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e THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GUL. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4 ISSA TWELVE PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, Bn tend at the Atlanta Prut-Offloe u second-clam lull matter, November U, 1878. Weekly Constitution, 11.18 Per Ann am* Clubsof Are, 91.00 etch; club* ol ten, 91.00 each and a copy to tetter-op of Club. ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 21, IMi. 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. We 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 ??i.2$ a year. If you fcet four people to join with you, we will send it to the five names for Jh each. Til* owning of the world's exposition in Hew Orlr.nl lies been postponed until tbe 10th of December. Thlils done in order eecuro the presence of President Arthur an, congress at opening exercises. iUtinr your tubtcriplUm promptly, witi a copy. Tit* attrmpt io giro Illaiue the post inor tim indorsement of the lAte .Senator If ill, ho* been ro persistent that it would be well to read what Mr. Hill really did any of tho eraf sent "atay-st-bome," from Maine: Wc of tho south iisvc only respect and Admira tion for the brave int-ll win. fu'lgbl to rare th,' 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. THE ISSUE OP ISA). In one week from next Wedncsday-on tho Uh of Norm:her, the most Important campaign evor waged on Ibis rontlncnt will bo decided. The WgtaLT COKsimjTio* ol tho following week will contain all the news ol tho olectloa In every slate. Subscribe stourasml havo the news sent direct to you. 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 The Last Thing to Drop. The crops In certain sections are short and mxny farmers will think of economizing tor the coming A good weekly paper Is the cheapest thing thst goes Into a farmer's home. Such a paper as The CorcfTrTUTJoR at tl (the club rate) la tho cheapest newspaper In the world, ft Isa luxury, a comfort, a necessity. Its weekly visit carries tho news of the busy world to the farmer's family. It amuses and Instructs the children, it cheers and entertains the wife and mother, It gives the farmer his mar Seta, the progress of the world,'politics and bust ness. The day that It arrives Is a bright day In the week. It costs less thin two cents a week. Every time a hen clucks, the egg she has laid will pay for the paper for tho week. A postage stamp will pay for It. ft Is the cheapest thing you can buy. In cutting down expenses for the year, don't cut offTllE toNSTiTUTlox. It will bo more than ever ??? well as a luxury, and rgon, and thing are lively and uncertain 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. A Kindness That Custs Nothing. Do you want to do yonr neighbors or arqualn. aucc a kindness thst cost you nolhlut! Then scud ns slx-aamcs on a postal card, with tho postolDuo ol each, and wc will send to each asms e specimen copy of Tna Uomnnmo* will give each ol them a week's reading free. fielectyourfrlendasnywheroln America. If you havo a distant friend, or son nr daughter, or othor relative, send their naniee and postoUccson a pos tal card and wo will send the paper. Wo want to put Tug Weekly CnnirrruTtoa In the handi of good pcoplo every where. Send la tho names. 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 power and interest every week. By special arrangement with the great preacher The Constitution will priut these sermons the Monday after the Sunday they are delivered in Brook- ljn, through the entire year. Any of them is worth the subscription price of the paper. 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. ???Robinson Crusoe,??? ???Swiss Family Robinson,??? Children of the Abbty,??? or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.??? from tho Constitution Li brary cost only 70 cents each post paid. The best books in the Eng lish language. Order one. 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! Order one of THE CONSTITUTION Library book*. Only 70 cents. See notice else where, 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 We have made up a library of ten choice standard books for the benefit of our readers. We have bought from tbe publishers direct 12,000 COPIES OF THESE BOOKS, Which we offer at leas than half their usual price. The library comprises Bobinson Crusoe* I van hoe, Pilgrim's Progress, Last of the Mohicans* Arabian Nights, Oliver Twist, Children of the Abbey* Scottish Chiefs* - Swiss Family Robinson. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. These books aro pure* choice and interest* ing. Each book is famous tbe world over* Tbe liat embraces such authors aa DICKENS, SCOTT, DEFOB, COOPER, PORTER* BUNYAN. A man who baa these books has all the library bis family will ever need. They will educate bis children* interest his wife* charm himself and bis neighbors. Each book ifl strongly bound in cloth %nd gold* baa larra print-end illustrations. We offer them, scut post-paid* for 70 cent* each. They retail in lAiokstorcs at 91.00 to $1.25, besides postage. We mail anyone of them For 70 Cents, Post-Paid. Every reader of Tn* Covamutiov ought to have one or more ot these books. They will be a constant revelation of delight to you and your family. HOW BEST TO QET THEM. If you hare |7 to spare send and get the IS books. If you have not, send 70 cents and get one. You can add the others at your Ieii?? ure. Get up a club of 5 or 10 among yonr neighbors and each one of yon order a dinar* ent look and lend to each other. TDE COLD WINTER DATS ABE COM3 And these books will be perpetual cheer (ia your house. We want to put them in th* homes of 10,000 persons before Christmas. If you can only buy one b wk we recommend Robinson Crusoe. I f you buy two, add Pil grim's Progress. If three, add Children of tha Abbey. If four, add Scottish Chiefs. If five* add 8wi??s Famil} Robinson, or Last of tho Mohicans. Order at once as onr edition is limited and the demand will be great. Address THE CONSTITUTION. Note this???If you are in Atlanta or hatra ??? friend hero wbo ran take tha books at onr of* flea* we will take UO CENTS EACH For the boohs, aa we save the postage* whicll it 19 cents. When ordered by mail our chargft Is 79 cents. *