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* , THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'?. ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1 §§i.‘'-TWEL VE PA# jflg. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. filtered at th© Atlanta Post-Office as second-class Ball matter, November 11,1878. Weekly Constitution, S1.2S Per Annum, Cfcta of are, (1.00 each; club* of ton, 11.00 «ch and a copy to gettoMip of Club. ATLANTA, GA., JULY 22, ISM. \IoUR- Waterbury Watches Our Offer on Waterbury Watches Expired on July ist. We have now aecured a lot of Wafehea on aucb terma that wc aie enabled to renew It again, on tbe same terma, until January laf. We therefore offer to Bond Tint Wnair CnaamiTioK one year and a Waterbury Watch, lor W M or (to aubecrlbera) a Waterbury Watch for 00 Title la the beat and moat liberal offer ever made. The Watch la a capital and accurate time-keeper. It la aent postpaid, In a strong 0atin-lined box, which guarantees safe dc- llrery. With each Walcli Is sent a printed book of direction!, Wfi have Bold hundreds of those Watches and they girt the beat aatlafaetion. They arc accurate time-keeper*, strong, simple, easy to manage, and stand rough treatment. EACH WATCH 19 A 8TEM-WINDER and no key is needed. Every man needs n Watch. Even If you have ono you need a cheaper Watch to wear on rough journeys or about the farm. Hero You dot a Capital Paper One Year and Good Watoh for 13.60. Oct one of the Watches for your boy. If you are already a subscriber, It only costa $2.00 for the Watch sent |tost|>ald. You may rely on the Watch being alt tlmt it is repre sented. Address THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Oa. TH* WCKBT. It Is doubtful whether u convention of the -democratic party ever performed Its work awl adjourned with more hoi>eful aseunsnees of victory Hum that vrtiirh met In Chicago week before last for tlio rpurpose of placing a ifrcsl- identlal ticket in nomination. It was, *)t the truest msuo of the word, a irfircaor.tativo conventtesi. Republican editors who were on the ground admit that a more intelligent con venUonroronesnorethoroiighlyeaprereniaUva of thejwople.'x ever amcinbledtn tills country. Ita proceedings were marked by tbe grave honest men, such as prudence, sagacity, Important fact. 1 t is a fact that every states- courage and a strong purposo to lift tlie ad-; m , n must recogni ie whether It pleases him ministration of public affairs from the j or no t. The bush ' -*■ of the whole country depthsof corruption, where they have been j affected more or less by the fact of prtftec- foned by irresponsible republican office- tion. Vast interes Is in every section of the country are affeetc 1 by it. The majority of our Industries are concerned with it. The great bulk of our manufacturing interests have lieen built up under it. Whatever the arguments for or against protection, these are facts that must be recognised and taken note of. That they are so recognized in tliedemo- forred by irres|K>nsihle republican holders, to the level of honesty and economy —in all those qualities that have a definite place in the understanding and approval of men, no man can say that the democratic nominee is lacking. Like Air. Tilden, he is a reformer, and he appeals to precisely the same element In all sections ol tiro country that chose Mr. Tilden president in 1870. Asgovcmorof New York, he has followed his duty wherever it led him Tammany is too old and experienced out to know on which side ita bread is buttered. Governor Ilenjamin B., of Massachusetts, is also, os is made to appear in the current dis patches, less inclined to flock by himself. It NOW AND THEN. cratic plat form must ht clear to every think ing man. That they went intended to he so Jfe has msde enemies among men in Ills own | recognized Is well known to those who had a party by a strict adherence to what lie con-1 hand in sliaping the business of the Chicago eolved to lie his duty, and in showing that lie convention. Taking Into corUhlOration the felt himself to lie governor of the whole state, j condition of affairs, free trade arguments are iio has offended rings and ctaquen; but, as foolfnli in the extreme. Every thinking man we have already said, Ids record commends knows that free trade is Impracticable at this him to the support of every honest man who time. The theorists would say that it is idle has an interest in honest government. Mr. Hendricks, who has been nominated for tha second place, is on# of tlio purest cit izens of the republic. He Is popular in the for a traveler who desires to go cost to travel westward; as a matter of fact tbe east ia easily reached by traveling westward. The democratic platform preaches prae- daughter, tthd there was not a young man iu the town he was willing for her to marry, for they all drink on the sly and had no good BILL ARP'S SOLILOQUIES ON THE | principles to back them. Then I heard a PROOF of INVENTION. I voung man In another town say he did . ! hot marry because he could not afford to, for wus hinted tlmt lie would seize the anti- a cotto . ...... , nd now it work.