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THE WEEKIi? CONSTITUTION. . ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4 1884; TWELVE PAGES.
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PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS.
INTERESTING ITEMS ON CURRENT
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The Temperance People and the Work They
Are Doing???New Jersey???s Lon by For-
eat Fires???Napoleon*a Contempo-
\ rarles???The Cost of Living.
Tdi advocates of the high license system may
be set down as very conservative temperance re*
formers, but it cannot bo doubted that they are
doing a good work. They are very much encour
aged over the workings of their system in Illinois
smd Texas. The high license law stems to be
wonderful success wherever it fi tried. Small deal-
ers in the slums and alleys, the claw
patronized by criminals, cannot afford to pay the
license.' Fewer liquor saloons exist under this
Jaw, and they are naturally of a more respectable
character. In Illinois it lyu been found that under
the new plan the revenue from license fees is in
many places double the amount formerly collec
ted. This is a good thing for the tax-payer*.
The Blaine gang confesses its desperate condi*
ion when it shakes the bloody shirt.
Many sensible people who have lived a retired
life, or have been engaged in business, make a
mistake when they enter society by aping the airs
and graces of the dudes. When they do this they
succeed only in making themselves contemptible.
Peihapa Benjamin Franklin has left us the best
social example. He was a plain man.
bad been a mechanic and was the son of a
chanlc. At one time in his career he was sent as
an smhassador from this country to France, no
found himself suddenly plunged into the most
brilliant society of the world. Instead of trying to
Imitate wbat he saw, Franklin kept his simple
grave dignity, bis Quaker dress and plniu language.
The result was that the Parisians mado a deral
god of him. Men of the highest rank paid him
homage, and beautiful women cut off his buttons
for souvenirs. Franklin becafhe the central figure
of the most splendid court in Europe, aud tho
French capital is still full of his traditions. This
shows how far common sense will go:
Two youno ladies- in* Nashville, according to
the Banner, recently made a wager of a pair of
gloves that they would go two day* in the same
home without speaking a word. It is said that
cachiemaincd silent the length of time agreed
upon. Many marvelous tales have come to light
during the present campaign, but this story will
not be credited for an instant by even the most
unsophisticated. It is doubtless one of Joe Mul-
hatton's yarns. ???
Every year New Jersey sutlers from forest fires,
but the conflagrations this year cover a wider area
than was ever before known. The losses already
aggregate $250,000, and the flames are still raging.
The inhabitants of scores of towns and villages
Jiavefabundoned their usual occupations, and aro
engaged in fighting tho fire fiend. This
band ??? to ??? hand conflict of thousands
of men, women and children with fire is a terrible
thing. The Are fighters aro armed with spades aud
shovels with which they cover the*edgcs of the flro
with sand. Sometimes counter fires are started
Among the Are fighters, the other day, was noted
a handsome young woman who battled for hours
vigorously and effectively with tho flames. Sho
was tall, plump and pretty, and her long golden
hair could be seen waving in a disheveled mass
through the suffocating banks of smoke, as sho
fought bmvely by her brother???s side. She was tho
central figure of the lurid sceno and loomed up a
veritable heroine.
The people in our small towns and country dis
tricts ought to do more for their Intellectual cul
ture. In every village during the winter season
their should ho a lyccum, and debates, recitations
and lectures should run through the entire sea
son. Tho programme could be varied
by concerts and amateur dramat
ic exhibitions. In every country
neighborhood there is enough native talent to
mako the establishment of a lyceum practicable
Properly conducted, these lyceums would give
tboce In attendance n liberal education. Latent
talent would be developed, young men would
find out tho extent and tenden
cy of tlieJr gifts, volnublo Information
wculd he put in circulation^ tho in tolled of tho
community would be quickened and the average
standard of culture would bo peiceptibly elevated.
The moral influence of tho entertainments sug
gested would be a powerful factor in the general
progress of the community. Ifi fact it is Impoasl-
bis to say too much in favor of country lyceum
system. .
Joaquin Miller has discovered in New Orleans a
city sot far from tho Moxiean seas, which is built
below the levels of tho river. The wells are built
above the ground. The graves are built on top of
the earth. New Orleans reminds the poet corres
pondent of a very pretty girl with a smudged face,
a pretty old pretty girl, and a girl who knows a
tremendous lot. There are many queer things to
be seen in this queer old city. Miller
paucs over tho hackneyed sights written up by
other correspondents, and tells us of other curiosi
ties. The bugs were a revelation to him. At
night he went in bathing at the foot of Canal
street, and when he came out he saw a lot of Jet-
black bugs, as big as mice, sitting on the edge o(
the wharf. One of these bugs stood tip on his
bind legs and looked the poet squarely iu the eye.
He had a mustache like the king of Italy. Joa
quin looked at the frightful object and fled pre
cipitately.
Dime no*-el reading continues to bear its fruits.
In Philadelphia, the oilier day, two seventeen
year old boys met aud held a friendly conversa
tion, the mult of which was the killing, of one
and the fatal shooting of the other. It seems that
the two boys were not essentially bad, hut they
had been reading dime novels and their tastes had
become depraved. After finishing "Tiger Dick,???
the boys decided that it would lie a heroic thing
to die together. It was agreed that one should
ahoot the other and then kill himself. The first
part of the tragedy was carried out and the mur
derer then fired a bullet into his own brain. Tho
affair moat be charged to the account of flash lit
erature.
The grandson of the emperor Iturbide, of Mexi
co, resides in Washington, where he patiently
awaits a call to the throne bequeathed him by bis
grandfather. In Washington society the ministers
of European nations rise when the young prince
inters and receive him with royal honors. If
this grandson of an emperor ia wise, he will
abandon all hope of securing the Mexican
throne. It Is possible for him to gratify his ambi
tion in another way. He has been educated in
this country and knows something of our
methods. He has money and friends, and he has
only, to introduce the machinery of American
politics in Mexico to become a "bow.??? As a po
litical "boas,??? tile young man would wield far
greater power than an emperor enjoys, and ho
would escape many of the pains and penalties in
cident to royalty in a country of revolutionary
and uncertain temper.
