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4 T’HfO Weekly CONBTiTUTK)!?: Tuesday, mabch 2g, isa^.- twelve pages. -THE CONSTITUTION. I d»H, end utterly repudiste the crazy theories I the ctnal, and on tbt Faclflo aide there are . .. _ .... I of the Mornson-Wattereon clique, *""" ?- v*. —*1 t. altered at the Atlanta PreROffloeea seco'Rl-dtm , ,... . • . . B>11 matter, November 11,187*. Weekly CeeitltaliMi ♦!.«» Pee A’.aea. ATLANTA. OA„ MAKC'i 35, 1884. rocky hills to be cut through. In In view o! thia,bow' must each staff as this, I some places there are colossal cuta 62 feet which Ur. Wattcrson telegraph., in double deep and 117 feet wide at the top, through .. „ .1 lt*da from Washington to bli paper, strike I solid rock. The length of the canal is forty- an”a ropv?otii*»?fie^p^ nub! MCl ' democrats who earnestly and soberly believe five mile*, including three milea along this 1 that a national democratic victory is more to I shore of Panama bay. Lieutenant Rogers es- be desired than senseless tarifT agitation, and tlmates that $40,000,000 has already been ex that all essential tariff revision must wait on I pended, leaving $80,000,000 of the original rpfv-p rAWCTTTTTTTAM I the election ot a democratic president? He I estimate with which to complete the work. H r, LUIlO 111 U i lvl\ I says: I Lieutenant Rogers does not undertake to say The defeat of this bill will embrace one of two whether the cost will come within the esti- Uo'“sJ rorvlS 1 tlSn r o?a’ P nati™ri de2t«£uc'ttekii raate er n0 ‘- 11 • however, there is any pros- wnlcb will not carry a tingle northern tiste. I pect of an early completion of the canal, there The sooner Its democraUo enemies go over to the ... . ’ __ ipubltcan party, with Mr. Bandsll si tbelr head, f w " be no trouble in getting whatever sum ,J« twtter for tne dtmocraUo party. The munia the plucky projector calls for. The French ihould be. aed I doubt not will be. celled without I A , _ *7 , , u - —sd by a handful of | people have had implicit confidence in him. ever since his financial and engineering tri- • 4 , „« rlnllnr and I MnsVibotTld be brou|ht"’’to a round inru. K The 1 umph at Suez. fnn a rterW vMr ( tO sine e sub- •.?. & A ' «" -oney come, from Europe and a quarter) a year, to Single SUD I <j t mocrst»c party rule through in rcitreftenutivns I as the company to almost wholly French, the scribers. | &!«,«'wbSlS'7teV* "i™5y"rato!he hwdlof neutrality question will naturally come up .. 7 I certainly as soon as the canal is finished. more than absurd 1 Here it is dis-1 Now that we have lost all chance of securing THE PRICE. HOW TO GET IT. I I delay. The bullying Mine played by a handful of I The price of the Weekly Con-1 | It is sent to clubs of 5 or more I for gi.oo each one year, reenlted in the formation of the Southern immigration aaaoelatlon, which will chiefly endeavor to aecnre Immigrant! from the old world. It proposes to have an agency In New York to combat the misrepresentations in Castle Garden of the western railroad agants; to negotiate with the North German Lloyd steamship company, or Some other steamship company, for direct steam communication between Europe and southern cities, and to facilitate the sale of land to actual Hitlers. All then steps are praiseworthy, although it is somewhat donbtfnl whether rude labor wltbont capital is just what we need at pres, ent. We bare an abundance of unoccupied lands that can be bought at low prices; we have a climate that la unexcelled in the world; we have bidden stores of almost every known mineral. To till oar lands that lie without cultivation we need small farmers from the f north or from Enrope; (o develop our mineral resources, we need men who have or can command capital. In the pres ent stage of southern progress ft is Indeed tinctly charged tbst unless the extremists in I from the United States of Colombia a protec I doubtful whether the landing of one thousand It IS Sent to clubs of IO fori the party are allowed to have their way, tl.e I orate over the canal, we can not well demand I foreign-born immigrants in oar ports would $1.00 each, anti one extra copy I convention will be split or tbe ticket will be I more than that French and English guns I be an nnmixed blessing. The first i« nni* voar to the setter UD be,ten ' Mr - 1{ar >d a >l, M ?- Eaton, Hr, Con-1 shall not be planted to protect it, and that Us I thousand would be able to find em- ' r 1! ^ ” * I verse, Mr. Hoadly, etc., are denounced as I absolute neutrality shall be guaranteed in a I ployment, bnt the succeeding thousand of the club Of IO. I traitors. The only platform on which victory I binding treaty of tbe nations interested. I without funds and without knowledge of our If you send for one paper Is possible, and to which the democrats in This canal will inaugurate a revo- crops or the manner of producing them, only or for less than five send I Mr. McDonald’sownetate have declared their I lutlon in commerce f 1 , . *' . If wmt «spnd for fivp I P reJerenc0 b F nearly ten to one over Mr. I scarcely be realized now. 51.25 eacn. It you sena ior live | W(lltf crazy