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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES.
WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.!
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ATLANTA, OA„ JUNE 10, 1881.
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.
The letter of Mr. Tilden, piThted in yrater-
dty'a CovuTiTUTiox.inuet Ire accepted as final.
As reluctant as we maybe to admit it, Mr.
Tilden is out of the question and the democ
racy must look elsewhere for its leader.
We do not recall an event in our political
history lltat was received with deeper regret
than this will cause all lovers of honest gov
ernment. Everything conspired to set the
heart of tlio country on Mr. Tilden's leader
ship at this juncture. A divided party
tamed to him as the one man within its
tanks who was bigger than the party, and a
platform in himself. The conscience of the
people, reawakened by the. weakness and cor
ruption of the dominant party, the wrong
tendencies of,t!ic timcs.und the insolence and
irresponsibility of factions, hoped to rigid in
his person the great crime of the republic,
and reform through his genius ami integrity
the evil and pernicious methods of the day.
The nomination of the brilliant and dnnger-
•os republican who is to lead that party in
the present campaign, but deepened the de
mand for Mr.Tilden's wise statesmanship and
Us invincible prestige. Hud he consented to
■ndertako this work—had ho even acquiesced
in the universal demand for his nomination
—be would huve been nominated without u
ballot, and overwhelmingly elected. Hut lie
hows to what lie bcliovos to bo tire will of
God and declares his public career forever
eadrd.
The demoemtie party must, therefore, turn
to new leaders. The spontaneous demand
Tilden lias been of incalculable benefit,
has diverted discussion from abstract and
distracting issues. It has subordinated tiro
tariff agitation to its proper place. It has
rallied all factions of the |mrty about a com
mon leader, und bred a closer sense of com
ndcsdiip. It ha. Inspired hope, revived
interest, anil challenged general respect.
Better than all, it lias shown its purjiose
to demand the righting of (lie infamous fraud
in 187(1, the confessed and gigantic crime Hint
will stand us precedent until reversed, mid
stain American history until punished. To
this irnue, strangely condoned in 1880, ail
ethers may ho made sutmrdinutc, and Mr.
Widen'. name, and resources mid earnest
coansel and syni]uitliy still he found behind
Urn demoemtie campaign. To force tills issua
to victory, mid thus muko impossible the
repetition of the crime by which lio suffered
Mr. Widen mny yet organise for another Die
triumph lie cannot himself aecept.
Bnl whether victory or defeat awaits the
democratic (airly in (lie coming campaign
must abate not one Jot of iLs opposition to
Uio common enemy. It Is rominltted to
eternal conflict there. Defeat should not
chock its assault, as victory should not Im
fide its pursuit. His pledged In tho over
throw of llic republican party, the cleaning of
Use Augean stables und the
•aniahnKut of publje thieves. The
republican party lias made fact, of many is-
auoa, and outgrown many others. The detsv
erratic parly has yielded much, ami admitted
sure as filial. Slavery is abolished, the lie
proto enfranchised, and his status settled,
SDoaniou is abandoned, spcclo payments havo
heeu resumed. These issues are dead, lint
on tho ireue of corruption, tho republican
party is weak, ami can bo beaten. That party
, ia tho Uriel of all time. It is the thief with-
•at parallel in intend or profane history, it
has stolen everything from the presidency to
a tooth brush. Kobeson, Ikriknup, Williams
an types of its cabinet officers, Dorsey, lira
dy,Durbin, of its officials, it lias stolen
without stint or satiety. No larceny
osaall enough to shame it or great enough to
drurnt it It has so gutted the treasury and
honeycombed the department, with theft
that the ritiicn who pay. one dollar in tase
to the state that gives Iriin everything, pays
sight dollars to the general government that
gtvaa him only mail service for which lie pay:
with stamps.
II to against this grand and petty lanvny
thal the democracy must murditri its
hostk whether it wins or loses. It is on
Mat thieves who stole the presidency and the
tUrns who steal whatever they can lay their
hands on, that it must concentrate its fires.
11H will do this—if it will sternly put down
aradt-fcnriited theorists who attempt to ob-
Inrdc abstractions before this issue—it will
■sect the emergency nude by Mr. Tilden's
letter, and may force a victory on a dis-
amrngrd field. As to who the leader must
to; that is unimportant, provided he is a
aleqn nun. of good record, dignity and nerve.
Me must he chosen, of course, with reference
lathe states of New York, New Jersey and
Ototaectieut and Indiana. In other words,
he must be a man who will as near as |iosaible
MB the field the old ticket would have swept.
