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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GJu TUESDAY NOVEMBER!! 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
WEEKLY CONSTITUTION
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IUU matter. November 11.1878.
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ATLANTA. OA., NOVEMBER 11,1B* *4.
Waterbury Watches
A Good Reliable Timekeeper and the Boat
Paper In the South One Year for
We bare leeured another lot ol the (ament
Witnburr Watches, which we offer to oor reader,
at the marr.lnu.lx tow prlco ol IS.60, and boaldoa
tliU the paper lor ono pear.
Thru watcher are exact!/ .Imllar to the w.tchM
waeold this spring ty tho hundred., and which
nave anch i>cr!cct ratlalactlou. and lor which wo
hare had ro man/ call! aluco the/ wero ox-
hauled.
Brmcmbar! This watch, a salln-llnad box, and a
hook ol direction., and Tub Wattsor Coxanrii-
Tlnn one peer lor *3.60. Such au offer waa nerer
made before.
Tux New York Tribune, by promising ita
*op|iort to Oorarnor Cleveland's admint.tra.
lion In tlio event of the voto being declared
in hlo favor, la but the first atop In the total
anrrrnder which it will hero to mako In a
day or two. __
Tiixiitrrchcanl Thomas A. Hendricks In
the wtat revive, the mcmorlea ol the good
old days when alaleamen went forth to gain
the popular approval. Indnyato coma the
name ol II entlrlcka will have n charm (or
Indiana ear* such 'aa accompanies tho name
of Henry Clay In Kentucky.
TnaStlxiula Qlobe-Demooml, seeing do-
Irat, tries to he good-humored and apologizes
lor the absence of Its ???rooster" by laying
that some democratic thief entered McOul-
logli'a jvudtry-yard andatolo It. It ia the
mtmory of the stolen bird In IH70 which now
so galls the republican eonachmee.
THB CERTAINTY OP CLEVELAND'S
ELECTION.
The official returns from every oounty In
New York placet Ur. Cleveland's plurality
St I,AOO
The absurd claims of Whltelsw Held and
the republican national committee are based
upon the unreliable district returns collected
by the ati-ociatcd press. There reports were
gathered up at bap-hazard, without vorifi-
eatlon, and bear no official authorization.
Tho plurality (or Clorelnnd la the result of
the returns of tho county clerka. These
alrrke, at tho county seats of their reepeettre
counties, have formally romplled and addod
up the result, and the returns thus made, of
ficially signed and sealed, are on their way
to Albany, where they will etand as tho olll-
dally expressed will ot tho people.
Therefore, thodeiuocrnta aland In posses
sion of the deed to the presidency. To
contest tbi* deed will require raueh more
than ihe empty threats of *,fe*r disappointed
and hungry office seekers. There ia no power
on firth which will dare vitiate 'this title
it will stand as an authentic originU paper
in any court.
Tbit the republicans should taka delsat
kittrrly la natural In a party which has onoe
perjured Itself to alu the presidency; but
(hey must remember that Ibe.democrata have
learned a lemon since lHid, and that they in-
tend to stand by their rights despite traitor
ous attacks upon them.
THE NBQKO AND HIE FRIEND,
No matter what tha result of tbs election
msy be, the negro will find that hla best
friend is tha southern damocrat
l???rrsidtnt Cleveland is Ills friend. The
southern people are bit friends Krery right
that they have as freemen and cltU.ni will
' he jealously protseted by the white men of
the south who have been their nelghbore for
years. In their aehools, at the ballot boxes,
everywhere they bare their (uprights.
That man is the beet southerner and Ihe
beet drmorratjwho aland, by this doctrine and
shows the negro that we are his trut friend.
It will be Uie part of wisdom and of kind-
arm for every mail to read this jutlcle to
hla colored frlenda and advise them of its
alererlly and truth. .Many, even of the
moat tnteligeut, actually believe that they
will be put back Into slavery and many
paibetlc.luatancee of grief over this presump
tion bare fallen under our notice. This Is
the infamous Uachlpgt of certain carpet-
beggera and scalawags who deceived tho at-
gioee that they might use them. The aaouer
this belief ia removed tho better it will be
for all concerned.
WHO WILL WEEP FOR LOOAN NOW f
One of the most contemptible men forced
Into afficlal position by the war, in the
Cnitid Htatr., is (Senator John A. Logan.
He took pride In bit vulgarity, and felt that
blackguardism was lbs highest qualification
el a patriot.
Ills election to the vice-presidency would
havebcen attain on American hlatory only
exrtfdid by the election of Blaine to the
pntldency. Happily there wae a special
Providence which decreed that the country
thonld be spared this Ignominy.
Not only are we relieved from the fear of
haring a buffoon In the vlce-pretldenlial
chair, but the reiurnaof the legislative race
hi llfiooh^ show that we will be relieved
item IogmCepreecnoa in the United States
srnate ??!??. : The Chicago Tinea conceding
two doubtful ateemblymrn to the repablt
cans, figure, out a maj irity of on. for tha
emocrata on Joint ballot This w<U girt
Illinois as senator, Lyman Trumbull, or
ao???? other reputable man. At any rale, 1
is U* ead of Logan.
