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THE “WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY. MARCH 4,1884- TWELVE FADES. \
THIS COftSTll U TION, j Hat general reflection* are not in order in
Kntrod mi the allot, ta Port-Office u noond-claae 1 diKtutlng a matter o( snch vital interret.
all natter. Number 11, 1878. I The world will learn mlth breathtoM interest
that theaclentfota have at last rocceeded In
. . . . . .. . . I azrccine upon a course of treatment which,
an^a^TSTTh^t^iof^bl tcn,>! '” c | they think, will have the effect of tuapendiofi
ATLANTA. Q*.. MARCH 4. 1884.
I the encroachment! of old age. The fact
I having been noted that, after
Til (W1.7 IP rp fjt-i 'Pf'A/II? I I paasingmiddle life,the process of oaaification
jNUW lo 1 tiCi IILYLL 1 I becomes markedly developed until it ushers
• ■ —- I in senile decrepitude, it has occurred to our
vrf?’tm;?rp t 'ii? , r P cmb. 0n ,f * n ** lmPOrU ' > ” •elentlfic Mead, that the arteal ol thi. ouifle
PRIOR TO MARCH tt, 1884. I tendency would naturally ward off or delay J
Which lathe date ol the Bratchapter. M I the coming of old age. To make it (till
OUR GREAT MORMON STORY I plainer euppoee we put it thia way: Old age,
^^blT’JJhSTet.inin time to art -he tint of being an accumulation ol year.,
chapter, of thi. thrilling .tory will be much better 11, .imply a alow but ateady
.atl.«edthanonewhoUke.Jtupatierltl«»unfd . a . c alcareoua matter
We gnannte. that intiacrlben who nnd iu prior I accumuiauon 01
to MARCH 16rH wilt got tho Fir»t Chapter.. The I | n the ayatem. The prevention
smrywlU run teveral *oek«, and • hooW tll() llep0 , it ln any coneiderable quantity of
THE OPENING CHAPTERS, this calcareous matter ia a bar to the up
In which the plot la ■tatted, and the character. I proach ol the phyaical and mental decline
I called old age.
Itwonld be intereating to follow tlieae
I iclentlata step by itep in their inveatigationa
I and ditcoveriea, but within the limita of thia
brief article we have barely apace for their
concluaiona. The main point ia the
method recommended for the
prevention of calcareoni accumulations. Of
courae thia ia a matter of diet. We muat use
■fend
and
QREATgTORY!
By JOAQUIN MILLER.
-WBITCCM EXPRESSLY POB TUB—
JEKLY CONSTITUTION 1 I bread in moderation, fruit in abundance, fish,
TO BEGIN IN OCR ISSUE OP
MARCH. 11TH, 1884. |
AND RUN SEVERAL WEEKS I
“SEALEDUNTO HIM” I
A STORY
W E u ” I poultry, young mutton and veal. Nitrogen
I ooa food must be avoided. The next thing
I is to drink several glasses of distilled water
I containing ten or fifteen drops of diluted plios
I pborie acid every day. This baa the effect of
I dissolving any calcareous matter in the ays
I tern.
Believers In the Maltbuilan theory will
I probably view thia discovery with disappro
bation, and it la not fob. denied that the
I effect will be to augment our population. To
I come extent it will create a revolution in the
Thrilling Adventure Among the Mormon. I business world. If our middle-aged men go
I to doling tbemaelvea with distilled water and
It treats 0? lbs DsnIUa, or-"aveo(tng angels” of I phosphoric acid Instead of "red eye,” there is
the Mormon church, as they existed ever thirty I n0 filing how long they will list, and their
refusal to be laid on th. .half will delay the
erofthe Denitea, a madmtn to hi. fanatical seal I progress of our young men, or make them
and a gtantfn suture and strength.ZH.U one ol I puah forward with redoubled energy. The
the molt pewerfal drataalle creations that have ep I future experiments of the scientists in their
peered to modem Helton. tussle with old Father Time will bo watched
Udy’whoj'naingmuan^'frMk!E3M5 "“*>'»«— »"•«■». “
com. "sealed” to a Mormon elder, before the soot | concerD * u *
had removed from Illinois to Salt Lake city. Peer
ing thi vengcanro of the Danltea because of her re
fusel to accompany the elder, as a wife, to Salt Lake
city, her father endeavors to spirit her away to Celt
A NEW CAPITOL IN ALABAMA.
Now that Georgia hoa decided to build
new capltol, the people of Alabama want one
fonda. On the Journey overland, the emlgnni I also, and it movement has been started to ae
train which thoy accompany posses by Ball Lake cure a building that will be a credit to the
city, sad hen ItU tbs vengoenoe of the "avenging pro ,p C rona and ambitious slate. Our sister
".‘‘f cerU “ nl * needs .*“P 1 "*'' 11,0 . p . i “ lu . r ®
rioueggnra. which terms one of the train; the eu. of the present one drawn by tho editorial
H&M M they near Salt Lake dly; tho secret work I artist of the Mobile Register is strictly cor*
•f the Danltes; the lll|ht of fthe girl and the flasl I rect. Says the Register: "The state of Ala-
climax are told with srealism and dramatic force I barna has a little shanty np on Government
Hill at Montgomery, which is used os a state
house. It cost about os much as the dog-
rarely found In tho fiction of any ago.
