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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.' ATLANTA. GiL. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 1884
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ATLANTA, OA., OCTOBER 1, 1884.
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Tin republican convention o( Month Caro
lina, after a tllegntccftil oeaolon of squabbling
and tumnlt, baa nominated a otata ticket.
The electoral ticket was not chosen, however,
that matter being left In tho hamls ot tho
executive committee, with the hope that the
latter may strike n trade with tho green-
hackers,
Tna canvas tor membership in the Georgia
legislature is now about over, and with the
exception o( about halt a dozen counties, in
which then oro close contest*, the result can
be foretold. From tho material at hand it is
evident that the next lcgialature wilt be one
of great wisdom and prudence, Tbo bulk ol
the memhera will be lur above the average.
Tna whole English press oonenr In urging
upon the government Its Immediate atteu
tion to the slate of the navy. The questiou
la attracting unusual attention anil discur
alon. The foreign prats consider that Eng
land has noting to fear white she continues
to hold the coaling stations in all partaof the
world. It is evident from tbo bad condition
of the English navy that some republican
officeholders must have spirited themselves
Into the English service.
At-rtno rostmastcr General Hatton has
issued an order Ural on and after Oc
tober 1, 1884, all poatoffices of
tha lint clasa and their stations or
branch offices, shall lie kept open to tho pub
lic for the issue am! payment of money or
ders, and for the receipt for matter intended
for registration, and the delivery of regis
tered matter, until 0 o???clock |>.'m,, every
day, except Bnndaya and legal holidays.
Jin. Jay Goi'ui thinks Mr. lllaino should
be elected, because a change in admlnlstra
tion would injure business. Undoubtedly
a change to Mr. Cleveland would disturb
Mr. Gould's buslnea plana Much a change
would be sure to squelch some of his laud-
grant schemes, llut as the people would
gain what Mr. Jey Gould would lose, we do
not see why the people need hmitate. Mr.
Jay Gould and Mr. llialne has always been
as thick at pete In a pod, aud we do not won
der that the latter's defeat is regarded with
some apprehension by the other. Mr. Cleve
land's eleotion.would not disturb tho busi
ness of honest men.
Taa republican circus first opened in Mill-
???delphin. It Is now playing in Ohio. The
chief attraction is, of course, tha magnetic
white elephant, whitewashed and guaranteed
by Editors Moses P. Handy, Whitelaw Itled
and C. Emory Smith. Though the job was
done by skillful hands, tbo original black
ness was so dense that all ellbrts to complete
ly hide it were futile. It la now exposed in
several large spots, chief among which .are
the Mulligan letters, the marriage dodge, (fie
speakership record, the guano aleals, aud
others of equally oa htrga dliuenalona. In
fact then ia not now left a white apot as
large as a silver dime. An amusing feature
of the hippodrome ia the presence ot W.
Walter 1-belpe, E??j., who is along to solemn
ly swear that Ihe spots are not block, but as
White as the driven snow.
CLEVELAND'S UNFAILING LUCK.
The presidential election ia rapidly ap
proaching. slid unless all signs are mislead
ing Grover Clepcland will early in Novem
ber stand at the very top o( Ihe political Ud
der. ft it difficult (o see how praaeut Indi
cations can ba misleading; for no one can
mecnahly entertain doubts at to how the
following named states will go.
Alabama....
Atyiims....
Delaware...
(???corgi*
KlSMck)..
lxisrirtatm
...10 I Missouri
... 11 New Jersey y
... 8 | North t Carolina It
??? 4 I K)Oth Carolina ....*
...121 Tcnnewee ....... 18
...1*| Texas .. M
??? * Ylrgiuia U
.. k ] Went Virginia..., 8
Total. 1 102
But if there be a croaker anywhere who
claims that Xaw Jersey wilt vole tor Blaine,
let ns throw It ouL Let ua throw Rout,
cl though New Jersey hat, with one excep
tion, given the democratic nominees an aver
age majority of r,u?? ever since the war.
Nevertheless we throw it out-thna loving
Cleveland 153 votes that are not seriotuly dis
puted. Add the vott of New York, 30, and
the vote of Indiana, 13, nnd Cleveland and
Hendricks will have 201 elcctorial votes, or
three more than they need.
Mr. Hendricks has never in tbe course of
long political career failed to carry Indiana,
and lie is now working zealously
snd with more popular support
than he haa ever before bad. We
have not tho patience to explain why New
York will lie democratic this fall. The man
who doubts Cleveland's strength in New
York should be able to entertain doubts os
to Governor McDaniel???s re-election next
Wednesday. Tbo "Irish defection" proves
to bo mythical, and there la nothing else,
and has been nothing else, to hang a doubt
npon. New York and Indiana are demo-
cratic stales, and they will silence all croak
ers in November with majorities that will
surprise even the most sanguine.
