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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06
The Answered PRAYER.


BY ONE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS PoErs.
III dark and dingy ofice-in u crowded dusty
town,
Where the grim old leather law books seemed to
wear II sullen frown
At dusty table, covered by full many a claim and
decd,
Sat two men with grim. cold featurcs-deepy
marked with lines of greed.
Twas lawyer and broker-inet to settle on n
way
To make the clients debtors settle at an early day.
But, just a soft expression fitted DER the law
It locked strangely incongruous in that grim and
dusty place.
said he. "In not press that claim--you can do to
suit yourself:
l wish you'd let the matter drop-Id not touch the
dirty pclr"
"Bow is that" the broker asked him. cant you
sell the fellow out?
You know he has homestead-it will meet the
bill 10 doubt
Yes the lawyer answered softly-and tear stood
in his eye
"But before I'd turn him from his home:
tell you man, I'd dieH
You're sott-hearted," sneered the clientele has
begged too hard see"
Eyes, he begged" the lawyer answered-"but he
begged his God-not me.
You see thought I'd notify him that twas time
TO meet the hill
My hard heart wasn't soitened when | heard his
wife was i'll
So found the place quite easy; for I'd passed it
once or twice.
A little white frame buiding-a yard swept clean
aud nice.
stepped across the portico-peeped through the
open floor:
The sight which met my eyes dear man. brought
back the days of yore
On the bel an aged woman lay propped with nil.
lows high
The light of love drawn from above, beamed from
her honest eye
at reminded me of mother, who's been dead these
many years
don't 50 for tender hearted, but my eyes were wet
But the picture isn't finished, for there beside the
Kneit man-the frosts of many years had gath.
And while yet | hesitated standing on tho
pArtlco.
From thG old mans lips prayer fell in accents
Such PRAYER l don't remember having ever
heard It's like,
And each word keen edged sword, on my heart
seemed 10 strike.
''FoF he prayed for yon and I, sir Ia have said it
Had another told me oft, but what I've heard I
know.
lie prayed Gods blessing on US, who were going TO
Whatever was Gods molly win-he prayed God let
Il come.
1t swept me back across .the years to chidhood's
happy day,
Whom mother used to sing to nue. OF Cots mys,er.
lpNS way
sowhea he prayer was finished, l len without
word
viii no, pes that claim SAY reasons you
hayo heard
The hroker So, in silence 10 his brow his nand was
prCSt.
A s,rusglc hasd was going on within his rugged
breast.
"IwisAy You hadat told me-'ho slowly said
'liut como
"Irs no Use talking, lawyer-iot the olimau keep
his home
1neej tho money badly: but its no Use now to
frvt
Toss those papers iu the frc-,el the man the
claim was met
Ihe lawyer smiled in Joy as me asked him shall I
sty
Met Ia susver 10 praytr-in a mysterious way
20. Cow ag bokeg.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06
A Warming TO Subscribers.

We learn that a Mr.. W. A. Mallory has been going
through the country taking subscriptions to THE
CONSTITUTION, which he has never sent into this
Office. Mr.. Mallory is now said to be under arrest
III Buena Vista, Ga.
There is but one rule to lie observed on this point
You should not subscribe 10 THE CONSTITUTION
except through some one that you know personally
to be reliable and honesh We do not send travelling
agents ont for THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. We
have over ten thousand local agents, and y to
select good man in every local community through
whom subscriptions may be sent. DO not give your
money TO any stranger Subscribe direct TO this
Office. or thrOugh solne trusted neighbOr.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

Sewer gas, disease germs and contagion
uptv are effectually combatted by burning
uiltt Hydronaphthoi Pastilles in rooms and
apartments. They are fragrant, and in
,ipct MIGRATING to the sick
lihel Skin and scalp diseases are perma-
nently cured by Hydronaphthol Soap, q
npnr pure, highly scented medicinal soap for
tllig toilet nursery and bath.
Toothache, face neuralgia and in.
lAaen famed or Rollen gums yield promptly
VdoV 10 Darby's Dental Plasters which take
the place of opiates, and ca lgerous
md tCothache drops
llu Corns and Bunions cause no pain
where Mead's Corn and Bunon Piasters
aih are used. They quickly allay inlamna-
atn' ton and relieve pain
SMALLPOX and other contagious dis
. eases are prevented by burning Sea.
bury's Sulphur Candles In cellars, clos
Cents ehct snA scop shRs e holds bird cages
SEABURY & JOHNS IN, New York.
1ec1-tues thur sat Wky top col n rm
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A Little Girl Insults Emperor william.

