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Newspaper Page Text6 THE CONSTITUTION. Filtered at the Atlanta postoffice as sec erd-class mail matter. November 11. 1873 Tlie Weekly Constitution 81.00 per annum Clubs of five, SI.OO each; clubs of ten ? I.CO each and a copy to getter-up oi club W E W ANT YOU. TfreConstitution vzartsanaßent at every Postofficein America. Agent’s outfit free and good terms. If you are not :n a club vze want you to act asagent at your ofhce : Write us. CH AS GE OF ADDRESS.—When ordering ad dress of your paper < hanged always give the old aswcllas the new address. Always give post siflb c, county and stale. If your paper is not re ceived regularly, notify us. If you send us an order for new subscribers please allow us a week to get the names on the list and paper started before you write a. complaint, as we are very much crowded now. Do not forget to mala yoter renewals in time. Watch your direction tag and see, when your euhscr'ption expires. The, next six months will tie full of interest, and you should not missa, tingle copy of THE COSS TIT I 11O.\. Send your orders at least a week in advance to make <l/ re. It may not take a week in. every instance.; will get them, on as soon as possible. An Opportunity for Cotton Planters. The cotton growers of the south have g rare opportunity within easy grasp to day. if they can only be made to see it and avail themselves of it. The secret of better prices for the next crop lies in a material reduction of the acreage planted. This is absolutely cer tain, and if our farmers ignore the doc trine they must suffer the consequent punishment. It is as plain as two and two make four, that the last three crops have, in the aggregate, amounted to overproduc tion, and the surplus in any commodity is what most seriously depreciates the price. Relative scarcity of any article Invariably enhances its value, and per contra, superabundance lowers its mar kid price. We beseech our farmers to plant less cotton, and raise a more generous supply of food products. We know this advice is not new. but prevailing conditions make it of unprt eedented importance. Tla* current crop of cotton has not been very profitably marketed- in fact the ruling price today is said to be below the average cost of production. Now. if the farmers will reduce their cotton acreage this year and thereby lessen the forthcoming crop, the world’s consump tion of the staple will easily overtake the visible supply, and a material advance in cotton before the first bale is picked ; of the next crop will be inevitable. The I south has a pr.ietical monopoly of cot- j ton production, ami it is a shame indeed | that the possibilities of immense wealth, j which that natural monopoly offers, | should be turned to positive disad- I v image by reckless overproduction. Our farmers should till larger barns with corn and bigger smokehouses with meat - «» widen their pa-titres for increasing herds of cable, and to improve their si n k breeding. Secure all these sub stantial essentials to successful farm ing, and b t cotton, for one year at least, be virtu illy a surplus crop. Try the ex periment if only for variety's sake, and at the eml of the year compare the re sult with tiiose which have followed the practice of planting for a big crop re gardless of whetb r it brings little or much when taken to market. The statistical position of cotton to day is the strongest possible argument for making a smaller crop next year: On September 1, IS9O, the visitile supply of Amer ican cotton in the world wa5525.290 The crtei for I'>-’9l wa5..8,652,597 The crop for ls:»l-’92 was. .9,035,379 Total supply for two years 18,213,266 Th- .result of these two large crops was the low est price cotton has reached in more than forty years. Ti ■ sm pl'i.. of American c tton ml I over on tie Ist •.f S, pi.-mti.-r. IS!<2. was. .2.118,998 Ti e < iop for ls!»g • wa5.»i,700,365 The ger', i dly accepted es- timate for the crop this v tar i 57,300.000—16.119,363 I>. r- a-e in the supply for two years 2,063,903 Owing to the lockout in England last year, which lasted for months, ami dur ing which time a third of all the spin dles in that country were idle, to the great coal strike which followed, and to lhe depression of trade throughout the world, the eonst*nption of cotton de creased. In consequence the surplus of cotton in the world has not yet been Used up. It is estimated, however, that the consumption this year will reach Soimi.ihki bales, and with the revival of business will materially increase next year. T'-m visible supply is perhaps less than it has been in many years. The strict < i onomy practiced by all classes will create a great demand for cotton goods when prosperity returns, as sooner or later it must. Bales. On the Ist of April, 1889, the visible .