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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24 1885 TWELVE PAGES.
AT THE CAPITAL
Mamie tPrwId'Bt-Xl at Olavclant'a '.’sblnst-rhrts
Beoatot* to go la Tho Blair Educational Bill—
Tho Bllrcr Ooiarfa BUI Babalttcd 10 'ha
Brea dent Rleot-Hstamood’s Opinion.
1* the senate the following bill* were pa«*Td:
The Indian appropriation bill, tho bill to prohibit
the impoiUtlon of foreigners and alien* uuder
<«,i.tr*41 to jerfonu labor in this country, and tho
Texas Pacific forfeiture bill. The agricultural «p-
jin pi inii« n bill also pawed with an.ltcm of •V),07J
for ti e cultivation of norphum. In the house tho
fcilovine bill* passed: The bill regulating tho
letlioK of mail contract*, senate bill npj/WiprUt*
lap *1C0.CC0 for public building at Chnltinooga,
senate bill lo rettfe tbe account for arms between
tout b Carolina and the govern in t*nt, acnatc bill
appropriating f30,«O for the purchase of a wlurf
at Wilmington, N. acnate bill appropriating
f ]((',((0 for public buiidiug at Key Went.
The cabinet conjecture* arc narrowing down.
The report that Titden baa adviaed Dan Mali*
Biiig'a appointmentaa secretaryof the treasury
strengthened the general belief that Cleveland
«!itired to appoint him. Bayard's present
vin.t to Albany about disposes of all doubt that
bo will bo secretary oi state. It is known
tint be went to have a final consultation
with Cleveland on this matter. It is
virtually conceded here that Bayard for secre
tary of ntutc, planning for the treasury and
Garland for the attorney general, are determ
ined upon. Vilas for secretary ol war is al
most aa certain. Frank Jones of Now Hump
ah ire, McClellan of New Jersey and Severn I
citl era are nntned for the navy port
folio, I ut guessing on this point
t ugh b« will certainly be strongly support# d
lor the senate. Delaware has had a Bayard in
the senate for three generations. Mr. Baya
is still wild. Nobody in Washington doubts
that Lamar can go into tho cabinet if ho
rhceer* to. If he declines the postmaster gen•
irnl ship it will go to I.awton, of Georgia, or
Barbour, of Virginia. Thurman for secretary
ol the interior is the latest probability, and
fu da general credence.
The petition from the congressmen who op
pose the suspension of tho silver coinage waa
i i> ri i / ti - - ...
to ait at the head of the cabinet waa largely
due to the associations that bind bint to tL«
senate. lie haa served there sixteen years
and baa been a prominent figure from the
day he entered the body. He was theu ju I
forty and the youngest man in a sem. •
thatcontained Sumner, Morton, Thurman*
Trumbull, Chandler, Conkliuj^ and other il
lustrious men. To succeed llr. Bayard, Rep
resentative Lore is already warmly supported.
Mr. Hammond delivered a lengthy opiuion
Mist*in ing Mr. Turner's point of order against
the Hennepin cabal. Ill* decision is highly
complin ent* d by the lawyer* of tho hoiHo for
its cirarneia and strength. An appeal haa
bei u laker,, and will be voted on when the
house a gain goes into committee oi the whole
on the river and harbor bill. The friends of
the Hennepin scheme aro working up their
ait<£jgth, but Mr. Hammond will be sustained
by a large majority.
Mr. Jtbiidail indicated to me, to-day, that
re might move the passage of the sundry civil
bill under a suspension of tho rules. It will
contain among its many provisi ns a clauso
fset that its passage under the suspension
of the rules in contemplated indicates that it
will contain no provision as to silver coinage.
The opponents of the movement to auspend
its coinage have been active and assert posi
tively that they ran and will prevent any
tampering with the present law.
W .tMiiNGTitx, February 22.—Mr. Randall,
;P pro-
chairman of the house committee
t>riatiot<a, is of oninion that tbero will be no
n of congress,
extra tension of congress. He nays all the
regular appropriation bills will be passed by
the bou'e before tho cod of this week. Tho
ftuval bill will be called up for further discus-
sent to President-elect Cleveland to-day.
was signed by one hundred and ton members
of the house. Homo who are in sympathy
with the sentiment expressed in the netitb
declined to sign it because they thought it b id
policy to anticipate what Cleveland's petition
would he. The petition asks that ho will re
frain from announcing any view* on the silver
question until both sides have a full and fair
hearing.
There are serious apprehensions on tho pnrt
of many democrats that trouble is ahead on
this question. Tho opponents of silver aro
demanding the insertion of a clause in tho
atindry civil bill suspending coinage for two
ytara.
Mr. Bland, chairman of the committee on
coinage, weights and measurer, said to-day
that ho believrd eiicli acinose would bo strick
en out by the house if inserted in tho hill.
Air. Candler, ol Georgia, member ol the com
mittee on banking and currency, says ho has
no Idea that any such provision will ho mado
in tho sundry civil bill. He regards tho agi
tation of this question just now as uufortunnto
and is confident congress will take no action
on it.
Washington, February 19.—[Special.1—A
Kiw York rougreran au, who I believe is as
w« II poati d ns anybody except Mr. Cleveland
as to the coming minuet, told ine to-night
that every name had absolutely been de
termined upon. Ho bated this statement on
information received from Albany to-day. It
came from a gentleman who is very near to
the | resident-elect. Thcso aro the coming
men i
Secretary of state, Thomas F. Bayard, of
Delaware.
Secretary of the treasury, Daniel Manning,
ol New York. r ,
Secretary of war, uoiofieiy Vilas, of Wia-
lion to-morrow, and after its passage tho com
•{deration of the general deficiency will bill bo
cakf <1.
