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A FAMOUS_ COLLEGE. The Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. THE FIRST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL- Stabkville, Miss., November 21.—[Staff correspondence Constitution.] Whatever (position one may choose to accord Missis sippi in point of material development and one thing is certain and sure, in Jill that relates to the industrial and mcehani cal education of its sons and daughters, the State has done more in that direction than any state in the south, and possibly as much as any state in the union. Here, in the village of Starkville, with a population of less than ten hundred,|is located an institution that in point of completeness of equipment and successful operation is without ■a parallel in the American continent. I refer to the Agricultural and Mechanical college of Mississippi! A few facts concerning it can be only of in terest, and as these facts wore obtained from a interview with General Stephen D. 'Lee, the president, they are authoritative and exact,and should carry weight with them. The college has only been in operation eight years. It owes its origin directly to tho land script fund the general government divided among the different states, but this fund would have been totally inadequate to have equipped and Supplied the institution with its various and manifold wants and needs bad not the state of Mississippi generously contributed to its sup port. There is one thing about this people that ought always to be jeincinbered to their credit, not that they are lacking in good qualities, however, they have always manifested a wil lingness to be taxed to support institutions that are tho medium of conveying useful in formation to the people. The college was organized in the fall of 1880, the land scrip fund received from the general government amounted to $227,000, but under the law only a small per cent of it could be expended for land, the amount having to be he held in bulk, the annual interest being used in support of tho institution; $15,000 of tho fund was expended in buying laud, and 2,000 acres of the poorest and least desirable land about Starkville was purchased for tho college. The reason for purchasing worn-out land will be explained later on. With all this land and no buildings or equipment stood the experi ment in 1880. The first appropriation made the state was in 1880, when §85,000 was £iven ; tins amount was immediately placed into brick and mortar, and before twelve months had elapsed, a commodious, and con venient brick building had boeii erected. Without going into many details, the state of Mississippi gave in 1882 an appropriation of $120,000, in tho same year a second donation of $9,611. in 1884 an appropriation or $65,000, in 1886 one of $50,000, or, in round numbers, the state has spent in equipping tho college, $329,611. This money was expended in the erection of necessary buildings, for in 1880 there was not a roof on the whole 2,000 acres. Today the college grounds present this appear ance: the main college building, a handsome structure of brick and stone, in which are the recitation, lecture and chapel halls; a large dormitory building of one hundred or more .jooms, capable of comfortably accommodating sTudenis. besides the necessary rooms for persons in authority; a chemical |!aboiatcry, of brick, veil supplied witli apparatus; a mess hall, of wood, wherein the students cat, and where al) the cooking is done and the supplies are kept; a hospital, of wood, where the sick are nursed by trained nurses from the New Orleans Charity hospital; ten houses for pro fessors, averaging six rooms, comfortable and convenient, but inexpensive; barns, stables, cow-sheds, calf-sheds, creamery, silos, engine and machinery rooms, together with other necessary buildings for the successful opera tion of a large farm. The college buildings are [located in a beautiful grove of native oaks upon a slight elevation, and the effect of the whole is exceedingly pleasant. The Mobile and Ohio branch from Artesia divides the property, giving excellent railroad accommo dations. Now, for the years 1886 and 1887 the Missis sippi legislature appropriated $50,000 to the college, and the interest on the land scrip fund for the same period was $9,857, making the in come of tiio college for the two years, $59,857, or $29,928.50. Including assistant tutors and heads of departments upon the farm, tho num ber of instructors are twenty-two, and have to be supported out of this amount. This would make salaries small, but for one fact, and that is, the farming operations, instead, of being a source of expense, as they are elsewhere area source of revenue, mod: than sufficient to pay all tiie cost of instruc tion and operation in that direction, thus leav ing the entire income of tho college to tlic maintenance of the regular college officers. This fact alone is sufficient to attract attention io the institution. There are today in attendance upon the insti tution over 276 students, which was the e aet number last year. General Lee was obliged last term to refuse over fifty applicants on ac count of limited accommodations. Mo will not permit over two students to occupy a room, believing that more will be conducive to ill health : and for this rea-on the institution is somewhat limited now in the number of stu dents it can accomm .date in its dormitori-s. Os course, as many as desire can attend, pro vided they will lodge elsewhere; but nearly every student desires a place in tho college be cause of its cheapness, and also because of its admirable system and training. 'The college is strictly military also, in addition to its other features, and is in charge of a regularly ap pointed United States army officer. The con duct at table, in dormitory, and in recitation room is strictly soldierly, and adds greatly to the efforts of those who desire to give the boys nn excellent education at the lowest possible price. General Lee informed me that the class of Students received was alm st entirely from the farming classes—boys, sons of small farm ers, who sought the institution for the purpose of obtaining an education. Over nine-tenths, perhaps, were from tin "i:*_ ■■.