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Newspaper Page Text'2. - THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1885. POLITICAL The Drift of the Parties and Gossip of Party Leaders, MAHONE AT LASTREPUDEATED Glorious Victories in Now York and Virginia. THE BL03DT SHIRT CRT AN iWERED, And the Democratic Column Marches Boldly On. TrabavatnatUaensojand they are ourri All along lbs iklrmlib line for tbt earning cot 11 let cl 1888, tbt democrats hast von tmy eiHDtUl point of vantage. New folk It to longer a wavering stats. She now elands confirmed intbatrna lath and pledged for the fotort. Tha Old Domin' Ion bet been gloriously redeemed, tad VU bonelem It a thing of the paet. Tho country expected the NoTtmbtr eta tee todoUalrdnty, and they have rteponded nobly. The democratic prooaaalon It now under (nil headway. It will eweep the field In Ibe next big fight. Hew Yurie, vie woaon's utimatb. Kaw Yoaa, November 4.—[Hpaolal.]—It It now conceded by the republican! tbit Oov ‘ernor Hill It elected. He having made very large galae throughout Ibe state, greatly re ducing Blaine's majority of laet year and plidng many town* and connUei In tha democratic column. In Monro* county •lone, Davenporl'a vole wta 2,001 feet then that given to Ulalnn. Hla oonnaction with the Fleaeant Valley Win* company hu hart him In Ibe Interior, and bia bad labor record bee ctnted him to be ent badly along the Vobawkvallty when tbeia la a large labor vole. Sitcom, Ibe prohibition cendfdate, hu polled Ibe largeet vole ever received by ■ temperance nominee, receiving nbont 40,100 votes, while St. John received bnt 28,000 last year. This temperance volt hu largely come from the republican ranks, irom mem bers af that party wbo oonld not tolerate Davenport'e connection with tbt Wine com- peny. It le alrucit Impoeelblo lo cellmate u to bow the leglntalnro will eland, u there hu btenmncbicntchlng, but It will probably | remain u It now atanda—republican In both branchei. Would. oouaaiTCLanoin. Nxw Yoaa, Norember 4.—The Sun In Ita second edition ilvte mil 13,818 mejorllr In the stale. Haw Ycau, November 4., • a. a. -Tha following dispatch bu been cent Irom the democratic «Ute beedqnsrtsrs In this city: To Governor Ulll, Elmirs: Wo oongratnlatejon onjoorelection. Onrfrtandsthocncmjoonosda it. There Is no doublabout It. John o'Bsiart, Chairman, Alsou B, Fauxis. Chslimsn Ki. com. LooKiNo roa a season. 'The Kronlng Pest tires MU'* majority ol lJ.lSs,- ' It state* that iho neat lcglalalurs will ho compos- ed ol si republican! and 11 democrats In tho sen ate, aid S8 republicans and » democrats In tho ancmblj. ______ Virginia. rat.a ms sichhoud marasen. Sicnuoan, Va., Noveabet 4.-|8pscl*l.]-From the returns now In, 2:90 a. m„ tha democratto state ticket tee been elected by el lean ten thone- and, Tha Irablatnrt Is surely daaeocraUo by a goodwoiklng majoilty. All oMha twcnty-flro oonbltnl ccnnUea so tar beard tram, bare elected democratic itpriiantaUrea. Prince Id ward, m the "black belt," bee elected e democraUo rapro- acute tire. Norfolk Clly elects two demoersu to tho boost, and with Prtncem Anno county • dent- ocratlo eenalor. II la a perfect Waterloo tor K*- bone. Tua Dtaearcn. Ricumonp,November 4,-AddlUonal retnrae thle morning do not change tho Indications telegraphed )ut night, as to General bee's majori ty reaching 25.000, and It may go to 10,000, As to the legislature, anfflclsnl icturns have been to- ealrcd to show that the democrats hare already •Ixtytwoout ol one hundred memberaol the honso ot delegatee, and twanty three out ol tony members ef the senate. The republicans here sixteenmtmktno!thohouao and altren ton. The cnoaUao yet to ha board tram will Uoraata the democratic mcmbenhlplo a two thirds majority in both houaoc. Rirauosn, Va., Novambar 7.—Complota ro tor o a from all the legislative dlalrlcta In the atalo abow tho complexion ol the next legists- tort to to u follower Senate—democrats 10, Tcpnbllcstta ll| boos*-democrats TO, ronub- llcant 801 dsmocratlo majority In the joint ballot 80. _ Connecticut, nanroto, Connection!, November 3,-The election In Ibis state was tor memboit ol the Irililatnre only, Tho retanu it thoCourant cn.cc at 11 o'clock, Irom all but lour towns In Iho •tale, ahowlhaoomplulonoltho next bout to he •• follows: Rapcbllmnt, 13; democrats. 