The houso committee on appropriations was
It sersion at tho capitol to-day, from ten
o'clock in tho morning until seven in tho
bill. The bill was completed an
ported to the bouse to-morrow. It is under
lined that tho only important item ol now
Icgislat on in the bill is tho provision to au
thorize the forwardingof standard silver dal-
Jars irco of charge from tun sub-treasuries of
tho United hiatus to such bunks at call for
them. F. II. It.
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
Albany, N. Y., February 18—Cabluot ru
mors and gossip over Senator Bayard's latest
visit to Albsiiv continue U> occupy the atten
tion of the politicians. The political specula
tors, assert that Mr. Bayard enine lor tno pur
pose of signifying hia acceptance of tho posi
tion of secretary of atnt«, while others wore
equally confident Hint ho had decline.I to enter
the cabinet.
Statements have been sent out from politi
cal and journalittic h wdquarters hero that
four names have been undoubtedly n?re»d
upon for cabinet plaecs—Senator Bayard, Sen
ator Garland, Mr. Vilu) and Mr. Dntiiol Man-
nir g. The last named gentleman, it waa pos
itively asserted, will be tho next secretary of
the treasury.
Mr. Dunicl Manning's political futuro seems
to bo rntircly settled, so tar as the opinions of
his Albany friends can dispose of that gontlo-
mm outside of Mr. Cleveland's official au-
r.otir cement. Tho Kvruing Journal, tho ro-
publienn organ, is tho first to compliment tho
gentUman upon his prospective promotion un
der tho editorial option of “Secretory Man
ning."
juGjlA*
t Secretary.Qf the tmvy, Mra Jonei, of Nosr
Hampshire. —■ mkf
Secretary,of the interior, J» K. McDonald,
of Indiana.
I'ostmaster general, L. Q. 0. Lamar, of
Mississippi.
k. Attorney-general, G. H. Garland, of Al
bania*.
I believe that tho list will be found perfectly
correct. At any rate I could not hnvo bolter
authority than tho congressman who gnvo it
to me.'
Washington, February llh—[Special.]— 1 The
Blair educational bill passed tho sonnlo last
•<salon hy a decided majority. A majority of
tho houso of representatives would vote (or it
It it wire on its passage to-day.
Hevrral times tho bill haa boon
almost passed. Its opponents have
more than oiico boon forced to rosort to
dilatory motions to defeat it. Tho
session has now reached n stage where
all hope for the hill must be postponed unto
another congress. Tho main opposition to (that
rcmeIVcm southern and eastern democrats.
The number of southern mon opposed to it is
surprising. Tho bulk ol tho millions
to be appropriated goes to tho south. The
division ia proposed on tho basis of illiteracy,
thereby extending nutionnl aid diroctly to fit
the million* of ignorant, newly urado citizens
in the south for an intelligent exorelao of lira
franchise.
The state must raise aa much af It roeelves
from the national treasury, hut if a stato doos
not choose to raise an amount equal to its full
share under this bill, it need taao only an
fouivalent of what it chooses to raise.
The bill merely doubles for such a stato the
amount of money devoted to public schools.
Georgia would be entitled to about $700,000 a
year under the Blair bill. It Georgia felt
unable to appropriate $700,ooo of her oath
money to education, alie could give $.150,000
and take another $350,000 from tho federal
treasury.
That some measure similar to the Blair bill
will pars aeon, the history of tho attempts at
legislation on this question would seem con
clusively to prove. They gain in strength
with every congress, probably because the
question i* coming to Ins generally discuiset
and the people are telling what they think
aliout it. The friends of national aid to edu
cation have virtually won in congress already.
They are in a majority in both houses. In one
they have triumphed by a large majority.
B “ * w * other they are restrained
culy by parliamentary machinery constructed
apparently to prevent legislation.
Well, I guest tho cnbinol is pretty woll
formed," said a prominent member of tho
senate, who desired that his iinmo should bo
withheld. “There is no doubt that Mauning
will be made secretary of tho treasury, al
though I hardly think ho wauta tlk* place. Ho
will accept the position only aa a matter oi
duty."
“Do you bear anything abouL the other
cabinet olliccs?" i W
“Yes. Bayard'ttaf accepted tho secretary
ship of the slate. Of^lHlt 1 am quite positive."
* “What Is to become of ex-Houator Joe Mo-
Tftmnt.l S'*
GRAVE TO GAY.
THIHOS LIVELY OB 8EVBRK, FROM
OUR BXCHANOXS.
What's la • Name-Job amis Jsrpley’a Brilliant Id sa
ils Bad Counted Th*m—A Had His aas-Bosp
That Grows on Tresa^-A Beat of Bona*
manablp-th* Old Barm-Boos*.
What's In a Name?
From the Chicago Herald.
During the recent blizzard an Alton train stuck
fast in a snow drift fifteen feet high. The pusen
gets stood it thirteen hours, but the supply of
water and coal on the care becoming exhausted,
they dug their way out. waded a mile and a half
to the next aUtion.aud there found the whole
town froze up tight. The town consisted of tho
station, a bay-stack and four telegraph poles. The
operator and agent had a stove but no fire. He
the truth of this statement At the expense of
toe my*nu legend;
| Chicago THAWVILLE. Sp’gf’ld :
| SO m. # 103 m. |
This timely discovery saved the station agent’s
life. Had the passengers found that the agent wsa
jesting upon their misery he would have been as
sassinated on the spot.
Johnnie Jnrphly’a Brilliant Idea.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
“Mah," asked young Johnnie Jarphly, “If yon
tins El Mnhdl, would you go around dressed In a
shirt nod sword?"
“I would undoubtedly hnvo to conform to tho
custom of the country, witli some hesitancy re
plied Mrs. Jarphly.
‘ Well, tell me, mnh, would you wear the sword
uie."
"Tbatafnt ridiculous, mah. Wou’d you wear
the sword under the shirt or the shirt under tho
But I want to know, main Da fellows
going to have a maHjucrade ball, and 1 want to
represent El Mahdl."