With Mormon Elders
Deeperately at work In ovory Southern Bute
practicing tholr Infamous doctrines.
kennel at Blenheim palace. It has a lew
stunted trees around. There la
■treet car running up to it. Tho neigh-
T'/lis Powerful Story is Timely I borhood in front of It makes the average
And takes Urn character of a atatesman Mush. The fat representatives are
CLEAR, RINGING SERMON I =onipl“h>y blown when they reach the steps,
I and much delay U lost In legUlatlon while
llUoneof the most powerful stories over written. I they struggle to regain breath. The attorney
,, . generallaceratrabli brains in a kind of a coal
Don t fail to get the opening | loI#i superintendent of education
Chapters, OS it Will run 1 spouts hU Ideas In a pigeon box. There la no
several weeks. room for committees. Tho supreme court
IT BEGINS MARCH HTH1 I Judge* have no privacy. The library
Order THE CONSl'lTUTION at once, mis I crowdod into a candle box, and everything
Biggest «nd chcarcst Paper to Amouca, Only I looks cheap and oheeay.”
•l.asayoar. In Clubs of dve or more Vl.oo eich. I The RegUter advises Montgomery to take
„„„ I back the building and turn It Into a cotton
CIRCULATION THIS WEEK, 18,500 I factory, thereby gaining an enterprise of far
CIRCULATION LAST JYKEK 17,M01 “tore value to the community than any pub-
wurnr u'vrir nmntaiiY is sun 1 1,0bulldln K “uld he. It even advocates the
FIRST WEEK, FEBRUARY ,4 ' M0 '[ removal of the capltol to Birmingham, ho-
OUR PRIZES FOR AGENTS: I cause Birmingham would give hall •( a mil
We will announce naxl week the nsmes ol these I * 10 “ l °w«rd the work, and because at lllr-
to whom onr prises ter February were forwarded, I tnlnghetu "the capltol would be In a while
Tho secuunte are now bolngcaehsd up In the bus* j man’s country. It would tniilc upon the
toceeorace. valley.,and th. mountain, would atretch
... - . | forth their hand, to bleea It. It.
We offer Ore dollars In gold to the Coords agent I ....
whowmls In the mo-l subscribers during Murch, I 1 " . ! 1 “ “ ntold
and two dollars abd a half to the next largest. I uro *' ® n '* **• dome would reflect the
And five dollars In gold to tho a.enl outside of I light that bBnta from llie top. of a thousand
Ueorria who sends In the most sutiserlhen In I hills. The ring ol the ahovel and the pick-
Marcn, and two dollars eud a half to the next tar-1 tIe , n, 0 whistle of machinery, the murmur
These names can be cant to from time to time and I •I’lndlee. would lull it to the aicata of the
will be credited toeach agent son.Mug them. Make h *PPJ< “T «»F » would hear the rush and
up cluba and get one ot these prisee. Where Uiere I roar of commerce over the Iron ways, and at
ts a Ua the prise will be divided. | night It would aland guarded by the watch
Tux death of Marshal T. l-olk cloaca ~ln ® r “° * h 1 undred , ,urn «**- ®P«< 1 do "»
the grave one of the saddeat atorlea of human h# ”".7 “ " onld !l “ r t ,h * “ 1 ' lwu » ld * * ln K'
life. Mislead Into epeculaUon. of doubtful lo JJ** kin ®'*" d the mountain
character, he proved untrue to the people who *‘ d “ ,e “ ol
had trusted him so lone, and aunk under the I Ul °" th,t . bring gl * d t dln **' A,l,r
•uoh a bunt of eloquenca
were not aurprited to hear our enterprising
Tn« eontMt In Alabama Is growing warm. I contemporary daclaie that the burning quoa-
Governor O'Neal bu bad an unfortunate ad-1 tlon now befon the stole is, shall the capital
ministration, being under the shadow of the I be removed to Birmingham?
Vincent defalcation. Colonel McKleroy, ot 1
Kufaula, chairman of the state democratic |
executive committee, will antagonise Gov
ernor O'Neal in the rare.
