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6 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. , r ATLANTA. Glu TUESDAY APRIL 20 188b IflB WEEKLY CQNSTITDT10H. VMJUI VOMUIUUOHt —— — —— Onbaorire, C OO MCh; clou of *n IL00 •**•* Ma«ww«Btrt»ra><rfCli»>». A WORD WITH YOU. nmui»°t• inb«>rtb«r to The tattoo. IM* cOPT ** •*"' T« u » 1 wit* ■ whether or oof yon mint to it* need ofoodpopor for IMA W< tklnk Tho Oonftltotlon to tho but popor yon con (ot. PIcMflcintnlnv^lt ennlollvi Rond It# oom« ure It with olhar pap«r», »nd Mod «■ jmnr fnbncrlptlon# It will bo U»* boot iorootmont yon over mode. Try Itono year ond yon will noror R* ' Good Work fbr an April Daf. We offer our friend* two incentive* to do ■ little work for n* during April. First—We will print the namo of the m#n who sends ns in the largest number of anb- Bribers and send his wife one of onr sewing machines as a present. A few hours of earn est work would secure this prise. Second—Every roan who sends five sub scribers during April will get free our 3-line stamp with ink and pads, and ovary one sending ten subscribers will get our No. 3 stamp. These sell at 75 cents and *1.25, and we send them free with clubs during April. These competitions are open to everybody. Whether yon ore agent or not yon can get these prises. Send for specimen copies and you can get up n good club and secures prise. Only two weeks left. Bend at once. A PRESENT FOR OUR FRIENDS. One or the mnet iwcftil thing* a man can hare la a lump, and with which he can print hi* name and addrraa lie can print It on envelop©*, on eardfl, on letter*, on circular*, on paper*, on boxes- anywhere he wants. Wo have fitted up a splendid •tamp, which prints aa follow*: Mh. a. j. abkrcrombie, Tallapoosa, Florida. With tbls rump see* » psdland a bottle ot Ink which will last e rear. With It a man can print feta name SCO time, a mlnuto Ij simply stamping the paper. Ibe outst corns 75 cento. Tlila to oar •tr.n We will rend Ibis rtamp, with your name and addreMci)tlntolt,anill outfit, pmtpsld to every ooe who tends us a club of live •uhscrlbcn during the month ot April. This I4>pen to everybody, but la aaly open (luring April, ss wo have only bought s limited number of stamps. Rrmambor—Kvery one who send us a club of dva subscribers will set a sump and outfit free. You can bavo ('Agent of Constitution" put on stomp If you desire. You can have any thing that will nil three linen, two Inchca long. Write your aeme plainly, so we will make no mistake. He- memtxr, actub of live subscribe™ In April (eta this outfit without any oast to you. Wlin It you Can print your own letterheads and buvetopes. Get up a club of five subscribers at oaoa and get the stamp. Oltor No. 1. Fpr a club of ten subscribers wg Will send ebusiness stamp such as the following. C. 3C. BXTZBB1S1, —Datum is— Staple and Fancy Groceries, 102 PEACHTREE 8T.. ATLANTA. OA This out bo filled with anything you dartre, and makes a splendid business card. With this you can print your own btulnom cants, tic., sad sen money. Oat ten subscribers end you will bare this Mo. 3 stamp tent you fre* and Mow these era liberal Offers. We can only hold them open tor April. Oet year clubs at awe*, and secure these useful articles. For a Club of ten wa will send two of tbo smaller slie af stamps with dlfikmil names on them, or one of the No. ?, whichever the club-raiser prefers. 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- Don’t Miss It Next week’s CONSTITU TION will be tbe most remark able issue of a newspaper ever issued. 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