-u'-;>lv of A■ i.-rii an cotton was.. 469,535 C:-,.p mr 1M«»w:-s7,311,322 Crop for J'fu-'ai was 8,652,587 e * • that western country. Ciop for 1821- t'2 was 9,035,379 Total supply of American cotton I f. r three 5 ear 525,469,123 I'eduet surplus September 1, 1890. 2,148,998 A- l we Lave consumption for three 23,320,125 Oi an annual average consumption li apo-ara from the sc ond table above that the supply of American . -dlon for the two years ending tie- Ist of m-xt September will not 3’iw world w it require, therefore. m-xt year, on the basis of con sumption for the three years end ing Sep: infer 1. 1892 7.170.762 There is no reason to believe that the consumption for lhe three years begin r ■ng September 1. Ist >2. will be less than it was during the three preceding years. Oil the contrary there are many reasons to believe it will be decidedly greater. Rut. the farmer must remember that it is the surplus bale which depresses lhe price, ami teat there is now a large vis ible supply hangm- over the markets of the world, and seriously depressing the price. This surplus will not be ex hausted by the beginning of the next s;-ason. If the cotton growers would remmand the situation they must grow less cotton. The supply from the next tr.ip shell! 1 not. exceed 7.550.1MM1. Wo repeat: reducing the cotton acre age this year is a duty every farmer owes to his family. If it was reduced 2d per cent ten or twelve-rent cotton would not be improbable next season. The farmer would make more money if he had 1< fl 20 per cent of his land un cultivated than to plant this year in cot ion. Let merchants, farmers and all classes THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. APRIL 1( M 894 of citizens in every community organize committee's to see that less cotton is planted in their respective districts. There is no duty they can perform so profitable to themselves or to the public. Maki' cotton relatively dearer than gold. Corporations form trusts to control pro duetion: why should not plante'rs do so? We know it has been said that such movements as we suggest are never suc cessful, but it is rare' that such an op portunity exists for the iarmor as this year, ami it. will not require any great effort, if every community in the* south take's up this matter. We call upon every farmer in the south to unite' in this effort to help himself, his neighbor and his section. Democrats all over the country are ap plauding the appointment of lion. Patrick Walsh to the senatorial vacancy. • The Election of Senators by the People. There is :i growing sentiment in favor of the election of United States senators by the people, and this feeling is espec ially strong in the northwest. To meet the wishes of his constituents and others who are in sympathy with them Congressman Bryan, of Nebraska, has introduced a resolution providing for a. constitutional amendment, which authorizes each state to elect senators either through the legislature or by di rect vote of the people. This is a non-partisan measure and should be favorably considered. If the amendment, is adopted it. will not. make senatorial elections by the people com pulsory. The matter will be optional, and Maine would be permitted to elect her through the legislature, while Texas might prefer a direct popu lar vote. Os course, it would make no difference to one state how another state elected its senators. If the experiment should prove unsatisfactory, lhe states trying it could easily return to the old method. It must be admitted that the bill is thoroughly consistent with the demo cratic theory of states' rights. If the senatorial candidates could in some way be brought face to face with the peo ple and made to feel their responsibility to them it would be a distinct, gain till round. The proposed reform should not be lightly east aside until it has been thoroughly discussed. We are told that the cuckoo is a clean bird. The political cuckoo is clean, too, when it is dusted and polished, and the machinery greased so that it will respond when the string is pulled. * ■ On the Right Line. Several colored ministers and journal ists at Columbia, Tenn., have written to the directors of our exposition thanking them for their action in setting apart a building for the exhibits that may be furnished by the colored people ot the south. These sensible leaders of their race say that, the opportunity thus offered to their people is the most hopeful sign that they have seen in a quarter of a century. They pledge the hearty co-operation of the colored people, and assure the expo sition directors that they propose to tqke a hand in everything that will benefit the south and advance the in terests of both races. All this is very pleasant, but it. is just what we expected. The