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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 26 1884. TWELVE PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. festered at the Atlanta PoatOffloe as seoosd-clus MUl Batter, November 11,1878. WMklf Constitution, 91.85 Per Annum, Clubs of five, 91.00 each; clubs of ten, 91.00 each 8A5 a copy to fftter-pp of Club. ATLANTA, GA., AUGUST 26, 1884. The review of Ben Butler???s address pre sented in another column Is from the pen of a gifted, well posted and well known writer of the state. It Is an interesting statement of facta which now belong to history, and Is well worth perusal. The Virginia legislature has solved the electoral trouble in that state by re-cnacting the old electoral Jaw which existed prior to the reapportionment It will be fortunate if ibis muddle does not become a disturbing element in the counting of the electoral vote. The French bombardment of Foochow was misted desjierately by the Chinese, who suc ceeded in sinking two of the French vessels. The Chinese minister to Paris lias taken his departure, so that the war l??etween the two powers may how be regarded as fully in augurated. Jr Charles Ktowart Parnell wants to main tain [his character for good, common sense, lie will call his mother homo. The scheme which that zealous lady proposes for tiio sal vation of Ireland is too ridiculous even to bo referred to. A railroad to tho moon would be fully as feasible. At last it is reluctantly admitted by the cattle breeders ilint pleuro-pneumonia in Its most aggravated form is ravaging the herds c<n the prairies. Only tho most rigid quar antine can confine It within it* present lim its. The national bureau of agriculture has- taken tho necessary stejfs In the matter. -e ???????? It appears that tho betting in all parts of the country is rather more fnvorahlo to tho success of Cleveland than of lilaine. In Pittsburg. Columbus ujul Chicago sporting men. are hanking heavily on Cleveland. 'While It is not to bo encouraged, still it is t straw which shows which way tho wind blows. The merchants of Havannah have decided V give a practical turn to tho, Georgia exhibit at the New Orleans exposition, by aiding to the fullest extent the timber, rice, and naval stores capabilities of the city. These ex hibits will be mndo under the sanction of tho Pavannah board of trade, and cannot fail In attracting attention to the trade of the forest city. __ The governor of Texas lias been an object of much interest during tho past few days. On account of his official action In regard to a miscegenation convict he has beon brought ??? under decree of the United States court, and a warrant lias been issued for his arrest. .Ser vice of tho warrant was jiostponed until alter tho Houston convention. Thk sensation in Montgomery county is the assussination of a young lady by her lover. It bus been developed the crime was committed, not because tho lady rejected him, but because he wisliod to silouce her ???gainst revelations which would have Jeo pardised his life. The latest phase of tho ???eoiatlon Is that tho fugitive attompted to poison his pursurers. The International convention of tho Young Men's Christian association, which lias just closed In Berlin, was well attended by del egatea from the Protestant nations. Tho members wero shown around tho palaces nt Potsdam, ???rendered famous by tho presence of Voltaire in the days of the great Frederick. It is to he hoped that the presence of tiio del rgatra had tho power of exorcism In such a place. Tnc Catholics are rapidly turning Against lllaine. Inferring to the testimony of the Itev. W. J. Hamilton about the sufferings ???t AmlemmvHle prison, James G. Blaine Md in his celebrated anti-amnesty speech in 1870: "He Is a southern man and a democrat and a Catholic priest. And when you unite these thro qualities In one man you would not And inueli testimony that would be strained In favor of the republican party." (Lauibtar.) * la it remarkable then that the great body <f good Catholics will rebuke at tho poll this traducer of tho faith which his own mother worshipped and in which sho be lieved and died I On Wednesday night a negro was lynched In Villa Rica for a felonious assault on n white lady. Yesterday a colored man was arrested in Mmlbon county for a similar at tempt. One negro lies in Terrell county jail awaiting execution for this crime. The lynching of three negroes???one in Fort Gaines, one in LaGmngc, and the other iu Blakely, are occurrences of the lost six weeks. The mode of punishment is unlawful, but the frightful nature of the crime committed calls for decisive work. In country districts Where women are necessarily much alone, the question of their protection becomes a serious one. Colored doctrinaires would do Well to see to it that the patience of the people is not tried too much. IS they offend against the hearthstone they must prepare to dangle from every convenient limb. CLEVELAND'S LETTER. Governor Cleveland's letter accepting the nomination for the presidency, which ap peared in bur uews columns yesterday, is worthy of more than passing attention. In many respects