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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. , r ATLANTA. Glu TUESDAY APRIL 20 188b
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ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 30. IMA
Bknkmuku this! Title Constitution is
the only 12-paga weekly. It give* you 48
pagea every four week*, 034 page* every year.
The 8-pege weekliea give only 33 page* in
four weeks, or 416 n year. Til* Oonstitu
Tion gives you for |1 a year nioro page* of
leading, and batter, than any two papers
dubbed together. Don’t be deceived by
cheep and Inferior paper*. When you pay
«1 for Tiir Constitution you get more
reading than yon ran buy nny when else In
America. Remember this and don’t bo
fooled by claptrapolirra. ‘‘The old reliable”
ta the brat M w ell as cheapest.
A labor convention of ponltry-breeden
met yesterday in Atlanta and perfected
nrrangrmcuta for a national poultry and
bench show, to open tn this city on the lfith
af January anil continue ono week. The
armory of the Gate City Guards has been
secured for the esbibition. Secretary Fisher
says several hundred breeder* will be pret
end end that two or tbtee thousand chickens
will be exhibited. The plan for n permanent
ponitry and bench abow in Atlanta aimilnr
to the Madison Gulden abow In New York,
opens auspiciously, and we with it th* grant-
Jay Gould and the Strikers.
The correspondence between l’owderly
and Gould, aa abstract of which waa printed
in onr newa columns yesterday, ia not only
interesting, bat decidedly characteristic aa
Arts Mr. Goald Is concerned. In thtacerre*-
pondenc# Gwuld seems to have the best ot the
argument,but there ta something grotesquely
sinister in the parade be nukes of himself ns
an American dUara. From hta standpoint
them ig bat on* Americas citlxw for whom
th* laws are made, and that dUteu it Mr.
Jay Gould, th* grew!, the good, the inno
cent
Tbs correspondence ia important, howevrr,
ia that it emphasises aom«/theta that ought
never to he lost tight of hi' tho fotnre by
wotkinggsra who are Braking to right
wrongs. There ran he nodonbt that the
strike in the southwest, and the retails it
has brought about, has done an almost Irre
parable injury to the canto of tho Knights of
Labor. That cause, in order to bo sneer ■
fol, matt appeal strongly to public senti
ment- tier public sentiment that ia never ap.
pentad to In vain in the cause of bunion joe-
tic*. In this instance, however, the strike
has been of a reckless, and, in many respects,
a lawless character. The law hot lven vio
lated and the real snflrrer ha* been the pub-
lir. Mr. Itowderly, himself, hot character
ised the strike so wrong, hat he route! not
control it and the reen'.t baa been such as to
make an impression on the public mind nu-
ftvorable to the cm tree of the Knights of
Labor and wholly at variance with the prin
ciples no which the order I# based.
If, on the other hand, the retail of the
gtrike faqd been inch it to arcane in Jay
Goald a genes of hta reaponilbiliUes and an
appreciation of hie relation* to tbs men be
employes, the Knights of Labor engaged in
It would merit and win the sympathy and
applanse of the public. But the result has
been far different Mr. Gonld has not only
not been convinced—he baa not even been
injured in that moat sensitive part of hta
person, fata pocket Ail the injury that has
been inflicted has fallen directly on the
public. Instead of emharraaring the Gonld
roads, the strike has embarrassed the pub
lic. All the suffering, all the inconvenience,
all the losses have been on the part of the
public; for tho public will event
ually have to pay for the damage done to
tbo railroads. In addition to nil this, there
baa been unnecessary violence—there has
been even bloodshed.
And now op jumps Mr. Gonld, pert and
chipper and smiling a sinister smite. He
proclaims himself an American citizen, and
says he will see to it that be ta protected by
tbeiawA There ta nodonbt that Gould is
an American citizen, and a very lino one.
He ta so notorious n citizen that every think
ing man—even among the workingmen
themselves—moot see that no/trike can be a
remedy against Jay Gonld. A railroad
striko hurts the public and the pnblic only.
