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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY MARCH 2 1886
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“ A WO HD WITH YOU,
It yon or* not a aubaerlber to Tlio Con.11-
toilon, tbla eopjr la aont you na * tiauiple.
—ill, a rroneat that you exiiiuliio and doclda
Iliellirr or not you »ant to toko It. You
■red syood paper Tor I KUO. Wo think Tbo
Constitution la Hie heat paper you can tot.
rirasrleisnilnept ear,-tulle. Read II, com
pare It »1th other papers, and scud ua your
aabecrlpUon. It all! be the beat luveatweut
you oyer made.
Try It one year and you trill neter gait It.
Onr Weekly Chat.
11 must be .in exacting reailer who »loea
iitti find (something to picaac in this week s
CoKf-TiTiiiti.v. There is love, adventure,
philosophy, humor, pathos, travel*, Morie*,
instruction and entertainment, not to apeak
of the news of the world, which is always
full ond complete. Wc often think what a
revelation to the dwellers in the e|uiet conn-
try side the news of the great world that
boons ond thunders along their coniines, a?
the ocean beating on distaut shores, mast be.
How they must wonder at its crimes and its
follies, its accidents and its achievements,
its extravagances and its economies, its tra*
gedifsand its comedies. The CojfsTITirrioK
is a mirror held up to this world that its
readers may see the pageant ua it goes troop*
ing by, and laugh or weep with those who
snffer or triumph. The mirror this week
»hows rone strange and some awful sights,
lint the pictures are all true to life, and just
what the world is. and just what the world
has lieen doing for this week, is nhndowed in
Tii a Constitution *$ minor*
A» for ourselves, we are better satisfied
thru ever, and you know we have been hap
py for several montha. When February
opened we aeked our readers for 7,500 new
solorfihen for the month. They have given
us 8,eP0~-over a thousand more than we
a*k«t for. We appreciate this and will
make the paper better than ever. February
wrs a ehott month; March is a long one,
and we are going to ask for 10,000 new sub
scribers in March. .Shall we get them? We
u»ge you to speak a good word for us, and
we will certainly get them. Let each «nb-
ecribtr send in one new one. Won't yon do
the ex soldiers of Iowa, why should not
Iowa lie lightly taxed to edu site the people
that Jovraomitted in turning into citizen**?
Or rather, why should the jx-ople of Georgia
object, under the circumstances, to govern
ment aid in educating the great mass of il
literates that are entitled to all the rights of
citizenship under the fourteenth amend
ment ?
This is eminently a practical question
The people of the southern states are wholly
equal to the task of educating the white
children ; hut the war left a burden in the
colored children that the present resources of
the south cannot fairly cope with. If we re
ject on sentimental or alleged constitutional
grounds the sum that is proffered iu the
Blair bill—seventy-seven million dollars—
where will the responsibility lie for the non-
education of the vast army of children now
ready for school life? Who will claim that
any southern state Is prepared to materially
decrease its percentage of illiteracy ? Let us
look at this matter in a practical way. The
money is to l»e disbursed by state officers in
their own way. There will ho ho more in
terference with state methods of education
than there is now. The states will remain
states with unimpaired powers, under the
lllair hill. .Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
would have tis believe that it is a terrible
hill—a hill that will endanger our liberltot
and the rights of the states; but Senator
Fx-C’oxt; hitman Gedkue Q Cannon
was the politician of the Mormon church.
To escape punishment for polygamy he so-
cretcd himself, bnt the government detect
ives got on hi* trail and brought him iu, as
sisted by the army. His trial and convic
tion quickly followed, and the Mormon el
ders moat begin to think that it is time to
repent or flea to the mountains ot Mexico.
Mortncm ism has not * offered a more crushing
defont than it did in the capture and convic
tion of On non.
The industrial agricultural convention,
which has just been held in Jackson, Term.,
issues a document which will attract atten
tion. It shows that even now, before the
seed has been pat in the ground or a plow
set to work, that the speculators have set the
price of next year's cotton crop, and are now
dealing in Aitnren on a basis which wonld
leave only 71 cents to the farmer. The leg
islatures are called upon to enact laws for the
punishment of cotton sharks. Farmers are
o1m> advised to lessen their cotton acreage
one-third, and to turn their effort* to the
lairing of food crop*.
An Infhmoiis llclbrm.
Evanston, u suburb of Chicago, is trying
the prohibition experiment. Under a special
act the sale of liquor is suppresHcd at every
point in a radius of four mile* from the uni
versity.
Tlii* is all right. The prohibitionists iu
Kvanrion determined to see the law enforced.
Bo for, so good. Bnt the reformers made a
grave mistake in their method*. Under the
law residents were not forbidden to have
beer, wine and spirits at their home*. They
had the right to purchase these liquids in
Chicago and have them delivered at their
residence*. They hud the right to drink any
beverage in the privacy of their domiciles.
The Evanston reformer* ignored their rights.
