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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., lUiiiSDAY FEBRUARY 23 1886
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CHEROKEE REMEDY
Of Sweet Unai and itfbllein.
The sweet gum, as leathered from a tree of the
same name, growing along the small streams in the
Southern .States, contains a fitimnlauagexpcctonml
principle that loosens the phlegm producing the
earl; n omintt cough, nr.d stimulates the child to
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Helds, presents in Tay lob's Chkrokke Remedy or
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THE MURDERED BOY.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THETOCCOA
TRAGEDY.
The Murder of Aleck Mauldin, a Poor Errand Boy
for the Sum of a Dollar and Eighty-Avo Cents—
The Supposed Murderer at Large—Pic
ture* of the Murderer r.ad Scene.
TOCCOJI, February 13.—[Stair Corrcspon-
ilciicc.]—Fate is cruel when she mars the
peace of this beautiful section rvith the murder
of an innocent hoy. Ten days ago two boys
were bosom companions. Together thoy en
joyed the S]>ort3 common to youngsters, and
what was fun for one was fua for the other.
One was the son of a woman loft
destitute lately by her husband, who
deserted her and disappeared. The other
was the son of a prominent citizen well to do
in this world’s affairs and highly esteemed l,y
all. In one of tho newest graves in tho little
cemetery here the poor boy is buried, and
Tough stones mark tho head and foot of his
resting place. Tho other boy, branded as a
murderer, has gono a refugee from justice no
one kiHW3 where.
Aleck Man Min was twelve years old, and
was Uie eldest of Ills mother's children, Ife
had four little sisters. 1 [is father had for some
cause or otjn v deserted tliu family, and Aleck
was the head of the household. His mother
was a delicate woman, of slender build, and
her sun fought bravely to keep tho wolf from
tho door. He was tho errand boy of the town.
If there was wood to chop Aleck
chopped it. If there v. j an odd job
to be done - and an honest penny
to be turned Alcrh. was there. Many a mis
sive has lie borne for the young gsllanti of
the town to their fair ones. No opportunity
offered that he did not improve and ho was re
garded on nW sides as an honest and industri
ous boy. It seems incredible that such a boy
as Aleck Mauldin could be murdered for his
money by a "ooy who was well housed and
well fed.
TUB SPai’KOTEII MURDERER.
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FREDDIE FREEH AN—$330 REWARD.
[Young Ereeman is described ns being about fif-
teen vearsof age, between four feet 10 inches aud
live feet three inches in height: well developed,
weighing near 113 pound*; light hair; eyes nearly
hazel, but rather blue: large head, full in the back
pari; has a rather awkward, lanky, swinging mo
tion while walking, and looks as though be had
rather step along unobserved.]
THE MURDERED BOY'S MOTHER,
Today 1 went down and looked at Aleck's
home. His mother, dazed by the terrible expe
rience she has met was crouching over her sow
ing. The house had two room?. One was en
tirely empty and immense cranks were hero
and there in tho floor and weather boarding.
Neither room was plastered. The room that
was occupied hr.d but fow cracks, though the
walls were weak defenses against la, r winds
and cold. Tho walls 1 were
bare except :t few circus pictures
that adorned the humble home. Tho back of
the fire-place was out and one could see
through it into the next room. A calico dress,
faded and gauzy, hung on the wall. T»vo
wheelbarrow leads would have emptied the
house of its furniture.
The boy’s mother told me how her son had
busied himself for several days packing
up bis little boxes nml putting
Lis playthings to rights. ,Sho drew
out some cigar boxes and showed mo
bis Header, a little tin horse, a handkerchief
from the Christmas tree, a silver spoon, three
tops, numerous bu;tou3 he had won, a match
box, several marbles, an Alabama sling and
other like toys.
She told mo the following as an occiirren' e
on Monday, the 6>tli: ,
“About sunset Monday lie came and sat oa
my lap in an affectionate way. put his arms
arontid my neck aud whispered in my left ear:
‘Ma, Freddie Freeman says he is going to kilt
me!’ 'What for':’ I asked. ‘I don't know, he
answered, ‘but he says I liavo got to miml him
in everything he tolls me to do when I am
away from you.’ I said: ‘Aleck, is that so?'
■Yes’m,’ lie said, ‘hut don't say anything about
it.’”
AM HUMBLE FORTUNE.