THE GOVERNOR'S ME3SAQE.
We present elsewhere a lull text of the
mestage of Governor Henry D. McDaniel.
It ia a plain, simple, unpretentious docu
ment and In this respect we trust it will
commend itself to the attention of the gover
nor???s successors. Such documents are too
often made the vehicle of gnah and buncombe
which mean nothing and amount to nothing.
The messege of Governor McDaniel Is not
locking in the dignity which simplicity in
variably Imparts, and it lx s model of terse
ness that amounts to comprehensiveness. It
is the report of the] steward of the aisle's
interests to the representatives of the state,
and, from beginning to end, there la not a
word too much.
'The genearel condition of affaire In the
state Is briefly reviewed, and, while the gov
ernor finds some cause for complaint on the
part of the people with respect to the relative
shortness of crops and the existing business
depression, he Is disposed to take a hopeful
and cheerful view of the proepecte. This
view is fully warranted by the facte. The
peopleof noeectionof the country have pros
pered more than those of Georgia dur ng the
past twelve years, and no state or community
has been less seriously affected by the depres
sion In business. While there has been an
Increase in the punishment of crime, there
has been no increase in crime itself???showing
that the machinery of the law is more efficient
then ever before.
The finances of the state are shown to be In
a healthy condition, and the attention of the
legislature is called to the fact that proviaien
*111 have to be made (or payment or funding
61 the bonde which mature next year and the
year after. Tho governor asys that the con-
dftlona under which the state ir cutle t upon
to provide for these bonds are exceptionsbly
favorable. The redaction of the state debt Is
steady end rapid, while the resources of tho
stole are constantly increasing. The annaal
raving In interest on *750,000 bonds pal l oil
Is about fdO,000, and the governor i?? of tire
opinion that the reduction of interest on
bonds to fund or pay of!???the bonds which
fall due In IHMI will ho a much largeramonnt,
rovlded the new bonds are of long date.
Tho governor also calls attention to tho
pressing necessity for an ii-uoument law, or
for ronic change in the existing laws that will
compel eitlzensto return their t.xablo prop
erty at something like ita true value. Tho
evasion of taxation by undervaluation on the
j??rt of property-owners is something enor
niter, end it is an evasion that not only
pr.cUv.lly robs the state treasury but is un
just to that large das. of citizens who find
th-mrelves unable or unwilling to put their
consciences In a keg while they are swearing
to ihe value of their property. This matter
was brought to the attention of the loat leg
islature, but, in tho midst of much unneces
sary ami cosily piddling, nothing was done
in ihedireclion of revising the tux laws.
The evil to which Governor McDaniel calls
attention Is scrying ono. It effects more or
hen injuriously every citizen who is disposed
to deal honestly with the stale In making re
turns of his property; for If true returns
were made of all tho property, taxation
In tleoiyla could be promptly reduoed to s
mere nominal ruin, calculated to bunion no
one. The Illustrations which the governor
gives are worthy of study. The citizens of
Atlanta were assessed for city purp-iees. In
ISM, on real estate,; to the amount of *21,110-
SOB, and returned In peraonalty *3,-033,0.42,
???an aggregate of *.1#, 030,230. Pultun
county, comprising all the people and prop
erty of Atlanta, and many thousandsof pros-
peroua imputation, and millions of property
in oddillou, returned under our loose eye-
lem 117,801,M5 realty, and *12,034,820 In per
sonalty???an aggregate of *.10,7.10,105.
The clli.tnsof fiavantiah were .Messed, foi
city purposes, on realty in 18M, upon *12,
6IH.202, anil returned pereonallty to the
amount of *7,146,112???an aggregate of
(111,0111,314; while the county of Chatham
niuruid fox atalo and county pnrpoaea, in
18M, (10,613,(164 In realty, and *0,021,020 tu
personalty???an aggregate of *20,437,033. The
ciliiena of Augusta wero asaeaaed, for city
purimses, tho present year, on real estate
alone, to the amount of *11,306,800, The
rainc rlilzens returned for stale and county
taxation, for the same year, real estato to the
amount of *3,120,230.
' Kfiorta have been made to remedy the evil,
but llictc Lave proved Ineffectual for the
moat part. In view of all the facta, the gov
ernor suggesla that valuation be made by
heal boards of assessment ap|n>inted by the
gianil . jury, or by the judge of Ihe
superior courL Any comparative inequality
In the laaia of valuation adapted by the
diflrrvnt counties could be revised and equal
Ized by Ilia comptroller general, aaviatwl by
tha attorney general and the atata treasurer.
With respect to the railroad commiasloo,
Governor McDaniel goes at onca to the bot
tom of the queston by declaring that It is a
preclical ami nut n theoretical question. Tue
ami minim t to the law suggested by the coin-
mission, 111--governor thinks should bs made.
