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'THE “WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.! JlTLANTJL GA*’; TUESDAY MARCH 8 1887
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ATLANTA, GA., MARCH H, 1887.
Mbs. Beck, the wife of Senator Beck,
Who died in Washington yesterday, »»the
nearest ennriting blood relative of George
Washington,
Lord Hekrv, of the Courier-Journal
mureth wroth. “Damn their dtalmalation,"
aays he, in one of bis editorial effervescing*.
Homebody mast have given the goggle-eyed
goddess s milk-shake instead of her morning
cocktail. T
EX-COKOBXSSJtAN John S. Wise thinks
that the aolid eouth is breaking. It is. For
twenty yean It hsa devoted itself steadfastly
to breaking the political necka of Just sash
men ns Mr. John 6. Wise, and it atill takes
great pleasure in a continuation of the glor
ias work.
“Extka Bii.i.y” Smith, of Virginia, iia
rare old man, now in his nineties. It is re
ported that be is dying at his homo near
Warrenton. “Billy” was so named in onler
to distinguish him from the many other
Smiths who claimed pnbllc attention in that
state, but he soon eclipsed most of them.
Now that Mrs. Druse has been bang the
New York public Is taming its attention to
a murderess who wUl soon appeal to Gov
ernor Hill for executive clemency. The wo
man Is Mary Wileman, who killed her fans-
band by feeding him on poisoned pnmpkin
pie. It is allegsd that she loved another
man, and also wanted the f 1,000 insurance
on herbnaband’sllfe. Tho day for her bang
ing lias not yet been fixed, bntit it certain
that without executive Interference the wo
man will be hnng.
It is currently believed tbit Assistant
Secretary Fairchild will lie appointed to
succeed ex-Recretary Manning, of the
treasury. The statement Is mads that the
position was offered Speaker Carlisle, who
declined it, preferring to stand on hit almost
certain chances of being made the speaker
of the next honse. Manning’s resignation
does not take effect until tho first of next
month, and tho president may not announce
his tnoceawr for tome days yet, though it is
believed that he bad determined on Fair-
child.
The confirmation of Trotter by the senate
comes too late to be need by the republicans
in contradiction ot the statement that that
party hsa renounced the negro. The con
firmation was clearly (bread and tho senate's
Willingness to accept the appointment was
merely a graceful way of hiding its foolish
course, Tho tamo objections were urged
against Trotter as against Matthews, but the
senate (band In rejection of the latter that
It was playing with an edged tool, and
though its policy was established it dared
not Author bold to it. The republican party
has renounced tho negro and eon connt no
more on their inpport ns n body.
The executive committee of tho Uuiveriil
Fesce union, which has been in session in
rhUadelpbls, has sent a communication to
congreaa protecting agatmtthc appropriations
of large rams for coast deibnse, on the ground
that they nrs being urged chiefly by penocs
interested in the contracts fur construction
of ordnance, ete., that history shows the
fiespotlcoppreislonofthedtlien to bo tho
invariable result of powerffil war establish'
meats; that the established policy of this
government In keeping clear of'entangling
alliances rendem a foreign war exceedingly
improbable; that the plan of international
arbitration Author removes the danger, and
that the nation being founded on principles
of equity, no excuse remains for the pending
legislation.
Tnx hanging of Mr*. Druse in New York
has called forth ranch criticism from tho
prew and public. Ill, approved in array
instances and bltlcrly condemned in otbera
The New York EraniugTclegram denounces
Governor Hill for not commuting tha sen
tence and pronounces the execution ass
shame to the state of New York and its
thousands of churches and schools, and a
shocking and demoralising example of ine
quality in the administration of tho crimi
nal law. It indorses the words of Rev. Dr.
Dowell, who was with her daring her last
hours, and who, in leaving her on the sesf-
fold, said:
1 have led upon my ami this sorrowing child or
sank to tbs fettl mot and standby her olds se her
true Mend in trouble, hot I aw not hero u a parly
to thti shortly teem, lbava no manner of sympa-
tty with It. It treats to as out of place lathe
ctrtUzlUon of our day and Incompatible with tho
sweet eplrlt or our Christian religion, and I con but
bops that the husune people of our beloved land
will bum thla dark day sweep the law of punish-
seen! by death Into evetlaetlns ohllvlcu.
The castigation administered by Senator
Blackburn to Bees tor lioar, whoso indellcsts
allusion to Speaker Carlisle called out the
controversy, is as warmly approved by tho
xrpnbBcan as by tbs democratic press. Tho
New York Times, describing the scene,
■ The senate chamber was as quiet sa s
dumb white ||r. Blackburn declared tint Mr.
Bear k*d violated not ooly every role or courteey
and folr daaltet. but every rate of common de
cency. Mr. Boar tried to break the three of the
Kentucky senator's reply by IntetmpUn*, hat Mr.
Maekboro reAued u> be Interrepted, and reminded
Mr. Hear that he wee (bad ot tnlorvapllng, hut
mover would allow any one to Interrupt him. He
came as near 01 pomlble to doctor!at that Mr.
Moat had Bed In the charge he had made. Mr.
Boar could da nothin* but sit mill end linen. Mr.
Blackburn paid a slarrlnsUtbus to Speaker Car-
Bale, and when ne flunked the audience broke out
lata opploum that vu only ■lopped by the pre-
riding officer'! threat to have the galleries t-l tared.
