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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ~ ATLANTA, GA r TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 1886y
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ATLANTA, CIA, DECEMBER 7.1880.
Tire Constitution for JSS7,
In a few week* Ta* CojrsTrnmaK will
begin a now year. It • enters 10*7 better
equipped than ever. It hat a fuller staff of
writers, stronger spatial writers, fines stories
engaged-and ntoro rsriorl features.
list s you over Uwagbt what you bay
•when yon pay $ 1.00 for Tax Comanvnos?
Of course yon get 034 big pages that equal in
reading matter the am ten U of 70 books that
would cost yon f 100. Bnt what do there
pages contain? Hero is a partial list. In
Tiut Constitution during the year you got:
7» of Dill Aip's Delightful Letters.
M of Talmsgfi’, Eloquent flennoua.
80 of Itgtsjr UataUlon'sffpIcy Letters.
110 of the licet Oiigtna] fitorics.
fifo Am«en to Inqulrin is "KuontoOgs Bos."
U4 Hloriis of the War.
SO of Ron) lows’! tntmluMe Sermons.
•Off Exquisite Lore or Pstrlotle Funs,
100 Btorfcs of “Travel and Adventure."
M Iuuca of the "Woman's Kingdom.”
IN Articles on Fanning, Iqr in. W. L. fonts
100 Speeches of Fubllo Von.
SO of toe Best Fermi In America AacuraMyDe-
serUwd.
1000 "Ulters Bom tho Pcopla" on Erory Topic.
100 Sketches or Trerel, "Floturee of tttraogo
limit." -,
ao Isrucs of tho "Yonn* Fatin' corner."
000 Important Farming Feels Horn "Dr. Jones’s
Fnnn Inquiry Bos."
And besides all the above "Tho History of tho
W.Md for livery Week-41* rullllre.- Its TagedlcJ,
Its Aceldenle, IU taogrew, its Morals,aeeuflttotr sad
grsphlcelly told In thanesnds of Dtapalohes, Lot-
ton, Reports, Edltartstssml Fuagrsphs.
Now Upturn tho worth of this vast collec
tion of good things. Ain’t evory and of the
78 of Bill Arp’s letters worth a cent aplooo?
And Tslmago’s 03 sermons worth a cant
apicro—or Betsy Hsmilton’s 30 iottors?
Wouldn't yon pay a ccut aplwxi for tho 500
fads about farming yon get from Ur. Jones's
thoughtful replies to your questions? What
woman docs not consider each of tho 03 Is
sues of the “Woman’s Kingdom" cheap ut a
cent apiece? Whnt child does not gat a
cent's worth of fun ont of each one of Aunt
Susie's G3 visits? Even at this low valua
tion, there fow ipeelal feature* would toot op
ten times your subscription price, not count
ing the great. body of tho puper. Ton can
not estimate tho ralasof a good paper in dol-
luts and rente.
Consider llui educative value of TOE Cos-
irrmrrto.v. Is it too -touch to soy that ho.
who ranis it toithlhlly for a tow years gats
a liberal education. What a vast amount of
information it brings in that time. It baa
carried yon around the world, shown yon tho
people, scenes and customs of every land uu
of {d on three ton* of seed will hardly pay
Sot hauling the seed to nmrkct and hauling
the meal back to the&nn. In 'die mean
time the mills take *30 worth of erndh oil
ont of the three tons of seed, for which they
p»y the farmer only to net.
.Frankly, wo see no way to stop the march
of this monopoly. Corporated capital-pro-
vails over Individual rJEwto. The price of
seed .will doubtless be worked lower in spite
of the tact that under old prices the mills
Were enormously profitable. The former
must be cut deeper, however,.to pay divi
dends onthe$30,000,OOOof extra stock
Issued on the *3,000,000 worth of mill prop-
erty. The farmers will .continue to sell the
feed at whatever they can get The trouble
Is, they will be suable to bay back the
tottonseed meal with which to restore the
fertility of their fouls. This will be shipped
to England, where ifo brings good prices,
and southern forma, stripped of their bort
and cheapest fertilizer for a mere pittance,
will grow poorer and poorer. Tho “Amer
ican Oil TVustoompany” tv a bed break for
the rentli, aid about tho best thing.tho
southern former can do is to put his cotton
•end back on his fond tor a season or two.
^h® price will then go-up to decent figures.
How WiKr Tnreci You Conus no ■ Wire tioo.
Get one new subscriber to Tut Coti.mrtmoa sud
you m*T get non present. It costs ,«i nothing to
try. Got fire tubseribeni and youbuve flve alienees-
Ifyondon’tsettbotltopretent, you rosy got the
RW present-prone of the otoera
The Knights and the Anarchist*.
Tho trouble with .the Knights of Labor is
that a few active, pertinent members eon
commit tho tvliolo order to sentiments from
which the vast majority of tho members
would dissent with horror.