The massage, which is an admirable one in
ercty respect, rloasa by auggrsllng that the
constitution of a progreaaive statu shmitil b
n atle to fit alt tha needs and requirement,
that grow out of an increase of populaiion
sod the ncceieUiea of new conditions,
sfficia of our organic law, route of which
have barn discussed In these columns, should
I e remedied, and unnecessary or uuwiae pro
visions should be struck out
mads a new departure. Instead of relying betn legitimate, and it U questionable wheth-
on the regular presa report, or even on the ?? be has accumulated aa much as a year???s
a , . , . I (aigry of the office be now fills. Hii honesty
work of our special correspondents, we rnido ,, , ; , inn ??? efc
^ ??? r * under all circometance*, steads unqaes-
arrangements by which we transferred to our t|oDed . , n( i this is a positive assurance to all
columns at 4 o???clock each morning the exact that the promise to drive out corruption and
estimates mad# by tha leading papers of tbs restore the government to honest and eco-
eountry, of the national committee, of the nomlcal method* will be fulfilled. Oor-
, ??? , ... . ??? ernor Cleveland carried out similar promises
various state committees, and of Governor wll en he became mayor of Buffalo, and again
Cleveland faimsell through bis private secre- I wben he became governor of New York, and
lary. We were thua enabled to announce I the ipeclal work of bis life will now bo ex-
Governor Clevelvnd???s election the morning tended to national matters. With ample ex-
sflrr the ballot, were east, and to maintain I ["???'"^???efecUon pl.'in before him, he??? will
tbl?? position, when other* had abandoned it, wcn(o tbe will of the people. He will drive
the excellence of tbie system, the freshness, | the thieves out. He will see that tho people
have a chance, and that the monopolists and
jobbers are deprived of public favor.
He baa tbe courage to face the corruption-
feta, no matter how bold a front they present.
Ills courage la as undoubted
utility and individuality
dispatches made Tea Constitution
centre lor the distribution of news
from Richmond to Vicksburg.
All this is simply in the line of our duty to I his honesty. He has never wavered when he
1 has had to choose between duty and self-in
terest. All his troubles with the Tammany
grew out of a dogged determination to do
what he contidered right. His bitterest en
emits cannot point to an instance in which
he sacrificed principle for policy; his friends
have at times regretted his inflexibility and
obstinate adhesion to duty under all any and
all circumstances. This feature of hfs char
acter will serve him well in the complex and
trying work which the people have assigned
biro.
The very caution and conservatism of his
r.oturc will also operate admirably at this
our subscribers. We have contracted to gire
them the best paper in the south. Wo ars go
ing to do it. Our joy at Cleveland???s election is
heightened by tho fact that it has given us a
rbsaci to show how much in earnest -
about keeping Tun Constitution in tbe very
front ranks of journalism.
THE REPUBLICAN DEFEAT.
Come of our democratic friends are. dis
posed to look with stiKpfcion on the republi
can claim that the returns in some of tbe
counties in New York state are incomplete???
a suspicion that leads them to expect aorae
sudden change calculated to change democrat- I juncture. A quarter of a century has elapsed
icexhiliration Into the deepest gloom. After I since there waa a change in the party, and
the experience of 1870, it is natural that tho I nome men are distrustful. Governor Cleve-
minrisof those who are not disposed to take I laud will make haste slowly, and he will
a sanguine view of tho political situation, moke no mistakes. A bold aggressive
should look forward to the successful culml- would be out of place when so great a change
nation of republican trickery, invented tor in the government ia to be effected, while the
ihe purpose of setting aside the will of the | cautious administrator of Albany will prove
jieople; but in this instance they will be most
agreeably disappointed. There has never
hern any necessity for tampering with the
returns in New York state, and an attempt
to do so, nomatter how cunningly conceived,
would he instantly detected. There was cer
tainly no apparent necessity for the demo
crats to tauificc with tho returns, for a careful
anvaaa of the state made by themselves, and
by the independent republican committee,
bad convinced them that a majority of the
people of New York would vote for the dem
ocratic reform candidate for president. The
stimatea they made were somewhat reduced
by a trade said to have been made by the
republican corruptionists with the Ir-
virg bell democrats, but there
were few Cleveland men in New York who
did not feel sure of carry ing tbe state.
wholly safe and sound. He will disarm pre
judicc, allay the fears of the foolish, and
bring nil tho machinery of government into
harmonious operation. There will be no
shock in business circles???no section will be
offended???no one disturbed except tho place
holders, jobbers and robbers.
He in admirably adapted to executive du
ties. His mind is wcll-bahnced; his judg
ment slow but sure, lie has, too, a strong
constitution and great endurance???the best
of health. He likes work, and he can stand
a great deal of it. This will help him, and
so will the fact that he has never been a doc
trinaire, but always a practical man of affairs.
He will work early and late to administer the
government honestly and economically, and
as lie w ill have behind him the intelligence
and integrity of the land???tho best men of
THE LATEST NEWS.
