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CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MAY 7. IS84- TWELVE PAGES.»
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I er«. We regret that there lz no leer that pre-
. __ , „ __ . , rented b!a doing ao. Bat there was none.
■ Bntered at the Atlanta Post-CXoeuKCond-clui
■iu matter, November 11, ibTS. I Mr. James speculated jait as other men
] speculate, and made little secret
J it. He often made money
Clubs of five, 41.00 each; clnba of ten, 11.00 each I , n .. n i.t| nn an d this fart wm made causa
audacopyto ihogcuor-upof Club. speculation ana tms fact was maue cause^
1 congratulation among hia friends. He
THE CONSTITUTION.
Entered at the Atlanta Pont-Cfl
Bail matter, November II, 1878.
Weekly OtiiUtaUra $1.18 Per Am
ATLANTA, OA., MAY *7, 1884.
THE CONSTITUTION
THE PlilCE.
OW TO GET
IT.
in specniation and hia bank waa closed,
knows that he did wrong in apeculating
he says ao frankly. Hia creditors appear
bare accepted this aa the best he could
and to be determined to give him another
chance.
There iano question in onr mind that they
hare acted wisely if their own interests alone
be considered. Erery creditor gets ten
The price of the Weekly Corf- I cent cash and the preferred creditors 43 M
Stitutlon is Si.25 (one dollar and cent “*>>• A " classes get a guarantee of
. \ t„ „ 1 I percent (the Interest they are drawing b
a quarter) a year, to single sub- thelr con ( nw ,) f 0r g re years. After that
SCriberS. I properly will itself easily pay it, fn
It is Sent to clubs ol 5 or mere I meantime Mr. James believes he can make
fnr «r on radl one vear enongh money to gradually buy up
1°r SI.00 eacn one year. claims of the smaller depositors at dollar .or
It is sent to Clubs Ol 10 lor dol!ar He will never prove false to himself
$1.00 cach t and one extra copy I wears sure by buyings single claim for teas.
Is sent one year to the getter up Us far as Atlanta at large ie concerned tf
. ., r I settlement of the case Is undoubudly
Ol the Club Ol . I i, S ppy onc , jj prevents the disturbenc w.
If you Send lor one paper I the local real (State market by the sacrifice
Only. Or for less than five, send I Of large blocks, and it keeps out of Ihecourta
$1,25 each. If you send for five I ‘I 1 ? 1 WQuId produce cocstsnt irrimti -
or more than five, send $1.00
each. If you send for 10 or
without io our opinion doing on, bit of good,
WHBRB WB STAND
j - « I It is easy tossy that the storm is over, and
more names send $1.00 oach, H)lt t]iere wi n bo CIoar aod „ | 0Ye iy
and and One extra name free I prospect. No doubt there will be small rose
for every $10 sent. No varia- H 0 ® 8 in‘he various markets from the prices
-I,,., /•„_ “L ,u. n 1 that were created by fear in the hour of con
non from these rules. 1 fusion; but ther8 will be no gre , t degrte
GOOD FOR Atlanta! | activity in trade until the rains end sunshine
At last the completion of the Kimball house I h * T ® completed their work In the fields
is assured. The last contract is closed. The wh «‘. corn or cotton. Two great “ife''are
money ia in hand. As rapidly as possible the I he regarded, namely, If we have gr,a
work will be pushed until Atlanta has ready “OP* ol whe » l . c °™ »nd cotton, and if the
lor the public, the finest, richest and band-1 other ‘“'plus countries engaged in the culU-
aomest hotel in body and appointments In the I vatlon ol ‘he** have light crops, then
•onth-ssven stories, fire proof, elaborate prosperity will begin to enter In from the
•fracture, cosUng, with the ground, nearly mountains to the seaboard. The annual de-
$7(J0 000. I Bclency of Europe in the matter of wheat
That the last subscription of $25 000, nec-1 ln th ® neighborhood of 300,000,000 bushels,
«sary to make the hotel a certainty, should « nd 11 "« <!° u hl * U PP'7 one hslf of this
have been raised In one day, after the failure I amounl ' ,a,r prices, and at the
•f a local bank with $500,000 deposits, and ** me tlm « ,bl » 10 tb »‘ populous
pending tbs depression and nocertainty that I I»rid meats, corn and cotton,
followed, means much moro than the mere depression in business would bo lifted
niatogor the money. It meane that the old » nd we would begin to recover loet ground,
Atlanta aplrit Is still on top. It means that •“* ‘ b « boom of ‘hat we aro wait-
ear people still love their good city end bo-1 ln 8 on > * nd mus ‘ w, *‘ on through the
lleve lntUdeetlny and will alwaye/ally when »«mmer. Good crop, are always desirable,
|| alls on them, | bnl 'hey are especially wanted this yesr.
