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THE ‘WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.' ATLANTA, GA*, TUESDAY DECEMBER 14 1886
IflE WEEKLY CONSTITDTIOH
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ATLANTA, GA, DECgMBEB 7, 1886.
Our Friends anil Our "Obrlstmne-Box.'
Our Christmoe-box reemsto be getting
jMjmlar. It ia a very simple affair. We
merely want to diatribnte among onr Mends
a few presents. Wo can’t gire to every suls-
nerlber, nod we take the method described
on the laat column of this page to dietribute
'what presents we can afford, impartially and
fairly.
We want every subscriber on our books
to baron share in otir ‘‘Christmai-bor.’'
We charge nothing for it. We aimply ask
you to send us in ous new subscriber. Any
ofyou can do tliat. For every subscriber
you scud we put your name in oar box—so
by sending lire yon get your name in. Ore
times. Ties ides getting to r the five subscri
bers at each the right to buy ous of our
Welches and chains for |1.S5.
We give these Christmas presents wil
lingly. We only wish they were ten times
as many. Whoever gets the $100present will
get it without it costing them n cent and
with onr hearty good wishes. Bo of the
other presents. All that we ask U that all
onr Mends get a place in onr box and thereby
a share in onr presents Just reflect on It—in
one halfhonr’a work you get three or four
uubscrflicn, and it may get you $100. Home
body will get it. It may as well be yon as
any cue. Half of December yet remains.
Yon can rosily yet a halfdoreu places in our
box. A club of ton at $1 each getsgyou ten
places, and a walcb and chain freo ns n
present,
In ull tills Tiik Wixkly Constitution-
for ono year Is what you buy. It is what
yon pay for, and it is worth ten times the
money. Whatever Mend you get to pay $1
for it will thank yon over and over for beg
ging him to try it. If yon get tho $100
present for yonr half boar’s work that ia Just
so much extra thrown In by tts as a (Veo and
spontaneous Christmas gill with oar prayers
that yon and your family and friends may
live long and prosper. Now during tho next
two weeks roll in the new subscribers by the
thousands. _
Til ■ Evening Star, of Washington,discloses
a rather novel reqnest which has been re
ceived tft the interior department Ham a
young man Uvtng In Nebraska, who wants
to maror a daughter of Standing Dear, a
Bioux chief. He states who he U and in
closes a photograph of the girl, who is very
nice looking und was edacatcd at Carlisle.
Tire yonng man, however, wishes to go and
livo on tho reservation with his prospective
wife and her relations, and, for this reason,
it was necessary to obtain the permission of
the interior department. White men are
not allowed to stay on on Indian reservation
unless they have authority from the govern
ment to do so, and so this young man was
obliged to take the government Into his con
fidence aud reveal his love strain. The
rotary of the interior considered the matter. i
from its pnettosl rather than its sentimental ) the* tuen.v years ago ho signed a conditional
to help his candidacy for sheriff, and that
Fowdedy’s orders were pocketed, anil the
men kept starving, that the rascal’s cam
paign might be benefited.
In New Jersey the glass blowers have for
mally withdrawn from the knights because
of the vidons and iboliah conduct of a knight
named Coffey, who his plainly irritated mat-
tcra'fcr selfish purposes. Over his protest,
the glass blowers ore going back to work.
In the great tanner’s strike, which resulted
dixastrouely to the knights, the same mis
management was noticeable. In Augusts,
Georgia, thousands of women and children
are still suffering from the nnwioe and sel
fish leadership of the foxy Meyuanlis, and It
1* hinted Umt the investigation now pending
will show that there was something worse
than unwisdom in the matter.
In every case these strikes have been or
dered without reason, ami resulted in disas
ter. In each the smooth, treacherous band
of the professional agitator was at work In
each the joatcanso of organised labor has
suffered nnjnstly. It is painful to see the
great body of workingmen—the bone and
sinew of every community—led like sheep
by tramp conspirators, who are not worthy to
tie the shoea of an honest workman at hla
bench. These fellows have no interest in
labor, beyond what they pick upin its agita
tion. They have no interest in commnnities
or In men. They ore tramps in the worst
sense of the word. The Knights of labor
will do welt to pot real workingmen in
charge of their aflhlrs, and to toko these
workingmen from.the benches or the forgot,
or the shops in Atlanta, whero they have
long been known as scnsiblo, sober, conser
vative men. '
Another Lord and His Lady.
It Is a relief to tnm aside from tbe o
Lord and Lady Colin Campbell tothedlvorce
suit of Lady Aylmer.
The Aylmer erne is comparatively decont.
The plaintiff was a wealthy American girl
who married Sir Arthur Perry Fitxgcrald
Aylmer abont two years ago. Immediately
oiler the marriage Sir Arthur got drunk and
attempted to strangle his brido. Tho next
dny he tried to smother her with a pillow.
Another time he strnek his wifo over the
head with a walking stick Tiien ha ran
away und canted off a London flower girl
with him. A spell of Illness attacked him
nlnl I July Aylmer nursed him back to health.
