened with costly war expenses! Eng
land owes thirty-seven hundred million;
France forty-seven hundred million; Austria
twenty-three hundred million, and Russia
about as much as France. Germany atone
of the great powers has no largo public debt.
Tho United Mates of largo countries is the
next In good fortune. Our debt will be paid,
and that, too, within twenty years. The
accretary of the treasury has just Issued an-
other bond call.
The Constitution enters tho New Year
with all sails set, favoring winds behind and
bright sees ahead.
It has Airly won ita title as tbs best of
American newipapors. It new Issues aver
60,000 copies, end is read by 2.10,000 people
every week. It has subscribers in every
elate and territory in the union, and is odd
ing new ones at the rats of one thousand a
week. From every section comes tho hearti
est praises for the groat Houthern weekly.
The Constitution is the best family
paper in America, because Its readers say so.
There arc other reasons. It has the best
special writers. Ilill Arp, who writes for it
cxclnsivety, is incomparable. Iletsy Hamil
ton, Unde Remus, M. M. Folsom, are une
qualled by the special writers of any other
peper. It is the only paper that publishes
Talmadge’a sermons every week in the year.
It has the heat and costliest corps of cor
respondents, covering every land on earth.
Ita atorirs ore by tho beet writers money can
buy. Ita departments interest every mem
ber of the fiuutly—farming news for tbs
firmer—war stories for the old soldier—
hensrwtfrry for the ladies—stories for the
Jpong folks—and the news of the world for
everybody. It is the cheapest newspeiwr,
and the largest. It gives more raiding mat
ter than any other.
It is a democratic newspaper, sound to the
cere, and will stand or fbll with the demo-
cntic party on democratic principles.
One year ego we set onr stakes for 60,000
subscribers on this New Year’s day. We
have them, and a thousand or re to spare.
Now we act onr stakes for 100,000 by next
New Year. We mnst have them. We can
get them, if yon will help us. If every
suhocrlbtr would send (none new one, that
would give ns onr 100,000. Won't yon send
in one!
The townsman, farmer or the villager tires
In the quiet and independent seclusion of his
borne. Away hejrond him, the great world
throb* and pulsates. Across oresns ho has
nsver seen, over deserts of which he has
dreamed, in chimes sit strange to him, the
mighty tides of human Ulis ebb and flow.
In vaat and wicked ciliea the deepand awful
tragedies of lova and hats turd avarice are
enacted. The hum and mnrmur of this
multitudinous world tmrely reaches the
peaceful farms and the pastoral country
sides. And yet ten thousand cbonls, of in
terest*, affection and policy bind the two
together—the teeming world and the quiet
fields. The newspaper is the messenger be
tween the two. Its port is to cam- the news
of the distant world into the towns and vil
lages and fields. That work The Ooxsri-
Tt'Tlox will perform. The man who reads
it, no matter how remote he may lie, is as
sured that be will get all th* news of the
ln>y world that lives beyond his horison.
All the tragedies and comedies—the crimes
and the blessings—the good news and the
bod—the gossip tnd the reeteda—tbs flactaa-
tions of the market—wan and sermons and
fsshlona—whst men do and what women
wear in our own land and in foreign Lands—
fhe progress in science, in agricnltnre, in
fndnalry—edited and classed so as to con
dense in the twelve pages of one paper the
history of the world for the week—gtl these
things will The Constitution bring faith'
Iblly and promptly to ita readers fifty-two
times during the year 1686.
Wc »re better prepared for this work than
ever. Onr paper will be even better in 1880
than it has been in 1885. We ask you to
help us get our 100,000 subscribers. Let
every man and woman and child who loves
1 The Constitution feel that each must do
eemething towards this grand result. Every
one, without exception. Do you feel that
way? This is the first month of the year.
Won't you help this mouth ? We wish you
oil a happy and prosperous year. May God
idcss yon all!
The Now Year.
A happy New Year I There ii an inspira-
lion in tile greeting—a touch of sincerity
that repetition cannot destroy. Itisagrcet-
ing ns old as (be language and os sincere as
warm hearts can makoit. It has in it the
flavor of hospitality, of neighborly regard, of
fHcndly concern, of steadfast affection. It
Is n greeting, let ns hope, that comes warm
from the coldest heart, and tlmt carries with
it its own peculiar evidences of sincerity.
