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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION! ATLANTA. Ga„ TUESDAY OCTOBER l 1SS-V. TWELVE PAGES.
WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
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Ball natter, Korember 11,1878.
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ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 21,1884.
AN APOLOGY TO OUR READERS.
For tlie frit time, we have an apology for the
widen of TUE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
Time and again tee have
GIVEN MORE THAN WE PROM
ISED.
Fever before hare we fallen ihort. The over•
whelming success of our Trade Edition of the
daily forced in to issue 44 payee awl to print
111,000 copies. This eo Overtaxed o>u resources
that for two weeks it was literally impossible to
do justice to our weekly.
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have done so, except that our business overrun us.
We promise our readers to give them every week
in the future
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Which means ■that we will give them the best
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rrjiutntion as
"THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY.”
lot la cast in November. The ligbtj/or lion
ctty .gainst rascality, o( the people against
thieves, cannot b« baited or obstructed
the fact that the republicans bare carried
state that they have .always carried when
they needed It. The fight will now be trans
ferred from a sure republican state to two
democratic stales, and the result in New
York and Indiana will showjlhat the repub
licans have lost steadily since the'day they
nominated a man who‘was below.even
corrupt standard of their psrty.
i the
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Th. last Tiling to Drop.
The crop, in re ruin gfctlou. are abort anil many
faimcia will think of ecoiiomUin, for the coating
year.
A good weekly paper la tbc choapoat thing that
^oca into, farmer's home. Such, paper afT lie
CoMimmo.v at n (the elbb rale) la tho ebeape.t
newspaper In the world. It la a luxury, a comfort,
anceetaily. Ita weekly visit carries the t
the hu.y world to the farmer*, family. It amnaea
and Inatructa the children, it cbeeraand entertaina
the wife and another, it glvca the farmer hla mar*
keta, the pragma, of tho world, politic, and bud-
iicaa. The day that it arrives la a bright day
the week.
It coata lew than two conti a week. Kvcry llmo
a hen elncka, Uie egg ahe has laid will pay for the
paper for the week. A postage stamp will pay fbr
it. ft U tbc cbenpeat thing you ean buy.
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ofTTlia losimTVTiOK. it will bomorothau ever
necessary to you during the long winter evenings,
It will pay for Itself leu timet over every week.
Bo mnko np yonr mind that Tat Conammo*
one ol the necessities, aa well as a luxury, and
send in your renewal.
Tile taw must now be changed to read
“As goes West Virginia, ao goes tho union.
There ia not even a dent on tho crust ol the
•olid south.
This French have met with n reverie In
their o)>eraliona against China, and now find
themselves in tbe position of having to fight
hard for their honor, with the prospect of
having lo make terma not soothing to French
pride.
fiovetmon Cr.arxi.AKi> la to visit New York
and llrookiyn this week, when a grand re
ception will be tendered him. Tho empire
•tale ia now securely fixed In tbe democratic
column, and will give a rousing majority for
Cleveland In November.
Wxst ViRoiniA at Icaut la lafe. The wild
aonth baa been attacked In Ita moat vulnera
ble part, and the teat proves It aa firm aa
When it rallied to Tllden In 1870. Within
diana, New York and New Jersey beyond
low, it la a matter of little raomout bow
Ohio went.
The defeat of Frank llurd In the election
of Tuesday completes a piece of retributive
Justice, llurd waa the boldest of freetrader.,
whit. Convene waa the leader of the demo
cratic protectionist*. Convene waa left at
home by the nominating oonvonUon, and
Jluid la left at home by the people.
Till report, of the lullering In all part, of
(he country, cauaed by the long continued
drouth, are of a pitiable character. Since tho
middle of July the air baa been laden with
duat, the ground baa been dried in plaeea to
■ depth of two feet, and all crops hare been
cut off from one-quarter to one-half.
Govi kxor Cotqrirr leaves home to-day to
take part in the contest of (lie Jacksonville,
Florida, district, where Mr. Charles Dough
erty, candidate for congress, is encountering
ail llio oppoaitlon that Mr. Blabeeand the re
publicans ran muster. Governor C. goes at
the invitation of the democratic state execu
tire committee, and be Intends to stump the
entire district. He opens at Lake City next
Thursday night. Our Florida friends will
find in Uie hero of Oluatre a very effective
campaigner.
THE OCTOBER ELECTIONS.
