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* THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY JANUARY 12 18=6 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. lawn*! itthe Atlanta rnrtOBoe u icotmil-claaa nail matter, Sorember 11, 1574 WeeklyConsfltutlon, •1.2.1 per snnnm. Clubs of five, ft.OO.cach; elubt of ton 11.00 each and a copy to gcttcr-upofClub. A WORD WITH YOU. tog? Ills responsibility la no less to. He undoubtedly afraid to go to *!eepfor fear bia elephant may overturn a home or *o while hia watchful eye ia closed. He cannot eat, for no conservative farmer would let aneb crowd get in reaching diatanee of hia home while hia gun holds out to shoot. let ua imagine this melancholy caravan, cold, hungry and misnndcratood, approach ing a farmer’s home in the night. YVe can If you are not a lubscriber to The I ace their hulk by the light in the window Constitution, this copy is sent you Skulking with heavy hearts up tbo lane— ■ m.M . “ ® ft .1 . I 4Va mftft.n Anil nt,alIia.Y ,1 rtrlr/itv lriAillnrv tlln you examine and decide whether or I ” > ***•- tI,e # . a a.!., fa. If.... .amftl I WOOW , _ _ ----- , i uoum an explanation for the gigantic ghosts not you want to take it You need that folIow hIn)( jj,, flfst oonMon is, of agood paper for 1886. We think The Constitul _ _ course, with the farmer’s dog. That animal ! Constitution is the best paper I rushes ont belter skelter barking like a you can get. I mitrailleuse. Suddenly u huge cloud Please examine it carefully. Read arises, the dog is seized in tlio noiseless and It, compare It with other papers, mysterious arm* of the night, oscillated 1 , t. I solemnly about tree-high, and then thrown andsend us jour *ubscr!pbon. It , 0(0 ^ , )rcathlng a will be the best investment yon ever I mil t, we j p ra yer, haiiocs at the house. The made. I farmer cautiously, but not yet dreaming in Try it One year, and you Will his wildest suspicions of what is in store for never quit it ATLANTA, GA., Tt'ESBAV, JANUARY 12, 1885, Tilt: northern papers nre trying to tell everybody how to mske home-mado French bread. Thanks. The Georgia pone is good enough for us. Tim tables show that railroad accidents liaro become n strong feature of a year's casualties. About 1,1100 accidents take place each year—last year, 1,210 occurred, in which :HK> were killed and 1,400 wounded. It ia a very considerable battle that affords a larger loss. The appointment of Congressman lllonnt to the chnirmanshlp of the postolllce com mittee, makes him one of the most Import ant tlgurcs in congress. “Jim Blount,” us his people in tbo sixth district love to call him, has quietly worked up bis way to a high place in the .onnclls of the nation, and Georgia is justly proud of him. Mississippi originally elected her judicia ry, rendering the three branches of tho gov ernment absolutely Independent bf each other. Hinrc that time tho selection by ex ecutive appoiutmont lias been tried, and the peoplo are not satisfied with it. As a con sequence, they are now calling for a consti tutional convention, so that they may re turn to the customs of their fathers. An international commission, appointed to find some way of ridding the world of the gambling hell at Monte Carlo, in the princi pality of Monaco, near Nice, report that from 1877 to 1*M—eight years—1,820 peo ple committed suicide on account of lo. the gaming tables. This was at the rate of nearly five a week tho year round. It ought not to bo difficult to devise a way to rid the world of such n nest. Either France or Italy ought to send n battalion, with fixed bayonets, to Monte Carlo, and npset the entire concern, inclndlng the petty prince who lives on the blood of those whom he attracts to his capital. him, appears at the door. “Boss, conld yon let ns stay nil night wid yer j “Who have yon got with you?’’ Kealizing the utter to tally of answering “an elephant and two camels," the negro slowly advances, ills companions hopefully follow. As ths lingo apparition of the elephant is bodied forth from the darkness, followed by the mockc but not rcaasnring spectres of the camels, the farmer .hoots: “What in the (lingua, tion have yon got there?” nnd rushes for his gnn. Thera is no explanation licyond this. “Take them things off my land I” Is the inexorable demand. And so on they go—more desolate, more misplaced, more pitiful than any of the world’s outcasts from tho Wandering Jow down to little .lo. No where can they rest. Imagine them steal ing fora moment’s respite from the wind Into n barnyard or a stable, wlicrn respecta ble cows nnd provincial mules are bonsed for the night. Could they get rest and welcome even there? Not much. Not un less the mules and cows could carry off the stables anil the fences