On the Bth or 10th Aleck received ten cents
for cutting wood at the r esidence of Major
John Freeman, father of the supposed mur
derer. The dime made out even &! that Aleck
had accumulated, and he ran to his mother
exclaiming:
“Couziggity, I’ve got two dollars. I've got
two dollars, couziggity: - ’
Aleck’s grandfather is proprietor of the
Mauldin house one of the hotels at Toceoa.
The boy’s mother gave the following account
of tire events of Wednesday tho 10th.
“Wednesday afternoon about half way
between dinner and night, I was sit
ting by the lire sawing busily.
I heard a voice outside sounding low aud heavy
and asking for little Aleck Mauldin. I went
to tho door aud saw it was Freddie Freeman.
He asked for Aleck aud 1 told him lio was
not at home. He did not believe me auil run
mug around the house looked up under the
floor and then came to the door and looked all
around the room. Fred went away nud soon
came up with Aleck, who had bought a doiai-
niejue ken, and was bringing her home. Alcek
rushed into the house aud exclaimed:
“l-OOK AT MY PRETTY HEN l
I’m going to make me a coop and, buy some
more chickens. Keep my money; I can’t tote
it.”
With that lie dropped a dollar and eighty-
five cents in his mother’s lap.
Fred was standing at the door IicsUatiu.
what to do. He had a shotgun.
“He wants rne to go hunting with him,’
raid Aleck.
“It is too late; I don’t want yon to go,” said
his mother.
The lays then went to work and built a coop
for tiro domrnique Iron. When they had fin
ished that work, Fred again importuned Aleck
to go hunting. The two boys went off’togetiier
and Econ Aleck returned with a new pocket
book,which he showed to bis mother, s lyin
“Look what Freddie gave me to put in
money in and go hunting with hirn."
Aleck wanted his money and his mother
minted it out to him—a dollar and eighty-five
cents.
Aleck had a slingshot tosho >‘. at birds and
Fred had bis gun.
“While I was counting out the money,” said
Mr. Mauldin to me. “Freddie remarked: "Mrs.
Mauldin,we arc all friends, but I tell you I am
compelled to IcavcT’oecoa!’ I asked him what
for,and ho would not toll me.liut added ‘I have
to stai t early in the rooming, and I have not a
cent,” -
While he was in the house lie was wheltin
his knife on the bricks at the fireplace.
“MONEY IS HARD.”
“Yes,” said Mrs. Mauldin, “money is hard. If
wo all bad plenty wo would have some candy
The boy replied:
“Well, I have got to travel and I have got
no money. I wish I had some.” ilo looked
at-Heck a .1 said again: “I wish I had soma
money.”
Mrs.'MaulJ:n < otroied oat the money and
put it in the lilUe pockctbook. It filled the
little purso full. Fred said again:
“I wish I had some money.”
Aleck answered:
“Fled, I would not give this money to my
pa. It is to help get nut a home, or else to pay
lor iny sickness.”
Fred still urged Aleck to go hunting with
him, but Aleck declined. Tho two boys then
started out of the door to go to tho stores.
Aleck was to buy some soda for his mother.
Before reaching tiie front fence ho turned and
walked back to bis mother, put lii3 arms
around lr r neck and kissed her. In a play
ful way Aleck held his mother’s slender
wrists and said:
“See hero Fred, if ma was to go to whip mo
I could hold her.”
"Turn that hand loose aud come on," an
swered Fred.
Mrs. Mauldin took one of tho little hau ls
into her own and Eaid:
“Ain’t that little hand a poor excuse to
help mama make a living?”
“Ycs’in,” said the hoy as he turned aud
walked away.
Mis. Mauldin resumed her sowing. In a
few moments she aro-e, and looking through
r.nc of the cracks in her lionsc saw the two
l eys standing at a street corner half a block
away.'
Alec k did not come home that night, but his
mother tuppeMd he was at his grandfather’s
vs ho usually spent mhst of his time there.
LAST SEEN TOGETHER.
It was nearly night; when the boys were
last seen together. Northward from the town
- a pubiic road leading to the mountains. A
hundred yards or so out this road a little path
turns to the left and passes along a hillside into
the woods. Two hundred yards from thoia-
SvrscctU a of lit* path aud the road, hut still
within tlredlmits of tiro town is a deserted
i iiin facing the east. It sits a little more than
half way tip the hillside and is surrounded hy
a few tall pines and a thick undergrowth of
J ODER oaks. It is said that a few cauls have
beer.: knffied arid cut by the town boys in this
secluded old house.
