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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. aTLAJJTA, GA., TUESDAY JUNE 1,1&86
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to him. Hope I will meet him agalm. I am one of
hii boTi of twenty year* ago, and the above Is
it hat I have to saj.
Success to Gordon, Thx Conititutiom and Bill
>rp. T. F. Mahose,
_________ Gth Alabama.
Another Sample of Campaign Hews.
The Macon Telegiaph of yesterday has the fol
lowing:
"Colonel Sam Jem lion boa so far been unable to
meet Governor Smith at any of his appointments,
for the reason that Governor 8mlth has foiled to ap
pear. He was not at Chlpley," etc.
This Is the reckless manner In which the Tele
graph Is giving what it is pleased to coll campaign
new s. The truth is, Governor Smith was at < hip-
ley, and ho spoke there to a large and wonder-
Iblly enthutiaitic' 1 audience. His speech was a
very strong one, and was received with great
applause. The Constitution printed a tele
gram from our correspondent at Chlpley, giving a
summary of his speech. The following telegram,
received yesterday by The Constitution, will ex
plain Itself:
Chipley, Go.. May 28.—Editors Constitution: I
find that a basely false telegram was sent to Ma
con by a set of irresponsible boys this morning.
It Works ISoth Ways.
Tallapoosa, Go., May 88th, 1880.—Editors
Constitution: When John B. Gordon announced
, himself as a candidate for governor l was a Bacon
\ man, aud was for Bacon until the Haralson county
\ executive committee met at Buchanan a few days
"put. after seeing the action of that committee, I
aw dictate myself for Gordon.
,fTbe (pit it of our constitution should be carried
■ mo • fleet if possible, and the only way that can
bi accomplbhcd is by a full aud (air expression of
e people's desires. 1 am against rings.
_______ L. U. Mxbciir,
One of the ltecon Methods.
Nacoochkk, Go., May 25.—Editors Const!-
itlon: I see in the Clarksville Advertiser, of to-
sy, a piece written by one signing his name as
"Georgian,’’ some false atatementa in regard to
General John B. Gordon.
He says. "It Is said that tne reason Joe Browni
who is at the head of the "Atlanta ring," wants
Gordon governor, is to take the Btate road from
the people."
Now we say that inch is not the case. General
B. Gordo -
npbatlca .
log tho State rood.
* »w —w WIU HIMI UiUKU MIU bUIUUltl
x e senate and Gordon as governor, how cosy
It would be to gobble up the 8tate road."
We think that “Georgian" is giving himself a
great deal of nnneccessary uneasiness. We would
like to ask him if it is not a grave charge he Is
and Gordon will own the whole state.
The Bacon supporters are famous for contradict
ing themselves. Theypretend and argno one day
that General John B. Gordon Is a financial failure,
and the next they will exprem a sadden waning
cry lest be should own half the state.
General Gordon does not desire to do any
thing hut what is besgfor the people of Geor-
« a, end we an confident that a
eorgisn could attribute anything else but the
purest motives to the actions of such a nun whose
record Is before, as, and stands oat In undlmln-
isbed and undimmed splendor, whose deeds of
valor and gallantry will ever be held near and
dear to the memory and hearts of not only Geor
gians but southerners In almost universal unison.
General Gordon will carry White ooanty. After
carefully investigating the matter here, we have
not (bund a leading man who Is forMajorBacon.
The Editor Didn't Have Time.
Conyers, Go., Msj 27.—[Special.]—We no
tice In the Telegraph of yesterday a statement that
this town had been polled, (the first we had beard
of It) and there were eighty-four Baoon men to
forty-two Gordon men, or In other words that the
town wss two to one for Bacon.
It has been ascertained that the poll wss taken
by an editor of one of the town papers, and today
one of our merchants offered the editor ten dollars
If he could produce the names of eighty-four men
in town who would vote for Bacon. The editor
isjrs he hasn’t time and besides he can’t aflbrd to
do that amount of work for so small a tarn.
At any rate the names haven't been produced as
and the Bacon men themseives ack
od majority,
owlcdge tho
MCI. _____ Q*
An Interesting Incident.
Blakely, Go., May 24, 1880— Editors Constitu
tion— My friend, Dr. B. R. Poster, an old veteran
of the 13th Go. regiment, one who faced both ty
phoid fever and bullets from ’01 to ’60, relates the
follow iug Incident which will bear publicity.
"When General Leo invaded Pennsylvania In
lffri, General John B. Gordon commanded a bri
gade in Karly’s division compoied of tho 13th,
Slit, 38th, COth and cist Georgia reflmeuto.
The division reached York City Sunday morning
in June. Gordon's brigade with a battery was or
dered to Wrightsville, a town of about r»000 Inhabi
tant, on the vouth bank of tho Hwquohanna river
feme twenty mile*dUtaut.When he uearvdWrights-
vlllc he found its approaches In front guarded
h> tome fcdtrol troops behind breastwork*. Gor
don's artillery was placed in position on an emi
nence in tho enemy’s front, supported, perhaps,
by n regiment. The balance of the command filed
through a ravine along the railroad and appeared
on the enemy’s left flank. This maneuver, with a
few shots from our battery as an expediter, caused
a precipitate and hasty Ye treat of the "Mcellsh"
through the streets or Wrightsville and ovor a
magnificent double-tracked bridge which spanned
the river at this place, and which they took tlmo
to fire as they passed over, having saturated It
with some combustible. It burned rapidly and
threatened destruction to tho entire place. Most
all the men hod left the town to esespo capture,
and only old men, women and chlldnn were left.
Ar there were no armed fbes to fight then Gordon
turned bis attention to saving the
town from the devouring flames, which
had already extended to a lumber
s ard, beside the bonk of the river and the bridge,
lie ordered his troops to stack arms in the streets,
and left them with a sufficient guard, having dc-
tailed a provost guard to protect private property.
Allhanaswentio work vigorously throwing the
lumber in the river, I heard him say to, tome
ladies if they could tell him where he could get
some powder In kegs he would save their town.
The necessary Information was given, powder ob
tained and placed under the bridge which was so
arranged aud fired as to throw tbe foot of tho
bridge into tbe river. After this tbe boys had no
trouble in checking the advance of the fire. Suffice
it to t«y I never saw Gordon or his men fight the
••boyt in blue” harder than they did tne
fire under their humane and gallant
leader on this occasion. Here is
an incident where a general officer In what was
then an enemy’s country, rose above tho ugly
and angry pa*Rlons of war to save a town, savo the
homes ol old decrepit men, helpless women and
Innocent ohlldren from the devastating flames of
their own defenders? . , „ ....