AN OLD ICH.MB REV VKD,
The icranky speculators scrota the water,
who for nearly % score of yean have been
trying alternately to blarney or bulldose the
United States into redecmingtbeConfederate
k
TALM AGE'S 5.RMONS. _ _
Beginning with this week we shall print I bond., are now~endaavoring'to work a new
in each lane of Tui Coamicrtoa one of dodge. A Mr. J. Barr Robertson, of London,
Talmage’e eermons. I has iaued a handsome pamphlet of
We have had requests from all part, of the | thirty-eight pages, in which it elab-
country, and from all classes of our readers I oratetely set forth a specious
to taka this step. Mr. Talmags preaches to I and tllmsy argument pretending to show the
larger audience, than any other preacher on reeponslbllity of the United 8totes for the
the earth. 1IU sermons are telrgnpbed to payment of the "dollar bonds” held by the
leading papers In this country and elsewhere, I Kuropean creditors, which were, it i. al
and print*! on Monday morning in at leaet leged, the only means of remittance from the
one hundred newspapers. I southern states during the war of the rebel
Tux Comttnmo* (s now closing an arrange- Hon. In this pamphlet the author takes the
ment with Mr. Talmage by which we will I position that, wlthont considering
print In our weekly on Monday, the sermon th* legal or equitable claims of the confed
he delivers In Brooklyn on Sunday, We Urate bondholden, the fact cannot be denied
believe tt right to give a part of that there extols a perfectly aound and legit-
our paper every week to religious imat, claim against the United Stales and
matter*, and can do no tauter I the individual atatoa of tha south. It is al«
than to fill that spec, with these sermons I i**ed that this peculiar claim, for some mya-
w^lch preach no creed, but the creed of I tenons reason, has never been presented,
universal brotherhood and the roll- U r. Robertson says that when the war broke
P 0 " ot Mt» L>rd Jeene Christ. I out an ex t,nsive trade was being carried on
HOW to defy old *01. I between Europe and the southern states, and
It has been generally believed for a long I in the aonth targe debts were due to Eu-
time that,sooner or later, the acientists would I ropeans. A large share ot thia Indebtedness
discover tbe secret of Indefinitely prolonging I " as remitted to Europe in the shape of dol
human ‘life. Why people should esase to be I l*r bonds, that being tbe only available
young In appearance and feeling, when, in 1 means of remittance from the confederate
reality, they are young in years, and why I states. The heldero of these bonds
tbeysbonld grow old, fall into the sere and j with rare, and to ua it
yeUow leaf, aud shuttle off this I incredible petience, waited because they were
mortal coil just when they aware ot tbe financial condition of the aonth,
are beginning to enjoy life, are mysteries of I and because they felt confident that when the
a Untallxlog and yet fascinating character. I debt, of th. aouthern .tote, were rearranged,
the dollar bonds would be recognized and
settled. Tbe bondholders plant them,
■elves upon the broad ground that
they are the Innocent holders of bonds
isanedby certain of the United States of
America; that these bonds were not Issued to
arry on the war of rebellion, bat
id on a totally different footing,
belong to a clue of claims
arising out of the war for which the federal
government is responsible.
Tbe most interesting feature In this remark
able pamphlet to tbe section devoted to tbe
opinions expressed by half a dozen
eminent European lawyen. These
opinions, bssed, as they
are upon an ex parte showing, are ludicrously
wrong all the way through. In fact, the po
sition of tbe distinguished European advo
cates Is apparently based upon tbe Idea ex
pressed by the compiler of the pamphlet,
vis: "that tbe question of political expe
diency may now justly be held to be ot
supreme and paramount concern, and tbe
original controversy between tbe north and
south may. with a view to the northern peo
pie examining their own work and their own
attltudo in tbe 1 ight of equity and political
expediency, bo summed up by saying that
the north was not altogether right, and the
south was not altogether wrong."
Thia ia tbe lame and impotent conclusion
of an argument which starts out with the
assumption of just and legal claims. Bach a
scheme is not likely lo meet wi th a moment's
serious consideration in onr courts and legls
lalnres. _
THE QUESTION OF CYCLONES.
A correspondent suggests an important line
of thought in a communication on cyclones
to-day.
There is no doubt that cyolonea are much
more Irrqoent and extensive in thisaection
and in the northwest than formerly. There
are more newspapers, more telegraph lines
and more railroads, and consequently swifter
collection and tranamission of news. A cy
clone that was lost in the obscurity of a wilder
ness fifty years ago, and was detected only
when it croseed some leading line of railway,
is now traced accurately, step by step, in it.
terrible course. After allowing for this, how
ever, there is no doubt that there Is more fre
quency and force in cyclones of late yean
than half a century ago.
What is the canse ot this? The first im
pulse is lo toy the responsibility on the swift
destruction of the forests under the demands
ot advancing civilization. Onr correspondent
puts the cause deeper than this. He believes'
that there are unusual forces at work in
nature and important changes working in tbe
earth and the atmosphere that envelops It.
The suggestion is a plausiole ono. The red
sun sets, the numerous comets heaving
aud out of sight, tho unexampled Hoods and
droutbr, and cyclones and eruptions—these
and scores of other disturbances, out of tbe
common—justify the suspicion that there
a physical revolution being brought abont
tbe apaces that lie beyond our world, spring
ing from impulses of which we cannot con
celve, and moving toward remits the meas
ure and direction of which we can have not
theallghtest hint.
Jnat One Worst Wltls Toss.
Tblspapermtyfallln tho hands ol hundreds
people who are not subscribers.
Ot such people wo aik a careful perusal of tbe pa
per. We claim that It lithe beet paper iu America,
or It la certainly the largest and choapest, We In
tend to put It In every southern homo-where
bright, cheerful, newsy paper le wanted.