The remedy for Jay Gonld i* n mneb
more complex affair than n strike. In effect,
the people of tbie country have made him
what he is, and they have been engaged for
yean in building bint up and placing more
power In hta hands. His native audacity
lias been enlarged by success until he has
come to lie quite a dnngeroos character. For
nil this the people, and, among them, the
Knights of Labor, are to blame. They havo
elected legislatures and congresses that Jay
Gonld coaid bny; they have tolerated judges
that ho could bribe; they bavo indorsed
officials that be could corrupt. Jay Gonld
ia simply a sign of the times—a product of
our politics. In the days of honesty and
simplicity, Jny Gonld would lie an Impossi
bility ; but, unless the people, the voters of
the country, see proper to make reforms—
until they sec proper to elect honest men to
represent them in all department* of govern
ment, the hind will swarm with Joy Goulds.
The Cyclone Outlook.
Will this he a cyclone yeur?
The weather prophets have not answered
the question, and we ilo not care to hear
ftom them. They mlng ns often ns they bit
tlie mark.
One thing ii worthy of note. The same
conditions which heralded the devastating cy
clones in Georgia during the year 1H75, when
several hundred people were killed, appear
to prevail at the present time. We have the
•ante early worm waves. We have the same
death-dealing and destructive storm in tho
northwest. It was the some way In 1875
and It will be recollected that on the flnt
day of May in that yenr Georgia was visited
liy one of the meet violent cyclones in her
history. This storm was followed by others
daring the year, as lata as August. It Is
well to bear these facta In mind, although
they do not afford a basts for n prediction.
Whit* npon this subject we feel tempted
to make a pasting reference to Tub Consti
tution's record in the matter of cyclono
newa. When it cornea to riding th* whirl
wind the brayest man may well stan^bnek,
bnt our -reporters and correspondents have
never failed tut yet. Their awiit-winged
specials have never yet been detained by the
Storm King. On one memorable occasion
when north Georgia waa the scene of n terri
ble visitation Tun Constitution’s prompt
news-gatherers bad n graphic sod complete
account of the calamity delivered at this office
before the leaves were dono quivering in the
tvinado’a track. So ftill and accurate were
onr reports that in two instances the govern
ment adopted and Incorporated them in its
official doenmenta.
It ia to be hoped that onr cyclone report
ers will not ho called npon for any extra
work ilnring tho routing sailson. In the
case of an emergency, however, they will be
there. When it becomes neceaanry wo
piopoaa to beet even onr pact record in this
matter, and tbo genemt verdict is that we
bare always led onr contemporaries.
Mr. llandall aa n Bugaboo.
In th* New York Times wa Anil the fol
lowing editorial paragraph:
The legislative policy ot Samuel J. Randall has
become an Import art matter for tho country,
which, by tho grare of extreme protectionism, he,
so ferae the tariff to concerned, now rale*. K he
should unanimously decide to support tariff reform
the country will (ot II. If the democratic side of
his eoieplrx oeiectoatlou abuuM be ooly Jnat bat-
anted by th* rwpubllsan side there would still he
an even chance tor the oonntry. If altar debatelo
eaecuttvc reacton the malority of him should so
•tilnst the reform the rhencct of getlins It would
he very slim. The various constituencies repre
sented In Mr. Randall have not entirely the eeme
Interests. It will be curious to see which will tlnal-
ly prevail. Inthemeantlmaliwlllatoobecurlona
to see bow tha bouse, of which Mr. llandall to
pomlnally one member, but In which he controls
a good many votes, will deal with hto autocratic
pretsustons and hto plutocratic motivee.
What both! If Mr, Randall had the po
sition in the bonne which hta ability, experi
ence and prominence ought to command
there would be some legislation for tbs ben
efit of the people of the country, instead of
the waste and delay and attempted jobbery
that have characterised the efforts of the
western cranks These cranks ore powerful
and influential men in tha present congress,
and they havo used their power, not tor the
purpose of inaugurating needfol legislation,
hut tor the purpose of hamillating Mr. Ran
dall. They have driven him into aback
scat, and he to not to be bald responsible for
the fail ore of the** cranks to give tha conn-
try grantee tariff reform.
Artificial Batter.
Two hundred million pounds of bogns bat
ter an annually manofocturcd in this coun
try, and no small part of this immense pro
duct to marketed in the southern states. It
ta a matter of local interest, therefore, to
know what article* enter into its composi
tion. Th* patented formats* for the making
of spurious batter nre official evidence, and
in them wr seek the information we wont.