zcheme, Is set aside, and I be tbe world’s greatest commercial highway. I when the enrpius rude labor ol Enrope will can I might send home steries that would deter will others from coming. The time is coming w— o e , I *vaner»-jii • crazy «ciienie, ui e: v noiue, mm I oe me worm s greatest commercial ntgnway. when the surplus rude labor of Europe will Ot mote than hve, send $1.00 I the rule or ruin policy of the whisky-ring I The interests of the entire western continent, I be needed in the south; but at present we each. If you send for IO or I wing of the party Is boldly set forth. I therefore, imperatively demand that its neu-1 need much morn the farmer and miner—the more names send $1.00 each We do not flod words that Hi this occa-1 trality shall be placed bqyond all doubt, and I former with small and the latter with large , , *nnmp Up I sion - If the democratic parly submits to this I this country will naturally be expected to I capital. When they begin to arrive in con- and and ono extra nfime iree I outrageous bull-dozing, and follows the I take the first steps towards Hearing such a I siderable numbers and get to work, then the for every $IO sent. No vana- | feather-headed leadership of Mr. Wattcrson, [result. | dey of the white laborer has come, tion from these rules. I “ wlM deserve defeat, and itwlll be dead sure Th . -Con.tltnTlou Library ' The ««>ciation is to meet in May in 8t. h* vet it. I We call especial attention tothe sdrertlaementof I Uonis, whereit will be in tbe tide of west* nrornr ATTOW TBT^ WF.FK on flfin I ln tbe m(,anlinl ®i there is one remedy for I “The CommmoN Library,” to be found else-1 ward emigration. Let us hope it will there UltlLUL? 1 ua HI . 1 I all this. That remedy is the nomination of I whero in this morning's paper. I take steps to make known to the yonng men CIRCULATION LAST WEEK 19,200 I Samuel J. Tilden. He is biggertbat factions, I We have carefully examined these books and of the northwest what advantages the south FIRST WEKK FEBRUARY .'. 14.001 ll *“ »‘ 1 ® DC ® ^^^eZgeyV.nSi^'^krp'tere^rcR. 1 ; **“ ‘° 0lrer the “' W « Wflnt ® D °“R b all dispute, heal all difference., biend all pur- ^ m tooccupy our untilled I.nds-eay, a million Onr Prim WInnfM. I potps, und lead tho party to victory. If ^ I pdoe cominind in tho bookstores. Tin Eig* I ® Wo have room for a million of Oar prises for February are awarded aa fallows, I will connent, and God gives him twelve I u,,h language does not furufsh ten more interesting I small farmers, and we doubt if tbe associa* and tbe money rent to the lucky •* , nts: | months of life, the thing Is done. II be will I or entertaining books than those contained ln this I tion can do better than to turn its chief ener- For the largcit Hat In Georgia, W, w. H. Terrell, | nQ ^ t j J0 5 retch w m widen, end it will take I library. Kach ono la a macterpiece and is a revola- gi e a to the task of securing them. The capi- fonr years of republican corruption and mis* I u ®“ ot delight and entertaioment. talist will come unsolicited aftera while, and rule to teach the democrat, that common ^ Howllldn^u wouhSo^e teemon. 0 , the ru , d( ; I , ,,bo 1 rer “ not n « ded unlil ““ hum wins In politics its in everything clw. U co ,t, and a porpetusl plessuro in bis household. ooou P ied lauds are in demand, until our Pick out one of the books in Tiik Constitp- I Wc recommend them sincerely as pure, elevating I waste pieces begin to contribute to the vol- tion library and send seventy cents for It. If and WteresUegbooks, and sold »t prices that are ume of trade and general prosperity. Every you hsve a friend in the city or one coming low ' acre brou ? ht cultivation increases tbe THE BLAIR BDUCATIONAL BILL. | demand for labor, and we should not make distribute nntsandcsndy to all good boys on the night of December «, which la Saint Nicholas day, The nemo and practice Is transferred to Christmas. Kris Krtngle means Cbrilt Child, and onr Christ- mss Eve /• called a Xrti Kring’e five.” | tiiS aa <* “I Senator 1 Colquitt and Hon. N. JVHammond? 3 What Isn gnsge was spoken by ourBevlour when on earth? i Senator Colquitt so, and Mr. Hammond 51. The Aramaic, a branch ot the 8emlilc. This Isn guage was dlrlded Into two dialects, the west Aramaic or Syriac, and tho east Aramaic or ts It is uoproperly termed, the Chaldee. The former was spoken almost universally la Palestine in tbe Ume of Christ The Aramaic version of the Bible was the one qoo.ed from by Christ. The Aramato dia lect has almost wholly died out. r,™„,!i'..Si r ? cnvll .! e ; •*!*•—How esn wlggletalla be ?d? C ° led tr ° m ng generated ln. cistern or bar- Put a teaspoonful of sweet oil Into your barrel or cistern. It will keep the snrface covered with a thin soat ot oil which Insects cannot penetrate. It Iggletalla already formed cannot rlsa through the oats fall down became the soil Is lacking ln soluble allies. A M. Walden. Ga.