It waaas Severn a eaatlgatlao aa any man ever r*.
eetved la the eeoato, and Mr. Hoar U ool likely u
To jnst thia extent the monopoly has ove
reached itielf. Competition is the remedy
ior a good many monopolies, and it is a rem
edy that solves Ihc whole problem.
Mr. Armour and bis colleagues, itnppeirs,
an compelled to have cotton-eecd oil, which,
according to the Galveston dispatch, is
largely used in the manufacture of hog's flit.
We are inclined to ileal tenderly with this
statement, for if all the bog’s fat in the coun
try was os pure as cotton-secd oil there
would never bo a omplaint. We arcglad—
even proud—that cotton-seed oil is necessary
to the make-up and purification of hog's fiit.
Hereafter we shall gnaw our batter-cakes
with renewed satisfaction, feeling that s good
article goes to form the spurious lard with
which they are shortened.
Mr. Armour states that his establishments
hare grown to such proportions that they
consume onc-flftb of the cotton-seed oil pro
duct of the conntry, and they arc compelled
by force of circumstances to establish mills
of their own. The "oil trnst company”
which has monopolized the cotton-seed oil
bnsincss bos also gone into the business of
lard production on a largo scale, and it It
this fact that has induced Mr. Armour and
his associates to mako themselves independ
ent of the oil monopoly.
They will secure this independence by es
tablishing mills of their own. These mills
will he the largest of their kind in the world,
and they are to be built immediately. It
has been decided that one of them will be
put up in Atlaota, and others in Memphis,
New Orleans, and Houston.
Tho Ward Case.
The cqsc of tlm Rev. Mr. Ward, the New
York Episcopal clergyman win recently
shot his wife, his child and himself merits
attention.
Now that it is understood that ail three
will recover from their wonnds, there ie
some talk of banding Sir. Ward over to the
courts. Just after the sbootiog the friends
of the family had a good deal to say in favor
of the preacher. They gave a pleasant
picture of his home life, anil explained his
freedom tvi!b his pistol by saying that his
nerves were unstrung.
Tlic other side (snow making itielf heard.
It appears that Mr. Ward has always bad a
violent temper, anil has made no attempt to
control it. lie baa wasted its fall force
upon his young wife. He has acted like n
brute. It is moreover strongly snspcctod
that tho occasional immoderate use of stim
ulants is at the bottom of his unstrung
nerves.
Under the circumstances it is nonsense to
talk about letting this man off without n
trial. If he is a criminal ha shonld suffer
the penalty. II he is n crank he shonld he
locked up In an asylum. The conntry is
not big enough for nervoue preachers with
pistols in their hip-pockets. All such coses
of badness or madness shonld be throughly
Investigated.
The Union Lcaguo.
The Union League clnb has undertaken
to split the solid sontb. Tho Hon. John E.
Bryant is corresponding secretary, and he,
together with William E. Chandler, and
Grcenbay Rum, will furnish the brains if
any body will furnish the money to try the
experiment. These men will undertake al
most any kind of n job Ihr the republican
party for money or other thing of value.
They have mapped out the' mountainous
part of the south with tho hopo that if
money is furnished they can conceal a great
deal of their work in the valleys and gorges
of that lection. Every illicit distiller intbe
sections mapped ont has a lively recollection
of these ex-revenue officers, and no donbt
would bo glad to help such a party )
split the eolid south.
This irowd ol worthies has plsycd its role
In the south. Even were it possiblo to elect
a republican president we see no hope for
sneb cattle. They are the mon that made
the solid umlh. They deserve n pension
for ibis,'and ought to have it Wc apprehend
no trouble from such a movement with snch
leaders, unless they get in same official posi
tion down hero again and aid in increasing
onr public debt, which they did successfully
in the days when carpetbaggers were the
power in the land.
We are willing to split off so much of the
solid south as John E. Bryant represent,!,
and, as he is put down as coming from tho
south, that ont to satisfy tho republicans
who gave Grtenliay Ram and W..E. Chandler
the right to speak aboat what ought, to bo
done with tho south. They most recollect
that the plundering days of reconstruction,
when tiny could meet and plot against the
sontb, has passed never to tctnrn again.
There men bail just ns well hunt for some
other job, but we suppose they ore bard
piersed ami arc paid for their resolves. If
to they will resolve anything, anywhere,
provided there is no danger.
not only justifiable bnt necessary would be
in the Interest of peace.
On the contrary, when people who are
fond of war discover that their adversaries
are thoroughly prepared to accomodate
them, then there is a definite and solid ar
gument in flavor of pence. As long as the
spirit of liberty exists in the human breast,
there will bewnr against tyranny, and there
shonld be. The era of peace will come when
•very nation has thrown off the shackles of
kings and queens and become free.
There have been many wholesome warn in
the history of the world, and there will lie
others. The greatest peace argument is
preparation for war. The genius who in
vented the submarine torpedo boat that
moves about under water bos rightly named
his .machine the “Peace-Maker.” If, as he
claims, no iron vessel, no matter how for
midable, can stand against it, he hss made
a great advance in the direction of universal
peace. When war means the annihilation
of those who engage in it, then the millen-
iam for which the Universal Peace anion is
laboring will be ushered in, but not before.
