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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ! ATLAX7 A. GA.. TUESDAY APRIL 2 7 1880
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NEXT WEEK'S fXIXSTITT'TION Wild. COS
TA IN THE FULL TEXT OF THE
SPEECH OF
Ex-Pres. Jefferson Davis
AT Till UKVKLUtO OF THE I1ILL STAT
UE ASH THE SPEECH OF
Lieut'Gen.Jno.B. Gordon
At the larlnz of the Corner rtono of Iho Confel-
etc HoiitiiBCTii et MontfnrnerT. Mil theto
,pcechet will be IlMortc end Thrllllnf.
A full elir iilrtnrs of Ex.PntMnt
DatIh as he mw A|ippAVs.
A Picture of Ex-Scnitor IIIII, drAwn
from the lost phntogTSiih token before
his dcnlli.
A three Column picture of the Unveil*
Ins’ Ceremonies, shonleg the StAtnc And
the dlstlAtmished tlslton, drawn by
Horace Itraillc).
A pletnre of the Hill atntne.
A picture of lion. J. C. C. Mack, the
orator of the day.
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ATLANTA, QA-, TUESDAY, Al'TlUff. IMS.
The decision metle by tho supreme court
of (leorgia In the Heck murder trial, will bo
tinoted its nn authority in similar case*here
after. The declaration of the conrt, that the
frenay which excuses guilt most he chronic
and permanent, end not a mere temporary
drunken delirinin, will be greeted not only
ne sound law, hat as common sense.
“Tlie Days or ’01.”
We give much of onr space this morning
(os revival of some old and tender memo
ries
These ere honest and healthful memories.
They we not going to hnrt anybody. Those
who do not respoct them win not be punish
ed, and those who do respect them will not
fcoopeet. It may be said of them that they
art memoilct that cheer but do not incbrUto.
Very precions they are to ne. More pre
done will they be to our children, in whose
hrsrfs pray God they rosy be kepi ntive.
Tide liseon we most transmit to onr children
and onr children's children—that to them,
in ell respect of honor and glory, Hoe stands
side by side with IViwbiogtou, arid that their
love and prldo mast Invest nliks the men
who surrendered et Appomattox aud tho men
who suftrred nt Valley 1'orgo. This lesson
is sinking deep into their hearts and wltt
abide tbers forover. Tbo old gray coat will
be nnheirloom In the son there cabin when tho
cout Inentnl bn IV 1s forgotten, and the sword of
the lather who followed "Stonewall” will bo
the badge of honorable ancestry. Whatever
the sooth may achieve— to whatever great
ness and power ahe may attain—no living
man will see the time when the monuments
thet mark the graves of her confederate sol
diers and patriots will not tic tho rallying
points for her tree hearts and the centres ol
her noblest emotions.
It le a blessed dispensation that this feel
ing grows stronger with each succeeding
generation. It can bat ennoble every heart
it peseresee. Tho brighter grows the name
and Dune of ltertow and ol Colib, tho hotter
and the etronger Georgia will be. Tbo ex
ample ol her heroes is tbc lesson of her sons.
Tbs betters man, the better a Georgian—
the better a Georgian, the better an Ameri
can. Then let these memorise live and let
them brighten. let them establish forever
in the heertsof onr children the virtues of
fhutknese, ot devotion, of guileless sincerity
and of onooaqnemble courage, and then the
gram will grow greener over the graves in tho
Volley, end tbs hcnrts-of-gold that are buried
there will And a tweeter rest I
Tho Ex-Confcderaleo In Line.
The march of the ex-confederatee in col
oara at the aareUiagof the Hill statue will
be an admirable feature of the d«y.
With the ex-soldiers of tho north thor
oughly organized aronnd their civic camp
tires, and in their Grand Army of the Hepnb-
lic, it ie a matter of surprise that the ex-
confederates ere almost entirely without or
ganization. This country has nothing to
fear, but much to gain from the coming to
gether of the old soldiers of cither side.
Tbc frankness and comradeship brought in
the reunion of soldtera is n tine antidote to
the mean sectional venom of politicians.
The soldiers that followed tbc stars and
bare are vapidly dying out. One ol I>ee'a or
Johnson's veterans is now a vetcrau in years
ns welles in service. The ranks arc thin
ning out, comrades ore dying every day. It
is well fur the enrv Ivors to come together in
social BKeling, ehakr bends once more, re
call the stirring memories of the days tbit
tried men’s souls, and look into each others
lucre before Ike hut roll ie celled and the
Anal order to “stack arms" has been given.
To sea Are thousand es-confederate sol
diers in line on the let of May will be a
great sight. It will stir the hearts of the
people and it will stake the poise of every
man in line heat quicker when be thinks
that once more, oven in the piping timer of
peace, be is keeping step and marching in
ranks wilb five thousand men, every one of
whom wore the gray and went into battle
behind the southern cross. Tho suggestion
of Captain Wright ooneevnlng the local or
ganization of ex-conlederstos is a good one.
Let them organise in each community. led
them name their delegates, designate them
with the proper bulges and send them on to
take port (n the march that will at once
honor the memory of s great Georgian and
touch the heart of the old man who was the
leader of Ibe eqnse for which they fought.
