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a USEFUL COMPOUND.


Water Proof Composition for the Floors
and Walls OF Buildings.
Apatent has been granted for a water
proof compound adapted to beapplied to
the floors and walls OF buildings. to
prevent the access or water and damp
ness, and which will alsowithsf and
extreme and VARYING temperatures Of
air. and which viii bs practically in
destructiblc.
The composition consists OF the fol-
lowing ingredients. combined in sub
stantially the proportions stated. viz:
New Zealand cement. 100 pounds;
cream Of tartar, ounces; pulverized
ivory. / ounce; quicksilver. ounce;
isinglass, A ounces; marble dust. 5
pounds; sand, 200 pounds; rain water.
l pail.
In compromising the ingredients o
small quantity Of cement. for instance.
one pound. is mixed with the cream Of
tartar. quicksilver and isinglass, and
water enough to make a very thin
paste. and the composition Is let stand
for about twenty-four hours. II the
weather Is cod, the composition should
stand In warm place. The remainder
Of the cement the pulverized ivory.
marble dust and sand are mixed dry.
and the standing compound i there
upon added. together with enough
rain water. about half pail. to pro-
duce . plastic mass capable Of being
readily laid with a trowel or similar
implement
| Instead OF New Zealand cement,
Portland or other cement Of similar
nature may be employed II Portland
cement is used. the proportions Of the
remaining ingredients should be in
creased about one-half. After the
compound is laid upon q suitable
foundation. such as wood earth. brick
or metal. it becomes very hard. equal
to steel. in addition to which il Is ca
cable Of very high polish. -Age q
/ Steel
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the rocks and hunted for shollA Re.
turning. n sudden sounll came IN. ana
Il little Mis- Prim hai NOT been wen
vorsed IN the al Of sailing ali would
have rone 20 the bottom. After thai
event The dresS-maler was doubly dear
20 all. and Mr.. Laurence would not
hear Of her leaving her. So she
stayed and was treated As one Of the
family.
Septcmbcr. with her gorgeous sun-
sets. her ripened fruitx and soft moon
LIGHT nights. came. II was Miss Chat
ty's birthday. Dressed h white. with
pale mink blossoms In her silver hair
and on her bosom. the little dress
maker looked as pretty and smiling as
4 Girl. She had received rich Gifts
from the Laurcnces and many other
friends. for every one loved the gentle
woman. Sitting IN the twilight. alone
in the great garden al Pleasant Park.
for the family had callers. and the lit
tie woman. thinking over the past
was glad 10 be IN the solitude Of the
shadowy park. With nothing 10 disturb
her reveries but the signing Of wind
or the twitter OF sleepy bird. sudden
ly stcp approached. then a man ap-
gcared. and standing before her. re-
peated her name. saying very softly:
"Charity. little darling Chatty! Do
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portland he pays . most dispropor-
tionate amount from his earnings or
income for the taxes levied upon tho
country. It IL not for myself that /
speak to-day to you. yeomanry and cit
liens Of Columbia, il Is for you and be-
cause have cherished from my child
hood andstill cherish the thought that
America il to be the homo Of its peo-
pie and not State in which the
wealthy are prosperous at the expense
Of toiling millions These
taxes, when laid on imports in the
manner in which they were laid In the
Congressional carnival Of manufact-
urers which framed our present tariff,
cause a misapplication Of industry
that charges on the consumer what
neither the Government Is able TO coli
lect as taxes nor the manufacturer 20
appropriate as profits They lessen
the productive power of human labor
rs II God had cursed IL with ungenial
climate or sterile soil -ScDsuel = W.
dem
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sign that the Democratic party is
weaker than it was before the tariff
reform issue was raised
The significance Of this result Il
very great when we consider the pc
culiar advantages which Maine pro
scented as field for Republican gains
this year. On the fishery issue and
the question Of free lumber alone. there
was reason for thinking that inroads
might be made upon the Democratic
strength. Mr. Blaine evidently thought
90, for he made those questions very
prominent in his speeches. all Of which
were confined almost entirely TO thor.
and to the dangers Of free trade. The
Republicans had the advantage Of his
%. ,onal efforts IA their campaign. he
htinging to the work all the prestige
OF his first appearance after . Eu-
ropean tour. where he had observed
personally the balcful effects Of free
trade abroad
Furthermore. the election was held
before the National campaign had fair
" begun, and before there had been
any thing which could be called an
adequate presentation Of the Demo
cratic side OF the tariff question The
National Democratic Committee sent no
speakers into Maine TO answer Mr..