By this acUon, Atlanta puts tho world on I A ‘‘ bl * writing all the reporta concnr
notice that the Intend, to keep on growing! I “J 1 "* “>*' ‘ho country has rarely known
That no matter what doubt or depreaalon b *' ler ,e “° n - Fruit* and vegetables are wife,
Otero ntoy be elsewhere, there shall be oonfi-1 ,nd ‘ be winter wheat crop is every'
deuce, and activity, and progress within the wher< Iook,I1 »! » nd promising well,
•rails of the gate city. Atlanta grow steadily I “ °‘ course, too early to say what
«ln bnalnraa and populntlon and p re stlge ,l,eou “ ur,,wl,1 hc;t‘canonlybosafclyas-
Utrough the weary yean of the panioof 'IS. I aerted that thecondltlona aro favorable for
Bho is richer and stronger now titan she was I *" growing crops from cotton down to gar-
then. Her cltliens aro moro devoted and I d,n truck - Tl| c disturbed financial outlook
better organlied. Whero she had one shop 1 11 ‘hsrefore balanced by the promising ngri
or factory then, sho lisa a dozen now. A l- euUur * ,ouUook ' snd w « L «»e only to be
■tost without exception iter merchants and P»0« nt «« d truit in providence to see whleh
manufacturers have prospered aud have In I come out ahead. ^
turn contributed to her growth. The build-1 THE INTERNAL TAXB8.
lug of tbo Klntball gives assurance that wo I Tho final attempt to open the revenae
■hell have a busy summer, and n grand yoar, I question is to bo made over the tobacco tax.
ln ipite of last week’s Hurry. I The New England tobacco growers aasocla-
As for Tut: Constitution, we cannot find I lion Is at the head of tho movement, and It
words with which to thank our people for I finds support among the Pennsylvania pro*
tbelr prompt and full response I tectionista and the growcrCof the weed in
lo onr appeal for this last I Virginia and North Carolina. It is proposed
■itacrlptlon to the Kintbill house, com I to get up the fruit brandy bill—which stands
mny. There were many who thought it best I near the head of the calendar of the commit-
not to make the call. They argued that the I tee of the whole—and to amend it by insert-
money could not possibly be raised, and that I lug a section repealing all taxes on tobacco,
the failure, advertised as it must have bean, I As the bill In question
weald bo disastrous. They urged that the I is a revenue bill, and
work on the hotel be suspended,and its com-1 he house will be in committee of the whole
pletion adjourned to more propitious time* I for the purpose of considering revenue bills,
We felt certain, howevor, that the money | all manner of revenue amendments can be
fiduM be raised. We bed confidence in the I proposed, aud thus the entire subject will be
people of Atlanta. We bad never aeen them I reopened, including tariff propositions. It
foil, and ws know they would not fail In I la to be hoped that this new firebrand will
this emergency. The result more than mat I share the late of the Mi rrlson bill. The sen
onr expectation. What wa thought might I tlment of the country and of the democratic
be done ln a week waa more than done in a I party has unmlitakably set towards
*7- It is a pleasure to print a paper In a I postponement of all revenue questions
city like this, and among a people like ours, I until something substantial can be
and to labor for its advancement and their I acoompliahed. Theoretical reform baa
prosperity. It shall be our constant aim lo I been rejected in the house, and tbs de-
make a paper worthy of Ihia city; as it 11 cision should be permitted loatuud, and the
• worthy capital of this greet state. I New England tobacco growers should be told
THB JAMBS’S CRBD1TORS SETTUB. f b * In their appeal addressed to
Mi, Nr. I the Now York board of trade they seem to
The proceedings of the two meetings held “‘Ink they can push their measure at this
by the credltori of Mr. Jamta preeentstftne particular time regardless of ita merits; for
■siqtie features. I they say: “Neither party in congress will
Here wt have a man who has failed for >*"• oppoae the measure in this presidential
half a million dollar*. He gathers his end-1J*w. “ “ •« required of them, with itnniedl
Hors in a meeting and in a atralghtforirard «'». organised, and persistent determination
speech, tells them he has lust their money I Au Immediate coalition of th* whole tobacco
in speculation. They cheer bint. He makes I Internet is urged to accomplish this end.’’