The New York Times Is responsible for the state
ment that an electric well bas been dhoovered at
Itbics, N. Y. It seems that a short time ago one
Mrs. McGinnis attempted to draw a backet of
water from the well In question. The moment the
lady touched the chain attached to the bucket her
heeia flew up and she fell seB-ele?? to the ground.
After recovering she walked to the bouse and in
formed the family that *hc bad been knocked
down with a sand bag. Her daughter, a strap
ping young woman of indomitable courage, at
once flew to the well, vowing that she would
draw a bucket of water In spite of all
the tramps and tongbs in the United States. But
the instant she touched the chain her heels took
the same upward flight at In the case of her mother
and the plucky girl was thrown violent???? to the
ground. After this both women declared that the
well wss betwitched, and this statement was nude
to Mr. McGinnis* as soon as be returned from his
day's work. With the average man???s contempt far
the Judgment of women, McGinn im, as might have
Utn expected, treated this Tic* ol the natter
with scorn, but he admitted that
elcctiiclty might have leaked into the well
from some of the many electric wires
in use iu Ithaca. He believed, however, that
water could be drawn by using a rope instead of
an iron chain, and he forthwith proceeded to teat
his theory. He drew up the water without any
difficulty and was indulging in a little glorifica
tion over bis success when his hand accidentally
touched the water and he received a powerful
shock which knocked him whirling a distance of
about sixteen feet. McGinniss, as soon as he bad
picked himself up and repaired
the dflmagca to his person, said,
that the water itself possessed the power ot shock
ing. Filling a glass dish with it he tendered it to
the family cat. The moment tho cat???s whiskers
touched the water a shower of sparks flew from
her fur, aud she flew to the cellar with a tail os
big as a feather duster. A bull dog was next In
duced to tackle the water, and although he swal
lowed it he was left in a limp and disfigured con
dition with a jet of elf ctric light flickering at tho
end of his tail. The attention of a scientist was
called to the well, and after making an
analysis of the water be announced that it con
tained thirty-three per cent, of pure electricity,
and at once proposed to McGinniss a partnership
for the purpose of bottling and selling the stuff as
a tonic. The necessary arrangements have been
made, and the electric water will soon bo offered
for sale. It will doubtless become a very popular
beverage, as It is raid to be eight .times more ex
hilarating than rye whisky.
. The pulpit Is the very last place for estheticiim
to entrench itself, but it has reached that point.
The great lights of the esthetic school treat tho
sonorous and passionate oratory of the past with
toDtemt t, and t ubstftutc a langn cf, lethargic lisp
ing of cold intellectualities. The esthetic prescher
cultivates a sleepy and colorless visage, a dulcet
monotone, a white-handed daintiness of touch and
an easy effeminate bearing. His stylo Is called
???repose in oratory.??? Action, emotion and fervor
of exprosion are suppressed. They ore considered
vulgar. If the new style of oratory gains .a foot
hold the influence of the pulpit will amount to
very little. It is impossible for an earnest man to
deliver bold and striking thoughts In a state of ab
solute bodily and mental repose.
Loyolo, Huss, Wesley, Whitflold, Beecher and
Talmage would never have swayed millions of
hearers If they had adopted the methods of 4he
new school of pulpiteers. Church going people
everywhere should let their Miss Nancy preachers
know that effeminacy and* esthetic tomfoolery
will not be tolerated.
It is a singular fact that even the bitterest oj
Napoleon???s contemporaries did not paint him
black os he is represented by recent historians,
modern writer says that Napoleon during the lat
ter half of Ills career ruined everything by leth
argy and indecision, but was still capable of
conceiving the most stupendous crimes against
the world???s pcnco and welfare. To every objec
tion nrged against his plans he replied with curses
and obscene words. His behavior after he occu
pied Moscow was pusilanimoua. During tho re
treat he rode in tho center of the army in a car
riage with n fat man on each side to keep him
warm. Throughout his career ho was
false man, a glittering wretch with Jno sympathies
in common with tho human family. His arro
gance was colossal. After Waterloo ho said: "Why
should I be told about kindness, abstract Justice
aud natural laws? The first law is necessity; tho
highest justice is the public safety. Every day has
its own difficulty, every elrcuma???anco Its law,
every man his own natural character.
Mlno is not to bo an angel!??? Tho
allies put this dangerous public enemy on a rock
in mid ocean, and tho world will never know tho
full extent of the bloody schemes of that deep re
volving mind. Undoubtedly, however, wo under
stand and know moro of tho man than did his
friends and enemies.
Whin both parents have eyes of tho same color
??8 per cent of tho children follow their parents In
this feature, and of tho 12 per cent born with eyes
other than the parental color n part must bo
attributed to intermittent heredity. Moro females
than males have black or brown eyes in tho pro
portion of 49 to 45. With different colored eyes in
the two parents, ??3 per cent of the children follow
tho fathers In being dark-eyed, and GO per cent
sollow their mother in being dark eyed,
Some great men have no systematic business
methods. It is said that until President Arthur
came in nono of tho presidents kept even a scrap
of paper to show wbat occurred during tho day.
President Arthur lmd a record kept of everything,
of the visitors, the object of their visits, of the
letters and documents received
and of their disposition. This
lsbuslnets-likc. Without duo attention to the
small details of business, the gravest blunders are
llablo to occnr. And yet there aro men of com
manding talent who cannot attend to small mat
ters. William Pitt, according to his sister, knew
nothing accurately. Patrick Henry could
movo a whole nation to take
up arms, but he could not draw up tho simplest
court paper. Joseph Addison could write immor
tal poetry and prose, but when ho was called upon
to write a letter to royalty he bungled over It so
much that a common clerk had to bo called in to
do it. Pitt, Henry and Addison were meu of ge
nius, but in matters of ordinary business, their
lack of lystem made them as helpless as children.