IVlien lie recovered he assaulted her and beat
her faoo with bis fists. Finding it unsafo to
live with him the itnlmppy laily ticked for
totnl divorce and obtained it a few days ogo.
Blr Arthur Aylmer is not a very loveable
character, but he fs so much 1 letter than
Ixird Colin Campbell that wo begin to think
better of the Ilritish aristocracy. Perhaps,
alter all, tlicro are more Aylmers than Camp
bells among them. They may make just as
disagreeable husbands, hut their misdeeds
make hotter copy (br the family newspapers,
and that Is the great thing these days.
A Dull In a China Shop.
In spite of every precaution abrill will occa
sionally get Into tho best regulated china
shop.
Some time ago a drummer for a wholesale
liquor (muse was taken for a prominent tem
perance man and called npon to address
prohibition meeting in Baltimore. He made
good speech, but wound up by extolling
tho particulnr brand of whisky sold by his
house. Tlie infuriated audience mnde a dash
at him, and he barely escaped with his life.
An incident Adly aa ladicrons occurred a
week or so ago in Manchester, England. At
big meeting or the Church of England
Temperance aoeloty bishop Moorhoase was
called upon for a speech. Tbe bishop said
aide, and concluded that while he could not
prevent the yoang man marrying tbe girl he
could prevent him from going to livo with
the old iblka, and if he was anxious to marry
the young woman, an he professed to ha, he
might scratch around and provide her with a
home.
Our Dally Dread
Alter all, tlxi toad question is the greatest
- of our material problems.
Arrordlng to Edward Atkinson's figures,
half the cost of life goes for food. More
than half the work of life la spent on what
we cat. It taken tho labor of fl,000,000 men
to produce and. transport our daily rations,
to say nothing of tire mil lions of men and
wonreu who sell it and prepare it for the
table. We pay every year for onr food
$4, M2,000,000.
While this is a land of plenty it is a
Umcnteble fact that many go hungry. The
avenge root of fUxl for our workers Is about
twenty-five cents a day. In Prussia tho
avenge rest Is ten thou ten cents a day, and
yet with our (bod supply we are able to live
cheaper here than people live in Prussia.
The fact is, w» have brought ten science
to bear upon our diet than upon anything
aha. ir our poor people aad email wage-
workers were more jadtalous in their selec
tion of thod they would live more comforts-
bly sad never know the meaning of hard
times.
Our netlonel failing ia an inability to ap-
prreiato tbe great Ihct that a penny saved is
a penny gained. In oar treatment of the
find problem we have illustrated our prodi
gal and waeteAil tendencies more conspicu
ously, perhaps, than we have in any other
direction.
Ara Knights Unsafe Loaders?
Tax CoXKTiiTTiox baa oodifferences with
the Knights of Labor. On the contrary, its
only relations with the order have been each
as establish confidence and a sense of mutual
obligation. Thc-princi)flee ou which the
order is established, are ideal in their excel
lence, and administered hy its supreme offi-
cen under these principle*, it is the friend
and not the enemy of Atlr employers and of
inteUigral capital.
Tbe trouble is, the knights are constantly
Misled by a gang of local demagogues or
lantero-jawwl tramps, whose only interest Is
in agitation, and who thrive only while tliolr
dupes are starving. It was a crowd of there
pestilent fellows that the other day commit
ted the sixty thousand workingmen of Chi
cago to sympathy with the murderous an-
airhists, nnd a similar gang that in Phila
delphia broke up a corporative enterprise,
through which an intelligent experiment w.u
to be tried under most favorable conditions.
In inciting and mismanaging strikes, bow-
evtr, there curbstone statesmen ore most
Tbe scandalous conduct of Martin Irani in
the southwestern strikes Is fresh ia the pab-
Jictniad. la the Chicags packer's strikes it
is new demonstrated that a lead politician
aimed Butler, ordered these strike* on nr off
pledge. He went ou very welt until the
close of tho second year when he broke down
entirely. His doctor told him that ho would
either have to give up half hla work or toko
some light stimulant-with his meals. It
was ridiculous to think of giving up half bin
work, so he returned to hia stimulant aud
never hail hia bad symptoms again. Tho
bishop went on to say that he was one of tho
thousands who had not the power of easily
digesting great mooses of food, stul could not
engage in active mental -labor without ner
vous excitement. Thousands of men doing
the greater part of tho lutcllcrtnnl work of
England belonged to the same class, and it
wettld be monstrous Air these men to either
commit suicide or give np half their work.
In this paralysing style tho amlnblo
bishop rattled on, apparently unconscious
of the fart that he had east
a chilly spelt over tlie meotlng. At
the ronelmdnn of the address the disappoint
ed and wnithy members of tlie Church of
England Temperance society got Into their
ovcmiats nnd gum shoea and meandered out
of the hall literally choking with righteous
indignation. The bull in the china shop had
pnt iu his work,
A Literary Rascal.