’Tin one 1 think worthy of relating now at this
juncture. It clearly shows a humane aud a Chris
tian heart, one worthy to be invested with power
and authority under the law. This Is the Hud or
a man Georgians are asked to nominate for their
chid executive. He was not only a gallant and
burner.o officer In the war, one who would dis
mount and let a weary and foot sore private riao
bis horse, but is yet a man of unsullied honor,
"Wisdom, Justice and moderation in
A Gallant Mlnlstej.
Madison, Go., May 24.—Editors Constitu
tion; The Macon Telegraph of 8anday, by a cor
respondent of this city, alludes to "tho exceptional
end almost frantically partisan introduction of
General Gordon by a minister of the gospel."
General Gordon was Introduced to the audience
here last Saturday by Bev. Samuel A. Barney. If
it Is "almost frantically partisan" to employ tho
true eloquence of though is that breeth and words
that burn, then Mr. Burney was liable to tbe criti
cism, otherwise not. It was simply impossible for
a brave hearted man, hi ** —
confederate survivor,
Ju>t ss be was true to that cause,shedding blood
CHANGED TO GORDON,
A Great Day at Mulberry Celebration Yee-
terday.
Mulberry, Jackson County, Ga n May 29.—
(Special. J-Today was a glorious day for Gordon.
You can put Jackson county down certain on the
people’s side. The people in this beautiful ralley
had their annual picnic today, at which a large
crowd was present. The old and young come to
gether annually to picnic on tho banks of tho
Mulberry river, a beautiful stream of water, and
one of the forks of the Oconee. They had In
vited both candidates to be present, and, falling In
getting a favorable response from them, they in
vited a representative of each candidate to be
picient.
Colonel Reuben Arnold, of Atlanta, appeared
for General Gordon, and Colonel Robert White, of
Jackson county, appeared for Major Bacon.
IColonel Arnold was introduced by Colonel Red-
wine, of Galnesvlle, in a beautiful address. Colo
nel Arnold’s speech was a magnificent appeal to
tbe people to stand by General Gordon. He sold
Gordon ought not to have to plead his own eauso
in Georgia. We ought to stand upasone man and
one woman and plead It for him. The speech was
applauded to the echo. The people turned over
to Gordon almost en masse. A few were left in
doubt that hod been under the Influence or the
Bacon ringsters. They were badly shaken.
Colonel White then took the stand
and mode a goed talk for Bacon. Ho
tried to explain the points against
Bacon, told Gordon was a good man and deservod
the thanks of the country. The enthusiasm was
all for Gordon.
One thing that shows tbe drift of tbe campaign is
that the changes, which were numerous, were all
for Gordon.
GENERALS GORDON AND EVANS.
GEN. GORDON AND THE STATE ROAD
How They Together Administered to the
Comfort of a Weeding Soldier,
Newnan, Ga ,May 2tt.—[8peclal.]— 1 “I would
rather vote for General Gordon than any man In
Georgia. He saved my llfo, and I never will forget
him," said Daniel Swint, a one armed confederate
veteran, who Is now clerk of the superior court of
Coweta county.
"Bow did that happen?"
"Why, in June, ihm, when 1 was shot in tin arm
at Cold Harbor, Vo., I was carried too hospital
tent, where my wound was bound up until the
surgeons cculd get a chance to cut off my arm.
Right soon came on. It was very dark, aud rain
ing, and we were left alone In tne tent. I could
feel my blood flowing from my wound. 1 knew I
was bleeding to death, but there seemed to be no
help for it. About nine o'clock General Gordon
and General Evans came with a lantern to tho
tent dcor, where I was lying. They hod been oat
all night looking after the wounded soldiers of
General Gordon inq“*“* ‘
;on. 1 spoke up an
general, except
I never quit bleedli
... and General Kvam.
lantern while General Gordon got down on his
knees and tried to stop the flow of blood by tying
the bandage tighter. He worked with my arm
nearly tne honr. They then left, and esme back
about one o'clock to seo bow I was getting on, and
they found my wound still bleeding aud that I
wss getting very weak. General Gordon then
said: *3 will go get a surgeon and bring him
here.’ He went off and soon returned with a
surgeon, and together they worked with my arm
until tbe bleedlBg was stopped. Next day my
atm wss amputated, and, after 1 got able to travel,
1 came home, and I am glad I am now living to
vote for Gordon."
Dan was then a sergeant In company A., 12th
Georgia Battalion infantry.
Campaign Notes,
Colonel Geo. N. Lester and Colonel W. C. Glenn
made rousing speeches for Gordon at Morgantoa
in Fannie county during last weak.
Dr. Blalock, of Fayetteville, mot seventy-one
men In Pike and ocroae the Una in Upson, and
tixty-one were outspoken Gordon men. He polled
them Just as he met them on tho rood, with the
above result ______
A Voice From the Far West,
Buxnet, Texas, May 24.—Editors Consti
tution I am not allowed a vote in my dear old
state, but If 1 were 1 would gladly psy my own
expenses over there and bring my thro* sons that
niiB wuuiu uu iu vur uvu uuu miuii
best suits, and with aprons full of flowers, straw
them in the path of the man who was so kind
compel their father to
seeing the . swollen
soldier
From Screven County.
Ellavillx, Ga., May 25.—Editors Const!*
tntlon: It will doubtless be best for any lime la re
gard to the part each candidate acted in the war
to be eliminated, but It seems this cannot be done,
and as it Is In this campaign I ask this question:
Would It not seem as If the young democracy In
Georgia had in time of peace forgotten a public
benefactor, one who bore the brunt "fever or no
fever," and prove ungrateful to one who offered
bis body "a willing sacrifice” for his country. We
were talking to Mr. K. P Sabers, of this place, and
he rays "if the Bacon that resigned in the Ninth
Georg A Is the same man that Is running for gover
nor that be won’t take any in his." When
be said this a PacAn man sold "he had
fever, and his physicians gave him a discharge."
Bubers said: "it must have Wen a bad spell, as it
was in April, '62, when be left as, and he never
came bock.’*
This county will go for Gordon about two to one.
We are authorized to Invite General Gordon to
•peak here at any time that to him seemetb good,
and we promire, if Mr. Bacon wishes to speak, that
be will be accorded a respectful bearing.
and bleeding feet
— pain, _ ploddtug
i be stone pike, #coming to fkll oat of ranks until
the last bit of human exertion was left. Is there
an old comrade In tbe old empire stato that fol
lowed our dear old general through those stormy
times that would now think for a moment of do-
•CTtlng him?
Old comrades, rally round our ol<l tried and
truo leader, snd never givo un tho contest until ho
is safely borne to victory. Rcmombcr tho pvst
days, when General Gordon lod us at Frederick*-
burg, tho Wilderness, Cold Harbor, 8pottavlv*n(a.