It is supposed that Fred Freeman succeeded
in pursuading AleckMatiidin to accompany hint
on a hunt, and that the two hoys turned up at
the old house, which is only about three him.
died yards from where they were last seen to
gether.
Just before night o:i the evening of Aleck’s
disappearance Leo Mills was cutting wood ill a
yard on the hill opposite the old house. Ife
beard the discharge of a shotgun, but thought
nothing of it. A few moments afterward ho
•saw a boy with a gun running from tho old
house toward the town. Tiie description of
that boy answered to the description of Freddie
Freeman.
About eight o’clock the next morn
ing a negro named Heed saw
at the intersection of tho road and the path a
hog busily engaged eating a bulky substance.
He went down to see what it was and there lay
the Lody of Aleck Mauldin. The liog had
GNAWED THE HEAD OFF
and was greedily [eating tho face. Tho alarm
was sounded and people gathered at the scene.
An examination of the body showed that the
boy had been shot in the back, and an exami
nation of his jiockets showed that he had
been robbed of his dollar and eighty-five cents.
Men walked along the path leading into the
woods, and here and there found buttons. Near
tho corner of the old house at the point rnark-
e_d “15” they found a large pool of blood. Tho
little trees aud bushes about the spot were
freshly marked with shot, and fresh gun wad
ding led to the spot marked “A.”
Tracks at that point showed whore the
murderer stood when ho fired the
fatal shot. It is supposed Aleck started to run
and that ho was turning .his head to look hack
when tho gun was fired, as one of the shot en
tered the side of his face, knocking out a tooth
there and knocking out a tooth on the other
side. The boy’s chewing gum aud one tooth
were found beside the pool of blood marked
“B.” It is supposed tire murderer,
after securing the boy’s pockctbook,
started with him to the railroad track to leave
him there, but for some cause dropped him at
tho intersection of tho path and the road
where the body was found. While the body
was thus carried along the buttons that were
found were dropped from tho pockets into the
path. — V
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SCENE OF THE MURDER.
The above cut gives a good representation of
the scene of the murder. It is very definitely
settled that the murderer stood at the point
marked “A." The spot where Aleck fell is
marked “B.” There is where the pool of blood
was found, though tho body was found two
hundred yards nearer town.
TELLING THE BOY’S MOTHER.
As soon as the body was identified two men
went hurriedly to the house of Mrs. Mauldin
and found her in the yard. They both asked
in a breath:
”Is Aleck here?”
“I guess he is at tho hotel,” answered Mrs.
Mauldin.
“Didn’t ho come home last night?”
“No, lie didn’t.”
“Ho—he—is not at the hotel.” said one of
tl:c men. ”Hc—lie—never came to th8 hotel
Hois not at the hotel—but—he—is—dead.
Some one has murdered him."
"Oh! it can’t be so,” said tho agonized
mother.
Kind ladies took the wcll-nigU unconscious
woman into the bouse and in a moment
crowds were in the little yard inquiring anx
ionsly as to the suspected murderer.
The investigation by the coroner pointed to
Fred Freeman as the murderer.
Miss .Too Lynn testified fiat about sunset on
the evening of the murder she saw Fred Free
man returning to the town
from the direction Un which tire
murder was committed. He was walking Ioi3-
urcly and was alone.
Lee Mills, who on the evening of the kill
ingwas cutting wood on the hill oppo
site where the murder occurred,
sd*ic he heard the gun and in live or ten min
u’es saw a boy apparently twelve or fifteen
years old aud who filled tiie description of
Fred Freeman running toward town, carrying
his gun first on one shoulder and then on the
other, and theu in his hands.
FRED FREEMAN DISAPPEARS.
On tho day the body was found Fred Free
man disappeared. It is said that ho
bad a dollar changed at Martin & Payne 1
store and that he asked a man if there was
warrant out for bis arrest. About ten o’clock
bo was seen by two men three miles from Toe-
coa going in the direction of South Carolina.
He had on a suit of dark clothes.
Pursuit was begun aud tiie supposed mur-
dcrer.camo near being captured. It was re
ported that be was at tiie Tugulo
river on a rabbit hunt. A relative went
down and took him in charge,
He was hurried across tho Tug-Jo at Ramsey’s
ferry aud struck up the river into Carolina.