Meanwhile, it ought to be plain even to a
lover of peace, tbst the coast of the United
Slates is in a deplorably exposed condition.
Cotton Seed Oil Versus Hog's Fat.
Iu the telegram which wo printed the
other day relative to the establishment of a
number of new cotton seed oil mills in the
sontb, there ate some intimations and sug
gestions that do not appeal directly to the
stomach of the conntry. Mr. Philip D. Ar
mour, in giving his reasons for organizing a
company for the wholesale manufacture of
cotton seed oil in tho south, stated that the
nse of cotton seed oil in manufactures of iar.l
and hog products has grown to snch an ex
tent in late years that his establishment*
alone consamtd one-fifth of the total cotton
seed oil product of tho .United States.
It was this fact, doubtless—namely, the
growing importance of this clean and inno
cent vrgetabie oil—that led the Standard
company to organize a monopoly of the cot
ton seed crushers in the south. The lard and
hog-producing factories—to employ a Chi
cago literary phrase—were not at all satis
fied with this state of affaire, If there is
anything that these factories are compelled
to have in order to supply the demands of
their enstomers it is genaino nnd unadulter
ated lord. The question was, how were they
to make the genuine and unadulterated with
tiie cotton seed oil monopoly in tho hands of
tho Philistines, so to speak?
Plainly, it was an impossibility. The
cotton seed oil trnst company that had suc
ceeded in gobbling oil the mills, was not
only making nil the olive oil need in this
sensitive and refined repnblic, bnt it hod
began to mannfactare lard and other hog
products. This was too much ihr Mr. Ar-
raonr and his colleagues, who were employ
ing one-fifth of the cotton seed oil product
in tho lard and hog business, and they haw
concluded to start cotton oil mills on their
own account.
The south is to be* congratulated, and the
whole conntry onght to feel easier. If the
public has been eating cotton seed oil under
the impression that it is lard or hog’s fist,
then the public ought to fell easier. If the
lard-producers, instead of giving ns grease
pressed from cholera hog*, has been supply
ing the innocent nml nutritious product of
the col ton seed, they are entitled to a vote
of thanks. We present them onre with
this.
BRIGHT BITS.
She Cotton-Seed Oil Monopoly to be
Broken.
A telegram from Galveston set* forth Use
fact that tho visit of Phil D. Armour to the
aonth in tor tbs purpose of arranging for tho
establishment of a dozen or more eotten-eeed
oil mills In this section. Thia stop bos been
rendered necessary by the consolidation ot
nearly all the existing cotton mills under tho
powerful wing of the Standard Oil company.
Where Itdiirm la Needed.
The increase of divorco units among the
negroes is beginning to attract attention.
It will bo recollected that at the claso of
the war the negroes male haste to contract
valid marriages. Snch entanglements aa
bad survived the shock of emancipation were
mode binding and legal, and the brother in
black showed a commendable dispoaltion to
catabiiah a home and n family.
Thia was encouraging, bnt tho negroes
were not long in discovering that tt wa* jnst
as easy to break a marriage aa it was to make
one. In nearly every state we have lax di
vorce laws, and a very little swearing will
dissolve tho bonds of wedlock.
Onr courts art now crowded with negroes
seeking marital freedom. The Memphis
Appeal calls attention to the foct that in a
colored population of aboat ‘10,000 as many
as two or three petitions for divorco ore fre
quently filed in a single day. Of course,
while our divorce laws remain unchanged,
we cannot check this drift. What is needed
is snch a reform in oar divorce legislation M
will strengthen tho marriage tie, not only
with the block*, but tho whites os well. It
something is not done, the facility with
which the blacks get lid of old matrimonial
aUianre* and contract new ones will make
them practically a race of Mormon*.
Peaco Argument*.
The Universal Peace anion appear* to be
rushing on effort to influence congress in the
mutter of appropriations for coast defenses
and fortifications. Pence la a good thing for
nationa aa well as individuals, bat we should
rappose that even a crank of the wont de
scription would admit that a defenseless
country I* the poorest argument in flsror sf
pear* thateoaldb*invented. Nona* per
son can brliav* that a tailor* oa the part of
this repnblic to take precMtiont that are
A new list ot household hints contains this:
"Salt In tho whflewauti will make It stick better.”
luvcatlgattug committees should bear tbti in mind.
—Life.
Minnesota has lost its dry atmosphere.
Whftre It hss (one Is not itttsd, but tho prohibl*
tlonl.lt would locsto It la this state If Utencould.—
Philadelphia Call.
A Massachusetts story.—At tho burning of a
church a grind pianoforte wss taken out ou tha
lawn, and an Irishman exchdincd, "ilcgorra,
they’vo saved tho billiard tabto.”
Mv. Monoyhagi baa burled his third wife.
Can you fancy a woman marrying tho old
monster? Wolf, ho Is usly, but ho does give such
msgnllicont funeral*.—Life.
Madame—Anybody hero during my abronoo?
(litl—Yes. mam, a lady called. M.—Did sho loavo
horcordr 0.—No, mam. M.—Who was It? O —I
don’t know, main. M.—Was ino short? a.—No.
mtm.M.—Very stout? a.—I don't know, maul, wo
didn't tight.—Boston Beacon.
