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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

There is an opening for some enterprisinG
American farmer in the British colony OF
Queenstown, Australia. The secretary of
the colony recently offered yearly salary
Of three thousand dollars to any thoroughly
equipped american farmer who will 20 and
teach American methods TO the Australians
AS there has been no response to this adj
vertisement, the secretary Of the colony has
increased the offer to three thousand seven
hundred dollar3~-a pretty fair salary, all
things considered.
AT these rates, one should think there
would be plenty of applicants for
the position, but it is said that
there are only a few on flo at the agli-
cultural department Certainly here is a
good opportunity for the well-meaning
farmer who has been engaged all his life
fleeing from the gaunt and haggard phantom
of cotton which hides in the fence- corners
and behind the doors OF the ginhouses--a
fluffy and elusive ghost that sits grinning
everywhere in the south, on lowland and
upland.
We are glad to know that at least one
southern farmer has an opportunity of max
ing n comfortable salary More than that
could be made at home by any one who has
nerve enough TO face the cotton phantom
and strange it by the methods OF business
and common sense.
At last accounts, however, the position in
Australia was still open.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
VINO Is snueezlng the Fnrmerp

mo - SluoeNAhS the harher
we nave Wntten goou zeal ABOUT the
bagging trust, but the question seems TO
orov, moro interastinr avcry d,y va bo1a
- n~e S,e4' 10y now
receiNeu the ioiloWlhS letter from farmer
1t Is dated at Marietta:
EnIrCRs CONSTITUTION J. as n farmer am shsr.
ing all the bonolts that may come 70 rs through
your able articles as against the baeeng trust and
desire to thank you therefor, but there is SIN
trouble ahead for the farmer Who USES am substi-
tnie for lutte basgIag. The farmers OF our neiyhbor.
mood were uador Tho tmpressl en- that nuriap would
thew o%rc IL in T,' e0,' or %i N, '1 3 Mg
had been instructed not to buy cotton that was
wrapped in anything other than jnto haggng, I'M
,s az pic low eOuSi, 70 cover me aanase 10
bale Ia nav for inte ever NV tho Mont y,sn,
to get AZ "a this who is it That is squeezing the
auntrf Islt me parties Interested IN the trust
,Sb i V ," ois ',,g g 800 oNsy' or
thing else than lutte higgins cannot be So!dw thoGt
ashaYe2 ESory buyer here says he would be viii
my 20 99y II IN @ny cover may would project it. If
Wrapped in ie,e las,,ne snySnnab "xno ''io
win rot take {. because ,heF consignocs refuse it
Does this NOT look rs though the trust Is holding
,o 'y oVS ~, t' S a'A Is IL osseO 'ai ,e PEG
lcral to run Their Mill, Without bg,inr o,r Amer,
eau cotton, can dictate tons as toa covering fer IL?
f5o" present elpSarnees tis would seem to be the
10 the local tn1cr NON a'''s. ,' ,d
ter who looms up before rs a, tns dictator.
have hot Written .ha for publication over my
owl wv, ,,,r,u'v o3 "e'v yen 70 SNOW Vs en-
Stool mn 81 so,i6ly and nsrhnns NM yo IV ,,, ~
let them know ,hetao, tis TIE .tns or The ior-
eisn eonNgnce tia. is pacHeins Tie imposition,
,uo.t...,. IAEMER'
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
He Might Hit a Future President.