112: lodrptndenia, 93 Tho mhatag towns will not matartally change mult. Tho town at Hurlhoroogh la a Ua on rtprtaenUllves. last year theu tow ns stood, republicans 1(0, damocraU 14. Senatorial clctUoaa took place la twelve odd n urn bored •lis ts lets. Each pony electa six ol the twelve. Bao atom hoMlagovotaevon uo rtpobUeau and five democtals, making tha next senate aland thirteen npnbllrona ltd eleven democrats. Laat year icTtntccn rtynhllcua andievtn democrata. This gives the republican a working majority la both ferurhea. _____ Itew Jersey. Tuvxrox, Mow Jomey, hovomher I,-Tha oioc tloa In thle elate hu malted lit nk- ItaaUa) victory tor the republicans. The only tar too vu Uo lettalstorv, la both braorhra ol which tho democrata wlU bo again In n minority. Tha hat aUmatcost midnight gin tha repoblt- not thirteen votei In neat unate. U eight lot tha democrata, and la Uo aaaambly, repnbUcana thirty Unto, to twaaty-eoven democrata. This ta a npnhUean gala at two In the sues!a, ami eloaa ot literal to Ua bouse, hat It teams rap while u majority on f Pint ballot. Pennsylvania, Pnuuimna, Pa., November 3-ntty-uvon ont ol tho alxty-uroa connllea in ttfaatai*, Inclndfag Philadelphia, giro Quay (re- pnblleaa) lor etata ucunnt >3mi majority, t net itpabtlean gaU ol 7,717. WhUo Quay lose* 7.TB In the clly, hla gain In the connUes ontaide ol Phlladatphta loot op lMto. Tho couaUto ye! to ho heard tram govt In leal o democrat majority ot Ml, bat Uo republican gains an so onliorm throughout Ua Mata that UK majority win probably ha wiped ont. (may's majority will Hand abont tt.ooo. Dnlfoixxs, Iowa, Novambar 8,-Ono hundred ‘° d ,» Iowa giro republican gains ol 187. EaUmalce M Ut republican head,marten, baaed ta the returns received up toll* p. m„ gtvo the itpnhUetn majority on Uo itate ticket ol IicalUM to to,- Cto. At the democratic headquarters no eatl* mole le made on Ibe atato ticket, tha democrata claiming Iho flection of mimhersof the frgbta- Into In Scott, Dnhoqno, Pottawatomie, Wapelo sod Tama counties. Dnxotan, Iowa, Novembsr 7.—Prom ro torai received op to an early boor this mim ing, the Begfatar placet tho majority ol Lara- bee, republics!, lor governor at 7,884. Bnrylnnd. BiLTixoas, November 4, 1:18 a. m—Partial re- lorns received op to this boor tram all section! ol the state Indicate considerable democratic gains tbrcughonl the eastern iccttons, while western Maryland, always republican, la abont bolding the rraotar vote. The democratto majority on the stati- ticket le estimated now at 11,800 to 18, oco. Mississippi. JxcKioir, Mlnlaslppl, November 9—Tho election today was tho most quiet and peaceable In twenty years. There was no opposi tion lo Uo democratic atato ticket. Dlffbreaoca ol partly n local nature exists in clabt os ton counties. Tho returns u ter received show n very light vote. Thteltydl Jackson polled tic votes against l.cco at the city elections last year. The vote Urooghont the state was correspond- Ingly light. The negroes generally did not vote, Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebraska, November 3—Tha res torus come In more rapidly now. Thirty. eight preclnctaontaldette city bur out the call, mete ot 11.000 republican mejority. Tho prohlbl. tlon vole will reach 8,838 ta the atato, Maaaacbaaotts. Boston, Haaaachuetla, November 9,-Tha Hera eld saya Uat the retnrna Irom Ue state at large are very meaare, hot considering the demo erotic Ices In Boston (1,248), Indications point to Uo election ol Botcmon (republican) by a largo majority. New Hampshire. Naanva, N. If., November 9.—The municipal election held today resulted In Uo election ot tho democratic candidate lor mayor. The democrata elect three aldermen. The city government ta re publican on Joint ballot, the council standing republican air, democrata four. The hoard ol education atanda, republican three, democrata one. Tha Hags of Hoatlcello Invoked. Alnaaoata, Va., November S,_Amongtbe hundred congratulatory dispatches received by Governor-eleet Lot, wee the following from vice-President Hendricks: r "Ikniavaroua, tad., November 4.-General Fit*. Lee: 1 congratulate yon and Uo Virginia democrats upon yonr splendid vtawry^^ n To which General Lea replied: "Alsxapdua, Va., November 8.