Thej- organized a force of detectives to listen
at doors, to peep through key holes, to pump
servants, and to do all the dirty work that
*pifM are expected to do. Servants were
bribed to expose the contcut* of their maa-
tcra* sideboards, and finally lists of the per
rons who used *»m, wine or spirits at home
were published in the local papers.
J*iotests, remonstrances mid argument on
the pert of the citizens whose right* were
thus trampled under foot bail no effect The
tefonntn went ahead and drew upunordi-
nauct imposing a fine of $300 for selling a
diisk or taking a drink, either in public er
in private. Of course such an ordinance
cannot be enforced without the aid of spies
and secret detectives. Natnratly Evanston
la in an uproar and great bitterness of feeling
prevails. This is the situation as it shin A at
preset
In the Evanston case wo have su instance
©t inhibition run mad. It is not genuine
reform, because it runs roughshod over the
oldest and dearest rights of tbs citisen. Any
reform movement that lilts n man's home
with spi^th^t causes him to be libeled in
the public print*, and placet him under tbs
Km in a aortal and business way is nothing
►host of oppmriou, aad should be resisted.
Down here in Georgia ou r prohibitloniata
•re u reach in nrnr-t an their Evniutoa
urethra, hut thi-jr .In uot go to such at-
tRBMK The Utorgfo I’l.n i« tl u pne-
,tCrrrl>CT
1‘‘« LI loir Hill.
About fcrtMuo. per rent of tire p«p|, o(
OJ. Hat. cannot luut and writ*; only thrr.
rent of the propl. of | nam imtrrato
Th.Ulit.rec,of OreregUi.
• M«ttofUrew„, „ to, at retire
rthraii ip «f colored ptopl. j, roorenred.
Tk# I'l" 1 ' 111 Threrjt* u aim an in.-ident of the
wnic. Toe payment of pension* is latiti-
“•*»; i0 relf-defra.* ofTu-
legitime S»w, white
t.reoUkbreYU, taxed tojre, ^ „
Morgan is wholly mistaken. Jt will do
nothing of the kind. It will go a long way*
townrdn overcoming the percentages of illit
eracy iu the *outIt, and at the end of eight
ycnis it will Ik* terminated hy its own terms,
and the south will be handsomely advanced
end Ix-m fitted, with no reuniting harm
whatever.
The Hails Hlilp Hallway Scheme.
A powerful lobby headed by Captiiu Kails
himself, who bas no superior an a lobbyist in
the country, lia* Hucrecded in procuriug an
indoiM-ment of the Tehnuutepec scheme from
the house cnnimlttre on commerce. The in-
riotsement takes the form of a report in favor
of granting the scheme the use of $37,300,000
—in other words, a gift or subsidy of th it
size.
The Eadn people first tried to induce capi
talists to put money into the proposed ship
railway, hut none of them woftld invest n
dollar, and *o, of cour> . they turued to con-
gree* and the public pi: se. The proposition
i» not lacking in audn< ity. Iu nuluUou- it
i* thi*: The people of the United States and
of Mexico arc to furnish all the money with
which to build the railway, and Captain Eads
and hi* associate* are then to own and
trol the road.
The indorsement of the committee on
commerce—a weakling of the house—
wtlll not go very far toward* the passage of
the bill.
The entire plan is merely experiment vl.
No such road has ever been built, aad no one
knows iliat it will ever carry a drip. Toe
'distance arrow the isthmus i* about t wo hun
dred miles, and the route He* over ridges
and through valley*, and it will be a brave
master who will take a loaded ship out ot
the water, and face the strains and other
dangers of a long Lind trip. Cap
tain Eads does not propose to demonstrate
its feasibility by an experiment. He pro
poses to get the millions, and then he will
not care much whether the attempt to carry
abijw over a route as Long as the dis
tance between Atlanta and Kavanzub
failure or not. He ami his associates want
the money. They will not get it from the
treasury this year. The democrats in the
bcn«e should promptly throttle the bill
A Good Fight in* Editor.
The • Lampion fighting editor of the coun
try lives at Albuquerque. New Mexico.
As the story got*, eleven citizens of the
variety known as "roughs,'’ came to the
conclusion, a short time ago, that it was
their duty in the interests of law and order,
and the purity of the ballot tax, to hike the
editor out and bang him.
Sow, onr Albuquerque journalist lived
alone in a log cabin «onsiiting of a single
room with a cellar underneath. His only
companion, a pet grizzly bear, occupied
the cellar. On the night when the editor
had good reasons to expect a visit from the
reformer*, be retired to the cellar and left
the npper room to the grizzly.
At the hour ol midnight eleven stalwart
men arrived with a rope. They tattered
down the door and rushed in eager for the
fray. They tad no light, hut they ruvhed
against their man, a* they HUpposed. For
an editor be showed unusual pluck and
strength. He went for the lynchers with
such activity that the fight was over in live
minutes.
In the gray of early morning three men
turned up in Albuquerque, each with an
eye missing. One man called at tho doc-
United States would soon make cigars for
the world. Moreover, large quantities of
the tobacco raised by our own people wonld
also be utilized, and more than a half mil-
lion of onr population wonld find employ
ment in the many industries that would he
the result of such a movement.