-me 1 die best girls did nothing but dress and visit, monopoly nomination in one hand and the s *wt”» » zmmiw, ana Bow it >u Finnic- | and he was afraid to marry one of them, greenback nomination in the other and pro-1 C "V d? An As. ww.b c.u.c th. J )\ oil, that Is badsnd wd^alht'itf But majbe east at be is In the west, as popular In the tical and practicable tariff reform-notli- nortli as ho Is in the south. nomination |ng more, nothing less. •the New York hankers have not fully rooov- such an tm|Hirtant body: Thcdlsrtuwiotis of tko various quratlims flint'ormw' lli the convention were altogether ladlring in that undignified tone that Is IreilueiV ly a feataire of aucli gatlisriogs, It ■wtn'UOSiccablc, also, that thcconv ration awiued to'realizo tlio dnot tliat the.poopjearo lieell’Sf tha mere auTfaf.' questions of. pnlltkis, 'fiemau ling the con M'derutlon of tiie more wiibstcntlnl and vital lanes trlilelt concent their reel warfare. The'ticket nominated by thecunveiillmi fs one svhlcii romstendn Itself to the' tissClv aeppart of everydemoemtIn tlio land; mot only'llils, It oomaociifis Itself to tlic fnvime ble conali’lentfouot orsvyhtnost voter It: the country wIk> understands (ho weln tiotts vrhlcli riapuMioan mismanagsment and corruptieu bear to the monill tloti of the pmplii. The ticket will also commend itaeU to tlio-sappoH of tho-ore- pi hllci ms wit* are nut satisfied with the record of the aandidatv'of their owe. i |»rty. Jt may be stM—and truly said—that tlio, po Ittical Teconl of Ah. lllalne is no worso than ■Uie records of any of tin men of that party who have pushed uupohlhanisni to 'its pro tical results. Tbhlsone fart that igivcs us 1 iu j k’ : for if the wavolt against Mr.' Illaliie, wlihfii has tuwuinrd ooaaidemhle importance in quarters whore really liuncat aud sincere |<eople liave born titlin' habit of following . after the iimrlilut—If tlie revolt aiarin*l Mr. Blaine meant aaythistg, it meant a revolt -against the method, noblcli made ttie nomi nation of Mr. Otaiac possible. The organs have suddenly foitiul out tliat Mr, George \William Curtis and.the large cimUugcnt of Jndeprndcnta and .reformer* tliat aympa 'thizea with him arc worse Ilian democrats, .and they are sukjso’.ed to abuse that ia not ,likely to be forgii en. In other words, then- Is no question as to itlie purposes of tlieoepuhllcan independents •and reformer*. They will support rtlevelaml ■and Hendricks, and before the lenipslgit draws to a victorious 'dose we shallexpeet to aee them ctuphaiioinj- their sup|iort with the seal that it so lieooaiiug to conv erta. But the democratic ticket vat not nominated for tlie purpose of meetiag the views of any class or contingent. It was put forth to Meet tlie vietrs of the whole country, and wr believe tbegvsult will allow the wisdom of the con vention. It it a ticket which no honest man, no conservative cititen can refuse to support. It appeals not only to Che sentimental view* ml the people,‘but to that strung desire for redraw and reform which has been gathering •volume since the occurrence* of Kit Appeals 'to tlie sense of j unite, economy and stately that Is strong in every intelligent American's breast, and commends itself both to the conservatism and patriotism of every -citizen that understands the theory and priiu iples.il which bit government is based. Mr. (levwland, who heads the ikket, has a record wlifeh cannot fail to win tbe appro bation and indorsement of tlie honest utters of Uwrouutry. Ilia political enemlea say lie is not a ‘'brtlliaift" man. Tliia means simply that Im is not ■ cheap rhetorician, nor one who pose, before tbe public, “splurging.'' as tbe saying ia, to as to win the applause of the unthinking. Few brilliant men bateoreu- pivd tbe white bouse; somehow or other, the people, whoa* Instincts are active, whatever their notions may be, liave seemed to avoid ‘brilliant'' men in cboodng their rulers. It may ba true that Mr. Cleveland is not brilliant, bat in alt those homely qualities tliat commend themselves to the appro**) of was a happy impulse. His name gives to the ticket a savor of 1*70, and will remind honest men In every part of the country that a great wrong against the pcoplo Is still to be redress ed. • Mr. Hendricks has. already opened the campaign, and the vigor and fire of his utter ances nt Indianapolis will give the cue to an aggressive canvass by democrats everywhere. The ticket tgill win. Success Is in the air. BUSINESS AND THE BANKS. The course of the New York hanks in con tracting loans, wlicn deposits are increasing &ml wlicn they have accumulated a reserve tliat Is only a fraction less than one hundred million dollars, is widely and severely criti cised. These hanks now hold nearly twenty- four millions in excess of legal reserve. They hold ns much as they did In the blue summer of 1878, and more than they held In any summer before that time or in the years that followed that dismal season down to this present one. Nor is this all. The New York hanks have gained In deposits since J tine 21 about nineteen mil lions; and yet loans have boon decreased in tliat time about three millions—about thirty-seven millions since tlio May l«mle, ami