Tbe democrats are not napping in the
other northern states; but ss long as 'the
political tide renders New York and Indiana
surely democratic???altogether regardless of
the October result In Ohio???we see no need
oi entering the field of speculation and dis
pute. New York, Indiana and the south are
democratic, and they are altogether sufficient
If New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut
and same of the western states besides In
dians, or Pennsylvania come In to swell tbe
victory and seal the fate of tbe party of ex
travagance and corruption, the rejoicing wiil
be all tbe greater; but whether they do or
not Cleveland and Hendricks will be elected.
If tbo floating voter, that is, the msn who,
lacking parly connections or political con
victions, limply seeks to be on the winning
tide???if hie eyes arc opened to the situation,
there will be a democratc landslide. Cleve
land and Hendricks can, however, carry New
York and Indiana without the aid of floaters,
snd ws can well aflbrd to rest content on that
fact until November discloses further partic
ulars of the great light for honest govern
meiiL
THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.
In another column tho democratic national
commiUeo makes an appeal for aid which
thould meet with a prompt response from
every honest voter who is willing to con
tribute something besides his vote and per
sonal inltuonro to tho efforts which Is now
making to dialodgo the corruptionists who
have control of the government. The address
explains itself. Tbecommitteo nctsls money
to carry on an eflbctlro campaign
against tho forces which have
been marshaled against those who are engaged
in an effort to restore honesty and economy
In the administration of the oflairs of the
government, and it appeals to the honest
voters of tho country???tboao who are Indi
vidually and collectively interested in the
reforme which tbe democratic party proposes
t, inaugurate.
As a matter of fact, the democratic com
mittee, unlike the republican committee, has
no class or interest to appeal to, and its ad
dress is directed in general terms to tboso
who have tiro welfare of the country at heart
The republican committee lies never yei suf
fered from a lack of lands. It bss such mo
nopolists es Jsy Gould to draw upon; it
hoe organized association of capitalists to
honor its checks; it has a horde of office
holders lo bulldoze and squeeze at will; tt
has any organised gang of corruptionists
ready to niaks contributions in its behalf; It
has oil of tlioso resources which
are the outgrowth of corrupt practices and
which ixrlitlcal knavery Is in the habit of
employing.
The democratic committee has none of
these things at its command, and It is there
fore compelled to fall hack on tho patriotic
Interest which all honest men must feet In
rescuing the country from tire grasp of the
thieves who, by bribery, fraud and corrui"
tiou, have managed to retain office, notwith
standing the fact tlidt they and their prac
tices have been repudiated at the polls by a
majority of the people.
\Yo commend tho address and il* purposes
to the attention of the nailers ot Tine I'oa-
STmnos. There are no doubt many among
them who will lie glad to give substantial aid
to the work of political regeneration and re
form in which the committee, representing
Ihe principles and alms of the democratic
party, are engaged.
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
Under democratic administration this
country acquired, exclusive of Alaska, 2,11(8,
MO square miles of land. Treaties with France,
Mpain, tbe republic of Texas aud with Mexico
neatly trebled tho slseol theconntry. Thi
Vast powreolono of land were economically
managed by tbe old whig and democratic
parties, and down to 1802 not an acre had
betn voted away to a corporation. Home
grants of moderate extent had beeu made to
elates, but tbo land-grabber aud railroad rob
ber did not appear until 1802, when the re
publican parly cams into power. In the
tint year ot Its power tt voted away of the
people's land to railroad corporations 28,484,
084 acres; and it continued to answer the ap
peal* of tho railroad lobbyioto just as long as
it bad entire control of the government. In
1873 the hotue became democratic, and in
that year an end was had of grants lo corpora
tions, sad no grant has been made
elnce 1873, because at no time since
then has tho republican party con
trolled bulb branches ot congress.