Gettysburg, Monoccay, Petersburg, Kairvlllo, and
was ready to obey the lost order or Appomattox of
our illustrious captain, U. E. I<ee. In tho dark
days of carpet bsggbtn. see how wautouly no was
swindled by force out of tho
lawful and Just right of his
election by those that beset our country after tho
federal army had retired to their homes in splen
dors of victory, peace and tranquility.
Now once more to tbe (rent, do your work well
•nd honorably and crown our old leader with
“tat honor duo him.
.jdowlthout Bacon .—
snd we can yetget along without him.
It was Gordon that led us through snd Bacon
was very scaxco in those trying scenes.
Your Old Comrade,
1.1. M. Smith.
Formerly 81st Go. Regiment, Gordon’s Brigade.
Fayette for Gordon,
Fayetteville, May 29.—[Special.]—At a
meeting of the democratic executive committee of
Fayette on yesterday, It was decided to hold pri
maries In the districts, on Saturday, June 12, to
send up delegates to elect the delegates to the gu
bernatorial convention. .The committee numbers
ten, one from each militia district, besides the
Editors Constitution: As Major Bacon's
organ, the Macon Telegraph, persists In denounc
ing General Gordon as a slanderer because he said
that Ben Hill offered him a share in tbe state rood
lease and that he declined the offer; and slnoe this
■no paper bos stated that General Gordon would
not ;have made such an assertion had Bea Hill
been alive, and demands that General Gordon
prove his assertion or stand convicted as a malig
ner of the dead. In no spirit save that Justice may
be done and the truth of history vindicated, we
propose to satisfy tho Macon Telegraph and Major
Bacon In this particular.
In 1872 a committee of the legislature was ap
pointed to inrestlgate the 8tate road lease. That
committee wes composed of Hon. William M.
Recto,(chairman; George F. Pierce, C. B. Hudson,
George M. Ncttcrland and A. D. Nunnally.
That committee summoned various .witnesses
before it, among them Mr. Hill and General Gor
don. The sworn testimony taken before that
committee was published by order of the general
assembly. Mr. Hill testified before that committee
that General Gordon’s name was suggested as a
valuable man to get into the lease.
■On£pages!242 and 47, of supplement, General Gor
don testified to what took place between himself
snd Mr. Hill, and appends to his testimony his
letter declining the proffered share, which is as
follows:
Atlanta. Go.. December 27, 1870 —Dear Ben:
Since talking with you and Colonel Grant in ref
erence to the lease of the Western and Atlantlo
railroad, I have nfleeted at length, and have de
cided not to accept the interest so kindly tendered
Hon. B. H. Hill.
Mr. Hill, in his own testimony, on page 900. him
self stated that he offered him an Interest in the
company, and that General Gordon wrote this
note declining.
This was in 1872. Mr. Hill lived until 1882, and
no issue was ever mode between them on this ac
count.
And why should he have taken suoh issue? Gen
eral Gordon sold then nothing derogatory to his
character. He has never sold anything derogatory
to it.
In alluding to this matter simply to rebut the
reckless charge of his desire to getasharoiathe
state toad now, by showing his declination of a
•hare then, he paid to Mr. Hill, to his honor, his in
tegrity, his high character and eminent ability, as
lofty tributes as human eulogy could psy.
Buch os could but delight the admirers of the
dead senator. It Isa little soul that would for par
tisan purposes invoke the sooted feelings for the
dead enmity against tho living by garbling and
perverting statements, and by suppressing the
truth.
No one has made any assault on Mr. Hill, except
the Macon Telegraph and its echoes, nothing has
been said against his memory but through the
mangled utterances of their columns.
"No cause Is worthy oftuoccas that has to resort
to any unfair means."
No cause can succeed before the people of Geor
gia that resorts to means such as this.
The friends of General Gordon were the friends
of Mr. U1U, and his name and fame and memory
I rit you in my last letter I was gwino to hear Gor
don and Bacon speak. Well 1 wcut Saturday and 1
tell you wo had a glorious time, Tho town
wss crowded with fokes snd when
tbe fast male train come every
body was tliar to see the war hoses git off but
the fun of it wss both crowds was frAhl to holler be
came one was fr aid the other would out boiler so
•peakir
to Gull
—u wuiu unruau siepu ou me stage, i uuas si
feiierthougt he said charae, Sorlyou never bet
such a yell. It sounded like old war times, i
nuff. Kite then and thar the boys showed l
hand, for that told the tale whether the crowd was
Goodonornot. Youough to beared cm holler.
Why. the Bacon fellers were paraUzed. They
didnt know there was to many Gordon men in
Georgia. I went to meet Gordon at the gate. As
soon as I walked up he poked out bis hand said,
howdy BUI. I says bowdy John, aud rite thar ho
S ive me a invite to come and see him at the man-
tun when the lection was over. I.m gwino as sure
as you are born, for I neyer did go to
a fovnttr’s manshun in my life
And this Is tbe first invite I ever got in my life. I
S wine to happen round thar |ust about dinner
me. for I know he will axe me to come aud take
•umthln and I nevar refuse when govners axo
me. Now alot John a hole solo feller; he's got a
heart si big as 8tono mountain, and how anybody
can vote agin such a man I can't understand, bat
I spose a good many promised Bacon and he wont
let cm off I know there Is some down this way
In that fix. TooT Mr. Bacon. I felt sorry for him
Saturday, he was sick and couldn’t speak. 1
wanted to hear what ho was goln to say
for _ 1 new It would be the lost
time I would hear him speak. He sayshe isoomlag
tack and try It over by himself, but I don’t be
lieve it: bos two sick; I wouldn’t if I seat him. The
Bacon fellers thought they hod everything. One
said on tho street that this county was fixed for
Bacon and had been for a long time, but tome how
or utber they got it fixed wrong;" tho Uxendldent
woik ou tho rite end; they must have forgot who
they was flxln for and fixed for John B; anyhow
he’s got the fix right now, Hows the ring gettln
along; it seems to he tingln all over theiiate£3ta
wldtntu somehow and must havo reached out of
Atlanta.
Bacon’s gone down to Macon to too tho Macon
«*...u».«.i gettln weh, ~ n. 3 van iuu» vui tur a
flank movement soon, if he don't oome down. The
Gordon men down hero aro so pleaaod they are
>lt> along say In nothing and sawing wood; they'll
3 thar when It cornea votln time, and don’t yon
.jrget It.
Rev John R. Respess, of Butler, the famous
Primitive Baptist preacher, and one or the strong
est leaders or tho Norwood campaign, Is tho pro
nounced and earnest advocate of General Gordon.