with them, which in their hurry they probably could! Sergeant Bates once set ont to prove that the eonth was reconstructed by carrying tho stara and stripes through every state. That test might have satisfied somo folks. Bat if n strange negro can march on foot with an elephant nnd two camels through n hundred miles of Georgia farms, is there any ono who will doubt that there never con lie any fitr- ther trouble betwen tlio races. Wo hope the dusky pilgrim will reach Atlanta safely with his charge. If ho can go forty days without rest or food or fire, font rivers, sleep a walking, ilrink at tho branch, and carry fifty loads of small shot in his hide, he may get through. Even if he docs, it will lie ninny n long year licfnre middle Georgia fanners will again nnliar their doors to pass ing callers,before newly-arrived dogs in Aln- Ixuna will scent out in the night and bark at something they don't see, and before tran quillity bis returned to the distracted rows and males thnt dwell along tbcliigh road lm- tween Macon and Atlanta. Tiik Constitution has just closed the biggest mbscrlptlnn week of its whole life. When the gates of our New Year were opened it looked like the whole world was coming ponring in. Along with the new snlwriliers came words of praise from our old readers. Altogether, the first week of 1888 was a busy, bustling, cheerful week. Now let ns have just another. Are yon a subscriber? If not, we assure yon you can not do Ix'ttrr thou begin at once. Don't subscribe alone. That costs yon $1.2.1. (let lour neighbors to join you ut $1 ca:h. Do this at once. ^ Are yon an agent? Then give ns a'day this week and make np a big club, (let all yonr club to renew before their time is out, anil ask every one to bring a new sufascrtlior with him when be come*. Are you a irabecriber? Then make it a point thta week of getting at least one other mbacriber. Yon can easily do it. Show •one one yonr paper, nnd he will sulucrlbe. Let na all make a puli—a long and atrong pnll and a pull altogether—this week and make it head last week ! We mast have our 100,000 subscribers. If yon do your part we will get them 1 We expect to hear (Yum you this week. TV* urge our iwmtsrs when they answer ailvertl»rm«tit* to iiirutiaii that tiny mw them In the Constitution. This will help all a rounds better harvests, and have therefore made more meat; bnt thin fact alone does not errant for the great decrease in the exporta tion of hog products from this country. The hostile action of France and Germany prohibiting the importation of onr pork products bod much to do with it; for lost not only the trade of the two countries, but tbe trade, to some extent, of other European countries, who are afraid to tako our pork after France and Germany have discarded it as trichinons. Mr. Dodge contends that the fullest and closest investigation does not sustain the two governments In the action they have taken. All reported cases of illness have been traced to domestic pork, and not one to American pork. The domestic product in Germany at least is known to be largely diseased, and the liogs of France are not much better. Mr. Dodge nrges, in tbe meanwhile, the farmers in the hog-breeding states to make lietter pork and bacon—to feed their hogs more pens on the vine and other forage, and less corn—to kill them before they are suffocated with lilt or weakened by cholera—to, in a word, render the presence of trichina; an impossibility. Mr. Dodge’ advice to our liog growers is certainly good and should be taken, even if his views as to onr foreign policy are not wholly wise and acceptable. The Force of Public Opinion The returns of tho follies, casualties and crimes of Christmas and New Year’s day are all in. Tho record is not without its block spots, lint it promises well for tbo future. One thing is worthy of noto. Onr correspond ents, writing from “wet” towns in Georgia and other states, nearly all called attention to the fact that thesaies of liqnor for holiday pmposes showed n great falling off compared with the sales of former years. From this it appears that the effects of the temperance agitation was being felt in places whero prohibition has not been strong enough to carry tho day. Tbe nnasaal moderation manifested dnring the holidays was not the result of legal restraint; it was tbe result of public opinion. After all, this tbe best law for the regulation of certain perplexing social problems. When public opinion is educated np to the proper stand ard it becomes a mighty force. Sometimes may crystalize in the shape of a statute, bnt in all snch instances tlio real power of the law consists in what stands back of it. The temperance people may well feel en couraged. Even where they have been de feated they have