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6 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GJu TUESDAY NOVEMBER!! 1884. TWELVE PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION fettered at the Atlanta Poet-Offlco m sccond-clasa IUU matter. November 11.1878. Weekly Constitution, 01.SS Per Annnm. Olnte of Ore, fi.oo each; clubs of ten, fl.00 each and a copy to (tetter-op of Club. 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.