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE
CAMPAIGN.
Tnr Constitution hat printed during the
r????t week trillions unequaled in southern
jturpalmu. Regular subscriber* have poured
in item all quarters, and we have been over-
whittled with congratulations. For all this
we *fe grateful.
We have simply tried fo do our duty. We
believe that tbe nomination of Grover Cleve
la t.d was the wiaest that could be made. We
therefore advocated hie nomina
tion. Had any other one of
the candidates been nominated, he should
have the same earnest and hearty support we
hove given to Cleveland and Ucudricht. No
prejudice or preference shall ever disturb our
relations with the detdocratie party. Any
man who stood on the platform ot honest gov
ernment end wae pledged to turn the rascals
out, should have had the be>t we heve ia the
???hop. More hr the democratic party???first,
last and all the time.
In reporting the election aesra,
we feel that w* may claim to have
It may safely be said, therefore, that what- both parties???we may rest assured that he
ever attempt has been made to tamper with will give us a safe and successful alnrinlstra-
tbe returns will bo promptly traced to the re- lion. He will show by example that detno-
puhlicnu corruptionists, who havo boon aided emtio rule meann peace and prosperity to all
in tbeir work by tbe agents and owtiiAries of and in that way lay deep the foundation of
Jay Gould, who is to-duy, by long odds, the | future victories,
most sinister figure in American ??? affair*.
Whatever is wrong or corrupt will be found
to liavo a republican ora Jay Gould agent b*. ?????>">** Nionr, November 10.-Wo print thl.
bind it. Nothing la more natural than that wtek muoh nf tho rurront now. ofthc .lx day.
the republican, .tart tho cry of fraud. Tiff/ I ( j nl , 0 (be .lection.
.re f.miliar with all tl.e egenclea of, freoJ.i- ,, lIlc , ammBry of tho Tory
and they know what potent Instruments I ... ...
this, agents are In defeating tho will of the h???e.1 new. In th. p.per. And wo boro state
people. In 187(1, they stole tho states Of I *hnt Grover Cleveland and Thomu A. Hen-
tiouth Carolina, Florida and Louisiana by I dricksaro elected beyond the shadow of a
nieena of bribery and fraud. The rape of I doubt, and will be inaugurated on tho fourth
Florid. w?? confessed by th.l.U 8.mu.l ft I , M , rch ]885(juIt ??? ture u th , (u rUe> on
AlcLin, and he repented moat bitterly, during I
his la??t days, his connection with that mouti- I ^???tday.
mental trend. I Tu* Cokvntvtio* claimed this result on
We allude to these things hero to etnpha- I Wednesday in advance of other southern pa-
firs the statrmrnt that the republicans, pfr| Ev(iry dty hu m#d# j,
more clear.
kuowlag the potency of fraud, should I . t . .... . .
he the first to raise tho cry of baud. 1 i'??ow absolutely beyond dlspuUor reversal. I
Your Acting thief has been known to lyt\\
"atop thief" as lustily at tbe most honest of
his pursuers,and the cry baa oftentimes serv
ed to put tbe officers of the law on a false
???cent. Nothing is nioro natural than that the
dvftated republicans should raise such a cry.
I nt rim lud in power for twenty-four
years, plumb ring tbe government unchal
lenged and unquestioned, instituting an ora
of fraud unparalleled in the history of tho
government, inventing ???cbeimw of corruption
unheard of in a republic, and pursuing
career of jiolitical harlotry calculated to mike
even a villain blush for aliatne, it Is a wond-tr
tbit tbe republican party doesn't openly defy
be will of the people* and refuse to concede
a popular majority to Cleveland in any aute.
Tbe rascally leaders of the party have n<
precedent for such action, but, heretof ??r*\
they have been in the habit of manufacturing
tbeir own precedents, and no scheme tint
they may now spring upon the country would
surprise anybody. Aa we have Mid, thefvnly
a onder ia that they have not met the
factof their defeat with something more
practical aud potential than the cry of fraud.
It is a foolish cry at this juncture, aud will
not serve the purpose of keeping the repub
lican party in power. It iduma, moreover,
that the knowledge of their defeat, coupled
*ltb the knowledge that the temper of the
people of New York state is not to be trifled
with, has had tbe effect of paralyzing the wits
of tbe conspirators.
There w 111 be no counting out nor counting
is settled and it will stick.
We congratulate our readers everywhere on
this return to honest government, and the final
burning of the bloody shirt. We shall now
enter upon a career ot unoxenipMd prosperity.
Gcd bless ns nil.
On the nights ot llth, 12th and 13th it h probable
that tho heavens will oe abluzo with billing me
teors. On tho dates mentioned the earth will re
volve through the meteor soueand mlliloiMof fall
ing ttar* will dart out from tho coustulUtlon Leo.
This r.mgulfiutut spectuclo la on record as having
occurred In every November siuce tbo second cen
tury of the Chrbtlan era, and the there is no reason
for expecting a postponement tuU year.
