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The South's Solidity*
General Neal Dow, the most prominent of
the prohibition leaders, has been interviewed
on the part that prohibition is playinginna
tional polities. He is emphatic in his belief
that. the wedge that will split the solid south
has been found and that this section, now
united in its political action, will fall to
pieces, in di cord arising out of the agita
tion of tho prohibition question.
It will be remembered that General Neal
Dow comes from the rankest of republican
States and that while he is even politically a
prohibitionist, he herds with an element
Which has for its chief object the disruption
of the political solidity of tho south. This
is the one object of the republican party
and in accomplishing it, is its only salvation.
It has H ied by every means possible to break
it and even went so far, to accomplish Its
purpose, as to daub itself in infamy and
fraudulently and forcibly take the votes of
three states. The integrity of the south
broken, the republicans hoped to strengthen
their weakening grasp on the country, but
popular indiunatkm til their open corrup
tion was such as to entirely cast off the
bonds of their odious and autocratic admin
istration and place the democracy at the
Lehn.
In Georgia, more than in any other south
ern state, the prohibit ion question has taken
:> prominent part in the interest of the pub
lic. Our legislature wisely determined to
give to each county the right of local op
tion. This was an admirable solution of the
question, and was fully satisfactory to both
Bides, as being democratic and just. Be
yond this neither side will go. Each com
munity will s.ttle the question for itself,
mid, like on all other local issues, will di
vide; but when the democratic party calls
for tin- vote of the state it will get. it, as it
will the vote of the south. Prohibitionists
ami their opponents unite alike on their
fealty to tho parly, ami we tiu-t that the
day will never come when either side will
forget Its allegiance to the party to which
they both owe so much.
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The National Banks.
Comptroller of the Currency Trenhohn
intimates in his report that the national
banking system must go. This reminds us
tliat The Constiti rtoN has frequently
made the same intimation and has urged on
congress to take the necessary steps to bow
the system out.
T here have been various schemes proposed
looking to tho perpetuation of the national
banks, but the system under which they
operate is based on the national debt. When
the debt is extinguished, the system will
cease to exist. But the extinction of the
■ystem will not precipitate a financial cata
clysm. If congress will repeal the ten per
cent tax on circulation, the states will lai
ready to charter the national banks, and
their operation j under statu Rtharters and
with enlarged f icililioa w ill be as safe and
*s commri ativc as they are now.
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Judge Bond n
The long expected decision of the federal
supreme court in the ease of the Virginia
officials who were committed for contempt
by I tilted States Judge Bond, because they
obeyed the laws of their state, may be a
surprise to those who hold tho republican
View of the relations of the states to the
general government, but it will be no sur
prise to old-fashioni d democrats.
The facts of the case have been made '
publie so many times that the slightest
*k< leton of a summary w ill now be sutti- j
cient. < ertaiu bolder* of the tax receiva
able coupon* of Virginia brought suits
against stale officers to restrain them from
bringing actions in the courts of Virginia for
the collection of tax, sin eases where ten.,
iera hail be, h made of the tax receivable
and such tender* had been refused.
Mam hearing the complaint L'nited States
in ge ■ >nd issued order real rain Ing the
. Mate vfhvcrs frviu bringing such suite under
such circumstances, and from doing any
, tiling to carry into effect an act of the
legislature invalidating said coupons for
, tax-paying purposes. Attorney General
i Ayers and other state officers disregarded
this order and proceeded with their suits,
whereupon they were fined SSOO apiece and
■ sent to jail.
, The imprisoned officers sued out a writ of
I habeas corpus, and, when the matter was
brought before the federal supreme court,
an order was issued for the discharge of tl,e
petitioners. The reasoning of the court
was very elaborate, but its substance may be
1 stated in a very few lines. Judge Bond
proceeded upon the tiieory that the actions
in question against the state officers of the
state did not amount to suits against the
state, a form of redress forbidden under the
eleventh amendment to the constitution.
The supreme court, however, was clear in
opinion that these suits really amounted to
an attempt to do In an indirect manner
wiiat the law forbade being done directly.
