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10 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, TUESDAY. MAY 6 18 X WKJL.VE PA OKS UNCLE REMUS. T??H E FUN AND PHILOSOPHY THE OLD HOMS. wan. UrorFox asd Br,r Wolf Ware Waiklre 1 lk. Bud. Tb*r FlatieSto ???M.Sa MoBoo" i ???r. B.sJ imln Rtm-Brer Wolf. Wk,o tnsTlas Co mu. Buko Down. Bio. ???I speck we >11 dun gone <n (ergot ole Mr. Benjermnm R>m off'u our lulu???," said Uncle lie in ns, one night, ss the little boy went into the cabin with a large ram???s born lunging on bis arm. ???About bis playing the Oddle and getting lost in the woods!" exclaimed the child. "Ob, no, I hsren't forgotten him, Uncle Re mus. I remember just how be turned his Oddle In Brother Wolfs house.??? ???Dat's me," said Uncle Itemus with cn thuslaam; ???dafs me upon down. Mr. Item deeit (reah in my min'now es he was de day I year de Ule. Bat ole oreetur wur. a sight, mon. He raoe' sho'ly wut. He wrink. ly ole bs wn en de shaggy ba'r on be neck make 'im look nrgh'y sereigous, en w'ence be shake be head en snort, bit seem lak he gwine ter (air paw deyetb (um und' 'im. Ole Brer Pox bin piokln* up ole Mr. Benjer mum Rim cbilluus w'en dey git too (ur (um borne, but look lak healnt nerer nln git close ter de ole creetur. "So one time w'en be 'us cornin' on down de road, talkin' 'long wid Brer Wolf, he up???n 'low, old Brer Pox did, dat he mighty hongry in de neighborhoods er de atomaoh. Bis make Brer Wolf look lak be 'stoniih'd, en he ax Brer Pox bow de name er goodness come he bongry w'en ole Mr. Benjermum Ram lay. In' up dar in de house dee a roll in' in (at. "Ben Brer Fox tuck???u 'low, he did, dat be done bin in de habits er eatin' Mr. Benjer- ???uum Rtm chtlluu, but he sorter (ear'd er de ole creetur kese he look to bad on de 'count er he red eye eu be wrinkly hewn. "Brer Wolf d?? holler en laugh, en den be 'low: "l.ordy Brer Pox, I wonder w'at kinder man la you. nohow. W'v, det er ole creetur alnt never hurled a lies in all be born day*??? dat he alnt,' eexee. ???Brer Pox, be look at Brer Wol( rlghthard, be did, en den he up'u 'low: "Heyo, Brer Wolf, tuenye de time det you bin boogry 'roun' in deie dlggin'e en I alnt year Ulx er you makln??? a meal olTn Mr. Ben jeriuum Ram,' aexte. "Brer Pox talk to close ter de fatal trnfe, dat Brer Wolf got tooken.wid de dry grlna, yitbeup'n 'apon', eexee: "1 dee lak ter know who in de name er e oineae wanter eat tough creetur lek dat ole r. Benjermum Ram???dal w???at l lak (er know,' aesee. ???Brer Pox, ho holler en langb, lie did, en den lie up???n aay: "Ah-yi, Brer Woll. You ex me w'et I gone hongry (er, w'en ole Mr. Benjermum Rtm up dxr In he houee, yit you done bin hongry mauyi en iintuya de time, en atill me Ur. Benjermum Itarn up dar in he liouao. Now, den, how you gwine do in a can lak date aet ltrer Pox, scsee. ???Brer Wolf, ha strak de e'en or he cane down 'pun degroun???, en be say, seise: ???1 donesiy all 1 got ter uy, en w???at I aay, dat I'll aliok ter. list ole oreetur loti too tousb.' ???Hongry ta he is, Brer Pox laugh way dow i in he stomach. Attar W'ile he'low: ???Well, den, Brer Wolf, iliilder 'aputin' 'longer you. I'm gwine do w'at you say; I'm B irina ter go up dir en git a bait ercle Mr. snjermum Rim, eu 1 with you bn ro good es ter go 'long wld me (er oomp'ny,' Mice. "Ilrer Wo.(jaw sorter (ell w'en he year die, eu he 'lost: "IC'i-eh, Brer Pox 1 1 drulher go by my own 'loneae'f,' titee. ??? Well, dun,' ees Brer Pox, eexee, ???you bet' ter intke 'ae???e,' en-e, 'Xsse taint gwine ter take me to mighty long (er ter go up dsr en make hathcucu old Mr. Benjermum Ram,??? ???Brer Wol( know mighty well,' laid Uncle Remus, snapping his huge tongs in order to alienee a persistent orioket in the chimney, ???dal ef ba dan tar baok out (um a bantsr lak -dat he nerer ie ter year de lu' un It (uiu Mist Meadows en Mlrs Motts en de gale, en he march off todea Mr. Benjermum Ram house. ???Little puff er win' onuie en blow'll up some leafs, en Brer Wolt jump lek toineuody shoo'1 o' at 'Im, en he fly mighty msu wen he year Brer Pox laugh. He men' lie gelt, he did, rn 'twen't 'loug'fo* he 'ui knockin' at Mr. Benjermum Rem do'. "lie knock aide do', be did, en co'ie he ???peck somebody (er ter come open da do', but atldder dst, lu??? en beholue yer come Mr. Benjermum Rim Viun' de bouse. Bar be wui???redeye, wrlukly bawn en shaggy head. Now, deu, lu caaa lak dal, w'at a slim-legged nun lak Brer Woll gwine doT Dey alnt no two waya, heuwlua ter xlt ???wsy (um dar, en he went back ler wliar Brer Pox la uio' tamer dan e(de patler-rollera wur. alter 'im. ???Brer Pox, be laugh eu ue laugn, en ole Brer Wol(, he look uitguty glum. Brer Pox ax 'Im la be doue kilt en u'l Mr. Benjormuiu Rem, eu *( so be, la be le(' any ler him. Brer Woll ssy be alnt halin' well, en he don't lek mutton nobow. Brer Pox 'low: ??? You may He puny lode min???, Brer Woll, but you aint (eelln' bad in da leg, kese 1 done seed you wuk um'. "Brer Wolf'low ba d?? a ruunin' (er ter tee el iwontniak'lm (eel better. Brer Pox, be sjy. teste, dst w'en