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6 THE CONSTITUTION. Entered Rt the Atlanta postoffico as second class 'Wail matter, November 11, KX Tbc Weekly Constitution £1.25 per annum. Clubs of five, SI.OO each; Nubs of tun, SI.OO each and a copy to getter-up of club. WK WANT YOU. Tho Constitution wants nn agent at every poMofflcr In America. Agents outfit free and good terms. If you arenot In u club, we wan you to act as agent at your ottice. Write ns. OUR "CHRISTMAS BOX” OF PRESENTS. On January Ist wo will distribute SI,O<X) among our subscribers. From September Ist to January Ist we put the name of every subs' riber received in a box. On the latter date wo shako up the box thoroughly, A holo is cut in it. Ono of our weekly agents, in tho presence of three others—draws out a name. That name gets SSOO, the box is then shaken again, and another name drawn. That name gets S2OO, and soon through the list. Now you ought to subscribe for tho paper without expecting to get one of tho presents. Pay for it, for ilself, just as you have, always done. From reading the paper you get your money’s worth, and more for your money than any other paper gives you. Bo satisfied with that. Then if you get tho SSOO, or the 8200 or even ono of the $5 presents, take it with our best wishes and our Christmas meet ings ! Os course we do not pretend that every sub scriber will get a present. Not one in every hundred will get ono. Hut every subscriber will have an equal chance. Tho box will have tho name of every subscriber sent in be fore January Ist and no other names. Three agents from different states will shako the box and will draw out a name while tho others hold it. You will have just exactly tho same •banco every other subscriber has. Some per lons will get every prize. It may just as well bo you as any one else. Wo do claim this. We furnish you the big gest ami best paper that is printed. We furnish It cheaper than any other paper. Wo give you besides an equal chance with every other sub scriber in Sl.OOOin gold distributed a.s presents. No other paper does this. So, if you like our paper as well as any other, take it, for besides tin- paper you have an interest in our “Christ mas box,” which no other paper gives you. Hut if you do not like, our paper as well as lome other paper, take that paper and drop ours, for you may not get one of our presents mid then you would be dissatisfied. Take the paper solely for tho papers sake,and if you get a present, you will be just that much hap- ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 25, IW. Tho exposition and Its Itesults. The exposition is over, ft was without except ion tho largest and most successful exposition ever given and completed in 104 days. Its only drawback was the inability of those interested to comprehend its magni tude. A hundred days before it was opened the directors actually debated whether they would spend $12,<100 or $15,000 on build ings and improvements. They closed I heir work after having spent over SIOO,OOO on buildings and Improvements. Even this was insufficient.. Enough exhibitors clam ored for admission to have tilled three times M much space as the buildings afforded. This failure to comprehend the magnitude of the exposition was almost universal. Mr. J. 11. Wylie was perhaps more closely con nected with it than any other man, spend ing most of his time, at the ground, and yet When the exposition opened he had more cattle tied to trees and hid under bushes than he had in the cattle house which he thought would be more than sufficient, and had to rule out the local herds almost en tlrely. Thirty days before opening day, the directors were canvassing for exhibits to till the two large buildings. A week before it opened they could have tilled two additional buildings. The railroads could never bo biought to comprehend what the exposition would be There were fifty thousand people who wanted to come to Atlanta thatthe railroads Could not bring, so inadequate was the tqulpmcnt. On one occasion the Georgia road train w as filled In Augusta and did not jtop at a station. On every road people Were left at the stations in droves. General K. 11. Thomas, mana er of the Richmond and Danville road, proph led a week before the exposition that his road would not transfer enough people front Atlanta to the grounds to pay the expenses of lining up, which were about $ lie eottld never be brought to change that opinion until lie had taken in over $”0,000 in cash. This exposition will teach us for the next one. It proves beyond doubt that Atlanta can be made the great exposition city of the South, ami that by wi ■ management, com prehensive plans and energy we can estab lish here an annual exposition and fair that will r.RSk with the great show at St. Louis and be surpassed by no other in America. To do tills wo must build broadly and lay the foumi.it .. ns deep. We must do as the exposition directors have done. We must put out the money without stint and trust to the people to pay it back. Beyond this the exposition will teach many lessons of profit and usefulness which tiie south will not lie slow to turn to her advantage. These lessons will develop as the days go by. and The Conbtiti nos will do its part towards interpreting and enforc ing them to tlie honor and progress of the I’ieduiout section. ♦ Hunting for Confederate Flags. Colonel F. D. Mussey, tho tibia and es teemed war correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, has been heard from in regard to tho conduct of the Piedmont exposition, tho decoration! of the houses, tile m comm ijations ter the crowd and the reception of the president. We gather from the colonel's telegram sent to ills pap.