During its eleven yean of unlimited power it
voted away li*5,ltKt.eR'7 acres. This vast estate
oi the people was given away to speculators
and railroad operators on the condition that
they would build specified lines of railroad;
and in many Instances they got tbe land and
failed to build Ihe roads called for; and to
day grants amounting to 181,331,121 acres
should be annulled and the land* forfeited to
the United Mtatra. Tho republicans hare
thus far succeeded In preventing the passage
of billa to restore these 181,000,018) acres to tho
public domain. Lands that settlers could
take up under the homestead or preemption
lawa are ???.hua wrongfully held by railroad
companies??? by companies that have their
headquarters In New York or Boston and
are conducted wholly in the interest of the
Jay Gould* of tha country. The govern
ment freely offers its Undo (or oale, but tun:
cl the land grant railroads are holding their
lands in cnler to obtain higher prices. As
nearly all the good agricultural lands belong
ing to the government have
teen taken up, ore may soon
expect to bear of a corner In land gotten up
by a combination of the corporations that
hast been enriched by the government
This time ia not for distant if tha unearned
lend grant* are not promptly forfeited.
The magnitude of the land grants ot tha "
republican party is not appreciated when
stated in millions of scree; but it becomes
plain when it is stated that the republicans
took from the people and presented to the
railroad corporations a body of land ilx
times the size of the state of New York, an
amount ol land equal to eleven ol tbe thir
teen original states, enough to make four
???tatrs ss large as Georgia. Tbe republicans
did this in eleven years. A grant was never
made to a corporation during democratic
rule. These are the bare (acts; and If the
republican party had done nothing else rep
rehensible, it should be driven from power
on acconnt of the shameless manner in.
which it has wasted the lands of tbo people,
and of tbe people???s children. Tbo demo
cratic platform upon which Cleveland and
Hendricks stand, says of this snbject: "We
believe that tbe public lands ought, as far as
possible, to be kept ss homesteads for actual
cottiers; that ail unearned lands heretofore
improvidentiy granted to railroad corpora
tions by tbe action of the republican party
should be restored to tbe pnbiic domain, and
that no more grants of land shall bs mads to
corporations or lie allowed to fall Into the
ownership of alien absentees."
THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA.
There ire not much politics in Georgia, so
far as it is necessary for a contest between
two parties may be said to create politics.
Tho republican party has never had on or
ganization in this state, and it would never
have been successful, even In the days of re
construction and bayonet rule bnt for
the fact that the whits voters of the state
stood amazed and paralyzed at the condition
in which they found themselves. It was a
condition of social, civil and political demor
alization, and it was sometime before oar
people could adapt themselves to the new
situation and circumstances. But the mo
ment they recovered their energies, tbe re
publican party In Georgia disap
peared as a political organization, and
it has since only existed, first,
threatening possibility, and, second, as an
instrument by which certain white republi
cans have been enabled to achieve the dis
tinction of office-holding, and to pocket the
more substantial results. With no organ
ization, aud with respectable colored men
proteiting against tbe mercenary white office
holders, it cannot eTen be pretended that, so
far as republicanism is concerned, there is
any necessity for an active campaign on the
pert of the democrats.
At the same time, it ia easy to be seen that
this condition has its drawbacks. It would
perhaps be better tor the political health of
the elate that the republican party was
thing more than a disorganized and confused
mass of ignorant and careless vo
managed and controlled???to (ar
such elemental confusion may ba
laid to be led and controlled???by white mer
cenaries. The absence of serious opposition
Is apt to lead to apathy on tbe part of dears-
cratic voters, and apathy ia neither whole
some nor healthy.
It la to prevent this that the recent address
of the democratic committee was lamed. We
do not know that there Is any apathy among
democrats, but the lack ol opposition invites
il. There Is no reason why the democratj of
Georgia, In this presidential year, should aft
poll as large a rote as in other years. There
is to lie an election in October and Tuc Cox-
stitctiok would be glad to send to the demo
crats of the north tho tidings thst their
hrathren In Georgia, by way of demonstrating
Ihelr interest In tho contest in behalf of good
government that is now pending, had turned
out in full forco and with their old-time en
thusiasm. Such a display would not be
without its elfrct; and now that there seems
to be a favorahlo opportunity for the people
of tbo country to restore the government to
original purpoeve of honesty and economy
the administration of allairs, there is no
iter time for the democratic voters to make
an emphatic demonstration In that direction.
and probably secured large accessions to his
standard; bnt when he skulked he disgusted
both sides, and the contempt ot the prohibi
tionists and of the free-liquor men are
alike his portion. No one likes
skulker, and the Maine leader has heretofore
been noted for his audacity and aggressive
ness. He quailed before the liquor issue
however; and the prohibitionists propose to
show him that he can not belittle their great
issue by pronouncing it local and unimport
ant They propose to make it national by
giving their candidate for presidents large
vote. Governor 8t John says both the re
publicans and tbe democrats will be sur
prised at the vote which be will poll. He
thinks his own state, Kansas, will give him
40,004 votes, almost revolutionizing its poli
tics : snd be is certain bis vote in New York
will be fully 50,000. His votes In Wisconsin,
Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio will be large
enough to render (he result in each of the
four states uncertain as between the two lead
ing tickets.