—Is there a paper published In Nashville called tbe Southern School Journal, and bow often Is It published ? Yes. Monthly. DURING THE WEEK. T.saSaj, Merck }S* The experts employed by the treasury cattle commission pronounced the outbreak among the catUe ln Illinois not the feet and mouth disease. Dr. Low, ot tbe cattle commission, baa gone to Kansas to Investigate the reported appearance of the feet and mouth disease there Manager Ecott, ot the Erlanger system of railroads, has bought forty acres of land near Birmingham, Ala., on which the ahopa for the southern division will be built. Henry Brown, colored, aged 121 years, died at Niagara, Out., yesterday. IN THE CITY. Colonel W. J. Lawton, of Jackionvllle, Florida, fell through strap door in a burinesa house on Peachtree street and receired painful tnjorles. The subject of artesian wells Is being thoroughly dis cussed by the citlzsns of Atlanta, and the pros pects are that the city mills tviirhave one or more L-, West Point, Ga Please give ns the name of some one In your city who docs nickel-plating, Write to Mr. Peter Inzer. a ?J rL?i' „ Whal h “ become 0 f I « a » «**«7 <5*7- tU! wto Wiledla Grfffln policeman and the I Wednesday, March to. Wha?^ of'toes r»eF°°r murder-. 2 The democratic and liberal jonrnals of Spain m?hV“ tb ” l4te0eotge F - rler “ 01 1 charge the government with mignlfjlng the con- 1. All in JaU here, awaiting new trial. 2. ‘P |rai! F which haz been made the ground for Nephew. I numerous arrests within the past few days. The Who deals in picture frames and moulding In re P ub »can papers pronounce the conspiracy an Atlanta? Youis truly, Fammik e Yarbrough. I Invention. A bomb exploded to-day ln front of the Dan Pitch ford, Atlanta, Ga. I governor general's residence. The person who Will some one answer the writer of the following I placed it there escaped. No damsge was done, letter. It seems that he ought to be able to buy I inthrcxty. land on long time: I A new trial was yesterday granted in tbe case of Mr Editor—Wliat chance would there be for a I Alf Doyle,who murdered Policeman Hancock in ““ ,*?„!**, *®“® ®P® to lend him money Griffin a year or so ago. The new trial was granted »nd a glvo fl mo bond* on ,h « showing thst one of the jury hid arid before for titles, payable In ten years or less. If prefered. I the trial that If he could get on the jury he would minHM viitirf I biDg Doyle. Yesterday the sheriff of Pulaski coun man u re piled up, and had to leave it: he sold hts I „ ,. . 4 .. . r M . land. I want a home so I wont be Mid or rented P ,Id lQto the Btllt0 |3,t00, tbe proceeds out: at what per cent, on good reference. Please I arising from the sale of several lots of land ac- aX Mafch 18 1881 Thomas M Morgan. I quired by the state in seizing the Mtcon and Mbs. 8. T. Bovaa, of Esndenvlllo, Ga., Mr. T. H. B , ru “"* lc4 " nrolld B Th0 ‘*" d wa * *° Id bF , ordar '. Blood worth, of Knoxville, Tcnn . and Mira Jew °‘ 0l * : " gl,Iatu ™-, ot the propertr l. .111 .le Co*, of Monroe. G.„ an.ier the Inquiry of "H. ? n,0,d ' ,,4r “ c ' , *“ T 1 lDg U ° Mr ' An ,' R. H.. of Gainesville, Go.,"for the repiy toF.the d , rew B , ro 7 n : * ? rln,e 5' ,rM ,, » bbea >" “ T ® r *? K,.n'. conquered banner. I. ws. written by Sir P “ Oaowo “ nd Henry Houghton, an English baronet. We give it W ,hrougtl th ° dgl> ‘'“ ngl Smyrna, Ga For next largest Hit ln Georgia, 15, T. W. Moore, Hollingsworth, Ga. For the largest Hat outside of Georgia, ft, II. J, Mitchell, Wlnsboro, Texas. For next largest list outside of Georgia, |5, J. R. Mcdlock, Albertville, Ala. See notice of prizes for March printed below. OUR PRIZES FOR MARCH: We offer five dolls* In gold to tbe Georgia agent who sends In the most subscribers during March, and two dollara and a half to Ihe next largest. And five dollars ln gold to the agent outside of here, he can get it for you for sixty cents. If you got one of thoao books you' will order the others. THE MILL. MOVEMENT. „ . . « .. . a The president of the Kagle ami I’lienix n u «d h ^ n dlL\?d\ru “Tii;“ r tbern mll, “ now | control tho markets of the country in coarse grst. The senate has reached the educational bill I the mistake of bringing labor here that cannot introduced by Mr. Blair, and will dlacu*s it I hod employment. Let tillers of the soil and from day to day until its fate iu that body is I mine developers be first invited, determined. The bill provides that $15,000,-1 answers TO CORRESPONDENTS 000 shall bo divided this year among the I MtfttPM and tnrritnripa In the nrnnnrtinn nt »li« I W * Atlanta. Oa.—Where is the flower of the states ana territories in tne proportion or the Poly v4hosl found| and whal iJSlt7 2 Wb0 u ^ whole number of persons in each state or ter-1 greatest living humorist? b spring ifchlng ihi 1 No, Just tho contrary. 2 No. , L J W. West Point, Ga.—Please give mo tho names C0 M!" nK0 ? d ’;." ndh .* P ” dl0t, ,. th “ ‘ haaon ‘ b r |tory over ten year, of sge who cannot read We.ro Indebted to Bl.hnp Beckwith for Infer ? eyntu.Uycon trot the cotton good, mar- L,d writ, to thewhol. number of such per- “ '» “>'« «"“■/'* trehntcM nsm. 1. up clubs SlidKCt one oIUiow prizes, whero there I kets of tho world, because she has as many I _ , ... ,,, ‘ . I Ezplrito Santo. It growl iu Bouih Am.ries, ccr- . s <1. the prize wl'l be divided. sdvantages over New England a. the latter ^ ?"