Newspaper Page Text
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, C A, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3 1885.
WEEKLY CONSTITOTION.
Entered ntth* Atlanta FoetOflloeaeeeeend-clem
•til nutter, November 11. U7S.
«Hkl| constitution, Sl.M
mobs of five, ILOO each; elnbto! ton.IL*each
•04 • copy to tetterupol tout.
ATLANTA. Qt„ NOVEMBER 1, l«8V
THIS EXPLAINS IT.
You may receive this copy of 1 HR CONSTI
TUTION without having ordered it. If toil if
tent you in the hope that you will examine it
carefully, and if you like it rubseribs for it.
We aik at your hands a careful inspection 'of
the paper. Compare Uudlk whatever paper you
may tote, and give ue a trial with a year’s sub
scription.
6U big pages of the Constitution tent into
your horns during the year for $1.00 in elubt.
Ain't that the cheapest thing you can buy.
A Cl if of emillpox tea boon discovered In
• Springfield, Mon. Let Springfield do to
AI licit did—erntb ont the imallpox b/ vac
cination.
Loan Lomu bu diicovered Ibai to be a
real lire liberal In England mtani tome'
thing. He will be educated up to the point
of Initiating rotten eyga.
Kixo Tains tr it not dead. The newt that
aneb wet the fact >u too good to be true.
He will probably Ilya to rout another batch
of wlrea before be taken bit exit from the
world.
Tnt efflee-huntera will btTe to’enepend
operations for awhile. The preaident bu
dicldrd to devote hla lime to other buaineaa
hcnaltir, and will llaten to no application!
for e fllct. Tble ta hard on the boyi, bat they
will have to grin and hear It _
One advice to John Sherman la that he
atbacrilic for Ta a Coaarircnoa. He will be
able to get many good ldeaa from them c >1-
unjte, and acme of Hum may have the
efiict of making him a better mao. We
ehoold rejoice to know that we bad bun the
meant of earning tnoh a rectlonallat aa John
Shuman to love hie entire oonntry.
Eiar Taaxaiaia la Mch year extending He
ac icage In tobacco. The tobacco grown la
Mid to be of a fine grade, and le very market
able. Why abould not onr mountain conn-
tlcareaume tobacco growing? It la a batter
crop, where the tell la auitable, than cot
ton. There are at leaat a dozen conntiea in
the atalo that can grow good tobacco.
Tua French Canadian Riel, who bravely
and frultleuly fought to better the condition
cf the Ill-treated balf-breeda In the north-
wealern ptovlncea of the dominion, will
probably be hong, aa all appMla have gone
egalrat him. Ifheeaoepea the eoaffold, .it
will be became confinement for life will rob
tie Frnth Cenadlene ol a martyr, and very
many otbtrCacadiaaa ol a popular baro.
Slacrlmo waa nally political, and aatha
World go a, confinement lor life would fit hie
cue bailer then hanglrg.
Tna accumulated wealth ol tbia country la
becoming tnotmoui. A labia reoently pub-
llabrd ihova that PitUburg, for example,
contain* aetenty people worth In tba aggre
gate* $1SU,000,000. Hot one In the Hat la
worth leu than a million, Mrt. Bohanley,
whnmarrlcdan EcgUabmanandlivaaabroatl,
heada the llal with $25,000,000. Andrew
Carnrglr, of ataal-produolng fame, oomu
next, and ha la followed by David Hostetler,
who mannfaolnree bitter*. All tho gnat
properties, except one, wore acquired In the
ptet fifty yean— a term of ttma that oovara
tha wealth-gathering courae of the country.
THB VIKWI OF MR. CONKLINO.
Aa a provide citizen, wboae cxparlenoa In
pnbllo afialra baa bun aomewbat exceptional,
ex- Senator Conkllng oocnplra a commanding
pcalllon In Haw York atale. In aplle of the
pclulanco with which ha hM been In tho
habit of dlipoelng of tha email polltletanaand
drmairgnea, who annoyed him with cither
their attention or tbalr attache, hie career
bee commended him to Urn attention ota
gnat many people, {specially In hla native
eiete. lilt political Integrity hit alwtya
hi rn above reproach; In an era ofoorrnptlon,
hlahoteaty baa never been qneatlonrd.
Taklrg all tbelt thlnga Into consideration,
the attitude of such a men broamaa exceed
ingly Inter; sting to those wboue carrying on
the campaign In New York atale. Toare
have been eeveral atte tuple to get an expree-
eicn ol opinion from Ur, Oonkllng, and at
Jut be hu rpoken. He denonnoee the re-
pnblloan ticket In New York wilhavehe-
ruince which ahowe that he proposes to makt
hlaoppoaltlon fait. Ua declares that the
only qualifications of Davenport are that he
it a millionaire, and he eejt that Ihle leot
ehonld promptly motive the nttermoat exe
cration of every patriotic voter. He declare!