Be Ifnd Counted Them.
From the Texas Killings.
1 lu re was a little social gathering at the palatial
mominn of Mr Ed. IUthburn, oooof the capital*
ills of Fort Worth, Tex. At tli* supper table his
** inmy made quito a sensation. Mrs. fUtii-
"Take twon
Mr. Davis. There Is throe for
each one of us. i ct. tinted 'em this afternoon when
ruM was making them."
A Mid Mistake,
From the Texas Siftings.
“Ruckle my shbc, Egbert dear," said a Chicago
Ik lit- to her near-sighted fiance.
Egbert winl down on his knee like a traoknight
be hud lost h's eyeglass, his vision was a
little uncertain.
•1m this your foot, darling?" ho inquired.
i bet," she said.
Egbert is now disengaged
Sonp Tlmt Grow* on Trees.
Tbero area number of snap trees growing in T-tl-
Inhnuco. In tho yards of Dr. G. W. Melton and
Mr. I'liHip Sullivan, the former on McCarty and
the latter on Duval street, lino specimens of this
tree, In benriiig. may bo seen. They aro prolific
fiuinrs, the lierrius ltdng about tho also of att
ordinary marble, having a yellowish, soapy appear
ance, with a hard black seed, from which the tree*
arc propnpated. I'm tic* here boil the fruit to mate
ionp, but Judge Van Valkcnbnrg says in Chins,
Donald? 1
••Ha'll bo secretary on tho outsido. Ho
would miiko ono of tho best men available,but
Hendricks don't want him. Hendricks lins to
bo considered somewhat, you know, and
McDouald conics from tho same state it is easy
to throw lilmaovcfe"
“Whet about thj secretaryship of war?'
“Ob, Vilas will get that. There is uo ques
tioning that point. 1
“And tho postmaster generalship?"
“There is a big fignt over that appoint
ment."
Washington, February 18.—Representative
Reagan to-day received a ommunication
from President-elect Clovolant, requesting
that tho petition of the demonratiu members of
the house, urgius him to refrain from com
mitting himself in regard to tho coiua^n of
silver in his inaugural address, bo forward
to him hy mail. It is understood that this
preferred to receive it by mai
of a delegation of signers.
Chicago, Fcbrun y 19.~Tho Conservator, a
colored journal of Chicago, will publish to
morrow an open letter to President elect Cleve
land, from Andrew F. llrndlev, who claim* to
ho the tint simon-pure colored democrat of tho
tioith. Hols the accepted leader among tho
colored democrats, and stump- d the stato for
Cleveland. His letter pleads for tho pro
lion of fraternal feelings between the col
people and democrats, lor in that lie sees a di
vision of the colored vote and tho consonuont
advancement of his race. He reminds Presi
dent-elect Cleveland that there is a change iu
alth know l-
lorn o by prejudice, or reasonless,
tsk« u gratitude, lie recognize* the late election
to I e n national adint>»lou Hint rccoustructbm
failure, lie rays that the colored people
dent-elect will take three of his cabinet from
the senate. Bayard, Garland and Lamar aro
on almost every slate. The few who omit Li
mar do so because of his reluctance to go int
the cabinet. That a portfolio haa virtually
been tendered him admit* of no doubt. Prea’-
Went Cleveland In carrying out this pro
gramme would give great strength to hi* cab
inet but be would make a severe draft on th<
democratic minority iu the senate by depriv
ing it ol tirca oflta ablest nud mon trusted
lenders.
The loss of this trio would boseveraly felt In
the senate. It woutd bo more to the demo
crats than Garfield's call to the csbinet of
Blaine, Windotn and Teller waa to the repub-
lieana of that body in 1880. But so sura is
the transfer of Bayard, Lamar and Garland
from the senate to the cabinet considered that
speculation is rifa a* to their probable sn.- -*-«.
ora in the senate.
The most uncertain contest woui«» o«? .u.
Mr. Lamar's scat. General C. C. Walthall,
himself a prominent cabinet probability until
the Lamar boom eclipsed all others
in the sou* h west, ia regarded as
one cl the foremost Mbsiisipptau*. His
friends would certainly put him forward for
the aerate. Representative Klhelbert Barks
dale, who once antagonised Mr. Lamar in a
rial election, would certainly be iu the
. a rays
have bail a point'nl Mitory which hai nelth'
pun dent nor parallel. Slaves yentcrdnv, freed-
mm to day. rlilzi-ni to morrow. This was unnat
ural. Ac's, hewover humane, eiimil
subvert nature. Men make freed men, God make*
fnuiin-n EcsUlatlmi cannot change this law.
Ibe colored people accept the situation. We
n« IUicm xpect nor ask preference on account of
color. We la g no favors, we ssk only justice. This
K rented, we are willing lo workout our own rate*-
tlo!i.Tldi>icutlturnt the colored democrats d '*lrcto
make unlvi real. Tho colored people cannot aiTord
to spurn the friendship of half tho white people of
tills nation. The friendship of the domnoratie
patty ts just as desirable as the friendship of the
it publican party, am! It U equally sincere. We
look to your administration lor au ener
getic indorsement of the equit
able priudplca of the democratic
platform. We K-lleve you will prove to the col
ored msu that the democratic party is his friend,
and thus revolutionise the vote oi seveu million
people."
