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6 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY OCTOBER i8 188A. TWELVE PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. iBUied u the AU??ntt PoivOfflce u Moooddua ???all matter, Norember 11,1&78. WMklr Con.Ututlon, ???l.*5 Par Ananm. Olabaol Ore, tl.00 each; club, ol ten, 01.00 each tad a copy to (etter-cp ol club. ATLANTA, OA., OCTOBER 31, UM. IN RtTURN FOR THE COMPLIMENT. If you are not a subscriber to this paper, it is sent you as a specimen copy, at your own request or at the request of some friend who has sent us your name. Wc simply ask that you read it Let your family read it If you find it cheap and worthy, send us your subscription; wc think it is the best and cheapest paper in America, The subscription is fit.25 a y ear ' If you get four people to join with you, wc will send it to tho five names for $\ each. THE ISSUE OP 1U4. In one week from next Wednesday???on the 4th of November, the most Important campaign ever HQ^cd on tht* continent will be decided. Tim Weekly Constitution of the folio wring week will contain all tbo news of the election in every state. FuLtcrihc at once and have the new* tent direct to you. * The cholera still continues to be beard from In France. Tho great danger to the American continent Is that it will he lulled Into a sense of security by the immunity which winter gives from disease, only to And the plague here in all Its horrors. The sum* mer tun feeds it Into life again. Ex- Goverxoh Mom km, of Nouth Carolina, who tvas once one of the most dashing of men, Is now in Jail in Detroit for obtaining money under fulse pretenses. Ho had just been released for a similar crime in Chicago. It is needless to say that Moses began his villainy by nfllNation with the republican p??ty* . t Tiik North Carolina prohibitionists have met in a backroom and nominated a ticket With which they hope to draw away demo cratic votes in the interest of republican suc cess. If they meet with no better snooess than attended the eflbrts of tho /'big four* In Georgia in a similar movement, they will never be heard from again. Tiik South American revolutionists are be coming more sensational in their motliods. Muir, a Colombian rebel, captured a British f ewe), and wit^i the aid so secured appropri ated another more desirable vessel, and is now upon the high seas ready to ply the trade of patriot or pirate as necessity may dictate. TiiKoflldal footings of theyotoin Ohio show that the republicans are in a minority of over Olio thousand. Thisoxplalns why Mr. Ulaine has been panic-stricken into a bloody-slitrt cantpsign, in the vain hopo of winning "tho old soldiers" back to tho rotten carcass of re publicanism. Dut It is of no use, for tho people have decided that a change is necessa ry- 9 LAST WEEK OP THE CAMPAfON. There is nothing to discourage tbo demo crats as tho campaign draws to a does. In deed the drift for tho past two weeks has been decidedly In their favor. The republicans have completely changed front since the Ohio election. In tho begin ning of thecami>aign they plnnod their faith on a moral Issue. In the Ohio fight they re lied on the tariff. Now they fall back on the bloody shirt. Tho remnant of the Union league that still supports Mr. Blaine started this infamous cry. Mr. Blaine, desperate after the truth from Ohio had been disclosed, took it up with eagerness, and now It is the ablbbolcth of republicanism from Maiuo to California. It will not win. Tbo business psoplo of the north, brought to their senses at last by the vast and persistent villainies of the republican party, havo put on their think ing caps. They are not misled by the assertion that the solid south, with New York aud I ml Una, will control this government They know that in Ohio BW\735 citizens havo Just voted the demo cratic ticket, and that a majority of the people o( Ohio voted against republicanism. They know that a majority of the people of California, of New Jersey, of Con necticut have voted the democratic ticket They know that a majority of the people of Massachusetts and Iowa have voted against the republican jarty, and that heavy minorities in every other state in the union protest at every electiou against the villainies of the administration. They know that in two national elections the democrats have had clear majorities of the whole vote of the country???or, omitting the negro, a majority of a million aud a half white votes. The issae is not sec tional. It is as wide as the union. It is honest government against dishonest gov ernment. Senator Coukling pat it accurately when he said: "The only issue before tbe coun try seems to be a defense of the repub lican candidate." In Mr. Blaine the worst elements of his party are epitomized. In sustaining him, ail that is bod in his party Is sustained. In his downfall one of the most useful lessons wiiA be that the time has passed when essential issues can be obscured by an appeal to passion. It Will be a happy day for this republic when the futility and the infamy of setting one section of this country on the other Is demonstrated, and when the bloody ???hirt will not cover twenty yeora of cor ruption. And that day will dawn, in our opinion, just one week from next Wedoea- *y. THE NOVEMBER VERDICT. Tho preliminary elections simply leave each party where it stood at the beginning of tbe year. Koch party holds its own, and tbe field of the arithmetic roan and political seer is as broad and open aa it ever has been. An analysis of probabilities IK, therefore, admis- ???able, and we present below one prepared by an expert of Massachusetts, because it is manifestly fair, well-considered and novel: Sl???AK. Republican. Colorado.... 