'Flie court’s decision w as eminently sound
and just. The Virginia officers were not in
any .senseparties to the contracts sought to
be enforced against them. The state was
the true defendant, and the officers were
merely obeying orders and discharging their
duty.
For the comfort of Judge Bond and those
agreeing with him the court said that if a
state officer under the color of state laws
should come in conflict w ith the superior
authority and valid laws of the United
States he w ould be stripped of his repre
sentative character and would have to meet
the consequences of his conduct. Alto
gether, the decision is a strong blow against
federal centralization, and it will give en
couragement to the upholders of the rights
of the states.
MR. GRADY'S SPEECH
On Prohibition In Atlanta—Tobe Printed in
Next Week’s Paper.
Yielding to a universal demand, we will
print next week, in full, in The Constitu
tion, the speech of Mr. H. W. Grady, on
prohibition in Atlanta. Os this speech the
New York Voice says it was the best prohi
bition speech ever printed. The demand
for it all over the country has been tremen
dous, and it has been reprinted in hun
dreds of papers.
Remember next week’s Constitution
will have this speech in full. We shall
print loo,ooff copies; but oven this enor
mous edition will be rapidly exhausted.
Subscribers w ill be served first. So if you
wish to be certain of getting the speech,
subscribe immediately! Next week’s paper
will have it!
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The Negroes in the North.
The negro in the north appears to be
giving our republican friends a good
deal of embarrassment. in the state
of Minnesota the negroes have issued a call
for a mass meeting for the purpose of or
ganizing a colored man’s league “for the
protection of their civil rights, and also to
secure political recognition.”
Will our colored friends In Georgia be
kind enough to consider the nature of this
call and to take it in its meaning? Here
are tin: negroes in a strong republican state
at the north calling a convention in order
to protect their civil rightsand to secure po
litical recognition.
Was Hie like, of this .ever heard of before?
The negroes in a strong republican state of
the north compelled to assemble together in
mass meeting to protect their civil rights
and to secure political recognition! Why,
this is something terrific. Where is Edi
tor Halstead with Ids double-barreled nulli
fication of the constitution? Where is the
cadaverous John Sherman with his ’Liza
I'inkston tonic, one dose of which is calcu
lated to give a negro life, liberty and free
dom?
Really, we are of the opinion tliat the re
public lias been turned upside-down. In
Georgia the negroes have political recogni
tion and civil rights; but in a great repub
lican state of tlie north they are deprived of
both. This fact ought to lie used as a cam
paign document by the republican orators
who are to be sent south next year.
The Southern Spirit of Independence.
The Boston Advertiser strongly com
mends the action of Mrs. Jefferson Davis in
declining to allow a public fund to bo raised
for her husband by certain enthusiastic ad
mirers.
Mrs. Davis, in the most sensible way
imaginable, explained to her friends that
the family already had sufficient property
to live upon, and that in the event of mis
fortune she and her daughter were fitted by
their education to earn their own living.
This is not the first time tlie members of
tlie Davis family have manifested a similar
spirit of independence. More than once a
movement has been started to present the
ex-president with a handsome pecuniary
testimonial, but he lias invariably declined.
The same line of conduct has been followed
by other illustrious southern leaders since
the war, and. while several northern gen
erals and statesmen have been enriched by
the voluntary offerings of their friends, the
representatives of the lost cause have quietly
busied themselves in repairing their wrecked
fortunes, depending antirely upon their own
stout hearts and strong arms. This noble
spirit of independence speaks for itself, and
it is not likely to be forgotten.
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Prohibition in Politic*.
The announcement recently made by Sena
tor Rainier, of Michigan,that the prohibition
. quovtion w.es now the greatest issue in the
polities of the ciAmtry. and that one of the
1 two great jiartics would be forced to reeog
; nize it in iu platform, has attracted the at
tention of the press and considerable dis
‘ cussiva is now taking place, as to what
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1887.
either of tlie two national conventions will
probably do with the question.
Senator Palmer is anxious that the re
publican party take the initiatory stepsand
adopt a prohibition plank in its platform.
