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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY DECEMBER 9 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS
INTERESTING ITEMS ON CURRENT
i TOPIC8 OF THE DAY.
Burttfen Death of Captain D. L. Payne-Local Option
InLouialana-Ooneral Ban liutlcr-TO# Meil
can Ccbgrcaa -1 bo Liquor ProbUm-
Lulldodogin Uio Norib and Weat.
It I* uow said that the Rev. Dr. Burcbard now so
Widely known on account of his famous and fool
ish ???Rum, Romanian) and rebellion" utterance,
it adcscc ndant of thcjbr liurebard who many year*
ago was so effectually snubbed by Aaron Burr.
Aa tbc atory goto. Dr. Burcbard wa?? annoyod to-
cauwj Colonel Burr came late to acrvlcc In squeak
ing boots. One Sunday tbc doctor publicly re-
proved tbo offender, saying: "You
ha\c been guilty of a criminal offense against the
Almighty, sir. and on the lari great day I shall ap
pear at flic bar of God as your accuser." Tbit was
very Id prestive, tut Burr was equal to tbc occat-
Jug. Pausing at the door of of bis pew, be smil
ingly said: "In (be course of n largo and varlfed
i rim Inn I practice, doctor, I have observed that the
greatett criminals aro always tbc first to turn
state???s evidence." All tbc Butbards seem to have
a talent for getting into hot water
Tiir. Chicago Inter Ocean claims that St. Joint's
small vote In the south shows that prohibition is
not gnlnliJg In that section. The Inter Ocean very
well knows that Hi John???s vote Is no Indication
of the drift of flie liquor ana anti liquor senti
ment In this section. It Is well understood every
where that tbc southern slates go In for the local
option policy. Our people do not propose to make
a ni llontl Issue of a mutter that can be regulated
nt home.
Tin: sudden death, from heart disease, of Cap
tain D. I* J???aytic, the man who tor years past has
been endeavoring to establish a colony of whiles
in the Indian territory, ends the career ol one of
the went enterprising adventurers of the day. At
the time of Payne's death he hud about 11,000 per-
sent under ills leadership. These colonists have
several tlmf* Invaded the Indian territory and
started a settlement, but the government
has Invariably interfered with them
and broken them up. What will become of the
COiohUtsslPcro the death of their leader Isa mat
ter of conjecture. It will require a man of brains,
courage and capital to bold them together. It
iutli a leader comc?? to the front the patty will
probably try it again
In a Mew York penitentiary h a prisoner who
has received a visit from hi* father on Thauksgiv-
lug day, every year, for the (mat quarter of a cen
tury. Twenty-six yean ago the prl-duer, then a
young man of 22, murdered hit Pi-year old wife.
He manifested the greatest indlffcronco when ar-
tcrtcd, but blacondurt In prison lias made him n
general favorite. He Is In for life, and every year
on Thanksgiving day bis mother aud sister p.vk
hrmpt(g.aiid boxes with good tilings, aud tho
old father tnkia tlxui to tho erring son.
This tombing story of devotion speaks for itself.
The afllleted people wboio loving earo Is still ex
tended to their son aud brother dospltc Ills crime
and disgrace aro worthy o( oil honor.
It Is raid that In Louisiana tbo local option elec*
lions have excited greater Interest thjm tbo presi
dential contest. About twenty of those elections
have been held within the* past two years, and
while the tcMpcrauco people have been defeated
in the majority of tnttauecs it was by such a closo
vote that they have felt very much encouraged.
The local option policy finds favor lu most of tho
southern states, aud the temperauce sentiment Is
icully stronger here than In tho uorth and west
whtie so much fu*a is inado about it.
It is worthy of note that In this as In other mat
ters tho northern and western people look to a
patinml government to correct tho evil. In tho
south there Is a fooling that each community
should settle tho question for Itself, This is carry
ing out tho duuncrntlo Idea of looal self-govern
ment, and It la much better than appealing to tho
national government to crush out tho liquor traffic
Without respecting the wishes of the people of
every state aud locality.
A son of tho Rev. Dr. Burcbard projKMfs to me
a drag-net torateh and lunaulhato all who have
atiokcu dh respectfully of his revered pa. For our
part, wo hold that his revered j?? Is a nice man
who did the democratic party more service thsu
seven erinpuiRii papei*.
Many people now living remember the time
wheu ph}slral training consisted elilclly In do-
vouriug largo quant lies ol half mw
beef. Nine out of ten believed
hallateulury ago that raw beet and strong drink
had a tendtney to luerwre a man's strength. Tho
gladiators of the pritcut day, however, live on a
very different diet. Well cooked meat, white
bread, a small supp y of vegetables, a plain rice
pudding and one or tiro glasses of port
or sherry constitute the dinner of
the modern athlete. llit break
fast and supper do not differ widely from those of
other ptoplo. How mon-sense Idoas ol diet aro bo-
glnulng to prevail In every circle, aud tho men
who train for boat mart, walking matches aud
other athletic sports ary not at all behind tho
limes.
Tiib problem of marry tog un limited mcaushas
l>ccn solved by a London tank, which discharger
any clerk who marries on an iuvomo of lest than
????M>ayear. A century ago whon women dressed
lu ??? le*s expensive stylo, and house furuUhiug
was net an elaborate matter with the tnliMIe
classes, pcop'o with little or uo money wero
not afraid to marry. Now It U different. Young
people aio afr i??t of tho matrimonial state
Unit-- they see their way clear to a stylish mode of
living. It goee without say ing that this state of
???IVali' does not tend to promote the happiness and
morality of the masses, but It U difficult to devbt
aud carry out tbc proper remedy.