it is a most remarkable docu ment In tiio first place there is nut a line in it that is of a merely perfunctory charac ter, Every sentence contains a truth simply and vigorously put; every word adds to the pith of the letter. In the second place, the letter Is remarka ble for Its style, that quality which marks the luau of intellect???the medium through which he imprv-sos his individuality on ???bote whom headdresses. Ths letter pos- ersfes tlifa higher quality of style in a marked degree and the presence of this places it Car above tl.e emanations from the polUIctaqs Blaine and Butler. It is on a higher plane than the letters of either of these and it will attract more attention among thoughtful men. In the second place, the letter has tho merit of brevity, not the brevity of mere length, but the brevity that accompanies the gift of expression; the brevity that makes it- ???rlf felt in the sbap?? of a certain crisp freshness which revives interest in old themes and gives importance to new one*. This is one of the merits of the letter???its fresh and vigorous method of dealing with old, hut vital truths, that have apparently been frayed out of shape by the conscienceless demagogues who are aning * ofllce. The vital issues Governor Cleveland strips of their old perfunctory dress of par tisanship and presents them as interpreted by a mind accustomed to seek truth for the truth's sake, and not for the sake of person al advantage or advancement. Nothing can be plainer than the fact that the democratic candidate for the presidency is far removed by habit and training from tiio atmosphere of demagogy. Ho has none of the arts of the professional politi clan. lie speaks with the simplicity and di rectness of an honest man with earnest con victions, and his letter, in our opinion, worth all the campaign documents that could be issued. It bristles with the truth and sooner or later the truth will prevail. We advise our readers to compare the brief, pungent, manly utterances of Grover Clev land with tho dull and heavy letter of Mr. Blaine, or with the wretchedly dog matic, egotistic, and insincere vaporings Ben Butler. Such a comparison may ha made to form the basis of an interesting study. Governor Cleveland, iu his letter, makes suggestion that the president bo ineligible for re-election. Tho suggestion is a good one, and to carry it out would place the country several long steps forward In the direction of that reform which the )>eop!e demand, would put an end to the disgraceful intrigut and downright corruption which have grown up under the custom which invites tho occu pant of the white house to use tho patron age and influoncc of his office to secure nomination to a second term. The allusion to the importation of cheap, skilled labor from the old world is not un timely. While the workingmen are told by the monopolists who employ them that pro tection to American labor is one of tho car dinal articles of thtir creed, they neverthe less import cheap skilled labor from Europe^ and in this way seek to defraud American Johor. In contrast to the vast amount of nonsense that is written in regard to tho workingmen, it may he well to reproduce in tills placo what Governor Cleveland says: True American sentiment recognizes tho dignity of labor, and the fact that honor lies In honeit toil. Contented labor is an element of national prosperity. Ability to work constitutes the capi tal and the wages of the laborer, tho income of vast number of our population, and this Interest should be Je alously protected. Our workingman aro not asking unreaponuhto indulgence, but as Intelligent and manly citizens they seek tho aanio combination which those demand who have other Interests at stake. They should recelv their full share fit the care and attention of tho*o?? who tnnke and exeeute the laws, to tho end that tho wants and needs of employers and em ployed shall alike be subserved, 1 ???aml the prosperity of tho country, the common heritage of Iwth, bo advanced. As related to this subject wbilo we should not discourage the immigration of those who coma to acknowledge allegiance to our government, and ndd to our citizen population, yet as a means o! protection to our workingmen, a dilTereut rule should prevail concerning those who, If they c< or arc brought to our laud, don't Intend to become Americana, but will Injuriously compote with those Justly entitled to our field lat??or. In my let ter accepting the nomination to the office of gov ernor, nearly two years ago, I mndo the following statement, to which I have Iteadlly adhere I "The laboring classes constitute the main part of our |Kipulat tou. They should bo protected In their efforts peaceably to assort their rights, when endangered by aggregated capital, and all the stat utes ou this subject should recognize the care of the state for honest toll, ami bo frame'! with view of improving thecumlltion of tho working man, a proper regard for tho welfare of tho work ingman I cing ItiM pitiably connected with tho Integrity of our institutions. None of our citizens are more interested than they in guarding against nny corrupting Influence* which seek to