His Influence Is large, and there aro thousands of
people in Geonla who rely implicitly on his
patriotism and Judgment.
Mr. E. B. Cade reports that Mr. Button, a leading
merchant at Danburab, in Wilkes county, kept a
list of the votere as they came in from the oountry,
on the gubernatorial race, pslllng each voter with
out exception, up to Saturday night tho mult
was as follows: General John B. Gordon 189, Hoa.
A. O. Bacon A
The tote of Bowersvllle.Elbert county, stood yes-
terday:^ General J. B. Gordon, 17; Hon. A. O.
Tne town ol Smith ville was canvaaedyesterdsy
evening and stood Gordon 23, Baoon 19. Tho Baoon
men have claimed this place, but tho result of tho
vote ihows for itself.
Mr. Robert A. Ware, of Goshen, Lincoln ooanty,
write* "General Gordon will carry this ooanty be-
J ond any doubt.. His strength Is growing ovary
•y. Ism glad that I will nave a ohanoo to cast
my vote once more for my old commander. 1
voted for him to bo major of the old 6th Georgia
when I was captain of the Rifles In the regiment."
Mr. J. A. Harper writes that Bacon's stronghold
in Pierce county Is Blackshear, and that a Bacon
man sold that he would carry that town. The
townwae canvased and Gordon beat Baoon two
The Danville News has the following char
acteristic reminiscence of the old
There 1st manuring in “
can look out for a
in the hands of the Macon Telegraph and itsalten.
even when acting tinder tbe hopeor making politi
cal capital by their latter day defense against a
charge of their own mannfacture. Justice
SALTY TALK FOB THE ADJUTANT.
As Well as tho Throttling or an Unprincipled
Slander on Gordon.
AMEBicm, Ga, May 22.—Editors Constitu
tion : On yeiterday I took tho Uberty of sending
you by telegraph a statement signed by a number
of our most prominent citizens certifying to the
fact that General Gordon did not, in hit Americas
speech, cast any aspersion upon tho character of
Mr. Hill.
1 was on the platform near the general while he
was speaking,,and listened attentively to orery
word,.snd can If yon wish It, ftirnlsh a verbotem
speech. In the days of "Lang8yne,” 1 was an old
line whig, and 1 yield to no man In my undying ad
miration for Mr. Hill and respeefe for his memory;
snd even my love for General Gordon could not
9th Georgia regiment will certify that A. O. Bacon
left the regiment Immediately after ho became ac
quainted with the insinuating sound of the one-
^■wlng chM
Iho old commander:
irate soldier boy, faUiSSuid^oka&m?
further In the march, was about to be
a big
hearted confederate Rem ral who,]
boy, dismounted from his horse, PM
tho saddle and himself trudged along for
seeing l
put the boy tn
the saddle aud himself trudged along for miles in
the heat and the dust and let the boy ride. Tho
first letters of that general’s name are John a
Gordon. That boy wonts Gordon to be his govern
or for a spell.
Blakely, Ga May 28.—Editors Constitu
tion: Please allow me Inst a few words on the all-
pert , .
the atmosphere In the vicinity of bursting shells,
wss decided unhealthy. I havo frequently known
them to make a fellow—. Well that Is, to great
ly armoralizo his boweta; and as thesoaro fre
quently left in a weak condition after typhoid fever
K ibly that waa tho troublo with tho adjutant,
oitho story goes. Yours truly,
J. B. Hi.fan.
Warrenton Calls a Blass Bleating.
Wabbenton, Ga, May 29.—[Special.]—
The democratic executive committee of Warren
county, today unanimously adopted a resolu
tion calling a man meeting of the democrats of the
county at Warrenton, for Jane loth at 10 a m.. to
select by ballot two delegates and two alternate*
to represent Warren In tho gubernatorial conven
tion, also for thcl purpose or reorganization of tho
party In the county.
Tho Farmer* Can't Vote.
Snow, Ga, May 25.—[Special.]—A general
mara meeting will be held at Vienna, In Dooly
county, on Tuesday, the 1st day of Juno, for tho
•election of delegates to tho next gubernatorial
con rention. It ie a busy season for our farmers to
ride from the extremes of the county to this meet
ing, and many will be denied tho privileges which
a primary election would give them.
Governor Smith Swallow* Sam Jo mlsou.
LaGHanoi:, Ga, May 29.—[Special.]—A
erge crowd met ex-Govcrnor Smith today, filling
he courthouse. Colonel 8. H. Jemlton, of Maoou.
eplied to him. In the governor’s rejoinder ho
created great enthusiasm tor Gordon. Mr. Jemlaon
says he had been looking the governor up for two
or three days, but before the governor got through
with him he probably wished he was looking for
him still. Governor Smith’s tint speech reminded
oneof "Come into my parlor eatd the spider to the
fly," and at the close Mr. Jemlson was minus wings
and limb*. He will not look for him soon agaiu.
Troup will certainly send Gordon delegates to tho
Refueea to Let the People Speak.
Sylvania, Ga., May 28.—[Special.]—At a
meeting of the democratic executive committee of
this county a resolution woe offered and, after
much dheussioa. carried, which provides that a
ms>s meeting of the citizens shall bo called to av
rcmble at the courthouse In Sylvania on Monday,
June 7th, for the purpote of selecting delegate* to
the convention in Atlanta or to take such other
action ss they may
voted.
B by tho People of Gilmer Laugh.
Eli.ua y, Ga, May 24.—[Special.]—Some of
our leading citizens who have their pockets foil of
Augusta paper*. Macon Telegraph and Bseon let
ters are for Gordon, and laughing about tbe Idea of
Bacon beating that pure patriot, the gallant Gor
don, a man whore national reputation and wide
acquaintance will do more good for Georgia, os
governor. In the way of bringing capital and Immi
gration into our state than perhaps any other man
could possibly do. and our people nave their minds
made up and will see to It that Gilmer goes for
Gordon.
Referred to Major Bacon.
Dalton, Ga. May 22.—Editors Constitution:
. k« it stated by Major Bacon's friends that he
fought e* gallantly os did Gordon, during the war.
If so, where did he do his fighting? Was It dooe
ift tbe Impressment department? If so, who did
he fight? Was it the women he,fought so gallantly,
when trying to take their meal and goobers, while
their husbands were at the front, fighting the bat
tles of their country? Youxs truly, Ou>Vxr.
Fulton County’s Primary.
The democratic executive committee or this
(Fulton) met in the couithouse on Tuesday lattaud
selected Tuesday, tho 8th of Juno, ss the day on
which to olcct delegates to tho gubernatorial con
vention.
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
convention
at the court house for tho purpose of not
candidates for delegates and alternates to the
gubernatorial convention. A. J.Hamilton acted os
chairman and W. U. Harrison, 8r u secretary.
