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THE "WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY DECEMBER 6 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS.
JNTEHESTJNO ITEMS ON CURRENT
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
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Dcmbt.rtx-Bobb.rT o( on 01* BUT.
OMob-urut Bill, bn
IH tn Indiana lows, th* other nttht, while Bob
lngenoUwaaaaxxUln, Christianity, a prominent
citizen rote In hiz beat and protected afxlnit the
lecturer', blazphemy. In repljr In*ereolt elmplr
bold: "Well, why don't yon for* Another pertl-
nentqneetlon will enweet libel/. The prominent
citizen tnubl hero known In adrance the
tenor ol InieraoU'b dlbooorae. Why did
he to to bear him? II
man cannot bund blasphemy be baa no bu*lncaa
ntoneol IngenoU???a lecture.. It will rot excube
him In the aUfhteit degree to alt thronah hall ol
the lecture and then make a dramatic proteat
agalnatlL He baa already done all the mlacblel
ol which beta capable by contributing hla dollar
to the notorloua Infidel and by making one ol hla
audience. There la only one way to atop an Infidel
apeaker, and that la to keep away lrom him.
It la aald that there la an uneaay teellng among
the lady clerka tn the department, at Waahlngton.
The Idea that C!Breland la going to make a clean
aweep with a broom haa made the glrla Iran tie.
According to a oorreepondent, lor aereral yean
there baa been a prejudice In the department,
agalnat light haired women. Tbla prejuilloo date,
lrom the retirement ol Mr. Skinner lrom tho
treaaury. Mr. Skinner waa partial to blonde, and
had hla department crowded with them. It la
now Impaaalble lor a blonde to
aecure a public appointment, and
the color line la now drawn aa markedly between
the clerka a. It oyer waa between tho blacka and
white. In any atate. It la charged that the blondea
Irltter away their time, laugh Immoderately at
trlltca, giggle when good looking gentlemen rlalt
the departmenta, and go Into hyilerlca when ad-
dreaacd aharply by the chic clerk.* Tho queatlon ol
the hour relatee to the comparative chancce ol the
blondra and brunette, under tho new admlnlitra-
lion. Time will allow.
Wnan Bob lngeraoll talk. about ordinary mat
ter. he I. a plraaant lellow. lie aaya elTllIzatlon
la nearer to ua than ever. There la more happl-
neta The lawa are better. We aregrowlng kinder.
Wo treat rat h other better. Animal, are better
led and receive belter treatment In everyway. Wo
know a little nore and conaequently behave bet
ter. IVe hare a little more aenae and a little Ion
leer. There la more .flection In the lamlly, more
Independence ol character, more freedom ol
thought, more amuaemenla. We ere learning
how to live. The cooking la better. There are
mote hatha end paopletue more aoep. The world
laalowly growing belter.
loan, tie tun KtAO.H'a aubelltutc lor lilt inter-
???late eommeree bill embrace, the following pro-
Vlalona: The Aral taetlon make. It unlawful lor a
railroad In favor on. p* non more Iban another 111
tlie lian.|>orlailon ol freight, either aa lolacllhlca.
expedition or ratra, and declarca that all rate,
???hall be reiMinable, and provldce agalnat Inten
tional breaka In eonllnuoua earrlaga ol freight
from the place ot ahipment to the plan ol
dntlnallon. Section 1 prohibit, the peyment or
ellowenoe ol rrhete or drawback upon .blpmentz.
Section 3 prohibit, tbe pooling ol freight, by dif
ferent and competing roada. Section 4 prohibit, a
railroad to charge a higher rate lor a ahortar than
a longer dlataurc. Section 0 require, tbe poatlng
ol achedolea, ahowlng the clarification ol Iralghl,
the ratro ol Iranaportatlon between dllTcrent
place., and tha chargee lor loedlng, Unloading
and other terminal ladlitlaa. Flva daya??? notlca
moat ho given on all changca ol achadulee. Sec-
lion 0 makta lha act applicable to all deacrlp-
tlona ol freight "on one actually or auljalanllally
eonllnuoua carriage," whether wholly on toe rail-
xoed or pertly on several railroad. Hacllon 7
provide, that peraona Injured by violation ol the
Jaw may bring anil lor damagea, and give, them
apodal prlvllrgee aa Button lu auch earn., Section
bprvKdbeeaaa penally, lor rlolatlou ol tbe law
a fine ol 11000. Section 0 ciempta from thoup-
crallon ol the ad, freight belonging to the United
State, or gooda Iraneported free or at reduced
nice for charitable pnrpoeee, or to and from pub
lic lain and eapoalllona lor exhibition.
DanM Dougherty, Ilia allerr tongued orator ol
Philadelphia, recently lectured on "oratory" In
t'blrogo. Unrlng the count o! the lecture, aaya
tha Herald, theapeaker related hlz drat experience
naan orator at a democratic celebration over
twenty-five yean ago. He had conned one apeech
by heart amiable a. he thought for auch an noon-
alon. He began: ???We have met the enemy and
they are ouia. We have wagad the war and won
the victory. The genlui ol democracy guard, tha
commonwealth." lie waa eo elated by tho
thing ehouta ot applauae at theea auc-
rreding period, that when at thelaatone aome
one ahouted "Bully for the Irtahman'e eon,??? he
loigol every further line ol hlaepeech. The ex
trema gnvlly ot the eltnaUoo, however, did not
Met PC him. He knew he wea then to make or
anar hla fortnnra aa an orator. He commenced
again, aaylng: "Aa I aald before, we have met tbe
enemy end be la onn. Wo have waxed wav and
won the victory." Bat ho could not re
tail n word beyond where he left off on
hie tint attempt. He Bought tho
(hair and pretended to taint. Tha next morning
Ike papeta cam. out Btallng In Ihalr editorial
column, that tbe brilliant young orator. Denial
Dougherty, ??a?? taken auddeuly 111 while making
a aplendld apeech on the triumph ot the demo
cracy. From that moment hla fortune aa a public
apeaker waa made. Tbe wtih that he had at heart
ao long to re* hta name tn the editorial column, ol
Uw nempepera waa unexpectedly end elngolerly
gratified.
