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THE'WEEKLY CONSTITUTION 1 . ATLANTA, GA* .TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25 188*. TWELVE PAGES. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, totet??l??the Atteuu Pwvoaice u *e??nd-clM* mail matter, November 11,1878. Weekly Constitution, ??I.V5 Ter Atinum. Chibs of Are, fl.w each; clubs o! tcn.fl.OQ each find a copy to getter-op of Club. ^ The Constitution Library ??? We b,ve ntado up ?? library of ten choice ???tuiderd booke for the besclitof our reeaars We here bought from the publishers direct 12,000 COPIES OF THESE BOOKS, Which ??e offer ??t leu than half their usual price. The library comprises Robinson Crusoe, Ivanboe, Pilgrim???* Progreti, Laatof the Mohicans, Arabian Nights, Oliver Twist, Children of the Abbey, Beottiah Chief*# fivriaa Family Robinson. . . _ 20,000 Leagues Under tho Bee. These boobs ere pure, choloo end interest ing. Each hook ia famon* the world over. The Hat etnbraoca auch authors as DICKENS, SCOTT, DBFOB, COOPER, PORTER, BUNYAN. 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If yon can only buy one !>x>k werecommonn Robinson Crusoe. If you buy two, add Pil grim's Progress. If three, add Children of the Abbey. If four, add Hcott??#h Chlofs. If Ove, ???dd tfwias Family Robinson, or Last of the Jdoliirnjif. Order at once a* our edition U limited and the demand will bo great. Address THE CONSTITUTION. Note this???If you uro in Atlanta or have a friend hero who cuu take tho booke at our of- Ace, we will tako OO CENTS 333A.CII For the books, as wo ??ava the postago, which la 10 cent*. Whan ordered by mail our charge la 70 rents. ATLANTA, GA., NOVEMBER 2Y IfltM. SPECIAL NOTICE, i The eflVr nf * "Family filblo Free" U uot Irom Tn?? Coumrinon. We here nothin, to do Witt If. 11 le mlmtlwd by tho I'nton Publl.fi!n, com per,, a ilrui that rcute an nltlco In Tttn Cowtru- ticn bulfdln,, with n doren other firm,. Wo hero ???utbln, to do with tho firm nr the adrertlMmeet. Tim noNiirxruTiuN. Tit* late county (air In Dnrko developed (be tect that great proyrete ba, been made by lb- farmer* of that county. Blooded (took ??u one of the featarae of tb* fair. Dl- veieiBrd indunrlea were ehorrn to bo real aource, of wealih. TheKcw York papera congratulate the country tbat a men rapabl. of making each aprrrhrae, fell from the llpiofkfr. Blaine Tnemtay night we, defeated for the pretlden cy. The .percl. placre him before the couD' try a* a full tlmlged In'cendlery. Vimum crowded lntoJ Richmond ye,ter toy. ??nd from sunrise till midnight rejoiced ever the polllira) Miration of. the country, Virginia boa double cause for joy. That rud?? kalian) should have been oace overthrown la enough to make the heart of every patriot bound with joy; but the overthrow of Mu* bone was to VlrgiuiaoB a causo for a year's Jubilee. _ Amoso tho pitiable wrecks who were Stranded by Cleveland's election Is Tom Ifurphy, of New York. Tom Is chiefly re- numbered as the cigar-lighter ami bottle bolder of (Jenerul (2runt in the day* when the *'boj a??? were all well provided for. Talking of Blaine's deft at he toys, reflectively: **We haro Urn beaten out of our boots, and old Burets rd did it. Blaine told mo that when U uvh* ard made iib?? of his expression there was a buss ???t rctivrnation in his ear, aud he nndtrstaod Bmrbatd to refer to rum, MormonUm and rebel- kkn. Re said that if he had heard the parson tfelit be would at once have disclaimed any re liction on a religions body. Bo we can sec by what trifles even a presidency isau be lost, t would rvxmuuend old Burchtrd to open agin- mill In the Ufciucnt of htscburcb. That Uabout the Uot business and tho must profitable he ean go Into now.??? _ MR. BLAINE AND THE SOUTH. Tb*re Is a well accredited story concerning Ifr. Maine, that may fit lu just now. After Ettatur Umar had denounced Conkllng with remarks, which, he raid, "no honest man Would dceerve and no bravo man would bear," Nr. Blaine took his arm and walked cut of the senate with him. "1 thought yon were my friend," he said to the southern senator. ???I am," replied Mr. Umar. "It doesn't look like it, the way yon abuse Conk ling. What yon have just said to him will lire the heart of the north for him. Whenever you've got any more abase of that cort to throw around please remember your Nr. Blaine's lateepeecb indicates that he b anxious to be abused back into the confi dence of the north. He has been repudiated by the people of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Indiana. Ho has kwt 6,000 nf the old republican majority In Yermoat, E.fllO lo kavacboNttr, 23 000 In Michigan, Ifl.CCO in Ohio and *1000 in Illinois. Ua has been beaten by a revolt' of the best ele ments of his own party against his disrepu table mttbods. He Is, of course, enraged. He ts the maddfbt man in the country, perhaps except