A notable example of tin's is furnished in
the action of the Chicago - assnuiNlon on the
condemned anarchists. When Hpten and bis
fellow awnssins sowed murder in the streets
of Chiengo, the Knights of Labor foam one
end of tlio country to tho other denounced
the dastardly crime as it dsserved. There
was bnt one sentiment, in store, shop or of
fice—that of righteous and tuuazod iudigua-
tion. '
lout week lew than 400 knights met hi
Chiengo and passed rcsolntiaus which com
mit the 00,000 Chiengo kuights to an indorse-'
meat of ftpies and bis gong. ' This indorse
ment cannot bo defended by any honest
man. The action of the anarchists in Chi
cago was deliberate out hideous murder. It
was planned ancckingly and in Jooltl blood
by villains who deny God, who denounce
tow, nnd wliose open and. professed purposo
is to overturn government and anbstitnto
anarchy; by wretches who war on society,
property, churches, religion, the marriage
relation and orerything that honest men nnd
women hold dear. The crlmo with which
they are charged was proven, months alter it
was committed, before an accepted Jury, by
testimony thnt could not bo shaken.
It will nut do for the handful of knights
who hide anarchical aentimanta beneath the
gnrb of tomcat tolnr, to say that the convic
tion of tlio assassins was “an outrage on free
speech." Everybody remembers wliat abso
lute freedom of speech was allowed Spies,
Parsons and tbeir associates up to the very
piouicnt the bomb was thrown. Thoy
permitted to stand up and openly threaten
the authorities with dynamite and destruc
tion. They bowled, blasphemed, denounced
•nil raged with impunity, until the murder
ous bomb was thrown into the ranks of the
people. Then tho tow took thorn in hand
and will twist their nitscrobio nocks. Neither
tlio Kuighls of Labor or any other honest
organization can .afford to exeuxo their
•««. <• «... i V -1. « ““no, palliate Uleir guilt or seek to avert
tL jauilotu days and nfcht. oMUe vlTto t" "‘1
rfmi.1. J...V -t.-ra- ' n ° rt *0 ewujio tlio condemnation of good
church once a weak, giving yon such sermons
M tow men can preach—through oongrau
where you bear every notable speech and
wnteli tlm parly contents—through every
storm that ravages the earth, every cyclone
that roam or earthquake that trembles—
through political campaigns, revivals, fairs,
riots, wan and strikes—everywhere there is
anything to watch or learn, Tint Cossirn'
TIoN baa carried you when yonr year is ont?
Has It not liy all this rained the dollar yon
have paid, and made it the best investment
ofyour life?
Cun you nflbnl to bo without The Oov.vri
TVTION next year? It will be yonr faltbfrd
friend, yonr adviser when it ear, yonr week
ly v isitor tbroiigb rain or shine. All of the
writers rrho have worked in its columns to
please and instruct yon will bawlth us next
year, tod new ones have been added. We
ahull du our best to make every issne perfect,
and eneh one better then the one before it.
Won't you take the trip with as tor 1887?
The voyage for the next yrer will be stormy,
intenetfng and frill of wonders. Tiik Con-
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cwa toko passage on! Come on, then, and
bring all your fr iends.
I'riiieiiihrr, too, that every now snbwrilirr
you bring puts your name in our Chtislnrns
Pireent Box uud gives yon achaneo at our
*100 present or one of the other presents.
Yonr getting one subscriber may.get you our
*100 present.
Northern Cnpltnl ul Southern lil-
torpriic.
Tho money kings of the north are rapidly
aroumiing control of southern enterprise.
One by one our railroads lisve pomrd into
their hands. One by one the local roads,
built In southern money and sec rider, hare
hern knit into great systems, their office*
tvansferral to New York and the edicts of
Wall street directors made the rule of their
tariffli and schedules. Perhaps tt Is well
eassqdi that railroad management should he
ooosolidated. What is loat in individual
choral ter will be gainrel in general efficiency.
But rlicro is one monopoly now betug
eatabliahrd by northern capital for which
the south eun expect nothing bnt diaaatcr.
That is the "American Oil Trust company,"
which controls the cottonseed oil mills of
the south. In the history of this company,
printed elsewhere, it will bo seen thit
13,1*00,000 worth el’ mill property is capi
talized nt (35,000,000 and is svlilng on a
busts of *31,000,000. This vast margin of
preCt guts into the pocket of northern specu
lators.
When this monopoly is firmly established,
it cvn dictate to the farmer tho price of
•Men seed. Even under competition the
prire of seed tow been low enough.
The influence of monopoly baa already
marked it dawn from *13 to *8 a ton. The
tenaer now gets $34 for the three teas of
seed ttAskes to make awe tan of oottoamd
-«1 and teehawraUlHfertbetenof meal
CSCIIJIC
people every u here and of all damns.
Strange Talk from n Millionaire.
Hr. Pierre Lotiltord, tho well known
millionaire, has an article on the labor prob
lem in the current number of tlio North
American Review. Mr. Larillanl wheels
into line with tlm laborers, ami snggeets a
remedy flir the evils growlugont of tho greed
and aggivssiun of capital.
It is a atrango thing to sea a capitalist
waging war against his own class. Mr. Lor-
flhml goes almost to tlio uxtremo limit. Ho
goto tor enough to make it apparent that ho
is a moderate socialist.