Utem a detailed statement showing that he I ' rb ia shows that a desperate attempt
bat tittle else then hia real estate to alee I ” il1 he made to re-open the subject,
them. They greet this with applause. I and 10 »»oid further Irritation over the reve-
Hot an unkind word la spoken against I UUB question, the first move ahouKl be met
him In the meetiug. Many of the creditors I u similar effjrts have been met in the house,
■fate they are willing to give bins their I >“ht* d <®®. "• wM hear no more of au
claims and express confidence in hia ability I »gll»‘ion that Is out of season and all reason,
and purpote to pay in full. He proposes a I crops in the si atf,
plan of eettlement. It is submitted to two I The report of Commissioner Henderson for
•ommltlees that indorse it unanimously. It I the month of April is not dlscouragiug. The
is reported lo the meetiug of over four bun-1 area in corn la as large as it wis last year,
dred creditors and paused without a dissent-1 There b a good stand throughout the state,
ing vote. ' I and wnile the crop waa planted late and has
We record these facta sin-ply as they come I suffered some injury from hard rain storms,
to as. Their explanation may be had in part I there ia reason to expect a good outturn. The
in the confidence the creditors have in Mr. I acreage in oati b only two per cent below
-James's honesty of purpose and Ida capacity I last year's, although a large percentage of the
for making money. Many of them have been I foil sown crop was winter killed. Moat of
hanking with him for ten yean or more. I the area tbit was devastated by the frosts of
Many of them were with him when be aut-1 the winter was re-seeded in the spring,
pended in '73 and remember that be paid I and the prospect b still favorable
them in full, principal and interest. Those I for an average crop. There will doubllera bo
who have not known him so long see that I a fair crap ol wheat, although about fifteen
be now makes a clean breast of the I per cent of the crop waa winter killed. If the
whcle thing, end surrenders all I winter had been an ordinary one the crops
hie property, from his palatial I of oats and wheat would probably have ex-
raidence to hb family oow. They believe I eroded those of any other year. Even now
In ^vlng him a chance to get on bb feet I the prospect ia by no means poor.
•gain- I Tb* area ln cotton 1« reported one per cent
Another explanation of th* action oi the I below th* erea of last year. Th* decrease b
-at diton b that this b Atlanta. W* have I chiefly in north Georgia. The crop at the end
here a community that value* commercial I of April was seven dsye late. About
intrgriiy aa high.ai any in th* able. It Is I an equal amount of commercial ferttlisen
bua’nera-lik* In ib methods, honorable and I baa been used, as compared with hut year,
exact in Ib dealings. But ft believes ln I and th* lucres** in the use of hour* composts
giving every man • chance, and has little of I b considerable. Th* stand b generally good
the spirit that hounds a man who Is down. | in the state, aad tb* condition of tb* crop b
** Jtmm did wrong naqneitlonsdsly in not unpromising.
cane, more sorghum, sn equal amount ol
rice, more clover, lest fruit except grapes,
made in the state according to present indi
cations. Stock of all kinds is free from
disease, and in fair condition. The
supply of labor is about what
it waa one year ago. Thirty-five per cent of
the labor on the farms of the slate b em
ployed for wages, thirty-eight per cent i*
hired on sharta and twenty-seven per cent
work os renters. The average monthly wages
paid foil hands for farm work is $0 50, except
io southeast Georgia, where it la $1150.
THB ORAND JURIES.
The LaG range Reporter calls timely atten
tion to the power and influence
of the grand jnrles of the
conntiis in auppretsing crime and pro
moting the prosperity and well-being that are
the natural and inevitable accompaniments
of good order. Tux Cokssitotioh has fre
quently alluded to this subject, and we
glad to see our state contemporaries inclined to
make it the text for cmphstlo comment. Ho
fern the prompt enforcement of the law is
concerned, the chief responsibility rests with
the grand juries At the very lesst,these bodies
represent the public sentiment of the conn-
ties. ln the great majority of instances,
they are themsrives the public sentiment of
the counties, the engines of law and order,
the conservators of good morals, upon which
society depends.
Of late, aa we took occasion to point out
the other day, the grand inquests of the conn
ties are beginning to wisely magnify their
office, but there is still great room for im
provement in this respect. How often is it
the case tbit the proceedings of tho
grand juries are made insignificant—nay,
even contemptible—by that deadly peifunc-
torinesi which ia the mark of carelessness
recklessness, or the lack of Interest. How
often does it happen that the presentmenb
intended to servo as proclamations to their
fellow-citizens betray a aad lack of that pa
triotic interest in the well-being of society
which should characterizo those who are
selected as grand jurors ou account of the
respect and esteem in which they are held,
There can be no more. responsible position
than that of grand juror, and the citizen who
occupiea it owei It to himself and to hb neigh
bors to exercise its duties fearlessly, impar
tially and with the eagerness that accom
panies tiie actloua of a man cf public spirit.
Wherever, in any seotion or country, there
are manifestations of lawlessness, It may be
taken for granted that tits grand jarics are
not adequately performing their dalles.