3 Iowa 13 Maine ..... o Minnesota 7 Nebraska 5 Pennsylvania ..30 Itbodo Island 4 Yetmont 4???72 Democratic. Alabama 10 Arkansas 7 Delaware. 8 Georgia 12 Kentucky 13 Maryland H Mississippi 9 Missouri.. 18 South Carolina.... 9 Tennessee 12 Texas 13-112 QUIT* HVUK. ' New Jersey. 9 .... 4 North Carolina....11??? 32 New Hampshire,... 4 Illinois 22 Wisconsin .11 Michigan Li???00 SOMEWHAT DOUBTfUL. Virginia 12 West Virginia 0-18 182 New York 30-07 219 Look at this table a moment. If New York and Indiana go democratic, tbe repub licans must carry West Virginia and New Jersey, or Virginia???a desperate chance. If New York, Indlfliia and Connecti cut go democratic, tho republicans must carry Virginia, West Virginia and Now Jersey-a ridiculous proposition. If New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Con necticut go democratic, tbe republican* must curry not only Indiana, but North Carolina and the two Virginias. There is no need of adding to the list of combinations. New York is necessary to democratic success, and when the vote of that state is assured Governor Cleveland will need no better passport to the whito house. And why will not that {fteat state support Us favorite sou? Mr. John Kelly has re cently assured him that tho support of Tammany is earnest and thorough. There is no other known defection. The independ ent republicans are numerous and well or ganized. The Ht. John party is aggressive. The stalwarts are lukewarm. All the chances in that really democratic state are iu favor of Cleveland, unci if she does not promote her own governor in November then indeed will she deserve to loso her great place in the party???tier claim to leadership, and almost the right of recognition in future councils. New York will respond. A Kindness That Costs Nothing. Do you want to do your neighbors or acqualn- auce a kindness that cost you nothing? Tlicn send ui six names on a postal c*r<1, with tbo poUomco of each, and wo will send to each ???ame a specimen copy of Tiik Constitution, it will give etch of them a week'* reading free. Select your friends anywhere In A merica. I f you have a distant friend, or son or daughter, or othor relative, send their names and pos to likes on a pos tnl enrd and wo will send tho paper. We want to put Tiik Wkkkly CoMirmmoN In tbo hands of good people every whore. Head in the names. THKCOMINQ STATE FAIR. Tho state fair which ojKms in Macon on tho 27tli instant, promises to be the greatest suc cess in tho history of tho agricultural so ciety. It is already settled that tho display will be full. In line cattle and stock it will be fuller than ever before. Kveryydatl has been taken long ago and tnoro are now boing built. In agricultural machinery tho outlook is more than good, and in crops tho old state will just show what an empiro she is. The racing will be tine, the purses being large enough to attract the best horses. The addi tion of athletic s|*orts will draw thousands of spectators and amuse all who are drawn by ot her attract ions. The peoplo will do well to patronize this fsir. It is going to be one ot the wholesome old-fashioned fairs, now unhuppily giving way to expositions. It will give us a week of fun and sight-seeing, and of hand-shaking with friends and neighbors, and of talking over Georgia's affairs with Georgians. It will do everybody good to tako a day or two off, and spend it in the lovely central city, tat us mako the affair such a success this year Hint it will becomo a permanent insti tution, and grow with each year. Talmagc???s sermon increases in power and interest every week. By special arrangement with the great preacher The Constitution will print these sermons the Monday after the Sunday they arc delivered in Brook lyn, through the entire year. Any of them is worth the subscription price of the paper. HEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT. The democracy of New Jersey were proba bly never in better condition than they are to-day. They have no defection of any kind to contend with. The Irish democrats of the tate arc supporting l levdaml with enthusi asm; the workingmen are rallying to his standard, and independent republicans are found In every ward and precinct. In 1M0, when the republicans had an unusually pop- ularcandidate for governor; when General Sewell, backed by the Pennsylvania railroad company, was a candidate for United States senator; when the party stood solidly up to *rfield, and money was spout almost with- ut limit???even in that desperate fight the democrats came out victors, giving Uancock plurality of 2,0U\ Last year Governor Abbctt had 6,NX) majority. This year, when the republican party is divided on Blaine, hen the demand for a change has become almost over* helming, it would