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HUE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.* ATLANTA. GA^’ TUESDAY APKIL 5 1887
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that Apiil ii the last rhatico.
Tiik politicians in Michigan predict that
the prohibition amendment in that state
will be defeated by a majority ol 25,000
wotes. *
The Cincinnati Commercial (ia/.ette, Mr.
Sherman's organ, announcer that ho is in
the race for the republican presidential
nomiuation. Thus tbe cunpnigu opens.
The fine amphitheater in Poln, in Anstrli,
ou the Adriatic, suddenly collapsed yester
day and fell into an immense chakra which
opened on the .* itc. From this chasm vnpors
ore emitted.
“Mi; Cl.KaKi.ANl>," says the Commercial
Gazette, “is an intolerable uuisance.” Ex
actly; and that is jn*t the reason why he
will be the next president. An intolerable
nuisance to live Commercial Gazette is a
boon to the country.
Tins is the season for the tramp to reantno
operations, and the usual number of out
rages and murders will probably soon fol
low. The first is already reported from
Kabwsy, New Jersey, where a strange wo-
Man waa atrociously murdered on the road
side by an unknown party, believed by
everybody to be a tramp.
Two professors of the Doau academy iu
Massachusetts have been compelled by the
trustees to resign, becaune they do not be-
lieve in protective tariff. Iu this country
we no longer hang and burn men for a dif
ference of political or religious opinion. >Ve
•imply break them up in basin*** and take
the bread ont of their months. Civilization
it a great thing.
The appointment of Assistant Secretary
Fairchild to be secretory of the treasury to
■Bowed Mr. Manning, is one which will give
general ssti*faction. The appointment is
not a surprise, ns it was generally believed
that the president would name Mr. Fair-
child, whose record as Mr. Manning's chief
•■taunt was such as to merit bis promotion.
Postmastek-Gexkkai. Vilas is, it is
rumored, a quiet candidate for the demo
cratic vice-presidential nomination iu l'-'K
Aa that choice wilt probably come from the
west, Mr. Vilaa may yet realize on his lofty
aspiration. If he will only turn enough of
the rascals out between now and then lie
will enter the convention decidedly ou the
inside track.
The Hawkinsvilie Dispatch sounds the
•hum to the far in t rs of Georgia, who, it says,
•sight as well make up their minds to be
tumbled with caterpillars unless they can
devise tome plan by which to destroy them,
fe» the indications are that these pests will
appear this year in greater numbers than
•*». They have already commenced to web
by the the thousands in the trees along
side of the cotlon fields, waiting for tho plait
to break through the surface, when they
will begin tbeir woik of dent motion.
Hon. Nat. G. Taylor, tatber of “All
ami Hob" the brother candidates for governor
of Tennessee in the recent state campaign,
died at bis home in Carter county I Vid-y.
Mr. Taylor was at oue time one of the lead
ing politicians of Tennessee, aud served two
tti ms in congress prior to the war. It is
claimed that being quite old—in the eigh
tieth year of bin age at the time of his death —
his brallh began to fail during the canvass
of bis two sons who rau for governor, aud
that the campaign so disturbed him that his
health completely failed and finally reunited
in bis death.
The I'armcr*’ Con vent Ion.
The convention called to meet iu Atlanta
on the 15th in*t. lor the purpose of consider
ing a general convention of the farmers of
the south to be held some time this year, will
be a very important meeting.
It cannot l>e denied that sonthern agricult
ure is in an experimental state. There are
several problem* yet unsolved that press
closely upon the success or failure of oar
farmer«. Koch farmer working to himself,
with slow communication between himself
and bis fellow-workers elsewhere, may settle
a problem by definite experience and yet
not carry the proof from bis immediate
neighborhood. When a thousand farmers
come together from different sections and in
appropriate committees and with practical
speech tell each tic other whit lie lias done
and what he lias learned, the average result
icached by these discussions will bo of the
highest importance. Tha meeting on the
15th in this city is preliminary. It will
decide when and where I he general conven
tion ahull bo held. We presume there will
not be two opinions as lo the point at which
the convention should assemble. Atlanta is
by all odds the best place for such a conven
tion. The time should bo selected, in our
opinion, during the session of the h-glslalnrc
summer, when tlie farmer and tin* legis
lator con come face to fare and talk over
matters in which each have common inter*
There will bo probably about a hun
dred gentlemen present on the 15th, cover-
irg every M t tion of the state, and in a sea-
ion of two or three days they ought to out
line a programme for ihe convention tint
would produce excellent results and per
haps lead the southern farmer out of bis
present doubt and perplexity into plait
good ground.
cals until the fanners got to infilading tho
lower half of every car that waj baited at a
station or wood tank.