*£} . Lnif ‘ t u ulnl ^ a,,d do “ bu «- ln 01her connotes, Wt have this week nasud the 20,000 mark has over old Englsnd. And what Is true of dlvided sbsll diminish a million dollars each The flrll Bl.hop Beckwith ever saw ws. brought . . a • «al ' I i a . #5 . , . , I year, until ten appropriations have been I from Rome in alcohol, ltisaimall. white flower. In our circulation. Ws are now on our way I cotton Is true of Iron, at least so tor > a * b l»n,.,le, sud th.tuo.tete or territory shall a trifle l.rger th.u the thumbnail, sh.ped to 25,000, and wewantto reach that point country Uconcerned. ThaUbepIg Iron i Of tl.e ihu# lh() bounty whlch do „ not expend for *»ghtly folded sksIL At the bu. otthe flower, by the 1st of May. I future will be made in the south is plain at a I yeara j eas ^ one*third I wher0 ,bo curve of the shell deepens is a picture of Won't you help? If you don’t take the I glance. The cost of making a ton of pig iron I . . .. , . i* rfl I a dovo with wings half extonded, as if abeut to paper already Hud up your autracrlptlou. If iu F.uns,lv.nl. I. .bus slated by th. Am.ri- .’ nd "o r th^rond fiveM much m the FVS.*°flower Ukra tu" Th.‘ you are .'ready. suUcrlber, show Jrourp.per esn M.nutecturer of I'ltUburg: whote atnouut it receive,. The l U t census bXp«wi«offier.".n u“nRoma.J.ll to your neighbor and get him to subscribe. I Oll0al|d one . qu , rter tons ol coke, 12"’.'.'".',2 501 showed the preseuce in the United States of I bush In South America, but a Isdy told him of a Tlttleglslalure of Kansas, which has ban I Hbof',,"'”' , 10.240,000 persons over 10 yoars ofsge who I considerable Ires she saw ln a garden In Germany, called in session to consider the prevalliog I lncidenu^i iep^'a tsx^ sta!...J!!!......!i i! i! 1 001 could not write, one-half colored. The Blair I covered with the flowers. 2. This quesUou we cattle plagne, baa already inaugurated stepa I To rai - I bill therefore will distribute about ££.50 per cannot answer,even with Bishop Beckwith's assist- for Its suppression. The number of oaltle in The frNat of caictilations on a al'milu basis ca P lt0 ,or tbla claaa - Tb « proportion of Mas- 8ub , cllberi AtIantl . 0t ._,, th0 {o u 0 wlng sen tbe slate now la nearly two million head, I ma ), ra „ ( 0 n of Iron In Alabama Georgia or I »»chusetls will be about $225,000; that of I leuce correct: ”A B A Co, h.s the latgost store ln which ho been Increased duringthe yesr T(nnn<e , 00,1 u follows: ’ iNew York *000 000; that of Georg!. $1,250,000; ^" u ^' 0Bl d b o"h.v. 1883 nearly two hundred thousand head, I, i.n.ors, tl $2 00 tbat of Alabama $1,000,000, and so on. I 0 w H , Barnett. G.,-1. It true that Brcathlt valued at nine million dollars, with a total I Jljlonsooko.n. 2 Ml Undoubtedly this 1s the best bill before I counijt, Ky . out ol a population ol S.OOO, Bu no value of at least (50,000,000, there are at least I 2 00 I congress for the purpose of materially reduc-1 cll “ < J ca wllblu * ' umlu7 $10,000,000 worth of fatted cattle ready for I iRddentale. ' 1 00 I Ing tho Illiteracy of the colored population of the market, and q large sum of money will I Total .Is 611 the soutnern states. The Morrill bill would be lost to tbe cattle growers It their cattle are I In the light of these figures the followlug I not effect much good in a generation, and quarantined against by other states and I paragraph, clipped from the Philadelphia lie-1 the Logan bill is so extravagant that there Is countrleson accountoflheprevallingdlsense'I cord, is not surprising: I no hope of Us passage. If the Illair bill is __ _ ” “ 7— j ~ . I A l'ottztown, Fs., dispatch zsys: "Anothercolony I defeated ttie hope ot national aid is practi-1 theffiospltsls and benevolent homes In Atlanta. , , ,E ! ili.»n HMriZ' ol ,nd lb “ ••»««»»“««»» cent .ally postponed te another congress. I AU4n “ Ben " olenl home ‘ CeBtrel bo • I,, “ , • 81 ' itivtcd by a canvaa of tire eleven southern I nsnv havo left boro. Thcio men bavo coue t I »n ... . . m . it. t states tbat Mr. Tilden la the only man who Lynchbutg, V.„ where they havotecurcJ hfcratlve rh ® Bl,ir biU b “ m,ny 8°°^| P oin,s ' In I haa a practical following. Out of three butt- pozliluiis. Altogether some eighty skilled work-1 l " r ' t P ac0 * ® pre ” nt ,ch ® 0, . ,y,t ®“ a I tonbi reaTn»me»ud sddrem? 1 dred end fitly replies from Georgia over two I men b»*o left here since the strike of the Potli- 01 tlle •"“«» arB to De used in expending the ! it is to bo so regarded ln the abience ot any de hundred and eighty were square out for Til-1 <"»»'">“ company's nailer, was Inaugurated In money appropriated. While tbe relief is I dllon l0 th0 contrary. 2 Mrs. J. M. Plowman, At- den while the remainder were soatterinL-1 ,,,ot ’ mbo, lM! '" 't hese moreraenlzet Iron work-1 tiinparary, it comes in such volume and for ! lznta. ilvl/.n Wv.,,1 ltnndnit fl»llsl. ii«,, I eia a,a slg"lfl cal, t- Thoy point the way in which , uc b a length of time that there need be no 8, Virgil, Ga -Please give me ihssddrc.t of Gen between Bayard, Raml.il, Carlisle, lieu-1 lho lro!I busliies. Is traveling. Both tho cotton I f „ arn( 1(1 „ o ml i ni l at the end of the term cral Robert Toombs, drlcks, Hancock and several other candi- j buslncu and the iron business .removing south I !