Marat J!a)??teed. the Lu-headed aud elderly dudw who edirstbe Cincinnati Com mercial Gazette. Sting very mad, ha talks very ngly. The south has nothing to gain by abusing Nr. B???atne. It need not even record a denial nf hia aland*Tons charges. The south ta at last in mpoDtfble position, where It nan be Jtdged. by its annul perCormaaoa. For tw.Dij.four years It baa been mlgjadgndand maligned. It hat been beM loaaewwr. while pH***)* impotent, fier what ton iliolwuw charged Ji would do Jf it bad the power. At last it has the power. It will stand now on performance, and not on hypothesis. Its words will be as the idle wind. Its deeds will be studied closely and critically. The answer tbat the south has to make to Mr. Blaine will be slow. It will develop day after day and year alter year. It will speak In the nelf-restraint, the prudence, the con ter fallen), the moderation and the decorum that even the bitterest enemies of the south must credit her with as tho resolute purpose of her people docs its perfect work. It ebsnees that the white people of the south, by aHying themselves with the powerful minority of the north, have been enabled to namo the president, and to have come part and parcel in the administra tion of our common government. They will not dererve the success that has come to them if,d*fore the coming four years have gone, they have not made Mr. Dlalno heartily srhsnicd of what he has permitted his passion to say and put to confusion every man who applauded Ids slanderous assertions???except ing, always, the fat-beaded aud infuriated editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. OUB WATERBUKY WATCH. TheWatcrbury watch wo after to our readors is a miracle of cheapness and excellence). The lowest price at which the watch can be bought anywhere, la 94 00. For $3 30 wo will send the watch, postpaid, and The Wxxkly tioasriru ling one year. For 13 05 we will send tho watch In a aaUn-Uncd case-a bright, strong nickel* plated pretty chtia and The Wxxkly ono year. Each year???s experience outy strengthens our conviction as to the value of the Water bury watch. Though It is cheap enough to be brought within the reach of every one, it is substantially and accurately made, being as reliable a time-keeper at more expensive watches, and to Ueaverogoman who has any work to do, a wrier watch to carry about with him. No man who carries a Watcrbury watch fa ever killed and robbed lor 1L If it Is lost it can be re placed at little cost. If it Is broken It ern bo re paired for little or nothing. Ills not so easily dsmagtd as are others. At the gin K Is worth all others; In the house, In the fluid, any where, tho Watcrbury is the best timepiece to me. G. V. Wilson, Loyd P. O., Rapides parish, Is., writes: "The watch camo promptly to had; It started itself and has been running well ever since. 1 am pleased with It aud think It Just as good os thoio that oost TKi." P. 8. Early, Postmaster, Mans, N. C??? writes: Watch came lo haud safely and In good order. It keeps perfect IIroe, running exactly with a very flno dock of mine. As a time-keeper It is Just at good a* a fto watch. It is all that I could ask." Remember that for |3 (5 we will send yon tho watch and chalu and Thx Weekly Coxcttutiox for one year. Thus you get the watch and chain for 12 10. Here la an inducement such as no other l??P*ir ba* ever offered.' Bend your orders In promptly, as thlaextraordinary offer la ouly made for a shot t time. A VERY IMPORTANT REPORT. One of the very best acts of Governor Me- Panicl's administration was tho appointment of I)r. W. I???. Westmoreland as phyaiolan to the penitentiary. Hr. Westmoreland ao- <*ptcd this office at pecuniary sacrifice, lie went into the work it entailed as a labor of love. The result* of hia first year's service, are epitomized In an annual report,elaborate, comprehensive and able, just laid on our dee*. The report shows that out of 1,030 convicts there Lave been thirty eight deaths during the year, divided as follows: Padu Ctml Cu B. ti. Lockett A Co ...... W, 1). Lowe A Ce.....,.???ra ............ Captain T. J. Joucs James LI. Smith Marietta and N. Georgia mad Its importance in European eye*, They know it is of vast extent, is thickly peopled, aud may become the source of an immense trade. The Congo Is said to discharge more water than any river in the'world, the Ama zon alone excepted. It drains a basin of vast extent Portuguese navigators discovered the month of the Congo before Christopher Columbus discovered America, and Portugal baa ever since claimed the country about the mouth of_ the river, and therefore of the whole Congo country that Henry M. Stanley and De Brazza explored and opened to the world. A treaty baa been signed, but not ratified, between England and Portugal, re cognizing the jurisdiction of the Portngaesa almost as far as the Congo is