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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MAY 20 1885.
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"HOW TO PROGRESS"
Vo printed tbe other day an extract Irom
the Augusta Chronicle giving tho reaaon»
why Aliania had made inch remarkable pro.
gnao during tha last few yean. Thil extract
weavery Interesting, for the reason* that the
Chronicle gave were Intended to be in tho
natora ol an apology for the apparent abort-
comings of Augusts In this rmpect. A very
high tribute was paid to the climate of At-
onto—to tha tonic properties of Atlanta air
—and It was suggested that If Angoota poa
■erred there desirable dements the result
would be activity instead ot inertia.
Tnx Conavivimon bad Intended to make
■one common la on tbe intereitlngatatoments
of the Chronicle, but tbe matter waa deterred.
It was drferred too long; for, In a later lmue
of our ernfetnporory, wa find some of the
luggeallone which It waa our purpose to
make In regard to tbe climatic condiUoni
and position which tha Cbronlola seemed to
consider io Important. It was our purpose
10 show that there was aometblog more in
AUanta't progress and development than
climate and position, and the results of there
but all Ibio lo freely admitted by tbe Chron
icle In a second and more elaborate artlolo
entitled "Ilow to 1’rogrtas.”
Onr Angcstan contemporary takes as its
Uxt tome remorkoof tha Columbus Enquirer
to the effect that Columbus own its success
entirely to tbe cooperation and enterprise
of ill Individual citizenship. Tbe Chronicle
endorsee this, bnt to still disposed to believe
that Ibo “manifest natural benefactions of
Atlanta ere tha alimnlating factors of htr
very existence.” Undoubtedly our Anguelau
contr mporary leys too much atrees on these
natural advantages and too Jlttlo on tbe *y»-
11 ru of ro-operetlve citizenship alluded to by
the Columbus Enquirer.
Certainly tlie natural advantage* ot At
lanta ora very groat, but they are not greeter
Iban those ot other communities we could
name that arc far behind Atlanta In progress
and development. Tbe secret ol progresi—a
very open eecret, too—Is the utilization of
natural advantages and tho development ot
advantages that may bo termed artitlotal.
Tbe position ot Atlanta le simply wbat Its
people bovo made II. It baa a Duo climate
end a tonic atmosphere, but Ibooo things
will not account for tbe aggressive enterprise
end energy ot Its clt'zen*. Cooperation
baa lieen tbo rale from the start.
The only acrloua discussion ono
io likely to hear among aur people le lo re-
gerd lo tbe qnestlon, whet li best for Atlan
ta? That point once eettled, tbe whole com
munity movra re one man nntll tbe move-
mrnt le made auecestful.
In fine, there le not an clamant In Atlan
ta'! progress that cannot be traced lo tho
energy end euterprleo of AttanU’e citizens—
not o feature ot Ho development that la not
the mult of tho active oo-operaUon of It*
people.
THE WHISKY RIND AGAIN.
The outrageous decision ol Hoc rotary Mc
Cullough, which gave to a ring ot whteky
■peculators the right to ure (or seven months
without Interest several millions of dollar, o!
tbe people’e money that ought to have been
paid Into tbe treasury, will be void to July,
when ti e period ot reven months will ex
pire.
Aa a consequence, we ere told that the
wlrnky Itng la about lo til down again In the
anxlouaaeat. The speculators that compare
It era becoming aoxlooe, and are already en
gaged In arranging plana lo capture the
president and Htcralary Manning. The ques
tion le, wbat dose the new administration
propose to do about it? There are not two
oplnlona among hooeat men re to what tbe
edmlnletratlon ought to do, but the aotlon of
Bicrelery Manning in permitting MoCut
lougb’e Infamous decision to stand, has at
I,ait pieced the question In doubt.
Tor cur peit, we could wleh that tbe mat
ter might be brought up before Secretary
Manning to morrow. It le in aoma rrepecta
a teat qurslion, and tbe attitude ot the ad-
mlnlatratlon In regard to It will go far to
ward demonstrating whether the admlntetre-
tlon le lo be a succeis or not—that ,ta to aay,
wbelbrr public affairs are to bo conduoted In
Ibe Intemta of tbe people or lu tbo Interests
of such rings and cabals m may ba able, by
means ot their resource,, to bring to boar In-
Unmeet that cannot be foreseen by honest
people.