The election in Ohio and Waat Virginia on
ycileidny leaves the November battle yet to
be fought and won,
Tbe dcmocrata here never expected to carry
Ohio, and have never bad any right to expect
1L They made the fight In that atate for the
lake of discipline, and they hare won all that
they could have hoped for. We hare never
claimed the state, and onr opinion has been
that the republican majority would be even
larger than It has proved to be. If the re
publicans can do no more after the supreme
eflotla they have made In tbla state that is
steadily and steadfastly republican, there la
reaiun to hope that they cannot hold even
their slender majority In the November bat
tle, when their resources must be scattered
through a dozen states.
Tbc rlcction in West Virginia shows, be
yond a doubt, that the democrats may count
with certainty on every aoulhern atate. Tilts
assured, tbe formula of national democratic
victory is simple and safe. The electoral votes
of tbc south, with the votes ofNew York and
Indiana, will elect Cleveland, We are con
fident that New York, will go democratic,and
by a large majority, (inventor Cleveland has
proved lilinielf stronger than his party in
that stair, end he has an Independent repub
lican constituency that will more than oilaet
any defretion in New York city. He has the
silcut tote of New York beyond the shadow
of a doubt, and this vote decides every elec
tion In which it is called out As for In
dians, it has never failed to stand by Gor-
emor Hendricks. It ia reliably democratic
by from 4,000 to 12.U00, and it will not fall
Ita favorite ion in thfa crisis. Outaide of In
diana, tlie democrats will carry .New Jersey
and Concectk ut, in our opiniou.
Tbe MU from New York indicate, that
lb. democrats will o|*n a vigorous and hope
ful and IJ Nematic campaign at onee. They
Will never waver or^falterjantU theUstbal-
8ENATOR BROWN’S RE-ELECTION.
Wc print this morning a list ol tho can-
dilates for judges and solicitor general! in
every district in the state. There is excel*
le nt material from which to choose, and the
legislature can hardly go amiss in Ailing tho
bench and prosecuting attorneyships.
It is a settled fact that tho highest oflico in
the gift of the legislature will be Ailed with
out a contest. Henator Itrown tflll bo his
own successor. Advices from the people and
the members elect in all parts of tho state
sliow that no change is desired in this office.
The unanimity on this point is os conclusive
as it Is complimentary to Senator Drown.
His election will be a mere f6rn»Uty, and
In all essential senses unanimous.
Senator Brown is to be congratulated on
this mult. He has reached it by no showy
display or brilliant impulse. It has been
rather by patient wisdom, by line common
sense, by devoted and patriotic service, and
by practical statesmanship, lly these quill
ties he has steadily overcome one prejudice
after another, and won the respect and sup
port of one'opponent after another. Tho
amazing ease and promptness with which ho
entered the debates of the senate, matching
tho ablest senators and meeting the oldest on
tbe minutest points of usage, though but the
promise of what his riper service would
bring, resulted in Ids election after a heated
campaign, and overan illustrious opponent,
by a full two-third vote, ilia work In the
ensuing sessions bos added to his fame as a
statesman, conArmed his hold on the confi
dence of Ids'people, and brings ldni to his
second election* with all former opposition
reversed and tbe track clear before him.
We find in this cause for congratulating
tho state. Senator Brown is emphatically a
representative of the people and of popular
Interests. He is the apostle of common sense,
and deals with political questions in a prac
tical way. Wise as an advisor—staunch as
an advocate—watchful us a legislator—stead
fast courageous and skillful in debate—jealons
of tbefinterests and the henor of his section,
but liberal and comprehensive on all issues
that street the country at huge, he is a sena
tor who in dignity, ability and purpose wor
thily represents the empire atate of the south,
and deserves tbe extraordinary compliment
that will be paid him in his unanimous elec
tion to his second term.
TIIK COCHRAN CONTLAOItATION.
An Incendiary Startles the Town by
Treacherous Tltnxs.
foeiiiuk,October 18.—| Special. J—An Incendiary
fire originated In the rear of B. It. Pound’* saloon
tills morning at 1 o’clock, and before the fUmes
could be extinguished about 87,000 worth of prop
erty was destroyed. Insurance was light. .
MONEY IN POLITICS.
If popular elections are purely a matter of
money, the party in power in America wul
always carry the country.