At a time when so much is snid about wages and
the cost of living in the greatest and most progres
sive of all republics, it will be of interest to see
how Colombia, one of the South American repnb-
lies, is getting along. Even In .Colombia thero is
y of "hard tiroes,??? Hero are aome
of the ruling market prices: Tobacco,
(1 per pound; coal, $12.50 per ton; keroseue, 11.70
to $2.25 per gallon; wheat bread, ten cents a loaf;
beef and pork, twenty cents a pound; butter eighty
cents; eggs, forty cents a dozen; lard, thirty cents
a iKjncd; sugar twenty cents a pound. Tho wages
labor are fluctuating. The president
sure of his $12,000 salary, the governors
of their $1,800, and the soldier of his $400, but
nothing else is cure. Clerks receive an average of
fJO per mouth, farm bands $10, machincsts ftO.
With good government an advance of ten per cent
may be expected in wages.
When Thnrlow Weed was quite a young mao M
comrades told him that he was ??ut out for a poli
tician, and be was Inclined to believe them, but ho
realized to bis bitter regret that his memory was a
sieve. lie could not remember dates, names, faces
and appointments. Speaking of the matter
his wife, the hopeful little
woman told him that if be had no memory he most
make one. So every evening he spent fifteen min
ute* trying to recall the eveuts of theday. At first
be could remember very little, but by degrees
his memory improved. From that time for nearly
fifty years be made it a praciice every night to tell
bis wife the history of the day, the editorials be
had written, the people he had seeen, bl* conver
sation with them, the letters he had sent and re
ceived, his rides and walks, in fact everything
Mr. Weed found the! this mental discipline
strengthened his memory until it became phe
nomenal, and be always recommended persons of
weak memory to follow his example.
The tobacco poisoning resulting from smoking
is seldom the cause of any organ ic disease. Hence
people do not realize the danger of using tobacco.
The weed gets in its fine work in *n Insidious
way. It kills thousands and yet the diseases to
which It gives rise cannot always be traced to ft.
Tobacco annually shatters more conutf tution<thaa
drink ruins. It always diminishes the action of
the heart and affects the nerves. The most emi
nent physicians continue to repeat there warnings,
but without effect. The tobacco habit has fuller
sway at
habit.
James Payjt, the novelist, In his literary re
jections, says many good things. Payn h??d the
??d vantage of a university education, but be ad
mits that be couW not get on with the languor*
and baud mathematics. He was wbat Is called %
???nsdieg student,??? and by following bis own
methods equipped himself more effectively for
bis career than be could bare done by sticking to
the routine of As a literary mgq be bade
fight his way to success. He lutlmates that when
unjustly assailed by critics and rivals
he always made it a rule to strike back, aad he
generally got a little more than even with his as*
???sailants. While he does not coil this practice a
Christian virtue, he thinks that it tends to public
advantage. It is well to make offensive people
understand that even a worm will turn. It la
useless to give a soft answer with the expectation
of turning away wrath when the wratby Individ
ual is base and cruel. It la not advisable to
attempt to conciliate such a creat
ure. In dealing with sueh enemies
Payn???s policy has always been to "pay them off,???
and he tells the public in an exultant way just
bow he managed to do it. He began to write ear
ly in life, and his manuscripts were rejccted^wlth
singular unanimity. He won his way to success
very slowly, but he succeeded. Hois the author
of twenty seven popular volumes, and by com
mon consent, he la rated above Trollope. For a
man who iloea not pretend to be a genius this is a
good showing.
Quinine is a great boon to the human race. The
large increase in the average length of human life
during the last forty years is duo In a great
measure to the increased production of qulnino
and its almost universal use. This medicino de
stroys malaria in the system and Js
an antidote for intermittent fevers and
many other ailments. It Jones up the digestive
organs enabling them to perform their work.
When one is weary and languid at the close of a
day???s work, if before partaking of a late dinner or
eating supper, if he will take oue or two grains of
quinine it tones up the system to appropriate a
good meal which furnishes tho vigor needed for
another day???s toil. The qulnino Is digested with
the food and gets out of the blood in a tew hours.
Contrary to the general opinion, it does not lose
its effect from contiuous use.
It Is sometimes very embarrassing to a public
speaker to be interrupted while addressing a meet
ing. At Bridgeport, Connecticut, the other uight
while Senator Hawley was addressing au enthusi
astic republican audience he took occasion to
thank God that he saw no pinched faces in New
England. Springing to Lis feet a decently drossod
old man exclaimed: "I have lust come from Fall
River. There are 10,000 workmen there
out of employment. Their families
are literally starving. Talking about
pinched faces?????? Hera bo was promptly sup
pressed by being hustled out of the meeting. Tho
police wanted to lock him up, but several citiseus
secured his release. Tho poor fellow only told the
truth, but Senator Hawley found himself consid
erably set back by the interruption. .
- Dr. Talmaok, in a recent editorial, protests
against soft religion. He says that tho Christian
character of tho present day is gentle, well-mean
ing and active, but it lacks swarthiness and
power. It is wanting iu moral mascle. The soft
ness of so-called Christian literature is responsible
for much of this. Religious twaddle is no moro
cffectivo than worldly twaddle. Too many Chris
tiana write and speak when they
have nothing to any. Tho school
of Christ la as much out doors as indoors. Tho
workers should do rough, manly work. When a
man???s heart is soft that is no reason why he should
allow his bead to get soft. The spirit of genuine
religion is a spirit of great power. Dr. Talraogo Is
the very man to speak out in this way. There is
no lack of manliness and power in his ministry.
Mr. Beecher's letter to Brother Joy was timed
ro as to be handed to tho latter ns he stepped on
the wbnrf at New York on his return from Europe.
It Is singular how tome people seem to forget that
Beecher is a fighter from the word go.