To some of ns It may not be a happy new
year. Oblivion may place ita black seal on
rome of our pet projects, and our dearest
desires may be overwhelmed in tho dark
waters of the sea that is continually lapping
the crumbling shore on which we atand; but
it is worth something to know that our
friends are wishing us a happy new year.
Good wishes ora spent with n breath, but
they arc more sulwtantlal than the rocks
thut serve na the footstools of tlio mountains,
and more enduring. Horn in warm hearts,
srol.cn by rosy lips, wafted from white
hands they live forever.
The seasons, growing more beneficent,
seem to grow more gentle. In the old days
the new year was celebrated by a hog-kill
ing, and the spare-rib, the bock-liono and
the unctuotu tatty-bread; hat on each a new
yenr’a eve an yesterday, no one would think
of killing hogs. Perhaps it to best to tako
tho seasons as we find them. The young
sters will find just such a zest in today as
their elders found Ilf the yearn that are gone
—and good luck to ’em I
Wherefore, The Constitution, looking
not to the past, but hopefully to tho future,
wiahea one and all a Happy New Year 1
Tlie Times Have lleen Hard this winter, hu
(lie harder Uicy ere the moro you read Hie cheerful
Votarm-nox. Uan limes act so hard Hist BUI
Arp's letter, and Ttlmaie’s sermon, and all the
twelve pages besides, ain't worth two cents 7 That’s
all Thk Constitution coals every weekl So send
In your renewal and send In at least one new sub
scriber wltli It,
Southern and Northern Farmer*.
The Providence, Rhode Island, Journal
print* some very Interesting figures to show
the result* of intenstvo farming in that sec
tion. W# reproduce tbceo figures In order
that onr farmers may see what can bo dono
in Rhode Island, and in order to make some
suggestion! that seem to be pertinent to tho
occasion. Tho atatement Is based on actual
measurements, weights and oaten, and the
results arc derived from the cultivation of a
seven acre lot;
MfKtoni ofbcclr. ,,l,28t 00
Corn rudder. 210 n>
Early earns* at Ol
I sle carrots US 00
Tiirnit* 01 iki
Ileets sold... SO oil
'"blsnc sold MO <u
Total - „J2,2to 00
COST.
labor MV) 00
tinner., 00 00
Manure, Ml cords, IS. 400 00
Balance ft, 848 00
The mangold and sugar!tecta are estima
ted at three dq)Ian less a ton than the crop
of 188-1 sold for, but nochnrge to made for
interest on land'. On the other hand the
charge for labor appears to tu to be altogeth
er too high, about twice na much na would
have to bo paid for similar service in the
south. It Is to ire observed that tbo Rhode
Island fanners mcaauro their fertilizer by
the cord, Instead of by the ton, and that to n
very important factor in considering the re
sults.
In the entire stnte of Georgia there are
not seven acres of land that will not produce
similar or even better results; but suppose
Hut every seven acres in the state should
he ss highly cultivated—would the result
put money in the pockets of the farmers?
Not to nny great extent. The one market
to which the southern farmer ran turn with
confidence to the cotton market, and the
more he raise*—the mere he “intensifies"
hto forming operations—the less remunera
tive that market becomes. Just at present
the Wall street speculators and their organs
have succeeded in treating down the price of
hnllion silver, and tho price ef cotton has
fallen in sympathy; but even if it were
otherwise, a general system of intenaive
limning would not produce the results In the
■oath Uurt It produces in the north.
The whys and the wherefores ore very
simple. The southern farmer lacks a market
for his diversified products. He to sure of
nothing bnt a market for hto cotton. In
New England and in the west the targ*
manufactories and the small industries give
the former the most profitable markets. In
the south the growth of these Industries has
been stow and to likely to be slower, owing
to the energy with which the free traders in
congress and oat of it are poshing their the
ories. Southern industries would be weak
enough n' best—weak enough, even if they
enjoyed the benefits of the protection which
built up northern and eastern industries,
hut they cannot pomibly compete with north
ern and eastern industries if the views of the
western free traders and doctrinaries are to
dominate congress.
ltut this is not tlie worst of it. If the
tariff to to tie revised where there to no tong-
er any protection for American industries
the symptoms of development which have
matte their appearance here and there in the
south will dwindle away and disappear, and
the southern farmer fifty years from now will
be in precisely the condition he to in today—
without a market and depending solely on
cotton as hto money nop.