The assessments of federal office-holders—
whether voluntary or compulsory—will
make up a corruption fund that tho con
tributions of private citizens cannot hope to
match. In the city of Atlautn£thcre is a
poitmaster, a United States marshal, u col-
lectorof revenue, a district sttoruey, a clerk
of the court, and superintendent of railway
mail service, w lio>e salaries reach, perhaps,
$3,500 each per annum. They could each
easily afford to contribute $1,000 to secure a
l>crpetuation of republican administration,
for that would mean four years more of big
salary. Then there are, perhaps, half * bun
dled officials with headquarters here, such as
deputies, route agents, clerks, etc., who have
salaries ranging from $1,200 to $2,500. These
could easily give $2.>0 to $500 each to the par
tisan fund. It wilt not do to aav that no of
ficial can be compelled to give. Every otfi-
lal knows that there are envious eyes <
him, and covetous outsiders hungering for
bis piace. He knows that his loyalty to the
arty will be judged by deeds, and not by
wolds. Consequently, lie will fork over. Wo
should not be surprised it from At
lanta alone the federal official*
did not send $10,000 to help carry
New York and Indiana. They would bo poor
republicans if they could not do this much.
Ami funds of like proportion will be sent up
from Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Columbia
and other cities and towns in the state and
from other states. In New York city tho as
sessments will be enormous. When this fun 1
ia backed by contributions from money kings
that want to keep in with the government, it
becomes enormous, ami such as private citl-
ft ns car not hope to equal, or even approach.
The useof money ws-* plainly seen iu Ohio.
In Cincinra i and Cleveland, the very paints
relied on by tbe democrats for their heaviest
gainr, the republicans made their largest
gains. It was in these cities that their money
was concentrated—and it was the floating
vote of these cities, bought up and paid for
and the imi«n ration of repeaters from out
side source*, that gave them the state.
It Is fortunate fbr honest government that
there is a limit to the use of money. There
are points In all campaigns beyond which it
cannot avail. It can buy its percentage of
floaters, and then its work is over. Itcannot
corrupt the great public heart, and it ctnnofc
buy or deter the courageous and Intel.igen
citizens. It is on these that Governor Cleve
land relies, and it is on these that the hope
this republic rests.
lie try Hamilton's "Romance of Owl JloUn
begun this week, will run several weeks, and
mh story.
BEECHER'S MEAT-AXE.
The republican falsifiers have at last suc
ceeded in stirring Henry Ward Beecher
to the point of appearing in the public
prints, and it goes without saying that Bse-
cber knows how to handle bis pen. His prin
cipal victim Is, of course, Brother Blaine
but, in a casual way, he is also engaged
ruakirg things warm for a Mr. Joy, who
denying certain statements, which he made
in Mr. Beecher's presence when liewgs less
of a Blaine man than he is now.
We have already laid before our readers
Mr. Beecher’s comments on Joy’s first denial.
The substance of these comments was sent
Joy, who is in London, and he seems to have
made another denial, and Mr. Beecher Hies at
him in the spirit of a genuine avenging re
former. Evidently there is no escape for
either Brother Blaine or Joy. Mr. Beecher’i
letter is addressed to tho republican candi
date for governor of Michigan, a man named
Alger, and is as follows:
Dear Sib—1 bavo Just read jronr letter of Octo
ber Otb, exhorting me "publicly to retract your
(my) statement!, ai you have in your seal for tbe
democratic party, and the democratic nomlucc,
spread them before the whole country.” When
tbe heat of this canvass has passed, vou will think
that such language-borders too near upon Insult
to tc either Just or wise. I beg you to uadeM-ind
that i have nothing to do with the truth,
wise, of Mr. Joy’s statements to me, respecting Mr.
BIsiuc. The only question Is: Did Ur. Joy make
those statements? Tho transactions between
ldm and Mr. Blaine, through an inter
mediary, may all bo mythical: or the inter
mediary may have been an # Imposter;
Blaine’s feelings may never havo been hurt by
any such requests; and Mr. Joy may never havo
been shocked at Blaine’s Imputed answer; and
Mr. Joy’s artless feelings being practiced upon,
Ly this intermediary, he may havo expressed
himself too severely about Mr. Blaine. Lfct Mr.
Joy and Mr. Blaine fettle that between them-
I bavo nothing to do with all that. 1>1
Mr. Joy make tbe remarks in my presence which
I have published? If lie did not, I have lied. If
he did, Joy has Ucd. There is no middle ground.
