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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-07
Another South Carolinian Fails in the
Short Road to Riches.

CoLUMBIA, S. c., February Especial. r
Another South Carolina victim of New York
green goods" has been heard from His
name is DR.. Pryor, and he lives in Union
county.
The doctor and several Of his neighbors
made purse Of four hundred dollars, which
they sent on to the enterprising dealer, whose
circular they had received, requesting him to
City, on the Piedmont Airline railroad, and
in due time the package arrived, and when
opened was found to contain roll of green
paper and a quantity of sawdust.
DR.. Pryor has written sympathetic letters of
of Lancaster, S. c., who recently figured so
prominently before the New York police
courts in a similar transaction.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-07
And Sudden jerking of His Neck Killed
Him.

NEVADA, Mo, January 3d. Especial. Fred
erick =. Edmondson, private patient at the
Nevada asylum for Cass county, suicided last
night by hanging himself
Edmondson stood on the sill of his room VIM
dow, lowered the upper sash, and tied one cor
ner of his bed sheet to one of the iron window
guards, then he tied the other end around his
neck and stepped from tho sill. The act was
committed between 8 and $3.50 o'clock last
night, when his lifeless body was found by the
night Waterman
Edmondson was q successful business man at
Pleasant Hill for number of years, and was
estimated TO be worth about $4,000. He was
80 years old, and leaves wife and two chill
dren. His remains were taken to Cass county
for interment.
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Tragedy in Indian Territory.

ST, LOUIS, January 31.-Joseph Thompson,
a negro condemned to be hanged broke out of the
national prison at Talhaquah Wednesda wand took
nosky, also an escaped convict under penalty OF
death. When the sheriff on Friday night demand
ca the men to come out they replied with q volley
Condy;. battle ensued, and deputy named Hair
was Killed, and woman and boy In the hut wero
fatally shot and one OF the refugees was shot This
makes seven innocent lives sacrificed by the con.
demned outlaws who are still at large.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-07
Lishtford Brought Back.

Frank Lightford, who poisoned Six persons at
the boarding house of Hattie Lightford, In
this city. on the 18th of January after which
he left for parts unknown, was today arrested
to Chattanooga tonight and lodged in iail.
One of Lightford's victims died. and another
barely escaped death The evidence is very
strong against tho accused, and he will be
tried ON charge Of mUrler in the FIRST dccree
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A Mysterious Case Reported in San Fran
cisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, February Especial. /
A number of street robberies have occurred
recently, and the police, have been specially
warned to keep a sharp lookout
At two o'clock this morning Officer Hart
ington thought he heard police whistle,
and a moment later two men came running
down Nanness avenue. lie declares he called
to them to halt, thinking they were burglars
escaping from fellow officer who had gone
up the avenue shortly before. As
the men refused TO stop he fired, and
one fell. He was found to be Thomas Ed
wards a hack driver, who claimed to be run
ming with his companion, another hack driver,
to get warm. The bullet went clear through
his breast, just above the abdomen, and was cut
out as it lay under the skin of his back.
There is no chance of his recovery. He de-
MED that Harrington ordered him 10 halt, and
says he was shot down without word OF warn
ing. He is a sober, Industrious man. lie had
driven Miss Minnie Flood, daughter of the
mining millionaire, to party, and was wait
ing to take her home.
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TIC Ern.o was HANGED.

ANTE CITY, La, January 23.-Een Ed
wards. (colorcd) who 50 grossly assaulted Hiss
here, on Friday last, was captured by
tic sheriff and lodged in Jail Saturday
night subsequently a body Of armed citizens,
Numbering about 100, PEELED the sheriff TO
give them the kegs Of tie jail. They then
took Edwards ont. carried him about 10 yards
lon the Jail and hanged lin.
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A So. 90 SAMPLE FREEl
Agents wanted to collect small pictures to be
copied aud enlarge l. send for circular ana term
Address J. SCHWElIER, 173 Greenwich stree
New York.
Mention TIE Constitution. wlyft
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el,nt III Assnilnnl.

