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THE “WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; TUESDAY. MARCH 18. 18$* ’ ^TWELVE PAGES.
THE CONSTITUTION.
Weekly ConalttnUoii fl.Cft Pee Ann*
ATLANTA. GA.. MARCH 18, 1884.
JRCULATION THIS WEEK 20,000
CIRCULATION LAST WEEK 19.:
FIRST WEEK FEBRUARY 14.603
Our Prise Winner*.
Our prize* for February are awarded aa follows
and tho money sent to the lucky agents:
For the largest list In Geoigla, fft, W. II. Terrell,
Smyrna, Ga.
For next largest list In Georgia. W.T. W. Moore,
Bolliogswortb, Ga.
For the largest list outside of Georgia, !•>, H.
Mitchell, Wlnsboro, Texas.
For next largest list outside of Georgia, 9ft,
J. It. Mcdlock, Albertville. Ala.
See notice of pnzes for March printed below
OUR PRIZES FOR MARCH:
We offer five dollar. In (old to the Georgia <(enl
who MDd. In tho molt .utMcrlben daring Much
end two doll.i. end * half to the next leixcit.
And fire dollar, In gold to the Kent outside of
Georgia who wnd. In the moat .ubKrlben In
Kerch, end two dollau end a half to tho next lar
(eat.
Them name, can bo aent In from time to time and
will be credited to oacb egent .ending them. Make
up Club! and gel one ol them prleee. Where there
• alletheprlM wCIhedlTlded. .
The voice of Georgia la heerd plainly and
unmietakably through our column! this
morning. The folka are for Tilden, and if he
will juat ray the word they’ll make it so
plain that even thoee who don’t want to ace
it will be obliged to see it. A few dissenting
newspapers can’t walk away with the folks
when the folks make up their mind. And
they've made it up for your Uncle Hamueli
MR. T1LDHNS CANDIDACY.
The Interview of Mr. Clarke Howell, the
special correspondent of Tnx Conbtitition,
with Mr. Tilden, which we print eleewliere,
will be read with the deepest Interest
The statement which our correspondent
makes regarding the j physical, condition of
Mr. Tilden will bring more cheer to the
friends of the eminent statesman than the
deduction that lie will not permit the use of
his name before the convention at Chicago.
Mr. Tilden la not a candidate for the
presidency. He will not enter into the
scramble of a political race. Hut
be is a patriot, who will not refuse the call
of duly when made in such a manner ns to
show that the people consider him the best
exponent of the policy of “reform" upon
which Iho battle must be fought. At hie age
he has no iclfiili ambition to serve; be le not
a marplot who;would stand in the way of
younger men who may think they have
clalmi upon the party. If Mr. Tilden Is In
health on the eighth of next July, and if
the Ametlcan people should call him Into
the field, It will be found that he knows.
THRBB SIGNIFICANT FACTS.
The casual reader of the newspapers of the
country cannot fall to notice three things.
1st. The republican papers declare that
the democrats will commit suicide If they
nomlnato Samuel J. Tilden for the presi
dency.
2d. The republican papers declare that
Mr. l'ayne of Ohio, Is the strongest candidate
for the democrats.
Sd. The democratic papers that have other
preferences declare that Mr. Tilden Is too old
and feeble to make the race.
In the meantime your Unele Samuel Is
solid with the people. Hut two things stand
between him and nomination and election.
One is, Ms own consent. The other 1s death!
THK NSW ROAD LAW.
The act of the legislature, approved, Sep-
temberlS, 1883, providing for au additional
system of working the public roads. Is cre
sting some confusion. Tho first section of
the act provides that “the grand Jurors of any
county In this slate desiring to adopt the sys
tem, provided for in this act, of working the
public roads In their counties, shall, after a
vote of two-thlrde of one grand jury elect
five commissioners of roads who shall
serve for four years; their successors to be
elected by the grand jury next preceding the
expiration of their term of otllce, provided
that In any county now having a board of
commissioner* of roads and revenues, said
board, upon the recommendation of said
grand jury, shall proceed to perform the du
ties hereinafter provided; provided further,
that after trying the system herein provided
for at least two years, the said
board may, upon the recommendation
of the grand jury of the county, abandon said
system end return to the system of road laws
heretofore in force.”
Section 11 of the same act declare* “that
nothing in this act shall be construed as re
pealing the laws now of force in this state for
working public roals, but is hereby declared
to be an additional eyetem of workiug public
road* In this btnte, and it ahull be
optional with the county boards
to adopt either mod* of working the public
roads of their lespective counties"
With respect to the seeming conflict be
tween these two sections, the opinion of J udge
James It. Brown boa been asked by a number
of citiuns of Marietta. J udge Brown nys be
Is Inclined to think the intention of the ect
is to lonfer upon the board of commis
sioners a discretionary power to
adept the new eyetem upon a vote of two
thirds of the grand jury tn its favor, which
is a condition precedent to the right of the
board to adopt it, or to reject it and continue
the old system. But Judge Brown thinks
that after two-thirds of the grand jury of any
county has voted for the new law and the
board of commissioners, in the exercise ot Its
discretion, has adopted it and put It in
operation, then they cannot abandon it and
return to the old law until it haa remained
in force for two years, and until a grand jnry
haa voted tn favor of its abandonment. In
other words, it seems to reanire in. Judge
Brown's opinion, a vote of Iwo-thirda of the
grand jurors in favor of the new system to
enable the board in the exercise of Its discre
tion to adopt It; and after It is adopted In
any ooanty It requires a trial of the work-
ings of the eyetem for at least two years, and
a vote of the grind jury to confer upon the
commMoners the power to abolish it, which
they may then door not, as they see proper,
DEMOCRATIC BLUNDERS.
