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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA„ TUESDAY OCTOBER 14= 1884.-. TWELVE PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. Entered a* the Atlanta Poirt-Offlee M •econd-ciaai lull natter, N'jrcmber 11,1878, Wocklj Constitution, 91.25 Per Annum. Clubsol fire, 81.00 each; claba of ten, fl.00 each and a copy to gcttcr-up of Club. ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 1,1884. FOR'THE CAMPAIGN! -th IE- Weekly Constitution Forthe next yejtr will be the Be.t, Biggest and Cheapen Paper in America. CLEVELAND OR BLAINE? In the next two months the most momentous campaign since the election of Lincoln will be fought. Every Intelligent American Is interested In the result Tns Constitution will furnish The Fullest, Earliest and Brightest News on political strain. Its correspondents in New York, Ohio, Indiana and other pivotal states aro trained writen and observers, and It* correspond- •net, always a future, will be stronger than ever. IT IS WORTH A DOLLAR to hare the news of the election before yonr neighbors. Tns Constitution will, as usual, carry % the news Ant. Its telegraphic service Is unequaled by any southern newspaper. . OUR 80UTHERN HUMORI8TS. Besides tbo political news, Tns Constitution has Its three special humorists—"Bill Arp," "Betsy Hamilton" aud "Uncle Remus," who will write /er ft during the ensuing year. Either of these letters alone Is worth the subscription price. No other paper has them. OUR DEPARTMENTS FOR THE HOME. Besides theso we have our "Woman’s Kingdom for the ladles; our "Farms and Fanners," for the fanners; our "Young Folks Department," for the Chlldreu; "Tales aud Adventures;" "Pictures of Strange Lands," and all the othor departments that have made Tub Constitution. THE BB8T PAPER IN AMERICA. All through the year It will be twclvo pages full mi the best reading matter. DO YOU TAKE IT? If not, subscribe at once. The sooner the bet ter. If you tako It by yourself U ouly takes 81.25. If you get four neighbors to join you It ouly takes fl.00 each. If you get ten subscribers at 81.00 each you get your own paper free. Get up a club at once. Now Is tbs tlmol Tho campaign is open, and tho crops are coming In. Get up a club, bend for all the specimen copies yoo want. SOLDOUT. —OUR STOCK or- Waterbury Watches IB KXHATJSTKn. We Cenuol Fill any more Order.. "My •tatemsut w«eactually true."—J. Q. Maine." . A urn* from the surgeon general nt the Maine hoepltal to I)r. McFarland, of Savan nah, glvea aomo valuable suggestion, for the juarauiitan of WioJ.ro. Grttuixvaml England may not be con templating hostilities, be* tfaero la evidently no lov. lost between the two great powers juat now. Tbo dcllant tone of the Universal G.retto i. calculated to provoka tho Ire of the quean’, "navee.” Orxaa.tr. Grant baa aoiue pretty looaeIde about Ibo proper way to build up commerce with bouth America. IvwaaMr. Maine who waa urgent In hla wl.hca that every republican taper should print fully the Mulligan lottera If Mr. Blaine waa really ao anxloua that the con tent. of theta letter, ha given to the world ho ahould have teken advantage of tha oppor tunity and read tbeiu front tho stump while on hla hlppodromlng tour In Ohio, llut on the other hand when tho Commercial Ga- rette accidentally aotd a column In which the buyera printed apeclmena of thoao •tatae- nuultke document., Mf, Blaine excitedly ex claimed, "Can't this be stopped." GofU) and Vanderbilt are for Illalne. Thero are two potent reaiotu why t'leveland will be elected. NxxvTbundey at Cheater, Pa , the "At lanta” ia to he taunebed. Mho ta one of the three Iron clada which are to reinforce the decrepit navy of the United States. The Atlanta, the Chicago, and tho IloUon aro, In a large degree, experimenta and the behavior of the former will be critically watched next Thnndxy, Tiik people of Itome appreciate the impor- lance of the work now in program on Uie Ceota river. They hope to have the ctalmi of the Coosa properly recognised in the next xiver and harbor bill, Cungreaoruan Clem ent! has succeeded in getting several liberal appropriations for tbla Improvement and he will doubtleaa do the beat that he possibly can for it in the future. GOVERNOR TILDBN'S LETTER. Governor Tilden's letter presented in an other column,la another of those noble sfforta of that greatest of living American Btates- rnen,which have so endeared hlmjto the pen pie of the United States. Without exception there Is no man In the country whose words urc listened to with more confidence, nor the sincerity of whose advice will be more read' ily respected by the whole pcoplo. The wis dom of that advice ia the result of a life spent in honest devotion to democratic principles, the effect of which has been a record unpar ailed in lie achievements for political re form, good government and honest administration of the people's