that tie people are sited by the republican
parly to vote lor men became they repraeant
money begs. The republic in platform ha
alludes toM "a in iso of nothingness, vapldliy
and monumental vacuity." Ue deacribea
pcorold Ur. £vstrteM"ibe venerable end
attenuated Icicle, who can alweya be depend
ed open to ventilate hi* oracular verbosity
after eeerylhlrg baa been acoompliehed by
otbere " Mr. Vookiiog then proceeds to pay
hie respecli lo the plumed knight:
1 be n pnbilcau party baa Men dragged down ta
Its preecLt low abgc by lbs manlpulailoutot sac
Ban, wboaa < eet.belmli-g ambltloa tar the presl-
deuilalaeat led him to all lenatbatoascomplisb
bb USe loaf dream and ambition. Ha wrecked a
preardent bp bb aaealpuletlona, la forcing Urn to
make appolatm -nts that led to a dlaraptloa ol me
petty; be performed eob lotltiln ble end lor bu
o»n advancement Ibat area bl|h heaven would
protest egalpgt; he practiced tenalliy la that ex
tent that It became a proverb, ana etltl remains a
hkali f among the good men ol the party nad ol
the whole land Sul be has bb reward. He has
been relegated lo Ibat privacy that should hare
been bb lot eight yean age, Bb adherents bam
admitted, since the last election, that they warn
hoodwinked, and meny men who nr* ot high po-
llltcal itan,ling have stated to me that they rued
the day that they aided him la wUat they now
t-sUhts unholy schemee. Poor contort bare they
obtained from me. There pa nice ue tow tanged
et ending their hopes blasted, sad Inveigh aa
heavily against their one-time kUariova plumed
kmkbi aa till were bauuly and ooaapiouootly
prominent in shouting hit pralaea a you ago. Tae
yorty Is now la ibe Lands of lb con oho have beta
thewl lift tools ol tbs man from Maine, and It
n mains to be eeen whet they will do with It.
TMe le Ihe way Mr. Oot.kllttg looks at Ibe
repuh.'tcsr petty and It* gnat leader, and at
Ibe enrop.'ign In New Yeuk state. Haw anay
atalwtrie w*ll Indorse me views?
Bis wml 1,0*0 elute sent in this month.
HWe yew moke up owe gf them? Wsgiveyou
0* Iselpeperin America.
gore a word* wi m acorrmspondsnt.
We print In ertoiher column e letter from
Mr. W. H. Shipman, of Loon, Iowa. Ur.
Lton la a subscriber lo Tan Couertri riov,
bnt e republican, and for that reason hla 1st
ter Is very intcreatlrg. Ur. Shlptnae, Insoms
respects, ia very liberal in hit views, and In
others is exceedingly illiberal, presenting
contrast that is rarely eeen In one ommaui-
catlon from the Hue pen. He ta of the
opinion Ibet we ere very patient end long
iofirrlng down here, and the! we here pre
imled a spectacle, considering the difltoul
Ilea and problem! by wbleb waare anrronnd
ed, that enlillta ns to tho respect andeympa
Iby of the north.
All this le Haltering, indeed, bnt through
out Mr. Shipman's letbr there la to be die-
covered a lone which le decidedly an pleasant,
It it p'aln that, whatever admiration he may
have for the people of Ihe aontb, he regards
them te aliens; as men who, having tswnen
gaged In an nnaucettafol rebellion, ere qui
etly twilling an opportnnlty to lake ven
geance on tbelr conquerors. II bee probably
never occurred lo onr correspondent that the
onion eenllment in Georgia la quite at strong
end u vital at It It In Iowa. It le trot that
Ibe white people ol Georgia art oppamd
Ihe republican party, but Ihle opposition Is
lira the remit ot what the republican party-
aided to accomplish by manna ot wan than
what It attempted to aeeompHtb by
cerpetbeg governments in Ihe south,aphoftt
by bayonets. Ur. Shipman sterna behave a
fa tot appreciation ot the dtfircltftecfi that
unhappy ptried, bnt it ia dear that he ken
no practical knowledge ot them. He boa
heard ot them, end tkat'.itU-
Bnl hie mala quarrel with the aonlh—leav-
Irgonl cf vlewlhctpookof Ur. Davis, which
ha tnmmona up In order that he say give II
a vlgoroce trouncing—It the negro vale. Ur.
Shipman taja that he and a great many
noribrrn people arc of the opinion that tha
negro vela ia either engptaaetd entirely ar
onlairly dealt with, and be wry plainly In
fer me ue Ibat onr denials will not be believed.
In other words, a bnahtl of southern facts le
not worth ononorthern republican sopinior
end will not be allowed t* prevail against it.
Tins onr correspondent la seabled lo read
tha south a severe lectureOTtr ourshouldtra,
and lo forestall any possible reply by an
ncunelcg that baud bis friends eannot be
Induced to btlleve it. Xevtrthelaaa, we pre
fer to regard ihle te lateen evidence of parti-
eenthlp than of human nature. Ur. Ship
men art ounces that the negro ehonld not be
allowed lo centro!—that hit domination
would bt d in et roue-anil knowing what
count be would take under the elretun
tiencer, he refutes to believe that the aonth
felle to employ the remedy that items lobe
the most calami end effective.
Bnt whet does Mr. Shipman know abont
the negro nr about tho political situation In
Ihe aontb? Absolutely nothing. Hie opin
ion and hla latter to Tna CosanrcTiox are
hated lolely and entirely on tho supposition
or belief that tha negro voters In Georgia and
Inolherilatsaln the eonth display ateegor
and ee aolire Interest In politics aa tho aver
age white voter. Right here Is the eolation
and explanation at the whole matter. Our
correspondent, it la rcaeonabla to anppoie,
keeps np with the current history ot politic*.
Did It ever occur to him that In Georgia-to
lake an extmplc—there la no such thing at a
republican party ? Haa ha failed to discover
the fact that there la no party maohinary, so
far as the republicans ere concerned, In Geor
gia and lha other southern states? Tfiete
are faola that he and bla frlende ought to
take Into torloue consideration. There are
republican volets here, bnt no republican
organization and no inemtive to orgtn-zi-
lion.
