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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. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS. What the Falks Have to Sty About Tboatoelvco aad Thlogole dfstrsl. EoBSCRtinn—The cyclone pit Is the subject of con- vernation just now. Several have been dug; others would bo dug, but for fear of being laughed at while there are some lhatsit up half tbo night nearly scared to death from the puffs ol March wind—but thoy do not believe In a pit, A paper Is valuable to advertisers as it baa tbo confidence and esteem ot ita readets. See what the people think of Tits Constitution, as taken from our yesterday's mall: B T Webster, L rui.-villc, Miss—"Club all hit pleased. I don't understand how you esn print so largo « paper so cheap. I will ever give ft my supjnrL” J R Nichols, Gum Spring, Ga—"It Is tho best p* per In the world. When a man Is too poor to take [ Mr Nichols sends three letters by eyl has to tako It.' . one mall, each containing subscribers.] J O Plnckard, Claybatchee, Ala—"Your humor —is writers snd Talmage are worth doublo the subscription. 1 have preferred Tnx Constitution to tho Courier Journal, which Is saying no little." K H Ilalo, Good Hope, Ga—"The most lntercit- lngand lunructivo piper I ever read and I commend it to all os such." W. L. Cochran, Huntsville, Ga., Match 12 —; you see cause you may notify your readers of genuine madstono that I havonow In possession. This stone wts taken Irom the maugh ot an old deor by tho hands of my grandfather, somo filly yean ago, lu tho mountains of Georgia, In Dawson county. It Is oral shape, near tho lire cl a small guinea egg, perfectly clear of grit and a yellow color. As I seo that these mtdstones are very v*I. uable It may benefit some ono to know whore this la. It can be found at my home. J K Lacey, Freemen, Can county. Mo—"Am do- lighted with sprclmen. I showed It to four ol my neighbors, ell ol whom subscribed. Tho "8outh downs" up hero brag on It, end tho yanks can' match It.” ' Lit money for another year. it 8 8mjth, Ozark, Ato-'Tl fe as good a paper as la published. I can't do without It.” E J Stanley. Ephcauv, Gs—"It lalndliDsnslble in my house. Since Its enlargement everybody ought to take It." i » M C Perry, Bontl'a Mills, Gs—"It Is tho beat pa per published. I cm getting up a big club ol sub scriber*." Ms s II Donaldson,wbollvealnFultoncountv, eight miles north ot Atlanta, found In ono ahuck, au ear of corn with tlx smaller ones arouud it, a lew days a- o. E A Holmes, Lolhalr, Ga—"I have recently been burnt out and thought 1 could not afford to take It, but It has become a household necessity so I on close you the money." E A Bronnell, Thomu tbo best papers publlshc- We print what wo consider a model letter. Here Is a subscriber who is on hit way to renew the eub •erip'lou to bli paper to show hie appreciation gets another subscriber and scuds In two names to gether: Tub WkiKLV Constitution, Atlanta,G*.: Kncloe- -1 find a post office money otder to renew m subscription to Tux Wxrxly Constitution, . - . - - — - . l(J . .Pittsburg Camp county, Texas, The Weekly CoNarirunoN Is indlspensible to Gtorglsm In Texas end wo ball Ita arrival with pleasure. Youra truly, M. L. Mounts. Every subscriber on our books can do the seme thing If they will ouly give a tew moments t j it Won't you do tt? Dural Porter, Cascade, Va—"I am charmed with It. labowed It to J M McDuvalo, a neighbor, end Betsy Hamilton converted him lu a minute. Ku dosed la money lor both.” W T Reynolds, Athens, Ga-“It Is the best paper CTSr read. I wouldn't be without U lor 15 a year I bod to borrow the money." 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.