Tho history of Ibis who)* whisky ring
bnslnm Is Infamous. Tbe decision ot Store-
tary McCullough, poitponlog tha collection
tf tho wblrky tax for reven months, eras an
outrage. It besau resumption on the part
of a republican cabinet ollloer of tha porrors
of legla'atloD of congrem, and II tbe demo
crats in tbe bouse bad bran as true to the In-
tenttaol their, constituents as they are to
their own, they would have made some eort
of protest against It. But nothing was
dot e. IVben the new administration came
Into power it wu generally understood that
Trill dent Cleveland was opposed to the pro-
tetelocs of the whleky speculator*, and hon-
lit men congratulated themrelrre on the foot
thee* men who had been for ao long fattening
on republican sympathise would bsplaoad In
the tame category a* other oltliens who are-
compellcd to pay their texee to the govern
ment when the taxes are due, uo matter
whet tbe couHqnenc.e.
W# do not bteilala to aay, however, that
botest tutu have been disappointed In this
natter. Ho ferae they can aee, than baa
lieu nothing to »how that Secretary Man-'
nft g Is net as eotlvs a friend of tha whleky
ring as McCullough himself. Certainly h*
ba* utvrr revoked McCullough's Infamous
decision, and this fact seams to ehow that he
leeot even* to alienating targe sums ot
mem r Irom tbe treasury to further the In-
tereit of privet* epecutaton. It may b*
•aid, tbenfore, that tbe attitude ot secretary
Meaning is not hopeful—and though we
regret to ny It, the truth must ba told.
W* believe, however, that tha people mey
depend on the strong common sense ot
rreeldeut Cleveland to compel this ring ot
whleky speculators to diegorg* the millions
ol dollars ol tha people'* money that they
have had the ure of w long, eontrary to the
will ot ooxsKtm, contrary to tha taw, and
contrary to tvory suggestion of bonrety and
dec* ncy. Tha president hat not tailed yet to
do tbarirht thing, and It ti not likely that
b* will fall now. Thoouecaao ot his admin
istration wit! not depend on either tha oom-
plalntacrtb* applause ot ofiloa-srekera, but
on tbe proper adminiatraUoa of public at
tain In tha in Israel at the prop's.
It Is nld that the whisky rieg propaei to
ark a further axutsioa until tbe meeting ol
ectgnrt W* do not know what reply Sic-
ratary Manntog proposes to make to this re-
cunt, but it ba to linear*!/ interested in the
eucetas ot Mr. Cleveland's administration
be can afford to meka but one reply. He
can Inform the speculators that he cannot
legislate on matters over which congn
alone bee control. Be can Inform them that
even it be bad tbe right to legislate, ha
no right to alienate the publlo revenues in
favor of a clan of tax-payers. When ho has
told them this, he can meet the jut and
natural expectations of the country by
demanding tbe Immediate payment of tho
wbtaky taxes over due.
It to said that when congress meets the
whisky ring will ask that body for a throe
year’! extension—that Is to sey, tho whisky
speculators will aak congress for tho free are
of thirty or forty millions ot the people's
money for three years. There Is not the
■lightest hope of securing inch an extenston,or
even a weeks extension, and the speculators
know Ik There only bope to In tlekerlng
with Mr. Cleveland's administration, and
those who, like Tux Cosstitcvio!*, have
serious and an absorbing Interest In the *uc-
cresr.f that administration, rest In the hope
that the whisky ringsters and speculatore will
be given to nnders'end that they have no
more righto then other tax-pay tie.