Georgia is indeed a grand old state. Her
cities may have lost in luznry and license
feme of the rigor that springs full-equipped
for defense from f wilt emergency. Bat truly
lu r country-sides are primeval and laity.
Our correspondents give ns to date only
n eagre returns from most of the burglar
ha unto. But when the game is all in, and
the full returns are made, we will wager
a hr rre to a ben that every Georgian heart
will swell with pride, and the urban police
!<ok on with mingled envy and admiration.
fn the meantime our frien.il in the roantrjr m „ ed tbem iB „ d , bom 0 <f
might understand that it Ij not beat to (111 (o j aj| At a natter of cottrae, the parent.
1 c has been bitten by a mad dog the chances
are that lie will lose his head, and die in
horrible agony. If the dog’s bite is not fatal,
the victim’s imagination is, so it is about the
same in the end.
An Overworked Chestnut
The same old story comes from a little
country tdwn iu New York.
Two boys burglarized a merchant’s store,
stole $1,200, armed themselves with revol
vers and bowie knives, and started fortify
far west, where they proposed to kill Indians
and limit the buffalo on his nntive heath.
The would-be berom of the border had
traveled about fifteen miles when two ofli
any stranger with buckshot without inquiry.
It would be better to first mn him up a tree
and then question him at leisure. We must
never forget, even in the ardor of the chase,
that the motto of our blessed state is “Wis
dom, Justice and Moderation!"
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Fend immediately to Southern
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A CliuriiHMl Idle.
Oni dispatches briefly outline the latest
attempt u]>oii the Iile of the czar.
The careless reader mast not jump to the
inclusion that this is the murderous assault
mentioned in our telegraphic columns :i day
or two ago. In that cu-e it will be recollect
ed that thcasniHsin threw a dynamite bomb.
The affair reported .this morning was of a
different character. The assassin shot at
the czar, missed bis aim and wai arrested.
It is worthy of note that l>otli these at
tempts differ from the three reported last
week. Of these three one bus no evidence
Waring upon it except the fact that a stran
ger made a wry lace upon taking a drink of
vodka, and remarked to the “bar-keep"
that oue glass of such stuff was enough to
make a man kill his grandmother. The
detectives construed these words its indicat
ing a numinous intent, nml the chief of
police expressed the opinion that the word
grandmother dearly meant c/ar. The man
was immediately placed iu a dnngoon. The
other two efforts were undoubtedly danger
ous. In one instance a nihilist with a dyn- ,
TIiq Tory G'HmIh.
The imprisonment of Father Keller by the
tory government in Ireland has been quickly
followed by the arrest aud imprisonment of
Father Iiyan, for substantially tho same of-
Icnse.
Our dispatches* this morning graphically
describe the triumphal lour of the captive
priest from the court tense to the jail. It
was the progress of a hero rather than the
march of a prisoner. Proudly erect, sus
tained by the consciousness of innocence,
nerved by the sense of duty, the brave priest
went lo his prison cell with a smile on his
face. « The shouts ol applauding thousands
greeted him. A lord major and an arch
bishop joined in the ovation.
Now, the tory administration cannot suc
cessfully light such a spirit, and rauuot hope
to overcome such a people. Father Ryan,
like Father Keller, goes to jail because ho re-
fnsin to answer Ihe questions of the court
touching (be trusteeship of certain rent funds
under what is known aa the plan of cam
paign- His knowledge came to him confi
dentially in his priestly capacity, and he
would rot in jail before lie would divulge
the secre t.
Tlie very fact that the lories have resorted
lo Mich extreme methods shows tbeir hope
less desperation. They have now reached the
turning point in the Irish campaign. A
crisis is upon them, nml it cannot bo long be
fore the present administration will be
swept away by u storm of popular indigna-
t ion.
This persecution of tho priests must array
against toryism oue of tho mightiest forces
of the age. It makes an enemy of every
Catholic upon the face ot the earth. It ex
cites the wrath of all good men who respect
religion. It angers men everywhere who no-
tnmlly sympathize with an oppressed peo
ple.
This rundness of the tory leaders will be a
blessing to Ireland. The ultimate success of
t be home rule cause is now assured.
of the culprits have pat in the nsaal plea.
The boys had been reading dime novels
The stories bad corrupted tbem. Ii it hod
not l>een for these horrible books they wonld
have been model lads, and would have
been ornaments to the commnnity.
There is another view. Perhaps the boys
bad a thievish, ruffianly bias. Sooner or
later they wonld have shown themselves ip
their true light If they bad never seen a
dime novel, but had been fed upon Sunday
school books and tracts, they would some
time in their lives have yielded to tempta
tion, and then the newspapers would have
been filled with startling headlines about
“Two Good Men Gone Wrong," and all
that sort of stuff.