Tho Ponz-I’rleet
The telegram which annonneed the death
of Father Kyan, who wns known as the poet-
priest, took hut small account of the feme
which he had acquired in this oodntry and
in Europe by his impassioned lyrics. He
was emphatically the poet of the lost cause
Hfs vehemence and impulsiveness won him
friends and admirers, even at the north, and
those who wonld have had no tolera
tion for a lees sincere singer, or for n loss ar
dent southerner.
Sincerity wins, the world over, and Father
ltyan was as much admired nt the north M he
was at the south—not because he wns a
southerner in birth and feeling, but because
hewasagenitu. As Stonewall .fnckaon broke
throngh the barriers of prejudice, so did
Father Kyan in his dual capacity of priest
and poet. Ilia poem or “The Conquered
Hanaer" found aa echo in every American
bosom, and it ie one of the few lyrios of the
war that will live. It Isa surrender—but a
passionate one; a recital of the hopes that
animated the breasts of the confederates and
a taken ef their feith in tlie'fntare.
His wns a stormy snd a passionate career.
The divine mysteries of religion, instead of
challenging hia reason, gave wings to his
ardor, nnd be may he asld to have been the
first man to gtva to the Protestants of the
wrath a gllrnjsie of iho simple ralth that be
longs to Catholics. He broke down, in n
e, the Intolerance that one* character-
trrd the sects, and hie wonderful sermons
were listened to by all who reverently adore
tbo Savior,
lie was a great man and a good man, and
be was beloved of all men.
Getting Heady to More South.
A northern contemporary claims that men
stsgoate when they remain too long In one
place, and when they stagnate they ore lost.
Whin men remain tied to their native clods
they perpetuate Ibe ignorance nnd hopelees-
ncss of their ancestors, “rbere ie enfety
only in fiight,” says onr contemporary.
'There Is one tchoolbouse only for the new
education, and that bnildlng it far away
from home.”
According to thin, n general shaking up of
the sections is the bint thing for unit. Tills
will bring to tbo south more people than sho
will rend ont, and in fact, the whole tenor of
tbc editorial referred to is an earnest admo
nition to tho young men uf the north and
west to go sonth and grow np with tbo conn-
try.
The old objection will come tip that a roll
ing stone gathers no mow. Well, who wants
to gather mem? What ii moss worth, any
how? If old sayings are in order, why not
quote the time-honored one about tbo oarly
bird? Give ns the early bird all the time.
He Is a traveler. He keeps bis eyes open,
If there is any thing worth picking np be gets
it. Upon the whole, with certain obvious
reservations, wo agree with onr northern
contemporary. Migration snd mixing will
whoop up things wonderfblly. The south
stands ready to receive the migrators nnd the
mixers, If they are of tho right sort.
The lllchmoml Liquor Contest.
The eltctlon in iticlimond over the propo
sition to adopt prohibition took place yos-
terday; and both sldea are reported to bo
"confident" of victory. The anU-prohibl-
Uoniata claim they will aeoro a large major
ity, while the prohibitionists ore firm in tho
belief that they will gain a victory. In this
respect tho situation resembles tho closing
home of tbe contest In this city. The re
semblance extends further—no one in or out
of lticbmond can foresee tbe result. The
balloting will probably be close, and tbe re
sult In great donbt up to the count.
The anil-prohibitionists are more buoyant
because Fredericksburg luu gone “wet," bnt
in every section of the slate towns nnd whole
counties are going "dry.” ltk-hiuond will
not lie controlled by the country elections.
Hhe bus large business interests to consider,
nnd she has nn immense negro population
that will ihow up almost to tbo but man nt
the polls. There is no poll-tax qualification,
and nil will vote that ran reach the ballot
boxen. There will In plenty of polling
places, and a fell vote is anticipated.
The speech that Hon, Jefferson IUvis
will make at tbe nnveiling of tbo Hill
rtolue will lie bcyoml donbt tho lust public
speech he will ever make. This lost mes
sage of the old leader to his people will be
fall of inttrest to every one of us. It will
be preserved in thaumnils of homes, Ifyou
are [not a mlwriber already, snbatribe in
time to get next week's edition with Mr.
Davis's and General Gordon's speeches.
The Progress or Cremation.
The rapid adoption of cremation, in theor
if not in practice, both in this country and in
Ciiniony, Italy uud other European coun-
hire, Is not generally appreciated. Tbe move
ment to overthrow earth burial is not much
onr ten years old, and yetthemetom ol
nnturirs is wavering, nml intelligent people
In rvviy city of the land are ready to wel
come cremation. Crematories are going up
in tbe larger cities, end it ie not unreason,
able to anticipate tbe erection of a crematory
within ten years in every town of fifty thou
sand people in the bind. Many leaser towns
will erect iurnaccs also. Ten years ago tho
only ftirnace for tbc burniug of human
bodies in tbe country was Dr. be Moyne's at
Washington, Pennsylvania.
There is really no reason why cremation
sliutild r.ot make rapid progress. The imri.il
tfhorlics is repulsive in tlie senses sail
imagination; it is expensive; it involves tile
Irsrie of ihc grav e-rohWm, nnd tt polsans t'le
air arid water of the living, ratification by
file is u pvrfret safeguard against nil these
evils. And what is good for the cities Is
also Lnt for the country. If the question
were lift to the doctors nnd sanitarians—t»
these who really understand tbs dangers of
tbe present method of disposing of tbs dead
—tbe screptsnee of the new method wonld
no* he long delayed.