navigable from the eea, and stipulating tbat no customs du ties are to be levied on the river except as agreed upon by the two governments. The treaty opens the river to the commerce of the world; but the other nations object to a con trol of the great waterway by England and Portugal. England has long claimed juris diction over the regions of the lower Niger. The claim is of very ancient date, aud U4s difficult to see how, as affairs of this kind have been conducted, her territorial claims to the mouth of tho Niger, or tho territorial claims of Portugal to the mouth of the Congo, can be set aside. It is probable, however, that an agreement will be reached by which the entire freedom of the great rivers of Central Africa will be guaranteed to all the world. Portugal is a high-tariff* country, and an Introduciim of her la riff system to the Congo would prac tically close tho river to commerce. This will not l>e pr-miltted, nor will the Berlin conference let any nation control the Congo, or poasibiy the Niger. Something similar to the commission that has charge of the Lower Lfnriuhe muy be resorted to. At any rate the Congo is to become o free river. The question of annexations in the unex plored regions ol tho African continent is ono not to readily settled France claims the territory llmt I)e Brazza has travelled over, and the international association represented by the king of Belgium and Henry M. Htan- cy bus fit up territorial rights that have actual occupation and a good deal of justice behind them. Whether these claims are to be patiscd upon, or whether tho conference will deal with future annexations alone, does not appear to bo-flttled. The conference is still in torsion, and its notion will Ire watched with interest by all who liavo faith In the de velopment of the dark continent Thu pnj/ev muy be sent you as a specimen copy. Jf to, read it. Judge U on its merits and sub scribe for it. It costs $1.25 a year to single sub- tcribers???$1.00 each in clubs nf five, or $10 for 11 pupers. It is the hrgett, best, chcajtest paper printed. Oct up a dub nr take it yourself. ccuJd hove sav<(l Now York iu November, And 50 we-como Lack to the cru:ial proposi tion that to find any candidate who wouid have borne comparison with Mr. Blaine in point of strength, we must nam8 a roan who would have been stronger in New York, and ns strong in Ohio as Mr. Blaine with all his matchless personal canvass. With all respect for other republican chiefs, wo do not beilevo the man con be named." We are glad to find the ablest republican Journal* in harmony with Tnx Cosstitdtiox on ono point, namely, the democracy have beaten the strongest man in their party Mr. Blaine, rays the Philadelphia Press, re* cotrred the states that were lost in ???82; he ltd the state ticket* In almost every raFtf ;be carried the Pacific coast ard yet ho was beaten by the democratic hosts. While they are vin dicating their candidate they are really ex plaining the strength of the democracy; but they care at present little about the latter matter if they can keep Mr. Blaine in the ring. The Boston Journal???s interview goes to show that the cx-candidate proposes to slay in, and that the battle of 1884 may have to be fongbtjover again. The democratic forces will he on band, and Mr. Blaiue and Mr. Blaine's two particular editorial friend? evidently intend to uphold four years from nowt ho tattered and battered hugger of 1331. A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. The cheapest and beat Christmas present you can buy Is one of our ('pxn rrrriox libra ry books. Each book is a standard work, bound in cloth and gold, handsome, durable, in large type, with illustrations. It costs only 70 cents, post paid, or 60 cents over our counter. Lech book is a delight to the reader. It will be a constant pleasure to every member of the family. Order ono or more of these bocks for Christmas or thanksgiving. Ten times the money speut otherwise will not give you as much pleasure these long winter Ways as one of these books. Heo the list else- Whi rr. THE BLACK REPUBLIC. The people of the south wlU read with interest the reviow of the HaytUn re public, printed elsewhere. In Ilayti the mgro has had the fairest trial of self-govern ment he ever will have. Nearly a oentnry ago the blacks In Hayti rose against the whites and exterminated them. A few years later they practically extirpated tho mutat ion. For more than Ilfty years they have bad fall and complete control of the gov^ dnwd this year to 4,000. Garfield had a pla- Dr. Weatmoreland believe* that all tho comps are now in excellent condition, and thfit the death-rate for the coming year will be very much smaller than for the year re ported above. Uis opinion ia that the death-rate ought to be leas than ball what it ta, and thinks that un der the present system It may go down to that percentage for next year. He states that before this year the deaths have not bun accurately reported. On one oocaslou he found that bis list ol the convicts at a ramp was larger by three than the aetnal list, and that unrvported deaths accounted for the difference. 