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T HE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1884.- TWELVE PAGES.
THE CONSTITUTION
Weekly Co««llUt!on $1.85 Per Ann*
ATLANTA. GA., MARCH 11, 1884.
CIRCULATION THIS WEEK 19,200
CIRCULATION LAST WBBK !#.«»
FIRST WEEK FEBfll-ARV Ml
Onr Frlte Winner*.
Onr prizee for Febru.ry »ro awarded u follow.,
and tho money sent to the lucky .gents:
Fordo lsrgeet Hit In Georgia, 15, W, II.Terrell,
Smyrna, Oa.
For neat lancet Hit In Georgia, 15, T. W, Moore,
Hollingsworth, Oa.
For the target ll«t onuldo ol Georgia, |5, U. J
Mitchell, Wlniboro, Texae.
For next laigeat lilt outride ol Qeotgla, 15,
J. K. Medloek, Albertrllle. AU.
See notice of pneea for March printed below
OUR PRIZES FOR MARCH:
We offer Are dollar. In gold to the Georgia agent
who rend. In the moat .ubwrlher. during March
and two dollar, and a half to the next large.!.
And Are dollar. In gold lo the .gent outride ot
Georgia who rend. In the mo.t aubrerlbera In
Mareh, and two dollaai and a half to the next lar
There name, can be rent In from time to lime and
will be credited to each agent rending them. Make
up club, and get one of there prizee, Where there
leatletheprlie wit! be divided.
GOVERNOR McDANlEL.
Tbe action of Governor McDaniel In refus
ing to receive United States bonda In pay.
ment for tbe Macon and Brunswick railroad,
a few daya ago, will be fully approved by tbe
people of Georgia when all the facta con
nected with the tranaactlon are underatood.
It la n transaction tbe raaulta of which show
that the governor la a sound and ante execu
tive, to be trusted by the people In matters
of the largest importance aa well aa In tborc
a flairs that are made up ol seemingly unlm-
portent dolails.
Governor McDaniel could easily have re
ceived the original tender made by tbe Bast
Tenneeaee, Virginia and Georgia railroad.
He could tben have placed tbe money
in the state treasury, and left tbe
responsibility of any expenditure of the same
to tbe state legislature. Tbe law, however,
as underatood by tbs governor, who la a good
lawyer, was explicit, and required a certain
kind of payment. I)y instating upon this, the
governor baa succeeded In calling In three
quarters of n million dol
lars of Georgia bonda. Governor
McDaniel was determined to demand what
tho law required, and, oa n result, tbe money
doe from the purchasers of tbe road whs paid
In the bonda of the state purchased in the
market for a premium, notwithstanding tbe
fact that the bonds were due In 1883 and
1880.
Tbs people of tbs state have
satisfaction of knowing that, by
governor's flrmneaa In this matter, tbo tax
payers of tbe state have saved over fifty
thousand dollars In interest, while three-
quarters of n million of dollars of tbe state
debt bnve boon retired,when,by a little lack of
resolution and wont of firmness on tbe part of
the executive, all this advantage
tbe state might > have been lost
by tbe payment of money or bonde of the
United Etatee subject to call. In tbla trans
action Govornor McDaniel baa demonitrnted
his fitness tor managing the aflitlrs of the
people. Ills administration baa been marked
by that sound, common tense which was so
characteristic of hla career aa a legislator and
which was so strong a recommendation when
a candidate before the people.
Such acts, while they are only a part of tbe
duty of the governor, deserve tbe commends
tlon of tbs honest people of the state. It Is
plainly evident that Governor McDaniel in
▼eatigates carefully every question that cornea
before him, and not only knows what lo do
after InveetigaUng, but has tbe firmness to in
•1st on wbat he tblnks Is right and proper.
Tbs Jobntbomaaea in tbe state who dealre to
root the governor out of bis place became he
is not subservient to tbeir wishes, will find
Ills rteord, not only In this case, but In all
otben, In perfect harmony with the wishes
and desires ot the geod peoplo of Georgia.
Moreover, If these Johntbomasee will study
the situation, they will Had It hard to resist
the conclusion that tbs governor le to be hie
own successor.
Nearly 30,000,
Tux WatKLY CoNeynirrioN ha. now reached a
circulation ol 19,900. Next week It will likely
touch M.OCO. Wo are puihlng lor 95.000 before the
1st ot next September, and wo muat have IL
la making our ealaiged paper we counted cn
that Igura and wo mu.t get them. Yon can help
u>! Speak a word lor u>, and rend u. a new sub
aertbor!
THE NEW CHOPS, t
The crop of 1883-81 la to nearly marketed
that Itia venturing nothing to put it at about
8,800,000 bales, or about one million biles
lore than tbe preeeilng crop. And yet the
price in tbs ooton belt is barely ten cents,
with no prospect of a considerable rise before
tbe alia of tbe new crop it ascertained. Tbla
alone would certaluly seem to indicate to our
planters the wlldora of not making a large
crop. Tbe world does not demand from
America more than six million
balsa. Tht planted who have to contend
with last year’s short com crop and with the
fmslng out of fall oats, would certainly be
taking undue risks If they attempted to raise
large crops of cotton at the expense of supply
crops. If there ever was a year wheu tbe
southern farmers abonld seek independence
ot tbe northwest, this It tbe year, because all
tba cotton that tbo world needs will inevitably
be nude, and because we are not now in a
position to buy supplies from any other lec
tion soda large crop of cotton cannot put ua
in aucb a position. On the other band it la
tbe dnty and tbe interest of southern farmers
to auks all the cotton they can after taking
good can to raise tbeir own supplies—their
own bread and meat and forage. If poeaible
the live stock of each plantation ahonld be
Increased. The breeding of mules should not
be overlooked, for It oosta ai much money in
many cases to bny mulct as to
buy hogs or cattle. If the millions
that are annually sent out of ,the
south tor corn, meat and mule., could here
alter be kept at borne, the southern people
tronld soon be to rich and Independent that
they would not care much about the rate ol
interest or the accommodation, of factor*.