This to the situation to which we com
mend the attention of southern congieormen.
There to no need why they should pay any
farther attention to western cranks or east
ern fanatics. Wliat the southern farmers
need to a market; they cannot have this mar
ket w ithout the building up of southern in
dustries; southern indnstries cannot he built
up under the auspices of (lee trade. W r e ask
southern congressmen if the welfare of south
ern farmers to not of more importance to
them and to the country than tlie theories of
the absolute free traders.
A Itnyal Swindler.
It is a difficult matter to imagine Dick
Sniveller on a throne, hut King Ludwig, of
Havarin, seems to fill the hit). To pnt it
mildly and delicately, Ludwig to a bad egg.
lie pays no attention to the interests of hto
kingdom, and spends hto time with mtui-
cians and acton. The main business of bis
litis is making debts, and an ho has followed
this cecnpation industriously, he has sue
ceeded in piling np a tremendous aggregate
of pecuniary obligations.
For some time post Ludwig has been
dunned without mercy by hto creditors. Tbo
honest tradesmen of Mnnich have come to
the conclusion that a swindling king lias no
more rights than any other debtor. Matters
have reached such a desperate pass that the
creditors threaten to have executions levied
on the king’s palaces anil furniture. As such
a proceeding would Ire n scandal to royalty
all over Europe, the members of the family
arc endeavoring to negotiate some sort of a
settlement.
In the meantime, Ludwig to dodging the
duns by secluding himself in the tower of
his palace, sometimes even descending to the
cellar, finch a state of affairs cannot con
tinue much longer. If a compromise cannot
lie effected, or if bis subjects will not con
tribute the money to pay hto debts, Ludwig
will have to abdicate. In this commercial
age there to no room for a Dick Sniveller on
a throne or anywhere else.
A Malden Fair With Golden Hair.
It to not to lie supposed that yonng ladies
in this part of the country nrc so silly as to
bleach their tresses. Nature generally pro
vides them with hair of n suitable color, and
they do not find it necessary to change it by
artificial means. Hut it to a common thing
to read of Indies in tha northern cities who
have spent time and money iavtoblyin
bleaching their locks to a sunny golden hue.
The latest esse to reported from New York,
fieme years ago Miss Amelia ftlieehan attrac
ted attention everywhere on account of the
treanty of the fine auburn liair that fell grace-
fully over her nhouldera. So much was said
about the yonng iady'a hair tlmt it became
her chief pride. After awhile it was noticed
tlmt tlie color of Miss Sheehan's head was
chninging from a reddish brown to a blondo
color, and finally Irecnmo the golden shade
so beloved by poets and dndcs. The inti
mate friends of the young lady complimented
her on the change and nho was delighted.
In theconnoof time Mtos Sheehan seemed
to he depressed and nervous. She lost her
high spirits and complained of violent head
aches.
About ten days ago ths unfortnnato girl
came home with tho story that two rough
looking men hod tried to cut off her hair in a
streetcar, llcrtolo was believed as she
seemed perfectly rational. A week ago she
claimed to have met with a> similar adven
ture, and a day or two later she was found
running from imaginary jranaers, crying „
ont that they were going to kill her for her
hair. Then she was locked np, and it was
discovered that the antimony in her hair
wash had wrecked her health and her reason.
The foolish little maidens who are dissatis
fied with the color of their tresses shonld
picture to themselves this beautiful manioc
os she plays with her golden hair behind the
ban, weeping, shuddering and endeavoring
to flee from her invisible persecutors. Any
thing is better limn filch n fate.
It Was Not the Cat.
The caso of Mia. Annie Gaakins, tho Phil-
adelpbia widow who to charged with the
murder of her infant, to one of the most re
markable on record.
Tbo child was found with its throat cnt.
Mrs. Giukins took tho matter very coolly
and said that the Infant woe killed during
the night by a large block cat. Her theory
was that while she was asleep tho cat jumped
on the bed and did lfa bloody work with its
claws or teeth. It was hoped that this story
would turn out to be true, bnt the Investi
gation by the coroner left no room for donlit.
It was evident that the wonnils had been
made with a knife, and os a knife was found
in tho room with hloodstoina on it, Mm.