Mr. ML Jonn may be over sanguine in some
parts of his estimate,but it is reasonably cer
tain that he will poll 50,000 votes ia New
York ont of the eleven hundred thousand that
will be cast. Some of tho interior
counties ot that state will be
carried by tho democrats on account of
the size of the prohibition vote. Fully tbreo-
fourtbs of the vote for St. John in New York
will be token from the republican ranks, and
if the total should be 50,000, tbe net republi
can loss will be about 23,000 votes. In Ohio,
too, the St John vote will be considerable.
The prohibitionists were never
more determined, and their standard will he
upheld to the latest hour of the contest. All
attempts to secure the withdrawal of the pro
hibition ticket have failed; and now that
Blaine has dodged the issue, everyjeflbrt wiil
be made to increase the temperance vote. It
rosy determine the contest. It certainly will
not work any damage anywhere to tho dem
ocratic ticket. The prevailing sentiment in
the Mt. John party now is, to punish as se
verely as possible the man who did not have
the manliness to put his convictions on the
question into the ballot-box when an oppor
tunity presented itself.
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MR. BLAINE AND HIS MARRIAOE3.
Thi Constitution ba* taken no stock in tbe
assaults on ltr. Rhdno???a relations with his
wife. It bas discounted tbo raising of auch
???n luue from first to hut, in spite of the per*
Hstcncy with which tho Rluiuo organa attack
ed Mr. Cleveland's private character, and
with which they insisted that the private
character of the candidate must be laid before
the public.
We regret that the March into Mr. Blaine'*
private life ha?? been made. But lince Mr.
Blaine has accepted this issue aud has made
a formal statement in regard to it, there aro
certain phase* ot It that become (It points (or
public diacu&sion. From Mr. Blaine'* own
statement U appears that hs bos been married
twice, and that at neither marriage did a
minister, a priest, or a justice of tbe peace,
officiate. Both marriages wero secret, and
each was performed without the sanction of
a representative of the church or of tbe law
as far a?? appears from tbe statement of Mr.
Blaine.
Regardless of Mrs. Blaiue's private charac
ter, which is undoubtedly that of an admira*
l>le wife and mother, tho question 1s forced os
to whether or not the orthodox people of this
country can aflbrd to pnt in tho white house
and make the first lady of thq land, a lady,
who has been married twice in
secret, both times without clergy
man, priest or officer of the law, and the tint
time in confessedly illegal manner, without
license or registry. It is a question a*
whether or not this Christian republic can
aflbrd???to put such an example before tbo
young wotnauhood of the country, and to in
dorse such irregular conduct to tbe thousand*
of young girl*, who are dally tempted to walk
into !??ths that lie away from the old-fash
ioned marriage, with (to sanction of law and
church, performed in an open and frank way,
in the presence of friends and by the minis
ters of the gospel or of the law. We write
these tilings more in sorrow than in partisan
prejudice. Mrs. Blaine???s life ss a wife and
mother has been blameless and above re
proach. We regret that the facts of her se
cret marriage were ever brought to light
But once recorded and confessed to, they pre
sent an issue that the thinking people of this
country cannot evade or escape if they would,
And that issue the mothers of daughters will
consider important above all others.
THE PROHIBITION VOTE.
Mr. Blaine's cowardice in dodging a vote
on the constitutional amendment to prohibit
the rale or manufacture of liquor ia Maine,
has so disgusted the prohibitionists through
out tbe country that they are now deter
mined to show their strength. If be had dis
played his accustomed nerve and independ
ence at the polls in his Maine home, he would
have won praise, no matter how he voted*
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN COMMISSION.
A commission consisting of General Sharpe,
of New York, Judge Thacber, of Kansas, and
Mr. Curtis, of Chicago, has been appointed
to visit Central and South America for the
purpose of promoting our trade with those
great and fruitful sections. At present our
commercial relation* with all Spanish Amer
ica are very limited, and the commission ha*
been appointed in the hope that inquiries on
the sj-ot and official visits will produce a
favorable change. The commission is to
leave thiscountry on the tenth of next month,
and it is net expected to return in time to
make more than a preliminary report during
the present administration.