Ho wsuta “no half way men nor incisure#.'
lie wants colored men to become part of the
pure democracy. There can be but two great
parties. There is no middle ground. Iu ref
erence to the independents he says:
“1 he colored independent Is an aimleas, nn1e-
finablc political factor, too intelligent to be a re
publican, but too cowardly to say *o. tie ch itige
witb the wind; he is vahielem as a friend an-
barmUssas a foe. Ills principle is policy, hli
|»ur^c*«tssvotU. W e want no couvcru of thU
8alim, Oregon, February 20.—The last day's
balloting lor United (states senator began
promptly at noon to day. At a final caucus
this morning Hirsch'a friend* revived to
stand by him until be was elocte I or asked
them to vote for some other candidate. The
first ballot he received 54 again of five. On the
filth ballot he b st one, and his vote haa stool
unchanged till this hour, 4:50 p tu., through
twenty one ballots. Several motions to recess
were voted down. The members sent out for
luncheon and ate it in the cloak room and at
their desks.
race. He
_ j powerful t'aeUw in Mississippi
guile. .1 COM boM .till .killful.
- bold and
tgreMu-.an Money and Goveraor Lowry are
f " t ‘*«d» red possibilities. Tae recent elec-
w>n cf Mr. James K. Jones, who started third
t* »k. . , “• •»«««» woo i
contest by securing
r { Governor B*rry f s friends,
* l “* B«rr, wbru S.o.tor ii.rl.od
V, TW» would lo.r.
• l)uau lUU ia the houM
Iturur.1 1. DMtlh.
Nnr You, Kekluar, at—At . dt.. eurly Ih •
■comic, .1 IVuvtr uid WlUUm Hmu, .!» Iwt-
Km UlonRlot to . lutily tuuacd Murray worn
burned lo dralb.
dll WmUh. .I Ontut OtfH., Mul
Impotent,, and n.TTou. diwrdM* porm.u.nk.
Ircnnd B ‘ "
I«d in UtirlT d.n, br ti. (.nuin. Dr.
d'. KntoraUn Pilk BotUim M pill*
IMS, lM'PilU W.Mj_S9* pill* (S.M, dHjtill*
|1H bl.jou. k Uirbtoww, oornw Pryor
ud Doc.lur ilrarU, AUaaU. ffkolmal. by
from tbe ttccs.
A Feat of Horssninnshlp.
Tbe Territorial Kntorarlse t^!yoi »t«umikablo
feat of hor»t mniisblp by it cowjf* r at 'Vabnska. A
grow of cowboys lnul gathered^) bidgool-by to
pno ti their number who w«* u^liuvo on thp train,
OUR LETTER BOX.
I We shall to gltd to hole short not;* from any
of cur readers, giving gossip of the farm, strange
happenings, stock or crop new?, suggestion*, ques
tion?, or opinions; snythlcg that will interest or
Instruct. Write us. Address Constitution Lrr-
TIR BOX.]
R. 8. Woolfork, Byron, Ga.: A goo*l many farm
ers in my section have sown tho Burt oat,ana tat n
they arc killed, though we cannot tell for four or
five days. There are more Improvements going
on, more sbelteis for stock, more fence* and out
houses than I have t-ver seen at this icason ol tne
year. There has been aome plowing for cotton,
and there are more two hone plows being used
than I have ever known. One of iny ueignbors,
Frank Gonu, has commenced using one. He has
never done ?o before. He believes
in breaking up ground that way after
Hying other methods. Tbe farmers are going to
reduce cotton and plant more groundpeas, fldd
ptns. grors BLd grain. I am planting the biggest
lortldi of my land in grain. lam trying to imro-
dme the Spanish pea. It Is a pea that grows in a
square bunch. Yon can plant two crops each year
and there will be neither faults nor pops in tneui.
You ran plant them alter oaU and wheat, and
make a crop. One great thing aliout them is that
thc-y are easy to gather, and are short in muturtug.
They are planted In three feet rows, in March or
June, eighteen or twenty inches apart. The only
trouble is that they have to b)
gathered fo early they weigh heavy. I sent some
to Atlanta, and they objected to them on account
of their weight. Tney were supposed to be sand
ed, but I tell you they were tbe pure pen. My
neighbors are using them freely,and are well pb-Ms-
ed. The fanners in this section all want to improve
their stock, and are now corresponding with sever
al breeder! for this purpose. Wo have the stock
law. I think the people have been forced to raise
something to feed good stock. They are oecomlug
reconciled in my district, the fifth, which was a
hot bed of opposition. Now they like it, and
think it will eventually Ho the couuty great good.
not do without It."
J R. Sharpkr, Volcano, W. Va.: “I like your
paper for the news it lias and tbe fair and square
way it di.shtsitup. You give us the uewa aud
Irml In nnlltlf'
rll tend to politics.”
J. L. Mim.fr, Lockhart, Texas: My neighbor
loaned tee Constitution. I don’t know thnt 1
ever raw a better family newspaper, and I enclose
C. M. Lovrax. Union City, Mich.: “I havo care-
fury read Tiir Constitution nud It stilts me, aud
will be a welcome visitor to my home."
J.F. Lowe, Montezuma, Ga.: I plant oats, corn
nr.d cotton ,»ud make my compost at homo and use
it extensively for cotton and corn. Insomcseetii
on light land I use kainit. and find it nrorent* rust
to n gient extent. T he nittou production of my mic
tion will bo Iofs lids your than usual. The
. gqlrg
increase their grain
fAtmCrS mo wi-H »•* -uv..
yield. I think I can raise cotton at eight
ci uts and corn at twenty five cents a bushel in the
ctib. The past two years have been unfavorable
to my fcctloii, but the farmer? are going to re
double their elTortf and go in for n big crop this
year. The county has a ►toex law In my section,
the cast fide of Flint river. It is satisfying tho
people generally and they are Improving their
Mock. There scams to be much inquiry for
blooded siiiroHls. There are but few sheep in this
section, and n dog law is m-t-ded here. It is
altnoFt impossible to rnfso them. Tho October
looking well. Everybody has
Very little wheat has I*
, 'ather hero.