At ona lime the negroes depended on their
carpelbeg frlende to lead and organize them,
bnt the carpetbaggers fell Into disrepute, no*,
leie with the negroes than with the honest
republican if the north, end they no longer
Iced the nrgroea. They were great organ
liars, and at one time they bed the power ol
manballrg Ihe nrgro votera at the polle an
mane, lint they were dishonest, They de
celved the nrgro vs, end then there followed e
gradual dlrlntcgietlon ol the nrgroes, until
new there ls.no longer even a ttmblanosof
organization.
in Ihe country districts, where the greet
holkot the nrgro voting population reside#,
thi re la absolutely no internet taken politics.
There It no republican organization, no re-
publican candldetia andcomrqnently no re
publican voting. Dots Mr. fihlpman and his
frletde cell tbia a suppression ot the nrgro
vote? In twoor three of the counties in
Uiorgfe, where the republican organizttlon
le kept up, the negroes tend men ot their
own color to reprnent them In the legislature.
There am the facia In tha ease, ao far at tha
republican parly in Osorgia and in
the tenth, ta concerned. It haa
■ort cf organisation, and the negrote
take not tha allghteat interest In polities,
Now, the question is, what dace Mr. Shlp-
msn propoi a to do aboutit? What la hla
nrnety? He makee no charge ar to lha ao
calltd shotgun policy; bnt does ha think tha
whits peopls ought to go out and organize
the negroes and ccmpelthem to go to tha
polla and vote the republican tioket? Ot
course he bM no tuck thought, bat hM it
nevtr occurred to him that the best method
ot etcurlng wbat he le pleated to term a
''pnra ballot "—that ia to My, a full usgro
vole—ia to taka paina to organize tha negroas,
place them under respectable leadership, and
Instruct tbtm ee to the necessity ot voting?
Surely If Use hi pro vote la worth Donating
for ska republicans It la worth working for,
Hondrtdaof shansnnda of dollars art mos
Into Ohio, Indiana and Ohio whenever them
Is a campaign on foot, but all the republi
cans ears abont she negro vote It to ohargeite
disappearance to the white democrats. We
assort Mr. Bblpmtn that hit position le nn-
bnable, shat hit obliges ere false and thst
his suspicions srsur just. The fee's are not
bidden, end there it no doubt that the truth
wilt prevail.
In conclusion w* would tiy so one c urse-
pendent that Ihe extract which be credits ta
Tna CcasTirtrrt n ol Sunday, Auguit 1(1,
1885, la not to he fonnd there, bnt that ia not
Important.
CAPITAL AMD ItSMIQBATION.
Tha Savannah Morning Nawa ta not dta-
peted to bellave that tha negro bM Milled
the qneetlon ot Immlgretloa Mtlefaetorily,
and yet It dose not find much room for eao-
Ueverey. The negro, our contemporary
says, "is a harrier which the foreign Immi
grant dost not attempt lo pose ted will not,
perhaps, bnt If It did not exist, or It' It ware
much Ism lormtdeble, It la probable the' the
fcxrign Immigrant would not be eo gnat •
•irarger In the southern stetea aihoti." I great mystery then It Is todr.y. or than It wat
The "if." employed by our Smooth ore. ! yt.'rrdty. The pteods-toience of the time is
ttmporiry slick outlike a potlrg. Tbty ore [ glib enough and nimble enough to nuke
large and polished. So ter as Tea Cjmti- I it«i! heard In many places, but the truth
tctios it concerned. It hae not pretended to
dlecust what It ideally beet ter Ihe south.
If the elrcumsteocvs were tech that the
tooth offered an Inviting field to e elate of
Immigrants, such M Bud fcomse la the north•
will, they wonld undoubtedly find their way
here. If three immigrants were nhcolu'.-iy
necessary to the prosperity of the twain, the
loath wonld get them.
Bat it it the opinion of Til Co.vcrtr.-r; .-*,
after reviewing all the effort* that here been
made to Induce foreign tamlgmUaa to d iw
in this direction, tad alter reccgot! ttg the
tailors of the meet cf them, that who! the
noth really seeds is what it to g*lttog to
some extent, naa»iy, the is*»i*ratt*n a
capital and ceptialreta. Certainty there ia
no objection tv tne.'gaimga'grtwrt. It they
choose to era®*. «*., wad (Ml They wiit
nest with a hiSazqy watenaut, mad they wtQ
ltd it aa «**tar eta'toe saearo.-'t crmltotoVe
hearts here than bt the Mask sank wash
Bruit le hv« hr rereq-kV.-* fait! ut reek*
the meet cf them. Vue kfcm.hnp Yeaemys
tiefvgcrhsnbarsihcj,xrd ttafl ha jcwaMt ,
here yamMe Buregn, itoLXbjprtiiau. If that
Aset. St s *Sms. Lutbr.iich.’lki h* :**•*&«$.
H* begrehrhaeei, amt th* tiuwr-*-* say they
Unit he mutt accotapliihed scientist knows
eo more abont evolution than the humblest
Ckrlit'sr. The Bible will take oaenearerto
Ccd er-d to humanity than ell the phllorophy
that il-e icleoilsla heve Invented, end that
fact vught to dispose the theologians to re-
gold somewhat leniently the various email
shtcrvs thst rctua up for consideration.
We at* pled lbs controversy orcr Dr.
