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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 12 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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York state will not be serious, and, such as it
is, it will be more than overbalanced by the
support of men who 'are anxious to in
augurate an era of reform In the administra
tion of the affairs of the general government.
John Kelly is somewhat obstinate, but
prominent member of Tammany has stated
that Kelly and Tammany will support the
democratic candidates with enthusiasm the
moment they are assured that their claims
will be respected. In any event, there is no
reason to doubt that the democrats will
achieve a notable victory in the democratic
slate of New York.
THE CONSTITUTION,
Atmjc
Qa.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
The republicans nro making a great pro*
tense of carrying, or of trying to carry, West
Virginia, The probabilities are, however,
that they will make little or no effort to carry
that state. Their consultations in that neigh
borhood are meroly feints intended to bring
uneasiness to tho minds of the democratic
leaders and to draw tMr attention away
from Qbh>?? wliaro Sieve Elkins and hisgin;i
???Jvnpotc to tn&ko a desperate struggle for vie
tory In tho October election. This is a
ter that is of exciting interest to democrat*,
mid yet it is not of vital importance. There
Is little doubt that we shall be able to carry
West Virginia by as large a majority as us
ual, and if we do not carry Ohio there is
nothing lest.
Jt mnet be borne in mind that Ohio is not
a pivotal stato so far aa ilia democratic party
Is conccrm d. In other words, a democratic
victory in Ohio is not essentia! to demoerutio
vlrlorjr In other states. We hojn> and exiwrt
to carry Ohio, but if wo do not there tfclll bo
no occasion for gloom. Ohio is ii republican
date In presidential years, or bus been here
toforr, nnd If It should prove to lie
democratic In October the people would
limloubtcdly ufrrpt it as an omen of certain
victory. .But if tho republicans should carry
the statp in October, the fact would have no
sign 1 firstico so far as democratic micccjs ii
concerned.
It is this situation???this prospect???that gi
the democratic party a decided advantage in
the contest. Defeat in Ohio will bo fatal to
the republicans, and this fact will nerve the
democrats in that state to put forth their best
efforts. On (he othcrliauddcinocraticdefo.it
In Ohio in October would bear no material
rriutlon to the presidential canvass. With
there facts (taring them in the face, it is not
likely that the republican corruptionists
who have charge of the Blalno campaign will
waste any effort o carry West Virginia whll<
their Ohio stronghold is in danger; nud that
It is in danger we have tho best of reasons for
believing.
Thera are nl#???? other states that threaten to
go dt mocratic, though the)' have been in tho
republican column for several you*. Tho
truth is, it Is impossible to estimate the do
fictions from the republican ticket, since it is
made up of two elements diametrically op-
pored to each other???the German ???lenient
which has revolted from tbu republican ten
dency to prohibition, nud the prohibitionists,
W ho declare that republican whisky Is os boil
aa dt mocratic whisky. That the defection of
there two dements is very serious is not de
fied by the Blaine organs, but they claim
that it U offset by gains among Irish deni ?????
ends and working men. We think, however,
that this claim will prove to be preposterous.
The situation in New York is somewhat
peculiar???if we may thus describe the elLv)
of the scandalous attack made by the republi
can politiral preacher* and organs on ttie
| Kyilc character of the democratic candidate.
3h?? democratic newr|*p*??n*, we are glad t
???cc, have left Governor fleet laud's defense
wrkoBy with the independent republicans
who hove espoused the democratic canto. We
weed not ray that the defense has been com
plete. A committee of iiukqxnidetit republi
can* l ave inverlijcutcd the charges an l the
mult is entirely satUfaciory. In addition to
this, the New York F.veniug l*ost has printed
an ??dit??irial is ply to Governor Cleveland* ???
???Maim Is which will undoubtedly have the
??pnt of silencing those who have been en-
frf.nl in tn nttimpt to drag the good name
of an I t tuit tn&n in the mire. The slanders
cUctrlaUd by tt ????? Blaine organs will react,
and this reset ion Will make -its influence felt
toward* the eh m- ..f the . ?? njo??{gi??, when the
hir.??*t ve-tira the c .unity begin seriously
( mpme the public records of ???the m m
orrup*.
beta**n wW.i tie people j
TLifv is ii??d i.\i ;( il. t - oottni
rtt> i f the d. mxsr-tvr candidate
rsrcnl is k* as the day. JJ
notable fight re
flare rue in e tile-
of Buffalo, bat in the gn
York, Where atiairs are as
rorrnption u> deep-rooted
Wstbingtcn.
TLo opposition to Mr. Cleveland in N??
mist choose,
re and i niel
li is public
* lit* nude a
u and nnl-
itrmici polity
late of Sew
plicated an I
they are in
STANLEY AND THE CONOO.
The honors that Stanley is now receiving
in Europe are but just tributes to his won
derful explorations and peace conquests. His
bravery, pertinacity and skill are deserving
of all honor. He is a man of rare mental and
physical gifts, and in the course of eight
years he was able to do what all before him
had failed to do???he opened up to trado and
travel the heart of the dark continent???the
Congo basin that contains at least ten million
]kacefol i eople, amLpossihly forty million.
Stanley went to Africa to find and succor
Livingston, who was then cast away in the
dark, mysterious land of fever and death.
In tlds mission be was successful; and after
he had given Livingston needed -aid he ini
mediately began a course of exploration
that far exceeded in range ami
vulue all previous efforts in Africa.
