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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GUL. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4 ISSA TWELVE PAGES.
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sent "atay-st-bome," from Maine:
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union, end wlio, when the war was over, eoaac,
flftitin,. but we have only aupremo contempt
lor that class of men who were too cowardly to
flalil for tfao union, but wbu bnve, ever Miter
Mn. llaannitKs addressed a meeting in
ffpringfleld, Illinois, yesierdny, which was of
aurh mtgnlludo as to give hope that Illinois
mi,lit figure In llio democratic column next
Tuesday. Illinois Is an agricultural slate,
and whrn Mr. Hendricks told them thst
since the Ohio election wheat and com had
fallen eight and liven cents a bushel, he
told them something they can study over
until elccUon day.
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OUR ESTIMATE FOR TO-DAY.
We see no reason to revlao this morning tho
estimates Tug Cohstitiitiom has made as to
Hie vote of tho doubtful etatei during, tho
pest two weeks. It may be well, however,
to summarise onr opinion and eaUinste.
There are 401 volet In the electoral college.
Either candidate, to oarry the country, mutt
secure 201 of these votes. It Is our opinion
that Governor Cleveland will be elected, and
we propose lo show tho reaeon for the faith
that It In us.
It la agreed on all tides that be will get
every southern electoral vole. Thla gives
him a nucleus.of 103 votes that may bo classed
ss certain.
To them we add Iba 30 volet of New York.
The tremendoua strength developed by the
bolting republloane???ranging from 01,000 to
00,000 votee, leavea little doubt as to tho vote
of thie slate. Tho Ttmmany defection, with
which tbe republicans hope to offset tbe
break In their own ranks, bss dwindled to
' lets than 1.1,000 volet. It Is asserted In the
highrat quarters that the republicans have
practically lost hope of New York and trans
ferred their fight to other slates. It is with
confidence therefore that we add the 30 vote*
of New York to Cleveland's 1.13 southern
volet, giving him 180 voles
The alrelghteat road to success from this
point le through Indiana. If tbe democrat!
ran add the 13 vote! of thla elate to tho 180
voice of New York and the eoutb, they will
have 204 voice, or three more than It necet-
>ary. Governor Hendricks has never felled
to carry Indiana when he made the fight. He
bee never fought eo brilliantly or eo
grandly as he le fighting now. When
ho ran with Tilden ho carried the.
stale by 8,318 majority. In 1880, when Ills
friends thought bo bad been unjustly put
aside, Garfield carried the state by 11,011 ma
jority. After that llemlricks and his friends
girded themselves up to recover the
etate. In 1882 they elected a dem
ocratic secretary of atata by 10,024
majority, and elected 0 out of 13 oongran-
ruen, and had 23 majority In tho legislature.
The state la thoroughly anil reliably demo
cratic by from five to twelve thousand votes.
Tbit majority can be reversed only by the
BiNit unblushing corruption and fraud.
If Indiana be loet we are left with the
180 votee of New York and the South, our
nest best chance is for aecuring the 12 votes
needed It to carry New Jereey with its 0
votee end Connecticut with Its (I votes.
New Jersey la perhaps toe safest democratic
Mate in the north. In 1870, It gave Tilden
II,??4> majority. In 1880k ?? gave Hancock
2,010 majority. In 1882, It gave a democratic
congressional majority of 4,030. In 188.1, it
elected a deTnocraUc governor by 0,800 ma
jority. The democrat! are confident of
carrying It by a l.w*??r majority than It gave
Tilden. Connecticn: is very clots. In ISTti, it
gave Tilden 1,712 maj ority. In 1880 it gave
Garfield 1,788 majority, t'wo yean taler tlg.iv.
a democratic majority of 3.127. and eteeir.t
thrsa^oot of four congressmen Connecticut
la a steadiest state, its voters are Intelligent
andean neither be bnllltd or bought A
careful can ten of the Mata shows that at
least 5,000 republicans will not rote for Maine
and the democrats are confident of car
rying the state.
But If we fall to carry either Indiana or
Connecticut and barejonly the eoutb, New
York end New Jereey, thla will give us
108. We will, still lack three votee of a mv
jority. Our beet chance for getting these is
with Nevada. This little state voted for
Hancock in 1880, by 873 majority. In 1882,
it elected ademocratlc governor by 1,233 ma
jority. The democrats are making a spirited
canvass and hope to hold the state in line.