lie (eelln' puny, he aim ax no mo' dan (er somebody (er ler git out de way en let 'ini lay down. "Den went on in die away, day did, twel bimeby Brer Pox ex Brer Wolf ef he'll go wld 'Im (er ter ketch Mr. Benjermum Htui Brer Woll, he 'low, hodid: ???Kb sb, Brer Pox I 1 ton'd you'll run en ler me der (er ur do all de aghtln'.' "Brer Pox, be 'low det ne'll tlx dat, en he tuck???n gni'lm a plough-line, en tied oneeen' ter Brer Woi( en t'er ecu' Ur he own ee'L Wkl dat dry pul out (er Mr. Benjermum Ram house. Brer Wolf, ha sonar hang back, but he ???thame??? (er ter tay he ekeer'd, eu dey went on eu went on pluai twel dey git right tpang up Ur Mr. Uinjenuum Rtm house. "W'en dey git dsr, de ole creetur wur id lin' out in de Hunt po'ch sorter eunnln' hie ae'f. He eee um oomtn', en w'en dey git up in baitin' disunor, he farter cle'r nphe tbojt, he did, en holler oat: "1 mueh 'bllje to you, Brer Pox. hr ketch- in' dat owdashua siiyun en felchin' 'im beck. My amoke-'ouse ruunin' ebon, en I???ll dee chop'im op m pickle iuu Patch 'im in, Brer Poxl feten 'im Ini' ???Dee'bout dat lime ole Mist Rim see dam creeturs a-cemln???, en gen'ermensl you mought er yesrd er blaet plum ler town. Mr. Benjermum Rem, he sorter eXeer'd biais'f, but he keen ou ulkin': ".Fetch'im Id. Brer Pox! (etch 'Im Ini Don't you year my ole 'omen cryln' (er 'im? She alnt bad no wolf meat now In gwine on mighty nigh a moot???. Patch'im in, Brer Pox, letch 'Im in.' ???Pas' Brer Wolf try ter ontie hlste'L den be juck'n broke eu ruu'ri, en he dreg ole Brer Pox atur 'im dee lak ha aint wafgh mo'n a poun', cn I Id you know bit 'us many a long day '(o' Brer Fox git well er de thumpin' be got." ???Unde Remus." said the little boy alter a while, ???1 thought wolves always caught sheen when they had the ehaaoe." "Dey ketches lam???s, honey, but bless yo' soul, dey aiut ketch dcse yer oW-time Rtmt wld red eye en wrinkly hewn." ???'???Where wsa Brother Rabbit all Ih it time??????? "Now, den, honey, don't leea peeler wld ole Brer Rshbit riabt now. Dee I tee gin 'im one night rut, mo' tpesbutlly w???en l year da seven eures esy yo' bed-time done come. Dee Uke yo' foot in yo' baa' en pat right out '(o' Miss Sally come a callin' you, kits dan ???he'll ssy I'm a eettln' yer a noJdin' eu not takin' keer un you." The child laughed and ran up the path to the big-house stopping a moment ou the way to mimic a bull-bog that waa bellowing at a tremendous rite near the spring. ^IxLwM-xruaoTuss BabbitPssnxDt to bs Poisossb") , A CATTLE KINO. A TAB Willi Crises! Mr. a. rawava, Farsurlr at aje.rgla.es Meatsra Cam-. colonel W. A. Tower*, who left Georgia some years ago (or the (sr west, has beeu m the city for tue pas', (ew days. He now lives in Montana, and has been back to Georgia to revi-it old scenes and friends. Co.onel Tower* lived at Wed Point until soon after the war, leaving there iu 1800 He bed $232 in bis pocket ae all bb earthly pus sessions. To-day be is worth between a half million and a million, and rumor says he is soon to capture (or a bride one of the most lovtly un i accomplished of Atlanta ladies. C .lonel Towers went west, and in 180S en tered the business of cattle raising, having a capita! of tl Me followed it with varied suectss until 1873. Iu that year he went to Colorado, having about sixteen thousand dollars worth of cattle. He now has a third interest in nearly fifty thousand oettle. valued at a million and n half dollars. Colonel Towers tells some very in teresting stories about the success of cattle raisers in Colorado, Montana and other north western portions of the country. 8aid the colonel: , , ,, "Of course Uie day (or making big fortunes suddenly in the caitle business has in a measure gone by. But I don't mind telling you of ons or two instances that came immediately under my own observation. I bad employed twelve years ago a Scotchman named George Ford. He received $25 a raomb. In 1873 I invested his savings (or him, about $1,700 I,bought him out year before last (or $145 000. He was however owing $45,000, which be paid off, netting a nou.m husdssd thousand dollars In ten years. He came back to the states to enjoy his fortune, but things did not suit him and he went to New Mexico and bought a rancho.. Anodier mao who started ten yean ago on $300 was bought nut by me lest spring (or $50,000. Ho came back to Missouri and bought a (arm." "A considerable amount o( money is in vested in tbn business now, la there not?" "Yes, there are aome pretty larqe herds.??? "Who is the cattle king of this country? ??? "A man named Illff was perhaps the cattle king, but he is dead now. He con:rolledat tlie time of hie death more cattle perhaps than aay other man, bis own henl amounting to about iilty thousand head. He started a poor man and died wortu over a million. Bishop Warren married IlllTs widow. She still conducts the business, and of course has the big fortune le(t by her husband.??? Colonel Towers continued: "dwsnn Brothers have made a good sue cm. They started business fifteen years ago on small capital, and are to-day