EApAA INC Lp+lL0A HAuH-s
little girl Of Metz, fourteen years
old, named Duwise Fuchs, has been con-
deInnei TO eight days imprisonment for having in
suited the emperor OF Germany The insult con-
sisted in writing private letter to ono of her little
friends in which there was something disrespec,iul
O his majesty such sentences are said TO be quite
common in A,ace-Lo7rAiue.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

There are many forms of nervous debility in
men, that yield to the use of Carriers Iron
Pills. Those who are troubled with nervous
weakness, night sweats, &c, should try them
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06
Made n Cannon of Himself.
From the Kansas CITY Times.

kuIlsHs N.ly
Tolbert Rollins, prominent citizen OF Perry
county, Ark, whose mind had for some time been
unbalanced, and who had made several unsuce3ss-
fui attempts to kill himself last night left alone
in his room for O lev minutes, when, securing
flask OF powder he emptied the contents into his
mouth and placed lighted match to it,. The ex
plosion tore away portion of his face, inficiug
wound from which he cannot recover.
The correct way, is to buy goods from the
manufacturer. The Elkhart Carriage and
Harness Co. of Elkhart Indiana, have no
agents. They make frst-class goods, ship any
mcTt.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

When yon feel depressed don't dose yourself
with mean bitters. Hodges 8arsaparlla reno
Yates and inyigorates the system, and cures all
diseases arising from an impure state OF the
blood 81 per bottle, six bottles for So.
Rangum Root Med. Co., Nashville, Tenn.
At wholesale by A. G. Gambler g. Co., Allan
Ia, Ga, and d. w. Curry, Rome. Retail at
Jacobs Pharmacy, Atlanta, Ga.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

A woman who is weak, nervous and sleep
less, and who has cold hands and feet, cannot
feel and act like a well person. Carriers Iron
Pills equalize the circulation, remove nervous
ness and give strength and rest
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

poke of it to his employer, the owner of the
haft. MIR Hillman tried the experiment on
several of the neighbors who were afflicted
with muscular aud nervous diseases and
all were cured lie then organized
the company which now controls the
Electric health resort, as it is now called. DR..
George likes to talk OF the wonderful cures it
has effected. "Why, boss" said he "no
nore'n mont ago dey wuz an ole Niger
oman come here frum Washington. She waz
50 porely dat dey jcs' nachelly had to tote her
here. She couldn't move her mouf an wuz
In misery all de time We put her in dar in
the shaft and ie5 laid her on de groun'. In
two days dat oman got up frum dar ies' as
wei an peart as is, an went back TO Wash
ington. Marse Frank tole me yesterday dat
W Zen she got home she went to New Hope
church. cussed de preacher, kicked a panel
Outin' de new organ, licked two of de deacons
and broke up de meetin'. Yes, stree, boss |
done seed dis shat tried"
Before leaving the shaft L felt the warm
clasp OF hands that had been stiff, cold and
motionless with rheumatism for years Some
attribute the cures to the strong mineral waters
OF the resort, others to electrical influences,
ana others even to miraculous Intervention.
The most popular belief is that the minerals
which abound in the rock hold metals in solu-
ton which form a voltaic pile and establish an
electric current. Professors White and Char
BONNER with other scientists. will leave Ath-
ems in few days to investigate the phenom-
ena. Other parties are leaving here daily for
the resort, some for health and others for
pleasure. Little river, near Hillman, is well
stocked with fish of all kinds, and the woods
abound in game. / counted no less than nine
squirrels in one'tree during one OF my rambles
at the mound. Many wealthy northerners are
now visiting the resort, and the crowd increases
daily. The day is not far distant when the
tide of tourists shall be turned to this part of
Georgia and the latent resources of the coun-
try shall be developed. And in the accom-
plishment of this end the wonderful resort
will be no unimportant factor
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06
Anxious Fears.
From the New York Sun.