not been routed. The in fluence of their work remains. Tbe next best tiling to peranading people to abolish liquor is lo perenade them not to nso it or nso less of it. Wo urge onr readers when they answer ndvertliements to mention that they saw them In the Constitution. This will help all around. The I’nparalleled Cold. The continent of America lias never been so cold in tlie memory of thta generation as during the present cold spell. The whole reuntiy has been frozen—thorn the orange groves to the great lakes. Snow blocks tho railroads and ice holds the ships in ita terri ble grip. Travel ir stopped, the mails are halted, and the telegraph wires ate down. Whole communities are isolated. Herds of cattle are lost on ths plains. Train loads of j passengers are blocked on tbe prairies. With the breaking up of all this, terrible Tho Secret of liniiilgralion. The December bulletin of tlio commis sioner of immigration for the territory of Da kota, lies before us. It Is n handsome pam phlet of eighteen pages, well Illustrated, and it lias a red cover. Tlie Georgia reports and hnllotlns have no cover at all. When wo look into this copy of C’ommls sloncr Dunlop’s monthly, we see at n glance why the laud of Idizznrds has, within a few yean, attracted a thrifty population of fully half a million, and Ison the rood to a mil lion. Even blizzards cannot imllify tbo ef fects of «ood advertising. Tho tint article in the pamphlet relates to tho weather In Dakota, November is shown to have been a delightful month of Indian anmnier weather. Facta and figures are presented to show heir sunny it was dnring the month. The num ber of lnud entries of November Is then given. Tlie next article sums up the crops of the territory. There Is then an illustra tion of a public school bnilding of one of tho new territorial towns. “Dakota homestead era’’ are next discussed, and then there nre illnstretlons of a bank building nml n “pal ace hotel’’ in another town. A state govern, ment, Northern l’acidc laud sales auil the Indian qnestion, are sntyect* that follow, to gether with clever pictures of school build ings, land offices uudotherpnblicstrnrtnres, Tlie modern architect, it Is plain, Is abroad In Dakota. A doctor of divinity writes ahont higher cdncatlon in Dakota. There are railroad notes, an article on fruits, nml also one almut the newspapers of tbe terri tory. The last named uurnber over three hundred. And then two counties are taken up utid careftdly described. Each bulletin contains an exhaustive description of two comities of the territory. Tlie man seeking a new home receive* one of these booming official pamphlets, nnd re reives not a line from Georgia, aud he very naturally turns towards Dakota. 11a may rnronnter a blizzard when he arrives there, hot he his gone too far to retreat, and so the frozen land* gain a population that would lie much happier and mors prosper- scenes of suffering will be dleclosed. Great •* «* I on "‘he lontb, -imply because they'aro .Hums.afdel- told about tho tewrarere of the one, and are stttisttzKEi :tr ,n ig “ of ot th ° when the snowy mantle is lifted and tbe hold of the ice is broksn. Elsewhere we I <>i k agents should remember that this is print all that is known of the storm. In I the harvest-time for subscribers. Nine ont ■ext week’s Constitution we will devote a I of ten men who subscribe for tlie year do so whdepagetofMggtto.thrilling incidents | this mouth or next. Other agents are at of the storm, tlie adventures of the belated, i , «»d tbe actual damage done. It will be a 'T ® 10 ^ wonderful chapter of history that everyone °"“ r to “ ,hat T " E Co!reT1Tt '- cVamU i . .i ... a .... I TIOV Dots l\iom Ynw m tlx* Inn amt Unto should read, fcimnoN. Look out for next week's Cos- A Pilgrim and Hie Charge. In circulating the sympathies evoked by the cruel cold, let ns not forget the colored thin gets them. Now is the hamst-time. Don’t lose a day 1 The friends of other lepers nre at work. The American Hog. , .. , Mr. Dodge, statistician of the department pilgrim who Marred two days ago from Mon- I of agriculture, warmly defends the Amerl- zoe, whrrc Giles' circus was sold, with nu can hog against all France and Germany, elephant aud two camels, aud who is, with lie first shows that tlie average export of hia ponderous charge, "till plodding his I hog products in the decade, 1671-1680, was weary way between that burg aud Atlanta, ini aloe over sixty million dollars a year. Truly, his U a deplorable figure. A lie- I Tho largest exportation wax reached in the gro, tramping a hundred miles throngh a I flsrol year ending June 110, 1881, when the strange country with the mureusy hitting I rquiv.lznt of tl,103,OOObogswaswnt abroad, xrro is to be pitied. When he has to make