Tin opinion baa been axpraaacd lnlhcee col-
lima that ri-Gorernor Franklin J. Motet, ol Sonlh
Caroline, la a lunatic, and It Fee me that thl< belie!
ta entertained tn other quartern. Mr. Rollln II
Mirk, a South Carolinian, write! from Waahlngton
to the Detroit Free I'm Uut he ha. known Moat,
tor many yean, and hat eonitdend him
???I ui.round mind alact l.TA In left In
tha mldatol profound peare Moaea ordered out
the negro militia and etallontd them aronnd tha
executive manalon to keep away laaaglnary
thoata which he declared dUlathtd hla alumben.
11 the people ol Sonlh Carolina oonht lay handa
upon No"*. they would place him tn an liuane
asylum. At praa.nl the notorious and natorto-
bate rx governor tsaervlage tana la the Detroit
be are of comctlao.
Ix Greet Brtuln 40,000 000 people Itm pay trib
ute to a fortunate lew wheea anceeton chanced to
doaomeeerrtca lore king or ptluce. long pet
t*nt ol the tended properly ol KngUnd le held by
tetio tilled lahtrilon. Two-thlrda ol the landed
property of Inelaad and Waleal. held by IM07
on nerr. Only one perron In twenty lu England
tea land owner, one In twenty-five In Scotland,
and one In aeveaty-aine in Ire
land. The greatret land owner
la England l> the duke of Ituecleoch. He owna
4M.IN acre, of land, and hla Income (torn hU
rente lx otm.eoo Of eonne be inherited hla
wealth aid honon He haa never dlatlngulahed
himself and never will, lie wea horn a atataeman.
n inlet and a millionaire.
three died ol ecventy five reported caaei. The
wont form ol cholera that ever vlalted New York
never killed hall tbe people It attacked. Diphthe
ria kllla more than ball when It ix virulent, and
there aeema to be no way ol treating It ancoeaa-
fully when It la at Ita wont. A member ol tbe
New York board ol health aay< diphtheria la a
hundred tlmee wortc than cholera.
Cnautrja wanti a republican form of govern
ment recto red to Mlaaiaalppl, Chalmera, It ap-
pcan, Ja the leading reformer. He ahould form a
partncnhlp with Billy Mahone.
Emtob HaixTCaii aaya the democreti will have
meat. Shoo! they have had It elrcady. Brother
Blaine wee their meat.
It la laid that Nat Goodwin, the actor, la fun
nier when he'a got the colic then he la at any
other time. Tho Cincinnati phyaiclaoa have dla-
covered that one of hta lega la painted black and
the other white.
It la aald that tbe blondea are too quick tem
pered to maketfitcleotclerka In the deportment,
at Washington. Thtawlll ho new. to married
men. Who ever heard of a quick-tempered
blonde?
A wnirn In the Now York Critic apeak, ol fee
ing a man the other day whose half-brother had
been In Columbia collego with Alexander Hamil
ton In 1776. The father of that atudent waa In tbe
French war of 1767. Speaking of how longa period
mey be erected by two or throe litre., the Buffalo
Courier eeya that two year,
there might beve been aeen In Buffalo an old man
who had blmaelf, when a hoy, aeen I'creglna
White, the fliet white child born in New England.
Theodore Farker once aald that eighteen old men
touching each other', band, carried ua back to
Chrtat. When wo put It tbla way taut ages do
not acem ao dletant from ua. Here In Georgia, for
lnatance, ft would he poaslhla to find a man who
aaw on. of tbe original colonist, that landed here
with Oglethorpe.
Tut???, far all the visit, of the stateemcn to Gov
ernor Cleveland arc merely aoclal.
Aa a toplo of dtacuaalon, gaa la crowding pie out
of polite aocletyfn Louisville.
Tux colored people are under Ike Impression
that their race will be prominently repreunted at
Cleveland 1 ! Inauguration, They hare heard that
the occaalou will be "celebrated with great romp."
It tail*ted that In M7?? a young lady In Kgre-
mont, Naaaarhusftta, apparently died, and waa
duly burled. That night a party ol medical stu
dent* robbed the grave and conveyed tlio body to
their dlaacctlng room. To Ihclr surprise the .up-
posed corpse wee fouud to be
ellve end soon regained eoniclouinew.
Unfortunately she waa Insane and her reacuen
seers Uy caused her to be placed In an Insane asy
lum In New York. After ell these yean the story
comes out and fimta lu way Into print. Some poo-
pro mey t??lleve It, hut tho chances are that It ta a
lie out of tho whole cloth.
Tug second non of the prince o! Wales hat Juat
commenced studying law. Tbe oldest son wil
makoatonrol the United States next year, prob
ably with a view to becoming a newspaper corre
spondent. It la a wnatble Idea on the part of
Wales to fit two of hit ions for the most I ucratlvo
of the profoaaloos. In the event of a general
amash-np In England the younger uemben ot tho
royal family will be fully equipped for a bread
winning career.
ramnniT-gucT tT.xvci.axn la In a position to
ban all the fun he wants; hut they say he lacks
humor.
Tint good people ol Brown county, Indiana, are
excited over tho awful punishment of a blasphe
mer. A lew days ago James Lyman, while super-
Intending a force of handa who were making a
clearing, llew Into a violent passion, and the most
blasphemous wonts Imaginable rolled from hi.
Silent tongue- Suddenly he fell face downward,
ami unable lo move a mu-tie, A
thunderbolt or a bullet could not
have deadened hla senses quicker. Right waa de
stroyed, speech gone end motion Imporolble.