prevent ths beneficial purpose* of our government, and none should U* more watchful of the artful machi nations of those who allure them to self-iutlleted Injury. This is the whole thing in a nutshell. It is a wine and patriotic expression of a pur pose and desire to look carefully after tho in terests of the laboring men. Ou the whole, democrats may read tiio letter of acceptance with a dearer idea of what manner of man their candidate is. Ho !??? worthy tho support of every honest voter. A YEAR OF PLENTY. The crops thin year nr?? unexampled, abundance, variety and excellence they are without parallel. It la truly a year of plenty. In cotton, trusses, com, fruit, vegetables tho yield has been enormous, ami Georgia soli has never given such harvests. Will the surplus wo have made l>e prudently gathered and carefully husbanded? We fear not. The Georgia former is not a great saver. The very atliitcnco of his soil and the mild ness of his climate bus made him careless and lavish. It is hnrdly too much to say that millions of bushels of peaches will rot on the trees iu Georgia this year, and millions of dollars l>e rent out of the state next winter to buy canned ami preserved peaches from tho north. Rich uml succulent grasses will watte by the thousands of tons for the lack of curing aud our stock be wintered on western hay at $'JO a ton. Even corn itself will be fed Invirhly or wasted, and next year the farmer will buy coni of Ids commission merchant ami pay forty per cent Interest on the money. There is no computing the value tho rich crops of this year would bo to Georgia if they prudently used and the surplus careful ly put away. Many a farmer will make enough corn to do him for two or three years, and fodder, that if cured properly would bo sweet aud wholesome food for his cattle four years hence. If there were ensilage pits wn well small farm, they might be filled this season aiul enough forage laid away at a nominal cost to carry forty or fifty cattle through the winter. If our surplus peaches, pears, tomatoes, berries, and vege tables were preserved or canned or pickled, we would keep millions of dollars at ? next winter that is pow sent awa fyor the refuse of other markets. If our grasses were cured aud packed, we should not have train load* of western hay draining ur farmer* pocket** and impoverishing our state next fall. The l aru is the important feature in Geor gia's farm economy this year. The hay-rick, the ensilage pit, the fodder-stack, the pre serve*??? closet, are the points to which the eorgia farmer should address himself. The crops are assured in exceeding fullness and variety. Man and beast cannot possibly ex haust them. It is a simple question as to whether the enormous .surplus will l>o waited or raved. If U is saved, it will stand as a re- source against the possible abort crops of two or three year*. If wasted, this grand harvest that providence srema to have exhausted itself on, will result in simply a short season of lavish extravagance, and then empty barns, poor stock, and another season of de pendence. That man is the benefactor now, who leads the way in saving tbp surplus of the season's richness, and who makes plain the methods by which the produce not need ed for the present, can be stored away cheap ly and safely, to supplement the harvest ef the poor seasons that must follow this won derfully rich one. MR. HENDRICKS'S LETTER. The formal letter of Mr. Hendrick's ac cepting the democratic nomination for vice- presiden t is short and sweet, brief but ex pressive. The letter is even more formal than is usual in such cases, but it is rendered so by the fact that Mr. Hendricks publicly accepted the nomination a few hours after the adjournment of tho convention, and scaled his acceptance by opening the cam pafgn in Indiana with characteristic liveli ness. IIo gave the cue to tho democrats of his state and from that hotir to this the dem ocrats, under his leadership, liare had the republicaps on tho defensive. Mr. Blaine thought to change the tide somewhat by su Jng the Indianapolis Sentinel for libel, but his sensational telegraphic order failed to pro ducc the eilect its author intended it should. Mr. Hendricks also took occasion, before the campaign was fairly open, to give little Billy Chandler a lesson in political polomic3, and the result is that little Billy has not been publicly heard from since. Mr. Hendricks is not disappointing his friends. He will bo heard from a great many times before the campaign is over. THE CONSTITUTION AND ITS FRIENDS. We would be more or less than mortal, if ire did not appreciate the kind words with which we are overwhelmed, silica Thk Con stitution occupied its new home. It really looks as if everybody is gl id. It is a pleas ure to open tho mails, for wo know thpt they bring congratulations. When tho elevator discharges its load of passengers on theedi torial floor, we know that our rooms will be promptly invaded by cordial friends who have dropped np, if wc may use that expres sion, to say a good word, and express a hear ty wish for tiio future. As for*our con poraries they arc simply pi ore than gracious, and while