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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA« TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24 1885. TWELVE PAGES.
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Next week—"Lincoln's Inaugu
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Democratic regime" The week after
"Cleveland's Inauguration — the
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THB FEAST WE SPREAD.
We heartily thank those of our subscriber,
who have wriVcea no that they would dis
tribute specimen copies for us. Hundreds
have responded. We only ask them now to
distribute these paper* promptly. Bay a good
word as you hand them out. We want 10,-
000 new subscribers sent in this week to reed
our “Inauguration of Lincoln" next week,
which gives the last chapter of the old dem
ocratic role, to he followed the week after
with the "Inauguration of Cleveland,” which
is the first chapter of the new democratic
rule.
The feast we spread 'for our readers this
week to a tempting one. Mr. Bret Harte'a
story opena finely and will pique curiosity
aa to what will become of the old farmer and
his pretty daughter so strangely lodged In the
old ship, and what to thesecretof tblsshlpso
strangely atranded in the heart of the city,
end why the millionaires are after her. Bill
Arp, our philosopher of the hearthstone,
lalka in bto homely way of the children of
tbto day, and drifto Into a revery of the gxxi
old days that are gone, that will touch many
a heart. Betsey Hamilton cloaes the romance
of Owl Hollow with two happy marriage,,
“the horae shoe over the door," and nest
week will tell in dialect of the adventures of
a runaway couple. Dr. Talmage gives us a
grand sermon on Cod's blessed .Sabbath and
bids us keep It holy. Mr. liichardson write.,
a description of I'ncle Ham's treasure house,
and telle bow bekeeps his piles of gold; the
trlrgraph tells us for the tint time the story
of Cordon's death in the desert, and the
deperatc fightingetill progressing there; the
Ihrlllingslory of the bitter weather in the
north ond the adventures there by Hood and
Held; the grand lesson of Wosbinton's up
lifted monumentand the superb oration of
Daniel, of Virginia, the chosen orator; the
touching but shameful history of Moses, the
fcoy.goveroor of the Palmetto atate. These
and a hundred other things the telegraph
tells Thu Co.vsrirmo.v readers this week.
There is, besides political gossip, romance
and humor, our-letirr box, our knowledge-
box, botii packed lo repletion, poetry for tne
Isdlee end fsrm news for the farmer. "By
Inheritance,"our excellent aerialHlraurs rap
idly to a dote, next week, perhaps, ending
it. Packed in amell compose to the history
of the week in "Dixie," and In hardly more
space, the condensed history of the week iu
the world.
Bnrely this Is a goodly feast. It Is served
in all cheerfulness and sincerity and with a
heart that goes out to our readers, everyone,
far and near. They are hound to ua and we
to them, by an Invisible chord, that wa hope
to strengthen with every pssslng week. All
that they do for us, but incites us to do more
for them. We urge every one of them, who
have not already done so, to drop us a card
agreeing to circulate among their neighbors
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their card, free and postpaid. Or if they
prefer, tend us on a postal card the names of
any perrons they think would like the paper,
and we will send specimens to their names
at once. Hhail we not have a thousand an
swers this week to this appeal?
A REASONABLE VIEW,
flood men south and north write and
•peak very vaguely and looeely about what
they call the "new south." Much of the stuff
thrown off In this way Is unmitigated bosh.
It is refreshing lo see ono important pbsw
of tho situation staled so concisely, plainly
ar.il sensibly as to mako it clearly understood;
and stated, too, In such a way as to carry
conviction to all Intelligent minds. At a
misting held In New York, llio other night,
a good Ural of fancy talk was indulgod in
about "new issues" and "old Issues.” Tho
stains of the colored race was also touched
upon, but nothing definite was ovolved until
the Rev. Charles H. Deems took the floor. This
ge ntleinan in the coarse of his remarks said
that he believed in the efforts being mads for
the education of the colored iuau, but he did
not think that education would make Caucas
ian* of the negro, any more than block paint
could chsngo the nature of the Anglo-Saxon
blood.
Dr, Deema gave the true status of the case
In a few plain words There It etands. Con-
Units have failed to chaugo It In the pad.
Centuries will fall to change it in the future.
There need be nothing unpleannt, nothing
menacing In such an immutable fact. It Is
•Imply a result of nature's Ian and must bo
accepted. Visionary fanatics will Hud this
view of the matter suggestive ani worth pom
dering.