The New York World complains thatwhlle
the republican party is plundering the dem
ocratic party ts blundering. This complaint
covers a good deal of truth and justice. But
what is the remedy? There are some bland,
ders, the effect of which do not make them,
■elves apparent until it !i too late to mend
matters; but there areotbers which everybody
knows to be blunders before they are commit
ted and the effects of which can be predicted
with absolute certainty.
The republican party, os has been demon-
strated at more than on* election, lias no
hold upon the country. Its popularity in a
thing of the post, and the fact that the pea-
pie allow it to go on plundering, is doe, in
our opinion, solely to the blundering
of the ni'ii who affect to
lead, bat who really misrepresent
the democratic mssses. There is greet versa
tility in this blundering, and a certain t.lont
implied in the capacity for blundering; but
in onr opinion the time bos come when the
people should ae'zc their would-be leaders by
the ears end set them right.
The democratic house ot representatives
has now been in session three months nnd all
that it has done Is embodied in h <uritf bill
that can never become a law, and
tbo unanimous recommendation of the ways
and means committee that the bonded whis
ky bill swindle lie adopted. These things
have been done because the democratic party
in congress has been misled. Let the repre
sentatives of the people come to their senses
and endeavor to place the democratic party in
the way of victory,
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Quiet and steady” properly describes the
general sitnalion. There are no booms and
none that can be foreseen before the outturn
of the new crops. A presidential year Is not
apt to be a great trade year, and from present
indications 1881 will not be an exception to
the rule. The price of iron and steel is con
eideted the great barometer of business, and
it drags, even in sales for delivery in the full
montba. The movements of merchandise
ore moderate in amount. The price of cotton
remains below wlist the sits of tbo crop
would seem to point out. Bo it is all through
the markets. There is a fair amount of
business at small proilts, both the volume of
business and tho rate of profits showing a de
crease. But the decrease Is ndf large; there
are no signs of psnic In the air, and altogeth
er tho outlook is hopeful to all who patiently
wait. The business that is transacted is
wholly healthful, and If the crops of the
present year are large,wo may wilnessa boom
inthc.Iast months of it—certainly not sooner.
Tho oulllow of gold alarms nobody. It is
chiefly artificial, nnd we can spare all that
the bears can all'ord to send across the ocean.
If Kuropean buyers of our surplus stocks of
brsadstufls and provisions should appear the
scene would quickly change. There are heavy
slocks of wheat and pork in the western cities,
and both New York and New Orleans hold a
great deal of cotton. Onee let exports of these
articles spring up,wo will bear no more of gold
exports; but at present buyers and sellers dis
agree very much as to price*. Such a differ,
ence can only be settled by time.
(jThe situation In the cotton states ts hopeful.
farmer* will put all the seed In the
Kind that tho nature of the planting season
will admit of,and at the centcrsof trade there
a feeling of confidence in the future. The
growth of our manufacturing Interests nnd
the development of our mineral resources are
reducing the number of pessimist* in the
south to a minimum. The south is hopeful,
content and busy.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Garfield was nominated on the fiilth ballot,
and the 3th day of the Chicago convention of
1880. The examination - ot credentials
and the preparation ot a platform covered
tour tiays, but the battle between Blaine and
Grant was begun in the meanwhile. On the
fifth day Michigan oast her sixteen votes for
Garfield, and tho stampede from Blaine to
Garfield culminated on the second subsequent
ballot. This ballot stood as follows:
Gaifleld 390 nhrrmsn a
Grant SIM I Washbume 3
Maine ti |
The republican convention that meets on
the tilth day of June util consist of 820 dele
gates instead of 750, and the successful aspir
ant will used tit votes. The “solid south”
can'cast but 300, and the chances are that
Arthur or Logan, whoever secures th# larger
port of tlie eoutliern vote, will need at least
150 votes from the northern states.
The democratic convention that met in
Cincinnati on the '.’2d day of Juue, 1880, con
sisted of 733 delegates, the territories not
being allowed representation. On the 23d a
vote was taken:
Hancock 171 | Mo'rtson - 02
It,yarn ISC', It .leu »
i'art-e «t I Houdrick,
1 hurmau - os'. I Scauctlng at
Flat,1 5i |
When the convention met next morning
Hancock was nominated on the second bal
lot, receiving 705 votes, aa againat 30 for
Hendricks The same day William H. Kng-
liab, of Indiana, waa nominated for vice presi
dent, without other opposition than that of
Governor lllebop, ot Ohio, whose came woe
withdrawn during the ballot.