differing with us often, are clever always. The Constitution 1ms come to be a pretty considerable paper. We never want to see it grow so big that it will get apart from the people. It is a paper of tho people and for tho people. It is working with them ami for them, and is effective only with their consent and Bup|??ort. The humblest man in the state, and the highest, who is doinj aught to advance the interest ef our city or state or section, will find The Constitution his side, a willing comrade and friend. Wc have a great state, and a great work ahead of tis. To do its part properly in that development and to deserve the appreciation it receives, Tiie Constitution must stand close to the popular heart and must do its work not apart from the people, but standing shoulder to shoulder with them, and moved by tho same ambition and inspired by the samo sense of comrade ship. It Is our purpose to give every reader of The Constitution, ns near as possible tho value of Ills money In a good and entertain ing newspaper. But every reader of this paper, who pays his subscription, has helped build the homo in which lives. If every dollar of his money lias been returned to him in ink and paper, his good will uml his friendship stiffen tho wails about us, and strengthen the oomor stones beneath us. Wo aro always glad to sec the friends of The Constitution, uml to welcome them. The necessities of civiliza tion have removed us from the lutch-striug, the primitive sign and token of hospitality. But adapting our invitation to the circum stances. wo say that tho elevator bell pro trudes from tho wall, and that tho folding doors stand ajar. A BLAST FROM BEN. Elsewhere will ho found sorao of tho re marks of Ben Butler, tho man who is only prevented by tho length of his eyc-tlaps and some other things from saving the country. We presume these remarks are to be regarded as Butler's letter of acceptance, but lie calls it an "address to his constituents." Once upon time, ns the story books say, there was a steam exhaust pipe set up in Atlanta. It was connected with a cotton press. It was tall and narrow from top to bottom, and whpn the steam rushed through it the noise it made could be heard several miles. It was a general nuisance. It not only exhausted the steam, but it exhausted all the people that lived near. Young men with marble brows and Roman noses became gray-haired as they listened, and young maidens with alabaster countenances anil* Grecian profiles grew wrinkled and decrepid in tho course of a few weeks. Tho older citizens would stand on Castleberry's hill, watch for the noise, and stick their fingers in their ears. Various de vices were proposed for deadening the terrific snort of the pipe, but all failed. At last otto day a ead-eyed man from Uickcns county, seeing the trouble of the people, slipped up to a caucus of citizens and exclaimed: "Give room." At first they thought he was af flicted with mouiitaiii dew, but be repeated his exclamation until some one, noticing the fires of sanity burning in lib eyes, asked an explanation. "Give it room; cut it offish?? replied. His advice was followed; the tali pipe was sawed off even.with the roof, and, instead of the terrible snort, a noise was heard of tjucen Titania clearing her dainty throat. The incident hears directly on Butter. His letter afioids him an outlet, it saws him otf fact, and hereafter we shall hear of Ben ly In the answers to correspondents to be found in the New York Sun. It affords him on Get, and when your typical demagogue hse an outlet there is no more harmless ele ment In our politic*. We judge from But ler's letter that he is the champion of the la borers and the farmers. But lie is a self- constituted champion. He was chosen by his own vote, and the farmers and tho lsbor- have had no voice in the matter. They ???re helpless. They cannot prevent any per son from lifting up his voice and declaring that lie Is their representative. Robeson might ray that he represented the fanners ???ud lal*orers of the republic, and there is no law,to heng him for offering such an insult honest people. Neither liava the farmers and laborers any remedy for the insult offer ed them by this arrant Massachusetts dema gogue. To the end of hb most impotent campaign, he will continue to, pose as the champion of the farmers and laborers though he knows nothing of labor and nothing of forming, and cares nothing for either, except as they give him a farcical excuse for hb ca pering and vaporing. The farmers and la borers of America will be in a deplorable fix when they are driven to the necessity of choosing such a disreputable person as But ler for their champion. It is to be hoped, however, that Benjamin will feel better after his letter. According to hb own account he had a monkey and a parrot time at the democratic national con vention, and with his usual versatility he represented in hb own person both par rot and monkey. He was appointed a mem ber of the committee on resolutions, but arrived at the committee???s meeting- place several hours too late to save the coun try. When he had arrived, and was intro duced, he at once attempted to take entire