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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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ATLANTA, GA., HEt'TKMBKK 10,1884.
FOR THE CAMPAIGN
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OUR SOUTHERN HUMORI8T8.
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General Koiikrt Too him is credited with
haring said recently that tho lato Bishop
Fierce was physically, intellectually and
morally tho most symmetrical man of tho
nineteenth century.
Wiikh the English parliament reassembles
M r. Gladstone will giro the plan of his ro
distribution scheme. At the same time he
will insist upon tho passage of tho franohho
bill before that question can bo considered In
legislative session.
Tn a death rate from cholera has reaohod
three hnmlred dally In Naples. Tho state of
nflalra in tho city Is Impossible of description
King Humbert is In tho city cndoavorlng to
restore confidence among tho peoplo. In
many other parts of Italy, tho situation is
equally as bid.
Tim state seems to be Ail! of religious rerl*
rals and political caucusscs. The preacher
is trying to compose the mind of the citlxen
while the politician is equally os anxious to
disturb it. Hut the great day will soon be
licre when the politician will bo hushed;
when the preacher can still continue his
ministrations.
It is evident that the administration means
business in Georgia. Tho scissors hnvo been
placed on the thread oil wlileli Madison
Davis dangles as postmaster of Athene, and
he has been notified that the democrats In
his office must go, and furthermore thui no
democrats arc wanted on hla bond. Hence
It it will now become an ideal office in the
wyes of Hatton.
Wk publish In anbther column a state
ment showing in a consolidated form the
aggregate value of tho property of the state
of Georgia, with its increase for one year and
for eight yean. The gratifying fact is pro*
■elited in this report of a great increase in
the property of the state. The increase for
JEM is over ten million dollars and for eight
years over eighty-one millions. It will be
aecn that we are getting rich about as fast as
any state in the union, notwithstanding the
many drawbacks we have. The fine farming
lands in the state, and the rich mineral de
posits will count in the future. f The table is
an Interesting »; udy and will do to file away
for reference.
THE RESULT IN MAINE.
If there was anything in the "persoual
magnetism" of the plumed knight—any-
thing really substantial in the so-called
Blaine lnxmi, of which Editor Moses Handy
spoke so confidently awhile ago to one of tho
correspondents of Tux Constitutiox—It
ought to have made itself felt with tromcn-
douseflket in Maine last Monday. Ordinarily,
Maine is safely republican by at least twenty
thousand, and with her favorite son as the
republican candidate-for president, the grand
ol^arty in that state ought to have made a
tremendous scuflle to bring out an Improving
Tote in the October election.
It ought to hare made a tremendousssufll
and it did. Strong and serious appeals
were made in the organs inviting the breth
ren to stir themselves in behalf of the party.
Money was forwarded into the state, and this
Influx of cold cash was folio wet! by the cam
paign orators, who went beating around
through the bushes and "plantations" of
Maine, firing the hearts of those whoeqjhearta
ought to iiave been tired without regard to
orators and money.
The result, as it was expected to be, was
an increase of the republican majority.
Those who had been following the lead of
Uncle John Chose and his speckled steers,
returned to their republican allegiance, and
othrra concluded to vole the ticket this year
mainly because the state lutd furnished the
presidential candidate. Hut in spite of this
mult, the democrats are serene, as they
have a right to be. With a republican can
didate whore record filled all the moral re
quirements of the better class of republicans,
the democrats would have been snowed un
der in Maine; as matters stand, they can af
ford to feel gratified that the republican ma
jority is no larger than it U
la addition to Ud% it abotdd ha bosM in
mind that the democratic campaign in Maine
was merely** formal ono. No special effort
was made; none of the energies of the or
ganization were wasted in that direction. It
is to be presumed that the organs, which
have been predicting a majority of twelve
tbcuraud (just think of it—twelve thousand
InJ a state which usuallyl gives twenty
thousand!) will show a proper amount of
enthusiam, but if.they are satisfied with wliat
thoughtful people must regard as a barren
victory at best, the democrats have no right
to complain.
The most significant result of the Maine
election is the enormous majority given to
the prohibition amendment.
Total prohibition has been tried nowhere
so long and so faithfully as in Maine. For
about a third of a century the making, sell
ing or Importing of liquor bos been prohibited
in that state. The trial has como to be some
thing nioro than an experiment. It is a set
tled policy.