slap the boy over"
One man to another-pointing to a
ragged little fellow who had obstructed.
II never slap an American boy" was the
reply, "for l should never be certain that
was not slapping the face of the future
president of the United States!"
There's a heap of republican philosophy
in that. From the log cabin and the hut
come the great men of this country. Who
would have looked for the imperial Clay in
the millboy Of the slashes, or the great Lin
coin in the ungainly rail splitter, or for
President johnson in the unlettered vaga-
bond.
The American presidency comes most
surely to men who do not seek it. No man
since Andrew jackson has found the presi-
dency through seeking. Clay, Webster,
Cass, Hendricks, Chase, Seward, Pendle-
ton. Blaine, Sherman, are but milestones
in the long list of men who, devoting their
whole lives TO the capture of this high
office, missed it at last. Polk, Harrison
Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield Arthur,
are among those to whom it came unsought
But the miracle of American politics ha
been ana VIII pe-tnls! Nnen Garneld
died, he did not know there was such a
man living as the democrat who succeeded
him. And his SUCCESSOR Cleveland, was
not an accident struck out of the heat OF the
convention, but for long year before the
convention he was the deliberate and ad-
mitted choice Of his party, the logical ans
successful nominee. And yet when Gar
nnrd tho man NlOsa farp, bp sucean6ad
died, Cleveland was the quiet and unknown
mayor of a small inland city-and not even
his name had ever been heard by Garfield!
Never strike an American boy, or the
mayor of small inland town, for you may
be striking the future president of this great
republicl
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daybreak. After killing them he mutlated
their bodies in the most shocking fashion,
and then disappeared, leaving no trace be-
hind him. OF course, the police and the
people have their theories, and one of-them
is that this unknown murderer is monster
or lunatic who has sworn to kill twenty
women, and then give himself up to jus
tice
Suppose we try another theory. In the
present generation the London murders
have only been matched by the horrible
tragedies in Texas nearly two years ago.
The Texas man, like tho London monster,
always selected women for his victims. He
assaulted them when they were alone,
and mutilated their bodies. lie killed
several women in Austin, and sew
eral in another town. His move
ments were so secret that the police
could find no clew The women who were
murdered we're not robbed, and they were
not known to have an enemy in the world.
The Texas and London murders are pre-
cisely alike. There Is the same absence Of
reasonable motive, the same grotesque
brutality in the mutations, the same mys-
terry, and the same suspicion that the crimi-
nal is monster or a lunatlc, who has dc
clared war literally to the knife against all
womanllnd.
Is the London assassin the man from
Texas?
Why not? In our recent annals Of crime
there has been no other man capable Of
committing such deeds. The mysterious
crimes in Texas haze ceased; they have
just commenced in London. Is the man
from Texas at the bottom Of them all?
If he is monster or lunatic, he may be
expected to appear anywhere. The fact
that he is no longer ut work in Texas argues
his presence somewhere else. Ills peculiar
line of work, executed i'll precisely the
same manner, is now going on in London
why should he moi he there?
The more one I'll nks of it, the more ire
sistible becomes o. conviction that it is the
man from Texas. IN these days of steam
and cheap travel distance is nothing. A
man who would kin dozen women in
Texas, would not mind the inconvenience
of 4 trip across the water, and once there
he would not have any scruples about kill
ing more women.
Undoubtedly it must be the man from
Texas.
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Disgraced and Dead.

The death of Marshal Bazaine at Madrid
recalls several interesting chapters of his
tory.
Bazaine rose from the rank of private to
the chief command of the armies of France.
He was conspicuous for his daring and abil-
ity in Algeria, in the campaign against the
Carlists in Spain, in the Crimeen war, and
in the war with Austria. He was COM
mander in chief of Maximilian's army in
Mexico and at one time it was strongly
hoped by the confederates that he would
lead his troops against Grants army. But
the expected aid from France and Mexico
failed to materialize; Maximilian's empire
dissolved like so much mist, and Bazaine
returned 10 France, where five years later
he led the French legions against the
swarming hosts Of the German invaders.
Disaster followed disaster, and after the
fall Of Sedan, Bazaine surrendered Metz
with force OF 173, 900 men, three marshals,
three commanders Of corps, forty generals
OF division, 100 brigadier generals, and
5000 other officers.
After the war was over he was tried for
treason, convicted and imprisoned in q
fortress, from which he was assisted in
escaping by his wife, a beautiful and wealthy
lady whom he had married in Mexico. The
disgraced soldier fed to Madrid, where he
was joined by his family, and where he con-
tipued 10 reside until his death.
a few months ago Bazaine's wife and
daughter were in Mexico, endeavoring to
save the remnant of their property, and it
is probable that the old general died with
out any of his loved ones around him.
In the light of recent history it is by no
means certain that Bazaine was traitor.
His surrender of Metz stopped the unneces-
sary effusion of blood; his defense of the
place would not have changed the result of
the war. Some day the impartial verdict of
posterity may vindicate his memory, and
present him to the world as patriotic
Frenchman and great soldier.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
Cotton Fncfs.