11s considers the Daile county ccat company's camp the model ramp of his knowledge. With 470 convicts, there ba snot been a death from acuta disease daring the whole year. There was on death by aocldent aud one by malignant disease. To tho immense vegetable garden attached to this camp, more than to any thing she be attributes the healthfulneis of the couv lets. There are seventy mares In vegetables, from which 1,000 bushels of on ions alone were stored for use besides those need In rummer. A great majority of the deaths and almost the whole of the sickness among the convicts, cornea front the tauk of abundant vegetables. Most of the c mips are situated where land ta cheap and where huge garden*, worked by the convicts, would fur- ntah enough vegetables for the camp at at a nominal cost This pajter may be sent you as a specimen copy. If so, read if. Judge it on its merits and sub- scribe for it. Jt costs $1.25 a year to single suV am'Lr*???$1.00 each ta elu5* five, or $tn/??r || papers. Jt it tho largest,'best, cheapest pap*r printed. Oei up a flub or take it y>ntrself. THE BERLIN CONFERENCE. The conference of commercial nations that Bismarck has assembled at Berlin Is deeds* with a question of deep importance to the wrld of trade, and of viral importance lo the vast regions of Central Africa. Hereto fore It has been the custom of nations to tefre a line of ooaat, and then to make a trading poet the basis of immense claims to territory inland. The English, ftpanisb, French and Portuguese have all aetwpeUims in this way, none of them having mere to support them than acts of dissever? or tnaa- the with half-naked African king*. The coowrvroe proposes Ml only to open the gnat rivers of, Africa to the world, but to eettis boss sovereignity over the v of Africa shall bo dotenatwed. In theee dsjs of territorial greedno land l> valueless, and tbo fact that- the Interior ol Africa rase sloe unexplored doee mlhmi eminent, and have been responsible tor tbd rise or fall of the republic. The story of tbat half century is a deplor able one. It shows decadence i n every sense. Thtre has been decline In morals, in society, in industry, in business, In everything. Tue island, prosperous and rich, when under pouhh domination,lla non; dismantled and barbarous. The negroes have rovertad al most to primitive conditions. Hoc.ety has become a polygamic, superstitious horde. The homes are mins. The cities are without commerce or business. Religion has become a superstition. The citizen, when hungry, plucks a banana. Jf he aspires to civilized conditions, one of hta wives cooks it for bicn iu open afr. The truth is, the negro has been no* where on earth, so happy, so prosper ous, so progressive as in the southern states. Here bojiss found tho eondtiiona be&t suited to hta character and Jtls habits. No peasantry ever tilled the soil lo care- lm)y and happily as the negroes of the southern plantation In the ante-bellum days. Those dajs have gone forever, and we know of none who would recall them. But among ibe same people and on the same plantations the negro will find hia beit # frieuds and bit hist home. Thera are no bettor farm laborers anywhere???no better or more willing eer- vants. There Is no race question to settle. It whl settle itself. All it needs ta to be let aloue. And especially irritating aud unwise ta the interference of persona who do not un derstand the relations between tho nrces, aud who know uotbing of U except through dem sgoguesor doctrinaires. Order one of TIPS CONSTITUTION library lands. Only 70 cents. See notice itaetchcrc. MR: BLAINE BE ILL IN THE RINO, The interview with Mr. Blaine that we printed yesterday morning, coming from the Ikrnton Journal, a paper that aupportod tho Maine statesman, deserves a careiul reading It ahowe that hope has not fled from his am bition* heart, lie dors not talk about the "grand old party" or its principles, but be gives the Irish Americana who voted for him. end their taaders who supported him, words of warmest praise. He scores Dr. Jlurcbard. He flatten the Gertuins. He talks about hta protection record in connec tion with the votes of workingmen. All these people he claims, and he says they would have elected him had not the dry??? the pvobibitionlats???and the wet-rain* la New York???combined egainat them. What doee all title mean, It ft does not mean that bo ta looking to 18887 He even talks about hta Irish descent on hta mother's ride???qatta overlooking, of course, tho fact tliat he did not inherit hta mother's religion. Tho man has got the presidential fever ao thoroughly