There was then a large tailing off—the ex- the journey with a three ton elephant and a I ports in the following year b«l»g reduced pair of depressed camels as his companions | nearly one-half We have recovered some he is entitled to mors than pity. The eni bazTSlernent* that follow his invasion of a pastoral neighborhood with (best unex pected and terrifytoganimals most be crash- lost ground, but we are at praaent exporting not oi er 4,000,001) as against 8,000,000, five years ago. The European countries hart of late bad A Northern Sham. A correspondent of tbo Nation, who signs himself Sclnh Howell, writes from Harvard, Massachusetts, in regard to tho comments of that excellent weekly on the refusal of the hotel-keepers in Troy nml other New York towns to entertain the colored jubilee singers. The Nation, it seems, criticized tho hotel-keepers, whllo Mr. Sclnh Howell is of the opinion that it is northern senti ment, ns represented liy the peoplo of the north, tliat ought to lie criticized. No doubt Mr. Sclnh Howell is right, pro vided there Is any criticism to make; bnt, under all the circumstances, wliat is the ne cessity of criticism? What reform is criti cism likely to accomplish ? For forty years all tho politics nml all the literature of tho north have been directed to rouvincing tho jicoplo of tho north that they ought to as sociate with negroes on terms of equality— tliat they ought to take them totheir homes and receive them socially. We hail supposed that this tremendous intluence, covering so wide a Held nml em bracing so long a period, hod had a serious effect, but It seems not. Mr. Selah Howell writes to tlio Nation that tho landlords do not refrise to receive tho jnblleo siugers be reuse they nre negroes, hut because of the sentlmeuta of their white guests. These guests, Mr. Howell argues, “say very plain ly to the landlord that unless negroes are refttsed the courtesies of the house, they will go elaowhere.” With the landlord it is a question of business, not ot personal feel ing : nnd, from the nature of his business, he is bound to make himself and his house agteeablc to his patrons. It Is to be observed that, in spite of the tore that is made by onr republican friends, tbe negroes are treated no better at the north than they are treated at tlio sonth. Individually, they are not treated os well. Collectively, they have a better showing in the south than they have at the north; they are shown more consideration, they have more privileges and greater advantages, and they receive greater sympathy. It is time that the sham northern interest in the negro was valued at ita true worth, which is noth ing. firmly believed himself to be Irvin, but while in jail he had studied over tbe matter and the memory of past events had returned. To his unspeakable grief he had suddenly awakened to tbe discovery that he recollec ted certain events which were said to have occurred in the life of Frank Douglas. It seemed to Idm at times that he could recol lect having married a yonng lady In Texas who was still living. At other times he was confident that he was Irvin ami that he had only one wife. In this terrible state of per plexity he was willing to rctam to Texas to settle the matter, and was willing to have the habeas corpus case dismissed. It is needless to say that this phenomenal personage was at once handed over to the minions of the law from Texas, and forth with shipped to that state securely hand cuffed. The arresting officers were consid erably taken alack liy the statements of their captive, but they claim that he is Donglos, and nobody olsc. They farther- more say that he is one of the most depra- i eil rascals that ever lived, and predict that when the courts get throngh with him ho will Ik; sentenced to the penitentiary for ninety-nine years. It is to lie hoped that justice has made no mistake, but when tbe (liattannogans think of their late fellow- citizen they cannot help wondering whether he is really himself or the other fellow. cmtic factions in the city in n desperate con dition. Tammany was weak nnd without a leader, and he gave it confidence, and he in- fried something of his energy and courage into the county democracy, which was in a languishing condition. He covered the whole gronnd and carried on his campaign in person. As an evidence of his courage nnd confidence it has been stated that be placed his entire fortune of fifty or seventy-five thousand dollars at the disposal of the campaign committee to cover the expenses of the campaign. Such confi dence bad its effect, and the result was that he was elected as a straight ont democrat without compromises of any kind, and his administration will be strictly as democratic us that of Andy Jackson’s. Under nil