-r l iit Tue lay n it that tho people in this s. .’llOll are eousiderabiy out of gear, and that the weather and the bunting have both slipped tl. or I. ntt.es. so to : . ak. and are now running a wild and rebellious •cbe bile. Ue do not know whether Colonel Mtts •ey's correspondence is written to suit the temper of his paper, or whether it is the re sult of his own iKc.diar prejudices -perhaps it is a combination of both; but it s a fact Ui.it the colonel air.ved m Atlanta the other day considerably out of joint. He was jostled and jammed in the crowd, and lost bis temper, aud it b very evident that he THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 25.1887. had not recovered it when ids first dispatch j was forwarded to Brother Halstead’s extra | ordinary paper. This dispatch is very en : tertaining reading, be,cause the colonel makes a curous spectacle of himself, and, somewhat incidentally, of his able news paper. He was sent here, it seems, not to study the Piedmont exposition, nor to make, a re port on the wonderful progress of the south i and the development of its material re sources, but to nose around for confederate llc .s. Colonel Mussey, who is a very spicy writer, went about, bis duties very system atically. He went without his breakfast on the morning of his arrival, and missed his dinner, in his wild hunt for confederate flags. He found the city in a terrible con dition. Everything was crowded out ex cept confederate Hags. Loyal newspaper correspondents were compelled to wrap themselves in confederate flags at night when they slept and to eat soup made of confederate flags. It is to be inferred from Colonel Mussey’s telegram to his paper that he saw sights with liis eyes shut, and dreamed dreams witli his eyes open. The bunting of red, white and blue, was selected because It represented the national colors, but the inflamed eye of Colonel Mussey sees in this bunting, which is invariably used in decora tions at the north, a display of confederate flags which is quite unprecedented. Well, considering everything—consider ing the fact that the exposition has been successful beyond precedent, and consider ing the fact that the display has been the most significant (hat has ever been made in the south -we are disposed to feel some what, sorry for Colonel Mussey. Bancor’s teeth arc long atid sharp, but they have struck a finely-tempered file in Atlanta. We wish Colonel Mussey well —not only because he is harmless, but because he is a very clever fellow, indeed, when lie is not ordered to hunt for confederate flags. 4) —• The Fight Hum Been Whipped. Atlanta has whipped the fight against the rain. This is as usual. She always whips the fight. President Cleveland was specially im pressed with the earnestness and cordiality of the crowd, in spite of the rain. Time and again, in riding through the crowd, he called attention to their courtesy and patience in standing through hours of rain waiting, packed like sardines, to see the president and give him welcome. Three more days of the exposition remain. Let them be made equal to the days that have passed. The exposition is intact and better than ever. Every exhibitor put on some finishing touches for the president and the exposition is now more brilliant than it ever has been. The truth is, the exposition ought to stand for six months as an object lesson for the people, and an evidence of the marvel lous resources of this section of the country. It, must, be closed, however, on Saturday night. There arc but three more days, therefore, to see it. Those who miss it will miss a sight that will lie of lasting benefit and of immediate interest. - A Cool Woman. Tho wife of Banker Rawson, of Chicago, Is one of the coolest women that ever step ped. Pending tho divorce proceedings insti tuted against her by her husband, her son met the, old man coming out of church and riddled him with bullets. A reporter called on Mrs. Rawson at. her hotel and told the tragic story. Tho lady heard him through and said: “1 am glad of it! In front, of the church'? It was just the place. The old hypo crite; in front of the chinch. Pah! Did all the shot iiit him’?’’ After these remarks, Mrs. Rawson, who is described as a very beautiful woman, seemed to lose all interest in the matter. The in wspapcr man endeavored to continue the conversation, but as tho banker’s wife yawned and showed signs of going to sleep, lie considerately took his leave. The manner and tho utterances of this remarkable woman naturally give color to the suspicion that she knew the murderous design of her son, and encouraged him in it. She claims that she is an injured wife and that her husband has resorted to the most infamous means in order to blast her repu tation. If her side of the story is true, it is not surprising that her son shot the banker down at the church door. Still, tho coolness of Mrs. Rawson, and her lack of feeling, will prejudice the pub lie against her. A hard-hearted and re vengeful woman has few sympathizers. The Walworth ease, about fifteen years ago, was very different from the Rawson affair. Mans field Tracy Walworth, the novelist, was sep arated from his wife and treated her very I badly. 