Blaine's arguments Almost the only
outside Democratic orator who went
there was Colonel Fellows, and we
have never heard him spoken Of rs Q
persuasive orator upon economic ques.
tions. In addition to Mr.. Blaine's
personal leadership, the Republicans
had the aid OF one Of the most thor.
oughly organized political machines In
the country. and the skin in the work
ing Of II which comes only with long
practice Yet. with all these i'd
| vantages. they have failed to carry the
State BY As large q majority as they
had four years ago. though the total
vote now Is over 1900 larger now than
Il was then. They have failed. moi
only to draw away any Of the Demo
cratic strength. but have failed to g
cure more than half Of their share q
| the increased vote N II Post.
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An accurate poll list Is the most
effective factor in . contested election
In q town near by the Democratic club
has ordered and u making such an
one. On . route within the election
district. IN which are forty-two voterA
there were found and placed on the
poll list, four years ago, five more Re-
publicans than Democrats. This year.
on the same route, ara found twenty
two Democrats and fifteen Republicans.
who authorize their names put ia such
columns The other i've voters nro
Germans. Four Of them said they
voted for Blaine. but should now
vote for Cleveland. The other said
No was not quite certain. but thought
DO should also vote for Cleveland.
The result 4 that while Blaine
rot twcntv-thrce votes 70 Clove-
land's eighteen, four years ago, Clcve-
land viii now get twcnty-six 20 Har-
rison's sixteen which will make =
lchange against Harrison q fifteen
Votes In forty-two on thos SoueA-
R3ch<sIer en- III UsioM
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LITTLE MISS PRIM.
The Story OF Her Life-Happy Ro-
turn OF Her Lover.

Gray. angry-looking clouds obscured
che blue sky, cold east wind blew
tiny particles OF snow into the faces Of
those persons who were 30 unfortunate
as TO BE- exposed to the cutting blast
A warm fire and comfortable easy
chair were things TO be appreciated.
and 50 thought the Laurence family
Is they stood or sat around tho great
blazing logs OF hickory in the open
Fireplace OF the luxurious sitting
room at Pleasant Park, the old home
stead Of the Laurcnces.
Harry. the eldest boy. tall. bright
eyed lad OF fourteen, went 10 the win
dow that looked out upon the high
way. II was nearly school-time, and
troops Of boys and girls we're passing
swiftly along in the direction Of the
huge brick cdificc, the pride Of Fair
mount
Lizzie. Johnny, come here" cried
Harry, and his handsome countenanca
beamed with merriment as he gazed
upon the scene without A lady not
much taller than Lizzie, the twelve
year-old sister Of the merry youth at
the window, was walking, or rather
trying 10. for the slight figure swayed
from one side Of the road to the other.
beaten and blown BY the high winds;
and the umbrella she carried was
turned inside out. while her long gray
hair was floating like banner in the
wintry breeze. The girl and boy ran
TO the pretty alcove, with its snowy
lace curtains looped back. showing the
stand Of plants bright with bloom. and
joining in the laughter caused Mr.. and
hrs. Laurence to look up from their
reading to inquire the cause OF 50
much mirth.
oh, mother. you ought to see the
capers little Miss Prim is cutting; old
Boreas makes her move lively" said
Master Harry. and even his parents
could hardly suppress smile as they
saw tho ludicrous figure the poor
dressmaker made in her vain en-
bearers to keep her feet and avoid the
rude embrace Of the northeast gale.
''Jiminy, but she Is scarecrow. said
little Johnny. wonder what she goes
out such stormy days for?"
why, my son, Miss Prim Is poor and
Is obliged TO earn her own living. She
has no kind papa to give her nice warm
clothes. or provide her with food. as
you have. IL Is not right to laugh at
the little woman, for she has hard
Life Of it, and i 90 patient and kind in
every trial." and Mrs. Laurence
patted the soft curls Of her six-ycar-
old boy. mentally thanking God that
she and her dear ones were FREQ from
che curse Of poverty.
1T Is nearly nine O'clock" cried
Lizzie, glancing At the huge, old
fashioned timc-piece that licked away
% unsteady in the corner Of the room.
~ viii take Johnny with me. mother.
and then one umbrella viii shelter US;
Harry Is large enough 20 take care Of
himself" So saying Lizzie arrayed
herself In her warm cloak. hood and
furs. looking like the pictures Of Little
Red Ridinghood. with brown eyes
shining and cheeks rosy with health.
just as the three children descended
the steps 10 tho garden. the hugo iron
gate changed 70. and Miss Prim met
them on the broad gravcled walk.
mamma at home, Blossom?r said
,ne little lady in cheerful tone 70
LIZZIE. and NJ the same time laughing.