After thirty minutes he recovered slightly, but
waa unable lo rsealn hta lost apeech. lilt eyes re
mained dimmed. IIo .till lingers In a seml-
consctoos condition. The deront regard Lyman???s
misfortunes, a rlghtcou. punishment. The phy
sicians and other pcoplo see nothing but a eaao ol
quick paralysis, superinduced by expoeure and ao-
celcre'cd by Intense excitement.
Tiling la a little ripple ol discontent over the
appointment ol Mrs. Julia Ward Howe aa presi
dent ol the women's department of the New Or
leans exposition. 11 aeema that Mrs. Ilowa ap
pointed no southern women on her stair,and there
ta naturally soma install.faction. The New Or-
leant ITcaynnc thinks that Ike entire lattlt
lira with the exposition managers.
When they selected Mie. Howe it
waa equivalent to aaylng that no
southern woman capable of filling the poeltlon
could be bad. Mrs. llowe doubtless Jumped to
the conclusion that the southern women were a
act ol lutapabhe, aud she, therefore, gathered
arouud her a ataff ol northern women.
with the prescription. The Enquirer man is not
alone In the revelations he makea. Many travel
ers testily that the Maine liquor law ta a fraud of
the first water. Ol course, In localities where
public sentiment b really In favor of prohibition,
adifferent state of affairs exists.
A Pouih physician who haa experimented with
tobacco upon a great number of men and anioata,
aaya that tobacco smoke ta a powerful poison even
In very small quantities. When not inhaled too
freely the smoke ta Injurious only to a limited
extent. The poison ta not entirely due to nico
tine. Tobacco smoke freed from nicotine remain!
polaonona, though not to ao great
degrees, before. In clger smoking tbe greatest
amount of poison ta Inhaled, In cigarette* much
leas and In pipes leas atlll. Dark tobacco ta readily
adulterated, bnt when puretetne moat wholesome.
Many of the light tobaccos are poisoned In the
bleaching. Any tobacco that Irrltatoa the tongue
should be avoided, as ft may lead to cancer.
A xovxtsiw tn Highland onnty, Virginia, has
leeuonfirr forievmlweekipa't. A gentleman
whodr.s Into the mountain a depth ol Iff leches
teut.d the earth smoklag and burning. Upon ex
posing the him lug surface to the air It glows with
a llvtd heat, sparkling and cracking and sending
tens volume* 1.1 smoke The enbetance dog np
looked Uke brick dwt and could be aqueeaad Into
a ball like wax.
ttxxoLg psople In New York feel am alarm
???m the spread ot diphtheria than over tha potel-
btyominc *?? eresect sixty pat cent
el the ram terminate bully. Last week teriy-
Ma. Giro ant Ksxnox, ol MaaaacnuicUs, has
taken the temperance reform busluem Into bis
own bauds, and from tha way he atari, out It wiU
beactnthalhebasahaadol hta own. Ilttaaend-
log out all over tha country million, ol copies of
n Iona ol agreement lor httaloru men to sign, de
claring that alter the dose ol thepreeant year they
will not employ In any capacity penont who drink
spirits, wine, ale and beer. Mr. Kempton believes
that II he can succeed tn getting the employers ot
the country on hta aide tbe vast army ot Ihoee who
seek employment will be tarred to adopt the total
abstinence schedule. It remain, to he aeen how
Ihta arheme wtU snereed.
Kioto* M. llx ut.au ta growing very conserva
tive. He wants Cincinnati merchants to Invite
Urasouthernmerrhantsand bualnea. men logo
up and lake a few .octal drinks Bnt this ta ca-
ctedlngly thin. Editor Hatatrod merely wants
to gat the murderers and amamlns up there ao
that the) may be arttated by deputy marshals.
It makes people shudder lo read the account, ot
highway robbery In England tn the old stage
coach days, when Dick Turpin, Claude Duval and
other knights ol the road were accustomed to
order traveltcia to."sland and deliver." Doubt-
1cm those were dangerous tlmee, but Just aa bad a
condition ol a flair, cstau lu tbe city
otNew Yoth to-day. Tbe World telle ol a wealthy
lady who waa assaulted and robbed In a respecta
ble quarter ol the city lu open daylight, tha
thtevra neaping with their plunder. Near the
asm* locality a lady was attacked a few daya ago.
hot dims loro and fifty dollars taken lrom her.
At anolhtr lime two young ladles were
knocked down and toobed at six
o'clark In the evening on the corner
ol (even IhavtoutamlThlrtreulh street. Inaomo
parts ot New York there an regular gangs ol
rnatana who annoy, assault and rob people when
ever the opportunity offers. They are acid to ban
leaden who an protected by ward politician!,
and tho rolleoseem lobe powerless
Maixt tan fine old elate. It ta a stale whom
people heagot their Keen tana, end then system
atically proceed to violate them. A correspon
ds M o! the Cincinnati Eaqalrot rotate* hta expe
rience with the liquor law In Bangor. In n hotel
In that city he founds barroom where the liquor
???tiler carried tour bottles ol whisky, gtn, brandy
and rum in bta pocket*. When tha
bottle* were emptied they wen
replenished In accvet Tke liquor
waa ot the meanest quality. The cotmpondeat
fcund out later that be could order a room at any
hotel, stay a tew mlaairn and hero liquor seat np
to him. He did not have to pay tor tha drinks.
They were thrown In with the room hire. At
on# hotel be was told that he cottU not gala
drink without a physician's prescript!o??. Tkle was
a damper stint, but the ohllgiag waiter putted
out n package ol paaacrlptloas ready filled and
offered him om tor twruty cents Again there
waa nodmege tor the Uquor. it waa thrown tn
Tux New Orleans Tima-Democrat ta apparently
well satisfied with the proposed opening of the
exposition by President Arthur at the white
bouse. In fact. It la a bigger thing than It would
bo If the president actually visited the grounds
and ofiletated In person. At a given
boor the east room of the executive
mansion will bo filled with the grave and reverend
Justlree of the supreme court In their silk gowns.