Tiib democratic stocking will uot be full until
after the fourth of March. But a great many will
Nave turkey for dinner on the JMh of December.
Lex.**???* sileuco shows that he knows when he's
got his dose. We I ad suptHoed that Login w mid
leap Into the air aud split the firmament who i he
heard ol his party???s defeat, hut ha merely put hit
haad In a bran sack aud wtpl silently, hut bit
terly. *
llrsicxar-KutT Clxvalaxd receive* nopret-
euta. buthoreoogulivatholAct that a rabbit loot
from Georgia carried him through safely.
The ru wsraper* are having a little fun at tho
expense of Gtui-ral D-u Rutter. U Is alleged that he
Naa disappeared, and hts friends expect him t??
turn up iu somo out of tin Vy place at some in-
pppot tune time Butler was last seen a couple of
days after the presidential i Iwtton. lie was then
ImpuOt oily and Insanely claiming that hi?? vote
Was small because m??**i ol hl?? tupporlert voted for
Blaine, since then he bss uot bicu beard (nui
It la Iwlkud that in hlsshAltered state of mind
he adopted Ur Blaine???s theory that the govern
ment had been turned over to Jefferson Davis,
and (ted before the former owners of alive rwarc iu
the Gulf depart* eel n>uM make a requisition for
their Ueasurts. Thvrv i* a rumor to Hie effect that
about thn-c wee ks a??o a short, stout old man with
a patch ore r ot <??? eye sraa committed at hit own
request to Tewksbury almshouse. In UtN 1unite
Ucu he has given himself several names, aud on
one wculou ws* ??c??*n secreting a spoon at the
supper table, lit- M-ems to be almid of being kill
ed and has teg H- >kln tacucd lute leather. Theso
ciiwnstaao s led to me cooclcskm that the mjrs-
old msn Is General Butler. Ills friends
ahuuU) InrvsUgM- the matter.
' A latex dfhenthm of Gcnftsn citizens from
JTensy Inula and New York will visit the New
Or!t??n# txpo>iti< nsnd take a tour through the
aoutb. Their mfs'ton is to seek la\e*t*unu for
???wtnl millions of dollars. Th*y propose to put
their money in any ihteg that wtU yield a profit.
They arv under the iwprvssiou that the south la
to he ncowuort* d it, a hutlccss way. aud they
???I* In for all It i money that It to bt made out o!
rtal crUtc, UrnUt and Ucterlcs.
AKOTHA& victory for the solid south. A school
boy from Danville, Va., bas been united In
holy bonds of matrimony to tbc widow of the late
proprietor of Enstmau's business college at Pough
keepsie. .
Cnoi.KRA Is still raging in Paris, but the panic is
over. The wealthy classes are Indifferent to the
disease. All Paris has swathed iuelf lu red flannel
wHeb is held to be a safeguard. Another thco
is that a drunken man is safe, but the Faubourg
Et. Antoine, tbo moat drunken quarter of tho city,
boa suffered most from tbc plague. Wherever tho
disease has met with the proper degree
elcanncM aud pure water it has been
speedily stamped out. When it makes its appear-
ante iu this country next spring, it may be ex
pected to spread in localities wheroaanitation ???
neglected,and clean towns with an abundant sup
ply of pure water will have little to fear from it.
RBronMr.iv oro becoming a nuisance. An En
glish statesman once said that patriotism waithe
last refuge of rcoundrels, and In these days itesn
be said that reform is tbo last dodge of the crank
and tho vagrant. In the northern and western
cities the socialistic reformers are stirring up the
meanest passions of the worst people, and they
permitted to go to the wild-
extremes. In Chicago, U
other day, a fellow named Grlflin harangued
Crowd, and raid: "There Is but one remedy for all
evils. We mint strike at property. It looks
likea pity to destroy all these fine buildings, but
it must bo done. We can???t secure justice in any
other way. No man should havo more than he
use. cue house, one store, one suit of clothes.
Ii we find any vacant It is our duty to occupy or
destroy them." Now this Is fine stuff to yell Into
cars of a pack of Idle,
drunken, vicious scoundrel*. If such talk
I* allowed it will bear fruit some of these days.
False doctrines find followers, and if their spread
Is not checked trouble will come. When a man
indulges In Griffin'satyleof talk he Isa 111 Inmate
a lunatic asylum or a jail, and should he
hustled off to one or the other of those places for
Is own good and for the good of otherj.
Accordin') to a correspondent of tho New York
Sun, ti e Mexican congress Is n remarkable body.
Tho members have no regular scats and no desks.
They vote themselves stationery, stamps and In
cidentals, and draw 5250 per month for their work.
They clros neatly aud fashionably in black, wear
silk list* and clean linen and would be pro
nounced fine looking men anywhere. Tbo hay
seed element is utterly fonnd wanting. You hear
no bad grammar or pronunciation, no coarse lan
tuage In tho lobbies, and It Is impossible to tel! A
country member from a city mnti. Their behavior
very dignified, but they all smoke
while in session Juthc recent debate over the
proposed reissue of Knglirly bonds there was some
fluo speaking. The Mexican orators aro not as
graceful as tho Americans. They gesticulate
wildly, cutilg-zag lines before their noies, carve
rhomtoidsnntof spoco with their forefingers
shake to pieces an imaginary adversary. They uso
their lauttungo better thau most Americana do
theirs. ThHr fluency is (surprising. Not only in
oot'grcts and in tho courts, but on tho streot
comer theso people speak with
graco and precision unknown to Americans
An article In tho Popular Science Monthly treats
of alcoholic trance aud the legal responsibility ol
Inc hr Ini* a. It la stated, and tho fact seems to be
Mtahliblud, that lu many eases of drunkenm
there la ?? suspension of memory and conscious-
Frequently tho victim will bo In a kind ol
trance for days. Ifo will appear to act and talk
ratlonaby, but he will bo In reality a mere autom
aton, without consciousness or memory of his
condition. In this condition ho will commit
crimes apparently without .purpose or inotlvo
T he author of tho article referred to concludes that
in tbo light of science tho present legal treatment
of Inebriety is littlo loss tlmu barbarism. In
ebriety may be no excuse fpr Crime in a legal
tense, but it \?? still les* an cxcuao for punishment
which destroys the victim, or makes him moro
helpless aud hopeless. Inebriety must 1hj regarded
a disease and as a condition of legal Irresponsi
bility ton certain extent dependng on tho elrcum
stances of tacit individual ease. For act* com
mitted In tho trance state the persou
la physiologically and legally Irresponsible. All
unu ml arts or crimes committed by iuebrlato*
should lie investigated by competent physicians
hefoto the legal respomihlllty can be determined.