Gaskins was sent to jail to await the action
of the grand jury.
The New Year Has Opened, but have you sub
scribed fur your paper yetYou will find the old
Coxiititvtion the bnt of them all, and It acts better
all Ibe time. Send In your money at ohcc.
A Dog's Rights.
Dogs have hntl A rough time of it in this
country ever since the first hydrophobia
scare. Courts hnvo decided that they were
not property. Municipalities have taxed
them and degraded them by making togs
and muzzles obligatory. Legislature* an
nually discuss tho propriety of levying a
state tax on them, and on every hand they
feci all the burdens of the law without en
joying any of its benefits.
A caso In a New York court, tho other day,
resulted very unexpectedly in favor of the
dog that figured in it. A nmn who was bit
ten by a neighbor's dog sued for damages.
The testimony showed that it was a new ilog
anil that his owner boil never known him to
bite nnybody before. Tlie learned chief jus
tice who presided delivered an elaborate
opinion, lie said that as the defendant did
not know of the animal's propensity to liito
he clearly was not liable. No obligation
rested npou him to ascertain Ids dog's char
acter before hr purchased him. Tho brute's
character was presumed to be good nntil the
contrary was shown. The chief justice re
ferred to the decision in which Lord Cockburo
said in reference to an action for worrying
sheep, “Every dog is entitled toonc worry.”
The same rule would seem tonpply toattacks
npon man. Every dog was entitled to one
bite before its owner could Ire held liable. A
dog is not necessarily a nuisance in a legal
Muse. A mad dog, or a ferocious dog, is a
nuisance, but one that is clever and well be
haved is not.
The out Year ami the New.
The closing year has not been a happy one
to the larger port of Europe, so far as public
affairs, at least, are concerned. Spain ami
Italy hare been afflicted with the deadly
plague from the Gauge*, and France has
been in dread of it; and all three nations
fear a recurrence of the disease next year.
One hundred thousand people were slain in
Bpaia alone. Spain, too, lest her king, and
commercial distress has prevailed through
out the kingdom. Franco to troubled by her
expensive colonial policy, by her great debt
and army expenses, and by the movements
of reactionists. The republic still lives,
however, despite the Tonquin affair and the
monarchists. The Irish question remains
prominent In English politics, and the po
litical situation to aggravated by the distress
that prevails smong the farmers and In the
manufacturing districts. Russia and Austria
are glaring at each other over the Balkan
dispute, and Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and
fierviu await well-armed the inevitable
struggle. Denmark to the scene of a revolu
tion, which may not be hereafter bloodless.
War of a scattering kind is still going on in
the Soudan.
The wan of the year have been light af-
fails, however, The Tonquin campaign, the
fail of Khartoum and the death of General
Gordon, the defeat and death of Frcsidcnt
Barrios of Guatemala, the Russian move
ment towards Herat, the conquest of Bur-
ntab, the execution of Kiel, the war against
the Italians near the Red sea, and against
England on the npper Nile, the Balkan con
troversy,and Germany's search for stray lands
and islands—these wero the straggles for the
year, and none of them were very sanguin
ary or stubborn. .Some of them would have
led to changes in tho map of the world if
they hod not been nipped in the bud—nota
bly the Balkan war, and the Russian ad
vance towards Herat.
All in all, Germany lias got along daring
the year the best of the old-world countries.
Flic has not drawn her sword, and she stands
as strong and aggressive and ready for con
flict at the close of the year ns she did at the
beginning of it. Her weight in European
councils is very great. Her home affairs are
reasonably prosperous—and this to more than
can Ire said of any other European nation.
Wc have no grounds of complaint on this
sidcof the water. A dcniocraticadmintotm-
tion Jins been installed, and it is proving ac
ceptable to tho best men of both parties. It
is daily winning tlie confidence of people,
and honest and intelligent men no longer
fear harm from tlie party of the people. No
pestilence has visited tho land; our store
houses nro filled with the products of the
land, and business is steadily improving.
The prospect has wonderfally improved in a
year. We entered upon 1885 foil of fears as
to trade and financial affairs; nil such fears
are now dissipated, and hope and confidence
have returned to us.
The year was not altogether nneventful in
this country. We snppresaed n rebellion at
l’nnnma, and saved the large interests on
the isthmus from tho ftiry of armed mobs.