He thinks it would be a strong card and
would prove very effective in alligning a
large element to the republican party which
now acts to its injury. Many republican
organs are favorably inclined to tlie move
ment, which, to say tlie least, has assumed
sufficient importance to become an almost
certain issue in the next republican con
vention. As to whether or not any decided
stand will be taken by either party remains
to be seen. It is probable that nothing
will be done by either convention more
than has already been done, which means
that the issue will be evaded as much as
possible, and left to take care of it
self without the national indorsement of
either side.
But if either party takes up the question
and makes it a feature of its policy, it will
most probably be the republican. In sever
al states that party has, in state issues, put
itself squarely in favor of prohibition; but
on the other hand, it lias never hesitated
to take the other side in states where
it was policy to do so.
The Boston Herald, speaking of the fu
ture of prohibition, says;
The intcic-ting feature of the prohibition issue is
tlie extent to which the republicans are tampering
withit. If they would do ns the democrats are do
ing, either declare against it outright, as is the dem
ocratic position in the north, or leave it out of gen
eral politics altogether, as the party dues in the
south, it would be settled on its merits. But the re
publicans insist upon making political c ipitiil from
it. They use it to gain votes where prohibition is
popular; they dodge and deceive, but still tamper
witlr it, where it is notjpopular. This keeps the is
sue, as a part of our national politics, alive. It
makes it a feature iu the piatlorm of several states,
it renders prohibition an increasingly formidable
embarrassment to the republican party. Itisprob
abic that a majority of tho republican party of the
nation today is in favor of prohibition. With the
majority of the republicans in favor of prohibition,
and prohibition made part of the republican creed,
the republican party inevitably becomes a prohibi
tion party, and not much else.
Thirteen Full Regiments and More.
Did you ever see thirteen full regiments
of 1,000 men each, marching into battle?
It’s a grand sight, ain’t it? That is more
men than Pickett charged with at Gettys
burg, and nearly as many as old Longstreet
started against Round Top the day before.
Well, we have more than thirteen full
regiments of December subscribers! That
Is, s"ubscfTl)crsYvlio began last December,
and whose time expires this December.
What a grand sight it would be if each one
of these 13,137 Constitution soldiers who
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for another year, and each bring a willing
prisoner witli him!
Do you belong to one of tho December
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send in your subscription at once, and send
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south and for democracy, and we want you
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You know, besides that, you ought to
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Now, then, let every man of the thirteen
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six full regiments! Quick time—march!
There is not a day to lose!
Another Chapter of French Politics.
Tlie shooting of Jules Ferry in the French
parliament, yesterday, is not a new chapter
in tlie history of French polities, but it will
alarm some timid peopleron this side of the
water.
So long as men are permitted to carry
pistols, there is no safety for public men,
rulers, and the governing classes.
Dynamite is unnecessary. A desperate
revolutionist may without a moment’s warn
ing plunge a whole nation into a turmoil
not to be recovered from in many a year.
What has occurred iu France may occur
here. Tlie fact that we live under a good
government dues not enter into tlie consid
eration of the question. There is only one
tiling to lie considered, and that is Hie hip
pocket nuisance. So long as men carry
pistols in their hip-pockets they are ready
for just such deeds as tlie affair reported
from tlie French chamber of deputies.
It is evident, therefore, that we need
something more than a crusade against
dynamiters. These fellows with their
loaded bip-poekets are infinitely worse.
They are able at any moment to remove the
head of the nation, or a leading statesman.
These are the outlaws to be guarded against.
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Mil. Randall and Mr. Carlisle have had
an hour's conference. This means demo
cratic harmony, and deniotratic harmony
means democratic success in the next
election.
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A I’lizzling Question.
Senator Allison’s proposition to prohibit
immigration of anarchists and foreigners
belonging to the criminal class opens a big
field for the investigation of our statesmen.
Possibly our government has the right
and tlie power to shut out certain races. It
appears to be reasonable tliat we should also
have the right to keep criminals out of the
country.