To do tbla we need only to pnt more acres In
oorn and oata,and raise more boga and mules.
Why not do it? Why not atop tbe game of
expecting one's neighbor to raise supplies
only,while the man In question crowds evejy
possible acre Into cotton ?
TJLDKN AND THE DEMOCRACY.
Nothing was aver plainer in our politics,
than that tbe hope of democratic success in
tbe coming campaign rests mainly with Sam
uel J. Tiiden.
We do not know that Mr. Tiiden will ac
cept the nomination. We believe he will.
Tbe pressure from all sections of tbe coun
try and all classes of tbe party baa become
so strong that Mr. Dana, of tba New York
Sun, Mr. Tiiden’a beet friend, who bos stub
bornly opposed any discussion of Mr. Til-
dan's name, baa yielded and now advocates
bis nomination. We believe Mr. Tiiden will
also yield. If be does ho will be tbe next
president as sure as he tires.
By common consent, it is agreed that tire
solid south with 163 votes, is confronted
by an equally solid section of tbo north with
133 votes, leaving aa tbe six debatable a<aUw t
New Yerk, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Neva
da and California. Tbe vote of these states
wilt elect lire next president. The
proposition of certain foolish leaders to aban
don New York and New Jersey in tbo hope
winning voles in the northwest is as
absurd as tire proposition of tbe republicans
to try to divide tbo south.
In ouropinfon the debatable ground is even
narrower than the above limits. VVe should
put Ohio in the republican.coiunm and leave
tbe fight centered on tbe rernaiuing five
states. Of these Tiiden can carry New York,
Indiana and New Jersey beyond tbe shadew
of a doubt. He would ne*ed
carry only New York and Indiana, aa they
with tbe south will give 203 votes or 2 more
votes than is necessary to elect. We believe
Tiiden can recapture Connecticut from the
republicane and carry Nevada and California.
Tbia would give the democrata an over
whelming victory.
No amount ofdbulllingand pettifogging can
change the formula of tbo next campaign.
Tbe democrata to win must carry Now York
and Indiana, and take fighting chances in
NewJeracy, Connecticut, Nevada and Cali
fornia. If they want to win, It is their plain
duty to nominato the man that is strongest
in tbese states. That man beyond all question
and dispute Is Tildes. He carried New
York, New Jersey, Indiana and Connecticut
eight years ago. New York, Indiana and
Connecticut were ioat to the democracy in
the.csmpaign of 1880, and Tildeu’s majority
in New Jersey was cut down 10,000 votes.
Tiiden can recapture these atates. Ho
atrongor now than ire was In 1870, and could
make a more eggressive and brilliant earn
palgn.
The situation may be summed up. Mr.
Tiiden will give tbe party confidence and en
thusiasm. He will weld its factions into an
army standing shoulder to shoulder. He will
subordinate tbo tarllT issue on wbich tbe
party is divided, to the issue of reform on
which they are united. He is invincible in
tboae particular atatea in which the fighting
must be done. In addreas, aega.lty, prestige
and resources he stands bead and shoulders
above any man in tbe party. In bis parson
only can the crime of that year, confeased
and condoned,be expiated. Victory la assured
with him. It is exceedingly doubtful with
out him. For these reasons we favor his
nomination.
tbe police from suppressing tbe practice. Tbe
St. Louis Republican, quoting from tbe pre
sentments, is of tbe opinion that nothing
could indicate s wider misconception of facts
than tbe report. And this Is onr opinion.
If concealed weapons were carried only by
tbe bally and the coward, and tbe
habitual violators of the law, nothing, it
eeema to ns, would be easier than to stop tbe
practice; but tbe tronble is, pistols are car
ried by a class of young men who associate
the carrying of arms with manhood. They
are youog men without judgment, but with
good intentions. They do not expect to kill
anybody, and they rarely nse tbeir weapons,
but they have not arrived at tbe ege when
their experience tells them that it is both
cowardly and dishonorable to go among de
cent people armed with a pistol.
There has been a great improvement in
Atlanta and in Georgia so far aa the carrying
of concealed weapons is concerned. Some of
tire young men still carry them, but
the better bred young men are gradually
leaving tbe bip-pocketto tbe criminal classes.
Tbe public senliment, which alone can rem
edy the evil, is already at work, and in a few
years, it is to be hoped, even tbe youngest
young man' will not be tooyonng to know
that to carry a pistol is dishonorable and dis
graceful.
Joaquin .VIlller'N ntory.
We print this week tho lint chaplet of Joaquin
Miller’s great story ol tbs Mormons, “Sealed Ualo
Him.”
This story will Increase in interest to Its closo
and will be worth alone tbe price of Tbs
Constitution tor a year.