about sixty millions since the lirst day of March. Tire steady contraction of loans goes on, and tlie volume of failures is cor respondingly enlarged. Thcso failures cre- atn anew distrust, and distrust breeds more disasters. Aud yet the hank* of New ^ork persist in reducing their accommodations and in wcciiinulatiug a stilt larger surplus re serve. To tlio average man it would seem Hint the peOieybf tlie New York banks will. If much longer maintained, result In the destruction of their own customers, and an aggravation of arituatlon tliat the hanks do not desire beauise it leave* no room for profits. If there is any good reason for such a rigid contrac tion of loans, it lias not been nmde public. They certainly do not need a larger reserve. wred front the •carenfMsy. They are still too much frightened to aee clearly the weeds of theeuwntry and their dwty to their own customer* and tlie Irani newt public. OutaMo of the continuous squeezing liy the New York hanks there is not a discouraging feature in the cumwt of hntinesr, Tlie money withdrawn ia May is returning to tha clianticls of trade; fewer fslinrei among tlie menfiianta have occurred than was generally autbclpatrel; tlie exports of proilurejirc very large, while imports are falling aff, anil tlie crop outlook never was more promising. TI4 winter wheat harvest is now being tested by tlio tlirrslirra, and if the spring wheat crap turn* out a* trail, a surplus of two bun deed million bushels wlU lie on linnd. This surplus may bring low prices, but Hnru|>c 1 will need it all. the prica of wlieat it lew, no ono need starve ia tills country. a The corn and co ton crops are equally promising. When these great crops are safe, the volume of business will Login to increase, and all will see that there will soon be money eemugh for needful and useful enterprises. The wlieat crop is uow fairly out of harin'* way; the corn crop soon will be, and if Elio cotton crop turns out well tlie people of tbe south aud west need not consult Wall street, for they will have pro ducts iu hand that*will pay debts, buy sup plies and restore prosperity. A hale of cot ton or a carload of corn can squeeze money out of even tlio New York banks. THE TARIFF STEW. Some of our esteemed democratic friends threaten to engage ill a smalt controversy among themselves as to the meaning of tlie tariff paragraph in the Chicago platform. Messrs. Him I and Buokwaltcr regard these paragraphs as embodying free trade doctrine, while other democrats look upon them as favorable to protection. These symptoms of controversy are not to lie Interpreted aa show ing that the tariff plank of the democratic platform it doubtful. They show, rattier, tliat it has a sort of a Shakspearian vitality, which, while it may trouble tlie doctrinaires, it altogether satisfactory to the people. The commentator* are not at all agreed as to the meaning of certain phrases and passages in gliakapearv, hut tlie commentators pass away one by one. and Sliakspeare still livea. The meaning of the tariff plank in tlie democratic platform runs lietweci the do sires of the doctrinaires, and strikes the pur poses and desires of the people. The theory of free trade Is a perfect theory, the argu ments upon which it is based are unanswer able. Protection, as a theory, is indefensible and all the arguments are against it at a the ory. But tlie doctrinaires should hear in mind tliat itarth* in this country are com pelled to deal witli protec tion as a tact. It is an easy matter to dispoue of or to establish a theory—a very few arguments will answer; but something more than an argument is re quired to dispose of a tact England is a free trade country in a measure; but the I'nited MR. BLAINE'S LETTER. When the republican committee colled on Mr. Blaine to inform him of his nomination its spokesman doubtless asked him what he had In his market-basket. We can easily imagine the plumed knight sticking his tongue in ills cheek and replying, “Lassoes to catch meddlers." He doubtless used the statement figuratively, having no purpose, < that early stage of the game, to be more t' /■ half confidential. The committee thereupon retired, r Blaine, assisted by two editors an -nd JO Jersey politician, proceeded to , r ‘ mtr basket and ossorttlie contents. " -1 been telegraphed. It fills (> ^ r( "dht Tiia CoKitTtTiTio* and is M ''“f"*” letter of acceptance.^ This let' , ' j Worth reading, forining „ lt ,• ^ humorous contrast to thc pIl kn|gbt . g career. From the ., laine ,k>Ii, Aetf viewitis very Insipid dr cumcnt T li , Walnc ltatos . man lias s' .fidenly grown t*l in the mind, lie ia fcravc and dull. T j, t ; is , U( j,lenly bo- com'c serious and sober. j, no longer the krrogant and oggresslv , (politician 'witii t a policy distinctly Ann afgnm, but tlie meek and lowly republican , « 0 scs feeling around iu tlie bulrushes for a fiiaby innocent enough to deceive and plcar t (Colonel Pharaoh Gould and other dignitai ^ 0 f the gilded republi can court. Mr. Blaine go- a'largely into figures of tlie “five and six ir jL'e twenty-seven” sort, show ing concluslvi j|y by rules of his own Inven tion and nj ypfiicatlon tlmt the republican