not be at all strange if the democratic majority ran up to 10,COO. Theae round figures are in fact tbo latest estimate of men who know the state and the cany*** thoroughly. The republicans cannot buy the elate???that much Is assured, end that is quite enough, for the state is, when left to herself, always democratic. Tbe republican* have with apparent confi dence claimed Connecticut, but all the infor mation from that state shows tbe claim Is without foundation. It is freely admitted that the Butler vote will offset the St. John vote. KxSeuator Baton, iu a recent later- view, says the Independent republican nts of tht elate will not foil below l,3 W, mud may run to 3,000. Garfield carried the slat> in 1830 by a majority,of 2,0(13. This will be overcome jjy tbe independent movement, which is very strong in New Haven and active throughout the state. It is spreading everyday. In Waterbary 300 have signet the roll, including some of tbe most influen tial citizens of the town. There are over 100 in Winstid. In the Ilousatonic valley tbe movement is very strong, and all the lesser towns contain independent contingents. Danbury will furnish 150. New Haven and Hartford are well known as independent centers, and in both of them nearly all tbe republicans of culture and high standing have come out for Cleveland and Hendrick: With no known defection, and with popular state and congressional tickets, there is no reason to doubt that the votes of tbe inde pendents will suffice to swing this close state over to the party of reform and honest rule. Jiniew your subscription promptly, so as not miss a copy. THE FLORIDA CAMPAION. There have been signs for some time past , that the republican thieves have organized still-hunt in Florida, but recently there have been developments going to show that instead of relying upon legitimate methods they pro pose to repeat, in a somewhat different shape, the Bill Chandler frauds of 187fl. As one of the results of this, those who live near tbe Georgia and Florida line have noticed during the past few weeks a considerable movement of negroes from this state in tbo direction of the orange groves of Florida. How long this movement has been going on it is impossible to say, but the increasing numbers during the post few weeks has attracted theattcnti< of those who havo been on the watch for symptoms of republican fraud. It is a movement, too, that seems to be widespread; that is to say, it Is not confined to the negroes who live near the Florida line. It reaches to Savannah, to Macon, and to Atlanta. We have heat* recently of quite a number of Atlanta negroes who, though they had comfortable situations here, have suddenly discovered that they hqve pressing business in Florida. We have no doubt that this Imports tion of Georgia negroes to Florida is apart of the programme of the republican desperadoes to carry tho latter state by fraud. The same tactics were .practiced in Ohio at the recent election, and they were found to work like a charm. Thousand of negroes were sent across the river from Kentucky, and tho democrats of Ohio, knowing the facts, appeared to bo???powerless to prevent the fraud. They lacked both nerve aud disci pline, elements of success that are certainly not lacking among Florida democrats. Wo (Imply ??dtsire to put our Florida friends on their guard. Thousands of negroes, according to all accounts, are to be sent to Florida, and it Is ouly necessary to inform tbe democrats of that slate of the fact. They liavo ample training and resources to meet such contingencies. Robinson Crusoe," ???Swiss Family Robinson," Children okthc Abbey," or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." from the Constitution {li brary cost only 70 cents each post paid. The best books in the Eng lish language. Order one. COMPENSATION OF THE DROUTH, There has been a good deal of complaint about the drouth. In tbe agricultural regions it is said to have cut short the cotton crop. Turnips have been killed out, and all garden truck has disappeared from the face of the earth???all, that is to say, except the blue- stem collard, which is waiting for frost to givo It the consistency ot marrow when cooked, and an exquisite flavor all its own. This fact In itself is somo compensation for the drouth; come cold, come hot, come drouth orcomo rain, happy is tho man who can have boiled collards for dinner and fried collard* for supper. But there are other compensations. If the cotton crop has been cut short by the drouth, it cannot bo said that the price has been interfered with. The Holds are whito with tho snowy staple, and Its whiteness de serves tho name. It i* glorious weather for picking, and the cotton is so clean and of such beautiful fibre, tlmt tho gentlemanly (ampler, with his plug hat and gimlet cannot by any possibility muster up an excuse for applying his heart-rending technicalities. The fair hands of tho season have happily merged all grades into one. There is no storm-cotton: there are no "stains;" and wo pity the expert who has gall enough to stand by a snowy white bile, mid, as it were, in the very face of nature, speak of It ns "ordinary" or use some other term of dcpreclatior ctl- culutcd to over-balance tbe accuracy ot Fair- bank's scales. In tbe cities tho drouth has given us dust in abundance, but there is compensation for the discomforts of the dust in the cool days and night* which Rive us something ot a foretaste of the dreamy delights of Indian summer. There is an unmistakable flavor of autumn In the air. Tho chrome yellow of tho hickory trees seems to be a reflection from the sumach torches, and tho blue haze the poets love to sing of, appears to lift the ho rizon in the air ami carry it further away. When the cold winds come, and tho never- ending clouds whirl over the hills ia a slant ing mist, wo w ill all agree that tho drouth was not as bad as it mjglit have been. The Last TM??