In the light of the defalcations and swin
dles occurring everyday, this is a reasona
ble way to look at it. Still, we have not a
word lo #?ay in behalf of Ihe trashy dime
novel. If it does not make its readers
vicieiH, it weakens their minds and gives
them false views of life. Bat it takes some
thing mine than hooks to make boys either
good or had.
Wlicro Capitalist# Arc Miserable.
The Russian nihilists are growing bolder.
The story in onr dispatches of the assassina
tion of a millionaire merchant liecause he re
futed to contribute eighty thousand roubles
to the nihilist cause is almost incredible, but
in Russia everything that is horrible is pos
sible. ^
We can easily believe 'the statement thav
tlie capitalists of St. Petenbnrg are in the
amite bomb waited for tlie czar until he was | depths of despair. They have been informed
tired and sleepy. In an unguarded moment in anonymous letters tliat unless they con
he Bit down on his bomb and was blown so
high that his shattered remains did not rain
down into Bulgaria until two days later.
The third case was where a court physician
advieid the czar to take morning walks.
This was plainly designed to give the assas
sins a favorable opportunity to carry out
their plot.
Naturally the belief is gaining ground
that the cxnr bears a charmed life. We do
not take any stock in this i lea, but we are
now convinced that the whole gang of Pus
Mian nihilist* could not hit a barn ut twenty
paces. Year after year they coat nun to
waste their powder and dynamite ou their
amiable ruler, without any definite Result
beyond the imprison merit, exile and exter
mination ol Ihe entire participants. The
fact is, our Uussiuu uews is growing dreary
and monotonous. We have had about
enough of it.
Iliickshnt for the Burglar*.
The comparative case with which General
Sherman ‘‘marched through Georgia" has,
we regret to fee, dazzled ntul misled some
talented compatriots of that doughty war
rior.
The “professional burglars" of tho north
lately organized a raid on Georgia. They
ignored tho large cities of tho state, tooling
pet haps that the metropolitan defenses were
of modern orul elaborate pattern, ltnt they
throw themselves by concerted assault on the
rural province.*. Tim chief points of invasion
appear to lmve been from tho slopes of tho
Blue Ridge doau towards Gaineuille in the
north, and from the cane brakes of the Chat-
tahiNM lice towards A lbanv and Thotmtsvillo on
the couth. The eruption, from there strategic
points, spread pretty well through the
*nta)lcr towns aud villages.
Truly the harvest was rich, and it did
look like the garnering would ho easy. Tire
explosion of a safe here and there, gave notice
that the fun had begnu, and tho public na
turally expected to bear some sott of reply
from the uatnes whose wallets were b.*iag
rifled while their safes were being worked.
But four people, we believe, certainly not
the energetic northern visitors, were pre
pared for the universal l>oomingof shot guns
with which the slate boa resounded since the
rural precincts realized that they had been
(elected as toft snaps. The whole gamut of
gun-dom has been sonttded from the whip
like ping of the squirrel-rifle to the l iiuump*
live whoop cf the old-fashioned yager. Per
haps only one burglar ha* 1 »een actually
killed. But not Iras tliau forty pounds of
pellets, ranging from robin shot to ramie
balls, are now raukliug taneatb the skins of
the pert invaders. Almost every county has
its “profifsional burglar" ou the hump for
tlie boundary line of this iudiguaut common
wealth. Foss mu dogs, rabbit dog*, males,
negroes and hoys join in the pursuit of the
wretched fugitives who shed watches and
silverware at every jump, and seek now the
seclusion of a burrow and uowr the protection
of • tree. The tracks of frwight trains af
forded • popular retreat for the dandy Dis
tribute to wlrat tho murderous blackmailers
call “the common cause," they will be as
sassin ated. These threats limy or may not
bo carried out. Doubtless iu many cases
they will have the effect of terrifying the
capitalists into submission.
What can be expected in a country where
tlie men who own it are at the mercy of those
who own nothing, the lawless, tlia desper
ate, tlie dangerous dusse*? Ooe thing may
be looked lor at any time. The czar, in
order to keep his people solidly loyal, will
lie templed to let slip tlie dogs of war. . lie
will sooner or later adopt the policy of ag
gressive warfare to preserve the semblance of
peace at home.
But there is a suggestion in all this that is
worth considering on this side of the water.
Tulcss we nip in the bud the socialists and
outlaw* of our huge cities, we need not be
surprised to see them tollowing in the foot
steps of their Russian brethren. This re
minds ns that the good people of Chicago
should keep a vigilant eye upon certain par
ties in that city who are kuown to have an
unreasonable fondness for dynamite. The
way to avoid trouble is to settle accounts
with our cranks, agitators, vagrants and
outlaw* while they are weak and lack cohe
sion and organization. And it is all so
aim pie. We have only to enforce the laws
already iu existence. The sitnatiou does
not call for an extraordinary remedy.