The sooth has no representative in the
commission, although it is the section most
favorably situated for extensive trade rela
tions with Central America and with the
northerly part of South America. Richmond
once supplied Brazil with large amounts of
Cecr^and New Orleans should supplant Ha
vana as a depot of tropical products. Savan
nah and Brunswick have lumber and naval
stores to exchange for products that we need
and cannot produce, and there is no reason
why our ports should not become tbo gates
through which to pass tho traffic of tho future
between the northwest and tho countries
which tho commission are about to
visit. It is to be regretted, therefore,
that the president did not have the fairness
to give the south, the west and tho east each
a representative in tho new commission. As
tbe commission is made up the south must
depend for just consideration upon the two
western members. Tho interests of New
York are directly opposed to a southern gate
way, but the interests of the northwest will
be best subserved by shortening tho distances
that vessels would have to sail to carry on a
trade between this country and the countries
to tho south of us. The manufacturer* of
Atlanta are interested in this movemeut to
extend oar commercial relations. It is to be
hoped that tbo commission will take a broad
view ot the subject, and will seek the good of
the whole couutry instead of any particular
portion oj it.
Alfred Bilunoilka, an old colored barber In
Montgomery. Ala.,bos been shaving for thirty-five
years In tho same shop under tbe Kxelmngo hotel,
lie has shaved some of the most famous men in
tho south. He bad William L. Yancey and Hsnry
W. Hilliard among bis patrons, nnd tbo appear
ance and dcmcauor of tho two rival statesmen im
pressed him very powerfully. Billlngslea shaved
nearly all tbo members of tbe confederate con-
in 1861. Jeff Davis, Aleck 8tepbous, Ben
HIM, Leroy Pope, Walker and Wig tall
all went to this shop. Mr. Davis ww not a fre
quent shaver snd Mr. Btepheuv did not have
enotifh beard to amount to anything. The famous
N(carAUga Walker was shaved here once. Anion.?
the governors of Alabama Billingslea hat shaved
Winston, Fitzpatrick, Moore, (shorter, Watt-, Pat
ton, Parsons, Lindsay, Lewis. Houxtou, Cobb and
C/NeaL The old burlier Is very proud of his long
llit of celebrated customers.
Tnosa who have never seen the stars make u
shadow should get up at 4 o???clock in the morning.
The light of Yenus shining in at the east windows
is paler, but more beautiful than that of the moou.
Mr. Danin., the candidate for vice-president
on* tbe 8t % John ticket, nays there are more tern-
pc ranee men among the southern democrats than
can be found atnoug the northern republicans.
The Chicago Herald admits this, and say- thui
there are live saloons iu tbe north to one in the
south. Chicago haa twenty times os many saloons
as the entire state of North Carolina. Generally
In the south the local option movement has more
strength than it has at the north. It f* th' belief
of msuy that prohibition is tbe wedge destined to
split the solid south, and compel the reorgnulzt-
tion of parties. _
Thnu: is no telling wkat would happen to the
politics of our comraou country If Be:i Butler
should become engaged to Mrs. Colonel Dolts
Lockwood.
Pcoruc who pass their live* hundred* of miles
from New York bsve a very vague Idea of the
swell society girt of that city. The girl in question
spends only a few months in New York. When the
season closes with the Coaching club's parade in
May, she runs over to England and catches the
London season at iu height. About the second
week in August she goes to Newport and remains
there till late in September, when she goes to her
father's country house aud builds up for the
winter. She U rolled a debutante in her first year,
a society girl in her second, and U pronounced
passe fn her third. She passes her IBs in a series
of entertainments. Rising late In the morning,
she goes to a two o???clock breakfast In a brougham
and returns In time to make an elaborate toilet to r
a whirl through the park at six. She returns
toldress for dinner and the subsequent opera,
reception or ban. and perhaps all three.
Tbe swell society girl Is thoroughly English ia her
manner snd tastes. It 1* fashionable now to be
brisk, wide awake and Jolly. a & most be
bright, a bit horsey and uncommonly attractive.
When this girl marries in her own set sbo becomes
a "married beauty," and brlngs'up a nice family,
f-be Is very rarely the subject of any scandal.
From the cradle to the grave she Is too carefully
guarded, too much in the center of a crowd for
that. Tbe proud mother of this girl everybody
baa seen. But whoever sees the old man?. No
body ; for tbe simple reason that be spends eleven
months in tbe year in town working like aslavc ???
make ducats for his swell daughter to spend.
It is rumored that St. John, the temperance con'
(3Mate, cannot wear a wine-colored cravat without
betraying tbe results of intoxication.
It is only in (he United States that phouetlc
dens in spelling find favor. Several o! our reput
able newspapers have adopted such innovations as
"program" for "programme," and even the
Princeton Review print* "tho" for "though.???'
Tbe English refuse to adopt such contractions,
and spell every word In full as In tho days
Addison. In connection with new modes
spelling come* up the question ofjpronageiation.