7hr etiny of Lincoln'* title to Wnehin-itnn, Ail
«perches on the Hoy, hie mtientnive in ll’aiAinF'
A SUBSIDY SCHEME DEFEATED,
The details of tho defeat of the l’acilic mail
subsidy scheme by Itandall, Blount and
Holman are much more interesting than the
mesgre report sent by wire. As a matter of
fact, the democrats narrowly escaped mak
ing a most serious blunder, and but for the
activity of a few democrats who keep their
ejes andean open, the party would have
been committed to a most detestable species
of legislation.
It to a fact well known to persons about
IVaiblrgton that the I'sciflc mall steamship
company bss bad an active lobby at work,
Ito object being to secure a steamship mall
subsidy. Among the directors of the Pacific
mail company are Jay Gould, Cyrus ,W.
Field, Russell Sage, and U, P. Huntington—
names notorious in speculatiou and jobbery,
and the lobby working under their auspices
it not only active, bnt positively influential,
When the postoflica bill waa reported to the
bouse from tbe appropriations committee,
it was noted by the anti-subsidy members
that it contained a paragraph appropriating
fuCO.GCO for carrying foreign malls In Ameri
can vessels, nearly doable tbe amount now
paid lor the entire foreign mail service.
The wording of thie paragraph was of such
a character ea to make it certain that more
than half of tbe f GOO,OOO proposed to be ap
propriated vronld go into the capacious
pocket 01 tbe Pacific mail company, which
now receives, for performing precisely the
■ante service, something less than $30,000.
Matters were iu ibis shape when the post-
ofllce bill was under consideration last Thurs
day night. When the subBldy paragraph
was reached, a point of order was raised to
tbe effect that it was general legislation
which did not reduce expenditures as required
by the rulrr. The point of order was argued
Friday, and Springer, chairman of the com
mittee of the whole, overruled it. Ills ruling
was appealed from, but the house sus
tained it by a vote of 130 to Vh. This
seemed to be an overwhelming victory for
the lobbyists and their supporters in the
house, end it would have been but for the
vigor end earnestness of the anti-subsidy
democrats. These were led by Messrs. Itandall,
Illount, Holman and Mills, wbo proceeded
to throttle tbe measure.
There wss etill doubt, and at Uiispoint Mr.
Randall brought bis raro qualities as a leader
Into play. Ho rallied the anti-subsidy forces
and organized them while thesubsidlsta were
replying to the attacks that had keen made
on tbelr scheme, and under bto brilliant
management, Holman s motion to (trike out
the paragraph was carried by a vote of 103 to
1861—1885.
In next week's Constitution wo will print a
graphic und Interesting account of tbe
INAUGURATION
—OF—
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
In 1861, giving bis famous speech on leaving homa,
his journey to the cupitol and the oere*
monies there* This thrilling chapter of oar his*
t&ry is reproduced, because it relates how Bach*
•nan, Ue last democratic president, went out of
power.
flowing we will print a detailed tin*
car
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his inauguration on the stormy 4th of March,
the retirement of lluchannn, the last democratic
president, is an entrancing story. Appears next
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MR. CLEVELAND AND HI8 CABINET,
There appears to he nothing aaeured about
Mr. Cleveland's cabinet thus far, except that
Mr. L’andall was offered the treasury port
folio and declined it—that Mr. lbyard will
be secretary of stale, Mr. Garland attorney*
general and Mr. !.amar postmastergwner.il.
Of these reports, that about Mr. lUndxll Is
the most satisfactory. It abows that Mr.
Cleveland appreciates the worth of the
grant Pennsylvanian, without who-ie
influence complete success would have
been impossible. Tbe democratic Tic*
tory wen by the real leaders of the party
• as wrought out of a defeat organized by the
Wattsrson cranks. Mr. Kandall retrieved the
disorder into which these featheriieals threw
the)aity. That Mr. Cleveland rvcognizsd
this (act, is creditable to his wisdom and his
manliness and auspicious for his adtniah'.ra*
lien, Mr. Kandall declining the proffered
honor, it is assuring to believe that Mr. Cieve*
land has determined to put in his place Mr.
Manning, who Is quite ns sensible as he on
the tariff.
There can be nothing but praise for Mr.
Nayard, Mr. Garland and Mr. Lunar. Out
side cl personal preferences, there can be no
distent frami tbe satisfaction three such men
would give the south and the honor they
will confer on the republic.
In the meantime we are reminded that
nothing is certain but death and taxes. Mr.
Cleveland ia going to settle things in his own
wsy, and be it as cioee as a clam. His
friends here spoken for him—but until he
speaks for himself, we will do welt t*» listen
well and watch closely. Of one thing there
mty be tic fullest assurance— Mr. Cleveland
will make no mistakes, and will be mnvei
by no small feelings and disturbed by no
special clamor. We have a mao for preei
dent-and he ia going to let with* nua'a
bra mm and deliberation.
