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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS TUESDAY. APBIL 22. 1884 TWELVE PAGES.!
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vinegar of trade is often a vile an stomached I morrow, there is not a republican free trader
eating compound; the pepper in common I who would rapport lie candidate in pref-
011 it chiefly blackened flour; the candy that \ erence to the republican protection candi-
ANOTHBR ST. IK FUK TILD&N.
Our dispatches of yesterday brought the
ntws that Oregon bad instructed its delegates
to vote for Tiiden and Hendflcks. West Vir
ginia acted the day before and Instructed its
delegates for Tiiden. Distriot meetings held
in New Hampshire show that the granite
ltate ( wil! wheel Into the Tiiden ranks when
ita convention meela.
The Iowa countiea whicl| chose Tiiden
delegates yesterday are runners for what is to
follow from the west.
There Is nothing surprising in this. Mr.
Tiiden is the one man who can give certain
nud overwhelming violory to the democratic
party. He is the one man who can heal all
dissensions, subordinate all.militating Issues
to a commom patriotism, and unite all fac
tions.
He will be elected if he is nominated. He
will be nominated, if he lives to see the as.
???entitling of the Chicago convention, unless
he finally and irrevocably over his own name
declares to tho convention that ho will not
noeept the nomination under any circum
stances. '
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE,
The republican convention Is only about
six weeks ofT, and every Indication of public
sentiment within the pnrly is watched and
weighad and apeculated over. The canvass
on that aide of the house is in s very unset-
Ued condition, end it looks vory pinch as if
history Is about to repeat itself. Lincoln, it
Will be remembered, waa in 1800 the darkest
of dsrk hones. He was a surprise to the
party that had anticipated tho nomination of aotlon.
Seward or Chase. In 1808 it waa not known
whether Grant was a republican or a demo
crat. He probably did not know himself
down to s time very close to the meeting of
the republican convention. In 1870 Hayes,
without a national reputation, was taken,and
Grant and Blaine left. In 1880 Garfield,
Wbuae name had searoely been suggested as
a presidential aspirant, was nominated, lu
stead of Grant, Sherman or Blame. In 1884
Blaine, Arthur, Edmunds and Logan are
considered candidates, but it is becoming
plainer every day that no one of this quar
tette will control theoonventlon at the out.
set. Blaine will not be apt to havo more
strength than ha bad four years ago; Ar
thur'a. nomination,ia. now almost as iniprob.
able as Logan's, and Edmunds will have no
votes west of New York state. Thera is
therefore another promising opening for the
dark bone. It may be Kdmunds, who can
scarcely be said to be a formidable candidate,
or it may be a man, like llayes or Gartield,
who has not bsca regarded as more than a
presidential possibility. In the latter con
Ungency it will be exceedingly doubtful
where the lightning will etrlke. It might
atrike one of the Shermans, or Robert Lin
coln, or General Gresham, or General Haw.
ley, or one of fifty other expectant (talesmen,
including General Grant.
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FOOD ADULTfa RATION.
Tbrrs is no subject that more needs legis
lative supervision and a code of penalties
than the adulteration of food. Not only
should tbs manufacture of adulterated arti
cles ba prohibited, but their eale within the
state should be rendered impossible. This is
t matter in which the slate should protect
its dtirens, because the average citfxen ia
wholly unable lu protect himself. Very few
mm can tail bow much glucose has bean put
in the sugar or syrup that they buy, and yet
the j utting ol glucoee in such articles of
food is a double fraud. The purchaser is
thus induced to buy wbat ha does not want,
and he gets a product of low saccharine value,
much lower than tha price of ths sugarcane.
The dtisen cannot get sugar when he wants
sugar, nor pure syrup when he wants syrup,
unless the stats intervenes. And so it is
with a hundred other articles. When a man
buys olive oil ha gets at an elevated
price native cotton seed oil; in
the salt he buys he finds plaster of Paris; the
our children eat is rarely free of glucose and
white earth???bat there is no need of extend,
ing the list. Tbrongh the tridks of unecru
pulons manufacturers we eat wbat we would
detest if we knew its net lire, and wbat is
once unwholesome and a barefaced fraud. The
people are not chemists. They have no time
to investigate food adulterations, no means
ascertain the facts if they bsd plenty of time
in which to conduct an investigation. We
need for the protection of the people a sys
tem of jtenaitles and a system of inspection,
Let the penalty, at least for a second offense,
betkomething severer than a fine. Let the
grocer who buys adulterated articles, because
they bring in larger profits,understand that his
wicked profits are liable to become a source
of danger and loes lo him. The people of
other states are moving in this matter, end
the people of Georgia should take good care
that they do not become the consumers cf ar
ticles that are elsewhere rejected.
LAND P1RA TEH IN GEORGIA
The Albany Nows and Advertiser calls at
tention to a system of swindles that ought to
receive the prompt attention ol the state
authorities. Th??ee swindle] are a part of the
progeny of the wild laud frau-ls to which
public attention waa called in Ibtsa columns
several years ego, and which wore partially???
and only partially???remedied by subsequent
legislation. Ths Newsand Advei: i ter declares
that hardly a day passes thatsome fraudulent
transaction iu land is not reported, and the
difficulty is that there seems to he no remedy
for the serious losses which real land owners
anffer, Judging from the information
which our contemporary gives the purchaser
of lands is frequently a jiarty to the fraud
He wants the land only for
ths timber, anti be is not
interested in the character of the .titles.
Somelimes, indeed, the purchaser is the in
nocent victim, bat in either case the real
owner Is swindled.
Generally speaking, however, those who
want lands for the timber are not anxious to
scrutinize titles too carefully. He will pur
chase from one whom he knows to be a
fraudulent agent. This fraudulent agent has
a claim of titles, and these are sulficient. The
perohaeer takes possession of the land and
nses the timber. If the real owner happens
to set up his title to the property there ie a
delay in the settlement, and by the time the
genuine titles ere proven, the timber has die-
appeared, and the purchaser has secured ail
the profit from the laud that ho expected or
desired to.
The News sad Advertiser hints that some
of the titles by which this robbery of land ie
carried on, bear the impress of the great eeal
of the etate, and it .inquires how this Im
posing signature ia obtained. The inquiry
is a very important one. Here is a gang of
land pirates going about the state swindling
the people under the protection of a forged
imprenlon of thestate'e seal.
This whole business is Important enongh
to attract the attention of the state authori
ties. Let Governor McDaniel set in motion
an investigation that will unearth the land
pirates so that tho next legielature may have
definite information upon which to base
roada having a firm foundation and av even,
hard and lasting surface would be invaluable
Id this stale; becanee they would not only
atopjthe enormous waste in the transactien oi
farm business, hut they would induce immi
gration. Georgia has a vast qnanlity of an-
occapied lands, and a nigh degree of prosper
ity cannot exist in the state until
those lands are msde to yield
date; not one. The New York Times, one of
the moat eloqnent of the republican tariff
reformers, is already beginning to sneer at the
Kentucky statesmen; the Boston Herald,
which is in favor of wbat might
be called graduated free trade, ia opposed to
the Morrison bill on the ground that it Is I tribute to tho general wealth. Bat how can
not a tariff n form measure and that it is cal- we expect to induce the occupation of such
cuiated to obstruct and prevent genuine lands when the road to them in wet weather
tariff reform. The Chicago Tribune, which are impassable? At such times all business
is a free trade republican paper, is disposed between farm and town, really between
to be satirical at the expense of democratic! neighbors, ia either at a standstill, or else is
free traders. prosecuted at the expense of harness, vehl-
In short, there ia not the slightest evidence I cles and animals. To try to draw a full load
going to show that any republican free trader I over onr average roads in bad weather is aim-
best be remotest idea of voting for a demo- j ply to attempt the Imjtosaible. They areal-
err tic president. The free trade republicans I most impassable to teams without loads. The
are republicans first and free traders after- l soil is saturated with water, and In places
wards. They will vote for the party of pro- ???the bottom falls out.???
tecllon, and air their free trade theories in I There is no need of a continuance ot this
the magazines. I condition of things. The new law opens the
Bven Mr. Beecher, who ia a man of extra- nay to better roads. The ancient method of
ordinary independence, and who ia one of I working the roads should ba abandoned, aud
the meat enthusiastic free traders I the road tax should be paid as any other tax
n the wbole country, declares that it would I js, in money. The money thus realized
be a ???ridiculous and monstrous folly??? to ! should be used in inaugurating a new system
leave the repnblicsn party because it ???is yet I 0 f road-making. Let it be concentrated
blinded with protection.??? There are demo-1 the leading public road of the county, end let
crala of the Watterssn and Morrison variety I that road be made bard and smooth by the
who atfi willing to risk party success in behalf use of broken stone or other material, before
of a bill which represents a policy at pres- another road isselected to be improved. The
ent impracticable, but there are no republi- I ro ada that have to wait will not suffer; for
cans who are willing to vote for a democrat J the careless manner of working them that
as against a republican protectionist. I had been fallowed did them no good what-
8j far as The C'ohstitutjoh Is concerned, it I ever. Fulton county has adopted the new
doesn't hesitate to say that it prefers demo- system, and she will soon have hard roads
cr.itic success to the success of tho Morrison leading from the city to different points in
bill. With democratic snccess, the country t he county???s boundary lines. If the adjoin-
is sure of the administrative reforms which ing counties would take up the work where
republican corruption has rendered so nec-1 we leave it, their people would
essary; with the democrats in power all soon have suitable passageways to and
other reforms are postible. | (rom ma rket. What is being done In Fulton
W* have this week parsed the 20,000 mark can be done, in the course of time, in any
in our circulation. We are now an our way I county in the state. Tho law is now uraple
to 20,000, and we want to reach that point by j l?? r tbB purpose, aud all that is needed in each
the 1st of May. I locality are good management and a proper
Won???t you help? If you don???t take the appreciation of hard roads,
paper already, send up your subscription. If I Tbefarmeraof Georgia are deeply interested
you are already a subscriber, show your paper I * n this matter. The value of their property
to your neighbor and get him to subscribe. | depends upon it. They are heavily taxed in
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
The senate has now before it a bill to
establish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States. It is known
as the Lowell bill. It has been favorably
reported in both houses, and has once passed
theeenate. The bill constitutes the district
courts of the United Blates courts ot bank
ruptcy, with full powers. These courts are to I ??? ???* ??????
. , ... , , I beenuse we persist in wasting the rood-tax in
be always open, as well in vacation asin term 1 - *
time, money end opportunity by poor roads.
Poor roads wear out their stock, consume
their lime, destroy their social opportunities,
lessen their market chances, and wreck their
wagons and other material. The people in
the towns also suffer from the cessation of
trade and collections during bad weather. If
tho season is exceptionally wet the country
merchant ia sometimes rained, And all this
the old pioneer way, instead of applying it in
time, and to have power to compel obedienco ,, . ....
to all lawful order, and decree.; The circuit | thorough andpermenent improvem.nt of the
court in each district is given general super
vision of nil controversies in bankruptcy, I ???*? ????????? ???*
, , , . ., will demand for their own use and accom-
and a case may be heard in term time or 1
SEA ISLAND COTTON IN OBOIJGIA
A friendly little controversy between Kditor
Pendleton, of the Valdoeta Times, and the
editor of the Quitman New South, gives the
former an opportunity to present some inter
esting statistics in regard to the cultivation of
Sea Island cotton. The crop amounted to
10,018 bales in the season of 1808 0, The
season of 1800 7 the crop was 32,228 bales,
and for a period of fourteen years these
figures were not improved upon, but in
1880- 1 the crop reaobed 30,442. In
1881- 2 the crop waa 38,682. L ist season the
crop was 38,682 bales, sud it Is estimated that
the crop of the present season, which Is not
yet closed, will reach 27,000 bales, which Is
au average crop.
The price has averaged 30 cents a pound,
The lowest figure was 22 ccnlx a jtotiml and
ths highest $1.28. The average of production
lisa slightly increased during tho three last
seasons, bat there lias also been an increaso in
the average price. In view of these facta
Kditor Pendleton maintains that planters
have bad tho same incentive, ao far as prices
are concerned, and,thnt the planting of long
cotton has not fallen off on account of over
production. He also denies that 8ea Island
ootton can be produced in all parts of south
ern Georgia, for it that was the case, long
ootton would be raised lu that section to the
exclusion of the upland cotton.
He says tiiat upland cotton lands will not
produce the long staple. In the middle,
western, southern and northers parts of
Lowndes esunty the upland cotton Is grown
almost exclusively; but in the southeast
part of the oounty the Sea Island cotton lands
begin. The long staple will grow on some
lands, while other lands near by will not
produce it. In Echols county, the
island cotton ia grown to
the exclusion of the upland cotton,
and the same may be said of Hamilton coun
ty. In Florida, just across tha Georgia line,
in the section of country lying between the
southeast portion of Lowndes county end
Like City iu Florida, more than twenty per
cent of the Sea Island cotton of the world is
produced. AU theee;tscls are interesting, and
on that acoount ws are not aorrry that Kditor
Pendleton and his esteemed Quitman con
temporary are engaged in a friendly coniro-
veray in regard to the matter. It may be
that Brooks county cannot produce long
ataple cotton, but her cucumbers are as toag
and as as rank, and her watermelons as juicy
those of any other county.
DEMOCRATIC REFORMS.
On# of the favorite arguments ot Mr. Mor
rison and the Kentucky statesmen in behalf
the tariff bill which has
been Introduced in the bouse,
to the effect that it Ike democrats will
show that they are genuine tariff reformers
by exploiting and spouting about a measure
which cannot become a law even if it should
tfaa bouse, they will have no difficulty
in ripping up the republican party by attract
ing the sympathy and support of the repub-
lioan free traders. The argument would ba a
plausible one if it bad any basis, but it has
nothing to stand npon.
It tha democratic party shonld unani
mously agree upon a free trade platform to
rn odation good roads, it will not be long be
fore a man can travel easily and expediti
ously from one end of the state to the other.
Tennessee has a great many miles of hard
roads, and so have Kentnoky and Virginia,
and there ia no reason why the peoplo of the
vaoation, the court being deemed always
open tor the purpoao of such hearings. The
decision of the circuit court la to be final
unless there is a division of opinion
the court itself. Ths circuit courts shall
appoint such number of commissioners of. . . . ... .. ., , ???
bankruptcy in the judicial district, of their e ???P ,re ,????????? e of , tbe * ou h ,h ???????J. 0 ??? 8 "
respective circuit. may bo necms.ry, not ln tho mud 1)1 puslDg ,rom P?? lnt 10
to exceed in any state the numbed of. mem-1 polnt '
ben of congress to which the state is entt- I The Campaign la Opened,
tied, the district judge ot the district in each I The presidential campaign Is opening In spirited
case to bo ono of the judges appointing. No I ???We.
person shall be eligible to appointment as The first gun wUl bs fired In ten dara snd there
r ??? I will bocoastant fighting then till the great battle
such commissioner unless o practicing alter- on ^ M 0( NoTembcr .
ney, and such person shall give a bond of m this conteit Ths coNm-rono* will b?? the un
$6,800, conditioned far the faithful jwrforra-1 flinching, unwavering champion of democratic
ance of bis duties. As such commissioner he I principles. It will advocate tho nomination ol
shall ha w e the powers of a master ln cltan-1 Samuel J. Titden, because ho can heal all the dll-
cery. The circuit courts shall also appoint a *????????? ln ??? h ?? P*"?- weld * b8 '??????o'" t0 * elher f
supervisor in bankruptcy in each circuit, I thc P * f republican VhlcTe. 11
wboae duty it shall be to examine personally I?? Mr# wlll uot lhe nomla ??.
Into the administration of the bankruptcy I tion we are then for any democrat who can win.
proceedings iu his circuit, to move the court I We shall do onr part in whatever part ot thought
for aetion against delluquent trustees, and to I we aro east and under whatever leader,
visit and inspect the office of ovary clerk and I Y'ou cannot do without Thx Constitution dur-
commisstoner in bankruptcy in M3 circuit I Ing tho campaign I Every Intelligent man must
once every six mouthe. b " e ,he ??????*?? ??< I??? 1 * ?? od lln ?? 1 'O'* 010 ' ! No '
It t. Claimed that 1M. MU I. lost .ItV. I where will you get It so promptly, ??o tully, and
It is claimed that this bill is just mike to ro cheaply as tu Ttta Wz??ki.y Constitution. Bub-
creditor and debtor, that it takes bankruptcy lcribt onc( i Tbe axhx u already opened and
jiroceedings out of politics, and reduces the I things are goulcg warm.
delays and expenses of such proceedings to a I ???
minimum. Tbe costend fees of assignees and _ CONORS#* and the tarifp
1 The house of representatives is now con
receivers of the law of 1807 form no part of the . ... ??
bill now before the senate. It is undoubtedly ,ideri ??? g ?? tari ? 1 , h ??? engaged In
the best bill ot it. kind before congress, and this bueines. for some time, and it is not too
if the,, is need of a general bankrupt law it -?????1?? >??????7*^
should undonbtedly be adopted. But it it
by no means clear that publio sentiment
demands such a law. The eastern states
have long wanted a bill that would
overcome state insolvent laws, Including, of ??? , . , .. .... , , ..
course, their preferenceeof home creditors, | f. ,t,??
but the west end south have not, so fir at we
plained and unexplainable ardor of tbe men
who concocted tbe scheme, that it has un
necessarily interfered with the harmony and
discipline of the party. That it has not been
the means ot creating a party scandal is not
have observed, clamored loudly forsucha
bill, The stele Insolvent laws are, however,
very conflicting, and they carry relief tool
debtor only as against the creditors of his
own state. They are powerless beyond the
state???s lines. If, therefore, a thoroughly just
who have constituted themselves the wet
nnnrs of tho bill.
It is claimed that this measure???the Mor
rison bill???will reform the present taiiff; but
is there any reform in it? Is it even a step
in tbe direction of genuine tariff reform? Is
it really intended to reform tbe tariff? The
. hll . h * bill was.concocted, it is said, bv Mr. Morrison,
general bill can be had, it will undoubtedly | ^ wc ??? kjjown ^ Mr . Morri ??? n
receive the (auction of all business men.
The Lowell bill is, it is claimed, such a bill.
If it is not, it certainly can be shaped aright
before it reachee a final vote in the two
houses. It deserves, in other words, consid-1
eratton.
is not pleased with it. Hesaysit dossn???tgo
fsr enough. He desired to cater to the views
ot various members, and he admits that be
has framed a compromise bill rather than a
mesenieto reform the tariff in the interest!
of the taxpayers. But since it was well
known that no measure looking to tariff rc-
Ttie-Coustltutson Library.
We call special attention lo the advertisement ot I folm won ) d be permitted by the republicans
.W ,???C;: ???H ,0 become a law, why did not Mr. Morriron
We have caratully earned the* books and draft tbe bill so that it would represent the
boarUly approve wtut Is said In the advertisement I principles of genuine tariff reform in the in-
They are latge. handsome books printed tn clear I tercet of the taxpayers? When be admits
type on fine paper, and am ofiTeted at half the I that the bill does not represent bis real
price they command iu the bookstores. The Eng-1 v | ews he admits that be has been governed
Ush language doee not (arobh ton morointeresilng I b CODsidt ??? t | ons ot policy. Admit-
or entertaining books than tho* contained ln this I / ... . ???, . .
library. Kach ouc It a masterpiece and l* a rvvtU- tln ?? thlf ?? h ?? ma8t * d ???
lioaof delight aud entertainment. I uU the reajonablencas of the petition or
No reader will risk anything In ordering onelol I tho* who have opposed his bill on groands
these hooka He wtu find It worth double tho I of policy alone. Under all the circumstances
money It ocat, and a pcipeluil pleasure ln his I WCi M democrats, ere very much interested
household. We recommend them sincerely as pure, t??? knowing just what degree of tariff reform
elevating tad IntertsUng books, aud sold at prices | ^ mrtUoa bill wou ld bring about if it
should become a law.
ROAD-MAK1NO IN OBOROIA. | , That our present tariff needs to be reformed
that are amastngty low.
The older etatrs of the northwest are be-1 D0 sensible man wilt deny; but how and
ginning to appreciate good roada. They are I w hen shall this reform be made, andjhow and
studying road-making in earnest, with a fall I w hcn shall such reform be put in operation?
determination to put an end to tha patching I j t may safely be raid that no reform bill can
up procesa that is simply a waits of time and I he made from the standpoint of the whisky
money. Ths rich, black soil of such estate I r j njf; ud f or two reasons:
as Illinois presents mere difficulties to the I pint, because any reform that the repre
road-maker than the soil of Georgia I E ??ntativcs of ths whisky ring may propo*
does, and ths determination to secure good I w m be in tha interest of ths lutsrnsl nvenne
roads in the former stats grows undoubtedly tyttem. That ayitem was invented by the ^
out of the plain neceasitira of the case. But) republican? during the Ar to TtiJO money 1 jj, b.. cboeoolocco. Ala.???What entities it city
outside of ail constitutional provisions and to be tbe capital of the state? What standard pat-
cot note book In rioting schools? Where can I
limitations. | g ,, t jtr Is Bsbuock d Co , of Centerbrook, Conn., a
Second, became no reform that looks to a 'cltzbleflrm? .. .. .
. , , , . ,., . ., . . I Accaistbllity.rqnablecllmare.Boodscconimo-
homonlel reduction of the tariff Inaugurated I dr-lonr. 2 The gem ofgems. 3 Any book store,
hy the repablisans can be right, unless we We do not know. .....
' L. L , Bockmsrt Ga.: Wbat par cent of salt does
are willing to admit that the republican tariff I w( . mter contain ? Where U tbe Bead sea. and
ia ten or twenty per cent wrong, aa tbe easel j Vba . t ??????*? lb ! oveiflowof the
v , J r I Nile? When did cotton culture first become prof*
may he. liable? Wbat 1s the prevailing religion of South
The truth is???and it cannot be disgnised I America?
by any sort of shuffling or evaslon-tbat the ???** d,rtd8d l**'' 10 '*???
it, , r ??? ..... I solidity of which varies from 25 per cent off the
tariff reform proposed in the Morrison bill is 3l y 0 j jj ???D |. a ] [0 -3 p er ceu t j n the Mediterranean,
simply what the members ot tbe whisky ring Xbe average la SiJ* per cent. 2 In tho aoutheast
think is needed to keep the present monopoly I of Palestine at the mouth of the River Jordan. It
on whisky. Carlisle was elected on this kind I is so called because of tho absence of animal or
of tariff reform, and bo ahaped the committee I vegetable life about lu shores or in tu waters. The
on ways and means in that interest. That o' 11 ? P??? n ' ollmporunco growing on IU banks is
the tree that bears theapolea of Sodom, which are
committee reported the whisky bill in ??? be I fl 1Ied wlth flbr0 and dart. 3. Tbe annual rise of
hope that it would meet favor > n I the Nile la ono of the physical marvels for within
the house, and the democrats I ??few hour, of tbe same time It has risen every
who fought for it did so under tbe guise of I year within a few Inches of the same height fo
tariff reformer!. Such a bill could not have I centuries. The cause is ot coarse tbe equinoctial
come to the house with an honest committee r ?? los - *??? About 1SS??, when gins first became in
to handle it. In reporting the bill, the mem- 8e J n ";??e,fflc, G.--W111 tbe govemmentpay
hern of tbe committee were hoodwinked by U contractor for carrying the mail for the eonfeder-
lobbyists in the interest of the whisky ring. I ate states during the war?
Those interested were fatly notified when it sUreritor! Pin. ????. ???.??????W^t'denr,urination
was to be considered, and were on band to I has the largest white membership in the United
help it through the house. I Ht ??tea, and iu Georgia? ???
They failed, and their failure is due to the ??????? M???$ ,n lhe t7nlted 8 ??? attl ??? ??? d ,beB ??? p -
bouor and integrity of the good men in the I \y C D, Fort Worth. Texs*:???Please tell mo how
boose, who met it as it ought to have been I to conducta heaery, or give me the names of seme
met, and handled it as it ought to have been p \ r . t,M who b " e , b f en iu tbe , ???'"/??????'f; ???
??? ??? ??? uccu ??? Your question is too general. Writeto Cominis-
handled. Let those men who are earnestly Ioncr Henderson lor his ???Msnursl on Poultry.???
n favor of tariff reform lay aside all such | jmo, Crcswell, Ga:-Please Inform me where
schemes ns tho Morrison bill and look boldly *JSreh ??uth wm ???ew' Melbo,11 * t
to a proper reform of the tariff when it can Petersburg, Va., ln 1846.
be made without detriment to the pnblio ser-1 w r L., Cross Plains. Ala:???I wish to know lithe
vice and in the Interest of the whole people. | ?L??e _ noVh??^mhhi b,ma ,m>
We are not acquainted with the standing of the
party in queation. A a a general rule advertisers
ECHOES FROM THB PEOPLE.
H., Oak Bower, Oa.: Where can I get a pocket I offer something immense for nothing, almost
map of Goorgin, showing all the countie*? I ??? . v7
Order it from aay Atlanta book.toro. % nothingwillbear watching.
t * i?? fn.n I D. E. B, Thornwrille, Ga.???What is being done
rJnna hifiA fiTiEJi I lhe peUJrB p * rk company? How many acres
owaptn7 * bl]1 * *??? ued ,a lb60 1 does it contaiu ? Has work been actually atarted?
negotiable? I W hen will tho first sales occur?
They are of no value. I Two landscape engineers from Cincinnati have
examined tho property and will make plans. Mr.
name of the man who made 5100,C00 in ten ycara I _ ??? v
planting goobers near Montgomery ? I Barrett, of New York* who laid off Pul)man (
Write to C. B. Lewla, Free Press, Detroit, Mich. I J *F Gould end W. B. Dinsmore's grounds and is
Our article waa condensed from a letter written by 1 1 famous landscape engineer, bss been engaged
him from Montgomery. 10 look 0Ter tho ground!. He will reach Atlanta
R: W W??? Atlanta, Ga-1. Can ibort-band bo ac-1 Monday next. The plana that look best will be
qulted without much expense? 2. Is It very re-1 adopted. In the meantimo Mr Robert Clayton la
tiuraerative? 3. Can It be lcarctd without a tu- I laying It off in lquires of ICO feet. 2. It has 1S8
, country acres or 217scresot20a.i200 feet. The first
callef'M T e.: W " ^ rBM ^ni G.???-A^??e*d1.nterUta
catted uts mtii ooy or ineiiainair very different notion, on ibe.ubj.et, you will plea*
In boyhood be lived in a wooded country, called I h(at0 the cause of the noise called ??????thundor,??? lm-
tho slashes,??? because the woods bad been cut I mediately following a flash olllghlnlng.
and slashed as It were ln spoil. Ho wss ln tho I A good authority rays that the thunder which
habit of riding to mill, and there two ctrcnmslan-1 acccmpahlea the lightning, and the snap attending
ces won lor Mm tho name of ???mill boy of the slash. I the electric spark have not yet bean satisfactorily
os.??? and In his brilliant but nnsucceuf at preslden- j accounted lor. Both, no doubt arise from a com-
tlal candidacy It aided blm greatly with tho [ motion of tho sir, brought about by tho passage of
masses. I electricity, but It Is difficult to understand how It
M. J. 8.. Msxey's, Ga.???Is 'boro a premium offerj I takes plaoe. Even If this difficulty were cleared,
I flntf wlle^or such 0 coins? eri? 11 *?? ??? uld there still rem.in. the long rolling ol the thunder.
Prices fluctuate. The following ate the highest ????? d Its rising and falling to account lor. The echoes
quotations ao have seen for old halves and qusr-1 ,ent between the clonds and tho earth, or between
tors: Hall dollars. 1794, flowing hair, fair, ,3 60; I ?? b J???f on tho earth's turf.ee, may explain this to
1721, flowing hair, good, 85: 1793. Allot bead. 16 ???? m ?? extent, but noi lu'ly.
stars, 820; 1796. fillet head, 16stars, 820; 1707, Allot
head, 15 stars, 820; 1801. fillet head, $3 50; 1802, ill.
let bead, 83 <0; 1815, head to leit, good, 83,50; 1815,
head to 1.Ft. fine, 85; 1836, liberty cap, milled
edge, 82; 18%, liberty cap, milled fine, $150; 18 8,
liberty cap. having ???0" marked under head, $7;
HR SHEFFIELD BOOM.
IThat Mr. O. A. Gslilar. Says ot It-Aaswors t* Masr
Questions Is a Sk srt Way.
Mr. C. A. Collier, well known as a conservative
and clear headed businessman, aald yesterday.-
isos Ilk???to an. ISM Iih???r. low An. I "Wethall have to taka advantage ol the columns
01 *??? Co!,n ??? Ti o**. n . ????????**???????????????
S! 50; quarter dollars, 1796, fillet head, lair, |2;
17(6, fillet head, good, $3.50; 1804, fillet head, fair
$1.10; 1804, fillet bead, good, 82; 1823, head
!??, .. ,e,t j f 1 , 5 ???, ??? r 1 ! 28 ???,,. b ?I? I Tuscumbta, Montgomery, Mobllo and Palma, but
1 ??? to lmpomlblo to anawer rach man separately, ??
that nave accumulated ln regard to Sheffield, tha
new north Alabama telly. Wa bave headqnartcra
I f?? r Information ln Atlanta. Nashville, Memphis,
I n'm-oiimUn MnnlWAmSP* MnMlfl ansi Salma hut
I great la tha lateral! taken ia the matter. Bo we
head to lelt,good; 1853, liberty seated, without
arrows, 88. While the* price, have been quoted | toreugh THTc"oVni'r7rto2
recently ln the newspapers It decs not follow that 1
they can now be obtained. Watch for a coin
dealer's advertisement,
Minnie B., Pino Log, Ga.???"Cncte Remus" isJocl
Chandler Harris. He lives fn Atlanta.
When does the sale take place????
It bailna on May 8lh and lasts several lays.???
How will It be condnoted????
In tbe fairest and most open way. Not a single
??? ??? _ . _ - lot will bo sold at private Bale. The lots, as platted,
A. O. 8??? ThomABtoo, Ga.???Where ia Lula Hurst? I _i,h
Has Charlio Ro* ever been found f I will bo kept up at auction and tola without prefer
1. At cedartown. 2. No. It le believed that he once or prejudice. Each bidder will stand on the
wm killed by bis kidnappers. I ** ,no J**?????**
Miss D. A. W., Charlotte, N. C.???Were yon not I ???Whst will be the terast
mistaken in saying that Kolomou's templo cost I "We will tik only one-fourth cash and the bel-
thtrty-flve billion dollm? Whet wt* the popula-1 ance in two, threo end four years. Our object in
tion of AtlRntsin lbC07 I soiling for so little cssh is to ellowthe buyers ta
our authority t. tho Union Bible dictionary, 2,1 kfep * k( , bulk of , helr monoJ (or bullllIcr where
, 4 ' ^ I a man with s thousand or k> dollars cannot afford
L. H C . Bald 8pring, Ga.???Do your bookwllers I ___ . Kl _ #lm . Ktftl -
keep Carptmter???s E?ssy on Alcoholics in Dlseano 1 10 cash for his land and st the same time build
and Health? What do you think of the National I a house, wo tako only ono fourth for tho land
Surgical Institute iu your town ? What railroad In ???d let him put the Kit ol his money in lmprovo-
Georgia is making tho most money? Intents."
1. They will order it for you. 2. It is on admim* I "WUl there be large attf ndanco at the sale????. .
Tb ?? ??7SMT2asfiStfaaf w. iwti
K H T, Villa Ktca. Ga ???What la tho Increare I aimed specially to avoid making It anything ola
tn Atlanta s protwrty this year, and how I f to iio, or attracting tho crowd that neually goes on,
much ia new buildings and bow much (Imply 1 excursions. We will have a big crowd but It will
lucrcawd aaressmentson old property. I be a crowd of earnest and qnlctbmineu men look.
The tax assessor'i books J nit closed show the I tog lor homes andinvestment. '
??? crowd? Thositeof
-.. ??? io tho opinion of
property) to be $!,219 848. Ol tblsamount $1,442,- I everyone who bassccn it. an Ideal site lot a elty.
eoo represenu new buildings or improvemints and | It la tbe most beautiful spot I ever saw. The bluff
???rvtsu rofirunnti Ini-reared a.nonm.nts ??? n | Is from 25 to 195 feet above the Tennetaeo river,
8,,6,618 represenu Inc reared aoicisments on I wh loh la hall a milo wlae at tbi?? point. Tho
proporty that has Increased value because of I ground is ro-llng, with noblo Irreh growth, the
?????????? s-v.w-w??. ??.v-w.v ws * (niuuu in iii iiuKi wiiu uuuiu mru uuniu, tun
Improvements msde uesr It. The in creese | climate is delightful, without the possibility of
^sfe'^rr 11 ^^.^ 0141 lu I ^ft,rssT^
. ??? _ ??? ??? , .. Ingham or Chatunooga, Its nearest rivals, ills
clem F??? Mill Town, Ala ??? Please give me tho I as near the coal and Iron fields as they are???Is
alse of the standing army and navy of each of the I neater 81. Lcnls. the great Iron market, and has
following nations: United state., France, Great I the advanuge of rlvor transportation direct to.that
Britain, Geiman empire and Russia, and cost ol I city. A considerable trade lsalreadydono by the
~tch. I river. When SneflUcld Is at work and the new
United States 20 914 men ln regular army, cost-I railroad is finished, the river trade will betm-
I., lnn ru.n.v.ua vcarela and s fm m.a menso. Iron, lumber, and other products will be
Ing 837,082. 735. navy 146 vessels and 8,t84 ???,. n t by water to at. Louis and the produets of tho
e-rsllng $14,077,974. France-The regular army I west broughl back by boat to be distributed by
170 0 0 nun, coating $100,007 (23: navy 226 veiaela I Sheffield merchants throughout the south. As a
and 50,6.7 men, costing $33 178.699. Great Britain M ^ Wi'nXl
hu 19 ,8(0 men le the regular army, costing $142,-1 healthy homo, 1 do not think it wtU bave an
036 975; fhe pavr baa 531 vessels and 81,44? men, I equal.???
trr, j ,-. rwr rummr-uiu rjn mr n in ih?? I "la lhe road fiolthcd to tbo coal and Iron field????
costing $56,445,000, GermMy-419,650 men ln the ?????? u B , aaed about twentf mlle , lv|llch uriI( ., it
reguler army, costing $92,572,403; the navy baa to the coal and Iron Hold, and the track U laid
64 vetreU and 8,051 men, coning $1,192,325. Buttla I about eight miles. More than 1,000 bandsare now
ha, 787.9C0 eoldleis ln Ute regnlar army, J watoBlratofbam???! d Tbe remp.n ???h2t bS!?<L J tbU
$144215.615; the navy baa 233 vesrelaand 80,039 1 road owaelargclyn! the stock in Bbeflleld???tbe ner,
men. costing $20 030.704. Tbe cost ln each case lor I sonelle of the two companies being virtually lden-
one year. I teal. Tbe men who control tbe Memphis and
W I Phseinrlon M-dil and Iha IrsiCPanviAMJiAa^^l
Grant's residence. 2. None hu been made that we I sud a river which lead* from Its wharves to tho
??? , I water ways of the world.???
know of. I "Wbetbas been dono at the new city????
A. A. V . Broad. Ga.: Where Is Jersey Island, I "Practically no hutldtrg. We have refused all
the home ol the famous ???Jerseys???? I applications for lota, br
It Is the largest end most important of the I {* d *??? *' 0 ??? mB ??? ??? . .
... , . ,k- vn.tt.k nk.??. .11 bare had aecore ol buildings put no, but we de-
Channel Island!, lying tn the Bigllsh Channel I termluLri not tn tUrt unlit we were reacy. We
fifteen mttea from France, and belonging to Great I hare had the rfl7f??f<! off in the bast style aud un-
Britain. Fine cows, pretty women and French I thodliectton of an accomplished engineer.
I.. ..II- ,k?? khi.rk-k.inot> or n. I Thewbolesituation was surveyed, and the plan
noblemen lu exile are tbe chtel products ot the I ot , h0 cI ,j ; a t u comnictecess drawn ont before
' le. I anything was done Th?? beautiful park was lo-
M. B, Atlanta, Ga.-l. Wbat Is "potsherd" and I eyed-the site for the big hotel, the denote, the
wbat ia "pertwtnale???? 2. Who was the wile of I eburehea schools, e c.. settled on, the htll for the
James 1, ol England? J. How old U Bob Lincoln? I warnrwotks rerervotr picked out, and then the
1. Hereafter we do not propo* to answer qnee- lid^ cS th???? lou'???? bfc?K
tions which contd be settled by a glance at Web-1 each block with a street on each side,
iter???s Unabridged, but ta this instance aaexcep-|??na Intersected with crewed alleys, so that etch
. k,???k>??? I lot wilt have an alley to the rear side and ho
tion Is made. Potahetd D a fragment of a broken I acomer lot We have a lore* of aeversl
pot, and periwinkle may be eltber a shell fish or a I mini red men at wotk on the site ol the town at
dnwery plant. 2. Atrne ol Denmark. 3. Forty-I Pr *enj. and shaU keep them there until cur plans
I are tally carried onL We have the tfm for a beau-
ve - I nful, plea*ntand proeperonseiiy. We are eofee
E B. T., Italy, Texai???Wbat proportion ol onr I to make a great city out of it. Onr company has
population lseDgaacd in agriculture? What state I all the money that is needed. It is made np in the
has the largest number? I main of strong men. and men who leok a long
1. The census shows that 7,670 498 people ln Ute I ahead.
United States are sctually engaged la agricultural
work. Tbls Is a trifle over one-efxth ot the entire
population. 1 Illinois bss more people at wotk
farms than toy ether state, 436.871. Georgia
oomes next with 432,264; then Ohio, 197,495: New
York, 377,460. Pennsylvania hu 101,112, and Tex-
282,817, end Indiana, SIAM; Alabama, 280,-
W>
Adair of this city. We have had a fine litho
graphic map of the site prepared, showing the loca
tion r.f ths pork, the streets, ths reservoir, the ho
tel, the Important bnUdirgs. We have added to
title map a short description of the city, its advan
tages, its outlook and the purposes of the company.
This gives eietty much sir the Information that Is
needed, Wo Wot teutitt to snyooo who writes for