The diplomatic corps will brighten the scene with
their brilliant uniforms and decoration*. The
senators and repreaentatlva, the cabinet and the
officen of the army, and navy will be present. At
the appointed signal, aaya the Tlma-Democnt,
the president's "own hand of flah and blood will
wield the power that shall act In motion the colos
sal anna and bodla of a hundred slumbering mon
sters of Iron and aleclt Tbe chained lightning,
obedient to hta will, shall apeak tha words of wcl-
como to the nations gathered at the feast. At hla
touch upon tho magic button,l.aai miles swjy, the
giants will awake and straightway give voice to
house hilarity; while flags on palaces, shipping,
marts of commerce and happy homes dip In cour
tesy to the netlon'a chief, while cannooa roar a
national salute, aud brilliant hands make tho
bright bluealr echo with allirin* strains of nat
ional sirs."
Dili. A bp's "Scrap-Hook" IsJuatonL Thtsbqok
ought to have a large aala In Atlanta and all over
the country. The eon tents are ao arranged that
each page ta calculated to put tho reader In a bet*
ter humor than tho proceeding one. Ills a book
that will lighten tho heait and make people hap
pier. We knowwhat aort ol a man William is,4nd
sve know what sort of a hook ltd writes. Ho Is tho
"Ella" ol Georgia rural Ills.
SHORT NEWS NOTES.
Gossip About Things and Folks Rare nnd
There.
Rossi* ia sending fresh beef in retrigerator
can to England.
A rgw strawberries from the south con bo
purchased at big prices In Now York.
Caxadixx apples bring a higher price in
England than thoao from tho United Btatev.
it Is quite tho fashion in I'arla to colobrato
a divorce by a dinner, ball or other festival.
Tub junk doalcr???s highly esteemed contem
porary, the Congressional Record, again make* lu
appearance.
Ton i???arla Petit Journal haa reached a cir
culation of 826,coo copies, without doubt tho larg
est newspaper circulation In tho world.
Tna highest priced clock in America la
owned by a Wall street broker lit New York. It
coot 134,U??, and was minlc in that city.
Tnc sensation In Virginin ia tbe elopement
of a 86 year old woman with her adopted .on, aged
twenty, to whom she has acted as a mother (or ten
year*
A cvaioaiTT for tho muaeums Is said to have
been produced In Nebraska by cutting off tho cam
of a calf and quickly adjusting a pair which had
been rrmovod lrom a mule.
New OatsASi papers sejr that dozens of
small, low-priced reatanranta arc being opened all
over that city, uul that at many o( them a "very
d(rent and tilling meal can bo had for ??> cents."
Firvxax orange trees near Plant (Tty, Fla.,
yield this year 150,000oranges-10,000 to'the tree.
Theta trees are about forty yeeii old, and furnish
another Illustration ol the vitality of tho onnga
tree In Florida.
MAoAOAFCAa haa ntada a great advance in
ycara. Then not one person could read and
there waa very little drunkenness. Now 300,000
penona read tho Blldo regularly and a great many
ol them drink whisky.
Bad drinking water given to a few cows
owned by a alngls farmer In Ayrshire, England,
canscd an outbreak of typhoid (over lo throo hos
pitals, and the Illness ol 104 patlouta Tho germs
ol the disease were tianamllled by milk.
Clam wars Introduced as barbers in a Chi
cago shop, and bualnea was wonderfully brisk
for a few weeks, but then suddenly declined.
"Once waa enough for a man lo be shaved by a fa-
male hand," toys lha proprietor, "aud after tha
cuts healed be kept clear of tho second ordeah"
Tint principal markets this fall for American
applet arc Liverpool, Glasgow, London, Bristol,
Edinburg aud Leeds, aud, to a lessor oxtent, Paris
and Havre. Tho coat ofaeudtni tho vary cholcat
fruit to England, gcottand, Wafa aud France. In
cluding cartage, percentage and Insurance, la leaa
ban Ha barret.
Jon* O???Naiu, of Virginia count)-, Texas,
taoncof the very lew breeders In this country ol
Drahma or sacred rattle ol the East Indies, and
expect* icon to be able tn provo to stockmen ol
. ??? ' waa many food
,??? Durham*. The
??? Hull, ol crossing this breed with native stock
have bran very satisfactory, tba oil prlng oelut ol
good .Its and possessing excellent beat qualities.
la tho Journal do Medccine do Faria a
writer propoaa that all large titles bo supplied
with fresh country air Ju<t as they now are with
water. Alan
rounded with
ado trees, ta
.eu lobe forced through pi pa Into every city
house. The hygienist gravely calculates the ex
pense, and provide. for cooling tho air tn summer
turd bcallnfi It in wtuter.
Tua common impnselon that Australia has
no great riven ta erroneous. The Darling la navi
gable lot 7.M5 miles, plating It third In rank
among the riven ol the world, estimated by their
pavlgable length, and considerably above the
Mle, tavlgabls lor l.Momllrt; the Danube, uavt-
gable lor 1,7110 tails.; the Rhine, (W0, and tho
Thames, narlgable for only 138 miles.
Bit for the silver coinage and the use of
???liver certificates the circulating medium ol the
United 8lata would have been contracted this
last fiscal year by tot .000 ML Tl e coinage ol gold
was shoot FLUX',M0 In exvaaof tba gold exports
and contraction of baok tirenlatfon amounted lo
rtlthata rvprcwnts neither expansion nor con
traction.