Taking tills view of the matter, we now
come to the real difficulty at the bottom of
hi* business. Would it be the proper thing
for a free government like ours to erect a
certain standard of religious, social and po
litical belief*. by which all immigrants must
be measured? Take such a’man us Prince
Kropotkin, for instance. He cannot be
classed as n criminal. He has never shown
a disposition to violently oppose any gov
ernment under which lie has lived, and yet
it is well known that his opinions, if worked
out to their logical conclusions, would de
stroy social order. A prohibition directed
against Prince Kropotkin would not l>e an
efficient safeguard unless it also included
men who were iu favor of monarchy. If it
is necessary to keep out the anarchists it is
: equally necessary that we should exclude
i the monarchists.
> Whi nwo once begin to lay down rules
i controlling the political opinions of those
who desire to enter our gates and east their
lot with us, where are wo going to stop?
I Senator Allison's idea does not appear to be
■ practicable. Our plan in the past has been
i to leave all men free to think, speak and act
until they violated our laws, and then we
, have dealt witli them as tlie interests of jus
i tice demanded. This is the old way, and
I perhaps it is wiser, safer and more efficient
' than any untried plan. At present the re
i public is not in such imminent peril as to
justify tlie adoption of methods more Rus
sian than American in their character and
tendency.
Happy a Whole Year for 51.(15.
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Have wo ever deceived you? Well, now, take
this suggestion!
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Brother Blaine is taking Turkish
baths abroad, but scalding water wouldn’t
drive away the presidential flea that has
been biting at him for so many years.
Tlie New Cabinet.
The president yesterday nominated Mr. La
mar to be associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States. This appoint
ment will be indorsed by conservative peo
ple in all sections of the country. The
place is a high one, but Mr. Lamar is better
qualified to fill it than any man that could
be named. He has not been a great prac
ticing lawyer, but he is a great student of
tlie law, and-his-mißd-is-tlioroßghly-ground
ed in its principles. He is a type of the
old south, and also a type of the new. He
is conservative and patriotic—in short a
genuine American. It has been hinted
that the republicans in the senate would or
ganize opposition to Mr. Lamar and reject
his name, but we believe the time has passed
when the American senate could afford to
allow partisan or sectional prejudice to con
trol it in considering the nomination to a
high and responsible office of such a man as
Lucius Lamar.
This nomination has compelled the pres
ident to reconstruct his cabinet, and he has
sent in the name of Mr. Vilas to be secre
tary of the interior; of Mr. Don M. Dickin
son to be postmaster general, and of Charles
S. Fairchild to be secretary of the treasury.
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The Woolfolk Case.
The prosecution of Tom Woolfolk has
not made as strong a case against the pris
oner as the public expected. The sum of it
seems to be this: It is said that Tom was
angry with his people, that he had threat
ened them, and that he had said he would
some time own the whole property; that he
was in the house when the murder occurred;
that he gave the alarm; that his clothes were
bloody, and the print of a bloody hand was
seen on his thigh. The defense replies
with testimony that he was not angry with
his people; that his clothes were bloodied
when he went into the room to see what had
happened, when he walked through blood
“so that it squshed up through his toes” as
he described it, and that the print of the
bloody hand on his thigh was that of his
wn hand.
Departing from this, the defense is labor
ing to produce some one who shall stand in
the prisoner's place as the murderer. Tlie
idiot negro, Jack Dubose, is already dis
posed of. John Jeff, the negro partially
identified by Mr. Pennington as a negro
who was mad with the Woolfolks, does not
promise much more definite results. Tlie
truth is, the belief that Woolfolk is the
murderer is practically universal. It is
more than a belief. It is a conviction,
almost without dissent. But there is a gen
eral impression that the prosecution lias not
made out the clear, closely linked, compact,
technical case that will lead a jury to con
demn a man to death. A Scotch verdict of
“not proven” is tlie best Tom Woolfolk can
hope for. He must wear the suspicion of
this murder through life, even if it does
not carry him to the gallows—unless some
miracle shall disclose at once another sus
pect and irresistible proof that his was the
crime.
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Mr. Grady’s first speech on prohibition
in Atlanta will be printed in full in next
week’s Constitution. Subscribe immedi
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EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.
One M crone, of Vhuiinia, has retired
! with a dull thud.
Wk believe John Sherman has been left
j out iu the cold.
The roou New England farmers should
, come south and grow up with the country.