Prejudice, sentiment and custom are be
hind earth burial, and nothing else. There
is a notion in some minds that dissolution of
tbc hotly by tiro and the doctrine of tbe
KKiirrei-tloii of tho Iwdy are antagonistic;
hut Bishop Coze, of Bufiilto, who is fan sti
r-ally opposed to cremation, admits "that
and Steve Elkins have ln-en to Augusta, the
heme of Brother Blaine, nnd the symptoms
are that the Vermont lord is to have some
serious troubles to contend against nt home.
It ia raid that tbe Blaine candidate for tbe
Ileoiiiu bus nothing to say about it; a Chris- ' svnat* in Vermont is to be J. Gregory Smith.
. . SS t fit —A I l>te easssl ** llu, war osuwHiesaV Ihst elrifn anil if tllia It
< inn mnj be burned without lot* to hi* soul
He i« even willing to accept cremation if
followed bj a formal interment of tho aahw.
But prejudices exist, and old customs orr
not easilj overthrown. Tbs protection of
the living will, however, compel tho adop
tion of tbe better method, and the sanita
rians should speak ont plainly and fre
quently.
A Singular Gift.
Tbe Means. Barton, of Tiller’s Crtw-road*.
Ala., annosnee that they bars deeded to
•Teens Christ three acres of land in Tallapoosa
county. The land is to bo used as the site
of a house in which the "laws of the God of
heaven may be taught, obeyed, executed and
od ministered.”.
In order to make thpir girt hear fruit the
Bnrtons have petitioned congress to bnild a
house of God on the land thas donated; to
restore the seventh day of the week as our
Bobta.tb, n ml to “authorize onfl allow that
after tbe wisdom of God, magistrates and
judges be set In that house, who may judge
nil the people such ns know the laws of God,
and tench snch of them as know them not.
And whosoever will not do the laws of God
nnd congress, let the judgment of God be ex
ecuted speedily upon him, whether unto
death or banishment, or to ooafitcUion of
goods, or to ixnpri tonmont.”
There ore many queer thing* in this peti
tion, but the words quoted give its geucral
scope. It concludes ns follows:
Kow, If thi*£oiir petition shall And favor with
consrefit, and It please congress to grant our rc-
quest nnd title our petition, then will we thank
snd prelie the God of heaven who bath put *nch a
thing in the heart nf nm American congress to
beautify the house of God which ia to be built In
this onr native land which ire have Inherited from
our father*. Then let congress, and whosoever I*
of a willing heart, freely offer an offering unto the
Lord—gold, silver, and such things as are needful
to build the house according to the commandment
which the Lord delivered unto Moses: ‘That, of
•very man that glvctli It willingly with his heart
jre shall take my offering,” that tbe building of
this house ho hastened and not hindered. Ho that
the wrath of God t»e stayed from congress and the
people.
We do not know what the citizens of Tal-
lsposn think of this project, bnt it is fair to
presume tbat they are in n state of lively ex
pectancy. As yet congress has taken no ac
tion.
Thanks to Onr Friend*.
Thk Constitution has to thank its
friends for their splendid work in its behalf
during the present month. New subscribers
have poured in by thousands.
Tbc people are not to bo fooled by cheap
and inferior publications. Tint Constitu
tion gives more reading matter nnd better
matter than any paper or combination of
papers. It prints every year 024 pages.
Its eight-page competitors print only 410
poges. When you add to their 110 pages
the 102 pages printed by nn eight-page
semi-monthly, the combined total is only
008 pages, or sixteen pages less than the old
reliable Constitution gives in the year.
the man who buy* Tiik Constitution one
year for $1 gets more reading matter and better
reading matter for his money than he can gel
anywhere cl*' in the world—either in a single
paptr or in combination*. It la tbe cheapest
family pnper in the world us well as the
best. Get your name on the ro 11s at oxen
An Unnecessary Appeal.
Tbe Baltimore Amorlcan is not familiar
with 8am Jones’s methods. Hpcaklng of
the evangelist’s approaching visit, the
A met lean begs him to stir up the elders and
the church member*. It says:
Those who need io be lunched to the quick are
within thechurches, mm- ilatc* even vestrymen,
pew holder* undcoinmuol nut*. Their need* sre
•11 tbe greater; because they are not swore of
them, Panoplied In *el?-r’i:h!emi*neM, p«4dod
with • complacent sens© or their own virtues, thoy
•ro Impervious to tho tlirint* of compunction,
proof against the upbraiding* of conscience, dead
to all the elevations ofholturs*, knowing uot tho
peace o! God, which paaactb all understand
log. Thoy make religion a routine, a reapcctabll
Hy, while their heart* are In worldlineas, pride
and pleasure. They arc lar, far away from God.
O, brother Jones, smite through the armor of their
irlflihncM and complacency and show them what
they are! Reveal to them the wretched thing*
that they really are, and thus through tho gates of
penitence lead theni*back into the fold.
Those who bnvo beard 8aui Jones know
tbut this appeal is altogether unnecessary,
The first thing onr ovaugclist does wherever
be goes is to pitch into the lukewarm hreth-
Hr handles them with gloves off. He
hauls them over the coals until they arc un
co m fori ably warm.