*, and the item of expense was a great object '• ith them. Every thing is free save board, and that is given to the students at actual cost, Tiieexpensesof a Student for one year at the coll gc cannot very well exceed $124, divided as follows; Board, 9 months, at $8 per month, $75; uniform, $18.1'5; coal, $4; book . sl2; furniture, $6; washing .*''l.7s; medical fee, $5. Surely for nine months at college 124 is a small sum, but at Starkville it is (even still further re duced. Students are required to work so many hours per day. receiving 8 cents per hour for their labor. This money is not paid to them in cash, bit. is credited upon their board accountt 4 An expert bookkeeper in the employ of the institution, who, in addition to his duties a: agent h r the college, keeps a< irately the ac count of each student. The expense of §124 per year is greatly reduced by many students; for instance, at the last session there were two students who made 559.9.'i by their labor: there Was one who made $68.43 for the term: there were sixteen who reduced theirs to .*75.5;; for the term : there were- thirtien who re,lured theirs to s 5d.66, and es. ht.<n who paid only $96.17 for nine months, while all {.aid e, n: I crably 1< ~, than the n■■■■< - ary ■■ 121.00. I vis ited the cclb'ge on Sam: ay, a <1 .y when the boys arc not cornpell- 1 t• : • rforrn jm:-.e-I labor, biitT'-in do S" if th'v <! sire, and v.l.at did 1 see ? Three hundred yards below tho ground- :•> p. strct r'i ot low l.i> -l -■ <•>■■■ t aunt;, noys with coats off ami sic* ve- , died tip ditch ing. spadimz. shoveling, using the pnk and crowbar with the < :,-e and •• ilts of veteran laborers—twenty s g fellows with brawny ::r,n ami m . 1 , >..; .ng thirir v. ;■;,• through college by tin i. -.n mammal lai-.r! And tln rc will not !> • , -i th. t nun I. who v, ill make a failur it, ire! I‘. -. ng I the »ta • :nd catth yard ■ -■■■ at work there ; a nu 'i i r t. I n.ttir that find:, n ■ .-■ le ji S< < ■ -.a ne.mbe r paintim .-.ml repairing : a .ri- eltnral impb- fngiqi t!,e c.-'.ttle yards, otle;, storing ar. >v forage | ■■:ha;.s in all, <m 1. :m!red doing s useful l.im 1 of la!" r. Aid, mark voit.ttva. note .... ory that i; lor t wa-adnyof |. t with th .hi, but their ’<■■ ■ hearts determined upon peti 'tig througli .u tin 1 oirest possi Le * < were t.", meryspari hour to add -oim tlrng to tie ■ ■ :■■ d l i - ilium. Much es the farm work is performed by the stmlc..--—not all, for ' • :-on that on -uch a large tract of land.theic uro parts too r - tnote to penult men men v. ho are only capable THE WEEKLY CONSTITLTION, ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1887. of doing so many hours per day to work it; but the hired labor employed costs very little In company with General Lee, who lias been president of the institution since its organiza tion, and who has done more perhaps to make it what it is and to popularize it with the peo ple throughout the state, a tour of the whole place was made. Tho lecture and recitation rooms were visited. Everything was plain, but neat and comfortable; the appliances for illus tration and experiment were complete and sys tematized. The course of study in the college is not elective, every student is compelled to take a prescribed course, and after graduation may then devote his time and energy to the . study of some particular branch more in detail, hi the chemical department, agricultural and industrial chemistry is perhaps more thor oughly taught than in any institution in the country, because the student is compelled to perform actual work. The professor of chem istry is the state chemist and tho analysis of fertilizers is conducted in his department; the manufacturer pays $25 for each analysis, a part of which goes to tho professor and a part to the college, and other actual work of an important character is performed here, which will bo ex plained later on when the operations of the farm are described. In tho mess hall everything is neat and or derly, the meals are served in military style, and are well conducted. The most wholesome fare is given to the students, for they require it. The outdoor work these men perform whets their appetite, and they oat like what they are—strong, robust, healthy workers. General Lee carried me into the kitchen, where the dinner was being prepared. At eight dollars per month, one would not think that a very attractive meal could be prepared, and yet hero is what the students had that Sat urday: Roast pork, tho meat being raised at the college; rice, turnip greens, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, corn bread, baker’s bread, with cof fee and milk. Surely one requires nothing more, and tho menu is sufficiently varied each day as to prevent any one from tiring of any particular food. On each student’s entrance he is required to deposit five dollars as a medical fee. This sripports a regularly organized military hos pital in charge of a trained nnrso from tlie Charity hospital in New Orleans. A physi cian, also resident, looks after the sick, but, as a rule, the habits of the young men are such that there is very little sickness among them. In the dormitories there is no overcrowding. Last terra General Lee permitted three to oc cupy one room, but becoming convinced that it was not healthful, he ordered it to be discon tinued. Now only two are quartered together. On account of limited sleeping accommoda tions, the college cannot begin to accommo date those who apply. The applications from states other than Mississippi are simply aston ishing. Os course, none can be taken," for the reason that the institution being a state college where tuition is free, the state demand must bo first met, and so far this has not been done. If the Mississippi as sembly should appropriate $50,000 for the erection of a dormitory the size of the present one,Jl venture the statement, gobtained from conversation with men in no wise connected with the college, that it would be immediate ly occupied. There are today scores of appli cations on file in the secretary's office, and as soon as a student drops out because of sick ness or the fact that he has been offered the management of some creamary or farm, there is