Do Mad Dogs i:\lst?
Every year there is a mad dog scare. I*
there anything in it?
Wlmt the people profess to know about the
matter would till thousands of volume*.
What the scientists know would uot fill
many line* of large type.
When we go to the authorities we find
that all the books doubt the existence of mad
dog*.
Dr. Edward C. Spitzka, of New York, says
that ho ba* carefully followed up the news
paper reports, and never in'll single instance
has he obtained satisfactory evidence of the
existence of rabies. The doctor concludes as
follows;
hot withstanding every effort made by the writer
to secure observation of a single cate of rabies in
man or in dog, not a single opj>ortuuity has offered
iuelf during the last eight years, and In New York
but one d««g Jims been reported rabid by competent
authority *ifccc the d«*g pound there has been
In regard to the symptoms that are com
monly supposed to be characteristic of rabies
iu man, Dr. SpH-Va adds -
\ New Disease.
A short lime ago the Rev. Anson Bourne
disappeared from liis home in the east and
turned up two weeks later in tho middle
stator, lie was unable to remember any
thing that had occurred daring bis wander-
ings.
Some clays ago I)r. Roy, a New York den
tist, vanished, to the great disturbance of
his wife and fi tends. in a short time ho was
found in Richmond, and shipped home.
Like the Rev. Mr. Bourne, lie did not know
how lie left home or how lie came to be
where he was fonnd.
And now a fellow out west has cut the
ame caper. The doctors attribute these
strange freaks to a diseased condition of the
brain. When si person is Urns afflicted be
wanders oil', and conduct* himself like a
rational being among strangers for a time.
Then be falls into an unconscious state, and
when he recovers knows nothing of the past
—that is, back to the time when Iris de
rangement commenced.
If there is really a new disease of the
kind abroad in the land, it is everybody’s
duty to keep an eye on everybody. No
greater calamity to the country coaid hap
pen than to have everybody in it mysteri
ously disappear at tlie same time, and this
is liable to occur if tbe thing is contagious.
The matter should be investigated.
Shall We Send Our Convict# to Alaska'
The New York Herald claims that it has
solved the prison labor problem. *
Onr contemporary proposes the transpor
tation of convicts to Alaska, to open up the
country, build roods, and blase the way for
civilization. It quotes Governor Swineford
to prove that Alaska has a milder climate
than has been generally supposed; that so
far from being a Siberia or a desert, it is a
good grazing country, with vast tracts of
good farming land.
The Herald thinks that tho transportation
of our convicts to Alaska wonld take away
free latar’s most dangerous competitor, and
give the convicts themselves a chance to re-
deem themselves. In a burst of general en
thusiasm it exclaims;
‘ colonization is no new thing. Transportation is
no new thing. If there Is tho will there will l>c
the nay. Make new laws enabling the govern-
meat to draft men from the atnte prisons for work
in Alaska under government control. Off for
Alaska! New lands, new aims, new hopes!”
Tlie scheme is a big oue, but it is not
likely to find favor. Transportation may be
no new thing from a European standpoint,
but it is a new thing in this country. Nor
would it bo a humane thing, under any cir
cumstances, to send our prisoners to Alaska.
Despite Governor Swineford’* rose colored
view, it is not a fit country for the average
citizen of the states. There is another
thing in the way. The federal constitution
expressly prohibit! the infliction of cruel
ami .unusual punishments. If, uuder the Her*
aid's new arrangement, an attempt should
be made to send a convict from tbe semi-
tropical region of Florida or Lonisiana, for
instance, to Alaska for twenty years or so,
it would not require a prophet to predict in
advance that our supreme court wonld hold
it to be n punishment coming under the
head of cruel and unusual.
In a word the whole thing is un-Amer
ican. That settles it. When we are ready
to adopt Russian . methods, look ont for
trouble!
THB NEW TREATMENT
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Now, what are we to believe? If there b
coatteh thing as rabies, h it *iniplf :t «!<-* **e
caused by nervous imanioation, people ou^ht
fo know it. Just b-r*\ ho«wer. another
tbfiicuUy Miggots itxlf. How can pcoole
be penu tded to irive up the common M»«f
on the subject? When a man believe* *hv
* 'ut la Delphi a. March 31.—This week’s
Medical News, to t>o issued tomorrow, will state
that tho recent articles extensively published
throughout the country aunonneiug the cure,
at tho Philadelphia hospital of a number of
batienta suffering with consumption, through
treatment by injections of carbonic add gas
and sulphurated hydrogen,greatly exaggerated
such treatment. Tho treatment, it says, was
first introduced by Bnrgon, of Lyons.
In an editorial article on the subject, the
Medical News says: _ t .