E. B. Baldwin, C. R Keen, J. B. Murray, A. J.
Hamilton. S. J. KIcckley and If. N. Gardner were
nominated for delegates, snd W. J. Walker, W. O.
Htranec, W. D. Harp, L. K. Vui. D. W. k'lcclclejr
and T. M. Williams were nominated for alternates.
A committee of fourteen was appointed to look
after ths Interests of General Gordon on tho day of
election. T his committee Is J. A. Edwards, Bprfght
Baldwin, II. J, Winn, J.LMcf^ury.W.U; Har-
rlron, T. M. Rose.C. F. Hill, W. If. KlAebrew, L. U.
Hicks, Lev! Turner, 8. K. Johnson, C. If. Klecklcyt
and J.L. KIcckley.
Tbe convention pasted resolution! Indorsing
General Gordon snd pledging themselves to ctrry
the county for him on the lftth prox.
„ A. J. Hamilton, Chairman.
W. II. Hsrbiron, 8a, Secretary,
The Carroll Freo Press says: “If The At
lanta Constitution succeeds in bringing about a
centimeutall over the state, In favor of primary
elections versus courthouse rings and cllqaos it
jghl —_—„
party and more discord in Its ranks, than these
little courthouse meetings, ran by a few small pol
iticians around
tbemielves up
and then rtiL
own selfish ends, without any
u-rest ol the real people, thr ~ '
land, tho working classes,
•nri iln.w nfllui rnnnlrv '•
tho coorthouse, who
Utac."’ to 11 * a;
ut any regard to the in-
the real democracy of the
es, tho farmers thobouo
give the people a chance to express thi
Let It remember that General Gordon insists
elections in every militia district, so that every
man can vote at home without going to tho county
seat. It Is a busy time with fanners and many
men are obliged to lose their votes, because they
are unable to ride twelve or fifteen miles to the
county town, in order to participate in the little
courthouse meeting. General Gordon does not
want to be governor unless tbe people wont him,
and he favors primary elections by which every
man esn vote at his home precinct without lacou-
yenlence or loss of time.
Tbe Gujttou Chronicle asks a pertinent question:
It is r
significant that all, or a majority of
the legal fraternity are supporting! Bacon in the
present canvass.Hu he made tbemjany promise,
or Is this a fight between the lawyers and the peo
ple? We want some one to enUgeten us.
Flotilla Is solid for Gordon.
The Conyer’s South tells, in the following para-
mph, why Bacon is mad:
Oulvafewsears ago Mr. Bacon was
only a few years ago Mr. Bacon was closeted
with Joseph X. Brown, In Atlanta, seeking his sup
port for governor, and because he Hailed to secure
It he puts Brown down as his enemy.
Ccdartown Advertiser: An old veteran, who
served through tbe war in the army of Virginia,
upon being naked which candidate he favored for
governor, replied: John Gordon, of course," and
added, "hewould walk to Atlanta (sixty mlleO
t*-ft re he would miss voting for him." When told
that hta enemies were reviving the old slander
about his resignation os senator, be replied.
"1 know Gordon and be denies it; and
I know be is too brave a man to tell a Re to get out
of a difficulty." "Ye*,’’ responded the gentleman
conversing with tneohl veteran, "I hare known
John from his early boyhood, and he has been
wise from Mr youth, and he has had a trait of
character, (that his unappreciative slanderers may
call cowardice) that baa shielded him from preva
rication through life, he has feared God, and God
only."
The Marietta Journal tells the following:
There bu been a good deal sold about General
John B. Gordon’s business transactions, but we
have just beard of a little Incident thatshowe the
true character of the man. ’tfqulre J. D. Fuller, of
Merritta district, in this county, rela es that Gen
eral Gordon owed bis brother three hundred
dollars before the war. Tbe war come on on>l tbe
debt was not paid. After tbe war General Gordon
bad no ssoney bat told Mr. Fuller that a* soon os
be got tbe money be would pay it That time
r sme in the history of General Gordon and be
hunted up Mr. Fuller and paid every eentoflt.
CONY BBS, May 25.—Editors Constitution: Ax
jday.
' bitterly ■ tho MaooaTelo-
iicpbens. Its post mortem love
ana veneration for him at this peculiar time are
(mildly put) too thin. Tho Stephen* crowd aro for
Gordon.
1 once heard General Toombs say that when he
first w ent taCthe legislature there woe ascertain old
member there who was of tbesatno party with
himself. Ho noticed that tho old fellow usually
voted right even on some of the moat Intricate par
liamentary questions. Knowing that he was very
Illiterate, the general asked him ono day how ho
managed to always voto right. Tho old gout
smiled, snd said ho always wac fl
ed a certain man, who wav
a "(mart chap," but of the oppcslto party, and,
therefore, always wrong, and ho would vote Juit
tie orpoMlc. This is exactly tho war It Is with
many Georgia voters In regard to tho TcloKraph.
It ha* ever been on tho wrong sldo, tho weak and
taring side. Karly.
lags. Where
railroad sys
tem stand In this issue? Do tho people of Georgia
suppose that he is a Bacon man in their lutcrest
and In that of the railroad oommlsrion? Railroad
presidents ore not men of eentiment; and wo have
yet to *ee one that was even suspected of tho pos
sibility of going wild in the advocacy of a people’s
candidate for governor. Being acceptable to Cap
tain Raoul onthe railroad question is to be unac
ceptable to tbe people on that issue, and If they
are not blind they will not fall to see It.
PERSONS AND TH1NQS»
Db. Dio Lbwii gave (he following direc
tions In regard to the disposition of hie remains:
"Although 1 am averse to the somewhat unpleas
ant notoriety which cremation as yet Involves, my
very strong conviction is that It is the proper dispo
sition of the dead. I leave directions that my
body shall be cremated, aud tlia tho ashes shall
not bo put Into an urn. but in the earth, over
which my wlfo may lovingly plant forget-mo-nots.
I direct, also, with my dear wife’s omont, that all
frtneral parade and expenses shall be avoided and
that my remains be placed in a pine casket for re
moval to the crematory. I desire also that no
flowers may be sent by my fronds." The incinera
tion of the remains took placo on Monday at Fresh
Fond, L. I.
Toe newest Napoleon of financo operates on
this fashion: Having bankrupted himself at poker,
he went to the store where he waa employed and
borrowed the coats of three of his fellow workmen,
which he pawned for 810. With this money he
purchased a 990 gold watch on the Installment
plan, paying the HO as a deposit; he pawned the
watch lor 18ft took the coats out of pawn and re
turned them to their places, and had nearly 920
left with which to resumo his game of poker.