In tho northwest n Chinese insurrection re
called the attention to the presence of a peo
ple that refuso to adopt onr customs and be
come citizens. Tho Mormons have remained
in a semi-rebellions state, and the legal war
fare, conducted by the general government,
has progressed very considerably daring the
year. The death of General Grant did not
come unexpectedly, hut the death of Vice-
President Hendricks did, and the countiy
was aroused from mourning over hto un
timely death to a consideration of the fact
that there was no one in the line of presiden
tial auccreslon. The redaction of postage, the
revival of the ailvet question, together with
la foil snpply of political straggles, hasten-
titered the year one of Interest, although
there are no events of n thrilling or critical
nature to record. A quiet but reasonably
happy year ahould be the verdict.
Tobacco Growing In Georgia.
As will he seen elsewhere, Commissioner
Henderson proposes to tome tobacco seed to
each Georgia farmers as want to try.tobacco
raising in this state.
The interest in the culture of tobacco to
increasing through the Sonth Atlantic states,
and this money making crop to being pitched
in new localities. Anything that diversifies
our crops and give* out farmers a new product
to sell will benefit the sonth. “Yon should
not pnt all your eggs in one basket,” to
trner of the fanner than of any other mu.
If he depends on one crop a drought may
ruin it, or over-production may pnt the price
below producing point It has always been
the policy of The Constitution to lead the
fanner to raise overytBlug on hto farm that
will grow profitably.
In pursuance of this plan wo will print,
beginning next week, or certainly the week
after, two series of papers on “The Coltare
of Tobacco,” “How to Prepare the Beds,”
“How to Grow It,” “How to Handle It,”
“How to Market It.” These papers will he
simple, practical and plain. They are by
actual tobacco growers and are designed
specially for beginner*. They will be so
plain that any one can understand them
end can work by them. They will he in
valuable to every man who wiahea to try
thto new indnetry, and to those who are al
ready engaged in the raising of tobacco.
Those who happen to see thto paper and are
not already taking it should subscribe at
once.
One of the Many.
In an Omaha police court, the otlftr day,
the clerk read out in his hard rasping voice:
“Daniel Peters, drunk and disorderly.” Toe
judge regarded, with n listless stare, the old
white-haired man who rose in response to
the call and stood in front of the tribunal.
There woe nothing about such a tattered
eld wreck to attract attention. The man’s
face bore marks of heavy dissipation, but
itiU there was a faint suggestion of by-gone
refinement and intellectuality. Clearly a
victim of the bottle.
The judge opened bis month to say “ton
and cost*,” when the old man threw back
hia white locks and began to plead for mercy.
In a moment the judge leaned forward spell
bound. The policemen and spectators gazed
at the speaker iu astonishment. Never in
that court room had been Picard such elo
quence anil snch pathos aa came from that
ragged old ontcaat. The man spoke with
dignity, and with a diction worthy of Ma
caulay. When he finished the judge quick
ly, almost eagerly, said, “You may go.”
The unfortnnste wreck thanked him quietly
and left the room.
It seems that this eloquent old reprobate
has a liiitcry. Many years ago he wav a
prominent politician and lawyer in one of
the large eastern cities, lie was sent to con
gress several times, aud wou applause and
distinction. Vp to the age of thirty-fire he
had never tasted strong .’.rink, but at a New
Year’s reception in Washington bo was per
suaded to follow tlie example of the other
greets. The first glass of wine awakeneJ,
injdl ita fierce fory, a long-felt want Be
fore midnight the distinguished congressman
was lying on the floor of his room in a
dinnken stupor. It to easy to imagine the
rest. The poor fellow became a bard drinker,
Whisky was hto master. He lost everything,
position, money and friends, and for years
has been drifting abont in the west, with no
one to care for him, and no one to smooth his
pathway to the grave. Today can bring no
“Happy New Year” to him.
To Our Renders.
Our renders will promote their ournintereit
and ourt by mentioning the name of The Consti
tution when they write to advertisers. Don't foe
get thie.
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The Apacho Question.
The sitnntion in New Mexico and Arizona
is this—a number of Apaches have left tho
San Carlos reservation with mnrder in their
hearts, and aro killing the scattered and de
fenseless families of tho two territories ns
fast as tlie v can reach them. They ride like
the wind, and when their ponies are ex
hausted they steal a fresh lot. Four thon
sand troops under General Crook, who is
serving now under the eye of General Sheri
dan, are trying to corner and destroy the
fleet murderers, bnt as yet they have not
overtaken them.