An eminent English surgeon has discovered
that shaving is a deadly practice, and If stea lily
Indulged in shortens life by several years. Few
will doubt this the conclusion of tho Englishman,
hut they may not be prepared to admit tho
fall extent of tho injury resulting from
tho uso of tho razor. Tho
frequent scraping of tho face, especially with n
dull razor, pulls and irritates the muscles. Many
of these muscles have a sympathetic connection
with the eyes and more or less Influence upon tho
brain. That snch unnatural working of tho mus
cles should result disastrously, Is not
a matter of surprise, and blindness
and partial paralysis' may, therefore, bo set down
as among tho consequences of shaving. After all,
there Is no reason why a man should go to tho
trouble and expeuso of stripping his faco of its
natural covering. If a full beard is properly cared
for, it is a thing of beauty aa well as a joy to tho
average man.
Among the most venturous walkers of the dayjl
Mr. Charles T. Lummus, a western editor of soma
reputation. Mr. Lummus started from Cincinnati
a short time ago with the intention of lodging It
all the way to 1 Los Angeles, California, no
reached Denver, Colorado, in forty-two
days, and left that city on Monday
last. IIo expects to arrive at Los Angoles on tho
10th of January. As his route lies over mountains
through forests, hostile Iudlans and wild beasts
during an inclement sesNou, ho ha* no pleasure
trip before plm. It is his intention to re-enter
journalism when he reaches Los Angeles.
Canmpatb St. John Is in a fair way to lore hi
suppoitcrs. In fact ho seems to bo In thecoudl
tlon of the fellow who had to go oft and flock by
himself. According to the statements of his fn'.h-
cr-ln-Iaw 8t. John deserted his wife after living
with her thretf months, and after that refused to
givo or do anything for her support
or for the support of their child. Mrs. St. John
waited seven years patiently for tho recognition of
her husband, and failing to obtain it sued for a
divorce on the ground of cruelty. She died shortly
afterwards of a broken heart. At one time when
John???s ion was confined to hU
bed by an accident the heartless father
refused to liquidate the doctor???s bill. This makes
a rather black record for the great moral reformer,
and must Inevitably hurt him not a little. It is a
singular fact that many great reformers have been'
cruel and brutal in their family relations. It may
be that bt. John belongs to this class. Whilo tho
country is in no danger of seeing him in the
white house, it is well to havo his record properly
ihown up.
THE BURNING SHIP.
DURING THE WEEK.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND
COUNTRY ARK DOING.
Honoring Montiftero???Dr. Rullaon Conse
crated BIxliop-The Democratic Pri
mary Election In Fulton County???
A Farmer* Suicide, Etc,
The Dutch Htcamer Miuuulom Goes Down,
hut the 1'aasengero are Saved.
New York, October 31.???Captain Vander
Zee, of the steamer Maasdam maxes the follow
ing statement:
e left Rotterdam, Octobe- 18tb Inst ,8 cabin and
steerage ptmngera and a crew of 45 men. *"
went well until the 23d, when we encounter
violent gale from the northwest, daring which the
petroleum tank began leaking sllghuy. Next day
si 2 v. m., one of the crew, In trying to discover
the feuk, put near the tank alighted lamp which
expiodi d, the contents taking fire and setting fire
to the ship. We made every effort to get-con
trol of the flan es, but it was ??? useless.
At 4 p. m. I ordend all handa to boats, which
were ???fitly laum bed- We remained in the vicin
ity of the burning vessel until 9 p. m., when all
hands were resgutd by the Rhein. Not one of tho
I *H*i)get?? or crew wea lost or Injured in the
slightest manner. Neither passengers nor crew
saved any of their effects.???
the rescue described.
The German steamer Kbein, which arrived
here to-day from Bremen, reports that on Oc
tet tr 24th, at 7 o'clock iu the evening, lati
tude 49 degree* 38 minutes, longitude 27 de
grees 41 minutes, she fell m with the Dutch
steamer Maasdam, from Rotterdam tor New
York, which was all ablaze. The Rhein took
iron, her boats the passengers and crew, num
bering 186 in all, and brought them to this
port.
The fieimnn Elections.
Berliit, November 2.???Tho elections for
n>rmt*rs of the reicbsUg resulted as follows:
i ms??rvctiver 69; centre 95; imperial 24; na-
ifr.-i.al 35; German liberals 31; Foies US;
Vofkspsrtcr 2; Afsahans 14; Guelphs 5; so
cialists 16, including Liebknecbt. Xinetr-
???even second ballots will be necessary. The
???rcialists committees have ordered their sup-
i otter ?? to vote in the second ball otago against
he candidates who refuse to oppose the reen
acting of socialist laws tad the levying of
fresh taxes. This order ia gpecially Aimed At
the conservAtivef.
Tuesday, October 28.???The woolen shoddy man-
nfacturirgcompanyof O. K. Hall, at ffeston, Mast.,
has been burned with its contents. Frol. Lew
is R. Backtrd, of Yale College, died in New
Haven, of consumption. Elaborate services
held throughout the civilized world In honor 6f
Sir Moses Monteflorc???s one hundredth anniversary.
The receiver of the Denver and Rio Grande rail
road has announced that the Interest of the first
mortgage bonds, due November 1, will not be paid.
In tiik City,???Partridges aud wild turkeys are
coming in among other luxuries of the'senson.
The work of tearing away the old city hall, pre
paratory to building the new capltol, was com
menced yesterday. The dedication of the mission
Sunday-school rooms in the old tobacco factory on
Marietta street last Sunday were well attended.
Wednesday, October 29.???Rev. Dr. Nelson 8. Ra-
liron was consecrated bishop of central Pennsyl-
vanla yesterday, with impressive ceremonies, in
Bt. Taul???s church at Cleveland, Ohio, of which lie
hnd been rector for several years. The cotton In
the steamer Neymphal, which was shipped from
Savannah; was considerably damaged by fire yes
terday at Liverpool. Three dwelling houses and^
boarding home were destroyed by fire iu Birming
ham.
In tub City.???Electric lights will bo introduced
on the streets of Atlanta about the middle of No
vember. Captain Coucn and Detective Hilde
brand arrested Andy ('ole, a negro, who is charged
with the probable fatal wounding of a white man
in Canton lm-t week. Bheridnu and Prater went to
Macon yesterday to cuter the walking match at
the state fair.