In the countries where the grand inquesls
have made the public feel their influence
aa it should be felt, the people aro enjoying
Ibe fruits of peace and good order.
Upon this point the LsGrange Reporter
stys: "The grand jury b the most powerful
factor In good local govern era meat. If,
twice a year, In each of the 130 and more
counties in Georgia twenty-three good, true
and Intelligent citizens (the code requires
that they shall be the best), sworn toenforco
the law without fear, favor or sflection
would bo true in every instance to their duty,
not only these evils bat every other species
of crime wonld be speedily wiped ont, or
diminished In a few years that thero-would
be little need for jails and-'pen
itentiaries. These are the roots and the
nourishing toil of crime; lay tho ax at tho
root of the tree and the deadly npas
which blights the land would ibelf soon be
destroyed. How great the responsibility of
grand jurorl He is a sworn officer of tho
court and should know neither self Interest
nor favoritism in hb pnblio acts. The en
forcement of the law, the ferreting ont ol
crime and the presentation of the guilty lor
trial, should bs his only thought. The ele
vation of the character of our grand juries
will be a powerful means of uplifting society
and promoting morality."
Thera ia no condition of things in Georgia
requiring any extraordinary effort on the
part of the gran! juries; but there b largo
room for reform in the methods of the grand
juries themselves, snd thb reform will not
be long delayed if onr state contemporaries
follow the eue of the Reporter.
of the Arm, b interesting as a display of pre- j her own blunders and tardiness have brought
tended imbecility, but it only adds to [ upon her. It will be asserted that if an ag-
THB CALL FOR TILDSN.
The sentiment throughout the oountry haa
become to overwhelming iu favorof the nom
ination of Mr. Tilden that no sane man can
uow doubt tho nomination of the old ticket
Chicago unless an absolute and deter
mined refusal of thause of hia name b made
between now and the time of the meeting of
the convention. The call b not con lined to
democratic circles nor b the enthusiasm of
the canvass limited to the states. Hb name
comes back to us from abroad, standing aa it
the exponent of a pure aud undeflied ays
tom of government. After twenty yean of
republican rnbrult and when coiruption has
become to general and has fastened
Itself sj firmly upon the very
vitals of our government that
honest men shrink from the responsibility
forced upon them by raicab in power, the
peoplo are awakening to the necessities of the
day and have determined npon a change of
officers. In so doing they realise the prestige
of th* name of Samuel J. Tilden aa a reformer
of misrule and corruption. Hia career haa
been one devoted to cleansing sndj purifying,
where corruption and criins had vitiated and
almcst destroyed the geod government of the
•tate over which he was called upon to
preside.
The same man is needed now to aaopt the
same court* for the governmentof the United
States.
As tang as republicanism b in power, ao
long will corruption exerebs ib rota from
Washiugton. The people demand a change
aud the republicans must go.
THB WALL. BfRBBT ULtOHT,
The mystery in regard to the transactions
the Grant firm grows In proportion with
the efforts made to clear it op. Unfortu
nately for a great many poor people, the
mystery of the transactions which have
brought the Grants to grief attachei to all
purely specubtive transactions. It b the
mystery of the faro table, the wheel of for
tune, the lottery basin*!*, and of all gamb
ling operation*. It b the mystery of reck,
leasnet* that pretends to be honest long after
be* taken the shape of dbhonesty and
swindling.
Th* trouble* of th* Grant firm have been
taken into th* conrto in New York, and the
report of th* examination of young Ward,
the mystery. Ward makes ostb
that be knew nothing of the hooka
of the Arm, that he waa not their book
keeper, and that be knows nothing abont
book-keeping. He Is a genius, if lack of
memory b genius. He knows nothing, he
remembers nothing, except that he waa de
pended npon by several able and distinguish
ed citizens to rustle around and raise money.
This b the extent of Ward’s knowledge.
It is understood, however, that thb Fans
tus of Wall atreet clainn to have a Mephbto-
pbelcs in attendance npon him, and he
threatens that if he is arrested, hb Mephbto-
pheles will also go to jail. There seems to
be no donbt that Ward’s operations were di
rected by an old and a cool bead, and tbb fact
in some measure accounts for tho reckless
ness with which Ward manipulated the
swindles which have finally resulted in the
col It pee ef the firm,
But Ward’s swindles and their resnlb are
unimportant by the side of the alarming en
tanglements which exist between reputable
men and the bowling gambling hell known
Wall street. The church fails to stand In the
way of these entanglements and even philan
tbropy ibelf b caught in the web. Where
It all to end? What b the remedy
[or it? These are questions that onght
to have a paramonnt interest for those who
profit by the substantial prosperity of the
country—for the people who are anxlotu to
have confidence ln the financial institutions
of the land. They are questions that every
honest man should strive <o answer.