The next convention of the democracy will
consist of 802 delegates, and under the two-
thirds rule a nomination would require 535
consenting votes. The choice of that number
of delegate* could ecarcely fail to be the
choice of the party throughout the country.
MR. TILDEN AND THE PRESIDENCY.
Tax Constitution has been able to preeent
through its correspondent, Mr. Clark Howell,
the dearest Idea of Mr. Tilden’s exact condi
tion and opinion! that has yet been given to
the public. Conflicting reports hod been
published as to Mr. Tilden’e health and
strength—as to bis wishes snd opinions. No
one knew whether he was able to make the
race or whether he would consent to make it
Mr. Howell’s dispatch has settled many
points.
The most important feature of the dispatch
ia that which dealt with Mr. Tilden’* physi
cal condition. Mr. Howell was “surprised'’
at the “comparatively strong man" who con
fronted him, at his “dear, steady eye*,’’ and
with the “erne and certainty of hie more- aometning of pnet teal importne* tomtit
ment." Mr. Tilden himself said—“they bavs
made me out far worse than I really am.
The doctors have assured him that “bis vital
organs are perfectly sound.”
It Is true that Mr. Tilden positively declines
to allow the ose of his name. To have done
lees than this would have been to become an
active candidate, which no one expected Mr.
Tilden to do. In effect he pats himself where
his letter to the Cincinnati convention pnt
him four years ago. Does any one think now
that If that convention hod nominated Mr.
Tilden be would have rejected the nomina
tion? He wo* not nominated because of the
disaffection of Mr. Hendricks and part of the
New York democracy. Both
these objections are now
moved. What was disaffected then
le n sympathy now. We believe that if be
is nominated by the Chicago convention he
will accept the nomination and if he accepts
the nomination he will be elected.
We have uo personal end to serve in keep
ing Mr. Tilden's name before the public.
We do not know him, be doee not know (ns
that he would much prefer to be left ia the
retirement of bis home. We do not even
know that he will consent to carry the demo
cratic banner if it Is placed In bis unwilliog
hands. We are firm in the conviction that
Mr. Tilden can organise vic
tory for the democratic psrty,
rescue the country from the grasp of
rings and robbers, wipe oat all sectional prej
udices, obliterate all signs of the war and es
tablish a new and beneficent order of things.
From onr point of view the election of a demo-
cratic president is above all things political,
tho important event. In the wake of such an
event follows all things that democrats de-
sire. Without It, lit! le or nothing is possible.
We are for Mr. Tilden because we believe he
can make this a certainty—because we be-
iieve that under any other leadership this is
doubtful. It is tor this reason that the peo
ple turn to Mr. Tilden with almost one voice.
It Is for this reason that they still hope he
will consent to serve bis parly and save bis
country.
NATIONAL AID TO FREE SCHOOLS.
There are a number of bills before congress
to promote public schools. Senator Blair’s bill
proposes an appropriation at the rate of $15,-
000,000 for the first year, $14,000,000 for the
second year, and so on by an annually de
creasing rate until ten appropriations have
been made, when all appropriations shall
cease. The money Is to be distributed on the
basis of Illiteracy under the supervision of a
federal officer and the proper elate officer.
Senator Logan would be still more liberal
His blil proposes to devote $50,000,000 a year
to educational purposes. The motley is to be
derived from taxes on liquors and from tho
sales of public lands. No state Is to receive a
part of Ilia money until It adopts compulsory
education as apart of its school policy.
In tho house Mr. White, of Kentucky, has
introduced abilltodlstrlbute$25 000,000on the
basis of illiteracy. Mr. Willis, of {the same
state, is urging the passage of a bill to appro
priate $10,000,000 a year, and he bos also in
troduced a bill very similar to the Blair meas
ure.