Tbe New Orleans Picayune soys there Is a
rich Irishman who la a subject of Great Britain,
and who owns a great number of farms in Illinois,
Kansas, etc., and is accused oi being much such a
thing as is called a rackrenter In Ireland. Accord
ing to tho accounts, his tenants are not much bet
ter off than the laborers ol a large Dakota wheat
farm, who are hired a few months for seeding and
harvesting with improved machinery and then
ore tamed loose to float into the eltlos and rot the
balance of the year. The Picayune says If these
things cannot be stopped, we are on the rapid way
to a state of aflklrs which Ireland will not en7y,
and which will make the bad oommune system of
Russia seem like an agricultural paradlso In tho
contrast.
Tract distributors In New York complain
that thousands of tracts aro being distributed
throughout the tenement houso districts and along
the shore, printed In Imitation of tbe genuine, and
bearing titles inch as: "Bo 8aved," "Halvatloa for
All," and the like, which, after a page or two of
religions argument, ran off into eloquent patent
medicine advertisements.
The highest bridge in exlstenoe at the pres-
it day Is ths Garmblo viaduct, on the railway
mnectlng Marseilles with Nsossasquas, France,
.je hetghf from thei water level being 400 feet. Its
total length Is 1862 feet.
Wbat Shokspcaro calls “tho harmless,
necessary cat" should no longer bo given that
title. It is claimed that small-pox is bring spread
in towns in Illinois by this midnight marauder.
John A. Logan thinks that a man who
pasted through the war and then blew off his
arms white Ann a gun on the 4th of July should
rave a pension*
Thi Fill Hill duetto U7* the leteet -vie
torylntbelODg-driwn match between tbe inn
end tb. annor plate baa been .cored in favor of
armor. At Bpcula a Q.rman chilled ateel armor
plate, 6 feet S inchea In thlcknaa, weighing 100
tona, waa Oxad agalnat tho Ihoe of tbe elHTand
battered with chilled ehot from e 100-Ion gan. At
thunderbolt weighing almcet exactly a ton waa
hnrlrd agalnat tbe face oftbe plain by tho explo-
alon oliyi hundred weight of powder, without pro
ducing more than a alight Indentation and acme
trifling crack. Three ahoU tailed to make any w-
rtoua lmpnaaion on tho plate, which haa thui
come off victor In the atxnggle. It would aeem
that no .hot yat Invented would go through alx
feet or chiliad Heel.
APBoroa of tho recent anarchist riot* in the
United States tbe Paris Figaro lays: •'About
OUR OWN COLUMN,
Short Talks With Our Readers
on Matters of Interest.
Men Who Know*
Nra. P e. McCnry, Stanton. Ala.—We srs all
delighted with The Comtltutlon. The children
?J e -of* r «* e ?i.5 wt * w,th 5 eth 3 r Hamilton’s letters.
If any of the many reader* of Tho Constitution
know anything of the wheieabout* of WillyW.
Gragg, they willconferagrsat favor by lotting me
know through The constitution, or bynpnrato
letter, ss he Is my only brother. *'**»»«(
F. M. Stokes, Jeffersonville—i have been a sab-
ICTl ^? r 75*1? 1 do® * ree how any family
con be without It after reading one of your sampte
any condemned ths anarchists wl
e»i mu wuuio nuiiu, iiiim mu "iiiirui I'liii' U
k nolo beck lu hie parewlon coulnlalng tuo
■>! hi. principal anarchlit corrcwmitcnt..
tbcue few name.figured a Hr, Wcltke, ro-
lldlng'n MliMfeiMaiiMMHiimHriMhMM
leu objection to It I
circulated In this parte
It rtachea forth Into every de,
teenier, adamitc, moral, cirri
and meeu the wants ol allelaaaaa,c
age* of people,
nremeoea ofTnacomrmmoit Waterbary watch
la amazing. By tho hundred, they have gone Into
every stato. Why notf A good watch, accurate
timekeeper, for KAO la a miracle.
But does It last? That la tbe question often naked
Here la an answer from one who haa tried it:
Xnrroai ConvnTtmo*: Two j
OM of .year Waterbary watches, .
—-■laUalketlon. Itn.v.rhu.
me, 1 eei
r reader.. OL D. Beau,
. a, formerly PennlngtonTaa.
Here la plain testimony. For over two yean toll
Utile Waterbary baa not stopped a minute. Hot.
cent has been epent on repairing It, though lrfthe
•ama time Hr. Ball spent ta getting hie wlfo'e gold
watch repaired. At th. end of two yean IMr. Ball
mat "I wouldn't taka «» for my Waterbary If X
couldn't replace It."
! ^ w Wh^roa'r’«ra
vrs tMsrsM »°s.s
snawwsm
and kept perfect lime. ~ 1 ceruhrir'rer'mmenS
~ a ■ B " IJ -
Tho dun and Wxxxlt Comrrnmoa oueyeai
Oil Qua alone pa.
Our Sewing Machine,
a A. Babbitt, Marietta.—Homo
purchased through yon analogn_
atk ol her a written txpraHon of he
tame. After a most iboretiib teat
with any
toy friend, hare eaiSttoto'ftiSi
ware ao wall pleased with tbe ease and neatness of
Ha work that they are trying to Mil the ones they
now have In order that thty may purchaao oneof
yon.
H. T. Jacob, Learned, Hlndecounty, Ulaa-Youv
hlgh-arm machine that I ordered afew weeks back
waa reoalved In doa Urns and In parted order, and
alter nun-dan’ trial on bothltghundbeavy work,
can My that It gives perroct •aUifactlou. nu
■treble, strong anil durable, and almoat notaelaar;
la superior to the DemorrcK, Courier- Journal and
Printer machines. If la much Hoar nnlahsd than
K. P. Prater, nigh Rhoala, a a.—I havo reoelved
the machine; hare given It a thorough trial aod
am very wall pleatedwlthlk It does as food work
Iwaukro and, according to tho ao-
eclal correspondent,
trial at Ieclptlc, at
roruoruon—u.u. iicaa. r. v. uroaseii. ®. w.
Leach, W. F. Sibley, O. F. Sasser, Jndgo J. O. Bros-
sell. J. 8. Whatley, F. p, Lindsey, K. Diiocksn. I*
E. Floyd, T. J. Fiord, W. B. Key, W. O. Darla. 8 O.
Smith, Cupt J. Graham. W. T. Amoll, J. G. Hardy,
Colonel J. W. Shell, H. j. MeLans, W. B. Kdwards,
Jr., W. B. Edwards, Hr., J. R. Mays, J. M. Tidwell,
Dr. 8. T. Edwards, J. K. Atkinson, T. a Roberta,
Wiley Hand. J. W. 81ms, K. R. Metholn, Dr. B. T.