The New York Sun has tiopixtil squarely
liaek hit* tho democratic ranks. Tbeexac; date
for tlie next ilvp is not yet fixed.
Vermont fays her governor SSOO a year.
She was on tlie ragged edge of poverty thirty
years ago. and has managed to hold her own.
Nobody will keubet that the federal su
preme court has decided that the state r.f Vir
ginia is a bigger thing than a Unite#
district judge.
It is arranokd tliat Mr. Blaine shall start i
bis triumphal lour across the continent, from <
Ban Fiaueisco, m>\ eral days lieforo the meet- i
ing of the republican conveutieii. Mr. Blaine 1
is a far-seeing statesman, <
Congressman O’Neil pvt liis foot into it
when lie indorsed tlie blind preacher. Rev. W.
H. Milburn, as “not only a Methodist but a
I'hristiiui.” it is hard to tell just what Mr.
O'Neil meant.
A western editor announces the suspen- ,
sion of ids paper under tlie head “Blowing < <ut (
tho Gas.”
The twenty-seven red-headed men in
congress are attracting as much attention as
tlie street parade of a circus. ,
Mr. Cleveland’s administration has re
stored to tlie people 31,000,000 acres of land
wrongfully taken away from them under laws
passed by the republicans. i
Secretary Lamar says tho Indians have
at last reached a period in their career where
they must either pick up the ways of the white
race or retire. They are now hemmed in on
all sides and can go no further west.
Farming in Georgia and Ohio.
Wo print in this paper the last of [a series
of five notable letters.
S.'tne one asserted in the Southern Farm a
few months ago that a thousand Georgia
farmers transplanted to Ohio, and keeping
up tlie Georgia methods, would in ten years
have a mortgage on the Ohio farms and the
farms themselves run down ; tliat a thous
and Ohio«farniers transplanted to Georgia
farms, and pursuing Ohio methods would in
ten years have the Georgia farms well
equipped and well stocked, and would have
balances in the bank. This proposition
evoked considerable discussion.
Mr. Glessner, editor of the Americus Re
corder, was raised on an Ohio farm. He
has studied the methods of farming in Geor
gia. He agrees to neither of the above
propositions, but admits that there is some
truth in both. In the letters he has written
for us he contrasts Georgia farming with
Ohio farming. He shows that the Georgia
farmer has every natural advantage. Grass
grows as well here as it does in Ohio, the
winters are shorter, lands and labor are
cheaper, and the same industry, thrift and
intelligence will give fifty per cent better re
sults in Georgia than in Ohio.
Mr. Glessner’s text is—Grass. This, he
holds, is the keynote to our prosperity.
With grass comes cattle, and sheep and
hogs. With these conies more grass, richer
lands, the reclamation of old lands, diversi
fied crops, and finer dairies, creameries and
cheese factories. Mr. Glessner has been the
center of activity in grass, so to speak, in
Sumter county. By-eonstant efforts he hae
filled the fence corners and old fields of that
county with rich grass crops, and now there
is the best of home grown hay offered daily
on the streets of Americus for sale. Ten
years ago Sumter county sent thousands of
dollars for hay to the west. What Sumter
has done every other southern county
can do if they will heed the advice given
by Mr. Glessner in his admirable letters.
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From the Epoch,
Customer (in beer saloon)—What have you
got your beer kegs all draped in black for, Dutchy?
Dutchy—Dot was a mark of respegd. Ido a pig
pizness init dose anargy fellas.
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Population of Chicago.
Editors Constitution : What is tho pop
ulation of Chicago and its suburbs? 8. T. K.
The population of Chicago proper is 750,000, but
tlie suburbs bring the total up to 832,700.
Malaria.
Editors Constitution: Can one see or
smell malaria.? Subscriber.
No, it is known only by its effects. In the north
ern parts of the temperate zone it is comparatively
harmless, but it is malignant and deadly in warm
climates where moist-ire and decaying vegetation
are found. The clearing of woodland and the
digging of cellars will produce malaria in regions
where it was before unknown.
“Reverend.”
Editors Constitution: Is tlie title “rev
erend’ used in the Bible?
Sunday School Pupil.