At Its close wo will begin a acw siory now being
written far Thr Constitution by one tbe moat
powertul writers In tho country. Subscribe for The
Constitution now.
Talmage's Nrrruons.
TBS CONamurioN prints each week Talmago'
sermon. Mr. Talmage preaches lo Jarger.au ill
encea than any preacher on tho earth, and bluer
arena are read by millions olpoopto. Tbo sormon
lor this week Is "Tbe Cress."
DOG LAWS.
Tbe editor of tbe Jackson, West Tennessee,
Whig, asked each secretary ot dtate in tbe
union, for information about tbe dog laws of
his stale. Seventeen replied, and the answers
show that very few Slates are without some
restriction upon sheep-killing dogs In Mas
sachusetts every dog over three months old
is numbered and llconsed, tbe fee running
from two dollsre to five dollars. If a dog dooe
any Injury double damages are assessed, to
be recovered in an action of tort. In New
York each county is authorised to impose a
tax on doga to pay damages done to sheep.
Sueh taxes range from fifty cents to three
dollars a dtg. Mississippi bos a similar law.
M ichigsa collect one dollar on every male
dog, and three dollars on every female dog.
If s man, knowingly, keeps a sheep-killing
dog, be may be sent to jail for three months
The tax on dogs in Ohio la ene dollar each,
and anyone may kill a dog caught olT bis
owner's premises. In South Carolina dogs
are returned as property at five dollars each,
and are taxed on that valuation. If a dog
kills sheep, double damsgea are collectable.
In Pennsylvania the owner of a dog is liable
for all damages done to sheep, and If the own
er ot the sheep has to resort to the courts, he
can also eollect all oost and an attorney's fee
of five dollars. In Missouri the tax is one
dollar oa male dags and two dollars on female
dogs. Kansas and Illinois each make tbe
owner liable for damage done by bis dog. In
Rhode Island dogs are taxed $3, and tt is un-
awful to 1st a dog run at large. If found out
side his master's enclosure and uncollared,
be may be killed. West Virginia has adopt
ed local option, and each county acts inde
pendently. la North Carolina owners ot
dogs are held responsible for all damage
done.
We have extended thia summary far
enough to abow that dogs are not
generally more popular than sheep
throughout the country. We have in tbia
state half a million sheep and countless doga
when we should bare five million sheep and
comparatively few dogs; and some legislature
ot tbe dim and distant future may conclude
that take it all in all there la more real wealth
and bapplnen bound up in sheep than In
doga. At present tbedogs are having tbeir
Innings, bnt therein a cherished hope that
the sheep will some time gain a living
chance,
CONCEALED WEAPONS,
A grand jury in Nsw Orleans has Just made
some presentments In regard to tbe carrying
of concealed weapons. According to these pre
sentments tbe bully and the coward, and the
habitual violators of law and order, are the
ones that carry concealed weapons, and not
the honest, law-abiding citizen* The grand
jury alto say that there is an unhealthy public
sentiment in New Orleans which aids and
abets the violators of tbe law, and preventi
THE DEMOCRATIC SITUATION.
The New York World continues to present
Mr. Morrison with various large slicee of un
adulterated truth. The other day the question
of carrying New York wae considered. Now
ills the question of carrying New Jersey.
These are very eerioue questions, too, and
they ongbt to engage the attention of every
democrat who lias the welfare of the country
and of the party at heart. Mr. Tiiden canted
New Jersey by a majority of ever twelve
thousand votes. Foor years later General
Hancock, running on a platform wbich meant
free trade Or nothing—that being the inter
pretation placed upon Editor Watterson’a
double back-acting phrase, “a tariff for reve
nue only," came near losing the state, hav
ing a majority of only two thousand.
I.sst year tbs democrats of New Jersey
fixed a tariff platform to suit themselves,
is not materially different from the Ohio
platform, bat it by no means represents the
views of tboso who seem to be trying to run
the democratic party into the ground. Tbe
democrata of New Jersey say, “We favor
tariff for revenue limits d to the necessary ex
penditures of tbe government, and so adjust
ed as to give protection and encouragement
to borne prodnotlve industry and labor,
without producing or fostering monopolies.'
On this platform the democrats of New
Jersey carried tbo state by seven thousand
majority, bat it Is questionable whether the
stale could be carried on a free trade plat
form. Tbe World asks Mr. Morrison and bis
friends if the democratic party can afford to
do without New Jersey in the presidential
election. There can be bat one answer to
such a question. The democratic party must
secure the electoral votes of Nsw York tad
New Jersey, otherwise the compaign Will be
foolish and unnecessary.
Wo have begun to doubt whether the
democratic leaders who have control
of affairs in the house of
representatives are not actuated by motive
that are purely personal and selfish. It has
bean given ont that tbe democratic party can
well afford to lose New York, New Jersey and
Connestlcnt on a free trade platform, because
in that event, we stand a chance to carry
Iowa, Illinois, Indima and Michigan. Such
an Idea as this can only be based on tbe most
arrant stupidity, for there la not an Intelli
gent man in the country but knows that no
republieau voter will supports democrat for
president on a free trade platform.
The solution of the difficulties which now
appear to beset the democratic party is, it
seems to us, the nomination ot Mr. Tiiden,
This will place the whole tariff business in
tbe background where it properly belongs,
and give ns at last a lighting chance in New
York, New Jersey and other northern states
necessary to democratic suseess.