Thai Cleveland appears to be that man to
day to no indication even that he will lie a
week heme. The amaiing enthusiasm for
as already shown to lure blinded his
> to his weaknem. It to possible tlut
Iho repubilrnns have made a mistake, under
which the democrats may win. If the [urty
to led, it nutters little by whom since the
pnt leader is down, against the thieves of
the republican party, pledged to right the | privilege there to a profit that arises similar to the national bank laws, would be to * ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE.
fraud of '7<i, and give the people at. honest f">™ *» P^blHty-the profit that accom- j examine and report the condition of the va-- B . T . A „ ThoumviUe, Ga.-h Atlanta on the
. . fn , panics the right to enjoy the fruit* of ones rious state banks. While the national bank great watershed of Georgia?
and capa >Ie adraiti > ra »on, I labor. These things money cannot buy; law has some objections, no ono can doubt* Yea. It is mid that the min fulling on the west-
measure of its duty, and will deserve a vie I 8tlc j, p ro flt« are far above the profits of com-
tory if it does not win one. I merce. They may not show themselves in
— I the pocket-book, but they make themselves
THE ANTI.BLAINB CAMPA ON fcK ^ ^ cxl>crience _j n ' Ue and con .
Tiicrc can c no o 1 tent, and happiness of a well-ordered home,
boomers could havo had foreknowledge ^ the I „ ia tbe fau[t of tho /armcre tb€msclvcs if
nature and client of **”%£**£?** their chUdren betray a desire to dcrert the
atSSitt-JSSSf-- •!'“?—»' - m;
publican) who had nuttera in ^ ' Ho stand, at tho fountain-head of ail Indus-
ciuro could revise their action, It is very ccr-1 ,, ...... . . . . .
JfS,......1- .tntrn. would n„t l.« l.eaded i.v I Bl1 «*•“'>< b1 ‘ happiness, and in whatoo-
ever degree his life iq hard and
opposition to the Maine statesman that has I Un,r ““f. Ul .. “ Uat * , 10 hi.
Sloped in the republican party becomes md.viduality, and nottohtooccupa ion.
1 I f I The resources of modern civilization have
ntore and more form lablc every day. maJc , t , Wc for . farmcr in bumb | cst
^riblngi the other day raH surround himself with all
neared. Tub Constitution limited its cam-1 , . . , ,
1 : t. nll# i I necessary accessories, not only of com-
nalgn manifestations to tho essayists and I.... - ft . , . * ,. ...
* K . .. . . ..., fort, but of refinement; and when his chil-
inngazinists that have hitherto made it a point I . '
! * .!« „„ „♦ / * ,„ I dren are anxious to change, he may be very
to turn up their nose at the m,West form of ^ one , ■ *
practica politics. But the situation ,as ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
“^ nominat'd; “ it has. changed, »“>' »nd importance of IriscaUing and it,
,„ r t; .-wag. a* “ S“ScrrXs
to in a direction that must giro Mr. lilaincsl. - ' 1
friends cause for tlic liveliest apprehension
The movement away from the Iiluiue ticket
on the part of republicans, appears to he in
the nuture of a stampede. It is as if a large I cither
section of tho republican party hud been I the great prize
waiting for some one to set it the example of I wholly certain timt tlioy will absolutely be
bolting, anil now that the example lias been I embraced in the programme of cither party.
the fact that it provides proper safeguards crn "iope o( the roof of the Flo.’, Baptlrt church of
for those who patronize the banks . Into the gnUot Me xico, while that
The law should be made ao that it will be ' ^“ S °° tb ° into Atlantic
the duty of this examiner to make os rigid 1 G. W. H„ Tunnel Bill, Ga.-I)id tlie hill to pen-
an examination as is made now of the Mexican soldiers puss both bouses of eongro*
national banks. One of thegreat evils of the " "
business and commerce.
present system of banking in this state and
others, is that some bankers pay depositors
from four to seven per cent on deposits, and
of course when the first quiver in the com
merclal world comes the depositor calls for
his money and the bank suspends. A man
will bring Iris money in from the country
where he could lend it to an honest neighbor
for eight per cent per annum, and will de
posit it witli a hanker who is speculating in
stocks andjbonds because lie gets four percent
for it. Now what is needed is for an examiner
to he able to tell whether a hank will have
any assets to pay these depositors when the
money is called for or not. We have known
in this state, under the present law, where
the batik officers made regular reports,a bank
that paid one mid one-half per cent a mouth
on deposits. It did not lust long, hut a great
many poor people, and people unable to
spare their money, lost it. It developed on
examining into the affairs of tills hank, that
whenever a large deposit was made the bank
the hank had nothing to show for it. The
I legislature should protect the people against
I such swindling concerns ns this,mul all others
I that tuny be shaded down from swindling to
la slightly colored commercial transaction,
One great evil witli all our legislation since
I tlie war is that wo havo not been sufficiently
vigilant to encourage honesty; on tlie con-
I trary, we have left in too many places
I gaps down for the dishonest man to get out
NEW YORK AS THE PIVOTAL STATE.