In the last few years an an ^prohibition
crusade has been urged. The agitation has
been thorough. Distinguished men have
been arrayed on each side. The issue has
been fully and ably presented in the news
papers. Nothing has been lacking to make
the campaign exhaustive on either side. By
common consent it was agreed that the whole
question should be submitted to a popular
vote in the election of Monday, and it was
agreed that it should be separated from poli
tics by being made a distinct issue. It was to
bo voted on by democrats and republicans
alike, and on separate tickets from those on
which candidates were voted for.
The result of such an election, where tbe
prohibition issue was submitted clear, distinct
and unembarrassed, it was realized must be
decisive. It bos proved more than this. By
a vote of nearly four to one the prohibition
isls have swept tho stato. They have a
mojorlty of GO,000 In a total poll of about
00,000. There enn be n9 evading or revoking
such an overwhelming verdict as that. Id
Maine, at least, where It has been tried for so
many years, prohibition is the settled and
permanent rnlo; ami the prohibitionists the
country over will draw inspiration and
strength from tho tremendous majority by
which Maine has declared her opinion.
HOW WILL THE IRISH VOTE?
This question, so far as the Irish in Geor
gia and in tho south aro concerned, is fully
answered in tho brief expressions of opinion
printed elsewhere from n numbor of repre
sentative and prosperous Irishman—men
who, by sobriety ami industry, have gained
tho right to.speak for their fellows. That an
Irishmen should vote for Blaine w-as charac
terized by ono of them as "treason to his
blood." They all remember tho timo when
tho democracy rescued them from political
assault. They very naturally conclude that
tho party which staked Its exlstonco upon
tho protection of the political rights of Irish
men once, may bo relied upon to do so
again, should occasion arise.
"There interviews strike tho common cur
rent of Irish feeling. If there is a race of
men on earth who can think tho sumo thing
at the sauio time, though oceans should roil
between, it is tho Irish. It is fair to pre
sume, then, that tho impulse which makes
of the Irishman a democrat in tho south
works tbe some result In tho north; and that
when the genial Celt is found voting the
Cleveland ticket In the Chrollnoa or Georgia,
his brethren will bo found doing tho same
tiling in New York, New Jorgey and Con
necticut.
Another gratifying fact is mado ap
parent. All tho gentlemen interview
ed unite in declaring .that tho
treatment of foreigners by tho people of th<
south lias always been noble, generous and
hospitable. Their rights and feelings have
been respected; they have been honored at
the polls to their gratification, and their dif
ficulties in regard tn schools and other mat
ters, which have boon the occasion of so
much trouble in many of the northern states,
have been met hero In a spirit of concesjiou
and compromise.
To conclude. The Irish vote of tho union
will bo cast for Cleveland and Hendricks.
campaign, which was weak at the start,
bas stendly grown weaker ever since. If there
is anything hopeful In it beyond tbe power
and tbe willingness of the republican leaders
to employ corrupt methods to influence
voters, we have failed to discover it, and we
should be glad to have it pointed out to us
by some of our gloomy democratic contem
poraries, for we have no desire to create false
hopes in the minds of our readers in regard
to the result in November.
On the other hand, tbe nomination of Mr.
Cleveland was somewhat coldly received by
the democrats. Perhaps "coldly" is too
strong a word; at any rate, bis nomination
created little or no enthusiasm at the outset.
But the democratic candidate has steadily
grown in favor not only with democratic
voters, but with conservative and thoughtful
men of all parties. He represents safety for
the business interests of the country, con
sideration of the rights of the laboring men,
and his Americanism is far more genuine
than the bantam variety affected by Brother
Blaine. These facts ore known and felt by
those who hold the balance of power io
presidential elections, and we believe the
country will unite in placing the democratic
candidate in the white house.
WHAT NAPLES TBACHE8 US.
Seventeen days ago the cholera struck Na
ples. Already it has turned that beautiful
city into one vast hospital.
Naples invited the plague. For years it
has been one of the filthiest places in the
world. Under such conditions everybody
predicted that the first case of cholera would
open a disastrous epidemic. For once the
prophets were right. Within the past twelve
days the disease has attacked nearly 4,000
persons and of these about one-third have
perished. The rapid spread of the plague
and the increasing mortality justify the most
alarming fears. The authorities of the
doomed city are paralyzed, the people are
panic-stricken, and the few physicians who
have the courage to do their duty are work
lug against hope.
There is a lesson to be learned from the
experience of Naples, and It Is emphasized
by the oflliction of Marseilles and Toulon.