FIOln INC NOW AOIh sun.
81 feel SO tired every night, john said
farmers wife, as Sc took up her darning nflor The
days work was done. "My bones ache, and have
fits of dizziness andno appetite; and I'm worried,
too, about the heifer, John. When was feeding
the stock tonight she acted very strangely aud re-
fused to eat I'm afraid she's going to die"
YES" said John, with anxious look upon his
face, "I'm worried about that heiler MYSELF
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

WANTED = LADY AGENTS FOR MDM.
w McCabes Perfeet-Fitting Sanatlye Corsets:
most graceful, durable, comfortable and healthfui
made; large sales liberal terms. ST. Louis Corset
Co.. st. Louis, Mo. feb7 " at
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06

On the reading Of the above letter in the
senate, Mr.. John sherman denounced Hamp-
ton asa "most impudent rebel Others ,com-
mented on the same line. Mr.. Corners said
that "a man who would attempt to destroy
the government Of the United States would
certainly not hesitate to burn a city," and the
committee of investigation asked by the gal
liant Hampton was summarily refused by
General Shermans friends They did not dare
10 20 into q fair investigation.
And now for the proofs of General Sher-
mans guilt.
cicty for fifteen wears and editor OF fourteen
volumes of 5. *. s. papers. had occasion to
publish these proofs in detail and any one de-
string 70 see them in FUN can find them in
those volumes. | can, of course, only give
them here in brief outline.
/. General sherman ayowed his purpose OF
Destroying olumbia long before helreaehed tie
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-06
FRUIT TREES

dec1-tucs thur sat wky TOP col nrm
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
Elections in 1889.

This will be a year of great political &C
tivity The Presidential election will occur
on Nov 8, and in all the States save Maine,
Oregon and Vermont, Congressional cleo
tions will he held on that date. Maine
elects her Congressman on Sept. 10, Oregon
on June and Vermont on Sept. 4. In all
the other States, except Alabama, Arkansas.
Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Oregon, Viz
ginia and Vermont elections will be held,
generally for State officers and Legislators,
but in some instances for Legislators alone,
on Nov. 6. Alabama's State election oc-
ours on Aug 8, Arkansas on Sept. 5,
Georgia's on Oct 3, Names on Sept. 10.
Oregon's on Juno 4, Vermont's on Sept 4
and Louisiana's on April II. Virginia.
Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi and
Ohio do not elect legislators this year, aud
Maine, Oregon and Vermont hold their
State and Congressional elections on the
same day.
Several important elections, whose results
We're supposed to have some bearing on the
Presidential election, were up 10 a few
years ago held in October, but these pre-
liminary skirmishes have been done away
with, and, as a general thing, the contests
that now come on prior TO Nov. &,
have no particular significance outside of
the States in which they are waged. Ala
bama, Arkansas, Georgia and Louisiana are
conceded to the Democrats, and Maine and
Vermont to the Republicans. Oregon might
be termed doubtful State in her June cleo
ton, but as the Presidential contest does not
occur till November, no particular stress is
laid upon the result in that State. If Mr..
Blaine is the Republican candidate he will
probably endeavor to roll up a heavy ma
jority for his party in the September Maine
election, and if he should succeed in doing
so no great political significance would be
attached to it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
BRIGHT BITS.


MAMIE docking up from her Christmas book
of trayelse-I say, Tommy, why do they call
Tommy IA misogynist Of 1O)- Because her
rigging is worth more than her hull-I0Un
Topics.
A NEAT and pretty wall-pocket is made OF
half section, cut vertically, Of one of last sea
sons theatre hats II you do not wish TO cut
the hat it may be supplied with plain wooden
base. and will then make an excellent umbrella
stand,-Pitck
WEI am so worried about that cough of
yours, John, dear.
husband (fondyr-Don't be foolish, little one;
it is a mere nothing.
Wlte-lt may be- a mere nothing, John, but
do wish you would see the-the insurance man
to-day .-NeU York Sun
Mrs. HoBsoN (at church picnict-The lemon
pie you so kindly contributed, Miss Smith, hnd
is spoiled.
Miss Smith lin amazement(-S poiled' Why,
my dear Mrs Hobson, it was made fresh this
morning.
Mrs Hobson-Yes; but, unfortunately, young
Mr.. Sissy sat down on t.-Hdrper's BGzdr.
"WAs the deceased a man of family2" in
quired the tombstone agent as he made mem
orandum of the design selected and wrote the
inscription in his order book
He had been married three times was the
reply. ,,
space below the inscription, suggested the
Do
DAKOTA HEEP-RANcHER-What's the matter?
Hired Mantle thermometer Is OO' below
zero and the Sleeps Is freezing again.
Il shall start for Washington TINS very day
The tariff on Australian wool must be raised. 1t
ought TO be 81 pound.
~ 80 80 Wv It'S ,a afford IN dress the
poor sheepin sealskin sacques "-OndhG Wortd
OMAHA MAN--Your sojOurn in Texas seems to
have done you a great deal of good; must be a
fine climate
Returned invalid feel like new man, but
it wasn't the climate, it was the exercise.
We never could prevail on you to take eXer-
else here
u was on the jump all the time in Texas"
"Weu, WE'LL Effects Of the air.
NO; centipedes. omaha World.
p,,r,, ,,,, (s,i,ori,,, a., Il there M mora coalq
GarIant All cone sjr. hut nlease sir the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
River and Harbor Appropriations.