H they do, its 3 electoral votes will elect
tbe democratic president.
The above summary includes what may be
called the direct probabilities of democratic
success. It by no means exhausts their op
portunities.
California voter! for Hancock In 1880, and
in 1882, it gave a democratic mijority of 10,
727, and secured 01 majority in the legisla
ture, on the fullest vole ever jiolled. This
looks as if it were a thorough democratic
stale, and General Kosecran>!, who conducts
the democratic compalgn, asserts that it is.
There are chances that Ohio will go demo
cratic. It only gave aplurality of 11,000 votes,
(1,300 lesa than a majority,) in a voto of
788,GOO. Thlswason tho state ticket with
the whale republican party concentrated }m
one stole. Many republicans who voted the
state ticket, will not vote for Maine, end tiro
resources of the enemy are acattercd. The
fusion democratic ticket In Michigan carried
that stale In 1882 by 4,(71, and thn fusion
forces are more harmonious and enthusiastic
than ever before. There are chances for Or-
lineol republicanism???so near that one more
step, end that not a long one, would place
her alongside the countries fin either band.
She will get theve soon or late through much
sgltation, but probably without bloodshed
for her people have a great deal of political
sense. They move slowly hut very surely
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Massachusetts, Illinois, Wisconsin and New
Hampshire.
To recapitulate: Wo ought to elect Clove
land by carrying tbe south, New York and
Indiana???204 votes.
Or, tho south, New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut???201 votes.
Or, tbe sonth, New York, New Jersey and
Nevada???201 votee.
If we fall in getting either Nevada, Con-
necltant or Indtade, we have reasonable
chances in California, Ohio and Michigan???
and IlgbUng chances In Illinois, Mfusachn
setts, Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
Tbe fight Is already whipped before tbe
Intelligence and patriotism of the country.
If the voice of the people were cast according
to the dictate! o( popular judgment, Blaine
would bo beaten by 2,000,000 votes, and
would not carry * tingle state we have noted
shove.
If this verdict le reversed, It will be by the
ehamelea nee of money end federal power.
We ltevo an abiding confidence in the vir
tue and honesty of the American people.
We do not belicvo they can be corrupted or
Intimidated???either bulldozed or bought.
We therefore believe that Governor Cleveland
will be elected to tbe preeldency of thla re
public on next Tuesday.
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ENOLAND'S PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST.
rarllament Is In teMlon, and the prospect
of an exciting and eventful con teat waa never
better In (treat Britain. Mr. Gladstone pro
pose! to give tba ballot to about two million
of farm liborers. The marquis of Haltahury.
ecllng as the leader of the lories, baa no ob
jection to an extension of the right of sttffrago
lu the country districts provided he can have
voice In tho gerrymander that Is involved
In such s step. Mr. Gladstono says the house
of loida must lint accept tho franchise bill,
and then It nmy consider the distribution
blit which he will bring In. The cabinet. In
spired no doubt by the growing strength ot
the radicate whom Mr. Chamberlain leads,
covets a light, and the lories have decided
nol.to ask for quarters, although the issue
Involves the |>ower, if not tho very existence,
of the house of Ionia All over the kingdom
tbe demand has been, let the house of lords
he wiped out. Let tbe live hundred fatuities
that eland in the way of hepplneee end pro
gress effecting millions of people, be cut down
end off. The issue Is a momentous one.
Tbe torlrs oppose the franchise bill, taking
ell Use risks Involved, because lie passage, to
gether with the distribution bill pre
pared by the government, would
practically destroy tlielr power. The exact
terms ot the distribution hill are not known,
hut It undoubtedly disfranchises all English
boroughs baring tin Ilian in,two Inhabitants:
It redistribute! the Irish scats In the Parnell
interest, and the seats gained are to be given
to the targe tosms that the radicals either
control or expect to control. England Is to
bare six more members, and Scotland ten
more. The landrd interests, whether whig
or conservsUve, Would, under such a bill, be
at the mercy ot the radicals. The plan Is an
approach to representation based on popula
tion, and 1s of courasa stopof justice; but the
toriri claim that representation should in the
future as in tbe put respect clefs, and they
propose to make a stand regardless of conse
quences
If the bouse of lords again reject the suf
frage bill, there will be hot work in tbe elec
tions when an appeal la taken to the country.