| to Drop. The crop* in certain sections are short and many burners will thluk ot economizing for the corniug year. A good weekly paper ts the cheapest thing that goes into a former's home. Such a paper os Tub CowsrrrvTtosr at It (the club rate) is the cheapest newspaper iu the world. It foa luxury, a comfort, a necessity. Its weekly visit carries the news of the busy world to the former's family. It amuses aud Instructs the children, U cheers and enter tains the w ife and mother, it gives the former his mar kets, the progress ot the world, politic* and busi- new. The day that it arrives is a bright dsy in the week. It costs less than two cents a week. Every time a hen clucks, the egg *he has laid will pay tor the taper for the week. A postage stamp will pay for it. It ts the cheapest thing you con buy. Iu t uttlng down excuses for the year, don't cut (TIhe i institution. It will be more than ever cetmary to you during the long winter evenings, will |ay for Itself ten times over every week, make up your mind that Thk Coxstm-rtox is cue ot tho necessities, aa well aa a luxury, and ???end in your renewal. 1 A Fatal Explosion. Bo* PC nr. October 25 ???While firing a salute dur f a demerretic par*??!e last tight two cannon ipTcdcd. William McGrath h id his leg bally battered, William Rash his collar bone broken, John Arnold the flashy part of hts arm torn ofl by ua explosion, and Berber! Bcdncr daagcroo&ly Injured ly tbe other explosion. PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS, INTERESTING ITEMS ON CURRENT TOPICS OF THE DAY. Rcrner???* Book-Why tlie South Is Solid Against Republicanism???The Average Duration of Life???Other Topics Benner, the Indiana former, has written a little book of considerable Interest. It contains tbe following productions; 1881???Presidential year, dull trade; Iron drooping; lower prices. 1885???A little improvement: railroad stocks higher. 1886 Renewed depression; stocks lower. 1887???The same. 18*8???Presidential year, hard times; busi ness prostrated; banks foiling; stocks at lowest point; upward turn of affairs this year. 1889???Now fora boom! 1890???Great activity and prosperity. 1891???Speculation and a panic. 1892, 1893, 1891, 1895, 1896, 1897???Dull years and poor trade. 1898 and 1899???Good trade, aciive business; century winds up in height of speculative era. Many the shrewdest operators in Wall street admit that Bennei???a facts and argument* have greatly ini' prefeed them. The Idea I* gaining ground that trade move* in circles and that hard times strike us about once in ten years on an average. It costs something to take a young lady to the theater In New York. A newspaper reporter who had a couple under bis eyes the other night noted the following expenditures: Cab, <3; theater tickets,<4 ;;bouquet, f.*?; oysters, 80cents Jpartridgo <2; saltde, CO cents; fruit, <1; santerne, V; cham pagne, <3; Ice,60 cents; total {20.50. The young lady who cats supper after the theater is a very cxpeniive acquaintance. The Voice, of New York, prints the substance ot an interview with Rev. Chas. F. Deems* In which that gentleman is reported as saying, "Tho liquor truffle must be destroyed, aud will be. If iu other way, by troops of men, women and children marching through the land and shooting tho liquor sellers and burning down distilleries and grog shops," Dr. Deems Is reported further as saying that It Is to prevent such a state of things that he favors prohibition. * It Is to be hoped that distinguished divine was (misquoted. The very way to provoke violent outbreaks and dceli ot blood ts for mea of high standing to prodlct their occurrence. Of coureo there Is no moro danger of the temperance peoplo rushing around like lunatics and assassinating the liquor dealers than there Is of the free traders butchering the protectionists, but stUl Dr. Deems make a mistake in using such strong language. Brother Blaine knifed tho stalwarts through his cousin, Gail Hamilton,and It is not likely that the stalwarts will hesitate to knife Blaluc. It Is easy to sec why the south ts solid against -publicanism. She had a brief but bitter expe rience of republican rule and sho was almost beg gared under It. A few figures from the official record of North Carolina tell tho story, 1869 under republican rule rato of taxation eighty cents on tho flOO; in 1884 under democratic rule It was notning. Jn 1868 the republican legis lature cost 9430,953; in 1883 the democratic legisla ture cost 157,178. In 1869 the republicans ^expend- ed nothlngjor common school; In 1833 tho demo crats