RIVER ana Harbor APPROPRIATIONS
There is one provision of Senator Cul-
Ions bill for creating Bureau Of Harbors
and Water Ways which should become law
EVENT. all the other provisions Of should be
condemned 1t is that one which prohibits
the expenditure of any appropriation which
is not sufficient to complete the improve
ment for which 1t is made. There are few
exceptions to the prohibition, but the rea-
son for them is apparent and sound
The present method of making appropria
tons for rivers and harbors is an extrava-
giant and wasteful one It does not permit
an Improvement to be made in the best and
| least expensive way, and in many instances
it makes an Improvement cost twice or three
times as much as it ought to. Congressman,
rs rule like it, however, because it gives
| them an opportunity for showing their con-
stituents, year after year how Jealous they
are IN getting approx riations. About the
only reason some Congressman have to offer
why they should be r, elected is that they
get large appropriations for rivers and har-
bOrs in their districts.
When it is determined to improve a river
or harbor the engineer in charge of the
work furnishes an estimate OF the cost of 1t.
There is also an estimate furnished each
year showing how much is needed for that
year. The appropriation Is made on the
basis of the latter estimate, and it
is generally one-half or one
third of what the estimate
calls for The result is that in many if not
most cases the appropriation is exhausted
bG.ore the next appropriation is available,
and the improvement has to be abandoned
for months, and when there is a failure of
the river and harbor bill, for n year or
more. In its unfinished condition it suffers
great deal Of damage, the cost of repair
ing which often being a very large per-
centage of the next appropriation. The ex-
pense of keeping a large plant in good con-
dition while not in use, and the wages of
employees that have to be retained for a
time after they can be profitably employed,
| help to increase the cost of it,
The entire amount required to make an
| Improvement should be appropriated in a
single appropriation. The only restriction
! placed upon its expenditure should be that
not more than one-ffth or One-third of it,
or such other portion Of it as might seem
| advisable should be expended each year
until the Improvement was completed. If
this were the method Of making river and
harbor appropriations much better results
would be obtained for far less money
than under the present method. An
engineer would then begin an improvement
and keep steadily at it until it was finished.
Nothing has been done on the Savannah
harbor improvement for months, and moth
ing Will be done before next fall. Although
it is nearly finished, it is in Il condition to
suffer considerable damage. The same state
of affairs exists with regard to improve
ments in other parts of the country.
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The Atlanta and Florida Road.

Inc AJldULd anu t lOl LeO1N-
Mr.. John y. Dunn. President of the At
lanta and Florida railroad, originally the
Atlanta and Hawkinsvile, was in the city
yesterday to see if he could not get such as
sistance as would Justify him in extending
his road to Savannah. The road is now al
most completed from Atlanta to Fort Val
ley, and will be extended from the latter
point to Thomasvile. 1t is being built
wholly with Atlanta capital and by an At
larta construction company.
President Dunn understands that the inn
pOrtance and value Of his road will be
greatly increased by having an outlet on the
seaboard and he understands, also, that
there is no place on the South
Atlantic coast which offers such ex-
cellent commercial facilities as Savannah.
As this road will benefit Savannah
he thinks that her business men should
give it some financial aid. and he is right.
He asks nothing in the shape of gift. What
he desires is that some of the stock Of his
road Shall be taken by her merchants and
capitalists. The progressive men of Savan-
nah ought to thoroughly consider any
to them, and if it be fair one they should
give his undertaking all the encouragement
they can.
Savannah needs more railroads. Several
which make her their chief terminal point
have been projected within the last few
months, but they have not been constructed
for want of capital More than one of them
doubtless would be built at once if the nee
esSary means were obtainable There is a
great deal of money in this city that is not
well invested, and great deal more that is
not invested at all. If energetic efforts in
behalf of the projected roads were made,
doubtless much of the money now
idle could be obtained with which to assist
in building them.
There is disposition on the part Of pro-
jected roads in the upper part of the State
to come to Savannah, and if sufficient in
ducements were offered they would no doubt
do so. The city is not only prosperous, but
it has the best harbor on the South Atlantic
coast The ships which reach her wharvos
are those which visit all the great CONNER
cial seaport cities of the world and there is
every assurance, therefore, that all che com
mercial advantages which other cities of
this country have are to be found at Savan-
nah. President Dunn's projected road, and
other projected roads which intend to have
their headquarters in Savannah, should re-
ceive generous aid from Savannah mer-
chants
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Injustice to a Worthy Young Man.
MON " Chtcaqo T1bNn