All of these cities are centres of filth. The
ordinary sanitary precautions have been
neglected by the inhabitants and the author
ities, and naturally when the cholera once
gets a foothold there it rages like wildfire.
Unfortunately wo have dirty cities and
towns In the United States, not as bad os
Naples, but still dangerously unclean. These
places arc active factors of disease. Cholera
has only to be landed on our shores in order
to begin n deadly march through the coun
try. The notes of alarm sounded over^a
month ago have aroused our cities in some
measure to a sense of their duty, but they
arc in danger of pausing before tbeir work is
half done. Wo must clean up e very city and
town, every old tenement house, and every
k alley. Thorough sanitary work may
avert a visitation of tho Asiatic terror. It
is our only chance, ami it is well ^worth
trying. •
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.
Ncven weeks from next Tuesday the elec
tion for president takes place, and It need
not be mid that during that time both parties
will use thdr best endeavors to win a victory.
Ho far as the democrats are concerned, the
campaign apiH'ars to be in as good shape os
could be wished. There are, of course, a
few democrats who prefer to take a gloomy
view of Uie prospect, but, In our opinion, the
outlook has never been more favorable to
democratic success since the war.
Tho national committee has carried on the
oamitttgn cautiously and quietly, but, thus
far effectively. No false moves have been
made, no blunders committed, and every
thing is in »ha)H> for pushing matters vigor
ously from now until the day of election.
The democratic campaign, for the first time
■Inc© the war, has been nn aggressive one.
All the explaining that lias been done has
been on the part of the republicans. Cir
cumstances have conspired to place their cor
rupt party on the defensive, and no part of
this advantage has been lost by tho demo
crats. When the republicans have found it
impossible to explain they have dodged.
The New York Tribune, for Instance, with
the institict of a veteran campaigner, hat per
sistently a voided all reference to tho Mulli
gan letters; indeed, its policy in this respect
bas been so firm and consistent that it has in
jured even the authorized explanations of
tbe Mulligan correspondence, which is not to
be wondered at, seeing how lame and impo
tent these explanations are.
Brother Blaine, it will be borne in mind,
was nominated with a whoop and a hurrah.
The enthusiasm for him it; the convention
was of the warmest and most intense variety
and it was sup|H)*cd to be thoroughly repre
sentative. But hardly had the echoes of the
yelling died Away before the experienced
campaigners began to discover that the Blaine
enthusiasm was of the purely professional
variety. It cooled down at once, and has
lain grewing colder ever since. Tho nomi
nation pleased nobody except the rag-tag and
bob-tail politician*, who lift up tbeir voices
in the saloons and allude to their candidate
as "Jim."
The honest and respectable republicans im
mediately served notice on their party that
they would under no circumstances support
tbe nominee. The honest republican news-
|o|«n made similar declarations, and this
was followed by the German revolt All
there facts are perfectly well known to our
readers, and we allude to them bars marely to
" the
PHASES OF THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
Tho Albany Times is of tbn opinion that
high license and prohibition arc responsible:
for tho drunkenness which prevails to ftaht),
an alarming extent in this country and fn>
England. In Maine, It is said that the most
zealous workers for prohibition are the men
who sell liquor in secret. They want prohi
bition because then they have no license to
pay and are able to defy the law. The Times
says:
We would not wish to be Interpreted as favoring
a Hood of Intoxicating liquor, especially upon a
people Just released from tho trammels of prohi
bition. It would be too dangerous. But suppose
the hills aud vales of the slate blossomed with
vineyards and hopyards, and that wine and ale
and beer were commonly made and used. Be
tween malt liquors, and plenty of thorn, an
w hisky niul nun, aud those of the quality usually
fold in Illicit dive*. there can bo but one choice.
Wc believe thc.ro Is iio doubt that, with tho
sumption of wino and beer as free as that of
bread, tho health, happiness aud natural pros-
pcrlty of tho people would bo vastly improve-!.
Deer and alo were tho oM-timc beverage of the
’Rutous, and who dnrocall them a degenerate race?
Neither Tacitus nor Cw-arcalled them so, but
tbe strongest and most dangerous rare with which
tho Roman arms had ever contended. The Jutes
aud Angles brought their bccr-driuklng habits
with them to Britain. It was said that a woman
with her I*be mb;lit walk acathless from sea to
oca in Edwin's day, and that was in the eighth
century. King Alfred the Great encouraged his
people to brew, and tho peocefulueas and pros,
pertly of hts long reign have been celebrated
through succeeding generations. But from the
Cromwellian era the taxes on beer rose to an almost
Incredible height.