Only once, and then it is applied to the Almighty,
as “Holy and reverend is ;nis name,” Psalms 111, 9.
Abolition.
Editors Constitution: Did the idea of
abolishing slavery originate in New England?
Ii«ADEIL
No; it was altogether a southern idea. It origi
nated in Virginia, and doubtless would have been
pressed if it had not been for the aggressive attitude
of the northern states.
Aaron Burr’s Alleged Treason.
Editors Constitution: Was Aaron Burr
really a traitor? . T. B.
He was not. His scheme was simply to establish
a government of his own just beyond the boundaries
of the United State as they then existed. He was
acquitted upon tho ground that he had not tome
arms against the United States. The verdict, how
ever, was in the old Scotch form, “Not proven.”
Dumas, the Novelist.
Editors Constitution: Was Alexander
Dumas, the author of Monte Cristo, a mulatto?
Stidext.
Ti e father of Dumas was the son of a French
marquis and a negro woman, but he married a
white woman, and Alexander was the offspring of
this union. The dark tinge in Dumas' blood never in
jured him In Europe, but he was afraid to visit this
country on account of it.
Inauguration Day.
Editors Constitution: Was the fourth
day of March selected for inauguration day because
it rarely falls on Sunday? Subscriber.
No. As a matter of tact. It occurs on Sunday only
once in every twenty-eight years, but the day set
for Washington's inauguratl >n was the first Wednes
day I!» March. This happened to be the Ith, and
afteward the tth inst. was made the day.
An Old i’ll rase.
Editors Constitution: What was the 1
original meaning of “tag. rag and bobtail"' E. F.
This is protabit an oil aimtiiig expressiou to
signify a herd of deer. Iu Prvicoif* ’Philip the '
Second, ” quoted by strype and Uuilngshcad, is the I
following: “Th y hunted the deer, and were so |
gtee ly of their <l. dnietion that they killed them
rag aud tag. with hands aud swords.” The wool '
tegg, or tag, signifies, according to Bailey, '•» doe ,
ill the second year of her age.” Rag is defined by '
tlie same writer us “a herd of young colts,” but ■’
other old author; have loeg to signify a herd of
deer at rutting time. Bobtail means a fawn just I
affer it has been weaned. Tag aud bobtail axe used 1
in the same sense when speaking of sheep, but rag
does not seem to to known in this connection. Thbi
complete original sense of the phrase ‘‘tag, rng an<X
bolttail” seems to havesbeen a collection ot sheep os
deer, of all sorts mixed indiscriminately.
An Intoxicant.
Editors Constitution: Is minco pie intoxk
icating? Goon Templar. /
Under certain conditions, mince pie made with a
litoral allowance of brandy has been known to ini
toxlcate. Some temperance people will not tasts,
this pie when it has brandy in it. ./
Wooden Cannon.
Editors Constitution : Is it a fact thaf
cannon made of wood were ever used in warfare?
Student, v
Yes, on many occasions. They were
ringed with iron, aud were strong enough to stanji
several discharges.
A Half Forgotten Novelist. ►s'
Editors Constitution: Who was the 1 ,
author of “The Rivals, a Tale of Burr and HamilJ
ton,” published some time before the war.’ B. W. .
Hon, Jere Clemens, a resident at that time, we
lieve, of Alabama or Tennessee. I
The Rabbit, Rice Bird and English
Amos 8., Columbus, Miss.: What about the rabbifl;
that is destroying the fields of Australia? Is the rice
bird and bobolink the same? What is the history o£
the English sparrow?
It Will Be Renewed Forever.
Mr. Isaac A. Williams, of Mount Pleasant?/
Texas, says:
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subscription will be renewed as long as the sub*
scriber has one dollar.”
Tliat is the way we like to hear them talk.!
Let every December subscriber send in his
renewal at once. The Constitution will be 1
better than ever this year.
Our Machine is the Best.
There is no machine like tho Constitution
sewing machine. At one-third the price isl
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Elmore county, Ala., writes:
"My machine arrived and fully tested. It is tlui
best machine sold. 1 will show it to my neighbors,-:
It beats all the alliance men in the world.” >
Tlias is the way they all write about our ma
chine. You get the high arm with the paper,'
at $22.00, and the low arm with tho paper foi,
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“I renew my subscription, for The Constitution:
certainly beats anything I ever read in the way ox
newspapers.” ;
Mr. Ellis gets it down fine and that is tliQ
way they ail talk. When a man once reads!