This year will be a busy and eventful one.
should bo.lad lo have you taka Tna CortsTiiurron,
We promise you the best paper that can bemado
with 12 full pages every week, and cheaper than any
12 pate paper to Amt ilea!
It will coat you f 1.23 a year, If you tako It alone.
It you get four of your nel.hbore to Join you. It will
cost you It each, or loss than twocentasweekl By
getting tan neighbors at It you got your own copy
one year (roe. Subscribe at onoel
THE METHODIST CENTENNIAL
We elsewhere present this morning the
plan of tho followers of Wesley and Whit
field for celebrating tbe first centennial anni
versary of the eatabliahment of Methodism In
America. Not only do the host of Methodists
In this country propose to discuss and rejoice
over the marrelous growth of their donomi-
nstion, but they also propose to utilise the
event by raising within the bounds ot tbe
M. E. church south two million dollars, to he
expended for educstlonal purposes, church
extension and missions. As this church alone
comprises very nearly a million members, no
doubt ia felt about the success of the effort.
In the oue huudrsd years that have elapsed
■luce Methodism became an organised tact in
this land, the church haa become great and
rich and Influential. So many public
men have been memben ol It
that It has been styled at times
tbe state church. But the chief glory of tbe
church la now, as It was one hundred years
sgo, its care for and Intlaence over the poor,
the obscure and tbe ignorant. While It now
controls scores of colleges, tt retstns its Influ
ence over the unlettered. Let ue hope that
It will never change in thia respect, no mat
ter how strong In numbers or in wealth It
may become. Its work on the frontlen of
civilizstion will never be loet or forgot
ten, and now when tbe entire country
enjoys the bleatngs of civilisation, the church
has an ample Held for missionary work
wherever equator, dirt and ignorance are
found. In the alums and the byways there
plenty ot work for all Christian workers,
and the church that neglects the poor, that
avoids the haunts of poverty and eln, ia a
church that dost not follow closely the teach
ings ef the (onsder of all Christianity. The
Methodiita, fortunately for all, give no evi
dence of inch backsliding in this year of re
joicing.
liO mules. These animals are worth just
about 1,000 millions dollara. Tbe average
Value of the hones la $71; of the mules, $81.
Georgia has now 342,018 milch cows, worth
$10.03 a bead, or $0,493,351 in all. Texas is
the only southern state that surpasses tu the
number ot milch cows. While the Kentucky
cow ia not so numerous, she is worth nearly
twice as much in the average as tbe Georgia
cow. We alao have 010,811 oxen and other
cattle. These cattle are only worth $11.75 a
head. In some of thp states such cattle are
worth nearly $39 a head. Thera Is a certain
aatlsfaction In reading that this class of cattle
are worth only $9.18 in one state—Florida.
But Florida does not claim to be aatock state.
We have 543.415 sheep, worth $1 50 a bead,
as against 7,956,275 head mTexas, worth $2 24
each. Tennessee, West Virginia and
Kentucky alao outrank ua. There are no
dog stotiatica in the pamphlet. We have
1,582,116 hogs, worth $3.67 each. Texas, Ten
nessee end Kentucky again lead us. The
avenge value of hogs in Massachusetts is
$13 90; in Ohio, $6.20, We ought to have
more and better bogs.
During the past year there was a handsome
increase throughout the country of stock cat
tie, of sheep and swine. The movement
cattle of Georgia, Alabamt andMississippi
Texas has, it is thought, caused a slight
ductlon In tbe number ol cattle in the three
states. Thia la offset, however, in these states
by tbe unusual Interest taken in stock im
provement.
A CYCLONIC STUDY.
There is a fascination and a mystery about
cyclones that attracts while it repels. The
suddenness and the terror of these strange
visitors that are bred In the waste of waters
and sweep across the continent with the
swiftness of lightning, has shut off investiga
tion and baffled inquiry.
A Constitution correspondent was sent
over the track of the late cyclone with
instructions to make a careful and deliberate
study of the wrecks in his way—to inquire
diligently of those who witnessed the storm,
sift from their testimony any truth oifitei
deucy that appeared to be significant, and I
report in some way what be saw and heard.
Our corresjMudent’s letter is printed else
where this morning. It speaks for itself, and
will be read with interest. It is only fair
■ay that the writer is capable and earnest,and
has done his work with care and conscience.
Wbat he reports may be taken as accurate
and his opinions as sound and deliberately
made. Hia letter ia a valuable contribution
to cyclone literstnre.
THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.
