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    THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10 1885.
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IN STRANGE LANDS.
PICTURES AND POINTS ORAPHIO-
'ALLY SKETCHED.;
lift laen tbo Country leesli In looland-Tho
ji.tlT*. s.Tot.nto strong Dtlsi and esoS-
Bow Tolk. Lira, Draaa and Troll. In
tna Snow dad Land or too Star.
Bivsjavix, Iceland, October 2.—[Special
Correspondence.]—Verltb thejer ailer—May
yon be blessed.
"That Is the meaning ol those lamlltar words
Which men repeat at parting in the street."
And in one form or another are erer upon the
lips ol the Icelander. Upon entering or loov-
lng a store or house, parting with a friend, or
meeting an entire stranger on the road, this
sentiment Is always expressed. The national
salutation is a kiss all round,friends and atran-
gen alike, and In the country the custom is
still followed, but like many other time-hon.
ored practices handed down from the days
when Iceland, in seTeral and great respects,
was leading the world, this habit Is last disap
pearing at the capital.
It Is the rule of the road never to pass a
person without a salutation, and in travelling
one eees many affectionate greetings between
the people, who, although very cordial to
foreigners, have ceased, within the last few
S ean, to extend their demonstrations toward
lorn beyond the proffer ot the snuff horn or
brandy bottle, or perhaps a piece of rock can
dy or a lew rsiiins they may have in the re
cesses ol their pockets.
To see herny-viaaged men, often without
dismounting from their ponies, earneetly em
brace and kiss ono another as affectionately
as two parrequetts, strikes the stranger
sa decidedly Icelandic i especially when,
as in almost every csss their
npper lips are crossed by two
very prominent dark streaks, the result of the
frequent use of annff. After bussing each
other in good round style, one of them pro
duces a small horn, from which he empties at
least a spoontnl into his own large nostrils,
and then pause it round; generally following
it up with a small keg unstrapped from be
hind the saddle, or a bottle brought
forth from the depths of an old stocking. Ow-
lug to the isolated lives they lead, the country
people Improve every opportunity to chat
with those they meet^nd after sometime spent
In the exchange of news and friendship’s little
commodities, they again embraoe, catch their
ponies, who have been allowed to stray, and
once more take the road.
The writings of the few travelers who have
visited this country, give us a very high opin
ion of its people, and in many respects rightly;
but a stay ol a lew weeks is enough to convince
one that there are phases of life In toeland not
always described. Most travelers do not re
main long enough to modify the often over
high opinion or the people which ono forms
upon s visit here, or better, perhaps, which
he brings with him. Neither is a residence
in Reykjavik, with tho usual short trip to
Thingvalla, the geysers, and Hekla, accom
chants, government officers ana a few farmers
and others, constitute a higher stratum, and
their dims and habits are like our own, but
by far the larger part ol the population of the
lelsnd, and that to which I refer, are the
common farmers and the middle and lower
lile in all these northern countries during the
tenth and eleventh centuries. But the visitor
meets with none of that fine, actlvo—barbarlo
it you will—life which Is so
grandly described in the old sagas,
and although gradually changing for tho bet-
- tsr, v«ry premia tit Matures of oxiatoncohero
are fastness, a decided predilection for brandy
and snuff and an utter disregard of personal
cleanliness. One can euily seo whero, by an
exertion in the line of improvements, the pro
duce of their labor would oe greatly increased,
but that exertion is rarely made, and tho
- people are oontent to do as their fathers have
done before, them. The things neadfhl
are a lew cnergetio men,
backed by moderate capital, to
show these people hoar to improve iheir farms,
develop the vast wealth ol their fisheries,
which is now appropriated by the French and
N crwcglans, and to look into the vague ques
tion ollhe country's mineral resources. As
for the drinking habit. It will be met with
everywhere, but hero it is certainly a great
and universal obstacle to the advancement ol
the people. Every opportunity is improved
to get "half seas over," and it is no uncom
mon thing to see a farmer hobnobbing with
some chance acquaintance, in the shadow of
a rock, while his pack-ponlee, loaded
with the wares lor which he has
bartered hla year's produce, are scattered far
along or straying from the road, and hit
riding-pony stands sleepily by, apparently
understanding the situation. The Icelanders
i re seldom ugly or quarrelsome, nor can their
time be reckoned as valuable, but the fact
that not the least proportion of their scanty
produce goes for d rink and that they often
lose in other ways through this habit, would,
under, other circumstances, condemn
the custom upon grounds ol
economy and thrift. The I. 0. 0. T.
however Is meeting with a fair reception, and
although hardly a year since its introduction
from Norway, there are already about a dosen
flourishing lodges on the island- The one
here, established three months ago, hu a
membership of nearly ons hundred and fifty,
or noi quite one.twentioth ot the population.
Most of these are young men "work-
young i__
log for Ue good ot their country,"
and they havo already reclaimed from a pret
ty low state one of the smartest members of
the althlng or national congress, a man of
whom it is said, “Were be a Briton he would
lead pirllameni.’’
Tho ability of the average Icelander to ap
propriate snuff is rarely equaled. Somewhere
1 have read ol a Queen Charlotte; who, lu ac
cordance with the grace with which she did
ell things, and lot which she was
greatly envied by tbe ladies ol hor
court, was in the habit of laying a train ol
snuff down the whole length of her white
satin sleeve, and then with one sweep of her
queenly noee, she would secure every partiele.