Oar millionaire reformer is In fovor of a
national labor congress, oorroapondiug to tho
ftsleml congress, to lie chosen by trade delo-
gates, and to ait one month in the year, lie
would have an advbuiy board of eeven
judges, a sort of supreme uonrt, to decide
all lulwr questions. Ho would have the
canals, railuays, postal mid telegraph sys
tems owned by tho national government, for
tlie use ul' all nt n loll hurely sufllcicnt to
pay i ruining expruses. 1 to proposes a legacy
tux of ten per cent on nil fortunes greater
than *300,000, in order to reduce taxes and
prevent the concentration of wealth in a few
tomilies.
Of tonne these are remarkable remedies,
but I heir chief interest lies in the tact that
they are suggested by n man who has hereto
fore boon clawed among the bloated capital
ists. All these pious may 1m funciful and np
in the air, but they show that some of onr
rich men are earnestly considering the great
problem of the ago, mid that they are will
ing to uncomplainingly bear the obligations
which rielies curry with them.
Os vim 1st or Jaki akv Sunumit wiu.be Bat-
Ins '. "Issvcahslf hour |to esnvsadng for Tin
CosstimroN end twee Is s ItOO In roM as mjr v«-
» snl-er HO, or t.\ or no, or to, or a sevrlos us
chine, crtunorwslrh." Novr, why can't this to
tor. It Is uo trouble to sot subscribers. Get them
at once tml send them In.
The ooarta and the People.
One of onr New York contemporaries re
cently contained the following paragraph:
The Kirhiuoud Whig siys that uo rich raseal has
been convicted in Vligiuta siuco the war. and that
the peutlentlary is full of poverty.stricken wretches
» boro the law had uo roony for. The some propo-
stUon Woutd he substantially true if rossto in re-
smd tu the .slier wiutheru stsiss, and it prohshty
would not have to be shaded much to apply to the
northern Mate* as well. U couuot bo Kiid Ihst the
tow anywhere trusts the poor ms u split* as it docs
tho rich, but the unanimity ulth which tu weight
tolls uyon the cdorvd and pesrr white traslt tut'en 1-
epi in tbe south Is notable. The Whhr-whtohia
acw a deiiux'ntUc joutnal, wisely’ cabs for more
vsrte ty aiurniR the couvU-ts.
It will he recollected that ouly tho other
day tho Chicago Knights of labor, in pro
testing against tho rendemnatiao of the
anarchists, used similar language. They
expressed tbe belief that courts evetywrhecu.
ore manipulated in tbe interests of the rich.
If three charge* were Inin, nothing could
tare this country from a rerofotiou in tbs
near ftrtnre. Hut they are tut tree.
Bfch roared* would not now he spending
their lives in Canada if they did not fear the
■eonrta of the northern and middle stator,
millionaire is now on inmate of a Pennsyl
vania penitentiary. Sa many wealthy hank
ers and politicians have been sent to prison
in New York and Boston, that very few
offenders wait to stand their trial if they
have an opportunity of leaving the country.
In the south, onr percentage of crime
among tbe whites Is small, but nowhere in
tho world do the • courts follow tho letter of
the lew mote closely, ami in no section of
the onion Is executive clemency more iIUB-
enlt to obtain.
Tbe eonrta are the best, purest and strong
est feature In onr government. Bo long os
they continue to administer the law the
country is asfo from rich rascals and desper
ate rattans. Only demagogues say that
the righto of-the poor are not respected.
There never was a time when the poor had
more rights, or wire batter organized, or
retro better prepared to bold their own.
They have a big share in our government,
and to a great extent make it Just what it is.
Judge 'Willis A. Hawkins.
The announcement of the death of Judge
'Willis A<- Hawkins comes suddenly on his
friends in all portions of tbe state. He was
one of tbo most distinguished sons of Ceor-
gis—« snceessfrd lawyer and • pstriotio citl-
sea. - He wtw an ornament to the snprome
bench, to which he was appointed by Gov
ernor Colquitt.
His decisions handed down from the bench
are marked by a terseness and n directness
Characteristic of,(ho man. lie cored leas for
the precedents (tour for (he principles of the
Ian. At the bar, he was a gonial and an elo
quent figure—a man who measured the sym
pathies of his fellornucn by bis own, and
who rarely foiled to win a cause.
lie was an eloquent speaker, and if lik
mind bad been turned more in the direction
of polities, he would bare ranked among
Georgia's greatest and bsat known men. His
reputation would hare been national.
As It is, be will be remembered as a grea
lawyer, a good citisen, a steadfast friend and
most genial and companionable man.
Something to Think About.
Speaking of the dissatisfied workingmen
who want short days and long wages, Mr.
Beecher said, the other night: “I have no
nsofor oight hour men With fourteen boar
wives.”
Tbe Brooklyn preacher fired » solid shot that
time, and it woDt straight to tho mark. All
over the country stalwart men ore complain
ing that they cannot work ten horns. Thoy
wont the some wages and olght hours’ work.
Their wires, in the majority of cooes, if thoy
have bonnes and children to toko care of,
work iourtcen or fifteen hoars ont of tho
twenty-four. These patient toilers do not
howl for less work nnd higher-wages. Thoy
never complain. They never strike.
The nun wlio built up this country, and
tbe men who continue to win Guno and for
tune, cannot bo counted among the eight
boor men. They scorned to be outdono by
their fourteen hour wives. Together they
bore tbe lmrdcn, together they conquered
•access, amt .together their names and deeds
ore honored by tbe men nnd women of today.