\trv many of the statement* which have been
M'U'AU broadcast over the country an absolutely
frtbe. So far as we know, there havo l>een no
ca»ca cured, certainly noi at tbe Philadelphia hoo-
1 ital, aLd even those of Bureon’a patients who
»' to most benefited continued to have ex
oration containing bacille. The results at the
igbad: ..
i’bi'iidclrhia hospital, iu the limited series of
which havo been under treatment, h«ve
been iu a teduction of the fever and sweats, les-
icntngoftbo expectoratioa and an Increase ol
weight. These are gains to be thankful for, and
et c ( -nage n» to hope that we may have a remedial
i lx-laid. The
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aru you L«vi n’t even recognized tbem.
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of the Gieet?
*'Of court#.”
"All inch communications go into the wane bas
ket withe ut reading.'
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX.
Brief Answers to Question* of Inquirin';
Friend*.
J. S. M„ Branrelt, Ga: What is the sppcir
nine of platinum In it* crude slate, aud how does
It look when polished?
It it found Jn small llaUened grain*, alloyed
more or leu with palladium, rhodium, osmium,
ruthenium and iridium. After it I- purified it is a
bard, white metal, susceptible of a high lustre.
T. B. Newberry, K. C.—Who mid: ‘‘The
pc-litics of a country depended upon its man
new?”
Edmund Burke said: ' Every age has Us own
manners, and Us politic* dependent upon tbem. ’
J. B. O. I.., Landrum, S. C.: What became of
Ur. Muddv
After being Imprisoned awhile at tho Dry Portu
gal he was released, went to hi* home in Mary
land, lingered sometime in bad health and died.
W. H. W., LaGrange, Ark.: Plate give me a
sketch of Uruguay. What nationality composes
its population? Do American citizens reside there?
Are there any n&roe-? What are the Industrie* of
the country ? From wlist port do vessels sail from?
What 1* ihe fare from the United States?
The inhabitants are people of Spanish descent,
Indians and ucgrocs. There are a few Americans.
It is a good country for grazing and farming. Tho
population Is about half a million. Montevideo is
the chief port. We do not know the fare from this
country. Any railroad agent will find oat for you.
Consult a cyclopedia for fuller particulars.
S. R. W., Wilkcsboro, N. C.: What is the
early history of duels?
Many duels are recorded In the “Iliad,” aud tho
story of David and Goliath shows that duels were
known to the Hebrews, and other Asiatic", as they
were alio to the Arabs in tho time of Mohammed.
Tacitus mentions them (unong the Germans. T.
Manlius Tor'juatr.s fought with a gigantic Gaul In
of B. C. The brnbarians who overran
the Homan empire gave to single combats a now
character, starting with the idea that tho wages of
battle is an appeal to Ihe decision of God, and tliat
success is a proof c f right: hence the ordeal was
accompanied with religious solemnities. The pre
valence of the modern duel is owing largely to
Francis I. that the lie was never to bo put up with,
or. as he expressed It, “giving the 11c.”
W. T. R., Summerville, S. C.: Pfeaso givo mo
some statiMica about thud tv of Mexico.
The City of Mexico contains 7,9?.> buildings val
ued at 3Hll,73».ttjO. These figures do uot include
public or government building*, churches, private
hospitals, etc., which would greatly increase bith
tbe number and value of edifice*. There are in
the city 7,047 commercial aud iuduitrfal establish
ment*, or which the following are the most im
portant as to numbers: 1,072 tobacco stores. 8W» gro-
cc-ry store*, urcpu!«iue stauds, .'di liquor suiojus,
UOO restaurant*. 275 butcher shops, IDO bakeries, 111
grain (tores. ISO barber shop*, MS Uiiloriug estab
lishments. 171 carpenter shop* 171 shoe stores, S3
blacksmith *hops, 7!> drug stores, «>3 hardware
stores, 65 printing office*. 55 bath house*, 72 dry
good* store*, 4-S banks (chartered and private) and
4ft cafes. The 7,047 commercial and industrial es
tablishments pay an annual municipal tax of
5145,758. Derides tho National Mouto dcl'lcdad,
or government pawnshop, there arc 7.1
private pawnshops in tho city, represent-
ing a capital of SPsJ,872. In the second half year
of IMS the.'-e house* loaned the sum of 11,333,7i£
pledge* of all kinds, ou which an average monthly
interest of 12% per cent was paid, and ior the same
period they paid a total tax of 816,072. There arc
nine cotton, three woolen and seven paper facto
ries iu tbe city and Its lubnrbs. There nro :Jl«
rchools aud colleges Jn the city, with 712 male and
toy female teachers, and an average dully attend
ance of 12,775 boys aud 10,3V* girls, or n total dally
average of 23,100. Fully one-halt of the above
schools arc supported by thu federal and muuleipal
pevcrr.mcnts at an annual expense of *316.MO.