11 s son, a mere youth, punished him by killing him, but his mother, so far from approving the deed, suffered the bit terest agony. Family influence and sympa thy did not save young Walworth. He went to the penitentiary and remained there some time 1 his was New York justice. It re mains to be seen how the Chicago case will be disposed of. • A Groat Man and a (treat Ide i. The celebrated Midlothian tour of Mr. Gladstone was nothing in comparison with his present trip through the manufacturing cities of England. it has been like a royal tour in the olden time. Thousands and hundreds of thous ands have left their work and their business to greet the great apostle of home rule. As Mr, Gladstone grows older he seems to grow clearer and stronger. The exuberant I rhetoric of his youth has been pruned down I into a v iqorous and lucid style, and no liv , ing mau has his power over the masses. At _N« Hingham, the other day, the great ! com:: net' made one of the most significant I speeches of the campaign. He,said that the I Irish must have home rule or bo coerced ' into submission. Coercion, lie said, would , crush out everything in the shape, of liberty I in Ireland, and this tho liberty-loving peo ’ plcof England would net permit. He made an app d lor home rule, the extension of local g wernment everywhere, tho complete | enfranch -emciit of the nation and the abo lition if the entail system. His speech throughout was a masterly exposition of such democratic reforms as are possible in a constitutional monarchy. | During Mr. Gladstone's triumphal jour ney a delegation of white haired men met hiiu aud tcld lilni that they voted for hiuj fifty-five year* ago,>Aud were ready again to support him. How many statesmen can boast of such constituents? The enthusiasm of the people is more no ticeable than it was during tlie Midlothian campaign. It is not because the popularity of Mr. Gladstone is on the increase; it is be cause the great cause of home rule is com ing home to the business and bosoms of men. The masses of England are - nearing the point when they will be ready to thun der into the ears of their rulers: “The cause of Ireland is ours!” It is not surprising under such circum stances that Mr. Gladstone throws aside the burden of his years, and renews his youth, speaking with the force and fire of an in spired tribune. He scents victory in the air, and is marshalling his hosts for the fray. It is a wonderful campaign, and it requires no prophet to forecast its outcome. _______ —.....--- The Country Safe. It is gratifying to note the promptness witli which Mr. Chauncey M. Depew has repudiated certain statements credited to him in a recent St. Louis interview. In the published interview Mr. Depew was made to predict a period of financial disasters resulting from tlie over-construc tion of railways and land speculation. It seems that the interviewer misunderstood the drift of the conversation. Mr. Depew admits that he expressed the opinion that there was too much railway activity in the northwest, but the business interests of the country appear to him to be in a healthy and prosperous condition. Os course there are prophets of evil even in the best of times, but it is pleasant to be assured that a bright, brainy man like Mr. Depew is not one of them. The fact is, the unhealthy booms in railways and real es tate, during the present year, have been sporadic and local. There has been no gen eral tendency in that direction. Allthcsigns of the times indicate an era of prosperity for several years to come, and the croaker who predicts a financial panic will find it difficult to give sound reasons for his evil forebodings. Hungry London. When the unemployed laborers and the suffering poor of London raise the cry of “Bread 1” the governing classes have good reason to be alarmed. When the hungry thousands of the great metropolis swarm through tlie streets ami in the public squares yelling “Bread!” their rulers trem ble. A hungry British mob will call for blood when bread is not forthcoming. The demonstrations in London are more significant than the red flag nonsense of tlie anarchists in Chicago. The anarchists arc not suffering. They are sleek and well fed. They arc able to spend half their time in idleness, and they have not only bread but beer and plenty of it. In London the case is different. There, poverty is genuine. There, the common lot is one of hopeless misery. Tlie poor are all tlie time growing poorer, and the rich are growing richer. At the end of a hard summer hosts of unemployed workingmen find themselves facing the horrors of winter. Discontent among such people means some thing, and their complaints and threats mean trouble. in tlie event of an outbreak the police of London