But he docs not stop there. #Aftor he has
reduced the church members to a condition
of howling end ycttcarftil humiliation, he
turns upon the giggling outsiders, who have
been enjoying the whole business intensely,
and proceeds to pulverize them with his
“vvillipuH wallopus." Our Baltimore con
temporary need not be uneasy. It will not
find it necessary to make any suggestions.
Mr. Jones will not only give good mcasuve,
bnt be will heap it np. Ho generally give*
his hearers n good deal more than they bar
gain for.
the war governor of that state, and if this is
line, the narrow minded partisan, who is
altndfd to a* a atatronran by the provincial
cditoi* ot tbe north, will have his lunds full
of tumble. In addition to this, he has re
cently, in amt erarion (Ills Civoritc battle
field wade a malignant attack on the sol
dier clement of the north, aud this bos been
lively reported In the press. Tlie Blaine
crowd ia a very loose jointed set, bnt they
will deserve tbe thanks of the country if
they succeed in retiring the small minded
person who now represents Vermont in tbe
senate.
DEFIANT HAWTHORNE.
Ricbmoxis Ya.. April 21.—(Special*]—Tho
Bcv. J. B. Uawtbone, of Atlanta, delivered a
speech here last night, in which he ie alleged
to bare alluded in a derogatory manner
to tbo editor ef the 8tate and its staff.
Therefore, when the following card appeared
in the State this afternoon, it created quite a
Mutation ia all circles, Dr. Hawthorne also
being well known as a former pastor of tho
Firt Baptist church in this city.
HAWTHOBKB DENOUNCED.
To tbe public: I have sent a copy of the follow
ing letter toller. J. B. Hawthorne, which. Injus
tice to myself, 1 now submit to tti —
''Richmond, April 21,1888.—Rev.
Mr: The comm Iwtwetn the prohiMtloqlSta ami
their opponent* in this city had been conducted in
good temper and with the most kliully
feelings between all who were engaged
In It, till yon entered the
• rent, aud began to hurl abu.-tve epithets at those
whose ©pinions happened to differ with your*. I
have teen informed that at a public meeting held
yesterday evening in a Christian churchoi this
vercly for your offense, but unhappily, you claim
to be a representative of a calling that properly
commando the respect of all Rood men and one
tbat from childhood 1 have always held sacred. Of
the security of your position you were fully aware
when you uttered your slnuder#, and that position
alone laves yoti from the punishment you so Justly
deserve. Richard r\ Bkirne.
I shall give this letter to the public through the
coluana of the btatc this evening. K. r. It.
Richmond, Va., April 22.—[Special.J—Iter.
J. B. Hawthorne, whoeo recent language about
Richard F. fieivne, editor of the State, pro
voked a card from Mr. Bcivno, spoke horo to
night aft a crowded temperance meeting.
Alluding to Mr. Beivae's card, he said:
“I have a word to ray in reference to my ene
mies. There are men woo hate me and who arc
arraigned against me with the bitterest malignity,
became I am opposite on this question. They
have no other cause. 1 have stood before the people
of this country in tho capacity of a public teacher
for ‘17 year*, and I defy an/ man on the American
continent to point to one thing In my record that
Is inconMKtcnt with a Christian, a true
man or a Christian minister. You have
noticed a most malignant attack in one of your
city rarer*. I have been threatened with violence.
My simple offense Is that In a discussion In a
support of their course, that even the Rlcnmond
Hntc quoted scripture against mo aud I half piny
ftdly said that the dovifquotes scripture and did it
when ho stood with the immaculate Christ on the
pinnacle of the temple. What Christ said to hi
I would say to the Richmond State and Its
porters:_“Gct Iheo behind mo, Satan." That
niiuiiuii^ in ill) mv, uui ii 1 untu ii’im buj biilii
emotion u fi-sr or mortal man, I h.vo not boon
tonrdou. of it. Moreover, 1 will lay this—that
(Ik ic Is not fait enough in the Atlantic ocean to
rave tbo man who outs tits hands on me. It
w ould take a magnify tun glass that would magnify
a hundrrd thoii-and time, to see wlist Is loft of
him. 1 think, my friends, wo had bettor not
rtlrlit. I would advise my |»rohtbitlon friend, to go
along aud work quietly and not make much
- not .tibi --
niattio Against lMmnnds.
It appeal, that ths "discretion and digni
ty " of ths repablican senator! in refusing to
carry ont the letter and spirit of the Ed
munds resolutions is dne in n great measure
to the influence of Brother Rlsine—not tbat
Brother lllaine loves the president more, bat
that he loves l.ord Edmunds less. laird Ed-
mnnds was abls to curry through his resolu
tions on the ground of party unity, bnt he
has been unable to coax or cajole his party
brethren to stand np to them. The trouble
with Vermont's little tin lord is his ambition
to be pieaident. lie cares nothing whatever
about the paper, for which his resolutions
call. He knew they would not be forthcom-
ti g, lint he hoped to get up a conflict between
theetrohrisaIndy of which heisamember
and the executive—u conflict ont of which
be conld make capital for himselt.