a rush for the vacancy. The college is so wonderfully successful and so universally popular in Mississippi, and that too among a class of people who in Georgia are enemies of education, that I asked General Lee the cause. His answer is significant, and to those who arc interested in education all im portant. Said he, “wo have never lost sight of the purpose for which we were founded. On tho contrary, we have always steadily pursued it; organized as an agricultural college we have always been.one; everything we have done has been done with an eye looking to the improvement of the ag ricultural community. We have taught prac tical farming, our experiments have been of a practical nature, and the farmer at first dis posed to resent the insinuation that his child ren could be taught how to make land pro ductive better here than at home, has about come round, and now comes here himself with his troubles. We get inquiries every day from farmers in regard to farm matters, all of which are promptly answered.” “When we were organized they put us here on old, worn-out land which wo believed at the time would cause the whole affair to be. a failure. But it has turned out a blessing. The people have seen what we have produced by our efforts from that old land, have noted the improved condition of that land, and we have inspired them with confidence and the insti tution commands their respect. I believe,” continued General Lee, “that the college lias no better friends in the state than the farmers, and I judge by the fact that over half of our pupils are tho cons of real practical farmers.” The president was too modest to speak of the hold the college had upon the people gen erally, but the sentiment of the state is that what was first tried as an experiment has be come a certainty, and what xvas once doubtful has resulted in a success that all Missis sippi is proudly conscious of. In another let ter I will speak of tho wonderful farming op erations of the college, and especially of the theory of Professor Galley for restoring fer tility to old, worn-out land, that has attracted so much favorable attention. H. IL I’. What Became of Napoleon’s Fortune? Front the Washington Herald. One of the most remarkable historical inci dents of this century was the disappearance of the first Napoleon's enormous fortune. In 1810 he wi s far and away the richest individual in the world, lie camo out of tho Italian campaign ending in 1 -s: i with 84,000,000, accordmg to ids own account. This he maintain'd was ills private property. Taking the statements lie made to his friends and others at St. Helena, he must have hidden away when he left France the lust time the enormous sum of 8:0,000,000, or 200,000,000 francs! This would make him very much tho wealthiest man in the world, for that sunt then was equal in influence to 4200,0.0,000 now. No sovereign of his time could bight to approach hint in personal fortune. Mar shal Sonlt, tiie last of tiie imperial marshals (who died in Ncvamber, l l ’>l, just about a year before ids great antagonist, the duke of Wellington), told a vcneral l j French general oliicer, who repeated ft to the writer, that when tho emperor went t > Elba lie had 60,000,000 francs covered up in Paris alone. Os the $12,(K0,000 hur l cash paid over at one time by ti e United Statesjo Napoleon as first consul in 1803, it wus common rumor—not very general, you may be sure, however —tha' 7,500.000 francs of the sum xvas never accounted for in vouchers. This might easily have been. Napoleon was then first cot stl for life. lie could do just what he chose, ai d nobody dared cal! him to account. It is not very difficult to hide money in large s ,ms, too, so it cannot te found, be the search ever so careful. Ferdinand Wind has tome millions tl.i’ io cred up, and no human being Ims ever yet found a clue to t! e itolen treasure, it was said and b .-tieved by man., p >; le, toe, that etephen Girard, of Philadelphia, bad a large Him in ids hands bc | longing to Napoleon J, which he would have hand -1 cl ove: to him had he . unseeded in getting away to ! tiie I'nited -i t ;safter Waterloo, as lie tried to do. i/riis XVBt., through his minister of finance, did nil in h:s power to disc over tills hidden treasure, but th ne who knew would never tell. ’lh-yprob ably took it themiy-lves when tho emfsiror died in 1-21. Hut it Isa very interestin'.; and romantic I story, the disnpi'earnn' e ulisolutely of the greatest fortune in the world s history up to that time, leav I Fig not a trace behind. Coining lioine to Die. Vt.'ipo'it.d <.f lj:c • h>n budding woman . 1,.. -•! i i-.ii's all her Mrengtli to meet the • non '• natur ■ makes upon it, many a young ' woman returns hotiu from the severe mental .ioin of ■ brail w; ii a liroken-down cr.nstitil- I tlon, and her fiiin 1 ion., disarranged, to go to i an early grave. J f she had been wisely conn* ■'•d and ■ iven tho 10-nejit rd Dr. I’ier- *s , .te Ur.... riritioii" 1■ r Wily devdop- Inent might ha'.** kept pawith h<:r in utal ind I VI, nd 6" i'F v ■ '■! i. . :n e ' ; i’. tn way to decline and death. Tho Iteal Article. . 1 ri.jii the Ju f ./ ■. At a ro*tauraut. A customer, hi a disgusted *‘Why, thU milk 1® turned.” I • - .Vi’ thatjro.e. J IV . ‘ everything ebw -ol lln t restaurant, g.-nuin**, nu l I u »: a leceiving comUrutloß of chaU and water, The arlion Os CarteA Uttfe Liver Pill,, is ' niate the liver, and regulate tin- bow ths,‘but do not purge. They arc sure to please. EX-SENATOR JONES. Formerly Rich and Generous and Now Without a Home. HIS LATE UNFORTUNATE LOVE AFFAIR Detroit, November 25.—[Special.]