Of coutso the community is hound to protect It
self npsliist this class of persons, but this can be
douc by trestiug Im hrislcs as !u.si}no and locking
them tip until a cure hn?? Ucn effected.
Tiib bright aud aclivo young men who gathor,
sift aud write up local events for the dally papon
have a great admiration for Charles Dickens. In
their expressive but slaugy language, ho wav
"the lx?????* reporter." We would not write a word
calculated to diminish the great Kngll*hmtu'i
lame as a newspaperman, but it must bo admit
ted that the enterprising reporters aud correapou-
flints of the priccnt day regard Henry' M. Stanley
as th?? ir chief. Btauley is tho typical American
reporter, our day bo tus|>ecti and write* up the
vi p< table traffic, takes a few note* of * dog flpht,
ititcrvh-wa a city official on municipal corruption,
tskts in a pwtel society reception at night, and the
to xt morning starts for Faria in obedience to a
cablegram from Bennett, who Immediately upon
hla arrival dispatches him to the Interior of Africa
to look up Livingstone. The young reporter
turns the dark conttnentin aide out, and re
veals to the world the vast rosourcra
and opportunities of thd ongo valley, Ilia nerve,
pluck and success push him to tho front rank, and
when hi- agalu vl.-its Africa It la under tho patron
age of the king ol Belgium. As agent of the Afri
can international asroclatlon he makes treaties
with tbc leading chiefs and opens tho way for the
advent of clvilluaiUm. Under tho auspice* of tho
great powers of the world Africa bid* (air to
la nvol ut Ionized nnd settled by
prosperous white colonics. Ftauley la relied upon
sa tbecon.roUlug spirit aud the most efficient tn-
stiumeut in carrying out this great work. Tho
New York Herald predicts for him a career simi
lar to that of laird Clive, in ludla. This I* glory
enough, huch a career is full of Inspiration lor
youug men who depeud upon brains, grit aud en
ergy to carry them thtough.
Bite-unit Bi.au*a weeps when he bean that we
are to have a Christmas this ysrff. How ths
American people rau affordtfeelcbratoChristmas
after downing tl.U great man la a problem of
human ramie that w ill uever he solved.
tw tv i.kans U excited over the murder of Cap-
tain Murphy on Monday last. This differed from
oidinsry murders in being s bold attack on a citi
zen in brood daylight for the purpose of awasslat-
tlou. The outrage was commuted by five men,
walking sravoaU, who,' after killing their victim,
find twenty five or thirty shots Into the corpse,
dlrfigurit g it almost beyond recognition. All
this ass dote cu a hading thoroughfare
and was wituemed by forty person* without one
of tie five murderers bring positively identifi
ed. Hit asoosslus advanced upon Murphy from
front and rear, cutting off esca|>c They opened
upon their victim tueh a Area* has been sol tom
miu off a tattle field. The Time* Domocrwtlvtya
that uuh?? punished promptly this crime te a
Ibrest and adtngtr to New Orleans. It is to !>-*
hoped that the dcspcrailoca will be hunted down
eed made to suffer the ptopci penalty. _ __
ATanor?? n alr meeting in New York, the other
day. MVtral imchtis addressed a crowd of poor
people What ePea their exoortatlons would
have profluisd con only be gntacd at. as they
were interrupted by a brisk old man who shouted,
**l pMsrb the gw*pel ol bread. You can all get
w Birthing to eat here every Thursday
aid tsatnrday afternoon." Tho old man
explained to a reporter that he
t-elteved In giving hungry people something to
eat first, and the gospel afterwards. It is needle*
to say that be carried the crowd with him, and
Iht good elegy men who were looking solely after
the (plrttual welfare of the starving poor in that
Bcallty found themselves left without a congre
gation.
In common with many other papers the Cincio
n&ti Enquirer published the charge of the Knights
of Honor Observer to the effect that Colonel It. J.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, the supreme treasurer,
had embezzled tho sum of |U6,000. This publica
tion led to a visit, hut Tuesday night, from a son
of Colonel Breckinridge who was accompanied by
a friend. According to the Enquirer the young
man demanded the authority tor the objectiona
ble publication, and the authority not being pro
duced he flourished his pistol in a threatening
way. Tbo Enquirer people at once
touched an electric knob labeled ???Patrol Wagon,"
and the two Kentuckians departed in a burry,
young Breckinridge threatening *to shoot anyone
who followed him. The Enquirer claim that It
has never expressed any opinion as to the truth
or falsity of tbc charge against Colonel Breckiu-
ridge, nnd expresses the hope that It is not true.