the circumstances, his victory was a notable one. He has demonstrated that the people like their democracy straight and unadulterated, and each a demonstra tion will have an overpowering but timely effect on the campaign of 1888. Tlio Thugs of New York. It is n rommon thing for tbe swarthy brig ands of Italy to kidnap a man of means and hold him for ransom, bnt it is something of a novelty to hear of snch outrages in a large city like New York. The boldest case of the kind over known occnrrcd only n few days ago. Mr. James T. Stevenson, a prominent builder, sudden ly disappeared. After waiting n few days Mrs. Stevenson offered a reward of $500 for the body ofher husband, dead or alive. Tills set the police to work, bnt all efforts to find the missing man were unsuccessful. It was ascertained thnt on the day of his disappear ance lie had ensiled n cheek for $1,000 and bnd storied over to Jersey city to see nhout contract. That was the last seen of him. Home days after the publication of the re ward an elegantly dressed lady called on Mrs. Stevenson and notified her that if paid $1,000 she would produce Mr. Stevenson. She refused to give her name and address, but said that Stevenson had boon decoyed to n small town on the Pennsylvania rail road where lie was kept under lock nnd key by two men who had robbed him of all his money. When her demand for the ransom was relnscd she left the house aud the police linve lw-en unable to trace her. The final outcome of the case may he mnr- dcr. Every year well known people disap pear in New York, and no explanation is ever made. In more than ono instance, doubtless, there is an attempt made to prac tice tbe same game that Is being worked an Stevenson. There Is no end to tbe myste ries and miseries of a great city. in I Is lie I tic Other Fellow? A badly mixed case occurred in Chatta nooga, last week. Officers from Texas visit ed tho city in qneet of a noted counterfeiter, forger nnd embezzler named Frank Douglas. They found their man masquerading os Manton D. Irvin. They recognized him and pat him under arrest. The alleged Irvin atontly maintained that he was not Dongtas and proved hia identity by a number of people, including an old school-mate. The Texas officers were firm Olid the prisoner sued out n writ of habeas corpus. When the case sms called for trial Irvin rose in his place and damb- fonnded the judge, the lawyers and the spec tators by reeling off the most remarkable yam ever heard in or out of the court room. With a end free, end with the moat en gaging candor imaginable, the prisoner ad mitted that he might, for all he know, lie Frank Donglos, of Texas. Sometimes he thought he was, and then again he was sat isfied that he was In in. Nome years ago, he said, Frank Douglas and In in were on a Mizslmippi river steamer. He was one of them, but he eouldu't positively say which They took the yellow fever, were put ■bore, nnd one of them died. It was possi ble their clothing got mixed. When he re covered he found his clothing marked levin, and was called by that name by those around him. He had no recollection of the past. He shortly afterwards settled at Madson- ville, Tenn., where he married. Later be scent to Chattanooga and engaged in bnai- An old schoolmate met him and re cognized him gs Irvin. Until his arrest he Heitor Country Rond*. Mild weather docs not help tho situation the country, because mild weather in the winter season means rain, and rain in Geor gia menus mud. The need of better coun try roads is nowhere greater or more press ing than in tho sonth. In the northern states frost during the winter season supplies roads that nre harder nnd smoother than Macadam ever built, bnt In the south we hnvc no frost that can be depended upon to give ns good roads even tor a single week, WIint is the result ? Dnriug at least a quarter of the year trade is at a standstill; tho roads nre impassable for even empty wagons; children cannot go to school in many cases, nor adults to church. Society stagnates. There are plenty of railroads, hut the people cannot go to or from tho rail roads over the wretched and almost liottom- lcm highways. Our highway policy is simply indefensi- Bepairs arc made in such a way that they do not repair the roads against bnd weather. Tho taxpayer should pay bis shore of the highway taxes os ho pays any other tax, and thu policy of allowing them to work when, and how nnd almost whero they please, should lie abolished. Wo have outgrown such methods. Komi making should bo done by skilled men, or at least under the superintendence of n road-maker. The em ployment of the convicts of a section, nnder the gnidancc of a competent official, is n plan that is widely approved, and if tbe plan was adopted in every