The great rivers and lakes of Central Africa
were explored ami mapped; the peoplo of
that immense section of the earth???s surface
were described, and all other leading myste
ries of the region explained.
About seven years ago be marched^ from
the cast const directly across the continent,
coining out on the west coast nt the mouth
of the Congo river. He then mudu known
to the world the possi bill ties of the mighty
liver???bow It drained the larger part of equa
torial Africa, flowing from an interior basin
tlint wjisnt once healthy, fertile and exceed
ingly populous???a river of larger commercial
pasibilitfes than the Nile. Portugal had
long claimed the territory at the mouth of
the river, hut had done nothing to establish
a claim ii|>oti the great Congo region. Even
her ek.ltn to the, mouth of tho mighty river
was disputed by England. -
Htnnlcy came ou*. In 1877. In 1870 tjio
chief geographical societies of Europe met
ut the invitation of Leopold, king of tho
IhlghiriK, nt Brulsels, ami formed an asso
ciation for the exploration of central Afric
At that time they proposed to go to work
from Znnzalmr way, hut when Htauloy ha
told the story of bis explorations, tho man
and the work bad met. The international
Congo association was organized under tho
auxins of King I<copold, ami Stanley was
placed ill charge of the enterprise.
He began about five years ago to opan the
river to civilization. The stream is naviga
ble. from tho sea toVlvl, n distance of 111
miles. In the next 200 miles, or up to
I.copurdville, there are many cataracts. At
Iao|ardville the river widens into Stanley
pco), and beyond are several thousand miles
of navigable water. Stanley eitablisiiod
twenty-two trailing stations under tho blue
ling of the international association, made
treaties with tbo natives, placed steamboats
on the navigable jiortion* of the river, and
1 opened roads around the cataracts, and to-day
Hie heart of Africa ia ojien to any merchant
???or traveler who desires access to it. In carry
ing out this grand work Stanley acted with
intelligence and skill. He had very littlo
trouble with the natives, ami his French rival
wus soon com|>cllcd to confess failure. The
territorial sovereignty of tho Congo basin is
unsettled, but no settlement that the Euro
pean nations can make will detract from tho
glory that must always surround Stanley's
name. He lias added to the known world n
vest region, and he will rank itm nig tho very
bighoit who have given to millions tho bene
fits of religion, civilisation ami commerce.
He is nu American, and a newspaper man,
end if be returns to Ida home land, ho will bo
accorded a reception that would not probably
fall to the lot of any other living man.
THE QOLD FUND.
At the end of July the gold fund in the
treasury was $210,Kill,.Yd, an increase of ah ml
iGHO.OMi during the month. But thoro wu??
in July a large loss of treasury g ild, ami tt
eomsiKUiding Increase in gold certificate*.
The gold certificates amounted ut tho oml of
the month to $01,500,000, an increase in tt
single month of about $20,000,000. There h
now only $110,000,000 of gold not covered by
ccrlifirjttes m the treasury, tho loss in July
being f 1-1,082,000, and since the lirst day of
June, $tfl,<BNt,o<N>. The treasury gold fund
stood at $158,000,000 lost December, and It lets
1**11 running down ever since, tin* pace he in ???
greatly accelerated in June and July. As it
bond call of $10,000,000 lias just mature 1, nnd
as there are due bonds to the value of
$5 0U??,U00 that have not Iwcn presented, th ???
treasury doe* not contain much over $10 V
fOt'.WO in gold free of claim; ami the act of
July, 1882, provides that ???the secretary of
the treasury shall suspend tho issue of gild
ct riithatrs w henever tho amount of gold coot
ml bullion in the treasury reserved for th ???
redemption of United States notes fulis
11 low $100,000,000." That sum is
considered the reserve against the
gnenlacks; and if tho secretary
of the treasury checks against his stock of
gold all unredeemed bond * covered by mv
tund calls, lie must soitn, unless the lid*
turns, stop the issue of gold certificates:
The large decrease ot the past month was
partly due to the heavy payments which
were made for the redemption of bonds anl
on arrount of interest. It was chiefly due.
bowivrr, to the fact that all the clearm*
home balances at the sub-treasury in New
York ere now settled with gold. The law
expressly provides that no national bank
all be a member of a clearing house awo-
ciath n that does not allow the settlement of
la!unets with silver. The New York anl
various other clearing house* have complied
with this law by rescinding alt rules prohib
iting the acceptance of silver, and then enter
ing into agreements among I he memberr of
ech association that gold only shall bo ten-
lered in >< ttlemcnt*. The sub treasury, as a
i,i niter of the New York clearing house, is
ai??riy to rue ban agreement, and, as the
It lr.net * ore always against It, there is a cun-
taut t rain upon its gold.
WLtn the cotton crop begins to move in
tl.c autumn it is expected the treasury will
recover re me of the ground it is now losing.
The government w ill then do a large business
lu telling exchange |??yalnc in silver certiti* ,
cates, for which it receives gold. For exam
ple, a New York bank may have to make a
million-dollar payment in New Orleans. In
stead of transporting the coin to that city it
ran deposit the gold In the sub-treasury at
New York and receive from $be government
an order for the amount on the New Orleans
suMreasury, payable in silver certificate*.