According to the Financial Chronicle, the
movement of the crop shows that for the
week ending the 2Sth, the total receipts
have reached Is, 500 bales, against s9,677
bales last week, 1901 bales the previous
week and 80, l6i bales three weeks since,
masking the total receipts since the LIST OF
September, tSSs, 500, 05l bales, against 654,-
7lG bales for the same period Of 1887, show
ing decrease since September J., lSSS, Of
35l, s45 bales.
The exports for the week reach a total Of
40, 5o5 bales, Of which Al .06l were 10 Great
Britain, 1875 to France and 1920 to the
rest of the continent.
The speculation in cotton for future de-
livery has been only moderately active for
the week under review, with feverish, UNI
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

standard is bound to create confusion in the
minds Of those who DO not understand and
appreciate the fact that it is purely arbi-
trary standard, that has no sort of bearing
on the price Of bale Of cotton. just as
soon as the country merchants understand
that the cotton itself, and not the jute bag
ging, is sought for in the markets, they will
appreciate the fact that any covering that
affords adequate protection to the staple will
be satisfactory TO insurance men and to
buyers everywhere.
And when this is once understood, the
baqging trust will Immediately become a
thing Of the past, and the farmers will cover
their cotton with material spun from the
staple itself be only wonder is that Amer
lean cotton shoi,ll be wrapped in material
imported from India, when a hundred mills
in the south were ready to furnish a cover
ing that would widen and increase the mar
ket for The southern staple.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
A Nlllllonnire ConNict.

Il is = rare thing to find q millionaire in
prison, and it is rarer still TO find one who
has worn the stripes for i've years.
Milton Weston, Of Chicago, was worth
over million dollars when he became in
volyod in a squabble over The title to some
oil lands in Pennsylvania. By the advice
Of his lawyers he put armed men on his
tract, and ordered them to protect his prop
erty 10y force il necessary. In carrying out
his instructions the men shot and killed an
intruder who disputed Neslon's title.
The millionaire Was tried, convicted Of
manslaughter, and sentenced 30 the peui-
Tertiary for life. His friends appeared sew
eral times before the board Of parlons, but
each time clemeney was refused. The
other day shey were more successful The
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

With great flourish OF trumpets, the
republicans recently put Miss Anna Dickin-
son on the stump to make speeches for the
Blaine Harrison and Morton ticket. The
flourish was natural. Miss Anna is a vet
Gran. She was old enough to vote several
years before the war began, and was more
than anxious to engage in that business.
She made a great many speeches, and it is
said by the survivors that some Of them
were very eloquent.
After the war, Miss Anna leetured, but
this being very tame pursuit, so to speak,
she concluded to exhibit to small and select
audiences in. the character Of Hamlet. The
critics in the northern cities overlooked the
fact that Hamlet was not and never could
have been woman, but they announced
almost unanimously that Hamlet was
neither pigeon-toed nor bow-legged, and
that his legs were probably not shriyeied in
the calves.
Now she has been engaged to make some
remarks for the republican party in Indiana,
and her appearance on the stump seems 10
be as injudcous as her appearance on the
stage. According to all accounts she rants,
thlAQ ldttfto, anu Illus Win AbOIS lICSuOin
than any masculine speaker, and has thus
far Disguised all the thoughtful people who,
out of curiosity or sympathy, have been
drawn TO hear her.
She alludes to Mr.. Cleveland, who, by
virtue Of his position, is the first citizen of
the republic, az "the hangman of Buffalo,"
and then proceeds to announce that she will
'accept the gage of battle, though it be
flung down by the devil in he'll, or his pres
ont cmissary in power in this land" In
the course of her chaste remarks, Miss
Anna curses the shareholders of the south,
when there are no shareholders OF the south
or of any other part of the country
If there is too much applause or noise in
her audience, the charming Miss Anna
alludes to 'the discords of the devils in
hell" We judge from these and other alu-
sions that gentle Anna is wheel-horse,
hecler and thumper. But age is-telling
on her. She is not earning the money tie
republican campaigners nre paying her.
She can cuss, chew tobacco and spit red,
but does such a programme help the repub-
lican party?
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
COD Undo Nd I.inr l,rees.