There shall be none. Either I heard it or invent
ed it.
Mr. Joy’s second telegram to you mokes a inn
guld and foolish denial, which I attributo to his
not having feen or understood my statement.
But if Mr. Joy has seen my statement and denied
ft, or If when he lands in New York he shall de
clare that no such conversation was held In my
presence, then I have only to say • that, whereas
did not Imagluc that there could be more thau
one Continental liar, I am compelled to think
that there are two.
Mease accept this letter os tho only retraction
and apology that I am . prepared to mako to you,
to Air. Joy, to Mr. Blaine, and to tbe repablicou
party. IIbnuy Ward Beechn
Tliis, it will be perceived, is in Mr. Beech
er's most vigorous strain, and shows that he
is cordially enlisted in the crusade against
republican corruption. The New York Sun
is inclined to pooh-pooh tho whole flatter,
and it is clear that Editor. Dana is inclined
to believe that Brother Blaine is a a$rt of
martyr. Thus the Hun puts forth tjbls- char
acteristic-suggestion of defense: “Si
that Joy htd denied a statement of Blaine's
instead of a statement of Beecher's. Would
those of our esteemed contemporaries who
regard the issue of the present canvass as
moral rather than political, and who are do
ing their best to paint Blaino black ail over,
accept Joy’s testimony or discredit it?”
We toy that this is characteristic, but per
haps it is unjust to the editor of the Sun to
make such a suggestion. It is tho very
cence of crankism. Tho supposition wonld
be reasonable if it ran parallel with the case
ss it stands. Brother Blaine having been
proven by bis own testimony to bo
the most remnrkbly gifted liar this country
bas ever seen, there is no man but
would prefer to believe Joy. This man Joy,
will be borne in mind, bas been caught iif
only one lie, whiln Brother Blaine 1ms been
caught in half a dozen monumental ones.
Having sold out Ills influeiico to Fisher and
others, is there any reason to suppose that
Blaiue was too honest to propose to sell ou$
Joy ? The truth is, tho nmn was in the
market, and the evidence all goes to show
that he was eoutinually feeling around for
port unities to make himself “useful" to
the men or tbe interests that were willing to
buy him. He never hesitated to "castan an
chor to windward.”
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COMINQ SOUTH.
Tbe first snows have fallen in New Hamp
shire and other high latitudes, and all
through tbe northern states' there have been
frosts and biting cold; and the talk of going
south is rising again. With tho tint whirl of
snow the northern heart, unless it be an un
usually stout one, turns from the much
vaunted bracing air. uiul longs for a soft
climate—turns from tho cheerless apple trees
that bend and creak iu the Manitoba zephyrs
the orange groves of Florida.
With ail the talk and yearnings there is a
vast ilea! of preparation. Already the tide is
fiowing southward, the invalids as usual
being in the lead. These seek not ouiy a soft
climate, but a place where they can live in
sunshine—out of doors instead of being
cooped in heated rooms. These peo*
have found by experience
that tbe dampnese of Florida and of the
coast sections it not iu every case the most
desirable thing, and so they hare begun to
seek winter homes in the pinoy woods and all
through the interior portions of the cotton
states. By February such visitors can now
found in nearly every Georgia town from
Tennessee to Florida. Marietta and Tuomas-
ville are the especial haunts oi tbe northern
health-seeker*. Tbe number that prefer a
dryer air than Florida affords is annually
increasing, and the increase will doubtless
keep step with the increase in accommoda
tions; for the invalids of the rich and popu
lous northern states are each year dreading
more and more the severe winters, and are
each year more inclined to exchange them
for a southern sun.
After the invalids come the fortunate who
can enjoy the good of each cli
mate. These are the pleasure
seekers—not all the votaries of fashiou,
but all rich or well-to-do people who run
away from cold and heat alternately as suits
their moods and dispositions. This class have
made Jacksonville the winter Saratoga. It is
this class that indulges in fancy farming-
plants or buys orange groves more as a new
diversion than with any eye to profit—that
bids fair to change the whole face of the Land
of . Flowers. These seekers of comfort or
pleasure have perhaps done more towards
the development of the south than the in
valids; for if they are pleased, capital and
immigration follow close behind them. Flor
ida is indebted to these people for more
things in the way of railroads and similar
investments than she can readily enumerate
and our sunny skies bid fair to attract
morel people of this class who
will search out the resources
that wo have neglected, until in the far part
of the south there will be little left to con
quer. In this new tide the conditions are
simply reversed, the recreation-seeker corn*
ing first, and the sons of toil last It matters
little to us who heads the procession, if it
embraces the capital and population that we
need. And in all scriouiness It cannot be
doubted that these annual pilgrimages of the
best and fullest-handed people of the north
will result iu great advantage hereafter as in
the past to the south. To disbelieve this is
to doubt the blueness of our skies, the mild
ness of our climate, and the value of our
hidden resources.