-TO Vice. Frealdaiit Ifeodrlole, Indianapolis, Ind,: Accopt Ibe thanksol Ue Virginia democrats lor yonr congratulations. Hey too spirit of the an ot MootlcoUo watch over Ue destinies of Virginia o river, FmirooH Lx*." TORCHLIGHT 1*H NBVV YORK. aovornor-EIect mil, of Hose York, Give* Kmplinstato the Monolog of tha Victory. ALaaar, N. T-, November 8,—Governor mil woo serenaded at the executive mansion tonight by tho Jaokaon club, and tho affair was mado tbt ooraelon of a ffroat democraUo demonstration. In tho couno of hla a poach acknowledging tho oom pliment, Governor Hill aaiir oovsaxos sill araaaa. One thing may welt bo deemed aetttad by Ult oleotlon. Tha stated Newport, ldentlfloduit ta with Uo hoataem Interests ogtho whole coootey, anloua lor peace and proa parity, liberal In thought and tolerant ol the acntlmccta others, can never he earred upon any Iwne ol aoo- tlonal hate. Tho put anlmoaltleo between Uo north and south btvo boon ever burled, ahd cannot rtfumcUd lorUa tapiqfltol any nauticalpsrig- howiverdeipeiato that party i lrf be. Tho re- turcloK proapcrlly ol bualnrn lorblda tho revival . cl tho hltterniu engendered by clvlljstrllc. Tho 'people dofra amlcablo rolatlona to exist between oil iccllooi ollho country, end will tolerate no agitation ol icclloual controvcralco that are dead. uva mem xxrr.icx me naao. Tha parly thet prnenta live tasueai pertinent the drmanda of iho hour, la the puly that will receive popnltrlly and aopport The peopleara taleietlid loanhoacetaad economicaladmlola. IibUod ol pnbllo affaire. They want good gov ernment tvery when In tho nation, city and town. They demand homo rulo lor the dues, freed fro: leglefetlvo dictation or fnlerfereoco. They deal re that tha w ork of monldpal reform ihonld bo pro- greased to the end that corruption and dishonesty may bo uprooted. They lnalal that pnbllo offlotxla then ho hold to strict accountability, and that genntaa reform shall be taanguratad. Tho demo cratic party will meet Iheeo demands, and dis charge them to tho eattataetlon ol the people, ms panocmanc aim. Wo have not promised a non-partisan adminis tration. Tho people do not expect it, and It almoatlmpomtalo under tho Into theory ol our taslliuiloie. Wo will, however, giro the people honest, efficient end competent acre an ta, devoted to Ue public weal. oinsv roa viaoiata. Neither ihonld 1 clooo without expressing word ot rtjoldeg wlU yon over Ue victory ot tha democraUo party la Uo grand old atato ol Vir ginia, In Ue election ot General yitahugh Loo to the governorship ol that commonwealth. Yon ob served his manly presences! harodoIn the pro- rmatoa at Uo funeral ol amend Grant In Now Torn, where be had comegmerauly to pay hla tribute cl respect to Uo gnat gonaral ol ooi armies, whom he had formerly opposed fa of vil •trite. The vlctonof Lee ta Important, beoanee It wipes ont tho tali vrstleo ol repudiation vlalblo In onr country, ana piano Virginia In tho hands ol men who wlU not ffauctally dishonor bar lOOd ncmeJMid will Inmro a creditable end hou- orahla administration ot her aflbui. A GREAT BATTLE TO BB VIVIDLY PORTRAYED UPON CANVASS. ate-Yuma artists Betagad to oo tns Worn-res afotsrtali ret it au aw4r- xatanitieg leoteaati navivto. Tha place abent Atlanta which poawnea tho highaat historical interaat la tha battlo- fleld of tho 22d ol Joly, 1884, jolt beyond Oak land cemetery. Thle econo of on# ol the lercestond bloodiest bsttloe of the civil war now preserves few traces ol tha tery tide which onco surged and swept through Ita for ests and over Ita alopaa. Ills hard to stand now amid thoao lertlla fields and plaasant groves and Imagine tho scones ol bloodshed end horror ol which they wore one* Uto scene. But thorn are memorials of that batUa still preserved which are to bo utilised to repro duce a vrvin riciuaa ol what transpired there over twenty-one yean ago. Tan years ago Phllllpltesux, a famous French artist, palntod a panorama or the ■elgo of Psrlo by Uo Prussians. Before that lima no panorama had over bean constructed which was mora than 25 foot high, with a corresponding diameter. The original "Salgo of Paris" la 50 feet high, by about 458 loot In cirenmforonce. Nearly every grant city In Europe now has Ita panorama building. It la a pol/elded and permanent strnctnre for tha exhibition of each iguL_. Hamborgton betaken to Parle and fitted in Uo hollaing there, or to London, or to half a dozen other European eitiee. Tha eneoosa of thcio enterprises in Europe hoe led to the oon- •truction of similar grand panoramas or American historical events. The battles of Gettysburg. Shiloh and Vicktbargaro now llloitratadin this lively manner. Tho grand panorama ol Ulsslonary. Itldgo la now fait approaching completion, and it will rank with the beat ol too European