DEATH OF OBNBRAL WOFFORD.
When the wires Friday announced the
death of General William Tatnm Wofford, of
Bartow, they bronght news that will be
received everywhere in Georgia with profound
regret. He has been in bad health for some
time past, but hb death was not anticipated
until very recently. He died Thnrsdsy
evening at hb retidence near Cass station,
surrounded by the members of hb family
and friends, who were dear to him.
General Wofford waa bora ln / Habersham
county on tbs 28th day of June, 1823. He
sprang from a native yeoman and a Virginia
mother, and early orphaned of hia father,
was taught by hb mother the
noble tratb and fine impulses
which distinguished ,hla long career.
He embraced the profesaion of isw aud at
tained eminence at the bar in competition
with some of the brightest legal minds of tho
state. He was also a passionate lover of rnral
life and spent hb happiest days in the super
intendence of bb thrifty farming operations,
He entered pobllc life in 1849 os a memberof
the general assembly and served there two
terms. He then became clerk of the same
body by an almost unanimous vote. He was
the chosen representative of hb connty in
the eeceralon convention, where, with excep
tional pretclence. be aaw the certain fatality
of the step and with rare and almost con
vincing eloquence combatted it. When it
bad been decided upon he submitted
He had won fame in the
war with Mexico as a daring
and courageous soldier, and in the impending
war between tbo states he did not hesitate to
take np arms In the defense of hb people.
He served first as colonel of the first regiment
of the fourth brigadeof Georgia volunteers and
afterwards commended the gallant Eighteenth
Georgia regiment, whose record for valor and
self-sacrifice was not equalled in the mighty
conflict. He was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general, although his record might
well have entitled him to more dbtingabhed
insignia.
At the close ol the war General Wofford
devoted hb energies and the remnaDt of
hb means to the help of hb distressed and
davssfated people and won imperishable
gratitnte from the thousands who wit
nessed aud received his aid and the
frnib of hb devoted and patriotic services.
He waa elected ln 18G0 to tho American con
gress, but was refused admission. In 1877 he
was chosen a delegate to the constitutional
convention of Georgia, and waa a wise and
efficient laborer in the preparation of that
admirable document. Since then he has only
appeared in public as the'advocatelof friend*
who were candidates for public office.
General Wofford waa aiugularly popular
among bb people, as ha was beloved and re
lied upon in war by hia aoidlers. He was
gentle by nature, yet firm in every position
he assumed. Ho had an eye single always to
the pnblio good, and to no one were tbea-uall
oris and trlcka of the politician stranger than
to him. He lived a pure, useful and honora
ble life, and the people of Georgia will pause
to mourn over the corse of one who served
bis God and hia state with inch pure faith
and such devoted patriotism.
THB FOVPrlAN WHITE ELEPHANT
The English government, after inviting
France to co-operate, decided two years ago
to pat down the Egyptian uprising by fores.
Alexandria wee bombarded, and the Egyp
tian army, so to speak, crushed at Tel-el-
Keber. The fugitive ruler was replaced on
the tbrone.but pesce and prosperity have not
been restored to the unhsppy country. The
great provinces towards the equator are Id
revolt, and the Arabs even threaten to march
down the Nile snd upon the Red 8ea littoral.
The chronic deficiencea in the pnblic parse
are becoming more aggravated, aad the en
tire situation b fall of doubt and difficulty.
Mr. Gladstone considers the case ao bad
that he has called a conference of the
powers. The last conference over the eastern
question was held in Berlin, and England
was represented, and well represented too, by
L-ml Beaconstkld. The then English pre
mier came home with mnch honor, although
hb country had not fired a shot in the
great war. In the new conference the
course of Kugisnd will undoubte ily be se
verely criticised. The English foreign secre
tary ins’sts that the conference shall not con
sider the poli'icai question, although France
and Italy desire to do so. France desires a
’.oration of the duel control, and all the
pswen invited to participate will probably
want to know how long England proposes to
hold Egypt and to what nses her power will
be given.