ment in their revised poll, which has just
been completed, and which has also just
leaked out IVe give it below:
Democrat. - 2H2
R< publicans - —“ri:::
Greenbackerrr (Butler) - *!*?”
IASI.
2JI.J03
224,3*1
17,333
sulecriptioa promptly, i
ot to
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are lust complctlngarraugements (or a thill,
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It will run through sereral months.'
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are completed. It will
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to our readers.
A MONSTER MEETING.
There can no longer be any doubt that tbe
commercial interests of the United States,
which have their headquarters iu New York
city, have concluded that their own and tbe
country’! prosperity Is menaced by the longer
continuance In power of the corrupt republic
can party. These -Interests, represented by
tlie different business excliangesof New York,
gave significant emphasis to the revolution
that has been going on since the nomination
of the republican candidate, and more par
ticularly since that candidate has displayed
inch a scrupulous disregard of all sense of
honor and decency.
On the evening of the 10th there was a tre
mendous outpouring of the business element
of New York city. Tbe occasion wain meet
ing called by tbe different exchanges to give
the commercial Interest! of the city an op
portunity to show their sympathy with tho
democratic cause of administrative reform.
According to all accounts, this meeting was
tbe most significant that haabeen held during
the campaign. Tbe meeting was advertised
bo held nt the steps of the
sub-treasury building, but the vast crowd
extended for blocks around, and, in point of
character and respectability, was the equal
of any assemblage that has ever gathered to
gether in the metropolis.
The majority of tlioso who united in the
call have been for years consistent republi
cans, but they now refuse to support a candi
date indorsed and put forward by tho worst
and most corrupt elements of the party.
They recognise and appreciate the high char
acter of the democratic candidates, and they
have confidence in tbe purpose of tbe demo
cratic party to carry out the will of the peo
ple. Political roguery and ofiiclal position
must be put down, and It la one of the most
hopeful signs of tbe times that honest repub
licans are willing to join the democrats in
reforming tlio government.
TJ1E COXSTITUTJO.V ia the biggc.l a,id
cheiijicrt H’erbfy in America. Take it.
FRANCE AND CHINA.
The wav between Frauco and* China Is a
very singular one. Neither conntry admits
that It is waging war against the other, and
yet without any declaration of war both are
doing their beet to indict damage to life and
property. The Chinese offensive operations
are confined to Tonquln, where General De
IJsle Is endeavoring to drive the Chinese
forces over the Chinese border. General Ne-
gtrer, who was leading another oolnmn, re
ceived n severe wound In the leg, and has
been compelled to rest. If tbe reports that
come through French sources are to be be
lieved, it is probable that all Tonquln will
soon he In the hands of the French soldiers.
Tlie reports from Admiral Courbet In tho
neighborhood of Kelungare not so conclu
sive of easy victory. The fleet ia battering
down seaport towns -and inflicting a great
deal ot damage, but It bas suffered one or tiro
reverses, aud every reverse incites the ego
tistical Chinese to new effort* In all tlie re
ports of battle* so celled there Is an aehmUU-
Ing difference between the casualties of
the two forws. They are like tho -’battles"
between Englishmen and Egyptians in the
Tel el-Keber campaign. It ia not thought
strange if 1,000 Chinese are killed or wouud-
, while one Frenchman falls. Altogether,
is a strange war, if war it can be called,
hen neither aide admits that It is in that
line of business, and when one side furnisher
or nearly all, the casualties. It is a
trouble at any rate that disturbs the com
mercial world, and its end would bo wel
comed in all civilized countries.
ill publicans...
GiccnbacXers *'•»>
Doubtful ffAOO
Total
If we compare this poll—the second they
have made at considerable expense—with the
vote of 1880. we have this result:
ISM.