The rcsnlt of each in appeal can scarcely be
considered doubtful. Mr. Gladstone would
he ???attained, and with the derision would
come e demand so strong and eo imperioutin
favor of ??? change in the powers of the house
of lords that the government would not, seen
If disinclined, beetle to disregard IL If tire
veto power of the hereditary hones should be
taken away, England would he very near the
THE BUSINESS MEN RIS1NO UP.
There is nothing that better discloses the
nature of this campaign than tbe division
that has taken place among tbe business men
of the country. Men who havo for years
practiced the watering of stocks, the swin
dling of stockholders, and tbe wrecking of
banks and trusts???all such men ere for
Maine, beginning with Keney and Fish and
winding up with Jay Gould, Dillon, Hunt
ington, Sage and Cyrus Field. These men
are speculators or monopolists, and tboy find
In Jtmies G. Maine a man niter their own
fashion. They know he has never In the
course of a long public career voted against
privilege and monopoly. If the monopolists
wanted more lend, more exemption from
contracts, more privileges of any kind, they
always found him ready and willing. Soto
e man (he adventurers and speculators and
monopolists are standing np to him.
Hut on the other hand there is on
astonishing movement. of men en
gaged in legitimate business to
wards Cleveland. This movement springs
np In all branchrs of business. Tha dry
goods people ore vlelng with the mon who
deal in prodnee, oil, cotton and other pro
ducts of the earth. It is not too much to siy
that three-fourths of the gennine business
men in the middle and eastern states are to
day In favor of the election of Cleveland.
Supporters of Maine are rare In any of the
great financial and commercial exchanges,
and all through tbe land solid men are com
ing over???men like John M. I-'orbes, of Bos
ton, Jacob L. Greene, of Hartford, and Dud
ley Olcott, of Albany.
This movement of bualneac men anil sub
stantial capitalists U really tbe most remark
able feature of the campaign. Heretofore
such men have dreaded a change In adminis
tration, hut now they think a change la essen
tial to honest government. They do not
care to tell their clerks and the young men of
the country that a crooked career is no bar to
public preferment. Nor do they want to per
petuate the reign of dishonesty In public
life by conferring upon the tattooed
candidate tho highest honor of the
country. Such a courts would puta premium
upon lying, venality, corruption and dishon
esty in public life, and lead to demoralization
In husinrss circles. Tho real business.men
thinking lees perhaps of themselves than ot
their children and tbelr country, are not
ready to Indorse such n policy, end they are
absolutely going over lo Cleveland and honest
government In droves. Nothing like It has
ever been witncMed in thie country, eo far as
the cities are concerned; and If there was
tlmo In which to let the leaven work oatotde
of the cities the tainted and tattooed candi
date would scarcely get a vote from the ranks
of the real butlneta men of the country.
Talmage???s sermon increases in
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preacher The Constitution will priut
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BLAINE'S DECOY DUCKS.
Tbe vague dentals mails by Ben Butler ot
the charge that he has made, and la making,
a campaign in tbe , Interest of Blaine, and
that he t> using every effort to blind and de
ceive those who were fools enough to engage
In the farce of nominating him for the pres
idency, has had tbe natural result of devel
oping indiaputable evidence of the truth of
the charge. Editor Dima's Sun, which has
crated to thine for all since tbe New York
World lias taken the Drat place la metropoli
tan Journalism, so far as its democracy and
lit circulation are concerned, list been so
anxious to ace Butler vindicated that It has
glvrn the to railed denials in double-leaded
type, and, if we mistake not, hu not boat-
tated to cackle a little over them.
But tho ebargis are true, and it rarely
Itappcna that the truth lack* material evi
dence lo support it. It certainly doevu't
lark It in this instance, and tbe result is, the
animus snd purpose of the Butler campaign
lies exposed and stinking right under the
public nose. General Parsons, who was the
author of the original charge that Butler baJ
sold out to Blaine, bee supplemented that
charge with some additional f tett tHIt leave
not a peg for doubt to stand upon.