INAUGTJ RATION
— OF—
GREYER CLEVELAND.
Which, tiventy-Ilvc years after .tho democratic
dynasty wcut out with Buchanan, restores demo
cratic rule.
Tax Constution's account of tlicdb two historic
events will be uucquallcd In Interest. Wc
specially urge none of our readers to miss either
number. They alone will be worth a year’s sub*
SCriptiODa
Remember next week-"Tho Inauguration of
Lincoln”—tin* week after "Tbo Inauguration of
Cleveland."
We want every man, north or eoutb,
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“INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN,"
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live names one year.
Tbe cheapest and best paper in America.
Ha bowls like a man wbo was bowling for
meat. HU to a wail that comes from 'the
bowels rather than tbe heart. The truth to
Mr. Clarkson is a political bully. He bos
lorded it over better republicans than him
telf in Iowa ao long that be began to think
be owned tbejeountry as well as tbe party.
By bto stubborn mismanagement be baa ao
weakened repnbllcantom in Iowa that be felt
desperate need of tbe rich patronage Mr.
Blaine bad promised him. And now tbto to
gone, and Mr. Clarkaon to aick.
We have tbe beat reaaona for knowing that
tbto ill-natured and disappointed blusterer
doea not represent tbe true republicans of
Iowa. It waa disgust with juat such narrow
and venomous men aa Clarkson that drove
thousands of republicans from tbe pirty and
defeated Mr. Blaine. We have before ua now
a letter from Fairfield, In bto state, In which
tbe writer, wbo baa never voted anything
but tbe republican ticket, says: "Tbe re
spectable republicans of tbe northwest are
heartily ashamed of bto conduct," and an
other from a republican iu Winteraet, in
bis slate, saying "Wa are tired of his efforts
to continually stir up hatred between the
sections.” Tbe day of bigots like Clarkson
to over. When the republican party arrays
itself for the next campaign it will be found
that such aa he have been sent to the rear.
If Ibey are not, the party will be foredoomed
to defeat.
"The Stormy Days of ’6i"—set
forth in the story of "Lincoln’s In
auguration” next week—Subscribe
once.
GOING OVER THS WAR.
The past month has been prolific in discus
•ions of the war and its conduct on the con
federate tide. From General Shermau'
speech on Davis to Grant's paper on Sbiiob,
there has been constant firing all along tbe
line.
Three tilings appear to have been settled
by this discussion.
First, that General bee saw tbe hopeless
nets of tbe fight be was making long before
be was in honor permitted to sheathe bto
sword. Moved to prevent the useless sacri
fice of brave men, be urged on Mr. Davis tbe
importance of encouraging tbe peace senti
ment in tbe north, end of ending the straggle
whenever he could get honorable terms,
Second, that tbe opposition lo tbo policy
of President Davis, on tbe part of tbe gover
nors of tbe states, was much stronger than
has been generally thought. It transpires
that Governor Vance formally threatened tho
confederate secretary of war to call on the
North Carolina troops to resist whst he be
lieved lo be unconstitutional action of tbo
government on Carolina soil—and that a
meeting of the governors of the acceding
states to formulate some concerted opposition
to tbe policy of the president, was actually
agreed on.
Third, that Shiloh, one of tbe decisive bat
tles of tbe war, was lost when Albert Sidney
Johnson fell—that Grant would have been
routed bad Jolinton lived to have pushed to
ils conclusion tbe victory be bad won.
Fourth, that tbe war is over, anil tbs smoke
of tattle lifted forever from tbis fair conti
nent—and that the soldiers wbo fought tbe
war quit flghtlfig when the war woe over, aud
watch now with little patience the poll Uciens
groping among tbe embers with the hope of
stirring Ibcm into Him* once more.
THE O.WiniKOF KilallTOL’U.
HOWLING FOR MEAT.
Mr. Clarkson, of the Iowa Htate Register,
grows worse and worse. It wss thought he bad
n ached tbe deepest depths of malignity when
be (landeron.-ly said a northern mao could
not come south in safety,and tor that reason
advised bto father not to attend the Farm
ers' convention in New Orleans, though bo
was vice-president of the society.
Mr. Clarkaon now sayt, "The rebels should
have been bung at tbe close of tbe war,"and to
"show Tub Constitutiok of wbat tbe people
of Iowa think of its people," he repriuts a
atory ol the horrors of Andersonville prison
written by ex-Governor Cue. As to Andrr-
•onvillf, that was bad enough. No prison of
war can.be leas than bad. With her ports
closed and medicines mads contraband of
war, with neither means or opportunity for
tutting hospitals, tbe south could not nuke
her prisons such a- she would here desired.
