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THE WEEKLY CONSTHUTION: TUESDAY MARCH 25,1884- TWELVE PAGES. ??? VAati^ ALL THROUGH ??fXlE. THE HEW* OF THE VeEK IK THE ^ SOUTHERN rtATE8. Wh*tq??e Southey FoIkTare Doing???The Latest t*twi by MaU and Wire 40 The Constitution. f The week juat ended was one of compara tive quiet, and yet it maa characterized by many events of more than ordinary interest. The difficulty between the state of South ' Carolina and the Cosh family seems to be about ended. No further violence has oc curred, and the senior Cash is reported in bad health. The opinion is growing that the Tilden- Hendrictas ticket cannot be beaten, and is the ticket to be nominated. As a matter of course the criminal record of the week is lamentably full. Tne murder of Samuel Boyce, near Box- ville, South Carolina.; the killing of McCub- bins by Miss Jones, near Greensbury, Ken tucky; the suicide of John Clemons, at Hot Springs, Arkansas; a couple of tragedies in Texas, and the killing of McKenney by his Wlfq At Nfiwcombe, Tennessee, are some of the leading crimes of the week. In business circles general quiet has pre vailed with the exception of the preliminary flurry of the spring trade. Farming opera- tions are progressing satisfactorily, except in the flooded regions of tne southwest. Louisiana. The crevasse about Baton Rouge la 12i feet wide, and la rapidly increasing The Davis crovano has not been closed yet. The Morgans* levee will have to go, and the caevasae will toon be a mile wide with an average depth of ten feet. The Jamlaon crevasse Is running at a terrible rate, and farmers have been tremendnnslv damaged. Kentucky. ORiESiSBUEO, Ky., March 18.???In the edge ol Hart county, on last Wednesday night, at a country resort whero whisky 1s sold, a man by the name of McCubblns, a citizen of this county, went to get drink. A young woman named Miss Jones watted upon him. and In the settlement they got Into dispute. Miss Jones grabbed up a lire shovel and, ???trlktog McCubblns over the head, felled him to the floor. She fallowed up this blow with many othen, and beat her victim till blood ran freely from bis ears. The second blow she struck him cut off his nose. McCubblns lingered In a precarl' ous condition until last night, when he died. Arkansas. Hoi Erzirios, Ark., March 17.???Tho valley scores another sad suicide. Tblsllme It was a man, aud ho shuttled off by the aid ot strychnine. Ho was visitor from Ozford, Mich., by the name of John Clemons. Family troubles wero evidently the cause, He was about forty yearsold, and has a yonng and pretty wife about twenly-flvo yearsold. She was srltb him hero In January, and It was noticed that she give much more attention to younger and more handsome men than to her husband, which occa- sloncd an unpleasantness botween them. She fs now at home In Michigan. Foot Burnt, Ark., March 17,-On the 7th of May last. Jack Womanklller atlas Galcatcher, a Cherokee Indian, called at a country house for food. An old white man named Wyatt, who wss with him, con- t toned on his journey. The lady of tho house asked Jack why the white man did not como in. He re plied that ha had told him logo on, bat It made no difference at he was going to kill him, and they might look out for trazxardsnp there soo*. Wyatt???s body was found three or four days later, with two bullet holts la him. Womanklller has been found guilty of the murder and aontenoed to death. Texaa. Grxxwvillk, Tex., March 17.???J. Parker and Jon Baker, between whom an old fend existed, met In the town of Blackjack grove on Saturday last, and after a few words Baker shot Parker through the lnngs Inflicting a fatal wonnd. The bystanders took a hand and exchanged a number of shots, but without results. Baker then ran into an adjoining house, got another plstcl. and was returning, when he was tired upon with shot by his victim, Parker, andlostantly killed. Sam Antonio, Texas, March 17.???The Sabricgo ease Involving property In this city amounting to probably halt a million dollars. Including eTen the homestead of 8amuel A. Maverick, tho Texas veteran and signer of tho republican lnde. pendence ot Texas, was called in tbe federal court to-day. and the admission of conflicatlonprivllev ?? under tho laws of Spain In 1817 made the ba-ls ol the dccMon. United States Judge Turner ruled against Stbrlego,Instructing