A few mouths ago tbe Century tnngatino
contained on article which purported to de
scribe “Life on tlie Alabama,” and to have
been written by ‘‘One of the crewr." The
illustrations of tho article were “After a
sketch hy the author.” It slandered
Demmes and his officers nnd the gallant men
who sailed and fouglit with the Alabama. A
more vicious snd rascally article was never
printed. It appeared, however, in the war
scries of the Ocntnry, and the presumption
was that the article came from responsible
hands. 1*. D. Haywood was given as the
name of the author.
From the first Tim CossTmrriox be
lieved this account to be a tbrgery and a
slander. IVe hart rend everything concern
ing the crew of tlie Alabama, nnd we knew
thnt Haywood was cither a myth or a liar—
probably both. IVe sent n correspondent to
talk w iih Captain McIntosh Kell, the cxeatt-
tive officer of the Alabama. He at once ex
posed tlie slander. He took the story np,
point by point, nnd showed that it was im
possible for certain incident- to have hap
pened. ships were “taken" in the wrong
place, lights occurred in certain liarliom into
which the Alalanui never went, ami riati on
certain land wlu-rc the crow Ilf the AUlirm.i
never landed. We published this exp wire
promptly and called on Tire Century and ail
concerned to give this ritttr snd unnuuver-
nble vindication of Admiral Demia-i, his
offlerro nnd his crew. It now transpires that
P. D. Haywood is a fraud. He hi. berac
vcrnl names and luw disgraced each one of
them, AsJ. It. Horton he robbed four
banks and Pinkrrion now h» a reward of
$1,COO offered for him.
Digamy appears to haw hew one. of htv
lightest misdemeanors. He is new nodes
in Inaras ter, Fa, Ibr forgeries by
which he cleared abont $J0,000 in Pennsyl
vania. Ho admits that he invented the
w hole of the Alabama stoiy an 1 that he wa“,
oltourae, never on theAlibama.
Wo have no comment!) for the methods of
The Century by whicn this imposture was
made easy, and by which this slander was
put on a brave seaman and hia men. Wo
do not core to comment even on tbe failure
of The Century to moke such reparation aa
Tire Conotitution’s interview with Captain
Kell would have suggested even to the most
prejudiced mind.
Blit Arp’s Letters.
Can be found nowhere but In tbe Cornxnunorr.
lie write* for no other taper. Its Is to furnish 78
I etiers next yesr.
Boston In a Good Humor.
In nn extended series of war lectures, de
livered in Boston daring the present year,
several confederate generals and colonels
have borne a conspicuous part. Tbe lectures
delivered by the confederates seem to have
been is well received os any of tbe others.
One subject the Bostonians could not get
enough of. This was Btonewait Jackson.
There was something in thnt grim soldier so
rntblimcly puritan that it went to the very
core of the New England heart. Ho daring
tjie season several of Jackson’s old comrades
have discussed and eulogized their great
commander before thousands of applauding
Bostonians.
liecently Colonel John H. Mostly visited
Boston and lectured. Now, Moeby’e meth
ods daring the war were well calculated to
shock the average Bostonian. Yet there lias
been such a change in public sentiment that
people not only flocked to hear the gallant
veteran, but tho men who wore tho blue
would not let him leare the city without n
banquet.
Speaking of Moiby, tho Boston Herald re
marks: "What wav unpleasant in tho war
may lie forgotten, and what was extreme iu
tbe conduct of its participants on the other
sldomnybe forgiven.” It is evident that
the venerable parltan sister inclines to softer
moods with advancing years. It is pleasant
to see onr old enemy falling in love with our
confederate chieftains. Let the good work
goon.
Tho Internal Revonue System.
In the conrac of his message, the president
referring to the necessity of reducing tho snr-
plus revenue, says: “It has been tlie policy
of the government to. collect the principal
part of its revenues by a tax upon imports,
and no change in this policy is desirable.”
This is good democratic doctrine, but tho
ihct remains Hint an immense sum of money
is collected from tho people annually by
menus of the internal revenue tax, which is
n war measure, pure nnd simple. Not only
is tho law under which this operates a war
measure, but it is the medium of oppression,
injustice and even nrardcr.
It Is a law, too, which stands in the way
of tariff reduction, for the nearer tho duties
on imports ara brought to a revenue basis the
argerwill be tho surplus in tho treasury
with tho internal revenue still in operation.
The free-traders make a great ontcry when
ever there is n proposition to repeal this law,
for they feel thnt tf it is continued In opera
tion they w ill have a more reasonable excuse
for pntlng the tariff on n froc-trado basis.
Bnt genuine revenue reformers ought to bo
aware of tho firct that if tlw tariff is reduced
to tlie revenue pojnt, tho excise law will have
to bo repealed.
This is a matter tho president neglected to
tonoh upon in his message.
A Singular Southern Industry.
According to a correspondent of tlie New
York Commercial Advertiser, tho largest
house in tho world engaged in the collection
of medicinal herbs, roots, barks, gums and
berries is conducted by two brothers at
Statesville, N. C.
Three brothers do a business of $100,000 n
year, handling more than 3,000 varieties,
weighing upwards of 2,000,000 pounds.