Work, and plenty of it, is a good thing.
Even if wo wear ont, tt is fiu: better thnn to
rust oat
ring the past two or throe years in steadily J ^‘J^^^ 0 7theteaSiiUMe«»uroejottho
decreasing their circulation, and but for tue I lcntb ytic cspIMiit has been iniluenoed to witn
bene of silver certificates this decrease wonld I n 0 M his money from what ho must have seen was
bare made itself felt in the roatraetion ot\
the currency. I conntTy. the emigrant and ploncar.hai boc^Mgnt-
With respect to tho surplus revenue, Jlr. I cnc a i,y pictured caUmrfty and -deluriTe’scetkosi-
Bhemmn would reduce it by cutting clown | prejudice. Tho fret ii ths^t^ Tu^ectobJ^etuer
tbe tax ©n bank circulation firam one per |
cent to one-half of one per cent. He would J
reduce the tax on tobacco one-half, and put j
sugar on the free list, consoling the southern
from the north reeelrefl more generous wettyme
from the southern people thun be who OOtnosfrom
eny other quarter, for they know him tone neat
taught in the science of self-maintenance.
I hsre been emitted at tbemegnanimlty of tho
sugar producer with a bounty of two per J ^mVfftWkrMMvritoterieprevwSyrefcr-
cent a pound on all sugar-they maaunveture. |. mmi through their misrepresentation. Lawrence
Altogether*, it is a tctv fine .platform, and I county, Tennessee, to a new eoonty, and jwo that
K^boTthlt John k ^sexioTto be p W l- 1 ** «re«n4
dent ns when he invented and manipulated
the T i — Pinkston side-show in Louisiana.
There is one thing about the platform, how
ever, and that is .the absense of tho bloody
shirt business. Ifoa John reformed, or hoe
he at font concluded that the people of. tbe
whole country are sick of oocttenaHsm?
•When last heard from, be was engaged In
waving tlie bloody shirt for all it was worth,
but now he seems to have forgotten that
there was ever snch on issne.
offers great inducements to tho industrious-sod
eober emigrant.
There are already many northern Ounliie*ihore,
bM they will not aoeord yoaos haarty a woloome
u my southern-bom neighbor. Land is Rood sod
cheap, tho oltuate-snd water healthful, ana now
isthe rime to emlsmle. Sectionalism-wilt moro
effectually disappear .under a wtLOtasasns tido of
emlsmtion than in any other way.
Down with sectionalism.
Mr. Pease has discovered in u few months
what tbe son them, people discovered many
yean ago, namely, that sectionalism in poli
tics, snch as the republican party represents
is fotal to harmony between the sections and
to tho progress and development of tho south.
Fortunately for tho whole country, and ee-
The Oldest Inhabitant
Ho has been found nt last.
His name is Noah Roby, And lie liven at 1 pecially the south, the spirit of sectionalism
Plainfield, New Jersey. I -whichthe republican party wonld keep aiivc.
On Thanksgiving Day Mr. Roby visited I has been practically killed by tho saoeess
Roselle. In the course of a brief converse- I democratic party.
tlon he stated that ho wan 115 years old. Ho I qii C continued snccoss of the democratic
was born in North Carolina, nnd moved to I-party means the continued development of
New Jersey eighty years ngo. He remem- I the south—tho continaal' investment
bers seeing George Washington when he was I northern capital in this section,
serving ills first term as president. Tlie old I Th e development of the resources
lunn served in the war-of 1613. He has | of toe south, and the investment of northern
always lived nn active life, and has been
temperate in all things.
Mr. Roby is inclined to think that bis eye
sight is not ss good as tt was, bat hls-health
is still unimpaired.
If there is an older man than Mr. Roby in
thoconntiy, now is a good time for him to
show up.
A Persecuted l*rohlbitlonl*t.
William Campbell, who was brought for
fore a New York court, the other day, charg
ed with attempting to vote in another man’s
name, appears to ho a victim of a peculiar
set of circumstances.
Mr. Campbell informed tho court that he
resided in New Haven, where ho was well
known as a prominent prohibitionist. 8<>
fierce was bis warfare open the liquor deal
ers, that ho had made them nil his bitter en
emies. Catching him one night on the fiy
as it were, the liquor men outdo him drunk,
kidnapped him, rushed him over to-New
York, and indnecd Mm, while still intoxica
ted, to attempt to cast-on illegal vote.
Kuril a plain and straightforward story, os
matter of course, carried conviction with
it; bnt the eunrt reserved Its decision, doubt
less for no other reason than to worry the
defendant and keep him in suspenso.
The case naturally excites widespread In
terest. If the anti-preMbitioniats are allow
ed to moke prohibitionists drank, and alido
them into the penitentiary,' wo ore thread to
tho conclusion that the country Is not safe.
It ts to he hoped that .Hr,'Campbell's perse
cutors will get what they deecrvo.
The Constitution for 1SH7
Will be tho richest, Mfsmt, best psper rviruo.1 in
America. Don't foil to lake It.
The Negro in Congress.
The New York Tribune, commenting re
cently on the defeat of two negro candidates
for congress, one in North and Uio other in
South Carol inn, amt bath backed by un over
whelming nnjoritv of colored voters, re
marked in substuneo that the bulldozers
bad had their way again nnd that they had
carried ont their intention to keep any negro
representatives out of congress from tho
south.