worth two million dollars. There are two o( the broth- en. Denote Hbeedy cooked for an outfit across the plains eighteen yean ago. He ie now worth a million easy enough. The Bbiedly Brothers, poor boys, started in the cattle business in Texas just bi (ore the war, and had a tough time wim the Indians, or.rn.No into humssoui iiattlh. They are living in Kansas City uow, and arc largely interested in real estate. They hive a quarter of a million in real estate, and a million and a half outside. Governor I???rowers, a very particular (riend of mine, started twenty one years ago with no money at all. At his death hie a-tate was valued at a million aud a half. Underwood, Clark A Co. control the largest number of cable, having in various berus owned by themselves end companies they represent close on to five hundred thousand heed of cattle.'' Colonel Towers is taking life easy now, and is enjoyiug the pleasures of bis well earned riches, as a cattle-king of Montana. Ue js a rotative of Colonel Towers, assistant kseper of the penitentiary, and of course feels an Interest in Georgia affalro. Ho left for homo Tuesday. * BETSY HAMILTON. THE DIALECT OF PIFTY Y8ABS AGO RETOLD. Tom Day i T. Hi BsajrSli- Ls k.d Pr.njr aid Sssel B -wr "Sot as' LUuntOi 1 * By Tn.a A,S??d Bay Hoyt SSy Wosld Lts- -Ob* Mr-. II.Yp; To TblaB.U7 SaM.-'N.:- Z10.. Bio. INCIDENTS OF THE STORM. A UySv Wraasad Syoyi d m Tru-A MatbYY'a Dsva- llYY-aYYtrbYmYY atfYYStb. Lightning aimak a laigo use wlibiu twenty feet of Ur. Wm. UolmoY???s residence, user Bandorsvlllo, but dolog nodamsgo to ihedwelllng or family. Mr. E. W. Moody???s mUl, on the headwaters of I'umpklnvlue, lu Paulding county, was swept away.' The miller aud bis family were living In the mlllbouw, end being awakened by the deafen lug row ef lbs angry waters left the building Just In time te savo themrelroa from a watery grave, They had bsicly reached e place of safety when the dam, mlllhouYO and ooutrr.ts were swept sway. Ut. Moody's lorn la about $4,800. lu Ublp'ley, when Mrs. Lauglovd wav found the morning alter the creloue, she waa lying amid tha wrick o! bei boms bar lufaut child clatpod lu her arms with sn embrace so strong that the stiteg <b of four men was required to release tho child from (he arms oltbe mother that had abandoned hrt tell totheluiyuftbeitoim. but clung with the tensrlty oie mother???s love that was stronger than the powei ol the lslurleted winds. Though tho heme of Dr. Thornton wev acatle ed Uke chair before the wind, hit wife and babe, that was ten tbsn two weeks old, were blown tome dUtance. and jet wore left upon the faatber bed wltsont tbetllghmt Injury. Mrs. Thornton says that the could tee by tbe dsiblug llshlulog Ibet her llule babe wudinwnU-glu the torrent ol water, and that by ihaklug It sad turning lu fsca downward the mv??d the Ul?? ol the little luniceut that pre served, toned like a rwebud In the gale. Mr. Irvlu was quits tick lu bed tbe ulgbt of the storm, but when the ctath came and hit children ware burled beneath ?? e Umber*, he rutbed amid tbe mine with teem g tuperbumsB tt-engtb lifted large timbers from upon them. II lock fuur men to bsudle tome tlmbettaltetwaidthat baked llftrd alone, Mr Let Alford was ttaudlttc sgslost the door. bis htldivu clinging to him lor protection, when tho morettns wlt.dt Hired him aud hurltd him more ihanahuudnd ysrdt A water tpnultirnck oa the tide ol e hill above Moody's mill In Paulding Monday rliht durtegtbo rainstorm aud washed a hole lu tbe tldeot the hill about forty feet deep end fifteen wide. Lsrgt tueki were washed tut end cartied down the moun tain tide reirrlbg tha Umber In their oeuree. Three were boles waabedlu the around In Heard eoun-yslx fret deep. Tbe damage amounts to over 1100.000, Iu Bvuid county on the night bl the load as many as ten were often lu Gena Lovclcti???a storm pit and Ills only eight feet vquere. All those who had thelv mllldsms washed sway went to wotk at once and are now prepared for grinding sgtin. Mr. Joe Bilge, Using near Watson mill, was a rented fjom hit tlumbcn by tbe cries ol e eat, end pimping from bis bed be landed Into water nearly walvt deep It la tela that he carried hit mother end Uttenoul of the houM on his back and had to put them on a hot pao to keep them out of the waur. Tha OeJaitown AJverUter saya; On Tucaday mossing last while the watem were bear ib.tr highest about tha Cherokee Iron works. Everett, white, sad Allen Fata and Jim Oner, colored. In a bateau undertook to recover another boat which they observed Hosting down from above. TSey piddled vigorously 11 theobjtctof their effort! and worrying with U considerably, anon found themielvat close to tho main current oftkeatnam Ohaorvtag that the coo tat of their boat waa towards a tree, a contact wl h which ??u likely toes prist It, ou nearing tha tree one of tho number Jumped nut end tha others observing followed. Peta reached the tree end jsd ounoeu timber drilled stalest It. Kreret and Orecr wrestlet with the boat awhile, when Krereit twam ler and reached a ptlo of sawdust. Greer