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4 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. MARVELOUS OFFER A Reliable Watch for every reader of the WeeklY ConstitutioN Wo have Jnst purchased 2.900 of the fxmou* "Waterbury Watche*??? for the use of our sub- scrlbers. By paying cash for these watches and giving the ompany Important advertising privi leges, we are enabled p> offer them to our readers MARVELOUSLY LOW SATES. Tho lowest prlco at which the Waterbury Watch can be bought aay where is S3 59 apiece. Remem ber Ibis! Wo make the following offer, open until the tint ofJune; We will rend The Wdkly CorcsTnunoN one year and a Waterbury Watch postpaid, in a strong utln lined cue, for 83 50. Topenoniwhoaroalready snl>*crlbera we wlU is nd Ihe watch ln the aatin lined cue, pest paid for 2 60. 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