On the 11th of next month tbe Southern
Immigrant Association will meet in Nash
ville, and during three days every featnre of
immigration will be discussed by some of the
best speakers and most thoughtful men in tbe
south. Let us hope that it will be largely
attended, and that every city and every coun
ty almost will be represented. The association
embraces all tbe southern states south of tbe
Potomac, and Its purpose is not only
attract immigration from Europe, but
also to turn the tide of farmers
from tbe northeast to tbe south—to present
in other words tbe advantages of Georgia or
Arkansas in contrast with Dakota or western
Kansas. It is proposed to establish both on
tbe south Atlantio cosat and the Gulf depots
similar to Castle Garden for the reception ol
immigrants. It la also proposed to make the
advantages of the southern states known to
the people of ths north who are looking for
new homes. The facta of tbe situation are
with us, but we have not made them known
and as thia can only be done by organisation,
the new movement should bs particularly
encouraged. Let us hope that the Nashville
convention will not be content with words. It
should be bold and practical. It should in
augurate measures, and call on state legisla
tures and the people throughout the south to
respond. It there is no response, there will
ot coane be no immigration, but the respon
sibility will then rest where it belongs. At
present tbe people have no one to act through.
They cannot meet the organised efforts ol the
railroad companies of the northwest, because
orgsnisstion must be pitted against organisa
tion in order to win. The Nashville conven
tion cad take slept to furnish what we lack,
and It abould do so.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS-
The lateat report of the department of agrl-
cnlturo relates to the number and value of
farm animals, the wages of farm tabor and
the freight rates of tbe railroads—three Inter-
eating subjects. There were in Georgia on
tbe drat day of January 102,695 horses, worth
$84 37 each. Their total value was $8 661,377.
Thia ia not a horse state, only 8outh Carolina
and Plorida having less. But we have 139.
653 mules, worth $96 69 a head
or $13,490,480 in all. Georgia is
only second to Mtsronri in the number or
value of males, and ibt difference between
the two states ia not, in point of value, large.
Ths bones and mules combined of Illinois
are worth more than any other state. In the
country there are 11,169,683 hones, and 1,904,.
ANSWERS TO CORRSS POND ENTS.
8, L. Comer, Kufaula, Ala., writes to correct onr
statement that the lioness has only one whelp at a
birth, and states tbst he saw at tVoodarard’a garden
In Dan Franciscos lioness with tbrea whelps, Ur,
Comer ia right.
H. C. T., Athens, Os—Where esn Fostofllee In
apector Fray be addressed?
A lettersddreesod to him et Atlanta will reach
Lm.
II, T. D, Ophtr.Ga —Do you think thia specimen
ol my penmanship creditable enough for me ui be
gta teaching to the country?
Your penmanship ts good enough tor teaching
or anything else,
Atlanta, Atlanta, Oa.-Who was the author ot
^Tempest and Sunshine," sod where can 1 procure
Hn. Mery J. Holmes. Any Atlanta bookseller
will order It.
8. J. T„ Carnesrllle, Oe — Please namo tho de
nominations to wnlch Beecher, Moody and Sankey
belong, and alao the age ol C. II. Spurgeon.
Beecher and Moody are CongregatlonaUats, and
if we mistake not, Sankey belongs to the same do-
nomlnaUoa. Spurgeon It 50 years old.
W. R. 8.. Dandy, Ua.-Htt ihe life ol the late
n, a. a. unwr, ua-nw tss UI4 ot ms tato
Senator Hill boon published, and If so where Is It
for sale?
It haa not been published. Ur. Ben Hill, Jr„ to
at work collecting tho speochae and papers of tho
late senator and will write a Ule.
C. T. L.. Atlanta, Cta-What Is the difference be
tween a cyclone and a tornado?
The former rages over many ihoaund miles of
territory at tbammsUme. Tbs latter te a storm
revolving on Its axis In n horizontal direction,
leaving behind tt n compereUvely narrow track.
T.J. T.. Scott, lad.—Pleaes Inform mein what
wnty and tu what part of Alabama the new I
of Sheffield ts located. Can town ton be bougl
a reasonable figure? WUl Sheffield (row into a
large city? *
Sheffield te In Colbert county, northweetero Ala
bama. At present it Is likely that town lots will
sellata reasonable figure. Tbe outlook la favorable.
1.0., Green Cave, Go.—Why ts that dead trees,
standing perpendicularly, fall during the dead calm
scedea a storm, even when Urey have w'.lb-
drivtog wlno?
We do not know that such ts tha case, but there
are peculiar electrical conditions to the atmoephere
during the calm that precedes a storm; that may
account for It.
D. C. B.. Brownsville, Oa.—Why If thtMh day of
January called "old Chriaunaa.
Christmas was onoe a movable festival, end was
celebrated ia January. April and May, A consul.
tatlon of theoloaians In the 4Ui century resulted to
the selection of the 25th of December ns the author
ized Christmas.
Subscriber. Walnut Grore, Go.—What are Ihe
respective datleaot a congressmen at Urge, a dis
trict congressman, a United flutes senator and
a amt* senator?
Purely legislative. After a ntw apportionmen
when the time Is too short to redlstrlct a state, the
additional congressman allowed under the act ot
apportionment U elected by the state at large, end
Is therefore oslted congressmen at Urge,
C. A. T.. Huntersville. 8. C.-1. Is Ireland repre
sented In parliament by memhets elected by tho
I. Ye*, for ceveu year*, unle*s parliament I* dfc-
solved by the lorerelgo. 2. Twenty-five pa«*enger
trains arrive, and the same number depart daily.