affairs. How marked Is the difference between the word! of this great champion of reform whose record is made with his people, end whose closing years are being spent In the quiet enjoyment which his active life hu warranted, and the prating, of those po litical tricksters who aro nursing in Its dying throes the party by whoae corruption they bare for so long subsisted. The foremost among these Is its own nominee for president, James G. Blaine, convicted by his own signa ture and condemned by his associates of cor ruption, venality and trickery In their most flagrant forms. Opposed to him is one who worthily bears the mantis of Mr. Tilden, and who no less than bo hu accomplished marked reforms in the government of a great state. In Cleveland and Hendricks Is the embody- ment of those great principles of democracy and fruits of good government, of which Mr. Tilden .peaks in his letter, and which, In his Judgment, "can only bo accomplished by the election of the democratic candidates for president and vicepresident" THE CONSTITUTION’S TRADE ISSUE. The attention which tho mammoth trado Issue of Tux Coxstitutiox hu attracted In all parts of the country Is, wo freely confess, un expected. We will not uy it Is undeservod, for wlillo wo aro duly modest on our own behalf, we are by no means modest on behalf of Georgia and Atlanta, and tbo trado issue of Tux Coxstitutiox was Intended to be u nearly u possible on advertisement of these Institutions. It was notan adequate adver tisement, In the sense of copiousness, as we hope tome day to demonstrate, but It is an advertisement that hu had a wider circula tion than our purposes had mode provision. This additional circulation hu boon ob'- tained largely by means of tho remarkable friendliness of our exchanges in various sec tions of the country. The peculiar character and extent of the showing made for Oeorgla tud Atlanta have been made tho subject of tho widest possible comment, and it is com ment of n kind not often dovoted to “trade issues.” We lmve taken pains to reproduce ion» of the more elaborate notices which the tnideTnue of Tnx Coxstitutiox lits received from newspapers outside tho state, 10 that our readers may havo an opportunity of ob serving with what keen Interest tbo progreu of Georgia and Atlanta Is watched. This we need not dwell upon hero, but It Is not the newspapers alone that have displayed an in tercst in the exhibit set forth in the columns of Tns Coxstitutiox. Since our trado Issue, with Us remarkable showing, wu tumbled pell mell Into the channels of information, our buslnesa ofllce hu been Hooded with lot tera of congratulation and inquiry from tho near west and the far west, from the east, from the north, and from Canada. Thou letters ere, for tho most part, from capitalists and buslneu men, showing that the kindly notices of our exchanges havo not In tho Irut exaggerated either tho Interest felt In the progreu of Georgia and Atlanta, or tho Importance of tho showing made in the trade issue of Tnx Coxstitutiox. Tho demand from abroad for copies of that luue hu been greater than we could supply, and more than one rntbuslutlc applicant hu suggested that several hundred thousand copies of tho edi tion should bo sent to tho world’s fair at New Orleans for distribution. All tills is very flattering to Georgia, to Atlanta and to Tna Coxstitutiox. In be half of each of tbeu institutions ws return thanks. We appreciate tho klndnesa of our newspaper friends and we aro fully alive to the extent and Importance of the Interest felt in the pragma and prosperity of Georgia by thou whoae good wl.be. mcunssomethlng more than a nod and a smile. In brief, we are more than gratllled at the •ucctn ol Tns CoxsTiTmox’e flrst serious attempt to bring Its state and city to the at tention of the country. An eyes are turned toward Ohio. There to no denying the fact that the past week has seen a decided rise in democra-Jc stock. The republican papers are full of appeals which betray the alarm of the republican loaders. The careful review of the situation by Mr. George W. Adams, editor of the Washington Btor.» paper which to perfectly Impartial in tbie campaign, indicates that the Ohio dem ocrats are gaining confidence every day while tbeir opponents are perceptibly weak ening. In the departments at Washington there to an undUgutoed anxiety over the Ohio contest while the hotel politicians at the capital agree that the republicans have lost ground udly during the past week. The re publican. are now claimjng only eight or ten thousand majority in a vote of nearly eight hundred tbouund. CoaroaxTius. may not have sonla but they do graceful aud gracious things now and LSen. The action of the llalUnsore and Ohio dintotoee in donating $28,00u annually to the fund tor pensioning its broken down em ploye. >an Instance In point. Loot.