The senate committee on education and
labor has disregarded all of the bills that wo
have mentioned, and reported favorably a
bill that was presontod by Mr. Morrill. This
bill provides for the setting apart forever of
the net proceeds of (ho sales of publio lands,
and annually of a sum of money equal to
one hr.lt of the moneys patd Into the treosnry
In each' year by the l’aclfic railroad companies
under the Thurman act, for the education of
the Dcoplc, the amount thus set apart to be
apportioned to the several states and territo
ries and the district of Columbia, upon the
basis of their respective popula
tion between the ages of fivo and
twenty yean, os an educational fund,
and to bear Interest at the rate of 4 per cent,
per annum, the interest alone to be paid to
the states and territories and the District of
Columbia lor educational purposes. It pro
vides that two-thinls of the Income arising
from this fund shall be annually appropriated
to the tree and impartial education, in public
schools, of all children between the ages of
six nnd sixteen years, and that one-third shall
be appropriated to the . more complete en-
dowiuent and support of agricultural collegtl
until the nunual income of such
colleges ihsll havs reached the
■am of $30,000, When only that
sum shall ho spportionad to them. It pro
vides for t he establlshaiint in these colleges
of schools lor the instruct' on of females in
such branches of technical ir industrial ed
ucation aa arc suited to their sex It also
provides that a sum not exceeding fifty per
cent of the amount apportioned o any etate
or territory may be applied in tlie first year
to the maintenance of one or more schools
for the instruction of teachers of common
schools, and not exceeding ten per cent of
the amount in each year there
after, may be applied to the same
purpose. It provides further that to entitle
any state, territory, or the district of Colum
bia to the benefits of this set it shall main
tain for at taut three months In each year
until January 1, 1887, and thereafter four
months in each year, a system of free public
schools for ill tbs children within its limits
between the ages of eix and sixteen, and
■ball, through the proper officer thereof, for
the year ending the 30th day of June lost
preceding such apportionment, make full re-
per t to the commissioner of education of
tbo cumber of public free schools, the
number of teschen employed, the number
ot schoolhousee owned and the number of
ecboolhouses birfd, the total number of chil
dren taught during the year, the actual doily
attendance, and the actual number of montba
of the year schools have been maintained in
each of tbs several school districts or divi
sions of said state territory or district, and
the amount appropriated by the legislature
or otherwise received for the purpose of
maintaining a system ot free public schools.
Undoubtedly this extremely moderate and
close-fisted measure could be passed if the
friends of national aid to education were
willing to accent it; but such a bill would
accomplish nothing in 'tbs redaction of
Illiteracy among the colored people. Nearly
fifty per cent of the colored population of the
sixteen southern state* are illiterates; and it
is stated that 58 of onr 7(i senators and 292 of
our 325 representativeawer* in 1880 from states
and districts where illiterate voters held the
balance of power. If congress desires to do
reducing this distressing percentage It sbonld
not pass the Morrill bill, and it sbonld adopt
the Blair bill or some other bill equally lib
eral and wise. The passage of the Morrill
hill might have the effect to prevent the pas
sage of a better bill when public sentiment
demands it. It cannot be jostly said that it
is the Morrill bill or nothing, because the
Morrill bill is, so far as the educational needs
of the south are concerned, next to nothing
itself.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
G., Perry, Gs.—Has General John C. Fremont
been governor at any Gulled Buies territory? If
so which territory and wben7
Yes. Arizona. He resigned two or three years
ago, and now resides on Staten island.
W. A. C., Rabun Gap, G*.—Please give me the
address ol Rev. George G. Smith, 8. 8., Kent for
tho North Georgia Conterence, Methodist Episcopal
church south.
Mscon, Gs.
S. O. P., Cedsrtown, Ga —What is the way to
clean brass? Where are the celebrated shawl neck
gtmecblcXen to be had?
1. Wash the brass with vinegar; aa It dries wssh
with hot water. Then polish with a soft rsg and
prepared chalk. 2. Ot John Barclay. Macon, or
Charlie Brown, Columbds. From 15 to 120 a pair.
Eggs SC a dozen.
W. J. N., Villa Rica, Ga. -Why do partridges
roost with their tails together?
We do not know, possibly, because they can thus
keep watch on all sides.
E 8. T., Wilmington, N. C.—From what does the
word *‘lHcontc" come?
From Laconia in Bparta.whcre people were noted
for brevity ot speech. When Philip, ot Macedon,
wrote them, “It I enter Laconia I will level your
city to the ground.” Lacun replied with simply
tho word “if."
T. F. P., Cuthbert, Ga —Was tho object of De
■Long’s expedition In the interest ol science or
religion? Who touud the dead bodies ot DeLoug
ana his comrades?
The DeLong expedition wu lent ont In the 111
fated Jeannette by James Gordon Bennett, the ob
ject being polar discoveries. The Jeauncttc^was
crushed in the lee, and the brave commander and
bis men perished In attempting to croes Siberia.
Their bodies were recovered by the Russian gov
ernment and sent to this country, The Greely
expedition wu dispatched by the government to
Lady Franklin Bay. u a part ot an International
system ot weather observations. Each of thepowera
of Europe sent out a similar expedition, and tU
have returned la ufoty except the one in charge
of Lieutenant Greely. Greely was to have left Lady
Franklin Bay tut summer, and tho relief expedi
tion, now getting ready to sail, may And him to tho
neighborhood ot Littleton Island. The relict expo-
dlllonts to sail from 8t. Joan’s about April 15. It
will consist ot three vessels.
8. P., Livingston, Ga.—PIcsso tell mo It rubber
boots and shoes generally keep onr feat healthy,
No, quite the contrary, unlesa sparingly and
judiciously used.
J.N. A.Fairbura, Ga.—What railroad is Sheffield
on, and will tho road bo completed to that point
by May 8lh.
Sheffield is on tho south bank ot the Tennessee,
two miles from Tuscumbia. Ala , and the railroad
now under construction will connect it with a point
on tho Georgia Pacific 25 miles west ol Birmingham.
Cannot tell exactly tho dato of 1U completion.