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1884.
The indications are that the leaders for tbs
two great parties in tbe campaign ol 1884
will be Samuel J. Tiiden and James G.
Blaine.
It has been apparent for sometime to the
dullest observers that Mr. Tiiden coaid have
the democratic nomination without a strug
gle, If he would only eonsent to take it Even
when It was positively given oflt that he
would, under no oircmnstancss, accept the
nomination, attempts to concentrate atten
tion about any other leader failed signally.
Tae current drifted towards Tiiden, despite
his own attempts to stay it It has
been a settled fact for months that
the democratic standard would be placed in
his bands, If he weuld consent to carry it.
The evidence ot the past few days is nc nls-
takable, to our mind, that he will cons. it.
The statement of Geieral Marmaduke, tele-
grapnrd by onr Washington correspondent
Saturday night, was well-nigh conclusive.
That Is followed by su even more particular
statement of Mr. Clnnie, of California, to
wham Mr. Tiiden said, in answer to a direct
inquiry, that it the party called him he
would do all he could to help things out More
convincing than all this, however, is the
statement of Mr. Dana, printed elsewhere
this morning. Mr. Dana, it moat be under
stood, is the closest friend ot Mr. Tiiden.
He baa stated time and again in the most
positive terms, that Mr. Tiiden would not be
candidate, and that under no circumstances
would bt accept the nomination. Se con
vinced was Mr. Dana of this that he began to
oast about for another candidate. He now
modifies whst has really been the only direct
avowal from Mr. Tiiden, end says that he
believse the convention will nominate
Mr. Tiiden and await his reply
before proceeding further. We believe that
this nomination will be made end accepted.
As for Mr. Blaine, be is dearly and em
phatically the choice of the republican party.
He is not only the choice of the republican
masses, but the overwhelming choice. Every
canvass that is made shows this. The
most important and thorough test
yet reported was that made
by the Fittabnrg Dispatch, in wbich tbe 409
counties ot New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois were carefully canvassed.
In these counties Blaine leads any other can
didate by more than four to one excepting
Logan, whose 32 Illinois counties bring him
to about one-third of Blaine’s votes. Outside
of Illinois, Blaine leads Logan over ten to
one. He doubles both the Shermans to
gether in Ohio, and trebles Arthur in New
York. There is but one thing as things now
look that stands between Blaine and the
nomination—and that is the rotten boroughs
of the south. There are signs that they are
being packed In Mr. Arthur’s interest by
federal officeholders, bnt tbe astonishing
weakness shown by Mr. Arthur in the north
and west may block this game. Blame is the
cboioe of the party to-day more emphatically
than he was in 1880, and the terrible
ported Into the United 8tates? Will Allan',* exhibit
buggies or carriages at the New Orleans Exposition
and wbat will be the premium.
1. Bruster <£ Co., New York; McLiar & Kimball,
Wilmington, Bel., Heary Hooker A Co., Now
Haven, Coon. 2. Yes, 30 per cent advalorem
Yes. Premium list not issued yet.
E. V. J., Kingston, Gat Is tbe prohibition wave
sweeping over the country tainted with nihilism?
You say your weekly circulation is 19,000; what
Is your dally?
I. No. 2. From 8,600 to 10,000 dally,laud 12,000
14,000 on 8undsy. Ills steadily Increasing.
Subscriber, Belleville, Alai “Can telegraphy n-
be learned as successfully In a telegraph school as
la a telecraph etfice? Which It the oest place for a
student?" .
Telegraphy Is best le trued la a telegraph office,
T. E. B., McKeesport, Pa.—Please tell me the
maximum and minimum temperature of Atlanta
during 1883, also the lowest point reached this
winter.
Maximum temperature July 17th, 1883, 95 0
Minioum, January 12th, 1883, 14.2°. Lowest the
past winter, '.3° below zero, January 6th.
J. H. H.. Suwanee,Ga-—Who are the four richest
men in Georgia, and what are they worth?
Impossible to say accurately. Senator Brown
tbo richest Georgian, and Is worth perhaps 82.030.
007. It has been said his lucerne Is 81,000 a day. Mr.
Ferdinand Phlnlzy of Athens, Mr. Richard Peters
opposition that confronted him tben seems | st Atlanta,and General Robert Toombs are perhaps
lacking now. It remains to be seen wheSttr next. There are several firms In Georgia rated
it can be rallied and organized in time to de- »*>" *500.000, and two firms. Moore, Marsh & Co.
, . .. . „ . . {a I of Atlanta, and Meinard Bros. A Co., of Savannah
feat tho popular wish of the party now aa it | oyer 0 1OOOiCCO ;
Honest Enquirer, Villa Blca Georgia—Is It not
With Tiiden and Blaine in tho field the j true that Senator Brown is in sympathy with Mor-
.a monism? Are the two political parties in the north
campaign would be exciting, brilliant and I divided oa prohibition? Tho republicans here
aggressive. Tiiden would Inspire the demo- claim that the republicans in the north favor pro-
* , . ,, , . | bibillon aid that the democrats oppose it.