Shortly after tho war they started bnstnees in a
very small way. At fint they dealt chiefly In
ginseng, for which there Is always a big de
mand in China. Snakeroot was nlso looked
after, aud the bnstneas grow to such nn ex
tent that the brothers secured the services of
an eminent botanist.
The-traflc increased, until 40,000 persons
are kept busy collecting herbs and delivering
them to 400 or 800 different stores scattered
over some thirty conntics in western North
Carolina. These collectors nro chiefly
women, children nnd old men.
Nothing could hnvc been more unpromis
ing than this busincm when the. brothers
started it. Yet, with pluck, industry and
judicious management, it bids fair to pan
ont millions. Wo cimnot afford to scorn
small enterprises. They are tho forerunners
of bigger things.
McClellan and Stanton.
The memoira of General McClellan, which
have just been issued in book form by
Charlet I„ Webster & Co., are of absorbing
interest, if we arc to jndge from the advance
sheets which the publishers have sent ont to
the newspapers. No Diet is more dearly
established than that McClellan was ono of
the moot amiable of men, and it is this that
gives weight to hia crashing exposure of the
saceetsfttl efforts of Stanton and others to
humiliate hint. Hie volume makes plain what
has heretofore been only a matter of sus
picion, namely: that campaigns were begun
sad ended, vast movements inaugurated and
tremendous sacrifices made of tho soldiers
in the field for the purpose of keeping a
political party in power. In other words,
with pet haps the single exception of Lin-
coln, those in power managed affairs not for
the purpose of saving the union, but for the
purpose of perpetuating the republican party.
Tbe trouble with McClellan was that ho
na a democrat, and that he was patriotic
enough to take an interest in polities. Ho
was doomed to failure from tho first, not be
came he was nn incapable commander, but
because he was on active democrat.
Tlie most Interesting portion of McClellan's
book is devoted to a description of Stantou
and hi* method*. This description com
prise* the general impression as to Stanton's
donacter.
The moment tbe republican leaden dis
covered that they could not make a party-
led of McClellan, It became their policy to
ruin him, and Uiey sneiecdrel. Hia language
and art inn* were mi«rc presented to Lincoln,
and it wn* with the greatest difficulty that
he found on occasional opportunity to con
verse with tbe preaidant.
“They determined to min me in any event
and by any means,” says McClellan; “first
hy endeavoring to fore* me into premature
probably niff my mfUtnry career; afterwards
by withholding the means necessary
cchieve success.”
In regard to Stanton, General McClellan
had no doubt that he was one of the most
treacherous of men. Hi* comments on the
great war secretary are worth quoting. He
wys:
From the tight which has since been thrown
fitsnton's character I am raHalted that from an early
date he wns In the treasonable conspiracy, sod that
his course in Ingratiating himself with me, and
pretending to be my friend before he was In office,
was only s pert of hi* long system of treachery.
1 had never Been Mr. Blanton, and probably had
not even beard of him, before reaching Washing-
Ion lnlMl. Not many weeks after arriving I wo*
Inf oduced to him aa a safe adviser on legal points.
From that moment he did bis best to Ingratiate
himself with me, and profemed the warmest friend,
ship aud devotion, t bed no raeanu to suspect hla
sincerity, and, therefore, bettered him to be what
be professed. Tbe most disagreeable thing about
him was the extreme virulence with which be
abused the president, the administration aud tho
republican party. Hocarrlodthistosuch an extent
that I was often shocked by it,
Stanton never spoke of tho president in any way
than aa the “original gorilla," and often said that
liu chat hi was a fool to wander alt tho way to Africa
iu scorch of what ho could so oastty have found at
fiprlngfield, III. Nothingcould he more bluer than
his words and manner alwaya were when speaking
of the administration aud the republican party, llo
never gave them credit for honesty or patriotism,
and very seldom for any ability.
At tome time during the autumn of ISC! Secretary
Cameron mhde quite un abolition speech to sonio
newly eirlved regiment. Nest day Stanton urge*
me to arrest hire for inciting to insubordination
tic cftc-u advocated the propriety of my seizing tlie
government and taking affairs Into ray own baud*.
As he always expressed himself in favor of put-
tiug down tbe rebellion at any cost, 1 always re
garded these extreme views us the ebullitions of au
Intense suit patriotic nature, and sometimes wasted
more or less time to endeavoring io bring him to
more moderate views, never dreamiug timt oil the
white this man wak in dose communication with
the very men wheap be ro violently abused, tits
purpose was to endeavor to climb upon my shoul
ders and then throw me don n.
lieferrinx to tlie republican lenders ami
their intrigues for the inceess of their psrty
rnther than for the success of the union cause,
General McClellan writes:
They determined that 1 should not succeed,
canted out tnetr determination* only too welt und
fcarlhl rarritieuof blood, time aud treasure. In
the east alone it la quite safe to say that we unneces
sarily lost more than a quarter of nmtltlon iu killed,
wouude-d and prieouc-re lit consequence of my being
withdrawn from the pe-ntusnln and not property
supported. Tuklng both east and west and count
ing the losses also by disease, 1 do not doubt that
more than half a million of men were sucritlce-d
unnecessary for the rake uf insuring the success of
political party.