One of the most dtidiah of all tho New York
dudes Is a little fellow who may bo seen at every
public place. lie belongs to a wealthy family,
but Us people will have noth ing to do with him.
About two years ago he got into a serapo aud
begged his relatives to let him havo 11,000. They
re tu??ed point blank. Me then stole his mother's
diamonds, pledged them for fdOOO and
went to Paris. There ho speculated
until he accumulated about 830,000. He spent a
y??nr In seeing Paris and returned to America
with notblugbut his experience and a trunk full
of i lotbta. He w tut to n-c hfs family and they threw
him into tbe street. Now he is cut right end left,
owes everybody money, and yet he insuages to iivo
in first class style. Ho atteu<ls the theater,
and the opera steadily, wears no end ol jewelr
and looks happy. He is known ab mt town as
"Jit lets," but it Is impossible to tell why he is so
called.
One ol the meanest tricks ot the campaign
vras played upoutit. John at Olathe, UU home in
. , , . . | Karras. Kt. Johu owned a paper whicn tne ex-
in. Thepurpore. of the people who have lb , ^ rrejafrei him to leave
electid klr. Cleveland will lxs promptly aud
effectually carried out. Hie election is con
ceded by every respectable org.in ot public
opln on in New York state, including many
newspapers that were Dlaiue partisans, and
be will take his seat, when the time comes,
unchallenged by the corruptionists. Even
Jay Gould, whose sinister design* ted him to
esjtouie the cause of corruption, hie for
warded his fulsome congratulations to Al
bany, end the rest of the conspirators will
lose no time in piecing themselves on the ante
side if public opinion
THB MaN OF DESTINY.
There art four great and unmistekablo
qualities in Grover Cleveland???his honesty,
his courage, his conservatism, and his execu
tive ability. Instead ot bring an untried
man he baa been well tested through nearly
ten years of official service, and his success
baa at every turn in his remarkable career
!e??n hosed upon his adaptability to public
piece. The people each time found him use
ful and capable gud his promotion follow
ed. rapidly it is true, but naturally and *o-
ceptablj.
Among all the slanders of a per
sonal campaign uM one was nwer-
dwgainstGrover Cleveland* integrity. At
his he me and throughout tbe state he pre
sides over, he is considered an fncorraptibk
man. Ur Las never engaged in any ques
tionable speculation. His earnings have all
lu tbe batidsof an employe. While the wm wa*
traveling over the country wboopiag up tie
coldest*-r prop!*, the heart!*** subordimto tntt*-
ftirn-ed the sheet Into a Blaiue organ. SL John
will bounce him wbeu he gvU home.
II en like to hear a brilliant talker, and yet tbey
neatly always apeak contemptuously 'of hlv Jude-
mint. The fine talker Is popular, lie i* sought
and is fuvited to;many places to euterutu
people at J draw a crowd But people do not go
by bis advice. They act upon the judgment of
men who arc opiwreutly dml and
wbont ideas. There are ex
ceptions of conr??e, hut generally fluency of speech
i> tupposed to le the rvenlt of little thought This
bsdsmanv to attribute wisdom to those persons
who matnutn an ovrllkb gravity and dignity,
when In point of fact the parties thus compli
mented are mere numhaVuib. A sensible man
should avoid the two extremes. He should uot be
afraid to talk when he has something totay.and he
should be disert-i t enough to boh! his tougue at
the proper time. 1 here ia no sente iu clattering
away all the time, aud there is no wLdota L goiug
through life dumb as an oy??tcr.
A Bbivisii cotton manufacturer who is on a tour
of inapt ction through this euuutry mskes soma
rather gloomy prtdietirnaci accruing the cotton
Industry. It It the general b. lief that tbe present
advette Mate of trace due to ore#prodactUm.
Even the trar ufactui. rs take this view of tbe sit
uation. Our English frfen*. however, says that
tbe main icpton for the dull condition *of trai l
that the people of Atm tic* ore every yctr ooa-
semlnglcMof the products of the looms ot st*'h
towns s* Fait Biver; that very few print cnu??
draKs are bow asea on the streets of oorciiks;
that even our servaut womeo have
discovered that a dress made of mixed fabrics
gives far less trouble and labor than a print dress,
and as a consequence the in creased demand for
woolen, wonted aud mixed materi
als naturally hurt# cotton. It
astonishing how apparently trivial
events affect a great industry. The tastes of Mrs.
Langtry and Sarah Bernhardt have worked a revo
lution which has resulted disastrously to priut
goods. _
In the United States the annual average of sui
cides is about 1,700 or thirty-two per million ot
population. Of this number the males exceed the
females by about four to one. People sometimes
kill themselves apparently without the slightest
cause. In Paris a little girl and her maid com
mitted suicide because they were refused per
mission to go out together. Women have
been known to destroy themselves
and their children rather than be vaccinated.