charge of the whole affair; but he had pro ceeded in this direction but a few strides when he suddenly had hb attention called to the fact that the other members of the committee would have something to say, and then he subsided, comparatively speaking, for he continued to jower until he discovered that jowering would do no good, and then he mustered his forces and marched back home again???following the precedent set by the esteemed king of France, who first marched up the hill and then marched down ???gain. We judge from the tenor of Butler???s letter that he b not satisfied with the democratic platform. It isn't explicit enough; it dosen???fc include Butler. He gives an account of all the foolish resolutions lie proposed which were voted down, and this is about the ex tent of hb letter, which sets forth at great length the whims and cranks that this hu morous demagogue proposed to vex the dem ocratic party with. He went to Chicago determined in hb own mind to manage the convention, and, failing in this, lie returned home and informed the Massachusetts democrats who had voted for him for governor that he was no longer un der any obligations to them. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, he con cluded to become a candidate for the presi dency, and thus revenge himself on tho whole country and on all partiel. Ho is running on a ticket by himself. The tail has become the head, and now this letter is the re Ault. No doubt Editor Dana will crow over it ns a master piece of political writing. As a matter of fact, it is as cheap and fool ish a picco of writing, coming from the source it does, as could bo conceived of. FARMING DOES PAY IN GEORGIA. Wc print this morning a strong letter from Commisssoncr Henderson, in which he do- lares in the most positive terms that farm ing docs pay in Georgia. We are glad that our commissioner does not formally commit himself to the contrary statement that lias been attributed to him. For while-sucli a statement could be abund antly and easily disproved, hb of- eial opinion would give it great weight, and do tho state serious injury. It lias been tho fashion for certain pessimists to claim that every day???s sun sets on a poorer people than it had lighted tho day before. The wbest and the fairest of these???tiio lamented Governor Stephens- reversed his opinion before he died, and ac knowledged the steady and gratifying prbg- rera of Georgia's agriculture. The Constitution lias steadily held that the formers of Georgia are os prosperous a* the farmers of any state in the union, and that farming is tho safest and happiest bud- nes open to our young men. There are, of course, many farmers who do not make money, but who on the,contrary loso money. But the fact is indisputable that wherever a man of modi rate intelligence and industry hns '-???00-ncrcs of land in Georgia, and b will ing to stay on it and work it honestly and steadily, that man hns a competency and can lay up something for his old age. Thero Is no like territory on the earth that can pro duce better crops or more variety of crops than Georgia. There is no climato that is better, no people moro hospitable, and no home where a man can make a better or safer living and enjoy more comforts than right ere. GOVERNOR M'DANIBL AND THE EXTRA TAX. The nimpr that Governor McDaniel will restore the state tax rate to threo mills, from which point it was reduced by tiio last legis lature, is of a part with tho wisdom and pru dence that has characterized his administra tion. It was our opinion that the tax should not have been reduced when the legislature first proposed it. Three-tenthsof one"per cent b very low tax rate, and to reduce it by ono- sixtli is a daring exi>enmeut. It has proved that it cannot bo maintained and Governor McDaniel will act wisely in re storing the old rate, and preventing such an emergency as arose last month when the state found itself $150,000 behind and liad to ap peal to its citizens to save it from discredit. Our taxable property is increasing at tho rhtc of about $20,000,000 a year, while our debt Is being reduced at the rate of $100,000a year. We shall tie able tn a tew years to re duce the tax rate permanently, but it cannot be done safely nt present. It is better, under wire and prudent administration, such as we have, to have a ifmnlt surplus in the treasury than a big deficiency. _ WESTERN ENTERPRISE IN THS SOUTH. The following significant editorial b taken from the Philadelphia Record: Several months a*o it was announced in tbe newspaper* that the largest hotel in Atlanta, the Kimt nil house. hn*t burned to the ground, (fine* then very little hns lc??n ni l about it. But on luesday lost the new Kimball house, a far hau l- somer itructui * than the old one, ws* opened o the public; and the event was celebrated bv a 'high tea" ou the roof of the buttling, 148 feet above the pavement. The new structure is said by The Constitution to be the finest hotel yet built south of Cim-inurti or PtilUdalphla. We do cot spaak of this event from a desire to advertise this particular hotel, or to putT Atlanta, although that city has shown a more liberal and proitreMirtt spirit than auy other in the south, uml be* ri* ??? * ??? yean ago, of ft hvrsui of which-J __ , live city. s-ays TnnCOX*nrrTiuv: "Yesterday'i event men t that Atlanta can't be downed. It meant that whenever you confront Atlanta with an emctcvucy, she will rise superior to the o.