would have the aid of a strong military force, but it is difficult to cope successfully with tho desperate fury of a mob. More than one bloody chapter in the history of Paris shows tho weakness of tlie police and the military when the masses are up and the revolt is on. London has a volcano under it in tlie shape of its oppressed and starving poor. One of these days tlie outbreak will come and tlie city will bo wrecked, just as Paris has been wrecked time and again. Such periods come in the history of all great cities. In the long run the old government or a new one st raightens out the tangle, but during the brief upheaval the mischief is done. England's greatest danger is not in Ire land. It is at home. The failure to realize this is tlie worst blunder that tlie tories have made, and when they see it they will lie powerless to apply tlie remedy. Hungry London is preparing for her feast, and it will be a sad occasion for those who furnish it. Wi atlier Predictions. The. claim is made that about sixty-eight per cent of the predictions of the signal ser vice turn out to be correct. U nder tlie circumstances this is doing very well, but as a rule tlie weather predictions are very disappointing on great occasions when people are anxious to know what to depend upon. Nine times out of ten, when there is a celebration, or a big day. tlie pre : diction of fair weather is followed by rain, or I a wet programme gives way to bright sun shine. So unreliable is tlie guess work of the sig nal service on these special occasions that 1 the people are in the habit of carrying their umbrellas and waterproofs when fair weather is predicted, and, on the other hand, they sail out in summer attire when it is an nounced that it will be cold aud rainy. In order to be prepared for what comes every man should be his own weather pro phet. This schedule will not bring any ex traordinary number of disappointments, and it works very satisfactorily with people of tlie “griu-and-bear-it" temperament. After all, too much importance is attached to the weather. Tlie best way is to go ahead re gardless. * —————-- I.ock Him I'p, Professor Capen, tlie Washington weather prophet, whose alleged earthquake predic tions were followed by tlie t'harleston dis aster, is talking again. The professor says tliat there will be an earthquake period in this month reaching from tlie 15th to the 2oth. The critical days will be from the 19th to the 24th. A year or so ago the professor would have been able to frighten a good many people. Since then our lively earthquake experience has taught even the most ignorant that tho prophet* know no more about coming seis mic convulsions than their neighbors know. These predictions are the outcome of a species of erankism altogether too common for the public good. The lunatic asylum is the best place for sensationalist* like Capeu, and they ought to be sent there. A Brave Crank. Anarchist Parsons, who is now in the Chicago jail awaiting the execution of the , death sentence, has written a characteristic letter to the governor of Illinois, Parsons takes no stock in the effort pew being made by hb friends to have his sentence commuted. He writes to the gov ernor that he is either guilty or innocent. If guilty, he prefers death rather than to go “like the quarry slave at night, scourged to his dungeon.” If innocent, he is entitled to, and will accept nothing less than lib erty. This is brave talk. But the anarchist drops into mere drivel towards tlie close of his letter. He claims that there is a judicial ( conspiracy to murder the condemned an archists. He protests against this judicial crime, but repeats his determination to suffer death rather than accept a commuta tion. lu conclusion he asks the governor to examine the record of the trial and de cide whether the prisoners are guilty or in nocent. This man is perhaps the only genuine American among the Chicago anarchists, lie is something of a crank, but his Ameri can pluck bears him up to the last. We must not allow this man's heroism in a bad cause to excite our sympathy. He is the open and avowed enemy of society, law and order. There is no room in tliis country for such men. There is an opening for dead anarchists, but there is no place for them while they are alive. The sooner An archist Parsons and his fellow outlaws are under the sod, the better it will be for those who are left behind. An Interesting Dreamer. San Antonio, Texas, had a thrilling sen sation the other day. Mrs. Truax, an estimable lady, was found in her back yard, in an insensible condition. When restored to consciousness, she stated that four mask ed men had forced their way into her bed room, and after maltreating her, had en veloped her in a blanket and carried her out of tlie house. Tlie story of the lady created the most in tense excitement, and the police went to work to get at the bottom of the mystery. It is a relief to the good citizens of San Antonio to know that, after a most ex haustive investigation, it is the opinion of the experts that Nirs. Truax was not asault ed by anybody, but is simply the victim of a horrible dream, on the nightmare order. This dream theory possibly explains much that would otherwise be