This taxation or high license finally be
came virtually prohibitory, and then, says
£mallett, "the people broke through all re
straint, and illicit spirit selling assumed
gigantic proportions." If it be true, as is as
sumed, that prohibition and high license in
crease the consumption of spirits, the pro
mulgators of such a theory should give us
some explanation. The fact that considera
ble drunkenness prevails in prohibition and
high license countries Is probably due to the
natural increase of a vice which has held the
people of those countries in its grip for
centuries. It is absurd to take the position
that an act of parliament or a state law pro
liiblting the use of a thing, or raising its
price, makes millions of people frantically
plunge into the excessive consumption of the
forbidden article. The law docs not make
drunkards. Two things are necessary to
cause drunkenness—the uncontrolled appe
tite and the liquor. If the appetites of men
are so uncontrollable that they will obtain
liquor in spite of prohibitory laws, tbe next
best thing Js to regulate the sale and con
sumption of spirits. This is practicable, and
under a reasonable high license system the
state's revenue may be increased, the number
of drinking places diminished, and punish
ment indicted upon men who drink to ex
cess, or sell to minors and perrons under the
influence of liquor. Of course this is very far
short of total prohibition, but it is better than
reaching after an unattainable result way up
In the air.
TAX ASSESSORS FOR THE STATE.
The discussion over the low returns for
mining property in north Georgia, brings us
back to tbe point at which Ta* Constitc*
ti* n has stood for years, vis: that the only
fair and honest settlement of the whole mat
ter of state taxation, is the appointment of
a board of state tax assessors.
Tbe Dahlonega Signal states that it knows
of one man who returns a gold lot at $60 who
asks (tsOCO for lL Now that Min pays just
one hundred times leu tax than his neighbor
who owns a similar piece of property and
wbo makes an honest return on it The
very comer stone of lair govenunsnt is that
the burden of taxation shall be laid equally
and that each man shall pay the same rate
on a fair valuation of what bo owns. And
yet here is one case where the man who
makes the honest return pays one dollar
where the man who makes the unfair re
turn pays one cent, on property of the same
value. The Signal quotes dozens of case just
as flagrant.
Now’, the appointment of a board of state
tax assessors would remedy all this. They
would enforce a uniform rate. They would
force every piece of property to the same
basis. It is clearly seen that this could have
but one effect. It would bring the unfair
returns up to a fate point. It could, there
fore, only hurt the men who are dishonest,
and it would only help the men who are
honest It would only do what the law is
sworn to do—and that is, levy uniform tax
on a uniform valuation.
We cannot concleve of an objection to th.
bill, except from men who return their prop
erty at too low rates. By bringing up the
valuation of such property, the total tax
values would be so increased that the general
rate might be reduced, to the benefit of every
honest tax payer and the glory of the state.
An evidence of how this would work is
furnished in Fulton county. The city has
its board of assessors. The county has
none. The total of the tax returns on the
city books is about $2,000,000 more than the
total of the property of the entire county on
the county books. This shows in actual ex
perience a difference of about $3,000,000 in
favor of tho assessors system in this one
county. We havo no doubt that the appoint
ment of assessors for every county in the
state would increase the total returns by $30,
000,000. W© earnestly invito the attention
of the members elect of the legislature to
this matter. No more important matter
can claim their attention.
TO A CONTEMPORARY.
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger
prints a special from Atlanta to the Louis
ville Courier Journal about the sale of the
fc’late road, and then comments on it os fol
lows:
sender of this di*p»tcl
s Constitution. This gives It a slgulfloinco
thst it could not otherwise claim.
The initiatory movement is to ho made in tho
present campaign, and iu the coming legislature.
A* there I* no contest save in a very few counties
aud many of the primaries have been held, the
manipulators of this scheme, may feel confident
of their men.
d tho people
_ Js to protect
themselves. Candidates can bo compelled to avow
have the power
themselves. Cand.__ ..
themselves. If they do not make a clear And sat
isfactory f-hnwimr they can be defeated.
The issue Is a highly important one, involving
mimy millions of a property that belong* to tho
whole people. One of the railroads belonging to tho
people has already been sacrificed. It may bo in
- Diiicmplution, perhaps Is, to sacrifice the last and
uiuJning one.
We have just this to say in reply. The
comment contains three wilful and mali
cious lies.
1st. The Constitution had no moro to do
with sending the special than did the Macon
Telegraph and Messenger.