^ •ntriil) is devoted to all
kinds of stock and grillu raising, wc raise ft great
in«ny draught horses, a good many hog?, sheep,
beat, corn, llnx and oats. Hors are worth 81.25
ter hundred; cattle from S4 to $5 per hundred;
borers fmm tUP to $2.;0 p«*r head, according to sjzo
and quality. Wheat is bringing eighty cent, corn
Mrs. M. A. BE. ClarkMon, Ga.: We receive Tub
Weekly Constitution every week and hail It with
(•erfcct delight. It would be dreary, indeed,with
out It. The sermons of br. Talmago aro »o grand
I would not consider them too lengthy though
they filled ono whole page of the paper. I rod
Just mi tlicYtuin was fairly under way ilia dcp&.L
lng vaquero shouted back that he had left his over-
coat. A hurried consultation was held, and aa a
result I>au Farley wasqtilokiy iu thosaddlcJidfltu-
li'g both rowels fn his steed, and ftwsy and away,
vi r ditches, through tho ssge-brush, up tho hill*
i d down Uie hollows, riding as though fur <1 n
A. I>. r„ TownrlJlc, re. q: ••I *eo n great deal
about •crvumcnrh' of late.I*. At Trenton, Ky., and
i Isrin-viilr, Tran, 1 etc tbi^t r.wo are being estab
lished w ith ‘the promise ol tho cream of ISO and
: 10 rows.’ Vc feel lit e the readers oi Til* Conkti-
^tt’TtoN ni tbe m-rtiiw^tRru our friends, and we
taJnly ltd filemlly to them. Will some of
ptcAM- tell us brhfly wimt a ‘creamery’Is
— yjmg eoK)n~~“— w
want. Whi
tbe train, nud tho condi
erhanlo 1
The Old Farm lfuiise.
An old fntm house, with pnstures wide,
Kwcet with flowers c . .. , .
A nstliFs Ind who 'ooks from out
The porch with woodbine twined about.
From this mill place t
Amid the city's cearelcradln,
A man who round tho world has been.
Who, mid tho tumult and the timing,
Is tldnkitig, widling all day long:
The Held patt/to the farm house door;
-Dublin (Indand) Time*.
Antiquity ol M in.
A recent writer explodes tbe theory that tho hu
man rare is 'P.0C0 years old by showing that when
the present population of tho world, 1,400.001.000,
is taken, the known ratio of Increase figured back
wards then from and tho !o.a from pestilence and
wars taken Into account It will icadily bo found
tlmt even the Genesis figure of C Hurt years Is en-
tliely twyotul the correct ago of tho human fam
ily. Four thousand (our hundred yoirs ho puts
the more probable time since Adam first
raw light in tbe garden of Edeu,
Chiu ms of tha Old Smithy.
Ji me* F. Hobart, in American Machinist.
1 always liked to hang around a blacksmith
►hop. There seems to be lots ol pure science in
tbe dirty, dusty old shanty. When I attsaded the
district school during three months o! winter aud
cbaLge cud* with it just to:fore became back.
THE BUSINESS WORtD.
LonPoN, February 18.—Sir William Vernon
llareourt, home secretary, to-day received a
deputation of unemployed worktneu, who
went to the home office to ask tho gov ernment
tor relief for the unemployetl of Loudon. The
home secretary was reminded that the people
in need, represented by tho deputation, did
* * * work. The only ftlief they
nnloy.
not deeire aims but
desired the government to jjive waa , .
trnnt, iu which they could give value reeolved
for the bread they vvanted. They desired re
lief in such form only aa they
could accept without degradation.
They repudiated all sympathies
with tbe socialistic propaganda.
Mr. Harcourt waa much impressed by tho
expressions of the deputation.
lie assured the deputation that the
government had no idea to treat the matter in
any spirit of dry economy. 8till, he said, the
question as tn the best method of relief waa
an cxtremaly dilficult one. Experience had
shown that attempts to relieve distress
by inaugurating public . improvement
were unwise. The fisdure of tho efforts made
by France to relieve distress W year* ag», by
starting and carrying on rad public works,was
pointed toss an illustration. Iu addition to this
Sir William thought that tbe government
might do something in the way of emigration
by communicating with the British colonial
authority s.
ITEXS or TU-iPE AMP ISBOB.
The Victory furnace of Stannton, Vs., bu been
dosed, tbrowlrg -VO men out of cmplojrmeit.
The Victoria Iran minea and furnace, in Rsek-
brtdse rouwty. Vs., have ah t down ou account of
an oventock, and twelve hundred men are thrown
out of imp Lynn nt.
Among the (allures retorted is that of Johu
and three
Tbe statement of rhafie A o . the enspen led
cotton firm.sbosre theaweta to he gt.T&Lfttt in i
D iMliUgt^Ni,EI6, icarlng A surplus of li,07J.-
m
has been our adopted home benrly two
iarn«t fay thot she bi
lk NCH that red* wall.
ic blossoms a
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...ayears. I
tha rose, but "all
ml bov
i.orlbi
, and that's
r want* to know nuythlng nbuit
them."
’ll take picasUMO iu printlns
F. Dukf, Mcmitoln III11, Ga : Yon are doing
a noble work. Hit tVntterson and Clarkson over
the head and show up the south it* she 1*. There
an- n few people who don’t take The Constitution
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Bell* nr. lykn, Latidsdowne, Prince Williftm
County, Vs.: '*1 owe you a life erntitudo for your
pnper, I have rend It to my sick husband and it
eh tire many n wenry momnnt I am getting up
clnbsnd willr ~ • • -» —
giatitude."
It is worth suy six papers iu Amorica."