H. L. II., Ascaion, Ga —1. Will Bermuda gnus
thrive in tho mountains ol north Georgia, and
to adopt "Bill Arp”
I. Answered in “Farmers and Farming.” 2. Bill
Arp lived in Floyd county and wu famous all over
that section at a natural humorist. He wu acci
dentally killed in Texu a low years ago. Mr. Smith
knew Arp well and paid him the compliment ot
adopting his name u a literary signature.
J. D., Rock Spring, Ga.—How do congressmen
got inelr seaislu the congressional halt?
The usual custom Is to drew them.
A. M„ Crawtardvllte, Ga.—1. How many monu
ments dees the new stcrixty at Florence contain
and what did they cost? 2. Ate they not the flnesi
tombs In the world?
1. Seven—cost unknown. 2. Many people think
i.
H. H., Atlanta, Ga —t. Is there any school In
Georgia where engraving on wood 1s tangltl? 2 It
no school who cau give me information on that
subject? 3. It It remunerative u an employment?
I. No. 2. Editors of VLho Crackor,” Atlanta, 3
Yes.
J. If. W.,Oxrord, Ala.—I. It there a elats factory
in tbo United States? 2. What tails address?
1. Yu. 2. East Cambridge, Mass., Sandwltch,
Mass, Brooklyn, N. Y., Pittsburgh, Pa., Lanes-
borough, Non There are also many glau fsctorles
In New Jersey, Ohio and other statea.
K. L., Buckeye postoffins, Ohio.—
tho eeven wonders ot the world.
They were, In ancient timet, tho pvnmlds ot
Egypt; hinging gsrdensct Semtrsmls at Babylon;
ttmploof Diana at Ephesus; statue of Jupiter by
Phldtu at Athens; the Maniolcum, tho Colnseus
at Khodu, and tho Pharos, ot Alexandria,
H. R. It., Greenville, Ga.—Can yon give me the
name el tbo author ot the reoly to Father Hyanc
' Conquered Banner,” and tell me where 1 can
find me po-m .' One verse of it runs thus:
"Keep It widowed, wccpleg mother,
Keep It with an Iron will,
Keep It 'till your children take It,
Once wain to wear and mako It;
AU ihetr noble sires have fought for,
Bled and died for all alono."
We cannot find the poem. It waa wrltcn, It ts
stid, by an Ecglishaen. Can any reader supply tit
Subscriber, Winter. At*.—What day ot the week
svu September 23d, 1851? Wha'. amount ot milk Is
consumed In the United Statu in a year.
I. it wu Thursday, 2. Therein 13,000.000 cows
and tho dotty association puts the avenge yield at
430 gallons csch, miking total supply ol milk 8,760,•
000,000 gallons a year. The fsrmen received an
avengo ot 12 cents a gallon for this milk. Nearly
50 per cent ot the milk wu used In cheese and but
ter. Ten pounds ot milk make 1 pound ol cheese,
and 27 pounds cl milk 1 pound ol butter.
"New Year,” Waynesboro, Ga—From what does
the word esquire come from? la Augusta larger
than Savannah?
From the Lain “seutent” and the Irish “ecu”
which means a shield. The shield wu a patent ol
nobility and “esquire" In England Is used to Indi
cate a man ot distinction. 2. The census ot '83 give
Savannah slightly largut population, but Augusta
thinks she Is ahead now.
B. If. L., Villa Rtoo. Ga —J. What wu Thomu
JelTetson's religious faith? 2. Din he belong to any
church?
t. He wu a tree tblnksr, and while professing
great respect tor Christ's moral character, did not
believe In his divine mission. 2 It is scid by urn*
writers that he wu a member ol the EpLcapal
church.
B. W. B., Greenville, S. C.-I know thet a whale
lea fish, bat to what species does It belong?
11 happens that a whale ts note fish. Whales are
true mammals, worm blooded, and breathe In the
same manner u cattle. Fish get their supply of
oxygga from the water tn contact with their gills
and not by inhalation.
U. B. R., Bcckmtrt, Go.—1. Who did Cain, the
murderer ol bla brother Abel, marry? 2. Who is
"Betsy Hamilton," and where Is her home?
I. His oldest sister. 2. Mrs. J. 21. Plowman, At
lanta.
J. M„ Fairbura. Go Can you give me the loca
tion ot the Union Kelhodist Episcopal church ?
The Union Methodist tree church ts probably
whet Is referred to. It le found in England and in
M. T. E„ Hone* Path, 8. C — Please describe the
nature ot toe soil tn Pickens and Limestone
counties, Alabama.
Write to the Alabama slate commissioner ot
agriculture.
R. J. C.. Hollingsworth. Gs—Does eels Increase
their kind by spawning, and ts so at what season?
Yes. In the early winter they seek shallow brack-
lib water, often going to the sea, bury themselves
end spawn. The young eels hatch In the early
spring.
Em, Tatrhnra, Gs —Where can I boy and sell
historical cariosities? What remedy do arctic ex-
ploreu use tor tureen limbs? >
W. A. r„ State Bock, Ge.—What la the cause ot
a tornado or cyclone?