\.\ sion." This Is a kind of spirit that we do not generally give the south credit for. snd perhaps the very fact that the rebuilding of this Louse means to much to Atlanta, shows that the spirit is recognized as a nsw one. It is {*-asib!4 too, that such energy would not have been display el in any other southern city. But notwithstanding all this, the spirit of cnurprise.the determination to get ahead, the resolve to conquer all obstacles to success, tho public spirit that takes pride in the city as each and is willing to rnaka sarrif ces for the general good???all these traits, which wa deem specially cluuacteristk of the west, exist mow In the south. end the fact of their existence is a most hopeful sign for the future of Georgia and its neighboring states. We call the editorial significant because it shows that the north b rapidly coming to give the south the reputation for energy she has deserved for some years. It has been the cus tom to attribute to the west the energy that builds towns in a year and cities in a decade, and the enterprise that has transferred the monopoly of manufacturing many articles from the east. With equal persistency the south has been considered slow and slothful, and her people inactive and indolent. The injustice of this is rapidly becoming apparent. The south can show cities that match in rapid growth the most famous cities of tho west. She can show propor tionate grow th in manufactories. We do not believe there b a city in the wc3t that can show a record superior to that of Atlanta. Indeed when it is considered that the south has been rebuilded from ruins made by the torch of war, by a people im poverished by the emanaipation of $1,000, 000,000, worth of slaves, and the destruction of their homes and property, they have filled up their waste places in spite of a prejudice that kept emigrants out of the south, and inducements that carried them west. The record of the south for the past ten years is equal to that of the west. We pre dict that for the next ten years it will sur pass the record made by the west. The tlmfr will come when there will be an amendment to the shibboleth ???Westward the star of em pire holds its way." FROM THE EDITORIAL WINDOW. Away to the left this morning, purpled and silent in the August sun, stands Ken- nesaw. Peaceful to-day are the wooded slopes up which, twenty years ago, tho cap tains of the federal Army led their soldiers; and rich are they with the red rain of that awful day. Had one looked out of this window in June, 18GJ, he would have seen that crest, above which the noonday haze pulses now so quietly, quake with tho red, intermittent Hash of Johnson's artillery. There lodged in the clouds was entrenched the Xenophon of onr day, nerved for the last struggle of his marvelous retreat. Along that majestic front, was the flower of the south, waiting to do battle for their homos that stretched at their feet and for their families that lay expectant within the sound of their guns. Through those woods, the deep stiU- ncre of which is now broken by the songs of birds, or the bells of grazing cattle, plunged corps after corpsjof the union armies, swarm ing gallantly to the crest, but beaten back as waves from a granite cliff. In the deep re cesses beyond the mountain sits New Hope church, that famous rural sanctuary, through whose quiet shades Grane- bury's Texans rode like destroying An gels, darkening with human blood the soil, upturned by the ploughs of cool-veined countrymen to-day. Around tho right of tho mountain Sherman swung hb shattered but countless battalions, nntU they rested on the Chattahoochee. Down tho mountain-side, faltered the grey army, and into tho volley fluttered the stars and bars. Tho last grand barrier was passed. Tho armies that were beaten on the mountain marched across tho river without challenge or hindrances At lanta was doomed when the enemy passed Xennesaw. With Atlanta???s full, fell Mc Clellan's hope of carrying the country and the north turned to Lincoln with revived courage. The fate of tho republic was pur- linps decided in tho foot-hills that cluster dimly about that mountain. And yet thero it stands, peaceful this morning and dumb. Who can read the se crets of its eternal heart? About its base have lived peoples of which evon traditions are lost, and on its crests may yet be fought battles by peoples of whom no living man has dreamed, and decided by agencies of which wo cannot conceive. For all that, Kcnnesaw is historic in our generation. It was the theater of one of the grandest trag edies of modern times. And healed as are Its scars of war, and lost ns is the roar of bat tle amid the ineffable stillness of this Au gust day, it still serves to catch the attention of an editor who turns absent mindedly from a droning bore, and leads hint to "snutl* the battle from afar oft'." ".Which," as a forgotten