works of this charac ter. na. van. l. cavil, who wae the war corraopondont of Harper’s Weekly, has mada a careful reconnoiuaneeol Iho battleground of July 22d, 1884, la front of Atlanta, lor tha purpose ol having it represent- •d on canvaaaln the highest atyle of art. Ur. Davis says that tho compooltion of this work will bo as interesting as any ever made. He hu the but possible facilities for hie work. Ho made numerous sketches on tho ground during and altar tho battle. Hla (ont wu Jut by that V General Sherman and probably so men saw to mneh of tho general aspects of tho great battle u did be. la tho panorama tha entire foreground will bo filled frith altbor action or incident. General Sherman and part of hla ateff will bo near enough to be eas ily raoogaiaed byjthe observer. Generals Lo gen, Cliarlce It. Woods, Smith, and other ted- AOAIM3T- WOODROW, The Alabama'.Bynod Approvu.the Action af Uo Dlractoro. Hravtrii.ii, Ala, November 8.—At n lain hour laat night, by a vote of 17 to 12, Iho aynod of Alabama adopted tho majority report ol Uo committee having chugs of Uo mat ter and whloh wu mada on Friday to tha aynod, auatatnlng Uo notion of tha dlractoro ol tho Colombia umlnary In removing Protcesor James Woodrow, A written protest hgalnat tha notion or tho •ytodwu mode and signal by eight mem ber* ol Uo oyaod. 7h* attitude of tho church toward* avolulton ta not Involved In Ihlt rite but Itwne manly one ol technical church procedure on whether tha trnatou of tho lomlnary exoeeded their authority In removing Dr. Woodrow, oven If the doctrine of evolution wu eonlnry lo tho (caching! ol lb* church. Tha Alabama aynod controls two director* olUo seminary, South Carolina aynod olx, used ol north Georgia lour, sad tha south Georgia and Florida aynod one. Thou aya- oda control the seminary. Tho aynod of couth Georgia sad Florida and tha synod of South Carolina coatrolltag aovsn director*. have re- roatly auatalncd Dr. Woodrow while north Georgia sad Alabaain hav* sustained Uo di rector*. Thle would mm to cattle Iho mal- tarse regards tha lorladleUea ot Uo board of dlractoro. The matter wUl now rororttoUo mtrlla of thecas*. tag EiwBuoay it'ariuu The Parly la Now York DomonUlaod by Tuesdays Clactton. *« Ton*, Novambar 8.-A ttady of Ut olooticn return* givaa so raliat or - ■ tJecuonrelurnifivMBvrtlietor upUaaUon lo Uo ropubllcanaofUo onrprtao parvr to which Uoyfron tnstod on Tuooday. The defeat hu utiarly damorallsad their party. Old votoraaiaay theyaavarexpoctodErau au- 18*8, and will hasp control of Uo oonatry for Uo next qaarter ot a eaatnry. I shall bo deed leIcro they go ontof power/' erel officcn, will occupy prominent placu In Ue foreground. The tacu ol Hood, Hardee ana oUor confederate chieftains will bo sully recognised. BhoriiT Thom*!, of Fulton county, who dbtiagntahsd hlmaclf by hie gallantry on that day, will hava a promi nent position. Colonel Albert Howell, Dr. Durham and oUer confederate figures will bo prominent. Tbe Urns ulected for Ulnetratlon 1* Ua late afternoon when Uo Sold wac drawn wlU dead and U* host surauvs rronv ol Uo day wu In progreu. That struggle was one of tho moat lerocloua ol Uo entlro war and will give material for many stirring tcanca. Tbs panorama ta to bo pointed by tho boat artlata of Europe end America. Each artist Will havo special features to portray. ProL Angus* Labr^f Munich, will .qympoae all' Chiefly paint tha landscape. For aaaistauta ho will have five excellent artlata, among whom ta Schneider, a favorite pupil of Achonborh. F. W. Heine, ol Dresden, a battlo painter noted for tho magnificence of hie historical werke, will superintend Uo piloting of tbs men end will do Uo principal figoru himself. Ho will hava (onr uabtanta. Frofoeaor Itlchter, known u one of tho moot mcceaefol ol animal palntara, wUl paint Uo horses. The erttat in overlooking Uo present ap- E aranco el Uo battle ground with a view to ta dfllcuU work will find Ita topographical features greatly changed. Tha old roads are almost obllleraled. House* and other atract- nreo now itand hldiog many points of Interest. Only three houtoe, and those of loconaldoroblo also, on now to bo seen of nil thoao which stood there when Uo battlo was fought. Tho fine brick mansion of Au- guslus Sort, mentioned by General Hood In Els book, wu on Ua toot whore Captain Ray- nolda’a horn* now stands. Thrifty forest* cover what war* then open fields. The earth works. Uongh they wan axcoptlonally