2d. There is no thought of the sale of the
Htate road in Georgia.
3d. The Constitution has always been op
posed to it, and wo defy tho liar who wrote
the above comment, to point to a single line
from The Constitution that directly or indi
iectly Intimated anything else.
The Resignation of3Xr.Il. W. Wrnnn.
The announcement of Mr. B. W. Wroun’s resig
nation ns general passenger agent of tho Western
and Atlantic railroad will be read with universal
regret by our people.
For over six teen years Mr. Wrcnn has held tho
position he resigned yesterday, and it is safe to say
that no man in that time hAs done more than ho
to advertise Atlauta, to keep it to tho front, to
throw tho tide of travel into it and through it.
Active, comprehensive, tireless and capable, ho
has had no thought but this for a torm of year*
that Is tho third of a man’s life.
- One can hardly understand that Mr. Wrcnn has
really left the State road, aud that the fame of the
"old Kenncraw route,” which is of his erdatiou.
will be left to other hands. It will bo readily un
derstood that ho left against the wishes of tho
Iokccs. They urged him to withdraw his resigna
tion. They asked him to name hts own salary,
lie persisted, however, In his resignation, because
of tho wider field and tho greater future offered
him In his new position. From having BIS miles
of road ho has 1.461. besides 1,ICO miles of roads
run conjointly with It. His new placo Is
tho highest aud best in the country, and bo can
not bo blamed for accepting it
Wherever B. W. Wrcnn triay go he goes with tho
assurance that he has the best wishes of tho peoplo
of Atlanta. Wherever ho Is Atlanta has a friend.
A* to bis ability, some one has said: "Doubt!-
the Lord could have made a better berry than tho
strawberry—bnt he never did." Bo wc may say:
“Doubtless the Lord could have made a better
^asseuger agent that B. W. Wrcnn—but he never
A northern exchange says: "There arc no hip-
pockets at the north.” Bnt this Is where our con
temporary is mistaken. There are hip pockets at
the north, but they are used as receptacles for
stolen tank funds. There Is no room for the
pistol.
The etatemeut that the rich arc growing richer,
while the poor are growing poorer ha* been re
peated so often that people arc beginning to ac
cept it as a fixed fact. The truth is, however,that
the rich are growing poorer. During the past
three years our millionaire* have lost heavily In
stocks. Vanderbilt and his sons have lost $50,000,-
CC0. Garrison's assignment placed one of the
strongest capitalist* out of the ring. Russell Sage
has met with trvmcudou* losses. Gould has suf
fered, VlUard has evaporated, ami each ono of
these nabobs lias carried with him a score of
smaller millionaires. A similar condition of
things exists in Eugland. This U au era'of won
derful changes, and tho plutocrats of to-day may
be bankrupts to-morrow.
Tkk only Independent candidate for congress in
Georgia Is Henry Persons, anti he Is much too
clover to engage in that business. We trust Brother
Tenons will reform.
No woman wants to be ta, bet a becoming
plumpness is always desirable. This condition
Is within the reach of all. With a life of ease
and plenty any one Jean fatten In throe
months' time. Mutton, wheat, rye, butter, corn,
peas, rice, potatoes and milk are great ilesh pro
ducers. Avoid acids, fried foods and pastry.
Warm blood is also good. A quart of blood a
day would cause £ar* Bernhardt herself to puff
oct like a colion toll in three week*. Dio
Lewis’s recipe for getting fait* simply this: "Ga
to bed early, get up late, drink water ou rising,
bcfcrc .retiring and gallons during the day.”
T»E Exlarigator is the queer name of a paper
Just started at Asheville, N. C. The editor In
forms tbe public that “exlavigator” mean* "to
strike with a brick.”
The rivalry and greed of tho European powers
will soon make Africa a center of activity. In
these days event* move rapidly. As the situation
row stands, Egypt is nuder British control:
Tripoli fo Turkish; Touts Is protected by France:
Alg'« rs is owned by France, and Morocco is partly
ludcpettdtBt, partly £pankb and in momentary
darger ct French invasion. Ou the Atlantic coast
the Arorvs, the Canaries, Madcria and Gape
Verde Islands belong to Portugal or Spain.
At the southern terminus of the Sahara France,
England, Portugal and Germany all havs a foot
hold. Between the mouth of the Senegal river
and tbe Congo there Is a medley of ownership.