2. For years, the only cowfortible route
to Cuba was by way of New York and New
Orleans. Until recently, a business man at
Cincinnati could write to Liverpool audre-’
ceive an answer as promptly as be could
from Havana. Iteceutly, however, the Plant
Investment company have, at great expense,
placed a line of steamers tat ween Tampa
and Havana. Strange to say the govern
ment has not taken advantage of this enter
prise to increase its mail facilities, and the
people living south of the Potomac have to
dci*ud on irregular boats to get their mail
transported tat ween Florida and Cuba, not
withstanding the fact that it is possible for
the government to have a daily line between
Tampa and Havana hy paying a reasonable
sum for it,
A large part of its coal and iron comes
from England and other European coun
tries. when the whole supply could
come from Alabama for half
the money. The development of trodo
in these articles would lead to other
ommcrc nil developments, giving the people
of this section an outlet for their products,
and these product* conld be placed in Cota
at prices fur below those they are now paying.
Besides this, from Cuba can be found regular
lines to the whole Bouth American coast, to
Mexico, Central America and the Bahamas.
In fine, Culm is the key to all this immense
trade, and would npen up a vast and extra
ordinarily rich field to all the southern
states.
We may soy this wit taut fear of contra
diction, that if the constituents of northern
congressmen bad such a fine com
mercial field within easy reach, their
representatives would never rest nntil
the field was entirely covered. The
son them representatives, however, ap
pear to take no interest in these matters.
They seem to give politics the precedence
over busiuess, and the result is—just what it
is.
With the lax on tobacco removed, and
proper mail facilities tatween Florida and
Hnvano, wc would have as much of the
island os any conservative, sensible man
cecils. The tropical fruit iu Cuta, except
what t au ta raised as well in Florida, will
not hear transportation. All the meat and
grain, (except corn) iron, coal, machinery of
all kind*, and a thousand other :irtieles, arc
-hipped to the Hand. Cuba is a splendid
market for American products, except sugar,
tol-acco and corn.
Straining at a Gnat.
The cx-Itev. Florence McCarthy's attack
upon the Georgia evangelists on account of
their addiction to the tobacco habit has en
couraged all the cranks in the country to
speak out on the same line;
That the criticisms and objections here
alluded to do cot come from sensible, godly
people is plain enough. The following edi
torial in the Chicago Herald is in tht vein of
fiipp.nt folly characteristic of an irreligious
malcontent:
T) < '.Min t rj u.ti L ttt the
ef nnuhing promt** to re
wile: hi* Id of urcfuleeie in Chicane. II I* pica*
to notice that many ef the brethren of the
t-Iuth arc r.Ilyina to saui'e mipport. and that In
Kirr qeirter. a here tobacco and opium have hccu
rernrij lendcleLed In the ]**t a (Imposition la
non manfteeted to overloo* him'; vicc.ibot among
the ‘tiro and unbending nice it will remain a
proet-h to into, h'o cirarette rmoker with breath
Hie a j(*r house with clothing sientcd like
tableman, and linger, end teeth >tamed with the
ofittaht nicotine, ran hope to do much go>i la
bit.go. When it i* .aid iu defenae at Ur. irtn.U
hat tie treat, from the mull; and waa railed un ler
ubatooleaf llrecauaeol rightcournta. is given
•way. Llasy a aottiheraer waa railed under lire
shadow of . moouhine distillery, and partake* of
mountain dew aa natural!) n .lowers drink in the
mohtureof theatm<»phtte. but that (1'JOI not war
rant him in preaching Miration to the people who
never tell into *ui:h evil habile ho long re Hun
tun Hi, (» to indulge he will bate to be regarded
an earthern vereot, and renaorlou. .tuner* will
be pardonable If they hold aloof
Against aneb attack, no Mriotu defense in
nncBuuy. ToLtirco ia a hem-lit to aoiue per-
KHii; to others it i. an injury. I la szewaive
ture in injurioun mid ufl’etuive. Tfaeume
may Ire raid of many articles, of food which
are in high favor with the nnti-iohacconbtg.
Ho long tu a man into, any of thaw things
without damage to binuelf or to others, we
have no right to question his Christianity,
nnd hi. right to devote hinuelf to the cause
ot the Muster. Iiut the Chicago cranks and
llyilrn|itmliin Aliolislictl.
