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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-11
TELEGRAPHIC TAPS.

Brother Blaine appears to be fishing inside the
three-mile limit.
The Texas cotton men passed resolutions
urging their senators and REPRESENTATIVES to favor
the removal Of duty from cotton bagging and jute.
Matthew Quay wanted Candidate Harrison
to be quiet; and now he is 50 quiet that his own
party seems to have forgotten him.
In the event Of war with Great Britain, it
is the general opinion that little Benny Fora
ker, Of Ohio would serve by proxy. But he
is very fierce man ali the same.
At Oxford, North Carolina, mixed mob OF
negroes and whites took three negroes from the Jail
and hanged them. Two Of the negroes were muir
derers and the third was guilty Of arson.
1t has been finally determined that the short
age Of the ASCENDING Treasurer TG,e. Of Kentucky
Is $4,000.
The cyclone in Kansas was not altogether an
i'll wind. Thousands Of English sparr0ws were
killed by lightning or beaten down and drowned
1t Is curiously claimed that there has never
yet been genuine case Of hydrophoba or
rabies in any Of the Pacific coast states Or terri.
tories
The home crop Of rice being short last year,
large quantities Of the East India article have been
imported Thehnest ln the world Is said 10 DC grown
IN Java from Carolina seed.
A double headed infant II Is said, was re-
Gently lofu 10 a French family named Reoulbault,
living az Manchester. ~ II. The child IS re.
ported otherwise wen formed, active aud likely 10
live
For tho fourth time Cutler, Ind, was the
scene Of q terrific explosion Thursday night Dynn-
mite was placed under the TOdOliice. and that
quantity Of dynamite WaH found yesterday morning
under tho hotel, with matches half burned A
strong gale undoubtedly eztingulAhed Tie matches
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A gentleman was looking at several sparows
trying to fight a cat, but puss quickly got out
of their way, and then he told the following:
81 have little bantam rooster that is nearly
as much of nuisance as tho English sparrows,
for he is always ready TO fight every other
chicken on the place. Saturday morning q
dozen of these sparrows were pecking about
the yard on the ground, when Mr. Bantam
darted at one of them and was about
the most surprised chicken you ever saw.
Instead of striking the sparrow the
sparrow struck him stunning How on
the head that nearly knocked him
over. The little rooster stretched his neck,
looked at his diminutiye antagonist and made
another dart at the bird. The sparrow met
him half way and they struck pretty hard.
The other birds saw their little friend engaged
in the strife with his larger foe, and ia two
seconds he was literally covered with the angry
sparrows. They made the feathers fly from
that rooster as fast as any niger can pick
chicken in the land. Tho little fellow was
game and fought back, but the odds were too
great. lie was whipped in two minutes and
had to run under the house TO save his life, for
believe they would have killed him if he
had not. The rooster doesn't crow now only
in the night, and when he sees q sparrow strikes
out as fast as he can to get under the house,
where he stays most of the time.
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A CjrI,s Awful Death.

Colorado Springs Special to Omaha Bee.
Thursday afternoon thirty-hye tourists
visited the summit of Pixies Peak Between and
3 O'Clock severe electric Storm accompanied by
heavy fall OF hail. occurred. The visitors took
refuge In the signal station. Laura Cook aged
fourteen, daughter Of George d. Cook, Of Chicago
was standing in the doorway while the storm was
at Its height. Suddenly and simultaneously, with
deafenng crash Il binding lightfledthe room and
the spectators Mortified TO the blue blaze OF
lightning bolt strike the unfortunate girl full IN the
face and circle downward around her body. She
was knocked lieess to the floor, and fearlu
sight met the eyes OF her friends. Her head was
swollen to an enormous size, and her body and
limbs we're cut In strips and horribly mutilated
The incident is peculiar phenomena and old
mountainous claim 1t 70 DO tho first serious cleo
trical disturbance ever occurring above the clouds
IN the hstorY Of the state
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Ff0m tNe K0ls18 Llty EI0r.
The following stories regarding the James
boys were told by prisoner who was Frank James
ccllmato when both wore confined Ia tho indcpcn-
dcnce jan.
The story Of the phantom horseman was always
l5Llly believed by the companions Of Frank and
Jesse James. Ffnnk wns always Tho least supcrsti.
tious Of the men who rode with Nc celebrated mid
crs. Jesse however. had strong vein Of supcrssi-
ton IN hsconpoati0n "a d hrmly believed that tho
phantom hOrEoman was IFS own peculiar banshee.
lie frequently asserted that the appearance Of the
apparltOn was intended ~ warning or ,foreboded
evil The frat time FIank James haW the Gpparl.
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Temperance In Arkansas.
Charles dudley Warner in Harpor's MONTH,