BARDsToww, KY, February 1.-Dr. J. b,
McGAec connected vita the internal revenue
service, olay sio. and Killed IN Hickman. The
lat,r hal insIl;e McGhoe ana assaulted him with
u knife. Tic parties belong to good ionii.cs.
The ESCAPED Desperate burrows Tracked to
fillmore County, Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, February - Special
Farmer Byuluia Dawson came IN this forenoon aid
reported that m1u answering tlc ID scuptiOn Of
the Desperate Burrows, was az hODaa IN i.lmOtc
county, the other side Of the iiger about twelve
miles from the city. lie was suffering from u
wound IN the face, and had trouble in getting
along. The sheriff and the police officers declined
90 after him as he ont Of their Jurisdiction, but
sent word t. the aherii1 II Enore county % ariet
hiia If poEs.b.s DAWSON L, positive the man is
Burrows.
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Attempt 10 Rob MEXICAN Customhouse-A
Desperate Fight.

NoGAurs, Ari., February Especial. Am
attempt was made this morning early by a
party TO rob the Mexican customhouse in this
city. Their first attempt was to break into
room where large quantity of valuable bond
ed goods were stored and then the department
where the federal arms are stored Before
they gained entrance, however, one of the
customs officers saw them and asked what
they were doing. Without any reply they
made for him with drawn daggers, and cut
him severely about the head and hands.
With his pistol i'll one hand, he began
lively fulsilade. After four shots were fred,
the robbers ran, and it is not known whether
any of them were hurt or not, but the suppo-
sition is that some were hit as the depot plat
form which extends past the customhouse was
sprinkled with blood The opinion of the
officers is that the gang was a part of
desperate band who were aiming to secure the
ready arms and commit further robberics.
Soon after the alarm was given the officers
started out thirty custom guards, and it is
thought that at least portion of the gang will
be captured. 1t is not thought that they are
banded, but some of the numerous Mexican
robbers who ply their vocation along the line.
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ALETTER FROM BAILEY ER IS

EDITORS CONSTITUTION: We beg leave to
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Dayton, n. c., January 9, 1883.
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION TUESDAY FEBRUARY Z

later the party came together, and they struck
across the country away from Texarkana. j.
S. Croven recognized Burrows as the robber
whose mask slipped off as he entered the en-
CINE cab. Both men were bound over III
81 800 bail. Burrows waived examination.
AS he failed to obtain bail, he was taken to
Little Rock for safe keeping i'll the penitentia-
ry. Brock, the informer, was released on
1900 bond, and the readiness with which two
prominent merchants of TeXarkana came for
ward as security for the supposed stranger,
and the surprising small amount of bail has
given much strength to a rlmor at TeXarkana
that Brock is Pinlerton detective who was
delegated some time ago to join the robber
band and betray them. lie departed for Dallas
Immediately after being liberated.
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IT. ys3 q ~ Agents. profts per month WI. prove
W IN ESs itorpnYi0rfet. New portIaits juet out.
Ia ~ ~ - Va A 1870 sample cont free to al.
" ~ Ca u Wa. ohido5ter q Son, ~ Bond St. NY.
Name th.a paper. dec-0-Wtyit
, 1888-10-26
The Florida Rattlesnake.