Rev. Thomas Harrison continues to make a
very popular ???boy preacher??? at the age of forty-
three. Home carping critics may consider this a
rather mature age for a boy, but they are too par
ticular for anything. Actresses con tin uo to play
girls??? parts long after they have passed tbo for
ties, and there Is no reason why a preschcr should
not play tbo part of a boy, especially when be fills
tho bill to the entire satisfaction of the public.
There arc nil sorts of boys, old boys as well as
young boys, and Mr. Harrison may belong to the
former class.
When n man talks solid sense about the liquor
problem his words always carry weight. A prom
inent English physician advocates total absti-
nc-rce, because tbc uso of alcohol as a beverage
Interferes with its use si a medicine. Many valu
able medicines are poisons, and can only be safe
ly wed by rdmfnDtering them at the proper time
with scientific precision. Morphine is sometimes
the best remedy that can be employed, but It the
patient has been in tho habit of using
it dally the physician Is baffled. Tho same is true
of alrobol. The abstainer enjoys its full benefit
when be is compelled to take it as a medicine, but
the moderate driukcr is cut oil from its best re
sult*. The dally use of this poison, therefore,
places n man in such a condition ns to leave him
without a remedy at n time when it might deter
mine the question of life or death. Now there Is
common sense and Irresistible forch In this way of
presenting the advantage of total abstinence. It
is worth a ton of ordinary temperance tracts filled
with frothy, flashing gush.
In this country we frequently influence tho
ccursc of public Justice and anticipate tho verdict
f juries through the press. In FarLsthey gout
uch work in a different way. Iu that city tho
misation of tho hour In the netiorf of Madame
Clou is Hugiics in shooting the man who made her
life miserable by defaming her. In alt the clubs
ballet* have been taken on the question of her
guilt und In every Instance she lias Wen qnnui
>usly Indorsed, * The publication of speh em
phatic evidences of public opiulou naturally ex
rts n yowerfuf influence. It affect* Judges and
Juries, and picdt Ur minis a case before it comes
up for trial. _
Nine time* out of ten when you And a fool run
nlug a newspaper or mlsropraentlng b!a constit
uents in a public position, ho makes economy hi*
hobby. The objection woa recently urged by one
ol this class that Montreal???s Ice palaco would cost
enough to buy a thousand tons of coal far tho
poor. A sensible contemporary replies that It is
so much tbo bolter. Tho more It cost*, tho
greeter benefit will tbo poor derlvo
from H. Workingmen will bnlld the palace and
tho wages they rccei vo will feed and clothe their
families. The rich will pay the bills. Tho tollers
will get the benefit. Tho prosperous will take
part iu tho festivities. Workingmen will get their
share of the money spent tor lights, clothing,
carriages, flowers aud suppers. The
rich man???^ extravagance supports the
poor. Tho prosperous man who
never rpends hts money for luxuries but hoards
it, I* the real enemy of tho poor. In dutUimo* so-
called economy Is a poor remedy. It Induces well-
to-do peoplo to curtail their expenses, and tho
wont effect of this Is felt by tbc poor. It Is a pub
lic biasing to lmvo carnival*, fcrilvals, theaters'
and other money distributing customs and amuse
ments. A policy of strict economy would
throw half tho businessmen aud workers out of
occupation. There la one economical maxim,
however, which is always in order. It is to live
within your Income. That is tho duty of every
msn, rich or poor.
It U a good thing to have old error* exposed.
An Englteh electrical Jouriul Inform* it* reader*
that there is no truth In tho popular belief that
chewing (punter* from a trvo struck by lightning
will cure tho toothache, that such splinter* will
not burn, that tho bodies of thoso killed by Ught??
ningdo not corrupt aud that no otiol* killed by
lightning while asleep. There Is noth!ii| like be
ing posted stout the o things.
Tub bulldozing methods which aro so generally
adopted In the northern and western statu* cause
mm h hardship to good meu who vote and speak
a* they please. The latest case in at Rockford, IU.,
The Rev. Mr. Anderson, a Baptist preacher of that
town, was opposed to Senator Logan???s scheme tor
devoting the tax on whliky to
school purpose*. During tho recont
campaign he made two temperance speeches. The
defeat ol Blaine and I^gau mnddcncdjthe republi
can members oi Mr. Anderson's congrogalon, aud
letters poured in upou Uio pastor asking him to
resign. When Mr. Anderson callod a church
ccting and attempted to read the letters he was
silt need by the .sheer force of noise. Aa ho had
Busted to the friendship of hi?? congre
gation, Mr. Anderson was iuvolved in dobt for a
home which he had purchased. A largo part of
bis back salary was overdue, and he asked that
this be paid and that he be retained in the pulpit
until Muy. Thb icqucri was refused and the un
popular pastor filed bis resignation. It would bj
dlfinult tolhid'a parallel instance of meanness.
The verr men who have robbed thlsfrreacher o
his back salary and driven him from hi* pulpit on
account of bis Independence in exercising the
privileges of a freeman, are foud in denouncing
the alleged bulldozing and ostracism growing ou
of politics in tbo south.
Twenty years ago every mid llo cUm family en
deavored to have at least one of its members enter
army, navy, ministry, law or
ni'diclne. If p young man turned
bis bark en these professions and became
gsolegUt, bqtaulst or chemist he was regard
ed as a crank. There bss been a great change in
sentiment. Meu now b<?tflh to
appreciate the magnitude of the
physical forces of nature. The recent electrical
xbibltfon in Philadelphia would not have been
pcMlble twenty years ago. Now clectridtv enlhts
the attentlou of everybody. Our bc-t miuds oro
sourB???lpg with the secrets of nature. Men havo
frui.d that there 1* money and fame tu science,
and they are turning their backs on the learnej
ToftMfors. Thi* is a practical age, and the dia
ler ol a new and cheap motive power is re
garded as a bigger man than the scholar who sne-
cicds In puszlingout a mystical inscription on
of the l???ompcUn marbles
8HORT NEWS NOTES.