Were*row's position la practically over. It
ksshtrMho tvrect o! hurling very meter!
«hj a ffcurUh v: tediege, and not! r«tlc!e
rt gevd bo* been ayrompltahed.
A VVCbtAS AC tUY.
fiat et iky weal extitieg luridenla lu the
WhihnpUled atSwfwale, Keesas, was Ihe
examiretVn at ikvdilrctet.
Mr*, W»lkop Is met j*t Mreataan joirs
*34 Sa» U kv-L'y veoaghta reeUai the
gravity i".i pve-ti o’ her tiUtatfon. Bbe do-
fseds Li me:: jg-tijui lie .-harcr ot prisoning
her kutj^d atthall Ike ia.iigoatiou ol a
jwtttd **d tycsitd ch Vk tt*r »pp tareace on
sk* w;;vr:., t end - ,-^tsll^ tuber own behtll
waeaavMwms? hi--ere of tbecase,eud it
keewktkx r r.o-de h«r ar emloed her. Tnever-
fiktwfillkr.*.
Yk* dsef k-sdwren the chiM prisrner and
euttoMhrhbute. Khe5.row«trty. : a*w«j »;.* Aeresmlced attorney lot the
awshaShan-aBatoew aw iretop* ixamtgrw-
Pratf too dv-vti; that isLtr. up Late use
senkvwL fiaaquefiy the bet way ta
prefer* Uassriaaa it to Ae «.r hut bn ns-
<s» tho icB'greliea ec arochoxw retpStl
sMopalae;
THiituu.:ru>n«ttim
la elder teshew whaAaqtkt bt -dsm* «J ;l
day in Loadoa by the fiepand, Hr. final,
edlter of the Pall Nell Gzxrra, «u»nh am j
ix t creel girl to be abdnrted. ami than smb- ; mankinA Bet the able lawyer met his
yeroertti.-.x vie* c.vr.bills which 11 was war
ksfiekiib. V ptrXtd caurthontt looked
eiTu emiflasmsd with eager ejMaad ears.
Try Krrrfe nrmtri catqnal. On the ona
eiAenwd ez ni’e asd leererd lewyar, repre-
eemt&.g Whe jEfjwny ot Ihe law, and fully
wrfwi to win. Oa the other, apparently at
Lit hnwey, wws a feeble girl, crashed under a
trrmtmdcur aorumlion, eaibarraaaed by her
inntsmA her sguoranee cf law and the waya
jrc ctl to tv orptostore, OUT bexT J i
the ttstpLa-lone eonU sol be rerriafi to emu- i
mntifii ix the .cut. Some keen intelligence
hairnet despair: «ome superhuman energy,
esB tottton. Tbtshcckrec iiroltoawa tbnl '■ ...' the crisis of her Ills,-came
the Gantt* had pnaaatod were ia this way
to he shewn to havw toer-fieiriem, aal the
sccrel torero el the great dry rfflir
piavtfi* miiha sgthdmAtMtgt.
EdUor Bleed It oa triad ler the part be avfk
In this effair. It <e dtlmed that be wat
adoaled hy twee mottres it iinscadsi oe
the other hand that he hal the public good
only In view, with perks;e a dash of pride
is hit newspaper victory. "Bnt," Hid ihe
judge before whom he te being tried, "as
moUrer, bo xaatter how worthy their esjtc*,
were tslScierit to jreufy the taking of the
child without her pares U' eosaeat, and If the
unseat bad been obtained in a fraudulent
Banner it was to ccn*nt 1b the eyes cf the
law."
It la the old question over • gain—the
end juetifiei the mss; a Do evil that good
may remit. Editor stead violated the law
In the conn* cf a cicada against lloentious-
rces. Bnt shell the court esy that toy men
with A mlttlcn may violate the lew? Even
11 he can show that hie mission Is goad end
honorable, will it do to ray that the law may
by him, In hla own time and man
ner, he temporarily ect aside’.’ These
thlnga should so be to'gk'.ten
In connection with tha London trial,
wbloh Is ofjlQtereit to almost the entire civil
ized world.f It le very[dlfflcult to tea box Hr.
Steed esn escape it verdict of gnllty, but it le
very resy lojeeehow the aentenceof the ernrt
may -he made very light, and how a pur-
don can come In to leva the olTender from
ell pnnlebment. He le technically gnllty et
any rate; end If Ibe jury llods otherwise,
Erglsnd may as well prepare for t lot of
crank# without fear of the low.
THB INCRBAIB OF BIOAMY.
Fcr yee/e past tbanumerona crime* agaluat
venue, commuted In every part of the
ccunlry, without rrgstd to race, oloror
pievlcui condition of servitude, as It ware,
bate t idled the horror end apprehension of
all gcod people,
In this due of crlmte must bs Included
hfgomy.. Never, at any period In car history,
eras there inch on epidemic ol this eviloiot
ihe present time. Men Mem to mike a bat!-
neee of meriylng, rcbblpg end abandoning
women. A men leaves* wife In one elite
end msrrlieend tellleidown In en edjola-
Itg >late. In lomc lustoncee no attempt at
conceelmirit Is mtd*. Sametlmee a men
whole wife hM obtained a divorce from him,
lez vlrg him etill bound, Ignores the Inhibi
tion of the judgment, and contracts now
metrlmcnlel lies. Occulonelly n rucal se
cure! * legal divorce by trend or perjured
iMlImony end tehee tablmMlf a new wife.