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN NSOROES
A correspondent of tbe New York Journal
of Commerce discusses “tbe oolored man
tbe south and at tbe north" with exceptional
Intelligence and fairness. Among tbe south-
era negroes he ■*}■ that b* found a barbaric
element. Tbta element hu been modified,
but (be modification complicated tbe race
problem. After the teacher or missionary
reaches a certain point in hie work of civ
ilizing the negrote ho is appalled
et the discovery of the underlying! barbar
ism. Among (here people religion and im
morality are not considered inconsistent,
lteligion with Ibe negroes is simply emo
tional. Christianity la only nominal; tbe
substance dose not exist, end the form of
worehlp products no more effect upon char
acter than fetlcblsm. The men end women
who ere most enthusiastic at the prayer
meetings lead openly immoral lives. This
condition Is bartarlc.
Hucb a elate ol things this correspondent
chime to hove found all along the llnre ot
travel in tbe south. In bla judgment no im
provement will result from rending northern
teechere and preachers to this semi-barbar
ous people. The southern whites under-
•tend the situation, and know bow to go to
work In the right direction. In their hands
money for the education of the negroes will
be rightly end wisely applied. In any other
bande it will be wealed.
Bnt while there is a vociferous clamor for
tbe elevation ot tbe eoutbern negro, thto ob
servant traveler has remarked that the
northern negro has been left lo sink or swim,
Tbe northern negroes are increasing every
year, but nobody thinke ot doing anything
for them. If they worship in u shabby
church or stagger under a load ol debt they
aro left to work out of tbelr trouble without
insistence. They ere neglected and despised,
They ere not treatid any more kindly by
northern men than negroes south are treated
by eoutbern men. It tha phltantnropists of
tbo nqrth really care for the negro why
not begin their work of charity at home?
They spend millions to elevate and educate
the southern negro; why not (pend a little
on the tegro In their mldatV In conclusion
this non-gaiUian end non-secUonel observer
problem will solve Itsell
ceitaln that just now, II northern peopledcslro to
haves bau4 In the solution, It becomes them to
louk efter the vast and Increasing colored popula
tion ol the north. It would be about os scaathto
lor the southern people to send southern mission
aries up to the northern blacks and neglect their
own poptdatfnti. as ft la for us to spend our time
and words lu talking about tbe status ol the nesro
In Ibe south while we pay no attcutlon to his low
poaltlou in Iboeorth. The problem Is northern
as well as inutbrrn. The subject Is vaitand deep.
) have but touched here and there the surface;
and this later la already long.
It will be seen that the Journal ot Com
merce correspondent doe* not pretend to
aolve the raco problem. Be admits that it
Is “vest and deep.” Be reye the result is
“beyoed the power of prophecy.” There le
encouragement In thto. When renalble
traveler* who ere neither bobemtons nor
ollenelve parllsecs talk In thla manner It
ceuice palriotlo people to observe clooely and
think profoundly. Out ol tbta observation
and thought may come the solution ol the
race problem.
THB WOODS OF TUB UNITED STATES
Forestry le looking up. The opening ol
tbe Morris K. Jeaup collection to New York
city will lead many to slu Jr our forests that
have never studied Item before. The rich-
ncre ol American foreeta to, in fact, the won
der of the world. Then era 113 well marked
end known tree spectre in thto country, and
how many more remain to be discovered no
one can foretell. A new gprnct has been die-
covered sine* tbsoemu* ltot was male. Ol
the 413 epccles, 330 ere on exhibition In N«w
York, ihowlng In each cere polished longi
tudinal, cross and beveled eec'lons—the
whole being arranged according to their bo
tenlcel affinities, from tbe megoollu to the
palmeend yuccas. The mining epeeles will
to supplied as logs cin be found end pre
pend lor exhibition. Heme of them will
not, however, be found at ell In their native
(bleats 4for example, the Oordonta pnbeecans,
which had a century ego a place In the woods
of this state. ThtchiUam-goodol Alabama
to another almost extinct specie. The Jeaup
collection aa It itamli to, however, one of re
markable completeness, and the vielior In
New York can vary profitably epsnd a day in
the American museum ot natural history,
among tha woods ot his own conntry.