Ti e altitude of 1-onl Edmond, in this mat
ter gave Brother Blaine an opportunity to
for bis coolness towards their candidal, in
lfct, snd now that they havs laid him oat
in Washington, they propose to carry on s
campaign sgaiDst him ia Vermont, To this
■ad there baa reesatly been a eeofareacs be
tween Brother Dial ns and hia tensted lien ten
ant*. WUHe WoHSe Phtlps, of Mew Jersey,
colas, for they cannot aRbrd It.
rLrxcaBUBOiVa,:..."
Hawthorne and \V. A. Pledger both spoko to lot
menre audience* tonigot Telegrams from leading,
mm In Atlanta were read In both meeting*. Tnc
"dry*" arc about glvin ...
having gone to tho wet
SAM JONES ON HAND.
Ifo Four* Hot Shat Into the Columbus,
BlUsUalppI, PM])lr.
CoU MDUS, Miss., April 21.—[Sposlal.]— Mr.
Jones arrives Jnst In tltne to savo the meeting. Mr.
Fnmll has been preaching three sermon* per day,
and Hto^ay completely broken down and suffor-
Ho
bates bad. That'a a lie. He love* the m*a«K^t min
In Columbus as well as tbo best. Hod is not a wry
with any of us, aud there is where you prove her
get off. God loves sinners, but hates »iu. ciirbt
t c
. __ .. „ ne
aud don't you forgot it. Many of you old Huron
corner brethren will go from the heights of pro-
ftttlon to the depths of dam nation. ^ ^
Foxne of yon hear God's words and tremblo. Yotr
hear them and tit Mill. You ought to work until
you awcat I expect 1 should turn? ea(<l perspire,
for 1 underlain! you Columbus jieople are very “
fined ermmnnlty; but don’t bo scared, sifter, or
g urcondlKnitygctfrczzledat that; It'* noth
what 1 am goine to tell you before I get throt.,..
with you. My wife Is reilurd as you are, and If
•he enn stand me seventeen years, you can stand
me three days. A preacher told me tho other d ry
If he preached as I did ho would to*o hi* religion.
] told him If I preached aa he did I’d lose ray con
gregation. • * • *
Many of you are not religious people, bnt you go
around say ing you are a moral set; that you never
He, ybtt have never stolen anything, and a whole
lot of thing* that you have neverdouc. M rrbo
this ia >•; but you have not told what yo *
done. It yoa dfd, you mlrcmtde oM re:»r<
you puijure. and If your wife found It out she
wouldn't live with you another hour. You moral'
Iris are mighty n’rc, but I will make you nicer be
fore 1 quit you. These mulatto negroes that I see
walking your street! tell mo that some of you mor
alists are their fathers. I hit that down, will you?
You preachers may not like this sort of mutic.
If you don’t just lump it. 1 am talking about
preachers. 1 want to say another thing. You who
come ftom a distance, we don’t want your pres-
enco unless you come here to work. If there Is
anything 1 do hate It is an old Idle gazing preach
er, and yout old carcaano* ought to do moved out
of a pulpit Ifsou don't know how to work. Put
that down and say amen to that will you?
You fellers have prayed so long to get me here
and I expect you will pray to get me away before I
leave you. 1 am a new sort or a preacher to some
of yen! Well, if I wasn’t, you wouldn’t want me.
If 1 preached as Brother Scruggs (addressing the
pastor of the M.. K. church) I w ould be Jiut os
wort bless as he is.
Me *•
they
Chiu..
of it. They can laugh you into hell, but they can't
laugh you out of hell. Put that down! (addressing
the reporter.)
He said to a correspondent to-dav that he sronld
not wipe his feet on a preacher in front of a nigger
cabin who wouldn't preach prohibition.
Large crosrds continue to arrive. A couple
eighty year* old walked twenty mile* today to hear
him, aud excursions arc coming Irom every direc
tion.
MAM SMALL** SERMON*.
Coli'mrvs Miss., April 21—The third day of
8am Small’s revival engagement closed under
rather exciting circumstances. The fact that sev
eral conversions have been made, and from ma
terial of some of the roughest timber, greatly ex
cited all. In this morning’s Democrat there ap-
Mr. Small and hi* manly talk Ini?.
; claims that "Columbus society ha*
■he low ebb Mr. Small says but it su^H
au and irreproachable, aud Mr. Small can not
■be and attack It with Impunity. We can be
geed and we are, the allocation* of Mr. Small to
Toe Demo-
not reach-
stands out as
attack of the pres*. “If there was anything he did
have It was a supreme and unutterable contempt
for these enc-horse editors who haven’t got sense
igh to feed a calf, who undertake to shape
frls correctly. God pity them, aud I do " The
lie is given In any way Mr. Small desires to take it
"he Democrat is the prohibition organ of the com-
Uls'Vcimons today ware upon the way to raise
children, and howto avoid temptation. Great
crowds continue to come on extortion trains. The
“".swassys? Sasnwusjs
1 relto *”
OUR KNOW LEDGE-BOX.
(In this department we give brief and pertinent
answer* to such questions as our reader* may de
sire to ask—provided tbe queationa are of special or
geucral Interest Answers may be delayed for a
week.*
Reader, Macon, Ga.: Please explain what
the "Salvation Army’’ is.
The explanation has been given more than once
in our columns, gome year* ago 3!r. Booth, a
Methodist preacher, organised in London a corps
of cvangeUcal workers, called tbe "Salvation
Array." The organization spread until branches
of it retched many countries The members wear
military uniforms, and generally conduct their
services In the open air. In this country the Sal
vationists are not popular.