THE LAST CHANCE.
THE CONSTITUTION'# LAST BOX OF
PKESKNTS TO HE OPENED MAV I,
Tour Work In April tho Ea*»t Chance to
Get u l*re«enk of B100 In Gobi for
>» Half Hour'* Work*
race, color or rocial condition, may obtain good _ _
neat ion and leant tome trade or profession free of
charge. There are thirty-two lines of street rail
ways in Ihe city, besides eleven cihen which coa
T. T. Orlando, Fla.: Is ‘blizzard” a now
word ?
No. It has been used In tho navy for a long
tlmo to denote a general, or rattling volley as dis
tinguished from a broad side.
0. H., St. Albans. W. Va.: Is It true that
the year 1800 will not be leap year ?
Yes. 1 he next centenary leap year will be 2000.
J. H. C., Anniston, Ala.: Pleaso glvo tho
name of the author of tho following lines:
“Whether on tho scaffold high,
Or In the army's van,
The fittiest place for man to die
Is where ho (lies for man.”
Mlehscl J. Barry, in tno Dublin Nation, Scptcm
bet 28, is*j.
Editors Constitution: Having noticed
your very correct and prompt replies to all queries
propounded to The Constitition, 1 wish to submit
the following:
1. Why lilt that in every battle of the “rebel
lion” as described by northern writers, the “robj”
Ahtuy- bud "Inexhaustible resorve.” • enormous
odds.” “ “•*
numb.... ....
aluujr* had a "gallant little band:
?\Why was it always the eaxe that the "John
nie* ruu'and “throw down;the!r arms by hun
dred*,'' while the "yank*" did nothing but make
''Brilliant charges" and “change base ?”
3. (Very important.) Why wero the “rob*”
alwaj* rested and the “yank*” alwav* tired at the
beginning of the battle? The oillclal records
show that there were only abrut
Then, how did it all happen? I did think that
we “whipped ’em” In one or two *m*U "»kir-
mlsbea" that 1 witnessed, and was positive 1 saw
a " yank ” or two running, and that they looked a
little frightened and had lost their guns, hats aud
coat*; but guess 1 mu*t have been mistaken, — '
espectAilly,
Hole's »*nr:
It. F. !'
know Very
springs, Term., April 1,1887,
The Lawyer uinl tho Judge.
The late poet-lawyer, Augustus J. Requier,
was not afraid of anything. Apparently os
gcntlo as a lamb, ho had within him tho flerco
spirit that flamed out in his war poetry, and
when ho was mad he lot it blaze.
Jait after tho surrender he went to New
York and opened a law office. Tho j udges aud
lawyers rather resented his coming, and held
aloof.
One day In the conrtroom, tho judge told
Requier that he would not hear from him on a
certain point, as his mind was fully tu&do up.
The lawyers smiled. Thoy had been troatod
that way often. In fact, northern judges dis
play great rudeness towards members of tho
bar. In this instance it pleased the crowd to
see tho “rebel lawyer” shut up.
Requier courteously expostulated. Tho pa
tience of the judge gave way, and he sharply
told the speaker to sit down.
Then a peculiar light gleamed in Requior's
eyes, bat his demeanor was os calm as ever.
Before taking my seat, if it please your
honor,” he said in his quietest tonss. *•[ desire
to know if tho court has flnslly and irrevocably
decided that I shall not ho heard.*”
That is my decision,” replied the angry
judge.
“Then,” and now there was a resonant ring
in the lawyer’s voice. “I fall bac* upon my
constitutional right. I ask for nothing. I de
mard ta bo beard!”
The bar looked on'ia astonishment, and tho
Juilce glared abcut in » stupidly dazed way.
■The constitution says,” continued the bfld
vcca;c.
Go cn, then! ’ shouted the court. “Never
wind the constitution. Proceed with your
argument.”
There was a buzzing all over the coirtrorm
at the audacity of the * little rebel,” but never
after that day did the judges and lawyers treat
the flery Requier with anything but the ntmoet
ccurtesy. They bad found tha: he was not to
be trifled witlu
Young Ban, Go Get a Toothache.
From the Norristown Herald.
In ancient times kissing a pretfy girl was a
cure for the toothache. It is difficult to improve
upon some of these old-time recipe*-
In the past four months The Constitution has
distributed over 82,000 worth of present* among its
subscribers. On the first of each month we havo
given away over 5500, headed by a present of 510C
in gold. i»n May 1st we shall distribute our
Last Box of- Presents,
Ho that your only chance to get one of them 1* to
renew or get up subscribers during tho month ol
April.