A lew of these people ompiy a small mountain
ol tho powder upon the back of tbe hand and
transfer it to the note, but the way is to apply
of the horn, and "a long pull and a strong
e ili,” obtain the desired quantity, of course
eating the other nostril In tbe same way. It
is needless tossytbat they enjoy the oper
ation atd that the removal ot external traces
is considered entirely unnecessary. In per
sonal aid household habile, these people are
emphatically not cleen, and culinary ur VJ .i-
neas, together with entomological dleoomrort*
are not the least inconveniences of Icelandic
travel. As regirds wearing apparel, many of
the people stem to have adopted thepriuciplo
ef the man who, every Saturday night, flung
hit seeks against the wall. If they stuck
they were washed, otherwise they were good
lor another week. In the towns, too, one every
day tees practices that In almost
any other country would cause the offenders to
be fined at the hands of the law. But in re
garding all this, great allowance must be
made lor the isolation ol thalr country, and
causes resulting from no fruit ol their own
play an important part in the prseent condition
of the people. The drees worn bare Ie, In tbe
case ot the women, characteristic. The men
wear home made suits of wadmal or home
spun, generally colored some quiet shade, but
cccssionslly made in rag U pea try pattern and
displaying all colors of the rainbow.
Tbe chose worn by all are
low moccasins el nntanned sheep or sealskin,
pointed et the toe and lined with an insole of
Moth. Excepting the few In the higher class-
ss who havo adopted the costume worn by
their sex In other countries and designated
hero at "Danish dress," the women wear tho
rational eoilume; audit fa far from nnnn-
plcaslng one, especially that worn os gala
days and aomeUmc* OB Sunday. The hair is
Plaited in several braids—often lour—the ends
®f which are caught np on top of the head.
The headdress Is of white starched cloth,
filled oat with paper, and like our
liberty cap, carving gracefully upward and
forward to a point Where It nata upon tho
head It i» encircled by a ailver or gold diadem
while the whole cap la covered by a dallcate
lace bordered veil which Celle lightly aronnd
the shoulders and beck. Tbe black eoruge Ic
bordered ell round end at tbe cuffs with
about two ' Inches of velvet, richly
embroidered with silver or gold, and
all seams are covered with very narrow gold
bordered vslvet ribbon. Aronnd the bottom
ot tho rather frill skirt extends a very wide
{ attorn—usually If not always a vino—em-
roidared in colored silk. Tho bolt la ol
highly wrought silver, often very old, with a
long pondanfdown tha front of the dross. A
white tuff in the neck and a colored, ermine-
bordered cape, complete the costume which
hu boon worn for centuries and of which the
people ere reuonebly proud. 01 the com-
men dreu, the tightly fitting bodies
Is ' bordered with velvet end
ends In e kind o( ruff et the waist. It !a fast
ened rather low in the neek end et tbe waist,
but opens down the front, exposing a neatly
worksd starched bosom or white. Tbe skirt
it perfectly plain bnt usually brightened by a
large ailken apron, sometimes of beoutflul
texture end color. A bright colored tie ex
tendi around the neck, end is caught in a
coquellih bow upon tho brout. Tho cap,
which is worn at all times and with no other
covering whan out of doors, Is always blaok.
It consists of a small, round disc ol knitted
work which it pinned tight to the heed, from
tbe center of tbie extends e projection like the
finger of e glove, several Inches in length, and
where it joins tho tassel this it encircled by a
silver tnbe about two inehea long. The tassel
Ik made of tewing silk, quite heavy end ex-
tends e little below the shoulder, lowing
jauntily about with every motion of tho head.
Now ladies, how's that for a manf And the
first attempt, loot I think I tee you smile,
but I shell fry end do bettor next time. The
frees of tho mtldens ot this country ere open
and frank; very often pleating and as rarely
bssntlfnl, while tho utter absence of the den
tist end tooth brush is frequently apparent in
whet would otherwise be en acceptable coun
tenance. The Ioelendle word lor pretty It fet
legged, or et least that la exutly the way it
sonnda (o English ears, and one can hardly
pay hit little compliments to the lalr-halrod
Gudruntor bright-eyed Thom without tome
timidity end always expecting a box cn the ear
for hit impudence. Personal nomeneleture
here It still In Its primitive stages. Only
one name it given to a child and that’s ell he
ever gets. A boy or man
ta simply Jon or Olafur and fur
ther distinction it obtained by asking "whose
1 by asking
j, tho frtbei
is eooea, ns, non eugura's son, or Oletar Ey-
Iboi’eson. It will be seen, however, that there
is to family name and that it Is very diffi-
ton ere you?" In writing, the father's name
it added, at, Jon Sigurd's •
the name of tbe father is sometimes frauspottd
and given to the eldest son, we may have In
this cue Ansgelr Gisllsson, The girle are
Regnhiide nature Dotlur or Thorhalla Felix-
doilnrandareio known through life, only
rarely discarding the national custom and
taking the neme ot their husbands, whioh
act, clearly enough, would make them some
body's eon. This system Is still followed In a
few other countries, end even in Amerlee I
have known of persons being much pusiieil
by i* in com munition whero Norwegians were
predominant. ALintv Hassos.
Four pagee of premiums. Kre/ul artkl't, at
half price. Out vith next week's Constitution.
Don't foil to let it.
• hlUSCLJC ON 1B1 BENCH.