Thursday, October so.???Lyon & 8oa, merchants
ot St. Louis, have failed forfC0,0G0. There 1* great
rejoicing iu Paris because tho cities of Metz, Stress-
bourg and Mulhome havo returned to tho reiohstag
several French cundldntc*. It is considered cer
tain that other districts will return patriots to the
reiebstag. On account of tbeshuttiugdown of tho
mills in Lewiston, Me., thero is considerable dis
tress among tho discharged operative*. A freight
engine on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad explo
ded yesterday, killing tho engineer and fireman,
In the City.???Iu the democratic primary elec
tion yesterday the following were nominated:
udge Cnlhouu for ordinary, Colonel Thomas for
r herlff, Judge Strong for clerk of the super lor.court,
Judge Clayton for tax collector, Mr. J. O. Harris
for tax receiver, Mr. W. 8. Larendou, for county
Purveyor, Mr. Payne ior county treasurer and Mr.
II. O. Haynes for coroner. The carpets for the now
Kimball houto have arrived and are being mado
up, and the roof is about on.
FiultA Y, October81,- Tho notorious bandits Gau-
deluupo Ferres, Dtxidur Bruono and Juan Roll-
qnez are reported as havlug been killed by troops at
different time* within the past few days, niter a
desperate resistance near Havana. Govornor Moses,
of tiouth Carolina, vu arrested in Detroit on thp
churgo of cheating and swindling. IIo appeared
before the police court and plead guilty to the
charge, was sentenced to three years in the peni
tentiary. Ills lawyer hopes to have him trans-
fined to the insnneosylum. Governor O'Neal harf
appointed Hon. David t'lopton os associate juitlco
of the supreme court ol Alabama.
In the City???Mr. Thomas Clayton, well and fa
vorably known in Atlanta, has left tho city for
Albany, Ga., where ho goes to take charge of tho
express office as local manager. In the United
mates court yerierday the following cases were
di, pored of: Bud Carver, illicit dlstiUlug, verdict
of guilty and sentence of four months, $100 Quo
???ndcoita. Tho sen tehees of Anderson Pruitt,
John Pruitt, Oliver Pruitt, Jool Pruitt, Monroe
Payne, John Jarrann, George Brand and Richard
Grogan, of Paulding county, were sin ponded. Tho
bonds of Fayutto Wheeler and Breckinridge Guess
were forfeited. T. A. Farks pleaded guilty to
Illicit working, aud was tonlenced to thirty days.
Saturday, November L???Daniel C. Kiser, one of
the most prosperous farmers of nouthwest Virginia,
has committed suicide by cutting his throat with
a razor. Toro Phillips, colored,was shot aud kilted
near Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday by William Har
ris, bccatieo Phillips addressed him familiarly as
"Harris.??? The Italian goverment is about to send
two cruisers to tho Congo country to look out for
Italian interests. The windows of thd' Russian
consulate at 4'zernowllz were broken last night,
and tho escutcheon destroyed. The Polish papers
attribute the outrage to foreigners.
In hie City???The man with many aliases, who
has been swindling people through tho country
by representing hlmreflf as the agont for the Aland*
aid tank liuo oil company of Baltimore, was in
Bsriiuvlllo last week, and added victims to his
already tong list. Mr. G. W. Chores, editor^! tho
Dawson Journal, whoshotand killod Captain Pick
ett in that place last baturday, was brought to At
lanta last night and lodged Jn Fulton county Jail.
bUNDAY, November 2???Fifteen deaths have od>
timed at Vand during the week which are attribu
table to cholera. M. Do Lesseps denies that he is
intriguing to obtain tho cession of the state of
Panama to France. Chinese advices state that the
empress of China has offered half her Jewels for the
defense ol the empire against tne French invasions.
ColonelTybrii g, a former officer of tho confed
erate army, died in Brooklyn yesterday morning.
Primo Minister Ferry is treating with Earl Oran-
rUle lor Joint action towards Chill In support of
the claims of French and British subjects, growing
out ot the Peruvian war.
In the City.???At a meeting of citizens reproient-
ting the labor interest of the city, held last uight,
the following ticket for city offices eras nominated:
For Mayor???Colonel Reulien Arnold. For Aider-
men???John T. Cooper. John R. Grantllng. James
A. Anderson, For Councilmen???First ward???John
O. Perkins. Fecund ward???O. L. Wilson, Third
ward-James G. Woodward, Fourth ward ???.
Fifth wurd-J. W. McFauI. Sixth ward-John C.
Kirkpatrick. Two members of the board of police
roromlisteners go out next March, and already
tan didates are in the field for the offi.w.
Mckpay, November 3.???A violent gale was rag
ing yesterday on the east coast of Scotland. The
prrridint has pardoned Paymaster Major Jame*
B. Wasson. The Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, Iron
company struck a heavy gas rein Haturday which
throws a flame fifty feet hlght. The second an
nual fat stock show of Kansas City closed Sat
urday evening. after an altogether successful ses
sion. Richard Trenke, on trial for the murder of
Mrs. Augusta Zimin, at Philadelphia, was found
guilty of murder Iu the first degree. At Mxlng-
ten, Mo., Jeff Wilson, colored, was sentenced to
be hanged Dtcember 2d for the murder of hi*
mirtrets, June Hanford, hut Joly. In a qoarrel
among foreigners at the Preach market la New
Orleans, Paolo Vitriano was ahot dead. Three
peraona ware arrested. In a political quarrel in
Allegheny City teat uight, William Caae, white,
fatally stabbed Albert Johnson, colored. Casa has
been arrested. Mary C. Clifford, aged 2% years,
daughter of a Junk dealer In Hilton street, Bal
timore, while handling a pistol, fired It and was
killed Instantly.
1?? the City.???A few members of the legislature
have arrived. A serious cutting affray occurred
yesterday morning near the old brewery, between
Frank Michael and Jim Curtis, ic which the tetter
waa badly but not fatally wounded.
tKatlnlc* of Carroll, ???
From the Newnan, Go., Herald.