a verdict lor defendant Max-hall. Tex., March 18.???It Is reported that ono Milligan, who with another man named Clark, mnrder-d an old conpte named Bogers, In Ouachita parish, La., eleven days tgo, waslyncbcd at Pulaski yesterday, and that the cltlsens are in hot pursuit of Clark. W.J. Rogers, a son of tho victims, Is said to be with the pursuing party. West Virgin!.. Wbizuno, March 18 -Carrie Hanson, a young Danish girl, smployed as a domestic, and who had only been In this country four months, thlseveolng jnmped from the snrpenalon bridge Into the Ohio river and was fatally Injured, She was taken out by spectators and a physician summoned, who found her fsce terribly cut aud bruised by the fall. She had been betrayed while crottlug the ocean as a steerage passenger, and henco the suicidal at tempt. This Is the firth attempt to thirty yean to commit suicide in this manner, only ono of which succeeded heretofore. Potui PLCasawT, March til???A conflict with Judge Jackson of tne Untied States court, has bean raised by the Keystone bridge company, which built the bridge across the Ohio river here for the Ohio Cen tral rallirad. and still holes the unfinished struc tare un'II payment is secured. The road Is In the hands of a receiver, and he tried to have a tel n- graph wire put on tbe bridge but the bridge com. pany refused to permit It. Judge Jackson sent tho United States msnbal who got possession of the bridge, and wires were put up that night The bridge company cut the wires and barricaded both ends of tho bridge, defying tho United States mar* sbal. Under orders from Judge Jackson, the mar shal bsigotts to Parkersburg to get an armed posse to enforce the authority of 'he court. Virginia. Footbcm Moneoe. March 17.???Colonel Fred Grant and wife arrived here to-day. Generl Grant will spend a couple of months In Charlotte, North Carolina. LvxcBacao, March 18-A telegram from Poca hontas states there are no new developments con cerning the mine disaster, except that Instead of trying to smother the fire It has bean determined to flood the mine. Harrowing reports of destitu tion among the families of the victims are denied by represcntatlvea of the company here. Those killed are nearly a'J single men. there being only eight families In Pocahontas who suffered .by reason of the explosion and not many elsewhere. Rscohobd, March50 ???Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, ex* United States senator. Is critically 11} from paralysis at bis home Is Essex county, this state. He is 74 years old. AuxAtroaiA, Match 23.???The democratic state central committee to-day rtsolvedto call the con vention at Richmond an the 4th of May. Tha fol lowing resolutions ware adopted: Resolved, That the democratic state commute* have observed with grave concern the division threatening the democratic party of the country upon the tariff, and feel at liberty to express their opinion individually, that tha agitation of this question at this period Is unwise, and should be discouraged, and that all democrats should ??? . 1 he went to Weldon, and there married a young subordinate wl ulffcrcncM in conccn trxiion ,. uin ti-iwsh ihinki ho ku actod bvclv upon the one great Issue of a reform of the govern. wWow ??? Mis. Dorretl think, he hat acted basely ment, and Its restoration to punty and true oea- i ItutloneS principles Florida. s Kxv Wist, March 20 ???A correspondent ol the London Times, who baa just arrived here from Havana, gives the points of an Interesting Inter view with Jay Gould, who Is now In that city, upon a number of southern topics. Says the correspond ent: Mr. Gould is certainly one of the most remark able men whom I have ever met He states that the southern states have made such progress since the war as was never made by New England, even In her pa mlest days. While the politicians have been berating that section her people conUnued at work, until now thd business world Is awaking to the tact that tha progress of the south Is enchain ing the attention of capitalists everywhere The mountain section south of the Blue Ridge from North Carolina across to the Mississippi, is bound to become tbe greatest manufacturing county In the world, and Atlanta and Birmingham will be cities with population of half a million each. The outlook for eotton man ufacture, freighted as It Is with wealth, will be eclipsed by the