Several subscribers: 1. Give the origin of
the phrase, "I will knock the socks off yon.” 2.
Doe* drilling lnjureo the constitution of a man?
s. Does it pay to Invest in lotteries? 1. What Is
the origin ot r, Where the woodbine twineth.”
The last question deserves an answer. Jim Fisk,
at tbat time Jay Gonld's partner, invented the
phrase while on the witness stand. Being asked
what lied become of a certain Investment, he re
plied, "Gone where the woodbine twineth."
S. I* 8. Anburn, Ala.: Pleaeo give mo the
origin of the ChUtcrn hundreds.
In old times robbers infested the Chlltetn hills
in England and the crown appointed au oflicer to
hunt them dowu, who was called tlie steward of
the Chiltem hundreds. Tho office began to be
used about 1750 for another purpose. As members
of parliament could not resign unless disqualified
by accepting au oflice under the crown or by some
other cause it i*ccame customary for a member
who de-Mred to resign to apply for tbe oillceof stew
ard c f the Chiltexu hundred. It was always grant
ed to him, aud he then resigned, leaving It vacant
for the uext applicant.
Kmcwcon. Ga.. April 1!). isso.—Editors
CVnMitutlon: 1 wish to indorse tho suggestion
made in your issue of Sunday that tnc Confederate
veterans be allowed to have a special time for
_ . „ Lee
the schools form apaitof the procession on the
uuvgjjjjjA carrying flowers. For twenty-
Mr. Davis lias carried In silence tbe
unmistakably that Jwhlle we are sincerely loyal to
the ” union and the constitution," ret we lovo him
for Ills devotion to a cause cherished in memory.
Kopcctfblly, CtiA*. M. Nr.el.
L. A. F., Greenwood, Texas: Please give
statistics of life and property annually destroyed
by whisky.
No inch statMic* can be given. Sometime* you
may see estimates in print, but they arc simply
gnen-work. it would be just as easy to give the
number of persons who are annually "talked to
death” on tnls subject as it wonld bo to give tho
figures you desire.
Butler, Ga, April 21.—IMitorsConstitution:
1 notice in yesterday's Constitution an luqulry for
tbc Georgia rail splitter. It w*as Invented by
Subscriber, Benton, Texas: Who was Four-
ler and what particular theory or doctrine did he
tench, or, In other words, what is Fourierism?
Fourier was a distinguished French scientist. He
developed the system of socialism, snd published
a number of works on tho subject. His Idea was
to group the humau race In associations instead of
communities. Each association, ho proposed,
should have Its property owned in shares, aud tho
whole product of the workers was to be divided
into twelve parts, of which five were to go
to labor, four to capital and three to taleut. Sev
eral such nmoclatloui wero funned on a small
scale In France and America, but they all failed
Reader, Fort Worth, Texas: What Is tho
strength ol the Catholics, Protestants, and various
divisions of paganism?
The following aro the latent religious statistics
from Schem’s tables for tbe current year:
Roman Catholics ^.........201,000.000
Protest ants........
Eastern Churches
Ituddhlrts
Mohammedan."
iirahmaniits
Follower* of Confucius
Mnto religion
106,000,000
81,000.000
510,000.000
201,000,000
17.'>,000.030
.......... 80.000,000
11,010,000
7,000,000
B. R. A. D„ McNutt, Ga. 1. What was svsr
done with the Mallev boys, the supposed murderers
of Jennie Cramer? 2 llow do spiders travel when
they go from one point to another, a distance of
several fret, through open apace, to spin their web'
1. They were acquitted. 2. When the location Is
suitable tlie spider lets himself down on a thread
d gently swings like a pcndnlom, or is wafted by
the breeze lo another point, to which he attache*
the thread. He is then able to travel to aud fro,
stnugthtiiing his cable, aud t pinning hi* web to
suit his convenience.
Augusta, April 20.—Editors Constitution
Having seen recently several communication* in
your paper in lefcrcnco to the "gta*s or Joint
snake,” so called, I notice that none of the con
tributors on I he subject have given tbc proper
name of this interesting creature, whereby a better
knowledge of it could bo obtained in natural his
tory
* IV h
covered its true tiamc to be tho "Urvl't, or ftlliul-
worm," an Interesting account nf which can be
seen In the American encyclopedia, under ths
heading of "Dlludwora.”
Respectfully, J. E. H.
8. A. H.« Columbus, Miss.: Where is Potion
Yalit y, and how did it get its name?
1’ution Valley, ortho Valley of Death.!* on the
Island of Java. It is the most remarkable
natural example of an atmosphere load
ed with caxbonlc acid gaa in existence.
never been fully explored be
cause of the danger of remaining more thau a few
moments in its i»oUonou« atmosphere. It 1* a hol
low, near the summit of a mountain range, only to
be icaihcd by a long climb up the hillside. Ap-
preached through an opening between the hllti it
is -con tube sn oval-shaped valley, about half a
mile acioss. It is about thirty-live feet deep; the
bothm Is hard aud sandy, without vegetation, and
stiewed with many large stones. Throughout the
surface l» almost covered with the bleaching l>oiic»
of animals—tigsrs, pigs, deer and other*—all kinds
of birds, aud also human being*. Explorers of the
alley seldom venture beyond the border*, though
It ha* been proved that tho deadly air doe- not Im
mediately affect human being*. This 1s bcca.ise
the caibontc add ga*, being heavier thau the at-
mophere, settles to the bottom of the valley. Dog*
and fowl* thrown into it fall senseles* instantly
•ml die in a few minutes. No craters or ftauro* are
visible on the floor of this valley, and it is thought
that the opening* are nsar the base of the rocky
b Ills surrounding.