Thsxk la a proposition to build n continuous
tine ol railway from London to Bombay, a dis
tance ot abont 6,mo mtlra. The line would crois
lalcf Africa at Gibraltar, end from Tangier, con-
met with linn already In operation In Algeria
anas Morocco via Touts and Tripoli to Cairo,
thetesby the way ol the bthmu. ol goes down
Ibo nver Kuphrata and along the Ferelan gnU
store to a connection with the Indian system ol
railways, which rant to Bombay. Tbe project has
I veil'd*, ired by a joint commlnlon ol English
sod Fremh aMlncm, and It will tm a continuous
land line from London, excepting the crusatng of
tbe strati, ot Dover and Gibraltar. Whan It ta
romp tied America will be compelled lo get Gould
and taaOerMIt to combine long eooogh to build
he cat peed by the old.
THE PATH OF POVERTY.
A SUNDAY REVERIE CONCERNING
THE POOR OF ATLANTA.
A Story Socfttttd by an InUraatin* Incident in
Which Figured a Frteet Who Wantada Pnpil-
Xmoag the Foot of tha Clty-Tha In-
aide of a Btgger*e Borne, Bte.
Is II Cbalera?
From the Philadelphia haa.
The fatal chsrccterfol tbefmystertou* contagion
which has wade lu appearance sluultaaeoiuly la
some parts of Virginia. Wot Virginia tad Ken
tacky, to vtvldly Indicated by the fact that. In
thine auntie* in the but named state there hare
been more than ???? deaths from It time* the tint
i/MM.t.:, M:annr things hare hannecel
tbanthatthlifatalSrargekhoald, on aelraUdo
iDTVfttlyntlon, prvtt to he cholera. At all era*
1U ratafee show that It to an epidemic diieam??o!
a frigktral form .anil it cnlns aa added terror from
the rirtwatance tkat it la contned u regions ao
nnote that it haa not yrt been potoihle to rah
ject It to a conclusive medical Investigation,
Tbe atory of poverty is always a sad one. It roe*
to the heart and aroma tbe sympathy of man the
world over, and even awaka In the brent of the
moat callous that aometima dormant, but never
dad Instinct of the human soul which turn*
man's pity to suffering humanity.
A PEIOT WHO BOUGHT A PUPIL.
It waa the chllliat of tbe seven mild days of tbe
week Ju??t passed. A brink and wintry wind whto-
tied through the streets of tbe town, causing the
busy pedeitriADi to drew more clow their wrapt
and cloak* and hurry on to their firesides. The
???Ignboarda alcog the busy marts of butlnen
clinked and rang merrily, and occasionally an ex*
ceptionallyBtrongguitof wind would fill the air
in the strata and the eyes of their occupants with
flying dust, which drifting upward! soon left the
boiom of our principal thoroughfare clear to reflect
from their glistening surfaces the last rayi of tbe
???inking Min.
Id tbe office of The Constitution the business
manager bad closed his books for the day and was
making ready for his evening trip home; the
managing editor bad sent his complimanU to the
pioof reader and the quota of the buslnea office
was dreaming languidly of tbe laden tables at
home and the rat which tbe night would bring.
The street door opened and a robust, hearty and
good natured print, well known In the city, and in
Catholic circtea in the stab
tcred and approached the few
who were present He lead by tbe hand, or rather
he held by the arm, a shaking and terrified youth
of probably a half score o( years, if his age was
matured by time, but which, if reckoned by his
experience in the dark side of life, would have
approximated, in all probability, three times as
much. The blackened face of the little fcllew,
partly hidden benath a matted and tangled
of curls, hla bare fat and scantily clothed body,
covered by an incongruous collation of rags and
remnants, told the story of his life. The poor lit
tle fellow's lips were quivering, and it was
with absolute far that he restrained himself from
braking away from tho fatherly bauds which
held him.
Who is the humane editor of the paper," asked
tbe smiling priest.
Tho business manager turned to tho mausging
editor and the managing editor turned to the
business manager. Each pointed to tbe other.
???This boy," the prlat continued, "needs some
one to counsel him; see if you can't get him to do
u Ink him. 1 hare watched him for several
days and have sorrowed at his sad lot. I hare
begged him to let me
him to our orphan's home
Washington and make a man of him. Among
such boys as these, the criminals of tho world are
made. They conld be saved if they only would.
IIo will not go with me nor will he listen to what
is said. Can't you do anything with him?"
Tho little fellow looked on In utter astonish'
ment. lie cither thought that aome diabolical
scheme was on foot to land him In the atate prison
or that he was being made the victim of some*
thing equally as revolting* He did not seem to
understand anything, and in his mental anguish
pulled away from the kindly father and broke in
a run for the door.
Al he emerged into the strat a haggard
and miserable looking woman grasped and
ahook him so forcibly that
bunt into a flood of tan. She was either
without soul or Intoxicants had deadeued its soft
ening Influence.
"You scoundrel! I have ban hunting you all
day," ahe yelled, and with a box on his art, hur
ried him off, and both were lost in the shadi
the night to return to their darkened home, dis
consolate with misery and blackeued with immo
rality.
The face of the little fellow as ho wu being
pulled away by the hard-harted Amazon at his
side, pressed heavily upon my mind,
troubled cry as he was being ruthlessly lad
away still tingled In my ean. Ilia lamentations
bad soon molted into sporadic sobs, which sound,
mingled with that of the patter of his baro fat
upon the stone pnvement, and tho Incessant and
cruel jabbering of the womnu, lost itself as tho
mother and sou turned the corner, to which had
ban attracted by the unusual proceeding tho
???mall crowd which had Ant becomo Interested at
the entrance of the priest and hi* reliant pupil.
Among these few waa Captain Crira, of the po
lice fora; or rather he appproac&cd as
the couple could be san wending
their way under the gaslight at the brow of tha
hill several square* beyond. It was at his solici
tation and with him that the writer made the
rounds among the poor on the night mentioned.
The characters in the little drama whtoh had Just
been played were thoroughly familiar to him;
the womau wu an old offender, the boy was be
coming a rapid convert to her wily ways.
