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ft 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.