"There Is a popular notion that Arkansas is
a "bOwiekniie" state, lawlesg and an Ignorant
state. ] shared this before went there. cannot
disprove the Ignorance Of the country districts AS
! said, more money is needed 10 make the public
school system effective. But IN Its general aspect
the state is as orderly and moral as any The laws
against carrying concealed weapons arc strict, and
are enforced u Is a fairly temperate state. Under
the high license and local option laws prohibition
prevails in two-thirds Of the state, and the popular
vote is strictly enforced. In forty-elgbt Of the
seventyGve counties no license Is granted. in other
counties only a single town votes license, and in
many Of the remaining counties many towns re-
fuse II. In five counties only Is liquor perfectly
free. special law prohibits liquor selling within
five miles of college; within three miles ofa church
or school d majority OF the adult Inhabitants can
prohibit it, With regard to liquor selling, woman
suffrage practically exists The law says that on
petition OF majority Of the adult population IN any
district the county Judge must refuse license. The
women, therefore without going into politics. sign
the uetitloug and create prohibition.
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SufersHs1ons or the pennsylvania Dutch
From the Journal of American Folk Lore.
The fence around the barnyard, as well as
others upon the farm, is made during the wax
ing of the moon, or the post will sink and soon
rot aWay. In the eastern part of the state,
fences must be made when the horns are turned
up. when they will remain; if built when tho
horns Of the moon are directed downward, the
posts will sink until the bottom rail touches
tie ground. So also with the planting of vege-
tables, etc Peas, beans and other plants grow
ing as vines are planted when the horns of the
moon are turned up, so that they may grow
vigorously. III planted when the horns of ne
moon are turned down they will remain w
and stuntod.
Potatoes are planted in the new mo5ae 81
thar they viii have sufficient light and ili
,strike root, ''the sign of the moon must BE IN
the feet" Corn should be planted during Slle
new moon, when the sign is in the head, 80
the LIST day Of May is tho day set apart for
planting corn.
Cabbage should be planted on the 18th day
Of March to insure its heading well. Cucum-
bers must be planted in the morning before
sunrise, as otherwise they would be destroyed.
by bugs. Wheat must not be cut before full
moon, as it will not he fully ripe "and if En-
Der days are high one may expect to obtain a
good price therefor" A curious belief is still
extant in Lehigh county respecting the trans
planting of parsley Should any one obtain
one OF moro plants, and replant them III his
own garden, it is believed that such persons
death would soon follow. II is but few years
ago that hogs were slaughtered during the
waxing of the moon, as at any other time the
meat would shrink and not be as good. il is
still confidently asserted, in many localities,
that the cattle kneel and low at midnight be-
fore Christmas. To kill a toad or a barn swal-
low will cause the cows to give bloody milk.
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A Ciergymsn's Predieament.
From the London Truth
What is the clergyman to do when, in the

What is the clergyman TO do when, in the
middle of the celebration of q marriage sorvicc he
finds that the bridegroom is drunk2 This problem
presented itself the other day to the senior curate of
st. Georges, Campdcn Hill After the ceremony
had proceeded some distance he discovered that
the bridegroom was, as he says, "indsputably
drunk" and "unable to repeat the words OF be-
trothal and wedlock with any approach TO accu
racy." His first impulse, he adds was to stop bnt
that, recolecting the case of the bride who. being
demonstrated with for bringing her berothed to the
altar drunk, replied that she could not induce him
to come when sober, he proceeded and married the
couple In cases Of ordinary contracts entered into
in state Of intoxication the courts dissolve the
cOntTact.
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Tho Old roman out wost.