We need not take ap the patents one by one,
for that would tile tbo reader: bat we will
group the seventeen patents together, and
thereby ascertain what bogus butter is mule
■ Sixty different nrtielea arena-net in the
seventeen pan me. Among llic u ere sag ir
of trad, bi-sulphate of lime, borax, salicylic
mid, bee zoic acid, orti-i root, cotton see-1 oil,
bi-caibonate of sods, glycerine, cvpvylie
acid, atom, cupric acid, sulphite of wul.k,
cows' udders, sulphuric acid, pepsin, t ill.Isr.
lard, salt, ram atareb, butyric ether, caustic
potash, castor oil, chalk, slippery elm bitk,
(an), eil of eras me, oil of sandower seeds,
olive oil, turnip seed oil, brains chloralnm,
chlorate ot potash, oil of tweet almonds, oil
of peannto, peroxide of manganese, stomach
of pigs, sheep or coif, nitrate of soda, mus
tard seed oil, nitric acid, dry blood nlbnmen,
ngar, bntryie acid, bl-carbonato ot potash
and caustic soda.
The chief difficulty consists, of oourse, in
deodorizing and neatrniiztog the fats so that
they cannot be detected. Patent No. 301,782
furnishes, it is said, the favorite process.
This process “constats in first forming a soap
emulsion of the into or filtty oils with cang-
tic soda lye by bent; then adding chlorinated
eoda; then precipitating the lyes; then ap
plying chlorinated alkaline lye or chlorinated
gas, to the soap emulsion.” This process
was originally patented to. England, and it
to general use.
"It is notorious,” aaya Mr. J. H. Crane, of
Washington city, “that what ia called bate
ferine is now generally made in soap facto
ries. It ta only a few days atocc that the
nnderaigned had sent to him ftom a large
soap factory at the west a sample of soap and
a sample of bntterine. The two go hand in
band together. Why it batterine made in
soap factories? The reason is evident. It is
because it can be made cheaper there. If
“the bnm-fat man” brings to more grease
than ta wanted for soap the surplus can ho
made into bntterine. If be brings in more
than is wanted tor bnttertoe the sarplaicon
be turned Into soap. In thta way tho two
play into each other’s bonds. The process ot
bleaching and deodorizing is said to be about
the some to each, the same poisonous alkalis
being used to each. It is n mistaken idea
that aome have that bnttertoe is never made
of anything bnt the purest leaf lard and best
creamery batter. It may be that soap man
ufacturers buy pare lent lard to use to their
business. If so, 1 have never beard of it
Bntterine can be made of soap grease, and I
believe ta made of soap grease, and some
times oi the moot disgusting kind. The
bleaching and deodorizing process it is pat
throngb makes it impervious to taste or
tmoll. Bnt tho worst remains to be told of
this disreputable business. Formerly dead
animals were collected and bnried nt a heavy
expense. Now they command a premium,
even to the rabid dog*. What becomes of
them? Let tlie boiling establishments and
the bntterine factories answer. Horses dying
with glanders or pneumonia, and dogs dy
ing with rabies arc all gathered np and cart
ed to the boiling establishment, where the
fnt is extracted, pnt ap tn barrel* and ship
ped away. This diseased list, alter being pnt
to shipping order, is said to look ss clean and
nice ss nny other. What becomes of it?
Where does it go, and for what purpose ta it
need? Ia it marked to distinguish it from
nnyotherfat? Iam told, not by one who has
lieen to the hnsinees. What nasnrsnee have
we that it does not find its way to the bnt
terine factories? None”
We need not dwell npsn the evil results of
such impure, sack disgusting food. We do
not even ask congress or the state legisla
tures to deal harahiy with the seonndreta that
moke apnrionS batter. Wc desire to lay be
fore onr readers the plain, ximple facts of the
rose, to the belief that they will act individ
ually so as to drive from onr markets the vile
compound altogether. Individual action to
sufficient. Let every man who wanta-n
pound of butter first ascertain who made it
and whan it has bean since it waa made,’' 7
The Constitution and Its Mission.