Bins Irgllih XltlWctlone oil Its Possible
Advantagea
Speaking ola certain Judge Bowntrco ol Bents
Crns, who recently whipped e prisoner for trylog
to "clesn cut” hie court room, tho London Tele-
graph says: We can dimly imagine what the re
sults would be It this California example were
Imitated among ourselves. Undoubtedly a cer
tain drgreeof unwonted liveilnam might iu this
wsy he Imparted to the proceedings of joonrti ol
Itutlce, which ue too often Attend unprofitable. II
Mr. Justice Hawkins, for instance, were ell ole
sndden to leap from his sett sod collar a prisoner,
the effect on bis audience would he startling end
sensational In the extrema Ac matters are ar
ranged (n England, e Judge would be levarely
handicapped In e debt with a criminal, owing to
the nelore ol hie Judicial robes. How can e hu
man bains, arrayed in a scarlet gown, somewhat
resembling an Ulster with a long cape, the whole
being trimmed with heavy lor, be expected to
offer successful battle to e stalwart criminal who
la without any ot those Incumbrances? A loll
bottomed wig, too, would be rather In the
way II ft case to dodging en
antagonist's beckhaudeia Yat ft ought never to
come to inch s pus ss that. For tho British Judge
would decline combat with tbs bulking oorapeet
ol tie dock. Bs has not the nemmsry training lot
success. "As st present Instructed," hs would
not haves chance ol coming on victorious. Sup
posing, however, Judge Eowntrco’s sxtmpls to
prove contagious, tbe first occasion on which so
English Judis turns bis court Into a pugilistic
riot” will mark an undoubted era in the annals
ol Inautsr Justice. Among tbs atttndsnt mem
bers of the bar heavy odds would Immediately bs
laid on tbs criminal; the Judge's descent Into
court In t fighting attitude would orssts tnrprlro
In the uihcrs.lnt ft would proToksoonstcrasuon In
tbs''miitcra” ol lbs court, who wou'd bs re
quired to hold tho sponge end "seo fair,” and
also eomt to the assistance ol their chief ft they
saw him setting badly beaten. We should retd
In the lew re ports: "The lord chief Juirice, who
appeared to be still rufTtrlng from tbs nasty blsok
cyc'recclTcd In his recent forensic encooutsr with
tbe ‘Sussex Pet,’ delivered Judgment In tbs esse
ol Bo-end so;" or, "Hr. Justice Stareleigh, after
bclcg rather badly punished In one or two rounds
with the prisoners! tha Ur, declared his Ins lUlty
tofind any precedent lor hie employment ol
knuckle dorters In s lair light, and sentenced him
to three j csra' lmprlionment with herd tabor.”
Wecsnnot,wc repett,wholly Indorse the Ides that
thills one of those American Institutions which
ft would bow lie to transplant In British soil.
Jostles bss often been represented bcarlus s sword
too fir when ws
.> one hand and a
hor Into reran thus
arrayed. Tha advantage ol the plan wou'd be
bnt it Is perhaps going a little to
pate pair ol boxing giovei Intoe
sponge In the other, and sond hr
d not conduoa vary largely to tbs dig rut r of
tbs bench; whereas tha news that Blit Bikes had
defeated the "beak" In single combat would soon
ts nolicd abroad In fotauloot circles, and would
give rue to n hcling if eiultalfon and rebellious
Toy. Perhaps wo bad hotter leave the rough wore
ofresile g with oor criminals to the police, who
ere quite capable ot underrating It, and follow
ibt old plan of aiming ajudgt with no weipoa
snore formidable then an eoormoas quill poo.
At ell events, 11 pugtlUm Is to fiqd
e piece In cur tribunal., let at at bi ast big in with
tbe humbler court* a. an txoeriment. Let a
learned police meetatrara start the novel igston,
•ad fry to Imprest soma ol tha clan who coma
before bim on Monday mornings with tbe "sl-ac-
■rlng*' nature ol bla "delivery" II a cinty court
lodge hero end there contracted a facial ciotmlon
in n anniuaccteehilsptrrlM match with an l«-
neriicrnt plaintiff and apnearad la hie court next
day withe good deal of brown oaper attached to
his countenance tbe dignity of the
judicial profession would not he much Inland.
Tier blab court, bosraver, bad batter so,p clear ol
the Californian rnccdent allogrther. Bren at
Bents shut, we Imagine, the energetic action ol
Jugs Bowntrco In • Ktnn-dy'a case" Is not an
every-day occurrence. Probably the best result
which will -accrae from tots very American Jodi-
riel Incldrnt will be that Hr. Kennedy will never
ittls attempt to' whip slatin''in hu own court
without mallei easeful previous Inquirers aa so
his muscular development and pngltUtlc powers.
Sixteen pale smsetUsdion next met. Four
10/ei of premium. -Subscribe eft mute, so you
cm tet ii
CONSTITUTIONALS.
General Gossip lend Editorial Bhort Stops
Caught on tha Bon.
The Indication! are that Chattanooga may be
come the centra ol northern capital In the south.
The fact that It Is a republican city la likely to
help It Is thin direction. The Northern Metho
dist church Is perhaps its finest church building.
The bgttle ground ot Mlsslontiy Bfdge hu been
converted Into e strawberry patch, Tankee colo
nists have climbed with hoes, where jankee sol
diers rushed with bayonet*, and the earth hu
reddened alter each Invasion. On theea gunny
slopes the gardener finds bis Ideal home, gndth
berry lastly pcrltcta Hull. Lend that went beg
slug n lew jean ago at $2 an acre now commands
I2S0 an acre, and natives who starved on five
hundred acres now are New England ere growing
rich on ten acres.
Eolld terry trains arc run on express echedale
to Cincinnati, and the thrifty ridge men frequent
ly took tan can In the eycnlng to bceatcu at break
fast In Ohio. It Is not nonius] to gets yield ol
1,0(0 qnarii to tha acre, and twenty cents a quart
Is baldly sbove the average price.
An Intelligent New Yorker drifting Into rronvnr.
ration said: "I am preparing my boy lor West
Point, whore hs will get s military education and
the nervs and courage ol s soldier. Ho will In
herit s largo manufacturing property from me
which 1 am sura he will haye to fight lot. I want
to teach him what ha Inherits."
"And who Is he to fight?”