The dally pepera leem with these cues. The
tirrortef the lew eeem to hove no elfect.
It hat been suggested that s notlonot di
vorce lowli needed, II U it inexpedient to
have such e law It would be a good ldM for
the state* lo egret upon A nulform eyatem ot
divorce lawr. At matter* eland there le too
much Ignorance of the lew. A good-looking
Georgian could eaetly deceive a women in
New York or Boston by thawing her ■ clip
ping fre m ent cf hie ham* pepera ennoaae-
irg the feet the! his wife hied obtained a
divorce frem b!m. Nine timet oat ot ten
tha wemtn would then tnppott that he wu
free to marry, whereat Investigation might
develop the feet that the dipping referred
only totbefirat verdict and not to thteeaond
which te essential under onr low, Bader
ihle misapprehension a women lo a distant
•let* might tsilly become the victim of a
bigamist. The rapid Increase of this orlmt
cells tor isvervr penalties end • uniform di
et ice lew tor *11 the states.
to tb* victim s aid. She looked et times like
• heentifn! animal it bay, hemmed In by
*» : pcncer* end striving desperately to break
thresyh the meshes which clrcamstence* hed
woven ebout her. She answered the relen'-
ievs lawyer with oompoanre and with spirit.
Eh* made blunders, bnt they were apparent
ly honest blenders. Never did the beeaty
of 'he flattering captive shine out to mors
sdvanlegn then when she stood tble ordeal,
fighting th* subtle quips and turns of the
law with nothing hut her woman’s wit and
her outraged feelings.
It le not surprising that the sympathies of
th* epeolttors rapidly cryetolized ironed Ibe
defendant. Even If they believed herguilty
they could not have withheld their pity.
"Tha next thing le the verdict.
A RBPORMLDCANNIBAL.
Dnrizg Ihe recent conference ol colored
Methodiits In 'Washington, ProfessorSrloder
was the observed Ot el! observers. He woe
introduced as "a distinguished pod highly
educated cannibal."
There wee a ripple cf apprehension among
Ibe brethren and alatcrn aflerthie announce
ment, and nil eyes were turned upon tho
profiteer. The spectators taw nothing to
alarm them. They eew a thin llttlo man,
copper colored, with an eager eyo and a
hungry look. He wore a Utile black eknll
cap, e long black clorictl cost, long scarlet
stockings and csnveee shoes. On further
acquaintance the stranger made himself
very iatereetlng. Ue frankly admitted ibat
in the Fiji Islands, where he wu boro, he
hid eaten human flesh many a time. In
hla early daye he had livod principally on
rosat mletlonsry, bnt fcr lha past twenty-
five yesre he had been a missionary him
islf.
This wss his simple story. lie expressed
no remorse, andwMted no words to vxtu
regrelr. "How did missionary flesh taste?'
aekfdlhs bishop, "Pretty much likemnlo,"
was tbs reply with s loud emack of the
lips.
It Is touching upon a very dellcsla sub
ject,'but we ere strongly attempted tour
that a line mast be drawn somewhere In the
Client mlltlontrleiendevangelltte. Dsubt
itle n liberal policy le ell righ>, hat the line
ehonld be drawn at cannibals. We mey be
wrong, bnt It scemi to ue thst a man Ions
hla mcrtlitfluence whets till fsot ta kaowa
Ihst he wm once addicted to missionary oa
toast sod boiled colpcr.'eur. There is
prejudice in Ihe publtomiod that cannot
fully he ovetcomr. A reformed csuollixl
mey dererve onr confide tee, bnt he can's
get II. Under lb* elrcums'enois it wonld
bo be tier to Ugh i; shy ol him. Th* idea of
accepting hie profeulone of reform and
rnihlngi him st once Into evangelical work
Is abinrd.
THB WOODROW CONTROVERSY.
The action ot three ot tb* southern eynode
ot th* Pretbrierlen church la vindicating
Dr. Wocdrow, ehowi that there bM been
considerable evolution In theological circles
regard to the diaoutalon and exposition ot
iclintlfie eokjecte. It ehows, also, that there
t larger liberality among churchmen than
th* outside world bu been willing to ac
knowledge.
The vlnd'estlon of Dr. Woodrow, hnwevee,
dcii not mean that th* rreebyterlaoe believe
In evolution, or that they accept any part of
ta probably true. It meess simply that s
majority ol them ballev* thst Dr. Woodrow
was right In teaching evolution In tn exposi
tory way. Tii* areas ountroveny that hu
been goirgoninth* Presbyterian church
may therefore be Mid to be ended, bat the
qusetton of evolution re males for thstheo-
li glsns lo consider.
There will he puizttng dlecnnlone 'end
torg drawn cut controvert!#* over th* sub
ject, bnt what will they amount t) In the
end? The world m'ght aeetpt the theory at
evolution, with ell fit le'eral end oolUteral
(terrier, red be no nearer th* eolation at tht
THB LAIB OBNBRAL M’CLBLLAN.
The endden death of General George B,
McClellan, st Orsngs Mountain, N. J., will
carry sorrow to every elate in the onion.