philosopher hns remarked, "b very much the best way to snuff it." * WHEN DOCTORS DISAOREE. Diphtheria is prevailing to an ularmiiujcx- tent in North Carolina and Tennessee, and will probably spread over a large area of ter ritory. When such a scourge menaces hu man life, people naturally look to the doc tors for preventives and remedies. Unfortu nately, however, many reputable medical men differ so widely in their views that peo ple become bewildered and, not knowing what advice to take, adopt i^prious remedies or none at all. Tiio present diphtheria epidemic in Tonnes see and North Carolina lias called forth the following from Dr. J. II. Wells, of the Ten nessee Journal of Medicine: "As diphtheria is prevailing in this city and ad joining country to an alarming extent, and will rrorably continue its ravages for some time, the following suggestions way prove valuable. Diph theria commences with blood pohouiug, lienee, extends through the entire system, and is accom panied by ninny serious throat trouble*. It* fiist >yn>i toms arc, generally, loss of appetite and a v.r.njy discharge from one or Imth nostrils, and the ruin nr Mimes a dark or Mulsh tiut. and the cxtnmt-tics become chilled. The above trouble* K??ru tally appear before the throat affection. I ad vise when diphtheria I* prevailing a* now, that uh HimulsufK and Ionics as whisky toddy bo fnilnbtetcd \yithout stint, and that rich food snd plenty cl pure air and water be furnished. The result of tnis treatment will be gratifying." Thb doctor, it will be seen, recommends whisky, rich food, pure air and water, whether you Lave diphtheria or not. Bat Dr. Delthil, a French physician, has quite a different rem edy. He-eays that when diphtheria is taken in time it can be cured iu three days. This is hb process: He poors equal parts of tur pentine and liquid tar into a tin pan or rtlp, and sets fire to the mixture. A dense, resin ous smoke arises, which obscures the air of the room. "The patient," Dr. Delthil says, "immediately seems to experience relief; the chokingand rattling stop; the patient falls into a slumber, and seems to inhale the smoke with pleasure. The fibriuous membrane soon becomes detached, and the patient cougjis up microbicides." ' The Tennesseean and the Frenchman differ widely. The one prescribes whbky toddies and the other relies upon burning tar and turpentine. Now, people who know nothing of medical science lose their heads over such conflicting remedies, and in the presence of genuine diphtheria they would not know what to do. There b but one sensible coarse for them to pursue, and that b to stick to one physician In' Whom they have confidence. When they* once be gin to lbten to the theories of disagreeing doctors they are lost. And they must let newspaper remedies alone unless their family physician approve them. Many of the pre scriptions and remedies In newspapers are misprinted, and otherwise unreliable. Let them alone. ECHOES FROM THB PEOPLE* The Columbia County Mads tone. Mrs. 8. E. Cunningham, Talladega, Ala.: I saw in your paper ICth lustuut, that Mr. Al Gibson, ot Columbia county, has ??? veritable madstone. I would be glad to communicate with him if I could get the name of bis postoffice. If you know or cau find it for me you would confer a great favor upon me by giving it as early as possible tn your paper. I have a stone in my possession that has been called aadstone by two persons that hava seen one long years ago. It has never been tested. I would like to get a minute description ot hb from his own hand. Old Coins. N. T. H.. Bartow. Ga.: What b the valne of the old coins described in the accompanying diagram? If is difficult to settle the market value of old coins. Write to Scott & Co., 721 Broadway, N. Y, They are large dealers in old coins. ???Snm???l of Posea.??? J. W. C??? Atlanta; Is Samuel of Posen considered "higu" or "low comedy?" It is rather mixed, but the low comedy features predominate. The United States Court. Subscriber, Sand Mountain: When does tho United States court begin it* fall tenn in Atlanta, and whnt weeks are devoted to civil business? The first Monday in October. It cannot bo as certained in advance what weeks will be devoted to civil business. Irish Potatoes. Subscriber. Rock mart, Ga.: Please give me tho name ot a firm who will buy Irish potatoes. Address nny cf the retail grocers and produce dealers whose advertisement yon sco iu Tiie Con stitution. Tho Stock Law. Subscriber, Powder Springs, Ga.: When & mili tia district by vote, adopt* the stock lav, is tho Theory of EnHhqaake.