Iron interests which are truly man velous. The two brightest public men in the south, who appreciate the fall possibilities of the future, are 8 nator Brown, of Georgia, and Senator Jones, ofFlorlds. southern lands, both for agricultural and timber purposes, ho considers one of the safest Investments possible. Within five years Florida will supply the fruit market with tropical products, Pensacola, he says, will obtain rank as a seaport next after New Orleans. Ltke do Funtsk will be come Uie World's sanitarium for consumptives. Mr. Gould expresses his determination ot spending his winters for the future in Florida. Thepostmaster at Jacksonville, Fla,, dismisses clerks who mse whisky. The Tavares and Lake Monroe railroad Is to be added to Florida's roads. Mississippi. Jackson, Mist., Match 17.???It Is estimated that least four hundred highly bred Jersey cattle will be added to the stock of Mississippi this season as the product ot tho herds now In ilie possession of her breeders In addition to this natural increase many valuable Importations will be made, while quite number of young malo aud heifers will be sold breeders tn Texas, Illinois, Alabama and other states. Winona, lllss., March 19.???Near Winona, a man named Pace, waa assassinated In his Hold, and the Curtis brothers were accused of the crime. Euclid and Charles Curtis fled, and Adrian Cnrtla and John McCarroll were arrested and Jailed. After ward! a Louisiana sheriff killed Euclid Curtis while attempting to arrest him and Charles, at the same time wounding and capturing Charles, who was re turned to Winona and placed In J all. ??? At tjie circuit court recently held here, Charles agreed that if the case waa nol pressed as to Adrian and McCarroll, and his own life spared, a Jury and verdict might he entered against him with imprisonment for life as the penalty, which waa done accordingly. Mrs. Cnrtls, the mother ot theee Curtis brothers, commit ted aulcldo between the Ume of the assassination and the event of the trial. VicatBUBO. March 21.???The water hu backed up through tho railroad culverts, flooding tbe bouses on Front street. Tho levees at Shipp's bayou and Point Pleasant are now reported broken for a cer lainty, and much damage is being done. Tho Hard Times levee, at last accounts, was still un broken. The local steamers are busy bringing stock from tho overflowed lands,, W. J Pollard, sentenced to tho penitentiary for life for killing fir. F. H. Carpenter In Teppah cosndfclu., In 1878, has been pardoned alter lervIn^Hao years of his term. It ta now believed that unknown parties dug up 130.000 near Meridian, Miss., tha other day. Tho money wu burled by robbers ferty years ago. Counterfeit coin comes to Vicksburg on every boat from Memphis. For some Ume past certain parties have been seeklug, near Meridian, Mississippi, for 130,000, supposed to have been buried there by the famous Copeland clan. _____ Alabama. BiamnoKAH Ala., March 17.???Bishop Lane, col ored, of Tennessee, preached In the Methodist chn rch, whlto. last night, to a crowded house, Is the first tlmoa negro ever occupied the pulpit of a white church In this city, and there was quite a diversity of opinion as to the propriety. Gadsden, March 10.???Leonard Graham, alias Hcdspath, who, with bis wife, hired a span of horses and disappeared. Is being punued by offi cers. Hfs proper name Is Leonard Graham. He married a Miss McCollum, of Opelika, and about ten years since be was tried by Judge Williams, probate Judge of Lee county, for burglary, or breaking Into Mr. Zichry'a store-tried and hired out to Gordon's firm, afterward he wu pardoned by the governor. * Selma, MAtch 20.???A number of hands were en gaged in log rolling In this county, and Elbert Quarles putted down a young negro. Others who were present ridiculed tho young negro whoee strength had given way to thst of the old msu. The younger negro became enraged, and picking up a bsnd spike, dealt Elbert a blow on the fore- head, which resulted in death. It Is said by those who wore present that tho brutal deed was alto gether unprovoked, and the poor old Idiot negro ???aid nothing and did nothing that he should thus nave been hurried to his grave. Tbe murderer wu arrested Sunday and lodged In Jill. MoNTeoMUY, March 22.???Jtmes8 Holt, alxty-slx years old, and a citizen of Montgomery for the lag forty-four years, when he