S.lMttt.tHMt colored people in the south are, in the main, on the best possible terms with their white friends, and it. is natural that they should desire to make a good showing at. an exposition where they will have a fair field and the best of treatment. We are proud of the progress of the brother in black, and if we can bring him forward in away that will sub stantially benefit him we are going Io do it. The exposition will show the out side world that the two races here in the south understand each other and are pulling together. Having quit the platform for the sake of patronage the cuckoos claim that those who stand on it do so because they have not been invited to the slop barrel. The Vote on the Veto. The vote in the house, on Wednesday motion to pass the seigniorage bill over ♦he president's veto shows in the most convincing manner the position of the democratic party on silver. Ot the 111 votes in the affirmative. UK were cast by democrats. The negative vote showed fifty live democrats and titty-nine republi cans. With the republicans not voting, the democrats would have passed the bill over the veto. A bare half dozen south ern democratic congressmen voted in the negative with the cuckoos and Tom Reed. All the other democratic votes in the negative were cast by members from the northern and middle states. ’fins vote surely sets at rest all ques tions as to tlie attitude of the democrat ic party on this phase of the financial question. The southern and western representa tives of the party stood together, while the minority of eastern democrats aided Tom Reed and his party in protect ing the bond and gold interests and de ■ feating Ute evident will of the true party of the people. No one expected that the bill would be passed over Mr. Cleveland’s veto. The cuckoos and the republicans could easily muster one third of the membership. But the silver men determined to make a clean-cut. record on this measure and by clever tactics brought the bill up and got a vote on it. The result was not un expected. The bill is dead, but the posi tion of the democratic party is dearly established. From a party point of view the result is very gratifying. Some of the repub licans voted against the measure in spite of Hie fact that they wore paired with democrats, but the outcome of the vole shows that the cuckoos have little to de pend on when the house gets down to business. A good many congressmen wore run in out of the underbrush, but not all. The seigniorage bill, while in the line of dem ocratic policy, was not a platform meas ure. and no doubt a number of democrats voted for it under cover of the fact that the eastern coalition of republicans and democrats rendered it impossible to ob tain a two-thirds majority. The next thing to do is to introduce a bill in the house, based strictly on the demands of the platform, so as to give all the democrats in that body an opppor tunity to show whether they stand on the democratic pledge to make both gold and silver the standard money of the country, or whether they have come to believe in John Sherman’s financial views. Such a measure, incorporating the very words of the platform, would take the cover off of things and show the people precisely where their repre sentatives now stand. We advise Mr. Bland, therefore, to take lhe matter in hand, and run the shy brethren out of the underbrush. The people want to know the names of the democrats who would vote against such a. measure. The elections are coming on and a great many congressmen will doubtless ask their constituents to send them back to lhe scene of disaster. Con sequently, the pepopie want to know who to send back. They want to know who stands on the platform and who has em braced the doctrines of John Sherman. They don’t want to make any mistake next time. They don’t want to send a num who is for the people at home and in favor of John Sherman’s single gold standard at. Washington. The people, therefore, would be glad to see Mr. Bland, or some other genuine democrat, shell the woods with a bill making sil ver, equally with gold, the standard money of the country. Let the test lie made. Nothing is more necessary to party success in the coming congres sional elections than that, the people should know whether the men who may desire to represent them stand on the financial pledge of the democratic plat form. or whether they are converts to England’s programme. . • The democratic platform It too big an affair to tuck under the bed at this stage of the game. The Platform the Remedy. The Courier-Journal, which is a tariff reform expert—the custodian and guar dian of the star-eyed goddess of reform —■ makes a tremendous attack on the meas ure which the Wilson committee of tin' house framed, and which the senate finance committee