Our plan of distribution is Ample. The name or
every subscriber rent In during April will be placet]
in a box; also the namo of (the person sending it:
On May 1st tlie box will be shaken, and two of our
ngents will draw a name from tho box. The first
name drawn gets the present of f 100 in gold, tho
second name gets 850, and so ou till all the presents
are gone. Now hero is tho list of presents for
April:
l premium, In gold, of„.« 9100
I premium, in gold, or so
1 premium, In gold, of. as
2 premium* or SIO each SO
S premium* of •.? each 2/5
1 premium of high arm machine........... 21
1 premium of low arm machine 17
1 premium of Constitution gun 12
10 prainiums of Waterbury watches 2S
25 premium*of ouo year's subscription
to The Weekly Constitution 30
Total «43£
Now remember if you subscribe before May 1st
your name goes in our April Present Box and yon
stand a chance to get one of our present*. If yon
rend us one subscriber, your name goes In and *o
does the subscriber, livery additional subscriber
you scud pub your name iu again. If you send a
•lub of five yonr namo goes in five times and each
subscriber's name goes in ouco.
There distributions liavo been very popular.
They cost the subscribers not a cent. They simply
scud in their regular subscriptions for True Consti-
, or give a half hour 's work to getting new
Hero Is a list of some of those who got cash
present* out of our “Prescut Boxes.” Head them:
B. F. Camp, Covington, Ga., 5100,
J-:. 8. Willingham, O’Neal’s Mills, Ga., $50.
M. J. Dean, Tyler, Texas, $25.
W. A. Monroe, ThomasvUlc, Ga.,$10.
J. J. Hill, Gcorgiaua, Ala., ?10.
J. TI. Winn, Winns, Ga., $5.
J. 8. Wheatley, Btroud, Ala., $5.
J. L. B. Fowler, Woodberry, Go., $5.
Rev. O. Parrott, Ramsey, Ga., $5.
W. BJIIazcr. Adburn, Ala., ?5.
J. W. Klkins, Toons .Station, Tenn., sew. mac’no,’
K. C. Dewey, Round Kuob, N. C., sew. machine#'
W. H. W. Barnett, Rich Hill. 8. C., gun.
Dr. J. T. Hammond, Moultrio, Ga , 8100 iu gold,'
James J, Hill, Brownwood, Ga., 850 in gold
I*. B. Stigler, Lexington, Miss.. $23 in gold.
E. >V. McClendon, Jernigan, Ala., 8 0 in gold.
Mrs. T. I. Henry, Centerville, Ky., $10 In gold.
Mary O. Holland, Holland’s Mills, Ga., $5 Jn gold
A. J. Sappington, Bartlesville, Ga., $5 In gold*
M. C. King. Chestnut Grove, Ky., $5 in gold.!
W. T. Wright, Laurel Hill, N. C., $5 in gold.
W. W. Shipper}-, Waxnbatchic, Tex., $5 in gold;
J. L. Daniel, Ulcnnvillc, Ala., High Arm ma>.
chine.
H. M. Hollingsworth, Beauregard, Miss., Low
Arm machine.
C. Reynolds, Corinth, Miss., gnu.
C. F. Jennings, Cantonerncnt, Flo., f100 In gold;
II. F. Puckett, Astor, Ga., $50 In gold.
U. C. McKay, Fort Mills, a C., $25In gold.
J. D. Alexander, Thomaston, Go., 910 In gold.
If. Philips, Smithville, Miss., $10 In gold.
T. J. Arnold, Mount Olive, Ala., 15 in gold.
King & Beverly, Hawkinsvilie, Go., $5 In gold.
W. C. Cafficutt, Okolono, MUs., $5 in gold. -
J. H. C. Jones, Coopsvlllc, Ga., $5 In gold.
W. B. Swlnncy, Asbury, Ga., $5 in gold.
B. R. King, Concord, Go., machino.
John Bannister, Cedar Grove, W. Va., machine;
Tom Eason, McYille, Go., Constitution gun.
Mrs. IL T. Walker. Okolono, Miss., $25 iu gold.
Mr*. Rosa Edge, Toccou. Ga., $15 in gold.
Miss Mattlo Jones, Asbury, 8. O., 910 In gold.
Mrs. J. O. Fitzgerald, Pelham, N. C„ machine#
Miss Emma Wade, Dallas, Go., machine.
A. J. Salmon, LaConia, Tex , $100; Charles Arm*
ttrong, Reynold, Ala., 850; I.. I. Beep, Cliutoa, Ri
C„ 925; C. F. Cooper, LaGrange, Ga., $10.; J. A*'
Holland, Murfreesboro, Ark., 810; It. T. Cloud,'
Chestnut Grove, 8. C„ 9-'.; II. W. Addington,
Waleres, Ga„ 85; J. J. Morgan, Vernon springs,
Tenn., !-'•; W. P. Merman. Ol-i, Ga Mrs. Emma
fcmith, Powersvlllo, Ga., .85 ; J. V. Nowbom, Du*
luth, Ga., High Arm machino; F. M. Smith,
Blakely, Ga., Low Ann machine; J. C. Gates, Ful
ton, Miss., Gun.