remained with the boat watch was turned YtotMtlyoasraad hver by thaforeonf the raging water. unUI bs Costly wool under ant coming up went under again and waa seen no more. Everett and rate wsrearicly rescued. Urw-r was an em ploye at the Iren company about thirty rears of eg*. Ulxbody has net y*l urea recovered. Lazy Faux, Ala., 1884. We had promlted to lake tbe children on tbe creek fishing. Saturday morning dawned a little gloomy but after breakfast the elouda parted, leaving the traditional little patch of ???blue tky cnongh to make a Dutchman a pair of breeches"???a eigu that it was not going to rain; and tbn sun shone cut brilliantly, much to their delight The grass everywhere ms of the freshest green, the tender, delicate litres had not yet deepened into suui.ucr richness; the lovely fruit blossoms had been blown awsy on March winds, aud tbe sun shine and showers of April bad brought out tbe clean, fresh, young leaves iu their slead; dog-wood bloeaoms like sprinkles of snow, flecked.the vistas here and there oa we wended our way through the woods down to the creek bank. The Huntington and Brantly girls joined us, and about noon Cliff, with Dr. Randall, robe up on horaeback,dismounted and threw tbcmaclvea on the greaa beside the open lunch-basket. ???What a treat I" exclaimed Willie, "and we are just la time.??? "And I lievea treat elso/???eaM Cliff;??? a letter from Cousin Betsy. Would you all like to hear tl?" And while we made the sandwitebes be read: Hillaues, Talladega County, Ala.???Dear Cousin: I waa in hopes atter Tom Davis Irear'n what Flurridy Tennyay said about him that 8uoday evenin??? at our houee, that he'd bare??ense enough to take the hint and ???lay away, but ha cant be knocked down. Buddy lows he???s wuaser???n a tarrapin lor hold- iu' on; If a tarrapin bitea he holds on tel it thunders if you dont choke him off. Hia balr had been crapped to tbe akin of his head, and when It aot in to growln' out agin tbar was one onruly lock that stood out atiff all toitaelf ontopof hia head and made him look like a ekeered rabbit. He tried to grease It down with a meat akin, but it wouldn???t stay down no way he???d fix it. It worried and tormented him turrlble. Last one Sunday bo prinipt blssef to come to eee me, and he wts bent and delermin to make that ar lock lay down. He worked with it, and ewetted over if, end it wouldn't stay; it rlx up agin overtime He lowed it shouldn't out jlo him no longer; he Unowed what would etick it. So be turned in, he did, endtakoneome of these home made 'lessee and smeared ???em all over bis heed, and they belt that lock down tight, I tell you; ever her stayed right whar be stuck it; and when he come in I didn???t skneely known him. Cap Dewberry was tbar a eettln' np to me, and aa quick aa he tot eyes on Tom he let in to langhin. Then he dragged hia obeer to tother eend ol the entry to git out'n the way end aet in to talkin' to Celedony. I seed the devilment in Cal's eyia, and Gan he was moat takin' a fit, so glad of a chance to git eumpen to plague me about. I was mad as I could be, and tickled to death, too, kese Tom was so plum sa'ified with blssef. After me and him bowdye???d be Higgled and bis faoe turned rad. He alien laughs over nothing. Then he axed me, "Mlav Betsy, what (or a Inns did you have at the show? Did you see them hy-ueeatesy end did you see the afreet progade???" "1 seed you,??? eaye he, ???and you looked might; sweet, ton." Aud I knowed in reason 1 must er, for It was a rainin??? hard aa it oonld pour, and my coal???all waa all drabbed in mud up to iny knees. He said I looked ewi et end I never denied it, but when be up and lowed, "Miss Betav, I think you air the smartest gat ever I seen,??? I wanted to ax him how 'pou tha yeth he knowed, for be bts got about tbe least sense of any lgnant feller I know. I bad a turrlble grudge agin Tom. He had knocked me outu gwine to tho tinging twice'! band gwine, and oace???t to the sor ghum stretehln??? at old Mias Gooden's. He had axed me to incept of bis company and 1 jlat wouldn't go at all, kaae maw aba thought itch a powerofoldMiaa D*vis(Tem'i maw) that she didn???t low me to alight him. Tom ho /etched bieeef here ever Sunday, nln or ahine, jlet when I waa a lookin??? for Cap Dewberry or Iky Robereon, and if they'd eee hint in the entry they'd lay, whip to ther??? critters and gallop by, and it got nto sol fariy iiatad Tom Davis. T-iat Sunday he aot facin??? me with Ills Hack to Cal and tm m, aud they hep a laughin' a d a crookin' ther finger* *i nre. It wav a hot t-venin' aud I thought ratbOe It wa- a tilin' to rain, for I never seed tbe like of file*, and we don't lngennerly have many (lias. ???How do you like the name of Belay Davit???? aay* ha, a liitlln at the flies. "The Hire ie mighty bail,???' asys I. for I seed they waa a pesterin??? of hitu powerful. ???I come here this evenin???," saya he. (slappin??? the flies) ???to ex you (billin' at 'em a little herder) ???to ex you if you didn???t want to be Mlaa Davie." says he, tlghtln' the dice with both hands, and