came here penniless from Maine, died tut night after a lingering sick ness. Holt wu a hud-working, honest mechanic. He accumulated, by dint of energy and persever ance, quite a handsome fortune. Ho wu also a most succeufnl planter, owning near tbe city ??f oral fine plantations. He wss alderman for a number of years. He leaves hta wlte ud only sou a good name and a competency. The Montgomery Greys, u expected, were the vtctorsattho prize drill at Opelika lut night. Mr. Jones died near Bridgeport, Ala , this week aged one hundred yean and eleven menlha Professor GtorgaB. Taylor bu been appointed stats grand lecturer by the prohibition allianeoof Alabama. The state teaebera??? association of Alabama will meet at Tuskegee on tbe9th of April. Mobile and New Orleans are the leading small pox clUes In the south at present, Poatmuter Mosley, ot Talladega, was hero to-, day. He is reported safe this Ume of retaining bis office. Bingham, the coUector, hu gone Washington to be confirm??d. North Carolina. Balzioh, March 17.???The mica mines on South Talrlreraro being worked Industriously. Lenoir county 1* rologosteusively into rice and peanut culture. Lenoir formers believe In the diversifies- Ion of their crops. In Smlthfleld Mr. D. H. Graves In two days tut week shipped two thousand dosen eggs. CHAJtLOTTI, Much 17.???The Observer says that tbetamllyof Mr. P. P. Maxwell, at Davidson col lege, lu this county, have been singularly and se verely afflicted with erysipelas. Mr. Maxwell, wife and two daughters, were sit down with the disease at the same time. On tut Monday Mss. Maxwell died. The deceased lady wu 44 yean old. Mr. Maxwell and his two danghten are still Ungtring with the disease, and the daughters ue In a critical condition. Benner's Station, Mtrch 18??? Miss Earth Dor- rett, of this town, hu lnsttmted a salt for 110,000 against Major B. B. Toy, of G sires Ion, Texas Tbs young lady, who Is Tory pretty and accomplished, bu been engaged to Toy for Ibrse yean and the mar riage day hu been appointed three serera! times, but on etch occasion the major found soma excuse for deferring the solemnisation of the nuptials. He left here a ftsr weeks ago for Wllmlngtoa prom ising to return hy March 12th, when he would pos itively wed the rfri. Bat Instead of coming back toward her. and bas actually began a suit for dam ages. Bne bu employed two of our best lawyers to condnot her case. Toy Is said to bo very weaUliy. Grsxnibobo, March 19.???The birth of a TRuale child in this county hu created a sensation, from tha fact that It had four eyes, two noses and two mouths- Kewbzbne, Match 2t.-The tudden death of Mra Harriett Garner, at Newport, on Saturday last, cauren a great sensation. Mr. Whltlord, who Is a Primitive Baptist minister, had concluded his sermon, and hta brethren desiring a church con ferebcc, were discussing the question of who should set u moderator. Elder Whltlord having asked to bo excused, Mrs. Garner, who wu sitting near the stale, fell upon the floor and died Imme diately. At Durham, N. C??? Colonel W. T. Blackwell building eighteen dwellings, and has contracted for twenty-four more, Tennessee. Knoxville, March 17,???A man named McKinney was to-day shot andkllled;by bis witeat Newdombe sixty miles north ot Knoxville. McKinney wss drunk and hsd been abusing bis child. His wife Interfered, when he turned on her, threw her down, and began choking her, when she shot him dead with a pistol she had concealed in her clo thing. McKenny had previously threatened kill his wife. Msui-ips, Tenn., March 18,???Tho report, started In Nashville, that the death ot Marshal T. Polk wu a bogus announcement, under the cover which he hu fled to Mexico, finds many believers here. CflACTANotoA, March 18-An Interesting mar riage occurred in the union depot (Ms morning the presence of over a hundred peoplo. Objection bad been found to the marriage of \V. T. Tillery, ot Wings county, and Mary U. White, of Eoane, resulting in an elopement to this city, with tho above named result- Mr. Tillery Is a woll-todo farmer and highly esteemed. He is thirty-seven yean old, whllo hla wlte, a blooming Kosno county widow. Is thirty-five. CiiATTANooaA, March 19.???A special to the Times from Blrchwood, Tenn., uys James Bowers shot and killed Miss Roark lut night whllo handling pistol, ne had taken hor home from church. Chattanocoa, March 