Tiir Constitution to the organ of the
people. Its contempt for politicians and
demagogue*, to measured by its devotion to
what it believes to best for the whole people.
It looks to the maaaes for its support, and
in their behalf it nntagonizes rings and mo
nopolies. It opposes alike the mischievous
cranks who attempt to mislead the people
and the thieves who try to rob the people.
It to a democratic newspaper—pledged to
the principles of democracy.
It finds its strength in the homes of the
American people. Around the happy fire
side of honest families, where peace and
contentment dwell, where the fire, beams
brightly on the hearthstone, and the cricket
chlrpa merrily beneath it; whore old age to
honored and manhood respected and children
ate loved; where the philosophy of its own
Hill Arp to the fondly creed and the old-
fashioned Bible to the family guide; to snch
homes as these, God Hess and multiply them,
Tuc Constitution finds itself the wel
come guest. It has no higher ambitioo than
to be the friend of each people; their trusted
messenger ftom the outer world; tlieir iaith-
ful counsellor and companion whose coming
to looked for, whose sincerity to nilmitted,
and whose pages scatter snnsbino wherever
they are opened. To be the home paper of
the American people, to its aim.
It now visits 60,000 homes every week,
and it finds the lntchatring lifted for its
coming in 1,500 new home* every week.
No newspaper ever mode its way with snch
rapidity. But bow mnch swifter It would
go If CTery ready who has already made it
welcome in his own home, would open the
way for it into another home. J/oic many
htcMrisgi trill you Iff! for w thin met. it
lets sunshine in wherever yon open tbs
way. Won’t you make np your mind right
now that yon will introduce ns into at least
one new home this week? Let ns hear from
you.
About tbo Democratic Party.
Some of the esteemed republican editors,
who imagtes they have a knack of predict
ing the weather, and to whose minds the
accommodating clouds take the ahap* of
either whales or weasels, are beginning to
lift their eyebrows and announce that
the democratic party ta once more about
perform its celebrated act of going ta
piece*.
We have observed that the democratic
party, according to the republican editors,
ha* been about to pertoriu this celebrated
act for icserut years, bnt, on account of the
wrathi r, ot for some other reason, tho exhl-
lliou baa insatiably been postponed. It
*os shunt tn o.cur when the carpct-biggsn
in, aMraddir cf tin- southern state govern-
nitcta; it waa about in occur when Horace
Gurley was overwhelmed with defeat: ouJ
it wtie shout to occur alien the IttllChAud-
let* of tte republican party stole the presi
dency In ni the country. And yet the dem
ocratic party remain* intact, so to sp-alc.
Now, however, according to the republi
can tditore, nothing ran prevent the dietila-
tion of the patty of the people. “It isevi-
dent," aaya the New Yock C.imtmeicial Ad
vertiser, “that th* loaf-growing dissensions
In the democratic party have reached a crista.
The discontent cannot longer be controlled.”
The editor goes on to say that he has “heard
tha rambling of the coming storm all winter,
and the first big drops have fallen within the
last few dayi.” Those big drope,*it is ex
plained, are in the chape of the various local
election* in all parts of tha country in which
the republicans have made gains.
All this is vary well, bat it is certain that
no trustworthy ofaeerver ta likely to mix lake
a symptom of discontent for a sign of dlsso-
Inf (on. That there ta discontent to the dem
ocratic party is certain, bnt that there is any
crisis, or any prospect of a split, is s
lion too nfaenrd to discuss. Tlie discontent
that has already made and will hereafter
make itself felt ta a very wholesome>ymptom.
The repabiican editors onght to hear to mind
that the discontent which has been made
manifest affects not the party, bnt the party
leaders. There is no discontent with the
party and there will be none. The feeling
is w holesome and promising because it springs
from a belief that those who have the party
interests to charge are catering to the dertree
of certain elements who desire to see the
party divided, defeated and broken.
And the wholesome discodtent will have
its wholesome effect; If not now, then here
after. Men will be placed to office who be
lieve that the principles of the democratic
party faithfully and courageously carried oat
are in the nature of the very reforms tbo
ronntiy desires—the best for the conntry
and the best for the people. Men will be
elected to office who believe that the inter
ests of the democratic potty are the true in
terests of the people, and they will not hesi
tate to employ all honest and legitimate
means to build the party ap and carry oat its
principles. In regard to these things the
party woe never more nnite.1,
"When Doctors Disagree,'' Etc.