party is no i .only responsible for the pros perity of u,c country—for tlie increase in populutir , n(m ,i tlie increascof railroad mileage —but re qssnslbie also for our glorious climate and tlie, highly esteemed seasons which have prove) j to fruitful to tlie sonsund daughters of tol i. Air. lllalne plainly leaves it to be in- fern td that if the thieves that are now engaged in i.xibbimg tlio |ieople through the medium of tlie republican party arc turned out of p ower, there will be trouble and eonfusion iu ‘die land, mid it will lie found tlmt such men ,as Mr. Kvartsand Prlvnto Dalzell agree with him. Coming from Air. Blaine, the letter is romurkablo document. It is lacking in all tliosc characteristics tlmt commended Mr. illalno to tlie peculiar dements that de manded Ills nomination at Chicago, Tlie "boom" is wanting. There is no echo of tlio brass hand; thc llim-finm of thc kettle-drum Is not heard. Indeed, after ail tlmt 1ms been said, tlio letter falls flat. It is incompetent to tlio occasion. It lacks mettle nnd vigor. Nome one lias been smoothing Mr. Blaine' mental activity with a jack-plane. Tlie letter reads ns If it lmd passed through tlie dull medium of a Philadelphia editor's brain, Tlie lurtncss and originality tlmt ordinary observers imagine they find in Air. Blaine' style Imvc been rinsed and squeezed out, and liis letter is just dry enough to emphasize hutting campaign. There is just one point in it calculated to attract the attention of tlie people. Referring to tlio fact tlmt immigration from China luu been prohibited, Air. lllalne suggests, in sympathetic way, that tlio time nmy come wiien It will lie necessary for the republican |Hir y to prohibit immigration from Europe. This is Intended to be taken or an intimation tliat Air. lllalne is ready to liead a crusade against thc Irish and German immigrants tlmt nre pouring into tliia country by way of Castle Garden. This is rather a queer posi tion for tlie republican candidate to take at a time when hia organs are engaged In an at- tempt to win at least a portion of tlie Irish vote. This curious statement probably escaped tlie attention of Uioee who revised Air. Blaine's letter, for, however much they may sympathize with such a proposition to prevent Irish and German immigrants from landing on these shores, they would 'hardly indorse it publicly. Altogether, tlie letter is weak, fiat and tin interesting. Tlie “boy*" will sean-li it in vain for ail opportunity to start a “hurrah.’ coed to take the country by storm, but he seems to be more conservatively inclined since he has had time to reflect over tlie matter. We say “seems,” forit Is well known that when the public has put its finger on the gifted Butler, he is generally found to be any where except under the public’a linger. But the probability is tliat lie will fall to and su port the democratic ticket, thus placing K r self in a position toenjoy some of the frr J, "‘ a victory tlmt now appears to be only y®* r ’i tion of lime. ,A(jues- On the whole, the campaign is in a very satisfactory mann gGUndbig up weeks, unless tiie omens dr yr. In a few sonal magnetism business yfeive us, the per- party will have petere /ot tlie republican crew will be engng A out, and the whole apologizing for its' /A. in explaining and THE r~ /Irrupt practices. The interne yREELY RESCUE, north pole 1 .donal attempt to surround tlie disaster e with stations 1ms only resulted iu establir' aid failure. Eleven stations were inter aied by thc nations represented in tlie hu- jationai polar conference held in Ham- MVM* Philosopher to Meditate, iiil! oictureis overdrawn, I hope so. Ono thing i I know. Tbo hope ttf thc nation and its sal- Ihs ' ,, i vation in those small)Unpretending towns aud , ,«» Keen the eottOB jilSScr. Confidence , goo ,i f alm i n g country that supports theme , /latit of rUAc gVmtiI remember that young folk" are not nfrind to inrrav there 1 . , /» the fiewiMheri first -began to teli us llB d they do marry and go to work and live. * .. ......li.j 1 . had 1 bnppilv and humble nnd do not strain to keep. o«ttt a aew-GsS machine that Elms Howe uau r. (li v i Paahionahl.. h„,w£ invented t’ ia t would do as much work in a day as 0 nundred women with their needles I was : .ucredulous and I was indignant. ROUNDING UP. Those who suppoacd that the Hon. John Kelly, who withdrew from the Chicago con vention without telling anybody goodbye, had retired to tlie metropolis for the purpose of painting bin end of the town red, will he most agreeably disappointed to know that the Tammany chief ia neither very angry nor very ohstropulous, as the Georgia phrase ia The probability ia indeed, Of Tm: Oosstitc- tiox took occasion to predict some time ago, that he will proceed to ratify the nomination ot Cleveland and llendricka whenever a lil ting occasion offer*—if not enthusiastically, at least reasonably—and that ia all that can be expected or draired. There are some very hot-headed individuals in the Tammany or ganization, and it would be next to impossi ble for Air. Kelly to lead these to bolt a ticket which has such decided prospects of success. The demoanta may, therefore,count