German woman killed beraelf because she wav
laughed at on account of her corpulency. Pover
ty does not lead to suicide where people have al
ways been accustomed to it, but suddon changes
from good to bad fortune exert.a powerful influ
ence. Americans are peculiarly liable to great
disappointments. They nearly all look
forward cither to political prominence
great wealth. In tho race some get left, aud
some min the prize just when it seems within their
grasp. In their despair they recklessly conclude
that life is not worth living. Suicides may bo ex
pected so long as men are Irrellglous.uuphllosoph-
ical, intemperate and unthrifty.
Aa civilisation advances, and os education be
comes universal, insanity Increases. In i860 we
had in this country 23,TOii Inline persons; in 1870,
87,432, and in 1880,91.007. While this Increase hu
been very great among our native whites it hu
been much greateramoogour foreign population.
In 18C0 we had one nativo white inaane person to
every 1,659 inhabitants of this class. In 1870 the
ratio was one in every 1,238, and In 1880 it
wu one in every 632. In the foreign
population Hie increase was still greater. In 1800
there wu one insane person in every 1,053- foreign
ers; in 1870, one in evc*y 497, and in 1880, ono in
every 230. These are alarming figures and it must
be r* collected that they do not includo all tho de
fective persons who come under the expressive
bead of cranks. The experts who endeavor to ex-
plr in this state of affairs pretend t-> find thecauvos
in our mode of life, and in auuh excitants as tho
liquor habit, si motional preaching, presidential
elections, financial panics, etc. Without accepting
orrrjtcflug the concluriouR of the acieutiats, ws
hare enough to do in dealing tbo* grim rcaul j.
Four boys between tho ages of sixteen and
eighteen have just arrived in New Orleans from
fan Francitco. They have Journeyed twenty-five
hundred miles to see the exposition, and they
will doubtlcu aee It. They started several weeks
ago, and by means of stealing rides on all sorts of
cars, have succeeded in making the trip. When
they conldn???t ride on top of a box car they tried a
r. Sometimes they rodo just behind the
tender on % passenger train, and at others they
rode on tbo trucks uuder the cars. They have en
dured cold and hunger and braved unusual perils.
1 hey are boys of nerve and pluck.
WdEN a man hM great Intellectual power it
goes without saying that he is constitutionally
liable to intervals of mental depression. AU high
ly intellectual men are exposed to this evil. A
pendulum will always swing lu one direction as
it does in the other. With Intellectual men sleep-
loinccsis the most daugerous of all symptoms.
Slttplctincas means a starvation of the braiu.
Bleep is simply physiological rout, One
gu-at blunder is to suppose that
stupefying drug can do any good. Stupor I* a
urlcsquo sleep. Chloral, bromide and other sleep
producing drugs arc deccntive snares. Exercise
end simple die t arc the proven remedies. If the
malady is not treated iu time, suicide Is very of
ten the ltsulL A sleepless man alwrys guss to
work to tempera bis death calmly and intelli
gently. Apparently ho has no delusion. He is
notinrano in the technical senso. Ho simply
ants to die, and that is the only evidence of his
derangement
tea in the Rocky mountains and wonted
3,(00 soldiers to guard it ??? Queen
Clementina??? is a Iaay who has bothered President;
Au thur by ordering him to vacate tbe white house
aud give it up to her. Washington is full of queer
j people whose crankiness ia uot fully developed.
*Lr. JJsry Walker and Belva Lockwood are fair
samples. One A. B. Hayward, a pension clerk,
liven In a hut in a tree thirty-one feet from tho
ground. He ascends by a ladder. He is intelligent
and sensible, and is cranky only in this ono
thing.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Fnbtcrlber. Marietta, Go.: Is the recent presi
dential election the closest ever known Jn Utw
It is certainly the closest that has occurred in
over half a century. In 1828 New York gave a plu
rality for Jackson of 5.850; in 1844, 5,100 for Polk,
tbe lowest of which we have a record there, Tho
pluralities for twenty years are as follows: Ia
1864 Lincoln carried it by 6,767; 8eymoar bad just
10,000 lu 1868, and Grant53,453 In 1872; in 1876 TU- *
den carried it by 32,738, and Garfield had a plural
ity In 1880 Oi 21,033.
Subscriber, McDonough, Go.; What is a good
cure for sleeplesaut-fw?
Stay In the sunshine as much ns possible.
A. B. Oxford. Ala.: Do women live longer than
men?
Yea, as a rule. They are not as strong as men,
but they havo mere eudumucc. Where the hus
band and wife are of the ???snrno age the chances aro
that the latter will lire to be a widow.
J. M. Atlanta. Ga.: 1. What Is the population
of Ohio, according to the lost census? ?? Have the
speeches of Crittenden, the famous Kentucky ora
tor, ever been pubibbed? 3. Ple??so tell mo some
thing about the franchise bill pending la
the British parliament.
1. 2,198,062. 2. We do not know. 3. The bill
propose* to extend tbe right ol auffrage
by lowering the rent paying quali
fication of voters. The extension will mako
voters of about 2,000,000 persons, malmy farm la
borers. This will have the effect of wiping out
the tory party.