People are not adhering as closely.to a recognised
standsnd^of pronunciation as they did a quarter o!
a century ago. Pronunciation is???regarded an
personal matter, depending to a certain extent
upon the formation, flexibility and strength of *???
iudlvidualV vocal organs. There Is agrowing
tendency tocHj^words, and In the rush and hurry
of our active life this fashion will doubtless
become general. The glib politician
In bis effort to throw off his mental Impressions at
tbe rate of 280 words a minute is not going
drawl out "constitution," when he can explode
"coustootion" with leas trouble, aud thereby
economize both breath and time. If he can make
"gov'mtul" understood be will not say "govern
ment," Wc may expect such words as "smornin"
and "saftnoon" to establish themselves in our
vocabulary.
TUB great trouble in New York society Is that
there arc sometimes three or four daughters in
family where there Is only one coachman. There
is no telling wbat the great majority of tbe poor
girls will do. -
Off Sandy Hook, tbe other day, Mr. Kecly,
motor notoriety, exhibited a small gun operated
by bis mysterious vsporic force. The gun rested
wheels and bad a \\\ Inch bore. An iron re
ceiver containing the mysterious force was con
nected with the gun by an Iron wlro tube. Kcely
rammed a ball into his gun, turned a crank and
the gun fired, carrying the ball 300 yards at a speed
of . r ??23 feet per second. Tbe ball piercod a throe
Inch sprupc plank. Mr. Kcely made no explana
tions, bnt the directors of his company looked
happy. There Is no doubt that the force used In
tbe motor possesses awoderfulpower. Taa railn
trouble is iu regulating It.
When tbe coachmen are exhausted, the society
girls of the metropolis will have to fall back on
the. whitewashes.
The business methods of the Chinese are pecu
liar. They have no bankruptcy laws for the pro
tection of creditors In China, and when a man
finds himself very much Imposed upon by
debtor he generally redresses bis wrongs In Ms
own way. Against the bankrupt the law is very
severe. A failure of 81,500 to 85,000 entails banish
ment, and from 15,000 upward subjects the offen
der to death by decapitation. A son considers
himself bound to pay his father's debts. The
Chinese merchants are very proud of tbeir credit.
This was illustrated by the falluro of a Chinese
fixm in Canton. The indebtedness to foreign
houses was very heavy, and whon tho fact became
known one Ilonqua called upon half a dozen
wealthy men to join with him in paying off tho
debt, remarking to them that "Chinese credit
must remain untarnished." Honqua beaded the
list with 81,OOO.COO. This may be sneered at as
seml-bnrbarlon, but It Ison the right lino and
would be honorable to any civilization.
Tur. public will not be surprised to learn that
Brother Stephen Elkins has a record** glittering
os that of Brother Blaine.
For a long timo Mexico has maintained a peua
colony in Yucatan. Recently, however, a good
many of the convicts escaped from the colony
and returned to Mexico where they organized
themselves into a bond of robbers. For years past
this country ha* maintained a penal colony In
Cauade, and as it Is constantly being reinforced
by swindlers, forgers and bank defaulter*, it has
grown iuto a large and flourishing settlement* Our
Canadian penal colony docs not coat us a cent,
and, unlike the Yucatan, concern tho criminals
who become members ol It, do no*, return to the
scene of their former operations. Perhaps It is a
good thing for ns, but it Is rough on Canada.
The fact that a newspaper man in England bos
eloped with the wife of a nobleman shows how
the ladies feel toward our gifted profession. We
feel that there is still a chance for Editor Wetter-
sou to become president.
The ablest aud moat famous ol Mexican jour
iialhls, Scnor Altimimuo, is of purely Indian or
igin. Up to the age of fourteen he was in no re
spect different from tbe commou mass of ludiau
vagrants, ragged, dirty aud half naked. Charity
gave him an educatiou, aud his remarkable pow-
r* developed rapidly. Ho was sent to college,
and carried off the highest honors. Dur
ing the struggle with the French Altlmirano
made considerable military reputation. As a
Journalist, novelist and poet, he Is favorably
known even across tho Atlantic, ne is regarded
???s tbe center of intellectual life in Mexico, and
man iu tbe republic wields a greater Influence.
Tbe rise of such a man from the lowest ranks of a
degraded people forms one of tbe most wonderful
chapters In Mexican history.
We are glad to learn thst Editor Dana's finest
game chicken has btcu named for Grover Cleve
land.