Teacher—“Miss Slnnico, pioaso parse tho son-
tcnco, ‘Adolphus married Caroline.’ ” Miss A—
“Well. ‘Adorphus’ Is a noun,becausolt la tho name
oralhlug; 'married' Is a conjunction, because It
Joins Adolphus nnd Caroline, and 'Caroline' Isa
vetb 'causo it governs the noun."—Exchange.
Willard. At borne, Jauuaty la, from ntno to olovsn
p, m.” Whereupon. Joseph sent a card to lfonry,
reading: "Mr. Joseph Willard, aboat homo .tan
nery 1ft, from ntno to olovon p. m.” Tbst was
■holt, sweet andgnpklc.—Ilottou llorald,
“And 'what doea your husband do for a
livin'?" asked Mrs. Chatlsrwell during her first
call on the now neighbor. "He's a reporter." “A
what 1 ." "A newspaper reporter; ho goes aboat
everywhere, learns all tho news, and takes It to
tho paper." "And do they pay for than” shrieked
Mrs. CbsttonreU, rising to her feet in shooramsso-
meut. “Yes, SCO a month.” "O, mercy on mo!
I've lest morc'n 120,000 good money since I've
lived in Talkortownl" Makes a straight rush for
the ones or tbs Clarion.—Burdette.
A Joker told an old colored man of Raleigh
that the North Carolina legtslatnrc wsa about to
pass a law making U right for a man to sell hts
wire. The old man doubted, and asked another
citlzon, who, to see the effect, Intimated that tho
report was true. Tho old darky looked down a
moment, scratched hts head, and then sold: “Well,
sir, or dat gits to bo or law, my wlfo, she goon do
block, oho,"—Baltimore American.
“No, Bobby,” sold his mother, “yon can not
go skating today, it's Sunday, you know."
"Well, mo," persisted Hobby, “can't I go If I’ll
Jnst skate straight ahead, and not try to do oar
tkiry work?"—Puck.
“rrisooer, you have been accused of murder
ing your wire. What have you to say?" “Your
honor, my life with her had become Insupporta
ble. * "list you could have asked for a soimratlon
PERSONS AND THINGS.
In an article which he wUl contribute to the
next number of ttie Fonira, on "Mysterious pi-ap
pearin'
•fsscfj
ef stimulaUng beverages-
Coon hunting scorns to bo* lucrative sport
In feme 1 aria of Mli.ourl. Two hunters recently
chopped down an evident "coon tree" near Tren
ton and got three coons *00 pounds of hooey and
an oj stcr eon in n bicb were In gol-h
T. B. Ai.pkrui aays: “They never throw
anything away In Now England. They always pal
tt up in the sulc."
A Montana man reached Chicago with five
car loads of prod rattle the other day, cold t hemal
an advauce. and turned up In a police court neat
wamilis aith sevcntr-iive cent*, which was all
that remained of the thousands of dollars that be
hadwhen be started to take In the town.
Ms and Mgs. William Goose, of Jeffersoa-
ylflq. Iod,, have Jnst celebrated the sixtieth aunt
frim where they settled when they went
kccpln* and where there nine children ■■■■!
tha eldest new, fifty ntee yean old. They have
grafting and nineteen great
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX,
llrfef Aniven to Questions of Inquiring
Friends.
N. H., Atlanta, Ga.: Tho New York 8un
says that a child bom December 25, 1800, would be
a year and a week old at the beginning oi the next
century. Is this correct? ’
Undoubtedly, and yet nine ont of every ten
men you ask will tell you that It is wrong. You
see, the next century docs not begin with 1900, but
with 1001.
Subfcriber, On.: Who was the author of
"JDgojrar?”
Munch Beiliughauscn.
Inquirer. Dadevillo, Fit: How many spir*
i;ualM* are there in the United States?
A Pittsburg paper recently estimated their
strength at 2,000,000.
J. W. O.e Covington. Ga.: Do mail messen
gers have to stand a civil service examination?
No, but they have to stand special examinations
after entering the service.
T. B C., Newnan,T?a.: Was not Georgia the
ilrt>t state to have a railroad commission?
No. Massachusetts was the first.
J. B, Dahlonega, Ga.: Can the general gov*
compel an —
i any part <
compel tbi
to go out of tneir own state?
Yes. The president has the right, under tho
of 1795, ; to make requisition on the stato for mili
tia to suppress an Insurrection or rebellion outside
of it.« borders. Jlut the appointment of all officers
tinder the grade of general is given to the au
thorities of the state by provisions oi tho constitu
tion.
W. B.. Cutfcberfc, Ga : Have ethnologist* any
theory to account for the fuel that American Iu
dianfiate beardless
They arc not bcnrdlfs*. The majority of them
can raise a fair set of whiskers, and as heavy a
mmtache as tho average Caucasiau. Many of the
savage tribes are constantly plucking ont the hair
that grows on their facts, and they simply lack the
civilization of the barber shop. Tho beardless
heory is u faliac y.
CH11ISMA9 ANDNKTV YEAR'S PRESBJH.
DEAD AND DYING.
MP; BEECHER’S LIFE GOING OUT
WITH THE NIGHT.