"Tbs communists. To all thonghtlnlmen there
Is but one shadow really clouding tho fatnra ol
this republic,and that Is tho black shadow ol com
munism. The continual damping on oar shorts o!
the refuse ol Europe aggrnrates local disorders,
and spreads in this roomy sod abundant land
where there Is not tho allgbtrat excuse lot them,
tho noxious doctrines that have sprang naturally
from the oyerctowded hives ol tha old world.
Yon sontbern people are more or lea uneasy about
yourraretrouble. Let ms assure you that In lmml
nines and deadlines! It does sot eppreech the
Issue batwcinlsbcr and capital that must be set
tled by the people of the north."
Mr. Darby gives some Interesting statements In
regard to the compilation of Mr. Dtvlt’ahook,
The Bias end Fell of the Confederate Govern
ment”
Mr. Davis’s authorised agent entered into soon-
tract with D. Appleton A Co. to prepare the book
nnder tbe dictation ol Mr. Davis In two years
time. At thejeiplratlon ol the two yean bnt little
progress toward tbe completion ot tbe book had
been made, and a yery large turn of money had
been advanced the agent on account. Under
there circumstances tha Appletona dispatched
Mr. Derby to see Mr. Davie. Mr. Derby found Mr,
Davie In blissful Ignorance el tbe progress ol his
work, he frosting entirely to hlg egent.
Mr. Davis had occasionally seen e law
pages ol the manuscript, bnt he bad been finable
to. visit tbe agent In penon. Mr. Derby,bowaver,
called on the agent, and returned to Hr. Davis
with tbs manuscript that had been completed.
There wu not enough copy to make three hun
dred pages ol one volnmt, end even that wu not
In available shape. Mr. Davie wu very mnch
ituprlied when he saw the result ol lour years'
labor, on which a sum ol more then eight thon-
usd dollars bad bean advanced.
Under tho circumstances, It wu suggested that
tha Appletona should sand Judge Tanny totaka
charge of the matter. To this Mr. Davis readily
ussnted, and the agent ol tbe Apoletons at ones
sntsrsd on bis task and complstsd the work.
The copyright received by Mrs, Augusta Evans
Wilson on tbs sale ol her books approaches one
hundred thousand dollars, and the books are still
felling.
June* B. Banda]], the poet editor, wrote “My
Maryland" whan hs wu twenty-two and apro-
fesior In Fojdru college at Points Coupes, Lou-
Islam. It his been stated that he will shortly
publish a collection ol his poema-lndeed, It la
astonishing thathls poems hays not already been
Speaking ol poetry, 1st mo quota a little lyrio
here that hu probably niyer been surpassed by
sn American writer. It wu written by Philip
Pendleton Cook, who died at the ago ol thirty-
four. Itwucalled:
IUSUCI VAttX,
I loycd thee long and dearly,
Home* Vans;
My Uls’a bright dream tad euly
Hath coma again;
I renew in my fond vision,
My heart's dew pain—
My hopes and thy derision,
Florence Vans.
The rain Iona and hour,
Tha ruin old,
Where thon didst hark my stiry,
At aysn told—
That spot tha bites Elyslan,
Of sky and plain—
I treasure In my vision
Florence Vinel
Thon wut lovelier than the rotas
In thalr prims;
Thy voice excelled tha cloaca
Ol iweetrat rhyme;
Tby heart wu u a rirar
Without a main,
Would I bad loved thea never,
Florence Venal
Bnt fairest, coldest wonder!
Tby glorious clay—
Llelh tbs green sod under—
Alu the day I
Aid It boots not to remember
Tby disdain,
To quicken lore's pals amber,
Florence Vans.
Tbs lilies ol tbs rellty
By young grarea wasp;
Tbe daisies love to dally
Where maidens sleep;
May thalr bllom. In bunty Tying,
Never wane,
Where thine earthly part la lying,
Florence Vans!
While In New York I called on S. 8. McClure,who
hu established a novel boslnrat. Ue bays stories
from srrlten and Bella tha atoriu to dally and
weekly nrwopopore. He Issues a weekly bulletin,
■lying Ms attractions nnd thaprioaof them. Ha
hu nearly fifty first class papers on hlg list, tan ol
whom hare a combined dally and weakly cfrculn.
tlon ol neuly a million ooplaa.
He hu made a soccera el his syndicate. Many
papers taka a dally story ol about soolnmnanda
hall In length, and print ft u tha French paper)
Flint tbclr dally tonlltoton. They report that ft
It a isccaisfal feature, fluch writer) u Crad
dock, Harris, Stockton, Burnitt, Phelps, Usw-
thorns, Mary Hillock, Foote, Boyasan, ban
contributed to this series. Iodaad, Mr. McClure
hu secured the pick el American story
writers sad psTtss high prices ts tho brat nuga.
tines can afford to pay.
I found Mr. McClure In asnngfUtonOneHan-
find oxd Fifty-third street. Be Is a young crita
glan who drifted in to this buelnas through a load-
as lor literary affairs. Hla wile, a pretty and
placid lady ol evident German descent, rat In a
recking chair In bla working room reading manu
script. Twolemalastanoinpbcnwara of worker
title near by. A particularly tasty baby crawled
around geneiaUy, turning a wistful and advent-
arena aye towards a pit ol raspberry Jtm that.
Braked by two rolls ol bread, rat on Mr, McClure's
desk, Mr. McC.ore raid:
“I bny perhaps five hundred stories a year. Ol
theta at least one hundred rautba from the very
best ud most tenons anthers. Perhaps n hu.
died end fifty coma from nthanol lair repute,
not quite so tamaoL I use a lew
>1 tha beat foreign work.