““ r ° gr °“ nd gt “* end of the term. I wuhlngton, Oa. date*. It Is alio shown that there is a | ward and westwsid. Dear coals and dear ojrs are I It, l n,ra ‘“estates to large contributions to I go M.Eotaula, Ala.—Please reier mo to a party eon.ider.ble advance of Imiff sentiment in during Iron maker. ...y from Ponn.ylranl. to th. 1 ,llP P u [P«^ g of education. The money is to {ft®^«uh1 «.nU torth. rale^t a good humorous 1 '•»«> to develflp * common seboo system, Jm {Ur|lu , u A Co . m * W>IU agent, tor Bill | and not to feed colleges and academies. The I Arpl , bookt gift Is for the many and hot for tbe few. I h MeK. Kuozvllle, Tenu.—Pleue give me some Unlike the Morrill bill, the Blair bill provide. ioforu.»a«n wbom the contracts, materials, etc., ol . .. T I your nev? CApItou fora fixed and known buqi. In every seme I t0 Uoni Benjamin E. Ciane, one of the it would prove an excellent investment for a I capltol com milliners, of tbla city, country that has au overflowing treasury, I F H Me\V, Baubrlty, da.-Whlch is tbe most ..,.1 . KUK raqsA.nt.ran UHreratM I goverumeut, a monarchy or a repubUc? and a high percentage^! Illiterates. I ThutaadlfflcaItquM uon to answer. It Is “nip WINTER PORK PaCKINQ. I and luck" between them, l’robsbly, u civilization The winter pork packing represents about I advances, a republic will be found to combine the 70 per cent of Ihe entire packing of th* west, I h®* 1 requisites ot government, andaa the south draws a good share of it. I Lr * W ‘ meat front the west, the sizs of the winter I y ew Yoik city. packing becomes therefore a matter of con-1 KM L, lUwklnivtlle, Ga.-What la tho vntue of siderable home Interest. Tbe aggregate num- ^.“"em?^' 1 W “ h °'“ ““ “ ’ b>r of liogs packed duriug the winter was I write to some dealer Is coins ln onr large cities. 3,St;?,485, a decrease of 533t455 os compared I The rn'ue ot tbe celn you apeak at Is constantly with tho packing of the previous winter. | fluctuating. The decrease is 13 per cent, _ _ ot lard has also fallen ot)'. Not only have I CTior"'2"lz "'Araa'uraw Tr»ve:cV , ' ”me n«mo ot a fewer begs been killed, but the averageyleld I ' h '‘ of lard |wr hog has been 33.37 pounds ss I j Tho lta g 0 u caused by decompoied vegetable against 35.77 pounds lost year. The decreased I nutter and the uature of tbe soil. 2 A weekly re production of lard amounts to 391,128 tierces. I per at Little Rock, Ajk. S They are healthy, pure The reduction iu packing is equlv* Uad spicy, and frequently contain a itriklng moral alent to $48,000 hogs st Ihe previous winter’s I in full: Gallant nation, foiled by numbers, Pay not tbat your hopes are fled; K»ep that glorious flag which slumbers, One day to avengo your dead. Keep it, widowed, sonlets mothers. Keep it sisters, mourning brothers, Furl it withsu Iron will, Furl it now, but—keep it still; * >rkir ■* vain. Furl tbat banner, sadly .ulowly, Treat it gently, for Mis holy. Till thatuay—yqp furl it tadly, Then once more upfurl it gladly— Conqnered Banner-keep it still! England, October, I8S5 J. E. M., Buena Vista, Ga. Is wall paper un healthy for sleeping rooms? What colors are least dangerous? lb u radii j, March SO. Madam Anna Bishop, the once famous singer, who had a world wide reputation, died suddenly hut night of apoplexy, at her residence on Park avenue, New York. The house of delegates of Maryland yesterday, aftera protracted struggle, pateed tho senate bill reducing the fee of marriage license from four and a half dollars to sixty cents. Heretofore the revenue to the state from this source has averaged #27,coo annually, the state receiving 84 and the county clerk luulug It at 50 cents for each license. IN TH* CITY. Fred Hyman, a small white boy, whose home Is on Foster street, was yesterday ihrown from a mule ho was riding on Wheat street and sustained a bad fracture of the skull, besides a dislocation of the left shoulder. Mrs. Fanuto Tolbert has been adjudged Insane t>y Ordinary Calhoun, and will betaken to the asylum. FriSav, March 81. It has been decided that tho French campaign In Touquln will terminate with the capture of Hang There wss a prejudice against green wall paper I Hoo. The Italian ministry have resigned, owing beesura of tho arsenic'used lu the old clumsy pro- to th4 lmd i uell of the m .j orU y by which Signor CCS. of making it. Tho prejudice ha. about worn I capp;,,,, olcclcd pre .meu t of the chamoer of out. ) deputies. Twenty-seven nihilists wore arrested in This 1. nm thooM’lhft bmiUhe ark „ ! J* ’T'iV' l b ° ,t ““ er Republl “ a We hsve no data at baud to supply the required Now ' otk ,or iur °P® yesterday with information. • It,300,000 la specie. K. M.