greet tar field works, are almost effaced. Fortunately. Ueu difficulties, which would ordinarily make an accurst* portrayal of Uo ■eono or twenty-one yean ago Impossible, are obviated by Ue record* of observation taken at U* Urn*. All Uo ekolebu taken by Ur. Davta on Uo day of Ua batll* and hla volum- laona not* books will supply material for a falUlol picture ol the battleground u It ap peared when wet with blood end covered with corpse*. Uo spent several weeks In Atlanta and went over every footol Uo gronodin company with ex-confederate officer*, rornah- ing hla memory and amplifying hla ms- teriala. Tha great panorama will bo completed la about ten monthe. It will be a screen woes in ilia u well u in artistic excellence. It will bo 88 foot high by 480 foot In clrcutnferanca. Theu ora about Uo dlmlneiens ol tho famiui "Battle ol Sedan,” which hu bun exhibited to admiring crowds all over Earope and Autries. A great atrnetnra hubean pntnpin Mil- waukee especially forthe purpoao of making paaoromu, and than Uta work will bo done. It la to bo commonoed within Ua next few week* and steadily pushad to eomplation. Ita coat will bt enormous, but the projeetore ol Uo onterprtae leal aura that W8F„, YlH , PGxluce auch a work aa will command attention and admiration wberaverjlt ta exhibited. It will bo worthy, theyara confident, of Uo mighty econo it A prominent ex confederate officer, who hu bun much interested In Ue reeonaoli- uaee for Uta puorame, hu uld that, owing to Uo dcaU ot Fruldont Garfield abonl the lima, IE* meeting ot ibe ormy of Ue Cumber, lend, at Chattanooga In 1881, wu not u fullv attended u it vrould ordinarily have b«m 8UU U* tact wu amply orldanead that nch meetings In Ua aonlh are most acoaptahl* to the generous men who wore Uo gray. At Uo Chattanooga meeting all paniesot officers going to vuit bottle fields wen composed ol _ »»i *wa aao van osar. Tha ox-confederate officer allndod to aaya tael no city north or south would extend a mora cordial wcloomo to U* oocloty of tho Mint for their next uettiac. Tht' hotel ^intiee ofAtltnU are excellent and an; GREAT PERSONAGES. nave Men snowerea upon nn tag Ibe deaU of Hotspur: "1 I’ll grow ltu; for I’ll purge sad live etaaaly, u a nobiem Man Who Bavo Attained n Wondarfo] Avolr- dnpole. Cardinal Wolaey wu a "man ol an nnbonnd- ed itomacb," but not pouesead of a burden* acme amount of avoirdupois, and though groat, wu sot large. His "onbounded stomach" re ferred to hla Inordinate pride and ambition. With Blr John Falalaff tho cate wu quite Ue raven#, technically speaking, and albeit u largo, could In no wtao bo considered a groat meniandyethepunnlnglyobserves, when he waeofUo opinion that new honor* would hav* been showered upon him for htaclaim* . ^ ' "If I grow great, R and lee re lack, man should do." Thus, it wUl bo sun Uat ho wu about Ua first individual to propou for himulf a ayatem of wbai at the present day it called Banting, lam. Falalaff wu unquestionably a man of great avoirdupois, and It ta to bo regretted that bhakapears hu left ue no record ofhta weight Notwithstanding U* fact Uat when he wu of Ue ego of Prince Hal (which most have bun about 18) bo esyor “I wu not so eagle's talon In tho wnbt—I could bavo crept into an alderman’s Unmb ring," Uoro ta Us avldence of Uo iherlff and carrier to Uo effect Uat h* wu a "gross, fat man, u fat u batter, and Uer* l* further evidence Uat when on foot ho larded Uo loan earth at ha walked along) but Uen Fabtaff wu Ue prince of liars; yet it may ba that ho wu in n degree correct In Uta, for wo have Ua evidence ot Dr. Ashton con cerning U* lata Mme. Victoria, the tat woman, who "wu thin and dallcrto throughout her girlhood,” Uat "many pereons of email bonu attain an enormous else." The weight of Mme. Victoria wu prodigious—between 558 and 888 pounds—but Uen exists Ua record of much larger persona, no. ably In Ua mother eounlry. In two instances, at laut. Tha lint ot thus waa a Ur. Bright, U* grocer, ot Malden, In In bis UlrtieU year, at thi pounds, and wbou death Eta neighbors u a happy i tax old preparation Uat might bo domudoa iu readily bo made. Evory railroad lead- flvmlhu city giro* quick teem to some Hold of batUe. Tho dty ta out In tho very center of memorials of tha war. Tht mecUaar of Ua aoeiaty of tho ormy ol Tan- tease* ribald ban would undoubtedly bo lugoly at/oadod and good would spring from Uo leloadly greetings exchanged between U* veterans who firad