The diamond back is scientifically
known as crotalus horridus. You will
know what 1 mean; perhaps you will not.
Possibly my statement of that geological
fact will only make cold chills creep dow
your back to no purpose. For the name
itself is appalling, II this perhaps is the
reason that the people of Florida who
wish to encourage immigration merely al
lude to diamond hGcEs lightly and cheer
fully as 'rattlers. Lut there are 'rat-
tlers'' n ratE The rattler of the
north Il more or .-sS common; few have
gone "huckleberrying'' often without en-
c%ouraging one. The better the ground
and day for finding berries the better
the chance for rattlesnakes, too. But a
long stick always made q short end of
crotalus adamanteus of northern New
York.
Were the engagement with crotalus
horridus of Florida, l should want an
uncommonly long stick, and you might
look with considerable certainty to find
me at the extreme end of it. The COM
mon name by which this snake is known
comes from the diamond pattern which
nature, ever liberal with her dyes and
designs, has printed upon its back. Moth
ing could be neater or more becoming.
And, SO far as looks go, this crotalus is
the handsomest II best dressed of his
kind. But, since "handsome is that hand
some does'' only, the diamond pack is not
generally admired in the circles wherein
he moves, breathes and principally has
his being.-St. Nicholas.
, 1888-10-26
No such ming as waste.

The complete erasure Of the word
waste from the dictionaries, Mt all
events in so far as it has any relation to
industrial products, is, If not quite an
accomplished fact undoubtedly becoming
more and more imminent: and we may
thank the chemists of this generation Tor
teaching us how to recover and utilize in
Vulnerable substances which, in their ig-
Crane our grandfathers threw away.
Thirty years ago the manufacturers of
iron, gas and chemicals, everywhere neg
leCted all but the prime objects OF their
industries. whereas today, on the system
of taking care of the pennies II allow
ing the pounds to take care of them
selves. competition has induced us to re-
gard our legionary by products as 50
many integral parts or branches of each
enterprise. If the intelligent. men who
nave gone before nj who were looked
upon by their contemporaries as wise in
their generation, could by any chance re-
appear among us, we might conduct them
to our gas works, and with n certain pride
explain the origin of our sulphate of am
munia, our aniline dyes, and our hundred
other extracts from coal tar.
From the contemplation Of gas we
would turn with them to some OF our
smelters and furnaces, and point TO the
mineral wool, the cement, the glassware,
the pottery, the lire Drlcks ana tHe IeTtlI-
izer, all derived from our furnace Stag;
and finally, entering a great chemical
works, we should show them how the
once devastating gases, SO fatal TO life
and vegetation, are no longer sent free
into the air, but are condensed and trans
formed into staple articles of trade, and
how by an ingenious and, to them, I'M
dreamed of process we extract the
precious metals from our exhausted sui
phur ores. To their wondering question,
"How can these things ber' we might re-
ply that all these marvels result from a
modern and enlightened policy, which, in
many countries, has fostered every species
of research in every branch Of science, en-
couraged great minds to ponder over and
gradually unravel the mysteries of nature,
and stimulated a general thirsting for
that knowledge which, properly applied,
must ever ameliorate our condition in this
vale OF tears. THE Age of Steel
, 1888-10-26
Growing Army of Criminals.

The criminal statistics of the country
present two very discouraging features.
They show that the increase of criminals
is out of all proportion to the increase in
population, and that this disproportionate
increase is almost entirely among the
young. The warden of the Joliet peni-
tcntiary, in a recent address, stated that
the criminals of the United States num-
bered 500, 900, and that the increase in
criminals during the past thirty years has
been twice as great proportionally as the
increase in population. Worse than this,
he claims hat of this half million more
than %one-third, or 1877, 900, are under 20
years of age; more than one-half, or $780,
900, unde 81 years of age, and two-thirds,
or 1888, 300, are under % years of age. In
other words, there are two young Grim
inals to one old one.
OF this large army of criminals only
one-tenth, or $4,000, are in confinement
in penal institutions at any one time, the
other ni~ne-tenths being at large preying
upon organized society in various ways
Philadelphia Times.
, 1888-10-26

Saccharine, it seems, need not cause
anxiety to the sugar planters. 1t is true
saccharine is now an article of commerce.;
that one grain of it will sweeten a cup of
tea or coffee; that it may be safely en-
ployed by diabetes patients, and by per-
m suffering from govt affections and
liver complaints; that sweetmeats made
with it cause no acidity, and hat it has a
wide field Of usefulness in pharmacy. On
the other hand, its manufacture is too
costly to compete with sugar. Sir Henry
Roscoe, in a communication published in
The Kew Bulletin, says he does not be-
lieve it is ever likely to become an article
of common use. 1t is not food, as sugar
is, n its price puts it out of competition.
ut seems to me, p" says Sir Henry, ''beyond
the bounds of possibility that the price or
production Of cane sugar can be materially
affected by the introduction of sacchar-
inc. Chicago Times.
, 1888-10-26