General McClellan was born in Philsdtl-
phis In 152(1. He graduated ft Weft Point,
end dlilingutiliid bimtslf in life Mexlotn
wer. At tht treeklag ont of tbf civil war he
wofeomuieiloncd major-general of vo'nn-
tiers He took command of Ihe union forcee
in West Virgin!*, end defeated a esnfederate
force at Rich mountain July 11, lSfll. After
McDowell’s defeat at Ball Ban, McClellan
wee appointed to the command ot tha army
cf th* Potomac. Ills operations around
RJchmord showed ecientificgenenslahlp, hot
In seme wey ble place were betrayed to the
conftdersusud he found himself cheek-
moled at every point. Ia November, 1862,
bs wss relieved from bis command. In 1861
h* was tht democratic candidate for .pratia
dtnl, bnt wet defatted by Lincoln, who wu
is elided. In 1864 McClellan letc the army,
and spent four yean traveling In Europe. In
D77 tht democrats i Itcied him ^governor of
aw Jersey.
In IheAonth lb* dead general’s military
ablUtlca hove always beers highly appreciat
ed. Hie rtvertre, however, rendered north
ern pnbllo opinion Impatient end intolerant,
There le little deabt that h* carried hie West
Point prlnciplie to anexlnm*. He did not,
like Grant, go in lo win et all hazard,, end
hy any msecs. He was all thatims working
ftr victory hy the iclentlfi; methods ot war
fare. Brilliant mangy, derirg raids end
rough at d tumble figbtlrg were not pro
vided for In hla textbooks, end he fonnd
himself unable to deal wlih th* emergenolM
of she tiinatlcn.
SHU, McClellan la entitled to a high place
*morg Ihe dtetingniahed sold lira ot hlatlme.
He wee a heman* sad honorable general.
He never treated th* llvtsaf hla own fold lire,
nor eneeoreged lha butchery of ble foes to
in BBf*lr fight, lie never ordered the win
ter; destruction of property. He com* ont
cf the greet struggle, not css greet con
queror, but ee a faithful soldier, without n
stein upon hie eicutcheon. In civil ill* he
was a model citizen, and as the chief magis
trate cf bis commonwealth, he discharged
bis duties wisely and well. His duth will
be reenrned by the cation. He leaves no
ecimle*.
MW FACES IN AN OLD PROCESSION
When the blink November blasts have
stripped the forests of their foliage, end Im
ports d a bnrat amber look to the fields. It
must be admitted Ibat the old plantation has
a dreary and derolate sppesrancs. The old
farmer has sten loo much of it to bo affected
by it, but bis boy* pull long feces and torn
lh, ir eyta cityward.
When t dissatisfied youngster on the farm
once lifgine to dream of life In the great city,
it Is easy to predict how Rwlll end. Every
winter a Iorg precession files into every city
In the lend. It comes from the rural Tillages,
the mountains, the seaboard and the little
ferme among the old red hill*. Already its
monotonous irtmp ia heard in onr streets.
The old denizenaknowwbstltli; it la tho
urns old procession, with new facee In 1L
It is nnepeaksbly led to look nponlhe
bright, hopeful feces of these country boys
who rush off to the city every winter to seek
their fortunes. Fcr nine cot of every ten
there is nothing bnt disappointment In etore,
and perhaps rcmethlng wort*. It Is nstnrsl
thst *n active, ambitious youth ehonld re
gard his father’s farm as too narrow a sphere
forbisebllitii*. It Is natural, too, that he
should lock open the city as his proper field.
Nothing will undeceive bins but an experi
mental Jett.
As * mi* every city furnishes its own sup
ply ot yonng men for the dulreble positions
in the various occupations. They are pre
ferred lo strangers, and u they live at horns
many cf them are able to begin on lower
salaries ;tb»n those from a distance, could
affetfi to accept. The outsiders have a hard
read to travel. Generally they come to the
city without money, without e trade, with-
cut business experience!jacdjwlthout much
knowledge cf the world. They spend days
end weeks hunting for employment, and
firstly go back to tbe.ftrm penniless and
bitterly disappointed. Some, still mors on-
lorinnstr, hold cn, pick npodd jobs, and
gradually give thcmitlvs s up to vicious also-
ristiens end * re lest. Of coarse shereremstn
Ibe sxceptiorsl few who, tbrongh lack,
pluck end ability, achievesnceees. Bnt these
or* the exceptions.
Uulftse yenng men has capital, enter-
prist, skill or seme special gift, he should be
in no horry to leave ble country home. Even
shin he should make sore thst there ia on
cpsclrg for him, t position welting to the
metropolis. Bnt his but policy la to stick
lo the farm. Intelligence, industry and
economy make a farmer’s life the freest and
mot enjoyable cf aay occupation. The
(eimirleiieverontof * job. He ia seldom
bothered obcut notes In bank. He is not
Breed to m»ko assignments. Receivers are
nos appoints d to mu his bnsicess. The fluc
tuations of the stock market do not make or
ruin him. There Is no sharp competition to
brisk him down, no monster combinations
to swallow him. If be pula his brainpower
into his work, and It not wulefalorexlnsvs-
gant, lie Is turo of * good living, and hts sa
line maybe made to Increase In vela# Molt
year. Ills opportunities fcr amassing at
least a moderate fortune are n hundred fold
bettor than they wonld be if he want to the
city aid tngtgid in businesa.
Duubllrfe thieo words cf advlcewlll not
tutu back lha procession. It must goon to
its drttlralior. It will ha a lucky day for
there restless end ditiatiefiid yonng men
whin they get back to tbelr old homes with
ef r, jndlc* against the city, end with a new
born resolution lo dig a fortnto ontof the
ground.