crate with confidence and arouse the highest , No—He argued In the senate that the Edmund,
enthusiasm, and manage the fight with ia-1 bill was unconstitutional, but is of course opposed
comparable skill and sagacity. As for Blaine, I toMormoniira. He will state his views fully In s
no Man has since Henry Clay had a personal I coming speech. 2 No—In moat states the prohi*
following that ia devotion or numbers would Mtlonlsf* have separate organizations and candl-
compare with his,and in shrewdness and au- d **?' ln ° h ‘° th °republicans were pledged to
Jf tt u ..11 J „ „ nn 4 0 „» n!l i I the high lioensc law which the demo rats pro-
Jacity he would prove a worthy antagonist of I „ ^ bu , doue EO j, „ n „,,
the sage of Greystone. A contest between I party question.
these two leaders would be a grand one and D . Wt p#§ Troyi Mlii __ u W0Tk g5|11 progreMlDg
every inch of the ground contested. I on the Georgia Pacific road, aud how long before
Under Tilden's leadership we should have JSSJr"
no fears of the result. In our opinion Samuel I l. None at present owing to the weather. Hands
J. Tiiden is irresitible before the American I will be pat at work when It clears at both ends,
people. Elected once and kept out of office -“d lhe road completed certainly during this year,
by what is now confessed lo have been n 1 2 J>‘«rayo'> ask for follows;
, . .. , . „,,, "A land wlthoutrnlns Is alano wrtnourmemc-
monstrous crime, his appeal to the Public rios.alaudwithoutnwmtBtataatandwlthonUtb.
sense of justice and right would be over* I erly> A u n d that wears a laurel crown may be
whelming. His nomination would subor* I fair to see, but twine a few cypress leaves around
dinate the tariff issue, and as it should be, to I the brow of any land, and be that land beautilesa
the issue of reform in tho administration of ttnd hleak, It becomes lovely in its. consecrated
the government. Instead of moving against f ,oncl »f sorrow, and It wins tho sympathy of the
. , ... __ I heart and history! .Crowns of roses fade—crowns of
the republicans with an abstraction oa which ttorn , endure . calvaries and crucifixes take deep-
our own party is divided and the general I ^ hold of humanity. The triumphs of might are
public at doubt, we should under his leader* I transient, they pars away and are forgotteu—tho
ship close ranks and declare for clean gov-[sufferings of rfBht are graven deepest in the chron-
ernment and a common country against I icles of nations!
twenty years of republican misrule, corrup-1' 8,70 ne * iand whore apread,
tlon and sectionalism. And d £, d rtn * ,relld 1,ght °“ tha hcllrUl of 'h”
It is onr firm conviction that If Samuel J. I YCTi gtvemo s land that 1. blest by tho dust
Tiiden will eonsent to the use of his name, I And bright with the deeds ol the down-trodden
he will be nominated on the 8th of July, and I just)
one ycer from this bright March morning will I Yes, give me a land that hath legends and lays
be inaugurated president of the American re
public in the capitol at Washington I
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Enshrining tho memories of long vanished d,ty.;
Yea, give me a land that hath story and song
To tell of tho strife ot the Right with tho-Wrong*
\'e>, give mo a laud with a grave In esch spot.
And names In tho graves that shall not be forgot
lu 1 the M io C oi<S!™» B .py 00 r.“a' oSSla rejtment s'™ I”* «>• “d tho tomb,
during the war, and lost my left arm abore the | Thcro’s a grandeur la graves, there’s a glory in
glccm.
„ • „ . 1 v— ... ... . . I For out of the gloom futuro brightness is bom
Governor McDaniel has decided that tho act ol A „ th0 „ ht loom , lhe lunrlM ol mora
Ur. legUlature referred to by our correrpondentL^ «, o| thedeld ^
does not apply to any oonfederato soldiers wko at I TJJ
he time the act was Passed wore rcMding In other „ * (oo „ !oo , ubert ,.
“* <■*' n ,? ,w J^* , “ dl “ 1! ‘ h6 T lb “, lbey . J"? And each single wreck In the war path ot Might
orriginafiyctuzonsof Georgia and lost a 'tob B hxll yet be a rock in tho temple oIRIght,
while sorving in a Georgia regiment. 1 -------- y
J. K. K. Jefferson, Ga.*l. Aro tho various teachers,
bureaus, agencies, etc., which offer to obtain posi
tions for teaehers, reliablo. aud if so would you
sdvlro teachers to Join them? 2. What pay dotran<
slators of Freosh novels receive, and how could an
experienced Fronch translator^gj« employment? |
giro
1. Let them alone. 2.
smill. Lsrgo publishing house*
3. In order to find tho address of any dealer in any | one living in tho south,
line of business in Atlanta read tho advertising
columns of Thi Constitution
western Texas in what we might term the cowboy
regions and find seme very rough r<2* !e but it u
not this way all over Texas. I do not ask any one
to come on my say so but come and tee for yonr»
self.
W. T. Irvine, Lscross, Wis.—“Sample received
and money enclosed. Count ou me as a regular
subscriber.”
Dr. D. L. Stanton. Denning. New Mexico—"Your
paper ia too much like a letter from home for me
to give it up.”
Isaac L. Case. Orysa, Tenn.—“Everybody who
sees the paper likes It. I send yeu a club, fend
me more samples.”
Thomas J. Ochiltree, Mornlngbew. Iowa—'‘The
best paper published in the country.”
D. W. Fowler, Troy, Miss.—The best paper I ever
read.”