—The announcement of Ex-Senator Chas. F. Jones’s condition has created a most profound sensa tion hero, his tall form and pleasant face hav ing been a familiar sight wherever people have been wont to gather. ®lle still appears in pub lic, but will Say nothing since lie saw his affairs discussed by tlio newspapers. All sorts of rumors about him are constantly in circulation and they keep the newspaper reporters hust ling running them down. A tidal wave of excitement occurred this evening when it was announced as a fact that he had taken bis life. The report was untrue, but it would not surprise many people to learn of his death at any time. Ile is morose and in a deplorable state of mind, while his clothes are badly out of gear. Several days ago one of Senator Jones’s friends sent a letter to his second son, John, who is employed in the pateijt office in Washington, asking him to come on at once, and ho is now here. "I don’t yet know just what we will do with father,” the young man said this evening. “I am very much afraid that he can never be persuaded to quietly leave Detroit.” “Do you consider his mind affected?” “I hardly know what to think. It is true that his father was for a time partially insane, but that was always regarded as the result of a sabre wound, and not hereditary. Father has always been in excellent health.” To-day your correspondent, who has enjoyed the ex-senator’s friendship, called uj.on him and succeeded in getting him to talk some what about himself. “The day is not far distant,” ho said, “when the newspapers will bitterly regret this attack upon me. It has always been the way of tiie world to attack everything that is good, and everything that it cannot understand. If I had used the advantages offered by my .scat in tho senate to become a rich man no one would have a word to say against mo today, but that I did not do. 1 went into tho senate a poor man and came out of it a poorer man. But it will all come out right some day. lam a firm believer in tho doctrine that all things eventu ally find their proper level. Everything that I have been, and I leave my official record to speak for itself, was accomplished by my own exertions. I landed in this country from Ire land with my widowed mother, away back in tho forties, when I was but twelve years of ago. Wo were almost entirely without moans. Chance took us to Florida, where I started in to make a man of myself and become somebody in the world. In'all my previous life 1 had not to SI.OOO ■ Ilf (IIIHST)I.t' FMNIS! (See Last Column of Sixth Page.) HEN YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONSTITUTION YOU GET THE BEST AND CHEAPEST TAPER in America. On its merits as a newspaper it has grown from 9,(XX) to 112,(XX) circu. I.ATION IN THREE YEARS. In TAKING IT YOU GET THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PAPER. Besides this, you get a shake in our “Christmas box” of Presents of SI,OOO cash. If you subscribe now your name goes in the box, which is shaken up on January 1, AND ONE NAME DRAWN OUT BY OLR AGENT. THAT NAME GETS SSOO, THE NEXT S2OO, AND SO ON THROUGH THE LIST. Some subscriber will get the SSOO on January 1. Why not YOU? Out of THE BOX OF SUBSCRIBERS’ NAMES, ONE NAME WILL COME FIRST. It MAY BE YOURS. IF SO, YOU GET suoo AS A PRESENT. The NEXT GETS S2OO, AND SO ON. SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE I? OR EVERY NEW SUBSCRIBER YOU SEND IN YOUR NAME GOES IN AGAIN. GET UP A CLUB. exceed a year and a half of schooling. During those early years in Florida 1 worked like (he veriest slave by day and studied by the light of a pine knot or tallow dip far into the night. In this way 1. fitted myself for the bar, to which I was admitted in 1858. The records of my legal career are scattere<l all over Florida and lap over into several other states. I had to fight against race prejudices and was entire ly without backing or influence, but I climbed to the very pinnacle of legal distinction before entering a political career. I was particularly versed in all matters pertaining to constitutional law, and was quite universally regarded as authori ty upon that subject. My political career be gan with being elected to the legislature. I was a member of the legislature which sent me to the senate in 1874. Since that time my career has been national property, and you are doubtless familiar with it. It may be that I have endowed the ofHce of senator with high and holy qualities which it does not rightfully possess, but 1 entered the senate chamber with reverent tread and never quite lost my vener ation for it. 1 lost sight of all selfish ambi tion and tried to give my life and my best ef fort.; to my country. That is why I came forth poor and pure. I wish it understood,” and tho eyes of the ex-senator snapped with enthusiasm, “that 1 shall have friends in J'lorida. Had I chosen to return to the senate I could readily have done so.” When the talk drifted on to his future plans he closed up instantly. His friends tonight gave up hopes of getting him to return home. Since the expiration of his term of ollice ex- Senator Jones has not been prominently before the people of the country. I pto that time ho drew unpleasant notoriety upon hims'df; but few men could have more quietly or more stub bornly submitted to the adverse criticism to whi' h he was subjected. He had suddenly left his place in the senate, where he had ac quired an enviable reputation because <»f his statesmanship/ his ability as a constitutional lawyer and his honesty. He came to Detroit three years ago, upon invitation of W. G. Thompson, to make a visit, which has grown into a permanent stay. Much was at first made of him. Ho was genial, sociable, able and possessed of sullicient means to live ex pensively. With those means he was over ready to aid the numerous calls of charily, and he very soon became identified with the cur rent local movements of num and affairs. He occupied luxurious apartments at the Russell house, sought out the kindred spirits of the city and made desirable acquaintances all over. Among these was Miss Clotilde Palms, a young lady of great wealth, pleasing manners and the highest .position socially. Far from b<dng a beauty, she nevertheless was found by ex-Senator Jones to be extremely attractive, and he at once became her avowed suitor. He was persistent, but it is believed that the lady never fora moment gave him aseriouU thought, and the long siege came to an inglorious end. It is understood that ho thinks it was through no fault <»f his own or prejudice on the part of Miss Palms that he <lid not succeed in this, probably his last love affair. But an explana tion of why he failed, or of why he ndu-j-d to rd urn. either to Washington <»r to !