About tho time tha Jeaup ooUectlon was
opened the department of agriculture ireuwl
a volume oo forestry. Thto volume cooU-ua
a paper from the pen of Mr. F. P. Baker oa
southern foreeta. Be declare* at the outset
that the south to tha land ot forests. It con
tain! every tree that groan north ot the Ohio,
and many more besides. Be speaks at
length ot the long leaved pint of eoutharn
forests, end he to not Inclined to agree with
Dr. Mohr in the belie! that tha pint foreeta
ot the gait alette will last onthundnJ years.
Mr. Dakar la inclined to think Ut* tong leaved
pin* will be eat down and its place taken by
short leaved pin* and the loblolly or old field
pin* In much lere than one hundred year*.
Fortunately the second growth appears on
land which to good far little elW, and there
will b* llttla occasion tor It* destraflon.
Further on in the volum* baton isles
paper horn Mr. Biker oa tha lamb read
wcod trade of Georgia. Ha receive I ropsrta
Inn 111 taw mills and lltahingl* mills -utha
state. The** mills manufactured 271,092,000
feel la less, as agalcel 21!),ra7,000(«*tln 1382,
Nearly all lb* replies declare that opossum
and cocn hnntlng end the turpentine busi
ness ere the chief causes of destructive fire*—
fires that are fast destroying the beet timber
to the state, Many ol tbe correspondents
urgeadtoconliauaneeo! turpentine mtking,
and tbe pauage ol gtringent taws against the
burning of forest*. In tho report* received
by Mr. Baker there to evidence of an Irre
pressible conflict between tbe lumbermen
and tbe “lorpentinera.”
NEW UOHT ON A DARK SUBJECT.
There to at present inch a deluge ot articles
on tbe negro problem that the problem
would now spring into existence If It did not
already extot. There seems to be among
many writer! and politicians an overwhelm
ing demand (or a problem with a big F, and
anything tending to nipply tbe long felt want
will be eagerly welcomed.
Within the pest year or so Professor Gil
liam, in tbe Fopnlar Science Monthly, and
Judge Tourgee, in bis "Appeal toCieiar, "
have created considerable uneaslnem In cer
tain quartan by the manifest drift of tbetr
ititbtfcs and theories. They have made it
appear by their figure! taken from thecomas
reports that tbe per centage of increase
much greater among tbe blacks than it
among tbe whiles. They have also present
ed figures tending to ibow that tbs black* sr*
massing in the cotton stater.
Admitting tha correctness ot tbe facte and
figure* advanced by these two writer*, it fol
low* that lb* numerical preponderance ol
tbe blacks over tbe whites in the cotton belt
Is e question of only a very few years For
tunately there ere some people who do not
take statistics upon trust, people who do not
believe everything they Me in print. To thU
close belongs Mr. Henry Gannett. In a brief
article published io tbe lest number of tbe
Popular Helen ce Monthly, Mr. Gannett boldly
takee issue with Messrs. Gilliam end Tourgee
01 coune be starts out with tbe reasonable
assumption that the ninth census was too de
fective to be taken into account in comparing
tbe numerical etatus of the two races. Throw
ing out tbe nintb census and comparing the
eighth and tenth, Mr. Gannett shows that In
twenty year* the whites Increased alxty-one
per cent, while the blacks increased only
forty-sight percent And thto, in spile of
tbe fact tbet tbe whiles were greatly depleted
by a dtoaa'rous four-years war.
Bui, according to this writer, It appears
that tbe black* have never Increased in a per
centage greater than that of the whites ex
cept between the years 1800 and 1310. Thto
to' explained by the activity ol tbe African
ileve trade during the first seven years ot
that period. Through ell the census reports,
it seem* tbet tbe negro bos never held his
own in the per centage ot increase, and it to
unnatural to suppose that he can do so In a
slate ol freedom when be Is .thrown upon bis
own resource?. Nor to it true that the blacks
ere massing In the cotton stater. The census
reports show that their per centage of popu
latlon there was the same Io 1830 that It wot
In 18(10.
Mr. Gannett naturally concludes, after
making this showing, tbet the negro problem
is not assuming any alarming proportions,
end that there to not tbe slightest necessity
ot “An Appeal to Caesar," or any other man.
INOCULATING AGAINST CHOLERA.