During the three weeks ending September 30,
1883, the government in this way exchanged
nearly $45,000,000 in silver certificates for
that amount of gold. If that had not been
done the gold reserve would have been less
by that sum than it now is. It is stated
the treasury department that the gold which
the treasury has lost this summer has not
been Mnt abroad, but bus gone into banks
and general circulation. The flow of gold
now towards this country, and tho treasury,
may possibly regain by December the aununt
of gold it 1ms lost. This would require an
accession of nearly $15,000,000 a month.
A STRANGE CASS.
The clerk who yields to a speculative crazo
and surreptitiously borrows the fund* of his
employer for a temporary investment, is
familiar figure in the business world. So
many men have fallen victims to futures and
stock gambling that the speculative default
er is no longer regarded as a moral monstros
ity. He is looked upon as a man ot good in
tentions and irregular methods, and bis dis
astrous ex j*o!*urc is charged to "circumstan
ces over which bo bud no control."* The
haste to accumulate wealth is characteristic
of the average American, and it h natural
that in such u race the means employed to
recuro the result should sometimes overstep
the border line of- honesty. Men of a specu
lative turn of mind fully understand the
dangers of the situation, and when one of
their competitors goes to the wall they in
stinctively sympathize wifli him.
But one of the latest defalcations is of
sucli a peculiar nature that it deserves to he
singled out from the common herd of ordi
nary embezzlements. The case referred to
is that of Mr. Henry C. Dodder, lately tho
confidential business manager of the New
York dry goods house of Arnold, Constable
A Co. That Mr. Deddcr mixed up the
ey of his employers with his
did not create much ostouishm-int
when the revelation came, but when it wi
ascertained tlmt lie was not the subject toatiy
speculative mania, but simply appropriated
the money of others in order to live in stylo
nnd win for himself a literary reputnti'
crookedness nt once became n nine days'
wonder.* Mr. J ???odder wanted fine home* an
fast horses, lie wanted a interest in
the Manhattan Mugazino. Jfomtdo htmulf
the |Kiczessor of all this coveted property,
paid for it with Arnold k Constable's funds.
1???npers on ??????Booth?????? and ???Hamlet" appe ire I
under bis name and were highly prjitac-.l. A
life of Grant also came out, purporting to ha
from bis gifted pen. These literary prodtn
tlons, it seems, were, llko tho houses an 1
horses, unwillingly paid for by Arnold, Con
stable k Co. The whole truth camo out whoa
Decider???s peculations were discovered, and
then there was anotlier^uproar. People who
could understand how u man could cinbezde
in order to live in luxurious case weVe totxliy
unable to fatlion* the moral depravity of tho
man who bought the brains of other* witli
stolen money to peddle os his own.
The case of Pedder H so peculiar that the
man???s sanity will rest under suspicion. It D
possible that ho Is a crank, but it is plain that
such cranks nro dangerous men to be at
large. In the midst of all this confusion,
however, thinking men will jump to tho con
clusion that the proprietors of large interests
would do well to keep their eyes wide open,
and not allow their business managors too
wide a range.
THE MELONS AND THE RAILROADS.
In on interview published yesterday, the
railroad tariff on watermelons was disettuod.
The railroads have mode answer to the com
plaint of the melon growers, that the raise Pi
the freight rate was forced on them hy their
western connections. To till* the reply is
made that if the western roads can force up
the price on melons, tho Georgia roads can
force up tho price on grain nnd moat.
Wherever the responsibility rests, great in
justice has been done the melon growers by
the railroads. A freight rate was established
last iearon and enormous shipments were
made under it. Tho farmers were given to
understand, at least hy tin* agents of the
rends, that equal advantages iu rates nnd
heduks would be offered for this season.
Under this belief a very large acreage was put
in melons. After the crop had been planted,
and before tt was shipped, nn advance was
made in the rates amounting, wo believe, to
about $25 a car. This rate is practically pro
hibitory. It has required the nicest manage-
nt to make melons pay charges and onto*
thing over, even under the old rate. With
the rates advanced 25 per cent, the risk be
comes too gnat and the margin of proitt to^
small.
This jH*licy is a short-sighted one on the
part of the railroads. They are killing tlm
goote that lays the golden ??g-*. The truck
businers in Georgia is a profitable bnsiueas
ami a rihmI one, if it can secure even tho
freight rates of last season. At tho present
ran s tt will be checked and destroye I. Wo
we dally in the papers demands fr ??nt the
west for melon*, ut good prices, and the
melons held at borne an I rotting on the
vims because of too high rates, f btr railro 11
managers in Georgia cannot fail to see tint
Ibis is a short sighted and narrow policy. It
is to be hoped that tiny nn control the
western roads and give the truck mm as
surances of a reasonable freight schedule for
the coming tenson.
LOSSES DY LIGHTNING.