The Full Story of the Dying Divine's gtrugglo
-Mrs. Cleveland’s Grand Mother Deed-Senator
Deck's Wife Joins the Xsjorlty Consul-
General Beep and Commodore Lull.:
Row hry Were Distributed Among The
Constitution's Friends*
Tint Constitution’* distribution of Now Year’s
and Chri*taas presents to Its subscribers is tho
most popular thing in journalism. Tho plan is
simple. On tho first of January, The Constitution
distributed six hundred dollars worth of presents,
as Christmas presents among its subscribers, who
had sent in subscriber during tho month oi
December. The distribution was so popular that
Thk Constitution filled another box for January,
and on the first of February distributed these
presents among those subscriber* who had sent In
during the month of January:
WHO GOT THE LEAD!NO PRESENTS.
Here aro their names. Out of the Christmas box
tho following named persons drew money presents
as indicated. There were a great many other
presents distributed all over the country, bat these
are the leading ones:
No. l. F, 7. Camp, Covington, Gs., 8100.
No. 2. E. & Willingham, G’Ncal'a Mills, Gft., 15a
No. 8. H. J. Dean, Tyler, Texas, 820.
No. 4. W. A, Monroe, Thomaavillo, Ga., 810.
No. 5. J. J. Hill, Georgtana, Ala., 810.
No. 0. J. H. Winn, Winns, Ga., f*.
No. 7. J. 8. Wheatley, Stroud, Ala., 88.
No. & J. L. B. Fowler, Woodberry, Ga., 15,
No. 9. Her. O. Parrott, Bameey, Ga., 8%
No. 10. W, B. Hater, Auburn, Ala., 88.
No. 11. J. W. Elkina, Toon* station, Tenn., high
arm sowing machine.
Ho. 12. E. o. Dewey, Bound Knob, N. o., low
arm sewing machine.
No. 18. W. H. W. Barnett, Rich Hill, S. C., Consti
tution gun.
Tho following Is a full list of those who got
presents ont of tho February Box.
C. F, Jennings, Cantonement, Fla., 9100 In gold
H. F. Puckett, Astor, Ga., 850 in gold.
R. C. McRay, Fort Mill*, S. C.,825 In gold.
i. J. D. Alexander, Thonuuton, Ga...810in gold.
M. Philips, Smlthvillo, Miss., 10 In gold.
T. J. Arnold, Mount Olive, Ala., 85 In gold.
King & Beverly, Hawkinsvlllo, Ga., 95 In gold.
W. C. Callicntt, Okolono, Miss., 85 In gold.
J. II. C. Jones, Coopsville, Ga.,95 in gold,
W. B. Bwinney, Asbury, Ga., 8> In gold.
B. R. King, Concord, Go., High Arm machine.
John BannUter, Cedar Grove, W. Va., Low Arm
machine.
Tom Eason, McVille, Ga., Constitution gun.
W. F. Miller, Ccdartown, Ga., Water bury wateb.
T. J. rarnel), Browns, Ala., Watoibury watch.
G. G. Mizcll, ChatficM, Tex., Waterbary watch.
T. P. McDonald, Pratt Mines, Ala., Wsterbury
watch.
J. II. Stephens, Big Mound, Iowa, Watcrbury
watch.
R. II. Smith, Edwards, Min., Wsterbury watch.
John A. Smith, reiser, 8. C'„ Wsterbury watch.
S. G. Harwell, Aspen, Hill, Tenn., Waterbary
watch.
J. If. Allen, Temple, Ga., Watcrbury watch.
J. W. Harris, Patrick, Tex., Waterbury watch.
Eugene Williams, t'hildenburg, Ala., Weekly
Constitution one year.
I. J. Walker, Wllllston, Tenn., Weekly Constitu
tion one year.
W. II. Harrison, Browning, Tex., Weekly Consti
tution one year.
Grier Qutgg, Conyers, Ga., Weekly Constitution
one year;
J. II. Seal, Atlanta, Ga., Weekly Constitution one
TP. Clower, Grontviilc, Ga., Woekly Constitu
tion one year. *
E.C. Gatewood, Linden, Va., Weekly Constitu
tion one year.
J. M. Cox, Valley Head, Ala., Weekly Constitu
tion one year.
W.P. McClelland, Fort Mason, Fla., Woekly
Constitution one year.
E. Peanon, Manda, Ga., Weekly Confutation
one year.
J. B. Holt, Mountain Hill, Ga., Weekly Constitu
tion one year.
II. A. Jackson, Do&dwood, Tex., Weekly C'oua'.l-
tut ion one year.
R. M. McMillan, Edccn, Ga., Weekly Constitu
tion one Tear.
J. w. Townsend, Lodi,Mia*., Weekly Constitution
one year.
W. E. Pope. BeckviUe, Tex., Weekly Constitu
tion cue year.
T. M. Peeler, Cambellton, Tex«Weekly Constitu
tion ono year.
J. A. cane, Nobrsska, Ark., Weekly Constitution
one year.
s. A. Smoot, Alpine, Ala., Weekly Constitution
one year.
J. P. Glenn, Equality, 8. C., Weekly Constitution
ono year.
C. W.Wrigh», Cave Spring, Ga., Weekly Court!-
tution one year.
R. T. E. Gilmer. Morgantown, Ala., Weekly Con
stitution one year.
J. M. william!, cctulla, Tex.. WccUjr Constitu
tion otic year.
j. y. Blank?, don, Ark., Weekly Constitution
leynr.