Whar apathy was six-ioot deep,
Now things II brisk and bulnmin'
The democratic hearts aleap
Because o Thurmans comm.
Republicans don't hardly know
What way TO meet their foeinan;
An young an old by thousands 90
10 hear the Grand Old Roman.
LArnin' an hOmespun sense an wit
An eloqucnce he's got sacks on,
An when IL comes ~ bedrock grit
OF Hc makes yc think O Jackson,
Honest Abe rev, thhr's q streak,
Clean through the ole mans makeup,
So tain no wonder ei this week
lie made Us HaWSucks wake up.
An when they git the ole man East,
Goshl low the thitRs'll ratiloi
You bet Matt Quay don have no fegst
when Thurman lines the battle.
'Iain't fireworks an a heap % noise
That wins. nor bands a-1rummin':
But thar be happy lot o boys
Ia York when Ihurn9na commit
His words is good es meat aud drink,
Sound democratic nanny.
And, lick or DO licked, swim OF sink,
We're fur the Ole BAuderny,
Hen fight Ike samson an NbY threw,
An hrhiin' won't dlStrcfs him.
He likes 4, he does. Les trew blew,
Ole Allen O. God bles himl
New York Bun,
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FfOm INC ChlCagO Irlbune.
"Brethren," said the Arizona minister,
pausing moment in his discourse. ITO save you
the trouble of climbing up your seats to look out
of that window every minute or two, will state
that have here written assurance from the cap
tain ofthe Bear Guch regulators that the hanging
of the horse thief who caught yesterday will
not take place until 2;30 O'clock and it is now ouy
ll:30. There is nobody In the adjoining grove yet.
If there is any fldgetting shall take up a col
lection now proceed to the consideration of the
third clause of my text
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He Wns Safe.
IIU WI EHIOs
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
'Boss," he asked of one of the patrolmen on
the market, chow long after pusson are bitten BY
Il dog kin he run Inad7'
'1f the dog was mad he viii probably feel 1t In O
few weeks"
'Ho Will in year, anyhow"
eyes. HIVE you been bitten?'
81 hev. Jist foty years ago today. Reckon
needn't feel anxus!"
mot q Bit
Cant lie no danger now2
mo"
) much obleeged. re ny reekon dere was but
thought It safer to godo &c police, hain'toic Of
desc we're stuck up pustons who thinks he knowsi 1t
all, en- hunt too proud TO stop an talk wild 10
iiceman. No danger chi Mucn obleeged agin,
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Long Sightedness.

From the Texas Sift ngs.
Hell see Miss Jones is back from Paris.
Shea spirited rival)-I noticed her dress was
cut rather low, but didn't suppose you could see
her back from that distance
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FROM GRAVE TO GAY.
Same Man.
From the Idea


"Do you know Brown, dried-up old man ?"
Eyes, know Brown, but the description doesn't
fit. He talks necessarily and never dries up"
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much longeri" The warning was hardly
needed; Patrick had already begun to swing
the horses around, and there was lively
hurdle-race over the sides and wheels of the
wagon, with the chances stongy against the
"oldest inhabitant." The wagon was fairly
under motion, and don't think Patrick would
have cared if the patriarch had been left to
parley with the mastiff.
AS Bone leaped out after them, the sight
was so inspiriting, and the revulaion of feeling
within me was so sadden and complete that
gave myself up to paroxysm of hilarity, of
which trust there were few witnesses.
1t was q triumph of matter over mind; tn o
wretched legal document that the pettiioggef
mstinctively brandished over his head, as III
only weapon he knew how to use, seemed 50
utterly out of proportion TO the massive agility
of the dog, as he bounded at them first on oD9
side and then on the other, apparently puzzleu
as to which face he disiked most. When he
had seen them fairly in the street and under
good Roadway for other parts, he returned in
very excited condition.
had rummaged the pantry for reward
ana now leaned far out of that terrible Win
dow, holding toward him fine porler-house
teak, and saying, Here, Bone, good dogl'
But he glanced contemptuously toward me
as If he scorned to be rewarded for so noble 81
act, and allowed Maria to lead him back to his
kennel.
The matter is still in the courts, and there is
strong likelihood that it will be settled some
time or other. Not long ago / received
a letter from Ephraim Jorton, saying
he was very sorry about the unpleasant
occurrence Il should think he would
be-; that it was only a question of time
when the matter would be decided III
his favor; and, i'll the meantime, hadn't bet
ter reconsider his offer for my place? I threw
his letter in the fire, of course without answer
ing it, but, for all that, there is charming
cottage for sale, with fine Wow of the river
on one side, while the diningroom, on the
other, was toward the village and the big
church.
My wife thinks the affair has been a severe
shock to her nervous system, On more than
one occasion after having eaten heartier
supper than usual have started up suddenly
frcnl my slumber at the dead of night, and
then fallen squarily back to my pillow with
the murmured words: "To them and their
heirs forever"
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CHINESE AGITATION.