Scnegambla is French; Gambia and Sierra Leon,
British; Liberia is independent: tho Ashantce
coast Is mainly British; Gaboon is French, and the
country around the mouth of the Congo In dis
pute. South of the Congo Portugal's claims
extend to the newly annexed territory of Ger
many. The English Cape colonies extend from
"the south of Orange river around the Cape of
Good Hope and northerly up the east coast to
latitude twenty-five degrees south, which ts the
Bouthcnflfcfilof Madagascar. Thence northerly
for fifteen degrees the eastern coast is Portuguese
to tbe beginning of Zanzibar. Parallel with this
Portuguese coast Is the island of Madagascar,
which the French are now fighting for. From
these points it will appear that Africa is likely to
be the theater of several powerful European colo
nies at no distant day. It cannot be expected
that the whites of different nationalities will
peacefully carryout their work of partitioning
the Dark Continent. On the contrary, sorao of
the bloodiest wars of the future will probably
rage in this disputed territory, and they may be
expected to occur within the next twenty years.
Colonel Belt a Lockwood Is a candidate for
president, but the real issue Is, can Bclva cook a
"meal’s vlttcls” on a cold stove?
A kf.ei»' observer who has been visiting tho
rmall towns in the middle states says that with
out manufacturing our little towns would retro
grade. The mechanics build up a place. Their
manufactures ore sent abroad over tho country.
The small manufacturing town always has money
to Ppcnd. It builds good houses, takes stock in
raiirends, has good streets and good schools. It is
entirely different with a town where all the busi
ness Is run led ou by mcrchauts. There the idlers
are on tbe increase, and labor goes away to seek
employment. Down south there is an Idea that
manufacturing must necessarily bo something
big. Ibis is a mistake. If a town can't get up an
Iron mill or a cotton factory, there are a thousand
other industrial enterprises to select from. The
smaller industries are the safest, aud there is
money in them.
Editor Tendixton, of Valdosta, shows that he
appreciates the dignity and responsibility of the
profession by refusing to become a candidate for
the legislature.
The London Times 1ms an editorial writer who
would create a sensation in American journalism.
In n recent issue of the Times he had an editorial
covering seven columns of space, filling one edi
torial page and runniug over on another. This
remarkable effort shows what a man cau do when
his heart Is in his work. We have had
editors in this country who
wroto seven column editorials, but
they arc all dead. In fact it is only in England
that such writers flourish. Hero they would now
be regarded with awe, but as a daily paper cannot
live on awe alone there aro very few openings for
a seven column leader writer. Tho London Jour
nalist, however, could reach tho Amer
ican public by lsauing au editnrlal
as a serial in the cheap ‘‘Seaside" issues. Whether
tbe veuture would pay or not is another matter.
The states holding elections in October are Geor
gia on the let, aud Ohio and West Virginia on the
I4tb.
The great English soldier, General Gordon, who
Is now cooped up at Khartoum, destined perhaps
to be butchered, or possibly to found an empire,
Is a hero of tho genuine puritan stamp. Gordon
has a mind of the medieval cast. He interprets the
Scriptures literally. He believes in a real hell.
He locates Jerusalem as the holy place which God
selected to appear to man, and he accept* the hill
of Calvary as tho pivot of the world. He believes
that this hill was tho first spot of created laud to
appear out of tho sea, that on this spot God crea
ted Adam out of clay, that Noah sacrificed here,
and Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac, and that
the Bon of God was crucified hero. He believes
In tbe existence of the living New. Jerusalem
above thb old city of Palestine, and believes that
the Inst day it will descend to earth. Gordon's
creed enters Into every fibre of his body. It
has mndo him unworldly, fearless, simple and
grand. Borne people call him a crank, but ho Is a
unique character and a great man. Twleo iu his
life he has ruled over millions of tneu, but wits
proof against temptation. He remains a poor man,
and Is utterly free from pride and ambition.