There is a dispute ns to tho number of
Apaches on tlio war-path. At tho war de
partment it is asserted that all the mischief
in the two territories is dono by ten Indians.
It is claimed that only forty-two Apaches
left tho reservation. Eleven of the number
have been killed, and twenty-one aro known
to be in Mexico—leaving only ten to commit
the nnmlici'less murders and outrages in
southwestern New Mexico and southeastern
Arizona.
The best part of the available resources of
the United States army hare been turned
over to General Crook. He has been anthor
ized to increase hto force of Indian scouts,
and large pack trains have been sent to him,
and be has onc-sixth of tho entire nrmy in
the field hunting tho ten bnsy red-handed
Apaches. These Apaches, whatever their
number, consider themselves outlawed and
hunted, and they will do all the harm they
can while they remain at liberty.
These murderers are roaming over a moun
tainous conntry with an area of forty thou
sand square miles, and if the entire strength
of the military arm of the government was
at hand, tho section could not be folly cov
ered, and it is not certain that all the water
ing places could be held. The nrmy has to
contend with natural difficulties; and the
non-snccera ot General Crook, who to onr
beat Indian fighter, is simply owing to the
fact that he cannot catch a handful of fleet-
footed murderers who know every foot of the
conntry they are operating in. The small
ness ofctlieir number increases the dlffisnlty
of overtaking them. It is a race and not*
battle. The murdering wretches are not en
cumbered in any manner, and tlie task that
General Crook has in hand to very much
like tho attempt to find n needle in a hay
stack.
Tho people in the two afflicted territories
think there are moro than ten Apaches on
the war-path, and they desire the govern
ment to equip n force of frontiersmen for the
special service. The proposition to to raise
a battalion of cowboys, lightly cqnip them,
and place them under the command of army
officer*. General Crook prefers to rely upon
Indtoawconto; anil tbs chances are that
General Crook will be able to captnro the
murderers, or drive them into Mexico, before
a force of cowboys can he organized.
Wc begin thto week onr series of articles
on “1,000 Successfal Farmers.” These arti
cles will bo short—bnt they will bo ftili of
meat.
They will have no theory. All will lio
fads. They will cover farmera in every
state—raiseta of corn, tobacco, cotton, wheat,
stock, grosses, and everything elso that man
con raise. No fanner can read them without
learning many things that will benefit him.
We want contributions from onr friends to
help fill these series. If yon know a good
farmer, and feel that it would help other
farmers to know how he farms, sit down nnd
write ns aliout him. We will make the
ties of articles worth ten times the subscrip
tion of The Constitution.
General Fitz Loo.
Wc reprint from the Philadelphia Times n
stining sketch of gallant Fitz Lee in the
days of the sixties, then a dauntless soldier
riding liaid behind the stars and bars, and
now governor of the great state of Virginia,
and her redeemer from the clutches df Ma-
honc and hto allies.
Of General Fitz Lee it msy be said ns Ju
nius wroteof himself, “Stat nomints ambra!”
“He stands In the shadow of a name!” The
boundless popularity and fame of the unclo
the greatest of modern soldiers, the ideal of
republican citizens—has, by comparison,
dwarfed the reputation and belittled the
ability oi the nephew. Mr. John Wise, the
flippantly eloquent opponent of General Lee
in the late campaign, emphasized this unjust
depreciation. The overwhelming and sur
prising majority by which tho people of Vir
ginia repudiated Mr. Wise and hto theory,
did bnt simple jastice to General Lee. He
was a soldier of excellent ability, and likely
found hto promotion retarded, rather than
helped, by hto kinship to tho commander of
the southern armies. He to a man of good
judgment, crystal integrity and sincerity,
and as a public speaker bore himself hand
somely. The sketch which we print dis
closes some pleasing and stirring scenes of
the old soldier days, and throws a fine light
on his record and character.
His election to the governorship of Vir
ginia lifts him from beneath the overshadow
ing brightness of tho greatest of his line and
pnts him betore the public on hto own mer
its. He will hold his place worthily. As
the foremost living representative of the Lees
lie will maintain the glory of tho name that
hto people love above all others, and will
leave no stain on the escutcheon of a family
that has never known a weak or ignoble son.