Tbe Philadelphia News is of the opinion,
however, that bulldozing will not acomrnt
for tho detent of O’ftnro nnd KmalLv, for the
reason that the black majorities in their
districts me loo heavy to ndmit of such tee
th's. It has never occurred to the Tribune,
we presume, that by n resort to some sort
of taetirs, the lurgo contlugcut of educated
negroes ut tlio north has for many years been
denied a representative of Its own in con
gress. Tile southern negroes have lind sumo
opportunities to display tltemsclves in na
tional polltii*—in congress, nnd iu state
legislatures—but the northern negtoco have
never had such opportunities.
They have been practically kept down by
the republican party, and, so far. as we
know, they have made no complaint, about
it. The policy of suppressing them lias
teen so general and so long continued that
they have come to regard it its a matter of
course. It U natural to suppose, however,
that if tliero is any real desire among the
negroes to become conspicuous in politico it
w ould manifest itself nt the north,where they
have—or wliero it is claimed they liave—the
superior benefits arising from intimate so
cial contact and from tho system of public
education we hear so much about. What is
tlie trouble nt the north? Why is tho negro
suppressed, or why does he suppress himself?
With respect to the defeat of O’Uaiu and
Smalls, Thomas Fortune, a southern negro
w ho is editing tbe New York Enterprise, a
weekly paper, says that it has been brought
about iu tlie moat natural way imaginable,
lie lays, and says truly, that they did noth
ing to promote the interests of their mee.
They were figure heads merely. They not
ouly dal nothing to promote tbe interests of
the race, bnt they did nothing to give their
race confidence In them ns individuals.
Editor Fortune reviews the records of all
tbe negro congressmen, nnd hi* condnsion is.
the same with respect to nil of them. They.
did nothing.
John Sherman** Platfbrm.
Senator Sherman, who has been trying for
several yearn to place Us icy hand on tha
republican nomination for president, bos just
nt ranged, in n free and familiar talk with V.
C. McBride, tlie Washington correspondent,
a trend new platform of principles.
What -is Fenator Sherman's platftwni?
Briefly stated. It is thus: With respeet to the
national hank problem, be would salvo it by
haring their circulation on tlie ontstandiog
t and 4) per c*nt bauds, allowing tlie banks
to issue notes np to tho market vatne of time
bonds, this value to be ascertained ones a
year. This, it will be seen, merely postpone*
absolution of the problem, nhirb is not much
of a problem after all. He proceed* on tbs
theory that the banka are compelled to hare
s cirrclatien, whereas a great many of the
The Stono Episode.
The Boston Advertiser Is nothing If not
analytical and cmatlanoL Commenting on tho
preaident’s letter to Stone, nnd comparing it j
with his letter to Benton, the Advertiser re
marks:
The conclusion soonu instilled that tho few re
publicans who mil hold. office ere not allowed to
express their conviclkms upon, public questions nn-
km they arc thvorahle to ths administration; whllo
democrats may spexk their sentiment*—always
expected, of course, to be In keeping with the
views of tho dominant regime. Or, in other words,
federal officeholders may toko.nnactlvopartlu
eatnptilgns—tho president’s order to the contrary
notwithstanding—always, however, an. the pre
sumption that this pert will bo hi the line of In-
dot sement and praise of tho administration.
Tlutisafomt our conclusion, though onr
esteemed Boston contemporary gives it a
twnng which wonld seem to imply that re
publican officials ought to bo retained in
capital are of a great dent more importance
to onr people than tbe controversy over the
civil scgvleo polity of tho democratic admin
istration, Tho southern democrats cannot
help but remember that the caution and con
servatism of the iwesideiit have given the
capitaHstsof tbe north confidence in southern
.investments.
We take the liberty, therefore, iu saying
that the south is not only solid tor itself nnd
tho democratic party, but that it is solid for
Mr. Cleveland. Those who are now carping
at the president will find that this is the way
the matter stands.
A Blizzard of Sleet and Snow.
It is not too much to say that Atlanta has
been struck by tbe business end of a bliz
zard. There has been no great disarrange
ment of the thermometer, for tho mercury
yesterday ranged in tho neighborhood of
33 degrees, varying n little above and n little
below, bnt there 1ms been and there will be
considerable discomfort and loss from the
phenomenal sleet nnd snowstorm which ap
pears to havo been central over titis town
Baturdny nnd Sunday, and which, at this
writing, shows serious symptoms of abiding
with us.
Altogether, the storm ls one to be long re
membered, and when somo of tho youngsters
who were yesterday pelting belated pedes
trians grow to be the oldest inhabitants,
they will sit'by the fire and tell their great
grandchildren that the alectetorm of tbe 4th
nnd 6Ui of December, 1886, was one of the
most remarkable affairs of tho kind ever
known in tbe history of tho world. Tho
oldest inhabitant, it wilt bo remembered, is
asgood as a magnifying glass any day in tho
year. • '
PERSONS AND THINOS.