• iorida, or to leave Detroit at all, is necessarily some what vague, because the reason* at which he hints me uncertain and apparently based upon a foundation ol little fact and much im agination. He believes himself the \i< tim of a con spira« y within the democratic parly. Tills combinaii* n against him involves statesmen, politicians and newspapers. Ii f<i!low« d him through a tour of Europe, was made chiefiy manifest ;it the banquet given liini by the lord mayor of Dublin, <ioggp<l his o.li< ial life at W '-ihinyt'-n. thwarted his purp'- • •. nr iign<*«l > f ;• and a.t, menU'• to rtf*. hi Lrief. ha b»-cii the ex-senator’s la te noir. Hi* has hinted at a u . sination if he w« lit hony, has ■di mal> <• in item* of th<* <• iitem tiressthit seemed p/rh'ily innocent to all olhers, ;<nd b.ti tr.’ the evid‘*io <-s of pn s/ j’ibi’.i r.’er of p. blh " duty. ’ H<- has vov • d that he will ‘’tloc n” .<II this oppo ition, nnd with thi . vow is Jin!:-d nndher—that he will remain in Detroit until that purpose is ac complished. At o.ie time his belief that lu* was the vic tiin of a conspiritf y, found vent in some re markable letter-. written to hi# friends here. They are s.rd V, have been vioh nt to an a don i-liing degree. Whate er may liavelx*eii their character, it was from them that then started Hie first whisperings of lack of faith in his mental condition. On this point, it is Impossi ble to speak accurately as yet. In conversa tion on general subjects, the ex-senator seems not only sane, but to have unnsally good sense and a large fund of accurate information. In a recent conversation on the subject of yellow fever, he showed n remarkable memory, as well as full knowledge and a power of almost fascinating description. When ex- Senator Jones came to Detroit ho had somb ready money. His integrity had stood firm against the temptaions held' out to him as a senator of commanding position and influence or he would have had more. His income ceased with hi* term of office, and tho heavy expenses he had assumed when coming to this city wore not curtailed. Ho had contributed' as already stated, to public charities witli lib erality, and had made presents to some of bis newly acquired friend* in Detroit. With a room costing him $3 a day at the Russell house, one son and sometimes two, staying hero with him at his expense, a serious inroad was made upon his limited means. His bill at the Russell house reached an amount that called for settlement and a, tem porary compromise was effected by locking tho ex-Senator’.s room against him. He quietly accepted the situation and removed to Hie Griswold, his son accompanying him. Tho same unpleasantness was in time encountered there. There was a bill of $l5O and no money forthcoming in payment. Again the door of his room was locked. This time tho senator's resources did not serve him so good a purpose. He remained at tiie Griswold, and, barred from his room, availed himself of a lounge in the hallway. Here the night clerks took pity upon him, and in passing would throw a, blanket over him and allow him the best rest obtainable. His son usually spent these nights, which brought no fixed abid ing place, with some of bis young com panions at their rooms. Finally Detect ive O’Neil, a friend of the ex-senator, finding him asleep in the Griswold house office, asked him if he had been without sleep the night before. Jones said that he bad. and readily accepted an invitation to Mr. O’Neil's house. This was three weeks ago, and the ex-senator and son arc still partakers of O'Neil's hospi tality, but have received a suggestion that his means will not permit a long continuance of this arrangement. The senator usually takes from three to four meals u day at. Roos’s res taurant, and a bill of $250 is registered there against him, which sympathy and a reluctance to deny so distinguished a patron have allowed to grow with time and the ex-senator’s appe tite. The Russell house news stand has a lit tle account of $25 with the ex-senator, and other dealers in such articles as he wants are his creditors. All this serves to suggest Jones's condition ratlier than to reflect upon bis honesty. His actions are not those natural to a man of his intelligence, native ability and powers. His friends realize this, and a son from Washing ton is now here to sec if something cannot bo done to induce tiie father to leave Detroit and engage actively in the work for which ho is fitted. There is a general opinion that lie is a monomaniac on the one subject of tho alleged conspiracy against him. No one is able to talk with or advise him on the subject of his finan cial difficulties or of engaging him in the prac tice oi his profession. He simply walks away and will have nothing to say. He declares that he has saved the people of tho country millions of dollars, has b<*cn liberal since com ing to Detroit, and that the people owe him a living, which he seems bound to have regard less of the opinions it may create and tin* com ment which it excites. He is a regular attend ant at mass and a strict observer of other re ligions duties, but, aside from that, the whole course of his life seems to conform with tho delusion which threatens his life. When ex-Senator Jones’s circumstances first became straightened he could have borrowed all the money he wanted. He did get frequent loans'and could, perhaps, get them now by per sonal application. But one’predominating characteristic is his high spirit, and instead of going frankly to his friends and stating his case, he has sent requests by messengers, until finally these ceased to have the desired e,fleet. He is a man that a friend and advisor cannot talk to. When told by Detective O’Neil that he could get money to pay his debts and take him home, if he would see his friends, he re plied: “Let them come to me.” Senator Jones claims to have a fine house in Florida which is unencimbcrcd, but he has never taken any steps to assist himself by sacrificing it. Detroit, November 2G.