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28 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.' ATLANTA. GiL. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 1884 WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, Zntered st the Atlanta Post-Office as seoond-clas* Bull Better, November 11,1878. Weekly Constitution, 91.95 Per Annom, Club* of fire, fi.03 cecfa; club* of ten, fl.00 etch and a copy to getter-up of Clnb. ATLANTA, OA., OCTOBER 1, 1884. FOR THE CAMPAIGN -THE- Weekly Constitution For the next year will be the Be??t, Biggest and'tfjfieapeat Paper in America. CLEVELAND OR BLAINE? In the next tiro month* the mo*t rnomentou* Campaign elnce the election o! Lincoln will be fought. Every Intelligent American 1* Intereated In the result. Tna Constitution will furnish The Fullest, Earliest snd Brightest News cm political affairs. Its correspondent* In New York, Ohio, Indiana and other pivotal state* are trained writer* and observers, and Its correspond* cnce, always * feature, will bo stronger than ever. IT IS WORTH A DOLLAR to have the news of the election before your neighbor*. Tin Constitution will, as usual, carry the new* first. Its telegraphic service is uacqualed by any southern newspaper. OUR SOUTHERN HUMORISTS. Besides tbo political news, Tub Constituth has its three special humorlsU-tf'JMU Arp," "Betsy Hamilton" and "Uncle Reran*," who will write for it during the ensuing year. Either of these letters alone is worth the subscription price. No other paper has them.- OUR DEPARTMENTS FOR THE HOME. Braldra thaw w. h??v?? our "Worazn'i Kln,<lom,??? for the built.; our ???Firm. And Farmer.," lor tho (arisen; our"YounsFolk. Department,??? (ortho children; "Talc aiul Adventure*; 1 ' "Picture* ol ???trau,o Land*," and all tbo other department! that bar* made Tut CoznrnfnoX. THE BEST PAPER IN AMERICA. All thron??h tbo year It will bo twelve pogeo lull cl the bat reading matter. DO YOU TAKE IT ? II not, autacrlbo at one*. Tho aooner tho bet ter. It you take It by yonracll It only taka 11.21. II yon get (our neighbor! to Join you It only taka *1.00 each. II yon got ten ???ubacribon at 11.00 each jon gat your own paper Iree. Oct up a club at oseg. Mow I* tho time! Tho campaign It open, and tho cropo are fuming In. Oot up a dub. Heud lor all tha apodmen copies ^ou want 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. S i 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. ??? vrr. 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