—OAF B. F. Butler, who, until the tost two weeks, baa talked mors and uld 1m than any man In the country. Uis present silence canon great apprehension among bts Meads. A liberal reward will be paid lot btareturn,deaderallT* to CA D. New York. Sun. THE GROWTH OP THE SOUTH. A few weeks ago the New Orleans Times- Democrat gathered Into tabular form the otH- clal statistics of property In the south. It d d not e.ttmate the wealth of the several states, but it took the ameesed values, and presented them In a table. This table will bear reprinting; (or It shows what the south is doing in hard times as well as In good times. The development of the aonth waa not late ly begun until 1870, and see present therefore the assessments of that aud of tbs present year: 18M. U19. Alabama —... fl77.iM>,#» til7,MS,.Ml Ail. n»as im.wo.ow fa.ssr.au Florida. ao.NRO.ouo irun.aiN tisorita — sia.’n.vun kmiuilj- soi.xw.ajo i.cutslau.. sbo.ooo.no tUMitsippi m.uaoiB North taroUae South Carolina. . iw.mi.ms Ttauenee :37.siM77 Tfjuu ...... &MHMMU0 Virginia;. UO-iwOtoO Total xn.iuo.au oiaiu;,x;.v uasvKttt KM.tol.70i 130,000,OU lXI.Xt7.ISM Zta^llJlV to4.47U.7U S13.VU.SX1 .r.’.un.wi.roi him,-*n,M7 These official figure* show ax accurately a. figures made by meu con show that the south is gaining property at the rale of <1(10,000,0U0 a year, and the toiler table* ahow that the italea named gained this year,'over the pre vious year, <208,718,978, or just about the value of last year's cotton crop. The past year was one of close money—a short cotton crop and hard times generally—and yet the tide of pnwperity that waa started In 1870 kept on. and even gained in volume and force. Thto gain has been accomplished al moat without immigration, thus showing that a limiud development of the neoarces of the south can be accomplished without much outside assistance, while at the asms time it faintly outlines the overwhelming prosperity that would set in if tha tide that CTftled Kansas, Nebraska find Daeotah la urn, could be' tnmed this way. Without immigration the south will soon cease to be the poverty-stricken section;'with It there would not be In the course of ten years more prosperous people in the whole circuit of the globe. Now that the government hu disposed of nearly all ol its agricultural lands, and the lands of the railroad companies ore held on speculation, and the supply ol white pine to nearly exhausted, it to difficult to see how the combination of northwestern Interests can much longer keep the people who wont new homes away from the section that Offers to all comers cheap lands, proximity to markets, on unequalled climate, and all the advantages of transportation and Settled communities. The northern farmers of Morgan county coaid not be Induced to brave the winters of Daco- tnh, and as we go along others will seek and find tbs truth, and after a while the western railroad solicitor, himself, will be without a job, unless he, too, comes down south. THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN FUND. We are glad to see from a partial list printed In the the New York World that the appeal of the democratic committee foremall individual contriimtlons from the people to pay the expenses of an unusually active cam paign Is meeting with a cordial response from every part of the country. The (access of the democratic party will be the success of the people, and it to fitting that the people should be depended on to fur nish the necessary money, rather than that an appeal should he made to the capi talists and monopolists who ore as anxious to control one party as tho other. Every dol lar sent In hy individuals is; os one enthus iastic contributor puts it, "an anchor cast to windward.” These small, but welcome an chors have been forwarded to the committee from Colorado, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Texas and a great many other states, but among these we.fail to find the name of Georgia. The list printed In the World to a partial one, It Is true, but we should liavo been glad to know that the contributions from Georgia were largo enough .to warrant mention even in a partial list. It is not too late for such of our readers as may feel Inclined to forward such •mill sums as they can afford to the committee in New York city. While it is expected that each indivlduil contribution will be email, the aggregate of such contribu tions onght to amount to a sufficient sum to relltVo the embarrassment of our campaign managers. It Is not too late now, bat’ it will he too late In a few days, and every democrat who can spare a dollar or two, should act promptly In the matter. Thcrejaro numbers of men willing to bet on democratic success, and moss who are in the humor of betting ought to he willing to add to their chances, it ever so slightly, by making some small contribution to that end. We trust that be fore it is loo Isle the liberality of Georgia democrats will moke its Influence felt In the shape of substantial additions