With her prisons Illy built, set In the mMit
of a vast negro population, with almost every
able-bodied men at the front,and the Jefenu
letehomfsof women and children at the mer
cy of any Inturrectionorcoumotiou, the lavs
of the southern prisons were of necessity
strict and rigid. Htill with these disadvan
tage* to contend against, we challenge com-
parisonofthe deatb-rateof tbe war-prisons
of the south with those of the north. It waa
by Irrefutable statistics, winged with eloquent
spetcb, that tbe late Senator Hill forever
cloud the mouth o( Mr. Clarksuu's late
candidate for the presidency on tbe eub-
ject of Andersonville, and proved beyond
question that the eoutb, with her piti
ful resources and her pressing dangers, was
as humane and as merciful with her prisou-
era es was the north, with the world at her
command. But why should this discussiou
be revised? War la cruel at best, and tbe
man who tsiTokei its cruelty, after twenty
summers base mad* green the gram of iu
Lrroer, to embitter ire survivors, is neither
brave ner patriotic.
It to plain tbit Mr. Clarkaon ia in-ins lia
ble. The conclusion forces itaelf that he is
irgrelUng patronage more than party, and
that it ia a loat cabinet place more than a
lest principle, that movta his virtuous so oh
Graphic Oriental Picture by a Gifted 911*
iiuarl Word Painter.
Mnjor Edward* In Jefferson City Tribuno.
Hot* dusty, stripped to tbo waist, panting for
breath, Uo the armlet of El Muhdl in tbo Nubian
divert. Just across tho border la Khartoum, a
snored city of tho plain*. On lta white walla and
brilliant mlnorcta have beaten the Incessant
ahino of age* and tho aand atoms of tho Soudan.
With lta faco upturned to tho broad blue
sky; with its turrets and prayers, Its Iron
ical pan-Ion and its grand gardens of tho gods,
Khartoum sleeps tho sleep of peace. Inside it*
walls the English soldiery tramp tho narrow
streets aud cry out tbo night watch of tbo guards
that relieve each other. Here aud there tbo rus*
tie of a gown; now aud then the glimpdo o( a
hooded woman, disappearing In the shadows of
the pom ©gran natrs-nt her heel* the clinging
spun and ribald Jett ol an Kni(U*h cavalryman
When tie moon rises, It* silvery beams play upon
the spires of tbo government house aud whiten
anew tbe grey ola walls of tho palace. Just hick
of the gsreous and wftbln sight of the cooling wa
ters of tho Nile rest the soldier* of Gordon.
Midnight comes. The dog* of tho orient coato
their baying at the ball of silser that bangs low
down In the purple sky. Trcre Is alienee In the
Nubian desert-a holy hush In thcBoudan. From
■cro*a tho plains the night wind* cornu to stir tho
tbo ncracla and waft fre*h perfuni
“if Palm
Kinks to rest aud God tel
Suddenly, silently, aa a thief In tbo night, an
Kgyptlsn soldier tprir.g& up among tho tangled
underhrash outside the c!tjr«**»**• Annth«F«mi
another. Thou a company.
‘cFcrttnaml mutineer* ml.
_jnds to the tireless armies of £1 Hat
When the sunrises there is carnage in Khar
toum. Its ancient streets run red with the blood
of British gentility and’of Egyptian slavery. In
ono common heap aro piled tbe dead bodies of
the Turk, tbs Jew. the Njrian. tbe Copt and the
Kcgllshman, while the koMlers of tho raise proph
et (tap the low walls, aud the armies of El MahJl
arc triumphant.
Where ts "Chinese" Gordon? The talebearers
of the desert found no trace of him when tbe day
wa* ended. The hold pfcoucl* of the pre*i left
him where they lo>t him when the gate* of Khar
tmira clewed alter his army twelve months before.
Whctbtr ho died at hi* post, powder grimed and
savagely only the false pror het cau tell Whether,
in chains and In slavery, ho answers tho ready
)a»b of the Mohammedan Godouly knows.
Thu* (tended!
Away toward the northward there is
hurrying to and fro in Downing street. With war
dispatches clutched In his nervous finger*, the
fraud old minlsUrof England hasten4 to asiembie
hi* coadjutors. There arc walls of agony and
lsmcutailons of great sorrow sweeping over lbs
heather and across tbe downs into tho very oar of
the government, thewart t« in the heart of Egypt,
ktaudirg like tho fated Sphinx that mu>t have
’ ihod where It stood. Tbe policy of namby*
Pania«u«, perhaps.
W bat wa* It all about?