Two men of Philadelphia wet a lead 'Of
slate so that It looked like cost and then sold It- to
an unsuspecting citizen, who thought hu was lucky
in buying it far tut
i cavity,
Jous Doaxz, of Wagon Wheel, Idaho, died
recently, nud his mother, s widow, mud hts two
unmarrial sisters went to the town to- attend ths
| funeral, and remained to look utter Ms property.
They were tho only unmarried women lu tho
plare, f and hoforo I tho tlowera find -withered on
John'agravo the widow had boea married to the
meyor of tho town, the older shier to the sheriff,
end tho younger to n prominent citizen. Tho threo
,, . ' , ® I weddintsweto held at the same time, nnd nil of
office for the sole purpose of abusing tho | tbe town attended,
president end the administration. A person
with any cocrcpiion at all of the proprieties
ought to undendnnd that a republican who
aerepts office under n democratic administra
tion, or who, for some inconceivable purpose
kuown ouly to tlie mngivuinpians, is permit-
ed to retain offices at once becomes a part of
tbe administration, and it is bis duty to try
to nphold tt and help it along.
Mr. Cleveland -lias been malting an ex
tremely hazardous experiment lie has been
honestly trying to administer u law tint was
never intended to ho administered honestly
—a law that the republicans never even at
tempted to administer. He has succeeded to
some extent, because he Is n strong man and
au honest man—earnest of purpose and ener
getic. But Mr. Clcvelmid’ii administration
would be a most dismal failure indeed if bo
permitted the republicans who hold office
under him to take the stump and cnileavor
to destroy the confidence of the people in the
party which Mr. Cleveland represents.
It is to be hoped that tiro Stone episode is
the tuning point in Mr. Clevelund’s admin
istration. He has made an honest effort to
carry ont the extreme republican interpreta
tion of the csril service law, and bwhas met
apposition at every point from tlie republi
cans 1 hem-elves. 11c is no doubt satisfied
by this time that for an administration to 1m
thoroughly democratic, its officers, from tho
highest to .the lowest, should be democrats—
not necessarily the class of democrats that
is always begging for office, but respectable
democrats, who are men of steading nud in
fluence.
Tlie South and tbe President.
Mr. Verne 8. Pease, formerly of Michigan,
writes a very interesting letter to the Cincin
nati Enquirer in regard to the emigration
from the north to the south. Mr. Pease live*
at Fnmmertown, Tennessee, and he appears
to be charmed with bis new home and with
his new neighbors. He is no soonerjutlled
iu the south thsn he perceives tho total folly
of sectionalism. lie says:
Kit it evert ixr.-nr to any one in the north Ihst
tlireliYdonofnint two yc.-ir-e wtccassfbl admints-
lien ty a demoerAttci-iv-idcut hr.s bAd&moh to do
Wllh the pre-cut i tuigrelipu &euthanr.t. Tho cry
tu-a is, ---'outhv, srd. hot" Kray part of the south
Is Invttfus enitpTolton. and the Event north and
north*CM arc zioit tcnerourly re,;-on-iinz.
The strong repel Mean state* have lesraod th it
thoeterti.-n of a dcns.Kratlc president do.-* not
sucsn alt that their Uoody-shirt lesecrs bet pre
dicted And premised with ,nvh hypoctlticr.i»-V-.S
ntty, and ao* they are sending this w»y tbe Urge-t
number of emigrants.
I cam* to Tennessee a few months asotolouk
after Use settlement of a Pole*y from tbe north, a
pretty good sepnhticac, hot now am Billy deeMeJ
•ever again to foppovl to office aay man sbofis-
riua this 6M eeCth-maHrao. fast aat«e»tnwd It*
not be done tatriHgerntty aad
By a new process of toughening wood, It la
claimed ihnt the effect produced upon whltcwood
is such that a cold chisel. Is required lu onto:- to
rpUt it—this result lielng accomplished byn spec
ie'. method of slemning the timber and submitting
It to end pressure, lty this means the colls and
Cbrcs arc compressed into one compact luuvs, and
tome of tho timber, commonly considered until for
use in such work as carriage building, for example,
enu be made valuable by this menus as a substi
tute for ash, hickory, etc. This method Is apptica-
cable, of course, only lo. wood In comparatively
small quantities or siri-.v
A Rosie (N.Y.Igirl filled threo stone bserjugs
with wet rand, corked them tightly, and set them
lu the oven to hent, so that sho could warm her
ted with them. The heat generated steam from
tho wet vend, and an cxpladon followed, which
fitted the room with flying sand nnd fragments of
beer jugs. The girl nnd thoreit of the family wore
badly scared, hut unhurt.
This advertisement, which appeared in a
Kcw Vork newspaper yesterday, was shown to ono
or the patriarchs: Agcutlcmanofwcanh nud re
spectability, from tbe west, will pay well for the
Introduction of hts family Into the higher ctrclos e!
fashionable society In New York: nit commnnleit-
tlono strictly confidential. Society, 1S1 Herald
office.
A mrif-OUTAUAK was permitted to
- he was innocent
guilty.
innoeel
' the twenty presidents who have passed
- four lie tinned In New York state. Arthur
»in the Albany cemetery, Martin Van Boren
w as burted tu the old burytug-groimd at Kinder-
book, Millard Fillmore’s grave Is In Forest Lawn
cemetery, Buffalo, and General Grant's remains lie
n a tomb at Ktvcnldc. James Monroe was buried
Queer Conclusions-
From the Philadelphia News.