- sne saw tho hali-concca, smile on
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UNDER the APPLE-TREE&
rn:s q he orchard. here they Rrow,
The apple-trees IN triple row.
Al. we'll mind The pears ago.
When we we're young together
row vs'rs ID middle lise. We sav.
Tsrx nov the moss. ana the gray.
W. both have borne, this many dag,
the wear Of time and weather.
rhcx ssand Il we'll this Baldwin nov,
Tbe red fruit fairly loads the bouGhs
Has Il forgot. wonder. how
used 70 dig around ~
Hard work. thought. and never done.
Ana life vas made for nauRht but fun
4 sal mistake. Is !, for one.
Long. long ago have found r.
This pipp,a. standing next they say
Bears Il pies rood the following Mayi
Bite one. you'd think 'twouid last ior aye
Though AL % fair and yellow.
such men rive known. pray who has not,
That hardened ~ they older got
would shtivel. shriycl yes. and rot.
But never once grow mellow.
our swcetings lonesome. n< II were;
The planter knew, what al aver
That sourcr sorts are lutcIer.
zone sweet" quoth he. Is plenty"
Iuke 10 fcel-n comforts me,
Who am. at best . grabbed tree
That sweet aud sour were meant 20 b
About as one in twenty.
There's not branch the orchard through,
But. green or r.rc. full well knew
The tast; OF AL that on IL grew
It's in my mouth this minute:
And all Is nectar. Wen. who knows
But lifc itself with all is woes.
Will turn 70 sweetness a. the close
No drop Of bitter IN ~
50 soft the air: A butterfly
On vavering wing goes zlR=as bys
How pleasant on the grass 70 lie.
And dream the old dreams ovori
And when an apple drops anon
Half sad. half glad my thought runs on
Yes. yes. too shall soon be gone.
And lie beneath the clover
but you. my trees. will flourish still
And o.hcr schoolboys pockets NIL.
And bees will hum, and sparrows trill
And king-birds call and hover.
Oh. well Il were II then were mine
A grave within your shade benign,
simple slab. . single line
"Of birds and trees lover"
-Dv1dford Zorrey. in icuh's Companion.
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1sue Inwnr6new - Whae ~. u1n1no
Called = A1most : nsvo1utioe.~
The complete returns from Maine
nre now q hand. and m analysis Of
them will show hew much ground
there was for Mr. Blaine's claim that
tho result was s.almost : political rovo-
luton" We give the figures side By
side with those Of tho September cleo
tion In 1854:
ocyEsson - GovEasoe -
Putnam tbsn.j.. q - E<dnss benz. is'osi
sn%oas sr dsSi SslEsssa 'orSsc ;ii;. AZ
Total. 7. ...i1ssi To,a, ham;
Republican plurality u 49, ..-- .--------. 11tl
kepubllcan plurality N - ,4<e5
RspSS',sss ,Ssrs e - so:S vc;s Il issi g
Democrats Increase On total vote q lisa 3'o&7
These figures tell the story % plain
IL that Il Il scarcely necessary 70 com
ment upon them The reader wiz
search them il vain for any evidences
OF Mr.. Blaine's revolution" or for
any evidence Of his other assertion
that many Dcmocrnts turned against
the Mills bill" II there were such
conversions, there must have been q
largo Republican detection 70 Offset
them. Instead Of being ''stampeded'
by the free-trade cry, the Democrats
have more than held their own. They
have increased their total vote Of fouI
years ago by moro than per cent.
while the Republicans have increase(
theirs less than l per cant Whatever
This may b evidence Of, II Il not I
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OF gentlemen yonder. Some of my friends
may be among them. will go and bid them
goodbye"
The colonel looked at his companion curious
his firm lips. The professors face wore the
same placid expression; the same affable
smile played round his mouth.
ne group was very silent one as the two
men approached it, but this had no
effect ON the professor. He shook hands
with each one, and thanked all
lor ther kindness to q comparative stranger.
Nothing could have been more unaffected than
his manner. As he turned away from the
group, he waved his hand. AT that moment,
the colonel, who had kept near the professor,
thought he heard the click of gun,leck.
Just you go on down the street." he re-
marked to Brandon; "Ill catch up with YOU.
want to say word to .hese boys
AS the colonel returned to the group Of citi-
in his hand.