Mr. W. D. Jones, tax eoPeetor of Carrol!
county, he* kindly fumfahed ua the following
statistics of hia counter; The number of white
no)la 2,813. white defaulters 45, over age, 721;
colored polls 466, colored defaulters 36, over
are, 77: total white males of age, 3,579, col
ored, 579.
The county aaaesament on the flOO ia forty-
five centa, or $4-50 on the $1,006.
The grand total of property yafuatfon in
Cerroll county fa $2,824,486. Of this amount
(be Hutchinson manufacturing company gives
in $75,6$$.
FAITII CURB AG AIN.
A Lady Who sens n Hopeless Paralytic for
Five Yenra Rudd only Cured.
Bandebsville, October tf.???[Special.]???Twenty-
ono years ago, when Fannio Thompson, a pretty
brunette of petite figure, was led to the hymenlal
altar by Mr. A. J. Jarnigan, of this place, the gen
eral expression was: ???That match was made in
heaven,??? for there, it seemed, was tho "golden
chain of godliness entwined with tho roses of
love.??? Little bread was eaten in sorrow, and few
"mournful midnight hours??? were spent in that
home for fifteen years; but life,in the main, passed
on pleasantly, the wife???approximating the model
of the wisest of men???looking well to tho Ways of
her liousehbld aud eating not the bread
of idleucss, while the husband was
happy in tho delight that con
iriouMirts of duty performed affords. There were
the children, who gladdened tho hearts of their
pore nth; thero material prosperity???proofs of the
favor of God. But IIo worketh In mysteries. Five
years ago, on a raw and gusty day, whilo people
were pourit g into our city from all quarters to see
Coup's great *how*lhe report went suddenly forth,
spreading with lightning-like rapidity, that Mrs.
Faun le Jernlgnn lmd gone down under a stroke ot
paralysis, and that death was imminent. Many
and there, and discussed whataocraod to bo a *
lamltj. With features distorted, limbs contracts
writhing in the dumpings of pain, all eouscioon
but the tongue unable to give Intelligible utter!
anco to thought, for five years she was confined to
her room with occasional short intervals of relax
sttou of muscles, but never free from pain. Thero
wbb no coni plaining, no murmuring, but aweot re
signation to the will of God. fn tli<> latter part of
July, or early part of August, last. Mr*. Jornigan a
condition underwent a change for tho better, of
which change Mis* Annie, daughter of Mrs. Jornf-i
pan, took advantage to wake along promUod
visit to friends in a neighboring city. But tho
mother's respite was only brief, for, by the mfdalo
of August, tne contraction of muscle* set Iu again j
with redoubled energy, and the daughter was ad-|
vised to come home, ns tho mother was not ex
pected to survive the ordeal. On Sunday morning,I
the 17th day of August, Mrs. Jornigan'* condition
seemed woreo than it had bceu at sny time sinco
the terrible stroke. Her mind wa* dear, however,
and while (ho great agony was on her???after family
pud friends had ceased to hopa???sho turned, with
more earnestness than sho had ever before
done, to God, and for four level hour* gave herself
up to prayer???praying not my Father but our
Father, including all humanity. At tho concur-j
siou of the fourth hour of prayer, hopo and faith I
entered her heart and the conviction become
strong within her that her prayer had been heard
???the contraction aud tho pain suddenly vanished J
tho
per
whonvHSmnmw^iTircfnujrlJT^wTnnTTnMlFnn
that characterized her every movement prior tfl
tho terrible airoko, amt presented herself to her
family to tholr utter bewilderment. Tho bustarnd
could nbt credit hi* eyes and tho wife's Joy
wa* so kreat that she could not>peak. Finally sho
proclaimed to them tho glad tiding* that God had
RBVtd her. 8ho taught tho children their .Sunday
school lessons for that afternoon and horself at
tended btiuday-fccliool, ascending with nimble
step the church steps, to the amazement of all
? ???resent. The daughter on her return from said
???sit. instead of finding her mother a corpse, or
THE GREAT PARADE.
Broadway Wild With Enthusiasm-Tha Stock Ex-
ehange, the Produce, and the Other Exchanges
Turn Out- Seven Thousand Dry
Goode Men In Line, Eto.
her at the TcnnUlo depot with words of welcome
sndgtednrrs. Your correspondent called ou Mra-
Jernigsn aud from her
the foregoing. F.ho raid
"I nm well. I iittr
prn.ver. faith and the m.
(list I have been taking MM...
medicine which I think heated I
lung cavity that haa given me groat trouble, but I
prayed Uod to direct me to souio medicine aud M
feel that he put this in my way. Furthermore!
I suffered conslderahl> from a spinal affection for
fifteen year*-adIstaac that physicians havo pro
nounced incurable???hut since the 17th day of
August 1 havo uot bad ono actio or pain. When 1
grow aweary now. after manual lubor, Instead ol
seeking relief In Risen, 1 retire to my. closet and
kne el In proycr-an hour'* prayer proves as Invlg-J
orating to mo as a night???s sleep. During my affilcl
tlon, 1 did not reproach God, ns If he had stricken
mo In wrath, but 1 was perfectly resigned, and tho
result ha* justified my coarse. ???The furnaco of
sfllletlen may be fierce, but if it refineth tho toute
account, it Isa good thing for mo aud my family
that my n Auction* enmo when and a*
they did, otherwise, my fate
might havo been similar to that of tho "luckkwi
clerk??? In, the talc??? from tho "(testa Uomanorum???.???
???io nicely wovop by Longfellow into hU ???Mori-
turl FaJutotnus.??? ???
"Yes,??? continued Mrs. Jornigan. "I lovo God as
I never loved him bofore. 1 have been a member
of tho Methodist church sinco my eighth year, and
1 nm now thirty-seven, but never hud any coneop*
ti' n of the meaning of lovo for God till my iato
afflictions came upon mo.???
A* your correspondent grasped her
f ood nyo and looked lutoher large, dark and lire-
rona eyes, beaming with lovo for uod, tho thought
veiled up In his mind:
(Jolfntli ol Gath stood not In half hor strength.???
' R. \V. Gone.
THE DEAD CAPTAIN,
flow Captain Pickett Met Ills Death Sat
urday.