on the cooperation ot Kelly and Tammany States are not England. The condition* here | with more certainty than in 1880, when the are not to be compared to those in England. | gooes seemed to hang high. They may be comparable after awhile, but ■ , In Brooklyn, Boas McLaughlin and hia that remains to be seen. I fellow-worker* declare not only that Meanwhile, what is to be done while we j they will support iTeveland most are waiting to see whether the conditions in J heartily, but that he will ear th's country will erer be similar to those in ry New York by a rousing Great Britain? We can do but one thing, majority, and they langh at th* suggestion and that Is to accept tact* aa w* find them, that be will be opposed by Tammany—the Protection In this country is a fact and a very laughing meaning, we art let to suppose, that zx$nla7!l. The United States agreed io X/ihlisli one in 82 degrees north, and Lien Wnant Grecly and twenty-four men started In June, 1881, for Discovery harbor, which ‘he reached without difficulty. He staid there in safely and comparative comfort til, in obedience to his instructions, he w romiiellcd to retreat southward. Tlio responsibility rests not at ail upon Lieutenant Grecly, who obeyed orders throughout. Iu the first place the expedt tion was sent ten degrees farther north than were the other expeditions, and too higlt for valuable metcrological observations. It was folly, to use a mild word, to send twenty' five men to such a locality. But the folly be came something worse when thc government tailed to relieve thc brave explorers in 1882 as had been agreed upon; and tlio great wrong of 1882 was redoubled when thc expe dition of 1883 was so befogged witli orders tliat it left no adequate supply of provisions for Qreely'a party when it retreated south ward in accordance with instructions. The brave men left their polar homo last August, every member of thc party alive and w ell and after a difficult journey on ice (toes and by sledges, they were compelled to land Cape .Sabine and prepare for winter. Tliclr struggles at Cape Sabine to sustain life are pitiful. Lieutenant Oreely was reading tbo prayers for the dying when the relieving party readied them. All were dead but eight; and one poor fellow died after tlie rescue. Scat where men should never be sent, left in the land of perpetual ice without relief until under their orders they sought a point where a ship or food was to await them— shall it bo said that no ono at Washington lias blundered? Shall the administration be held guiltless of the lives of these eighteen brave men who simply obeyed orders? The awful responsibility can easily be located, anil until it ia, the en tire adminlstration-the pres ident aud Ills entire cabinet—should bear the odium and disgrace and shame. For Greely and hia brave followers were absolutely free of taulL up with society, society! Fashionable, hypo critical society. I know of no greater curio to. any land or people. I wish evory young roan when he marries had tlio courage to say to his society friends, “Now,see here, we have start- ed out n'ith small capital and wc cant follow When you nre sick I will nurso you,. did.ent believe that a machine could imitate + Jne nimble, delicate hands, and I felt like I dident want it to do it nohow. My good wnen 3*on are sick i win nurse you- mother bad been sewing for mo years and - ^ jj,, j ^||j j, e ip gig the grave and years, and when she finished for her darling ^ , V()U( | )U t don't you try to toll my wife off* ■on, a nice pleated boiom shirt, I ivas proiul oT . y ulir extravagant notions aud your so- her aud proud of tbe shirt too. Bu ‘ ‘ i n « cicty ,vays." Bin. Ar.r. rolled on and thc Grover & Baker machine | • • -» gotto circulating around, and I found out that THE JUNE cnOPS. it was a good thing aud would save a power | — of work, and so I bought ono for my wife.. Tlie Report ot tli& Commissioner of Agrl. without any premonition. What a beautiful seamstress she was. liow nicely did she. manipulate the needle and how dearly I loved to sit by and sec her make stitch after stitch on the muslin or calico or them other garments and things that ECHOES OF THE PEOPLE. n. M. M.,Oa., Is there any known cause for sleep? it so. what Is It? There are several natural causes. Among them are fatigue, stillness, the absenco ot llgbt and mo notonous low noises. Count remedy We know ot no sure remedy. Rusty unit water Is frequently used with good effect. G. R. W„ Eufsula, Ale.; 1. lio you answer ques tions written on postal cards? 