The germ theory of disease baa been car
ried by Foatenr and Koch from theory to
practice; end Koch's discovery ol tbe cholera
bacllloa bids fair to rival in Importance and
value to the human race Dr. Jenner’e dis
covery of vaccination. Tbe great German
professor carried hie investigations and ex
periments forward nntll be demonstrated
beyond reasonable doubt tbat a weakened
cholera vital would cause in mankind
mild choleraic symptoms which would
pate oil' In forty-eight hours, leaving
tho patient proof ■ gainst virus ot full
strength and therefore ot the diseaae Itself,
The experiment! were first tested in ani
mals aid tbeiuccras that at ended to them
led to their reproduction In men, and the
auroras lu loth cases was unqualified and
absolute. The new p an ot prevention has
within tbe pest few week! been largely ap
plied In Valencia and In other threatened
districts of Spain, and now wa ere told
tbet tbe disease to dying ont In tbet coun
try because the attenuated virus baa left
no material for it to feed upon. Toe
'comma bacillus" of l'rofeesor Koch boa
dour, It I* asserted, tbe work In Spain. It
waa not cleanllura*, nor cordons ot police,
bnt a general comae of iuocnlatton with
weakened cholera virus. The essential prin
ciple la ot coune similar to that applied by
J«huer in the case of email pox, and by Pas
teur in csss* of fever lu cattle. Tee attenua
ted cholera virus takes hold, however, at
once, producing tremors and prostration
during the first twenty-tour hours, but at the
end of forty-eight hours the patient to both
well end cholera proof. If the evidence from
Spain to not overstated, cholera haa met tie
matter In the German profess tr, and to no
longer tab* considered the greet scourge ot
the earth.
THB CROPS IN OEOROIA.
The May report ot the Hale agricultural
department ehowe tbat the aoreage devoted
to corn to within tiro per cent ot ao average,
tbe northern part axcalllng lu this respect,
and the eonthwestern part falling below Its
usual planting. Tha condition and proepect
of tha crop are good, tha dry weather having
favored the preparation of tha soil. If rein
and sunibiuo are handsomely alternated
until lb* tatter days ot July, we may reason
ably expect a fin* crop ot corn—one, In (act,
that will meet all home demands.
The acreage of the cel crop le 8 percent be
low to avenge, and the condition of the crop
IB percent below. Over three-quarter* of
tbe toll rowing In tbe upper pert ot tha elate
waa dratroysd during the rover* winter, and
In tb* middle portion of the state nearly one-
belt ct tbe fall rowing waa deitroyed in Ilk*
manner. Tbe spring lowing waa huge, but a
very coniideuble deficiency in thto valuable
crap may be expected. The growing oorn
crop beeomer, therefore, of greater import
ance and va'ue.
The wheat crop will elm be ahort, the acre
age belsg 13 per cent lire, end tbe condition
end prospect 10 ptrjcvnh The loo was
round by the freezing weather ot a winter
that nipped, neatly everything it encoun
tered.
The cotton crop wee not in the ground to
n'pped, end the aerra** la ev.ry part of
tti • tetr, *xes| t tb? south w-afaro co-air, to
bote so average, ind in :uJtbwest G-xrgi*
s only one per cent helov the utaal plant
ing. The crep wu jut In the ground shout
eight dtyi tale, but *i tb* toil wu In excel
lent condition, tha condition and prospect of
Ut crop throughout U* state an nearly ai
good u they generally are at thto time of Ue
year. There wiU l undoubtedly bo enough
cotton.
Of tho mieceltaneout crop*, rice has a good
itnrt; Ue sugar cane in the lower part ot the
e'ete Is looking well, end Ue sorghum every
where to very promising. A large peach crop
fa expected In aU leetiona of Ue Mate, and
Ue epple trees end grapevlnea are keeping
op with the procession. Live stock ol all
kind! fa reported In a healUy condition
Uire being only a few cases of choleraamong
bogs. The stock ot hog* in Ue stateto,how
ever, 13 per cent;;below an average supply at
tbia reason ot tbe year.