has just given the finishing touches to. What Mr. Watterson says is worth noting, for he is by all odds the most conspicuous tariff reformer, by reason of both his zeal and his position, to be found in the democratic ranks, lie is not only a tariff reformer in theory, but he would not hesitate to put his theories in practice, believing as he does most sincerely that the scheme of protection which is ramijtintly manifest in the Mc- Kinley law is unconstitutional in its re lations to our system of government and corruptly unjust in its relations to the people. We print what Mr. Watterson says of the Wilson bill in another column. He declares that the democrats in congress “partly through a lack of sense and courage, and partly through venality, have given up to monopoly what was meant for the masses.’' and he closes the severest, attack that has yet been made on lhe party in congress with these stinging words: "For God's sake, let. us have done with cowardice ami lying!" What, is the origin of the trouble? Does it follow that because the democrats in the house endorsed the Wilson bill they are equally culpable with the framers who surrendered to the east? We say no. The Wilson bill as it camo from the house was. essentially and exclusively, an eastern measure. Paragraph by para graph it was built up after consulta tion with the secretary’ ot the treasury, and it was well known that the measure was approved by Mr. ('leveland. The democrats surrendered to the adminis tration and its eastern connections in the matter of protecting the east, and h aving the south and west, to take care of itself, just as they had surrendered in the matter of the Sherman silver law. That is the whole truth, and since Mr. Watterson is in the humor to blurt out. facts, he may as well go to the bot tom of the whole business. The Consti tution was and is in favor of the prompt passage of the Wilson bill as it came from lhe house, and urged it most stren uously. Not because we were enamored with the measure, for it does not go far enough in the direction of the democratic platform, but because we desired to pre vent that which has actually’ happened —the coilapse of party unity’ in congress. We see the fruits of democratic sur render to eastern interests ripening every day. We see the factions pulling and clawing at. each other tit every oppor tunity—the east against, the west and south, victorious, intolerant and arro gant. Silver and gold are not the standard money of the country as the platform commands. There is no hope for a tariff for revenue only, to which the platform pledges the party. There is no hope for the repeal of the tax on state banks. The eastern money poxver refuses to make one single concession to the people who are robbed by tariff taxation and ruined by’ lhe increasing purchasing power of gold. It is no wonder that the war of factions is now on. It is no wonder that Speaker Crisp cannot afford to leave the leadership of the house to represent his state in the senate. These things are so well known that the most ignorant white voter in the land docs not need to be told of them. But there is a remedy, and it is a sure one. The people understand that the demo crats who represent them are handicap ped by the powerful coalition of the eastern democrats with the republicans. The situation is so plain that they do not need to have it explained to them. The remedy is for the democrats who have not been bought by’ patronage ’and who have not succumbed to eastern influences to get together and make an effort to carry’ out the pledges of the platform. It is not too late for such an effort to be made. It is not too late for such an effort to convince the people that the real democratic party in congress is still true to its obligations and to the pledges of the platform. But the matter is very simple. We think Mr. Watterson will agree with us, on reflection, tliat if the party had car ried out the financial pledge of the plat form when the Sherman law was up for discussion, both the house and the senate would have felt in honor bound to stand by the letter and spirit of the tariff pledge. In fact, they could not have avoided it. To go at once to the very source and origin of the party disloca tion, the platform would have been lit erally carried out by congress if the legislative body and the executive had been of the same mind—if both had stood united on the democratic law pro mulgated at Chicago. As a. unit ter of fact there was no unity between them. Congress had hard ly’ met in extra session before lhe presi dent. urged that body to violate the sol emn pledge of the platform and direct its efforts to establishing the single gold standard in this country. Now, as the success of democratic doctrine de pends on parly’ unity, it was the