James Tsylor, Taylor, Ot., Weekly Constitution
one rear,
A. W. Bradley, CorinUi. Miss., Weekly Constitu
tion ono year, ______
Ladtas* Box.
Mrs It. T Walker, Okolona, Him.,In soU.
Mrs. Boss Edge, Toecoa, Oa, ftft In gold.
Miss Maul* Jones, Asbury, S. C„ fid In gold,
Mrs. J. O. Fltsgtreld, relham, N. C., High Arm
mac bine.
Miss Emma Mode, Dallas, Ga., Low Arm ma
chine.
Tbc managers for tha February present box wen
E. W. McClendon, of Jcrolgau, Ala., and J. W. F.
Little, ot'Wcst rolnt, Ga.
A Itemarkabla Runawoy Locomotive.
A Dayton correspondent of tlio S.-lontific
American give# the details of a remarkable run
away of a locomotive. Engine 27 was slowly baok-
h eartuud a curve when a train was sighted. The
et'glnccc of 27 reversed bis engine and threw her
wide open. In hope of getting her oot of the way,
but was loo lete, and the engine, coming down,
crashed Into the other, i stove In the rear end of
the tender and trokc the tender looee from the en
gine whose throttle valve had been thrown wide
open. Themen Jnmpc.t to save their lives, and the
engine rroper, not being hurt, started forward at a
frightful speed, tearing down the main track to
ward the union depot tt the rate of about fifty dvc
or sixty miles en hour. When sho struck Sixth
street she Jumped the track tad ran along on tha
ground, breaking lb* heavy steel rails and knock-
logoff five switch standards, finally finding her
wsy to the depot, where toe stopped.
Sew Yobk, March 6.—1 a. m.—Honry
Ward Beecher was stricken with apoplexy at
lilt home at Brooklyn en Thursday night, and
tics In a comatose condition there. He com
p's'ltd
OF A UEVEBK HEADACHE
when he retired Thursday night, bnt ilept
well. When he awoke yesterday morning he
was very etclr, vomiting freely. Dr. W.
Eearle, the family physician, was called In, and
later Dr. William A. Hammond was sum
moned. They agreed that it was a cage of apo
plexy. Bulletins on the patient's condition
wereisgned hourly.
am. ms FAMir.Y
aro with him except his son Herbert, who has
been summoned from Washington territory.
Mrs. Beecher doesn't believe her husband will
dio
At 1 this morning the houso was closed
Dr. Searlewent homo for the night saying Mr.
Beecher nos slightly belter and showed signs
of returning consciousness.
The last notable utterance by Mr. Beecher,
in the pulpit of Plymouth church was his dis
avowal of a belief in hell. Said he, on that oc
casion:
If a man believes in the old idea of hell today he
is a candidate for a lunatic n.ylum. He has got to
give up hts Christ or his hell. Men are rescued
"" * Terineof love, am
dcaofa God
efilhell pretty
has put in shoot and hades. This
does not put out the tdenof future punishment. £
believe In tb.t but tbe old machinery and methods
of punhhment arc g:v
"ho man ought to
change, unless be l:a
by any oilier c lomout. let him be
- Such a mnu begins bygivlng“'
swearing, tells as Dev lies ret his business will
him [tnughlrr], anil he bcglnk to try and do rig
Sneb a man hss not done much, but he has tail
good foundstton."
In speaking of the diversity am-mg men and
their various .methods of getting to heaven, Mr.
Beecher used the following Illustration: "Take a
woim, ntortotsu a hnrae and tin eagle, and tell
them to go from hew York to Pennsylvania. The
woim would wiggle, 1 ho tortoise would craw], the
hone would w ilk aud the eagle w ould fly; but all
w ould get there, just tho same."
NSW Yobk. March 7.—2a. m.—[Special.]—
Henry Ward Beecher lay all day today in a
state of deep coma. It was impossible to rouse
him. A pin stuck in his left aide produced no
effect, showing that the paralysis of that sldo
was complete. His nnrso thongt at 4 in tho
morning he was dying. Ills breathing became
terribly labored,and blshand, which lay across
tho pillow, moved convulsively.
At 11 o'clock p. m, Mr. Beecher's erudition
wss reported unchanged, save for a grades!
sinking toward tho inevitable end. General
Horatio King left tho houso at that hour, and
expresed tho opinion that Mr. Beecher would
die during tho night
MR*. BECK DEAD.
The I'nsxpeetod Demise of tha Kentucky
Senator's Wife.
Washington, March 6.—Mrs. Jans Wash
ington Thornton Beck, wife of Senator Beck,
ot Kentucky, died at her residence In this
city this even lug,of inflammation of the bowels
Mrs. Beck had been feeling as well as usual
this winter, and her first symptoms of illness
were the result of a cold contracted while out
riding in an open carriage on Friday. Noth
ing eel ions wee apprehended nnttl this morn
ing, when Dra. Wales and Bnaey, physicians In
attendance, informed tbe fiamily thatthey could
offer no hopo of hsrrecovery. Senator Beck
•nd Mrs. Goodloe, Mrs. Beck’s daughter, were
at her bedside in her last moments. Hsr only
other rdllld, a grown son, is In Wyoming. The
remains will be taken to Lexington, Ky., for
interment Mrs. Beck was born at Auburn,
Va., October B, 1825, and was the grand niece
and nearest living descendant of George Wash
ington. Bhe married Sonator Bock In Lexing
ton, Ky., February 3,1848.