to the demo cratic exchequer. DIRT AND CHOLERA. The backbone of .the cholera epidemic In Europe is broken, There are very few eases now In Frnqce—tho worst Is known in Italy, where about 10,000 lives wero sacrificed; and no further fear of a widespread epidemic to entertained in Npaln. The entire oourso of the disease this year increases the hope that Its march eon be controlled and limited. No matter wlist the scientific pathology of the disease may he, It is definitely known Hint dirt and foal air and foul water promote its dissemination. In fact, a clean town with a good system ol sewerage and an nbandant supply of pure water, need not dread it at all_ especially If its people ;ars decently housed* and provided for. Ill France tho disease skipped all such towns, and went on to dirty undrained villages, or |fsiteued Itself upon the filthy quarters of the hugo towns. When the water supply of Genoa was rendered pare, tliero was an Immediate improvement, and in eight days tho mortality bad materially declined. Wo might give further facts of this nature gathered from the epidemic of the present year; hut It to scarcely necessary when all experts say the disease feeds upon tilth. Microbes or no microbes, sanitation to Important. A large town with pure water and a thorough system of sewerage to a safer place In a cholera epidemic than a small town In which sanitation Is ^unknown. But sny town can escape a visitation of the scourge that will observe this plainest laws of health The scourge to due In this country noxt yesr, but If the authoritlea of our ports do the! r duty, It will riot come. The disease was kept out of Deris, out of Berlin, out of Vi enna, ont of London—why then can ft not lie kept out of New York or Savannah? Neg ligence alone will admit It. And if the germs of the disease are brought to this country, It should not be forgotten that only those towns will suffsr which permit garb- age to contaminate the air, or plumbing and •ewer pipe* to get out of order, or the wster supply to become foul or deficient, or dirt and decay to prevail in the homes and alleys and yards of any part of their population. Sanitation la the safeguard against nearly alt diseases, and next year it will have Increased Importance if the eastern scourge ahlpe through our QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS, The quelifications of voting are as various almost as the atatea themselves. Kentucky require* a voter, for example, to reside in the state two yean, while Maine to Satisfied with a residence of three months. Twenty-live states require one year, eight require six months, one requires four months, and two require three months In most of the states registration is required by law, but in Ar kansas It to prohibited as being a bar to suf frage. In uearly all the etatea convicts, pan- pen and insane persona are not permitted to vote, and Florida adds to the usual list, bet ters on election and duellists. Michigan ex cludes duellists; Indiana, fraudulent voters and bribers; Missouri, United States aoldlara; New York, election better* and bribers; Ore gon, Chinamen; South Carolina, duelliatsand United States soldier*; Texas, United Stale* soldiers; and Wisconsin, duellists, briber* snd better*. Georgia, Massachusetts, Penn sylvania, Tennessee and Virginia exclude from the voting population all non-taxpayera. Ohio requires single men to mid* twenty days In th* voting precinct. Rhode Island excludes all but actual tax-peying cDixsaa who possess property to the nine of <181. This undemocratic provision reduce*’ Use a state can adept a property qualification If It applies it Impartially. Under ouch a ruling Ithode Island could raise the property qualification year by year nntll the right of suffrage would he denied to all but a few lords of the soli. Itepreseiitalive govern ment would then be a farce. All tho laws of the different state* are considered in hsr- mony with the constitution of the United States, which declares that “no state shall make or enforce any tow .which shall abridge the privileges or or immunities of citizens of the United States." The constitution of Keotacky keeps within the traces however only by regarding the word “white” ss a dead letter; for, otherwise, the limitation of the right of suffrage to “free white male citi zens," would be in conflict with the provis ion directed especially against a color line. As a rule, male citizens 21 years of age, of sound mind and outaide of bars, have little difficulty in voting, and It Is to be hoped that in the coming shower of ballots they will be content to deposit one ballot apiece. Voting early and often, and in districts not their own, Is a greater evil than the troubles that arise here and there on account of the lack of uniformity In the snlfrage laws. A8 TO OHIO. Nothing Is clearer than the fact that Bro ther Blaine’s whooping snd hollering tonr in the west has, to