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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. If tear Clark. IS lb. D.CMtm.nl. >t W.lblb*. I.a -OecrrM.m.n Imub Blll-Sulbl 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.