He was pushed so closely that he recrosscd
near Colonel \\\ K. Wolborn’a. At one time
tho pursuers were not more than two miles
behind the fleeing boy. He escaped, however,
mnl li33 been lost trace of. He lias relatives
in Mexico, and it is possible he is there. The
citizens of T ,reoa have offered a re war,l
one hundred dollars for his , ipturc, and tho
governor has offered a reward if two hundred
and fifty dollars for his delivery to the sheriff’
of Habersham county. That makes a purso
throe hundred and fifty dollars for the mau
who brings the boy in.
A TALK WITH MA.IOP. FREEMAN.
Fred Freeman’s futiior lias always beeu ono
of the most popular men in Toccoa. He lias
been a state senator, aud is now postmast er,
He is highly esteemed by all who know him.
asked him if ho had anything to say about
the cluiTgo against his sou. He said:
_ “X hardly know what would he prudent.
There i3 much that I could say, but I do not
believe I ouglit to speak at this time. Tho
people generally do not know my
on’s ^ condition, as the family knew
t. When he was a little fellow his head was
ibnormally developed and I thought he bad a
ne brain, and I expected great things of him.
never could keep him at school, however,
nd lie would sometimes run away from home.
His mind was not right. I do not know
whether ho is guilty or not. Circumstances
f ecm to be very much against him. Ho is
lonrtecn years and liiao months old.”
Major Freeman is almost heartbroken and as
1'c spoke to me liia voice was choking with
emotion and tears welled up into his eyes.
I asked if the supposed murderer had ever
read any hloed and thunder tales. His little
brother told mo Fred had read “Buffalo Bill”
and other western stories, among them a life
of “Jesse James.”
A man said to me as we talked of the mur
der:
”1 would rather ho the little hoy sleeping in
tho pauper’s grave than to lie the frightened
refugee hurrying from place to place, haunted
by the memoir of his crime."
Insanity will be the plea if tho brv is cap-
lined. J. A. C.
INDIANS PROTESTING.
,‘% Delegation at Wo*Kington Open
ing the Territory—Grayson’s Appeal.
From the New Yoik Herald.
Washington, February 11.—“It was one of
the most interesting events of my life in
Washington,” said ex Governor Curtin when
kehsd bowed out the delegation of twenty-five
Seniinole8, O-agrs. Creeks and Chickasaw's that
railed npon him lust night. “That chief of the
reeks is a bom king of men, and though he
Mood U-forc us in a blanket he spoke with an
arncslutss that curoaiaudcd the highest
respect.
Tiie scene was Mr. Curtin’s residence, at No.
1.518 K street, N. \V. Your correspondent* had
called io have a chat wjth tho famous war
governor, when two largo stages containing the
savago flclcgation drew up ill front ofthe
bouse. Congressman Enuentrout was present
and bowed to the gentle savages as they enter
cd. When l lie twenty-five braves bad filod in
to tho room all sat down. There was no t'or-
roalily. When the chairs were all filled there
was no call for others. The Indians dropped,
ailor-fashiou, on the floor. Johu Jumper,
chief of the Svmiuolcs, was at tho head ofthe
delegation, aud Black Dog, of the Osagcs, fol
lowed him. This savago was ono of the most
splendid specimens of physical manhood I ever
saw. Hestood at least six feet three inches,
and as he folded his heavy blanket about him
lie looked staunch as an oak. A.s to beauty he
was not resplendent. Tiie hideousness of his
face added to the striking character of his
[H-rsonality. He is said to be very rich, and
bore himself like the head of a race of money
kings rather than a tribo of painted savages.
He looked as if he might have been a mon
arch in Wail street hud his lines been cast in
that wilderness where so many good men ar,
lost. The brightest, most intelligent looking
face was that of Grayson, at the head of the
Creek delegation.
AN APPEAL FOR JUSTICE.