county, there would soon lie a network of roads thronghoat the state as good os any that Tennessee or Vir ginia can hooat. The roads of England and France nnd oth er European countries are proof against nil kinds of weather. They ore hard, durable and easily kept in repair. Na wagons arc mired in such roads; nono are stalled. A span of borses can draw a load upon them that w ould astonish a farmer who has uerer been out of this state. Even ia Canada-then; nre'good roads, and in many parts of tbe northern states the country roads have been brought up to tbe English standard. The southern towns should tako this matter in hand. The south needs better country roods, and we need not expect to attract many im migrants or to see a considerable develop ment of the resources of tho state until we hare them. Good roods and good pnblic schools are two things that men looking for new homes always inquire about, and when they find them they are very sore to see ad vantages i if the surrounding lands. A Queer Divorce Case. Brooklyn ftirnisbesone of tho most tangled divorce cases,of the season. In ]8."0 Laura Mclicn married ■William Houghton. When the war came on Hough ton entered the confederate service, and his wifo heard that lie was killed in battle. Re cently she heard that Houghton was living in Mobile. She went to that city and found him married to another woman. When Houghton was arrested for bigamy, he pro duced a judgment of tbe supreme court of New York, showing that bis marriage to Bliss Mclicn had been annulled on the gronnd that in 18,74 she had married a man named BIcGlynn. Mrs. Houghton returned to Brooklyn, nnd asked tbo coart to set aside its judgment, ns she had never married Mc- Glynn. The evidence was roluminons. Hongliton failed to prove the BIcGlynn mar riage, and failed to prove that snch a man as BIcGlynn bad ever existed. The presiding judge said that tbe cose was a most extraordinary one. He ordered it to be re-opened, and the chances ore thnt when tho decision is reached BIr. Houghton will find himself in an uncomfortable fix. It is believed thnt he invented the story about the BIcGlynn marriage, and secured his di vorce by fraud and perjury. TTs urge our readst* whew they answer ftdvertlftemeutft to mention that they saw them In the Constitution. This will liolp all hround. An Old Fashioned Democrat. The inauguration of Governor Hill, of New York, the other day, Is a more import ant event than the brief and inconsiderate chronicles of tbe time would have it appear. It was the inauguration of a democrat who made a straight out party fight, and who mode know n the fact that he was opposed to the sham civil service reform that has been inaugurated for the purpose of keeping re publicans in office. Governor Hill was bitterly opposed by all regular republicans and by all the mug wumps. He was denounced as a thief, a corruptionist and a swindler, and nothing was left undone by those who had taken the contract to defeat him. It eras said that he was opposed to Mr. Cleveland, and that his election would give the democratic ad- ministration its first black eye. All this, however, had no effect on Mr. IlilL Ho inaugurated the most vigorous campaign that has been seen in New York state in many a day. Ho Brand the demo- Fnllttrcs In tho South. The statistics of business tailores show that there were mors in the south in 1883 than there were in 1884 ; although fewer failures occnrrcd last year in other sections of the country than were recorded for tho previous year. The extension of business in the sonth accounts for somoof the additional nnmbcr, hot it ia scarcely sufficient to ac count for all oi them. In the west there was a similar extension of trado withont an increase in the number of failures. The l’biladclphia Times is confident tlie Increase in the south is due in good port to the sys tem of credits indulged in in this section. “Smoil credits,” it says, “are extended too long and collections are made with difficulty. This discourages business men who have to pay cash to the manufacturer, the wholesale merchant or the commission house, and the difficulty of raising money that is due when it is needed is such that in many cases they arc obliged to suspend. The indefinite ex tension of small credits docs not prevail in tho western and I’acific states, where the nnmbcr of firms nnd the amonnt of capital invested is probably increasing as fiist as in the south, if not faster; bnt both these sections illustrate the conntry’s increasing prosperity by reducing their business failures, and the most progressive, cash-paying states of the south, like Texas and Georgia, both show considerable reduction in the volume of lin hillticsof snspended firms. The lesson of the year 1883 for