"Come with me," aid theicaptain, "and I will
show yon something that will open your eyes*"
Have you ever visited Jamestownf You re
member It as the old United Btata barracks, but
sina its transformation into a place of dwelling
for Atlanta's overcrowded people, it has become a
veritable babel In which is collated an incongru
ous masaof humanity, and rumor haa it that there
is more genuine Buffering, as well aa more decep
tion and Uzlncto, among the people of Jamatown
and therabouts than in any other settlement ot
the same size in Georgia.
It was here that we landed.
The dim lights of a hundred scanty lira, and
here and there the dull and flickering glare from
a hand lamp, or almost exhausted caudle, shone
from ass any windows. Nowand then the lul
laby of a woman's voice, quieting the
chirp ol an obstreporona babe would
he wafted on the night air aud but for the nature
of the surroundings it carried with it the same
tweet ring, as though it emanated from the pal-
???a of a prince.
OuUldc all was quiet, bnt inside ot the homa
visited there reigned a sadness characteristic of
the touch of poverty.
Just without the preeinct known as Jamestown
there stands a small single room hovel, which bnt
awaits a strong whiff ot wind to
bo unloosed from its mooring*. A
door broken from Its hinge*, and merely rat
ing ag*tn>t its casing served as an entrance to
tha rude hut ; windows were unnecessary, for the
rough planks width served am weather boarding,
had ao warped that from a thousand cracks In the
small surface ot its front, shone the dim light
from the embers of a banting pine knot on the
hearth. All was silent wtttilu and the eontinu-
ovs whistle of the wind as it forced Itself through
the crevices ef the house, drowned, to those inside
the nohe ot our approach from without.
A knock brought an astonished wo
man to the door. She raised it with both hands
aud lifting it aside to allow her uucxpated visi
tor to pea, cast a vacant stare of Inquiry at the
new comers.
What a sifht presented Itself within! The wo
man who had ushered us in, resumed her sat on
the remnant ot a box placed sufficiently
close to the hearth to allow ha to pat ha
here fat almost in the dying embers ef the few
faggots which served as afire. At intervals of a
lew minute* she would rise from the box on which
she was Hated and, breaking from it a strip or two
would with them feed the dytng flames.
Aronnd the walls ot the room???which was hardly
more then twelve feet snnare???hong a few gar*
inertia. If garments they can be called. They were
dirty and ragged, and all pat together would
???careely suffice to protect one person
fnm * severe wiuiets cold. Ther*
was hut one art We ot foraltnre
in tbe room-e dilapidated bedstead, holding a
penurious distribution of straw, which aerved as a
mattms. A single spread was the only pica of
cover,and beneath it three Uttle children wereenl-
died teetther in e bUmful sleep. The Mother, at
the fireside, gazed anxionzly at them, and turned
to ns with the expression:
"They haven???t had a mouthful to eat to-night,
sir."
"Are they yonrs?"
???Yes, sir, the tbra on the lied and the two little
boys on thefloor. Cod knows lfdo the bat I eta
for them."
Tbe two on the floor to which she had referred
had reaped our notice, so completely were they
hid. One, a little fellow of some twelve summers,
was nestled snugly in a barrel in the corner, re
posing as sweetly a* though he was rating on a
bract of down.and the other had wrapped himself
in an ordinary meal sack, and with hiz armi as a
pJilow lay asleep on tbe floor beside hlz older
brother. Neither bad removed the unkempt gar
ments which they bad worn during the day???they
probably bad no more to substitute.
"Do your boys not work?" I asked the wo
man, aa she rose from her box, and breaking it
Into several piece*, and putting each on the fire,
seated herself on the floor before the hearth.
"No, sir, they ain???t got no work. One driv a
cart, but somebody lied on him and he lost his
plaa."
"Hare they ever ban to school?"
"Nighty little, sir; people can???t be fooling with
laming when they ain't got enough to live
on."
"Wbat do;they do, then?"
"Mostly begs, sir. 1 generally manages to git
about areaty-flve cents a week lrom tbe council,
aud they and me gits the rat. Sometimes I
scours, but people don't have much sconring done
In the winter."
"You arc the only support of vour children?"
"Yes, sir, I have to do It all myall. Six weeks
???go 1 had to support a husband too, but he's off
my hands now???he's in the chain gang."
"What for?"
"Beating me nnd the children, sir.
didn't report him???the neighbors did. I had
to beg money lor him for whisky, and
when 1 didn't have it he would bent me. People
don???t give much money, sir, they generally give
substantial*."
'You Ug every day?"
???Yes, air, I have to do it to live and kap the lit
tle ones alive. I don't know what they will get to
eat to morrow, sir. 1 will get up at daylight and
try to have something for their breakfast. My
little girl Is sick???she ain't got no shoes, and the
doctor says she's got pneumonia. If it was as cold
this winter aa it was last, 1 don't know how she
could staud it, sir. Ob, I dread the snow and the
ice of tbe next two months, sir?"
Tho woman's story waa touching. Every word
she uttered was from tho bottom of her hart and
her only happiness earned to be in the conscious
ness that she was doing her <lnty by her children.
we left tbc^ieuso she looked anx<
iouily at us and in a dubious and
hall-frightened manner, said:
Yon ain't going to put us in the poorhouse,
sirs, are yon?"
It is strange, tho awe in which thae poor people
lcok upon the poorhouse. They are willing to
tufler, even to die, without food or clotha if it bo
in their own home, even be it a hovel, and pau<
perirtn seems preferable to thorn there than plenty
in the precincts of the comity's poorhouse.
Of the dlflercnt houses 1 visited that night, in
ach one something was aid which showed ;tho
terrors which tho poorhouse exercised over the
poor. They imagine it a cold and soulless prison
and think that ho who enters it forever lava
hopcbehlnd. It is only one of* thousand super
stitions which they seem to cherish.