21.???A prominent official the Eut Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad wusiked today why that road hu given a deed of trust on all Its property, and was tcld that It wu done to protect the company from paying excess lvo damages. Where parties were disposed to ac cept reasonable damages, they wore and would continue to be promptly P??ld. It wu to protect themselvea against exorbitant demands that this company had decided to adopt the method now being practiced. The company, he uld. wu able to pay all claime against It, and wu willing at any time to pay all reasonable claims or judgments. A masquerade bell wu given lut night In this city at Nickerson's ball by colored people. Handy Slngletou, Walter at the Hamilton home, and Cal vin Yonng, waiter at Hyler's restaurant, both paid attention to a woman named Amauda Sealers, About midnight Yonng aud the woman left the ball r.'.om together, being tallowed by Singleton aud another negro named |W1I1 Bridges. On overtaking Young some words passed between tho parties, when a shot fired, either by Bridges or Young, and Singleton fell, expired tn a tew minutes. .Young and Bridges both escaped. The woman wu arrested and lodged In Jqfil. There Is considerable mys tery surrounding the murder, but it is bellevod, it wssapnt up Job between thewoman andYoung to get rid ot Slngletou who wu a lover of tbe woman, and was becoming troublesome about her now at tachment for Young. A charter huheeo registered In the offleo of tho secretary of state of Tennessee, incorporating tho Lockout Mountain oimpmeetlng association ot spiritualists. Tho Incorporators reside In Hamil ton, Knox and Shelby counties, Tennessee, and Pulaski and Fulton counties, Georgia. It Is rumored that W H Cherry, chief stockholder of the Nashville World, hu purchased tho Ameri can, and will consolidate tho two papers, Mtd dogs annoy the people of Polk oounty, Tenn, tosuch an extent that the county court hu been potloncd to tske steps for the protection of the public. Hon Thomu Hughes, MP, hu two sons, four nephews and a number of ooustna in tho English colony at Rugby, Tenn, Turner, tho Memphis, Tennessee, attorney gener at who got on a tear the other day and tnrned a houso of ill fame Inside oat, claims that ho wu not drunk, but drugged. South Catollna. Boxville, 8. C??? March 18,-Samuel R. Boyce, a German Immigrant, and It, C. Dorschsmoyer, a barroom keeper, got Into a quarrel over a drink lu Saturday and parted In anger. Yesterday the body of a man answering Boyce's description wss found ???even miles from here. There wero marks of vlo lence on hla head, and one of his can wu bitten or cutoff. Ho was quite dead when found, but the warmth of the body led the persons who discover ed It to bellova thst Ufe had not long keen ex tinct. When lut seen the deceued wuln company with a negro named Johnson, who hu fled. There is little doubt thst this negro killed Boyce for bis money. There seems little chance of Johnson's capture. Dailinoton, 8.0,, March II ???A gentleman Just from Cub???s Depot says he spent the night with Colonel E. B. C. Cosh, who convened freely about the latter's late trouble, lie seems very much de pressed and in bad health. Ho said in the conn# of the convcnstlon: ???My friend, you my I look well; I am not well by any means. 1 feu my dsys are numbered. Some Ume age I ruptured a blood vessel neu my heart and since then have never felt myself. No, I am fut felling and feu my end is not far distant. My lut week's experience hunot helped me much End I feel the had effects of the undue excitement. Of course, my enemies who want me dead, will be glad to heu that nature is llkelv to be my executioner before many months ???ball bavo passed. They would prefer to shoot hang me, tt Is true." Colombia, B. C??? March 90.???Colonel R. Briton Tollcron, a prominent lawyer and politician of San Francisco, bu been In Columbia for the put few days. He hu daring the put two months called upon upward of five hundred of the most promi nent public men In bis own state and In neuly all of the southern states. He says that he hu been enabled to ascertain the sentiment tn various'states touching the next presidential election. In Geor gia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky he found mony advocates ofTUden, many who think that the Ucket ot 1878 Is the only one which Is likely to