I do not base my assertions as to the motives of
the radical leaders npon mere surmises, but npon
facts that hnvc frequently como to lay knowledge
during tho war and since. For Instance, Major
Charles Davies, once professor of mathematics at
West Point, told me, and at a different time told
General Joseph' K. Johnston, tho following story
He said that during tlie very early part of the pe
ninsular campaign ho waa one of a commission sent
from New York to tttgo more vigorous action in sup
porting me. They called upon tho president aud
found Mr. Btnnton with him. Iu reply to thetr
statements of the purpose of their visit, Mr. Stanton
stated that the great end and atm ol tho war was to
abolish slavery. To end the war before tho nation
was ready for that would be a failure. Tho war
must bo prolonged and conducted so as to achleyo
that. That tho people of tho north wore not yet
ready to accept tho vtow, and that It would not
answer to permit mo to succeed until tho pcoplo bad
been worked np to the proper pitch on that question.
That tho war would not be finished tiff that result
was reached and that, therefore, it was waa not their
policy to strengthen General McClellan u as to in
sure bis success. -
Tho Constitution for 1857
Will bo the richest, biggest, boot paper printed in
America. Don’t foil to lako lk
A Pretty novv-Dye-Do In Hisytl.
Wo print this wools a remarkable story
from Hayti, the nogro republic, which lies a
few hundred miles off onr coast. This nrticlo
furnishes abundant proof that cannibalism
is practiced more or less openly oh that is
land, and that even tho president of the re
public Is a vondoint, if he is not a cannibal.
Tho stoiy makes horrible reading. It is
printed m part of the history of tho world
we livo in. If it point* any moral, it is thnt
tho northern philanthropists who qre spend
ing millions of dollars for tho education of
(he southern people, might very well afford
to pnt some of their duente in the ideal negro
republic which lies to the windward of ns,
Indeed, tho missionary societies which are
trying to evangelixe the ricc-oating China
man and the vagne and distant African,
might do well to mako Hayti a sort of half
way house. Wo cannot imagine a work that
ought to be more congenial to some of oar
colored politicians than embarking for Hayti
nnd pitting the Georgia hoodoo against tbe
Hay lion voudo. For the present at lout the
negro race in the south is progressing in an
honorable and aatiathetory way, in character
and capacity. In the meantime, almost
within hailing distance, the negroes of Hayti
are boiling babies’ heads for aonp and pick
ling liamun flesh in brine. Hayti has tbe
floor for the present, if tho philanthropists
please. _
'More War Talk.
Among the flowers that bloom in the
spring, next year, the blood-red rose of war
may bo expected to flame ont in oil its
tricked prodigality of color.
People jump to this conclusion because
Von Moltke has been talking. The old sol
dier has colled attention to the military
preparations of France, and has declared that
Germany must increase her armament. Ho
lias moreover let foil tbe remark that when
the coat of military establishments reach a
certain point war becomes cheaper than
pence.
Perhaps Germany and France will fight
next year. They are anciant enemies, with
long-standing grudges that con bo wiped ont
only in blood. They must fight sometime,
and why not in the coming spring?
One thing may delay the impending con
flict. Enosia is restless. Her recent bnige
in Bulgaria ia only a shadow of coming
events. She grows more and more impa
tient to possess Constantinople and dominate
Europe. If Kassia’a attitude grows danger
ously aggressive France awl Germany will
have to adjourn their differences until the
Cossack wins or loses in tbe game of empire.
Undoubtedly the situation bristles with
points of interest. But tlie war cloud may pass
away, for a time. The great powers of En-
repe arc not spoiling tor a fight every timo
they show tlicir teeth.
filicide. The explanation is that tho patient
has been afflicted with neuralgia lor years,
ard that when she waa driven to frenzy by
her pains she took the dangerous dose.
One wouM naturally suppose that in any
civilized community the woman would be al
lowed to go home with her husband ah soon
she ia able to travel. Not a bit of it- They
don’t do business that way in New York.
Already a special policeman has been sta
tioned in the hospital. He shares the hus
band's anxious watch. As soon ns tho sick
woman is able to stand he will drag her off
to jail, and a strong effort will then be mode
to send her to the penitentiary for a term of
years.
Of course the law onglit to be vindicated,
but what shall we soy of foolial! laws, cruel
laws and laws passed by a Jicartlc-a, wicked
people in the interests of sham civilization
and sham morality?
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Mr. W. H. Hyde, the well-known engraver,
has abandoned one art to lake up another. Ho
now mast school for dogs, and Is succeeding ad
mirably, a* be deserves to do. Ho has at hla su
burban place twenty-three pointers end setters,
which he Is mining. He says: “It is a work I am
fond of, and It Is profitnbtc. I am in the field with
my dogs every day. Many of the dog* in my pres
ent kennel are my own. The other* are sent In ‘
be trained. They come from Texas, Alubnnia, and
the Carolina*. I charge 150 each for training dogs
I hevo refused several this year because I cannot
handle more than 1 now hav
I asked Mr. Hyde about the high prices for bird
dogs. He said: "There is not a dog In ray kennel
that Icsa than I1C0 would buy—several that 1250
would not touch. 1 am training a sou of Gladstone
for Captain Jackson. TU» puppy was givoii him
by Captain Gray, who sold the rest of the litter In
which ho wasborn for WOO. Any well bred puppy
will bring fitly dollar* when eight weeks old, and
1* worth three times thnt when trained."