For centuries hydrophobia has terrorized
tire |wop!e of every nmntry. Muds tames
have lieen tried, and scientists have wrestled
with the problem, decently l-usteiir has
given sniveling humanity u hope, hut bis
lot’s ollitr with ouc loot uud three lingers I l,ir<> >yof inoculation is still regarded os an
chewed off. Tbo remaining aeven reform- I
eta were loudug mound on the streets more I It is passing strange that during ull these
or less mutilated. I }'rnis of pain und terror Ike simplest remedy
LYlirn the alleged facts of the tracae got I °f ire. never been thought of. To Justice
ont Uto editor became !the moat popular I l’»ttenon, of New York, Iwlougs the proud
man in the territory, ills paper is doing n I distinetlon of annihilating rabies atone
booming tmainese, and lie cun get any office I ,llow ‘ 1,0 I’fop®** »o cure for hydrophobia;
be wants, He still luepe the grizzly in the I *"* , * ni P*y abollzhee the diaeose—-wipes it
cellar ready Ibr on emergency. | on ti M >t were. In a case before tho iustice
— . —r*T—— «I* C ®tl* cr <l»y » antall l«y applied for an or-
Tnere are 5,707 tubwiibeie toTkXWIK- I dcr to lure a cei tain dog killed, for tho rea-
IV CoxsTITlTtOX whaee time ezpirew tht I son that the snhl canine as aforesaid did,
■eath. Most of them knew they can't get | J'P 0 " n rettain day, willfully nnd maliciously
us good a paper slsawbare and will renew.
We want rrrrjr ear to renew, and to renew
before the Urn. is out, so yon will mies no
isena. We went errr, our to bring ear uric
•uferrihr with him when ha renews. There
bnot one who cannot do this. Won't vot-
bile and chew said boy on the calf of his
left leg, there or therealioiits, causing the
complainant to fear an attack of hydropho-
| hia.
Instead of qnoting the opinion of Justice
McAilam to the elTect that a licensed dog has
I a right to one liite before he can be convicted
. .... „ „ . I of criminal intent, Justice Patterson render-
dnit. henew promptly. Me have all the I hi, decision as follows: “There is no such
March names before na, and will look to
heat from yon all with a new sniweriber.
Oar Trade With Cuba.
There lire been for yean a latent dcoiro on
tbe port of nuy of th. people of this coun
try to see tho island of Cuba a part of the
Failed Sts lea. A visit to Havana and the
snrronnding section will satisfy anyone that
such a iceolt would be nndesirable, even if
it were practicable. The eouutzy it beanti-
fnl nnd prednetive; but, with the present
population, tbs island would be for years a
burden on the bands of uuy government that
did not rule it arbitrarily re Spain does. Bnt
there is a way in which the United States
cun derive greet benelit from the island.
I. If congress were to remove the tax on
Cuban tobacco, luge quantities of It would
heshippml to Florida to be mado into cigars.
thing ns hydrophobia, and I cannot order the
dog killed. You nuiy go home and rest as
sured that you will not have hydrophobia.”
Now, as bench law is ns good as any other
law, it will be seen that this decision settles
tlie matter. Hydrophobia bus been solemn
ly abolished iu New York, and if the resalt
pins out satisfactorily the judges of other
states cannot da Irettcr than to follow the
precedent established by Justice l’atterson.
Tlie world moves, und we are rapidly neir-
ing the time wheu the tail will w g the dog.
A Stall-Inna ami a Lover.
There is a good den) of i rael and unjust
criticism of Senator Jonri, of Florida. His
home organs, so to spesk, have began to re
vile l.im, accusing him of all manner of neg
ligence. We are ot the opinion, however,
that these eharges cannot be snbatantiited;
Immense factorics*are now established a* I and we are tbe more convinced ot this after
Key West, aad others an new building at I seeing in Wednerelay’s Herald the list st
Tampa. WUb this import tax removed, the 1 bills and joint tctsluUons Introduced in th;
renntc by the various statesmen wlto are sup
pored to be on band and attending to their
duties. The list rnns from A to Z, or as
nearly os tbe alpliabetical tendencies of the
senators’ names will permit, and we observe
that all hove introduced a bundle of bills and
joint resolutions with the exception ot Jonee.
Opposite Jones’s name is a cypher, or its
equivalent. He lias no part nor parcel in the
useless measures introduced by bis brother
senators.
In that particular his record is clear nnd
clean. While his colleagues hare been en
gaged in fonnainting their one-horse bills
and their disjointed joint resolutions, Jones,
led by a little alabaster Capid, bos been do
ing a good deal of old fashioned courting in
Detroit. Just why a man—a senator—in
deed, we may say a statesman—should go to
Detroit to do bis courting, when there are so
many pretty girls between Chattanooga and
Tampa’s desert strand is a mystery to us and
lo any other person who io not in the habit
of hoarding at a hotel.
It seems to os that the equities are'ntl n
favor of Bcnntor Jones. He bos conducted
himself modestly nnd diffidently so for os his
senatorial duties are concerned, hut when he
saw o girl to his taste, he put on his war
paint and proceeded to Detroit where he has
conducted himself ns a gentleman anil a
lorn should, instead of lumbering nroitnd
in Die senate, drinking monk’s milk with
Edmunds and straight whisky with Plumb
and Ingalls, he lum been engaged in tbe
pleasing task of sending bouquets nnilelnb-
iirately composed love-letters to his sweet
heart.
Wc sympathize with Senator Jones, and
we doubt not the whole country will join
with its in wishing him well.
It Will ilgist Taken Mno.
We earnestly reqnest onr readers to men
tion the name of Tug Cu.vstiteuros when
they write to any of our advertisers. It
only takes a line to my: “I saw your adver
tisement io TlJK COXBTITl'TtOX,” but it
means a great deal tons. Won’t yon re
member lliis?
lip In a Balloon.