Would Not Taka Fifty Dollars for It.
Mr. R. B. Dean. Anderson county. .8. C., who
J ure based one Y>r our premium double barrel
recch-looding guns, writes: "The breech-loading
shotgun I ordered from yon some time ago Is de
cidedly the best gun 1 ever shot. 1 would notuko
t&0 fbr it. I have given it a thorough trial before
saying anything. I can now say to all wauling a
gun, send to Thk GONsrmmoN and ret one that
will kill every shot. Thanking you for gun and
The Spring Wind.
Dc bads Is puttin’ out and do leaves Is growln'
* t Dswln’ o’ do spring is er Mowin’;
An’dc fish ter grabae hook is growla’ mighty
keen,
Ds win’ o’ do spring is sr Mowin'.
' * — sand asyellerhammcrs sing,
It Mnx»ln'
Dc psekerwood cries
DS Win’ O’ dS kjinag ia Cl uuinui.
Fur da knows mighty well dot we'se gliding in der
spring:
Ds win’ o’ de spring is cr Mowin'.
Dc sparrow hawk’s beah ami ds bull bat cries,
De win’ o’ de spring D er Mowin'.
.\td de Jaybird » beah fhr to gobble up de flies,
I*e win’ o’ de spring is er Mowin'.
Come, kiver up dc ashc* and git out ia
flel’,
egetter plant
Fur doan ycr know we's
ercrat)?
And doan yer heah de white f
Fui
rtqiie.iL
An* dc little olclotntit. nh, he * rot<hi>* proul
lie win'o’dc spring i*cr Mowin'.
P« r&rtrt’s’ mighty shy. and dc bUekbtri’s cyme,
De m in r o' dc spring l* er corain’
An’ ue mp^tukcr knock* it kc he got er kittle draw,
lowin'o’ de spring Uer cornin'.
Come, kiver up de ashes aud git out in
defier;
Fur dean yer know we’se got ter plant
et crap?
An’ Awn yet beak tbe whits sow sr
_ givia'uaa suweal.
Fur she’s Wagin' fur de gresnso'a sap.
—Arkanaaw Traveler
DURING THE WEEK.
Tuesday, April SO.—Cholera is spreading ran*
Idly In Italy— Louisville, Ky., held another to.
dfgnation meeting protesting against Mrs. Thomp*
ton’s appointment os postmaster German
newspaper* call attention toa largo increase in ex-
ports to America, which they attribute to the great
* trlkw Greek troops ore being poshed to tho
front as rapidly as pomibto snd M. De Batzow.
Russian minister to Greece, has departed for Ltvi*
dea toKothc czar, in pursuance of orders from
his majesty...... The canning deportment o?Ar-
mour A* Co. a packing house of Chicago, has been
closed on account of the dull time*, and 600
men wero thrown out of employment.
In the City.—Avery interesting series of meet-
tags tt in progress at the Fifth Baptist church.....
In a flght between Henry Crawford and Ward Hill,
both negroes. Hill was severely stabbed In tbe bock
and arms.... Jim Edwards, a negro mao, was run
over and killed by an engine on the Georgia rail*
rood near the city limits.
Wednesday, April ai.-The trial of General
Fniler, in New York, indicted for bribery, was
given to the Jury.... Several of the steanter Ora-
gon’s engineers testified In Liverpool that the sink*
lug of the steamer could have bees prevented If
the bulk head doors had been constructed to week
along vcrtlclc instead of horixontal grooves. Coal
bad choked up tho horizontal grooves and the
doors conld not be closed....The City national
bonk, of Williamsport, Pa., has doled its doors.
In tiik City.—Trains ore now running regularly
to Rome The Baptist women of Georgia held
tbc first session of the annual missionary meeting
In the lecture room of the First Baptist charch .«
large crowds go oat to Grant's park every after
noon The services at the Fifth Baptist charoh
are increasing in interest.
Thursday, April 23.—Mr. A. O. Horn, on old
•nd honored Journalist of Meridian, Miss., died at
the age of sixty-eight....The bill repeallngtho
charter of the Broadway, New York, surface raU-
rosd, passed the New York assembly by a vote ef
100 to 16.... Tho governor of Louisiana boa issued a
proclamation establishing a quarantine irom and
after May 10th against all vessels arriving Irom in*
icMropical, American and West Jlndlan ports,....
All hope of recovering the bodies of the twenty-six
miners entombed at Naoticoke, Pa., has been
abandoned.
In the City.— 1 The ice cream cake man has nude
bis appearance on tho streets... .Gns Ford, a negro
hackman, has a broken rib, caused by a kick from
his hone County Bchool Commissioner Fain has
organised a teacher’s institute for the bsnefit of tbe
teachers... A heavy piece of timber foil on the
bead of J. F. Intyre, a carpenter who works on
Mi. John Sllvey’s new residence, inflicting a pala
tal wound. •
Friday, April 23.—The North German Gazette
says it baa no doubt that France would take the
flirt suitable opportunity to revenge herself upon
Germany... It tt announced that France will re
fine to join the other powers In tho plan proposed
by England to coerce Greece into disarming....
t'incc the introduction of nataral gas Into Pittsburg,
the output of the mills has been increased twenty
percent.