General Parsons's firttcharge, and the one
that the Butler-Dana syndicate has been so
snxloutlodeny, was that Butler's, pretended
personal campaign waa conducted exclusive
ly (In elate* that are doubtful u between
Cleveland and Maine) under tbe direction
and at the expente of tho national repnalt-
can committee In thefntereetof Maine alone,
and not in tbe interest of the parlies who
bad nominated him. In other words, Gener-
Parsuua distinctly charged that Butler has
taken a contract to deliver the anti-monopo
ly and grtenjtack parties and the working
element ot democreUc proclivities over to
the Blaine desperadoes.
With respect to tbe dentals that have been
made. General Parsons disposes of them by
the statement that every Interview which he
bed with Butler or his managers, or with the
oisitagers of the pepnbllcen party, was at
tbelr invitation and by their special appoint-
ment. General Parsons made his .original
charge as the official head of the greenback
labor parly (a Maryland; in that capacity.
he now renews the charge, and In confirm!
tfon thereof declares that 6ince the opening
of the present campaign, one
Noah A. Plympton, . Ben Btitler???i
political manager, has received and accepted
from B. F. Jones, chairman of the republi
can national committee, checks drawn on
John Sherman's First Natioual bank of New
York, to the amount of $22,000, nnd that
these checks were cashed-
General Parsons charges furthermore, thst
John F. Henry, chairman of the national
committee of the anti-monopoly party, has
also received and accepted from thechairman
of tbe Blaine committee a check drawn on
the same hank for the sum of $22,000. Gen
eral Parsons has witnesses to his interviews
with the two Iiufler-Blaine committees, hat
it Is not necessary that be should substanti
ate his charges. The troth of them is made
more manifest dsy by day in the columns of
the Butler organs, such as Editor Dana???s Sun,
and In the actions of Butler himself. There
is no doubt in our minds that both Butler
and Editor Dana have been employed as de
coy ducks for Blaine. Butler is receiving
large pay for his work, but Editor Dana Is
engaged in tbe business for tho reason that
he has not outgrown the streak of crankiness
that led him into the Brook far at experiment
along with other intellectual cranks.
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NEW YORK SAFE FOR THE DEMOCRATS
Our special dispatches of n week ngo Indi
cated that the republicans had ??? practically
abandoned the fight in New York. Every
thing teems to confirm this suggestion. The
pretence of Blaine in the state is simply a
feint. It is intended to draw attention
from Indiana nnd Connecticut and New Jer-
rey, where the real work of the campaign is
being done. The work in those states is not
of such a nature that it needs Mr. Blaine,
is Dudley and bis gangs that are relied on.
And they want quiet and obscurity in which
to do their dirty work.
The republicans do not hope to carry New
York. Elaine cannot come to Harlem river
witli Garfield's majority of 71,000 votes. He
will lose 5,000 of this majority in Erie, Cleve
land???s own county. He will lose 5,000 more
in Albany and half of it in Oneida. In al
most every county in tbe state he will lose
votes that Garfield held. He will be fortu
nate if lie gets to tbe river with 50,00 major
ity. Tbe World claims that Cleveland's ma
jority in New York City alone will be 70,000
votes. It claims that of tbe 225,000 votes,
Cleveland will get 140,000, Blaine 70,000 and
Butler 15,000. No man ot sense doubts that
the Independent republican vote In
New York City and Brooklyn
will, by many thousands, outweigh the
democratic defecticfri. Hancock bad 11,000 ma
jority In New York city. Cleveland will raise
this certainly to 50,000. Huncock had 0,000
( majority in Brooklyn. This is the home of
tbe independent republicans, and Hancock???s
figures will be raised to at least 15,000. The
democrats claim 20,000. There may be add
ed to this, 5,000 for Queens county aud 2,000
for Richmond. This makes a total south _of
the Harlem river that would have wiped o???ut
Garfield???s majority ol 74,000 votes.
To generalize: There are in New York
state from 05,000jto 00,000 republicans who
will vote for Cleveland. There are not, at
tbe highest estimate, over 20,000 democrats
wbo will vote for Blaine. The vote of But
ler will balance that of 8t John. This gives
tbe democrats a margin, twice os wide as
Garfield???s majority.
New York state will go democratic.
Tbe real fight of the campaign Is in Indi
ana, Connecticut, New Jersey and Nevada!