Men have mode attempts to navigate tho
air from the earliest times down to the pres
ent day, but without any very encouraging
itrgice of success.
Home startling experiments have been
made with balloons, nnd during tbe last
siege of Tatis, it was demonstrated that tbe
balloon eoulil be made a very useful factor
in military operations. But the difficulties
in tbe way of steering tbcee air ships, and
keeping them afloat, have, thus for, seemed
ituuimountable.
The believers in the practicability of
aerial navigation oontinne hopeful and even
ccstldent. At the present time there is nn-
usual activity in testing the various inven
tion* which have been brought forward to
solve tbe problem. In France great things
rue expected of a cigar-shaped vessel, de
signed to travel through tbe upper regions.
In tbe British army some very important
experiments are in progress, bnt they are
kept sc-ciet. Here in the United States
scuies of individuals are at work on their
ow n book, tint the most promising eflbrt is
one under the auspices of aa Illinois com
pany, recently chattered, with a large
••wmt Akf Jrajiitid.
Admitting the feasibility of the thing, it
is questionable how aerial transit cut Ik
utilized. It seems ont of the question to ex
pect the new mode of transportation to com
pete with freight lines on land anil water.
In the matter of passenger travel, there are
serious objections. What, then, remains for
the air ship to ilo, after its projectors suc
ceed in making it work satisfactorily? It
seems to ns that its Held must necessarily
be circumscribed. In tlie signal service, in
niilitury movements, and in exploring expe
ditions, it may be possible to make the bal
loon serviceable. Beyond these limits, the
wbolo business seems literally to diaoolve in
the air.
Wo Wero There First.
Tbe St. Lonis Globe-Democrat of Friday
contains tho following editorial:
Tbe (itobe-Democnt will print tomorrow tho rc
Milt of one or the most remuksblc pieces of new*-
piper work ever undertaken In tbl*country. Early
In January tail we addrewed the following circular
letter lo corrrepondcuts in cvety county In Mil-
1. lit* probable wealth, estimated with the ut-
mittt rare and accuracy; al*o lateat a-acaacd valua
tion ot bb^property ana amount of taxes paid or
Inherited or eclf accumulated, amt whether made
by increase In value or land held or *otit, by regu
lar ranting, naiit raiiitng. or tbe railing or horse*,
rattle or bogs, lr parly ha* bocomo wealthy In
ronntctloo wirhcwncrkbtpur laluot mineral or
timber land, Mute tiiat bu t.
1. party'* nativity and imtitlrnl affiliation-, with
mention of miy piddle oltirc held by him.
5. How long he boa been in the ncctlou where he
now ickltle*.
*. Tlie general eoudlltim ot Ihc rood* and high-
ey* In jour county.
We do not rare to rub the Globe-Democrat
of a single leaf of its laurels. But tho fact
is Tiik Constitution* did fonr years ago
jnat precisely what the Globe-Democrat is
doing now. We printed sketches of one
thousand formers. The experiment was so
succeasfril that fonr months ago we sent ont
similar circulars, and have been printing tbe
replies in TllE WgIKI.V CovsTITUTtox for
the pal three months, nnd they ore still
running.
We had a purpose back of journalism in
onr expriment with the formers. We be-
Fcveiltbe nil-cotton plan of farming was
suicidal. We believed no man had succeed
ed with his form who did Dot diversify bis
ciops. We had argned this for yean. We
thought we might illustrate where we had
flailed to convince. Tbe raanlt showed that
out of a thousand formers—selected re six of
the richest formers in ewch neighborhood—
not one wan nn ail-cotton farmer. Without
a single exception, they wen corn-raiser*,
grain-raisers, meat-raisers, men with or
chards, garden*, vineyards and ptchre
As n matter of fact—ond not ns • matter
ofself-gratnlation—tbe oat crop* of Georgia
wan trebled tho year after those sketches
were published—the corn and wheat crop
nearly doubled. Two years afterward, for
the first time since ISoO, Georgia raised
neugh bread nnd meat to support all tbe
pople within her borders. Onr present in
vestigation—now going on—covers the entire
south. WearegbrdtbeGlolM-Dcmocratbas
joined in the good work.
Agents Wanted Everywhere.
\» wuntuffvnt* at every po»tofltc«tn Amer*
* where there hi not m afeat alraad/e U
thero ou at yew afleaf If oof* wrRo m al
care, aid va will aend you ontfit And apecl-
ncai. W# want uaftat everywhere.
OUR LETTER BASKET.
Ojf tiik Train*, February 20.—[Special cor-
respondent©.]—
With iu green rolling ridges andhol>owa and hills,
It-; meadows and lou lands and rollicking rilla,
Rroad stretebcaof woodland aud fallow and field
Which, nil that man needs for life’s sustenance
yield;
And the land with the truit of prosperity groans
In the Jolly old, happy old land of Jones.