The thirty-six electoral votes of New York,, , ,
, „ . . ... . I would declare a dividend, and running pretty
in the hand or in the bush, constitutes I . . ** f
„ „ .... . . I much on the same schedule of Grant * Ward,
rat prize of the canvass; but it to not I.. , ’
....... . I they made money very fust, lint finally there
was a slight shuke in the commercial world
set toy Mr. George William (,'urtis and other I The state, in other words, is held by some as I '’^k 'tent to pieces, llic men who
respectable republican leaders, tlie holt lias I no more pivotal than some other states are. | e ( ^ s | e< , , 1 -n' 1
assumed proportions that are no doubt naton* I The electoral college will have 401 votes, and
tolling to those who were instrumental in 1201 will be nnccssury to an election,
bringing it about. I Tlie republicans claim that California, In-
It Is not toy any means confined to the the-1 dliiim, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and
oristsand essayists of tho cast, nor to tlie I Ohio are lio more likely to go democratic than
journals that have hitherto been knows I Florida, New Jcrsoy, North Carolina and
as Independent. It is a movement that tons I West Virginia are to go republican; and they
tnadoconsiderable headway among tlie voters, I therefore present tlie following tables;
and It is supported by newspapers that I axrvBMc-Ait. bkmociiatic.
have heretofore been known as the I California 8 Alabama I-II - , , .
uni.,™. _ ri.ni', I Colorado ;| Arkansas ( 7 and evade the law. \\ e lio|ie the next legis-
bitterest republican organs. TI10 German miaols ta Delaware .! a i at , lr „ ...111 t i lia mat tor in hand and
republican pipi'rs in tlie west do not hesitate Indiana 13 Florida 4 , tlm ", , ,nJttor in lm,lj una
to say that tlie German voters of that section {ffifcZZZZ 0 K^cky ZZZZ to °" r l,ulll:in »
do not look favoratily on tlie republican I Maine.. •* dlsiulslsna » I SUMAC.
ticket. Mr. Curl Nclmrz is now ill the welt, I »ltS*^i^...„“’.'.'.V™.“ isjMpZi—tj^'j5 I II Georgia and the Ciirolimis would imitate
and there can lie no doulit ns to Ids purpose | J!*j[n“pto 7|Mtaio^*L™. Pi | Virginia In the matter of gathering and
to nurse and feed the illssatisfac’tion of tlie I Nrvailna'lNonh Csroiinil!!.'.'.’..” 11 I grinding sumac for market, tlie Sicily article
German voters. The leading German news-1 Hampshire ^4 SouthCarollna »I could lie driven out of this market.
paper of the northwest, the Hlinos Stanta-1 Orcgon;:""".T.;".""”" sIt^™..""™'.'"'. to I resent we import large quantities of-this
Zcltung, says that in tlie stiitcs where tlie I iS^totoud.. - .".™—^Wa^SmlntolV"!" 'll nrtlclt '' butl1 fordycingand tanning purposes.
German vote is decisive, enougli Germans I Vermont 4 —I In Sicily the plant is cultivated, und it is
will vote the democratic ticket to turn the I' v, * col, ' l “ 'ill TotB '-» 1“-I more carefully cured and prepared for
*culc, I Total toil I market than it is in this country, hut tlie
Tlie licit against Mr. Blaine is one in I This leaves Connecticut, six votes, and I native article is said to lie as strong and
which there is n considerable clement nf I Xcw York, casting thirty-six rotes, in tho list I to contain more coloring mutter titan the for-
mystery. Those who limy bo termed the I °I doubtful states. If tho republicans carry I cign product. If there was a mill in Atlanta
leaders ef tlie movement say they cannot | Connecticut, say (lie lightning calculators of I for grinding sumac, enormous quantities
stomach Mr. lllalne's record, but it must be I tlzolr party, they do not need the votes of I it could he gathered in this state. The tie-
plain to all who havo observed tlie course of I Ncw Yorlt - , I groea mid i>oor whites would have opened
events In tho republican party that it is not I The wcukncss of this estimate consists in the I them a new source of revenue. A new in-
Mr. Hlnluc's record tliut stands in I fntl that Now Jersey and Connecticut will be I dustry would arise that would benolit tliozo
the way. Otherwise, how was I a Pl 1° T °I° M New York docs; and If thoro is I whoso curning capacity is very low. Tho
it that General Garfield, whose I n "ingle error in tho republican colninii tlie I American article sells ut tlie Virginia
record was as bad. or worse, should havo I entire structure fails to tlie ground. I mills at tlie rate of $80 a ton,
been so cordially accepted by tho very men I I<«t us turn to the other side. Tho demo-1 four cents a pound. The collector
who now flout Maine? Mr. Blaine's record | ends will curry: I »< sumac would receive i>crlmps one-half
Louisiana la I that price per pound. Tito owners of Vir-
Mi™ U ari...::::::::::::::::;::i t ; i giuia mins urge mion collectors the following
is no worse than the record of any other typ-1 Alabama
ical republican. It is a representative ropub-1 Di|awi^C...'r.".V""..: »
top of ground a more thoroughly representu-1 Kciilui'ky;"’..’..'. - .Ti^™.l;
tlvo republican tlinn Maine. TI10 olijcctiuu I ^
to Iris record is simply put forward as an ex- 1
case by tho thousands of lamest men who I carrv | ni T-
have hitherto acted with tlie republicans hut I ( . 0 | llr]|lil) ' a
rlmtKEiiVna:::.:::::; SI l’ntnts: The leaf should he taken wlicn full
ro.muu«^...:i..::i,. I Of sap, before it )ms turned red, liegtwi to
ex«s..._ to I w [ t j lcr or becn directed by tho frost; eiflier
t3» I the leaf-bearing stems may he stripped off, or
The republicans count with confidence on the entire stalk cut away, and tho leaves nl
] lowed to wither heforo carrying to tho drying
who nro desirous of milking a change.