Gladstone thought once he knew. Since then
ho bos forgotten. Ily this time the world kuovi,
and II England flnda her friend* giving sympatiy
toanigniflcent race of fanati-'s wqo stake 1 all In
defense ol their own home* aud tbelr own gov*
tbe Crescent and the Cross, bat rhrT*tlari*ty In
t hairs and Mohammedanism on tho free rand* of
Nnbla are Insoluble The iron bund of Kagland
grasp* It* glittering scepter of tyrrany and op*
I rtssion, but the bare arm of the A solan free*
n an, the brave Wear* of tbe EgyptUu slave, defy
alike tbe scepter of Kughmd and the blessing* of
a silfy o’d n an fu Down fug stroet.
W here else eouM American sympathy go but to
thecampof E: Mabdl?
Cold Weather in Manitoba.
A correspondent from Manitoba writes fuel*
dents of westber which explain what cold really
means. With the thermom* ter 54 degrees below
the air Uso wonderfully dear aud dry that
It doea not»« m half so cold as ft really*!*, but the
-cla are rvlialV proofs of the temperature. It
ivityrcmraonsishttosee people partly fro*
, bat uulftsthey srotnemsxivvs ia a giau, or
t to told of the but, the* ate in t conscious of being
lru> n Otcasiocally the part irnc^n will snap o:S,
ard kiltie*'and pouit*' ears ofun break o£. Mas-
taw two feet ab*ve the stove will f*e>/c. Water
ponrvd from a boiler into a pail and taken at ouew
to the stable will freqa-oily be thickly coated
with fee. which Boat be broken ufore the cattle
idling.
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX.
Answers to tho Curious and tho Inqulr*
in«.
fin this department w© give brief and pertinent
ar swers to such questions a* our readers may de
sire to ask—provided the questions are of Kpeclal
or general Interest. Answers may delayed for a
weex.1
fiubscriber, Griffin. Ga.: Do the Chiuese all
epcak the some language?
The languagt of the Chinerc may be said to be
one in that they have only a single written Ua*
guage, and yet this aa spoken U divided into many
dialects. Their written langusge is hieroglyphic,
not phonetic. There is an arbitrary sign lor every
worn, and there are many attempts at plcturiug
words. There are over 40,000 signs. It Is the strain
of mind required on tbe part of the youth of China
to learn a working number of these hieroglyphics
that dtvt-lop*, Balnbridge says, such precocious
memories. He lays that he has seen Chinese chti-
As nearly four yean have passed since the last
census wss taken, it is plain that the returns then
made will not represent the populations at the
present time.Tbe registrar-general gives the newly
estimated populations In his current weekly re
turn. In the case of London it may bo added,
going further back, that the population in 1851
was 2,362,286; In 1861 it waa 2,803,009; In 1871 the
number rose to 3.2W.2C0, while the last census
gave 3,816.483; and now It is estimated that the
population Is 4,083,928. London, os defined by the
registrar-general, includes 19 poor law unions or
districts and extends from Hampstead to Norwood
Sntscriber, Forsyth, Ga.: 1. Has the negro race
ever formed or maintained a civilized govern
ment? 2. What portion of the world did the
negro first Inhabit? 3. Has there ever been a sect
or government of white people that classed or
equalized themselves with the negro? 4. Has tho
groeverbeenk ‘ ‘ *“* *
_ note? 5. Who ft
trade on this continent?
1. No. 2. Probably Africa. 3. No. 4. No. 5.
The Dutch, under the sanction of the British gov
ernment, first brought negro slaves into the North
American colonics. Slaves were imported by the
Spaniards into Mexico much curlier.
G. W. 8„ Forsyth, Ga.: How old are the leading
London newspapers?
The Morning Post, 113 years; Times. 100:, Morn
ing Advertiser, 90: Dully News, 39; Daily Chronicle,
30; tbe Standard aud the Tclayrapb, each about 23.
W. J. It. Oxford, Ga.: Where can I get tho last
platform of the democratic party? I wish to at*
ceitaln the position of tbe party with regard to
the whisky question.
You will find it In any almanac issued by the
New York and Philadelphia dailies. The platform
takes a decided stand against sumptuary laws.
and havo the rates been reduced?
2. Who reigned In England before Queen
Victoria? 8. W ho were her ancestors, and hu* she
any brothers and sisters? 4. Has slavery been
abolished iu Cuba? G. Is there auy probability of
the exposition cloning now and reonculng in the
fall? C. Where c«n 1 get a manual of Texas?
1. Write to n railroad ticket ageut in Atlanta.
2. William IV. 3 The duko of Kent and Victoria,
daughter of tbe duke of 8axe Coburg Haaelrteld.