A* freight train* vary in number from day to day,
we cannot give exact figure*.
M. E. T., Honea, 8. C.-Please give the name
and address of the editor and proprietor of the
organ of tbe Unitarian church.
The Unitarian Review, a monthly, and tho
Christian Register, a weekly, published in Boston*
are recognized organs of the Unitarian church.
Write to them for the names andladdresse* of their
editors and proprietors.
Subscriber, Athens, 0a.-Plea«e give the circum-
■tauces of the murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy at Alton,
111., November 7tb, 1837.
Lovejoy was a preacher, an abolitionist, and
native of Maine. He edited an anti slavery paper
at Alton,was bold in his utterances, became unpop<
ular, and was several times mobbed bv pro slavery
men. In defending bis office against the t lrd
these attacks he was killed.
XX X, Chattanooga, Tenn., joining the search
for the expression "neat not gaudy," thinks per
haps the Idea com e from "Hamlet" where Poloniui
advises Laertes:
"Courtly thyhaMt, as thy purse can buy.
But not expressed in faucy, rich not gaudy,
For the apparel oft proclaims the man."
We were right in crediting the expression "neat
not gaudy" to a letter written by Charles Lamb
Wordsworth in 1806.
C. M. If , Tyre, Ga.—Please inform nn why the
United btateshs* changed the time, maklagit 22
minutes slower. •
Too railroads are responsible for the chango.
enables the running of trains to be regulated with
more certaluty than was thu case under the old
system. Tbe standard time, as it is called, has
been generally adopted by cities, towns, public in
•titutlons and government offices.
J. L. 8., Hapeville, Ga.—Will the eating of
chicken, hog, or any animal flesh, after being bit
ten by a m.d dog. before it is discovered that tbe
dog ia mad, and alter tbe cooking ol said meat
cause hydrophobia?
R la difficult to see what "the cooking of said
meat" could have to do with hydrophobia, but
our correspondent may rest assured that diet will
neither prevent nor develop the natural results ol
tho bite of a mad dog.
A. L., Cleveland, Ohio.—Can you give mo some
Information about Sheffield, anew town in north
Alabama?
There It no town at present. It Is now being laid
ofT. About 800 hands are at work building a rail
road from the town site into the coal and iron
fields. A large hotel and passenger depot will be
built at once. The town company has $503,000
capital, and the railroad company, which owns hall
the town, has Sl.009,000. No lots will be sold until
May 8th when the first grand sale will tako place.
The indications are that it will be the moat notable
real estate salo ever made in the south.
W. 8 W., Dawson, Ga.—1. In what ago of the
world did Arius live? Please tell us somuthlug of
him and his doctrines—their Influence and effect
during his life. 2. Is Mr. H. W. Grady one of tbe
editors of Thb Comstitutioh? If so f« his duty
cou fined to auy oue special department of the pa
per?
1. He was born shortly after the middle of tbe
third century, founded Arianlsm and organlzad a
powerful school of followers: Ue held that tho8on
of God was not co equal and co-eternal with the
Father, but was only the first and highest of human
belnp created out of nothing by the Father’s free
will. Pure Arianlsm is really dead. It gradually
lapsed into Unitarianlim, 2. Yes, he is one of tbe
edUon and proprietors. No.
Quo Warranto, Fayette County, Ga.—By what
_jtborify is Sunday, the first day in the wr-*- —
garded as sacred Instead of the Sabbath, the i
day?
The custom dates from the beginning of Christ
ianity, end is In memory of Christ’s resurrection
and the descent of tho Holy Ghost. It Is believed
that the first Jewish Christians kept tho day holy
whllo con forming also to their legal Stbbath. It
was called the Lord's day In all the churches, bnt
was popularly designated as Sunday as soon as tho
Gentile clement began to prevalL Its first official
recognition is in an edict of Constantine in 821,* or
dering all work to cease la tho cities on "the ven
erable Sunday". The Theodoslan code recognised
tho day in a similar manner.
E. F. MUnor, Ga.—Did the north and south prong
of tho recent ejelono come in actual contact again
in North Carolina after having separated near Col*
nmbut, Oa., and for a while going almost In oppo*
sito directions, or did one merely run ito tho track
ol the other? 2. How was it at Mllledgevlllo, did
3.
S retLt divisions run se
er again?
No. Thoy followed each other into tho ocean
over the came track, but with an hour between
them. 2. The cyclones divided about the 8cotts*
boro hills to the west ot MUledgeviUe. Two cy
clones were traced to about the South Carolina,
line and beyond that only one. 3. About 350 miles.
D. E. B., Gainesville, Ga.—Please answer the fol*
lowing questions: What did Eliza Pinkston do to
cause so much excitement several yeaiaagp? Why
was Andrew Jobuson Impeached? . Why was Fllz-
John Porter djimissed from tho United States
army?