aoratehiu??? biv bead). ???I been e lovin' yon ever sense tbe log (hittio' the flies) log rollin??? at old mtn Hasher's." Then he slapped at his head and nick and faoe, hut they 'peared to oome in droves from ever- whirs, and hia brad ???begun lo look like a ???warm of beca???the more he fit 'em tbe wtUier they got I looked at tother eend of the entry and thar aot Caledony and Cap jest a killin' they fool selves a laughin???. Tom he fit harder'* ever. ???Whet's got into the flies?' ???ays I; "I never seed 'em so bad, 'pears like they ere trylu' to eat you barJaciously up," says I. He scratched at his head and lowed; ???I dunno what thry want er me, I liaint an sweet; looks like they hadorter bite you iustid er me. Hit skorely eint me they ere Biter; bit must be these here fool 'lasses I've greased my head with, (and he bU 'em fasier'n ever) and I reckon the onlyeet way to git shat of ???em is to go lo the branch anti wash ???em off I know In reason they are jiat what???s e ilrawln??? these taroaital tires." end with that he rii end went to tbe branch. He never saidgood evenin??? nor nothin' to nobody, end wo lowed he was aoomin??? book, but he never. The next 8uaday here ba come agin I had done mailt up my mind I wasn???t a gwine to be tormented with him no longer. I lowed to gin him hia welkia??? paper* eod let bimgo. it* lot and aot, and told me how putty I we*, end bow twee???, and bow smart, and lowed by how hia heart had been e pinin' for me ever sente he seed me at tha circus, and up and axed me, says Ire: "Now, Miss ri-'ty, cant you loss roe jut a leetle grain?" "No." ???aya I. "not nairy strain.??? I seed ha was mid as blas-s. Nex' tima I seed him it was at the candy pullin??? at Mias Hooker???s, and the fust chance he got he txed me if I wasn???t mighty eorry I didn't take him. ???No " eeye I, "for I don't went you." ???Well, I don???t keer, ??? says be; ???I jee courted you kese I beam your pap lowed login you thar arcreek bottom (otterin' over thar ferent Mias Gooden???s.??? "Well." says I, "I have hesr'n of the feller that loved the ground a gal walked on. but I never lowed Id eee hint.) "I am monstrous glad bit was tha land yon wanted ineild er me, keee if you???ve got the money you can buy the Und, keee bit's forss'e and I halnt, and If l was, vou couldn't buy me no how, at no Brice. I nerer once't ???usplshuned bit wag the land yoa wanted. I was hiked uo with the idee that you was a lovin??? of me for my p'yore smartness, and my puttluees, aud my aweetueaa??? least way* that's what I lowed." aye I. "TRere sir moony tun of mennr minds. And menny fools of menny Staffs." That's the poetry Cep said that Sunday evenin' otter Tom lefL Ynur???n, Bxtvv Hamilton. Next week, ("niqns and GtiAXs.") Ufh TO lri??V ARCTC. Tha "ITvs*" Ball* fvrlhY Borer Urvrir-Aa Is las eves* la New Vur- Serboa The moat striking scene wltoctstd tn New Yoik harbor for many a day was tbe departure of the ???Bear," the ship that goes In relief of tbe (freely expedition, now lost or Imprisoned lu the Arctics. Tbe 8uu says of the- departure: TLc rata came down in .Melting showers at the navy yard yesterday afternoon sa tbe crowd of men and women began to gather along the bulkhead where tbe (freely relief steamer Bear waa moored. A volume of thin tmoko Hotted away from the funnel, aud now and then a little whiff of white aleam escaped through tbe aefety valve. The whaleboats are ???nuglyeeeuredattbedavtu, and tho dories were placed on the forecastle houte. On the trunk of the cabin skylight was a-great polar bear's head made of whlto aud red pinks, a model of the Bt er to flowera, a floral dory, and around them were boquets and cut flowers In pro- fusion. The deck of the a-eimer was kept clear of visitors, and only a few sailors and oceasluallyau offiesrs could be seen. About two o'clock Commander Schley, accom panted by Commodore FlUebrown and Captain Kiri laud, came down the bulkhead, and the crowd which at that time stood ten deep, made way lor them to put over the gangway. Lieutenant W. B Emory, commander of the Bear, received him aud then ordered the officers aud crew to gather alt. The men formed In rauks athwartahlna, while the olficere stood In a group agalnat the rail on the port side. Commander Schley read tbe general order of the secretary of the navy, already printed. When he had finished reading he said: ???Icillyour attention to the fact that you are tailing ou the day set, the 24tb ot April. You are off ou time. I believe you will be able to accom plish the object ol iblstxpcdliiou, and that isthe iLtcue of Lieutenant Greely and hit parly, or to determine Uretr fate. I believe that you will aid In every effort made," Then this telegram from Secretary Chandler to Lieutenant Emory was read: ???1 wish you aud all your comradrs good health, good courage amt good luck, (food-one. W. E cuanbi-KR, S-cretary." I say tho tame,??? added Commander Hchley, if tit which he shook hands with (he ofitccra and the boatswain piped down. Then thecnaiu cablet were cast off and the haw sers were