During a smart snowstorm at Modsm, Oil,
a rancher was la town trying to soil a load of water-
Fifty thousand tons of soot are taken from Lon
don chimneys ayear. It Jaestlmatodiobo worth
ffSftCOO, and It is used as a fertilizer, half a ton to
users.
A notorious miser, haring heard a very excellent
citarUrtermun, sold. "This sermon proves wrstreoR-
ty the necessity of aims that 1 have almost a mind
to beg."
■ The number i f deadly star have been reduced to
five by a Uaptlit preacher of JArexpool. England,
and this is bis new catalogue: Them r gofiig, cord*
t>loyiuR, novel-reading, dancing, drinldns-
- UorkKuawtl thinks lhatsonic vessels have gone a
n: l-slng :n n ays not a little romantic and striking—
os treta Icing tetea fire by u meteor, ono tn-
s sect of which occurredeu tbe I’acidccoaa In
A l-cotbto'.'h St Foil fake city challenges often-
pit j.y r. -fin o:i which is fiiscrlbedahls textual:
■•Hoots EatkcJ a: a rqcrU.
Sfarylastd'* Bastardy Low.
BtJTIMOBr, Dcccmla-r 4.—In tho criminal
rt tedny Judge Duffy declared the boston])* low
of Maryland cucan-titntlnnal because of cnnUfet
s;tth fhcffuutccmh imcwtmcat. Tlie law denies
to a cokevri Assouan wit At fa granted to a white
wOman, fas that ab* cannot compel she Cuher to
fay toe expenses of fits Ufegitt-aaie child. Use
resc win to rooted so toe appellate court and lu
.lecWcn will bcteoaod forward to with snob la-.
a HTOLixmaaEB.
i How B srnn Grndnnlly Turned Olnuelr t.
Bostlnl Creature. “ t< ’»
■ From the Ban Francisco c*U.
It was once my fortune to-ran
l. riU SS < * “ tbo a»n ooold buna » JL“!
was riding scroat -country la Maryland
: twenty mils*from Wazbintfan, wh"i“i-^"»
what appeared to bo «^™kra?rn5^mf5
itbo top.toere .tru st hole, blackened' sm!2
tho 'Cdgct. A frsrther InTcstlgatlon SoJJd
» side opening about Urge enough toriS
aman to crawl In. I knoeked byfoiln^aS?:
stalk dosrntho etdaumy, nud.toafowmiiS
itooro appeared from too door a «mTc!
.hideous, so bestial in every feauue, ^ «
thorse backed pit; It was the mtotag u»k!7
there ever was one, and toe JarrmSf i£ii
:tkat too creature, uttered only added totS
straagenemof hie appearance. I oonld sot untov
stand a woid-nnd radeurn the fields to a Sera,
whore the corner notoqly gave mo tort nlstems
toe strsngebelng, buUnducodmo tagrawimStks
aen after Wm.. Tbe man could only talk in 4
berisJi understood by W« employer. He wan notS
idiot, ea-we might .have mjrponO, but wa » dmpw ■
as ray acquaintance put it, a typo of the im
kind. He bad owned him before the war, 43d ha
waa valued-aa jnUberer, preferring to work £
ditches, often up to hi# waist lo water, wherek*
would wallowllke a bog. Hi* ex-owner toW
the ranu cUlmodtohave been a prince in hiintUrs
country, that bo wax sold as a slave aud broaiht
to iFlarid&p and‘finally again told here. At thit
time he was being paid a nominal sum, vUeh
be pave Uv.aa alleged reUUve, reserving ^
euough toitipply.bimiclf with food and tobsesa
Tbe underground burrow was reached by crawling
through nfrhort tuanot that led Into a room bttow
the Burface of the ground, with room for three or
four penonstojdtttrat-not stand. In ono ""t
.was a fire hole, bnt tl»© sides of the hoTclwem
baked and blackened *by the smoke that must hsvt
filled the room. Two. or three tin dishes, a pUsof
cornu oiks as a bod, completed ths outfit of this ho*
man lielng, who lived here vrInter and bummer.
- This was a number of yonrs ago, and if thU sped-
men has gone on reverting and degoneratiaf, be
;raay(iirau being no . object) have rcaohedamoco
comfortable stage, and now befiound covered witha
coating of hair or ftir. havc (orgotUm how toboUd
a fire, and be on the confines of that boll ami tooth*
less tlmo that Is predicted for tho future human
race fco.cheerftiily by a demon jctontlat.
Too good n Preacher.
From the Washington Critic.
‘How do you like that now minister 0/
yours?” a.skcd Deacon Snagg* of Elder L*rry.
“I'm afraid ho'atoopowerful. We cantituad tt,’*
“How’s that?”
“Well, you seo, ho preached a trial sennon csf
salvation, and every unrepentant sinner in tbe su*
dicucc came up and joined tho church. Bo we cn*
gaged him. The next Sunday he preachod oa the
duty of marriage, and every old bachelor and trid;
on er ic tho congrega(ibn.hookod on to an old maid
and was married before Saturday night Uc got a
flve-doUor fee out of every couple. But tho want
came last Sunday, lie preached upon tho duty of
giving all to the Lord, nnd I hopo I may acAr tt
two dcacoM didn’t sprain thoir backs corryia
around the contribution boskets, they were so load
<d down with sllrcr. When tho congregation wss
idismiesed it was just like leaving a Ikro back- them
wasn't a cent in the crowd. Tho house had all thq
money. Wo can’t stand such eloquence.”