At a signal from Jumper Grayson rose and,
addressing Governor Curl in, said in Knglish:
“We are here as the representatives of tho
Indian tribes ofthe Indian territory, and we
claim to speak also for the remaining aborigi
nal owneis of this great country. We tieem it
a happy privilege to no et you under your own
roof, and to begin to know von personally. We
are not wholly ignorant of the history of your
gre at nation, and especially of the great state
of Pennsylvania, which you represent. Tae
poiiey of dealing with the Indians in the spirit
of true friendship was inaugurated by the
founder of your state on the ground where
Philadelphia now stands, and whatever of good
we have gained from that policy we owe in
largo mcasans loTHfc example selTiy that good
man. But. sir, time have changed. Treaties
have been broken, war and bloodshed have re
sulted until our faith in tiie promises of your
government is becoming impaired. Wc believe,
however, that we are a misunderstood people;
wc believe that if the world would stop and
consider what we have accomplished in the
face of adversity and take into account what we
arc doing for the improvement of our people, a
friendlier spirit toward the people of tiio terri
tory would prevail. We see with much alarm
a gr eat number of bills introduced in the conn
cil of your nation proposing violations, direct
and indirect, of our treaties with the govern
ment of the United States. A united effort ap
pears to be making against the people of the
Indian territory, iu violation ofthe plighted
faith of the government. In our extremity to
whom can we ttiru with more hope than to
yon. the honored representative of the state of
William Penn ?"
MR. CURTIS'S REPLY.
Ex-Governor Curtin was much Impressed,
and replied with an enthusiasm and i’eeliu:
that showed him at liisbest. He assured them
that lie met them with tho same respect aud
cordiality that he would have welcomed any
body of his countrymen. Ho pledged them
his personal support and influence. “I will
examine with care the bills to which you re
fer,” he raid, “and if I discuver in them any
thing couilietiug with the good faith of the
United States I promise to oppose them to the
best of my ability.”
Short speeches ivere made by Jumper, Black
Dog and Congressman Ermcutrout. When the
visitors had gone Govcnor Curtin said, en
thusiastically: “There are three great races of
men that have always interested me—the
Hebrews, the Gypsies and the American abori-
ginees. The first two have survived all kinds
tics. Three sons of tho Indian and the Massa
chusetts school teacher were left. They, wore
William B., who rose to a colonel in the con
federate army; Elias Cornelius (our “Gentle
Eavagc,”) who served in the southern army on
General Heinman’s staff, and was afterwards a
delegate to the confederate congress, and
Frnnk.wlio was a federal soldier and died since
tlio rebellion closed. When tho war came on
Elias C. and Stand-Waitie (the brother of the
former's father) raised a regiment for the con
federate service. Stand-Waitio was colonel.
Bomliuot was major. The latter then rose to
lieutenant colonel and thence passed into the
confcdcroto congress.
Buudinot is in favor ofthe allotment ofland,
and be is not, therefore, very popular with tho
Cberokces, whom lie claims to represent, lie
was the first agitator of the Oklahoma leases,
lie is now rich, owning a two thousand acre
ranch in the territory, near tho Kansas line,
all under fence. He has become au arboricult
urist and lias some very fino trees.
He is an earnest defender of tho Indian, and
lias brought dozens of suits in their interests,
all the costs of which he has defrayed out of
liis own bank account. It must not bo
forgotten that he is the only Indian
wlio is entitled to practice ia the su
preme court of tho United State-. An old
Cherokee named Sewquaia invented au alpha
bet for his people. Today there is a paper
published at Tahloquah, in tho territory, half
iu English and half in this remarkable lan
guage. Its editor is Elias C. Boudinot, Jr., a
of William B. Boudinot.
OUR KNOW LEDGE- BOX.
of persecutions. Civilization does not dull the
Gypsy's love of nature. He is tiie same Individ ■
ua! that lie lias always been. But civilization
plays the devil' with the American Indian.
Look at that Osage chief and tell me if Our
alleged civilization can do anything for him. I
don’t think so. He would be good for nothing
as a savage tr as a civilian. ’
Washington, February u—Tiio proles
zional Indian is a type unto himself. He ll
the American type sin generis. Wo have had
him here, but at present his absence is lament
ed. The greeting which the savage tribes gavo
to Congressman Curtin, as the successor of
William l’ciin, had many droll aspects that it
did not seem wise to touch on, but the. incident
serves to recall tho face aud figure of a man so
conspicuous in the recent history of the capi
tal that no fitter occasion could he found in
which to refer to Elias Boudinot, champion of
the Indian and universal favorite of high livers.