unaccountable. From time to time, the country is startled by reported outrages upon women, and in some of these cases there is no evidence whatever except the statements of the alleged sufferers. Perhaps these unfortunates arc laboring under a delusive mania. There are many instances on record where women in a hysterical condition, have told the most remarkable stories. Sonic years ago, Lady Florence Dixie excited all England, by claiming that she was followed and attacked by conspirators who were determined to have her life. It turned out that the whole business existed only in her diseased imagi nation, It may be, that Mrs.Truax’s case, belongs to the hysterical class of imaginary out rages. It is certainly easier to take this view of it, than it is to believe that four masked men played such pranks with her as she tells about. As a rule, an extra ordinary story should be received with an extraordinary degree of caution. Two Remarkable Deaths. Tlie epidemic of sudden deaths in Mem phis will alarm people in that city and else vv here. Judge Ellet and President Montgomery, of tlie Jockey dub, expired under some what similar circumstances. Botli fell dead in a public place, on a great occasion, just after they had finished delivering their speeches. It is easy to say that they were the vic tims of heart disease, but tins is not en tirely satisfactory. Did tlie excitement of the occasion, the exertion of speaking have anything to do with these deaths? A person afflicted with heart disease should,as far as possible,avoid agitation and excitement. The friction of enthusiastic crowds is bad. The mental and physical strain of a set speech is dangerous. If Judge Ellet and President Montgomery had kept away from the places where they were stricken, we have little doubt that they would have been alive today. — w A Fino < ampaign Drink. John Randolph Tucker astonished a north ern friend, the other day, by telling him that buttermilk was his favorite campaign drink, and that he always stuck to it when he was on a stamping tour. It will be recollected that Horace Greeley managed to make a series of remarkably good campaign speeches with no stronger stimulant than milk. Mr. Tucker’s beverage is even better. It does not interfere with the digestion, and it cools and lubricates the throat, besides affording nourishment. A buttermilk orator is not likely to make any very bad breaks. On the other hand, tho speaker who braces up with a dose of tlie ardent is liable at any time to overshoot the mark. Tiie excitement of facing large crowds is so stimulating in itself that most men need to be held back rather than spur red forward. The buttermilk idea, however, is not Mr. Tucker's discovery. He got it from Henry A. Wise, who, whatever else might be said of him, was certainly anything but a dull speaker. Tho successful experiment of these two Virginians in the matter of finding a campaign bracer that cheers without in ebriating, is a pointer worth remembering. Sham lieform. Alluding to tlie surplus in the treasury, the'Macon Telegraph says: Why is it that the people are forced to pay this enormous amount over and above the necessary ex penses of the government? Il is because Mr. Samuel J. Randall end a few democrats who stood by him prevented tlie efforts of the bulk of the democratic |<arty in the forty eight and forti ninth congresses to reduce taxa tion. Mr. Ihui 'mT- a linkers are fond of alluding t 'hi* courage. They d.i not overestimate it. It requires an nlu-ost Inconceivable degree of courage to enable a man tn assume the resiKinsilility whith Mr. Randall has take i un r. him-elf. There is a very serious mistake here. Mr. Randall and those who believed with him are not responsible for tho failure of the movement for tariff reduction and revision, | nor were they even responsible for the fail i ure of Mr. Morrison's horizontal scheme, though they were opposed to that plan. Back of the democratic house n.is the re publican senate, and no scheme originated by the democrats for the purpose of revising tho tariff could have passed that body. But for the obstinacy of the Morrison men, the house could easily have been brought to the poiut of making an authoritative declaration on the subject. Revenue reform that does not contemplate ths reform of the excise laws is sham re form. “Our Family Physician” Premium. We call the attention of our readers to our special announcement in another column that we are going to use a book entitled “Our Fam ily Physician,” as a premium, to all subscrib ers to The Constitution. Most papers give premiums to new subscrib ers only. We are going to break tlie record and treat all alike. A careful reading of our statement, above referred to, will show how we propose to do it. Regarding tho book, it is the best work of the kind that we ever saw, and we know that in putting it into the hands of our subscribers we are giving them a volume that will prove of inestimable value to them—one that will certainly save them money, and may save life. The offer we are making is the most liberal made by any paper in tlie country. To give our subscribers the benefit of it, we have in curred a heavy expense, and, in a certain sense, have taken a great