duty of those who voiced the wishes of the people to speak out plainly on this propo sition to violate the platform. Mr. Watterson did speak out, but ho spoke in favor of violating the platform. All his own intluenee and that of his newspaper was cast into the scale against democratic doctrine and in favor of a clear violation of one of the most earnest pledges of the plat form. In discussing the matter with Mr. Watterson at the time, we reminded him that this effort to repudiate the plat form, if successful, would go deeper than the silver question; but he closed his eyes to all considerations of democratic unity, and urged with great fluency that it was no repudiation of a democratic pledge to substitute for it an opposing policy. Knowing these tilings perfectly well, Mr. Watterson was nevertheless anxious to go forward in this dangerous experi ment. Day in and day’ out he urged it, and it was finally’ carried through. The promise iu lhe platform to substitute democratic legislation for the Sherman act. by’ making both gold and silver the standard money’ of the country, was ut terly repudiated and the necessity of democratic unity totally- ignored. Here was the first serious mistake, the first step toward dividing the party into factions. After that, it was an easy matter to attack the platform in any part, easy to invite the party to a whole sale repudiation of doctrines and prom ises. We have been for some time at a loss to know why it is right for demo crats to carry out John Sherman’s finan cial schemes and wrong to carry out his tariff jobbery. We have knocked at sev eral doors trying to get information on this subject, but in every ease the in mates seem to be caught with their breeches off, for the only replies that are vouchsafed ns tire in the shape of some smothered and incoherent remarks about “international conference,” "par ity” and so forth. It is a pity c at the cuckoos refuse to read the signs of the times, ft would save them a good many mental bruises if they could see clearly now. The people are in earnest. The Rhode Island Election. The result of the Rhode Island elec tion will not surprise the thoughtful democrats who have closely studied the situation. It is a republican landslide. The en tire republican state ticket is elected, and only three democrats are returned to tlie house. Last year there were forty democrats in that body, au overwhelm ing majority’. ’flic thing to do is to profit by this ob ject sson. It is not too late to guard against, similar disasters in other states. If tin' administration and the party will stand squarely on the democratic plaT"- form there will be no more such repub lican landslides as Rhode Island has furnished. 'l’lie delay and uncertainty in regard to tariff legislation litis d.amaged ns in other states besides Rhode' Island. Dur ing thirteen months under tlie present administration the tariff question has been held back, and the uncertainty has demoralized tlie commercial and manu facturing interests of many states. 'Pho people want this question dis posed of. Almost anything would be better than this uncertainty. Ts the democrats and tlie administration will get together and promptly redeem the pledges of the Chicago platform there will be no more desertions from the democratic camp—no more apathy-—and tlie party’ xvill again sweep the country. This'is the lesson taught by little Rhody in her political revolution of last Wednes day. 'Die platform is the thing! It now seems that Governor Northen Is not in line with the cuckoos,and they are making a great fuss over the fact as if it were some new discovery. Had they forgotten his let ter to Mr. Cleveland? — .. Senator Patrick Walsh. Governor Northen, after mature de liberation, lias appointed Hon. Patrick Walsh, of Augusta, to fill the vacancy’ occasioned by lhe death of Senator Col quitt. It: is an appointment that will give keen satisfaction throughout the state. As an ardent and a sincere democrat. Mr. Walsh has won more honors than he ever sought, and the honor of represent ing his state in the senate of the United States, which is not of his seeking, could not have fallen on a more deserving dem ocrat. It could not have fallen on a democrat who will stand more squarely on the platform of the party or repre sent with more zealous sincerity the in terests of the people of Georgia. I ndoubtedly, Mr. Walsh will appre ciate the honor that is conferred on him in th<' name and in behalf of the people of his state, but ho has not sought it. On the contrary, he has insisted that his personal friends refrain from press ing his name and that he preferred that the appointment should go elsewhere. Though not an old man—being, ui fact, in the very prime of mature manhood lie has reached that age when experience teaches men