Tb* English government, on th* other
hand, insists that the question of Egyptian
finance shall be th* bub of discussion, and
that th* conference shall not go beyond 1L
Certain Itbthatthe Ea.opean court* will not
gressive policy had been pursued, the revolt
In Sondan wonid not have become for
midable, and thousands of people lost
In battle and massacre would be
alive. There will necessarily be some
very plain talking. And if the debt qnestion
b adjusted by the conference, England will
still have a difficult military problem on her
bauds; for Gordon still remains at Khar
toum and there are a nnmber ol garrisons in
danger of storm and massacre. It seems to
be settled that costly armies are to be db-
patched in August to Khartoum, and all
intervening pointa. . Whether tbb
will involve the reoccupation of
the Sondan is not stated. A large force b to
be dbpstched both up the Nile and from
Suakim, and it b said that a railroad will be
bniit across the desert from Suakim to Ber
ber, and that General Wobely will lead the
colnmn dbpstched in that direction. No
doubt the English government b aroused to
the importance of holding Kbartonm and
saving the lives of General Gordon and bb
garrison; butsthe plan proposed will be costly
both in money and lives, and it may be
that the English people will want
to know why the government did
not avert thb waste by acting
more aggressively at the outset. Such a
question may involve a change in the gov
ernment, but no government would cere to
leave Gordon to such treatment as the Mahdi
and bb horde of Arabs would be apt to deal
out England has adopted a difficult policy,
aud it b now too late to nedo what has been
done. Kbartonm and the Red sea coast will
doubtless be held, and so will all poinb on
the Nile below Kbartonm.
PASTBUR’S DISCOVERIES.
No greater advance has been made in any
department of hntnan knowledge daring the
put quarter of a century than in that which
relates to medicine and sanitation. It has
been discovered that tuberculosis has ita ori
gin in aspscific germ. It has been fonnd
that splenic fever may be prevented by vac
cination ; there is a vaccine for chicken chol
era; and the important discovery hss been
made that cholera haa a baclllic germ. These
discoveries point to the day, not very far db-
taut, when all zymatlo diseases will be con
trolled by medical science.
Tbo latest and most important dbcovery is
that of the French scientist, Fosteur, who
has perfected a vaccine for the prevention
of hydrophobia—a dreadful disease that
becoming more and more common every year.
Lut year, according to ail accounts. Georgia
wu full of mid-dogs, and several instances
were reported where persons were bitten,
Pasteur, however, has demonstrated literally
that hydrophobia is a disease which, instead
of exciting fear, may be monkeyed with.
In other wards, Pasteur inoculates'mon
keys with the virus taken from a mad dog.
The monkeys died. With the vlras taken
from the monkeys, be inoculated other
monkeys until the virus became weak enough
to be well-nigh harmless. With thb he in
oenlated raublb until the viras had regained
ib original intensity, ao that by thb series of
experimenb he was enabled to obtain virus
of diAerent degrees of power. He then in-
sculsted a dog with virus of different de
grees of intensity, and finally with virus
taken directly from tho brain of a mad-dog,
The dog thus experimented npon showed that
he was proof against hydrophobia. The ex
periment was repeated a number of times
and always with the same resnlt.
The success of the experimenb b more im
portant in its general bearings than in its im
mediate results, for it demonstrates the
truth of a theory which will ultimately
enable medical science to provide vaccine
remt dies for diseases tbat have hitherto defied
all experiment.
DURING THE WEEK
•pecnUiieg «Ith th* deposits of hi* custom- * Of th* minor crop*, there will be leas sugar who baa the reputation of being the Faostns' care to help England ont of dilBcultiti tbat trams
THE PURCHASE OF CUBA.
Mlnbter Foster, who b paid by the people
of thb country to transact ib business in
Mndrid, is in Washington; and the wlsacres
sajs he is there to promote the sale and pur
chase of Cubs. They also aay that Spain haa
become convinced that she had betteraell thb
desirable piece of real esta'e if she can get
$50,000,000 for it The entire story may pos
aibly be true. It wears at any rate such a
plausible foes that the entire country Is dis
cussing It.
Agqero and the associate guerrilla chiefs
aro implacable, and if Spain has conclnded
sell Cuba, it b because she
has become satisfied that she cannot hold it
without a continuous costly struggle—a
struggle tbat in dollar! and cenb would
outrun any revenue she could derive from a
war-wasted and turbulent provinco.
For that matter the bland is in the throes
of commercial rain, and the sugar of the
cane bids fair to bo ran out by the product
of the European beet Altogether the-com»
mereial prospect ol the island is a very poor
one, aud if there is no money in holding it
Spain haa no uao for it. In It 8pain tees no
strategic advantages, no glory, and it b not
wholly improbable, therefore, that she b
ready to transfer it for a consideration.
If so,- the United Btatea will bay. The
people of thb country pay for Cuban sugars,
molasses and tobacco every year abont aev-
enty five millions, while the imports of
Cuba come chiefly from Spain. If we buy
the bland we wonld be keeping at least
$50,000,000 at home which b now sent to
Spain and other countries through the bauds
of the Cubans. The acqubition of the island
would also reduce taxation very materially,
and there b scarcely any way that the matter
can be looked at without showing econom
ic advantage*. Speculations over these ad
vantage* will however be in good time when
know tbat Spain b ready to transfer the
island for a »nm of money.