The New 8011th, published in 'English and Ger
man, is the name of a handsome sixtecn-pago
weekly Ju*t started In New York. It Is devoted to
Immigration and colonization In tho southern
states. _
The News estimates that there arc probably 3,000
negro vagrants in the city of Savannah. This is
fearful allowing. These three thousand vagrant*
will develop into rowdies, drunkards, sneak
thieves, burglars and murderers. They will scop
the courts busy for a generation, and will recruit
thechaiugatig and tho gallows. Tho Nows says
that every southern city Is afflicted in tho same
way, and the imposition is submitted to because
the vagrants are negroes. Tiie picture Is decided
ly overdraw n, so far as It applies to Atlauta, but
there is no question as to the rapid Increase of va
grancy. It Is idle to talk about the color of those
nuisances. There are white vagrants as well
as black vagrants, and they arc all traveling tho
broad road which leads to crime. The roost vig
orous measures for tho suppression of this grow
ing evil arc not only Justifiable but Imperative
ly necessary. There Is no excuse for allowing a
standing army of Incipient robbers and cut
throats to remain in our midst menacing life and
property. Wo have a good vagrauey law on our
•tatutc hooks. Why not enforce It, not spasmodi
cally, after long Intervals, but all tho time, every
day In the ye«r7
poses the French article "le," and to make
the possessive "li*," objective "lin," thus:
•‘It Mr. or Mrs. Smith calls I will see lln." “wqj
the Isdy or gentleman wbo owns this pug dog
claim lis property." “H any man or woman
breaks this rule be shall be fined five dollars.” it
Is suggested that there Is oue way of getting out of
the muddle, and that Is to adhere to tho old rulo
under which "he” was the personal pronoun for
both genders. II, as General Butler once decided*
a woman Is not a person, the masculine gender
will be sufllcient to embrace her, when either man
or woman has to be Included, thus: "If Mr. or
Mrs. Smith calls I will see him." This provides
for either. "Will tbe lady or gentleman who owns
this pug dog please claim his property.” This is
probably the simplest way of settling the difll.
culty, and it is jpjpnltely better than introducing
such barbarous words as "hlsen,” "thon,” and
ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE.
• England’s Free Trade.
n. W., Oxanna. Ala: Does England levy custom
duties on any necessaries of life?
Yes, on tea, coffee, cocoa, dried fruit, tobacco,
beer, manufacture of gold and silver, and many
other article. England is only relatively a free-
trade country, and it bas taken many hundred
years of protection to bring her to her present
standpoint.
Gray Untr.
Reader, Athens, Ga: What Is the causo of pre
maturely gray hair?
When the hair has a weak constitution it falls
out or turns gray. Frequent cutting is said to
weaken the hair.
Recipe for Hay Fever.
P. J. M., Atlanta: Is there any cure for the hay
fever?
The best cure Is a change of climate, but the fol
lowing recipe is recommended by one who has
triedit:
I’otassa chloratis, grs. x.
Spirit at her nit., 1 drachm.
Aqna, an ounce and a half.
Mix; take wholo at bed time.
St. John’s Home.
Subscriber, Ga.: Where docs 8t. John, the pro
hibition candidate for the presidency, reside?
At Olathe. Kansas,
As to a Record.
Augusta, September 7.—Rum’s record of fif
teen "struck out” in the Chattanooga-Atlanta
game is not tho best Georgia record. Clem, of tho
(iiwiH7p4m.il nlnh rowmtlv .‘‘struck’ OUt” flftCCIl
We observe in some of the papers that Ben But
ler is "raising a tornado In the west.” This able
msn must be almost as gifted In this liue as a
mess of dried apples and water. *
According to the Sun and other papers, New
ork is *at the mercy of gangs of lawless ru Qians
who prowl the streets and commit crime with lm-
pun Ity. There arc said to be over 2,000 men regu
larly engaged in rowdyism and organised crime as
business in New York, and it is a common tiling
for policemen to refuse to make arrests because
they are afraid of these scoundrel*. This is a hor
rible state of nflhirx for the largest
city on the continent, but the evils complained of
exist to a certain extent In many American towns
andciticr. Undoubtedly the practice of carrying
concealed weapons contributes largely to the secu
rity enioyed by the dangerous classes. Under tho
it stand* good citizens are disarmed and
completely iu the power of men who will not obey
tho law. When a peaceful, respectable citizen
carries a pistol for self protection, the chances are
Mr. Henry M. Stanley is looming up as the
central figure in the International association of
tl.c Congo. There is talk of making a state out of
the Congo country, and it ts not improbable that
Stanley will be one of iu rulers. What a career
this man has had—once a reporter on the New
*'ork Herald, and now the associate of kings, the
tutor of dlplomstlsu and the adviser of generals!
Gath" describes the war between the states
•a big drunk.” "Gath” still has a touch of
the Jim Jams superinduced by that protracted
•re©.
The people,” says an organ, "ought to sing
psalms of praise at tbe work accomplished by re-
ubltcaubm.” Very well. Let us begin with the
beautiful scug:
"BUll to gently o'er us stealing."
It U said that there is a demand for a personal
prom -un of singular number aud common gender.