No, 4. Yes. 5. No. 6. Order from any Atlanta
bookstore.
W. McH., Romo. Ga.: 1. Ia a man, who was
born in Georgia, of parent* of African descent,
and never t>eforo the court* for crime, a citizen of
tho United Mates when ho arrives at the ago of
twenty-one? 2. II so, what right* has he that the
Incoming administration will affect?
I. He is a citizen of Georgia until he removes
elsewhere. 2. His rights under the law will bo
perfectly recare. The new administration will
protect the rights of all.
J. B. H., Crawfish Spring, Ga.: Why Is it that there
is so much difference in thermometers of the same
make aud from tbe aame factory ia denoting tho
1 be variations ore caused by tbe irregularities of
the tube*. They me frequeutly Imperfect. All
cheap thermometer* vary more or less. At some
point the tube may be too large and when tho mor-
ctiry rises to that point it ii depressed too much,
Tho tubes have to be aeasoned. This requires a
year or two. The best thermometers are made in
London. At Harvard university there is a place
for testing thermometers. A certificate Is given
with each one examined.
waru ns* uccu oucrcu lor iuc iu4*ssmmmuu ui $uu
prince of Wales?
Yu. O’Donovsn Rosra’s paper prints a procla
mation from tho Irish revolutionists offering $10,-
J. T. R., Milieu, Ga.: What is tho respective pop
ulation of England aud Russia including their
powetslons?
Tho total population of the Russian emplr» is
given in tbo "Hutcsman’s Year iisok" for IKS J at
98,297.407. 'I hi* is not tho result of an actual cen
sus of the whole empire, hut of such data as make
it reasonably accurate. The same authority puts
Kuraian empire.
Oracle, Atlanta, Ga.: 1. Please give me tho
naimHof tbe most celebrated federal* and their
places of residence? 2. Why do you not answer
all the questions sent to Tun Constitution?
1. l T . 8. Grant, New York; W. T. Sherman. St.
Louis: 1\ II. Sheridan, Washington, D. C.; W. 8.
Hnnccck, Governor’s Island, N Y. 2. Soincquct-
lions could not be answered without giving away
a quai titv of advertising that would bo unjust to
our regular advertisers. Other refers to purely
rulvute matters of no Interest to the public.
J.B., Athens, Teun.: What is tho strength of
tie British atiny?
England's re gular force is about 190,000 men,
. id nearly half of them are required for serrlca
In India and the colonies, while Ireland tikes the
great* r part of tbe remainder, and when deduc
tions for garrisons, schools of instruction and non-
eCcclivts have been made, no mote ttuu 20,000
men arc available for service abroad, it is said.
The reserves swell tho fighting power of England
to 550,CO)mm, cr somewhat more, hut the militia
yeomanry aud volunteers cannot be called out ex
cel t upon tbe declaration ol a Eurpcan war or to
rtptl au invasion.
Good Templar, Dalton, Ga : I occasionally sco
twsparer rtatements implying that prohibition
is rot enforced in Maine. Wbat are tho facts?
From official sources we gather tho tollonlag
statistics: Theoretically Maine has no place where
liquor Is sold except thu c<ty and state agencies,
which are provided for under the statutes. But
la*t year the Ur Red 8t«tca sold 1,016 stamps to re
tail liquor-dealers, so that, not counting now any
others, thee were at least 1,013 places whore liquor
his been openly fold. Of the sixteen counties ia
Maine, if we select tho four containing tho
Irnrest cities, wc find the aforesaid stamps divided
as follows: Cumberland county, in which is Port
land, bought 258; Penobscot, !u which Bangor is
Irested. comes next, and her dealer* purchased
1>9; Ktnnefete, which includes Augusta, took W,
and Androscoggin, the county which includes
Lt wiston, paid for 92 of the stamps. All the other
counties arcmdlted with baviug liquor denier*
w ho 1-ought some of the stamps, even agricultural
A UK-stock bavibg 19. All observers here
jt(-w that this by no means iu*
eludes ell the number of liquor dealers, as Dingo
lone. In I’cnol>.cot county, nas some two hundred
where liquor ts sold. But to routine our-
l ives stricil) to statistics. The number of com
mittal* to j*ils for drunkenness iu the state in lhhl
i» or e thousand three hundred and sixteen. Of
ire. rumtxrhnd county made three hundred
d elubty-six. Penobarot one hundred and sixty
rcn. Keunthec two hundred aud eighty. An
d rot cot gin one hundred aud seven, and Waldo tivo
hundred sod thirty-four. Looking over thecotu*
n Iltals to jails for drunketiucm. and using the
nsusrdPtO as a basis ot population, Waldo
nnty had < nc to every out* hun tre-i and thirty-
eight of the population: Keuuebec had one to
every one hundred aud eighty-ntne;
cu ml cr land, in which Is Portland, the
home of Neal Dow, l to 223; Androsoggil 1 to
42i», and Penobscot I to4J2 Of the four counties
before mentioned, contain ng the four largest
* itiea. Penobscot made the fewcat committals in
. roportlon to its reputation, and Kenuebec the
most Bangor is in Fenob*cot county, and the
prohibitory Isw has not been enforced in this city.