Within the pa>t sixty day* an unusual
niimHr cf fatal and destructive lightning
strokes Lave been reportcl fr-??m Georgia and
iter southern suite*. Of cour??? no st ??ti??tiej
for the present summer have been taimlnte 1
as yet, but the figures of prec??? l???ng ye in
show that electrical ccmltio d.vrv.- *a
luit.cttC place among the ifang.-T* wh??:a
threaten us nt this sca*m of the y* ar.
e Insurance t'hr??n . ??? conrdn* - ??m*??
valuable Bghtning statut e*. Tb-?? -??? do ??,
ne ith of the Ohio and eav of the M??????l -*ippi
n* ; lways l-cen nqnr led toe favorite field
f ifcslruttive thumleratorm*, reviving a*
lev do about eighty live per c-ut of th??
phtnirg unde*. The s-mth. however, i*
far fr??m being exempt. Georgia. Louisiana
*rd Texas arc pevuDarly these
elargrrous visitation*. Tlie !,??.??* of
lift from thcttc tUvQtn???4.1 dicurbxn* a ie
.-tfliu.t - Xe serious atten
tion of scientists and the general public, but
our Insurance contemporary is mainly inter
ested In the destruction of property. It is a
notable fact tbst lightning docs the most
damage In the rural region*. The cities en
joy comparative immunity. It is also sin
gular that the houses struck are generally
barns, dwellings and churches, and of the
tbree^barns suffer more than the other build
ings. In 1882 lightning caused 217 impor
tant fires in the United States, and the num
ber in 1883 reached 274. The number of
such fires for this year is expected to go be
yond these figures.
Against an agency so mysterious and pow
erful it is difficult and perhaps impossible to
devise adequate means of protection, but the
rapid atrides of science leave us room for the
hope that something will yet be accomplish
ed in this direction. In an age when we are
fast solving the problem of controlling elec
tricity, it is not unreasonable to indulge the
belief that we may learn bow to ward off it*
attacks.
GOOD CROPS AND HAPPY FARMERS.
The politicians are rushing around hoping
for the best, but preparing for the worst; the
financiers are troubled because of the tight
ness of money, and the Wall street specula
tors ore starving while they watt for fresh
victim*. In the midst of all this trouble and
confusion, nature is serene and providence
is bountiful. The failures we hear of are
human failures, the troubles arc human
troubles. What an atom is man I How in-
rignlfirant his works, hotr-foolish his aims!
The seasons put him to shame, for while
complaints are heard and failures are an
nounced, Min and soil unite with the dews of
heaven to burden the fields of the farm?r
with bountiful crops.
In Georgia the rains have descended where
they were needed, and wlPle the speculators
are unhappy, the farmers ore comparatively
happy. The forage crop3 are rank and
abundant, anil cotton is promising. Our
energetic friend, Primus Jones, of Biker
county, bus already forwarded the first bale
of Georgia cotton to market, and while thero^
has been some complaint in sampling circles
In Su vii i in ah, the fact that the first bale h is
bem marketed is not to >>c wiped out. Corn
is waving its green sabres in the wind, bid*
dlpg defiance to famine, nnd every omen
points to a season of abundance. Thus, wjiile
the speculators tumbla around from grief to
sorrow, Providence, through tho medium of
the farmers, is preparing to make the world
comfortable, so far as food nud raiment are
concerned, for another year. Let tho farmers
rejoice, and let the people who are not farm
ers rejoice with them.
CAPTAIN JACKSON'S CARD.
The continued rumors of an independent
candidacy against Colonel Hammond will bo
ilhpcllcd after the reading of the munly and
patriotic card of Captain Jackson, which we
j>rlnt this morning.
To be beaten by so slight a majority in so
large a vote, in a primary around which no
legal restrictions were thrown, is u great
temptation to make further appeal or - to en
courage such an appeal. Especially is this
so when, as in this case, issues were made in
the campaign that we consider griovously
iinjnttjFjiiul that involved more than mere
politiral preferment or defeat. Many of Col
onel Hapimond's supporter* declared openly
on the streets during election day thut they
would not support Jackson if he were nomi
nated???and this declaration had its weight
In face of all these things, we cannot com
mend too strongly the prompt and honorable
course of Captain Jackson. He offers no con
test over the election in this county; he
abandons any further contest in other conn-
firs, and retakes his place in the ranks to do
battle in tho causo of his lato opponent
Whether this averts an unseemly contest in
this district and the further widening of the
breach in the party, or whether it shall put
the two late contestants side hy side in battio
aguinst a common foe, tt wilt have n tine
effect. It will stand as a precedent against
tunny a future defeated caudblato who will
feel disposed to rebel against tho decision ot
tho primary. Captain /acknjii will lose
nothing by bis course In this matter. It will
rnnmiid the respect of his bitterest oppo
nents and will be remembered to his credit
by the democracy of the fifth district.
FROM A REPUBLICAN POINT OF VIEW.
The Providence Journal, published in tho
state of Ithode Island, ups and declares that
the south hates the supremacy of the gov
ernment in federal affair*,?????? whereupon the
Hutton Advertiser, a stout republican paper,
rinds its esteemed contemporary this lesson:
If we felt compelled to takethe vl-.??r of the caw
which is taken by our Providence rontempor.iry,
we should rcrtaiidy conclude that tin* ndmlnUlr.i-
th n ot the rv[M til lean party had failed in its m ast
important work. If twenty year* hive tut til-
vanced u* beyond the point where "the *ouiU
bn tea the natiounl supremacy," vre Mim'd con
clude that some other policy of remit mi hal heller
have a trial. Aud *o we believe would the half of
< ur voting population who have, come upon tho
??taj;r*inrc the war, aud who look upon tho mliter
ilh different eye* from t'to*o who bore the heat
and burden of the contest. A su.r^cstion llko
Ptnntor Hoar's, that "if jrou will give us tho con
trol ofbolh house* of emigre** again we will d id
cdy," muit be met by the unanswerable
qucMion, ???What have you been doing for twenty
year* |**t that this 'remedy 1* stilt to iwkf ???
cannot thus read the lime*. We believe that
the war Is over, and the republican party, unlc-ts it
be ftr bifef periods at Intervals of four yeirs, ??tl??o
believes that the war Is over. It sppoars to ns,
therefore, that any attempt now to revive the U-
??u<s of the war, or to present them os still coutinu-
it g, w ill be futile. Indeed, the sucevss of such at
tempts appears to us to diminish visibly from one
election to another, and for reusous which *rj
isialy understood when the changing com position
of Uk laxly of voters ts cotrehlcred. Aud this
weskenttg of the'power of eppeata tosoettoaal
buns, sod to what we must still believe are old
and wornout hatreds, is tn our jalgment one of
the few hopeful signs fa the recent hi-t >rjr of t re
republican party. ???