6. B. J., Gainesville, Ga.: Is there any diflorcnco
between coeiulhm and commuuhin?
The terms are n??ed loosely, but there is a differ
ence. Socialism dots uot necessarily imply com
munism, but is applied to any system that ro-
quires the land and tbe inttrumenta of production
to be tbe property of communities, association* or
of the government. CommuuUm denies all hulk
idual rights in property.
quality of the wool that it was called ???'Golden
Fleece????
General Wallace, minister to Turkey, explain*
m follows: "There were golden sands in tho
mountain streams of that K1 Dorado. Not being
adept In gathering tbe goM dust lik* our New
Mexican miners, tbe Argonauts soaked their
fleeces in tho water, which was stirred into aurl-
ferousncrs and when tbe fleeces dried they flallod
out the precious particles. "Sunset Cox la his Ori
ental Sunbeams,??? gives us au evidence ot tho
plentltudc of gold iu this section In olden days,
Instances of mummies being found in excavating,
daring his stay in Turkey, whose entire bodies
were wrapped in sheet* of gold. We accept the
version of General Wallace rather than to destroy
tbe romance of Jason and Princess Media bybe*
litvlng Jason to be a fellow that would steal an
ordinary sheep.
In glancing over Mr Multrair* book of statistics
one comes across some odd facts and figures. Hers
are a few selected at random: Tho English people
use 12,800,000 worth of blacking uuuually. There
???re 7,000,000 cats in the uultcd kingdom. The
couuiess of Desmond waa killed in her 146 year by
falling from a cherry, tree. Madame Fresobuldl,
of Florence, had fifty two cblldreu. Great Brltaiu
makes 330,000,000 pins weekly. Of types the Lon*
don Times uses 2,210,000 daily. It will be seen
from there specimens that It ia possible to ex-
ract fresh ideas and material for small gossip, iu-
tructron and amusemout, orou from a in nn o
dry statistics. _
JudoeTourgke i* gelling into hot water on ac
count of his abomiuablo book, ???Au Appcsl to
arar.??? It baa been shown that bis statistics are
unreliable, and that his conclusions are orroacous,
tut he could donbtk-M have stood all that, ai
carpct-lag experience ha* led him to believe that
lie well stuck to fa i;s good os too trutn. Cue attack
owever, is a little too much for bis equanimity
New York reviewer call* attention to tho fact
that the Judge in his "Appeal to Curare??? appro
priated almost bodily the idea*, fact* and conclu
sion* set forth last yctr by Professor E. \V.
Gilliam iu an article on tbo future of
negro lu the aouth. To thU
Tourgee replica that ihli book demonstrate! tho
fact that the negroes will have a tremendous ma
jority in tbe southern Kate* in tho next slxteeu
5tors, whereas Prof. Gilliam???* figures relate to ihe
statu* oi tbe race a hundred yc.r* hence. He also
c.atnm that he is tbe originator of tbe Idea that
universal education under the supervision of tho
national government la tbe only specific (or an
ticipated race troubles. It waa bad enough for the
Juoge to put forth such a tawdry patcaworkof
false hood* without being accu??e<l of wholesale
plagiarism. As the matter now atunda his work
???miscs to heap more thamo upou nls bead titan
ever before fell to the lot of any one American au
thor.
Re annual report of tho comptroller of Texas
shows that the lone alar auto continues to grow
idly. The iucreaie in taxable property over
UM year's uuumem Is f63.Qwi.000. It Is now
t5KUCO,t??0 against Mil 000,000 four years ago.
Population also keeps pace with the increase ia
wealth. Tbe population to-day is 2,215,709,
increase of 623,961 In
fenr year*. or over 155,000
per annum. If thia rate of increase continues
w ill, by tbe next census, have a population
;?,Cf 0.CG0. The tax book* do not abow half the
real wtttlth of the state. The railroads are as??ci!ed
840,((4',Ci0, when they aro north 8200,000,(XX).
Ihe Mat* own* flOO,000,000 worth of property
bich i* uot assessed. It Is worth uot lug that all
this progress ha* occurred uuder democratic ruie.
IcRtsany year* Washington boa beta the central
rallying point for all teecrauks in tbe country.
Lack as 1789a man named William Pullihmo
apycared tbete, claiming that be bad authority
from George Washington, Gorge the Third and
Jtsus Christ to take powfMion of the government
it for one huudrvd years. He was prompt-
locked up iu an aaylum. In 1801 a wo ana
uerotd ll*ry Kinnlla claimed to be the resar-
mud Quctn Isabella, of fipaiu. 6be
accompanied by a male crank, who thought
ra.- Kir g Ferdinand, nud the two made a vig
or* Ukefoit to scoop the entire continent. Toey
wt re also >ci t to the lunatic asylum. About the
v ine t'm* TLoma* Somerville, a religious craok,
ttunpudto convert President J??ffcr*ou. John
Curran, another religious lunatic, figured in
V * kblngton about l&o. UU dtluaiou was that ne
was ike Angel- Gabriel. He was taken
tlerge of by his two sons and care
ritd off. John C. Calhoun was
deviled by a crank who claimed 11 bs bis twin
Lntber. The statesmen was greatly annoyed lor
along time by thb fellows who asserted that be
fun. 1*1 id JohnC. with all his brain power end
wrote bis speeches. Galteaa's career b familiar
to everybody. Last year a lunatic tarsedap with
the story that be hod discovered the grave of Mo-
Wbat is tit. John's address?