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SIXTEEN PEOPLE KILLED .
By (a Panic in n Thrnt erf Caused by n False
Alarm of Fire.
Glasgow, November 1.???Tho performances at
the Star theater had proceeded without any Inter
ruption until rhottly after 9 o'clock, when some
one shouted "fire*" The whole audience inxt tnlly
rose to their feet and made a rush to tho several
doors. The great maw of people who occupied the
pit. In escaping therefrom, met the crowd that
was descending tbe stairway from the gallery, aud
a fearful block t nsued. Loud cries ot distress and
shouts for help arose from the minis ot panic
stricken aud stniagllug humanity- The crowd was
adjured by the oUlcers of the theater aud by the
police to bold back, but tho warulugsaud appeals
were unheeded. The crazed crowd frantically
imbed toward the outlets, trampling and Jump
ing over each other until tboy reached (he street.
aiXTCCM roruD dead.
When the theater was flually cleared sixteen
corpses were found on the stairs leading from the
gallery, and twelve persons were so badly iujured
that they only gave evidence that Ufa waa not
extinct by their piteons mornings. Upon
the first alarm being rung through
the city the whole lire bregnde quickly went t-??
the rescue, and with the police did their utmost
to allay the panic aud mens the crushed victims,
hut they were too late to be of effective service.
The police force, sided by voluuteers, rushed luto
the building and endeavored t> keep the entry
clear by siding all they could to escape to the
street, but tbe crowd was so large that they were
sadly tnfervd with in their humane labors.
A Woman of Noble Birth Dying lu an
Alma Uonae.
ITTTfBCto, November 2.???A woman aged M, who
dsima to be the daughter of a wealthy English-
man of high social poaition, la dying in the Pitta-
burg alms bouse. Shetaya the eloped from Wol-
vcr4on. England, at the age of sixteen with a
servant, aud waa dUlubertted. Her hus
band deserted her here five years ago.
CAMPAIGN COMMENT.
QUESTIONS OF PARTICULAR INTER
EST JUST AT PRESENT,
Zxerrpta of Mention of Matters of General Iatsraat
SearlDg Upon tba Campaign WMoa Close#
Tuesday???Crimination and ReCrimlna-
??? ion???What Both Sidea 8ar.
In reference to the boodle which tho republicans
are expected to me on Tuesday next in New York
city and elsewhere, the New York News says:
There will certainly be no lack of money la the
cJty. and whatever may be accomplished here for
Blaine beyond reasonable expectations will be
traceable to thatund to anticipated treachery of tho
local bosses. The managers realize, however, that
the state is too large to bo dellverol
over to sny one for cash, and their chief hope
is rather that Cleveland's majority may oe
small than that Blaine, may carry the
state. The situation in Indiana seems to be as
???atisfactory as the managers or Mr. Blaine could
expect. Inis was talked over at the conference,
and it waa agreed that nothing could be gained by
interference with Pension Commissioner Dudley,
w ho is thoroughly acquainted with the state, hay
Jug been Unite-d States moishal there before ho
was rained to tbe pension office as a reward for
services w ith Dorsey in 18*0. Dudley will have
iiis supply ot money Increased without stint as he
may cell /or it.
The Philadelphia Times does not count very
strongly on Tummany???a avowal 'of faith to
the democracy. Its New York special says:
The general impression prevails that the repub
lican party is about to make a gigantic effort to
buy New York state and New Jersey. It Is more
than an open secret. Jt is a fact. There is another
/act that can be stuted. John Kelly will knife
Cleveland. He never played a finer game than he
is playing now. He declares publicly and reiter
ates the statement that Tammany hull Will work
hard for the success of the tlchet. He is
going to tnrn out his warriors to-morrow night
in a grand parade and has given orders
that all local demonstrations mint be suppressed;
that no local candidate???s banners can be curried,
but that the whole demonstration shall be for
Cleveland and Hendricks. But he Is g-Mng to
slaughter Cleveland aud Hendricks If he can. Al
t'tickets bnve been discovered lu Tammany
a bearing six of the democratic electors aud
the rest the republican electors. Grady, Kelly's
???pet, says that already Blaine tickets are being
-nnchtd with Tamumiiy tickets. There are no: a
iw Tammany men who will not vote for the re
publican candidates, but they arc in a big minori
ty, alter all.