Benefit Night tn Columbia.
Coir mu a. P. i\, August fPpeetaL}??? 1 Theodor*
f tsrk and Joe Pbyshv, two youua set jw of this
city, w???re given ?? benefit last night in the opera
lcure. A number of amateurs twisted and the
11 rf?? tmarre was very creditable.
11??lUchland Yoluuteea. one of ???our crack mill*
ttiy n mpanit-s, celebrated their 7bt anuivcrsiry
ycMtiday at tke icliuArenplats. near this city.
Ttryct practice ant various pie mat out loot
its were indulged In nud an excellent dinner
v.rSmnred. The day passed o.Tdelightfully.
ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE.
X Y. Z., Atlanta: 1. When docs the democratic
convention meet to nopinato' a governor? 2.
When was Tammany bull organized, and is
fined to New York city ? 3. When docs thei com?? i-
tion meet to nominate a congressman (rota tue
fifth district? 4. Is Ben Butler a democrat?
J. On the 1.1th Inst. 2. In the early d iy* ot the
mobile. The organization is -confined to .Vw
York city, but it has *ymi*utlilzcni outside. A. hep,
temter 4th. 4. Ye*.
A. ???., Forsyth, Ga.: Wus Alexander Dumas tin>
No, but he bad ?? da*h of negro bloo-l in bis
vein*. ,
fut*criber, DcKnlhCo.i Mr. S. P. Morsm. hr
forty year* a citizen ot VeKalb county. Ua., *er\ 1.1
under Andrew Jack*on. Wiufleld Scott au??l K. L.
I ee. He I* in his ninetieth year, and says he can
w alk forty mile* between sunrise aud sunset, no
tun cut and split 200 rails a day, and is us sound
mentally aa physically.
* Correspondent, The Glades, Ga.: In Piyin?
freight bills how many nickels are railroad com
panies compelled to take in oue payment?
None. 1 he nickel is not a legal tender.
Ex-Atlonta Man, Macon, Ga.: 1. Who is Gall
Htmlltou? 2. Why is her name so ofteu meution
Honed in connection with that of James O. Blaine.
'A. Iln* Blaine???s only occupation been tlmt of edi
tor and writer for newspapers and periodicals.
1. MBs Abigail Dodge. 2. She is Mr. Blaine???s
kinswoman, and as she Is a brilliant writer it has
f ccn suggested that she occasionally helps him in
bis literary work. 3. He was for many years prom-
'ir.cnt In both houses of congress, and foremost
among the leaders of his party. He was Garfield???s
secretary of state.
8. R. F., Covington: Is thereaperlodfc.rrpublNh*
cd tailed The C'onfederate'Knapsaek, and if so at
w 1 at place.
There is such a periodical published at New
Oilcan*.
As the worm weather comes on an oesasiona
croc of fever Is reported, this nnd the emmon
terse propriety of sanitary care make It wise to
1* ok after our drinking water. Warm weather
creates thrist, and nothing Ls more natural or
healthful than to drink freely of nature .s bever
age, provided it is pure and ice. is not too freely
nnd. But Low are we, the people generally, tj
know the water is pure? ,
The streams of the south are generally muddy,
the friable nature of our soil colors them and
makes their waters healthful. Tire earth h na
ture's great disinfectant and purifier. 1'hft *ecmo
< dd, I ut it is true. Our norf cm friedds ridicule
cur??wn yellow water, and yet by actual analysis
tl.u mrl id water of the I'otumoc purer th m tue
siniklii g cbochituiMc. tt Is a well known find
II ut ll.e havaimah steamers store the riiv*r
wider for the round trip in preference to the cele
brated croton, atnl muny families in Chicago do
r.?? t drink the clear water of the Miciiig<i!i.
Uih difficult to believo that the eoiorlesa nnd
cool draught from the family pump is dnigjr ??m,
mere sothan our much berated ludlywood gr
Ljdrsnt water, and yet there I* hardly a medical
iImUmh
???ne know
inmiir.g v
.-l by
id nlreated.
ere rice between stagiic
e causes death
i times the number of bacteria that I
t when iu motion and mixed with air. X
idereuryoung men coming home hot fro;:
i*tcr
have
but
the well P'l
Within n few feet of the closet* and carefully ex
eluded from the fresh air. Jn I8t??7 eiioler t c.irrl s 1
oil it,7,(A0 Italian*. Elaborate iuvestig.tti>u i>y
the government tract d the cause to Impure well
wider. It i* altogether |*o??dbh5 tiiit t:
cause to imp"
.. . . iltito that till
ouryo will visit America this year (not i
n lodgment in Atlanta, let us hope), and it lu
ce me* u* nt least not to invite its prescM-*. 0:r,
for the old*rnshioned well sweeps. tkvcixc.