Tbs Arab Loss.
London, January 3.—Advices from Ciiro
say the Arabs lost six hundred in tho battle
with the British forces near Koshck recently.
The Arabs ate reported Hying in th* direction
of Dcngolz.
WE WANT AN AGENT
At every postoffice in America
where one is not already at
work. If there is none at your
office, write us immediately and
we will send you agents’ outfit.
Write quick! as the places are
being rapidly filled.
OUR OWN COLUp.
Short Talks With Our Readers
on Matters of Interest.
rieaie Renew Tour subscription before yoar
time U out. This prevents your missing n single
number. Ibe printed slip on yeur paper tells
when the time is out. Itcucw at least one week
ahead, and bring a new subscriber with you.
If You are Buying a Horse
Don’t you ask some man that has known the
horse, and is not interested In fe’ling him,
about his gaits and habits? If you are buying
a farm don’t you inquire of some one about tbo
land? Ko matter what you are buying, yon
go to somebody who is not interested and get
from them all the information yon can. That
is righ*.
Now, in buying a paper for a year, why not
pursue the same course? You cannot tell from
one copy what it will be all tbo year. But tho
people who have read it constantly do know.
Then why not tako their opinions and bo
gnided by them? Here is what our readers
•ay about The Constitution :
C. V. Atkinson, Newton, Ala.: "We are all well
pleaded with The Constitution. It would bo cheap
at live dollars. 1 think it is the best paper I ever
saw. I enclose you a club of five.”
* Milas McKrte. StoufStatlon, N. C.: "All tho
people here say The Constitution is the best paper
they ever saw or had anything to do with.”
growing in public Davor.”
O. K. HoUe, Hoover’s Valley, Texas: "I think
The Constitution Is the best paper I over read, and
was surprised to find a paper with the reading mat
ter it contains so remarkably cheap. I think every
person that con read ought to take It. Wo need Just
Rich a paper as Thf. Constitution here, and I will
do my best to get subscribers to your great paper."
Bor
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nnd my children. Yes, the best paper in tho
south.’ ”
Jacob Freeman. Attalla, Ala.: "I consider The
Constitution the best paper In this country.”
W. F. Henry, Lllesvllle, N. C.* "The Constitu
tion Js the best paper prlnred In tho south, and It
should find its way into tho homo ef every true
hearted democrat.
George T. It. Feddlcord, Cooksvllle, Mil.: "I do
not see how any family could do without Tun
CoNSTrrmoN If they wero to read it onoc. Bill Arp
is worth all the money it costs, to say nothing of
the news you get out or it.”
The Best Kind of Investment is a good sew
ing machine. It Is a blessing In every home and
pays for itself right along.
Have you got one? If not why don't you buy
The Constitution machine? We sell you a ma
chine wo guarantee to be better than tho 9 15 Sing
er, after which it is modeled, for 918 with Tun
Com>titution for one year thrown in.
Remember that wo guarantee this. By this wo
mean that we will let you send the money for tho
machine, take the machino home, put it along
side of any machine that cost you $l> or 150. Com
pare them closely, try them on all kinds of work,
and if at the end of ten days you find our machino
for which you paid 918 (with the paper thrown In)
is not better than the frl > machine, you can notify
us and wo will immediately refund your money.
Isn’t this fair enough?
We have sold hnndreds of these machines. Wo
have had only one returned. Tho others havo
more than give satisfaction. Read what our cus
tomers say about it:
Miss Emma Mecnm, Walkertown, N. C.: "ThO
sewing machine which I ordered ft-om you a few
weeks ago was received in good order, and gives
entire rntlifaction. Several have sewed on it, and
all are pleased with It."
J. M. Coggin, Horn Lake, Miss.: “Bright faces
at onr house. Tlie sewli>!;mat'him'* you sent mo
came all right, and in duo time. Wo have >ested.n
Its merits, ana find it to be all that you claim."
J. W. 8tanflcld. Culasaga, V. C.: ‘The sewing
machine ordered ftom you gives satisfaction in
every particular. We are wclfplcased with it, and
wonder how you can roll it so cheap. All who
have seen it like it, and one of my neighbors, who
bad seen it handed me the modey (918) yesterday
to order one for him."