« Montlcello, Gs —When were knives end I _ . .... J 1, ™ ,CI TT' ... forks invented and by whom? I The bond of the Georgia railroad bank, a state Knives in rude shape havo been used from time I depository, has been filed with tho governor immemorial. Forks were first used in the fifteenth I aad approved. Clara Harrison, a small white girl, century. Tho first record of their use is a letter of I WM thrown from a swing and received a disioca- Thomas Congates, dated 1CC8, from Italy. It was I Aon of her right shoulder, afrer the middlo cl the seventeenth century before I ^ ■at«rday» March ss. even the higher classes used forks. I Th « grand jury of the court of oyer and termtner, T. C. W.. Honey Branch, Ga.—What Is Bill Arp's I °' N ® w Yort * yesterday made a presentment real name? Where can I get his books? How far I against Sheriff Davidson for illegally overcharged did the cydoue blow the furthest thing? | expentes to the city. Tho charger are tho same as L Chas. H. Smith, Cartersvllle, Ga. 2. Ja*. P. I thoae made by tho legislative committee. A drug® Harrison & Co., Atlanta, Ga. 3. A sign board was I gist named DlUon, at Dunkirk, Indiana, was shot found in Pickens county, more than 100 miles I and killed yesterday by P. H. Hartford also a drug* from the Alabama crom-roads where it belonged. [ gist.« Dillon, having threatened to kill Hartford, ••Ace 0*Harts. M —Will some reader supply the ar ticle asked for below? Haa the writings of "Ace 0’lfarts”cver been pub- | Hshed iu book form. If not will you please publli bis appeal to "Robert Ould” for exchange whll a prisoner. I would llko to read that pathetic ap- . • ‘ —* * ' to hate Rob- entered the latter’s store, when Hartford fired, killing Dillon Instantly. IN TH* CITY. Last night wbilo the Central passenger train was being ran under the carshed, Gus Wallace, tbe state, (specially in all iccUons coutigir cus to manufacturing interests. From the other southern states the preference* *•*' v :ZL‘.j ,““' h ,b * 'P" 1 ® M t(lte« Irooi Georgia, McDonald ajqwarlrg to 1>«YS many suppor ter* in some sections. But the graitJ show Ing ts watts in favor of Mr. Tilden, before whose csndldscj tbe clelmeof other aspirants cannot secure even consideration. A Wont With Yon. This week's Cosstitstion wilt iwch Ihousaudi ot leaden who ate not autxcrtbcn. We esk those readers to do us lho favor to read the paper carefully. Read all Its departments thioufh, Let your wile and children retd It. Thru Judse It on its merits. It you thluk It Is worth tbe imall amount we ask for It solid in your subscrlp, Uon. It uthecheapeet paper printed. It coals only It 35 ayear It vou send your subtcrlpilou alone It you get your neighbors to Join you. It costs you only 1100 each lor the club ol Are. This la lees than 2 cents a week. It Is the price ol one ounce ot butter or one hen's egg. Who can not spare this much? Who ctuuot give 2 cents a week tor a paper that will Interest aud Instruct sit hts family, aud hrlugs 12 big pagrs, brimming with the newt, gtwslp and humor ol the world, Into hts hem* every week to the year? Send on your sutweripilot], and start with the nest number: You will And It the beat Inveetment you aver made! OKQAN1Z.NG FOR DEFEAT. The Cincinnati Enquirer a ehort time ago cent inquiries to about 7,000 leading citizeue ot Indiana asking their views on the taritT. There were three phase, submitted— 1st. Tariff for revenue only. 2d. Tariff for protection. 3d. A tariff for revenue with incidental protection, eo as to protect American labor, but not to feeler monopolies. (Tbe Ohio platform). Indiana la an agricultural state. Tb* in- quiriee were sent impartially into cities, gtuall towns and rural districts. Tbe teet was thorough and significant Tbe repliee show tbat (omitting fractionsot hundreds) 000 Indlanians favor tbe tint prop osltlon; 800 the aecend, end 5,300 the third. Tala overwhelming proportion, in a state like In Haas, shows beyond tbe shadow ot a doubt thst tbe matsea of lb* people stand on tb* Ohio platform, with Hoadly, Tilden andBan- clghborhood of cheaper raw material. Tbe tainpalgn la 0|l»-ucd. The presidential campaign Is op ,-ning In spirited stylo. The lint gnu will b? fired In ten days, and then will b*«m*thuld,hllus then, till the (rest battl* on tbe Sd ot November. ln this contest Tus CotiarnUTloK will be tho nu ll inching,uuwavertng champion ot demscraUcprtu riplcs. It will advocate Ihe uomtoaUon ot Samuel J. Tilden,because he cau heel all the differences iu tho pai ty, weld the (actions together, lead the party to victory aud dear out tho republican thieves and rascals. It Mr. Tilden will uot accept the nomina tion wo are then (or any democrat w ho can win Weshall do our pert lit whatever pert of tho debt wo are cast aud under whatever h edor. You cannot do without Tus Constiti-uion due Ing Ihe eampalgu! Every InlelUsent man must have the ueweof this greet and fluat conflict! Nc where will you set IIao promptly, eo fully, and ao cheaply as Iti Thu Wntaiv CoMsTTrcTioM. Sub scribe at once! Tho Item Is already opened aud things are getting watm. _ THIS PANAMA CANAL While th* people of this country are busy with their owu affaire amt with president- making, about 15,000 men are et work with dredging machines aud steam excavators along tbe I'anatuacanal. Iu some places one ot these machine* can remove 5,000 cubic yards ot earth a