Dawson, Ga., October 27.-[Special.]-Gcorgo
W. Chens, who shot and Instantly killed Captain
J. If. Pickett, a prominent lawyer of this place,
Baturdsy evening, bad beou under tho iuflnoncs
of whisky for several days, and bad repeatedly
threatened the life of 1???ickott, and bod sent a mes
senger to him a few minutes before the shootiug,
telling him be desired to make friends with him.
Before the masenger returned, however, Cheves
armed himself with a double barrel shot gun,
walked across tho street where Pickett waa ctv
gaged In a private conversation with other p??r-
tie>, aud dheharged the contents of both barrels
ol Ids gun Into bis body. The wounds taking ef
fect below the left nipple, killing him instantly.
Ilckett died without a word aud without a atruy
r-'Ie. The trouble grew out of a political grudat.
(Heat excitement prevailed. Chores was immedi
ately lodged in Jail to await his trisl. l???ubllc
opinion ia greatly against the assailant.
From the Aracrieus Ilecurder.
When tho news reached this city Satnrddy that
???ptalu Tom Pickett had been killed by Editor
ChecYes, it created a profound sonsation. Nothing
but the most meagre Information ooutd bo ob
tained until Monday.
Fiom reliable sources we get the following par
ticulars of the a flair: When Pickett was announced
???s a candidate to the legislature, (.???beeves went
end told biro be would support him. As soon as
Htcvens was announcer] for tho same honors
( heaves told Pk-kstt he wonld havo to withdraw
his support from him. Pickett told him all right,
it he was that kind of a man lie wADtod nothing
more to do with him. Since then he had repeat
edly refuted to speak to Cbeeves, causing uhoeves
much embarrassment and tomethnes anger.
Matters went ou fn Ibis way for some time.
Msuers weni uu in uji* way ior *ubjo hwc.
fheeves trying to have the matter adjusted and
Pickett refusing to notice him. Lest Monday, as
we beer it. ( beeves sent word to Picket that that
matter roost be settled before the week ended.i
Pickett paid no attention to it. Choevcs then told I
a friend that ha had loaded both barrels of his
sun, and would settle that matter or kilt Piketti
before Bsturdsy. When he made bis statement bo
wss undoubtedly Intoxicated. .....
Psturdsy night be waa drinking and talking
sheut this trouble. He had sent a friend off u sea
??? >ke tt. when be him rdf saw Pickett com log down
Mr street. He then
HsIriiidy.ftiMfMiK.dfn t
Amtnonlated tlread.
Ammon fated baking powders???that ia ba
king powders fn which carbonate of ammonia
is used as an Ingredient, and which exhale an
odcr of ammonia when heated???are classed by
many eminent pbvsieisns and sanitarians a*
superior to all ethers. Professor Haiaell. of
London, who fa recognized as highest author
ity on the subject ot rood hygiene, commends
in the strongest terms the use of carbonate of
ammonia as a leavening agent, stating Its
great advantage to be in its perfect volatility,
which permits it to be, by the best of baking,
entirely thrown into leavening gas whereby
the bread is raised. The experiment with
best would seem to indicate the superior, not
the inferior, value of such baking powder.
The little heat that ia irr,parted to it when held
over a gaa jet, lamp, or stove, suffices, to re
solve the carbonate of ammonia into leaven
ing gas and throws it off. The first beat bakiag
therefore will effectually develop all the gas
thcrougbiy leaven the loaf, and disefpate the
gss-producing ingredients of a powder of this
Sind; and this is the highest test of a perfect
baking powder. Where other alkalies eione
are used they are net infrequently retained,
unresolved, through the whole process oi ba
king, and remain an unwholesome ingredient
fn tne finished bread. The earbonsto of am
monia canuoi be used as a substitute for cream
of tartar.???-K. Y. Weekly Tribune.
From the New York Herald.
The ???Cleveland itnd Hendricks??? parade of tho
bmlnees men of New York wa* the greatest and
most Imposing outpouring of substantial 'citizens
that has ever been witnessed in this or any other
city of tho continent. Everybody expected that
the parado would be a big affair, but it far sur
passed the moat sanguine expectations of Its pro
moters. It waa a vaat popular demonstration that
was fairly astounding In Its proportions and en
thusiasm. People remembered tho tremendous
gathering in Wall street a couple of weeks ago.
They recalled the many significant features of that
demonstration. The whirl of the campaign had
not dimmed their realization of tho fact that up to
thatftime the Wall street eront waa the greatest
thing in recent democratic history. So that peo
ple were prepared for an imposing array yesterday.
EXPECTATIONS VAR SURPASSED.
But they were not prepared for wbat actually
occurred. It simply staggered those who looked
for something big. And the men who make cool
calculations about such thiug* and estimate tho
effect they will have in a political canvass saw all
their calculations go all to atoms. The popular
feeling of amaze was perhaps os truly voiced a* by
anything else in a seemingly bewildered question
that, after It bad grown dark was flashed by a ca -
cium light upon a big white sheet on top of *
building near the Fifth Avenue hotel, white t .o
great procession was still filing by tho Worth mon
ument:
"Wbat do tho peoplo of Now York think about
this????
What did they think oflt? What coull they
fhlnk when they saw tho hnunts of business prac
tically deserted; when they saw the dry goods
district almost depopulated, and Wall street and
all down town looking as on a Hunday afternoon;
when they saw all???'the solid business mon, who
populate there places marching aud chocring be
hind baud* of mindcand under silken flag* that
proclaimed their fealty to Gtevelaud, what could
they think?
A VAST PARADg.
As nearly as it could bo calculated there were
16,860 men In line. Tho numbers ot tho various
organizations were put down from the number of
badgoh that bad been given out Just prior to tho
starling ot the parade, and so did not Include
many for whom thero were no badges, they har
ing applied for them after the bits of ribbon hart
been ixhsuitcd. it likewise did not include great
numbers who bad no iutentlon of pnrticlpatlug In
tho turnout but who. as they saw the character ot
the men iu line, realized that it waa no ordinary
political demonstration, aud beoomtngenthuslas- v
tic with the spirit of tho occasion, fell into
tho ranks wherever they got a chance. Thero
??? and waved, hli .???
tlum. From that ho fell to cheering. At last no
bioke through the crowd.