There ia a ding-dong of holla, ding-clang
of machinery, a few heavy throbs and puffs of
the laboring engine, and I find myself creep
ing out of the long carshed with my face to
wards the rising sun, whose rosy light falls In
a shower of broken radiance on tbe broad bos
om of the great Ocmulgee riv
er, over which we go creep
ing along, as thongh the little black loco
motive feared to offend the spirit of the waters
with its loudest din and clamor.
Merrily dancing along we plunge into a
pic co of deep woods where tlie
sunset gleam of the shadows lie in a
tangled labyrinth on the dark aud dewy
ground, and rare birds with shining eyes Hit
about among the reeds and brambles.
Emerging from this I catch a gliiupso of
Cress Keys, away to tho west. Tho group of
white cottages rest against the background of
the wooded bills of East Mocon, aud the rush
ing waters of Walnnt creek add a sort of brisk-
to the scene. Then there is a groat sheet
of clear water, trending away to the east, oa
whore margin tho coarse grass is waving, und
there are gnarled and knotted shrubs that
bloom in summer, and tbo brown thrush builds
her ucat among the branches. Mirrored in
tbe sheeny depths aro tho dark green trees
that crown the distant ridges, accentuated by
ashes of snowy white, the refiectiou of some
rory farm house, half hidden in the forest.
This is the pond that supplies the motive pow
er to turn the little wheel in tho dusty, brown
millhouse on the right. A deep tnunol under
the railroad track conducts it to the wheel,
and all the day long that busy little wheel
goes round and round, and a steady stream of
golden grain pours down between the rocks
that bum a sleepy tune to tbo sweet accom
paniment of tbe hobbling waters.
'‘Too-oo-oot," goea tbe whistle, and with a
hang, a jerk and a crash the train slows up,
and the dnsky porter with a brass badge on
bis cap front, pokes his head in the car and
ycllf,
“BORERT&”
and with a bob nnd a kick at the stove ho dis
appears like a Jack in the box.
O! the freshly laid fUrrow; the odor* that rise
" 1th musk from tbe bank where tho fallen leaf
lies,
Like the shadow of winter that linger* behind,
When the fjrraul hath flown ou the wing* of tho
, wind,
The round of tho turtle dove'* love umitten moans
Are heard iu the sweet sunny valleys of Joues.
The country around looks fertile, and there
are many sigua of thrift and enterprise among
thoso people, who must bo ns happy as tho day
is Icng. But this is a placo or some note.
There it a poitofm o at James, and I guess there
are a few dozen old farmers who comedown to
"the Ktation” Saturday evenings to get the r
Wrxkly Constitution, and they sit on tho
empty white pine boxes and whittlo long shav
ings, and they swap tobacco, and exchange
tlicir budgets of news. They discuss tho out
look for corn, tho probabilities of tho cotton
crop nnd the price of hucon, aud wonder
whether Millcdgcville will go dry or not, and
then they drift off on to Sam Jones and
wind up with a scattering commentary
wile* and way* of Macon merchants.
Somehow I like Haddocks—I hardly know
why; maybe It is the hospitable look of things
in that vicinity, or maybe it is tho time nnd
the season, or it ia possible
that I simply like it on gonoral
principles. At any rate, I liko Haddocks, and
tome time when tho peaches rfr en and the
rosea bloom, I have a notion that I will slip
out some fine morning and s]»cnd ono whole
lazy, bright summer day in that lovely region.
I want to hear the katydids buzzing,and watch
the boy* catch June bugs, and porhaps I will
catch one and tie a cotton string to hia leg and
watch him “june,” aa 1 havo in tho days of
yore.
After you pass Haddocks the land grows a
little more broken, and there aro broad fields
with old manor houses perched away up outhe
highest kaob near the ceuter,where theanclont
baron used to sit on tho brood piazza and gazo
out on the glorious prospect of hia princely
possessions lying around and reaching away
toward tbe horizon, live on every hand. And
there Is always an old washed-out driveway
winding up a grassy lane from tho high road
to the stately gateway, where begin long row*
of aged cedars that always remind mo of the
cedars of Lebanon when I think of the won-
derftal scenes of unwritten history they have
witnessed. Time-honored relics of the times
that are not.
A few miles further on wo cross the line
and enter Baldwin, ex-empresa of Goorgia
counties. Hero we begin to cross little
semi-mountain streams that come steal*
ing out of the great woods like
school girls on Up-toe, with hearts bursting
with weighty secrets that they dare not tel!
to any one bnt mama. They have lots of se
crets, those little rivulets; they know all the
lore of tbe woods and the legends that the
tluMici,. Somoilay I will come back »uj
tu ‘b^rnhiofjronr bowera yon may Uy m , w
WheretbVriMtfln, rap foil* when foe ran’,info,
quid
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llu fob department we give brie/ tod
atiswen to such question* an our readen*m
alrc to a*k—provided foe queaton* Se oF
jeneral fotereat Anawei ^bTd&jKV;
somber pine trees recant ae they bend their
heads cloae together and recount them in the
dusk of even. And they have overheard—the
sly little eaves-droppers—tho love tales that
the south wind breathed Into tbe ear of the
first blue-eyed wood violet that welcomed the
fair spring weather; ond they saw the *nn
when Lo kissed the great elm tree, and
brought that mantling blush to her
withered cheek; and they know
the songs that the redbird sings beneath the
window of his lady lovo when the first glow of
awakeniug day lights up the eastern horizon;
and they know how tho bright-oyed stars
winked at tbe grave old owl, while the modest
young moon drew tbe cloud veil over her face
for very shame.