each othr ' Tho Professors of Oxford ud Cambridge universities are u imperative that the itndenta ot Hue* universities should nod Uo "Bcionco of Llh" u any or Uo standard works which Uair esUogUU econo ^■saiTiaiaifiiaiiss of Uta poper. wee a air. arixut, sue grocer, or juaiaon, ir Uo county of Eeiex, who died in 1750, ' ' tho not weight of r- ' wu couldered . ilghbora u a happy release to him, am. »o much lb* more u he Uougbt oo himself. Ho came of a family which wu notad lor ' 6 roat else and lit eorreopondingly groat api Is. Tho Mr. Bright la quution ,oDjoy*d i (optionally good health, and at Ue ago of 22 he took nnto himulf a ■ . - . livo children. A moot Inhabitant ol bit overgrown body. Indood, amiability and good nature *eem logo hand in band wlU obesity, tin whcrcroro tbo pertinency of Uo time-honored adage, "laugh and grow fat!” Tho coffin in which ho waa burled wu Uree foot six inchoa broad at U* ahouldtra, and mors than thru feet deep. They had more trouble, probably, In gettiog Uo corpse from Ua bouse In which ho died to Ita final resting place than wu ex- perienccd In U* cue ol Mme. Victoria, for a ' ray was ent Urough tha wall and staircase of his boose to lot it down Into Uo shop. It wu drawn on n low-wheeled carriage to tho church by twelve man, and wu lowersd Into Uo grave by moans of an engine fixed np on UechirehforUat purpose, and in Ut prel ates of an immonsa number of curloaity-sook- ing opectatora, who came from all parte ol tha country. After hla death. If Uo bull may bo pardoned, ho was made tho euta'ccs ol a ridiculous wager that five men, each 21 years of ago, could bo bulfonod in hta waistcoat. Thb wa- ;cr wu decided In lhe Black Bull inn in Jelden, where not only fire bnt eoven men war* IncloKd In Uo waistcoat wlUont strain ing a button or breaking a otiteh. Bat out gp 882. Three years earlier ho wu on exhibl tlon in London with an Immenae following. At Uta tlmo he wu thirty, six years of ago, and hla exhibition bill saya that he wu then ninety-one pound! heavier than Mr, Bright was. which would make 707 pounds, so that In too three ycera which followed up to Uo .ima of . hta - death bo gained, ibirty-two pounds additional. Ldta- beit died very suddenly, having gone to bed well at night, bnt expiring before nine o’clock Uo next morning. Ho was a man who ato moderately and drank water, which would turn to refute Ue . _ ■taffian theory Uat saok 1s conducive to obs- ty. Like au fat men, howua fino singer, na posseuod an excellent tenor voice. Oaring to Uo Immenu alio of hta logs Uo coffin In which ho wu burled had to bo made In tho form of a cuo rather than in Ua conven tional ooffin foahfon, and It may have boon Us forerunner of our modern burial caabats It was ol itout English elm, and lie dimensions war* six feet lonr Inchos long, four last four fichu widt, and two foot four itches deep. Ho died os Uo ground floor of an inn, as h* had long boon I ncspablo of ascending a flight of atalre. Yet Uoro wu trouble experienced in getting tho coffin Irom Uo houao, and Ue window and a part ol tho wall of tha room In which ho died had to bo taken down in order to make a passage. The coffin, by Ue way, wu,built upon two axlo- trees, and four cog whoeta, and upon thoao Uo remains of Uo groat man ware rolled into hta grave in SL Martin’s ehnrehyard, a regu lar descent having been made to tbe grav* by "tiling away Ua earth for eoms distance. Dr. F. Dental recorde Uo case of a young man of twenty-two, who died from excoulro obtaity, weighing 848 pounds; and In tho English philosophical transactions lor 1819 Uoro ta mentioned Uo cam ol a girl of four years of age, Who weighed 258 pounds. No "email polalooe" in hta way wu a Ur. Palmar, U* landlord of Uo Golden Lion Ian at Brampton, In Kant. Five men could bo buttoned within hta waistcoat, yet ho liokcd like a pigmy bosld* Lambert, lo lee whom ho wont expreuly to London. Uo weighod about 408 pounds, and it ta eald that the superior groaeneuo! hta mora ponderous rival eo prayed upon him at to causa hta death wiUin Urea weeks ol hta Journey to London. Bays Fatataff: A plague of sighing and grlea—it blows a man up ao.” A remarkable cast ta that of John Love,who wee Uo apprentice or Rjland, n celebrated engraver of London, who wu exocntad for forgery in iho letter part o! Uelut century. Love, who became terrified byUe shameful manner ol bis muter'* death, gave up Ue bueineu h* wu learning and returned to hta natlva