—lt is stated in an evening paper that Washington friends of ex- Senator .Jones have decided to adopt energetic measures in his behalf; that a fund has Tiecn pledged by leading democrats of the country centering in Washington to take care of the ex-senator for the remainder of his life, either in a home of his choice or in an asylum at Pontiac or one at Washington. It is rflso stated that Monday a caveat will be issued by the probate .judge, sworn out by the senator’s son and backed liy theaftidavils of thr«u* leading physi cians, citing Jones to appear before court, if lie acquiesces in the examination severer meas ures will be avoided, hut if he persists in his stubbornness, he will be committed to an asy lum. John Jones, the ex-senator's eldest son, cannot be found tonight to verify the rumors. His son refuses to talk, an<! no application for warrant has yet. been made by any one, and by whose authority the statements are made is , unknown. < Prompt relief in sick headache, dizziness, nausea, c onstipation, pain in the side, < te.,guar anteed to those u.ong Carter’s Little Lives Pills. One pill a dose. 2.5 cents. ———♦ Lovers of the Russian. Exchange, “Have you read any of tho Russian novel ists?” asked a society man of a fashionable young lady. ‘si, yes. They are splendid,” said she. “What do yon think of them?” “Think they arc splendid.” “So life like.” “Splendid. True to nature.’* “Splendid.” “Nothing overdrawn.” “Nothing. Splendid J think.” “She’s one of the bri;. htcht women 1 ever saw (a<ldr*.s/<frig B'finc one ohc and nodding toward tlic? ! young lady to whom lU- had bee n talking;. Knows I all ultout Itnrsian literature, don't you uudcr>lai«d,” I “Don’t know when Pre enjoyc-d conversation as I much,” raid she, (turning to home one < !><?)• “He | iiu got all the Itu&dftu noveiistsat h.’s very longue's Lottery TfckclM Furnish a Wechlkig Outfit. Portland, Me., Oct., J!'. South Portland, just sicfv.s the harbor, is all ag<»g over a bit of romance. J'oi* months Louisiana StatcLot ury II ct/ have lw*< n extensively <l<alt out here, nnd n few persons have had windfalls of fortiine. A '< ”ng man named ( ole and hU : betrotli< <l, >li>7» Jackson, in somewhat poor circnin-tanc *. concluded to try their luck, and each pa "I lilty cents for one-tenth of a wholo ticket. At the October drawing they found, | by r< ading the schedule of winning tickets, hat theirs had drawn ft i undcr- tood tint their w<*dding c ard:* are now in tho j hand ; of the printer. -Nev. York Sun, Oct. 20. School Why do s/ hool girls like northeast winds? Ii briii ' chap to their lips. Should it bring < «J<!»to I heir h< nd,, jet them take 'l’nylor’s i Cherokt Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein. MILESJJF FLAME Have Played Havoc In the South and Southwest. WHOLE SECTIONS ARE LAID WASTE St. Louis, November 25.—For several days a veritable cloud of gloom has hung over St. Louis and life has been rendered almost intol erable by smoke. During the day the sun is almost totally obscured or appears simply as a dull red ball, and at night tho moon and stars are invisible, and even the street lamps are not visible to tho naked eye, except at very close range. All the people are coughing and rubbing their aching aud in'tlamed eyes, and cursing the drought nnd forest fires that are devas tating vast sections of country in all directions. Sinokv is over and about and in everything. The streets are full of it, the houses aro full of it, the people’s eyes, noses and lungs are full of it, and timid poisons aro afraid to go to sleep at night lest the dense smoke should suf focate them. It all comes from tho forest and prairie tires that aro burning fiercely in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas. Indiana, Texas, Tennes see and the Indian Territory. EXTENT OF THE COWI'GAGRATION. Y'ottr correspondent met Mr. L. B. Farley, of Hot Springs, Ark, who had just come in over tlio Iron Mountain railroad, traveling through a section afflicted by tlio scourge of fire. "The forest and prairie fires that aro now devastating the southwest are much more de structive and widespread than people believe,” said Mr. Farley. “Tlio forests of northeast ern-Arkansas have been burning for three weeks, and hundreds of thousands of acres of timber have been destroyed. Around Hot Springs the fires have been burning fiercely, nnd for a tew nights the landscape was entirely circled xvith flame. For two hundred miles this side of Little Kock the nir is thick with gray, stifling smoke, freighted with ashes. The tires seem to be workingall northeast,and from tlio reportsreceived it seems tho destruc tion is not confined to forests, but tho crops and improvements on hundreds of farms have fallen a prey to the flames. 1 saw a strip of territory about ten miles long a few days after the flames had passed over it, and it would bo hard to conceive anything more desolate. It had been covered xi ith a line forest,and all that remained was the black and burned earth and some charred slumps. ritAlltlES AMI TOHESTS At.IKE SUFFER. “The dry prairies form a combustible link between tho forests, and there is nothing that will put an end to the destruction but a heavy rain. Coming up on tb« trnin the progress of the fires could bo seen on all sides. Southwest Missouri seems to be suffering severely. Stod dard county and some of the adjoining coun ties, which are low ai.d swampy, aro being swept by the tbuiu s. Tho underbrush and scrub oaks that grow in tlio swamp are dry as tinder and burn rapidly.” “Did you hear oi any lives being lost?” “No; but I heard rumors that some hunters were surrounded by tires, but there is nothing authentic regarding the loss of life. Generally the farmersjaro warned l>y the smoko and wind, and if they embrace the opportunity can escape.” BAD NEWS FROM MANY SECTIONS. From other sources your correspondent ob tained information of a similar character con cerning the work of the destroying element in this immediate vicinity nnd throughout tho south and southwest. Dispatches from many townsand railroad stations show that vast areas of timber land and cultivated country have been and aro now under the sway of tho lire fiend in southern I llinols and Indiana. A dispatch from Anna. HI., says: '■The forest tires are still raging in nearly all parts of this (Union) county and surround ing counties. By almost superhuman efforts they had been confined to tho swamps and waste lands, and were doing about as much good as harm, hut tho high wind of Saturday, and Sunday scattered the flames, and for tho past two diiys they have been spreading rap idly. Tho smoke to-day was almost unbear able, being so thick that the sun could scarcely bo seen. Reports coming up from tho Missis sippi bottoms are that many pieces of valuable timber land have caught tire, and nothing can bo done to check the flames. The farm of M. V. Eaves is suffering very much, several thousand rails having been burned, and more are in danger. A barn on his farm caught tiro yesterday and was destroyed, together with the contents and sonic agricultural imple ments, a largo buggy, etc. Several other barns wore burned. 