I romiectirut r»
republicans their opportunity and it give
the democratic party Us opportunity. The
holt lias assumed Midi formidable and grow
hig pro|Mirtions that it setuns tlie detnocruts
will liave little diiliculty in stripping
the white plume of its army
feathers. And yet tlie oppor-1
tnnity may lialt at “it seems,” if the demo-1 sivutln,
Knngii.H 9
Maine 6
MiiNNiu'tmM'itM 1J
Mlehiguii i;
"iSSS* * 5 1they neither scorched nor
The nomination of Mr. Maine gives tlieiu Ji”"" 1 * 32 New JUfiuwhiro 4 bleached by tlie sun. The Virginia crop
. . I UlllO..... -» I rsiiwtnzl hotu'cnn thn Inlv mi, t
I between tho 1st of July and the
Rhode 1kUu<1 4 | earliest front. If there is a capitalist in tlie
Total..
Tlie doubtful states may be said to be:
North Carollim ll
Oregon
Virginia
California 8
Florida I
Maryland 8
wisely. Tlie situation is a very delicate one.
Pledged almost solidly to Mr. Tilden, the.
representatives of the democracy still honor I
their leader’s name by placing in nomination I Maryland.".”*.’.*
West Virginia
Total
Tho democrats stand the best~ chance”of
’.111 cHjr who wants to build ti|> a now trade, wl
~ | desires to help tho toiling poor while lie is
helping himself, let him erect a mill, and in
vite people along Atlanta's railroad system to
send in grists of sumac. They will do it.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
No disasters have overtaken tlie crops, and
while they continue to grow there is hoji
until they are grown und harvested, there
will bo dullness in trade, half-time in facto
ries, and caution everywhere, lint ut tlie
ticket that shall give assumneo to the «n-1 gjw-ierjey....^. • T#nfi|1 , outlet of every warm season something of
re country of u wholesome ami prurient ml- ' °„ "at there theylmvolik!, yr “ ,i, ‘ . nat, . lru ‘**,° » , ~ val,ln « J?
riiilatratioii of public affaire, u scrupulous „ ]c- „ ma i„ rlty> xhero still prcsaioii is not much below the average. M e
must title over the summer months ns bent
tin
ministration
reganl for iiiiliviriual ami olfielal honesty, I | lt ’ la 7si"i{neJ-"
“^,1 a wise a ml courageous riesiro to set tlie I >-| ur | f , a 4 Oregon 3 I we cun. What trade there i^s sound; tiicrc
uchinery of reform in motion. I Nev u.Io:;T.’.:a. I is an abundance of economy and prudence
The best sentiment of tlie party anil of the I N, ' w y 1 Total..................... to I un j n n hands arc waiting for the full trade,
rauntry seems to lean nt present towards I ‘l'“‘»the UemocraU carry Florida, Ne- I Xw „ thIng , aru im ,,, )rta „t ami
Governor Grover Cleveland, of New York, I v “, B , < ^ eB ” n ^J‘ cy do not I course us yet uncertain, name
but, with the growth ami development of the l ,lm ' ork ' Tlle margin 11 } , : tlio sizo of the growing croi
revolt against Maine, the wliolo situation I ^ however, a narrow one, and the chances, I and the market that can be found for them
may change. The democratic representatives I ** *•> tlw ease of the republican estimate, arc I We do not know, for example, how much
can command success toy meeting tlio cxpcc-1 extremely hazardous. I I wlieat we will liave to sell to England mid
tutlons of the country, and tills they will | 1'a'di side can in fact show on paper that | France, nor do wo know how much tlioy will
luive no diiliculty in doing. Tlio prospects I * bo bc "' Y °rk vote is not essential, but cacli I need. At present the crops of wlieat in this
now are that the Maine campaign will eol-1 s i‘l° " ill take precious good core to invito it. I country and ill tlie countries across tlie water
lapse before November. I »tone will lie left unturned ill that direc-1 that are our largest customers, arc very
farm profits I lion. The state may not be absolutely pivo-1 promising, but what is promising now may
People who live in the country and on ft ! > “ t '* he ,b « «»• of tha hottest „„t be w a month from now. And so with
rms are more than ant to underrate the ad- "f ,af tllc *'■,> 're eam|.aign, and each side | all our surplus crops, including tho crop of
farm* an* more than npt to underrate the ad*
vantages of their situation. The absolute
dull variety,
can 1
and the mental and spiritual profits i
lalior? Money cannot buy tlie luxury of I
ruddy health or the peaceful repose that I
waits on those whose life and experience are |
dost* to nature.