Tho tart ol my stories coma from new
writer! who bare not j« becomt famous. I hare
secured some ol the best storlee ol tho year from
this source and hare Introduced many premising
wrlteiatotbc pnbUo-Just aa the magazines Intro
duced Cable and Howells. ”
Mr. Hectare bring asked U bs found the plus
growing In favor replied:
“Yes, Tho newspaper la steadily taking on tha
quality ot the magulne. A mu will toon looker
his literature si well as hla news from hla paper.
Tha journalists appreciate this and I am eon-
■tatty adding new papers to my list."
The tramps are moving southward. This Is no
unusual occurrence, bnt occurs every tall about
this tlmc-IThey emigrate,like the swallows,to tha
south In winter, and then go book to tha north
at the spring approaches.
A iccdy looking Individual oi this genus drop,
pad In tha Coxsmtmoii’a composing room, yes
terday, and asked lor employment. Hla hair
hung In matted clutters around hla careworn
brow, hla sleek and tattered clothing tell loosely
oyer hla trembling form, and aa bs apok* bFoare.
loaly rubbed Ms hand through a shaggy growth
ol beard, wall nigh covcralg his entire lace.
"Yes, sir,’’said ha, "I canto aU the way from
Denver, ud I walked most ol tho way. Some
times I hid In a freight car or ought on the brakes
ol a parieager, bnt I walked most of the way, ud
ala ud slept as best I could."
"Enow bow to rat typs?" tha toremu asked.
"No, sir."
“A nythfng atom printing?”
"No, sir.'
"Then wnat do yon wut to dor'
"Anything to make u honest living. I haven't
had anything to do for two yean, ud wut
work."
“Wall, yon mlghtelcan out theta splttoonaud
busy ycurtelf around hare awhile, ud we'll tea
what cube done for you, and will see that you
gat something for your Iroubla."
“Thank yon," the tramp responded aaha turn
ed Indignantly sway, "I am a gentleman, sir, and
prefer to beg my way rather than accept yonr
offer."
He quietly left, end u he wended blswaydown
the curling stairs at tba hick ol tba building
bs was muttering something Ilk* "that man must
'a took ms lor a nigger.”
Bcld an old tramp lo speaking ot tha Vidal-
tudea ot a tramp's Ufa:
■Tv* seen many a rough day aud hire gone
through u experience that th’alnt many could
ttan*. l'ee been treated mighty badly ud abused
loti, and I've fallen In plenty ol kind trends, bnt
I never bnt once come across just such a case as
one I struck last week.”
He proceeded to tell tha story, which In sob
stance wu as follows:
He had stopped at a cosy looking ootugo ud
rang thtdoor bell, and asked tho servant who an.
swered, for something to eat. Bbssuted that aha
would summon her mistress. The latter aoonap-
peered ud found the tramp gnitag on the nar
row border ol grass which lined tha flower beds ol
the front yard.
"Why, what arayou doing?" she asked.
"I’m hungry, mum, for I ain't .had nothin' to
cat lot three days.”
.•Bnt do yon cat gtus?"
"Yca'ai, when 1 ain't got nothin' else."
"Poor fellow, yon most he hungry. Can I help
you?"
1 Yra'fn yon eonld, II yon'd giro ms aomethiog
to cat Tho grass Is mighty short down than.”
1 will halp him," remarked tha sympathetic
little wifa to the scrrtnt, as each wiped a tear
from her eyes, ud oonttantag, said:
'Jane, taka the poor fellow In the back yard—
the grass Is so mnch taller there."
Money in your pocket by reading our four page
premium list. Out villi next west's paper.
hmTtook whibky
Af Ilk Tahtag Water at tha Month o< is Oow-
< boy'a Pistol.
From tha Big Horn (W. T.) Sentinel.
A nobby ud uobblih milord ol British extrac
tion traveled from Big Horn with us and Abo
Idelmu cn tbe stage coach early this week.
Milord wu cxccaslrcly cadastre. He wouldn't
be social and spoko to no one except tho two
"John Henry" servants ha had with him, ud wu
aJfogtlber as nnplsuut u hla snobbishness
could mike him. At a dinner station there wars
a lot ol Jolly cowboys on a lark, ud one of them,
"treating" everybody, aaked.tho Englishman to
drink.
Ol conns milord haughtily rclorad. Tho cow
boy displayed a dangerous looking slx-shootor
ud very Impressively Insisted on his drinking.
"Bnt I cawn’t, yon know; I don't drink, you
know," wu milord's reply. Mr. Cowboy brought
tbamoisla In dangcroos proximity to tbe knot In
luibiwuiitBUU IUOU ua MUUUff aa us aura-
use teda water, yon know.
talMdraiglit wMsky"" ““ C0Wl ’ 0 * '
"Bnt, awjthla American wblaky, 1 ctwn'l
l0 "WclT?’ , raia the cowboy, "I'll makes hoi* in
tba aide ol yanr brad eo tnat wa can pour It In,"
and be beau to draw on milord, and milord said,
"Aw, that'll do. I'll drink It."
Than tha cowboy Invited milord's rami
drink, which bonified him. "They don't d
yon know," bo said. •■Well, wo'll tee wh
they do or not," said Mr, Cowboy, "Tho chi
are son oon’t,fcglva ’em a'boppoituulty.' i
op hare, yon follows, ud souls so
and tba two John Haorya
a mils show ot reluctance, but really glad to
drink, tame ud and the cowboy passed a tom
lul el torchlight precession whisky lor milord,
ard tha seivints poured for themeelvea. .
Thtnlhacowboy mads the John Bruno clink
glssieawltb milord and all drank and there was
great Ion, Milord tried altar that to Da vary lolly
at d the allmulu t assisted him decidedly. But In
the reach ha foil bach into bla cxolnsivrasaa ud
rstalncd It throughout, and hu probably got It
yet. ,
The old reliable premium Uet. Out next veek,
Deeureto pel it. It viU eave money.