Governor Hendricks gives vent lo his feelings
as to the campaign of the democrats in the fol
lowing Interview with a correspondent of tho
New York World:
Is the campaign exhausting you?" asked a
friend of Mr, Hendricks after tbe labors of tho
day were over.
??????1 cannot say that I experience any sensation of
fatigue," was the reply. ???There is an earnestness
on tbe part of the democracy that 1 have never
witnessed before. The people st*em to be in ad
vance of those w hom we have usually regarded as
leaders, und it acts on me like a tunic. I am hold
ing out better than 1 did in 1872, when 1 made
the rnce for governor. Tho earnest determination
of the people for a change of administration,
which within the last six days has crystalized into
dttnncratlu confidence, is wonderful."
"What will he the result?"
"T he Democratic party of Indiana," replied Mr.
Hendricks, ???will, in 188-1, not only repeat, hut far
eclipse Its victory of 1876."
Governor Abhctt thus spoke at the Wall street
demonstration on Friday night:
"They tell me that New Jersey Issafe. 1 Intend
nroctcd there when 1 leave this meeting to
keitsale, lithe laboring men here wilt do
tbelr duty and vote for Cleveland and Hendricks,
there is no fearol New Jersey. You cau take care
ot New York snd we will take care of New Jersey.
Tb??y have the money to pour Into It, bat wo
have not tbe men to sell and on tho 4th of No-
At the inmo demonstration, Governor Hoadly,
of Ohio, made an enthusiastic Cleveland address,
in which he defended the south from tho abuse
being heaped upon her, lu the following words:
"The republicans lost the solid south because
they were not worthy of tho trust putin their
hands. Tbe carpetbaggers???the plumed knights???
of that party ruined the south. Ttiank God for
the solid snath. We will have a solid north by
???no by. It is coming.
'Tut under the control of Blnlno, Elkins and
Clayton, the treasury and you will have what
made the south solid, and will make the north
solid, too.
???Blaine's protection theories mean hlghor'priccv
for property and lower wages for mau. Tho key
to the tarift plank in the democratic platform Is
economy in Hie administration of the government.
Governor Allen once mid: ???You might as well
try to run sn ice house in hell, as run a govern
ment honestly with au enormous surplus in the
treasury." The democrats urgo !u their platform
that the surplus should be reiurnctl to the avenues
of trade, and that all duties should be levied for
public and not private ends. Thu republicans con
demn the horizontal sy>t<-m of taxation; they
claim that the tariff should be revised and the.
country he relieved of the surplus by such meth
ods as shall serve the Interests of capital and
lslior.' Their method is a policy of pronijpicy???the
-sternal policy. The democratic party ba r ***???
jUgrity to go irto the irt-asury ana purloin
utles of treasurer without steallug a copper.
The PhiladelphiaTimosaays:
"There is no doubt about the republican Inton
lion to buy up New Jersey, End Connecticut, too
If they can. The Indepe ndents aro more confident
here than the democrats, and the news they got
from their volanteer correspondents is certainly
encouraging. From this state and Massachusetts
and from Connecticut come assurances of great
strength smong tho nnti-nialne men???enough, It
Is claimed, to carry them for Cleveland."
AN8WER8 TO CORRESPONDENTS,
Inquirer, Atlanta, Ga.: 1. If a man is sus
pended by a wire fastened to the sun, and Inde
pendent of the earth'a motion at 1???2 o'clock m.,
ednesdsy, and is thus moved arouud the earth
Kentucky synod, after a long debate, unanimously
indorsed the minority report. The Atlanta
Presbytery adopted the minority report*
Tho Nashville and New Orleans Presbytery la
dorsed the minority report, the resolution in tha
latter being Introduced by Dr. Palmer. Bo that
every Presbytery since the committee reported has
Indorsed the miuority report and condemned Dr.
Woodrow. Tho debate Is progressing now in the
South Carolina synodal Greenville,where Dr.
Woodrow made a four hour???s speech yesterday ia
bis own defense. The Georgia synod now in ses-
sion at Marietta, will opeu debate on the matter
to-oay.
J. B. C??? Opelika, Ala.: Have the reviser* finished
thi Ir work on the Old Testament?