In tiik Cm.—Commissioner of Agriculture Hen
derson has received letters from all parts of tho
state announcing that the fruit crop will be largo
Mr. George I. Scney and family, of New York,
reached Atlanta yesterday on a tonr through tbo
south.
Saturday, April 24.—The business failures oc
curring throughout the United 8tates during tho
past week number 1G9 and twenty-live in Canada.
A shipment of120,000 gold bare from New York
to £uro)>e was made.... A socialist mom meeting or
Germans was held in New York to denounce tbo
capitalists and police who wero endeavoring to
crush Ilcrr Most and his workingmen.
In Tin City.—Tho nurabtr of brick to be u*«d In
Georgia’s new capital will bo about 10,000,000 ...A
parly of Carollnlana, who went to Arkansas ayaar
•go, pasted through Atlanta yesterday returning
home.
Sunday, April 2fl.—Another one of Pasteur's
wolf-bitten patients has died....The total number
ol deaths from the conflagration at 8try Is 128.
Excitement exists among tho peasantry of Prussia
In regard to tho report that the government. in
tends to enforce labor laws....Tbo Augusta, Ga.,
Knigbts of Labor, who havo asked for an Increase
of wages lit tho cotton factories and machine
shop*, want to arbitrate and not strike Secretary
Maiming continues to Improve In health.
In tiik City.—This Is Easter Sunday, and tho
dnv tt being observed by tho churchoa throughout
tho city....Mrs. Pelham, who rcsidoton Crew
street, was knocked dowu and robbed by a negro
boy yesterday afternoon near her residcnco......
State Treasurer Hardeman has finished signing tbo
coupon* of tho new Georgia bonds.
THE DEATH OF FATHER RYAN.
Louisville. Ky., April 23.—Father Abram
J. Ryan, the "poct-pric.st of (he sonth," died
at tho Franciscan monastery at St. Iiuo I face,
In this city, last night, llo came here a month
ago from the Catholic institution at Reading,
near Cincinnati. He intended to mako h»
retreat, and then finish a "Life of Christ, 0
which ho had undertaken. Ho became ill
within a week with organic heart dtaease, and
grew steadily worse. For several days past
his mind wandered, and he has talked pittfally
of his cvcntftti life in war days, and haa
preached to imaginary audiences. Yesterday
he fell into a comatoso state, from which bn
never routed.
Father Ryan's remains will be taken tomor
row to Mobile, where they will be bnried. An
escort of ex-confederate soldier* will accom
pany the remains.
The ex-confederate soldiers of this city at
tended tbe funeral in a l>ody, and a commit
tee of their number, among whom were many
dhtingui. htd ex-confrderate officers, judgek
of the United States and state courts ana
prominent citizens, acted as pall-
bearer* and funeral escort. They
rarticil with them a floral cross
and ctown to which was attached a card in-
scribod: "The lovo and symprthy of tho ox-
confederate soldiers of Ix>ni»villo.”
Love’s Young Dream Rudely Dtspsl led.
A student at tbe university of Texas met
Kosciusko Murphy on the street.
"Yon seem to be in a wonderful good humor to
day. Did you get the medal this week for g<xxl bo-
havlor." remarked Kosciusko.
”1 am in good humor, tat me tell you something
in confidence, In strict confidence.”
"All right PropcL”
"Miss Birdie McGinn!* asked me for my photo
graph day before yesterday.”
"Pshawt That's nothlug now. She told ma
about it yesterday evening. She has got a stupid
servant girl who can’t distinguish one face from
•rothcr. M1m Birdie gave your picture to the ser
vant girl so that she will be sure to tell yon that
her huUtreM tt not at home when you call. Misa
Dilute told me that was tbc only way to keep you
out of tho house."—Texa* Siftings.
"Blue and Gray"
We have teem, a the plate* of one of the most
beautiful and -iriktag war pictures ever printed,
and offer it toour r<’a»’er*.
It i* a beautifully colored picture of the
Tho Leading Confederate Generals,
The Lending Federal Generals,
Mr. Dnvl* and His Cabinet,
Mr. Lincoln and His Cabinet,
Over 6o Portraits in All!
Your old general tt sure to be there, Jnst as he
np]«arcd In tbe days when you fought under him.
This suyerb picture is mounted, varnished and
tesdy for hanging ou your walls.
It will be an ornament to auy home, and a treas
ure to your children.
We offer this picture at the following terms:
1st. For ewry club of five subscribers and IS
(five dol'.p.r>) wc will send tbc picture free, but the
club-M mlvr must send IO cents for packing
and portage. You can secure this grand picture
by a half-hours work, and by 10 oenu for postage*
2nd. We will send the picture and Tax Covsn-
thiox one year for V1.75, postage paid.
3rd. We will send the picture, to subscribers
only, foi |1 port paid. You connjot get this picture
at any price, unless you are a subscriber. It b In
tended solely foe oar subecrlbera, and tbe editloa
b United.
Get up a club of five mbecriben and scant g
picture.