Republicans jgb*®
Democrat
There is an admitted lose on the part of the
republicens, and an admitted gain on the part
of tbe democrats) bnt what do the republi
can managers care for such changes, when
they have a doubtful list of 28,000 names and
a greenback vote of 17,389 to select recruits
from? It is estimated that there are in the
state 20,000 votes for sale—not all for money,
but all for money, promises, or actual ap
pointments ss special deputy sheriffs, deputy
marshals, supervisors, wsgon-drivers and
strikers. Those that cannot be bought are to
be hired on one pretext or another. This
scheme calls for barrels of money, but there
is little doubt they will be forthcoming, un
less indeed public sentiment becomes so
strong, and the fact so plain and the demo
crats so vigilant, that they, the Dorsey cam-
paign of 1880, cannot bo safely repeated.
Fortunately the situation is understood
by the leading democrats of the state, and
they are taking active steps to meet it. The
laws of Indiana are ample; the state is con
fessedly democratic, and they propose to see
that tlie guilty are punished and thoir ini
quity frustrated if corruption shows its head
in lheir state. They do not intend to have a
repetition on Indiana soil of the tralfic in
.votes that was witnessed on Tuesday in their
sister state. Says a recent correspondent, “it
is determined that there shall bo a fair and
honest election in Indiana if vigilance and
the ablest election watchers can secure it,
even though it fills to overflowing both tho
penitentiaries.”
LET US HAVE PEACE.
AVe read with serious concern of tho organ
izations of business men's committees in
Chicago and elsewhere in tho north for the
purpose of preventing deputy marshals hnlly-
ing people at the polls and murdering inno
cent voters.
iVe shall be sorry to see our northern
brethren lighting over so peaceful a thing as
the casting of ballots. In the south we havo
elections, and there is not a pistol shot heard
from one end of aatate to the other. We regret
to see that there was more shooting done ia
Cincinnati alone in the lato election than In
a half dozen southern states in a presiden
tial year.
Wc qnito agree with tho business men of
Chicago and elsewhere that It is disagreeable
to have armed bullies about tbe polls, flour
ishing pistols and warrants in the face of
Uielr betters, locking citizens np without au
thority and shooting a man here and there to
impress the crowd with a sense of their im
portance. That is disagreeable. We havo
tried it down here. We have been gorged on
what oar northern brothers are now getting
their first taste of. The deputy marshals
worried ns awhile. Bnt after we got nsed to
them, we limply laughed at them as long as
they kept within the limits of their author
ity. When they transcended this, we downed
them, rerhaps that’s about the best way to
do. But we urge our northern brothers to
avoid bloodshed at the polls. "Let at hero
peaceI”
republican, was elected by IS votes. In New York
In 1 no Gaifleld received 655,641; Hancock, 5315U.
Weaver, 12,373; scatteelns, (2,177. In 1SS2 Folger
received 332,404; Cleveland. 634,318; scatterfmr
15,320. ^*
C., Seneca, B.C.: Has George Washington an?
living descendants who bear his surname? 7
No.
Subscriber, Calhoun, Ga.: 1. Suppose a number
of electors from eacn party mould be elected
any state, how would tho question bo'setUednz t»
that state? 2. Is the number of democratic enlf
greezmen In Ohio increased hr the laat election?
1. The presidential electors vote aa thefpleaae
2. The last Ohio election red licet her democratic
congressmen from fourteen to eleven.'
8 ;,?-t D ?7 tc, V 9lL, w< ’ 1 ^ “7 illustrated papers
published south during the wart p p«ra
Yea, the ’’Southern Illustrated Newa," aud the
“Southern Punch" were published In Richmond,
and one or twoothera ol amaller pretentions were
started iu other cities.
Fla ’ ! Dld o™™ 1 winnow
fcott chew tobacco?
Yes, he was a great tobacco chewcr^for many
years. Be abandoned the habit during the UexU
can war and never returned to it.
Reader, Marietta, Ga.: What is the meaning of
"lager beer?” 8
It means storage beer, and is supposed to be beer
that is brewed in the fall and kept until spring 1q
cold vaults. The first taken out Is called "bock,’ r
possibly because it is "heady.”