The kentiment, however, U*troag again** drank*
“• aud arrests have beta made strictly for
ffci se. P« >!•!« * the nmuicipol law ha* been
strict y enforced which require* ad tippling plarea
to to wkstd on Sundays, and At 10 p. in. ou week
me, where and when?
M*ud 8. made the fastest trotting mile at Lex*
Itgion Kv., last November, the time being 2 09'X
The fastest running mile wa* made hy Ten Brocck.
hk ago, October 3, lvri.
eld cc-rrmi
rvvofthe
33? 2. Wbat relation w»* ho to the Senator
Wa«*c Hatnrton from eoutb Carolina at iBU time?
X. rau;h Carolina. 2. Grandfather.
H. L. CL. An» iaton, AUt: 1. Please inform m«
jauamn aim Mississippi, or cuucri
1. You wlU find it la aifriend’s Uleol Jefferson
Paris. It briefly maintains tbe right of a state,
being sovereign, to secede from tbe union, where
its constitutional rights arc disregarded by other
states in the uuiou. 2. Yes. The original terri
tory of Georgia extended westward to the Pacific*
A. H. B., D’Arbonnena.: 1. Did an Atlanta
man accomplish the feat of eating thirty birds in
thirty consecutive days? 2. Was it for a wager?
3. Please uivc the particulars. What makes the
task so difficult?
1. Yea. 2. Yea. 8. The trouble is that after a
few days the birds become nauseatlng.catuiug, to
use the language of the editor of the Augusta.
Chronicle, "a gentlemanly stomach to revolt,"
B. W.. Atlanta, Ga.:~Is the treasurer of tho
United StPtes elected or appointed? 2. If elected,
how? 3. If appointed, by whom? 4. How long
docs he hold the office? = w •
1. He is appointed by the president Bid con
firmed by the senate. 4. Four yean is the term.
J.C.H., Oxford, Ala.: Why has Rhode Island
two capitals?
Two colonics, Rhode Island and Providcnco
Plantations, were united to form the present
state. As neither colony was willing to glveun
its capital the two were retained. Tne legislature
docs not sit long at Newport, but transact most
of its bnsineni in Providence.
DAVID DICKSON DEAD.
The Story of His XJfo—Making Money ont
ot the Ground.
HrAKTA, February 18.—ISpecial.]—Mr. David
Dickson, long the most prominent farmer in Geor
gia, died very unexpectedly this morning at half
past eleven o'clock. He was attended by a physi
cian, [however. His death was caused, it is sup
posed, by apoplexy. He leaves a fortune of nearly
half a million dollars. It Is not known yet, but if
thought that he bos made a will.
Mr. Dickson waa raised on a form, and
while quite young was a close ob
server, and discovered what he considered were
fatal errors on the part of farmers. He had a great
love for agricultural pursuits. At twenty-ono
years of age he started with 81,200. In the fourteen
succeeding years he cleared by merchandlring and
trading 825,000. In 1845 he Invested all his means
In lands, negroes, stock and agricultural tools. He
purchased 2CC acres of laud in Hancock county,
for which he paid from fifty ccuts to
two dollars an acre, no was wonderfully suc
cessful as a farmer, and lands about him increased
greatly in value. He made money rapidly until
lie owned an Immense tract of land, and at the
opening of tho war he was worth tho princely
fortune of half a million dollars, every cent of
which was made on his plantation. During tho
w&r he delivered to the confederate government
400 bales of cotton, taking his pay In bonds, which
were never paid. After the first year of
the war ho planted no cotion, but raised provis
ions for the army, for most of which he received
no pay, not even iu confederate money. He own
ed 250 select negroes, who were worth &0 per cent
more than the aversgo. General Sherman burned
4C0 bales of cotton for him, and took all his stock
and a large amount of provisions. His profits
under the new system of labor
were smaller, but he hot made money every year.
His plantation embraces thirty thousand acres
and is well stocked. Ho has been farming on the
tenant system lor some yc.t rs on account of the
uncertainty of other labor. In addition to hie
plantation he owned a considerable amount of
railroad stocks and other property. Had It not
been for the war he conld easily have amassed a
property of a million dollars. He always lived
well and entertained a great many friend*. Mr.