As epidemic of marriage on the Mormon
plsn has broken out iu Switzerland.
The laundry bill of the Pullman palace car
company amounts to ffoo.coo a year.
The experiment will be tried of running cars
ever the Brooklyn bridge by electricity.
Tub storting up of the mills at Fall River
end at other points is a good sign for the immedi
ate future.
Kate Field says that Mormon wiyes are
horrible cook*. It is a consolation to reflect that
Mormon husbands are getting port of their pun
ishment lu this world.
The nineteen men in Greelv's Arctic party,
whopeiiihcd, were all tobacco consumer*. The
icveu survivor* do uot use the weed. This is a big
card for the anti-tobacco men.
The deep sea is luminated only by the deep
green sunlight that ho* passed through a vast
stratum of water, and therefore lost all the red
nnd orange rays by absorption. The deep sea star
fishes are nearly all orange, orange red or scarlet,
even down to ::,000 fathoms.
Mr. Clattox, the editor of the Eastern Wine
and Fiult Grower, writes that California la super
ior to any country in the world, except Italy, a*
wine producer, and that tbc wine merchants of
I-iifiland are turning to California for port wines,
which are growing *carcc and suspicious iu Lou
don.
Fifty thousand woodchucks havo been
killed in New Hampshire during the present year,
on which the state pays a bounty of ten cent each,
making a total for woodchuck killing of $5,000.
Beckoning mli woodchuck to weigh five pounds,
the total weight of the fifty thousand will aggre
gate 112 tons.
Tm; latest statistics on the comparative
le ngevityof the sexes show that under fifteen
>cars there are moro boys than girls, but over
seventy-five years there are more women than
mui, and from the ages of ninety to ono hundred
the proportion 1* about three to twoiu favor of
thr women.
Thirteen Philadelphia hoys organized
drum corps nnd practiced so energetically that the
uelghbors were obliged to call in tho police. T/re
boy* were held iu bonds of $500 each to keep tho
p<nee, and silence has fallen upon the neighbor
hood likea bread aud-milk poultice.
Crenatoriois arc not tho innovations many
people seem to suppose. Cremation societies have
been in existence in London for twenty year*. The
corpse of Lady Dilko was burned iu a crematory in
"*??? Icn, Gennany, on October 10th, 1871, and h ;r
end, Kir Charles Dilko, 1* president ol one ol
the English cremation societies.
An enormous balloon, to bo called the
"Eclipse/??? Is constructing iu fian Francisco, under
direction cl Professor Van Tassel, who hopes to
lip ft all previous altltudo with it, a* well a* to
. lipre tbe experience of many other :rrouauts by
ntnrnitigfiiieJy tome earth alive. The balloon
J* lic> if< t high, &8 feet in diameter, and wif
b-'>,14 u cubic feet of gas.
??????Few people appreciate tho responsibilities
attached to a family of. six grown-up daughters,
laid a father so situated at a large summer hotel
day or two ego. ???I will mention to yon in confl
dcnco that thtirdresses nlono this summer cost
(n.OOfo For the family of nine my hotel bill
f 1(0 a week." What the gentleman failed to men
tion is that, as they aro all gentle, diffident crea
ture*. nnd there are ro many of them, there Is uot
much chance of any of them getting married.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE 1
Wit are glad to learn that (hat sturdy ??14 demo
cratic preacher, tbe Rev. IKnry Ward Beecher, is
fcftopolaras ever.
There are some fuuoy typographical errors la
our northern contemporaries. Tbe Kew York
Ooittuerrial Adverttier makes Senator Maxey, of
Texas, say that tbc negroes in that state sit ou
in??*. aud in several other papers we observe a
telegram about Drattieua Ilaygood. These things
ake u?? fee. tl-at sc, too, are printing a metro-
jolitan journal.
Ar ra careful examination of the rariont mig-
hue of thctstoi month, we eapres* the deltb
uate coDsicticn that Harper???* Monthly for De
cember eras tbe best macari&c ever pat within
cover*, tn literary and artistic quality U aurpas-
anythlna yet accomplished in uagaztM-making.
The standard of Harpi r s various publications has
twen stead Ilf raised until (t is hardly too much
to say that they axe Incomparable.
I\ T. Badevvi is so ill at Bridgeport, Conn,
to alarm his fsmily.
Jefferson Davis will complete his seventy-
seventh year next June.
Jt noE David Davis is undor modical treat
ment (or tho purpotoof reducing hit bulk.
CoKoxr.88MAX-Ei.ccT McC*Ksnv,of Kentucky,
is building a 91(0,000 mansion In Washington.
Mn. Cleveland will attend tho church ol
Buchanan and Lincoln when he takes up Iris resi
dence in Washington,
Mrs. W. W. Astor has a actof/urniture that
wasonco the property of cx-Emprcss Eugenie.
Mr*. Astor would just as lief uso second-hand fur
niture as not
Dike" Davis, tho phouomeual gambler
who broke so many faro banks about eighteen
months ago, clearing up over 9120,000, I* said to be
nearly broke himself.
Rowell, tho plucky little English pedestri
an, seems to have ???gone staW Ho lost his last
lootrace in New York, and now ho retires In de
feat In a similar contest lu London.
Mr* James Bayard, son of Senator Bayard,
fstugaged In teaching school In a little hamlet in
southern Maryland,Unvlng,preferrcd this to accept
ing an ??file?? which was tendered him sorao time
???luce.