that, offices of trust and profit, no matter how high and honorable they may be, tire not. the chief aim of a useful life. He feels that as the con ductor of a newspaper, he can be as useful to Ins people as he could be in the senate or in tiny other office. For that reason he did not give his friends the right to press his name as one who was eager for or even willing to accept the place. Nevertheless, he will not cast the hon or aside. He will accept the place, and he will be as true to the people and lhe party in lhe senate as he has been in his office of editor. He stands on the Chi cago platform—('very part of it. He is for a tariff for revenue only, so adjusted tis to free the necessaries of life from taxation, and he is for making both gold and silver the standard money of the country by opening the mints to both metals without discrimination against either metal. That is to say, as he says himself, he is in favor of the free coin age of silver. In every essential, Mr. Walsh is a strong man. He is strong intellectually, auu strong in all those qualities that make a man attractive and powerful. In other words, he has all the qualities of leadership, and he has been, since the w.ir, one of the strongest leaders of the party’ in Georgia. But he has never em ployed his intluenee to advance his own political interests. With him it has al ways bet'n his party first and his friends next, with Walsh himself in the back ground. It need hardly be said that this characteristic tits him to be one of the truest representatives of the people that ever went to Washington. The new senator has a big head and a big heart. His faculties are evenly balanced. He is true to his ideals in life and iu polities, and those ideals are far higher than the average politician is inelined to place them. The appointment of Mr. Walsh gives the public another view of Governor Northcu’s character. In offering the place to Speaker Crisp the governor showed that ho was ready to sacrifice his own worthy ambition to represent the people in the senate. In appointing Mr. Walsh the governor not only recog nizes thi' solid merits of one of the ablest party’ loaders in the state, but rewards the unselfish devotion of a friend. Mr. Walsh was foremost, if not first, among those who advocated the selection of Governor Northen as the chief executive of the slate, and has always been his warm supporter, both personally and through The Chronicle. other things being equal—and they are equal in this ease—tlie people are quick io appreciate the spirit that prompts the recognition of services unselfishly’ rendered. The Constitution salutes the now sen ator ami congratulates the people of Georgia! The patronage heelers say that the ap pointment of a stanch democrat to succeed Senator Colquitt is “a bad business." Alas! has it come to this? An Outside Y iew of the Exposition. 'l’lie Commercial Club, a leading or ganization in Kansas City, recently pass ed a. series of resolutions endorsing the Cotton States and International exposi tion in the heartiest and most unqualified manner. The resolutions commend the exposi tion :;s a practical movement to multi ply markets for western breadstuils and meat products, to bring immigrants and capital to our cities and idle lands, and to secure the trade of the West Indies. Mexico and the seventeen republics of Central and South America, which by evi'rv trade law should belong to this country. The resolutions go on to state that four-fifths of this trade is now en joyed by distant countries and that, the southern ports of the < nited States are the natural inlets for this trade to which Kansas City and other western marts are directly linked by shorter railway carriage than to any other seaports. The resolutions were introduced by’ Mr. George F. rutrnim. chairman of the committee on stale and national legisla tinn, ttnd they were unanimously’ adopted without any opposition. The members of the Kansas City Com mercial Chib lake tlie right view of our exposition, its objects and its probable results. The main object of the enter prise is to bring together here the rep resentative mei’clianls and maifufactur ers of this country and of the countries south of us. At this commercial and industrial reunion our guests xvill talk business. They will exhibit their prod ucts and make known their wants. The foreign visitors will have an opportunity of seeing tlie advantages to be derived b.v establishing direct trade relations with our southern ports, and the great west will not be slow to make the most of the situation, while the cities of the cotton states cannot fail to loom into prominence as the best markets tor our customers in the far south. We have lost four-fifths of lhe trade of the southern half of this hemispliere simply’ because