expended *725.000. It was the same in nil tho southern states. The republicans when In power collected cx) orbltant taxes, expended eight times much for the legislature as is now expended, and between theft and profligacy left nothing for the free schools. The democrats reversed all th's. Under the circumstances, how can tho soutn be anything else but solid for sclf-dcfenso aud self preservation? Old UhcIo Frnudy Hayes 1* said to bo the hottest headed Blaine man In tho universe. Tho cool weather seems to have infused now life Into Un de Fraudy. In this ago of prohibition peoplo who secretly love their "tod" will bo gratified to learn that two eminent French scientists have discovered that the human system manufactures alcohol" Rccont researches demonstrate the fact that alcohol often preseut* itself in the animal economy without the introduction 0! sugar or other fermentable sub stance. It is horriblo to think that Mr. St. John, with all bis hatred of alcohol. Is In reality only an Involuntary, self-acting gin mill on a small scale. the Frcuch scientists tell tho truth, prohibition must coll in tbe aid of paralysis before it can pro hibit. Frovdk's recently published life of Thomas Car lyle presents the views of the great philosopher on the civil war In America. Carlyle regarded tho war as merely the efflorescence of tho "nigger emancipation agitation" which ho despised. In his eyes the main difference between the two sec tions was that the southern people hired their ser vants for life, while the people of tho north hired their servants by tho day, mouth or year, could not see why tho north should proceed to beat the south to a Jelly for such a matter. Captain Cablo di Remo, of tho Seventh United States cavalry, bad a blood curdling adventure about thiity years ago. Be was one of Onlnrs companions in tho attempt assassinate # - the Emperor Louis Napoleon, aud was not ouly sentenced to death but actually stood on the scaffold and faced the guillotine with his neck bared for tho cruel knlfo. Do Rudio's escape from death was painfully nnr- He stood on the scaffold under tho knife, smoking n pipe, with his armj bound behind him, and his neck and shoulders stripped Tho hand* tbo clock pointed to just fivo minutes before the fatal hour, when a stranger made hts way to scaffold with a rcprlovo. Radio was returned to his cell, and was found that the Empress Eugenie had Inter fered In bis behalf. Napoleon was very indignant, the prisoner could not bo executed nnder the Mine sentence,die went through another trial and was again condemned to death, biit the sen tence wss commuted to Imprisonment for life. He escaped, and coming to America, served In the ???'edcralarmy during the late war. By the effort* Horace Greeley, Moucure Conway au>l others, DcRudlo was given a captaincy in the regular army and has held it ever since. The Philadelphia Pres* is amazed at the progres* of Gcdrgfo as shown by recent statistic*. For the decade ending ltfo Georgia outstripped the whole south, her manufacturing Industries increasing over 100 per cent. In the decade ending 1880 Geor gia led all the southern states except Kentucky and Virginia, Since 1380 her cotton milt capit 1! ha* Increased fti.OOO.COO. To-day she lies 70 milts, 7,843 looms, 300,100 spindles, employing 10.000 bands, and consuming 100,000 bale* of cotton. 'i he product of the Georgia mills is nearly oue-haif of thceutlre southern product. There is no doubt that the average duration of life has been increased several years daring the last century. This will generally be regarded a* a gain, hut some very intelligent people do net look upon it as an unwlxed good. Nothing Is galue-1 by prolonging the lives of infants with diseased constitution?. There, in no gain in lengthening the years of old age *ud decay. It Is a decided benefit to mankind to cut short the lives of people as seen as they have outlived their use- fulnos. This I?, of course, a hard-hearted view of life, but it Is the only view that the economist can take. Tbe scientists wao are endeavoring to pro long human life will do the world no substantial good unless they succeed In prolonging hunuu energy. _ In many porta of the country people believe fn The divining rod as a means ol discovering springs, mineral veins, hidden treasures and oil deposit!. Tbe rod U usually a forked branch of witch hazel. The rod is held in the two haul*, each grasping the extremity of a prong with the fingers closed and tho'palm* upwards. Carried in thl* manner over tfcr surface of the ground, tue rodUsafd to turn or dip when near treasure, reins, spriugt, etc. The divining red was u?ol In ancient time*, mala- ! r for the dl#eovt;y of guilt, the decision of Impor tant questions, or the indication of future cvcuut Its physical application seems to have been of Uter origin. In lh* seventeenth century various treatise* were written on the subject and the peculiar sc- tlcn of the rod wt* attributed to s divine gift, evil ???piritsor natural aflluitv between tbe material of the rod an<J the substance affecting it. In the eighteenth century the electrical theory of the-rod was advanced, but this was thoroughly refuted by destroying the insulation of tbe operator without bis knowledge, thus