Now, boys" said the colonel, 1--WE might as
Well understand one another. II there's any
monkey business with that chap yonder, I'm y
gong to take hand in it ON the wrong side.
don I mind killing hellian now and then, but
that man yonder is perfect lamb lie amt
got any more sense than q baby. You all
know me, reckon, and I'm goiug to be re-
sponsible for his getting on that train"
The colonel paused and waited TO hear what
might be said, but the only response was a
everybody laughed. After the colonel had
gone on down the street and was out OF hear
ing, the man who had joked about the weather
remarked
Dang my buttons if old Galloway didn't
look Just like he did the day he shot Judge
Pondexter.''
The professor came to Atlanta and became a
familiar sight about the newspaper offices.
lie did little odd jobs of reporting, and for q
few days was assistant proof reader on THE
CONSTITUTION. This position, however he re-
signed, much to the surprise of the managing
editor. When asked for his reason he smiled
and replied:
"Well, it would be impossible, you know,
for me to read the proofs of articles so antago-
nIstlc to my views and principles" And so
the professor passed out.
Where this queer man is don't know but
he is undoubtedly going about trying to reform
something or somebody, and if you meet HIM
ON the street you will be apt to recognize him,
for there is an affability about his very shabbi-
ness that cannot be mistaken. j. G. III.
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Decatur. Ca, September 0, 1888.
Bull Bats ACnin.

EDITORS CONSTITUTION: In reply to the
question ia q bullbat the same as a whippoorwiIl,
you say "a bullbat isprobably chuck-wil s-widow,
which ie somewhat different from whippoorwill."
Allow me to correct an error into which you have
fallen. The ehuek-wilPs-Tidow (caprimulgus caro-.
linensis), and the whippoorwil (e. vocifergs) are
two distinct species Of the same genus, true goat
suckers. But they inhab bit different sections OF the
country. The first as its name implies, is found
along the Gulf and Atlantic borders from Texas to
North Carolna--resident In Florida. The second
lnhabits the hill country from Texas to the lakes;
found around your city-yery few resident in Flor
ida through the winter. Tie bullbat belongs TO a
different genus (chordeiles virgnianus) or night
hawk, and Is found all the United States from
Texas and Florida northward. 1t breeds largely at
the north and migrates southwark in August 1t
exists in large numbers and Is seen In the day.
whilst the other two night birds, hid away In
the forests during the day and rarely seen.
But my principal object in writing this is TO pro
test against the killing of these birds for sport They
are among the most valuable insect destroyers we
have. Their food consists wholly of insects and
their flight through the air in the afternoons is for
the purpose of catching insects. To shoot them
down, whilst engaged in this good work is more
than wrong. In nature one thing is set against
another, and thus a balance is preserved. Snakes
toads and birds are set against insects. The inds-
criminate killing of the first is followed by deVasta-
ton of our crops vegetables and fruits by the second
w. L. JONES
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CONSTITUTION PARAGRAPHS.

pure Arab mare, the first and only one in
this country, has just been imported by New York
gentleman, for breeding purposes.
Wrapping fruit trees with cloth to keep
them from being injured by sunburn and insects
has proved disastrous 10 the trees In Shasta county
California.
TX SERMON at Urbana, Ohio, DIR. Tai
mage said that there was more mercy In a
rattlesnake than there was in man for one who
had fallen.
An immense number Of bees recently made
a descent the confectionery stalls of a market In
London and literally took possession Of them.
Business was stopped and the owners Of the stalls
took to fight II presumed that the cold ana in
clement season had deprived the insects of their
ordinary source OF sustenaDce, and that they were
driven by famine from the country into the town.
pretty young lady Of Seattle, W.. T., re-
Gently went into an employment Office In that city
and said she was the owner Of $50 acres ofgool
farming land and had small sum Of money Ter
object was TO secure a husband who could work the
farm and make her n good consOrt.
A negro who speaks English with genuine
Irish brogue il rather novelty. Yet William R
ODell Il fun blooded African astonished Brook.
Ign police Justice the other day by testifyiDg in
rich Irish brogue. ODeil says he was born OF negro
parents, at Baliyslo, Wexford county, Ireland, and,
not having been naturalized since bis arrival In
America was still an Irishman.
This beats the record A barber in London,
II IL sail recently made wager that he could shave
sixty men IN sixty minutes. The bet was cepted.
the men we're iathered aud the razors s'ropped and
opened ready for use At the end Of the ioryDinth
minute the men had all been shaved. and the bar
Der was complacenily counting bis weli-eafned
gold.