Dn. T. 8 Groover, Cherry Grove, Ark.: “Til*
Constitution is the l»est )*; er published in Amar-
ha- Dill Aip’s letters w, tUt tho cost of tho pa
per." »R
J. G. Bragran. Greer
in reveralof our state paj*
from jours, relating to'‘MUo Maize/’’ From tho
deteriptioti, 1 rerognize it as “reasuito”—advcr-
lived some jran since, by *omo person in your
f Dy, to wlifch sdvcrtlFcnit-m I responded aud pro
cure d sorco of th? seed. It provtul to bo tho finest
lorege p’nnt that I eversaw-but It failed to pro-
duic seed, and I supposed thnt, being, a* w.t*
repreunted. a Fouth Amerleau plant, our season
was too short for It. I am anxious to procure) a
Min.ll quantity of seed again to make another
trial. Can you inform me where and of whom 1
procure some? If you can I will bo very much
you i
... r o ioihl .....
bllgtd for the lufornn;
orders for Milo Muizc seed.
Br-
8. N. L., Ilonea l’sth, 8. C.: ‘ Til* Constitu-
..on is the tK‘*t and cheapest paper p ever road,
and 1 shall take it as lore a* I can raise a doll ir."
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men received, wn«* delighhd and enclosesubwlp-
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Fnow is thne feet deep here on dea l level, and
tbeimomcter 24 below zero. How do my friends
IjMlie sunny south like that?*
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scribers. I was a union rohlicr .. .
end they called me a ‘rebel’ during the .
piaiane. Put ibis la all over now. Hurrab for The
Constitution."
L. L. Caldwell, Princeton, N. C.: “Fnclosed
find subacrlption. Th* CoNsrrrmoN Is
power iu the laud, and I’m for it, tooth and too
"Long may Tit*
Cosstitution wave, w* .
netth, t**t, south aud west, removing prejudice
V. A. Johnson, Geraldine. Ala. I meet with
nobedy wbo i» not delighted with Th* CoNmru-
tion. and 1 add to the lUt as fast as tbe people get
money.
I. B. Jackson, Union Point, Gi.V Don’t let me
icfssa number of Tin Constitution. I’ve been
tskfug it six ><ars and like It Utter all the time.
Gko. W, Kri.LV, Pcp’sr Pprings, Mhre. I sho
cd my spuelnup* to »cnrsl people and they «rv
perfeetiy carrt* d away with it. I will uke t
sfenty btreatd st GoiditLS. &_. v
TIGER HUNTING
A Thrilling Scene In the
Indian Jungles,
SLAYING THE ROYAL BENGAL
The Story of the Old Shikaree
and His Superstition.-
Ja*. H. Hawkin*. Fuwznnee.Ga.: Ihsre taken
The Constitution for six year*, and truthfully it
’ *" - * * * young raaa
cith five Unit* its re st I _
Ith a limited educa'lnn. and it
school-teat her for me.'f
John I?aiUN, Pnlsskl, fa.: I atnrnorethsn
I ltSFrd wiih Uie specimen of Tu* CoN-nrrrios,
year's rubpcriptlon We have a
terrible winter—snow everywhere, with dr.ft* ten
feet Orel “ '
impossil
.* hWkt-t,*and it Ls almost
south—25 betow zero is too much for me.
Hoarseness, S.*re Throat ami Croup cured
the throat with Holmes* Sure Cure
Wash and Dentifrice. Try it one time and be
convinced. why mon
Bombay correspondence Loudon Telegraph.
There are two principal ways in aouthem
India of destroying the jungle monarch. One
is with beaters and elephants gathered in ar
ray to drive;tbe game from hia cover into the
open, and the other method is sitting up nil
night over a “kill” (i. e„ a dead cow or goat
struck down by tbe tiger), and thus patiently
waiting until he cornea to finish the carcass,
when at least one good shot is certain. The
first of theso processes ia never adopted in
jungle tracts, such aa that of which I write in
the Cochin country, simply because the thick
ets are so dense and vast that the quarry
might travel all day at his best speed without
once showing himself. The second, a more
sure but less exciting style, was the one adopt
ed and carried out with much good luck in
the instance I am about to describe. It was
unfortunately only too little shooting that wo
hard-working planters ever got f even when we
lived, as in my case, in a district abundantly
stocked with big game of all sorts in truth, to
shoot big game requires much care, time and
expense, Tn none of which were we planters
able to bo lavish. Consequently wo did our
shooting when and where wo could, coming
upon a mm bur here and there, or sitting up for
a night in a tree over tho dead tp>dy oi a cow
which some prowling tiger haa slaughtered.