day. If these machines ot Atusricau construction were not to be trad Count d* 1/e steps, who is now 79 years old, would not Hve to sew hie great project com pleted. Indeed, it It doubtful whether it would have been begun at all, became even Frencbmen could not be induced to put money Into an enterprise that would not earn dividend* during their life time. Lieutenant Raymond 1’. Rogers bat made a report on th* progress ot the work, and the ■ecretary of tbe navy has just scut this re port to thesenate. While Count de Letsep* thinke tbe canal will be ready for ships in four years. Lieutenant Rogers it inclined to think it will not be ready until 1890. The cuts through solid rock will necessarily delay tbe work. In one section, only a mile and a ,parter in length, thirty-three million cubic yards of earth and rock are to be removed, but title if tbe most difficult section of tbe entire line. All tbe water of the long At lantic elope is to be carried off without ustn , .. , ... . ,1 Subfcriber, Bowden, Ga.-What hon«* ln your average weight. The reduction in stockaof I y w m lunilzb me a sood bracket saw outllt? Addrem "Burke's old book atore." 8,Charlotte, N. C,—'What haa become ot “Old SI?" He la the court atenotrapher ot this circuit. CHS Charles City, Iowa.—1 I< the Klmhell ‘ lehed? 2 Is It rented? 1 No. It will be fintihod by tell. 2 Yea, to meats ott the first day ot th* month is equiv alent to the meat product of 490,000 boga at last year’s weight. We give these figures, taken from tbe chief I a,5u«?fluu!md? ■utbority in the packiug trade, the Cincin nati Price Current, in order to open the eye* I gcovlllo A Beeimsn. of our render* to the pomlble traprofiteblenrae «»?!SnM ... he prannum. la tbla true? When will your new production of meat for borne consumption. I pro* be ready, and what will it print, and what The lesson is an old one, and if ths figure. I ca i a mn. average over *3.001 a year. Many we have given do not lead to its enforcement 1 0 , mtm pay over IS OOO a year, aud thehithest price we do not know wbat will. | column will foot up over 118.000 a year. 2 The pi ■wHiftszviAH I Is flnlihed and awaiting the completion of onr . ,.Z 7* ,*.1. . , I building. The prem will prtn', cut, fold and pule It goes wltheut raying that the south needs | coptn of Tut CossvjTcnos per hour, either ui. ... ,z-. .t g, 12or 18pegs*. Itcoet 127.500ctah. F T B. Uthonlt. Ga.—IIow many demoeftttz In more while people; that it must have more white people before a condition ot high pros- - perity w.tl exist. At present w. lrave no In- ST.^Th."^?" WhSSte ciaXZ coming tide to offset the tide that is constantly I and krta Krtngle? There an 195 democrat* In the home and to ln leaving the old elate* (or tbe new field* in tbe far west, and the census ot 1890 will in- the senate. The exact standing ot the house can . ,, , not ha xiven until lha contested seats are dacfded. cvttably ower our re at v ® rank among the | jj, ewo readjalters from Virginia are not counted as democrats. 2 Santa Clans It the Dutch for 8L •teles, as the last census did. The Nash ville convention spent four days in con- Nicholas,whole th* patron stint ol boys, St. tidering the problem, and tbe conference Catharine Is ot girls. In Germany ths custom Is to his appeal to "Robert Ould" for exchange while a prisoner. 1 would llko to read that pstbettcap- . raU | u„u«, w, „ini,u, „„ nauwo, * peal szalu. Hiw I ured, when a girl, to bate Rob- I ... „„ .,. . ' ert Ould for not azchanglng thoao prisoners, aud I brakesman, fell under one ot tho cars and came ' ■ near being killed. Hecscaped with a slight wound on his head. Work on the Grant park la progresi- Thcn^lhV'Trulh 11 came: V Vnd U thero*WM'ro^marfy I finely. M-mberaof the Hone Guard are preo- to blame that my hate wm changed to sor I ticing every afternooaon tho Baalerardioaitobe '“‘“"f ,r !r. ,or r g “ cd mvicw “ d u,,m were the cauze of so much mliery, »nd Joy alio for I Macon in May next, the occasion of that areal ipecch. I havo the copy I aaaday* March as, yet and often read It. and when I die will leave aa The National state bank of Bouldor, Colorado, ?« h SWl SL f k hl ^^A n , d w.^:!fr,o^?},.!2 yesterda^atfer. short run. The (allure while, that he zent u« zuch a man a* B«n Hill. I Hoz fora long time been anticipated. An up panen- Kezpcctfully. Roz* Thorn. I K er trala on the Milwaukee road ran into aa eml* Reader.-Ia what county iu Georgia lz Lumpkin? grant train at Red Wing, Minn .yoaterday, wrecking Stewart. I two cozchez and the cuglne. About fifteen persons J T G, Rockdale County, Ga.—I am blind aud I were irjured, zomo severely, but none fatally. t‘h T .°, o. ««®« V fannlng ezcltrmcnt in Crete, and party a peizon lz the zoul? 3 Why are there more lorna- I feeling Is raunlizg high, does tbau there were fifty or sixty years ago? I in th* city. 1 Nothing. 2 No part. 3 Opinions differ ai to I The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rall- tho alleged Increase of tornadoes, and scientists I r0 ad will build an elegant passenger depot at the have no reasonable explanation to offer. I Mitchell street crossing. Work will be commenced MLB. Lecton, Ala.