be suecesful In the next can- test. "All these states," he said, "lean safelyclalm or Tllden." "Have you encountered anywhere any opposition to the old ticket, coloneir" I uked. Yes, I find In Louisiana and South Carolina a strong feeling sgatnat Tllden penontlly. In the former Hancock Is the favorite; in the Utter nearly everybody Is for Bayard. But! notice even fn thete ???UM a growing sentiment for the only Ueket thst can be elected, and when Use necessity for nominat ing Tllden and Hendricks becomes apparent the feeling will ripen Into genuine enthusiasm and nothing ean stem the onsrard march of oar partr to victory. Why I feel absolutely certain that nobody whom the republicans can poesfbly select u their nominees ean defeat the Tltden-Hcndricks combi* nation. Why, the ticket will be Invincible. There U something else I have observed, and It U not de void of significance J net now. I refer to the feeling which prrmtates tbe mass of democrats on tbe sub ject fil the Uriff. Nine of ten men with whom 1 have Ulked about It declare that the Uriff question should no} be made an issue fn the coming canvass; that ft should be left severely alone, beet nee noth ing can be done In this line at present. Many oat- spoken free traders bold this opinion. My own Idea U that the convention will not adopt any tariff plank In the platform. Prom what I hare non and heard Utely I fad certain of one thfng-Tildtn ttrfU be nominated by acclamation as soon u the con vention assembles. Thete won???t be any 'dark horse' In this rite.*." Boyxin. 8. C., Mitch 20,???A very cu ??? fousmarriage occurred hero thU morning. Mus Constance Bell, twelve yearsold. wu joined In holy wedlock to Dr. Juper Benson, eighty-four years old. The two hsd known each other only two weeks. Tne old gentlo- man wu sick at Mr. Bril's house, and Consunce came home on a visit from boarding school. She nursed Dr. Benson through a short but nvero spell of sickness and as toon u he got well enough to walk out the two went off together aud were mu. ried by a Methodic! minister. Dr. Benson Is said lo be very wealthy, owning two Urge orange groves in Florida. To the Und of tlowera the strangely matched couple have gono to spend their honey moon. The remarkable aBUnco UtheUlkofthe neighborhood. Curiously enough the girl's parents are wholly reconciled to the match. Dr. Benson's family for several generations back have been noted for longevity, HU grandmother lived to the ago of 102 and hu own father to the age of 103 years. Ue nsuta that he ts good tor twenty mare years. Columbia, March 21.???Rudolph and Champ Fits Patrick were barged this afternoon at Columbia, Adair county, In this state for the brutal minder of Miller Brewster. The execution wu witnessed by 8,COO persons. The condemned men seemed re signed to their fato. The scaffald wu a double one, and so arranged that both drops fell at tbe ume moment. The execution passed off quietly. Columbia, 8, C??? March 21 ???Thosute democrat- 10 convention, under tbo (allof Ibe state executive committee, will meet tn this place June 28. The objects ate the ncmlnatton of candidates lot elec tors for president and vleo president ot the United Slates, the election ol delegates to represent the ???Ute in tbe national democratic convention, the nomination ol candidates for governor,.lieutenant- governor and other sute officers, and the election of the sUte democratic committee. Each couutj will have twice u many delegates as it has repre sentatives and senators in the state legislature. Barnwell county, 8. C.,had 1U flrstcau of forci ble entry and detainer a few days ago. CapUin Lewis Jones U a candidate lor lntendant of Edgefield, 8. C??? on the temperance ticket. The work of digging crcloneplta is progressing rapidly In South Csroltna. 