???I shall bo'safe if I obey the law of tho
land, and I am going to do it, and let the politi
cians bowl.??? So says Governor Cleveland, ns .re
ported by the Rev. Dr. L. M. Woodruff, of La
Croat.
Totter Palmed recently purchased for his
wife tbe costliest and most elegaut private
tinge ever seen lu Chicago. The horses aro large,
MylUh tin)*, the harms.-CM aro gold mounted, and
the catriuKO is a Victoria landau o( new dvaiga.
Mr. Corcoran, it is understood, has invited
Governor Cleveland to bo his guest while iu
W*??hlngton before taking np hi* quarter* in the
white house. It Is alsq stated that P.eildont Ar
Ihur is thinking of a trip to Europe after Mar 'h 4.
Gekkral Butler's granito pala ce on Capito
bill hts teen tented by the seuatc. It is to be
used for committee room* and offices at a rental
of 93,(00 per annum. The auctioneer's voice is
bcsiil Jn its halls knockiug down various article*
of lurnliurc.
The late Senator Anthony's wine cellar in
Provldcnc?? was found to contain more than 0,000
bottles ol wine. M r. Anthony was supposed to be
worth f1CO.OCO or (300,000. but hts fortune turned
out to be over fui'.CU). Uo had great qttati Hie* of
w me given to him. and he seems to have saved it
*alt.
IS. B. Claflin, the well known merchant of
Kew York rity, says: "I can discern a great im
provement in the condition of trade since It was
officially aimouuccd that Governor Cleveland is
e bo our next proldent. My own busine** has
creased, and I of my own personal knowledge
. ledge
am ??atb-fltd tnat the general conditlou of trade is
much belli r than one week ago."
Andrew Carnegie, tho iron k!ag, was asked
tbe other day what effect tbe election of Cleve
land would have on the induf trial situation. lie
replied: "We accept the situation and the country
1> >af<-. 1 Iiavi- confidence In the bonyancyaut
sterling characte r of the American people tint if
Satau ws> to come flown, or come up. rather, and
be??!icud president for four years, we woakl hold
him slraiguL"
Ik an insane asylum in Kew York state is
confined ??? young lady of 24, who in her own right
Is wroth 54.ICO,(CO or t^OOO.OOO, and whose pttrony-
Uriels a synonym of wealth and social podtiou
No violent U the form ol her malady cut her
tisucs are n nt tonally covered with pa ide 1 glover,
h??t (noneol htr spells she should tear her eves
c??ut. as she has frequently endeavor.-! to do. For
flsy * at a time sh??* Vs strapped to tbo bed la whi.-a
??K is lying, or to the chair in which cbe I mcle* to
sit.
Ferdinand Fchumaciixb, of Akron, O,, is
known as ???the Oat-meal King." lie U a German,
atd csme to tliis country thirty years ago. He
settled to Akren, O , where he is to-day one of the
lcsdlrft and wealthiest men of the place. Twenty
yra is ego he was ??s poor as a church mou*?. Inn
little w* c-flon shanty, on the ouukirisof tbe towo,
he preptred the find American oat meal la au
In n kettle. Ue n ade It satfsfa.dorr to himself,
and otitamirg a small band cart peddled it about
t?? v n ETatte. asking tbe people to give it a trial.
Wuile ex Senator Dorsey was at 8t- Lmis
in attendance cu the cattle convention, he wa*
asked cue day how much he p??Id Bob Ing^rsoll
for bis defense in the star-rente trials. ???Well."
aa o he. ???It was vtry curious how that wa* d rue.
From the l-eatoning to tbe end of the trial Inger-
tod utter a??ktd me for a dollar, oue d??y. after I
u acquitted on the second trfaL I met Ii-
had K. u acquitted on tbe second trial.
ceiscIL and 1 asked him how much I owed hfi_
Hr at first declined to tUk stout it. saying he bad
uorharsc to make, and ha didn???t cart if he never
got a rent. I asked him to walk a few square* with
* ??? to tbe Sate depodt billd-
sy box, and totk out a
THE GREAT SKIN CURE.
My wife had a most annoying eruption
appearance ou the fingers oi both bands about tbe
fiist of last March. Supposed it was Ivy poison.
Several physicians saw it, some diaguoslng it as
above, others pronouncing it salt rheum. A great
many domestic remedies were u%ed, with uo cf-
- feet. The disease steadily grew worse. The pre-
sc-riptloua of three of our very best physicians were
tried, with but little better result*. The terrible
Itching was so great as almost to deprive her of
sleep. After two months of tbU suffering *he be
gan the ure of the Cltjci'RA remedies What was
the result? The first AppliestIon of tho Cuticur
allayed the Itobing. and now after four month-,
daily use of them her hands are sound and well.
I doubt not if they had be??n employed at first
c-uic would have been effected in a short time.
_ ., t Dr. W. H. HALL, Druggist.
Frankfort, Ky.
scalFhead.
F. J. Truosdcll, druggist, Conneaut, O., report*a
cose a* follow*: The patient's head was almost a
???olid scab, and tho dry scales constantly falling
off bis head, making hts shoulders white In a few
hours. Hesufieredatl tbe torment* imaginable
with hi* head burning and Itchiug and a terrible
headache all the time. Took three b ??ttles of Re-
solvent, ueed two boxes Citicura and some Cut-
iccra Boat, and was cured. Head is as entirely
fre e iron* scabs as it wo* the day he was born. No
more Itchiug and burning, and no more headache.
It teems almost incredulous that anything could
cure *o bad a ease so quickly. The mtient say*
you do not claim half enough for Ci tici iia.