-Have trampi any language I on Wednesday next. H. T. Simtpous, who work* SMthtn/i Borifioasou a Liter indicate aorg , D ; bm a,. ritop on Whitehall, had hU ‘' I right hand entangled in a mnchlno used ln making R it A. Parkersburg, W Va.-When did Cetaw.yo collar, yesterday morning. Two flngcra were badly die, and how Is his name pronounced? I crushed. About two months a;o, of fatty degeneration of | the heart, ne called himself Chet-a- way o. RAP, Newborn, Ga.—1 Who haa charge ot bind I Tom now? 2 Where ts he? 8 Does the ume amount I ot rain tall every year? 4 and 2 Write to some theatrical paper. 3 No. In (corgis It varies from 10 to 15 Inches. WITH HIS MOTHBR’S PISTOL. A LtUla Mlaacta ll.y Vakea 111. Ltr. Alter a Qaarrri. St. Paul., March 20.—One ot onr most esteemed citizens Is Mr. Edward H, Turner, a commercial traveler. Mr. Turner la obliged by hta engage- Mrs. George S„ ot Hampton, gracefully correct! I menu to bo absent a considerable portion ot our inggcitlon as to the pronunciation ot “Yo-1 tho time, and Mrs Turner has been provided with lands.” sbe quotes a couplet of WUlIimBlsck. the I a 22callbre revolver which she kept loaded author, which says: “It la quite too unhandy, To I and in a bureau drawer Inher sleeping-room. The cell It Yolaade." And another. “Iu a mistake I dde-t ion, Harry Tamer, aged twelve yean, wat made In Holland, That ol calling it Yolonde," and I popular among bis playmates, bnt wet known ■Anally, "Then u p on u» t, dawned, That '»• pr.^.Vy^wVen^'rnSl* aMM was Yolende. I LtUtved him capable of tho ter>ible deed which rn/v.. av.d » » a I ended hts career *o suddenly. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS. | Harry beoame engaged lu a c< . _ ■' _ . , I voungor children of the household, and hie what th* Falks HaT* u •• y Ah««t ThcsMlvcs aid I moUier being apnealed to, reprimanded at d Thtssa la General I niightly imobhed him for hl« conduct. He flew Editors Constitution: Your paper comes regu-1 luio a violent pa*slou and made threntsef killing . n< l <> rog,| with Intereat Th* farmers era I him*elf. Bnt little atteutlou WOS paid tohlsUlk, larly and la road wlih interest. The rarmers are I bm w&lle m imo .ber went about her other duties busy preparing for the coming crop. Corn plautiag I Harry rushed to her chamber, foued the loaded' Is about over. Very little is up yet, owing to the I revolver in her drawer, aud placing itagalust bix vv«h.M had a verr drr winter and wpHk I breast find a bullet into hts heart. Hiaripg ihe cold. We have had a **17**1 winter ana wells I n of the pUlo i Mri> Turncr Ma to her room are failing, but the rains thU week will soon sap I and found her boy lying oa the floor bleeding and * l for breath. The neighbor* were notified - *, . (( -^r^Hiad mm) in Rnnatnn I ana a ooctor seat for ss sood as poa ibie, but before ot labor here, bat It Is reported icarce ln Honzton h(J lrt , t(ll , he boy nad died, having been uncoa- county. The health and peace of this county are | sclous from the first, flourishing since the retail whisky shops closed. I Our farmers are getting ready to use labor saving machinery. Many ot our western emigrants are A l'olygamut oa Trial la Ctah, j Salt Lak* City, March 21 .—Andrew Peterson, *» anxious to return. This speaks well for the old I delegate to congress in 1882, an stowed polygamist, TVjlorCounty, Go., March 15.18S4. ' w *»o was Indicted under the Edmunds law for reg* T D. Clarkson. Go.-Pleose get up an article on i’terlcg and toting. Is now oa trial. Chief Justice the planting and cultivation of the groupd pea. I Hunter allowed seven polygamy Mormons to sit Ground peas are easily cultivated. Plant in a I on the jury. One of them has three wives. AU •Ait havin* a sood per centage of Ume. The I BCTen ot U 1 * 111 « w <>re that they believed the divine •oil having a goon per manage oz *” I Uw superior to the laws of congRte. Thcybeltev- ground need not be deeply broken. Make your I €d polygamist was righland revealed from God, rows 2X to 3 feet wide, and drop two shelled peas I and would obey God rath? r than congress. The erery two tee. oowringthem wlffitwo teehe. ot p»r earth. Keep clear of grass and weeds. I eternity aud not for a time. H B, Opelika. Ala Pleaae Inform me how I ran I . peel peaches by the peek or bu-hel, and alio ztate I A Lea .f Mach Vaiar. what waah Uuzed to counteract thaUd effect ef I Chicago March 20,-Som* two months ago theimtxture used In the peeling proem? charlra H. Payee got It,000 from a Georgia railway DlpraepemrhratnbolU^lye andriarethem in Md a»a«eafor.broke, leg. Since the" he Ira. clean water; then rub them with a wet towel, and apcQt Wi5C0 to tlgh UtlDgi , nd , (ew we ekz ago taWjUt ffip out otrthete sMba paid a flying visit to Chicago to cee the town. In ^telS'ts toUln^aboStte* UmS tee? P,^l^jL 0 l. U !^ 0 l l l c l. l, i t o?,l D iS g - b ® Kffin to head. How ran Utl. beprevented? ^T^db^rthe-mflraU.V.'^ldhta^S Csa ashes for a top dressing. They will strop gthan I on the first occasion. Payne wasuke to the the straw. Kainit also would probably do. The I county hospital.