'l'iio farmers of the entire region, assisted by many people from town, are bard at work lighting the fires, although little can bo done to stay their progress. The woods a few miles east of Anna are now burning. “The farm residence of A. W. Musgrove, several miles cast of town, caught lire from tlio burning woods and xvasdestroyed, together with the contents. The forests around Don gola, nine miles south of here, caught Satur day, and for a while the town was in great peril, hut the lire is now partly under control, though tlio danger to the town is still great. Fires on the ties and bridges of the Mobile and Ohio railroad for Hie past few days have de layed trains considerably. Telegraph polos on the lines of both tho Illinois Central and Mo bile and Ohio have been burned, causing great annoyance and delay. No rain to speak of has fallen here for five months.” VILLAGES IN ASHES. From other townsin Illinois come like stories of devastation, each tellingof thcgeneral work of destruction or reciting some particular event such as the burning of line residences or farm property, narrow escape* of people and livestock and thrilling experiences of lire fighters. A dispatch from Shelbyville, 111., gives the. facts, xvith meagre details, of tho burning of the little village of Findlay, a few miles -from Shelbyville. Not a business house was left standing except the postoffice, and only four or five resident H in the outskirts of tiie vil lage remain. Tho town had about, one thou sand inhabitants. The burned and burning district extends clear over into Indiana, and dispatches from Leopold, Seymour and other interior towns tell tales of trouble by fires. From many points in Missouri come dispatches of similar import, while many of an equally distressing character aro received from Ar kansas. BESTBUCTION IN Alt K ANSAS. The following from Little Koi k will serve as asamjde: “The drought still continues, nnd Arcs are reported from every direction. The air is filled with smoke. It has been more than a week sine® tho sun showed its face. Reports from Arkansas county aro that the prairies and forests are turning, and that much reining, as will as outhouses and pastures, have been destroyed. A lineman, just in from along the telephone line to Hot Springs, reports tiie destruction of three resi dences and many miles of fencing. "Tho little town of Mayflower, Franklin county, has been badly scorched. Yesterday tiro was discovered in the woods west of the town, burning in the direction of the village. All efforts to check the flames proved useless, and onward the fire rushed at terrific speed, driven before a high wind and sweeping every thing before it, including fences, barns and lioirscs. ft required the greatest caro of tho citizens to save the town. Many people wore compelled to leave their homes. Haydon Brothers and others uioved (heir goods. D. It. Lorentz, L. D. Akridge.T. W. Worrelland J. B. Miller are among the heaviest losers.” Hl XI ING GHOUNBS RUINED. Grand prairie and the prairies along White river in Arkansas, late the paradise of hunters lifter prairie chicken and snipe, aro now blackened wastes. Thousands of birds hove been destroyed, and the country as a hunting ground is ruined. In tho swamps, people fol lowing in the track of tho flame-, find < arcasses of deer nnd bear that were overtaken and burned to death. Tho deer have lied to tho cujtivate.d fields, and are becoming almost as tamo as sheep. The stock range is destroyed, ns weeds will spring iq> in place of the grass. The high w inds that prevailed rendered futile the i fferts by the people tosubduo the fire. Several persons have narrowly escaped lyin long at tin hands of tho people, who : us. peril d them of firing Iho gra-s on the prairies, ’Fh'S'ditor of tho DeWitt, Ark, Reporter, who had :i ram h on <lrand ITnfrie, < harges the edi tor on the opposition paper with setting fire to liis place, and lie- controversy between them is likely to end in causing gore instead of print er's ink to flow. Dr. William Gucrrant, a physician of twenty years' experience in the bottoms, is the only person yet heard from who can foraee good re sults from tiie fires. He claims that tiie <ln »tructioii of decayed leaii s and undergrowth will do away with malaria to such an extent that white neoulv can bo liealthv in in bottom. ATLANTA GOES WET. Fulton County Roes Against Prohibition by 1,133 Majority. The great contest is over and the anti-pro* hibitionists have won. T’lK TOTAL VOTE In Fulton county yesterday was 9,244. Os these tho anti-prohibitionists polled 5,183, and tho prohibitionists 4,061—an anti-prohibition majority of 1,122. Tho antis .carry every ward in the city, the majorities ranging from 74 in tho second ward to 216 in tho fourth ward. Tlio total majority in tho cdty is 817. The antis also carry all th* voting precincts outside of tho city with the single exception of South Bend. The ma jorities in tlio county precincts range from| nine in Collins to 101 in Cooks, the total nuyi jority outside the city being 305. In tho first, fifth and sixth wards the crusia of voters was very great during the entire day, and for some time it looked as if it would be impossible to accommodate all who were enti tled to vote. This proved to be tho case in th* first ward, for when G o’clock camo and tha polls were aleelarcd closed there were many registered voters who had been unable to cast their ballots. In all tho other wards the vote ing was practically through with at half past five o’clock and nobody was shut out. Badges and banners of all kinds were to ba seen on all sides. “Return prosperity to the city and Vote for the Sale,” read tho