Pin pie, Atlanta, Ga.: A week or two ago l
in ere of your:
tune tellers in 1
where cap they he found'
ol the best fortune teller
r|. also, tlmt some
in Chicago. Wh-tt
their nc!dre??*es? Can fortunes bs told through
the mails? ???
There are several colored fortune tellers in At
lanta, and there may be a few white persona en
gaged In the same business. We do not know their
addresses, nor those of the Chicago sootlmyoM.
of ci une fortune* can be told through the mail
just as well as lu afiy other way.
Sutfcrlher, Troup Factory, Or.: 1. Hot ma ty
men tre there in Georgia worth ;M,000,0J) ml?
W hat arc their names aud where do they IJyo? 2.
\\ ho ow n the largest peach orchards in Georgia?
I. Fcnator Brown nnd Colonel Richard Peters,
Atlanta; General Robert Toombs, Washington, nnd
Mr. Ferdinand Phlnisy, Athens. 2. John W. Par
nell, Wert Point, and Judge John D. Cunuing'.inm,
Orchard H HI
J. ('. G., Oortnnnuln, Ga.: In your Issue of tho
Ifith ultimo, in answer to question of "A. K. J.,???
Lavcnln, Us.. Vwbeu and by whom is the II PI
cr.ttcn gin made," you reply, "OlSiruHlu^. N.
Y., by the Hall Cottou Gin company.??? 8. Z. II ill,
the pioneer in the improvement* lu ginnin??
msebit cry has not been connected at all with tho
Hup Sing Gin company since 1874, but then with
drew from the presidency of tint
concern and established n gin man-
ufrctcryTat Little Hock. Ark., under the tunro
of'H. Z, Hall???* Soutbcrn oiton gin <*om;??.my."rhe
"genuine 8. 7.. Hall gin la now made by this c >m-
|ian^, under the immetliatc cupervLuon of 3. /..
Frcctrailc, Macon: You toll tw ???addressall let
ter* to Tltr. Uosstiti tion,??? Atlanta, <in. So far so
geed, but how should "1 tiegin ray letter" IU the
model letter-writer IhhiU would say? Shalt I sty
"8lr,??? My dear CoKsmt'Tiog,??? Miontleraea" or
"Mrdarn?" The Constitution, good old ship, alio
>aihd. The constitution of the United States. It
rptak*: A wc man'* constitution i < frail; a m in???s
i* lii* lest friend, but what is your (.'oNstirrrioN,
mnHUline, feminiueor neuter? (??i course you
will tell me It i* the latter as being a corporation.
???, after giving the title of such ncompany, Low
do yen address It properly?
If you will addres* Tin; Coxstitutiox as *
Friend??? you will make a happy hit,
II. 8.. Ay entitle, Ga:???According t*?? your v
the in w tub s on printed mitter
Our postmaster says th
Dear
ilua-
ml the
Tire Local Combination.
OfiTTAXctarx, August A???The speeial commit
tic ???|>|totBtcd by the ixial producers of the s-mtir
to t^usMcr the feasibility of organisiug a mutual
intcilive amocUtion. met to-day in this city.
They w U1 recommend the formation of a oal an I
tr??t ??i< rtotion mntldliw of all o??| dealer* tn th-*
m utli. and the leading raifroa I man.-ur *w mill
meet Let* on the 21st to cotAtder the report.
lie I nr er the new r
elici t the l*t of July.
received no notice of it. Please let u??o auow now
that t*?
Wc cannot tell yoa.how it Is, but you may ro t
orsured Hint the rate- went Into elfett ns ?tato l,
nnd your postmaster has uo right to demand an
lawful postage. ^
HiutoosCokstititiciK: An nrtI***o headed m >t
my eye In your valued pnm-rof th-*;i0th ult.,aiklug
tor information In regard to nu unknown s.ieelc*
of nnimnieuhe InfeMiiig *nmo of the wells ou
Piuihtrec, SVarhington, Wiiitt'lmll and oth*r
Mret>*. t lose investigation will ??ii ??;v the*une
b Btloome disixw sprendinv germ in raviy other
well* in the city that are now thought
simply from the fn>t that the water it
clear. Allow me to say tfiut clearuc*
wnysau evidence of purity.
Tid* special germ referred to la th? cydo.n -
quadtlcornb???<-ud ctm only (e??*l :iu-l fim-l-hou
wl.nt I* tolled organic matter, r.-.d In perfe???tly
I ure water they catuiot live. Impure wa<er i* the
gnat vehicle of the choleric germ, al-* of the
most Violent tyqeof typhoid fctcrni; 1 dlnhta ?????????: ???.
Have kuown of many uUctapt?? nude to free
well* impregnated w ith the above tai-niioued an!-
mahuhe, by freezing, the applU-.i of lime.
ibanoaL cte., with no deftnite ri t.lt: thi*e,m<???
Mill remaiuini;???that rtourje and inoiten-^rof
(lentb.
In ierf*ct *cwcrape ever returns them to tho
well*, even if removvd lor u short tl*u*. The
writer his thmissnil* of the tibovi t-iciiioued a t-
In aliulte in hisown well (dtUHte-1
street), and lto* resorted t*?? varl. t*
troy*I without success, and w ul??!
from any one wbocun suggest a sue
to gi t rid of thi m.