Hillman, Otia Jones, W. J. Cock, J. F. Elliott. J.
T. Elliott, H. W. Couch, J. Y. Nolan, Dav<d Notan,
J. II. Nolan. Dr. W. F Culpepper, J. II. Btorr, J.
A. Driver, Henry Volenwlder, w. W. Haassr, T. N.
Burdette!’. D. l*ol!ock. Colonel John F. Metholn,
Louis McCullough. & D. Belli**, J. M. Gouick. O,
... *—• y.D.js.lafnne.J. A.SL Shell. 8. 8. Hhep-
“ —, T. N. McCullough. M. L.
d,P. Rucker, Captain K. U.
herd, C.
Hoi b cock.
Wood. T. £
For Bacon-A.G. Conch. M. J. Stewart, J. A. Ball,
FUI MHH/U—H.U. VVUVill N.«i
M. II. Couch, P. T. CarmfcaL
Tbe Bparta Ishmaellte has tho following In rela
tion to “personalism" in the campaign:
There is no reason in being controlled by per
sonalism in tbe •aberoatoriaroampalcn or in any
StiStiad i
other campaign. Oontaatsfbrodle.oafblloh.pul
upon a higher plan, than that of mere friendship.
Th. domain of citizenship should bo mpreino
llbin lta own limits, ir this bo Into, fur how
Qorika In this campaign la not such as
to command tha candidacy of Hr. Bacon, Ocdl-
narlly, It will ho hard to convince ibo avorago
voter that lha man who resigns a given position to
get a better ono la nceemarlly a villain or a foot.
any man so doing would havo thought to fret out
raged at the aacriptloo of dbhonorabla motive* to
him In the premize.- It la ridiculous, to tho point
almoat of ImbcclUty, to decide tho gorcrnorenlp of
a great 'tale on Mich questions, In the boo of great
and uncooaidered Irenes of pubrio moment. But
— --- Oorgan, tbs on. that la .baping
trim, does not .top bare. Aoothor
iwerfnl suppaMd argument* I.
. at (Jordon Ian failure sen bull-
■tree man: In othar words that bo haa not been
>ucce»nii ns o money maker, and hence ought not
overestimate ths import
anco of Unsocial talent and aucoere from a bull-
new point of view; but there doesn’t nem to bo
any wand reason why the ■'
should go wUd
cuuldmUon. ..
Moot lotraded re a moneymaking station, and
then la no apodal reason that the Isbmaellto
can ice why lbs Incumbent should have
any exalted and tempting gllU In that di
rection. ir office-bolding In Georgia ia to bo re
stricted to men who bars bean eminently ano-
cenful In making money, a great many of tho
office, will go unfilled, and wo .hall bars Ibo full
tranafft—to to apeak—of tho unoppoaaa ruga of Ibo
commercial method. While not a Jay Gould or
Jo Brown In buslnere tact, OMersl Gordon has
the ahUUy to own his salary aa governor aud to
.pend It, and the people should not demand any
thing lurther than this. Just on tballlne. The Al
exander Hamilton of the Telegraph and the Crur-
an. of the Bacon weekly ought to bo suggesting to
their more HnpecttnloaaMtUiren of the prrertbclr
methods of bridging tbs ehrem between gnawing
present necessity aud the coming blackberry croo,
rather than to be erecting n gold itanriscl or
rnalnare capacity for the gorernor’s o-tloo-
io the eaeinaioo of every other
honest, efficient and competent standard-
llul, then, there's "the Atlanta ring." Which At
lanta ring r Than an two of Urea there. A pri
mary slection would have revealed tho (act that
there are two of them In Bibb. The fact la. tho
peopls of Georgia are divided
Just now, and the one follow!
creature of ring methods than ,
all there Is In that, and tbs fallow that dowo't
mow u la an extraordinary slmplctoa. Tbs "An
sots ring' that 1. for Gordon fa lb. peer of too
"Atlenta ring” that I. for Baeon-fhoauirerlorea
parity far howling powaread by Un latter bring
the result of practice rather than ef mtmim nat
ural gifw. The lahnutelltc Ian'l weak enough to
becentrollfd In IU gubernatorial choice oy .left
pi entitle* in the face of the Tact 'hat ri«jor BM>wi
let ie. to It to be to. candidal, of to. ral Iro id
ring-a bigger
Amnni
aiding
counts sent ur by oar special
ben BataiUa. during the Ida*
tlmo, that oily oftbe United ...
byItclmdorfasoneafthoM In which tho
revolution wu soon to buret oak"
A mkgitlar marriago la reported by the
Fredericton, V. B„ Gleaner, A Dr. Barkerolalmod
to havo performed a remarkable faith euro upon n
daughter of Mr. Jamre Young, of Naahwaak. Tho
young lady waa uoahlo to walk for several yean
eacrpl on crutchre, and was bed-riddon a great
pari of Iho time, nearing of her condi
tion and lhal all medical reme
dies had failed, iho doctor visited bar,
snd by some remarkable means aneoMdsd In rais
ing bar from her sick had. She gained In strength
and wu aoon able to walk without era tehee
Having accomplished this, lha doctor odbred his
hand In marriage, and Iho two wore wadded a few
days ago.
A uiu In East Hampton, Long Island, waa
visited by a tramp while she waa alone In the
house last week, lie was Impudent until aha pro
duced a revolver, whan bo precipitately retired
Ihroogh ths window, carrying lha sash with him.
Tim fallowing story about Senator Joooph
E. Brown la going around Iho oonntryr "Ur.
Brown used to ho Iho boat shot with a squirrel riilo
In lha sooth. Hla father would give him twolvo
bollels and tall him to bring In twelve squirrel*.
"And mind yo," tho old man would add, "let Iho
hotel ho through their 'tarnal heeds.”
ViaiTonlln penitentiary); “What brought
yon to tbla place, my friend:" Convict: "Bneea-
Ing." Visitor: “Bneeslngr’ Convict: "YIs, sorr,
Itwokothoglntlemannp, and ho nabbed mo."
JONHS AMD SMALL.
They Draw Their IteUlmore Kngagement
to a Close.
Daltihobh, May 30.—Tho revival com
menced s month ago by the evangelists, Bam
Jones and item Small, coma to on cod tonight.
Itbubeenthomeot successful ever held In
tbla city, the aerie* of meeting! having boon
attended by over four hundred thousand poo*
pie, over two tboniand of whom profoswd
religion. The work of the even gal lata mat
with hearty co-ops ration from nit the
Proteatant clergymen, and many churches
report a largely Increased membership. Both
gentlemen have worktdhard, preaching threo
nnd four times n day, and they ore ‘
prostrated. They leave for tholr
morrow, bst may return In tho fall for a
month. Tho collection token up for thorn to-
ay netted several thousand dollars.