all intents and purposes, been a dismal failure. The enthusiasm mani fested in the republican candidate, where it was not bused in cariosity, and that Ameri can streak of good humor thrt is as ready to applaud the latest Jumbo that comes along, was purely formal. In most instances, es pecially in Ohio, looters and shouters, the torch-hearers snd the high steppers, were known to be in the service and pay of the republican committee. It may be -taken for granted that the marching and counter-marching, tho speech making and the hand-shaking, have had lit tle influence on the course of the campaign. Neither Brother Blaine nor his striker* have dared to touch upon the real issues of the ampaign, nor liaYe they touched upon the issues that render the campaign interesting to the voters of Ohio. So far os we know, no honest or reasonable attempts have beea made to conciliate the German voters, and though a good deal of fuss has been made and large sums of money spent, no real or substantial campaign work lias been done. Tills opinion applies, of course, only to the apparent situation. It may be that while Brother Blaine bos been digplaying his hoisterousness, bis lieutenants were engaged in solid work. Tho result, however, has not manifested itself, and nothing is clearer than the fact that the republicans are in great doubt as to how Ohio will vote. It may be supposed, too; that the demo crats are in doubt, but it should be borne in mind that success in Ohio is not absolutely essential to democratic success in November. 11 is otherwise witli the republicans. If they are beaten in.Ohio no contingency can pre vent their defeat in November, where as, if the democrats are defeated they Mill stand a good chance to carry Now York and Indians. Ohio to n republican state, and that fact is recognized in all calculations, hut tho strategy of the democrats has com pelled the re( ublicans to take all their availa ble funds and fighting forces out of New York and Indiana and concentrate them in Ohio. This is something gained, and even if the Blainerskites should astonish thorn- selves hy carrying Ohio, they cannot con- centrale their forces elsewhere in time to make them available. Ohio is not necessary to tho democrats, but the campaign is in such good shape that ws expect them to carry the state liy a majority from two to four thous and. THE OBORQIA ROAD. It Is reasonably well settled that the Louis ville and Nashville bai escaped reorganiza tion through a new issue of stock sod bonds. It offers to Its own stockholders <3,000,000 in bonds and 15,000,000 in Stock on certain terms, and if the stockholders do not fully respond, a syndicate of London and Amster dam bankers to to taka sny balance not wanted by the stockholders, ft to not ex pected that tbs stockholders will need much more of the company’s securities than they now bold, so that practically the money to take up the floating debt 1< to come across the Atlantic. This debt has been very troublesome, amounting to something more than <4,000,000, and it is thought that when it is funded st six per cent, the road enu earn ail fixed charges, and thus keep out of the bands of a receiver. This result is of impressed Importance In Georgia on account of tho Interest of the Louisville company in the Western and At lantic, and the Georgia ralirotds. The lease of the latter road will stand unimpaired, and the stockholders of this cleverly-managed piece of property should congratulate them selves. ]n the flrst year of the leose.the leasees lost a round sum of money; tost yoar they each lost <11,000, snd it to estimated that the two companies will lose a like amount dar ing the current year. The Central and the Louisville snd Nasville are both solvent com panies, and the guarantee of ten per cent per annum will stand good, no matter how much the two companies may lose in operating the leased road. ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE. Intent pentuce* Sur-MXiBva, Marietta. G*,: How many persons die yi.rly from Inlempenuice, and hoiv much money!* xpont directly for whtakyT « It I* estimated tbat In this country about 100,000 pencil* are killed annually by Intemperance, and tbe^nuual expenditure for liquor Is 8300,00,000. A rvueetlon of Eli(lbtllty. D. 8. J.. Conley, (is: If a voter be disfranchised- hy rcesomot non-payment ol taxes, ta ne disquali fied from holding officer Yes, undcr.the constitution of Georgia. The Sandny Constitution. Mrs. M. H. W., Chattanooga: I went the Sunday CoKsrmmns. Do you ever receive eubecrlptlona THE COTTON PICKER. Some time ago tbe statement was made that an ingenious South Carolinian bad in vented a machine for picking cotton, and the description tbat accompanied the statement Imparted an air of plausibility to the infor mation. Of tote nothing has been heard of the invention, bat it to understood that the practical working of the machine folks to come np