Henrietta said young Mr. HankinSon "the
future looks bright before us, does it not?'
The lovely eyes of Miss Garside fell in charm.
ing confusion beneath the ardent gaze of the de-
voted youth, and her only answer was a soft sigh
that filed the silence with thrilling eloquence
and seemed to catch from her parted lips a
grateful perfume that intoxicated the senses
and pervaded the apartment as with the senslI.
Gus glory of an Oriental paradise
Our beautiful Southern home" at length re.
s1med the enraptured young man. awaits rs
In the tropical luXuriauce of a Florida planta-
ton, under sky that rivals that of italy We
shall set up our LareS and Penates From the
moment you promised to he mine | have dwelt
with eyer-increasing delight upon the vision of
our sunny home, and yet with an impotence
that has filled me with a deliriOuS unrest Let
the day be soon, very soon, Henrietta when YOU
take possession Of that home as its queen,
Around you will bloom the beautiful flowers
that gladden. the southern landscape. Orange
groves bending down with luscious fruit are on
every side. Figs. bananas, the uncomfortable
LeConte pear, the Pocklington Crane, the T,lr-
ner raspberry, which, under the genial rays of
Florida sun, attain size unknown elsewhere
the useful and wholesome okra, the"
~ Dung man" Numbered old Mr. Garside
entering the apartment and striding Nrathfully
toward MarcelluS Hankinson, in the g,1ise of
an honorable man, pretending to be the son of
an old college friend, you have gained access TO
this house. You have trampled upon its hos.
ptality, and abused the confidence reposed in
you 10y trusting girl. overheard your last
words as ! passed the door, and recognized
their meaning No Florida emigration agent -
vociferated the thoroughly aroused old man.
grasping the youth by the collar and propellng
him rapidly toward the door, can Div his int
quitous calling under this roof Get out"
And with nervous haste young lIanunson got
out, assisted 10 some extent by Mr. Garside. and
up the dlmly-lighted street he fled, his form
quickly vanishing in the gloom, while the wind
moaned drearily, and the disreputable boy on
the sidewalk across the way, who saw him come
out hooted derisiyely and threw stones after
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
He Wants to Make 1t a Million


] was buying a diary the other day, some time
after the INST of the year. in accordance with
my deSultory way of tranSacting affairs when
my attention was diverted to an elderly man,
also customer in the shop, whose close shut
mouth and small, swapping eyes denoted a good
hand at bargain. What is a diary for 1887
worth now?' this person inquired. The shop
keeper with an odd mixture of respect and
contempt in his manner, named price. Its
too much, was the rejoinder; ten cents more
than gave you last year. Besides. this is leap
year. and your 1887 diary will be one day short
in February" And so the chaifering went
on until the old gentleman, having OBJ
tanned the book at his own price but
toned it up in an inside pocket and hastily de
parted. That man, said the shopkeeper in a
voice which still vibrated between awe and dis
dain, lis worth half million dollars" Half a
million dollars, he repeated in a confidential
whisper, and yet every year about this time he
comes in and beats me down on the price of a
diary arranged for the previous year" was
not surprised; human nature contains no sur
passes for man of my age; but | was q good
deal amused, and part of my amusement was
furnished, quite unwttingly, by the shopkeeper
himself, who clearly did not quite know whether
in the person of his customer to respect the
owner of S5,0O0.O00 or despse the miser who
hagged for last years diary.