An Astonishing Yield of Onto,
There was a reunion at the Loolsiana hotel,
Fatnrday, of Meoira. Montgomery and Be ttys,
lncky holders of capital prise tickets In Tho
Louisiana Slate Lottery. Hero wore two mon
whose combined wealth only a abort time ago
was only » few hundred dollars; now It raaehaa
high in the thousands in valuable real estate
which Urey purchased with ths monty they
drew, respectively, In the drawings of April,
18*4. and November, 1885. Mr. Montgomery,
who Invested 111,500 In • desirable farm ono
mile from Mt. Sterling, informs oa that he
raised a good crop last year, oonalatlng of
10,000 pounds of tobacco, for which ho barn
tern offered 71 rente per pound: 500 bushels of
tom; tail from two boshate of n now variety
of oats, which ho procured in Philadelphia,
■uwn on threo acres, harvested *00 doren bun
dle*. Aa many as twenty-seven stalks sprout
ing from ono grate, some measuring See fact
In length, the beads alone measuring two foot.
Home Idea of tho vela* of those oote may be
formed, when wo say that Mr. M. waa offered
(JOT for bla last year'll product. He has sixteen
acres sown this spring. Tho value of Mr,
Montgomery’s last year’s prod net may no safely
estimated at *1,000. In addition to hla bloo
grass farm, he purchased a valuable timet of
land In Bobertaon, on which hla brother* are
raising matchless crape of tobacco, beside*
other piodoets. And tho splendid pusremmn*
of Iteza men wore esc.red by the Investment
of <1 In The Looteiaea Bute Lottery! -Sorely
the old maxim, ’Troth ia stranger than He
lton.” holds good In then, instances.—ML
Olivet, Ky„ Tribone, May IT.
ir ndng andidoregood work. Wo aro v
1th It and tho paper eteo.
A. A. Dean, Anderson, a (b—Tho sowing :
chine received soma time ago am*"— *
thoroughly and am wall pleased. L
lhal penona pay agents forty or flAy do
machines that are no halter. 1 would nd
warning n good paper nnd rowing maoblno to s
icilbeforTiiiCoiMTiTUTioir and order ono ofp
machines
0 I ordi-nd or yousomo tlmo ago Is at hand
and thoroughly tested by my uolihborsa* well M
our family and all In all, (some of whom use the
lead lug machine* of lha market) without an oaoap-
lion, pionomm It equal lonny. This bringlM
ffm sold in llila section you mtylook Ite more
orders 1 would advlsnany whiting to buy to get
this machlna, aa 1 can Hud no fault Tn any raipoct
OUR KMOWLIDOBBOX.
Subscriber, Oxford, Mias.: Aro tho tehabls
•ante of Dialer In Inland all Protestants:
No. It la claimed by lha horn, rate party that a
majority are Catholics. But lha provlnoo la the
stronghold of Iho Orangemen—an Intolorant and
active Protestant organisation composed of ffaxon
Irish, and Iho Protestant part of tho population
represent tbe chief wealth and enterprise of tbo
ptovlnra.
a I’., Greenville, Ate.: Do honaeo ever ox*
plod* when struck by a tornado os eyclone:
Yea. The air eonllnad In shut up house, bursts
out In IU atragil. In reach ths passing vacuum
created by tho whlrUng. sucking twist of tho tor
nado. It haa boon suggested that astluM storms
mors loth# northeast tbo beat thing to do la to
abut ell Iba openlni* or lha house on Iho sooth-
watt aide, and teava them open on lha northeast
side.
Boboeriber, Ttrboro, N. a: When did tho
weed "nigger" com. Into common uref
With tbo first Introduction of negroes Into thin
country. Captain John Hmlth In bla "General
Hlitorlo of Virginia” mya:
■’About Iho last of August, 1010, came In a Dutch
man of warm that sold us twenty nlgars.’’
3.0. II., Orlando, Fla.: Why no there no
takes In Ireland?
It haa bean established that there are snakes In
Ireland. Tho expression originally refarred to
Ireland. In a translation of Ilarrabow’s work,
’■Ths Natural History of Iceland,” London, 17W,
chapter Ixxll., Is entitled, “Concerning Bnakea,”
and Iho entire chapter la aa followe: "No snake,
of .ny kind are to be met with throughout tne
whole of the Island.” Tho application of tho
pbrarw to Inland, probably, at flrsl, amae bom a
printer’s error.
8. It., Talladega, Ala.: Whan and where did
tbo custom originate or giving wires their baa-
hands’ naasas:
It Is Impoetlbla to bo exact. Wires hare a listed
since Adtm look Ire nolo bis bosom. In Iho daps
of the patriarchs they were known probably aa
■The wife of,” rather Iban bearing U» noma of
I heir husband. II wss so with tho a reeks and Bo-
maos, and tho wires of the latter havo boon re
garded m lha type of famate dignity and parity.
Their legal rlghu ware weak and Indefinite how
ever. until lha beginning of iho fandal system,
which, built upon tbe rains of Western Borne by
tho Teutonic nallooi, a new rare, acknowledged
the ntw Influence of Christianity, mads an Im
mense advance, because It gave to retry man, etna
Urn serf, n definite plies sad definite rights, and
In theory at treat, knew nothing of unlimited
power, nnd to woman U gavs
Uto nnapeakoblo advantage of Christian
marriago. Tha custom of speaking of Mrs. Smith,
for Instance, ta a comparative recent one. Wo find
Ho reference to It In hooka of more Iban threo
ranturtea ago, althoogh tho farm "madam*,”
Uken bom ths French, has existed mueb loogre.
Tho "Him” la a contraction of Use French plural
"mcadamts." The matrimonial cosntectloa, va
riously designated In the laws of Iho flsat chiMfaa
emperor, and tha dtcroaa of oosso earlf ooonclte
as coocubloatos and Ucila consuctodo, was coo-
sldercd br Ur* Bomso CM hollo church to ho o real
marriage,though not celebrated with to.,same
solemnity, nor attended with to*reams istell rton-
sequences aa a contract recognlaad by both tho
civil and recIreteMical roust. In mndasn time*
It to callafi "a marriage of cauaclance." Too
•am* connection in Gcrmanr to itUl calfoa hoJ-
fceha, where the nmjrf tolbwelb toeonfonja
ggL»S3Wte83ai"‘ >,< * “*■
My friend, loos acre ! too know how wrek
and nervosa your wifate andyoo know that
Carter’s Iron Pills will relievo tor, now why
not bo fair shout II and boy her a box I