Commodore Lull Dies.
Habtfoud, Conn., March fl.—Information
has been received Ity relatives in this city of
tho death, yesterday, of commodore E. P.
Lull, of tho United States navy, at the Pensa
cola naval station.
Death ot Consul-General Heap.
Constantinople, March’.tl.—Mr. G. Harris
Heap, United States consul-general here, died
this morning.
Honey for Agents.
To encourage our agents to extra exertions
during March wo offer ths following prizes:
1. To the agent sending In tha most
[subscribers during Maroh - - I
2. To the next largest list -
3. To th* next largest list - -
To tha next largest list - -
8 to 13. To tha 8 agents sending In
naxtlargest list, 8T aach ...
Total agent prtaas .... 8200
Every agent is invited to compete for these
prizes. We want an agent et every potto dice
where there 1* none. If there Is no agent st
your office send YOUR name end wo will sond
yon outfit samples and supplies at once, and
yon can get to work.
The hoik of winter business I* over, and
most of our agents have secured thoir big
clnb*. Any active worker, especially In a
new neighborhood, can get one of there prizes.
The Constitution has only to bo seen to
be taken. Send for a bnndio of aamplos, dis
tribute them, and the net is easy.
Names can be rent In one or two at a time.
We prefer this e» the rush towards the end of
the montlr If overwhelming end causes delay.
Send names ae you get them and every namo
will he credited to you.
Bemember every name yon rend in will get
your name over In ear box of “March Pres
ents,” aud increase your chances of getting •
present there. Onesobecriber may give yon
the $100.
All name* to get any of there prizes must bo
in otur office by the night of March 31st. The
loonet yen sond the better for yon rad for ns.
When tbe Chickens Come Home to Boost,
You map take the world as it comes and goes,
And von will t* sure to find
Thai fate wiU square the account* she owe*,
W hoever comes out behind ;
And with *11 thing* bad that a man has done,
Bj whatsoever Induced,
*...*
come home to roast.
■> wearrns jour jtw s last Sanaa:
ton will have your balance struck some night,
..And you’ll find jrour board reduced,
You'll view your fife In auother lifht.
When the chickens come home to roost.
on can stint your soul and itarre your heart
With tbc husks of a Iturcn creed,
But rhri.t will know If you play a part.
Will know m your hour of need;
And then as you wait for death to come
What hope can there lie deduced
u yon util, there's Urn
r the good end bad aa v
roDKlcnre, whether w
When the chickens erne
i.
nee to
l boms
toraoat
Whether you’re over or under the red
Ths r esultwlll be tbe same;
Yon cannot escape tbe hand or God,
_Y on most hear yonr rin as ibame.
No matter what's carved oo a marble slab.
When the items are a] produced
You’ll; find thTTst" taraS lSTplug "tab,"
And that chickens coma boats to roost
—By Ernest McGeflhy, in tbsIntar-Ocsan.
Mr. Grady on tbe New Sontb.
From the March Century.
The eloquence of Hr. Grady still reverber
ates throughout tho country. Tbs brilliant younc
journalist turt cd a pleasant social occasion Into a
national event. Tito scene was indeed a notable
one. Near Prudent Bussell on ono side sat tho
union cr nqneror of Georgia, on the other stood the
young orator from Georgta-tho first representative
of tbc renth tv address tho society since the cloie
or the civil wr r. Mr. Grady had Just that sense of
anxiety aud that necessity for dsring which give*
the orator Ills opportunity for failure or for distin
guished success. In his manly statement of tho
present relations of the! two sections, u he con-
ceives them to be, he staked his standing at home
upon tho Intelligence and patriotism of his own
people; and ho threw himself fearlessly at tbe same
time upon the generosity end good faith or an nn.
tried northern nudtence, nn audience of heredlt*
ary adherents to Ideas once tbe moat Inimical to
those of hi* own section. The enthusiastic recep
tion of his sentiments by hts northern audleneo
and tbe warm indorsement of them by hts south,
era follow citizen*, prove that he made no mistake
in either direction. - 0
When Mr. Grady heard the New England society
cheering his allusions to the cavaUor, and to the
beaten but not crushed or disheartened confeder
ate soldier who turned his charger Into a plow-
horse and went to work to creates prosperity more
firm and desirable than that which wa* based
upon human slavery, and when he heard from
Detaonico's gallery the familiar and Inspiring
strains of “Dixie,” hts surprise at tho new north
may have been quite as great as that of any of hts
audience at the new south pictured In bis own fer
vent and patriotic oratory.
Cncof tbe moststriklng points In Mr. Grady’s
speech was hla tribute to Liucoln—a trlbnto wbtcb
as coming from a southerner, could surprise no ono
who has witched the growth of the national feel
ing or late In our southern slates.
OUR MflRGH PRESENTS.
OVER $500 IN PRESENTS.
GIVEN AWAY TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS
for the New Year!