proving that such knowledge was nu essential part of the so-called electrical ac tion. It is now believed that the motion of the rod Is due to minute, unconscious muscular move ments caused by tbe imagluaton or intuitive or unconscious decision or expectation of tbe opera tor. This lingering remnant of a once powerful superstition is now considered entitled to no more respect than planchette and similar irauds. In the southern state* the name.of Baron Brian- ger has a familiar sound. The baron's immense railway system ramifies the entire south, and it fs well known that hi* wealth reaches a fabulous figure. Erlanger, although hs has lived in Paria all his life, it half a southerner, ne married Mis* Slidell) the daughter ol Hon. John Slidell, of Louisiana. The great capitalist is a youthful looking man, and unlike some money kings, ho is fond of society, liters- Cure and art. He give* the best dinners in Paris. Bis table supplies average <60 a day, and withont keeping a yacht or indulging in any extravagan ce* he spends <150,000 a year. His house is a marvel of artistic beauty. Ills drawing room Is a lovely bower of flowers, plants aud shrubbery and bis gallery of paintings cost millions of froncs. intellectually the barren Is a giant. He runs a dozen banks, overlooks bis Investments In half a dozcu countries, and yet has time for the opera, for social enjoyment and for private charity..4 Altogether this Parisian Midas Is a won der. A New Yobk World correspondent Is responsi ble for the statement that the worst kind of slave ry exists in Vermont, a state which has 'tween re publican for the past twenty-eight yean, township! wltcre there is no poor farm it Is the custom to put up all the old, infirm and poor people that copie on tho town for support and sell them to the lowest bidder for one year. Theso unfortunates are generally bid ofl* by formen.who expect to get enough work out of them to make the speculation profitable. These farmers force their purchased paupers or slaves to work in the fields as long as they can stand. Old crippled soldiers have been sold into this cruel bondage, and there have been cases where the lash was used to make them do more work. When election day arrives these white slaves are forced by their master* to vote the republican ticket. It must bo recollected that all this occurs under a charitable system in a stato that is clam oring against the penal systems of the south. The New York Tribune Is printing in Its Sunday edition a sensational serial called "Tho Story of Mary." It purports to be tlxe story of "a beautiful quadroon." of delicate person and sensibilities, who is thrown Into tho Georgia penitentiary She Is put Into one of tho lessees* comps, and is chained in the bunk indiscriminately with male ccnvlcts.Amoug these Is her lover," a high spirit ed" youug person of color. Tho story is bloody aud ghastly by turns, and describes horrors that are calculated to mako tho blood run cold. Tho story Is written in tho vein of "Uncle Tom 1 Cabin," and is intended to fire the northern heart. Tho Tribune advertises wholesale rates at which "Tho Story of Mary" will he supplied, and it is likely that it will become a leading cam paign document, AN8WER8 TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. F. Dallas, Ga: Was there a vlslblo church be fore Chrfst? The Jews had a national church, aud it was a veiy "visible" affair. 8. W., Rome. Ga.: Whore can I find a copy of Lord Macaulay's kltctto Jefferson on receipt of a copy of the constitutlou of tbo new government? It can't bo found, mainly for tho reason that Macaulay never wrote???such a letter, Hedld, how ever, write a famous letter about thirty five years ???go to a dlstlngulthcd American, whoso name es capes us, In which he predicted tho breaking up of our government. Constant Reader, Marietta, Ga.: Plearo Inform mo when the election ol the mayor ol New York takes place, and the names of tho candidates. Election November 4. Tammany ball candidate, Hugh J. Grant; Irving hall and citizens ticket, W. R. Groce, republican candidate, cx-Alderman Phillips. F. T. R., Dalton, Da.: Who !* the author of the novel ending "My deed* like my body lie burled in a strange place and I doubt the resurrection 0 ! either?" What Is the title of tho book? rerhaps some novel reader will furnish tho de sired information. Subscriber, Llnevillo, Ala.: 1. Where can I got the history of Jobu Wesley? 2. What will it cost? 1. Order from any Atlanta bookstore. 