singled up. Tbe government tug Catalpa camo along-Ideand waa made fast. The pennant ol the Amertcau yaoht club,of whicn Lleuteuaut Em ory Is ??u honorary member, waa iuu to the miaaen I eak, and the Urge ensign teat by the club was run up ou the flag stefi over the taffralL Then a uum her ol bales of the deer, kin duthlng. Including one that had not beeu completely packed, were rolled dowu the gang plank, and after tUtra a tew barrels ot other stores. At :i o'clock the crowd had Increased to 5.000 ttopic, and tha navy yard band cams down and stood unctr a ship bouse abed, where It played A aid Laug Dyne." When boatswain's max-. John Quevedo, began to anlu up main ilggtrg to clear the fouled fly tho baud played tbe more cheerful ???train of ???The Uhl I Lett Behind Me." The ata man cleared the fly with hia hand as be clung to tuosleudershrouds wlthfeeiandilmbso.il). The crowd applauded him when he came dowu ana jumped lightly to me deck. In the mean time tbe tug Catalpa bad pulled the Bear???e head out horn tha bulkhtad. Lltutenaut Emory mourned the bridge,while Executive Officer Crosby took tbe trumpet and directed tbe men aoout desks. Ctptaln Barrymore, the navy yard phot, alto took the bridge, and at 8:16 the last rope wiu thrown off, aid the Bear forged ahead drar of alL The Alert waa at tbe duck not far ahead, and astern waa the Thetis, taking coal from a Spanish ???learner. Tha crowd bad boarded all these result, and stood wherever standing room could be had in view ol the departing steamer. When the Bear drew up alongside of the Alert her engines were slowly bteked, and thou aa she began to make way toward tbe river a hundred ration swarmed up the rigging of tho Alert. Taking off their broad topped cape they gave three tremendous cheers for the succors ol the expedi tion. The men on tbe Bear leaped Into the shrouds, and, with the effioen forward, returned the cheers heartily. Then the thousandi along the shore took It up, end, with hate off and handkerchiefs In air, cheered and ahouted till they were hoarse. Over on the receiving ship Colo rsdo -450 white coated ration climbed on the rail and cheend their good wlsbee for thorn on boaid tho Beer. The big tide wheel eteamer, c. U. Nor throp, and half a doayo UtUe harbor tugs were patting np the river. Their pilots saw what was going on. and thalr whistles awoke the echoes In prolonged blasts, which were amwered by Lieu tenant Crosby at the whistle string of the Bear, Well out in the East river the Brer headed dowu toward if ovamor'a Island. Pier heads on both tldt a of the rirer, ihswludoweof manuf icturi ng estab lishments, and tha vessel! of all kluds contained crowds of people, who were watchtug tho depart ure. Flags it rated from the ataffi ou the tell bridge piers The ferryboats added their whistles to the din raised by unnumbered luge. Not fluce evacu ation day hu the Best river seen inch en ovation. A short dlstauce below Ibe bridge one of tho Gov en or't Island lugs steamed alongside tho Bearee an escort. Off the Istttcrr the big t'ramer Republic was seen oomfi-g down Ih-- North river, end wheu -brwal of Be.-li-.'* Island she Joined ibe llule rivet, dipping her ff-g lo the B-ar aa *he did ro At this r ilaee tbn - a-alpa oast off her lines, and the Rsputr- le, the Besr. aud Ibatug passed ou through Narrow* Tho B-araud the tug weremaklngal eight knots an hour, aud soon dropped aiiern ef the big steamer. IN A HOLLOW STUMP. A Merger L???vrtvtl g Sr Ik* YvsyS si Hyiy Iy Prggs Csinir. Special to The ConaTtuuon. KAkxnax. April 29 -Whlto working la the woods about one mile from M. A. Walker's sawmill, in the southern pert of Dodgo county, the attention of some turpentine bends was attracted by some old clothes they saw lying upon tbe ground. Go ing near and lavasttgeilng the muter, they dUciv cred a human skeleton In an old stump hole. Tho clreumatancre writ reported to Coroner J. V. Nixon, who Immediately smrmonrd a Jury of Uqirett The |r qnl.l inn developed that the tk-letou repre sented me remalnaof E l Curry,an ludusrrtousand thrilrv e> gr >, who mysteriously ditapp-aied on the gg-h of la*i February. Law in thesvenlog of that day he wee seen within a hundred yards of the plane where bts honea were found, playing cards with George Falter and Henry Roberts, who had Jni' eotne up with Mm from Darien where they had at been to carry soar Umoer. That was the last net of Ed Curry In life, d't eimpa-lms left the neat day a-d wereafterwards seen In Wl-eox coun ty. It*vlna In their poaasstlen a coat, pair of show, po- k-1 knife sod pistol, which were reroanla-d at belonging to M Curry. They gaves-rer*lcotfllet log ecconuta of Curry's whereabouts, string, among other Improbable .king* that he bad J amp- rd from rht train while In motion on tho way up fro-m Darien. In order to conceal their crime the murderers hsd placed the oody of their victim tn a trump hole with bis head downwards, aid then nnUi a r?? upon him by which hb beta ??