piece in Dorsetshire. Being at Uc time exceedingly teeblo and amaclatod, hit friend a, lharisgthat ha wu tailing into con- •nmpUan, applied to a physician, who no- ommonded nn abundance of nutritions food uUo but madteln* under Ut existing ctr- cnmatancca. That advised, Lon aoqutred a tula for tha pltaaunt of tho table, which ho wu toon enabled to gratify by hta anocou in butlneea u a bookseller. Suffocated by fat, ho died in hta fortleU year, weighing 884 ads. Mme. Victoria wu unquestionably largest person of whom wo ban any re cord who died on Uta continent, bnt whUo lus by nearly two hundred pound* than wu Denial Lambert, w* an at a lou to under stand why ah* required a ooffin ao much larger. Wo ban had "many a good toll fallow” hors In onr own country, but none of Uom aver approached Uo lady In slit. Th* largest man wo over remember to havo am In our own atato of Mauaehuutta wu Uo Uto Hon. Myron Lawrence, ol Bolohtrtowa, who in Uo old days had bccaalytad "Ua Sharidanof U* whig party," and who at Uo tints of hta daith pulled down tho scalu at upward ot850 pounds. Horn in Boston wo havo had soma notable fiat men, among whom might bo mentioned Uo lata JaQar Bedlam, U* 1st* Dr. Moriarty, tha -lata Thomas Morgan, wbo wu Uo landlord of tho old Ben Franklin, and Uo Uto John R. Hall, U* architect. There may b* cases of extra ms obMltyaxtating within onr our midst at Uo present time, Sat wo know not of Uom. Wo do know of several who will pull down Uo •Cairo in Uo vicinity of 358 pound*, hot Uat weight ta a man bogaUUo. Some men havo bun sacoamful la getting rid of their •nparBnooa Huh. Tho moat •nc- ccuful of thoao wu, perhaps, a Spanish noble man, Uo uarqnla of Cortina, n general or Uo duka of Alva,whose body wu in* condition oT enormous obesity. By Uo oxcooaive ua of vinegar ho ao reduced hlmaclf Uat ha oonld " hta akin about him like n gar- Tha duk* of Alva flonrlahad from lt*8to 1582, Mills evident Uat Cartina flourished in Bhakspcart'a time. THB NXW JERSEY BONAPAPIE3. Approaching Bala *1 tb* Historic Old Yana at Bordaatown, From Ue New York World. Now that the park of Joaoph Bonaparte (Count do EuirlUloa) at Borden town, N. J.,ta about come again under tha aoctlonecr’s hammer, a no w interest acema to be awakened in Us place and memorUa of the count and hla family art rife In the nelihboihood. Many people Uoro remember well Us genial old gentleman who had hta home among them ao long, and articles (nrnlinrs, pictures and brlea-brac - hta property can ho found In almost all ol the bonaso ol ue well-to do Inhabitants. Going to Borden town bom Philadelphia In 1817 ha purchased a largo tract ol land constating ol sev eral farm* and abont a unround acres on Uo bluff overlooking Uo Delaware, and hero ho laid out and proceeded to bcantuy hta tamotu park. Tho plan* bad beta called Point Breeze by a lormer owner, which name Bonaparl* Mill retained. Dwelling* trees pUatod. __ Jtotel* _ _ nf lie tri _ paths’ and eantag* rood* bbnstrncud and elegant •tatnary placed noon the knolls. Over ravines sod gnUKs nutio briogt* wan bnili, and money and cultivated taito lent their aid to nature In Us em bellishment ot theipot. himself to tbo people among whom be dwelt by hta unvarying kindness and consideration tor tbalrweMsrr. In 1130 Uo count's residence wu low, stuccoed building, which bad boon origtaaiij Ms liable. In ontwud appearance It was plain, bnt Its fnmltnre and works ol art wore elegant tn Uo extreme. At thadcsUof Joseph Bonaparto In 1141 tho property descended by will to hta ■randaoD, Joseph Lndep, Ue son of hta daughp Zenaldo, who was married to her comic, Char] Ben aparta. the son ol Laden. Tbs yoong u Pnncs Joseph,” as hs wu calls . soon began to sail off bta American estate, and In 1847 Us park became Ua property ol Thomas Of PhlUdelDbla. w, itEO lo Henry BecXeU, an English gcntleman/ibr- marly British consol at Philadelphia. Hr. Back- ell Itvsllsd Ibe Bonaparte mansion to Us ground and trollt an elegant house alter hta own Ideas. There U Dothlng ln Uta modem boose to suggest Us Bonapartes except two elegant manta Is which _ were taken from Us old home. These are ol marble, richly carved standing, bnt tho lake la no more. A marshy do- inaalon shows you where it waa. Tbs lut time tho writer palled Us placo a family wash wu flapping horn the broad piaxia noon whloh tha priheers wu wont to sit at tbo cool of day, and a loud-voiced ban wu proclaiming her achieve ment from the window of Us lodge oppos'ts '1 he glamour ol roman oo acema to hang abont this rcane of deputed gmndcor. .Han ot Uo world'ahlatory, jet yon cannot bnt feel that If Uslr mate lips could (peak again Ucy would toll yon that dearer than au recollection of pomp and arandenrta the thought that they are remembered by these people among whom they lived un ' hors and friends. Bank Statement, Nxw Yonx, November 7.