A. B. C., Decatur, Ga : What is the value of •
silver dollar with eight feathers in the eagle’s
It is worth no more than a dollar with seven
feathers. A defective die earned tbe eight feath
ers, and before the mistake was rectified over a
million pieces had beta struck off. It will be
teen that the coins aro too numerous to be regsr
ded os valuable curiosities.
republican majority woultf be »o much, did it d<£
‘ * * ‘ ' railty or majority?
pend c n the plan
It is generally agreed thus the heads of
the tickets measure the majority. The official
majority in Ohio as given in the reports means
Robinson's vote over Newman. Strictly speaking
that margin is a plurality, but it is called In gen
eral discussion the majority. As far as wo know
all wagers made here have been settled on Robin*
con’s vote over Newman.
Newnan, Go., October 14.—Editors Constitution:
I would like to ask Mr. Grady if while on n visit to
Mr. Illt-bard Peters farm he ascertained whether or
not it was a paying investment There is some
discussion on that point here. S.
The farm books of last year show a handsomo
profit. The general items were these:
keckiptm.
Fnlcof Angoras 45,000
Hale of Kesex pigs 500
Sale of wheat......
Hale of Mohair and-Angora wool 450
Income and sale of Jerseys............^ 3,000
Sale of butter 2,000
Order one of TUE COSSTITVTIOS Ubn
«ks. Only 70 cents. SOe notice ‘ilsewhcre.
INDIANA AROUSED AND ALERT.
Indiana and Ohio—although they lie side
side between tbe Ohio river am! the gro.it
lakes—have never hitched politically. They
seem to pr*fer to be at aixea and seven* in
politics. Whether this is the resnl of natural
circumstances, or is born of a jealousy that
sometimes exists between stttes, we need not
stop to inquire. We simply know that as
matters stand they still politically disagree.
We have fresh evidence that Ohio is republi
can, and we bare also fresh evidence that
cannot well be disputed so far as it goes, that
Indiana is democratic. Tbe republican mars-
•gtrs furnish the figures fbr the latter state-
THE 8EASON OF FIRES,
The unusual number ot fires reported for
the past month will provoke discussion. Gin-
houses, houses, sawmills, barns have been
licked up with fearful rapidity, and now
whole towns seem to be attacked.
Tbe prolonged drouth is responsible for
much of this destruction. Everything is
tinder-like and burns in a Hash. An ignited
match that on ordinary occasions would be
harmless now fires a building, and the flames
once started aro checked with difficulty.
Tho insurance men insist that the moral
hazard bos more to do with the increase of
liras than the drouth. They declare that
they can predict the coming of hard times by
the smoke of frequent fires, just as surely as
the trembling leaves tell the coming of a
storm. Their statistics show that ia tbe midst
of a panic the percentage of fires is largely
increased, and that in times of prosperity the
percentage is decreased. The lire losses in the
United States, for example, were twelve
million dollars each for the months of Au-
gust*and September. This is at the rate of
one hundred and fifty millions a year—a loss
that the companies cannot stand.
Whatever the cause may be, there seems
to be no remedy but increased watchfulness
and care. The officials of each town and
city should keep their eys open, the fire de
partment should be well drilled, the cisterns
kept filled, and every care taken against the
starting of fires. In the meantime every
man who is unable to carry his own Insur
ance, should at once take out a risk in some
company of assured standing. It was pitia
bio to notice that in tlie Barnesville fire*
nearly half of the sufferers had no insur
ance whatever—and they, perhaps, were tlie
men least able to bear tlie loss themselves.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
P. B. T.. Atlanta, Us.: IIa.1 tlio disputed game
between the Star., and Atlanta! been settled yet?
No answer has been received from the official
inquiry lent forw*rd. But Mr. Wykoff, secretary
of tbe American sascciation, has replied to a pri
vate letter, which stated that Hcinzman could
have made only one base If he had not been held,
that he was entitled to only one base.
K. P. T.. Millen.ua.: Please give a description
of the ‘'Holy Grail."
In the legends and poetry ol the middle ages are
accouuts of the Holy Grail—8tn Ureal—a miracu
lous chalice, made of a rltigle precious itone.some-
tlmcN *aid to be an emerald, which possessed the
lower of prescrvlng'eha*tity, prolonging life and
ether wonderful properties. The chalice was be
lieved to have been first brought from heaven by
angels, and was tbe one from which Christ drank
at the La*t Supper. It was saidto hare been 'pre
served by Joseph of Arimathea, and in it were
caught the last drops of the blood ol Christ ai he
wee !a*en from tbe cro«*. This holy chaliea waj
guarded by angels and then by a society of
knight*, chosen for their chastity and devotion,
who watched over It iu a tcmple-Uke castle on an
iuacvtMible uouuuiu.