placards which adorned tho anti-prohibition carriages. The prohibition carriages bore big 1 blue placards with tho single word “Prohibi tion.” There were badges galore. “We Ara Wet,” was tho legend on some of tiie red badges, while boro the single word “J.iberty,” or “Freedom.” Tho blue badges were most numerous. There were Young Men’s Prohibition Club badges to be seen everywhere. Blue badges with tho single wont “Prohibition,” were most numerous, however. At Hie fourth ward, some of the ladies waved a big blue banner, with tho word “Homo” painted on it; ami nt the second ward, there was quite a lengthy appeal to mothers and daughters, to work in the cause of prohibition. There wore two kinds of nnti-j rohibition tickets, Ono was a blue nnd white back ground with the words “For the sale,” in white letters; the other—and tho one almost universally used—was a plain white ticket with tho words, “For the sale” in black let ters. The dry ticket was unique. On one side it boro the picture of a huge and horrible look ing serpent, with head erect, but he had just been cleft in twain by a little cupid xvith wings, bearing, raised aloft, a wide blade, oil which are the words, “Against the Sale.” Tho other side is of a different color and rep resents a barroom, in which num and women uro drinking and carousing, with children bogging them to desist. Over all is an nngel with outstretched wings and a look of pity on her face, and in her hand she bears a card with tho inscription: “Against tho sale.” As the hour for closing tiie polls drew near, it became more and more evident that tho wets had won tho fight. This opinion became *| certainty when the official report i f the com plexion of tho county districts became known, and the enthusiasm of tho nnti-prohibhionista became intense. Bonds played, “wet” ugir marched about, the streets and, for the part, spent their time in yelling as hard as they knaw how. At nig" t “everything goes” was the motto of tho wets, and they seemed bound to live up to the sentiments tlieruin expressed. Tho dem onstration at the Kimball was a striking affair. Enthusiastic antis paraded the street, serenading prominent persons, and of coarse The Constitution, though hardly a person, was remembered. It was a gallant victory. The Vote in Detail. Tho following table gives tho vote of tho cu tin county by voting precincts, witli the ma jorities, and tho anti-prohibition gains ovoj tho vote of two years ago: MaJorf- i ® g ties. PRECINCTS. . ! 3 .« b «( b i _ H ? Q I I O q> 'Flint wardiw: 818 685 183 Second ward 1076 .’>7s 5011 74 >, .s’ Third ward !M6 526 380 146 •” o Fourth ward 1116 681 465 216 ° Fifth ward 1061 683 478. 105 Sixth ward 1310 716 603 113 “■ a— ' J " Total hl Citv'.Uli 311'40:112 _ Maloiitv In l ily I ’ I '1; : 196 ~~WOSt FihL’......... 451; 271 17, Ai? 410 East Point 17l| 97 77 20 09 . (10l I ins 137 73 61 ii ;w b Bryants 1211 <1 63 18 50 s Haun Bend 3:W 1;8 191 43 J 72 p Peachtree 150 88 AM 20 13® Q Adamsville 160 101 68 51 -j link Grove 79 47 62’ 1.1 2 ■£ Buckhead 161 08 63! 35 8 t - Cooks 419 260 159 j ’lOl Total In Country. 2203:1251 961 .">lB 43 969 Total InCeunty 924115183 4061 (1165 43 "■■Cooks in 1886, 216 wet. Total wet gain on lost, vote 1,350. Total wet majority in county,l,l33. A Chronic Teiulency Overcome. Many persons are troubled with a chronic tendency to constipation. They aro of bilious temperament. The complaint to which they are subject, though easily remediable by judi cious treatment, is in many cases aggravated by » resort to drastic purgatives and cholago guos. As tiie human stomach nnd bowels ar* lined with a delicate membrane, and not witli vulcanite, they cannotstaud prolonged drench ing with such medicines without serious injury. Nothing restores and counteracts ail habitual tendency to constipation so effectual ly as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Ils laxa tive effect is gentle and progressive. It neither convulses nor weakens the intestines, and its effects are unru cotnpanied by griping pains. It urouM* the liver when the organ it sluggish, promotes digestion, and encourages appetite and sleep. For fever and ague, kidney troubles, nervous complaints and in cipient rhemnatisin. it is incomparable. Taka a wineglass before meals and see how soon you will relish thorn. LET THERE BE LIGHT. Hou. Roswell I’. Flower, President; Robert lIIHCOek, Vice President; J. W. Slack. Treasurer. These are. the well known gentlemen that comp is® the Hitchcock Lamp coiupanv, organized in 1873, nnd now furnish light to nearly nil tha civilized countries In the world. Ilimdiels of thousands of tl>c Hitchcock lunq s are now taedtli Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico, North and South America, and on the coast of Africa, ond giving the very best of satisfaction, us numerous letters of commendation testify from person* who hare used tho lamp from six to eight years. Tho large, silvery, mellow light of this lamp is simply wonderful, without chimney, shade or globe. NO SMOKE, NO ODOH, NO DANCE! O EXPI.OKION NOR BREAKING, It L E oNOMIf'AL. using less oil than an ordinary lamp; giving throo times tha light; Letter and steadier light than gas at one-fifth of Hie cost I.n 1 u saving of the eye. Agents are doing aplendidly in the sale of tills kiuji. Nearly everybody wants one. There Ir opportunity fog good agents tn nearly nil the southern states. Address GEO. A. MOSS, Manager, n w ky Southern Department. 22 South Pryor street. Sport. From ruck. Sport is a great thing. In these fine autumn days It Is pleasant for tlio stntcn I-liinder to sir on bls back stoop, hear the New York Nimrod’s shot gun crack, aud listen to some weather-beitti n ex* peri, need catbird respond vely crying out “Itatst* and adjusting his tin elu st protector while ho ex plains to the sportsman that the jartridgo who used to Hr e In that neghboriiood moved away two yearn ago. In every community there are a number of men whose whole time is not occupied, such :»* tencliers, ministers, farmers’ sons, and other*. To these classes especially wo would aay, if you wish to make several hundred during the next few months, write at once to B. F. Johnson & Co., Biehinoud, Va., and: they will show y ou how U> do iV 5