Who ever thought the pine straw on
which rabbit hunters slip and slide about
would become an article OF valued Who
dreamed that it would become the weapon
through which The south would win her
Independence Of The most grasplng and
infamous trust Of modern DAYS?
And yet 1t is likely it will do that very
filing. The pine straw haggng being sent
ont from North Carolina strikes us as being
perfect substitute for jutc bsgging. 1t
has stood every test Of fire, water and hooks.
and hes proven its superiority. Samples of
have now gone forward TO the New York
exchange and it win doubtless win approval
there.
Tho south sends ont annually s.. O0O. COO
TO buy juto bagsing. The use OF pine straw
bagsins will kceo this vast amount OF
money at home and will conscrt what has
been worthless Rubbish into 4 valuable
product The basging trust Will have been
y blessing IN disguise If ii beings about the
eoLefsl manufacture and use of Pine straw
bagging AS, in oar opinion, It undoubtedly
will do. Whenever You PISS the south TO
look Into her owA resources K viii DC found
she has everything she nesds
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Aad now ;, Is announced that the uvs.
FERROUS London murderer has killed another
WOMAN, A.9 6fh victim wtaln a scw
weeks.
n,
Ihe1c aye Women have al been murdered
N The same manner at about tho same hour
and IN the same locality Our readers who
have followed these remarkable cases viii
Teeoiiect that the assassin always psuneed
upon lie women in the street just about
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

that the prisoners punishment had been
sufficient to satisfy justice, and that he had
committed the crime under the advice Of
his counsel, and in the belief that he was
doing nothing Illegal
Mr.. Weston's painful experience will be
a lesson to him and to others. 1t is well
enough to have it understood that rich men
cannot have their hlrelings shoot down
every fellow who happens to walk over
their eroulovers' land
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

complaints of the seedmen, vociferous as
they are, should be taken with a grain os
salt. They are in competition with con-
gressmen in the seed-furnishing line, and:
our statesmen should see to it that they ara
not beaten in the race.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
A Missouri Story About . Southwestern Dog
From tle New York Telegram.

A Springfield man travelling in Douglass
county, No. stopped at log cabin late in tie at;er-
noon TO get his supper. While seated nj the table
dog came in and socked his head clear to his Shout
ders into pot of beans.
A little after the woman arose from the table 20
replenish the bean dish She was scrapiue out the
remnants when the gentleman mildly suggested
that the dog had just been n guest at The pot.
The woman turned on him with blazing eyes, and
while her face fairly grew black with chOkei up
anger said
stranger, weun is pore folks down here Wo
amt like you'uns that's got jis lots Of everything
Us pore folks can't afford lot for Us aud pot for
the dogs too We's got TO make cut With Ole pot
between lis"
1.-THE Springfield. No. Hornet says TINT the stsauc-
eT lost his appetite and couldn't find II again un,u
he reAGAel Ga!nasyLlle. in Ozark oolntY
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
An ImnartInI KeYlo,r.

Ir0U INC BOslun IfNI5cFlpI.
Managing editor OF party crsan mn
squibbs want you to write calu, dis asionaa re-
view Of the situation IN the dist.ict-say half
column" Mr. squibbs: "Yes, sir" "AEd, Mr.
squlbbs, Higeinboltom Is our man. or course, youn
find that his election is certain absolutely certain"
'Yos sir THAT'S all. sc Review the itualiou
fairly and imparsialy Bat remember that lIiggin
bottoms going TO get there By walk.oYe. that's
nll Mr. gauIbOsu
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
The Pine straw win Knocl, II.