1. Eliza Pinkston was a colored woman who ap
peared before a congressional committee in New
Orleans and told wonderful stories of tho outrage*
to which she had been subjected at the handi of
the kuklnx. 2. Tho article* of impeachment were
based on the president’s removal of Mr. Stanton,
hit expressions In public speeches of contempt (or
congress, declaring the SUth not a constitutional
congress, and hia hindrance of the execution of
some of Its acts. 3 Because he failed to obey Gen*
eral Pope’s order to advance at the second battle of
Manassas.
DURING THB WEBK.
Whit the People or the oily Mi Country arelajlug
Mud Deleg.
Tuotluy, k'cbrunrj ti.
The Union hotel block In Jackion, Mich., was
destroyed by fire, loss 1175,000; the Ashnelot* mills
Keen, N. H„ rained at 960.000, were burned;
the steamer Sanceilta, plying between San Fran
cisco and Ran Quentrcn, valued at 9150,000, was
burned. The czar haa offered General Ignatieff the
civil governorship of Turkestan with charge of the
administration of all the Central Asiatic provinces.
Foote, the editor of the London Free Thinker, haa
completed his year’s Imprisonment for blasphemy.
Bradiaugb, with 2,000 sympathizers, met him at
the gates of the prison as he came forth. The Mex •
lean government contemplate* the establishment
a consul generalship on the Mississippi valley,
with headquarters at St. Louts or Chicago. The
preeent Mexican consul at St. Louis is favorably
mentioned in connection wi'h the position.
IN THB CITY.
Frank Barnett, a small white boy. was run over
. a dray and his right leg was broken. William
Bryant and Henry Campbell, two sixteen year old
white boy*, were arretted yesterday for gaming.
The earthed has been heavily placarded warning
strangers against bunko and coufidence men.
fTcdacadsy, February 8?.
Mrs. Haight, convicted In Morrisville, N. Y , of
murdering her husband, was sentenced to be
hanged on April 18th next. The South Kentucky
college in Harrodaburg, Ky,. owned by the Chris
tian church, was burned yesterday. The
was 912.000, insurance 98,000. There
strong movement on foot in the prov
inces of Gelicit lu favor of emigration to America.
The majority of east Galnla have unanimously pe
titioned the governor of the province to prohibit
sale of passenger tickets for American pert*. i
n* the art.
For the put week the member* of 8L Peal’*
church heve;bcenjholdfnga fair in the basement of
theconrthouie. A Erenchman named Eugene
Dearo, who had been pbuslng his wife, jumped In
to a well yesterday to * v avold arrest. The jump did
hart him, bat the water was so cold that he
called to the pollcemtn to "zen down zerope,
zen te rope dowa!" The rope was sent down, and
the Frenobman was warned to go and sin no more,
or ho would be "lent up" by the recorder.
Thartisy, F«bw«y *8.
Harry Tuttle,who was wounded in a fight at
Storeville, D. T„ wa* taken frem the hospital at
Spearflah. last night, by eight masked men and
hanged. Four boys ten to seventeen year* old,
while hunting near Omaha, Neb., explodedapow-
der house containing over six tons of powder. All
four were blown to atoms. The steamboat Glen
Island, of tbe Etarin transportation company, wa*
run Into and sank yesterday near off Robin’s Reef,
by tbe Cunard steamer Cepbslania. The senate
committee, in New Orleans, Investigating the Co-
piah county, Mississippi, election outrages yester
day, continued its examination of witnesses called
by the democrats, and finally adjourned to meet in
Washington.
IN THE CITY.
The contest for tho two chairs in the board of
police commissioners, soon to be mt'je vseint by
the expiration of tho terms of £r. Fox and Mr,
Frizzell, Is growing warm. Tho election will take
place ntxt Monday night Atlanta was visited by
a strong wind list night, and trees were uprooted,
fences blown down, several houses were injured,
and a freight car was blown from the track.
Friday, February SO.
There is no truth in tbe report that the Jewish
colony north of Blrmarck is starving, although
some of them are too lazy to work. Ever since
their arrival they say they have been supported in
a great degree by Rev. Wcischlc-r*. of 8b Paul, but
that gentlemen refused to help them more. 8o
long as he does they refuse to work. Etch member
of the colony has oxen and ten acres of timber-
wood worth three dollars a cord. The only onea in
need, if any, are those who refuse to work. The ex
tensive hennery and adjoining buildings on the
farm of Charles J. Qulnby were destroyed by fire
this morning. Mr. Quinby is president of the New
York Fanciers club and one of tbe largest breeders
of Wyandotte and black Java fowls In this state.
He lost over 300 pairs of well-bred fowls, valued at
from |t0 to $30 a pair. Ue estimate! bis loss at
over $3,000.
in the errr.
Yesterday was the day on which fell dne the bal»
ance owed by the East Tennessee. Virginia and
Georgia railroad company on the purchase of the
Macon and Brunswick railroad. The amount owed
was $750,000, and the state debt was reduced te
that extent yesterday. There are only about $50,-
000 of the "baby bonds" outstanding, and they are
due In January next. The Fifth Maryland regiment
passed through Atlanta last night en route home
from New Orleans, where they have been attending
mardi gras.
flatantir, March 1.