tho sonth is, pay cash.” only serve to moke it more clear that prices have been tending irresistibly toward a lower level than that of 1680, not only dur ing the period of paper depreciation, but since gold has been the measure of value. The New York Blail and Express presente a table showing that most of the staples are still very low—that the rise in the last months of 1883 was not general. We give its table: Articles. No. z red wbciit bu. (SU Pee. No. z mixed corn, bu .Vffv Dec. Family flora-. bl, II «o ft 50 Dec. lard, refined, lb. Changes. Pork,spot meaz.bbl.il oo 10 (0 Dec. I Butler,cn-smeryjh l*a20 25a.1l Adr. Cbccze, crti.icrv, lb 714*54 914*10 Adv. _ r, refined, 16... !Ai 6 s-to Adv. Coflie, Bio, lb sjZ . 8?4 Dec. No. 1 pi* Iron, ton,t8 00 18 17 Adv. Par Iron, 80, lb.... 1 00 Steel rail*, ion...,...27 OO Copper, lake It's Tin, itrolta 21;; Lead, domestic 8 85 cotton.mld. up., lb 1074 Wool, Ohio, lb...,., 20as Prints, CtxtW, yard, Piitml'ra port $»H1 Fetrorm cert., bbl. fti I «Sa2 Adv. U 00 Adv. . 11U Adv. 20)2 Deo. 4 65 Adv. 08-16 Dee. 82aS7 Adv. 83-16 Adv. 8% Dec. 'm .8 5nw' Ot 19 staples named, 10 have advanced and 0 have declined. The advances have been in daily products, sugar, metals, rails, wool and prints. Declines have been in grain, provisions, cotton and oil. Broadly stated, mannfactnrcd products have ad vanced, while products of the soil have de clined. The general tendency toward lower prices is due to n great many things, bnt cheaper transportation, better machinery, larger capital and lower ratesofinterestbavo much to do with it, BVhcther bottom lias been reached or not, still depends upon these causes, some of which have not been ex hausted. There is a general belief, how ever, that a higher range of prices will pre vail this year. Iron is firmly held at an ad vance, wool is firm, sugar is higher, hut wheat and cotton are weak and declining. There Is simply a hopefrtl feeling, which may lead up to confidence and activite. Lei . us hope it will. We urge onr readers when they answer advertisement! to mention that they saw them In the Constitution. This will help alt aronnd. Tlio Low Range of Prices. A correspondent of the New York Triliano (hows tliat the average of prices in 1883 was lower than in 1884 by 8.24 per cent. The fall in prices, which culminated in August of last year, was, however, partially regain ed before the close of the year, bnt not wholly; for the cloeing prices of the year were 1.4 per cent lielow the level of tbo first day of the year. For the lint time tbo gen eral level of prices for n year has fallen more than 20 per cent below that of May, 1860. 7Ve give the figures: Wheat, bushel Corn, bushel Cotton, tb. Wool, K Beef, frenh, SO m Bn Hides, lb... Butter, lb,... lire, foe, ton Total.... — 422 70 t Here thrre was a decline of 20 per cent in the price of every article except one, and in that one an advance of only 3 per cent, and yet, because of the large price of tbe quan tity usually quoted, a relatively small ad vance in the price of iron alone drowns ont of sight the greater decline in all other quo tations. The result of the comparison after the old method Is that one finite a general advance of more thru 2 per cent, although in fret prices bnd fallen severely. The writer of the article from which we are quoting then proceeds to show that 874.5(1 woahl have bought in Angnst last as much as $174.77 in November, 1803, of tbe articles named below : Wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, beans and pens, mess pork, bacon, ham, live hags, lard, fresh beef, tal low, live sheep, poultry, batter, cheese, eggs, milk, hay, potatoes, turnips, cabbages, onions, apples, raisins, sugar, brown and crushed; molasses, coffee, tea, tobacco, whis ky, malt and hops; mackerel, eodliish, salt, rice, nutmegs, cloves, pepper, cotton, prim cloths and standard sheetings, wool of differ ent qualities, blankets, carpets, flannel*, leather, boots, dtoos, hides, silk, India rub ber, iron, pig and !>ar; nails steel rails, coal, oil, erode and refined. Tile tables presented in the Tribune show that there hits been a general tendency to word lower price*. From 18W until 1871. and again from I-72 until 1876, and again item 1M-2 until 1885, prices fell quite stead ily. Indeed, had not the short crop of l—I routed a temporary advance in the spring of Itt-2, the range of Jaunary, 1-Ht, would bar e lieen the highest of the later period, and it might have lieen said that tlie present era of declining Drircs had continued with little intt i mission for six years. None will fail to observe how swift and sharp the ad vances have been—alnut 12 per cent from Novcmlier, 1-71, to May, 1872, and 25} per cent from October, 1876, to January, 1880. Bnt these