J. H, Neal, Carroll County. Ga —I have now
regularly taken your paper for the last five or six
years. I think Bill Arp's letter is worth.the price
of the subscription on tbe account of his numer
ous style of the many useful ideas ho advancer. I
am getting a long ways advanced in years: have
lived to see my third generation; have ninety odd
grand, and great grand children; never had a reg
ular spell of sickness in my life, never took much
medicine, always had aplenty to eat, drink and
wear, never owed a dime In my life but paid if,
and have a bad opinion of any man that can atd
won’t pay a debt. I doubt bis honesty, and Bolo-
man says an honest man is the noblest work of
God, but it seems that God hasn't had many jobs
of making honest men of late years. I have a goed
farm on tho Chatahoochee river; 1 put my business
in my youngest son's hands, who live* In the house
with me aud bis youog wifo; he has four renter#,
all white and tends some himself, he Is a great
farmer and takes intense interest in farming. Bo
ia my old age I live at ease, hunt some, fish ssme,
read some, smoke some, sleep some in the day
time, and visit some, and go to meeting some, and
to Palmetto sometimes; I believe In the doctrine,
that health, competency and friends is three o 1 the
greatest blessings of the human race, and I think I
enjoy all ol them. My so 4, J. T. Neal, that lives
with me and superintends my business and all his
renters, sold corn last year that they mado the
year belore, and we will have some to sell this
year, notwlthstrnding the drouth, and we have
killed twice as much meat as will take to do us, of
the finest kind of hogs. I believe in the plan of a
farmer making his own support we have had extra
cold wealher here all last month, the coldest I ever
experienced, tbe Chattahoochee river at my ferry
froze solid sccross, I saw one of my neighbor,*
sons walk across on tho ico. no walked across five
or six times, aud Walter Camp tbe P. M. walked
up and down the river and went to his flsn
basket.
D. J. Aaron, Mount Olive, N. C.— 'Enclosed 17
for seven subscribers. All who have seen tbe paper
“to more than pleased.”
R. Pruitt, Wbltesbore, Texas—I like it better eve
ry number I get.”
George F. Briston, Crawfordville. Ga.—"I would
rather go without mv dinner. It la the best paper
in this or any other state.”
H. F. Newton, Baldwin county, Ga.—“Yourpa
per is worth all the rest. If you have liver com-
laiut. take Simmon’s Livor Regulator wrapped in
'he Constitution and be sure to read the wrap
per.” ,
DURING THE WEEK.
I R. J. XL. Cleveland, lonnessee:—1. Can you
i, I give me a list of tho authors from Georgia who bavo
I produced creditable work* since 18C0? 2. Has
Mr. Capers, of Georgia written any other work be-
, sides hi*: story of "Bellevue,” and if so where
slators of Freoah novels receive, and how could an I can I get it aud what is hla address?
K risnced French translator ,st »mplojrm«nt7 I j. w. cannot. 2. Nono that we know ot Romo,
ease stato the price of archery implements and I
re me the address of a dealer kn them. I Georgia.
• The nav Is cenarallv verv I J * "cat Point, Ga —Please give me the names
!. me pay is generally very gml MtmH ol catholic priests residing in At-
g houses emyloy translator*. I lanU and Columbus, or the name andaddreseof
oe living in tho south.
Father P. H. McMahon, Atlanta, Father Kircho,
Columbus, Bishop W. H. Gross, Savannah. The
J. P. C., Philadelphia. Pa.—I am thinklug o I Catholics have 38 parishes In Georgia, 25,003 popu
establishing a carpet manufactory in Georgia. I ution, and maintain three large hospitals and one
Which is the best point for such an Industry ? I un | Ve „i lyt
Atlanta. I J. N., Atlanta. Oa.—1. What lathe correct pi
J.H-B.» Atlanta Ga.—Please toll me the derive-1 nuucleiion of “Yolanda,” the name of one off
tlon of tho word, "Atlanta . I William Black’s novels? 2. Is a marriage under l_
It is irom “Ataianta,” tho swift footed goddess. I assumed name legal in any part of the United
1 Btutea?
1. Willaim Black, who, by the way is not a baro-
,.. not, calls it ’ Yolendy.” 2. It is probably legal in
as lor luiianco "«• vcumi* "uriuai I In thn nnlnn
policy Is notobsorvod in regard to news from ottivr I * 7 ® rjr . . i n u ° lon *
atates. I O. A. A., Starke, Ga.: 1. When were surname
A friend *»nes* that the popularity ol "Ge«sla ^5'
Econea*' familiarised people a long time ago with I married? 4. How many sons and daughters has
the name of “Georgia” In connection with any-1 Queen Victoria?
distance when publishing news from ueowia in
variably use ths name “Georgia” in tho headliue,
as for Instance "The Georgia Kukiux?”
thing humorous or sensational, and It waa used by |
tho headlines to attract attention.
ustraUng it. 2. What does "Lady Day” mean?
L Their origin is enshrouded In snch remote an
tlquity that It la impossible to fix the period of
2. The skeleton was articu
lated and ia now In a museum in Washington, D,
8. Victoria was the daughter of the duke of
.. . . . .... ,, „ I u, o. vwwrw wm uiu uaugmer u» me uuko oi
1. A Hugual nasal wund as Ip Ing. 2. It 1* the I K aQd toe j onged to gh© Guelph family. 4. Four
25th ol Mareh, being the AnnuncUtion of the Vir- KQ% and flve dftUghteri<
J. V. R.,— Athens, Ga. 1. What was dene with
W. J. G., Sonola. Ga.—1. Which is correct, grass I James Nutt for the murder of Dukes? 2. Wbat bo
or grace widow ? 2* Where in north Georgia was I comoot the Banks county kukiux? 3. When is
Coon Town located and what is It now called? I ground going to be broken for tbe new capitol?