DISFIGURING
lfumcr??, Humiliating Eruption*, Itching Torture*.
Bern ula, Salt Rheum, aud infantile Humors emeu
by tbeCwicrBA Rf.mepif.h.
Cutictra Rwoj.vf.nt, tho new blood purifier,
cleanse*'the blood and perspiration of Impurities
and p&isonoua elements, and thus removes tho
canre.
CUtktha, the great skin cure, instantly allays
Itching and Inflammation, clears tho flkia and
Pcalp, heals Ulcers nnd 8orcs, and restore* the
Hair.
CtTin'RA Soaj*. an exquisite Skin Beantlfler
and Toilet Requisite, prepared from Ccticuba. is
indfopensabte in treating Skin DI*casp??. Baby Hu
mors. Skin Blemishes, Chapped and Oily S cin.
Citktha Remedies arc absolutely pure, and the
only infallible Blood Purifiers and sziu Beautifl-
Id everywhere. Price. Caticara, &0 cents
fionp, 25 cents: Resolvent. 61.00.
Potter Drug & Cbemlcil Co., Roston, Mass
"P A PV Fro Cutlenm Soup, all exquisite
.DilJjI Mill) ItenutI tier.
kwiagfl
A ny case of Malarial
disease such as Fever
and Ague, Intermit
tent or Chill Fever,
Remittent Feve
Dumb Ague, Bilio-
Fever, and Liv<
Complaint
For One Dollar,
Sick Ileadarho pro
duced by a disorder
ed stomach. And
better medicine c
betaken in the early
sgring er fall as a
(flennsingand Blood
Parity Ing Agent,
FM??r.hloU eontslr
full dull, aud t???tlm .
e??U?a to KOWAXDAUX
LonUrUle, Ky.
Sold by Druggists
I- <1. liar and we will ioilrt you , biittb feen ol
notl inn mu All tbo pb.ro ol HOWARD S
CHILL Cl'UK for malarial troubles.
HOWARD A CU, Loul*v!!lc, Ky.
ncre Is one of our numerous testimonial*:
Messrs. Howard ikCo.- I have usd your mala-
hold in the land
FM. B. ROGERS, (of Roger* & Tilley),.
??? ??????
2-17 Third Avenue. Louisville,!
EOhGJA RABUKN COUNTY???WILL BY SOLD
on the first Tuesday in Ftb'urr/ noxt, befort
the courthouse door In said county, within the
usual hours of wile, to the highest bidder for cash,
the following property to wit: One home and loi
in ihe town of Clay ton, lot containing four acres,
the Justice court ol the 587th district of said county
lu favor of J. fl. Murray, against K. W. Beck, prin
cipal, and D. J. Duncan, security. * Tenant lu pos
atirion notified. JfJ. fa., returned to mo by A.
Ph lyn, constable. a. B. WALL. Sheriff.
nBjpflsJg
yaadnrrtvftl-witOJfyow rr??pb Alton IlltuU*
yi*(tTuu(dw)Uyn r??pb Alton uiuiUv
W.ll J????i4 rert*. ill lUntp Ir) with fluwtn,
I'rriid.nU of IkJ
t * - r Wfl?? cur
Bl(tb.n> Card! I
A CHRISTMAS GIFT.
??? r.t.tjr ChtUt-n-u waiukcth*
I'l:fulkt a CbrutViH
yrtr ????? ??u\ ??? (.ricctblng
I.I.V arJl j-rrtij-. To MroJacc . '.r
- la ??v,r* L->mt??.<will i. ;.)
I It'Tir ririn-pecffh-jf,,
teystAl IWD.lyld. l-iilihAro c
j'.cte
a fctti. cl-Ur, A..,ic?? clr-,-tVn
1-bouM *??? r&l ABt*raj-h /.!
HRMHOTwIUbtoit, f??rat ( ???rrctli, Ae., S J*vrl??
r#f|,UM*?? CatJi, hi J4*uy Cut <u>4 ??? W;-.
Ilnliiloy lUvk. A. L. PA??COC'K A CO.. C.MtJ
RHEUMATISM.
Althouib a practitioner of nearly twenty yctn,
my mother influenced mo to procure B. B. Ii. for
her. She had been confiocd to her bed several
months with Rheumatism which had stubbornly
mistt-d all the usual remedies. Within twenty-
four hour* after commencing B. B. R. I o^enred
marked relief. She has just commenced her third
bottle and is nearly as active as ever, and h??s been
in the front yard with ???rake in hand" cleaning
up. Her improvement is tru'y wonderful and
immensely gratifying.
C. If. MONTGOMERY, M.D.,
Jacksonville, Ala, June fl, tesi.
KIDNEY TROUBLE.
For over six year* I havo been a terrible sufferer
from a troublcsomo kidney complaint, for the re
lief of which I have spent over S-'W without bene
fit; tbc most noted so-called remedies proving
failtmt. The me of one single bottle of B. B. B.
has been marvelous, giving more relief thau all
other treatment combined. It Is a quick cure,
while others, if they enreat all, are In the distant
future.
C. H. ROBERTS,
Atlanta Water Works.
SCROFULA.
Dr. 1. A. Guild, of Atlanta, who owns a Urge
Durseiy and vineyard, has a lad ou h!?? place who
wa* cured of a stublcra case of Scrofula with one
single bottle of B. B. B. Write to him about the
cose.
Frank Joseph, 213 Jones street, Atlanta, hu a
who had a (toughing, fizrofuloui utoer of the
reek, sod bad lost hts h??ir an I eyesight, finding
no relief. Oqe bottle of B. B. B. healed the uleir,
eradicated the pofoon from hU blood, restored UU
eye right, and placed him on the road to health.