2. Where are the mines of Goleellda situated, aud (or what arc they noted? I. A’es. 2. In India, aud they are noted for their diamonds. T. J. 8., Greenville, 8. C.: Whst is thc recipe for thc famous “sun cholera medicine?” Tske equal parts tincture cayenne, tincture ot opium, tincture of rhubarb, essence ot pepper mint, and spirits ot esmphor. Mix well. Hose fifteen to thirty drops In a wineglass of water, ar. cording to age and the violence of thc attack. Repeat every fifteen or twcntymlnutes until relief Is obtained. This medicine tins stood the test of forty years. J. T. I*.. Thomson, Ga.: What was Tfblcn’s pop ular majority 111 Is-Tti?'' Tlldcn's popular vote was 1 tV-H'J over tlmt of all the other candidates. L. 8., Washington, Ga.: Which Is the largest re. Ilgious denomination In thc I'nited Htates? The Alctbodlsts, according to actual count. Old 8uhscribcr. Thoniaaton. Ga: When does the ■position liegln at New Orleans, and how long 111 It continue' U will begin December 1st anil will continue six month*. W. U. M-, Jeflewonville. Where inn I *et The Treasury of Thought, M by M*turln M. Bui Ion? Semi to any Atlnntu bookseller. If he hu not the book on bund he will order it for you. Thames Cooper, Toccoa, lie.: Uevlng seen e notice In Tiik CojcsTiTfTiox e few deys since ask ing where e copy of White's History of Ueorgia could be obtained. I write to say that ! have a cony and would sell It. The back and fly leaves art* off but the matter is all intact. Subscriber, West End, tJa.: When will the First •rain regiment cxcurt to Charleston, and what l ba tlie fere for members end friends of mem bers? On the 7th of August. The fare from Atlanta to Charleston aud return will he **/.!*. Anxious. Atlanta. Oa: A reader of your valua ble paper desires to know why It h that every one. and ucwsnaper men in particular, make all their heroines little. I don't remember ever having seen anything smart credited to a woman union -** a pretty little woman,” or ”a brave lit- n, or ”a lovely little woman.” Can 01 •annota big, bony, ugly woman do anything clever? CharlesUcade's heroines are all large, tall wo men, on the Juno order. Some of Walter Scott's heroines are "big, bony and ugly.” A woman' site and appearance have nothing t with her cleverness. Some of tl ugliest woman In the world’s history were the brightest and most Influential, for Instance Mad amc de Steel. It Is not strange that newspaper men should speak of "little women.” As a rule women are of smaller suture than men. A Prohibition Victory. MrscATixr., la.. July 19.—The first trial under new prohibition law in this county resulted in . . Ictory for the prohibitionists. The defendant, as. Weir, was fouud guilty on two connt* and fined to the full extent of thc law. tiovemor Waller for Ile-electlon. BajPoxroKT. CL, July 19.—Lieutenant Governor Sumner says that the national democratic com mittee will advise the nomination of Governor Thomas M. Waller for re-elevtion. Logan Going West. WasftivOTO*. July 19.—General Logan, accom panied by delegates from the local branches of the grand army of the republic, left this city to-night to Minneapolis, Minn., to attend the national en campment of that society. women and children ami infants had to wear. We have had infants at our house, various infants, and it has been a world of work to keep 'em agoing and stop 'em from squalling, but still there has been pleasure in it. My good wife took it all naturally and like a ma ternal heroine as she is. I thought it was right funny for a while, hut the fun wore oUT and I settled down to business. We have rais ed children by the pound and by the dozen aud by the cord but wo have never had one come to dur houie that woaent welcome, for they alwavs come decently and in good order and they nave grown up to be good boys and better girls nnd gladden our hearts with their presence. But i have got off the trnek of my thoughts. I have seen thc cotton picker and I want to toll you about it. Now I dident believe that any machine could take the place of human fingers in sew ing und just so 1 have been incredulous about tjifs cotton picking business. The truth is I made sport of it and told our folks that it .wus impossible, utterly impossible, for no machine could sec, it dident have eyes nnd couldent find tho bolls and some of tbe bolls were half open and some two-thirds nnd some hung down and some stood up and some opened east and some opened west and soino ono way and some another and so I had no faith, not a bit. While here at Sumter I was invited to walk out to Mr. Masons workshop and 1 went. Mr. Mason is a bright intelligent man about thirty years ojd. lie loves company and loves to talk and will lay down his tools and tell you everything he knows, I dont suppose he has nny secrets from anybody, no doors locked, no private room, no hiding place for his wonder ful work. He shows you everything nnd tell you what he thinks of doing that hu has not done. He gave me one of the little revolving tubes that picks tho cotton from tho bolls. It is seven inches long and about 1 inches dinmeter. This little thing is the invention All t motion. Four dozen of them will be working on a cotton stock and if there is any cotton open they will find it. There nre two two upright cylinders three feet high that straddle a cotton row liko a sulky plow strad dles a row of corn and these little tubes re volve horizontally in tho cylinders. They turn round and round rapidly. The cylinders revolvo on their axif niuf these tubes rovolve on theirs as they follow tho cylinders round and round. They nro sure to touch every boll and if the cotton has opened and swells out fraction of an inch tho little dclicato points . the pickers get it aud roll it all out in an in stnnt and by a reversed motion unload it ou t platform aud from thore it is carried up and ‘ ut in a snek nml packed until it is full orse )lower pulls the muchinc along the row, The machine weighs throo hundred pounds. Some of them are made for three feet cotton and some for four and some for five.