we have never reached out for it in the proper way. It is very gratifying to find the leading business men of tlie west in thorough sympathy with our exposition, and we can assure them that it will be greatly! to their in terest to co-operate with US' and make our big show the greatest success of this genertition. with the exception of the world's fair. The cuckoo element is decidedly not hav ing as mucn fun as it thought it would have. The Gubernatorial Campaign. The friends of General Evans are en tirely’ justified by lhe facts of the situa tion when they predict that he will be the next governor of Georgia. Tlie campaign has progressed far enough to make it apparent that the gen eral is overwhelmingly’ endorsed by the people. His appetirance everywhere is hailed with enthusiasm, and it is not too much to say tliat there is not a. more popular man in the state today. It. is ti gratifying surprise to the peo ple to meet a candidate who never depre eates his opponent and never exalts him self. General Evans entered the war as a volunteer private and by sheer merit rose to the rank of general. He made a splendid record as a brave soldier and able commander, but it is very’ rarely that he alludes to the war, and very’ few have ever heard him even mention the fact that lie bore a part in it. This trait of modesty is so deeply in grained in the character of General Evans that it dominates his life and shapes his methods. He is always serene and self-poised because his sense of duty is his controlling rule of action in all the affairs of life. lie is a lover of his fellow men and when he can advance their welfare he is better pleased Ilian when his own personal interests are served. On the stump in debate the general is the same fair, courteous and considerate gentleman that he is in the home circle. He has the courage of his convictions, and makes himself heard and felt when the issues of the day tire under discus sion, but he has never dreamed of at tempting to promote himself by’ under rating his opponent. After till, these manly’ and modest characters wiu. They please the peo- ple better than vain boasting and loud self-assertion. All that has been said about General Evans's war record and his useful services in peace, has been said by others. It conies in the shape ot voluntary tributes from those who know him best, and there is never a hint of it from his own lips. Brave as a lion and gentle as a woman! This is the verdict of all Georgians when the general’s name is mentioned, lhe people feel that, in honoring him they will honor themselves. It will be Gov ernor Evans. Tlnit is a settled fact. It will be borne in mind that 'l he Gon- JtutVon has remarked on more tnan one occasion recently that Senator Colquitt s successor would be as true a representative of tlie people as Senator Colquitt was. Senator Walsh stands precisely where Sena tor Colquitt stood. ADI TO 111 A L COM MEN T. The London anarchists have succeeded in frightening Queen Victoria and the prince of Wales. Tlie two are guarded by detect ives, and the prince no longer shows him self in public with his old freedom. The queen is nervous and uneasy all the time. That Washington salesman who deserted his wife and borrowed ♦3OO from another victim of his fascinations to pay the ex penses of his elopement with a third, wouij seem, upon careful reflection, to deserve th> title of “the only other American as wiCKefl as Papa Breckinridge.” J iberty a handsome twelve-page weekly, published in New York by Benjamin R. Tucker has abolished what printers call "justification.” Its columns now look as ragged as blank verse, but Mr. lucker claims the compositor who set 5,000 ems a day by the old method can set 7,000 a day by the new method. Mr. Harris, an Engbsh pleader in breach of promise cases, told Mr. Justice Cave, the other day, that “a girl who would permit liquor to be drunk out of tier shoe would be unfit for human society.” The justice objected to this dictum, and cited instances from English public and private life, it appears, however, that the lawyer stuck to his point and thus voiced the “average sentiment of these dull days of civilization.” Captain James Pollard, assistant superin tendent of Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, Rich mond, Va., was found dead in his bed Fri day morning. He was made famous by be ing in command of tlie squadron of cavalry that killed General Dahlgren in the notable raid around Richmond in tiie spring of 1864. The raid was organized for the purpose of capturing Richmond and releasing the pris oners in Libby and other federal prisons there. The raid was unsuccessful. Dahl gren reached within four or live miles of the city, but met a body of reserved troops on the Cary street road, who repulsed him and forced him