Mrs. Mary Brown, widow of John Brown, of Har-
par’s ferry, Vs., notorioty died In San Francisco
yesterday. It is estimated that the redaction of
the pnbiic debt for the month of February will be
about $2,000, COO.
IN THE CITY.
Comptroller General Wright Is tending out print
ed Instructions to the tax collectors of the state.
The digests will be sent out about the 13tb. A
movement is on foot to have the city council open
Washington street through the Georgia railroad
property so that it will connect with Collins street
Atlanta real estate Increased 91,500,000 in value
last year.
March X.
The funeral service of the late Minister Hunt wa*
hold at the American chapel In St. Petersburg,
where his body will be deposited until arrange
ments can bo mado to convey it to
the United States. Tho treasurer ol tho
United States has prepared a statement showing
the total coinage of standard silver dollars under
the act of February 23, from 1878 to March 1st, 1884,
was $166,125,110. Held la the treasury offices and
mints, 9176.822.800; outstanding, $39,3 2,720. Of the
amount held by tho treaiury, viz.—9120.822,809—
there are held to redeem outstanding silver certifi
cates $06,247,721, leaving owned by the treasury
$30,574,078.
IN THB CITY.
Five million dollars worth of floor was sold in
Atlanta last year. The wind at 0 p. m., yesterday
blew forty-three miles per hour, as recorded at the
United 8tatcs signal office, and about 7o*elock
there was a alight fall of snow,
JO* QUIN MILLER.
Onr readers will be anxtons to know something
ofJetqnln Miller, tho author of the great story,
‘‘Scaled Unto Him," annonneed elsewhero, and ta
be published In Thb Constitution.
Joaquin Miller has become widely known as one
of the most powerful dramatic writers America haa
over produced. HU stories are eagerly sought by
the foremost periodicals of the country, and hi*
great American drama, "The Danltes," has been
played for years to crowdod houses throughout
America and England. His "Song of the Sierras,'»
first published in London, awakened a furore of
enthusiasm, and he was at once "lionized" by
English society, his popnUrlty equaling that of
Bret Harto.
HU life has been a singularly romantic one.
Wben a lad he was taken to Oregon to live, at a
tlmo whon white settlers were almost unknown
there. He practiced mining In California during
that memoriable period of excitement following
the discovery ot gold. He was ono of the Nicara
gua expedition, in 1855, under General Walker, and
after many adventure* with Indians and miners,
he became a Judgo in Oregon. He U at present
building a log cabin on one of the prominent sites
at Washington, D. C., which he expects to occupy
as soon as R Is completed.
It will be seen that he Is specially fitted to write
thU great romantic drama. Many of the incidents
of the story are founded from his actual experi
ence, and bo knows of bis own knowledge the deep
and despsrate plottings of these people.
Mr. Miller's story will be the great story of the
times. It is full of Interest from first to last, and
deals with a (abject of tho deepest Interest.
Read whtt the London papers say of him;
From the London Times: "Mr. Miller U a man of
sympathetic instincts and deep reverence for all
that U high and noblo In nature and humanity."
From the London Globe; "To follow him it like
followings keen, swift rider, who rides eagerly, it
matters not whither, and attracts us by a wild
grace and a beautiful skill as he rashes through
scenes of luxuriant lovelincn that would cause a
lets impetuous horseman to pause and linger,"
Iadlsm Coirtiklp Cheaper Than Oars.
From the Norristown Herald.
Indian courtship is very simple. The young brave
site back to back with bia girl, smokes a pipe and
bands it over hU shoulder to her, and if her father
doesn’t keep a cross dog, or Is not reckless with his
feet, the courtship ends in about three weeks.
This is much lea* expensive than feeding a girl a
year or two on ice cream, fried oysters, and cara
mels; and as 95a night opera Is not affected by the
Indians, a very successful courtship can be prose
cuted for about 91.30. And y*t the Indiana are-
called savages!
THB LAND UP THB AFTERNOON.
i n old man sits in bis garden chair,
Watching the innllt western sky.
What sees be in the bine depth tbere.
Where only the Isles ol Memory lie?
There are princely towers and castles ht*h.
There are gardens fairer than human ken,.
There are happy children thronging by,
Radlent women and stately men,
Singing with voices of sweet attune
Tut songs of the Land o( the Afternoon.
Tbe old man watches a form of cloud
That floats where tbe stare islands are,
And he sees a homestead gray and loved.
And a hand that bee kens him afar,
O, cheek of rosea and hair of gold!
_ O, eye* of heaven’s divine** blue!
Long nave ye lain in the graveyard mold—
But love ia infinite, love la true;
HowiU find her—yes—It mnst be soon;
They will meet in the Land of the Afternoon.
The sky has changed, and a wreck of cloud
Ia driving athwart it* troubled face,
The golden mist is a trailing shroud;
It Is cold and bleak in the garden place.
The old man smile* and droops hi* brad,
The thin hair blow* from his wrinkled brow,
Tbe sunset radiance has appeared
O’er every waited feature now;
One sigh exhales like a breath in Jnne—
He haa found the Land of the Afternoon.