Morofixi was mistaken when he lmogiucdtbat
ran of reclusion in a convent school would mak*
bis daughter satlitied to lire withont society and
ilh no desire to form acquaintance* among gen
tlemen. Another New York millionaire recently
brought his daughters home from the same school
that Ml>?? Morosint attended. Ho naturally sup
posed that they knew nothing of this wicked
world, but to the old man???s astonishment one of
the first things they asked for w/ts a Police Gazette.
They explained that they had been in the habit of
raving the paper at school. After that their father
w as very strict with them, hut to no purpose. In
six months they married tbe first men they on-
countered???worthless feliows-and tbeir indig
nant father ho* cut them off with 815,000 a year
each.
John B. Gough made a speech the other day in
which he took the position that the prohibition
UU have nothing to hope for from the republican
party. Mr. Gough wiys that free whisky would
bring on a bloody revolution in less than five
years, lie regards the drink traffic as tbe must
tremeudous evil of the age, snd for that reason he
proposes to Hand by the prohibition candidates
every time.
The porter of the hotel at Eldred, Pennsylvania,
got drunk, the other night, and the hotel caught
on fire. A big Newfoundland dog discovered the
blare, dragged the drunken porter out, aud by
scratching at tbe doors succeeded In awaking the
guest*. A woman stumbled ou the stairway and
dropped her child, but the dog seized both snd
dragged ihern out. Finally the dog dashed Into
the flame* and perished. Such a record may well
be railed heroic.
A North C.vxoux.\ correspondent ol the Balti
more ??un draws a gloomy picture of tho element
ary schools in the south. The graded schools, col
leges snd universities are all right, but the intro
duction of tbe public system has broken up the
neighborhood school* of former times. The pub
lic *chol?? in the rural regioss lasts only a few
months in the year, Just long enough to ruin tha
old-fashioned private schools. People who pay a
school tax are unwilling to pay a private teacher.
What the south now needs In the educational line
is the Improvement of the primary schools, those
that teach and educate the masses. It l* difficult
to point oat a particular remedy lot existing evil*,
w ithout a large school fund. The North Carolina
msn suggests that model primary schools be sus
tained by the state, first In one localltypind then
in another. Such schools would educate the peo*
pie of the backwoods up tot proper view of edu
cation, good tcoeblug and the value of hooks. By
slow degrees an educational boom would take
shape, and then the natural results would follow.
It is needless to say that in our list of cities
that would probably join a southern baseball
league, printed the other day, the omission of
Columbus was accidental. Columbus has dona
more for baseball than any city In the state, amt
to have a league with Columbus left out would bn
like playing Hamlet without the melancholy
Dane. It is our opinion that Atlanta and Colum*
bus will be central figures in the next season'*
playing as they havojj^ep in this.
The new prohibition amendment to the consti
tution of Maine exempts cider in the interest of
the apple growers. This practically nullifies th*
law. Cider of the most intoxicating quality haa
been made and will be made again. Old topers alt
agree that a cider drunk is the wont of all drunkc.
But if the prohibitionist ol Maine exempted one in*
toxica ting beverage from the operation of the law
on account of the pecuniary Interest of the apple
men, it is likely that the same principle will btf
adopted In other states. In California, for instance,
wine will not be prohibited because the grape grow
ers have Important Interest at stake. Likewise ia
the western states whisky will be let alone hecansa
the corn crop Is a big thing. In Geor
gia, lor a similar reason, peach brandy
will not be included In the liquors sought to bQ
prohibited. If tbo prohibitionists leave such
wide gaps in their fences they will not bar ont
tbe liquor evil very effectually. But if this is to
be their line of action, why not make the fight
against strong drink and foster several gqctt In
dustries by leaving wine, beer and cider BcstV If
the American people can be induced to giro up
whisky tho temperance cause will be very Mate
rially advanced.
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ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE.
' Not In All the States,
Atlanta,Ga.???Editors Constitution: Myimnrc*
sion has always beeu that the members ol ooi*-
K ess were elected on the first Tuesday in Novem-
r in all tbe states, and that a law of the govern
ment required this. A friend Insists that con-
Rrescmeu were elected in Maine at the late elec
tion/ IIow is this????I*. D.
The congress of the United States passed a law
some years aSo requiring all congressional elec
tions to he held on the first Tuesday In November,
except where the state constitutions provided oth
erwise, and required that all state constitutions
amended, or changed, after the passage of that
law should be made to conform to this plan. A
few of the stateo. Maine among the number, hard
not yet changed their constitutions, and do not
elect In November,
Mnp of Georgia.