that even an unlooked-for and decisive defeat esn not cure him. And why should not the republicans re nominate him? Us certainly was their strongest man, and the New York Tribaae claims that hia canvass was "superb and un paralleled." He had ta contend with the advene ware of 18S2 and 1883. ???We shoalJ,??? it adds, "really be glad to hear tbs name of any other presidential candidate who, in the opinion of the Hranaylwenia rspubitaans, or of writers republicans, or of tho reimbUoans of the Itadflc coast, could have raUflad the great boat called forth by Mr. Blaine In (the campaigner 1$M." Tho PhiladelphiaRwm bears similar testimony, when It way: "If Ohio bod been soeiifiotd in October, nobody A DEMORALIZED PARTY. Ever tincc the death of Garfield the repub- licrn i??arty has drifted hopelessly along; torn by diMfDsion, and iis very existence threat ened by defections. There Is scarcely a state in which there ore not two or more hostile c iqnes in 1be parly. It was on the verge of dopair, if not dissolution, all through 1872 otul 1873, and nothing but Mr. Blaine???s per sonal canvass saved it in 1871 from a defeat even worse than tho oue that overtook Horace Greeley. But Blaine???* personal strength was not suf ficient to turn back tbo tide; it morely checked its course. Outside of the contested at.*1 doubtful states' the republican losses uctc tremendous. Garfield's plurality of 64,(00 In Mfl&sacbusetts was cut down to 23,- 000, and if Bntlerjiad not been utilized by the republican managers, it would probably have been wholly overcome. Garfield's plu rality o 20,005 in Wisconsin was. brought down to 5,000. In Michigan Garfield had a plurality of 63,840???this great vote was re- rality of 40,710 in Illinois; only 23,000 of it remains. Tho magnificent vote of 78,082 la Iowa is now reduced to 18,000, aud the dem ocrats of this stronghold (^republicanism are beginning to he hopeful of complete saccesi. In Kansas tbo republican figures are cut down from 01,743 to 48,000. We need not extend the figure*. There has beon a steady and fixed drill against the republican party since 1681, and this drift would have buried tbat i??arty very deep this year if the republi cans had nominated any other man than Jurors (2. Blaine; for it was he who misled dhonrands of Iriah : Americana by a seductive and thoroughly delusive Jingo programme, and invented the Butler fraud. If theso two delusions bad bad no part in the canvass, Msssacburatts, New Hampshire, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado and tbo Pa cific slope would have gone democratic, and the democratic majority in New York would have been in the neighborhood of 100,000. Can the republican managers bring tho factions together? Will.ConklingJoln hands with De pew, Cameron with tho PldlaJelpUIa Press, and to on through the list of ??ta a es7 Will stalwart and half breed trust each oth er? Will rithir or both succeed In winning beck the oggrresive and daring independ ents? The friends of Garfield are not the friends of Arilinr, and the tatter's supporters bote the man of Maine. It Is a reut and de moralized perty???so torn and damage 1 that one abort four yean will not .suffice to bring it together again. And out of power It ta doubtful whether the party of monopolies and plunder con bold Its own. Altogether the outlook of the republican party is not promising, and the smile of the people is correspond i ugly broadened. Renew your subscription promptly, so as not to miss a copy. SOUTHERN LOANS. Railroad securities ere universally discred ited, and capitalists and insurance compa nies are raid to be turning to farm property In the south and west as a substitute. Ac cording to a recent statement lu the New York Times, six eastern insurance companies bnd loaned to western farmers up to January 1, 1377, no less than $C.h,770,0I0. At that time only $<1,000 had been lost on foreclosure rale#. The western experiment was so satis factory that the capitalists of the eastern states and of tie Old World propose to repeat (be process in the south. They desire long loans at ? or 8 per cent on to per cent of the value of the property, cot including build ings. The interest ta made payable annually at the New York office. .Vs the beat corpor ate securities do not yield over five or six per cent, the farm inveatmeuU are coming into favor, and the chances are that the aouUicra country will soon be covered with men wno are looking for farms tbat are not supplied with mortgages. There may be some good in all this to the south, be cause the rate of tb* loans to our fa) mere is very high, especially if the loans rake the -form of credit for supplies fur bished ; but still a mortgage ta ao relentless in Its course, so d (Ccult to shake off, It Is doubt ful whether any Increased facilities for the loaning of money would be an unmixed blessing. There is no money in farm in* when it ia dona on a credit basis, whether the rata of Interest be high or low, and If oar farawis con get long loans at 7 or 8 per ceat there will ba a leas number who will by et??