Samuel Benner, an Ohio farmer, who
has gained considerable notoriety through
the newspapers for his predictions of
future events, and who a few years g
published a small volume on the ups and
downs of prices, which had a great sale,
has now communicated his prophecies for
the year 1888, in which he says:
"This year, 1888, being the closing year
in this cycle of low prices-seven years
from isis the golden opportunity to
commence the foundation of n business.
If there is any benefit to be derived from
a knowledge of these cycles in trade, it
will be in taking advantage of them.
Young men who are about to COM
mence their business career should EN-
brace their present opportunity. There
are but few of these chances in an or
binary life. 1t requires about ten years
to complete an up and down in general
trade.
"When the depressions which follow
commercial crises reach their lowest limit,
as determined by these price cycles, they
afford the best opportunities for invest
ment, and the height of speculative eras
are the most dangerous periods to make a
commencement in any enterprise.
This is the opportunity for investors to
open a mine, to build a furnace, to erect a
mill, to build a ship, to equip a railroad
and to make investments in agricultural,
commercial and industrial operations.
George Peabody laid the foundation
for his fortune by buying American Sc
curities in one of our commercial de-
pressions." New York Real Estate
-JoDrDal
, 1888-10-26

"Have you heard of the latest scheme
% some Of the Wall street brokers?'' was
the query put 10 a reporter by Il Western
Union operator. They are devoting
their spare moments to learning teleg-
raphy. a few days ago the regular oper-
atUr in n New street brokers' Office
was absent, and ] was sent for to take his
place for the day. / noticed an extra set
of instruments in the office, and supposed
that some of the Office boys or clerks were
learning to manipulate the key. / was
somewhat surprised during the day to see
n member of the firm come in and com
mence practiciug the Morse characters. /
learned that he was paying his operator
extra 10 remain after business hours and
practice with him. Upon quietly investi-
eating the matter, I ascertained that sew
eral other brokers were a~ssiduously strug-
Cling with the Morse alphabet, with vary
ing success. One broker, who started out
with the expectation of becoming sufi-
GENTLY expert within six weeks to read
messages coming over the wire at ordinary
speed became somewhat discouraged
when, at the end of that time, he found
it impossible to catch even the small
words. Their idea is that if they can be-
come expert enough to read messages
passing over the wires it would be an easy
matter for them to drop into other
brokers' offices and, by listening to the
click of the telegraph instruments, per
laps gain some valuable information. -
New York Evening sun.
, 1888-10-26
pifrerent Phases of Mind Cure,

Now that all forms of mental healing
are much talked of and largely adopted,
it might be well for the public to know
resent the common practice of outsiders
bulking them all under the head Of ''mind
cure" Mind enters into each one, to be
sure, but in different forms and through
different doors. They who practice
Christian ~science' draw healing force
from the Infinite Mind, and consider their
own minds as at most n mere telegraph
line through which the yivifying power
reaches the patients mind. Plain mind
cure" works by the operation of the heal
er's individual mind on the subject, and
partakes of what is known as mesmerism
or hypnOtism. Faith cure" and prayer
cure'' are one and the same, both relying
upon faith to override disease.
If any one doubts that the healing of
disease by mental methods is going on
briskly in this city, let him drop into the
Offices of some of the best known pgacti-
TONERS and see the collection of patients
waiting hour after hour in order that
each may get a treatment. Nine O'Clock
is the III for beginning the business of
healing. An hour before that six and
eight patients are in readiness to get their
slice of life and health as drawn from the
infinite source of all life and Wilderness.
From that time on until the office closes
at night it is never empty, and most Of
these reach a point when they declare
themselves healed.-New York Press
"Every Day Talk
, 1888-10-26