It is useless to repeat the story of tho misery
which cime under my observation. That of one
is practically the same with all.
In one family, to which we were directed, a con
sumpUvc mother sat in her bare fat, without a
spark of fire to pro tat her from the chill air of
the night. Bbohcld to her bosom the sallow and
shrunken form of a little Infant and ahe samod to
realize that its days wero numbered. The tears
from the mother's cya wasted themselves on tho
pallid chak of tho innoant babe and tho suffer
ing of the mother???s heart seemed to transfer Itself
to its pale face and its subdued sobs was tho
nearest approach its wakened organs would allow
It to a more plaintive or robust cry. Even now
the soul of that little one may bo transferred to Its
eternal rest where only the presena of IU suffer
ing mother will be necessary to make its bapplna
complete. C. H.
ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Flora G., Greenville, 8. c.: Blase give, mo a
good remedy for nervousucss:
Onr correspondent should try celery. It an do
her no harm, and it Is certainly* very pleasant
medicine, especially at this season when the smell
of roast and boiled turkeys is In the air. If onr
correspondent baa not hard of the physician who
recommencsittothe nervous, nts remarks may
be of some service to her. He says that he) has
known many men, and women, ta, who from
various reu-a bad becomo so much adected by
nervousness that when they stretched out their
hands they shak Uke aspen faves on a windy
clay, and by a moderate dally use of the blanched
fats talks of celery as a salad they became as
??? tendy and strong as other people. He has known
others so nerrons that the lost annoyance put
them in a state of agitation, and they wero in
constant perplexity and fear, who were also effect
ually cured by a moderate daily u*e of blanched
celery as salad at meal time; others to be cured
of palpitation*of the hart.
Atlanta, Gs.: Editors Constltution-I have
hard with pleasure of Dr. Felton's bUI to atab-
lish a reformatory prison for boy and girl con-
vlcts, Let me suggret that he add to this an
amendment providing for an orphan asylum lor
children born from convicts In chains. In a dis
tant amp in this state is a woman who has beea
lu the penitentiary for thirteen yare. Within
that time she has bad elsht children, and if yon
will pardon the suggestion, all the counties are
not yet hard from. Three of the children are
now with Her. Are not these orphans of the
state? and should not the state provide for them?
Obbsxvkk.
Subscriber, Oxford. Ala.: PloMtell me some
thing about Bingen, the plaa spoken of in "Bin
gen on the Rhine.???
The Bingen of which the soldier In Algiers spoke
so pathetically is a village of about 1,000 Inhabit
ants, on tha left bank of the Rhine, a dozen mila
below Ooblentz. The river there Is very narrow
and very crooked. The village hat narrow strata,
tome quaint shops, snd one church with a square
spire. The slda of the high surrounding moan-
tains are covered with grape vines, whoa product
makes some ot the best w ines in ail the Rhenish
provinces. The soldier who lay dying in Algiers
had great reason to fal homesick.
J. M. B. McRae, Ga.:'"will the new general local
option law affect tboae aunties in wnich loal op
tion already obtains?
No. it docs not Interfere with their statut, but
applies only to countla which have not votxl for
lead option.
S. B. T., Gainesville, Ga.: How can egp be pre-
served?
Stuor the surface of the shell with silicate of
da. Use the clear syrup solotton. On drying a
thin,bard glassy film remains, which aerva as an
admirable protection.
W, J. L, Rome. Ga., DecemberS, SI.???What wa%
_>e origin ot the banking system? When aud
where was tbe tint bank established?
The bank of Venice had its origin (n tin from a
forced public lean, raised to fit out a fleet, and la
tbe first appearana of a public funded debt lv-
cry citizen was obliged to contribute tbe one-
hundredth part of hla possessions. The persons
assessed were ben organized as a chaubsrof
^ans for their common protection and for tbe
receipt of the yearly interest of to or pa centum.
Subsequently ita creditors were permitted
to transfer their claims In whole or in part. The
government, finding that them transfers wars la
demand, redact J the rata of lateral until no la
teral was paid. Afterward It sold cash inscrip
tions of credit on Its books. That Inscriptions
cost gold, hut were not convertible into gold. As
a matter of fact, although tanned* bank, its lone
were government paper, sad iabosinoa was car
ried on solely for the benefit ol the public treas-
ury. This bank Is still one of the foremost finan-
dal Institutions in the world. For two hundred
years the'bank of Venice stood alone.
A recent nnrabcrol the Scientific American aarx
that the following ta x well known dcpIUtorj:
Mix 3 parts sodium anlphlde crrataUlxcd, to put.
Duel? powdered quicklime, and If part. cUrch.
It ahould not bo applied longer than two to four
alnutea,
Subacrlber, Thomson, G??: Oxn you tell mo
where x Miltcie kitten may be bought, xnd xbout
Wbat price?
Maltese kittens are abundant in the northern
dtla and towns, but we do not know their market
value.
Ci??&ft2 Wh ??? ls Gorcmor
For the preaont Albnnjr, N. Y.
V.L., Llfan'a Store, On.: I have heard that yon
o 1??prfcrtiofold???olmT??? Pi '????? ??*" me,0UrlU *
We do not purchase old Mins.
Constant Reader, Banderavllle. Ga: Please tell
me where the word "Mugwump???* originated?
Wo have stated that it was an Indian word in
use in the New England colonies. Its meaning Is
a commander, captaJn, leader, great man or big
bug.
Subscriber, Americns, Ga.; i. Wu the West
End hyena a joke or an animal? 2. Docs the two
haded cirl really exist? 3. Can youoryonr read-
era give the wor* that go with the favorite air of
the "Nocking Bird." and has the air a history?
4. Doris's circus exhibited what was claimed to bo
the skeleton of a mermaid. Is there really such
a creature?
1. Supposed to be an animal. 2. Yes. 8. Per
haps some reader will answer. 4. A mermaid is
a creature of the imagination,
T. IL, Griffin, Ga.: Will yon kindly give me tho
names of the seven wonders of the world?