vantages of their situation. The absolute I ,u ‘ ,u ' ^ . f n . M!a,!, ,• ^ K °^ '' r ° 1 ' 5 a " d f ° r -
luxuries of their surroimdlngs they romo to U tck "' ,B, ' a «“ thirty-six clectoraf eign demand for alt wo can spare, there ,s no
reganl as.vtmnonplaees of a very fiat and I Y< D,”* t ” iu '* ".‘T UrCjBtl<1 B ff n,l *** d - reason why trade should not again become
variety. Hut what luxury that money . ™ dc ? “I 1 "" i " l!,, " ^ a nm ' brlsk ' “ cw entc n ,ris f s l’ ri "« “P. B " J co,lfl
buy can ever take the place of fresh »ir ' & a dence he restored. V restful, wait.,.g sum-
the mental mid antritnal nrofits of honest I ot - 1 ’° 00 ' A yeBr ,Bter ‘ leveland , U er will be apt to clear the vision and brm.
tno mental ami spiritual pronto of honest | WM go Ternor by a plurality ot lfU;000. j health to fevered brains, mid if good crop*
STATE BAN^NQ LAWS. f 1 ' iu si «!“ in there will scarcely
The legislature that is to he elected wi n be room ,or .rouble amt doubt,
have some important matters before It. The I returnino financial strength.
Money is a very powerful element of mod-1 first and most important will be to devise I The banks of New York City havo recross
era civilization, hut much of the I some plan to protect the people against hot-1 cd tlie danger line, amt now hold a surplus
power attributed to it ispurely ficti-1 tomlcre banks. The banking laws of this I reserve alsive the twenty-live |>cr cant re
turns. \Ve have heard farmers sav I state are utterly useless. They are elaborate I quirwl by law. The clearing house certili-
tliat If they had money they could buy what I and suit very well tlie period in which they I cates liave been reduced one-liulf, and nil
need as cheaply as they could raise it. I were framed, but we have had no legislation I this bus been accomplished without great
wring the “if," which to a hig one, I on hanks, that amounts to anythiug, since I .tress to legitimate business. As the banks
altogether out of consideration, we may 118S7, and the law s on our statute books apply I in New Y'ork accumulate money, no doubt
that tliut to precisely wlmt I to the old system of banking when banks I the bank* in the country do also. Gold be-
all the money in the universe could not do. I were permitted to issue currency. A bank | gins to How to this country, amt as soon as
No farater, no matter how much money lie I officer w ill tell you tliut it is almost impossi-1 the banks cease to contract tlieir loaus, the
might possess, could buy an egg as fresh as I hie, under tlie present law, to make a proper I pressure of the past month will be ineasur-
that which lie finds on tlie strew ill iris ham I report, owing to tlie fact that banking to I ably lifted. Tlie immense contraction of
before tlie hen that layed it lunl ceased to I so different from what it was twenty-five I loans iuis not wrought disaster in legitimate
cackle. No man can buy fruit as fresh and I years ago. | business channels, and this fact of itself is
cheap as that which lie gathers in Iris own I It the duty of the state when it charters I sufficient to show that business is in a sound
orelionl, nor can be buy vegetables os whole-1 * hank, or when it lias chartered banks doing I condition. For the rest we mast await the
some and as fresh os those tlial grow in his I business within its limits, to protect the peo-1 outturn of the cro|». They are generally
garden. I pic from any improper conduct, from any I promising, and the weather may now fairly
More than this, there is an element of profit I swindling, or even tlie ap|warancc of it. I be held responsible for the condition of trade
the privilege, which oue is not apt to set I This can only he done hy having proper safe I n ext fail and for the happiness amt prosperity
much store by until experience comes to his I guards thrown around the hanks. For this 1 0 f (he people,
aid. and yet. it is an element of profit tliat j reason they ore required to make elaborate , ~ t(mi , * gllww
enters largely into the strength and virtue I report*, etc., but these reports are not suffi-j Pt , Junc u._the army worm hssap-
the areumulattons of a lifetime. In oddi-1 cienL Tlie sute sliould have a bonk exam-1 ^ ln p. rt , ^ a , lr | n -n.t ( otvf , uij ho sl-
the profit there to in the ' incr, a trusted man whose duty, under laws ivsdy done mnch dsmsge.
tbU section?
| A bill granting a pension of S^.00 a month to oil
coldiers who served CO days in the Mexican war, or
their widows, has pawed the house but him not
been acted on in the senate.
8. H. C\, McDonough, Ga,: Was Black Jack
Logan with Sherman on bin march through Geor
gia?
Vet, he waa in the fights around Atlanta, but
did not go on to the tea. He remained behind
fighting General Hood near Nashville. The peo
ple of north Georgia bare a lively recollection of
Logan's corps,
J. H. tv., LaGrange, Ga.; Have any cyclones
becn predicted for June?
A western weather prophet predicts cyclonic
disturbances between the :14th and 28th.