Along the course of these little streams are
some rare old rocka with rugged heads, and
some of the grim and hoary headed old trees
lean wearily over tbe sparkling water and dip
their aged locks in tbe refreshing element.
FISHING CREEK
is one of these roinfaturo rivers, and a thing of
beanty it ia. I believe there are two of them
—twin daughters of the hills—
that after many an escaptde
join hands lovingly, And go tripping down
till they are clasped in the arms of their old
grandma, tbe old Ocmulgee river. Just where
the railroad crones this creek there aro some
extensive lands with the grass covering them
like a hempen carpet, and widespneading trees
—a scene that reminds one of childhood's
dream, and the words of an old song:
“There X shall rest in sweet repose
Anddrram forevermore."
cornea cchoclng down the misty memory of
half-forgotten days aa I view that scene from
the limited range of vision afforded by a car
window.
tnetr realization. I met one jolly farmer
from Brown's, however, and so pleasant was
he that I act it down that he most have lots
of Jolly, pleasant neighbors. I wish I could
get off there and ace, for I verily believe I
should get one more taste of good old brown
corn bread, and tender spring greens, flavored
with a slice of country bacon that was
smoked with oak wood, and 1 am willing to
wager there would uot boa drop more or loss
than uature intended, of water in that fresh
sweet milk that they would give me, not in
a glass I hope, but in ono of the
anrient cups of flowered crockery or a bowl
with "TamO’ShontcrY’ adventures illustrated
in the painting* that encircle it.
Of the old city I will say nothing. I am so
tired of billboards, brick wall*, dusty trees and
bouses set in a row, that I will not mix up
any such in *my reverie of tbe wood*.
1 ciq weary of tbe ways of the city. Thetr
chief claim ia novelty, which has lost its
claim to me. Fordoluotseo the sunshine
fruiting at me in its winning way? Aud can
1 not hear the soft wind whimpering in my ear
entreating me to return to the greenwood
where my old frienda,the forest trees, are ever
beckoning me, and the leaping waters are wel
coming me, and oh! tka stories they have to
tell me. And the birds would get np a sylvan
conceit ia boner of my retarn; hot no, I have
n«t time to give up to suck sweet seductive ia*
C. A. B Maryville, Tcnn.: Wliat jTthe^
of a chaplain in tho United States navy* ^ ^
The salary during the first five year* is f_»500 a
year when at sea, and 82,000 on shore duty. After
the expiration of live years the salary is fj 800 at
K*.X d * 2, ?? onshore * Ch *Ptans are appointed
by the president on recommendation.
J. A. C., Greenville,"fLC:—What is meant by
“the queen’s tobacco pipe r T
The “queen’s tobacco pipe” isthe curious enough
name given to singularly sb#ed kiln which waa
at one time located at the comer of tho great to
bacco warehouses belonging to tbe London docks
on tho Thames, England. This kiln consisted of a
round brick stack or chimney, bulging out at its
base so as to allow for an interior width of five
feet. Inside were piled up damaged tobacco and
cigars and contraband goods, such a* tea, silks,
manufac tured tobacco, etc., which had been smug-
gled; books that were attempted invasions of the
copyright act, etc., until a sufficient quantity had
accumulated. Then It was set on fire and consumed.
The total value of the goods and merchandise thus
destroyed was enormous, and though tho custom
was widely criticised and stigmatised xr wasteful
and wrong, tho government continued uutil recent
years periodically to fiU and Ught tbe “queen’s
pipe.” Now seized goods arc sold at the annual
“customs' tales'’ in tandon, where unclaimed
merchandise, samples, etc.,are disposed of by tbo
authorities.
Subscriber, Tyler. Texas: Please givo an
estimate of the wealth of tho leading New York
millionaires.
The most recent as well as the most moderate
estimate is (tarnished by a New York broker. There
are nearly 9660,000,000distributed among a haudful
of capitalists, as follows: J. J. Astor 9125,000,000, Jsy
Gould 9100,000,00,, Cornelius Vanderbilt ?so,ouo,ooo,
W. K. Vanderbilt 975.000,000, Russell Sago 97),000,-
000, C. P. Huntington 925.000,000, Winslow, Lanier
& Co. 920.000,000, D. O. Mill* 915.000,000,
rterpont Morgan 915,000,000, Bob (.'arrett
915,000,000. Armour 915,000,000, Fred Van
derbilt 912.000,000, Sidney Dillon 910,000,000, Wocr-
ishofler 910,000,000, J. R. Iloxie W,000,000, Addison
Cammack 95,000,000, John Rockarellar £5,0001000.