2. About <1.50. maps of your big town. Write to the city engineer of Atlanta. Self Made, West Point, Ga.: Would It bo prac ticable fora young man out In thecouutry to conduct a correspondence with tho proper par ties and in that way acqiibe a knowledge of tho branches usually taught In colleges? |_The Chsutacqua literary and scientific circle has taUght perhaps a hundred thousand persons by the corresjKmdeuco method during the past rix years. Recently a "correspondence univer sity" has bccu organized by professors in various coll eg! s, from Harvard In tho cast to the Johns Hopkins university In the louth and the Univer sity of Wisconsin in the west. Tho purpose Is to give instruction by mail to persons who cannot well attend college. Somo of tho business col leges arc following this course, and now both bookkeeping, penmanship, commercial law and ihort-bandjare taught by mall. The scheme is uot In tliealr. It is iu practical operation, and Is raid to ho a success. Inquirer, Fayetteville, Ga.: I want to stand bookkeeping, and must acquire tho edge at home. \vhat work gives the best nracticzl and theoretical instruction, and where can I precure Hand at what price? There are numerous works on bookkeeping, to be laid at Horn oue dollar up to five. Any of them will do if vou apply yourself. Write to an Atlanta bookseller and tell him what kind of work you waut. He will fill the bill. W. L. O., Ilawkinsville, G*.: Why was ft that in the late war m arly all the federal soldiers killed in battle turned black or purple tn tbe face, while the ol federate dead simply turned pale? Any oae ho walked over a battlefield in Virgin la will tell r.u tbst such was the case. Why was it? 11 was due to the difference in diet. Thejfcderal* went Into battle well fed and fall of whisky, while the confederates generally fought on hard.*Uck aud cold water. A. B.. AJkcn, 8. C.: What is the best speed ever ,&de on a bicycle? Some years ego In England Mr. Falconer made two miles In five a lnutes and thirty six seconds, and recently the London World reported two miles made in four seconds less by a man named English, who also rode twenty miles in fifty-nine mtnute* tlx and three-fitth* seconds. This record has probably never been equaled. Subscriber. Birmingham, Ala.: Who is the Sir Meres Moutefiore whose 100th birthday is to'be celel rated by the Jew* on the 21th Inst? He was bora at Leghorn, October 24,1781, HL* wife???s sister married Nathan Rothschild, that forming* bond of union between the two families. Menu fit re has become noted not only on account his wealth end his great age, bat for hts public spirit snd noble philanthropy. He visited Syria during the plague of IS37 and expended vast sums in charity. When he returned from this trip Queen Victoria knighted him and he was elected afccrilTof London and Mlddtessx. Three year* later he went to the es-t and caused the per secution of the Jews Iu Egypt ??od Turkey stopped. For this the queen grantrd him the right to l-car supporters to hi* family arms, a high distinction. Through hU loot life Sir Mooes Moutefiore has been honored by ??? nations for hts great abilities and virtue*, and the celebration ol his one hundredth birthday will be regarded by all aa a well deserved tribute to one of the world's benefactors. A. B.. Dalton, Ga.: 1, How did the word "tcet/u talism' 5 originate? 2. When did The teetotal movement first start in England? 1. One Dicky Turner was addressing a meeting In Freston, England. In trying to pronounce tho word, "total" ho stuttered, making it t-t-totaL The leader of the meeting adopted the word tee total u descriptive of the temperance movement in which he was engaged. 2. August 26,1832. B. W. A., Oxford, Ala.: Are there any En ff n.w colonies in the southern states? Yes, in Virginia, Tennessee and Florida. Tht London Times recently said that the sooth offered "the best field in the civilized world lor invest ment." O. E. H.. Perry, Ga.: Is there any probability ot B. F. Butler obtain*??? *??? - ??? - ??? - ;busctts in the con None whatever. T. A., Dalton, Ga.: What will free a well from carbonic acid gas? Take an open umbrella and let it up and down raj idly four or five times. This will remove tho gas when other means foil. Reader. Covington, Ga.: What was the confed erate battle flag and who designed It? General Joe Johnston says that after the b&ttlo of Manassas be resolved to discard the stars and bars and called for each regiment to procure its state colors. This they were unable to do. New designs were then asked for, and among those pre sented, one by General Beauregard was chosen, but was altered in making it square instead ol oblong. It was a Greek cross of blue on a red field w 1th white stars on blue bars. Colonel* Wal ton, of Louisiana, was tbe designer. twenty-fir??t anniversary of his birth, or tho day Enbfcrlber, Thomson, Ga.: Can you furnish me with Furman???s formula, and also tuat of the Geor gia Chemical Works Co? 3 he follow ing Is Mr. Furman???s formula: 1??? SO bushels of stable manure. 2??? 200pounds acid phosphate. 2??? 100 pounds kainlt. 3??? 20 bushels cotton seed. 4??? 200 pounds acid phosphate. 4??? 200 pounds kainlt. 2,400 pounds. The following is the formula of the Georgia Chemical works company, given In 1879: Stable manure .....750 lbs. Cotton seed (green), 750 lbs. Acid phosphate, or dissolved bone...........500 lbs. Making a ton of.....??? - 2,000* Etudent. Athens, Ga.: 1. What is the total cir culation of the newspapers in tho United States? 2. Are there any, besides Germau. prlned In for eign languages? 3. Are there as many paper* printed and read on the Pacific slope as iu tho south. 1. There are 971 daily papers printed in tho Uni ted States with an average circulation of 3,971 each, and 8,633 weeklies with an average of 2,177 each. 2. Yes, a great many. California has sis papers printed in Spanish, five In French, two in Chinese, three in Italian and two iu Danish. Il linois has two Polish newspapers. The Indian territory has two published In Indian and only one in English Texas has one Bohemian paper. New York has four Welsh papers, one Italian, ten French and one Portuguese. There are forty-two French papers in the United States and quite* number of other foreign papers beside the one* noted above. 