Hyde is a man of zest nnd taste, and find* delight
In Id* new work. It Is not generally known, hut
a dog was sold In Atlanta two year* ago for $10,000.
This price, however, was not paid iu cash—tho dog
was swapped for-two So,003 eats.
Senator Brown will not go to Washington null!
after the Christmas adjournment. Hit lungs are
threatened more seriously than ever, and bis phy
sician demands that he go to Florida at onee. Mr.
Julius Brown is also ordered south because of a con
dition of his lungs that alarms his friend*. It is
probable that he will go to Cuba. Senator Brown
ha* fonnd Thomasvlllc the belt climate for himself,
and will probably spend the month there. We
wish both of these distinguished invalids a speedy
return to health.
Senator Itoberts tolls a good story about a nogro
politician In southern Georgia wtio, just after tbo
-, ran for congress against several white men
The negro was making a tremendous speech, nnd
used perhaps the onlyartlclo of unadulterated
profanity ever need in a public speech in Georgia.
In a (light of eloquence he said:
'Hex’ summer you nlggeni la er gwlncter want
some bread an’mentl An' whoso er givlneter give
It ter yer? Is Mr. So-and-So (naming a candidate)
gwlncter give it ter yor? Is Mr. So-and-So gwlncter
gtvo It ter yer* Er Is Mr. So-and-So gwlncter give
ittcrycr? New!! ein! dey ain't got
nono fer doy own scfl"
Tho change of management in the Methodist
Orphans'home at. Decatur means mon than ap
pears on tho surface. For some years Bet. Bam
Jones has been dissatisfied with the management
of tho home. At conferonco this year, Mr. Jons
criticised the management, and it was changed so
aa to suit his viotvs. Ho now says that he Is going
to give hla life to building and endowing such aa
orphans' homo at Decatur as will bo the pride ol
the whole south. He can do It If be will. He can
easily raise fl00,000 a year for the next live yean
for this purpose, and that would establish and en
dow a magnificent homo.
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX.
Editors Constitution: Have you oyer
retd before the Inclosed verses? Can you toll me
thetr author? I do not remember ever to have
heard them, and yet I think they mutt be ol
at least not original vbout here. 1 found tin
a blank book with original matter. Your responso
will oblige, either through your paper without
naming me, or by private address, aa may best
suit your taste.
THE BROTH ESS.
We are but two—tbe others ulcep,
Through death's entroubled night,
We aro but two-O, let u* keep
The link that binds us bright.
Heart leaps toheart—the sacred flood
That warms us is tho same;
That faltbfol‘pain—their honest blood
Alike we fondly claim.
We in one mother’s arms were locked,
Long bo her love repaid
In tho samecradlo wo were rocked,
Round the same hearthstone played.
We arc but two—be that the hand
To hold us 'till we die;
Shoulder to shoulder let us stand
Till side by eldo we lie.
Cbauncky, Ga., December 7.—Editor* Con
stitution: What docs tbo word Bible come from?
Htudkht.
Bible is derived from the word blblns, which
means a reed or sedge. In ancient days books
were made from the leaves of reeds, which were
called papyr reeds. From tho word bibluscamo
Bible.
Bed Oak, Gs., December 8.—Editors Consti
tution: Why is tbe wild brier called the tfo^roie?
The tradition on which the name rests is as fol
lows: Pliny tells of a woman whose son was a sol*
dlerand who dreamed that she must send him a
root of the wild rose, a plant of which he was very
fond, and request him to drink tho extract Iu the
meantime he had been bitten by a dog sud symp*
In the Name of the Ttaw.
In New York tbe law provides a severe
puuL-liuient for the person who attempts to
commit Miiuide aa<\ makes a failure of it.
A recent case has *ome peculiar points of
hardship. A beautiful woman was fonnd at
a hotel snfi’ericg fit>m a larpj dote of chloral
and morphine. She waa carried to a hospital
and tha charpe of attempted suicide was duly
entered. The woman's husband came hastily
ficm a distant city when he bean! tlie news,
and ia now watching by his wile's bedside.
Hcjuli wealthy man, and them hashsen
nothing in hie home life to drive hia wife to
toms of hydrophobia had appeared. His mother’s
letter reached him urging him to accept the divine
warning and drink the extract of the wild- rose,
which he did and his life was saved.
C. W. M., Huntsville, Ala.: I am painting a
picture of the Apostle Paul. What costums did ho
wear at tbe time of his conversion?