In ancient times they were the pyramids of
Egypt, hanging gardens of Semiramlsat Babylon,
temple of Diana at Ephesus, statue of Jupiter by
Phidias at Athens, tha Mansolcum, the Colossus
at Rhoda, and the Pharos of Alexandria.
Subscriber, Grcenvellc, 8. C. Can you tell mo
anything concerning the origin of tho horse?
it is held by many that the domaticated horse
with all his Ttrious characteristics of shape, size,
and deposition, has descended from a single wild
form inbablting"tbe roof of the world."pts spread
into regions??oremotc from Its habitat must of Itself
havo had considerable Influena in producing
varietal changes. It bat been observed that every
where In mountainous regions and in Islands the
bone hu dwindled |lnto tho pony. Iceland and
Bhctland, Corsica and Bardina, the |moun-
talnous regions of northern Europe, and the
Cordilleras of* America, all possess their native
ponies. The hone wu only introduced Into the
Falkland islands in 17G4?? yet it hu already become
so greatly deteriorated in size and strength that,
for hunting the wild rattle of tho islands, horses
have to bo Imported from La Plata. This dwarfing
of. tbe horse in mountainous snd Jnsnlar situa
tions is generally attributed to want of nutritious
or sufficiently varied food. Influential as the con
ditions of life may thus havo ban in modifying
tbe horse, it to saraly possibly Ao doubt, u Dar
win remark*, "that the long-continued Rela
tion of qualltfa serviceable to man hu ban the
chief agent in tbe formation of tho several breeds
of tbe horic." Rich u prehistoric Amerla ap
pears to have ban In horsa, they had becomo
utterly extinct long before the advent of tho
Spaniard. Their Introduction by tho settlers led
m a comparatively short time to the restocking
of tbe entire continent. Straying from their mas
ters, or, as sometlma happened, abandoned by
them when a settlement wu broken
up, tho hones tak kindly to the rich pralrla
and pampas, where they multiplied ex
ceedingly. In i:>37 they were first landed at Bue
nos Ayres, and little more than forty years after
wards wild individuals were to bo found at the
straits of Magellan. They scoured the plains In
vut herds. Eomo time ago It wu learned
that Amerla wu the original home of tho hone,
which had, in the earliest form of which distinct
remains have been found, fonr toes and a splint
bone, tbe rudiment of the fifth ta. Equine ani
mals with three toes on ach front leg, and thoao
with two ton have left unqestlonablcJevJdena of
their existence.
N. C. F??? Juper aunty???The curiously plaited
acd knotted hoihe'a maoe herewith sout Is ailed
of human hands, bnt it to supposed by aome to be
the work of a bug. Can yon explain It?
We cannot. Perhaps some of onr readers will
enlighten us.
ampletion in Thk Constitution. Hu age or in
firmity overtaken and laid up "Undo Reams?"
A glanco at the November Century will show
yon that Mr. Harris to doing some ol hit rery bat
work. Thk Constitution published "At Teague
Potat's" In fulL "Uncle Remus," in spite ot his
years, to still "pow???ful part"
T. R.R.. Waynesboro, Ga.: 1. What works ot
importana did Jala Verne write? 2. Is there
ysro auiwtr. swn
Who wys "Onida?"
1. "Tour Around the World In Eighty Days,"
*20,000 Leagues Under the 6a," "Journey to the
Moon," "Ibo Mysterious Island," and about
twenty others of more or leu merit. 2. Very lit
tle. 3. If yon mean Sir Edward Bulwer, Bart.,
and Lord Ly tton, they were one and the ume. 4.
A tat and fussy woman named Louise de la Ra-
mec, fchc resides at Florence, Italy.
. 8. and Bm Newnan, Ga*:-A wager wu made
here that Cleveland would get lOO.uOO majority of
tbe popular vote. Would fusion la some of tho
states increase the. majority glren him by the
labia?
Ai there to a wager annected .with your ques
tion we prefer not to answer.
Athens, Ga.: Wu Hendricks ever de
lated for any offia In Indiana?
Yes, for governor.
G. E.|W??? Miliedgcvnie, Ga.: Wheu wu Jim Ftok
killed?
On the Cth of January, 1872.
N.. Griffin, Ga: When and where wu the word
???goober" first given to accommodation trains?
The term originated in Georgia, but the precise
date cannot be aac*ruined.
Reeder,Bowman, Ga.: Do the leadiog divines
of the Mi'tbortUt and Presbyterian churches, in
cluding Dra. Watson. Adam Clark. Ught'oot. Hay-
good and others, ail agree that tba correct transla
tion of tbe Greek word "bapttao" is "immerse"
and nothing bnt "imtae ser*
Tbe question to euy to answer, bnt we prefer
that it should be answered by one or more organs
of the denominations referred to. Let "Rader"
address bis question to the Wesleyan Christian
Advocate at Macon, or the Southern Presbyterian
at Charleston.
6. R., Dalton, Ga.: What wu the origin of
Cbrlaimu gift*?
Tbe custom of Christmas gifts grew out of a
very old religions rite. When ft wu tbe rule to
have shrines In almost every bouse and at given
points along the highways. It was customary on
Christmas morotog to Uy upon the shrines sums
of money for the poor, bouquets and writ tew
benedictions. Travelers prized the latter, and
tbe poor were grateful for the first Tbe booqoets
end trifles were tenderly retarded by thou to
whom they were given after having served os
votive offerings to some saint. Then there wu
something eo sacred about them that they wero
not riven cerelemljr and unmeaningly, and they
sere prized accord!#t;ly. Intrinsic value was
scarcely retarded at all. A faded rocs, a leaf or
trifling trinket wu prized Just as highly aa a gem.
wu not the thing Itself, bnt that which it sug
gested that wu prized.