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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1884. TWELVE PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. Entered »t the AtlenU poitfifhce u Koond-clui MU matter, Koremher 11,1878. Weekly Con.tttutlon, *I.*S Per Annum Club, of Are, H.00 each; dole o( ten, 11.00 each •ad a copy to getter-up of Clob. ATLANTA, GA., HEt'TKMBKK 10,1884. FOR THE CAMPAIGN Weekly Constitution For the next year wilt be the Beat. Biggest and Cheapest Paper in America. CLEVELAND OR BLAINE? In the next two month* the most momentous campaign aince the election of Lincoln will be fought. Every Intelligent American Is interested In the result. Tux Constitution will furnish The Fullest, Earliest and Brightest News «m political affairs. Its correspondent* In New York, Ohio, Indiana and other pivotal states are trained writers and observers, and Its correspond* race, always a feature, will be stronger than ever. IT IS WORTH A DOLLAR to bare the new* of the election before your neighbors. The Constitution will, as usual, carry the news first. Its telegraphic service Is unequalod by any southern newspaper. OUR SOUTHERN HUMORI8T8. Besides the political news, Tim Constitution has Its thrc?*pcclal humorists—"BUI Arp,” "Betsy Hamilton” and "Uncle Ileum*," who will write for It during tho ensuing year. Either of these letters alono Is worth the subscription price. No oilier paper bus them. OUR DEPARTMENTS FOR THE HOME. Besides these we have our "Woman’s Kingdom," for the ladles; our "Farms and Farmers,” for tho farmers; ©ur "Young Folk* Department,” for tho children; "Tale* and Adventure*;" "Picturca of Strange Lands,” and all tho other dopartraeut* that have made Tim (Institution. THE BEST PAPER IN AMERICA. All through the year It will be twelve pages full •f the best reading (flatter. DO YOU TAKE IT? If not, lubacrlhc at once. The aoonor tho but* ter. If you take it by yourself it only t ikos |1.2). If you get four nclghlwrs to Join you it only takes fl.00 each. If yon get ten Mib-erlbew at 91.00 cock you get yonr own paper free. Get up a club at onc e. Now Is the time! Tho campaign is open, and tho crops Are coming In. Get up a club. Scud for all tho spool men copies yon want. 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. 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