The Constitution ho never wants to quit itj
She Recommends It to All.
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First, that The Constitution is tho best
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The Most Instructive and Interesting.
Jas. L. Scruggs, Martinsville, S. C.:
I sent you a club of 11 some time back. They alt
express themselves as being well pleased witli tlie
paper. I have been a subscriber for nearly three
years undJl expect to continue taking it as long ns
it is kept up to tlie present standard. I consider it
the must instructive and interesting paper pub-;
lished.
He Only Got a Little Piece.
Mr. S. W. Hubbard, of Hathaway, Ky.. writes: 1
“Editi iu Constitution: I found a small piece o?
yom p vper in the road and read it and liked it su>
much I send you one dollar. Send me the price auc6
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before the first of January and get his name five ox;
six times in our Christmas Box.
Better Thau Lightning. S
One day in October two farmers drove intd
the race course in a one horse wagon to which a?
high-beaded colt was attached, and announced:
that they wanted to time him a mile. A' sulky was
hired, a horseman asked to hold the watch, and
one of the men said:
“I rather expect that colt will astonish you.”
“Yes, you think he is fast, eh?” •
“Well, the man I got him of said lie was the'
next thing to lightning. I think he'll go down
to 2:18, though he’s never been on a track.” ;
The horse was scored and started, and he came
under the wire in just 4.06. •
“Some powerful mistake there, mister,” said the
owner as he was given the time. “I think he
needs the whip and a little yelling.”
He told the driver to shaice him up in lively
style, and the result was that the colt passed the
score on a runaway. At the first turn the drives
was flung off, and soon after that the sulky waS
demolished, and the horse increased his pace. Her
came around like a cyclone, and as he passed the
wire the owner looked at the time and shouted:
“Glory! Glory! He’s bia'.en tho record! That
mile was made ill 2;12! The feller never lied to m©
a single bit!” '
A Lucid Explanation.
From the Arkansaw Traveler.
Man (to colored washerwoman) —“Look
here, Aunt Millie, I gave you ten white shirts, but
you have only brought back eight.” Aunt Millie—
"Dat so honey? W’y, how come dat?” Man—“ You
are the one to give the explanation.” Aunt Millie—
“Yas, an’ it's plain ernuff, too, sab; I washed de
shirts dis week in rain water.” Man—“ Put why
should the rain water cause two shirts to to miss
ing?” Aunt Millie—“W’y, de abirts shrunk, dat's,
why. Ain’t yer got gogerfy an' rifmetic an’ edyca
tion ernuff ter know dat de shirts sht Ink awful w'd*?
yer washes 'em in rain water.’ Since I come ter
think ertout it, I'se thankful dat da didn't shrink
wus'n dat. Got yer undershirts done up? ’ Man—.
“You needn't take them this week. This shrink
ing process might soon reduce me to a shirtlcss con
dition.” Aunt Millie—“Uh, it rests wid ycrse’f F ’
sah, but ez fur me I’se tired o' washin’ fur folks dat;
isignunt. My vice ter you is ter study an edy
cate erwhfie fo’ try in' ter carry on de fight wid dis.
yere worl'. I cotffdn' he'p de shirts shxinkiu’. Good'
day, sah.”
In Due Season,
From the Chicago Herald. ,
Senator Evarts is charmed with the terso
nesa of the president's message. Anything that
teaches brevity in politics, he says, he will recom
mend. This Is the gist of his remark. The remark
itself will be along later.
Base Ingratitude.
From the New York Journal.
His grace, the duke of Mariborougii, look*
sadly over in the direction of the United Stales
through a field glass* and murmurs. “ Nevermore 1”.
That is the kind of an ungrateful bird be is.
What kind of a game is this you are trying
to work?" asked the judge, detecting one of the pri*.
oner's friends engaged in packing the jury box
“The panel game,” cried a voice in the audieucflv