"By George, I can???t stand this any longer!??? ho
exclaimed. Then he Joined tho ranxs.of tho
Btock Kxchnngo club and marched to the end with
them aa proud of his position as tho proudest.
THE STAnT.
It was sharp half-past threo when Grand Mar
shal General John B. Woodward, gavo tho signal
to start from opposite tho produce exchange. Cap-
pa???s Seventh regiment band struck up ???Rally
Round tho Flag, Boys,??? and the 1,500 produce ex
change men who were massed there cheered lust
ily and started for tho tramp up Broadway. They
w ere as fine a looking body of men as could be got
together, and represented mil lions upon millions
of capital engaged in busluces here.
At Exchange placo the banner of tho Block Ex
change dub was waved, vml tho men in each or
ganization cheered tba other, and the cause they
were Imth interested in. At Wall street tho tall
iptreof old Trinity cast its shadow down upon sev-
turn to coiue to (au into nno.
As??ach organl/tit Ion pawed tho Herald office
there was enthusiastic cheering and tho wavlngdf
hat* and sticks. Tho mechanics and biilldere
bat* and sticks. Tho mechanics and biilhL.-
drapped Into line at i)cy street, and then every
body said, "Now for tho dry goodsmenl???
IN THE DRY DOORS DIN1RIUT.
There rosy have been a fow porters and watch
men???aud perhaps a small contingent of lonesomo
BlaJno men???left to tako rare of the big stores In
the dry goods district, but It certainly seemed a
though the dry goods merchants hail turned out
???s ouo msu for Glovcluud. Everybody was on tho
street and everybody woro a badge bearing tho
words "Wholesale wry Goods Merchants??? Cleve
land and Hendricks Club.???* Bliops and ofllcoi
were deatrted, and it la literally true that In many
establishments every man, from tho Head of tho
firm dowp to the Junlorclcrk, quit his dusk and
^??Thed?ygoolllmenconstituted a small Clove-
laud army In themselves.
WILD ENTHUSIASM.
The very air seamed to be charged with enthu
siasm for Cleveland and Hsndricks, and as tho dry
geo da men tcok tbelr positions In the column ol
companies, twelvo file front, with a captain for
each, the members, especially the younger inch,
cheered forthedemocratic candidate* again and
???gain from pure exhuberenceoi spirits. a
"You???d better rave your voices, boys,??? advised
Major Cullen. ???You'll have plenty of ebaneeato
^"NevtTfear, major; we???ll have plenty left,??? was
tbo reply shunted back. Three cheers for Clove-
lend. Hurrah f Hurrah! Hurrah I Tlgah-ah-ah!???
and tho tall building* on Worth street echoed
???gain to tho patriotic shouts.
SCENE ON THE ROUTE.
All tbo way up Broadway every stoop, almort
every window was packed with spectators, whilo
over tho cornices of the roofs were rows of heads,
whoso sole function seemed to be to cheer. One
stoop near John street was packed with well-
meaning and barm leas persons, whose good Inten
tions led them, shortly after the head of tba pro-
fission bad passed,to raise a cry of "O-O-O???W???
01??? TheefTectof this enr was electrifying, but
dbappointing to those who started H. .From a
thousand lb roe to- came "Belli Bell t Hell Blaine
short!??? The cheering tor Cleveland and Hendricks
wss taken up by the spectators till tba republican
cry was utterly drowned by their voices.
unwer in*in me imuiv
"My! Mv! My dear Fisherl???
???Burn! Burn! Bnrn this letter!???
went up in one mighty shout from the ranks, the
paraders timing the words u< their steps. Then, to
ruriher emphasize their fcelfng*, dozens of matches
were flash!*) and dozens of letters were cast burn-
fug np fn the air. Though k tsher didn???t bum bis
Icttcia the paraders burned theirs by the score,
and were applauded arerr time they did ft
The ???boja??? of the Stock exchange-all ate*
change members are "boys???- ???
IhjBjetter??? as they paused si
I UneT and *any repubfl-
can who stood near the grand stand awl wasn???t
heartily ashamed of the vote he fa to rast for
blsfne must be pretty thick sk nned. It evidently
bothered 1*01100 Captain Williams, who waa in
c ommand In the neighborhood of tbo stand. The
raptaJn is a republican. He was good nature*!
throughout the first part of the parade, and
refrained from punching anybody very barJ, but
at the U uU'U* rolled by and the rutting cries licit
told ol nalne's shame seemed to bare no end, the
captain waxed wroth, and nauysuffered by reason
thereof.
It vu ton, ifln <Urk when th. Ull end oQtbe
romvlon ti.??I ??one b,. Tbo ons??uU??tloo?? h??;l
_J1 dUbondfd otter puking tbeiund. )b,or BA
KU ntnnud np (he whole effelr u ha left lb,
.tend???It'e ilmplr wendeila!.'* ????ld the m??jor;
???Tt???e the ereetet d.r demoerm???e ever K??d/*
??????And jou, me, ??ie were," chimed In < olonei
Fellows.
A Large IUttlesnake.
From the Kastman, Ga., Tfmea.
Last Monday evening while Mr. John Eng*
lieh was traveling along the public highway,
about two miles above Eastman, he discovered
the track ora snake where it hart crossed tho
roid. Following the trail a short distance, ho
found fn the corner of a fence a hug-k rattle
snake. Mr. English shot at the reptile several
timet, and failing to bit it, he seised a fence
rail aud by a few well directed blows -<i ??? ??? ?? i*
ed in ???bruising the serpent** head??? most effec
tually. The i-nake was four and a half feet
long, and had nine rattles and a button. IU
fangs were fully afi inch in length.
A Medicine Chest In Themselves,
ecson???s Capcine Plasters remain unt
iled Xs a general household medicine,
lean, quick, sure.