3. Yes. According to theceusns of I860 California, with a smaller population than Georgia, has fifty-eight dallies with a circulation of 157,814, to Georgia???s sixteen daililes with a cir culation of 27,830. Alabama has six daffies with 9,600 subscribers. South Carolina has four dailies with 7,750 subscribers. North Carolina has thir teen dallies and 7,950 circulation. Florida has three dallies and 2.600 subscribers. Mississippi has five dailies and 4,200 subscribers. Louisians has thirteen dallies and 38,065 subscribers. Ken tucky has eleven dallies and a circulation of 33.- 492 copies. The daily papers of California hsvo over 25,000 more subscribers than tho dallios of Georgia. Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, South Carolina. Louisiana, Florida and Kentucky combined. Vide census of 1880. , in the union? ?? Whit is the moat aparcely populated aud what is the.den- lityof Georgia???s population? No. Acco ding to the census of 1880, Massachu setts had 221 people to the square mile, while Rhode Island has 254 to tho square mile. The District of Columbia, 2,960 people to square mile, Rhode Island also has the largest average popula tion in proportion to the number of dwellings, to* wit; over six people to tbe house. Nearly all of the territories havo less than one person to the square mile, and Colorado and Oregon have two, Florida less than five to the square mile. Georgia has twenty-six people to the same area. Madison, Ga.: Has Belva Lockwood any women on the stump in her Interest? None that wo know of. Tbe republicans have a very effective speaker In Indiana in Mrs. Nellta Holbrook. They imported her from California as a novelty and find her quite a card. She Is said to be highly gifted as an orator. She has tokan an active part "on the stump" In California in Qvery campaign since 1576. Sho mado the welcoming speech to General Grant at San Francisco when ho returned to America from his trip around tho world. Sympathizing With Poor Old Vanderbilt. Rill Nye. I learn with mucn sadness that Mr. William H. Vanderbilt's once princely fortune has shriveled down to <150,000,000. This piece of information comes to me like a clap of thunder out of a cleat sky. Once petted, fondled and caressed, William 11. Vanderbilt, shorn of bis wealth, and resting upon no foundation but his sterling integrity, must struggle along with the rest of us. * * *?? In conclmfon, 1 do not kuovr what to say, unless it be to appeal to the newspaper men of tne coun try in Mr. Vanderbilt???s behalf. While he was wealthy he was proud and arrogant. Ho aaldi ??? "Let the newspapers be blankoty blanket to blank," or words to that eff< ct, but we do not care for that Let us forget all that and remember that his sad fate may someday be our own. In our affluence let us not lose sigut of the fact that Vau Is suficricg. Let us secure a place for him oa some pood paper. Hi* grammar and spelling are m little bit rickety, but he could begin as janitor and gradually work his way up. Parties having cloth ing or funds which thcyicol like giving may for ward the fame to meat Hudson, Win., postpaid, snd if tbe clothes do not fit Van they may possibly fit me. Tbo Other Hide. Ffcrntte New York Graphic. f*What a magnificent sight that Is," observed the editor as he looked out of the office window upon the torchlight procession. "How tho mar tial strains stir my soul! What is tho meaning of this Imposing array?" ???It is the parade of the other side. They have 8 mawmectlng to-night," replied the elty editor. A few minutes afterward tbe editor made an ed itorial paragraph to tbe effect that "the riff-raff of the city,the ofl scum, the rag-fogasd bob-tall were out in force last night, making the streets htdtoas with their yAls. If the police had understood their duties the entire mob would have been arrested." No Use for Ratlrowds. From the Acworth, Ga., News. A middle-aged white man and wife walked into Acworth ebont 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, and leiturely proceeded to do a little trading witix John Tanner and Newt Johnson. They stated that they left Rome a little late the same morning, and bad walked every ctep of th- way. They sold that aftllr.tr wrs no account that couldn???t walk 73 mile* in a day. Tbe man carried a gun and the women icvctsl articles. Tbejr departed with tbo remark that they were going to spend the ntgbl four or five miles further eouth. They ought to * enter the walking match at the state lair. Snowing iu tho Catskills. PoroBKEirsiE. N. V??? October 2.V???The dis patch to the Eagle from Cbickester, in the heart of the CatrkiU mountains, rays It is snowing hard there this s. tn. row J elvu. N. Y., October 25.???There have t??n frequent squalls of snow here this morning* Yesterday tucrim.g the ground -was white at day- Lreak. ran coming on the New York. Lake En?? and W. si;:n road from tbe west this momiag Lave several inches of scow as them.