J. F. Banks, Blufflon, Tex.: "Tha sewing mo-
rhino has arrived. We aro perfectly satisfied.
Many of the neighbors want one Just like it. I
think it very likely I will send for others soon.".
David D. Breedlove, Cedar Mains, Ala.: "Tha
machine ordered through your agent, J. W. Youug,
was duly received, and has stood the test nobly for
ten or twelve days. It gives entire satisfaction. It
is all nnd even more than you claimed for it. I
would not give it for all tbo machines being sold
through this country tor ftom 910 to 9G0."
E. G. Mathews, Oakland, Ga.: '*The sowing ma
chine you sent me some tlmo since proves to be all
” ’“'m for it. *1116 acme of perfection and
My wife and daughter nave tested it
afaction, and pronounce It equal to
anything they have ever seen or used."
Watches by the Thousands.
Wc arc literally selling our famous Waterbary by
the thousands. No other watch equals The Con
stitution Waterbury. Ours has no advertisement
on tho back, but is handsomely engraved. It Is an
accurate time-keeper, and wo have hundreds of
subscribers who have been wearing them for two
years, and w ho report them Just as good today a
when they bought them Tho Waterbury watch Is
a miracle of cheapness and accuracy. It Is Just as
goed a time keeper as any 9100 watch. Read what
a purchaser says:
Mr. S. C. W. Stovall, of Lauderdale, Miss., writes:
•Ism highly pleased with your Waterbury watch.
I compared It with all others on the cars running
ftom Atlanta to Landcwlale and at all stopping
points, and It was up to the best of them. Afterl
came home R was said that Brother Godfrey, our
presiding elder, had the best time piece, and ralno
proved canal to his. You hare got the Wt paper
published on the globe, aud yourwatch is Just as
Ejjod. Majrthe Lord blcSs you and the readers of
'iiTTh . Price, Price's itorc, N. R, write.: "Tlio
n stature witch (tees entire Mtlaficttan. I am
'”U»;prkingfo r jrourp*P« r ’ and will continue to
. Ms-.FTtcc t, the manufacturer of StnlUt, 2,3, tnd
4 “A" Henry county Flue cured tobacco, told by
J. Halt, Atlanta. Us, and hto tobacco to as
or tobacco u The Constitution Is for *
**■&; is the testimony of thousands* We havo re
duced the price of the Waterbury to 93,25 with The
Constitution for one year thrown In, or 92.50 lor
watch alone. A chain goes with every watch, both
being packed in a nice satin box. There is no ex
cuse for you not having a watch for every member
of your family at this price. Send and order tho
Watcrlury.
This Week Ton Must decide what paper you
will take for the next year. Do not be misled by
"sample copies" of inferior papers sent out to
catch strangers. The old rcliablo Constitution is
the lest family paper In the world. Try it fs>r next
year and you will never be without it It Is tho
same all the year round, except that it gets better
all the time. Read what our old subscribers son
about it in "Our Own Column.” You can't do bet
ter than try The Constitution.
Onr New Plow Premium.
Last week wc offered the Syracuse chilled plow,
at a low price, as a premium to our subscribers. Tho
following will show in what etteem it is held by
those who have tried it:
Mr. John Davenport, one of the largest and most
iurccMfol planters of middle Georgia, says:
"I baveured the Syracuse hflMde chilled plow
for three years. I consider it the best turning plow
I e ver raw. and have adopted it now as the only
two-bone plow I use. It turns cleaner and better
than any other plow, and works as well ou level
e plow I uh». It turn* cleaner aud better
. .other plow, and works as well ou level
land ss on hillsides. The immense benefits of ter-
racii p are Just beginning to be appreciated. We
u»c the Bytarure bilbide plow for terracing, run
ning it on the lower »Ido an t allowing it to turn
dirt to the terrace. It is invaluable for this pur
pose, and ue never expect to rwy any other two-
horse plow.”
Mr. Davenport has about twenty-one hundred
acres in cultivation, all of which is terraced. Ilia
testimony is valuable and positive.
Our High Arm machine is going right along
and giving the highest sati-faction. So machine
ever pleased better. It's coat, fa (with the paper
one year thrown in), Is Jiwt abont one-third the
cost of similar machines when bought feme manu
facturers. We guarantee oar 122 machine Is better
than any WO machine. If it is not, say so, and we
will refund your money.