- ergy or atlf-deutal ! hunter^ It Is not the farmer that borrow*, but the one tbat britg3 io the task economy and untiring energy, who becomes master of his own affairs, and on. ca-jy terms with all the rest of the world. We look, therefore, with apprehension on an invasion of mort- gsge-talcers. The farms of Georgia should not bo covered with mortgages as the farms of the western state* were several years ago. Successive crops of wheat on new lands marketed at high price* after the war, lifted the western fanners out of trouble; but the toil of Georgia is neither new nor rich, and a mortgage once fastened upon it would stand a good chance to remain up to tho last day at least named in the contract. It is better for us all to struggle along even under the credit system, than to haud over our ti tles to people who will elsowbora Hpend or invest all the clear profits of our toil. Out side capitalists now largely own our corpo rate enterprise*, and if they get their fingers on our farm*, there will be little prospect of tbat independence and prosperity we have all teen in the distance and struggled towards, but have never completely seized and en joyed. THE POPULAR VOTE. Twenty-seven ,'starcs have been reported officially, and tbo result in the remaining eleven states is approximately known from unofficial returns. The pluralities given be low will r.ot vary 5,000 from the result when It is officially ascertained: Blaine pluralitits???Califcrnla, 10,553; Colo rado, 5,200; illinoi*, 23,142; Iowa, 18,742; Kansas, 63,840; Maine, 20,200; Maaachusetts, 27,770; Michigan, 4,430; Minnesota, 35,500; Nebraska, 17,600; Nevada, 1,001; New Hamp shire, 4,0C0; Ohio, 31,802; Oregon, 2,100: Pennsylvania, 80,620: Khode Inland, 0,500; Vermont, 22,200; Wisconsin, 12,800. Total, 300,035. Cleveland pluralities??? Alnbamn, 33,520: Arkansas, 22,121; Connecticut, 1,224; Dela ware, 4.270; Florida, 5,104; Georgia, 40,001; Indiana, 7,400; Kentucky, 50,000;???Louisiana, 17,872; Maryland, 10,880; Mississippi, 35,052; Mhsouri, 33,711; New Jersey 4,112; New York, 1,107: North Carolina, 17,737; South Carolina, 38,000; Tennessee, 14,000; Texas, 105,000; Virginia, 0,000; West Virginia, 4,500. Total 402,225. Cleveland???s plurality, 72,100. Blaine carried tho northern states by about 375,000plurality. Ills largest plurality was in Pennsylvania, but Texas comes in with a plurality, in favor of Cleveland that takes the banner again. It will be a week or more before the full figures can be given, including tho vote* cast for the minor presidential candidates. The most that can bo stated now is, that Cleve land bos beaten Blaine both in the electoral college and in the ballot boxes. The presi dentelect ta of course a minority man, but he is not in a minority in any sense ao tar os hta chief competitor is concerned. DISPOSING OF MR. RANDALL. Mr. Wattenan, of the Courier-Journal, has done Mr. Cleveland a signal kindness. Ho baa made him up a cabinet. In this cabinet be pnts atSch absurd suggestion i os Mr. Dora- beiroer, the retired free trader, for secretary of the treasury. This suggestion is merely humorous, perhaps, but tbe noxt *u*g**tloa has a bit of method In* it Mr; Wattersou' proposes that Mr. Samuel J, Kendall shall be made secretary of the navy. It- almost ox- hausta eulogy In describing the tine sort of a secretsy 1.0fj the natry that Mr. Itandall won Id moke. We have up doubt many friends of Mr. Sprokrr Carlisle outside of the mercurial Mr. Watterson, wouid be glad to s-m Mr. Nandall taken out of tho house and shelved in tbe navy. But tbe democratic party don???t want it that way. Mr. Itandall is needed in the bouse, llo ta needed in the present bouso to prevent the foolish free trader* from forgetting utterly the domocratlo vic tory tbat their extreme views made almost impossible. A much smeller man thsn Mr. Nandall will do well enough in the nary de partment. Let tbe smaller man bn sacrificed, and let Mx. 1 Undo 11 stay where he ta Inviting President Cleveland Down. It it definitely understood tbat Prexldent-elest Cleveland will resign the governorship of No# York early In January. Tbit will leave him with no public duties until tbe 4th of March, when he will be lnan;ureted as president. Why shouldn't he occupy two weeks of that tlmo in making a trip through the south? Tho Kcw Orleans exposition, which promise* to be the most important expo sition ever held on this continent, will then be at it* prime. The president could not do better than to take a tour from New Yora to NiwDrlcens via Atlauta say, on tho way down, and by LouUvlllc on tbe retnra trip. It is probablo tbat Governor t'levelsnd coaid find it convenient and proper to p*y u?? a visit. It be can do so, he will flud it In his power to do much good. What ssy our friend* of tho press, in other southern cUlcs? ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. He, prolr.bly about $2,606, but when built ouo cr.vtla serve the purposes at r~.uating natnberlon Lodies. Ia each individual pr.>cea, not more thau LOO pounds of fuel aro required, tho cost of which would vary greatly in din.-rent localities in this country, but would prob&bly seldom exceed V. Cremation was the common practice of the ancient Greeks, and hr.s been the custom of some of the Asiatic nations, notably the Bistncre, the Burmese, aud tno Hindoo* from remotest times to the present. The method pursued by three nations Is usually the crude ono of. hurniug tho body in a pile of wood, or other fuel. Closed iucineratora have been constructed by order of the British government in many towns of India, with the doable object of reducing the expense aud tho ofTenafveuctt of the operation. There has Always been much prejudice against cremation among Christian nations, but with the advance of scientific knowledge, it h&v been greatly lessened In modem times, and the advocate s of the practice ure now ao numerous in ttviral of the'European countries that tbe author ities- u.-unlly permit it in any ease where it I* pre ferred Vj the usual irethod of burial. There aro now nifocIsitloD* in Chlcapo which propose soon to cmi&truct furnaces for tbecromatkm of haottn bodies. A. C. Tb. Seneca. 9. C.: What was tbe popular vote for Cleveland, lUstue, til John and Butler? It hus not yet bocn footed up and made public. It will tc known in a few dsys. Subscriber, Thom*??vi)Jo, On.: Are Hgbtiring rods to be relied upon os a protection against lightning? About one In a thousand is reliable, for tho sim ple reason that very few rod* are led into the moist ground, and therefore ofler great resistance to the parage of an electric discharge. Bnbrcribcr. Foray th, Gn.: Is it true that General Gordon was killed mar Khartoum? _ General Gordon's friends ami enemies possess such a wonderful fertility of inveutton that it is impossible to accuro any reliable Information. to have been dihcoven d in GanudaT It is Lake MistOMduf, annul 250 mile* from Quebec. It has always appeared on the map as a little spccV, but it is now discovered to be ns large aa Lake Superior. It vast extent appears to hare been long known to t jc Hudson's bay com pany, w ho controlled its nearer snore*, and kopt tbe secret that they might monopolize tho fur trade of lift further region*. Two expeditious aro now exploring It, ouo of which had gone when heard from, HO mficti and found tho lakctttil expanding and apparently boundless. It literally swarms with fish and fur-bearing ani- raids??? is intureperccd with iilaiuli-freciii solid in January end break* np in June. Its limitv.will no: be defined until neat year. Indians live on It?* border*, who never heard of whisky, arc of fine physique, and live the wildest of livci. Subscriber, Nswnan, Ga.: How many times has cholera visited New York, unit what was the mor tality? In 1?32,3.513deaths; 1M'.?? r??,07l deaths; 185L 2,Ml) deaths 1,137 dCMllm. II. W. !??., Atlanta,-On.: Tlease give rae throe good two-sided subject* for debate. I???rotcction vs. free trade, universal snftravo aud capital punishment afford room for argument on both fide*. J. C. B., Greenville. 8. C.: what states have an educational qualifluatfo:i for votenT lu ManachUHtti ai d Connecticut voters mast be able to read and write. . W\ IT. P??? Griffin, Ga, November 21at.???Did Fred Arebcr, the EualNh joext y, make hJs lor tone riding or betting on horat* ho nuieTJ Archer i* mid to be worth near a half million dollars. lie made bis money riding. Ills income as a jockey lias bceu fro n sv. s.hno to $10,000 n year for tbe past five yeara. From 1875 to 1882 Inclu sive, he rode no less than i.im winner*. Pierrtv LorUlaxd gave him fd.oto for ridlug Xrmiuotoiu theiicrby. Last setMut he??ro<iu2U) wfauersaud made In Jets over tftO.coo. h F., Atlanta, Ga., Nnrenrisrr 25.???I see In to-day's paper that then* n half million vol umes in iliu congrefSU'iitd library at Washington. Is uot that the largest library ia the world? No. There are lour huto* Tha Imperial llbcary at I???uris with 1,081,000 Volume*, the Royal library in Bunich with 81*.too fdhtntv*, library of the Smith museum in LomU>u with 615.000 volumes, and tho ltoyul library in Berlin with 510,CJ0 vol umes. Tho next largest art-: Imperial library In St. Petersburg, and the imperial library in Copen hagen, with about 480 boo %-ocb. Subscriber, Borne, Ga : 1 ret frequent allusion* to the "FoUro Gazette" In kuuifeh periodic*!