SAM JONES ABROAD.
Did Tnlsnng* (Uleeovsr UlmV-WhAt Bam
Haealvsd In Draohlyo.
Ntw Ycik Cor Philadelphia News.
it tha laborer la worthy ol hla bln, why ahonld
there bcanyiopprcstlon at tha amount Incan
he It a picachtr ol tbefgcipal? Tha Bey. Sam
Janet befitn the conspicuous part ol hla oaraeras
an tvangtllst by a nvtvsl In Brooklyn. Hla dis
coverer was tha famous Talmagejn whore tabarn*.
dr, the larges t cbnreb In America, Sam enllrened
a suite ol mattings In hla own ptcmlisr manner.
"It waa entfrf a tour ta lhe west," laid Talmaga
to me, "Ibat a friend apok* to me about Sam
Jones, who wu than unknown to lime, though
h* had airs say dona wonderfully cffuctlra work
I went a hundred rallaa to witness hta methods
and than mulls, fori was anxious to recurs a
fliit-ralaeTSEgtllst for tba ensuing winter. It la
a Ulerntda custom, yen hnow, lofry to bars an
•inure! annually. Wa btllava In reel rale, and wa
ttdravor Iotas* ss lime aa porslbla ol wbat wa
K n by thtm. Will, I was reprinted at ones hy
n. and wa managed to an gags him.”
"On whatterme?" I aaked.
"That la not an taienttal paiticalar," was tba
reply, "tern labored earnestly, sincerely, very
effectively, ud that la all tha people need know.”
mur mam jokes waa airier.
Talmaga la a polite, genial mu, and ha wu not
angry slmypsntaitscs, but ho positively would
not tell ms how mnch lam Jonas wu paid.
Savetal ol tba tabernacle trustees were Just as rail
ant ii tbelr pastor on that point, ud It was
only by a whole day of Inqnlry that I learned,
wltn foie certainty, that the raeleallat
cams to Bsoohlyn under no definite urea-
men: aa to remuneration. Ha was lodged
the homes ol wealthy members ol tha
■Pictures of BUI Arp, Unele Itemur, Dr. Ted-
mage nnd Beley Hamilton trill appear in our
four page premium Uet. Out next merit.
Tha Whisky Train.
From tha Marietta, Gl, Journal.
Tba eleven o’eloek night paaienger that ar
rives bare from Atlanta la now called tba
"whisky train," and bottles ol whisky and
diunku fellows frequently gat Into a rnmpoa
•xd draw tba riant freely.
NR on Mil
Short Talks with Onr Bandars, Which II
WlUFny Erarybody to Bead.
WE CANNOT SUPPLY back numbere of
The ConetUutUm. The only vay to keep up It to
iubeeribe.
DON'T OBT IMPATIENT if your paper
ioetn’l come the veek you order it. The tu4-
ecrihert are pouring in to feut that U takee aday
or two to get your name printed.
THE BYES OP OUR READERS are pre
cious to ue—for Hind people don’t read. In
dering our new dreu, (due before Christmas) ve
hate eelected larger and broader type.
Bow to Blaka »50 In Gold.
Wa call apeolal attention to our list ot prlsss
lor aguta. Tbe thirteen agents who sand in
the largest number of subscriber* before Jan
uary 1st, will receive priiia ranging from $10
in gold lo a Waterbary watch, Sawing ma
chine!, bcoka and gold, for three who fry for
them.
Any agent whir makes an effort can gat ons
of tbraa prises. Try for them.
Tha Hoad to gneeaas,
Thera las road toaucceu In farming. Tba
only thing Decenary la to find tha right road.
We are having prepared now tba alary of
“I,Mt Farmers Who Hava Succeeded,” and
wo point out tba road they bars traveled.
It la a mighty plain road and no one nan mis
take It alter they have read the sketches of
these fanners In Tna CosiTivtviox. They
will begin shortly and run aaveral months and
will be Invsiueblo.' Bubscribo at ones.
Onr Meat Hags Premium List,
Onr fonr page premium lilt will ba out
next weak. It will b* mailed lo every sub
scriber with hla next week's paper, and lent
onttoaganti as requested.
Tbie premium lift Is tbs bait lira ad. It
oovara many urafol article*, and at price*
that are surprising. Walt for it. Whan it
comet study it and order what yon want. II
Will pay yon bandiomaly.
Our Sawing ffUohln*.
Tea CokBTiTunoie bu don* many good
things. Tba boat thing it aver did is giving
Ha aubicribera a $18 aewlug machine at $18
with tbs paper thrown in.
Onrrspnlatlonig mors then everything
all*. W* investigated iheeemachlnaabefore
we consented to handle them. Ws had them
pnt to th* severest teals and compared with
th* »45 Singer, which la considered the best
When MU)lied that they were equal to any
machine sold for $48, in quality and work
manship, ws offered them to onr readers.
Remember, ws isU every lowing machine
with onr Dinner ouarantks that If It ta not
found- to be, altar five day's trial, aa good aa
sny$48micblne—yet, better—that wa will
refund the money promptly. Thli ahowa
Our confidence in tbs machine. Wa hava
•old hundreds and have bad only ons ma
chine rt turned.
If you wsnt to save $20 bny onr maohlne
at $18 and gst lhe paper, If yon luivt mon
ey to wute, be rooted into paying $45 for a
machine not at good at oars. Other pspsrt
offer cheap machines, imitation! of oar*.
Don't bs fooled by them. Day the old relia
ble CaxamuTiox machine whioh you can
fry five dgyg and get yonr money baok If
yon don’t Ilka It. Hon I* a letter from a good
oitlsen | known to bis neighbor! aa a good man.