A book filled with wonderful proof from the
vtry lest clam of citizens and recommendation*
from tbe leading Drug Trade o! Atlanta, mailed
free to any addrv*. B. B B. only a voar old and
te wnrkire wonders. Larga bottle 5! u>. or six for
55 CO. Sold by DraggUL'. Kxprew.d ou ie *lo; of
price.
^ BLOOD BALM CO , Atlanta, Ga.
??52taw tee thu next rd anu wkyiumoa
WANTED.
A >!tnation as miller by a
PRACTICAL AND EXPERIENCED MILLER!
AJdxcs Mi.-lcr, Idud ShoUi.Cl.
g:
Pianos and organs.
.BEAT SACRIFICES???FI a NOS AND ORGANS!
little used; owners financially embarrassed
C Dickering, Ktelnwoy, Knabe, other makes. Also
hot makes of new instruments at small advanco
above factory prices. Write for particular. The
Brtumuller Piauffind Organ Bureau, 14 East Four
teenth street, New York. W k
G LOLGIA, RABUN COUNTY-WILL BE SOLD
on the 1st Tuesday In January next, 18-5. be-
foie the courthouse, door in said county, within
ihe legal hours of sale, the following described
town lot containing four acres, more or !e*??: tie
???aid lot lying in the town of Clayton, Joined bv
JtfFP W. Gner'a lot. tho academy lot and Martin
Wall???s lot Levied on aa the property of K \v
Btek to satisfy a fl fa in favor of Moore & Marihl
Levy returned to me by A. Phllyan, L. C.
November 28, lffli. A> B> W B>Site
G eorgia, ribun county-will be sold
on the nrat Tuefd iy In January next, 1885 be
fore the court house door in said county, witijtn
tbo muni hours of sale, to the highest Didder for
emb, the following deg-wibed part of lot of land
No. 49. In the second district of Rabun oountv
coi-taming one hundred acres more or less. It hi.
ing the north side part of the lot No 49; levied
upon as tbe property of E. W. Beck to satisfy 4 fl
to iu favor of J. B. Murray, Issued from the iustfoa
court of the 587 district of said county; said ad
joining A. Fhilyon, M. P. Ilunnicutt aud Nevlll-
tenant in possession notified. Levy returned to
me ??? y A. Phllyan, L, C., November ft, 1884.
wkv A. B. WALL. Sheriff.
METALLIC SMGLES
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ACKNOWLEDGED BY EXFKIIT& AS TIIB r??
MOST COMPLETE,
n*the host nu-
'BABLEoncin the
market. Liberal'
-iw)?9PF terms to the trade. For l_.
i agellliutraied Catalogue, send 4c stunp to
Mention this paper. M ?? HBNLKY.
Wky Richmond, Ind.
T T NIT A IlIAN I???HKISriAMT Y???S . it MON3
U tracts,paper* and bookexpl uiatory of Unitarian
Christianity will be sent free fad postpaid to all
person* applying to Rev. George Leonard Chaney,
* r - A. V Glide, Atianty Ga. wklvlot
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InIM*/ Chr--M?? CARDS,
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Axpwa^O. O. n., u to malato Ml
iiKSir: ..
MliNbRiUtta **S!UIU, W4IM fO,
new household article. Sells like wildfire,
fits large. Flr*t dozen free on receipt of 12a. in
tops. Wesson Man???/ *g Co., Providence, R. I.
4t
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to DK.il.??;il8. Aiiiln-sf,
MouMTth Tf?? -V XnTflly Can CIbcIbmU. QM^
TEAM BOILERS FOR SALE-TWO 8KCOMD-
W hand boiler* 14 feet long, 52 inches in diameter,
with 48 8*4 inch tube*; ail good as new; no stick.
Address R- J. Wood.-*, Ku'aula, Ala. w8t
A KKW JIE.N??? CAN 1 I NU li>l CLU V M K.N T ,.K 1,1,
Ing Marhtoes in this Stato on comm *riou.
No com petition. Capital required about 510000.
Address Loch Box 187, Atlanta. Ga. 2?????wkU
l?OB RENT-A FIVE (5) HOK9E FARM !N WA??
7 ren county on reasonable terms. Apply to M.
t. Cody, Warren countv. Ga. wky nov 4.
T?LOUR AND CORN MILL, ON MUSCADINlfi
J? crock, \% mile from Geomla Pacific autlon;
100 to 510 acres, at purchaser's option. For sale at
ltaryraln. O. H. Hooper, Hooper???s Mill, Ala,
i OENT soini thtugntw. Karo uhanco 15 ontli
L??rcc; write to-day .Em plro Co., S8l C'malSL.N.Y
nm courtship and marriaqr.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
HE SIXTY-FIRST SESSION OF TIII3
lutlon will open October lit, IMt. Tboi
H/m apply to _
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vcrxlty of Va.wky
Nashville
ELEGRAPH COLLEGE
No North Cherry Street,
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Tuition $50, in Advance. Time Unlimited^
J IIII8 IS THE ONLY COLLETS THAT !IA8
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tendentof the WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH
CO vpANY. ?? rite for particulars.
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lifetimr Our besr enlarged E'rctro Portra't* arc
the fii-e>t In tbe world. Address W. H. CHIHE4-
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To any rtadcrof thte pacer who will agree to show
onr gi.cda ana try tn li,flare ce sales amon a friends
we will send toct paid two full size Ladi^ Gas ta
mer Rubber waterproof Wearing Apparel as saot-
???provided you cut this out and return with 9g
to paypostute. etc.
Atlauitc Mfg Co , SO Bond St., N, V.
wky dec f 2X
a monn in