*, 4)o they refer to "New York I???olltf Gazette"? ??? No, the Police Gazette Mi published In Loudon by the English government and distributed gra tuitously. It it a *eml weekly and contains list* of stolen property, discrlptlous oi ???inspected oflVindcrs and deserters of the army and navy. It is a most valuable adjunct to their admtruble detective sys tem. Cracker, Wcdowee, A!n.: What U the nuvreht of penriona paid to th??* union Idler*, and how mar y toldi??rs draw them? At the close ol last year there were 322,73ft pensioner*. Of these 221 u.s are army and navy Invalids, 78,170arc widows children and depend ent relatives of dead soldfrra. There are 3,bJ4 sur vivors of the war of 1812. ??.n 119,t.28 widows of sur vives of that war. The pensions average |HX?? each, and M6,0CS;8C7 won i*i<1 uot last year in sal aries, pensions and or reams** There was added last year fil,OCO pensioner*, and 19,000 died end were taken off tbedisia, leaving ?? tretgtln of 15,000 petition)r??. Since lNJl,-pi7.0m *oldlcra bavo ap plied for pensions, and fit:- *..o have been granted. L N. T., Chattanooga, T.>nn.: what is the ori gin of the term "Johtmre," a* npnlled ta tho eol- dlrisof the late confcden e army? W> do not know, tiom* one a??y* It was b<*??u*e tbe Johnny cako was tlretr xup'e bread food. If any one knows a better reason we should like to have it. f nteerlbrr, Ga:???Wbatare the matu Incidents in the lift of Governor llevelaud? Grover Cleveland wm bora in CaUlwcll, N. J., in March, 1837. When he was quite ;oung hta parent* moved to Fayette, N. Y. Young Cleve land bad an academic education, derired In a ???tote, taught In a blind academy, wo* admitted ts the tar and beM tho positions of dist-fet attar- n?? y, sheriff and mayor of Buffalo, lie wreelected governor by a majority of 12,000, and the result of the recent presidential campaign is kuowu to all A. Aiken. 8. C.: Who is Anna Kathariuo Green, author ol *'lland and Klug," "The Lvaveaarorta Case,??? etc.? Biss OrctzbTcride* In Brooklyn, N. Y. She l??a 1 rautifnl and intelligent young lady of tweoty- i if hL llrr novel* aro w popular ia England m in this country. She la ahead of all our young nor- elista in originality, power aud coii'tractireacs*. C. F. 8., War trace. Tenn.: Please give rae a few fact* about cremation. There are several processes ored for cremation. The elcmen'a fnrnaec, which has breu adopted by the advocate* of tbit mode of disputing of the dead In Germany, England and elsewhere, tsprot* ably'betast known. The body D placed in an oblong brick or irrn-tased chamber, underneath which is a fcrnace. The air of the chamVr la raised to a very high temperature before the bo ly b rut in, and a stream of bested hy.tni otriwn from a gasometer Is then admitted, whl-h ouoou- ua with intensely heated air within !iam*IUlc!y burets into Dome. Tbe chamber 1??, of enure*, an coDstrueted aa neither to admit orauabt* of air i without or Uf permit the eocape of ftva i within. The noxtoua xasea which are evolved n tbe begtnuing of tbe combustion prove* are passed through a five la to a second furnace, where they are entirely consumed. By this proem abey weighing '?? pounds can be ieduced la about fifty astautesto net mere thau four pounds of lime dost. Taeeori of construct lag out oi these funmem le eoaofctan- T. A. F.. Fayetteville, N.I noticed jmt be fore thccU'ction tbat P. T. Kn.-num tbeihowman. had lublifrhed amrd ??*rt riu* i*> m-11 Iti* pmperty In Bridge port at 2& per cent 1^* tuax its a??re*ied valor, if Cleveland wa* ?? In ud. Did he really publish such a card. Be did. lie said that rtavoUii.l'* elect! >n would "put the south in the SMOdu . ??? u ul it would then "pension reta 1 fold lere.'ai ??? d .h*tn a nd pay for slaves.??? ??? Thai he would sell his property it 2* per cent less than its aiiosmeut Afi-r the election, when ,call#d on to make bis wont ??.hm1 ho ??uM from a more careful reading of u>c p*??t*-re he w??ssatisfied tbemaits he bad vre>i't-< fonld not come about, acd he backed out. The prince of humbugs never did a scurvier trick jh*u this. J. K. II.. Cartcravflle, Ga : flow much money is there la this country per <?????- ????? JustSCC.-ti*. Moretlinp t**nv.????her country ex cept France, which has ??*V2 :-.i r*r e tpita. Bcsder, Thomson, Ga. : Hot* old is Josh Billings? Sixty eight lit )i??t )>?????????'u writing badly for twenty-five years. Bis rc??' tinnit is Henry W Shaw. a sirnucr iwai, m >??rt*. Bluetyesand i 1 *??? r>ai-; Cweetl???ps. dearlf. s* ??? *t.???tunysmile*, A vision ai r~l *-* > t???h. genttar*t??! kb rrif-ivvei! Wr y will yon b*m>?? me ???? Fitted with the ??.M ??? it-*- ?? >.lerncsf,! The love of long Old mnste nbtormx: Arcorc merfm> a-* 1 * ??^n*. Oh, wooing voir*! . tu.4 f-aleei Why will yon ban>* *<???? 8peakfsg thcold*u.-*< t> >vt??rnetf. The love of lot g -n* An angtl form, g'b'r^f taoe, A picture fading tie* ??? r ??? The aegntsh of * ret-t- ??? * d hope, ???Tm clings to nvt- f~r*r-i. iuiBmsm* ???MMtamriA ???Other iriurday.