The Byrian-llshrew dress was that of a loose
gown, reaching nearly to the ankles, with scarf-
belt, a cloak or heavy mantis wound about the
body and thrown over the shoulder, trimmed or
tasscled, a turban, a skull cap or contcal-shtped
for, and sandals. A variation of the dress was a
sleeveless coat reaching to the knees, and one long
undergarment, partly cloak and partly a robe or
dm* These were in parti-colors or bright figured
raiment. You know of the Tyrian purple, nator*
ally. With this were worn soft leather or skin
shoes, of elastic nature, low cut end braided. You
are referred to the illustrated German work by Dr.
Carl Robrback.
Cn.vr field, Navarro Co„ Texas, December
6th. I8ML—Dear Sirs: Having noticed an article
the last issue of your valuable paper, titled:
Dante's Hell in Texas," Without questioning
the veracity of the writer. I wish to Ipoint out his
discrepancies. He soys that the heat is so intense
that grass and all vegetation are dead. Yet, can
approach sufficiently close to the ctuum to look
into the "jaws of hell." Again, horses, cattle,
hops aud dog* are ctiffled by the sulphurous gases.
Still he clings tobb vitality. Further, he says
that water plunging into tbe abyss from the creeks,
creates “such a jar and thundering tone thnt can
felt and heard fir twenty two mile*." Thiak
Two’ insignificant creeks aurpasdng the
Ki¶ falls in grand*sir amt thunder.
“Lanwellcn," in bis superhuman imari nation
conceived. We envy him not the propertv n ‘ “**
BMWes. “Aa the wind moves the hu S o volumi „ r
moke aside It reveala huge, monsters writSSSSS
TWxtaeontraraS
rhyriologtcalfoeta. ThessJamanderher
in seen.
rassawS
tissue. Verity, will "Lanw elten" hareTSX
£2 h » wuF ' U11 -S
jJAtt" 111 ** prlnled > u we watt,
BespeettnUy youra, < C. G. Mizxu,
If Yonr Dress Takes Fire,
A girl or woman who meets with this accident
should Immediately lie down on the floor, aa am.
one who goal to her aasiitance should Instantly 5
she still be erect, moke her lie down, or, if ,u,
fol, throw her down In a horizontal position ini
keep her In It Sparka fly upward, and flammu.
cend. Ignition from below mount, with feaifhl
rapidity: and, as a result, well known to expats
■the fatality or disfigurement. In these lamentable
csss* fs due to the burns inflicted itmnt the bodr
neck, face and head, snd not Injuries to the hwet
JBSLa MS.'iltffi
tion on * flat surface, the flames still ascenAlnt
only into the air, and not encircling their Tictii
Time is thusgained for further action, and IntnS
a crisis in a fight against fire a few seconds are we?’
cIoub, nay, priceless. Once in tbe prone positJoiT
'1 to a bell rope or to a
the person afflicted may crawl
' f- -* the o
door
»uy, away from the body; or again, sUU crswUngf
the sufferer may be able to secure a rug or tabled
cover, or any other articles at hand, to smother snv
remaining flames. I say remaining flames, for, u
soon as the horizontal position is assumed, tier
have no longer much to feed upon, and may either
moves upon tbe floor.
* If it be a man who comet to the rescue, having
first and instantly thrown the girl or woman down
It (. natv In l.ln nff h{ B mat *>nd SO Stifle the d£
me other suitable
upward from tho
body of the proa*
trato fellow creature. If it be a woman who rush
es to give aid, this last-named condition suggests
that the safer mode of rendering it is to npprosch
tho sufferer by tho head and fling somethin*
thence over the lower part of the body, ftr fear of
retting fire to herself—A Physician in London
Times.
Is Oar Climate Changing?
From tlie Cincinnati Times Star.
Advocates of the theory that the earth it
gradually changing its axis will no doubt avail
themselves of the proof which the preseut' state of
the weather in the semi-tropical clime furnishes.
Sixteen Inches of snow at tho consumptive’s Mecca
in North Carolina, street con blockade 1 in Vir
ginia, and KnoxvilldT Tenn., almost buried under
body of the beautiful, the depth of which is-
reckoned by the yard, all suggest a movement
northward rather than in the opposite direction ia
she search for quarters of comfort (lining the
winter. If blizzards ere to blow the equator out of
line then Indeed will a residence at the poles bo
the proper caper for tbe thinly clod. Bomheruen
who came north laat winter to get warm are likely
to hnvc a similar experience again beforo cotton
planting season sets In.
Bliss Winnie Davis In New York.
New York,December 6.—Miss Wiunio Davii,
daughter of Jefferson Davis, arrived in the city hut
night, and is stopping with friends. Sho will re j
main here during the holidays.
The writer sap: M Thc nearest telegraph station
■ C< nksi a, thirty-five utile* away." verily, he
ir.r»t ke* all geography and trusts that no one will
dvtcet tbe forsaking.