Itwasforsucli a purpose that I once started
to make
A MOONLIGHT EXPEDITION
lo a patch of tangled jungle which crowned
the reeky summit of a big hill overlooking
our colic e gardens. At this spot, only eight
hours before, a herd of tho smooth-coated In
dian kine had been feeding under care of a
native shepherd boy, when, not dreaming of
any lurking foe, and intent only on the suuou-
lent spear and lemon grass, a young heifer
bad strayed from her fellows, and passing
alor-g the edgo of tho shola wes sprung upon
end killed outright, tho herd boy and his
charges flying for their lives down the moun
tain eido lo tho homestead. It unusually
falls to the lot of English
men to avengo such forays upon tho
tiger thnt makes them, and, the news having
been brought in, myself aud a comrade forth-
wiih summarily condemned to death tho
striped terror ol the jungles and agrcod to
meet at night and cureelvcs execute tho sen
tence. As darkness settled on tho littlo en
campment, my friend and myself, under the
guidance of an agile old lowland shikaree,
took our way through tho dense block junglo,
tramping in and out of tho watercourses
which intersected our path to the foot of the
mountain. For a little tiino wo wa f ked ia si
lence, smoking and enjoying tho ceol of tho
evening, while our aforesaid guido stole on
before us lightly and silently as a wraith,
creeping round the tree-truks
and picking his path through tho car
pet of fallen leaves without making the least
noiee lo betray his movements. Alter a time
the ground began to slope upwards, and we
were breasting a steep ascent of tho prccipi-
te.us hiD, sometime* on hands and knees; but
the top once reached we were amply repaid
for our exertion by the loveliness of the sceno
at our feet. Moonlight in India renders lyreiu-
tiful the most common-place spots on tho face
«f the globe. Bathing ugly can stand the
laity wand of tho enchantress; the fairest
prospects by day, under her influence, be
come more than ever fascinating. Below ns,
and extending as far aa the oyo eould rcaoh,
spread • . - --
vn* great ownerless jcxgli
of ono of tho wildest regions of lower India,
a mighty tract of virgin forest, expanding on
all sides in deep green undulations, tho ranks
oi Us mighty at my of giaut.trccs, broken only
by a patch or two of bare rock here and there,
or the serpentine course of a rivor that ran
brokenly under the mooulight. now widening
into a glittering silent pool,and anon weaving
a narrqw thread of silver under tho shadow of
tho trees. Not a sound could bo hoard from
tho edge of tho rocky plateau whero wo stood
leaning on our guns, except the deep belling
noto ol a enrobur deer echoing up from tho
valley, aud making the succeeding siloneo
seem even yet more deep.. For aomo minutes
wc drank in tho fresh, cool air of the moun
tain top, and then, in obedience to tho impa
tient gottures of tho hikarec, proceeded upon
our murch to a clearing somo 2U0 yards fartnci
along tho ridge, making as little noise m "pos
sible, for we wero now in tho cnomy's terri
tory. Tho placo whero the kill had takon
place wn* a wonderfully “tigerish” ouo— a
grassy level of a few hundred yards, fringed
on the upper 6ido by a long strip of thick
juncle>n»eh
i ran over tho brow of tho hill in-
deep stony nullnb, high banked, and dou
lets filled by a foaming torreut in tho wet
season, but now boasting only tho smallest
trick lo of white water, finding its way
amid a disproportionately large bed of sand
and loose boulders. I'roceoaing cautiously
along the deep gloom of tho jungle we soon
saw tbe dead body of the slaughtered cow.
lying in full moonlight, and most strange ana
“uncanny" it looked. But our native guide
whispering that we were already late, now
glanced round, and selecting a neighboring
tree signed to us that we should climb into it.
Nothing loth—for tho shadows of the junglo
were fearfully dark, and tho tiger was, as my
comrado said in my car, “overdue"— we were
speedily alolt, and safely perched in tho hol
low of a deep lork commanding n good view of
the dead heifer. Our rifles loaded, and ar
ranged, we proceeded
TO BEAUS OCR NERVES
sahib, you will not believe, but it is as true
as that I am here, that when the tiger had at-
rived within ten yards of the body aud my
finger was just pressing the trigger, the dead
man slowly turned himself over, and raising
one of hia shattered arms pointed to mo for tf
long a time as it would lake to count 10 f
whereupon the tiger, with a deep growl*
bounded back to the junglo. For a moment
or two my heart waa as cold as the dew on the
barrel of my Candabar rifle, but soon my
blood movea again and I was more than ever
determined to snoot the tiger in spite of tha
spirits that seemed to care for him. Twice
more, sahib, did the lean, mangy beast
come out of the jungle all hungry for the
feast, and each time tho horrible mangled
fakir eat up and pointed at mo in the bright
moonlight. At last, when the tiger had gone
away the third time I came down from the
trait of bright whito light and deep shadows
on tho plateau before our eves. But tho sus
pense ot waiting scon became very hard to
tear—every rustle in the jungle, every ch*r-
rup of a cricket, made us grip our guns, under
the impression that tho enemy was at hand.
Royalty, however, at home is not to be hur
ra d. end the beast took his owu time. Tho
“Old Shikaree” tells a good story of this mid
night watching, which also illustrates au In
dian tu)»cntition. He asked his native hunter
rn one occasion whether it was true that he
bad eat up for n tiger by the body of a man
who bed been killed. The native nodded,
and in a whisper, stealing a glance along the
margin of the jungle, pausing to listen now
and then for a few seconds, said it was in tho
hot weather five years ago, and he had gone
home to his village in Mysore with some
rupees caved and a rifle. He had been idle
for a lew davs, when news came one morning
to the head man that a woman had seen a
fakir stricken down by a tiger not a mile
from bis door. From what the woman tuld,
the tiger was recognized as a well known man
eater, one that bad long been the dread
of tho lonely stretch of road he haunted, the
beast being supposed to live protected by the
souls of the people be had killed. Nevertho
lees, the huntsman determined to sho-M hi-u if
prsaible; said bis prayers, and loadiaghisgun
with two ballets, when evening came went out
n’one to avenge the poor pilgrim. It was
such a night as ours, with a bright moon and
no sound anywhere, and he toon reached th*
•pot, anJ climbed into a tree dirocilr over the
dead body, which was lying horribly man
gled and torn, with its face downward, ia the
was not afraid,"
said tbe Shikaree, “but I longed for tho tiger
to come, and I had n«t been in my tree f.»r tea
minutes when aome peacocks at roost in tba
jungle began to chatter and enr, thus sh^winr
ha waa moving. A very little while longe,
very little while long*;
and he stole out of the deep shadow as
silently aa the moon emerges from behind a
cloud, creeping forward to begin hia meal on
the body in the grass below. I made sore of
killing him and only waited to fire until be
came a little closer. What I’m gutog to lay.
treef and with the hunting knifo which hunw
ot my belt cut two strong bamboo pega and
with these fastened down to the ground tho
broken and crushed hands of tbe poor victim;
then taking up my position again waited the
next appearance of the tiger. This is all my
story, sahib. The man cater came once more
from the gloom and crawled up slowly to the
dead pilgrim, who writhed ineffectually to free
his hands. For a minute the tiger watched,
and then, hungry with waiting, seeing no
warning sign,
81’KANG BEFORE HIS BENEFACTOR
with a roar like the thunder of a bursting
mensoon. 1 bit him bard, so that he felt help*
less, and sliding down from my seat, I walked
up to the beast as ho was rolling over and
kicking, and killed him with a shot through
the head." It was my companion who recall
ed this story, and his version may be a little
off the lines of the original, but with otfr
faculties at the utmost tension wo
almost seemed to hear tho crackling of human
bones and tbe rasping of the great monster a
tongue on the ilesn of the prey in tho manner
the tale had so vividly colled before us. But
nothing yetoccurred. The delightful quiet of
the evening was broken only by the familiar
voices of the forest, grown so common to our
sense of hearing thnt they were now hardly per
ceptible. Every twig had its humming uight*
porfurmcr, every blade of gras* or loose stone
was nn oxchestra for a chorus of winged insect
musicians adding to tho general murmuring.