The rainfall ot April wu i remarkably
■mall. It was three inches less than Ue
average downpour of the last ten year*. But
Ue prevailing dryneaa of Ue put month en
abled Ue farmers, particularly of the north-
era portion of the state, to start Ueir crops
in tbe best manner. The cotton crop In up
per Georgia was on this acoount planted at
Ue usual time in April, and in all ports of
tbe state the crops have a good start, always
except ing, of course, those that were roughly
bandied by the Irosls of the winter mouths.
OUR PREMIUM SEW1NC7 MACHINE.
The excellent sewing machine which we
are selling, ua premium with our Weekly
at *18, Including the W*iklt one year, hu
established itself u a favorite.
The sails have more then quadrupled, aud
tbe people realize tbat in spits ol the crit
icism of sewing machine agents, they get
With their WsextY Constitution, for *18, a
machine that in finish and execution, is
better than any machine offered elsewhere
for $15 or *50.
We do not aee why every family who
wants a lowing machine does not take the
Wickly and get th3 ono we offer.
We guarantee that for *18 we furnish
our subscribers a machine that looke u
Hell, works as well,and wl 11 last as well as *ny
machine that fa sold for three times that
som. Every machine la bought under tbat
guarantee. The buyer la permitted to teat it
for nveral days, end If it dors not then come
np In every respect to our guarantee, w* re
turn the money Uey have paid us. No mat
ter wbat agents of high priced machines ny
to you, this guarantee protects you, end you
lose nothing in trying our machines.
We have printed hundreds of letters from
persons who have taken our machine, and
who find It all It fa represented. We print
another butch this morning.
uisT machine tob twice tub booty.
Mr. Isuo C. Bead, ot Dahlonega, writes u
follows:
The tewing machine I ordered lor my lather fa
received lu good order, and to ny tbit he fa
cd with It would not hall express his fuel-
It Is the best machine I ever saw lor that
, or for t» Ice the price. How yoa can aell aa
rood a paper as Tint Constitution and that ma-
thine for ft8, fa
c to be solved
EQUAL to BISt IS FINISH AXD WOBX,
Mr. D. M. Dickson, of Rutledge, Georgia,
writes:
The machine ordered seme time ago haa came.
It haa been examined and well tried, and fa pro
nounced by all who taw It as equal to the best,
both in finish and In tho quality ol the work thal
It does.
nutria tuts is claimip.
Mr. W. Monroe, of Thomasvllle, writes ua
about the Waterbnry watches and the sew
ing machine, u follows;
I have bought for subscribers to Thx Copmru-
n men coma to lime an u. K.,auu is octicr wiau
you claim It to he. Bis wile fa well pleased and
would not trouble benelt to swap with my wllo
who haa “The OciUator” Singer machine, which
cost mo ISO 00 fast year.
. ny a good word lor Tna Constitution.
• nothing In my vocabulary teat would
worth. Under the circumstance* wont
WOULn wot take *50 rox It.
Mr. Wo, A. Vaughn, of Locust Grove,
writes ii follows:
Wo have received our rewlng machine. It li
juit aa rood aa we|want It. hoes lu work Joat aa
nice aud aa good aa soy machine I have ever aeeu
work. My wile saja ahe would uot take IM lor It
II ahe could not replace it. The anipper haa tailed
to lend cur dezen needles—only one with the
mar bice. AU other attachments la with 11 I
rounder Til* Cowstitutiow worth to my family
all the money that the machine end paper bith
coat
a (.oott rAsoAiw Awn will uliasxd,
Mr. B, F, Morgan, ol Pond Springs. Go.,
writer:
l'owh Franco. Ga„ Hay 21 1S8S.—Editor! Consti
tution : Myacwlog machine rcocivcd In good or
der. Hare tried itcn dliterent fabrics, and It
provis gcod on alL 1 am well pleased wltu all the
attachments of which there la a lull line. It la as
grod aa you rttommended, and a good bargain In
my opinion.