Senator Yoorhces, of Indiana, dotes on him;
Judge Kelley and Governor Curtin never tire
of shouting his praises, and everybody you
meet in the lobby or at tho hotels sighs and
laments his absence. Ho it is whom the Tall
Sycamore of the Wabash named “The Gentle
Savage.” “He is the savage of my dreams,”
said Senator Voohi es, in his most enthusiastic
vein this morning. “ ‘Budy’ is a born gentle
man, full of rare humor, the best story teller
alive, and tho riiggedest, purest specimen of
manhood that this soil has produced.”
Boudinot was born in Georgia before the Cher-
okces went west. His father was a brother of
the famous General Stand-Wffitic. a full blood
ed Cherokee. His mother was a Massachusetts
school teacher. Tho marriage camo about iu
a stiangc way. A member of congress from
one of the New England states named Bondi-
not, a dcsccndcnt, 1 believe, of Elias M. Bondi
not, the historian of Bosque's “Expedition to
Fort Du Q' sue,’’(that used to be’readbyjboya)
took a fan. y to this young Chorokea brave
when traveling in Georgia. Ho took him home
with him nud gavo him au education. Tho
grateful savage took liis patron’s name and
married Miss Harriet Gold ia Massnchusctfs.
There a feud arose that has since almost de
stroyed the family. Tho Cherokccs divided
tin resolves into the Bidges and the Bosses.
These two factions had au implacable haired
for each other—a klll-on-xight dislike, in fact.
Boudinot allied himself with Stand-Waitio and
became a Bidgc. In such a frame of mind the
tribe removed to tho Indian territory about
IKS or 1833. One day the Bosses killed John
Bidgc. Elias Boudinot and another member of
tho clan. Toe Bosses wore opposed to the re
moval, it should have been stated, and held
the Bidges accountable for it. This feud en
dured until the civil war broke out.
That distracted the thoughts of the two par
(In this department we give brief nml pertinent
..usweraio such questions as our readers may de
sire to ask—provided the questions are of special or
general interest. Answers may be delayed for a
week.]
What was tho
J. A. B., Greenville, S. C.: How much salary
does the prime minister of England receive?
Only 525,000 a year, and he receives this as first
lord of the treasury.
H. C. J., Asheville, N. C.: How many forms
of lighting exist.
There are three forms ot atmospheric electricity,
viz: Auroras, St. Elmo’s fire and lightning. St.
Elmo’s fire is ofienes! seen at sen. playing about
the masts or vessels. It appears about paints,
sometimes flaming up two feet high. Aurora-, are
always accompanied by magnetic storms, showing
that they probably depend npon disturbances of
the electricity of the atmosphere.
Lightning appears in three form*: sheet, zigzag,
and globular. The two former are very common
aud Unown to all. The latter Is rarely seen, and
its existence has been doubted by persons who
have never seen it. But the evidence of its occa
sional nppen ranee is toostroug to he cast aside. An
instance is cited in which a ball of lightning had
been followed tor two miles. It moves slowly and
ha* never been known to harm any person. An
incident is narrated in which a pig* was killed by a
fireball. The ball was seen rolling slowly over the
surface of the ground, and a pig going up to it
rooted it over with his nose, aud. “it was bad for
the pig."
D. F, S., Oxford, Ala.: What is tiie popula
tion of Ireland;
The latest census shows 5,171,KM.
J. F. T., Fort Gaines. Ga.. Where does Hon.
Jefferson Davis now reside?
Beauvoir, bliss.
W. A. B„ Dunham. Ala.; Your eorrcqioudent,
J. W. M., of Hiram, Ga.. can probably procure a
copy of‘‘Ariel" by addressing “Tiie American,"
Nashville, Tenn.
D. F. Cl, Pine Bluff, Ark.: Will a long gun
shoot farther than a short one?
Yes. Tiie barrel ought to be long enough to al
low all the powder charge to become ignited and
converted into gas licforc.llie ball Is out thegua.and
tio longer, and this depends ujion the size of the
powder grains; fine pon der ignites almost instan
taneously; coarse more slowly. II has been found
that the length of the gun must be proportioned to
the calibro to secure the longest ■ range, and that a
powdor charge one-fourth tiie weight of the ball
and barrel of IS-calibrqJj- length are tire mos; favor
able combination for smooth bored eannoa to ob
tain the greatest range with the least strain upon
the piece and the carriage
J. C. If.. Atlanta, Ga.: How many stocklioM
eis are there iu the Panama canal enterprise'.'