One of the most irritating features of the
prohibition controversy now raging through
ont tbo land is the wide and irreconcilable
difference of opinion among good men as to
the dnty of Christians to the premises.
These reflections have been suggested by
the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott’s exposition, in
tho Christian Union of the International .Sun
day school lesson for April 18, on the miracle
of the marriage feast at Cana. Many per
sons believe, ofconne, that onr Saviour used
wine ns a beverage. TOey believe, also, that
he tamed water into wine at the marriage
frost, bnt they hove been informed, by writ-
erg who have studied the subject deeply,
that the wino referred to was nnfermgntod.
What aro ignorant laymen to believe when
this view is flatly contradicted by Christian
tent-licn who aro jnat aa honest and just as
well informed aa those who take the other
side of the question. To return to Dr. Ab
bott’s article. The doctor brings ont the
fact that to the time ol Christ there were not
only advocates of total abstinence, bat even
supporters of a prohibition policy. It is al
leged that neither movement received tho
slightest Indorsement ftom Jeans. Yet there
mutt have been drunkenness in those days.
In Rome at that Ume there waa a modified
prohibitory law forbidding women to drink
wine. Then, there wen the Esaenet, pledged
to total abstinence, to say nothing of John
tli* Baptist, who was* total abstainer under
the Tow oi the Naxarite. All this brings out
in strong contrast the policy of onr Saviour,
which Dr. Abbott that summarizes;
Tills sru not the method of Jesns. Be lived In
an age of total ahttlneno* ■octettes, and did not
join them. He emphasized the distinction between
his method and that of John tlie Baptist by saying
that John came neither eating nor drinking; too
Bon of Man came eating and drinking, He con
demned drunkenness, but never tnaslnglo In
stance lined up hie voice In condemnation of
drinking. On the contrary, he ooomenoed bit
public ministry by mtklug, by a miracle, whw In
considerable quantity, and this apparently only to
add to the Joyous festivities or a wedding. He ap
parently need wine customarily. If not habitually,
and before all the world; and he left as a legzey
and ezamplo for his followers a sacral ate of wine
to the moat solemn service of tits church.
If snch expositions are to accompany onr
Sunday school lessons, it goes withont saying
that teachers and pupils will not be very
strongly confirmed in the prohibition faith.
It is dne, however, to Dr. Abbott to say that
while he bolds that “fermented llqnon can
not bo treated as a product of tho devil, to
ho tabooed and driven ont of existence, nor
the making and drinking of n pure wine os
a sin to he prohibited and condemned at all
times and antler all circumstances,” he at
the same time believe* that the law of Chris
tian love seems to require of Christians n
general abstinence from wine-drinking as a
means of social entertainment or penonal
luxury. Still, he modifies even this posi
tion, by holding it a question for each indi
vidual to decide for himself, no ono else hav
ing any right to pass judgment npon that
decision. He looks forward, bo says, to the
time when pure wine will be rued by society
with no more evil results than follow the
me often and coffee.
A Memorable Appointment.
The appointment of Howell Edmond*
Jackson, senator from Tennessee, to n judge
ship to the federal courts ta something more
than an ordinary event. It marks the ter
mination of a period of eclipse and the be
ginning of n period of fair play to snch ap
pointments. For it is the first appointment
of a democrat in twenty-five longeventfol
years to the national judiciary. Tbo circuit
over which the now judge will preside con
sists of the districts of northern Ohio, south
ern Ohio, eastern Michigan, western Michi
gan, Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, western
Tennessee and middle Tennessee.
The appointment of an able lawyer, close
student and upright maffi ta * good begin
ning, and patriotic men everywhere will re
joice to see n judge to the United States
courts ftom the other aide, As politic* and
judicial appointments cannot bo divorced,
the next beet thing ta a division of appoint
ment! between the two parties. The courts
will thna command more reepect, and mnch
friction will be avoided. Th* ice is broken,
and if the supreme court judge* who have
reached the retiring age wonld make way for
vome democrats to the high oonrt, the situa
tion wonld be still mote aatiafoctory. Die-
gain- it as we may, there ate at least two
way* of iookirg at constitutional question*,
abii the conservative sentiment ot the coun
try should be represented iu the court of last
u Mitt where grave and far teaching question*
: presented.