spasmodic advances, by which the general tendency downward is interrupted, A Familiar Rill In Congress. Congressman Bicliae, of Arkansus, has introduced a bill to refund the cotton tax collected on raw cotton from 18(13 to 1868, inclusive. The bill appropriates a little more than $68,000,000, nnd Georgia's share would be $11,887,094. Mr. BloUae’s bUl differs from some of the previous refunding hills in the respect that the money is to be paid to the states, nnd the states are to re turn the taxes collected to the producers, or their heirs, so far ns they can be ascertained and shown by dear and satisfactory evi dence . Each state is to establish a conrt for that purpose. Ail monies not claimed by tlio producers within a reasonable time shall he retained by tho state to become a permanent free school fund. Not a cent of the money is to bo used for any other pur pose. The right of redaiming snch taxes is dedared by the bill to be of a personal no- tore, and the states ore expressly prohibited from reimbursing any assignee. The fact that the United States supremo court dedared the whole scheme of taxation unconstitutional, and the clause directed against the speculators in these cotton-tax claims, and the clause looking to n irco school fluid, are relied on to give the bill a lighting chance—something more than prey vions bills relating to the tax in question have had. Bnt still it is too early to indnlgo in spec* illations over tho payment of so many mil lions to tbe southern states. True, tho money was collected ontsido of tho law ; true, too, the south I* fearfully taxed for pensions nnd other things that nre disbursed In the northern states; true, fhrther still, tliat the general government shonld assist in tbo work of educating the people it sudden ly transformed into citizens; bnt despite nil these things congress may reftase to re- flind the tax this year us it bos done in oth er years. BIr. 8. 7V. Goode. We recommend this gentleman, whom real estate announcement appears elsewhere os entirely reliable and capable. He has in tegrity, influence and energy. Those who wish to buy or sell can not do lietter than consult him. He deals with perfect fairness with both side*. “His Mysterious Enemy.” A wonderfully good story in next week's Constitution and the third installment of Bln. Barnett’s great story. SABI JONES IN CINCINNATI. Evangelists Jones and Small Arrive anil Will Begin at Oner. CurcncxATi, January ((.-[Special.]—Rev. Haul Jones and Mr. Sam W. Small arrived In the city this morning from Georgia. They were met*t the depot and taken to the Gibson house, whero they will mako headquarter* during their stay in tho city. The orsngclists have come here In respoiuo to repeated and uzgent Invitations from Christians ot all creeds sad will Inaugurate their mootings at Trinity Methodist church tomorrow morning at 10:20 o’clock. This la the largest available church In the city and will accommodate somo twonty-fiva hundred people at each service. When U shall became aeccisaiy to have more room, arrange- menu have been made to transfer tb* meetings to the largeaudltoriomof the music hall. Already the peoplo or Cincinnati are concerned over the outcome of the labors of the fiunous Geor gia evangelists. Sam Jones made a profound im pression upon thousands of this peoplo who heard him last apring at Uw Loveland camp meeting. Ul> coming here has been fully advertised and hta words and eourze will be heard and watched with intense interest. Tbe Christian people are alive to tho Importance of hi* mission aud are prepared to ftivo him the most active and cordial support At a recent meeting of minuter* »t the Burnett bouse parlor* there were sixty pm- ton of this city and lu suburbs prescut. They unanimously pledged a hearty cooperation to every work for the evangelization ot the city. Hum Joucs said today: "I do not ice wby wo should not have a grand victory in Cincinnati. My faith in the willingness of tho Lord to blew any people who seek a blessing ia implicit. I do not know whether we will remain here longer than a month, but I will aay that we don’t intend ta abandon our effort* until w^are satisfied that they arc wholly futile.” This cold weather which keeps folks in door* will show what a blessing Tm: Cox- •mruox is. It brightens many an hone tliat would otberwiK> be tedious. You can’t do without it, so subscribe at once. John Sherman •» Hia Own Successor. Com mbits, Ohio,January 7.—The republican legislative caucus today renominated John Sherman as bis own sncceesor in the United States senate. No other name was presented. To Onr tt«adera. 0*r Mflert trill j>r,nrutl$ their ownintereH and emt by mntimehui thmamtufThc Cnuti* tutitm nhen they teriU to advertisers, Djn’tfcr get this, , . *: