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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, f l UESDAY. APBIL 29.1884- TWELVE PAGES.
THE CONSTITUTION.
???id in 1881-82 it exceeded 87,000,000 bushels.
I English writers claim that, since the extern
I ?? on of railroads in India, that country can
???lone meet the entire British supplementary
m.11 matter, November 11, 1878.
Wcektr C...ttt.tt.. ???!.*?? Per <??????.
demand. The Chicago grain men are more
ATLANTA, OA??? APRIL 29. ISM
Clubs oi live. 11.00 eaeh: clubs of too, 11.00 each I n c n ned jq g i Te heed to facta from Inslia and
...d.coprtoihoaetmrupolUuU ??? Australia than to the statements andopln-
ions of the secretary of state. It is now
1 practically oonceded in the northwest that if
plant CO'ION. . j the cost of growing wheat In tbto country is
Cotton ??? has advanced so lately that I no j reduced to a minimum, there is great
it now commands a fair price. The I daDger that w hcat growing in India will be
farmers, however, bate disposed of their I a t| ro ulated until it becomes very formidable,
crop and will not get the benefit of the pres-1 ^ ba h esr troth la, wheat will be raised In im-
ent high rate. There is a way that every I me nse quantities in India if the priceof wheat
man can get a good, remunerative price for | exceeda one dollar in this country.
bib crop Ihia year. Let the farmer go to a
country.
These and similar facts go to show that
good, reliable comraiaaion merchant and aell I a j( er a j| the beat exporteropthis country baa
the number of bales he expects to make, aay | or w [[j have grows not in the northweat, bat
for November or October. He will get about ln the natb , The latter ia not, it is tree, a
H>X net for It, and can make money planting food cropi bat , t la nevertheless one that the
cotton at that price. The farmers of the I wor j d needs and will pay well for, and that
south can raise no mors remunerative crop I cinU ot bo profitably raised In large quant!
than cotton at 10 cents per pound, but of | t[ei iu ot | )or countries,
course we muit insist on hia raising all the
provisions needed. A farmer who buys hay,
corn, and bacon, wilt never get along In any
TILDBN AND VICTORY.
Our co n temporaries of the *uu>hern press
country, bntbacan, by raising these for hi I do TnaCossTirimow too much honor in cred-
borne auppty, moke money if he can got 10 itlnguswitli.tartlngtheoverwl.elmlngmove-
cents per pound for ootton as hia surplus I ment for Samuel J. Tilden for president.
We were early to see that tiie name, pres-
The farmer, in Georgia, working on this Ugeand resources of Mr. Tiiden were neces-
aoggeetioa, could be independent in a few ???T oni '?? ?? h ?? f ?????? lon " of tbe democratic
years. No part of America poetesses met W.tallH dissension*, subordinate irri-
advantage, to the agricultural classes, and issue, to mi essential end common pur-
while we always Insist on pl.ntingeomethlng F*??. and replace lie dour, ?? and dlstnctiona
to eat, don???t forget to make yonr surplus crop I ***** enthusiasm. Wo were early to see that
by planting cotton.
THB SITUATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
The Charleston Newe and Courier has taken
tbe trouble to inveetlgate the reports which
have recently appeared lu the New York Bun
and other quarters concerning the starvation
of tbe iieople in certain districts of South
Carolina. It appear! that tbe sltuatiou has]
been grossly exaggerated, not to serve a sen
sational purpose, but through mistaken mo- J
Uvea of philanthropy. A tender-hearted
lady, whose instincts run towards charity,
has been imposed upon by people of whom
tbe petty was hopelessly split on issues that
were for the time irrelevant; that a wild and
reckleea clique, .Inflamed with passing trl
nmpli, was aggravating this division, and
that a national triumph, a practical certainty
a few monthsjbefore, was rapidly beoomlng
i til possibility.
In this emergency, we turned
i tbe great and Invincible leader
of democracy. We felt that in his
name tbero was the prestige of victory, and
in hia matchless leadership the assurance of
victory. We felt that he was bigger than
platform and that democrats of all opinions
wonld rally to bis call. . Wo
she made inquiries. The result of these in
qulrira wm embodied in a letter to the I JEfjj bo'would'.grM lo"cirry the demo'
New York Bun. and the publication of that I cra u 0 standard, the democratic army would
letter caused the Newe and Courier to love.-1 once more ln ??? cb lhouW#r ,| 10ulderi
tigata the matter.
The condition
of the people Id
. in
Invincible array.
Events have proved that in calling for hia
South Carolina appears to be as com-1 n0B lnetion, we simply apoke the will of the
forlable ea Ur. condition of the people of damocra0o mu3M . wherever they have
other states. A great many of them are had the chaDce to ipeak th ??? bavo but
harmecd by debt,, II,n lew. and theueuriou. ecbood Ma caI1 . In WrotVirginl. the con-
and extortionate charges of provision titer
clients, and no donbt some of them find it
vention instructed Its delegates to vote for
Tilden end Hendricks. In Oregon the same
difllcult to mike toneue and buckle meet. I m.tructiona were given. In Iowa the county
Bat nobody, to far as (lie correspondents ol I m eetlngs were overwhelming end unanimous
tho Newe and Courier can discover, Is In f or Tilden, and a solid Tilden delegation woe
danger of aUrvalion. There have been .uf- alected . In Pennsylvania, while the deleg.,
feeing and lots aa tbe result of some of the Uon wai initruottd , or jUntUU, who has for
recent storms, bat this .uttering and theta yea ??? been Mr. Tilden 1 . warmest and moat
losses have been confined to Individuals and fa |,hful friend. It Is perfectly well underalood
are not general. that jj ^ f or Tilden if he will accept the
It would be aihgular indeed if tho farmera nomination,
of South Carolina were In such poor plight T he Monde of other candidates may do
aa has been represented, while their neigh- tj, 0 | r beat to argue these facta away. But
bora in other nates are getting along comfort- they aro convincing. Mr. Tilden la making
ably, or are on tho high roud to prosperity. no campaign. It la not even know* that he
We are glad to know that tho reports as to ???m accept tho nomination if it la tendered,
tbe condition of things in South Carolina I Anil yet the conventions of West Virginia,
have littleorno baele. ^ I ftEd 0 f Iowa, and of Oregon???far removed
THR orbkly RSLllH EXPEDITION. I from each othor and subject to different iu
Tbe Bear has already sailed for the regional llucncee???epeak one voice and call lor Til-
of ice, and the Thetis and Alert will sail | den, the great andaogacious leadur.
We repeat what we said more than a month
ego. There aro bnt two things that can pro
vent Mr. Tilden 1 , nomination and election
to the presidency of the United States in
1881. One of these it hie absolute refusal to
next week or very soon afterwards. The
Alert wat-the gilt of tho British government,
and all the vessels are adapted to and fitted
up for a battle with all tbe difficulties that
are enoountered ln the polar regions. Whero
these Teasels will find Lieutenant Ortely and I accept tbe nomination made over his own
his party, or whether they will be found at name lu ?? formal letter to eome formal body,
all, is now a problem that millions of people I The other la???death.
me studying and waiting: to see aolvod. The TH|( confederatb soldiers' HOMS
I???Y.y ????? ??>' The movemeut to build and endow home,
told, detailed from the regular army for duty th , dlaabltd con(fderate M , dIera ha ,
th ? ??? c ?? r ??*: Th, T "?? n ??? u> W .truck a re.pou.lve chord In tho heart, of the
Franklin bay In the eutumer of 1880 to take of ^ , ectiaD1 and botb
observations n accordance with a Men who wara promlnellt leada ??? ot tha
foolhardy and fruitless scheme devised by | uo | ou armies???men who give (ores and dl
the International polar commission. If the I rectlon t0 rppubllcall oplaion at lh , n<mh
commander followed his instructions he left
his station in Lady Franklin bay before the
have joined those who wore tha gray and
manifest a patriotic and eager interest in the
first day of last September, and tho relief ma (i,i r , Wo use the word "patriotic" in its
Ship, may therefore Had him at on. of the b | gh ??? t and IU0at (nobUDg KDIt . X hey ra-
tupply statlone ou the ooast of Grioneli Lend I cugn | fa tba (aot tbat tbe un f or t una te men
01 ** Littleton Island, If the party !*i I whose condition eslle for succor areAmeri-
periehed from famine or cold, it U very q{ thoM wbo , ouht
ilkelythatnolr.ee will be found ol them; I tbe , r , ntbua | Mm |, whet ,
for the task of aearobtng beyond Littleton
Ieland will be attended with innumerable
difficulties and dangers. The reliel expedi
tion sails, however, with every advantage
that experience can euggeat. It goea ln time
to take advantage ol every opening In the
toe-fields, every opportunity that tbe
abort artllo ??? summers may present;
the efUcera fully understand the task they
have undertaken, and the crews have been
carefully selected. If the Ortely party are
not elsewhere found, the relief party will
ted not more by the impulses of charity than
byadeetro to recognise that principle ol
brotherhood which, enduring as tbe bills
themselves, biude tbe American people
together.
There is no doubt aa to the success of the
movement. Tbe enthusiasm of those who
represent northern sentiment has a aubatan
tlal purpose behind It; and tbe extent and
keenness of It wilt not be without its Influ
ettce in southern communities. It has al
ready induced those who inaugurated the
beyond doubt exhaust every obance before I movement to enlarge its scope and widen it*
they abandon the effort to reach tho metereo-1 purposes. The plan, aa at lint cone,ived.
logical ilation in Lady Franklin bay. Mll-
i modestly confined to a desire to build
Hone of people ere wishing them succets in I and en dow a home for disabled confederate
their brave. Hurt to rescue from the region! LoMi.ra at Hlchuiond, but the hearty at.
of cold the men whom the government In a Kroval with which tbe project has been re-
moment of weaknee. aeut on a cruel aud ???|??? d M 0 ,, r (he coontry has Induced the
needleoe mission.
central committee, which lias direction of
the matter, to revise the original conception,
It is now proposed to build a borne for dis
abled confederate soldiers at Jlchmond aud
THU WHEAT PROBLEM.
The surplus wheat in the country at the
end ot tbe coming crop will probably exceed
300,000,000 bushels; and upon the marketing I Atlanta, and this plan will meet tbe hegrty
of this aurplus, at fair prices, depends to a I approval of those most iutereeted. The vet-
great extent tbe general prosperity of ell I erane for whose benefit tbe homes ere to be
branches of business. The official reports I built ere scattered ell over the south, aud a
just sent to tbe tenets by the preiident in re-1 home at Richmond, however comfortable,
lation to the probable requirements of Eu-1 would be inaccessible, so to speak, to a large
rope are reaaauiing, If it were not for tbe feet I number, who are too old to contemplate
that official reports areas liable to err as those placing any considerable' distance between
of an unofficial nature. The secretary o( I themselves and their present eased.tions.
state says that tbe stock of wheat in Europe, I A home in Richmond end another in At-
at the dose of 1888, was no larger than tbe I lent, wonld make whet promisee to be a most
(lock at tbe close of the previous year; end I notable American charity acceeaible to every
then be adds: ???The most liberal allowance I section of the south. There is another view
for tho wheat output necessary to the world's I which suggests itself. Richmond, during tho
consumption showi that the United States I war, was the center of interest ??o far aa the
should be drawn upon during tne present Virginia army was concerned, while Atlanta
year for 177,000,000 buehele in round num-1 became tbe center of interest so far as the
bera against 198,000,000 from ell other wheat I army of Tennessee was concerned Thete
growing countries. It tbus appears that the I two dties were tbe keys to the aituetioo.
United Slates, ioataad of being Controlled by When they fell tbe backbone of tbe oonfed-
should be able to oontrol foreign markets." cracy wu broken. This wee due to their
This wonld be very comforting if it wee not 1 situation, and this fact has been taken into
known Ibat Australia and India ere rapidly consideration by tbe cedtral committee.
Increasing their product* In 1878 tbe re- AtUntadulyeppreciateeberielectionaaoae
port ol India wheat was but 1.900,000 bushels. | of the silee for the borne, and (be will show
this appreciation at tbo proper time by join-
log with those wbo subscribe to the fund.
Apart from tbe selection of Atlanta,however,
the movement is one wbich appeals to the
charitable sentiments of erery citizen, and
whatever method is adopted for furthering
tbe cause here will meet with tho approval
aud aubatantial co-operation of Atlanta.
OBORQIA SHEBP AND THB OBORC1A
DOO.
The following paragraph was printed in
yesterday???s CoasriTtmoa:
A citizen of Pulaski county, writing about dogs,
says; Ur. John Pusser list spring turned out9.0
aheepand tMisprtnggathered 300. Ur. John Regers
outof 1,700 peuntd 1,800, and they attribute tbe loss
of nearly sit of them to the ravages of dogs. Usnv
others have suffered similarly, but I cannot give
the prtxlmtto figures. With such glaring truths
anhe above a voter must be heartiest and deficient
ln appredtUon of the Interest of his section to cast
a vote for any candidate for repretentaUve la tbe
legislature wbo docs not favor the dog law,
in spite of anch outrages as tbe above, tbe
sheep husbandry In Georgia has more than
held its own. The census for 1880 ahowed
527,000 sheep in Georgia. Tbe government
report dated July 1st, 1884, shows 531,000.
No animal that* walks the earth la equal to
tbe sheep in the profits he yields, in the ease
with which he is bred aid raised and tbe
earichment he gives the roil on which he is
husbanded. In ancient days it was the golden
fleece that tempted the sea-invaders, and in
oar day it ia the sheep that ia ???golden-
footed.???
In no state In the anion does sheep hus
bandry pay a surer and higher profit than In
Georgia. There are ranges lor aheep in our
pino barrens that are practically limitless,
arid thousands of acres In our best counties
of worn out lands, needing flocki of sheep
to restore their fertility. The dog is literally
the only obstacle in tbe way of
extensive sheep husbandry in Geor
gia. If a dog law were passed for tbe
state, our flocks wonld doable in two yeara
We are aware that there are those who claim
that the hog Is qui te as destructive to sheep
is the dog. This must be taken with allow
ance. In the west sheep and hogs aro raised
in tbe same aections, and bat little complaint
is made of the hog. It is the dog???tbe ???nig-
ger'a dog??? especially that ravages the flock.
Tho way to get at the dog ia by local option.
That ia the short out. Floyd connty has al
ready taken advantage of it, and has a dog
law that will pay 82,000 into her connty treas
ury, and rid tne county of 2,000 worthless
dogs. It Is by local option that whisky has
been voted out of four-filths of
the counties -of tbe state. It is
by local option that over forty
counties have adopted the atock law and
ruled out fencea. It is by local option that
the dog law may be enacted' ln whatever
county it ia wanted. The people of Fulaski
connty citn instruct their representatives in
tbe next legislatnre to have a dog law passed
for Pulaski, or to bavo an election ordered in
Pnlaakl on a dog law. So can any connty in
tbe state. And a great numbor of them
will.
Tbe local option method Is the best
method. It Is adaptable, and fits many cases
where a general state law would be oppres
ive. For example, the mountain counties
and the wire grass counties do not need a
no-fence law. Such a law wouliL be oppres
sive to them. But tbe cau'ntles'o???f middle
Georgia do need such a law. Under the local
optJon plan each connty settles this matter
for itaelf. The middle Georgia counties have
aboiiibed fences, while those counties in
which timber ia plentiful and ranjts aro
large, stand as they did before. When they
need a atock law they can vote ono and have
it. So it will bo with dogs. Some counties
will not need a dog law. Others do need It
Under tbe local option plan, those that want
It can have it. Let the Georgia dog have a
tae.e of "local option,??? and he will make way
fot the golden-footed sheep,
ECHOBS FROM THB PEOPLE.
J. T. (!, Hlsrkvllte, 8. C ??? Whet- Is tbe oropsr
way to bens m>?? hum) shoe, aud why fa It sup
powd tobrtuKimd luck?
The hone sBoe Is bung with the points down
ward. Ia the sesenteemh century almost every
houie tu Loudou hsd a botso shoo hinging up as a
prolrotlon sgilust wltchta. It has been the com
mon belief lot ages <het no witch or evil genius
would cross a threshold protected by a bone shoo.
tv F C, t-partsuburg. ft C???ln yonrlssurof tha
!9th, you say that tho Itsthoolst church kss tho
??????rg.ii number of white number* in tho Uutird
8ta.es Please stste where you get your Informa
tion. Tho last reruns say* >he Roman Uiioolle
rhutrh has the tautest C 000,000; the Ma.hodlsta
about 2 000,000. Am 1 uot ourrecit
According to tha reports ul last ihoOfethndlsta of
tbe Culled State* number-d 8,941.(75. These fig
ures stand for actual ctiutch membership. It Is
true that the Roman Catholics are put down at
882,054, but it must bo borne In mind that tho
Catholics do not report the number ofeommunt
oe-.ta, but the segreteta population, with this
explanation, our corrapindeul will douoitos be
ready to admit tho correctors) of our figures.
V K , Atlanta. Os.: 4. Who Is Queen Victoria 1 !
greats*! favorite? 2. Is he married? S Do you
Oppose. If I were to write to her, she would aissrer
ns? 4 Whailshir address? 5. IVnai will ho ih#
stage?
1 and 2. We ca-inot answer 8. She would doubt
less reply by the next mail, and possibly
by cable. 4. Windsor Castle, England, will be suf
ficient. Address her gently, ot conns. A bull-
dosing letter would frighten ker eut of her een*e)
byixpreesand let Ibe ol
the other end of tbe line.
WxsHi.aoroN, D. C., April 2] ???Editors Courlni
tlon; About the mlddleof February last, I shipped
from Montgomery county, U-l, four fine Jersey
heifers to Dr. J. T. Rogers. The Olales, Os., In the
upper perl of Uatl county. All have been sick
anti something like plenra pneumonia, two have
died, one cot well, tha other Is still elek.
1 want tuask Ik
In every county
and whr
.ta spread???If thtra ever hu been a r??*e of
genuine ptcnra-pceumoBls In the state? Thu Is
a mater last Is likely to interest line stock men s'
over the country. There ts no cane of it inti
county I mention In Maryland.
U. P. Csuiwxu.
K. A. II., At anta,(ia : Tka eanbouase tews
from England In yoor Issue of this morning (23d
Instant) ts rather startling Has England aver been
???utj-ci to earthquakee? Tell me eomethlug about
earthquakes In general.
Ws have credible sceonutsot about 7,000 earth
quakasofnctlMOB. C. Doubtless there are many
that go unrecorded. England has enjoyed al
most absolute freedom from earthquakes
alnee the beginning of th# world. Douthtra Europe,
Asia. Africa aud North and Booth America have
alwayn suffered mon or lees from these nutations.
tho United guiles. New England hu had quite a
number of shocks, aud one la the Mlssisalppt valley
Ull was aery severe. California Is frequently
shaken up. grveralsar-.hquskes have been attend.
with frightful lorn of Ufa. Tbs Antioch
earth quake itt. A. D, killed 230.000 persons. Tha
Lisbon sarihqaakt, in 1735. killed 00,000 people in
minutes An earthquake in Calabria, in 1713,
caused tha death of 100,000 persona. In view of
the wholesale destruction caused by these awful
visitations, tha people of England have sulSdent
grounds foe the gravest apprehensions It nay be
that tho subterranean forces which hive bren
work for tbotuinds of yean ln other quartera of
tbe globs are now about to rend old Alblou from
canter to circumference.
J P., Salisbury, N C.???Please tell me how to cure
pimples on the fsce,
Thu only way to get rid of pimples Is to let the
skin do lu own work by preservlog It ln a healthy
condition, and by keeping the whole system
order. The following ointment Is mid to bo very
good. Take an ounce ol barley meal, one ounce
of powdered hitler s???rooods, and a sufficient
quantity of honey to make them Into a smooth
piste. Apply this frequently. Don't fool wlih
sells, snlpbnr or Uoc.ursot iron without medical
advice.
8 T H, Forsyth, Ga.???Is the avenge length
hnmin life ou tbe Increase?
Yes. About a quarter of a century agoitwaa
held Ibat thirty yean was the average length of
human Ufa. Rolitble autistic! now show an aver
age ef thirty-three yean.
A certain good man believes ln "more pnyer and
more faith" but Is sgatnst pits. Be la a far better
man than I, bnt am far more liberal ln my relies-
om tents. I beliefs Id "more prayer, more
faith" aud more pita. I have one,
sea, big enough for my family and about three
times S3 many mors, so that I can take In
neighbor or a wayfaring man, wbo chances along
when the cyclone Is coining. I wish all my nelgh-
bon had ihcm. to that should a cyclone catch
away from home, I could "go for??? the aearcst
neighbor's pit; whether a "fresh meat, water
melon" or cyclone pit. "There's nothing In
name" no now.
As proof of the correctness of
position, my good brother relates
the case of s .good man, who when he saw the
cyclone coming fell upon his knees and prayed
and tha cjclcno "Jumped him," ts though
cyclono never Jumped a thousand others, good
and bad, who forgot to pray, It being a character
istic freak of cyclones to Jump.
God made tho universe and he made It all right.
Whatever there la of anything wrong In it, Is due
to the devil and hit emissaries. He gave tbe fishes,
the fowls and the brnles Instincts, also means
escape or defense or both. Strip man of all bis
contrlranoes and Ibe birds would lisp him with
their wings and flvaway laughing at his weakness.
The little house cat could scratch him to death
and running into tbe nearest tree look down with
contempt upon him. A flee dog wonld ridicule
Idea ot n foot race
a biting match with him. Imagine with what
score heass would receive a proposition to engage
him In a???falr fisticuff "
Bnt why are thing* not Urea?
Because "God formed man of tbe dust of tbo
ground and breathed lnjo hia nostrils the breath
life, and man become a living soul,
Ifo was endowed with Intellect, and, this const!
luted him the "mailer piece??? of creation, It sup
piles all his physical deficiencies, gives bimeon
trol of Ihe strongest, most acilve and moat
ferocious brutes; enables him to divert tohlsown
user, tho great lawa of. nature which God has
pul lo operation and ln most lnstaoces to protect
himself from Ihe violence of these Isws.
See tbs kind providence of God In all things.
Tbe first man, withont experience and the ex-
I eiiet.ee tf foimer generations, was pnt down ln
country where hlothea or homes w.ro not much
needed, but as he began to ???multiply and rep Cnlsh
the earth??? his progeny scattered and some of them
got Into a country wberelt was necessary to protect
themselves agalest tho wether. 1 imsgloo tbs Hist
home consisted of four sticks, stuck ln the ground
with poles laid lu the forks and rib poles laid on
Ihtse, covered with pine batk or something no bat:
ter. With this as a starling point man got to Im
proving until ho got to building homes so big sod
high that they would draw the lightning from the
clouds and scmsllmes it would tear tbo homes ail
lo pieces and klU the folks Inside. And then God
caused a very eclcutlflo old gentleman, by the name
of Franklin, to turn hts attention to this matter
and he Invented the lightning rod to take the fluid
off so gradually Urat It would do no harm and now
almost every body, even to lbs moat pious, have
lightning roads on their hourca 11 they aro able.
And God set Ihe wind to moving with two mo-
lions, ons forward and the other circular, which
gave ft such terrific violence Ibat not even??? tbo
moat substantial brick and stono buildings could
und In Its path. And man (profiting by the doo-
???rinetaughtln the parable of the talents) went lo
work with the talents God had given him, and
|Ound out by some "hook or crook??? that a hols ln
[be ground was the only place of rafety when a
cyclone w.i la order. And now a great many good
and sensible men havo humbled them reives to
level with the swine, and gone to rooting tor tbelr
Uvea.
I do not wish to be understood as underrating
prater and faith. I esteem both far above pits. Bu t
ft doss strike me that ln the midst of a cyclone,down
In a pit, removed ln a great measure from the terror
attending It, a min could pray more In the spirit
and could sxerclao more filth than he could out
side. Ons most important element would enter
Into bis prayer that could not outside; his heart
would overflow wlih gratitude to Almighty God
for glvfog him wisdom .to provide a pit. Then he
could pray for his kindred, hie friends, his neigh
bers and his enemies; or, as tho proachora aay, b
would have "more Ubeity." Outsldq it would
necessarily bean Intensely selfish prayer; me and
mlno wonld be as mucb ground as he could po??I
bly cover.
And now should a cyclone come along, and w a
hsva in IHclrnt notice, aa ms and mins will ".o.
lit" the pit (Yepting Its tco full of water), I wilj
sign myself, routs plt-tl fully,
"Go-FkB,
R E W, Austell. Gs???Plesie glv* ms the new a of
tbs author of "Don Quixote,." and ea mnch Infor
mation aa yon can concerning both the author
and tbe book.
The author wu Carvantaa, a calibrated Spanish
writer. He wrote "Don Qulxola" In 1C05 Its wu
theamhoref numo ousnovels, poems and dramas,
but "Don tlulxoto" was hts masterpiece.
ML F. Darien, Ga???1 What Is tho meaning of
Celtic? 2. Who ware tbe Unto? ihe rao-7 8 Were
JupKer Juno, Neptune, etc., real or fabulous per-
1. and 2. The Celts were s people of the Aryan
of Indo-European family, wbo In pro historic
limes pussd over from Aria Into Europe.
??? a summary of the h ,
They were mythical pet*
of this ancient race,
sonata*.
smi??? terminus of tiro Marietta at.
railroad ?
Murphy. N. C.. and It will soon reach that point
K L. T., Wilmington. Dot.: Bow can I best ob
tain correct general Information about tbe stats
of Gerngla, lu climate, tie?
Order through any bookseller a copy of "The
Students' History of Georgia." by Lawton B. Evans.
T. C. B, Macon, Ga.: What la the deepest hols
aver made In the earth?
The long Ernst August edit ln tho Harts Is over
nine miles long. Tha salt mines near Cracow
Poland, are over 1.000 feat deep. The artesian wall
near 8L Louis Is shoot 2 200 feet Seep.
8. R., Villa Rica. Ga : Do the records showing
single care where a life wu saved by being shelt
ered In a storm pit?
A difficult question to answer. There are people
who believe that their lives were saved by storm
pits. They went Into pits and camt out stts when
others who did not go Into pits wen killed. Hun
dreds who have bosn killed In their house* would
have been saved had they been ln storm pita.
Joe, Atlanta. Ga.: 1 What kind of a slipper did
ClBdamUa wear? 1 Who wu Margaret Oasoll? g.
Are there any black diamonds and a hers found? 4.
An there any can tun by electricity?
Glass. 2. Maragaret Fuller, an American
writer. She married tha Marquis d???OasoU. 8. Yes.
We do not know. 4. Can were run by elec-
utdiy over a short track semawhers ln New York a
lew month* *40. 4
J T.. Fort B1U.S.C.???What wu tha orgin of the
pottge at&np?
It la said that many years aga Rowland Bill
Onto! pity Ur. Hill paid the shilling. The girl
took tho letter end seemed much embarrassed
Finally sbe told Ur. Bill that It wu a tiiek be
tween her and her brother. They were too poor to
pay pottage and had invented certain signs which
were on ibe back of the envelope and fornrad their
medium of correspondence. Mr. Hill thoutht a
system giving rise to inch trends must be a Tit-Ion)
one. He walked away,and in a few hours plsuued
tbe cheep poetal service, with lu stampe and other
machinery. ,
Subscriber, Ward Station. Gs.;???Where was tbo
celebrated Dr. J. Mariou Sima, Isle of New York,
bom?
Ia South Carolina ln 1818, He moved ;to New
York tn 1853, and also lived for a while ln Paris.
L U. W??? Atlanta, Ga.: Ia a mall carrier per
mitted to stand sctslde of tbe premises and compel
the recipient to go to him?
o. All you have to do is to report him to the
postmaster, and If the cartjer persists ln hts con
dnet he will, In all probability, be bounced.
C. R. C??? Athens, Ga; 1. Who do you thing tbe
democrats should nominate If Tilden wont accept?
2. What Is Joseph E Brown's wealth? 3. Hu yonr
new prerecome yet? 4 How long will It be before
you get into yonr new qnertera.
1. As we think that Ur. Tilden ts 111 be nominated
and will accept, we have no other opinion to offer.
2 It Is Estimated at from 82.000.000 to 15000,000.
3. No It wlU be shipped next week. 4. By tbe first
of July.
DURING THE WEEK
Taesdtr, April 22.
Tbe steamship Alert, whieh wu prerented by the
British government t# the United States, for the
Greely relief expedition, arrived lu New Yoik yes
terdsy morning after a stormy passage of 21 days.
Liabilities of Davis -ft Taylor, flour and grain
dealers, suspended, of Boston and Lawrence, aro
about (400000; nominal aauts about 1300000 Tbe
trial of Frank James bu been postponed on ac
count of tbo Illness of bis counsel. Tbe house ot
bishops of the Protestant EpUccptl church of tbe
Dnited States met In New York yesterday. .Ufa-
liter Foster's return to Washington from hts post
ln Spain la declared to have notblog to do with
the rumored purchase of Cuba. Reports from the
Interior of Egypt state that the cotton wotm has re
appeared. The continued somnolence of tbe eip-
perorof Germany gives cause for great alarm In
ourt circles. Lord Colin Campbell, youngest sou
of Ihe Duke of Argyle.from whom his wlfo recent y
obtained a decrco of divorce, after a private bear
log, ta personally moving for a new trial,
ra THk cirv,
John Thompson, a colored Individual, wu yes
terday arrested upon a warrant charglog him with
kccplrg a gaming boose. In Ihe esse of the state
vs. W. T. Dowda, tho DcKaib kidnapper, Judge
Hammond yesterday overruled the nation for a
new trial, and an appeal to the supreme court wu
entered. Dick Slcphens, a notoilpua bed negro,
raised a row during church services Sunday ln Me-
chknluvllle. Stephens was arrested and yesterday
morning a fine 126 and coats was Imposed by .the
recorder.
IVsdacaSay, April 28,
T. A.Van Goetey.ihe absconding banker of Effing
ham, 111., is supposed to bare gone lo Canada. He
look 810,GOO from tbo bank. Joseph Partridge
loses 110,ao and the remaining losses are distribu
ted among farmers and business men. Seven brick
buildings were burned ln Whltesboro, Texu, lut
night. The Indications la the Cincinnati whisky
wills that the pool will be maintained. The 13* C-
wln locomotive works ia Philadelphia is reducing
11s force of 8,000 to 2.0C0 men. The twelfth week of
the cotton mills strike In New England finds lo
change ln the situation. Twelve miles of the Lai e
Champlain division of (he Delaware and Hudson
road have. bsten wuhed away. The Busslan gov
ernment hu decided upon a large issue of gold
coin. Ingots of specie hkve been ordered from
abroad. The recent changes ln the Chinese cab-
ldet, though several autl-forelga men bare been
promoted, ta not believed to mein much,
ra tbx city.
A dead fomalo Infant was found ln an open lot
near Hall streot yesterday by W. J. Williams. The
body wu taken ln charge by Coroner HUlburn
and an lot|uest held. It was ascertained Urat the
body wu worm when found, and Dr. Boring stated
that Its death had been accomplished after birth.
No cine to lu parentage wu secured. A verdict ln
accordance with these facts wu returned by the
Jury of inquest. Governor McDaniel received on
yesterday a lettor from General John B. Gordon
ctralinran of the central committee ln New York
for raising money for homes for disabled confeder
ate soldiers. The letter wu an official one, and
stated Ural the scope ot tho committee had been
somewhat enlarged and that its plan now wu
raise money to bnlld two homes for confeeralo
soldlets???ons at Richmond, Va., and one at Atlanta,
Ga. General Gordon stated Urat this aetloa had
been taken, by the committee and that tbo work
would be prosecuted with this view.
Tknrstsr. April 21.
The United States supreme court hu decided,
ln the cues of tho state ol Kansu against the
Union Pacldc and other roads whose consolidation
tho state sought to enjoin, tbst tho federal courts
had Jurisdiction, and should proce-d with the trial
of the cases. Tho trial of donator Kellogg, Gbtrgs d
with sccepitog Illegal feu while president, *11!
come up on Tneadey of next week. Sixteen ships
from which mote than lO.KO Immigrants have
been lauded, bavo arrived at New York lu forty
eight hours M. Leones Guyot Uontpayroux. the
politician and Journalist and ex member of the
chamber of depn Ues. died tn a mad houre in Paris.
Tbe senate committee on printing and elections
hu declined to receive farther testimony regard
log Colonel W E Simms, of Danville. The evidence
In botb the Danville and Copiah cues will be laid
before tbe senate ln a few days. Dr. Ntchtlgal
who hu departed for the Congo country, 1) offici
ally charged with the extension of German interests.
There are reports to the effect'hat Prince Victor,
of Wales, on attaining his majority, which will
occur January 8th, 1805, will be raised lo tbe
peerage, with the title ot the Duke of Dublja, and
that ho will thenceforth mtke bis residence ln
Ireland. It la also stated that he wUl enter the
>yal Irish fusiliers,
W THE CITT,
Last night a large crowd of men only assembled
DeUlve'a opera house to witness tbe spurieg
match between John L. Sullivan and members of
hta troupe. Sullivan proved himself a man of Im
mense strength and easily ontboxsd all wbo stood
up against him. Hts offer ot 81,003 to any Atlanta
man who wonld box with him for four ronuds wu
not accepted. The special committee on artesian
wells hu advertised for bids and has received a
few letters of Inquiry. The committee will sub
mit a lengthy report at the next meeting ef tbe
council.
W Friday. April *5.
The cutty club and hotel buildings erected by
the construction company of Goald'i extension of
International road Into Mcxloo, hu been seized
and appropriated by the civil authorities of New
Ltredo because of some alleged faUnre toeomply
with requirements of the general government,
Ntcholls A Mills, lumber dealers of Albany, N.
have mads an assignment, liabilities estimated
at |l2S,OOO.amets not known. Tbe rebels ln Guerero,
Mexico, have been debated. Tbe Mexican gov
ernment is going to substitute some more pop
ular mounts tor the stamp tax. The Spanish got
eminent propose* Immediate reforms in Cuba.
Tha dl>grace of Prince Kang for hta dilatory
action In tbe Tonquln affair hu been favorably re
ceived by the population ol the province* of China
They believe that th* accession of Prince Chun to
the control of Ihe grand council ot the empire ta a
orerunner of war. Defensive measures are al
ready bet eg taken along the coast, where mnch
excitement prevails.
CITY.
William HarrlUe, a young white man, who lives
Fair street near the cemetery, wu yesterday
bitten ln Utsleg near tha ankle by a snake. Young
... , Bartttlewu working ln hta garden and tbs snake
a postman lu the north cf England refuse to deliver i wu amo;1 g tb( weeds. Proper antidotes wv.-e
ririnta*! 0 mmfd tettar???oreMnher I supplied and yesterday evening theyonig
???biffing. The girl turned the letttr over In her | nu wu ^ ol a!l dxnrer. Tetterday *f cerooon
hand and gave it back, saying sbe had so money, t
a orpentcr ef Ihe Geonlv Pacific repair shop,
named Awtry bad bis right band caugbt In a raw
with dlsutrons result. The thumb end three
fingers were cat entirely eff and the fourth one
wai badly chopped up.
8*t??rdi-y, April 2*.
The Uborera, ibeanmen, firemen and black*
tmltbs employed at Brown & Co.'s rolling mill,
ln Pittsborg, struck yesterday SfSlnst ibe ten per
cent redaction, end 'be mill wu dosed down. At
Newcutle, Pa., as'.rikeoffutcecemen wu Inaug
urated over a weok ago. ft Is now over. The gen
eral assembly of New York h??s passed a bill that
snlcido shall r.ot be pleaded sgslnst tbe collection
of a Ufe insurance policy. .Ex Governor Marten D.
Hard,of New Jersey died et hi* residence yesterday
afternoon from malarial fever, contracted lo Flori
da recently. Official returns of the parish of Or
leans vote for governor of Lcuhlsne.glve JfcEnery,
democrat 20Sf0 and S'epbenro*. republican,8.838,
and two precincts to bear frrm The state give* a
democratic msjorlty of 50 500 II Is stated that chol
era Is abating at Ctlcntta. Count Von Moltka lalU
with catarrh of the lung* He bu obtained a long
leave of absence) Tbe English ciblnet has accepted
the verdict of the house of commons in rotation to
tbe cattle Mil Tbe reputed suicide of Prince
Kung and of the viceroy of Yanlen ln China, botb
of w hem were recently degraded, Is denied,
ra THE CITY.
Jim Walker wu lu: night arretted, charged with
stalling a side of meat from Bixler's store on Pine
street. Tho Wert End and Atlanta street car com
pany are now extending their Iraek serosa the
Broad street bridge. Tbe watchman at tbe East
Tennessee yard fired three shots at a negro yester-
dsy morning wbo wu trying to steal some coal
from a car.
SisSir April 2.,
Thirteen mUls on the Contocook river, N. H???
have been stopped by an overflow of tbe river.
Madison county, Mississippi, repudiates certain
fraudulent bonds Issued ten years ago for a bogus:
railroad scheme. Near Meridian, Mississippi. 5111-
ledge Vaughn wu murdered by Clarke Sutton.
The murderer, resisting attest, wu shot dead,
Director-General Burke yesterday invited the presi
dent to officiate at tho opening ceremonies of
the New Orleans exposition. Dr. Rannoy's party,
df tho Madison Avenne Congregational cbnrch*
ln New York, yesterday obtained, an lnjuno
Uon against Rev. Dr. John P. Newman and hta
associates. Dr. Newman is thereby enjoined from
attempting to preach tn uld church. Ad
vices from western Texts are to the effect that
thecattleare suffering, and largo numbers arody*
leg for want of water and grass???'ho drought hav
ing been very severe In tbst scc'lon. Myriads ol
caterpillars have also appeared, and are destroying
all kinds ef vegetation.
ra rai city.-
Mr*. James n Culberson, a well known clllxen
cf West Eod, Atlanta, died yesterday. Blind Tom
will be In Atlanta on May 2d. The weather for
the put tew day bu been ip'endid, and farmers
ln this section are taking adrantagn of It The
Confederate Memorial Day wu appropriately ob-
rerved ln Atlanta. Tbere was a long procession.
The military turned ont with tbe Knights Tem
plar and tb'e Knights ol Pylblsa, and thousands of
cltlsens went to the cemetery. An eloquent ora
tion was delivered by Judge George Hlllyer. The
day wu generally observed all over the state.
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