$500! In Presents $500!
last Christmas we gave our agents a icbristuus
dinner, sending each of them railroad tickets to
and from Atlanta, r We will not repeat tho dinner
.this year because all our agents cannot attend. We
•want to do something that will give the agent hi
Texas and Yirglnla—in the Indian territory sod
Vermont—tho came chanoe’as the agont in Georgia
and Alabama.
Wo have determined to distribute a^lot'of .Chriit*
mas presents to our friends, beginning with flOO la
gold, and running down to less valuaale presents
to every agont. Wo cannot give it So the agea
sending tho biggest-dub. for that leaves out the
smaller agents, who are just as faithful and dossnr*
ing. We have ihmfrre adopted. theSfollowing
■plan* ,
Wc have had printod a number of imidi iqutfd
(togt. For every new subscriber,sent Ja during the
month of December we will writo the name of tho
person who tends it, on one of tha tags and put tt
Inabox. On the first of January, wowillhsve
this aox, containing the tag", taken iirthe pressne,
of three responsible agents and thoroughly sh akea
.One of the agents shall then take a tag from tho
box. The person whose name is on that tag shall
have the 8100 premium. Another agent shall then
take out a tag. Tho porson whoso name Is on .that
itag shall havo thoST-o premium, , and ao ou until
Ibo prcmloms arc all taken.
Thin is of coureo no lottery or anything akin to it
It is a free, voluntary distribution of presents to
our fricnds<tfor which they pay nothing, >nd for
which wcork no pay. Wc want every eubacribtf
to sharo in thit distribution. Any subscriber there
foro who sends us ths ruuno of a new sabvrribor.
will have Ids or her name put on aftagand dropped
in the box. If thoy send two new subscribers their
namo will be written on two tags and put in tho
box tw ice. Ono who sends a club of five sabacrl*
aor* will bo on five tags In tiro box,'land will thus
have th e chances Instead of . ono of getting u pro*
snium.
Kow her* nretfje'prt’inUuns:
1 premium, In gold, of. mm—... WOO
_ premium, Hi gold, or. $
2 prmlunuf Of fio each
B premiums of *5 each. "
1 i*cnitnn of high arm machine. **
1 premium Of tow.artn machine.
1 premium of Constitution gun if
Ul premiums of WhUfrbury watches **
26 premiums of one year’s subscription to
TUX WEEKLY UOXSTITLTION.,. W
Kow, let ta be distinctly understood. ThU is a
free and voluntary gift to our friends and soascrl*
here. We want every oue to participate. To do
thU you have simply to get us one new soascriber
Yonr mune goes into the box and you may get tho
flOO premium* Foretell additional subscriber you
get an extra chance*. Now here arc threo rules:
1st.* If you arc already a subscriber, you maft
send a new subscriber, and for.each new subscriber
your name goes in tbe box.
2d If you are a regular agent your name will go
Into the box for every renewal that expire* during
December, and of counto for every new subscriber,
8d. If you .arc notw subscriber your name goes in
llic box for your own subscription and/or every ad.
dltlonal subscriber you scud.
Now let every subscriber send 'in a new sub*
*criser, and thus get a place iu our lYemium Box*
J.et every agent send in his lists. Let every person
Into whose hands this may fall send in his sub*
acription at onee and get a place In our Premia®
Box, and add two or three more so as to get two OC
three chances.
Of course every onewlll not'get a premium, but
every one will have a chance. A little child who
gets ohe subscriber may get the «1M In gold, tor toll
ing Iu this, the KO-or son*® other premium. You
cannot possibly losoanythiuK-toryooglte nothing
for the chance. If yoo gel a friend Vo subscribe yoa
us a ffcror and you do your friend a favor, foe
you get him started with the best newspaper in ti®
country, and he will thank you every week for it.
If you take it yourself, you get the biggest and best
and chcepvfot paper in America. Now let every,
body come lu and get a place in our Premium Bo< -
and try to get one of our Christmas present*.
Of course our othe.- premiums will be given Just
usual. For every throe uotranaseriber* we will
send cue of onr superb picture*, aud all other pro*
miums is* aihrertbed. Thccc special (liristmaa
present* ere pnre-and staple gift* to o*ir friend*—,
suade in grateful acknowlodgcuaent of tbeir kind*
and devotion.
AU w bo want agent’s outfits <0 work with—speci
men copies, potion,pic? ire4, agent’s books, blanks;
envelopes, etc., cen get ttiem by writing to os foe
them. We offer good ran Valera premiums for get
ting snlsalbeis, and Tuc Cowtirvrum is undouh
cdly the beat paper in the country toeaavaai fbr,
fiend for maples and outfit it you- want .
work. It will pay yoo to
a Coxrmmox agent fbr the next twehro
nrember. that to share In thcCtvtKaxi
presents aHnameenaft be m«tveA* hero ouvrhfi
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