Among the candidates in North Carolina,
says The New Orleans Picayune, Is a FOwle for Cow
ernor D Holt for lieutenant governor, Finger for
superintendent Of education and Bunn for con.
take q q hmm
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Tho Krupp Cum of Public on,n;on.

EDITORS CONSTITUTIONS In common with
thousands thank THE CONSTITUTION for today's
editorial concerning the trusts that would crush
us all If they could. Strike again. strike hard;
strike on. 1t is the fight of the people-the great
mass of working people against the big pirates
of the business world nerciless and re.
lentless as the armed thieves of sTaria"
who levied on all ships passing through
the straits of Gibraltar much as the shipmasters
could stand and still make voyages. Europe put
down the Tarija pirates Our pirates count on put
ting the people down. In such fight paper like
The CONSTITUTION should be worth more than
man-ofwar. Public opinion can pierce denser
armor than the biggest Krupp gun-not at the first
shot, nor at the second, but after many shots
Therefore, keep firing.
BOSS Tweed" at the first laughed at the press and
damned public opinion" with his haunting question
and triculent defiance "What are you going to do
aboutit?" At the last hunted down. run in In con-
vfct stripes, covering in his CELL he had his answer
"This is what we did about it." Mere passion is
futile growing, is foolish threatening is childish
But pubic opinion, enlightened and aroused is If
not omnpotent, strong enough to put down opnres
sion, strong enough to drive the oppressofs from
their thrones, or to make laws that will lay hands
on them in the name of common Justice to the
whole people, The power of these trusts" did not
mature in strength OF audaclty in day or year.
whole gene alton they have been growing into
what we know them to be. If people can break
their power in ten years, twenty, it Is thousand
times worth the effort. What must be done we
should set about doing What is hard to do If nee.
essary requires the more effort The longer it takes
to right great wrong that Expresses the whole PEG
pie the sooner we should begin rghting 1.-THE more
earnestly and steadily we should FORK at our task
IL is worth conflict as long the prince Of Orange
waged against Alva and his kind to save the people
of the best government In the world from despotsn
that would disgrace and overturn the worst
A. G. HAYeooD.
Decatur. Ga. Septemher O. 1883
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How 1t Happened.

Never he'd no kind o. use
Fer that Dan;
Always ruther liked big,
Thick set man.
He wu2 on the spindiin build
Sort uh spare;
He'd 30 look right sharp to know
Dan wuz tharl
Feared like he wuz at my heels
Night N day;
Couldn't toll him OF in no
Kind-uh way.
Though treated him right mean,
Ideelar
That couldn't sneeze but what
Dan WIZ thar.
Little sandy headed skite,
'Thout much wit,
'Gept he beat the bugs, the way
Heeould sit
Out the balance Of my beaux;
Let EN- glare,
They put out at nine; at ten
Dan wuz thar.
Onct told him plain an fat,
That eff he
Wuz the nnly man on yearth,
Him an me
Wouidn suit; lowed my words
Made him stare.
Come next night, like other nights,
Dan wuz thar.
Curyus-like married him
After that
Thing wuz done fore knowed whar
/ wuz at.
How II come, my jedgmcat amt
Very cPar;
Reck0n't must hey been becuz
Dan wuz thar
Eva Wilder McGlasson In Tine.
: win pay all who uss Cotton Gins to get
,es and testimonials Of those A No, I manu-
cturers, Tho Brown Cotton Gin Co., New
ldon. Conn. They lead the world.
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Excitement was created at Birmingham
Wednesday by the news that Frank NJ,
Irion, the defaulting clerk of the city court,
had surrendered in London.
A cablegram from London to tho officers
here announced that he had surrendered and
wanted to come back and be tried for his
crime. The eabegram says that he is phys
zeal and mental wreck, and penniless.
lrion left this city on the Sd of last January,
having enlbezzled nearly fourteen thousand
dollars of trust funds which were in the Gus
tody of the court of which he was clerk and
register. His crime was not discovered until
he had been gone over two weeks, and no
effort was ever made to find him. The dis
covery of his shortage created a great seusa-
ton at the time as no man in the city stood
higher in business and social circles. He
owned property worth much more than his
shortage, and no motive for tho crime has
ever been discovered, there being 10 woman
or fast living in the case.
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NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE
ATLANTA. GA.

Treats DefOrmities and Chronic Diseases, such
a. Club Feet, Diseases Of the Hip, Spine ana
Joints, Paralysis, Ples, Fistua Catarrh Pc
male and Private Diseases, Hernia, Diseases OF
tbo Urinary Organs, etc, etc Send for Illus
tfAtsd circular. W.T.