Bow and again the black -roonkoya in a sal
tree in the volley below appeared troubled by
dreadfully bod dreams of wandering panther*
or gliding snakes, and disturbed the uuiver*'
sal peace by sudden chorus ot barking. Over
head the leaves made a fairy tracery against
the purple vault of heaven, spangled with
glittering constellations, and a shooting star
flashed occasionally across the vault, dragging
after it a pale streamer of saffron light. Sud
denly the cold, black, nervous
fingers ot the shikaree tightened on my-
aim, and I could feel his agitation, though he
was invisible, for at this moment tho moon
went bebii d a fleet of light, fleecy clouds sail
ing up from tbo westward before the faint
midnight wind. My own hands closed on my (
rifle, wliilo
EYES AND EARS WERE STRAINED
ineffectually to see or hear anything in the •
gloom, and heart and breathing wero kept
under close control to prevent the possibility
of any sound escaping. IIow long tnis tension
was preserved it is diflicuH to say; but in per-
hups 40 seconds tbo windward edge of tho “
cloud shrouding tho moon turned silvery
with light, and another second or two saw
the great shield ot silver ride out triumph- 1
antly into space. Instantly all eyes were
turned to tho “kill" at our ieet,and there, his
approach unannounced by the cracking of a
single twig or the displacement of ono pebble,
stood our quarry, his royal livery of stripped
gold and biack showing with wonderful rich*
ness in tho clear glimmer of the stars; ono
monstrous paw planted firmly on the swelling
flank of the dead kino, and the imperial jowl
alrcadv at work “nuzzling" under the crea
ture's body for the trickle of blood yet welling
from the ugly gashes in its neek. Then th«
rojal beast giving way to. -
his appetite, tore a long gob-,
bet of flesh from hia shoulder, and waa
settling himself down to a comfortable even
ing’s repast. Bat. he never said grade after
that meal. I tow my. frieud'a riflo go up to^'-N
l»L» .UJJw - Aft. tnnwU.l.-1-..^wy
for a moment, and the next a tongue of flame
leapt forth, and the sharp crack of tbo riflo
hushed every wild thing' in the ferest, while
its own echoes rolled ayray amongst the dis-
hit, for we noticed tho bullet “plump" ou 'tho
mark and beard the short, sharp, angry growl,
which responded liko ou echo to the shot, ana
when the smoko drifted off through the
branches we perceived “Ftripcj" limping away
* ** ..... .. .. ofonuflah, r*
badly wounded in the direction c .
deep watercourse, thirty yards ovor the dead
gross. Into this he was hastening just as 1 got
a good sight upon him, und my ball, taku
him in tho back,
HAD* HIM LRAl* HIGH IN TIIR AIR
and plunge, apparently dead, iuto the corindlt *~s
bushes, hly companion—ovor impetuoust-
was down to tbe ground and running after
him quick as thought. Following, but keep
ing a ready finger on tho trigger to meet any ^
charge ol tho enemy—for nothing is more
dangerous than a badly wounded tiger—I waa
at the brink almost a* soon as my comrade.
“Where is lie?" was then the question, and for
a moment wo were tinccrtuiu; but two stones
thrown into a patch oi dwarf bamboo elicited a
feeble stir, and a faint “Waugh! waughF*
from (he tiger, wbo actually endeav- -
ored to crawl up at us, stumbling across the
stream bed. Our rifles were ou him as he
made a feeble spring at tha bank ou which •
wc stood, but bo could, as we saw, do nothing, -
and scratching ineffectively at the dry bushes
on top, fell back. It was now really pitiful-,
to see tbo royal ben*t in his furious helpless
ness. He lay writhing for a space on a neck
of smooth sparklirg »m«d, whining and moan
ing in savago tones, our barrels always cover
ing him, while ho gna wed hia great paw* and*
dug the claws of his hinder legs into tho soilf
leaning the streamlet into' foam
with hit tail. Then aud** '
dinly, os hia end approached, per
ceiving tho indignity ol them actiona, ho
screwed himself round to face us, and half
raising his musiive head, glared a* ua wliU
undying ferocity for a moment, then gave
forth such a final roar as I hopo never to hear
again. Crag and prccipico shook with it all
around. It set the elephants trumpeting in
the forest, and drove sleep for the night front
the eyes of the black monkeys. While the
savage cry still sounded I fired tho coup de
S are into bis brain, and the strung neck of
c jungle monarch bowed; death fell like %
cloud upon the green glitter of his eyes, and
limp and harmless as the broken bushe*
around him, tho terror of the forests and tho
plunderer of tbe shepherd's herds lay atilll
We were safe enough aAer that second shot*
but the shikari was vexed with tho raahnei^
shown in descending the tree. “Never go
down from the maeban to kill a tiger, sahib,'**"
be said, unconsciously Irish, “until you aro-
pretty sure that he is dead."
Cnroimuvt, a, April 14,188k—8. B. Suits
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persevering with it nee, I am entirely relieved
of my painful illness. Any one ean write to
me ana I will reiterate, wnat ia here written.
Mae. E. Witrik,
Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.
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