G. B. W., Lumpkin, Oa.: 1. How should a let
ter be directed to the department of correspond-
cnee in The Constitution so as to get an answer
Jn tbe paper? 2. Where can 1 get a map ol tha
state of Georgia, with the population of each
county?
1. Address the editors of The Constitution. 2,
Order one from any Atlanta bookseller edvertiv
lug in The Constitution.
The Hallway Age.
Subscriber, Philomath, Go.: Where is the Rail-*
ws f Age published, and what J> tho price of sub*
The Railway Age is published in Chicago. Do
not know the subscription price.
The New Pronoun,
Editors Constitution: 1 suggest for tbo neuf
personal pronoun of the common gender, singular
number:
Nominative hae, poeseulvc hues, or hats, object-
chain.
Example???"Let every brother or sister so deport
himself, or herself, tlmt be or sho may bring no
reproach upon the ennse represented by him or
her." ??
"Let every brother or sister so deport halnselt
that hat* may bring no reproach upon the caosa
represented by haiti."
Ld no boy or girl claim that which is not hoes,
or hs Is. 8UGOESTER.
Tho Electoral Yota.
H. C. A., Hartwell, Ga.: 1. How many electoral
votes in tho United Stutes? How many has each
state?
I. In the United States 401. 2. As many as 1|
has representatives in congress.
Tennyson???s "In MamorlAm.???
C. A. W., Cartcrsvllie. Ga.: L Please give tha
correct pronunciation of the name Joaquin Mil-
icr 2. To whom was Tennyson???s "In Momoriam??? 1
dedicated?
I. Joaquin is pronounced "Waukccn.??? 2. Arthug
H. Hallara.
Jingo and Jingoism.
J. B. B., Oxford, Ala.: What is the meaning ol
???Jingo" and "Jingoism?"
In 1876 there was lu England a party in favor ol
fighting Russia. A popular song at that timo had
in its chorus, "Wo don't want to fight, but by jin
go If wc do." The chorus became thctManelUalsQ
of the anti-Ruuia crowd, and "Jingo" and "jingo
ism" became synomymons with a warlike spirit.
In old tlmcaC"jtngo"was the Basque word for God,
North Carolina Exposition,
sulscrlhcr, Ga.? Please give me the address o|
the ticket sgcut who sells tickets to the K&lelgU
exposition.
R. M. Farrcr, union passenger depot, Atlanta,
Go. Round trip tickets are 818.15. This included
fifty cents admission to the exposition.
The Newspapers,
Editors Constitution: Tho Picaynne and
Times-Democrat, each claim the largest circular
tion in the southwest; which onomnot wo bollove?
\\ ho are the editors of tho jeading New York city
rapers?
1. Take yonr choice. 2. Charles R. Miller of thO
Times, Josheph Pulitzer of the World, Edward
Flynn of tbe Herald, Charles A. Dana of the Sun,
Whitelaw Reid of tho Tribune.
The Fronco-Uhlnese War,
^v... w . u oy, Decatur, Ga.: Flea*
of the war between Franco aud C
When France, under the treaty,...
cupy Long-Son, tho Chinese coma
place, having received no instructions from big
government to evacuate, gave battle, inflicting
ireat loss upon the French. For this tho latter
demanded in indemnity of 80,000,000. China re
fused to ray, hence tho war.
Hrtck Pomeroy. *
W. A. M., Thomasville, Ga.: Does "Brick" Pome-
democracy?
"Brick" ba* his following, and his paper I* re
garded by pome people as filling a long-felt want.
Several Questions.
. Foolbh, Atlanta, Ga.: t. Who is "Gath?" 2.
Jlow many votes does Tammany hall poll? 3. I*
the governor of Michigan a democrat or a green-
backer? A. When will the Kimball house be com
pleted? 5. Who is the wealtbirat member of, con
gress? 6. Who is mentioned for senator in opposi
tion to Senator Brown?
1. George Alfredfrow-nrend. 2. About 40,0X1' 3,
Grceubacker elected on a fu-fon ticket of demo
crat* and greenbaokers. 4. By the 1st of January,
Wc do not know 6. Nobody.
The Cyclone Dwindled to a Zephyr.
From the Central New Jeraey Herald.
The Butler hurrah Ip now about the volume of a
consumptive's whisper.
'Good Night, Pr-tty Weepers."
Gocd night, pretty sleepers oi mine???
I never ??hail see you Again;
Ab. never In shadow nrFbiue;
Ah, never in dew or in ralu
Though no graves in the bee-haunted gross,'
And no lose in the bemtffnl say.
Shall taxe you as yet, you will i
Rut older than yours are by hours t
of mint???
Ah, never in dew or raini