The constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1884-1885, November 10, 1885, Image 7

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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10 1885. rr 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.