to the expectations of either th* in ventor or hla friends In other words the machine to a failure as it stands, and, like the Kcely motor, needs to be perfected. The theory of it seems to be ss perfect as any the ory ought to be; but tbe machine refuses to pick cotton. The cotton is waiting to be picked, and the machine to ready to pick It If it could. But something to lacking. There to cither too much machinery or too Utile, or the nec- ctsary combination to wauUng. At any rat*, the cotton-picker refuses to pick cotton, and as there to little else for it to pick, it lasts standstill. Tbe truth of the business to, the south will have to depend largely on what theJFcatoncsa call nlfgenwa as cotton-picker*. There to do complex machinery ia this inven tion, and it to the only on* likely to prove a sucre is. - W* trust, however, that th* South Carolina cotton-picker will eventually be perfected ao voting else* by shutting out very many who J t _ , are citireo* of the United States; but it U f ,h»: it will aid the nigEvroe*. They need help held to bo costatltuUonal on tho ground tbat | redly, fspccially when the son shines warm. The only way to secure the Sunday’s Constitu tion la to subscribe for the daily. Subscriptions are not received for the Sunday’* issue only. The Constitution Library. U. C., Winfred, Oa: Do you *till «eU the book* advertised iu Tnx Constitution library last spring af tbe same price? Yes, there has been no change. Theatrical. Moths, Ga: Please give me M. B. Leavitt’s ad dress. Also tho address of Hiss Lizzie May Ul mer? Leavitt, New York; Miss Ulmer, New Orleans. A Cholera Remedy. Atlanta, Ga.. October 4.—Editor* Coonstitu- tion: The following will be founds good cholera remedy: Take one quart of apple brandy, one of peach, one of gin aud one of tea madcof yard planj tain, hoarbound and mint, sassafras and dogwood bark; mix them all together in one vessel; add one pound of sugar, one glass of Jamaica ginger aud shake them well and drink freely until the pain is relieved, which will be in five or ten min utes.! Let your food be lifeht, such as rice, chicken broth, tea or soda crackers. This will effect an immediate cure. I have seen much of cholera In my travels iu Mexico, Central America and in tho islands of Cuba and Jamaica. I have found tho above remedy a speedy cure for cholera, small pox aud yellow fever. W. A. Ammons, AL D. E. IT. B., Buchanan. Ga,.* Please state h Blaine got the appellation of "plumed knight? Wc have answered this question several times. A man nearly as windy, vain and false as Blaiuo himself, one Bob Jngersoll, inn speech described Blaine as a "plumed knight," with a lot of other nonsenso about his "shining lance," etc. A plumed knight is supposed to be a representative oi chivalry, without ieor and without reproach. It takes just such a twaddllug old infidel as Inger- soli to see chivalry in the conduct of a man who sneaked out of the war, "cost an anchor to the windward," sued tho Indianapolis Seutinel for li bel and then admitted tho truth of tho charge, That Is So. Reader, Bath, Me.: It is enough to make an old soldier sick to sec a crowd of fools waving a tattered battle flag over a tattooed man who kept out of the army by hiring a substitute to do post duty.— Constitution. That is so, and especially as that substitute proved a criminal by "casting au anchor to wind ward," was in jail a part df the time aud did no ervke at the front. A Question for "Georgian." C M Macon, Ga.: In an article of recent date, I sec it stated that the farmer who borrows money thiough laud loan agencies, pays 21.6 per coot for its use. 1 am not connected with any such agency, nor have 1 borrowed through one. A short time ago 1 had occasion to look into their charges. I calculated that the farmer i»ays a fraction over tw clve per cent per aununi. 1 can seo no error iu the calculation. Will you give the charges etc., which lead to the result given in tho article on this subject, signed "Georgian." Here is au opportunity for "Georgian" to riso and explain. Concerning "rJntn-Denler." A.. Cartersville, Ga.: Who writes the letters for Tuk,Conatitution signed "Plain-dealer?" A well-posted correspondent whose signature, "Plain-dealer," .will do as well os any. It is not tho custom of newspapers to publish a communi cation over a nomdeplume and then make tho writer’s name public. _ The Ohio Election. H. B., Buford, Ga.: When does the Ohio election come oil? Next Tuesday. Livingstone’s Travels. W. II. P., Hhubuta. Alisa.: Where can I procure Livingstone’s Travels iu A fries? n Write to any Atlanta bookseller. Political Guess-Work, Subscriber, Paris, Texas: 1. How many votes do you think St. John will get? 2. Do you think Blaine will get any votes by going on the stump? 8. What majority do you think Cleveland and Hendricks will get iu New York? I. About 50,000. 2. He will get and lose votes by bis exhibition. 