Pine straw baggirg is going to beat The bag
ging trust. All that is necessary is to get 10
circulated through the country. Read
page - and get some q tie pine straw bag
ging, free, and try tin your market,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

The Texas woman who killed the famous,
clone Highwayman" deserves mention
among Americas women of note.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

In few weeks the little red CoNsTlTus
TON cannon will be needed to celebrate the
success of the democratic party. The little
red cannon has been rusticating at Salt
Springs during the summer, but it viii;
make its. influence felt during the carly
morning hours of the 18th of November
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

The friends of the family are respectfully
requested to attend the obsequies Of Brother
Blaine; service at the house next month.
Neither cards nor flowers.
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CCRRENT COMMENT,

Til e EMPEROR OF CHINA evidently does
not think that marriage is failure. He is
about to spend So, 500,0 900 on his wedding.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

JOHN L. SULLIVAN, the strong man. the
mighty slugger, is either dying, or perhaps
dead, while these lines are being written. IL
he RECEIVERS he will be broken down man,
unfit for the PRIZE ring, and he will live the
remainder Of his days shattered wreck. Sui
livan's bad plight is not altogether due to dis
sipation. Nearly all the men who have been
famous athletes have wasted away and died in
their prime. Wilkie Collins, in one OF his
novels, has big brute of q fellow who was
devoted to athletic sports. He could out-run,
out-row and out-wresue any man, and was the
very picture of health. Once he sneered at D.
doctor who told him that he would die
suddenly But such was his end.
Just when he least expected
it, something snapped and he was gone. The
undue development of the physical man brings
with it disease and death. The man OF aver
age strength who goes through life quietly
nine times out of ten lives longer than Inc
giant who is able to overcome him single
handed.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02
ATLANTA, GA. OCTOBER 2, 1888.
The Constitution and the Bagging
Trust.

The Albany News and Advertiser is Ger
tainly moved by malice or is laundering
through ignorance, when IL asserts that
THE CONSTITUTION is TO blame for the
farmers holding back their cotton.
No paper in this state has so persistently
urged the farmers to bring forward enough
of their crop to pay their debts the very first
day they could get TO market. Day after
day, week after week, We have argued that
this was not only the honest way to do, but
the best way to fight the bagging trust. We
have fought the bagging trust, and we have
fought 1t we believe TO some purpose, but
we have constantly bcsought the farmers to
pay their debts nj all hazards and have
shown them that to break the credit Of their
local merchants was to tie their own hands
We donot share the Advertisers fear that
there will be serious trouble In October set
Elements. On the contrary, the cotton is
coming in rapidly. On Friday Atlanta's
receipts beat the same day of the
year before. ON Thursday they nearly
equalled them, although the season
is three weeks late, and on yesterday
It reached nearly ono thousand bales. Re
ports from the country show that every field
of cotton is full of piclers, and that the
staple is being hurried to the market as fast
rs it can be prepared. If there is any
trouble II win be mainly DIE to
the late and unfayorable season. Every
body knows that cotton il at least three
weeks later than 1t was last year.
We refuse 70 believe that the farmers have
dishonesty kept back cotton that was
pledged to their merchants, simply TO save
little money on bagging. We predict that
next week will not bring the disaster the
Advertiser foresees, but ON the contrary will
show tremendous and prosperous business
In the meantime let the farmers
bring in their cotton as soon as
they can gather 1t aud gin it. Let the
merchants appreciate this, and combine
with the farmers 70 break the baggng trust
In the future, and make such cxtortlon as
has been praeticed this year forever lmpossi-
BILE, In Savannah we notice the cotton
factors have made pool to defeat the
bacgng trust. The merchants of every
Town and city In the south ought TO make
similar combinations and stand side by side
with the farmers in this fight against the
infamous monopoly. The farmers stand by
the merchants by bringing in their cotton
90 pay their debts, even humiliating them
selves to do so, Lei the merchants now join
hands with The farmers so that concerted
action can be taken against the baSging
trust for the future. In our opinion, pine
straw bapging Nill knock il wipding.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-02

WHEN THE MAYOR of Charleston, West
Virginia, sentenced a white woman the other
day to work seventeen days on the streets,
young farmer arose and offered to take her
place, saying that he would never permit
woman to be worked as a convict on the pub
lie streets The mayor accepted his offer, and
the man was marched off TO the changing He
declined to give his name and said that John
Smith would do as well as anything else. He
said that he was farm lRborer from some plaza
up the river, and that he never saw or heard
of the woman in his life until he saw her in
the mayors court, but that his sense of MANI
hood and his respect for womankind would not
permit him to see one OF the sex scraping the
public streets in company with tramps and
bummers.