*?????? burned off Just below hb kntee. Tho rest of the etc clou, nowevr r. being covered with earth, was Intact and waa not affected by tbe fire. Tbe echrm* resorted to (or co-coalmen! might have proved rffvctatl If tome trees had not g- tiso scent of the denying body and partially roo-ed It up. Wbon the jury disinterred the skeleton for examination they found ???hat tbe skull bed been crushed by means of tome unknown Instrument or weapon, thus (Bring un- mbiakablsevtgeneoof a foul murder Ana the foes that Curry bad oa his person a considerable amount of money wblrb he obblned for tbo Um bar be hut lust carried to Da-tea was supposed to ban been Ibe Inducement for Ike killing. Hit com nan loos, roller and Roberts, mart hareknown be bed tbb money, es they had come from Darien with him and played cards with Mm as already sutfid oo the day of their return. Suspicion retted *ostrongly upon there mtn that tha Jury rendered a verdict that "Ed Curvy came to hit death, by some unknown weapon in tho bends ot Merest Fuller end Henry Roberts da the 3th dey ot Feb ruary. UM." Fuller bae already bean arrested tn NDcoxeouaty for the murder, and tha coroner has also Uanad Ms warrant far tha arrest ol loo srtsoo tbo charge ol murder. Bela said to beta eu county. T H C [INSTITUTION LIBRARY STANDARD BOOKS AT COST TO OUR WEEKLY SUBSCRIBERS. ,??? This Is the age of reading. The schoolmaster Is abroad and books fly to and fro as leaves In an autumn wind. The Constitution wants Its readers to have all the advantages offered by other papers and we have there fore prepared an UNEQUALLED OFFER OF STANDARD BOOKS. We have carefully selected ten of the best books ever printed and have bought them la Iota of one thousand each, time getting the lowest cash discounts. ' These discounts we glv* to our readers. Here is the lilt, giving the-regular price and price to our readers i tvanhoe???Sir Walter bem . Oliver Tvrtat???CKarla Dicltnt Pilgrim???* Progress???John Bunyan . . . Last of the Hohicbns???Fenimore Coopt Boblneon Oruaoe???Danid Defot Scottish Chiefs???Jane Porter ..... 80,000 Leagues Under the Sea???Juki Children of the Abbey???ifarie Bodu. Arabian Night*???. 1.25 . . . 70 cents. ,1.25 . . .70 U . .70 U 1.25 . . .70 u 1.25 . . .70 u 1.25 . . .70 it 1225 . . . 70 u 1.25 . . .70 ?? 1.25 . . .70 *??? 1.25 . . .70 U -32 L, sa These hooka are standard the world over. They are printed on fine tinted paper and hound elegantly in cloth, with black and gold???illustrated. Wc guarantee that they ars as handsome books as yon can buy at $1.25 in any store. When one specimen Is seen others will be bought. , HOW YOU CAN GET THESE BOOKS. lit Any subscriber whose name is on our books can get any of these books, carefully wrap, ped and sent postage paid to anv address, by sending ue 70 cts. and naming the book wanted* 2nd. H you are not a subscriber you can by sending $1.90 get a receipt for one year???i sub. ecription to the Weekly and any one of the books in the above list. Separately the paper costs $1.25 and the book $1.25. 3rd. If yon will send us 3 subscribers at $1.25 each, or 10 subscribers at $1.00 each, we will lend you free any book on tbe list For every 3 subscribers at $1.25 each, aud for every 10 subscriber* at $1.00 each, we will send an extra book. An hour???s work will get yon two or three books without coat OUR CIRCULATING NEIGHBORHOOD CLUBS. Here is a suggestion that we recommend. Say yon want tbe Constitution. It Will cost yon $1.25 if you take it alene. Get 4 of yo*. neighbors to Join you and thus reduce the price ol the paper to $1.00 each, aa we soul 8 copies one year, for $5,00. Now let each one add 70 cents, making $1.70 for each or $8A0 for the club, and we will send 6 papers for one year and the 5 book* below, or any 6 hooks ci the list above, post paid t Ivanhoe???By Sir Walter Scott Oliver Twist???By CKarla Dicient. Last or the Mohicans???By Fenimore Cooper. Swiss Family Robinson. Scottish Chiefs???By Jane Porter jjT!E r 6??? Sffgsj Each subscriber can choose which ol these booki shall be sent to his address. After read* ing hia own book he can lend to hia neighbor, until each read alL A small circulating library can Urns be established in each neighborhood. Wa earnestly recommend thl* plan. The books will be an ornamant te any home. They are pure, strong, thrilling and ennobling. H yon have already eent in yonr subscriptions get your neighbors to join yon with 70 eta, each and order these books. 