Sf.neca City, K. C., May Editor* Constitu
tion: I taw in Tnr. Constitution to day that a
n< ?f ro 1 Y C, 1 dUrcer hwt his life in a well about “
miles from Atlanta from what he ealie«l
damp. ’ Now thit well damp as he calls it is sim
ply carbonic acid gas which will neither support
“pimui UXo or combustion. This gas is ul>oiit
eiglit times heavier than atmospheric air and
when it gete into a well of course it settles to the
bottom and all wells should be first tested by
letting down a burning candle. If the candle
burns clear there is no danger. If not, the well
should be cleared of the gas before any one should
venture down, and the mode of doing it is so sim
ile that auy one can do it. 1 had some experience
ii that way some years ago. I found the well-
digger could not breathe iu the well until he
straightened up above the gas. I ordered him out;
put about u peek of good strong lime in the tub,
i>utn quantity of water In, stirred it up well; let
It down to the bottom of the well; moved the tub
nil around the well; drew it up, and saw distinctly
n thin covering of carbonate of lime; stirred it up
well, presenting a fresh surface of lime water. Let
down again. I repeated this operation several
times, then let down a burning caudle and ii
burned clear, and all was right. My little clieml
nil knowledge induced me to try this plan, and it
worked like u charm. 1\ X. H.
F. NV., Montgomery, Ain.: In a recent issue of
” HK Constitution appeared an article headed
Alabama'* new lionanzu, which referred to the
discovery of phosphate In the Hear Creek hills of
Aiit-iuga county. Would you be kind enough to
let me know where you get the information on
which the article was based?
8. C. A., Dalton, Ga.: What country first pro
duccd the tomato?
I*erti is regarded us its native country. Tomatoes
in their wild state are neither attractive nor pala
table. The fine varieties now so well known are
the result of years of patient cultivation.
Subscriber, Nacoochee, Ga.: What Is nice, pure
comb honey in neat twelve by four and u half
inch frames, holding three to four pounds, worth
in Atlanta? *
Dealers pay for it delivered here sixteen to eigh
teen cents a pound. It would be tetter to deliver
it in tingle pounds. Write to V. Dunning, At
lanta.
Subscriber, Held, Ga.: A belled buzzard passed
near here one day this week frightciiiug the chil
dren, and driving them oft'the plantation.
Header, Anniston, Ala.: Will you kindly pub
lish the oration of Iugersoll delivered ut his broth
er's grave?
Our columns are so much crowded at present
with matters of eurreut interest that the space
cannot be spared.
C. A. D., Griflln, Ga.: What counties ship large
quantities of melons, fruit nud vegetables, and
from what ]K>iuts?
The counties around Griflln, Macon, MHlcdge
vlllc, Valdosta, Quitman, West Point and Aligns-
in the lend, und large shipments ure made
from those point*.
II.8., West Point, Ga.: What Is very appropriate
forgiving thunks to the "Blessed Oue" ut meals?
Any simple, brief and reverential form of return
ing thunks is appropriate.
Subscriber, Atlanta: The population of Bir
mingham, Alabama, Is claimed by the lust city di
rectory to be 20,000. This fs probably high water
mark.
Editou* Constitution: In a recent visit to the
country south oi Decatur, Georgia, my attention
was drawn to a soldier’s grave on the roadside. On
a tree close by was a board, upon which was
written the name of J. N. Doyle, private, Comp, a,
1st 8. C. Cavalry.
Upon Inquiry I learned that this soldier was
wounded In a skirmish, two miles south of Deca
tur, during the time of the engagements around
Atlanta in 18&|, mid that he was curried to the
house of Mr. Daniel K, Jackson, whoso sou, Mr.
Thomas Jackson, now occupies the place, and
which is three mile* south of Decatur on the Mc
Donough road. Here lie died and was
burled nt n point on the road
t mile beyond at a place where there is now n
•ountry church. His remains have never teen qe-
i from the spot.
and circumstances of their death have remained
holly unknown during long years of hopeless
grief ami despair, I feel it n duty to eoiuinunicatu
the fact, a* it may yet carry a ray of comfort to
surviving friend*.
Mr. Jackson informs me that the soldier was
kindly cured for during his illness, und that til*
grave has been ever noticed and respected «»* that
of a brave confederate. K. C. WmiD,
Decatur, Ga.
E. L. O., Opelika, Ala.—1. Who (s the author of
the poem. "Curfew Must Not King To-Night?” 2.
Would it teuskiug too much to request you to
wbllsh.lt?
I. Kona Hurtwick Thorpe. 2. Will take pleasure
publishing it sometime when our column* are
less crowded.
J. L. I.., Anniston, .Via.: How can a sty-bo
hecked?
A sty, which Is a small tumor on the edge of the
eye-lid, may be checked by applying a little tinct
ure of iodine with n cumel-lmir pencil. Keep the
ye-lids apart a few moments after the application.
In twenty-four hours, after several such applica
tions, the sty will probably disappear.
P. T. A., Marietta, Ga.: Please tell me howto
destroy lawn weeds.
.salt i* a good destroyer. After rutting down the
weed*, put a little salt on each weed, and In two or
three day* they will be quite dead, und gnus will
begin to till their places.