Tna Tocccs Nawa gives soma wholesome
advice to the illicit distillers ol ihst nelgh-
borbeod. It tells tfasm that the bnsluass 1*
unlawful, the government is determined to
brisk It np, end that sooner or later all con
es rned will be arrested. Tho beet thing for
tha distiller* lo do la to expend tha aaue
amonnt of ingenuity on thsir farm work,
and they wlHaoon bs well off. •
BPS AND DOWNS.
Tha trial of Ferdinand Ward la almost without
a parallel lo our legal annals.
A few months ego Wsrd was apparently riding
on a tidal wave of tuccets. Everything he touched
wss inppoced to torn to sold. Business men,
leslslatcn and cco ol the nation’s ex-presldcuti
Sava to tbia remarkable mac unlimited trust and
cocfldauce. Then tha craih csm*. Tna man who
had beta called the “Kepoleou ol finance" turned
oat to he an ordinary trickster, not ranch above
the level ol a week thief.
Among the wltneiKS against tho binkmpt
■windier Is Jsmc's D. Fish. Vodoabtediy Fish
wss justly convicted and Is serving out a rights
toaittutonce. Bat there wiiiomethlcgpathetlt
Inthesppcaraiceof Ihaoldtatn when he gsve
his teiUmcny the other day. When ha was asked
bis name, age, buslcon and placo ot res!-
deice, he replied, "Jsmcs D. Fish,
sixty five yean old, convict to
tho Albany penitentiary.” Tho old man’s face
flushed and then tuned whits. Ha had been a
millionaire. He bod lived In lnxusy and con
ducted gnat busiest! enterprises. Tho chief men
ot tbs nation had been proud to coll him tbelr
friend. Andytt. atau age when be abould have
been enjoy tog a peaceful repose alter the carts oft
Iorg business 111*, heitood there ■ felon, exposed to
tbegazeof the gaping crowd.
Jt was a rad spectacle, but no one wc old wish It
others, lie. Fish In the pcolttntlaiy and Wsrd
cn bis wsy than may bare
a gcod moral effect. If their
downfall teaches the lisson that In thlslcountry
no petition is high enough and no fortune great
enough to rave trtn from lha consequences ol
their dimes, thilr aufleituts will points moral
sLdedurna tale.
DURING THE WEEK.
Tuesday, October 37.-Jolm McCollou*b, tho
demented actor, waa removed from the Blooming,
dale, N. y., insane aijlua to hie home ta PbUt*
delpniaSunday....The Women’s fluffenge uso*
elation ol the state ol New York, puied a resolu
tion thanking Ppeiident Cleveland and Ulai
Cleveland lor their aid In the cause of aaffrage
The preaident haa appointed Ofcar S. Parsley post-
tttaler at Wilmington, N. C.
Jic the City.—A. W. Barnett, colored, the pab-
liiher of the Dehance, a rew»paper published by
and in the interest of the colored people, who wat
a witnctainacaie of libel atafoit W. A. Pledger,
colored, ms tent to jail yesterday by Judge Clarke
ior contempt ot coart, in retaifng to answer
qnritioni....A smalt dun, mare mole, belonging
to Nat West, wat stolen from his Jot on Houston
itreet last night....City politics are getting red
hot..... the railroads are having a lively rats wat.
Wednesday, October 8».—A fierce prlxj fight
twelve rounds waa fought on a ateamboat at Pitts
burg, Pa., yesterday, between Teb Boyle,of Phils*
deljhla.and Jim Donnelly, of Plttaburg. Boyle
won... Quite a heavy mow foil at Grand Polka,
Dak.. Monday night Dr. Samuel G. Armor
dean of the faculty cf the Long Island hospital,
died in Brooklyn, N. Y., yesterday morning........
About ouc hundred and fifty feet of the bridge of
the FlcasantviUe and Atlantic City Turnpike
company, in New Jeney, fell yesterday while
about fifty peoplo were on It—no one seriously
hurt.
In the City.—Governor McDaniel hu signed the
ccmmtolon of Warren Lott 03 ordinary of Ware
county......... A car load cf fine Kentucky horses
airived In Atlanta last night Mr. J. W. Foster,
resides on Marietta street, h*l abont tweaty-fire
chickens stolen from him Monday night. The
thiel even took the old rooiter which Mr. Foster
has opned ten years.... About one thousahd white
men met in the basement or the coart houie last
night to attend the prohibition meeting.
Thursday, October Si).—A gang ol counter
feiters were caught in Fort 8mlth, Ark., Tuoilay*
Most of them were gypsies pretending to ba hone
traders.... While a number of school children were
playing ball In Hazleton, Pa., a boy nine yesri old
was struck on the head by a bat slipping from tho
hands of a girl fourteen years old, who was play
ing, and died in a few hours....The liquor manu-
lactates’ association, which met In Chtcag», had %
stormy session yesterday, but it reaultad in the
completion of the business for which it was held,
and adjourned.-
In the City.-Patrolmen Brenningand Prysock
were suspended from duty by;the board of pollco
commfssioE era last night.... The mass meetiag of
citizens opposed to prohibition at the court house
last night, was largely attended~....Yred Buka, a
seven-year old white boy, was arrested yesterday
charged with stealing a bird from a lady on Wash
ington street A blockado still was captured
abont nineteen miles from Atlanta, in Campbell
county, Tuesday night
JTrlday, October 30—The casting ol a 51 ton
gun at the South Boston Iron works wss a failure.