Grass widow. 2. Some of our correspondents
will doubtless furnish the desired Information.
ground going to be broken for tbe new capitol?
He was acquitted. 2. Convicted and sent to
Albany, Now York penitentiary. 3. We do not
Graai widow-Anciently an unmarried woman | know tho exact date but it will not bolster than
who ha.l a child: Now, a wife temporarily separa- August _
ted from her husband. Gmoo widow—a widow by
courtesy, A more recent Idea attached to the
word lu California A man during the gold mania | tva«t Tke Folks navo to ei»y About TkoMteivc* aad
LETTERS FROM OUR READERS.
puthia wife and children to board while he went I
to the diggings. This he called "putting bis wife to I
Tkloao lo Ueatrol.
Thomas Johnson, Adsirsrille, Ga.—I occasion
grass’* as a horse when not wanted or when unfit I ally see in your valuable paper mention made of
for work.
I some old relic. I have in possesion a skillet that
L. D. P., Camp HIU Ga.—How can I klwch I was bought by my grand-mother, when she was
tomb-stonee made of Portland cement and sand ? I tweuty yeAn oW , 8 he lived and died in Guilford
You can’t. Use light cement and clean white I North Carolina near a place known in those
tad. I days u the High Rock. A few days before or after
J. N. T ;* Thoms^’s Mill*, G a-—PleaM itatew bat I ^ lhat WM (ought at Guiford court housv,
SEKjgj?StoS'uir 010 “ 011 her dwsQlnc honss and all ltsoont.au waa burasd
Only Ibow who labor under a permanent phyzl- | by lbs British joldlere. TMijklUet still ths
cal disability.
house at the time- Thirty years after this date she
ELH.T., Atlanta. G*.—Pleats Inform me It a I had a second dwelling house burned by accident,
person bas to pay license for selling writing copies, I this skillet was in this fire also. My grand-mother
iT8a. rtlllnr. TT1EIfiafftt 041 Pllfl * I _ . _ _ •
_ (of fittlox out marriage certlfl
cauaTand charging a price for ‘
or copy book., <
I died In the year 1817 and was oat hundred and
7 Y^* t ,7 r . .TVT r ,nr .nnnTi, Mr.ble year, old at tho time ol her death. I
Yea. Tho Uoenae hers la 125 per annum, payable I wlu leaTe lbe relx j erl 0 , t h1 constitution lo say
how old the .kUlol Is at this Urn*
quarterly.
B. F. W., Lone Oak, Tex.-Pleaee Inform me who
... tt■■ Mm. uw>. . i i—- - —. H. w. Hammond. LaFayetts, Ala.—"I Ifalled to
defended Aaron Bare when he wa tried lor treaeon 1 renew my subecilpuon. but I have never been cat-
t Richmond In 1807. "
Lather Martin srai ene ol Barr'e moat trncted
lawyers In tho case referred to.
A. Crawford villa. Oa.—Whst open .Jus the
titled without It—so send It again,
W. R. Thorau. Fort Velley, Ga,—"My wUe eaya
Ths Constitution ls.hct,er for too headache than a
of liver medicine."
finMlsnn«T.‘ud whiFore thoiceaee? What are I O. L. Buffington. OlUevlUc, Ga.—“I can’t farm
tha scene. In "L'Alricalne" and "Black Crook?" correctly wltbout Tbs CosiTnoTioN."
Your questions are too vague, sod deal too much I John b- Goodman. Kttoare. Texes. —PIcue
Wilha mere matter ol opinion. In theDpneent allow me space for a short letter detending Texas.
shapo they cannot bo answered.
J. W. H.. Calhoun. Oa.~Pleai» give rat the ad-
I Texas is sot aa poor a country as la eapoosod by a
I great many peopla who aro unknown to Texas. It
n, AA., VAIUUUU, u*. —eswv »a v w >wv ■**»- s ea r r— —• •»
dress ot jAmes Maurice Thompson, the Georgia J U like all other countries it has somt poor land I
CriwfordvtUe, Ind.
admit. Bnt while yon look on the dark side please
■ look on the bright one also. Texas h** some as
Jar*»D'e driM < vrortU?~ Wll ' t G,n * r * 1 T ' I rich and productive land as any other state In the
Let ns cram over the rtror and net under the »“*»“• Th «* have been people come to.Texas
I thinking they could joet coin tho money work or
“ „ „ , I play, but this will not do; It takes hard work end
No. Tho hlghestcstlmate wo haveeesnol Vender-
I It la a mistake about all tha: emigrate (com Gear-
blit's wealth le 800.000.000. It Is supjxwed be Is " ,a f" to V* 0 " R-M Rke n
worth Irom 8200,000,000 to 1236,000,000. The rains gfioatol horrid kind, we have n real Gtorgje eet-
of Georgia, aa shown by lhe tax books, vu *270,- dement here In Texu people that emigrated from
So^ tor l^rTth. 7 toll, fi Its ;iU run ™ f d “
The old mao could hay eercml SSSEJlSTAST.^Md’SSSfa SBftS
_ uncivilized people, they also think they mu.t come
to Texas armad wlthpUtol. aud howto knives to
, defend themseivei with. Bnt this haa been report-
Staim. ed wrong; Texu In the main Is bleeud with good
coontiea, hot not tho whole sum.