Briefly, according to the best euthorttice, It origi
nate* wherever the lower stratum of warm, mots:
air Is rapidly elevated above the sc* level, whether
ig pushed up over tn elevated plateau or
italn chain, or by the under running ot a cut
rent ot cold dry air, or by the conflict ot two op
posed and nearly balanced currents of wetm, moist
air; one or the other of these causes, combined
with the radiation of heat into epoce.
I. Address Burke’s old book store Atlanta, Go.
2. Rub the effected parte with enow briskly, so u
to produce circulation. It this falls they amputate
the member. For frost bite kerosene oil Is used.
A. B: p„ Sardis, MBs —What were the melt die-
tractive battles of the late war?
The official medical records give the following:
Killed at Gettysburg, north 2,834, sooth 3,300; at
Spotuylvsnie, north 4.178,sonth 1,000; at Wilder
neu, north, 5,497, south 2 00J. At first Manassas
the federal killed was only 481.
H. 8. Hendersonville, N. C,—Do fish recover life
allot being frox.-n?
It la claimed that fish mar be eo frozen as to be
apparently dead and yet thaw out Into activity.
Lsdlei frequently find their gold fish frozen and
throw them away as dead and find thou wiggling
when they thaw.
J. W. M„ stale Line, Ga.—What nations stand
first and second In wealth?
Great Britan first and Franc* second.
K. L.. Atlanta, Ga.—1. Is rhe sponge an animal
gj»rtgetsMe? 2. lilt attached to the earth? 3.
W hat, fit a word, le the story ot its career?
I. An animal, according to the best natarallit. 2
Yes, and to rocks, shells, and all kinds ot objects,
llviog or dead, fixed or floating, but mainly
marine. 3. Even tho briefest summary would be
too long lor this column, look In any encyclopedia.
, JQ. G., V'ancevllle, Ga —What has become of
the 'Metropolitan Publishing Company,” ol New
York, and their paper, “House and Home?"
Ai persons writing to said company can neither
hoar from It nor get the paper It is fair to presume
that the concern Is defunect.
G. E. H., Milton, low* —1. What would be the
charces ol an Iowa carpenter getting work In your
clty7 2 What are the wages of good carpenters? 3.
work during tho winter months?
4. Will there be much work during tho coming
season? 5. What are platters' wages?
1. Good, 11 he Is a skilled workman. 2. From
$1,50 to $3 CO per day. 3. Yes. 4. Yes. 5 From 11,50
to 13,00 |>er day.
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nearly scared to death from the puffs ol March
wind—but thoy do not believe In a pit,
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PURI NO THE WEEK.
Tersdur, March 11.
Property In tho Santa Clara roller In California
was damaged $300,000 by iho storm ot Saturday
night laat. The commercial ailuation In Cubs is
vety critical. The low prices ot augar, the tight-
ot the money market and general distrust are
accelerating * crisis that will Involve all branches
builneu. The cigar manula-turcra ot Cincin
nati declared a lockout yesterday, which throwa
ever cue hundred cigar makeraout oletaploj ment.
The treaty of peace with Chili haa been ratified by
Peruvian constitutional assembly. Since the In*
■reduction ol the two-rent letter postage there has
been on unexpected reduction In the number ol
postal cards issued.
IX THE tITY.
About lhlriy.fire men begin work at the Giant
park yesterday. At a meeting ol the notice com-
mlfsloners lest ntght Mr. J. W. English wet elected
chairman. The dtizraa residing on Hanterstreet,
betweeu Butler street and the cemetery, are pre
paring a petition to the dty council, asking for
rabble stone or macadam on the street.
WvdarcSar, March IX.
The steamship Glceer, which arrived at New
York yesterday from Copenhagen, reported Urge
quantities ol Ire In the ocean. When in Utlrade
43', longitude 52’, a berg five hundred feet high
wts s;en, together with Urge field* ot floating ice.
Prince Jerome Ktpoieon, Plon Pion, made an ad
dreis in Paris last night, and among other things
herald: "Everything mutt bow to the necessity of
again allowing the people to decUre their will.
Inasmuch as they are our masters. I am not rich
like the Orleans princes, but I respect the rover
clgnty ol the people, and will oppose ell attempu
usurp their right*.'' Th* agiUtlon for the ex-
pnliioa of the Orleans princas from FranceU con
stantly gaining strength.
IN TH* CItY.
Mn. C. J. Barton, wife of the young Uwyer who
waa convicted of perjury and sent to the chalnganz
for four years, haa entered suit against her hue-
band (or divorce on account of hie wicked ways.
General Gertiell baa been retained as one of conn-
eel In the Green matder cue to be tried In Aagneta
next month.
Tlar«4tr. March IS.
While a camber of men were excavating a bank
in Washington city yesterday, a care occurred,
burying four of the men. Two extricated them*
selves, but the other two were dead when dug out.
Two little girls, in Hartford, Connecticut, aged five
and three yean, found a bottle of carbolic acid in
their parents' house yesterday, drank of it and
died. An explosion occurred at a hotel at Fulham r
a suburb of London, last night, and one man waa
blown to pifcj*. It i« believed to be the work of
Fenians, aa a box containing cartridges was found
on the prculcce.