IT GOBS HARD WITH GRANT.
Tki OtA Veteran Feere l'*er e Here Leet Ceet Jeece
la Ills.
Raw Took, May ti—x Wteblcgtoa special sajs
that a gentleman who raw General Grant In thb
cur lut week, declarra tbat he b utterly broken
down by the dbdoeurts which have followed the
failure v( the Ann ln which be wu Interested, snd
thtt the shock hu shortened hb
life by ten years. Bt talks freely
about It to hb penooal Irieude, hut keep*
blmrelf deluded ana tears that he hu loet tho res
spect and conddence ol the country. Theieneral
admits that nu ol hu Irieuo came to him
raoutka ago and warned hua that Ward wu an ad
venturer and wu nslDg hu nsmelu an Improper
way, but hb confidence in the young man wu to
great that he repnleed them, and thinks tbat he
may have tru'ed eome of them coolly. Bo b raid
to he so sensitive about the muter that be does
sot read the newspapers aad know* but little »(
the magnitude of tall ore or tea extent of Ward's
Tarsdsr. Mar 30.
The English board ol admiralty hu ordered a
full roller of the marines. Thb actiou Is supposed
to portend active work la Egypt The Winnepeg
Indtaui are believed to be preparing *o go upon the
warpath. The statement of the bank of Germany
shows anlncreue in specie of 9,234,000 marks.
The Russian government Intends to modify the
customs laws ln tho Interest of foreign manufac
turers. Two auarchbb were on Sunday expelled
from France. It Is believed that the recent ware-
honse fires In Llrerpool were Incendiary origin.
A number of arrests are expected.
rr» the errr.
Elbert Ware, the negro who killed old man Tur
ner, wu yesterday taken to Jtll. Two small boys
who were bathing la tits pond tl Pones da Leon
Sunday came near drowning. They got beyond
their depth, snd being unable to swim, went down.
They were secured by some men who were promt.
George B. Thompson, the man who wu killed Sat
urday night at Whitehall atreet crossing, wu
hurried yesierdsy. The coroner's Jury returned a
verdict exouoratlng the Central railroad company
from toyblafiie u to the man's death. The funeral
wu largely attended and the barlal wu furnished
by the raltrosd company.
WUattdaj. MarSl.
The tobacco warehouse of John 8 Harmon, Lan-
castcr. Pa., eras destroyed by an lucedlary fire.
Lose, S15.C05. A general' strike of the Iron workers
ol Pittsburg snow rata to be Improbable.
The employers of the Glendower ban works ln
Danville, have struck for non payment of wages.
William Palmer, the lutol the guard ol Napoleon,
wblto ou the Island of St. Helena, died at hb
home In Battle Creek, Mlcb, Monday night.
St. Clair McCaulley, who was convicted of as
sault and battery upon James P. Hererln, with
Intent to kill, and carrying concealed deadly
weapons, ln Philadelphia, wu yesterday attar-
noon sentenced to imprlsonmentforfire years ln
county prison,
IX Till CITY.
Yesterday morning Harry Sanders, a small white
boy, who lives on Forsyth street, wu struck by a
switch engine and knocked from the track near
the Central depot The bey attempted to cron tho
road iu front of the engine and wu knocked fully
ten ftet. His head wu badly gashed, but no sort-
oai injuries were sustained. Allred Hinton, a col
ored man and a practical well digger, wu killed
yesterday mornlngby well damp. The aldermtnlo
board hu appropriated 13.COO to bridgo Whitehall
street crossing.
Tharsdaj, Xu 83.
The supremo c.urt of Dakota hu decided that
Bismarck b the capital of the territory. The Enter
prise button shop of Guilford, Connecticut, wu
burned by an incendiary flro. John J Donovan,
night foreman ol the Boston Journal, died yester
day from ln)arle* received ln the press room.
The Erie directory hu deferred the payments ol
lUJnne loterest. Tho Southern Fresbyterlsn as
sembly, at Vicksburg, hu elected Bev. M. A-
Houston assistant secretary of foreign missions.
Three monsters Icebergs are reported on tho New
Foundland coast, one over 9 miles long, drifting
along at the mouth ol White bay, and one
estimated to be 7 miles long, passing
south, 40 miles cut of St. Johns
and the third several mllei In circumference In Bt.