11 yonr neighbors dont want to go in, order ono of the book) yourself. When they see your book they will then order another one. HOW TO GET THE WHOLE' LIBRARY. Here ie even a better suggestion, and one that covers the whole library. Get up a club of 10 subscribers at $1.00 each. Each one of yon add 65 cents to the $1.00, making $16.60 in ail, and we will send 10 papers one year and the 10 books of the Constitu tion Library. To get advantage of this offer the 10 names and the $16.60 must be rueut at one time and in one envelope. PoeiUvely no variation will be made from this rule. BUMMAKY OX* THE BOOKS. "Ivanhoe.?????????This Is the noblest of the Weverly novel's It is dramatic, stirring, bistort* cal, aud deals with the crusades of the Knights of Europe for the love of Christ against Baladin and his followers. It la a pageant of heroic battles, sieges and tournaments. Oliver Twlet.???The greatest work of Dickens???fall of hamor and the pathos of that matchless writer. Mothers and father! the world over have wept over the story of little Oliver. Tide book is a revelation. Swise Family Roblneon.???The adventure* of a Bvlss clergyman and his family wrecked on a desert island. The book ranks with Robinson Crusoe, and ahowe what heroism and patience can do. The description of the home in the giant tree and thfi adventures With strange animals la incomparable. Children Of the Abbey,???Next to Robinson Crusoe end one or two other booki more copies of this pure, pathetio and noble story have been sold than of any othaa book printed. , Last of the Mohtcan8.???Of all the Indian booki, none equal this In intense internal and beauty. The marvellous skill and prowess of Uawkeye. tha woodcraft of the India one, the desperate fights in the forest,???the lofty beauty of the whole book is worthy of Cooper end the Leather Stocking Tales of which it is first and best. Robinson Crusoe.???Ol this great book it ii useless to speak. It la the claialo of thfi world. The man, woman or child who fails to read jt misses the rarest of treats. 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea.???The sensation created by this greatest of Jules Verne's works la indescribable. It is the etory of a man who invented ao electrifi boat in which he lived under the ocean. HU Journeya under the sea. hU conflicts with submarine monsters are of thrilling interest, and hold the mind enchained. Pilgrim'S Progress.???Of thie work of immortal John Bunyan wa need say nothing, it should be on tho table of every Christian borne. The Scottish Chiefs.???'The struggles of Broce and Wallace and their brave compao* ions is told by Miss Porter in a book of snrpueing interest. Every page hu lie chaptefi of noble and heroic action. ThO Arabian NiKhtS.???The 1000 etorics of Eastern magnificence and adventure an here envolumed and make enough reading for every night for a year. These arc books to be read aloud by any member of the family to all the others; the/ will interest all aud weary or offend none. A WORD IN CLOSING Now one word in dosing to onr reader*. Every father wants to give hU children the beet advantages possible to hi* circumstance*) Nothing improves young people so much u Judicious reading. Nothing is pleasanter hi middle life or old age than the reading of intereetlng books. There U no amusement pure* and more ennobling than to have the father or mother or one of the sons or daughters read * chapter each night or two or three nights in the week, in the family. It is the earnest desire of the Constitution to give lie reader* all the reading they want at lower price* than it can be had elsewhere and thu we intend to do. We have bought 10,000 copirt ol thc*e book* at one order. Wo get them cheaper by taking this number at ouce and paying cash than any book store can get them. The regular prioe, u you will ace on thfi coYcr* is $100 in New York???lo which postage U added. We sell them to yon at coat pric* adding simply the poalagc and cost of handling. You cannot buy them anywhere for leu than $115 delivered, and usually $1.40. They ere printed on clear, big, new type and can bt read by old or young; and bound atoatly in black and gold cloth ao that they will lut Now von can afford to gratify youraelf and your family by buying at least one of thesfi book*. Seventy cents is' but little for such a book. U yon are in a dab, persuade otbu members of the dub to buy other books. You can then lend to each other and thru have a r 3ood library for each neighborhood. Each book is a masterpiece and filled with pure aenU*\ mcnl and thrilling interest. They will ennoble tljj mind* of children, interest and inatrnot \ them???give the keenest pleasure to each member of your family, end make your-homu \ happier ami brighter. ' We want to pul the Constitution Library into evert village and neighborhood In tha > Southern Stales. When we have exhausted this order we will make np 10 new books and ; start another series. Order ar one*. We guarantee that either ol the books will please yon, and coat Just hall wlrst y-e worm! pay elsewhere. Select one of the books, send 70 cents and we will und it t* you |*st|*iil and nicely wrapped. A Reduction for PoBtug* If y??m are near Atlanta or have any one coming here, or any merchant friend in thfi city, , will *t!l cither of the books for 60 cents???taking oil the 10 cents postage on each booh, Understand this clearly. It costa us 10 cents to send a book by mail. We will deliver any book anvwhere in the city for 10 cenu less than the price, or 60 cents. U you are in reach of an express office and order more than 3 book* you can pay 00 cent* each and gat thfi books aent by express cheeper than by mail These book* average 450 page* each, 12 m??? VIJreu, THE CONSTITUTION Bfi 4