Let ns seo. t;et down your map. You will see
Ntvsrro county bounded on the cast by Trinity
rfrer: Conicana L< the county aite, not ra-we titan
twenty mites from Trinity river. Now **Lai»wellew"
exclaim* that this "aeooUingkiok of old mother
earth is thirty-five miles boot Conucaua.*’ Note
yonr map that Chambers and Post Oxk creaks
— **--*- — *- M — 5 — “rbefimo
. — —1 find a
Ukcrer.r.er kemro his •utaonto snd the Hue
orsamra. He ho, lbs confluence of tk. creeks
stout twenty Bike frost tkete -hue rani tion. er
•tent fif.etu lejoed the river. It woukt require s
roeftfOwefolcstedpB to accomplish that th it
$500 In Presents $500
Last Christman wo gave onr scents a Christina
dinner, sending each ot them railroad tickets to
snd from Atlanta, We will not repeat the (linnet
this year because alt our agents cannot attend. Ws
want to do something that will give tho agent In
Texas and Virginia—in tho Indian territory snd
Vermont—the same chancels the agent in Georgia
and Alabama.
We hnvo determined to distribute allot of ;chrl«t-
mu presents to our friends, beginning with 8100 in
gold, snd running down to less vslusale presents
to every agent. We cannot gtvo It to tho sgrn
sending the biggest club, for that leaves ont ths
smaller agents, whd aro Just u faithful and deserv
ing. Wo have therefore adoptedjthe.following
plan:
We have had printed a nnmber of small square
tags. For evoty new subscriber sent In during tbs
month of December we will write the name of du
person who sends It, on one of the tags snd put it
In a box. On tho first of January, wo will bars
this sox, containing the tags, taken in tho pressae,
of three responsible agents snd thoroughly shaksa
One of the stents shall then take a tog from ths
box. Thepenon whose name is on that tag shall
have the flOO premium. Another agent shall thru
take out a tag. The person whore name is on Ithst
tag shall have the HO premium, and so on until
the Dremiomu aro all taken.
This la ol courn no lottery or anything akin to It
It is a ftee, voluntary distribution of presents 10
our friends—for which thoy pay nothing, land tor
which we uk no pay. We want every inhscrftn
to there in this distribution. Any subscriber then
fore who sends ns tho name of a new subscriber,
will have hia or her name put on atts* and dropped
In ths box. If they send two uaw subscribers ttoir
name will be written on two tags end pnt in the
box twice. One w ho sends a club of five lubscri*
sen will be oo five togs in the: box,>wd will thns
hxve live chances Instead of ono of getting s pro,
mlum.
Now here are the premium#
1 premium, In gold, of. H®
1 premium, in gold, of...~—......... — ff
1 premium. In gold, of..— ——— -g
5 premiums of HO each— g
6 premiums of H each - — 2
1 premium of high arm machine.., S
J premium of low arm machine. —• S
premium of Constitution gnn — — “
10 premiums of Waterbnry watches *>
38 premiums of one year’s subscription to
Tux Wxixlt Coxa-riTOTlon — - »
Now, let in be distinctly understood. This Is •
free end voluntary gilt to onr Mends end suaicri-
ben. Wo want every one to participate. Todo
this you hare simply togetusone new inascriba
Your name goes into the box snd yon may get »•
•100 premium. For each additional subscriber you
get an extra chance. Now hero are three rales:
1st If you are already aT subscriber, yon man
•end a new subscriber, and for,each new subscriber
your name goes in the box.
2d If you are a regular SLgeut your name will go
Into the box for every renewal that expires dhri“*
December, snd of conns for svery new subscriber.
Id. If yon Are notia subscriber your rumegoesln
the box for yonr own subscription andjor every au
dition*! subscriber yon send.
Now lei every subscriber send jin anew**-
■criaer, snd thus get a place In our Premium Box.
Let every agent send In his listx Let every ptraon
Into whose.bands this may Call send In his sub
scription at once and get a place In our Premium
Box, end odd two or three more sou to get two or
three chancre.
' Of course every one will not get a premium, bet
every an. will have a chanoe. A little child who
geta one subscriber mey get the UN In goULtoc foil
lng In this, tbe HO-or some ether premium. YM
cannot possibly loss anything—for yoa give nothin*
for tbe chance. IfyengetaMendtoeebscrfbeyod
do ns s f.ror snd you do your Mend e flavor, tot
you get him started with the bestuewipeP*' to th0
country, snd hs wUl thank yon every week for It.'
If yoa take it yourself, yon get the blo<s< and best
snd cheapest paper In America. Now let every!
body entile in and gat a place ln.onr Premium Box
and try to get out of onr Christmas presents
Of course oer other prerat turn will be given Jest
•s usual. For every three new naeeriben we will
■end one of our superb picture* and ail other pre
miums st advertised. There special Christmas
presents are pure snd staple gifts to ear friend*—
mode In gmteftil acknowledgement of their kind*
nets snd devotion.
All who wont agent's outfits to week wtlh-spocf-
men copies, posters, pbtnreA agent’s books, blanks,
envelopes, etc., esn get them hy writing to us for
them. We offer good r.rrarenn premiums forget*
ting subscribers, snd Tuz coxsrmrnos is undouD
edly the beet paper in Ike country to cenvam for*
•end for ataplea and outfit if yua went
to go to work. It will pay yen W
he ■ tk—mPile* agent for the next twelvO
months. Remember, that to share InlheChilrimm
presents *11 name, muit be received here oa ox be
siro December Met.