8. H. J., Griflln. Ga.: I. In ono of your pout issues
saw a paragraph referring to nn article describing
Natchez society before the war. Can you give me
the name of the paper containing the article uud
the author's address? What is tlio name of tlie
lady who writes under the nom de plume of "The
Duchess?’*
I. Tho article referred to appeared In the St.
Louis Sjtcctntor of but week. The author'* name
was not attached. 2. Answered In a former issue.
J. V. Ik, Atlanta, Ga.: Please give me the names
_J the governors of all the states, or refer me to a
book containing them.
The desired information will be found in the
almanac* for this year issued by the New York
Tribune, or the Philadelphia Times. Tlie "B mid
Handbook" sent free to atiy address |by C. K.
Lord of Baltimore, also gives the names, etc.
A. A. W., Eufaula, Alabama.—Tlie state of Geor
gia require* of foreign or non resident tire insur
ance companies a deposit before such foreign com
panies can transact business iu Georgia. What i*
the amount of that deposit and of what must it
consist? Aside from this deposit for the protec
tion of policy holders are there auy other require
moat* or terms imposed?
A foreign compJhy must have a capital of* at
least $100,000, must deposit 125,000 in United Htates
Georgia bonds. It must make on annual state
ment of its condition on the 31st of December,
paying I7..T0 for filing the statement and 12.50 for
each agent. A tax of one per cent on gross pre
mium* up to 30th of April must be paid before the
of July. Semi-annual statement* mast be
made to the governor on the 1ft of July and 1st of
January.
. A. IL. Atlanta: Please *tatc In “answers to
correspondents" what year President Lincoln
took his scat. Wo* he serving hi* ucoud term
when killed? When wo* he assassinated?
(1) la 1861. (2) He was, (3) 14th of April, 1865,
The Knd of a Whisky King.
Ciiicaoo, June IL—A meeting of the distillers
who arc member* of the western export associa
tion was held here yesterday. After dismissing
question of rc-organUing the pool for the con
trol of the production and regulation of prices,
which hod been practically a dead letter since the
recent break in whisky value*, the whole matter
turned over to the executive committee.
Without reaching any agreement the committee
adjourned sine die. The
ered at on end.
combination is consid-
THE WEEK EPITOMIZED.
Tuesday, June 10.
Owing to the death of Antoine Carrlcro, senior
mein ter of the firm of A. t’arriere & Hons, private
tankers and merchant*, of New Orleans, and to the
consequent interruption iu their usual foreign
credits, the firm have,decided to suspeud business
and go Into liquidation. No statement of their as
set* and nubilities is given. George H. Krans &
Co., wool merchant* MS Duane street, New York,
have assigned, preference* of 858,000. Samuel B.
Gregory, commander in the United States navy
during the w r nr, died on Saturday, at h}s homo
In Essex county, Muxs., aged 91. Lilder O. Abbott,
defaulting cashier of the Wilertown bank,who was
subsequently arrested in Missouri and returned to
Boston, was yesterday sentenced to eight year* In
the state prison.
IK TUB CITV.
Lote Inst night a man named Mayer was knocked
on the head on Decatur street by a negro man and
severely Injure*!. Patrolman Clarke found the man
lying on the street In an Insensible condition and
curried him to the city prison where he revived
and Mated tliat a negro hail struck him. Mayer
claim* to be from Augusta. Yesterday Alice Alford,
a little girl, was drowned in tho branch on Glenn
street, near the old brewery, in the neighborhood
of tlie East Tennessee shop*. The branch was not
deep, ami tho circumstance* connected with the
death arc mysterious.
Wednesday, Juno 11*
The Monitor Republicans, of the City of Mexico,
speak* of the nomination of Blaine a* bad news,
saying that ns senator and ns secretary of state, he
never the friend of Mexico. Three dynamite
cartridge* were exploded In Genoa yesterday, two
In front of the Church of Conception and the other
in close proximity to the Church of San Lorenzo.
Herr Windthorat's bill to abolish the law relating
to the Imprisonment ami expulsion of clergy who
periorm their functions without authority, passed
it* second reading in the reichstag yesterday. The
Servian legation has left Sofia, and the relations
between Bulgaria and Hcrvia are ruptured. Tho
federal council of Germany ha* rejected the peti
tion of the Homan Catholics against the exclu
sion of the religious order from the public schools.
IN TUB CITV.
The heavy rain yesterday afternoon was accom
panied by a severe wind Ktorni which passed over a
section of the city. Several trees in the Marietta
street school yard were blown up and broken. A
portion of the roof of the building was slightly in
jured. Emma Lane, a white woman, and Frank
lin Dutts, colored, were arrested yesterday for cru
elly beating a ehihl. The Yardmasters' Mutual ,
Benefit association of tho United state* and Can-
adal reached the city yesterday and last night, and
will convene In regular annual session this morn
ing iu the Knights of Pythias hall.
Tlmnulny, June 13.
Frank II. Cushman, the absconding teller of the
Merchants national tank nt Providence, K. I., was
arrested at Havre on the arrival of the steamship
Labrador, on which he was a passenger. He has
been Indicted for forgery and will be held for ex-
tradition. B. J. West’s Sons, hardware ami agricul
ture Implements, of New Orleans, have failed.