'ihc r nly cRcs tlve one so f??.r. t^r.t tit
les Inn a system of liltn f ??n il.- I*
< ate City t tone filter, and rhut* thou- v
I???.nguMii.g nuimcleulie on th- d???.t *rtu* -i
u i rnkig, wl.cn -lie filter is .ii*c.|. ^!i
y?? t:d a t OUbt. that tile ten' ???; l?? ??? ??
miller stdimeitt or aniu
i Meli-m
rth st*.,
glvlti
rswiitst direosiw lnciditit
onuwiter. Isvotri ^ar-m .
W. I. W.. LaGrnn.xe, Go.: What ran I g.:t f ir thi
r.??w nl?? kel without the word ???c.-uU?'
Just tv*- cent*.
M.UcrfUr, Atlanta, Ga.: Is the Atlantah.v-ebxil
club a |??in-mi t .,rgaiiiz;??tion. i l l ,vii?? f re pr^-
fo>iotii.ls be retained for next yeir?
Ye*. Tbe team next year willstrong,*r than
tke pe tr.t one.
G. IV. T., Atlanta: What L?? the !>vt remrd, <??u-
mtic run. n st e by any horse?
Tho lot oue mile run on no ml was n vie !,r
T?? n lire eck, a three-year old, in 1*77, nn tn ? t. ??u: ??-
vilie track.
lrnerar.ee. Atlanta.-What It the origin of M-s-
betl, end when w** the came fir*t l??rons3t lnb??
pre rnitit net ? 2. \\ ho is Holbein, pel ??ter??-r - *,' i??-
tor, *r d ii?? wh*t country did i e live? 4. G.v.* i.;e
the dzteof the birth arul death of Dailtavii-r, t .e
Gerxisu iculptor.
1. It tt *n iinprcvetncnt on the old game of t rem-
boll, end first fame into prominence abmtHsb
2 He was a painter, and lived l.?? Gera any. J.
ft rn 175*. died 1*41.
* Cocitrnt Reeder. Atlanta: Who I* the 3trtho!df
to white memory a statue is beru.{ ervvt.-I?
Psrtbcldi Is the K'ulptor wrbose gfgantjV statue
*>/ liberty lighting the world is being crwtol *
iLe mtrance to New York harbor. The sutu? is
not In memory of Bartholdi. It Li'a pr sent tu
the United Elates from the French government*
M. A. IL, Nannlcon. Go,: T. ILnv many vole*
dees tbe state of New \ork poll? 2. Wlmt inaj iv
ity will Grover Cleveland get lit New \ork?
1. About a million aud ft half. 2. That will bi
arccitciPCd In November, but it is safe to preiict
that it will be heavy.
r. C. B. t Villa Rica, Ga: What is a good re.aeJy
for turns?
Apply a strong solution of soda to tho injured
mi fate. This will afford almost liputediate ro
Hef.
S. B. T., Greenville, S. C.: What Is the strength
cl parties in New York?
The best answer is the following results of the
elections since 1873:
THden???s majority
rarfiold???s majority
CleteJaud???s vote
F olger???s vote
ricvcland???s majority..,
1,011,130
.. t???.7tj
. MVttft
1,0D,UV>
2i,0:tt
31-', 101
812,401
???ibj.Tf)
BerubHcnn in**
Clevtl."ml's vote over Hunedck s vote..
roNYKR?, Ga., August 9.???When Is the gu???rara*-
torial eoireention held in your city?
I) KI.ro AT*.
The* convention will meet in Atlanta on Mon
day, the ISth of tho present month, in tho hall
of the house of representatives.
A CARD FROM CAPTAIN JACKSON.
A Mnnly Card Urging Democrats to do
Their Duty.
Atianta, August 2, 1884.???To my Friends anl
KuppcrUr*: Since my defeat on Wodne??lay last,
pt the primary held In Futttfft county, ininy
sujgcFtlons I ave been madeoti the subject of thoro
tdr.jr tm imiepem???.cnt candidate, should Umi. N.
J. Il^ianuii d be again nominated, that I fe ll it to
be my duty to write this letter. I .v.?? cirri bint
that you who stood by me so gallantly in th* re-
??er t contest will appreciate ti.o motives by which
J i.in actuated. My disappointment hs grc.it-but
I trust tl at 1 have the manhood to stin.l t in
blow, without for n moment losing sight of tho
true interest* of my stato nud country. Tho ra-
ilceticn that the change of one hundred aud twen
ty votes would have opened to me u con^resaion'il
??? hi?? er, iu wliieh I might hftvo liecit of service to
the ] eople nud have gratified nu honorable amtit-
tfc-rr, is naturally saddening and depresreiug, csp?o-
felly when 1 realize that a far larger number of
At'c* wire cast ngnin*t me ttndor a total
prchcr.fh n of my char eter, brought,abont by per-
???iif ter.t < nlurnny and f lander. Some of you arc lu-
dipuput r;t this, and now feel that my oppaaont
decs not desen???C your bear ty Mupuort. Till* ia all
wror-gl JktUrtiicn thuti I Initv iHfen defeated in
ihc j an by thoreime means. The remedy ii not b>
have the dcmotnitic party, but to purify i??
urethodr.
1 firmly briicve that tlie perpetuation of rcpulv
lid.ii imtitution* depends upon tin* preservation
Cf the democratic pony, it is thfe party of tho
ci uHJtutlon.cnd derive* il* power from a el mead-
hcrcucc to these principles of government tor
whit h the American colonics fought.