EDITOR BULLETIN Il find by read
ing late numbers of the BULLETIN
that Chinese agitation continues in
Honolulu, but | am surprised that
so few communications appear from
the outside districts on this ali mn
portant subject, as | know that n
majority OF the voters of this dis
trict at least feel that V" have
enough Cinnamon and that net one
more should be allowed to Land in
this country unless he is Immediately
shipped, and to leave when his time
of service expires. But my suffer
ing friends what are you going to DO
about it? Our Reform Legislature
has adjourned and by cowardice or
love OF their equals (see p. G.
Jones communication) have abso-
Iutely done nothing on this the most
important question before them. OF
course there are few honorable eX.
ceptions who will be remembered in
the near future, but cowardly mem
bers, bribe takers, and deserterS,
will certainly be "Snowed under"
! Now friend Patriot, II. G.. \. and
others, what is the use of answering
such twaddle and bosh as flows from
the pen of Sing Hing, Chun Sung,
and other fictitious Chinese names?
| am certain from the style Of the
articles that they are written by
!, nj, ria l,n M
| Celestial empire, but from some
one who is paid directly or indirectly
by the Cinnamon, or some one of
just sufficient mental calabre to be-
lieve themselves equal in every res
pect to Chinaman. Spare your
ammunition until at short range just
before the next election, ana then
90 for our Chinese loving fellow
voters and show them that instead
of seventeen hundred (thG present
membership of the Anti-Asiatic
| Union) we can muster four or five
! thousand and see to it that we send
men to the next legislature who care
more for their families and the good
Of the country than they do for any
brbe or intimidation that the wiley
monaghan can offer, and Il term of
prosperity will be inaugurated that
we have never known, the islands
will be inhabited by men Of our race
with families and not owned by a
few so called agents and worked by
Chinese coolies. Take away the
opportunitymake to money out of the
Cinnamon and the philanthropic talk
of certain men in Honolulu would
change instantly IS the whole pro-
Chinese talk is easily shown to be
the quintessence oth ypocricy.
ANOTHER PATRIOT.
Kohala. Oct. /, 1888.
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TOM DGW'S LAST.

EDITOR BULLETIN: - Everybody
appears to be laughing al your cor
respondent II. G. n. because of the
absurd remarks he makes about sew
eral things i'll the letter winch he
calls his "last reply" Not being
able to meet Mr.. Chun Sings argu-
ments he makes a number &C rambl-
ing statements about matters which
have nothing to do with the ques-
ton. Allow me little space to dis
cuss his absurdities.
First l see he refers 10 the $71,-
900 opium bribe which Mr. Chun
Sing never spoke about. What has
it got to do with the things that
gentleman wrote about? Perhaps it
has something TO do with them, but
not in the way that II. G.. n. has
thought about. The Reform party
that is now so desirous of expressing
my fellow countrymen would not
have got their Constitution and
would not have been in power if it
had not been for that S7l, 900. 1t
makes the Chinese angry every
time they think about it TO know
that because the King would not
pay that money back the Reform
party made handle of the fact to
eXtort from him a Constitution which
gives rights to Americans and Euro
peans which it denies to Cinnamon.
1t seems to me that this party should
now try to do some good to the Chi
nese instead of evil. Until they do
so the less they talk about the S7l,-
600 that helped them into power the
better.
II. G. n. says the Chinese have
driven the natives out OF their taro
patches, What ali absurd statement
is this! Did anyone ever hear Il
native say such u thing? Natives
and haoles, too, have been pleased
to lease their lands TO the Cinnamon
because they find that they can get
more out Of the lands in that way
than by working their taro patches
themselves. The natives are salts
fled, and this cry got up by haoles
who are badly nj a loss to justify
their unkind treatment Of their Chi
nese fellow-suhjects, is all nonsense
and moonsAine.
Then he says the Chinese would
be all right If they would live and
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ruG G
TUESDAY, OCT. 8, 1888.
A MISERABLE piTTANCE.