Johns bay, aground on George’s rock and almost
along side tho liuber of St Johns. The greater por
tion ol the town of Akyab wu destroyed by a cy
clone. Another fire occurred yesterday ln tho ware
house dbtrtet of Liverpool. MscLear & Horrock’s
felt factory was burned. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The Anchor lino steamer Cutalla, Pal
ermo for New York, aground off Denis, Spain, b
fall of water. Prince Victor writes to tho Figaro
denying tbat he hu qnarrelod with hb lather,
Prince Jerome. -The body of Dennb Deajy, dyna
miter, who died ln Portsmouth prison, has been
tamed over to hlsfriends.
in THX CITY.
John N. Fain wu, on yesterday, appointed by the
governor, county school uommlssonor of Fulton
connty. At 11 o’clock yesterday morning tho col
ored Missionary Baptist convention ol Georgia u-
sembled at Friendship Baptist church, corner
Mitchell and Hayno streets. The delegation b
Urge, all parb ol the stato being fully represented.
Pat Enright, who wu knifed Monday by Perry
Richardson, b recovering rapidly. Richardson b
still behind the bars.
Friday, Way 38
The surrlvlng members of tho ZSth regiment New
York volunteers yesterday left for Staunton,
Ve.. toaltend the reunion In response to the Invi
tation ol 0th Virginia confederates. They aro un
der the command of Colonel Bowen, Colonel Flag
ler and Captain Bosh, the first volunteers of the
war. A nnmber ol prominent citizens and their
Udles accompanied the soldiers. The entire party
will exceed feo. At the Kansas City. Mo, hospital
yesterday morning, Du rices Weaver, colored, an
insane patient, attacked two other paUenb with a
knife, seriously injuring them, and thenattempted
to burn tho building by setilrg fire to hb bedding.
Shortly afterwards ho-lucked tho steward of the
hospital, Wlnlrey, To ssvehblllo the stewutdrew
a revolver, fired at Weaver and killed him. In the
strugglo Winfrey was quite aevere.y out.
IN SUE CITY.
A largo party ol Missouri editors will bs In At
lanta Ins few days. The Now England editor*
have all taken their departure. They were all
taken care at daring their stay In Atlanta. The
new "Short Line passenger depot" of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad WIU he
ready ln avety few days. Tho reporters ln Atlanta
and the other members ol tbo gang aro considering
the organization ol a press club.
Satardsy, May 34,
Timothy Law, aged 30, retldlof In Lawrence,
Era, went yesterday morning to the honae
of Timothy SulUvan, la north Andover, where he
found BulUvan'c two dauzhters aged 13 and 7. Re
attempted to commit an outrage on tho elder girl
who restated, when he strangled her to death. The
other child screamed for help, whereupon Law
choked her till the became Insensible, and fears
are entertained tbat she wilt not recaver. Law
wu arrested, and is new eoufinod iu Law
rence police ztation. He U unmarried.
IX THXCITY.
The county court boose clerks ue walking 20
mllea a day and assert that they wdU walk sixty
mills next Saturday. The dog catcher stuted out
yesterday and when the d:g cut rolled Into the
do* pound f5 tagleia curs were taken out- The
baseball players of Atisnta aro atlU discussing the
forms lion ef a list-class dub with a view to join
ing the league, which wu recently organized ln
BnaSsy, May S3
The Anchor line steamer Cutalla, from Palermo
for New York, b gronnded off Denla, Spain, She
In a bad potltion, and hu Jettisoned a part of her
cargo. The rough weather presents usbtauce
reaching her. The British ship Syria hu been
wrecked at the FIJI blands. Seventy ofberpaisen-
gen were drowned. T he famous old horss ridden
by General Caster ln hb Indbn campaigns, died in
VIncinncs, lad., lut night. Be wu the property
of Dr. Carver, the mukaman.
IX TBS CITY,
The Governor's Bone Guard will leave for Ma
con ou Wednesday. In the grand go-aa-yon please
twelve-honr walking match yesterday between 7
well known dry goods clerks, Mr. A. Seel won,
making fitly cleat miles and thirteen bps. The
walking match between thirteen yonnic met ol the
Western and Atlantic railroad ahopi, to \ Inina's
statin i, 11 miles, wu won by Mr. Wells; time 1 hour
and 33 nlnutea and 3 seconds.
a esM against the Central.
SYLVaxta, May 24.-[4pedal J—Superior court b
nc.isiou thb week. Judge Cretwell presiding with
hb uaual ability. In the case o! Henderson against
tne Central railroad, after the plaintiff s evidence
bad dosed, a motion wu nuda by the defendant
to nou anti the cue oa the ground that th* evi
dence wu not materially different Iron that In the
a-ua c-te carrier to he laprrate oo-rt and de-
ct-led adversely to the plaintiff. Alter able argu-
iccub by Ucueral Ltwtou fur the railroad and
Judges Hook and Montgomery tof the p alntiff,
toe court granted the motion.