IN TUB CITY. . . .
Commlfsioner Henderson aaya he doea not think
that Fpriug oits were hurt by tne recent cold. At a
meeting of the city council laat night the auhject
ofartetlan well* waa diacaaaed, aud a committee
waa appointed to investigate the matter. .The case
of All Doyal, of Griffin, who shot a policeman aev-
eral months ago, is now with the supreme court*
The argument was concluded yesterday, aud a de*
d&ion wiU probably be rendered next week.
Friday, March 14.
Henry A. Tilden, aged 63, brother of Samuel J,
Tilden, died at New Lebanon, N, Y„ last night.
The chief of police has received a letter from the
nihilists threatening with death auy one who in
forms aeains Deljiteff, who waa the leader of the
four nihilists that murdered Colonel Sudeikln, on
the evening of December 28th. Several esaea of
foot aud mouth disease have appeared among the
cattle of Kffingham county, lllluols,
IN THICITY.
Yesterday Governor McDaniel rendered a decUh
- Id by i
railroad aud their delivery to companies 2 und 3.
The governor decided not to interfere ia tbo mat
ter, but to let the convicts atay with the road until
the facts involved have been pa^cd upon hv a jury
Ludwig Miller, a young Swede, waa killed by an
Alr-Mue euglnc yesterday morning ne$r the ear
thed. Ho was riding on the rear end of tho tender
and in attempting to get off, it ia supposed he fell.
His head was severed from his body.
Saturday March 15.
There were one hundred and seventy-four busi
ness failures throughout the United 8tatcs during-
tho past week, aud for Canada aud tho provinces
forty two. making a total of two hundred and six
teen. Trichinosis engendered by eating German
bred pork, and duo In no wise (o the American
product, is ravaging iu various parts of Germany.
A slight earthquake shoch was folt yesterday
throughout Alicanto provinca. in routheru Spain.
Mat Lewis, colored, wai hanged iu St. Louis yes
terday for the murder of his wife.
«... , . IN TUB CITY.
Tho journal of the last senate has been printed;
but it will not be tent out until the house journal
is lKued from the press. Knoch Freccmart, a negro,
who was sentenced to bo hanged at Rome on Fri
day next for tho murder of Tone Ware.alao colored,,
was yesterday commuted by tho governor to im
prisonment for life.
£ outlay, March 10,
Weston completed bis walk in London yesterday,
having done 5.0C0 miles in one hundred days. The
communists of London had intended
to hold a meeting at tho gravo of
the famous socialist, Karl Marx, who died In
London a year ago. and was buried in Highgate
eemetery 1 he police decided to prevent the moat
ing aua order* have boon given tocloiothe cem
etery.
IN THE CITY.
Tho icfiidenco of Mr. J. W. Nelson on Foundry
street wasontered bz a burglar, aud a gold watch
and about thirty dollars in money wore stolen. A
Jersey cow valued st S100 was killed by lightning
this week Judgo Pardee, of the United Slates
circuit court, reached the city yesterday aad .will
hold court this week.
Oaaetrs-Are Tkay CaraVe.
Editors Ccnstitution: You no doubt remember
lu a published interview with the writer some
months ago In which you asked the question: "WU
Hwift s Spcpiflo care cancer,” and the reply with a-
doubtful shake of the head was; "Wo do not know*
Cancer has always been regarded as iucurable, and
wo go very slow on that disease until we have in
disputable evidence that it will cure it” "We havo
never said wjtthing in regard to our remedy which
was not strictly true, and we never expect to." Aa
this was some four months ago aid the develop
ments havo been so startling and wonderful, w©
wish to give the results of the use of Swift's Specific
in treatment of concern for the sake of Buffering
humanity. It would seem that it would beahu-
• For tensor twelve years i had an ugly eating sort
©o ®7 face, which has been entirely cured by
tffipUuse?» CWc * D0t #Ten leaTlDg * war to mark
—Jfj*Jiu®* £ A ! hr °P' °* South Easton, Massachu
■•ttB.pndsrdateanuary 7,1884,says: "Myfather-
an Wing cancer on bis under lip.
h. h a 1< i$^« d ™ n JL 1 *?®** 1 * trowing worse untU it
had eaten away his lower up down to the gams,
an 3 !l M feedlD I itwlf on the inside of his cheek,
and the surgeons said a horrible death waa soon to
i?® I 4 ™ N® n ! ne bottles of Swift’s ‘.Specific
i^aSnm to ton
jihf Georgia says:
£o*in Naves, near this place, had one of too
feeding on the to
put him on8wll „„ _ uu .
detlul. nil throat and mouth ore all healed. and>
£• lain stair wav for complete reco»er7. i be-
Uero li will cure him If he coulluut. to take 1L"
Mr.W.H. Gilbert, Albany, Georgia, rajs: "A
gentleman named Moore near tbu city had an
fotae that he thought they might at *::y time drop
out. Hob* 1 been taking Bwllt'a Specific about
throe month*, aad Its cfiselhai been wonderful.