Yes. The revised edition will be published
shortly. ...
Bnbfcriber, Birmingham, Alt: Is Mr. Robert P.
Porter Correct in his statement that the only tin
deposit of any acc ount in this country Is ia the
Biack Hills of Dakota?
No. Passing over the tin deposits of New Ilarap*
???hire, Vermont, Maswchuaetts andgVirginla, as of
small importance, we come to two rich mines ia
the south, one in West Virginia, and the otheria
Cleveland county, North Carolina. There two
mines are extensive and yield the finest tin.
To. P., Social Circle, Ga.: 1. When does the
exposition open at New Orleans? 2. What Is tn*
rate of fare for excursion tickets from Atlantaf
3. When will an excursion go from Atlanta?
4. Do excursion trains go from other places?
1. December 1st. 2. Round trip, 914.75. 3. We
do not know. 4. Yes.
W. P. II., Fredonia, Ala.: In Inst Sunday's issue
f overnmtnt. The letter referred to was dated
-oudon, May 23d, 1857, and was addressed to Hon.
II. S. Banditti, of New York, acknowledging a
copy of tbe Life of Jefferson, written by Mr. Ran-
dull. Mr. Gnrtlel 1, in making au address on "Tho
Future of Our Bepublic," quoted this letter of Ma
caulay's In sunctauce. nud declared that it was tho
mot formidable indictment ever penned against
the democratic principle Among other thing*,
Macaulay said lu that letter: ???1 cannot reckoa
Jcfieitou among tbe benefactors of mankind."
Will you please Ir form me who Lew Wallace is
???the author of ???Ben Hur?"
He was a general in the federal army daring the
war, and 1.h now United Htates minister to Turkey*
He wrote ???Tbe Fair God" and other books.
J. II., Forsyth, Ga.: What is the average stan
dard of human height?
In this coqntry five feet seven inches.
B. W. Cr, Tliomasville, Ga.: How can I get rid
of red ants iu the kitchen?
Sprit kle ground cloves over the floor and in the
cracks.
mail tom, a uaiivu ui hub ouuuuj Buuuvtt
covered until after the discovery of America?
No, wheat won grown extensively in Central
Asia at a very early date. In Egypt And Palestine
it was the principle crop. Tradition has it that
the seed were fomid in the hands of an Egyptian
mummy that was excavated 4,000 years after hi*
death. The seed were thrown on the ground,
took root and grew. By some sort ot process in
planting and cultivating modern ages have improv
ed both tbe stalk and grain of the original cereal.
But to this day it is raised in Egypt in tho primi
tive way from the original seed and is called
???mummy wheat."
Wet Weather Talk*
It alnt uo use to grumble and complain;
It???s Just as cheap and easy to rejoic
Men gcncr'Iy to all intents???
Although they'reap' to grumble some-
I'utl most their trust in Providence,
And take tblnga um they come???
That Is the commonality,
that's llvt*d as lung os ir *
gur??t of
- Ittt
the curbstone.
broke down and she sought shelter iu the aim*
house. * The above fact* acre told the poorhou*
board, wbo promised to withhold her name anti
alter ucath.
A ST BAM UK COINCIDENCE.
Professor Beck* of Dohiottogo, Confounded
With the Knbtm Berk.
The Fairborn Newsletter says thst The Cosrvmc-
Tics'# telegram from Ciayton, Rabun county, de
tailing the murder of his wife and fUterln-law by
E. W. Beck, created considerable talk in Fairbura,
as many believed tbe murderer to be PmfeKor
Berk, of Deblonega, and for several ycargprofewor
ot mathematics in the rDiversity at this place, but
an investigation proved that he was not the man.
Fiom Mr. B*n Damp, a Lrother-iu-Uur of Profewior
heck, tbe reporter learned that while the murderer
bore the um* name aa Pr??>f.**??or Beck,
DO reUUouUiip rxuted. Both families of
Becka were raised In Murray couuty.
Their fathers bore tbe ranie name, John Beck.