1t appears that about II, 000, 900 of tons
of coal per year is the AMOUNT yielded by
the chief coal districts of Great Britain
Newcastle, South Wales and the Clyde
country-and, assuming this to represent
the average annual consumption for many
years to come, it is estimated that the
British mines will not be exhausted in
less tina 600 to 800 years. 1t is further
calculated that, drawing upon only one
of her fields, the Westphalian, Germany
will not be able to exhaust her coal supply
in less than 1000 years, and she has, in
addition, the riches Of the Bavarian, the
Aachen and the Silesian coal districts. It
is claimed, therefore, that, independent
of the of other countries, Great
Britain and Germany could supply Europe
with coal for an unlimited period.-New
York Sun.
, 1888-10-26
Concerning Opium Culture.

IL n few states the farmers have expert
mented n little with the white poppy, but
we have not regarded opium as ever
likely to cut much of a figure among Il
products. Mr.. Pratt, the United States
consul at Teheran, who has been study
ing opium culture in Persia, where n very
fine article is produced, says he believes
large regions in California and the
southern states are well adapted to
the cultivation of the white poppy,
and, in view of the superior quail
ity Of Persian opium, he details the
methods of cultivation in vogue there as a
guide for our poppy raisers. Though the
abuse OF opium has made it, in the opin-
ion of many, a disreputable drug, it
serves a large number of useful purposes,
and if W. could raise what we require for
legitimate uses opium culture would be a
considerable addition to our wealth pro-
ducing resources.--New York Sun.
, 1888-10-26
A Criticism of vo1apuk.

Volapuk is now going through its sec
ond and more deliberate criticism. Sci
ence contains a careful article by Alexan-
der NJ. Bell, in which he concludes that
Volapuk does not solve the problem of a
universal language. The system will
meet most favor with nations whose Ian
guages are highly infected. This is not
the trouble with the English language.
He suggests an international committee
Of English speakers to suggest such inn
provements as would max of ours q SIM
pier language, adapted to universal use.
A committee of the American Philosophi-
cal society, of which the eminent anthrop-
ologist, DR.. d. G.. Brinton, was chairman,
has also reported that "'Volapuk is
synthetic and complex, whereas all mod
ern dialects are becoming more analytic
and simple; the formal elements of Vola-
puk are those long since discarded by
Aryan speech" But this committee Of
eminent scholars urge that as the ances-
tors of all Aryans once used the same
language, SO the time is near when once
again a unity of speech can be established
for all of our stock, and for all the rest of
civilization as we'll Globe Democrat.
, 1888-10-26

II your friends faults annoy you, tell
him so; but for heavens sake keep silent
about them in the presence of other people.
You will never reform him by calling the
attention of the world to his errors. l
have made a resolution which | would like
TO embody in an organized society, and
call it the Anti Gossip club. The resolu-
ton is this: Whoever speaks i'll of another
person to me must meet that person in my
presence within n weeks time and repeat
iAe words, thus giving the accused an
opportunity to defend, explain or reform
his error. ! think a few experiences of
this kind would deter people from coming
to rs with unkind gossip.-EIla Wheeler
Wilcox.
, 1888-10-26
A Manuscript Exhibition.

Letters sent to the Birmingham and
Midland Institute, which is about to have
a manuscript exhibition at it's annual con-
yersazione, show that Andrew Lang does
not keep his manuscript. Justin Nc.
earthly works with a typewriter. Mr.,
~Shorthouse, author of "John Inglesant,"
makes scrappy manuscripts. Marion
Crawford writes his improvements into
his draft. Mr.. Besant has not kept any
of the manuscripts of the Rice partner
ship. Bret Harte is not in possession of
the sheets of his earliest stories. The
copy of many famous books has already
been secured.-New York Sun.