Ccirplicatcd ns wq in Georgia are, by tho prot*
tree*cf n large colored vote, which nets independ
ently of any fixed principles, tho preservation of
ti c organized democracy 1* especially of vital Im-
pertnnee end necessity. Who can e.-tinntj Iho
dangers resulting from the triumph of a coalition
of ft few disappointed white men, united with and
lending this colored vote? Such u c unbination
wc tild represent only the desire for otllce without
regard to any i??olt??ica! principles, -friicro should
not be a breach anywhere in the dumocratle or-
grn'zution! It hIioiiM present a bold, ft^reidvs,
ct;d united front everywhere, but especially hero
??.t tbe south. Its final triumph m ii national
I r.ity is ??s ce rtain ar that Provideuce rulec, if tiio
I tuple but be true to themselves. We h iva ro ???*> *
to bepe that Cleveland and lt??ndrick* will iiwl
us to victory before this year shall have clojcd. If
they fail, tie future will aiwurcdly develop tho
men w ho cun feln-<:c*sfnlly carry tho banner* of
c< r.ttitutionivl government, ami Host them Its
trir.n.pk from the white house nnd the capiPdat
Wiildr.gton*
How unimportant then becomes tho succors or
fallme of ai y Individual who aspire* to dc.m-
ci idle congressional iu mi nation! hijuuiee mty
Lave been done, pain may have been infficto I, but
time will rectify all this. Better to submit to tho
Injustice and to biur the imiIii without Uinohing,
tlcu tlmt there should lx* mie breach, howevor
slight, In the unity of the democratic party. Ele
vate ai d i urify Us method* within the organixi-
tict???but never by a ??? nlon with Its enemies. B3
independent in (bought aud action within tho
party, but not independent of the party. There-
fere, I rind!give tliu nominee of the convention
w lilch nm-mblca on 8ej*t?mbt*r Ith. n cordial and
hcaity Mippert. A majority of tho demooratf in
tbe fifth congressional dietr!ct will have seloctol
Mm a* tbe jtflndnrd-btfttrer, through tho oxeroiso
cf the hi; h privilege of the ballot, and I feel tint
n-y honor as a man, a* well a* my ullegiAneo ai is
democrat, Impel ino to stand by him.
1 know that you, my friends, will Join mo In
tliisc-oum*. KvpitMlmi fail* when I attempt to
clothe hi cold W'-rd* tlic zcntlmcut* of my hoart
towards y ou. Thu emotion displayed at my do-
lent ccmpeusates me fer iny disappointment.
Furcly, I rr.ik.t be a better man than l*uppMcd
myself to be???far better tl??an my opponent* hivo
tlvc-n we < re dit for tiring???to have won tho confi
de nco r.ud cstu iu of so !ar,'e a body of my fulij .v-
citlzcns. *
Hhtcitulning the kindest feelings toward* all,
r.nd witiu ut tbe (lightest bitterness In tnyiuirt
towards nuy, l fete my jdace in ranks as preso rt
for duty, to follow the lead of him whom my
l arty shall j ut in command. Let mo exprua-t lha
??Hi fid cnee that each and every one of you will do
U>twin-. Beifcicme,sincerely yonre,
Httsjtv Jackiox.
1???1???AUODY I> SI 1TUTB AT XOUCUDib
An Interesting Occ.-iMioii Among th*?? Tracli.
??-rs???A Sorpiine fur Dr. Orr.
NcriT.tr?, Ga., Aug tret {(.-[Special. J???The Nor-
cress normal institute, inninuiiirel by the l'^i-
la dy iiiud, rr* opt ned oh Monday hi*L Tim In-
???unit, i* are-Mtr.-re. W. II. Baker and W. 8. its-
ft rt, if Fawnvhh, a ml M. l\ CaMwoIl, of ft ??n\
'the attendance during the past wreux has
tine
tin* ndvnuti.
mid have l??een ta
*le under*!tml tho i
free; y ???
.. sffirol
... Adieu t nor. a.14 w>r<
fin the element ary branches of cj??a-
i itrltr
Wreh.
An important feature of the Institute u
Ire :!. j ntvu-k ha* L**:-n the iurtni *ti??
rrre cf :rx>r ct Georgia given by the ntff-d
. uj n't.undent, Pr. ????rr. the county wi
mucor.ns of that pot lion of the ???
In tbe f. i
vtUd t??# r-iiet him, aud muty did ??x
n* Pr. Orr gave in*tru-th>t | i tho
l law t-?? thi- commi**!'*-!.?-* an 11*??
e ii.M.t???tte viire*; th.-aft-r .?? are Wire
t??r. Urr in gr.-itJf
\ stcnlir,
??????vie l title
Ku'
u! nad Wife.
In m tbe Button Globe.
' lltt if a l.twutlful y??iung w-'-nm oerres *.ho
wcy." raid J??*n??s to Li* wife.
*>ke !*. indeed,??? the L-.Ir a * -at -I, "a r-*airi-
fcth pretty wtaon."
???1 w< ti??fi*ri?? thi-fit-r.Uetuan whom she inV. aow
n.*tlsb??rbu>Ui.d: ' 1
* I think he mu-tlc," repUe-t Ma.Joa-.-r. "I
Lctictd he didn???t lift his hat t. h.-r."