Jnst 102.0CO.
J. If. L„ GrahamsvUlc, Fla.: Please explain
the origin of Easter Sunday, and why it comes
sometimes In March and somcllmes in April
Easter is the Christian pa-sover and festival of
I lie resurrection of Christ, The council of Nicein
'•dS adopted a rule making Easter day the first Sun
day after the full moon, which happens to be oa
or next after March 21. jr the full moon happen
on Sunday Easter is the next Sunday thereafter
This makes Easter eotsie psearly as March 'll, or a
late as Apfj^PMH
Subscriber; (Irian-
old religion of the Ji
The only religion of the Ja panc.-e for hundreds
of tears was shlnotism, a religion of nature. Its
temples, as seen in pictures, were but shanties
covered w ith grass. They had no stoneor wooden
idols. The mirror, was an object of great rever
ence. because they could see themselves in it, and
iliey thought ns much of themselves as of any
tiling else in tho world. They deified the forces of
nature. Raiden, the god of thunder, lived ia the
clouds and beat his string of drams. Futen, the
god of the winds, is pictured with a large inflated
bag ou the back of liis neck, both ends of which
lie firmly grasps. When he relaxes his grasp
the wind escapes and there is a storm, and
when he tightens his hold a calm follows.
The seven happy gods in the pictures are
interesting company. Forkomku Jin, the god of
long life, has a forehead so high that a barber, to
shave the top of his head, must climb upon a lad
der. It takes a good deal of brains to counteract
diseases and keep people In health so as to insure
long life. Dlakoku, the rice god, sits on a throne
ofi iccbassaudpets thc rat, the very animal that
destroys Ills rice, llotci, the god of contentment,
isycry lat, and sc>Slovenly that he is always unfit
for company, a proof that the Japanese had a low
hm of happiness. Bisliamon is the patron oi fame
anil glory, and his pet animal is the tiger. Men
w h« reek military fame and glory must cultivate a
tlger-hko ferocity. Ebisu is the patron of daily
reed; aid spends much of ills time fishing. He Is
noted for Ids patience, which is proved by tiie fact
that he can stand knee-deep iu water for two hours
waiting fora nibble. The only one or the seven
who never lays aside his dignity is Tnshi-
lokti. the patron of talent*. His pet
animal bn stained fawn, and he travels around a
good deal for the purpose of rewarding boy.- and
girls w ho study their lessons. He knows that tal
ent cannot a fiord lodbrpeae with work. Among
them is one woman, Ih-llen by name. She isqueen
of the world under tiie sea, and lives in ocean cav
erns and speeds her time in playing tiie flute and
gnitar. The snake, strange to say, is her pet ani
mal, and the dragons are herservants. Tiiesesev-
en jolly gods meet once a year to hold a roast and
io arrange the marriages for the coming year. They
have a great many skeins of red and white silk,
which arc the threads of fateof those lobe married.
The white threads are the men, die red the wo
men. At Hist they select the threads very careful
ly, so that good matches arc made. By aud by
they get tired arid lazy, liuddle up their work and
jumble the threads together carelessly. This is the
reason of so many unhappy marriages.
J. P. M., Greenville, Tenn.: Are any rela
tives of William Shakespeare still living?
There are said to be .numerous descendants
of John fthakespeare, a brother of the
poet, who was a Gloucestershire yeoman.
At all events there arc numerous
people ofthe name of Shakespeare living In the
part of England memioned, aud they oresaid to
bear an astonishing resemblance to William
Shakespeare, William How itt, many years ago.
wc arc told, picked out all the boys of the name of
Shakespeare al a public school, ov thair family
likeness to the great dramatist.
J. B. C., Atlanta, Ga.: I sec that Sum Small
in one of his Chicago sermons is reported to have
said that playing cards were invented to while
aw ay the time of on insane French kiug. Is this
the title origin of playing cards?
No. The claim that cards w ere Invemod lo amuse
Charles II. is untenable. This is evident from the
fact that they are mentioned in the Stadttmch of
Augsburg Tor the year 1273. It is believed that the
Asiatics have a better claim to this invention than
the Romans or any otrer people. Mr. Small may
liave beeu inaccurately uq*orted, or he may have
intended to say that cards wore introduced In
France io amuse an insane king. This last slatc-
ment is quite probable.
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