Tho following received watches—G. M. 8tantotf,
Grey Rock, Tex.; Eddie I.. Isley, Flint, Ala.; K. W. ,
Littlejohn, Jonesvllle, s! C.; Miss Maggie Ander
son, Adairsvillo, Ga.; 8. M. Stewart, Chlldersburg.
Ala.; J. W. Anderson, Ploton, Tox.; John Beckley,
Raleigh, W, Va.; E. R. James. Hampton, Ga.; J. AJ
Shaw, LaFsyctte, Go.; G. W. Falls, Pleasant Ridge,
North Carolina.
Tbe following received The Werkly Constitu
tion for otic ycar-J.8. Thrasher, Dade City, Fla.; WJ
R. Johnsou.Tt-nbrook, Ala : J. T. Whatley, Stroud,
Ala.; W. M. Branch, Priors. Ga ; F. U. Campbell,
Lodi, MU* ; Mr*. J. F. Reed, Morgan, Tex.; J. TJ
Wu 1 lace, Lovijoy, Ga.; W. W. Mackey, Wilmtng*
ton, N. C.; W. A, Fowler, Warrior, Ga.; O. WJ
Kalay, Belle Plain, Is.; Mr*. J. A. Reid, LaGrange,'
Ga.; U. A. Kayt-s, Crawford, Ala.; 8. E. Lewis,
Fort UatncH, Ga.: F. M. Miller, Mellow Valley, Ala*
G. T. It. Peddced, Cooksville, Md.; Mr*. W. F.
Woodllffe, Gainesville, Ga.; 8. E. Wynn, Aiexan*
dor City, Ala.; W. H. Martin, Washington, Go.; 8.
P, Stabler, Lower Peach Tree. Ala.; W. H. James,
Dalngerlleld, Tex.; It. M. T. Rowell, Graham!
Turnout, 8. C.: Vida Petrce, Pleasant Hite, Ala.; V.
A. l oggtn*. Al*olom, Ga.; Uarrla Wilson, Madison,'
Reid a Palmer, Thomasville. Go.
Ladies Prizes.
Victoria V. Martin, Cumberland, Md., $25; Mary
Ellison, Roundtree, Go., $15; Miss M. A. Bruce,
Townville, >. C„ 810; Mr*. H. F. Walker, okolono,
MU*., High Arm Machine; Mrs. T. A. Chandler,
tsnrell, Ga., Low Arm Machine.
signed,) B. p. Thomson.
J. J. SMITH.
The iollouiug are the agents who secured tho
greatest number of subscriber* during March: W,
F. Woodlif Gainesville, Ga., 277. E: P. Bruce,
Townville, 8. C., 21*; J. A. Powe. Talladega, Ala.,
C. M. Turner, Minden, Lo., Ill; C, F. cooper,
LaGrange Ga.. 1(0; J. W. F; Uttle, West Point,
Ga, t>7: J. O. Harrison, Franklin, N. C., »*>; Mrs.
H. F. Waller, Okolono, Miss., 62; T. K. Yow. Mar
tin, Ga, 5*2; F. M. Sheram. Lumpkin, Ga.. 57; \V«
M. Branch, Prior's. Ga., 51: C. M. Bethuuc, Tol-
botion. Ga., 0.
Many of there got f ICO In gold lor a half hour's
work. It Is easier to get subscribers for The Con-;
tnnrnoN than any other paper. In an hour you
can get a club office or teu, aud you get five or tea
chances at our presents.
Now Won't You Go to Work'/
It takes no money. It takes no risk. First ren-L
t a dollar to pay your own >ubscriptIon. Thea
:t a few of your neighbors to Join you. Sen I
them in and you may get a present of 8100. Even
t the 85 presents would payjou well for }'0UC
hour's work. .
We want everybody to have a share In our April
work and our April present.*-. So send for specimen
copies, subscription blank*, and go to work. It
dont matter whether you are au agent or uot, oc
whether you ere a subscriber or not. We want
EVERY IEM« N WHO BEAD* THIS PAPER tO
Conte Into Our April Box.
Ycr certainly have a few trend* into whore band!
you could put a sample copy of TheConstitction.
Then fend fcrsimple coins. Write on a postal
card how nr any you want aud they will be sent*
We want Yor to work during April. Get to work
at once. A half-hour’s werk may give yon 9100 la
gold, and
Tbit la Tour Loot Chase#!