According to the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette,
the need is thus stated: "If Mr. Smith or Mrs.
Smith calls, I will see him or her." This is what
wcbavetAtay to avoid a solecism In grammar.
Or thus: ' Will the lady or gentleman who owns
this pug dog pleas* claim her or his property?”
writer has proposed "bisem” aa the personal
pronoun of rcmnftm render, tbut: "Will tbe lady
gent K ir an claim fci-ern property?" A writer
tho Critic proposes ••thou,” a compound of that
and ono. tfche: -II Mr. or Mrs. Smith calk I wfll
boa." A writer in tho Critic pro-
•\. u> o>, oturners* nu, uu.. *• iiut> is tiie iiuiuilui
the constitutional amendment adopted in Maino
last Monday?
It prohibits tho manufacture of intoxicating
liquors, with the exception of cider. It is thought
advisable to exempt cider in the Interest of the ap
ple crop. But os cider is intoxicating it Is probablo
that the Maine legislature will regulate its sale.
Sara Bernhardt.
C. n. W., Anniston, Ala.: Is Sara Bernhardt com
Ing to this county next year?
No, she will not visit the United States before
the spring of 1887.
Local Option.
B. M.. Athens. Ga.; Have the people under local
option laws voted whisky out of any large city la
Georgia?
No, but they have voted it out of many of the
owns.
The Rnrrncks.
B. J. E., Atlanta: What are our citizens doing to
. ecurc the location of the barracks here? This 1*
a question In which every citizen, young and old,
Is Interested.
We have heard nothing of tho matter lately*
Probably nothing has been done os yet.
The Cooper Institute.
Inquirer, Lumpkin, Ga: Please give mo tho
name and address of the head managorof tho
Cooper institute.
The name is not at hand, but if you direct a let
ter to the manager of tho Cooper institute, New
York city, It will fall into the proper hands,
The New Orleaun Exposition.
Subscriber. Atlanta: When does the New Orleans
exposition open?
It opens on the first of December next and lostR
until May 1.
Grammar In Schools.
A. H. B., Moseley's Bluff. La.: What state or
states prohibit the study of English grammar in
the public schools, and why?
If any state has taken such action wo era not
aware of It.
Republicans tor Cleveland*
Subscriber. Owensville. 8. C.: What prominent
republicans have declared for Cleveland?
Such men as George William Curtis, Henry Ward
Beecher. Carl Schurz, ex-Governor Koeraer, of Il
linois; Judge8tallo, of Ohio; ex-Governor Muel
ler, of Ohio: Basher and Rapp, of Chicago;'tho
"Tumcrbund” and many others have openly de
clared against Blaine, and In a letter, published ft
few weeks ago, the well known divine, Father
Sehwiiminger, the originator of tho German Ro- .
man Catholic ';Central Vorein” of the United
States, spoke warm words for Governor Cleveland,
and recommended his election for the presidency*
The republican papers for Cleveland are too nu
merous to mention.
TIio Mulligan Letters*
Anxious, Atlanta, Ga.: You have a great deal to
my about tho Mu" * " *
Jcucw what they v
history of them.
In James G. Blaine received for his influence
certain bonds of the Little Rock and Fort 8m!th
railroad and $15,000 in cash. He wrote several
compromising letters to Warren Fisher. These
letters fell Into the hands of James Mulligan. Fear
ing that these letters would be laid before a con-
^grcssional investigtlng committee, Blaine borrow
ed them from Mulligan, solemnly promising to re
turn them, but instead of doing so ho kept them*
The letters are now known as the Mulligan letter*
A War Poem.
Mrs.8. J. B., Sandersville, Ga.: Please allow
me to inform J. II. Glover, Newark, Ohio, that
the poem he inquired for in Tuesday's Coxsrrru-
tion may be found in a book called "Southern
Poems of the War." •
J. T. T., Birmingham. Ala.: 1. Is there any
preparation that will positively exterminate cock-
roaches after they have taken possession of ft
boardinghouse? 2. Where cun J get a photograph '
of Joel Cnandler Harris?
1. Use copperas, cayenne pepper, or the Insect
powder sold in drug stores. 2. Write to him for
one.
At West Point.
S. B. T., Thomson, Ga?: How old must a
o. w. iuuuuuu) u»., hub uu. UIU.I. young
man be to enter West Point military inztitnte.ana
what pay docs he get?
He must be between seventeen and twenty.two.
The pay is 9540 a year.
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