Read It.
Mrs. E. R. Vlnson-Tho machine received and
wa are waft pleased. An agent left a ISO dollar
machlno at my house about six months on trill
ud tbls machine ol jams dooms good II not
better woik ud does It emootber, and wo can
nfdj recommend Tna Oounronon maohlne.
Onr Agent’s Prlsss,
In order to show our appreciation of onr
■grata wa offer them the following ossh
prizes;
1st. For the largest nomher o! suhtcrlbcra sent
In by ons agent between now and January 1st.,
MO,00 In Gold
2d. For the second largest number ol sabscrlb.
ert sent ta byons agent between now and January
1st, lMd... .SH.oo in Gold.
Id. For the third largest nnmbsr ol mbscrlbera
sent In by ono agent between now ud January
it, Ifc'f — —„ -•lB OO In Gold.
4th. For th* fourth largest number ol ■ubterib-
n rent in by one tgent between now and January
' — •lo oo In Gold,
fith. For tbs filth laigrat list ol subscriber) sent
lu by one agent between now and January lab,
M—— Out Sawing Machine,
(lb. For lbs sixth largest list scut In by
one tgut between now end January 1st,
IK —..—..The Constitution Library.
lib. to mb. Foe th* next flee largest llita rent
i by ooa agent between now end January tat,
IM_ ... a Watsrbary Watch Kaeh.
This competition la open to aU onr agents.
W# will hasp account ol every subscriber
•ant In by tvary agent and will award tha
print on January 1st to thou who hava
wntlh* largest llala. Only money rentslisr
October lit will be credited os th* prize
list*.
Aguta will do well to keep In their hands
books tba list of namea lent In ao that then
can b* no mistake.
Go to work at ones now for these prizes.
They ua oflered freely by Tin Co.var ncriox
In :apprectattonof lie agents. It will be easy
for uy active man or woman to get ona of
these prise*.
Nemie need sot be lent In ell at once, nor
forfremonsoffio*. All names sent by any
ona egent, from eny point, between now and
January lit, 1180, will be credited to hta Hat.
The Constitution Waterbary.
A watch made by hand, wonld taka a man
lifetime and would cost u m neb at a house.
Bo perfect 1a tbe machinery for watoh-mak-
Ing that we are enabled to offer a perfect
time-keeper—ourWatarbnry—lfit$MO with
Tni CoxanrcTiOff for one jear, thrown In.
Tba Watrrbnrya are wound npby machin
ery In tha factory. A thousand watches
an msda there every day, and every watch
wound np end tested for a week. It takes
two mlsutri to wind each watch by hand.
So there ta machinery into which a hundred
welches arc placed at once end whined round
like a top and the hundred are wonndnp in
lusthan twoarconda.
Thousands ol fsrmara are wearing onr
Wataihuryi-and yet w* have thonaendg
left for thore who want them. It ta tha mi
racle of thta century In cbeepnen end soon-
racy. Bend and get yon ono-$3 80 postpaid
with tha peper one year, or »Z80 postpaid
without the paper.
UtUrt from Oir lUodorf*
p. G. Auto*. Warren ton, H. C., Korember 3.—
SootanoUierlotofpapera. I will wad joua
arKiffi.™ proad WROJMSff
brei°SK.in I ?hiYi n .P en .? er * 0 2 7ll,e - N - C.-The
Untt?S I fltateA heWaU ' Secoai1 10 nouo ta me
—yjS-A' M.. Exodixs, Ittante, Ge^I have been
• lie c,t f en YSsre; yoar'sle
leinbflme”” BWA 'l , ta superb, Tslmige
CAriihnos giftsat half price. Sec our premium
Uet. Out next week.
DURINO THE WBBfC,
Tuesday,November 3,—Edward E. Moore, a
stater, of Dayton, Ohio, leu from tbo steeple ol the
naw Broadway Eptaoopnl church yaterdsy nnd
wna killed... —The poor house, et Mnnhnll, Mo.,
wta burned yesterdsy morning... .The hog cholera
Is raging in Ohnrapnlgn county, IU., being worse
than ft has for yes re.
Ill thk City.—Professor G. W. Chores, who ta
now confined In tbe Fulton county fill on e ebargo
ol murder, Is In * very dangerous condition
The general council, et Its neeilon list night, pass
ed en ordinance prohibiting hotel keepers and
boarding house keepers from turning off tho gst
efter their gnats hire retired for tho night
Nearly three hundred oases for violation ol the
Internal revenue lawn have been disposed ol In tho
United States courts during tbe present term.
Wednesday, November 4,-lt ta reported at
Bismarck, Dak, that a lertousoonfllot Is likely to
occur between Urc cattle men end Indian huntcri
In th* Bad Lands ol Little Mlwouri There were
Uilrty.thrg* deaths In Montreal yesterday from
smallpox...—There to e nail panto In Pittsburg,
P*., and throughout Ura weal on account of tho
nail operators strike. State Auditor Ktesewetter,
ol Cincinnati, bu Instituted salts lor »*,000 each
•gainst th* Ur* Times Star end the Free Press, for
publishing hta neme In connection with tbo
election bends.
IXTniCrrr.-SoTertl Attantlans hays gone to
Athenato attend the tab Tho sheriff did not
sett e slnglo piece ol property yesterday—Colonel
Acton waa out yesterday... — Judge Henderaon,
state commlnloncr ol agriculture, rays the ststo
fair et Mtcon thta year wu * grand success.... Tho
two batteries of artillery encamped hero during
the summer,will return to Fort Baranets, Florida,
about the end ol this month George Enright,
an employe ol tbe Bril telephone company, fell
from the fop of * telephone pole yesterday on
Whitehall street, end, It ta thought, was fatally
Injured.