The dynamite explosion in Barcelona yesterduy
nppears to have had a practical significance. A
cartridge was placed in the way of n shopkeeper by
whose workmen hud struck. Several strik
ers have teen arrested. The Western Nail associa
tion has reduced it* card rate from 82.00 to $2.40 per
keg. Author H. Bailey A Co. - , dealers In canned
good*, Commercial Wharf, and Benjamin T. Tlf-
ford, salt dealers, Commerce street, Boston, have
failed.
IN TUB CITV.
Yesterday afternoon about half past 3 o’clock,
Mr. It. P. Page, tetter knhwn among his friends as
Hardy Page, shipping clerk of the Globe cotton
planter manufacturing company, was drowned at
Angler’s pond, near Ponce do Leon springs. Tho
tanrd of police commissioners have authorised
tho purchase of six more horses for the use of tho
police force.
Friday, June 13.
Fivo hundred laborers lu Somerset, Pa., have
struck. In a free tight oue was fatally wounded.
A two ccut independent morning dally called
the Sun appeared yesterday morning In Cincinnati
without announcement. It is understood to bo
managed by the Enquirer. The News-Journal was
sold ut auction by order of court for 82>»,000
to Edgar M. Johnson, who represent* the guaran-
tcers and creditors. Tho postmaster general bus
appointed Hicluird D. Evans to l>e disbursing olll-
cor for that department. The schedules in as
signment of the firm of A. W. Dimock A Co., of
New Y'ork, to Geo. Putnan Smith were filed yester
day. They state their liabilities of $2,932,150, nom
inal asset* $3,8|8,U32, and actual assets $2,550,399.
Tho committee of tho chamber of deputies, to
which the bill providing for the revision of the
constitution was referred, ha* adopted tho bill lu
the form proposed by the government. In New
Yuri; nn Indictment has teniti found against John
C. Eno for forgery. The editors of several Cuban
paper* huve been lined for criticising the govern
ment.
IN TUB C ITV.
The walls of the old Central Presbyterian church
lmvc been almost wholly raised to the ground, and
tvork will soou begin ui>on tho foundation of the
new building. The dynamo for the new Consti
tution has arrived. We will enjoy 250 Incandes
cent lights of the Weston A Maxim patent, furnish
ed by the United States electric light company, of
New Y’ork. Y’esterday Governor McDaniel ofll-rcd
n reward of $100 for the arrest of Alfred Jones, who,
on the 25th of May lost, murdered Elbert B. Attn*
way, in Burke county.
Saturday, June 14.
The races nt Ascot heath begun ycsterday.The race
for the gold vase was won by J. Hammond’s three
old buy colt, 8t. Guticn; Morton’s six year
old bay marc, Carrie Hoy, second, and Lefevre’i
six year old chestnut horse, Tristan, thinl. There
were four starters. 8t. Guticn won by one length.
Thu English government has drawn the atten
tion of the French authorities to the immunity en
joyed by the dynamiters in Puri* in laying plans
and making preparation* for outrage*.
Secretary Steven*, of Cincinnati, U*ues a clrejilu r
announcing the indefinite Kuspcusion of the.wbi*-
ky export association, known ok the whisky pool.
The Bulgarian guard* on the frontier po*t of
Bregovu lire nightly on the Servian guard. The
latter have teen ordered not to return the fire.
A tornado devastated portions of Marshall coun
ty, West Virginia, yesterday. Loss, $15,000. One
McIntyre, a boy, was killed. The international
Sunday-school convention adjourned yesterday.
The Iluvard overseers hare decided not to con
fer the degree ot I.L.D. on Governor Hobinson.
George Hughes, of Banlstown, K>\, was killed by
Wot. IKjou, a negro. Lynching will follow.
IN TUB CITY.
Camp Jackson, a small white boy who live* oti
Hilliard street, near the northern limit* of the city,
yesterday thrown from a box car which he was
riding near the Air Line crossing on Decatur street
and sustained a severe scalp wound and a dlsloca-*
tlon of his right shoulder. Yesterday a letter was
received at the governor’s office addressed as fol
lows: "the state cap chel Meryeter atrvtc, guf er 11
Mac Daniel atlanta o G."
Sunday, June Iff.
Friday night Abe Massey, in Oxford. Miss.,
charged with brutally outraging a six year old
girl, was shot and killed while resisting arrest by
Constable Wm. Joy. The pope has instructed Mon
signor Heiualdish at Brussel* to undertake nego
tiations for the restoration of the diplomatic
relath ms between the Vatican and the Belgin
governments. Twenty deaths from yellow fever
are reported during the week ending Friday In
Havana. The police In Paris have again raided
the book-makers and seized a largo sum of money.
IN TUB CITY.
Frank West, a young white man who live*
near the East Tennessee shops, was severely in
jured yesterday by a heavy piece of timber falling
on him. The two baseball club* recent!y organ
ized in Atlanta will make application to join
the state league. Atlanta has had rain every day
or nine day*.