*. Editors Constitution : In referring to the earth and the knowledge of its nuture, it is essential that thelimlted extent of that knowledge should always be had in remembrance. Our information of that which b known iu tho erust of earth is very limited. In proportion to the immense bulk of the earth, tho highest moun tains are to be considered merely as unimportant inequalities of Its surface. Our acquaintance does not extend in depth more than one-fourth of the elevation of thoso mounts Ins above its general level, consequently our knowledge of the earth b extremely superficial, extending merely to its crust. The term "crust ol tho earth" therefore re lates only to the comparative extent of our knowl edge beneath Its surface. There are many theories advanced with regard to the cause of earthquakes, and the general opln- J revnlls that the convulsions ???which have re- y been of so constant occurrence In various sections of the earth, are produced by the action of its Internal fires upon its crust, ana not to any other causc. We cannot concur in this opinion, as our experience in a section of conntry iu which earthquakes arc of constant occurrence, proves conclusively that they are attributable to outward . and not to inward influences. tfofl ??? country where iron abounds, and where quakes ore of more frequent occurence than else where. Throughout the entire "crust of the earth," the evidences of the electric force aro apparent, and in all mining sections, where it bus been delved into, will be found convincing proofs, that the convulsions o! the earth are attributa ble to outward as well as inward causes, and that the electric batteries in tho heavens and thoso within the "crust of the earth" becoming polar ized, produce the convulsions which are supposed to be earned by the internal fires of the earth. It frequently hnpi>cn* thnt men working In tho deep mines are not aware of nn earthquake having occurred iu the earth above; until they havo left off work in tho shafts and gone to the surface and i Ihcappnllirg evidence of the fact: and do suffer from .the sulphuric gas, widen invaria bly fills the atmosphere immediately preceding the occurrence of an earthquake. I might state ether facts to prove that earthquakes are not cant ed by the internal fires of tho earth, but refrain. Respectfully, Wm. W. Habuuuax, M. JC. Jny Gould???s Address. B. F. 8., Mllltown. Als.: l'lcase give me in full the address of Jay Gould. Jny Gould, 71 Broadway, New York, Mr. Gould hns no special claim to any title, but In applying for a church donation it might bo woll to fiut 'Ron." before his name. Iu corresponding with 1dm about au ordinary business matter ft would perhaps have a happy effect to address him os Colonel." Fast Tima. J, C. N., Greenville, 8. C.: What was tho fastest time ever made on any railroad in this count y? The Chicago News is our authority for the state ment thnt the fastest time ever made for a dis tance over eighteen miles was 111 miles in OS minutes. Revernl Questions. C. 8., Rome, Ga.: 1. What Is the origin of tho ex- prcmlon "drawing straws," as applied to tho eye* of one who is drowsy? Is it common? 2. How did "Hobron's choice" originate? 3. What does the ex pm; Inn "you have driven up the geese'* mum and how did it originate? 1. Tho origin Is unknown. It is not common. 2. One Robson, a live ry stable keeper, was a very humuuo man, and always refused to let ft custo mer drive a horse unless the animal was In prime condition. He was in tho habit of telling his cus tomers that he must take "Hobson???s choice or tmuc," 3. It means some action which warns or puts the opposite side on guard, and was suggested by the old story of the geese saving Rome by their cackling. Tight Breeches, Etc. E, T. Athens, Go.: 1. Whnt makes the young men of Atlanta v.csr such tight brecchcz? 2. What isthenameoisuch breeches? 3. What will cure bash fulness? 1. The Atlanta young mot) like to keep up with the style. 2. There Is no ??|>celal name.- 3. Peter the Great learned to conquer by being beaten over and over again, aud the bashful youngster mad overcome his weakness in the same way, that is by placing himrelf In'positions where his seli-poe- icsslon will be tested.? A Majority ot the Whole. C. J. C??? Scticca. S. C.???Iu 'an election where two arc to be elected by a majority of the whole vote cast, A receives I.OtiO votes, B 980, C 712, D 700, ?? ???i'-fl, how mony votes are nccersary to elect? The first two received 2,000 votes. If they had receivedonly 1,K0 they would have had a majori ty of the whole votes, but no one man received such a majority. Tapioca. W. A., Gainesville, Ga.: What is Tapioca? { It is made from the root of the janipba manihotl Apoisopous plant of South America. The poison is dissipated by heat, and the starch mqdefronx the fibrer is converted into Tapioca by beating 1$ on hot plates and stirring it with iron teds. Baseball. A. II. C., Thomson, Ga.: Is baseball on the de cline? No. Several western psper* have recently com plained that the playing of the present real--3 did not compare with that of former yean, but base ball will probably hold its own as the national gixnt. _ He Appreciated Poetry. Frc m the New York bun. "I* there cnyotte about this cttablUhm eut who loves poetry?" he said as be opened the door and glared around the editorial room with a doubtful look. "Certainly there is," said the edUor, "have yen got some there?" "Yet, four poems, al! of 'em on spring." "Good! That's just wbnt we want. John* sprinkle a little mint sauce on these and take ??? cm down stain." "Whst for," demanded the poet. "For the goat. He is the only one about the establishment who loves poetry. But be won't cat spring poetry without mint aaaot." .INDISTINCT PSlwfl