8. It will be a reuser If democrats do their duty. THE COUNTRY’S HOPE'- LIES IN THE ELECTION HOF THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. Mr. Tilden’a Letter to tbe Committee of tbe National Convention—Why tba Work of Reform Can be Done Only by tba Democratic Party Noble Words Prom Mr. Tilden. THE STATE ELECTORAL TICKET. It Is importantant that the electoral ticket to be voted for the approaching presidential election is properly printed. Below we five a correct form to be followed* Let all the tickets be printed as fol lows: National Democratic Ticket. FOR PRESIDENT: Grover Cleveland, Of New York. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT: Thomas A. Hendricks^ Of Indiana. FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. TUB STATE AT LABOB: Georgk N. Letter. Peter F. Smith. FOR DISTRICT ELECTOR3: First District— Spences R. Atkinson. Second District— Archibald T. McIntyre, Jr. Third District— Rung M. Hodge. Tout lb. District— Edgar M. Butt. Fifth District— John L. Tye. Sixth District— Washington Dessau. Seventh District— Thomas W. Milner. Eighth DUtrict- Joel A. Billuts, Ninth District— Charlton J. Wellborn, Tenth District— Alexander F. Dairy. FOR REPRESENTATIVE 48TH CONGRESS. FROM FIFTH CONiilESSIONAL DISTRICT: Hon. Nathaniel J. Hammond, Of Fill ton. It will be noticed that we print the ticket as if it 'as to be used in this congressional district. In other congressional districts it will only need the change of the district and the name of the nomi nee for congress from that district A lloom for Atlanta. From the Buffalo Express. The "trade issue*’ of Thx Atlanta Constitu tion, bearing date of October 1st, ia a forty-four page paper of superior literary and mechaaical excellence. It ta a boom for Atlanta and her tri butary territory, and incidentally for Thr-Com- tmunoN—whoae merits do not really need special advertising. _ Booth Going to Germany. Bxrlxm, October 3.—Mr. Edwin Booth* the emi nent actor and tragedian, will i d rtprmatotfeM In this city in February. Nhw Yobe, October 7.—Tho following is.th» full text of the letter which Mr. Tilden had written in response to the resolutions of th» national democratic convention which were presented to him several weeks ago: "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen ot the Commit* tee: I thank you for the kind terms ln< which you have communicated the resolutions adopted by* the late democratic uationalconventlon. Isharo your conviction tbat reform in thq administra tion of the federal government, which is oar great | want, and is Indeed essential to the restora tion and preservation of the government itself, can only be achieved through the agency of tbo democratic party and by installing its representa tives in the chief magistracy of the United States. The noble historical traditions of the democratic party; the principles in which it waa educated and to which it hu ever been in the main, faithful; its freedom from the corrupt influences which grow up in the prolonged possession of power, and the nature of the dements which constitute it—all contribute to qualify it for that mission. The opposite characterizes and conditions which attach to the republican party make It hopeless to expect that that party will be able to give a better government than the debasing system of fraud which, during its ascendancy, hu infected official and political life In this country. The democratic party had its origin in tbe effort of tho more ad vanced leaders of tho revolution to resist a perver sion of our government from the ideal contempla ted by the people. Among its conspicuous found ers were Benjamin Franklin and Tbomu Jefferson’ Eaxnuel Adams and John Hancock, of Massachu setts; George Clinton and Robert R. Livingston, of New York; George Wytho and James Madison, of Virginia. From the election of Mr. Jefferson as president in 1800, lor sixty years tho democratic party mainly decided our national policy. It ex tended tbe boundaries of the republic and laid the foundation of all our national greatness, wbilo it preserved the limitations Imposed by the consti tution and maintained a simple and pure system oi domestic administration. On the other hand the republican party hu always been dominated by principles which favor legUJation for tho bene fit of particular classes at the expense of the great body of the people. It bu become deeply tainted with the abuses which naturally grow up during long possession oi uncncckod power, especial ly in a period of civil war and false financial theo ries. Tho patriotic and vl'luous elements, iu lb are now unable to emancipate) it from the sway of the selfish interests which subordinate public du ty to personal greed. The most hopeful of the best citizens it contains despair ot its amendment, except. through Its temporary expulsion from power. It hu been boostiugly asserted by a mod cm Massachusetts statesman, struggling to recon cile himself and his followers to their presidential candidate, that tho republican party contains a disproportionate share of the wealth, culture and intelligence of the country. Unprincipled Graf ton, wheu taunted by James II, with bis personal want of comcicucc, answered: "That is true,but l belong to a party tbat has a great deal of con science." Such reason era forget, that tho lamo claim hu been made In all age* and countries by defenders of old wrongs against new reforms. It wu alleged by tho torics of tlio Amorican revolu tion against patriots of that day. It wu repeated against Jefferson, and afterward-) against Jackson. 