risk, for, in order to get these books at such a rate that we could af ford to handle them at all, we had to buy' a large lot of them, for which wo paid in ad vance. However, this doesnot worry us. We re gard our action from a strictly business stand point, and look upon the outlay incurred as a permanent investment. What we are after is a greatly increased cir culation. Not one-half tho people living in the territory covered by The Constitution, who ought to take the paper, are taking it; and they never will take it till, in some way, they learn how valuable a paper it really is, and this they can never find out till they have read it. In order to do this, wo have adopted the plan set forth in our statement, which is to get every old subscriber now on our list to work for us to the extent of getting us ono new sub scriber. There is hardly a subscriber to The Consti tution who does not know of some one who does not now take the paper who could be in duced to do so if tho matter were brought to his attention. Will you not do this work for us, that is, see your neighbor and get him to subscribe? Y'ou can hold out as an induce ment to him a $3.00 book for seventy-five cents, and the best paper in this part of the state, for a year, for $1.25. The offer is one that not ono person in a thousand will refuse if it is rightly brought to his or her notice. YVe urge every one of our old subscribers to avail themselves of this offer. We want to double our list this year, and we can do it if our old subscribers will each assist us in getting one newname 1 Will you not do so much for your favorite paper ? To all persons who do not now take The Constitution, and who may read this notice, we desire to say that we mean you by our of fer, and that we especially invite you to take advantage of our offer. The Cotton Tax. The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record, in view of the fact that the cotton tax collected during and immediately after the war has been declared illegal by the supreme court, suggests that the seventy-five millions of dollars which were collected from the farm ers of the southern states be restored to the south by congress to be used as a fund for educational purposes. In our opinion, it will be time enough to discuss the uses to which the cotton tax money is to be put after it has been restored to the states from which it was illegally taken. The money belongs to the farmers of the southern states, and congress lias nothing to do but to restore it to the states in which it was collected. It is a fund which be longs to the class which paid it. Let the money be restored, and then dis cussion as to its proper distribution will be in order. The Cotton Movement. The New York Financial Chronicle says that for the week ending Friday evening, the total receipts have reached 271,799 bales, against 276,876 bales last week, 251,186 bales the previous week and 238,745 bales three weeks since, making the total receipts since the Ist of September, ISB6, 1,454,637 bales, against 1,085,318 bales for the same period of 1886, showing an increase since September 1, 1887, of 369,319 bales. The exports for the week reach a total of 176,848 bales, of which 88,266 were to Great Britain, 11,998 to France and 76,584 to the rest of the continent. The imports into continental ports have been 30,000 bales. There has been an increase in tlie cotton in sight to-night of 401,816 bales as compared with the same date of 1886, an increase of 391,284 bales as compared with the corre sponding date of 1885 and an increase of 213,511 bales as compared with 1884. The old interior stocks have increased during the week 42,076 bales and are 41,655 bales more than at the same period last year. Tlie receipts at the same towns have been 4,517 bales more than the same week last year, and since September 1 tlie re ceipts at all the towns are 194,708 bales more than for the same time in 1886. Tho total receipts from the plantations since September 1,1887, are 1,660,507ba1e5; in 1886 were 1,222,779 bales; in ISSS were 1,265,762 bales. Although tlie receipts at the outports tlie past week were 271,799 bales, tlie actual movement from plantations was 321,919 bales, the balance going to in crease the stocks at the interior towns. Last year the receipts from tlie plantations for the same week were 308,487 bales, and for 1885 they were 303,7-54 bales. The increase in amount in sight tonight, as compared with last year, is 460,555 baits, the increase as compared with 1885 is 417,- 297 bales, and the increase over 1884 is 423,922 bales. The total sales for forward delivery for the week are 903,700 bales. For immediate delivery tlie total sales foot up this week 1,760 bales, including for export, 1,662 for consumption, 98 for specu lation, and in transit. The Chronicle's weather reports indicate that in general picking continues to make good progress, although at a few points there has been some interruption by rain. The crop is being marketed freely. The Chronicle says that the speculation in cotton for future delivery at New York has continued active throughout most of the week under review, and prices have made some further advance; the opening was weak. The bulls apparently “let go to get a better hold,” for on Tuesday, after tho effect of a lower Liverpool report had ex pended itself, they began buying again witli much freedom, without other active influ ence in their support than that which might be derived from a violent storm in the east ern gulf states (afterwards moving north east), and on Wednesday there was renewed buoyancy, following a marked advance at Liverpool. Thursday, an early decline in the face of a stronger Liverpool report was followed by a fresh advance, most decided in the early months. Friday there was an early decline under sales to realize, but the pressure on October contracts, and such low temperaJ ture in the northern belt as to threaten frosty caused a nearly complete recovery. Cotto® on the spot has been quiet. Stocks continuqj small. Quotations were advanced l-16d. on) Wednesday, and again on Thursday. FriJ day the w.irket was quiet at 9fe. for mid-l dling tiplands. • They Are Coming. Among the visitors to the Piedmont Ex 4 position were several notably large delega-j tions from the northwest. An Atlanta man pleasantly suggested tai an lowan that he would do well to remaiqj in this part of the country. “I camo with a view to settling here,’ 1 } replied the lowan, “and that is whas brought most of us down this way.” In the course of further conversation tlioj visitor said thatthe people of the northwest} were growing tired of their rigorous win-j ters. “Our winter,” he said, “lasts about} eight months, and a man practically loses half of a lifetime so far as outdoor work i« concerned. Thousands of our people arq asking themselves why they should handicapped by such disadvantages. want to move south if we can see our way! clear.” Before the exposition we predicted tha coming of this scout ing party of immigrants.- With a little encouragement a tremendou? tide of immigration can be turned south ward. These immigrants will be Ameri cans. They will readily adapt themselves to our conditions and in a short time be come thoroughly southern. It has not been the policy of this region to force immigration, and it may be best to let it be governed by natural laws. One thing, however, is certain. The present temper of the northwest is such that a very small effort on the part of any of the Pied-? mont states would draw thousands upon thousands of first-class settlers this way/ and they would come in a rush. When, people are tired of fighting the forces o£ nature it is an easy matter to persuade them to come where both man and nature stand ready to aid them. # EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT. Gobble is the name of a new postmaster Ex Virginia. A great many prominent politicians belong to the Gobble family. Mrs. John Jacob Astor is sick because she ate too many apide dumplings. She is sick in a very good cause. , Dennis Kearney met his match in New York tlio other day. Wong Ching Foo, the Chinaman, tackled him in a public debate and got tlie best of it. The Cincinnati appears to be stuck on the poetry that occas ionally appears in these columns. Mr. Hal stead should see some that wo are compelled to suppress on account of its sunny exuberance. The epidemic of sudden deaths is on again. No one locality is afflicted, and no one disease} does the work. It is possible that the changes! of the seasons give feeble systems a fatal shock. Fred Mussey, of the Cincinnati Commer cial-Gazette. has enjoyed the inestimable priv ilege of sleeping under a confederate flag since his stay in Atlanta. And he is proud of tho fact. The correspondent of the Chicago Trib une was insulted in Chattanooga and resented! it in Atlanta. His careworn face appealed to many strangers who knew nothing of his pa thetic history. Dunlap, the bank robber, will get out oS the Massachusetts penitentiary next year. Ho refuses to disclose tlie hiding place of tho million dollars realized by his steal and ex pects to have a good time when he secures his liberty. “Got There Just the Same.” United States Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin) is one of the wags of tlie most august assembly in the republic. He relates that so n after Mr. Lin coln was nominated for the presidency, in 1860, ij became pretty well understood that David Davie was really responsible for the event which subse quently be tenia so big with political results. When Davis and Lincoln next met, the latter said he had! heard that Davis had done a good deal in the way of manipulating state delegations in his (Line m'sj behalf: “and lam afraid, Mr. Davis,” lie added/ with a characteristic twinkle—“l’m afraid you equivocated a little.” “Equivocated!” roared the rotund Davis. “I lied like the devil.” Said Senator Sawyer, laughing heartily at tho reminiscence, “I once asked Davis if he really said that. “Well.” was the replv, “if I didn't, I got there just the same.” DIVIDING OUR PROFITS. And Giving Our Headers Same Big Christy mas Presents. We furnish our subscribers with The best family paper in America*,. The cheapest paper printed—the only 12-pagQ weekly. The paper that pays more for special features thaij any other. \VI. n we do this our contract with our suhscriber® en i>. 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