It hu driven the potion from hie system—toe cos-
— ‘"Ubsaled greatly. Lu Ueth havo beccme
—j again, and he taluk, he hit been rescue *
Itom an awful death. He U the most enthuiiullc
man I srer tatr "
h L Gattpiiell, ol Columbue, Go., nys:
"Two montba sgo i found a woman affile vd with
CAUCSr for five yean, giving no rc.t dty or night lor
toon tin. She bti taken fire boitlo. of 8wi:t". gpe,
clfis, and ihe ulcer It *11 healed, tnl her health Is
better than iu yean. Icoulderiu effect wonder
ful, Aimes', mlraculou.,"
Mra, 8 Francis, ot Franklin, Warren c:unty,
Oblo, writes under data ot March 4, issg* "Pi o
rad a cancerous tumor which formed on end be-
tlud the right eye ltforced out the eye, tree re.
moved by lurgtone, and lmm.dl.teiy grew out
again, when the surgeons refused a second open*
. »r. c ■ uimir, nope, organs.!, .aye unaer
data February 22, 1084. “I bare taken five bottles
ol Swift a Specific lor a sore on my temp’e-atid to
be g csucor. and have been wondenuily benefit
ed end I will soon be a well man. fieutl me cltcu-
in tk*t i may spread Ihe good newi."
Mr. James K. bison, ot Merchant vcrry.Pcwhtt-
tan county, Virginia, writes nnder date y*:cn 5.
1SS4: “I am nappy to Inform yen that I think I
the coed Lord bleu you."
Mm. W. It. Seibert, 8314 Lyell avenue, Bosbutor,
New York, write, nndei date ot February 26 IS 1:
"1 bavetht pleasure to Infoim you tbat I am m, ■
tell again, aud my (rfead. ray looti- g ten yea*,
younger, it waeahard battle but 8wltt'»spmp:
conqu.rred, I took 14 bottles and tue rerrlui-
ulcer U all healed aud 1 am well, but cxccct in
take * bottle or two during .prtug aud .uinmtr,"
Mr*. D. W. WlUtauu. ol B.*ck. 4k Not-
tow*, county Va , write* uuder the date of March
3d, 18S4: "l'he lump* have diminished L. *lzi,
aud the torr»,.n hu abated, and m.v general health
1. wonderfully improved, lh.ret.kea thnto ket
tle. of 8wlf»’. specific and rtatl continue It."
Hr, w, B, Boulton, Darttboro, da., writes under
ihn date January Sd. 1894 "lam getdnron itoeiy.
tbo nicer la gradually ueallng. I feel that >«11Cb
Lccific will cur* the horrible cancer tnlch lira
o,-im leenlrg on me (or over 20 yean. I uclleto 8.
S. ku mivi] mr !tf« "
oiag for the
refuted the operation
at all. Sbe write* under date teb. '.2, 1* ..
"Mv arm ia better an«t the aweLug haa bteu
greitiy reduced—I tbiuk the turaoraarebe.rcr,
they nave lessened tom*-and I can t,ow r.u* t*:
hand to mjr bead, whfen I luia no: been able rr cm
In a loeg tlma." (Tbla letter can be atoa a; our ot-
fice. H. S. Co.)
Mr. O. G. Barron, of Binning, Ga , wrltea dat^J
March 3d, 1884: "Tae »ortner* has all gose out wf
the cancjr, and my health has jriva;ljr improve:.
I have taken tix bottles of wilt's • pacific fora
akin cancer which I have had . or yean "
A lady at GordosavUle, Va. Ion; a filleted with
cancer waa at: ut given up by aurceopi He frier* -»
wrltea dated March 6, 1M4r -She haatakonalr
bottles and la improving, raata well at night aua
we ail bellova ahe will get well. Her Ilf*- haa al
ready been prolonged looger than the deevor aald
ahe could live."
A gentleman in Atlanta affllctMwith career of
the free wiltea dated Mar.?b 7. PM. • It U provirc
decidedly teu'ficial and givea r.rl! ".nd. -f
hope that it will effect a cura. Kehaa takeaSor
* bottle*."
.Wopub’lih Ihe abort for general information,
aud «r«ry reader can be hi* own Judge cithers-
■aits ot treatment ol eanoer by the ns* ol Swift',
Specific As .rated to you formerly w* here nerer
-.Id a word or pablitned ■ tutlmoulal In regard to
8»lfi'e Specific 8. 8.8. which 1. not etrlctly true.
Ve bare the proof. In black and whit*. All ta*
above letter, eon be seen at onr office.
It mar sot be out of place, u mention that onr
ewift'e Specific ta entirely a vegetable remedy.
Nous of lew Ingredients com* from th* drag .tore
or chemlet'a .hope, and It I* harm leu to th* mor
delicate person Thee* luffedng with career, who
have been reduced in Huh end etrength ihould of
touno begin t mall does.
Beesecifnlly,
JlUkW. RANKIN.
tecretsry end manager of Uu Swift Specific Co.