'It wu alleged by the conservatives against those whoi in England are now endeavoring to enlarge tho popularxuflioge. AUhlitory shows that re forms in government must not be expected from thoso who sit serenely on social mountain tops, enjoying tho benefits of tho existing order ol things. Even the dlvluo author of our relig ion found bis followers, not among self complacent. Pharisee* but among tho lowly- minded fishermen. The republican party is large ly made up of those who live by their wits and who Inspire in politics to advauttges over tho rest ofiiuankind similar to those which their dally lives aro devoted to securing in private business. The democratic party consists largely of thorn who live by the work of their hands aud whoso politi cal action is governed by their sentiments or im agination. It results tliat tho democratic party more readily than tho republican party can bo moplded to the support of reform measures which involves a sacrifice of selfish interest Thu indispensable necessity of onr time* is change of administration ia the- great executive ^office of tho country. This, in my judgment; can only bo accomplished by tho election of the democratic candidate* for presi dent aud vice-president. Samuel J. Tilden. ToR. n. Henry, chairman; R B. Smally and others of special committee of the democratic! national convention. Waving the Uloody Shirt. From the Springfield, Mass., Republican. It is high time for a change of administration in this country, when the chance of such an event is used to excite apprehension iu this outrageous wav by Murat Halstead: With their president and tbeir congress and their reorganized supreme court, they will make their revolution back ward according to the forms ol law. Who shall dare to oppose the crowning act of conciliation oi putting the confederate cripples on the pcuslon rolls? Who would be so sectional aud to penurious as to object to compensation, for slaves? It would bo shown tbat thtf loutbcrn soldiers had been conquered and the Huvi* emum-iprtted iu an unconstitu tional manner aud then every ono who re sisted the constitution would be a rebel. The solid south would give law to tbe nation. The south- confederacy would be supremo over the United bels and copperbesds to gratify. Tbe south would recoup henclf and would help herself to the na tional money with both bloody hands, and it would be made in official circles discreditable to hove taken part in the unconstitutional war for nnion and liberty. Mr. Halstead probably knows In bis sober mo menta tbat the conttitnilou of the United Bta tea forbids any payment of claims for tbe loss or emancipation of slaves, aud he knows that all this talk is utter humbug^ Tbe Latest .Steal. From the Chicago News. "Epb, wha’s dc reason you doan’ want Mass* Blaine ’lected?’’ " 'Cause he ain’ no bones' man." "Didu' he 'splsiu deni Mulliguiu Iettaha?” "Yaas." "An’ didn’ he say he war marrud tjry’st?" "Yaas." "An* doan' he swar be nebah «>wucd no lan' in Ohio?" "Yaas, but he ain’ no hones’ tuaa." "W ha’s de reason T* "Ain’ ’e got Bright's disease?" "Kpose’e has;" "Haul, w'ydoan’ be gib it back to E _ Bright, den ?•• An Inscription 31e«ant for Logan. From the Chicago News. Xenia was the principal intermediate point oa the Dip. It is the home of Wbitelaw Reid. Its inhabitants boast of their education and culture. A conspicuously dDplsy^l motto on a huge muslin background read* as follows: "The Ren'***— Party ia the Fatrou of colleges and »c Walker Blaine neatly fainted at the sight. He £all»f!#«l Her Pa. From the Ban Francisco Chronicle. "I have come, sir. to aak you f>>r your daughter’s and." "I beg yonr pardon! What named id you say?** "I have not bad the pleasure of meeting yon ex> fpt casually. My name la UinUbt" "Have you any refrreru**?" "Certainly; your daughter." "Oh, thank you; it is mi good nf you to aak Qg, : it is enough that you didu t elope with hex. Tors ! str. 1 don’t know you, but I • oppose you’ll live in the house, and we'll have an opportunity to be come tetter acquainted. Good morning." Two Fires ta Pensacola W-terday. POttcm, Fla., October a.-Henry Pfeiffer* grocery waa destroyed toy fire at I a. in. today canting a teof fUMi # The residence of John Waliaik was burned at noon today. Loss 81,009