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IvANtiOE???By Sir Waller $$>U Oliver Twist???By Charles Dickens. Last of the Mohicans???By Fenimore Cooper. Swiss Family Robinson. Scottish Chiefs???By Jane Porter Each subscriber can choose which of these books shall oe sent to his address. After read- ing his own book he con lend to his neighbor, until each read all. A small circulating library can thua be established in each neighborhood. We earnestly recommend this plan. The books will bo'an ornament to any home. They are pure, strong, thrilling and ennobling. If yon bavo already sent in your subscriptions get yoar neighbors to join yon with 70 cts. each and order theso books. If yoar neighbors dont want to go in, order one of tne book* yourself. When they tee your hook they will then order another one. HOW TO CET THE WHOLE LIBRARY. Here Is oven a better suggestion, and one that covers tho wholo library. Get op a club of 10 subscribers at $1.00 each. Each one of you add 05 cents to tho $1.00, making $10.60 in all, and we will send 10 papers ono year and tho 10 books of the Constitu tion Library. To get advantage of this offer the 10 names and tho $10.50 must bo sent al one time and in ano envelope. Positively no variation will bo mado from this rule. BtJMMAnY OX* TXXHn BOOKS. ???IvanhOG.??????This is the noblest of tho Wavcrly novels. It is dramatic, stirring, histori cal, and deals with the crusades of tho Knights of Europe for tha lovo of Christ against Saladin and his followers. It Is a pageant of heroin battles, sieges and tournaments. Oliver Twist.???The neatest work of Dickens???full of humor and tho pathos of that matehlesa writer. Mothers and fathers the world over havo wept over the story of little Oliver. This book is a revolution. Swiss Family Robinson.???The adventures of a Swiss clergyman and hla family wrecked on a desert Island. The book ranka with fioblnson Crusoe, and shows what heroism and patience can do. The description of tho heme In tho giant tree and the adventures with strange animals is incomparable. Children Of tho Abboy,???Next to Robinson Crnaoo and one or two other book* more conics ot this pure, pathetic and noble story have been sold than of any other book printed. * Last Of tho Mohicans.???Of all tha Indian books, none equal thli in iptenso interest and beauty. Tho marvellous aklll and prowess of Hawkeye. the woodcraft of tho Indi ans, the desperate lights in the forest,???the lofty beauty of the whole book is worthy of Cooper and the Leather Stocking Tsljs ot which it is first and best. Robinson Crusoo.???Of this great book it la useltas to apeak. It is the clsssio of tha world. The man, woman or child who fails to retd it misses the rarest of treats. 20,000 Leagues Under tho Sea.???Tho sensation crested by this greatest ot??? Jules Verne???s works is indescribable. It is tho story of a man who Invented an elcctrio boat in which he lived under the ocean. Hta journeys under tho sea. his conflicts with submarine monsters ore of thrilling interest, and hold (he mind enchained. Pilgrim???S Progress.???Of this work of Immortal John Runyan we need say nothing. it should be on tho table ol every Christian home. ThO Scottish Chiefs.???The strugglesof Bruce and Wallace and (heir bravo compan ions is told by Miss Porter in a book of surpassing interest. Every page has its chapter of noble and heroio action. Tho Arabian NlKhtS.???The 1000 stories of Eastern magnificence and adventure are here envolumed and make enough reading for every night for a year. Those are hooks to be read aloud by any member of (lie family to alt tbe other*; they will interest ill and weary or nflend none. ??? ???,< unr% A WORD IN CLOSING ???' ??? **-*f??< J Now one word in closing to our readers. Every father wants to give his children the best advantages possible to his circumstances. Nothing improves young people so much as judicious reading. Nothing is pleosantc- for middle life or old age than the reading of interesting books. There is no amusement purer and more ennobling than to have the father or mother or one of the sons or daughter* read u chapter each night or two or three nights in the week, in the family. It is the earnest desire of the Constitution to give its readers all Ihe reading they want at lower prices than it can be had elsewhere and this we intend to do. We have boughflO.OOO copies of these books st one order. We get them cheaper by taking thia number at once and pitying cash than any hook store can get them. The regular price, aa you will see on the covers is $1.00 in New York???to which postage is added. We nil them to yon at cost price, adding simply the postage and cost of handling. Yon cannot buy them anywhere for less limn $1.15 delivered, and usually $1.4(f. They are printed on clear, big, new type and canb* read by old or young; und hound stoutly in black and gold cloth so that they will last. 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