Tbty married hulfea with ntnu* alike
ilie. of
ton. n here be tuiceedid well in b.Wneas for a
while, tot began drinking. After killing hb wifi
and fatally wounding bar sister, be gave himself
opazdnajput ia jail* whan be cudaarorol to
iiiiimrti.j, RIIU IMItlUJ, UI'IHU IIUUUU 11117 CBrtU
for twenty-four hour*, and is in npcaking distance
of a pioccttinn of English speaking people all the
way, It will of cuurso 1*4- 12 rn. to blm all
the while. At wbat particular point an l moment
will be be Informed that 12 rn. Wednesday gives
plsce to 12 m. Thursday? 2. Who is the author
-'l the following: ???
let death remove from the brow we love
The damp of her darkening river,
Let heaven restore on Its shining snore
The lo*t whom we love f rever;
That light alone ou our pathway thrown,
1 hat star to our darknm* given.
Shall lend it fires to the trembling wires '
Which link our souls with heaven."
S. Byron. Hcott and other distinguished writers,
Justly regard'd the dramatic productions of Joanna
Bailie as Imt little inferior to tho*?? of 8hak*tearo
Why?** htf " ritiD8 * ar * nearly out ol print.
1. As you seem to believe with the Rev. Jasper
Richmoud, that ???tic mm do move," It would
be difficult to give you a aatUfnctory answer. 2.
???'e do not know. 3. Because readers of the preaent
day do not share tbe opinion of Byron and Scott
to tbe merit of her writings.
Seneca, 8. C.: 1* there any truth In the
Makmtnt of Judge Foraker, of Ohio, that Coffee
ccuuty, Ala., pay* taxes on o:.Iy ??Jf?? worth ol farm-
JtjK mi^kmtnts and on 93,<si7 worth of guns and
Judge Foraker'* statement Is calculated to do a
*ms Injustice to Alabama. In that state all
weapons are taxetl and, therefore, present a
heavy slipping on the Ux books. On
the other hand the law exempts to each head of a
family 125 worth of farming tools, 125 worth of
mechanics' tools, enough to mn a two-horse farm
one year. Thera is also exempted furniture to tbe
value of tl.???0, and onr yoke of oxen, one cart or
wagon, two cowa and calvea, twenty head of stock,
provisions and Mipplie*, including pork hogs on
hand for the current year, and all w earing apparel,
loom* und spinning wheel* used In the family. It
will be seen from this why Alabama's farming
tools do not make an equal showing with guns
and pittola on the tax books.
C F. A.. Montgomery. Ala : What U the merit
of the d!??ru*??fnn over l??r. Wood row, now dividing
the I???mbytrilan church? Who Is Woodrow?
Pr. Woodrow is a pro fewer tn the Preabyterixn
theological seminary at Colombia. Ho tuned a
short time ago ??ome view* on evolution that were
hridtoUazalnstUc orthodox doctrines of the
church He adopted the scientific view of creation
and bt-14 that Adam was evolve! from a lower or*
der of animal*, and that God fctd mad* evolution
the plan of creation. Ilia views were overhauled
by It* dim tors of the seminary. A majority rt-
port, started ty ten member*. ??nstaln*d trim. A
minority report, afgn-d by Dr. Mark, of Booth
Carolina, and Dr. Tracy and Hon. George W. Boott,
of Georgia, condemned hit views aa opposed to or
thodox belief.
Tba matter baa been extensively dlseusaed. The
With some, of course, it's different???
.. ^ 1 men that knowed it
the way things went
In this existence, dry and wet
Will overtake the be*t of men???
Borne little shift o' clouds'll shet
The sun.ofl* now and then.
But mnybe ax you???re wonderin'iv ho
You???ve fool like lent your umbrella to,.
And want It???out???ll pop the sun.
And you'll be glad you ain't got gone.
It nntervatis tbe farmers, too???
1 here's too much wet, or too much ??uo,
Or work, or wnitin' round to do
These here cyclones a fooltn round???
And back'ard crop??-and wind and rain???
And yit the corn that's wallered down
May elbow up again!
They ain???t no sense as I can see,
For mortalx, rich as you aud me,
A faultin' Nature???s wiso intents
And lock'n horns with Providence!
It ain???t no use to grumble and complain;
It's Jest as cheap and coxy to rejoice;
When God sorts out tbe weather and sends rain,
W???y, rain's my choice.
Janies Whitcomb Riley.
The Constitution Library
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We have bought from tbe publishers direct
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