to change his route. He was shot and killed a few days later in King William county by a detachment of cavalry, of which Captain Pollard was in charge. Euclid avenue, Cleveland, 0., which is already widely famed as the finest residence street in the country, is to be still further improved in tlie suburban portion by widen ing to 100 feet, under the provisions of a recent act of the legislature. In the center -will be the electric car tracks, with a broad grass plot with trees on each side, separat ing tlie cars from the carriage roads. These are twenty feet wide and bordered on each side by a row of hitching posts. Between the hitching posts and the sidewalks there will tie on each side of the street a tine bicycle path three feet wide. Then comes another grass plot live feet wide, and finally the sidewalk of the same width. Each hall of the street will be exactly the same. And st Cuckoo Im :• Ciiclkoo. From The Evening Commercial. A southerner is a southerner; a demo crat is a democrat; an abolitionist is an abolitionist; a, south-hater is a south-hater; a hackman is a hackman: a bootblack is a bootblack; a nigger is a nigger, and a mule Is a mule the world over. You can’t change tlie spots of a leopard. jg THE rind To Mny l»t. An Interesting Contest in Which Every body has the Same Chance. The Missing Word competition craze is the tntes. fad in England. It is exciting the whole country, and hundreds of thousands of people are racking their brains for missing words. Several London weeklies have started what they cull “missing word competitions.” and tlie crazj hils affected all England to such an extent as to block tlie money order office and embarrass the whole postal service. Tin- scheme is this: A sentence is printed every week from which one word is omitted : tor instance, “Smith is a— and people arc invited to send in their guess with a money order fora shilling. Tlie money sent in is divided among tlie guessers wiio name the correct word. A few weeks ago one paper distrib uted 835,000 among forty-three eiu-rect guessers, each man receiving over Sson for his shilling. The money order blanks have all been used up at many postoffiees. the mails are clogged, and clubs havr been organized to go into the guessing business. TO CONSTITUTION READERS. Tlie Constitution makes this proposition Among tiiose who supply tlie missing word in tin following sentence, between now and tlie Ist ol May, 1594, we will divide one-fourth of the sub scription receipts of nil those who send guesset with their suleeriptions. This leaves us tlie bare and actual cost of fur nishing the paper to subscribers for the year, TEE SENTENCE. Tha Moments were numbered, the strife was finished ; the vision closed. In the twinkling of an eye our flyins horses had carried us to the termination of the aisle At right angles we wheeled into our former direction. The turn of the road carried the scene out cf my eyes in an instant and swept it into my dreams forever. Supply the missing word in tlie above sentence and if you guess tlie correct word you w ill share with the others who are as fortunate one-fourth of tlie receipts from the subscriptionsol ah those who guess. THE GUARANTEE. ' No one knows the word missing except the man aging editor, v. ho has placed it in a sealed envel ope and which will be opened on May Ist. We pledge our honor that lhe division will bo made and published just as outlined. THE PROSPECT. Suppose 5,000 guesses wore made. This would leave $1,250 as one-fourth of tlie subscription re ceipts. for so many names, to be divided among the successful guessers. Supposing ten persons guessed the word, this would give them 8125 each , if taenty, $62.50, etc. Suppose there are 10,000 guesses v hieh is not improbable—this may give from 8100 to - >OO each to the successful guessers. Checks will be mailed immediately alter May Ist. CONDITIONS AND INDUCEMENTS. The terms of the contest are few and simple: 1. Every guess must be accompanied by one year’s subscription to the Weekly Constitution, sent to any address at 81. 2. The sender of a club of five at 81 each, for one yenr, is entitled to a free paper one year and also a guess. 3. With every subscription, the missing word should be writte n plainly, with the name and ad dress of tlie guesser. It is not necessary to rewrite tlie sentence—simply write the word and label it “ the msssiug word for May Ist.” 4. Renewal subscriptions are entitled to guesses just ns new subscribers. Remember that you get the greatest and best of all American weekly newspapers for every gmss. You cannot do without the Constitution for 1894. Address all communications to THE CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA.

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, April 10, 1894, Page 6, Image 6