* I saw tho little spindles set to work on cotton bolls half opened and they left nothing, aud yet they will revolve in your hand and not hurt you or prick you. There uro 300 sharp points iu each spindle. They are just under tho surface and will catch the lint but not catch your ilesh or the leaves or thc stems. The imperfect ma- chiuo of last year picked 300 pounds an hour. The perfect machine which ho has now Is K cted to pick-600 pounds *nu hour. Mr. •son has his own machinery, makes his own lathe aud bis dies aud stamps and wheels and everything. Ho is backed by capital unlimit ed oud bus refused a million of dollars that was offered him. He is making large machines for Texas and Arkansas and smaller ones for the castegp states. His plan is to charge i “ivolty and let the machines bo made any here. It is a thing of life and seuse aud does just what you tell it to do. When tho cot ton is well open for the first picking it goes along and picks it and then you wait for the next picking. It takes in no trash or dead leaves, nothing but cotton. Now he 1ms a gin that operates on the sameprinciplc. These lit tle pickers have expanded into a cylinder ns long as the shall and as large round ns n gin saw and they catch the lint nnd an iron bar keeps the seed from following the lint nnd forces them back. The lint is not cut or torn. He is using a Winship frame, taking out the •aws aud putting his cylinder iu their place. It gins twice ns fast os the saws aud there is no danger to hands or arms, I put my hand on the cylinder while it was mnkin 2,000 revolutions a minute. He dropped a handful of shingle nails in the Opcuiug and they were carried through in an instaut and did no harm. Exports from northern fac tories say the lint is worth ten per cent more than lint cut by the old method. I was ruminating over this new mode ot picking cotton, and to my mind it is going to work a revolution in our furmiug. In the first place a poor man can't buy oue. In the next S lace he cant afford to give fifty cents a huu- red for picking when his nabor, who has got machine can idek his for ten cents a hun dred or less. Then*again the machine wont work well on rough or hilly land, ami no that kind of land willliave to be planted in some thing else. So I take it that poor folks and poor land will have to quit cotton, aud that will be a blessing. It may be, however, tlmt some in- terprising fellers will buy a machine aud go about in tbe settlement picking for the farmer just like they go about now threshing their wheat. What will become of the nigger women and children in cotton tirue, I dont know; maybe we can hire them to cook nnd wash alter while when they cant get anything else to do, I hope so. Sumter is a good old town; the best shaded town 1 know of; elms and water oaks every where, and lovely cottage homes set bark in spacious lots and surreuuded with shade and beautiful flowers, and the sweetest girls sit ting in tbe broad piazzas, and the prettiest children playing in the grass, and the good people are so hospitable ami homelike and the preachers so gentle and kind and have such good eating and our jolly landlord of the Jervey house to merry aud entertaining. There is no chance to be blue or homesick in Sumter, I never passed two days more pleasantly aud had rather make an annual rimage here than anywhere I have beeu best propsect for a coming crop that I have seen, is here. Thc cotton is splendid and the corn high and heavily eared all the way to Manning, which is another lovely town, though not so old or so large as Sumter. These people go slow but they go sure and live hap- n!y and content. Thev show content ami eisure in their form and feature, iu their walk and conversation. They are not in a hurrv. They have time to talk to von. They love their state and their towns and their people. They stand up to their preachers and their statesmen. Their boys are sober and diligent and manly, and their girls are modest. I wish tbe boys atd girls were so everv where, but they are not. Iwas in a town not longago and a good man told me he had but one culture for tlie Month. The June report of the commissioner ofagri- culture embracing reports to July 1st is just emerging from the press, nnd contains some interesting crop news. THK COBX CROP. Of the corn crop the commissioner says that since the last monthly report the crop has fal len from 98 to U5 in the general average for the state. Serious damage, and in some places al most a total loss, of the crop, on the bottom lands, has resulted from overflow. Uplands- have sustained much iniury both to crop and soil, from excessive washing rains. In south ern Georgia, the crop being further advauccd. when the rains commenced, the cultivation was less interfered with and comparatively lit tle injury has been sustained. In east Georgia aud in some counties in each of Urn other sec tions, thc condition