They Draped tho Whirlwind.
A ooiriepriutcut of the Chicago Times hu
t n i i.deavoring to trace Jibe old-time car-
pet-bagger* who lordidit over SontU Caro
lina m insolently, a few years ago.
The fate of these adventurers carries its
awn lesson with it. The carpet-bagger*
thought that if they could hold any state it
wonld bo Booth Carolina. For a long time
they were supreme. They filled every
office, robbed withont remorse, and enjoyed
their plunder without shame. Then came a
ravolntion, and with it retribution. The
democratic tidal wave swept away or sub
merged every landmark of radicalism.
The carpet-haggen and their allies were
scattered like chaff. Not one of any promi
nence ta left to the state. District Attorney
Corbin, who ^refased a scat in the federal
senate, ia in Europe. Rankle committed
snlctde. Moses, *fter being the gneet of
half a dozen jails, now languishes to tbs
Masrschnictts penitentiary. Scott lives ob
scurely in Ohio. Pattenon ia supposed to
be at work on a street railroad somewhere.
Chamberlain has a position in aome north,
ern college, and whenever beard from speaks
a good word for the sonth. He baa man
aged to retain more respectability than hta
associates. Another carpet-bagger went to
the Black Hills and was shot by his miss-
tress; and another died suddenly at the din
ner table, killed by his vitions way of life.
As the Chicago correspondent remarks,
“The record of their departure and destiny
reads like a roll ftom Tartarus or the
records of Nemeaia." Never was there
more complete wreck. The fate of thta re
markable clan of spoilsmen deserves a con
spicuous place in history. It will serve to
point a moral, If not to adorn a tale.
When Girls Should Marry.
Tbo vnlne of tho literary symposium was
never more severely tested than in the Brook
lyn Magazine, when an attempt was made to
decide at what age girl* should marry. The
opinions thna gathered do not, however, ma
terially differ. Mias Lonisa M. Alcotf,
speaking theoretically, says “from 23 to 33
is the suitable age.” Mrs. Lucy Stone thinks
25 to 30 preferable. Mi*. Rebecca Hording
Davis nys a woman should not marry until
folly developed to mind and body. As the
time of development in individuals varies,
Mn. Davis declines to glTO definite figures.
She believes that “marriage based on a pare
affection ta better, even under the worst cir
cumstances, than a single life nnder the
best” Mm. Jolla C. K. Dorr thinks the
beat age for a girl’s marriage is between 20
and 25. Mrs. Mary L. Booth warn* girl*
against immature marriage* and decline* to
commit herself to figures. She can, howev
er, he set down as favoring marriages between
25 and 30. Mr*. A. D. T. Whitney nys the
answer cannot be pnt to figures, because it
is a matter that shonld vary with all varying
conditions and developments.
Taking the opinions of those distinguished
writer* among women os a whole, we find
they favor marriages between 20 and 30,
with 25 a* the golden mean. We do not ex
pect the maidens who daily tarn to The
Constitution for counsel and guidance to
accept this as a rale that most be observed
under nil circumstances; we simply offer it
aa advice from their own aide of tho boose.
If the writer* named are not competent
guides then there are none among tbs women
of this country. But weddings will doubt-
lets continue to be celebrated from one end
of the land to the other whoUy regardless of
literary symposia, and the accustomed per
centage of mistakes will donbtleas bon
ed. And wbat rod one* they are, too,
oftentimes!
OUR KNOWUDOB-BOX.