A seat in the New York stock exebango waa
sold Wednesday for 114,000, the highest price ever
pnidintho history of the exchange.... A fire at
Hartford, Conn., destroyed property to the amount
of ICO,000 Jacob Kuhn, of St. Louis, manufae*
turcrand wholesale dealer in "jeans'* clothing,
lies made an assignment......Dr. Noah Porter, pres*
ident ol Yale college, has bauded In hU resigna
tion.
In the City.—An Eut Tennessee switch engine
jumped the track at the Whitehall itreet cr jislog
last night Henry Foster, an old negro m»u, died
very suddenly yesterday at bi« home on Jenkins
street......The colored citizen* held a meeting last
night and paised resolutions opposing prohibition
Wcdueiday, Judge Marshall J. Clarko sen
tenced W A. Pledger to pay 820J and costs or serve
eight months on the chalngang for libel against
G. W. Adair.
Fatturdny, October 31 —In Seymore, Iud„ the
flouring mills of Bllth «& Co, tho Ohio and Missis
sippi railroad shops and two buildings were de*
itroyed by fire....Vernon Young, a worthies*
fellow, »hot hla wife dead in a boarding homo In
Wauifiu, Wi*., Thursday night Francis L.
White, of Bo*toto, was arrested last night on a
warrant charging him with the emberz ement Of
825,COO worth of hides aud leather from Hiram
Leonard & Co Thero was another stage robbery
Thursday nJgbt in Texas, on tho line running be*
tween Kunnels and 8aa Angelo* The robbers took
nothing but the mails The business failures
throughout tho United States during th) put
week were 174.
In the City.—Clayton Mathews, a twelve year*
old boy, shot himtell through the foat near West
End ycfterday Perry Trimble, a negro mao
who haa been working for the Eut Tennessee
road, wu fatal)y crashed yesterday, while coup*
ling cars at the shops... J<*st night to egnun»
reached the city annonneiog the death of Mrs. C.
M Beckwith, at Suwance, Tennessee.
Bun Cay, November t —Tho works o! ibe Na
tional Fnrnltnre company of Williamsport, Pa.,
was burned yesterday... J Wesley Smith, one of
tho proprietors of tho Albany, N. Y„ Argos, 1*
dead George Bummers, Hr., proprietor of tha
Bnisia sheet lronjmlil, at Niles, Ohio, haamad,e
an sikignment A freight train on the Philadel
phia and Reading railroad fell through tho bridge
aciotf White Deer creek, yoterday, a distance ol
thirty fut No one hurt.
In hie City.—There are complaints that a large
number persona are registering illegally W. G.
Hanck, a farmer who lives near Austell, bad h|g
horse and wagon stolen from a hitching post on
Marietta street yesterday Mr. Howard VanEppn
was appointed by Governor McDaniel, yesterday,
judge of the city court.
It Takas a Heap of Mo&ey
to tend out thousand* of sample copies of Ihe
Constitution. We want to send one specimen ta
every person in America who can read. We can
not therefore tend to some person twice. So read
this copy, mike up your mind aai tubtcribe at
once.
Tho Whistling Olrl.
Have you aver heard, at dawn of day,
A rrlickipg, rousing roundelay-
Clrar aa a blackbird’s tuneful note,
" ‘ ‘
itllog Girt.
i chart
[peart.
At Yattar the darting learned the trick
Of wbbtlit g with other uatrfenstay.
At night they woo’d "make toe monitor sick"
By tootling until tha break of d*v.
And to hear ten whistling maidens wheeze
All In the gloaming, soft a* yon oiease.
Wonld ban made an angel halt and tueese.
She ranslrn abcut at the luncheon hour.
At d her pockerfLg lips have a syren’s power,
A dslmy Mice in »t)k and lace.
At the big ptaso ihe takes her placo,
At -l ibe grand old master's motto burls
At you, while her Ups she slyly unfurls
And toots like a troop of whistling girls.
At eve she flashes Indira mdaflne; $
Atd her eyes glow dicp sad her cbeeki blush
wine
As yon fondly recall the del’elous tuna
fits * bisiltd for you fn tb* afternoon
And in icme recta*, where the firwets can
Yen till the old tale to tb* musical maid.
Agd ike whistles her answer-half afraid.
-New York Ban*
See next week’s Constitution. It will be tha
bast copy eter issued.
1.C00 SUCCESSFUL FARMERS,
HOW THEY HAVE ACHIEVID SUCCESS.
1,000 PROSPEROUS FARMERS
Throuebout the south, with ihe methods thsj
barojmnueUtudthe results the, have reached.
These tanavrs have bean csrelollj selected to
Taitoua counties in the southern states, aud the
Storj of their Firmi find Fanning
Wilt be instructive as writ as entertatntn,.
The picture of oue thousand southern botaea.
and latokibouiea, and pat turn, sad fields, and
vineyards, util shew what the sooth Is capable ol
at bar best.
Moat papers are content to print wbat can ho
dona to theorr. Thi CoxreiTutioa will show
wbiticlually has lean dona by practical farmer*
and how they did It.
Tht* Series of Former’* Paper*
I* the moat tir portent aver triad by * newspaper,
and we Intend to make It worthy of Tn* Count*
Tenor, and lu gnat constituency.
Babecrtbe in time to get the beginning ol these
uc tehee.
’•Actual Results,"
And how they wm naebad. ts nil we tre going to
■bow. Tha nfeerttwr who reads them will, trj
■Sect, ban visited and talked with a thousand ot
tb* success’ol (aimers ol u* south tad hid th*
baieit of their axyarienc*. Eahecribsotoacc.