Dickson was the author of a small volumo recently
issued, called "Dickson's 8jstem of Farming; or,
how to Form Successfully." His death occasions
general regret
Sparta, February 21.—fSpecial.}—The funeral of
Mr. David Dickson took place yesterday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. He was buried in the garden of Ufa)
own home. The coffin was of unpalntod pine,
made at ono of the shops here in Sparta, ami was
covered with common whito alpaca. Thc*corpao
was dressed In an elegaut suit of black broad
cloth and black silk velvet, but wore no shoes*
Tho feet of the deceased were crossed, his right
ann lay at his side, his baud clenched with the
exception of the index finger, which pointed to
wards his feet, tho left hand lay on his breast and
held a beautiful pocket handkerchief, and iu the
right pocket of his pants was a pocket kulfe. a
pockct-comb and a toothpick. The*o details about
bis burial were arranged by Mr. Dickson years
ago, and were communicated to his nephew, Mr.
JcffWortbcn. that they mlsht bo observed. Tho
Mineral was largely attended by both white per-
and negroes, and tho services were conducted
Our Sewing Machine.
Wc are just beginning to hear from onr sewing
machine. Those who ordered machines are
receiving them. Wo give their opinions os th o
come:
Mr. Andrew J. Hay, Sovcn Islands, Gs., writes:
"Sewing machine come O. K. My wife is delight
ed with it. Hhe says Hit it in any respect Inferior to
945 and 950 machines she cannot discover It."
Mr. —, of Marion. Ala., writes: "Machine
arrived safe and we are delighted with it."
It is pleasant to get these letters. But they tell
ns nothing new. Wc studied the sltuatton tbor-
oroughly, and we knew that our machine was In
every respect equal to a machine sold for9U> or $50,
If wc did not know this we would not offer them
to our readers.
-Study the machinery of a big sewing mschino .
company. There arc stockholders, presidents,
book-keepers, agents, horses, wagons, rents, divi
dends, advertising expenses,comm<ssiont-all this
to pay out of the profits on ms chines after It leaves
the factory. We simply offer to take your money,
send lt to the factor}-, have your machine shipped
without a cent’s cost or commission. We do this
because ycu are a subscriber to our paper. If yon
want to contluue paying |45 for what wo offer for
118, with tbe paper thrown In, wc have done oar
duty In offering yon a chance.
A Card from W. C. Neff * Co.
Atlanta, Go., February 21.—To Our Friends:
It gives us pleasure to receive such testimonials as
we publish below. We might fill a column with
such letters, but two will suffice for our present
purpose:
Silver Creek, Ga., February 16th, 1885.-Yr. W.
C. M11 & Co. Dear Sir:—1 received the sample of
your Lightning Soap. My wife hof given lt a trial
•ml ia delighted with it. Keep it up to the present
standard ot excellence and you will coon haves
monopoly of the soap trade, or revolutionize tho
soap-making of the couutry.
Very Truly Yours.
.. Do. O. T. Dozier.
We ran assure Dr. Dozier end^the public gener
ally that we will keep our soap up to the present
ttandard. We teatedour lightning soap thorough
ly before wc offered a poun t for sale. We know
tl at wc have tbe best reap made In America. That
it will save 60 per cent of soap and 90 per cent of
labor in washing. There is with our soap no rub
bing and scrubbing; no wear and tear of clothes.
Wc »Uo present a lample of one among the
many letters we are In receipt of from merchants
indorsing our soap:
Near I.aGbanob, February 12.1885.—Mr. W. C.
Neff—Dear Sir: I received the sample of your
Lightning Soap some time since, which, 1 am glad
to say. proved all you repr« vailed it to be. I am
so well pleased with it 11hah begin tbe sale soon*
Yours truly. C. W. Smitu.
It Is gratifying tom to receive such letters In-
doreica all we claim for our soap. While we knew
that a fair trial could net bring forth anything but
tbe fullest indorsement of our Lightning Soap,
■til! it ts tratifying to be told by Mr. 8mUh and
ethers that all the representation! that we havt
made to tbe pnblic arc fouud to be correct, after
beieg toted.
Onrsa'vs for tbe past week have doabled. On
ycstcrdaxlMr. F E Block sold thirty-two boxes of
8o#p will be sure to bur another. Every grocer
end cost* ro mo:
now in job lots from any wbolcmle grocer ia At
lanta, and ia small kxa from any retail grocer in
Atlanta. Respectfully.
W.C.ROFACO.