M-. M. F, Cotter, ot Dal on, refer* to the
Rrr. M. Hatter, ol Dolton, aud writes:
Dalton, Qa., May 11, 1883.—Editor! Coustltu-
jnat aa neat a stitch oo that assay machine will
-like on common domestic. As to finish It can’t
e excelled; aed I an aome Judge cl mtlerlal.aud
proaouice It mode ol aa good material assay
iscblaemide. Oneegeut told me that II would
laat about one )ear, and then I would be ready to
buy again. tVell, ilwedo I hope we'U have the
mosey. Hy wife rays ahe would not giro her
machine lor no (to singer.
So much for the testimony ot tboee who
have tried tbe machine. Now for a general
reply to many quastlons.
We cannot rend the machine without
tbenrcnej la nut with tbe order. We (im
ply take your *18, take out onr price for the
Weekly, or small commission tor expeniss,
acd forward jour money to the factory and
joermr china la aent you from the factory.
You moat read the money with your order,
li the machine li not ell we represent il, as
y«d as any *50 machine, we will return
yenr mousy promptly.
— We lend a (nil line ot attachment* with
each machine, nicely perked. The** at
tachment* alon* would coat at ntaU *3.
3. The machine to simple, strong, and *aay
to manege. A book ot toll instructions to
sent with each machine.
4. W• *r* enabled to tell then machine*
it thto wcndtrfnlly lew pries to our tub-
tcribere became wt pay no profit oa the tac
lory price, no commission*, no rent, na
dividend* end no traveling expeatei. We
•Imply tsk* your money, send It to tbe fee-
>oiy end your machine to shipped direct to
you, without the cost of e dollar in coamfa-
sices cr expenses.
5. You cannot buy ana of there machines
unlea* you are a subscriber to Tin
CcmncTiox, or unlere you become n.
ThellSercorei yn the machine and the
Weel.y for i ue ye.--.
Toxin is l oklnr up. Mr. Rib-rt MUlar,
ol Pittsburg, recently napped bis little boy
tor a dog. Tb* human* social/ haa taken
charge of the boy. Tha accietT tor tha pre
vention of cruelty to animate ahonld look
alter the dog without delay.
OUR PUBLIC SOHOOLS.
The Athens Banner-Watchman stands up
with a great deal of fervor to the reoent pre
sentment of Its grand Jury fn relation to our
public retools; but when tbe article, end
especially It* explanation ot the position ot
the grand Jury, la analyzed, it is seen that
Tna Constitution, the Banner-Watchman
and the grand jury In question are each and
all on one platform in eupport of the consti-
rational duty of providing publio schools for
all tbe children of the state. Our contem
porary permit* no one to outdo him Id the
matterof public education, and he assures
us the grand jury did not, In their present
ment*, Intend to occupy a different position.
He even goes on to say that in hi* opinion
there i* not an intelligent and patriotic
citizen In the state who la opposed to popu- '
tar education.
But our eyatom is not perfect. It to not
effective. It does not do what it was Inten
ded to do. Again we ahake hands with our -
friend In Clarke county. The ijatem, lays
the Banner-Watchman,should be overhauled,
■uperlluom officials lopped off, and tbe
burden readjusted in the most equitable
manner. To aU of which we say, amen.
Our contemporary doea not, however, de
scend to particular*. He docs not definitely
state the changes he desire*; bnt he seemi to
have on inkling of the tenth ot the situation
when be saya “the pittance given each pupil
ia of but little assistance." This again puts
him on Tna Constitution's line; for we have
all along contended that the great neei of
the icboola ia more money. The annual ap
propriations are too small to cover the ground;
and the remedy of cour-e Is readily found In
larger appproprtatlons. There is, therefore,
no diepnte between us.
There is really no occasion for dispute or
disagreement. Superintendent Orr has, on
Insufficient appropriations, nude a hand
some start In the grand work of reducing the
disheartening jxrcentage of Illiteracy among '
the fntnre citizens of tbe state. He hie not
organized o/modtl system ol common
schools, bnt tit tbe Judgment of eome of tbe
best educators of tbe county, he has given us
*11 we have aright to expect on the amount
of money we annually furnish. We must
be permitted to believe that not eveu hie
Athens critics could bare done more toward*
carrying out the conitltutlonal obligations.