J. L. H., Foray tb, Ga.; Is England entlroly
a tree trade country T
The British put a high tariff on chicory, ooooa,
cocoa hoiks, chocolate, coffee, dried Aults, spirits,
tobacco and snuff, and wine. On these, In 1**1,
the srou produce ot custom* duties wa* 119,703,-
MS, and on all otner articles taken collectively,
but £17,073. Tho Statesman's Year-Hook, 1**5, re
marks : "The tendency of modern legislation [In
England] la toward* concentration of cuitomi du
ties on a few articles. At present them are
virtually hot four (real articles of customs pro-
dnce-namcly, tobacco, spirits, tea,
and win*.'' On yarn*, a* described, as follows :
Valued at not exceeding twenty-five cents per
pound, ten cente per pound; over twenty-live and
not cxcecdlug forty, fifteen cents per pound; over
forty, not exceeding fiffy. twenty cents per pound;
over fifty, not exceeding sixty, twenty-five cents
per pound: over sixty, not exceeding soventy,
thirty-three cente per pound; over eeventy, not ex
eroding eighty, thirty-eight cents per pound; over
eighty, not exceeding onn doltar, forty-eight cent*
per pound; over one doltar, fitly per cent. Thresd
on spools of onn hundred yards each spool, seven
cents per dosen.
Covington, April 12, 1880.—Editors Const!-
Uon: The able and patriotic editorial In yonr
tseuo of tha 12tb, "Mr. Darts and the Hill Statue,'1
meets with a hearty Indorsement of onr people. It
expseitse most clearly the tine southern feeling
that abounds onr hearts.
‘Misdirected (Indeed) the southern boy that does
not grow up to honor hta memory and lore his
name.”
tve love him and we want him to know It; be
cause he loved the man whose Immortal features
tha unveiled statue will disclose, and because that
man loved him.
W* will h* them and will honor onnelrea by
honoring him and tha occasion. M.
SnkrnEKDsviLLE, Ky., April 7.—Editors
Constitution: Will yon please get a certificate to
th* assertion that a Georgia cyclono has blown a
shingle through a small tree, leaving each end pro
jecting from either side of the tree, if* certificate
can he had to the fact, pleas* announce in Tux
W'kxxly CousmcnoN.
Kxv. F. D. Cantrell.
Editok* Constitution : Several years ago
saw a man with th* rail splitter, and he called It
'Georgia Ball BpUtter." II ta two half round
' -esof casting about ten Inches long, hollow In
center. When driven In an anger hole In a
US
n the end for tha purpose of priming mod fuse.
The cavity hold* about two ounce* of powder. I
give tbli description fearing yon hare uo knowl-
SuUbriber, Dahloncga, Ga: 1. If Goorgbt
inic* of any value? 2. For what la mica used?
1. Yet. according to aitt and Quality.
2. Mica baa a variety of utea. It iplit* very read
ily into thin, elatlic plates, which art generally
transparent, and aometises not more than one*
SOO.COOth part of an Inch In thickness. Those aro
Died In setting ©eject* tor tho microscope. Large
plates of it, often a yard in diameter, are found in
Norway, Sweden, Siberia, Peru and Mexico. There
it U sometimes used as a substitute for glass in win
dows; it it also put In lanterns, especially for ships
at sea, as It bean sodden changes of temperature
bettor than glass and Is not liable to be broken by
the discharge of cannon. It is also employed In a
powdered state to giro a brilliant appearance to
walls, and as a fine sand sprinkled on writing.
When it is In a state or very tine powder u u
known as cat's gold or cat's silver, according to iu
color. It Is usually colorless, but Is often white,
giay, green, red, brown, black or yellow.
J. I. C, Athene, Tenn.r Please explain tho
strek terms, mil blood and thoroughbred.
Miles, in bis "i'rlnciples of Stock "Breeding,
use to express the
i detitil!
e objet.
K strict It
uise, vrlliioit
inblg
' It* oriel
be well t* ..
as the os do of a dN met brv.*J o^hur** .
••Pure-Lm!/' “tull-bluMl * and • tbo'oogh-br
wire ilefi.nl by the Amcriosn asviciati tti of >rt-
fcoiu traders ss t;I'.onymou* terms, a- d to bill-
cstr "sbimslsof s •h-tioctatid weli-do Incd breed
without sry admixture ot other blood.”
Ilte ff!u.wtr.g cetinilioita were ai>o adopted by
the sjnxIsUod:
•Tn ss-bred”— Animals produced by breeding
tcftthrrd'wtlnr brt««U.
•xirsdss’'—The prodnee of a cross between a
•^ure-tred” and a "ratire ”
"lllgh-gnule"—An animal of mtxe.1 blool. In
which the blood of a pure breed largely predoml-
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