—Tha. statement ol Ui associated hanks lor the taat week shows the lol- lowing cbiocci: Loans deerraaa - - -_f%481,001 8peels decrease.,.—.1,190,108 Legal tender Increase—— —717,901 Deposit! decrease..— circulation Increase.. SENT FREE. Samples of Wall Paper and Boek tellinp how te hang It M. M. MAUCK, Atlanta. Ga. THE SCIEBCE OF LIFE, ONLY tl tun MAIL DOST pilDS Drs. BETTS * BETTS, Medical and Surgical Dispensary, | MX WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA. K ^HBstta, M. D., the consulting phjtlcUn. U most: sr.cccn-.lnl, beat known aotclaUat I ':-'. 11 - A gn-.dcate Irom lonr medical col. ^■xnty.flyc years cxpcrlenco and extcnalrs say In Lnplan-i, Franco and America, and hu ■*o7» d a^S^c t ?SS! |embracing eemtnal Weakness (resulting from lit! I discretions, Lori Manhood and Ahnsco ol the Labour remedies act quickly and cure perm*. ■vous sm’iMaraggs before the eyes, Ltesltndo, Lannot. O loo in Is ml eonruwf^ukirtconfldenca 1 *diriL‘listlraL onM | lor Ho tly or pimnMi ana flntu ute x paroen— n-'-ttor, Hlwlthoal ESSSSs.® and bones, SyphUlUc Boro TUroat, month and Tongue, Glandnlu enlargements ol Uo nock. Rheumatism, Catarrh, etc., eta, permanently ennd when other* have tailed. _ ■MUMralk Kidney and Bladder troublop, weak b&ck, barn« nrlutlnii urlno high col* ■red or milky sediment on lUndln*, OonorrhoM, ■iect, cjititu, eta, promptly and nfaiy enrod, B bhca min both mind and body, unfitting them H DDAlnca. ttudy or marriaci. Bemarkabl* i nxe§ edocted in old caaea which hara been nagw lected or nnikUlfnlly treated. No experiment* or CAPITAL PRIZE $150,000. Drawlnn ol The Louisiana Bute Lottery CompS ny^andjin person muago and control the Draw IMOW THYSELF.* A GREAT MEDICAL WORK ON MANH001I of Iho rsadhy^yenn: -’horn Th-. —MTwbaUtu youth. It, guardian, lnstinctor or cIo.-gjmaa^p| ■SsUxSmmhWi! heal ^ MfetSTHYSid ca?4*<3lT noi wc3 ‘ emorrhages. I 2aSi*»nS 0 .SpSi e •' ,,, b '*** •* Bores, Ulcers. Wounds^ | Sprains and Bruises. I EFfZi&SItStompia SFIoJ&mSm Rheumatism, - Neuralgia. Isu Mtote D1 Pte r MS2ss.mr9a!! Sore Nipples. pasd The KxtxUt arfll nans ba wlthool ;h..Onr ointment b u*bait mSS female Complaints. ^“5 JhMladbraM tbs Extras* eaa bacaed, ft to wau kaowa. abb tha gnatari bautf Fall AtiaeUooa aeccopaay each botttak CAUTION. ‘ Matndoo pictnio tadMaarir on «•. Takc.ojc^arpraparaaaa. H I ffiotA avarywhera,Prtsas, 50a, ffl, ffl.TiS fffSMrod aoly by FOOTS tXTNACI OU* JOnVKBK AND LONDON, tot raou Uu wkp arm 00MSJ1S3I0NHBB. Unprecedented Attractions! Over HaU ■ Million DIttributed, LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY 00,' Incorporated In 1989 for 29 years by Uo Legtala- turn lor Edvcatlonal and charitable porpoMO— with a capital ol fl.oco.ooo—in which a reserve (undo! overCdU.OOOnusunboenadded. By an overwhelming popular vet* ltaCranchtoo S^S^b. 0 ,'^W! 1 * 8 Its Grand Bin ala Number Drawings will take place monthly. Itnavcricalrt or postpones. Look at tho follow ing distribution: 187th Grand Monthly ADD 20 EXTRAORDINARY SEMI-ANNUAL DRAWIHI la tho Academy ot Mtulo. Now Oneana, Tuesday, Decsmbsr 15th, 1585* Under the personal lupcryislon and mxnsgemento fl«D. Ot T. BKAUKEOUARD, of Lb, and (Ian# JUBAIs Ao KAKIiY, of Virginia. * Capital Prize $150,000. One Dollar. . lut or 1 Capital prise ol 60,000 M . M ao,ooo M ... io,ooo...„ 5,0Q0. m ., 1,000...., ««u.JW0,00O tttttttt 60,000 ’JOJOO Sfc: 200 180. 60— Arraoxntavioit ranis, ICO Approximation prises cl 300. 330,000 100 “ “ 100 10,000 too ” “ • 75 7,ton 2,2-2 Prlrca amounting to.. -4823300 Application lor rates to elobi shoald be made only lo the office cl the Company in Now Orloens. Wot further Information write clearly, riving (nil address. sos'r.u. notes, kxumaa Honey Orders, or New kork txenango in ordinary I ttsr. Currency by Xxprcaa (all ntmaot IB and r .aids atoor exponas) nddroraed H. A. DAI I AD raw, Orleans, La. Or H. A. DAUPHW. ** .Hfk.F,O.S^^St lCIC NkW OBIiANS NATIONAL BANK, _ New Orleans, La,i OB LOUISIANA NATIONAL I 8TATR NATIONAL*! 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