1. The republicans hud a plurality of 11,321. 2.
Olathe, Kansas.
Kesder, Borne, Go.: Is there any com-
pilstion of statistics proving halt crime
runs in cycles, or, Hla financial parries,
,1s liable to break out with unusual force ouce ev
ery several years?
Wc know of no such work, but it fa said that
more murders and terrible crimes occur each pres
idential year than during other years.
Tnx retirement of Ben Butler after the cam
paign la over will be very exteutire.
Fnbscribera, Athens, Ga.: Please publish By
ion's epitaph to his dog.
The inscription on tbo monument is as follows
"Near this spot
Arc deposited the remains of one
Who ponseracd beauty without vanity???
Strength without ln.*otence???
Courage without ferocity."
And all the virtue* of man without his vices??? '
This praise, which would oe uumeoulng flattery;
If iiocrlbed over humau a??>ht?s
Is but a just tribute to the memory of
Boatawalu, a dug,
Who waa born in Newioiitnitand May, 1803,
And died at Now*lead Abbey Nov. 18,1805.
nen some proud atm ot man returns to earth
Unknown to glory, but upocld by blrti.
The sculptor???s art exhaust* the pomp of woe,
And stoned urns record who re-ts below;
W ho labor*, fights, live*, breathe* fur him alone,
Uubonored fails, unnoticed oil his worth,
Denied in heaven the soul hu held on earth;
W bile man, vain Insect, hopes to be forgiven,
And claims himself ?? solo*>xcluslve heaven.
Ob. man! thou feeble tenant of an hour;
Dcboud by slavery or corrupt by power,
who knows thee well must quit thee with dkguK*
I???cgraded*maM of auf mated du-t!
Thy love is lust, tby friomMilpall acheat,
shame!
Ye who perchance behold this simple vow,
I???a>s op???It honor none >ou w!*n to mourn.
Editoos Constitution : Upon reading of the se
rous injuries inflicted by niOMjUitoCa up.??n Kstma
of your fehow-citixeua, It aeeiuud to me l
BSk nobeD
i attack than
icld bad been
_ anointing the
exposed parts of the ??kiu 1 have yet to learn of a
erne in which it baa not been completely effica
cious. The cost ia nominal???ten cents worth will
do a month or two.
It 1* well to mention that soon after I commeno-
ed to me tbi* preventive I f.mnd that the outer
skin (ruticleor epid*rmi??) of tbe palms of my
hands tint roe Into a laree number of mlonte ele
vation*, and then shrivelled uud was rubt>cl off.
1 hue wps no pain, and but wry little Incouvea-
Iei.ee caused by tht* loss It veeraed to me that
this thtdduig of the cuticle must have resulted
fiom the mixture, and Unit its having taken place
only upon n>> palms u*> l.o-uine generally, and
more i-siticuiany when oiiu !>*-lecp, the hand*
are sonn what dosed. thu?? hindering the removal,
by clothing or air, of au unguent upon them. Be
this a* it may. the *kln whu-b succeeded has never
been afiected in any way by tbe mixture. Perhapx
In glowing It became toed t*?? the treatment.
J&espccUully,
0*Kaddik.
?..*Dalton, Daltm. G??: What is the pro
for theopenlug of the New Orleans expo
??Irion?
It will be opened on the 16tb of December by
President Arthur. Tbe oougres- of tbe United
States and the Mexican congress will be present.
The details of the programme have not yet been
given to the public.
Tho*. L. Cltegman, induracd r-y the physicians?
The doctors bold aloof from it. A French phy
sician, whose uamees*??pes us, la* believer in 1L
H. A , Millville, S. J : How does Georgia com
pare with New Jersey for grape culture and wine
making?
Georgia !* better adapted to grapes and wide-
making than New Jem y. We have many success
ful viccynnls and some of tbe best American
wine is nstde here Dirge sections of our state are
especially adapted to vineyard*.
Subscriber. Griffin. Ga: Did General Grant lost
everything by the failure <>f Grant <fc Ward?
All except hi* Income from tbe 1250,000 Invested
for him by bis friends. He fa at present writing *
history of his military career, from which bo ex
pects to male *??0,000.
J. H. A.. Greenville, ti. C.: Ia there any work
showing the number or deaf mates in the world?
The number is estimated ut from 700,000 to 900.-
CCO, and of these sixty-three per bent were bom
deal These estimate* cs
and newspaper articles.