J. C. C., Madifon, Ga : Is It Injurious to health
to have punts In a sleeping room?
Yes, U they are strongly .-ecuted, such os the tube
rose. Lyadnth, jessamine, ete.
A. I. G.. Atlanta, Ga.: Bow did GaHfvnU vote
in 1M«? What was the rote of New York In DM®-
11>27
California went democratic, electing five demo
cratic electors. Judge Terry, one of the demo
cratic elacten, ran behiad his,ticket, and Sfcextoo,
Total rceceipts.........^
expense;.
Hand! of ail sorts...
Bran and cotton seed
Bone dust and fertilizers...
Incidentals
40>
500
Total .41,100
Then-arc the items generalized. To the profit
must be added butter, milk, potatoes, poultry,
mutton and beef sent to Atlanta for family u«o,
and used while the family was on the farm, foot
ing easily up to 81,000. The Increase In the Jerseys
is estimated to be the price they would have
brought if sold in market.
This year thefprofl twill not be'so large, as tho
grass and clover crops failed. You must add to
tbe money profit at least ten years of life it has
given to tho owner and forty years of pleasure.
J.W., Alma, Ark.: When will Bill Arp’s next
book be out?
In about a month. It will be called “Bill Arp's
Sketch Book,” and opens with a biography of tho
original Bill Arp, which lx aloue worth the sub*
scription price.
U. 8. A.. Fort Clark, Tex.: Has the life of tho
u. o. a., fur, vmrs, u-x*. nuiufi
Bon. B. U. Bill been published yot?
No. Bis son, Mr. B, H. II111, Jr., has the mate
rial on hand for the work, but we do not kuoir
what progress has been made.
J. A. C., Athens, Ga.: What is tho respective per
centoge of illiteracy north and south, according to
the last census?
It may be summed up as follows:
Tlio north, with 80,000,000 population, bas 1,500,-
*0CO illiterates. Th<> south, with 18,000,000 popula
tion, has 5,000,000 illiterates. Five and three-
tenths per cent of the people of the north cannot
read and write. Thirty-six and
a half per cent of tbe people of tho south cannot
read and write. Five and two tenths per cent or
tho white people of the north cannot read and
write. Nineteen per cent of the white people of
the couth cannot read and write. Twenty-five per
cent of the colored population of tho north aud
teveuty-three per cent ol the colored population of
the south cannot read and write.
The Constitution Library
We have mode up a library of ten choice
’Standard book* for tbo benefit of our readers.
We have bought from the publisher! direct
12,000 COPIES OF THESE BOOKS,
Which we offer at less than half their usual
price. The library comprises
Robinson Crusoe, Ivunhoe,
Pilgrim's Progress, Laat of the Mohicans,
Arabian Nights, Oliver Twist,
Children of the Abbey, Scottish Chiefs,
Swiss Family Robinson.
These books are pure, choice and interest
ing. Each book is famous the world over.
Tlie list embraces such authors aa
DICKENS, SCOTT, DEFOE,
COOPER, PORTER, BUNYAN.
man who has these books has all the
library his family will ever need. They will
educate his children, interest his wife, charm
himself and his neighbors Each book is
strongly bound in cloth and gold, has large
print and illustrations.
We offer them, sent post-paid, for 70 cento
each. They retail in. bookstores at $1-00 to
$1.25, bosides pottage. We mail anyone of
them
For 70 Cents, Post-Paid.
Every reader of Tnx Coxstitctios ought to
l ave one or more ol these books. They will
be a coLstaut revelation of delight to you and
jour family.
HOW BEST TO GET THEM.
I f you have $7 to spare send and get the l(>
books. If you have not, s^nd 70 cent* and
get one. You can kdd the others at your leis-
e of you order
TOE COLD WINTER DAYS ARE C01IIXS
And these books will he perpetual cheer in
vour house. We want to put them in the
>mca of 10,000 persons before Christmas.
If you can only buy one b>ok we recommend
Robinson Crusce. If you buy two, add Pil
grim’s Progress. If ttiree, adu Children of the
Abbey. If four, add Scottish Chiefs. If five,
add fiwiis Family Bcbinson, or Last of tho
Mohicans.
Order at onee ssour edition is limited and
the demand will be great. Addraet
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