Thursday, November 8.—Tho court home o!
Columbia county, Ohio, wru burned yesterday
morning. All Urn county record! were destroyed
.The police ititlonbouic. In Rome, N, Y„ was
burned Tuesday, turd two prisoners were burned
to death—... Eight Incbes ot snow fell at Davis'
Lake, Dak,, yesterdty. Bov. William Robinson
Picric, D. D., crown principal and vlco chancellor
ol Ibe university ol Aberdeen, 1a dead.
Ik Tlircnv.-William Klnnobrow and Philip
J'lilllips Here Mown out of a well, thirty (cot deep
yesterday, by the premtluro discharge ot s blast.
The supply ol special delivery stamps at the post-
office la exhauited—Broed street bridge Is to be
repaired—...Tbe wiener wont men bss filled tbo
pltco made vacant by tbo departure o! tho Ice
crcim vendor.. Mtuck's store wu burglarised
fast night, hut the thieves did not get anything
1'iaqita Itw pontego Usurps.
Friday. November st.—It ta reported that ex-
Benator Sharon, ol California, Is quite 111, end that
bis life Is despaired ol. There has been s snow
fall ol six Inches end extreme cold weather et
EHradalo, Dak. Orders hare been rcceired et
Rosch'i ship yard, Cheater, Pe„ to start up next
Monday morning Tho coal operators ot tha
Hochlng end Bnudsy Creek valley, have related
the demand ol the minora lor sn advanoe ol ten
cents per ton.
In tux City.—Mn, A. c. Tamer died yesterday
ether home, 84 Walker street Ben O. stone, ot
Gllmsr county, wu arrested on Marietta street
Wednesday, whllo disposing ol a barrel ol brandy
—The members ol tbe Cburch ol the Redeemer
hide pleasant soctablo lost night—.Klnncbrew,
one ol tbo well diggers who wu blown ont olthe
well on Church street Wednosdiy, died yesterday
morning llsrrlion Johnson, * poscenblc, In
dustrious negro, was terribly cut last night on tho
corner of Clark and Frasier streets, by soma un
known party.
Saturday, November T - Judge Y ales, ol I1IM
nolt, who attempted sulcldo a week ago on se
cond ol financial cmbsrrusmcst, bu made a
voluntary assignment John McHulloush, tho
setor, ta rapidly regaining his strength, and hla
mental condition Is grcolly Improved .....Business
failures throughout tho United Stales during th*
put week were 1M Lentz, Lilly Js Co.'s col-
llcrle>,ncirDriona, Pi , will resume work Mom
any.
Ire mi Crrv.—A stock company Is being formed
In Atlanta lor tbo purpose ol manufacturing
blocking....W.U,Roberta,ofl’tlmctto, wu rob-
bcil of st Meretr'i hotel Thursday night A
voluiblo cow wu stolon from W, K. Bsoth, on
i'clertstreet Thondsyulgbt .....Tom McKenzie, a
partner ol tbo Rote boys, In ono ol their burg-
lories, wu convicted before Judge trichord H-
Ctarkc. ond sentenced to three yeonlu tbo pom-
tentlsry Merchants ore receiving tbclr ubrlst-
mssgoods Amon by lhe mineo!McDonald
wu knocked down ond robbed by footpads on
Alexander street lut night.
Sander, Novs oiler H.—HcHickcn'S university
building, In Cincinnati, was partially destroyed
by firo yesterday morning Fifteen folded
freight con were wrecked yealerdsy on the Bril
Visit Valley railroad, uc.tr Port Martin htstlon,
is Official rcturneibow tbit there ncre 21
diiths from smallpox la Montreal yesterday......
Reports from Tscomo, Oregon, state tbit tbo pretl-
dent’s proclamation will likely end tbo Cblncso
trouble there.
IwvuxCnv -Ben.O. Btono, ot Gilmer county,
who wtt arrested slew days ago for disposing ot
suspicious whisky, hu jumped hie bond Tho
total number ol registered voters to dote, In thq
city, Ii i,M9 J. 0. Rice, who lira near l'once do
Leon, wu Jerked from o street car on Pcochtrco
street lut night by two men ond robbed.... John
Wilton, o young while mtn from If oration county,
wu given occllln tbo station house fast night.
He la booked u o lunatic T. G. Healey 1s laying
hta plant to erect * sixty thotrund dollar music
Kreryperson who subscribe vilhin the next ten
tlayt v ill receive our four page prtm (urn list wills
next veeVs paper,
Kittens nnd Pope.
From tho Walton, Ge.. Nows, s
Ur. 0. E. Carter bee • setter end Judge
Pascal bis • litter ol kittens. Mr. Carter's set
ter suckles tbe judge’s kittens ss though they
were pups, and when moved from their boa
will carry them back (n her mouth.
CORN - MAKING]
Wo shall print In next week's Cortstmmoii ■
rimsrksbls paper from MB. I. A WINTER, ol
Montgomery. Ala., cntlttad-
“A NEW ERA OP COBN GROWING,
— OR—
Hole ltd Betier Corn from test Thin Half tha
Acres and at Less Thin Half the
Cost of Cultivating l"
This article deserves th* attention of formers.
Aa* mailer of courM Tiik CophtitiiiON ctnool
endorw it of (U own knowledge, *1 TmCowrrrnr*
tio* If not a practical farmer, but tbe artlcla !f
well written. Mr. Winter U a gentleman of higb
character and a good farmer. U<* baa triad hi*
plan blmaalt and apoaka from actual oxpcrlanoi*
It la wall worth reading.
It will tx printed next wotk.