Onr distribution of Christina* and New Years
presents w»s ro populnr, and yet ao many goo*
workers failed to get presentr, that wo have deter
mined to
Fill Up A “March Box”
and dlslritmto even more than onr Chnstmat
present* among our February workers. These
piescnts will be distributed on April 1st. To gfre
everybody a chance we have determined to fill up
The Constitution present box once more, and of
fer them to all workers for March. Wc therefore
mako tho announcement that on April 1, wo will
distribute a lot of present*,: duplicating our pres
ent distribution. Every subscriber ought to bo*
represented In our MArch box. Mr. B. F. Camp, of
Covington, got 8100 for sending one subccribcr, and
850 presents, 925 and sewing machines, etc., wero
sent all over the southern states to Constitution
workers. Tho March presents will bo distributed
on April 1. Be sure and be In March. Here to
our plan.
Wo have determined to distribute a lot of pres
ents to our friends beginning withJlOOCln gold, and
running down to less valuable presonts to everF
agent. We cannot give it to the agent sending
the biggest clnb, lor that leaves ont the amaUex
agents, who are Just aa faithful and deserving.
We have thoreforo adopted the following plan:
We have had printed a number of small square
tag*. For every new subccribcr sent in daring tho
month of March we will write the name of tho
person who sends it, on one of the tag* and put it
in a box. On the first of April we wiU have thto
box, containing the tags, taken in tho presence qf
hice respon*iblo agents and thoroughly shaken
One of the agents shall then take a tag from the
box. Tho person whose namo la on that tag thaR
have tbe 8100 premium. Auother agent shall then
take out a tog. The person whose namo is on that
tag shall have the 850 premium, and so on nnttl
the premiums are all taken.
This Is of course no lottery or anything akin to It:
It Is a free, voluntary distribution of presonto to
onr friends—for which they pay nothing, and for
which wo ask no pay. We want every subscriber
to shore In this distribution. Any subscriber there
fore who sends us the namo of a new subscriber
will have his or her name put on a tag and dropped
in the box. If they send Uvo now subscribers their
name will be written on two tags and put in tho
box twice. One who send! a club of five subscri
bers will be on five tags in tho box, and wUl thna
have five chances instead of one of getting a pro
mlum:
Now here are the premiums:
1 premium, in gold, or. .8100
i;prcurium, in gold, of. 60
1 premium, in cold, of. 25
2!prcmlums of810 oacb 20
6|premiuros of86 each.. 25
l.premlura of high arm machine 21
1 premium of low arm machine..*. 17
1 premium or Constitution gun
10 premiums of Waterbary watches....
- remtums of one year'* —*—
lekly Constitution...
"2ft
jo
.W35
Total..
Our Ladlei'i Maroh Presents.
In the opening of our Christmas box, whan
all the presents had been taken there waa genera
regret that the ladles had not drown any of tho
bigger presents. We add, therefore, in onr March
box, tho following presents for tho ladles only:
First Prise for Ladles ......825 In gold
Second •• '• " re... 15 "
Third *• •• “
Fourth, H. A. Machine -
Fifth, L A. Machine..
... 10
... 21
rare 17
8SS
The ladles arc not debarred from any of the other
prises, bnt these latter prises are for tho ladle*
alone. Now, let every good lady in the land get to
work at once, and send In their own subscription*
and those of their friends. We expect to hear from
tho iodic* In full force.
Now, let us be distinctly understood. This is a
free and voluntary gift to our friends and subscri*
bers. We want every one to participate. To do
th la you have simply to get us one new subscriber
Your name goes into the box and yon may get tho
8100 premium. For each additional autscriber you
get on extra chance. Now here are the rotes:
1st. If you are already a subscriber, yon mus
send a new subscriber, and for each new subscriber
your name goes In tbe box, once also far your own
name.
2d. If you art a regular agent your name will go
into the box for every renewal that expire* and of
course for every new subscriber.
3d. If you are not a subscriber your name goes
in the box for your own subscription and for every
additional suUcriher you asnd.
Now let every subscriber send Inal new sabocrl-'
ber, and thna get a place in our Present Box. Let
every agent send in hla lists. Let every perron
into whose hands’ this may Call send in bis sub
scription at once and get a place in onr Present
Box, and add twoor three more so aa to get two or
three chances.
Of conneevery one will not get a premium, but
every one will hare a chance. A little child who
gets one subscriber may get the 8100 in gold,or fail-
ingtn this, the 850-or some other premium. Yon
cannot powibly lose anything—for yon give nothing
for the chance. Ifyon get a friend to subscribe yon
do us a favor and yon do your fritnd a flavor, fox
you get him started with the best newspaper in tho
conntry, and he will thank youtvery week for it.
yon take It yonnelf/you get the biggest and beat
and cheapest paper in America. Mow, let every
body come in nnd get a place in onr Present Box
and try to get oae of our March presents.
Of course our other premiums wiU be given jnst
usual. For every three new subscribers we will
ie of our superb plctnre*, end all other pre
miums as advertised. The* f pedal presents aro
pure and simple gifts to our frioode, made in grata
fUl acknowledgement of their kindnees and dCTQ*.
AU who want agent* outfit* to work with-«r*rg
cimen copies, posters, pictures, agent's books!
blanks, envelopes, etc,, can get them by writing to
us for them. We offer good canvasser* premiums
for getting subscribers, and The Constitution is
undoubtedly the beat paper ia tho country to can-'
tom for. Bend for samples and outfit if yon Vl'-t
to go to work. It wHl pay you to be a Goyfimmox
agent for the next twelve mouths. Remember
that to share in th* presents all names xmkt b0
received here on or before April 1st.