11. Rock afellar 95,000,000, Ale xander Mitchell <T>,000,-
000, Cyrus W. Field 91.000,000,8. V. White i .$,000,000,
w. R. Travers 98,000,000, R. 1*. Flower SJ.COO.OOO,
John .Shaw 92.500,000, W. K. Connor 92,000,000, slay-
back 91,500,000, General Dodge 91,500,000. Victor
Newcombc 91,000,000, nnd Sam 81oane 91,000,000.
J. S.. Cartcrsville, Ga,: What is the mean
ing of “tobogganing?"
Up north where long sloping hillsides can bo
found, people have sleds constructed iu the shapo
of an Indian canoe curled up at both end* and pol
ished on tho bottom. In this concern the tobog
ganed slide down hill at lightning speed.
Suhscrlher, Ga: Please giro me tho ad
dresses of the mother superior of each convent iu
Atlanta.
Mother llgnatlus, convent of tho Inimacnlatfl
Conception, I.oyd street,>nd Mother Athanasln*.
convent of rhe Sacred Heart, 228 Lucklc street,
Subscriber, Cuba, Ind,: 1. Please give Iris-
lory of the “Man in tbe Iran Mask. 2. Has South
America been divided so that Ecuador docs uot
border on the Atlantic or Brazil? 3. Is Patagonia
Included tu tho Argentine Republic?
1. Tho Mnn In tho Iron Mask was a stato prisoner
of France In tho reign of Louts XIV. lie died in
the BastiJe in 1703. A11 sorts of theories have been
put forth in regard to him, but the name and origin
of the rrlsoner have nover been clearly established.
2. Ecuador never bordered on tho Atlantic. It is
between Brazil and the Pacific. 3. Part of it it.
Patagonia was split, tho range of mountain* being
the dividing line. The Argentine Republic took
half and Chili tho other half.
Subscriber, Griffin, Ga: The following poem
was written by a Scotch woman, Mrs. Janet Wood,
on the occasion of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
being appointed to deliver an oration In New York
at the celebration of tbe Burns centennial, January
25,1850. Part of it now reads as if U had been pro
phetic:
I hear the task has fa’n to you,
To gtc the bard o'Ayr hts due;
„ , But use him wc«l—
He kept sweat charity in view,
E’en for the delL
HI* wee, sms' fau’ts ye need nao tell—
Gin ye’re but half as guld as Bah,
We'll ask use malr.
Then dinna seek to find a flaw.
But o'er hia fau'ta a mantle threw,
_ And leave tho rest,
To Him wha made and tried th’ heart—
Be kens the best.
A century hence, and wha ean tell
What may befit’ your caunieael'?
M.yt.ftgfif.te/afrcrc
Ca’d Harry Beecher.
Jmak nao doubt, ye'd like taa ken
W ha tis taks up the auid quill peu
, To write this rhyme;
The knowledge would be little worth—
J’ra past my prime.
WP heart-some cleo;
to * fctern mandaie
Far o’er the sea.
Still Scoria’s hills, and Beotia’s plains,
Her noctK, ami her poets' *t**in«
To mo are dear ;
:rt sprinar*"
May <
PERSONS AND THINGS.
Ere fate** fctern mandate sent me forth.
Two million tons of fco have been gathered
from the Hudson.
The latest things in gneata* visiting cards
have rice sprinkled on them.
Mb. Booth's gross receipts for thirteen
weeks in Boston exceeded 9130 000.
Kentuckians continue to talk of Mr. Car*
lisle as a candidate for the senate.
Thr last slave sold in Virginia.in tho spring
of 1>05 for a hundred head of cabbage plants.
The only presidents who were never In eon*
gross are Washington, Taylor, Grant, Arthur aad
Cleveland.
Dead horses are quoted In London now at
15 shillings. Last year they were worth jC2 oc Jtl
10s.
If anybody doubts the inventive genius of
the yankte, let him look at the 22,000 patents It*,
sued last year.
Fifteen sculptors have submitted plain and
models for the monument to General Robert K.L**'
proposed to be erected at Richmond, Va.
Protector Huxley reys it would require
nearly 1.000,900 barrels of herring to supply tht
cod on the Norwegian coast with one breakfast.
00K STORIES FOR MARCH.
Wc have tome splendid stories for March—finely
illufrtretvd. Among them a.e:
Demon Plaque," by Frank R. Stockton?
Concluded next week.
••The Little Ghost,** ty Harriet Prescott Spof-*’
ford. A te nder love story, with four illustration^
••The Hermit of Hungry Caleb," by A M
Hayes. A >tcry of the mining camps.
‘Trouble** Nick," by Opte P. Read. AA AH
katuas story of great power mid beauty.
••The Herbert note!," by Herbert W. CoUIflgi
wood. A capital story of tbe Michigan prairies.
The Weekly OrcttTrrrroui will print ihebot
stories of love, adventure, heroism and pathos that
can bo recured. Our stories aloe* aro worth tfcm
lubccriprion price of the poper. The Constitctiow
storks aro all pun. elevating, inspiring o» intfictff
fog.