Does CanOe have to pay "duty" on vehicles lie-1 schools and good society. You may go out In
What the People of tho City a»d Country are Say Inc
aud Ilolaff.
Tuesday, Mareh 4.
Tho French government has'decided to expel
from France all the suspected dynamiters. A box
containing clock work exploded In the postofllco at
Gneson, Germany, and one official was severely
wounded. Eugene C. Gunneson, alias E. B. Clif
ford. business manager of the Southwestern Live
Stock Journal at Cheyenne, Wyoming, committed
suicide by shooting. By tbe explosion of boilers
a saw mill at Bef r Creek, Pa., three men were
killed. A snow storm has caused great damage in
eastern Canada.
IN THE CITY.
Yesterday work was begun on the grading of
Hunnlcutt hill, preparatory to the erection of a
new town to bo built there. Nora Turner, a little
white girl, was thrown from a buggy and sustained ^
a fracture of her right arm.
Wcdaeaday. Mareh ft.
Paul DcCasslgnac, tho well-known Bonapartlst,
urges that the Bonapartists and royalists should
unite with a view of affecting the downfall of the
republic. Napoleohio and Orleahlvm, he says, are
tho only two different labels for the same sort of *
cardial. The Berne, Switzerland, police have been
searching the homos of the anarchists, and the
prsrident ol ths Borne anarchist club has been ar
rested.
IN THE CITY.
Clara Hunt, a ten-year old white girl, was yester
day severely bitten on the left leg by a dog and the
flesh was horribly torn. The present indications are
bat Whitehall street railroad croselng will be
bridged. Mr. J. W. English and Mr. Paul Jones
have been elected police commissioners.
Ihundiy, March O.
Heavy rains have destroyed much of the work of
repair on tho Southern Pacific railroad betweon Ban
Francisco And Los Angelos, where the Interruption
to the road was caused by the recent flood. Every
mark of respect for the memory of Mr. Hunt, de-
cetsed American minister, was shown by the au
thorities at St. Petersburg, Russia. The British
house of commons rejected Mr. Parnell's bill
amending the Irish land act by a vote of 825 to 72.
IN THE CITY*
Cal Vardado, who killed Asbury Whitehead last
December, was released yesterday on a three thou
sand dollar bond. A burglar, while attempting to
rob tho residence of Mr. Hampton, on Wheat street,
yesterday morning, about four o’clock, received two-
plstolshot wounds at ths hands of Mr. Hampton.
Although he was not captured, he vu tracked
some distance by hts bloody foot prints.
Frl4ay, March ?•
Genera! James K. Morehead.of Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania, is dead. A fight occurred yesterday at
Pressa, Italy, between laborers on a railway and
the inhabitants of the village which resulted in.
the killing of eight and wonnding of fourteen of
the villagers.
IN THE CITY.
Miss Laura Haygood, principal of the Girls high
school, will go as a missionary to China, next Oc
tober. Rev. W. B Bonnell, for several years put
principal of Ivy street Grammar school, but lately
president of the Georgia Methodist Female college
at Covington, will also probably go to China u a
missionary. Rev. Joseph T. Robert, D.D , L.L.D.,
died oa the 5th Instant, aged sevemy-sevea
years and four months.
■tttardsr* March 8.
David McLanc, who enticed W. B. Saxton to his
gate on February 5th, 1579, and shot him dead in
the presence of his family, wu publicly hanged at
Traders Hill, Ga., yesterday. McLain raved like a
maniac. A general reduction wu made in New
York by the cotton exchange In the rates of com
missions charged by the cotton brokers for the
transaction of business. The new law provides that
rebate of tl5 shall be allowed la the present com
mission of for the sale or purchue of ever ICC-
bales of cotton for persons not members of the
exchange, provided they reside In New York or
Brooklyn, and of 912 50 for persons residing outside
of these cities.
IN THE CITY.
The contract for the fire-proofing in the Kimball
house hu been let to the Baranm company, ot
Detroit, Michigan, for f30,000.
i.ad.x* Ruck 9.
The last .pike In the Mextcin Central railroad
was driven juterday In a broad plain, six miles
from PrtenUlo. The Hackle? block In ^femphle.
Mo., waa homed jenerday, the lorn being $30,000,
Th. Annleton and Tailed ege railroad wu com.
plated yesterday. Two (mi of now fell In Laconia,
New Hampshire, Friday night.' Thn pollen ol
Faria aro closely watching ths movements of eighty
three persons now In France, who are inspected oi
belonging to the dynamite society. Mr. Sargent,
United State, minister to Berlin, hu decided not to
resign.
in thi errr.
Drew Jett wu arreated last night for carrying
concealed weapon, and lighting. Commluioncr
Bonn will leave lor New Orleans In a day or two to
look alter the Atlanta space. Mr. Frank W. How
ard, a Flke county farmer, wu In the d:y yester
day searching for a mole that wu stolen Irom his
place near Zebnlon on Wednesday night Ia-t