We published in yesterdays is
sue q communication from "a Tax
payer" rejecting rather severely on
the Board ofbHealth, accusing that
body OF reducing the salaries of
country physicians in order to main
tain costly Health Bureau in Ho-
nolulu. The case may have been
put rather strongly, but hard and
undeniabIe facts seem to warrant
the conclusion reached. IT Is n fact
that the cost ul the bureau in Homo
lulu has increased, while the salaries
of country physicians are, some of
them, placed very low. Whether
the reduction is made in the one
case to allow Of Il more liberal ex-
penditure in the other we are not
prepared to say.
The Government physician at
Hilo may be cited as an instance of
the Boards parsimoniousness. The
position is held by lady, and the
testimony which reaches this office
from different persons, some of
whom are not likely to be prejudiced
in her favor, is that she labors hard,
ri SKIS her mock on tbp roads and
does conscientious work. Her time
is fully occupied, and she frequently
has to travel long distances in rough
weather. No obstacle prevents her
being where duty calls. And yet
she is paid the miserable pittance of
5000 per annum, or less than S1.75
per day.
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t-fH-rfF' s5l--Fl'7sstf's-1T
FOR mr., WONG DUCK.

EDITOR BULLETIN Mr.. Wong
Duck distinctly falsities when he
says that l live on the Waikiki side
of Fort street; for l do not, but
live in the immediate ncighborhood
of the Chinese theatre. He does
the same thing when he insinuates
that | have attempted to secure adj
mission TO the theatre for half price.
l have not entered nor attempted to
enter that structure for three years.
repeat that the Chinese theatre
is nuisance because OF the fright
full noise made. In any other
theatre a piano, violin, guitar, or
some other kind of music is used.
The Chinese theatre is not satisfied
with these. A humping and rat
tling noise is kept up all the time
which can be heard n mile away.
Isn't that a nuisance to decent peo-
pie and all people who want to
sleep! 1t is, and nobody can deny
it?
That is not all. Have not the
police raided it more than once for
opium and gambling? And the po-
lice don't know one half of what
goes on there. CHUN HEE.
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THE LAWS OF HAWAII.

EDITOR BULLETIN:-We have been
hearing lately good deal as to the
wondrOus achievements Of the Le-
gislature recently in session. | have
thought more than once what an in
teresting study it would be for a
person of leisure to take the laws of
Hawaii and by analysis find out how
many there are on the statute books
which have the same sense; how
many there are which have been
amended, re-amended and then
mended over again until they have
no sense!
In 1876 section SO of the Civil
Code was amended by chapter SO.
This law relates to doing whole
sale business and establishes Ii
cense of from one hundred dollars
up. This law is still in force. In
1882 some happy individual evil
IDENTIFY at the instigation Of certain
houses in business brought in bill
which was thought to be the very
thing to catch the commercial tra-
yellers from foreign countries. This
new bill put the licence at five hun
dred dollars-and believe one firm
was foolish enough to pay it. / say
foolish because nine tenths of the
travellers who come here never pay
any license at all and the others,
being temporary residents, come
within the scope of the law of 1876,
and l myself was so advised at the
Interior Office when / took out Ii
cense in 1883. -
The above preliminary remarks
are necessary to pave the way to
my meaning as to the wondrous
achievements of the present Legis-
lature. One of the members | be-
lieve a lawyer) brought in a bill
.'To regulate the sale of goods,
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G. A. R. Notice.
NOTICE.

Ut AVING en- appointed by II. r. II.
IL Princess Liiuokalani to be col
lccior of all rents due Of her lands,
therefore, notice is hereby given to all
tenants and lcssecs to pay all rents to
me AT kapalGma, Honolulu, Oahu, at
tho time and date specified ia all the
leases, and j am alone authorized 10
give receipt for the same. Parties com
ing TO pay lheir rents will please take
poiicc that they must bring their last
receipts with them.
j. HELELUHE.
Honolulu, October 8, 1888. 81 2w
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NOTICE to CREDITORS.

THE undersigned having been ap.
Il pointed Administrators of the Els.
tate of John Garcia, of Kalihi Waena,
Honolulu, deceased, gives notice to all
creditors of said John Garcia to present
their claims duly authenticated and with
proper vouchers whether secured by
mortgage or otherwise to him at his
office No, 10 Kaahumanu street, Homo
lulu, within six months from date or
they will be forever barred.
A. ROSA,
Administrator of the Estate of John
Garcia, deceased.
Honolulu, Sept. IL, 1883. As I'm