of the crop is above an average, and notwithstanding the unfavorable weather of thc month and the consequent grassy condition, the crop in the whole state is only five per cent below an average, and is two per cent better than at this time last year. Thc condition compared to an average in north Georgia is 91; in middle Georgia, 92; in southwest Georgia, 93; in east Georgia, 103; in southeast Georgia, 98, and in the wholo state, 95. THE OAT CROP. The yield compared to an overage in north Georgia is 68; iu middle Georgia, 64; in south west Georgia, 68; in east Georgia, 67; in south east Georgia, 86, and in the state, 76. Much loss has resulted from falling and tangling with the unharvested portion of the crop alter tho rains set in. The damage from this cause w as greater iu the northern and middle portion of tho state, whero the crop waslatcr in maturing and tho rqjns somewhat heavier and more continuous. THE WHEAT CROP. . Thc yield compared to an average in north Georgia is 97; in middle Georgia, 85; in south west Georgia, 87; in east Georgia, 69. South east Georgia makes no report of this crop. Tho average lor the state, estimated from the two sections, north ami middle Georgia, whero most of the wheat is grown, is 91. The grain is well developed, and the yield per acre in north Georgia is two bushels moro than last year; in southwest Georgia, ono bushel more. In middle Georgia the yield per acre is the same,' and in cast Georgia a little less than that of last year. The crop has suffered much injury in the shock since harvest in every section of tho state from the protracted wet weather. THE COTTOX CROP. The cotton crop has been scrioubly injured by the excessive and continued wet weather of the month of June. There is a general complaint, os will be seen from tho corres pondent's notes, of too muoh rain and gross* and too little sunshino for the crop. Since the last monthly rejiort, the prospective condition has fallen ten per cent in north, middle and east Georgia, six per cent in southwest, and four jicr cent in southeast Georgia. Tho condition compared to an average in north Georgia is 82; in middle Georgia, 86; in southwest Georgia, 93; in east Georgia, 88; in southeast Georgia, 93, and in the whole state, 88. MI8CEI.LANROUS CROPS. Sugar cane—Middle Georgia, 88; southwest Georgia, 83; east Georgia, 85, and southeast Georgia, 92. Rice.—North Georgia, 62{southwest Georgia, 90; east Georgia, 88, and southeast Georgia 98. Middle Georgia makes no report of the crop. Melons.—North Georgia,87; iniddlo Georgia, ; southwest Georgia, 80; cast Georgia, 75, ami southeast Georgia, 87. Sweet Potatoes.—North Georgia, 98; middle Georgia, 93; southwest Georgia, 96; east Geor gia, 101, aud southwest Georgia 193. THE WRATHKR. The month of Jiiue Is unprocondentod for any years iu the number of its rainy days, ami the amount of rainfall. North aud mid dle Georgia had, during the month, from eleven to nineteen rainy days, and southern Georgia from nine to fourteen. The total precipitation for the month varies at different stations from about five to thirteen inches. The largest amount reported is in Atlanta aud ut Mossy Creek, the smallest in Rome and Nashville. THE CAPITOL COMMISSION. the 24 th of Tlie Hoard Adjourns to Sleet c September Next. Friday the capitol commission completed its labors ami adjourned to meet on the 24th of September at 3 o’clock p. in. After concluding their exoiuin t on of the bids General Alexander offered the following resolution; Resolved, That the hoard rejeet all the bid* received for furnishing material aiyl the con struction of the state capitol. Resolved secondly, Tnat the commission re advertise for further bids for furnishing ma terial and construction for thc state capitol to be received until four o'clock p. m., Septem ber 24, 1884. , 1 The commissioners then went to work and •greed on thc new form of advertisement. The plans, etc., can be had on application to the commission or at the office of Edbrooke A* Burnham, the architects at Chicago. No bids will be considered unless thev are made out on the schedule "blanks furnished by the commission. In making bids in the competi tion just closed a number of bids were thrown out because they were not on the schedule blanks, the bidders not appearing to fully understand the requirements of the commis sion. Bond and security from the bidders will be required in all cases. The commission passed an order for the ad vertisement to be inserted once a week lor the two months in The Atlaxta Cox«titi*tiox, Macon Telegraph and Messenger, Columbus hnquirer-8un, Savannah Morning News, Au gusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, also in a New York builders’ paper, the Baltimore Sun, the Inland Architect, of Chicago; the 8t. Louis Republican, Cincinnati Enquirer, and Louisville Courier-Journal. After auditing some accounts, tbe commis sion adjourned to meet on the 24th of Septem ber. MR. CDBtOOKR’a ONSIOX. A Coxstitl’Tiox man asked Mr. Edbrooke what he thought of the action of the commis sion. He said: ‘I think the commission has taken a very wise course. 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