When we fnrnlsh mero money, we will get
better schools; end until we do do that, It
deea not teem to us the part of patriotism
to condemn the efforts of ourschool officer*
to place the state abreast of a movement tbat
ha* for It* gnstobjact intelligent citizenship.
We cannot have better citizens unless the
great body of tbe people are taught to read
and write. All the states of the conntry are
working up to thie result, and even “the
effete monarchies” of Europe are rapidly
adapting, one after another, compulsory
education as the best and most economical
method of seenring a higher degree of In
telligence, happiness, contentment end pro-
Shall Georgia drop out of the pro-
ceeston?
OUR SCHOOL LAWS.
The recent grand jury ol Ctarko county
presents this declaration in relation to the
ichoole of the state:
Weoousfdcr the operation ot tho present tree
reboot taws ot Geortl!, a veritable obstruction to
the roues ot education, and a useleea expenditure
of tho monte* contributed lor tbat purpose and
most respectfully urge our representative to use
hta Influence to have tbe tawa changed or perfect
ed.
If the grand Juror* of Clarke county mean
to sty tbat more money ahonld annually be
appropriated lor publlo school*, and the iya-
tem be brought more strongly to bear upon
the Illiteracy of tbe itate, no friend of the
public school* will be apt to dtoegree with
them. The eebooli of tbe itate are not as
efficient •* they should be,but they are prob
ably is i indent os the circumstances ot the
cue end Ibe annual appropriations will ad
mit of. The best educator* of the country,
inch as Dr. Curry,of Richmond, or Dr. Mayo,
of Beaton, agree tbat I’rofeiwr Orr la doing
ell tbat e man can be expected te do on the
money placed at hta dtopoeal. Our school
ijetem is at prroent a matter of money.
With large appropriation! It would certainly
not be "a veritable obstruction to the came
ot education,” even if it 1* so it present; and
the Clarke county jurors mey theretore want
more money for educational purpose*.
If, however, they mean that the eyitem 1*
eiientlally a mistake, we think they will find
a good many Intelligent people arrayed
egaiuet them. They will scarcely find an in
telligent man who doea not desire to see
something done to lower our percentaje of
illiteracy. Every olhir state in the uaton Is
engaged in teaching it* children to read and
write, end tbe people ot Georgia will uot ba
apt to permit their state to become excep
tional In this Important matter. In tact they
tack the power to do a*; (or the new const!*
tutlon says "then shall be a thoronqh sys
tem ot common schools for the education of >
children In the elementary branches of an
Englfah education, free to all the children of
theatate.” This provision to very conserva
tive, end It to also very emphatic. Oa ac
count ot the wantof adequate appropriation*,
the state to not cupplled with "a thorough
•/•tern of common school*,” and In tb* ab
sence ct definite Information on the point,
we must be permitted to think that the grand
jurors of Clark* county simply want their
representative to take good care that tbe con
stitution of the itate to properly obeyed and
respected, at all itate comtitmtoui should
be. Tbe plain tatter and meaning of the
constitution la sufficient.
In Louisville, Kentucky, a aeries ot experi
ment* were made hut week to teet the recalls
ot various degrees of swiftness in the action
ol cotton gina In respect to the cleaning of
tb* lint from the cotton aeed and tha effect
upon the fiber. The gin rows were tested at
various rates of ipeed, from 210 to 470 per
minute, using 70 pounda aeed cotton In each
teat. Speed 210 produced a rough and lumpy
lint and waa unsatisfactory. The rate of 230
was alto unsatisfactory; 275 and 300 were
about the re me, the 300 rate being somewhat
smoother. It waa found tbat the rate of 330
cleaned off tha seed too closely, promoting
an economy cl waits at the expense of fiber
and quality. Tha rates -400 and 470 deterior
ated greatly in tbi* respect Oo tha whole
the rate 200 was found tha moat satisfactory
•» to economy and tha character of tha fiber.
The time lu ginning 70 pouodiof iced eitton
varied between 7% minute* at 210 and IJf
minu'es at 470. Tu* rate 300 per minute did
It* with lo tlx minute*.
Notour know* what disportUoa Ingerott, Iks
great republican Infidel trader, will make ot