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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-26
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The proclamation of the party of fraud
has been posted in the newspapers, and
while the document is skillfully drawn and
will serve its purpose as political platform,
there are one or two points that deserve
special notice.
Take, for instance, this declaration:
"The republican party is in favor of both
gold and silver as money, and condemns the
policy of the democratic administration in
its effort to demonetize silver" Coming
from the party that demonetized silver in
1878. this is refreshing indeed. The de-
monetzation of silver, secretly carried out
under the auspices of John sherman and
the republican majority, has cost this coun-
try enough in the loss of profits on cotton
and wheat to carry on q war.
Silver has never recovered from the at
tack made on it by the republicans at the
dictation of Wall street. Practically, silver
Is still demonetized, and this demonetiza-
ton has not only had the effect Of depress-
ing the price of cotton and wheat, but has
resulted in tremendous Increase in these
products in India. Every effort to remon-
etize silver has been antagonizcI and de-
feated by the republicans. They antagon-
ize even the Bland bin, which IS merely
makeshift measure, for it has been demon
strated that the compulsory coinage Of sill
yer does not amount to reconciliation.
There is but one way to remonetize silver
and thus put it on footing with gold, and
that is free coinage. Once let it be under
stood that the minis Of the United States
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-26

SOME QUEER VERDICTS
Rendered by Juries Who Did Not Kno
What WINS Exnccted of Them.
S. Fl. VAUGHTER,
Pilot Point, Tex,

Rendered by Juries Who Did Not Know
What Was Expected of Them.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Tho duties OF those who serve on corener's
juries do not ordinarily suggest anything very
funny and yet some laushable results come from
their work, particularly if they do not exactly uns
derstand what was expected of them.
An amusing story is told of verdict brought by q
western jury impaneed to inquire into the cause Of
the death of man supposed to have committed
suicide. The verdict was brief and to the point,
the foreman saying simply:
1--WE, the jury, find the deceased guilty as
charged"
Another jury examined great many witnesses in
the case of a man run over by railroad engine.
The verdict was:
1--WE find him to have come to death by being cut
in two by n railroad eng ne, whereby he could not
breathe hence he chokcd TO DEATH"
A coroner's jury in the back woods of Missouri
heard all the evidence in the case Of man killed
by runaway team, and brought in the following
verdict
1.-THE jury finds the deceased to have come to
his death at the hands of runaway team, the
horses therefore being blapeless, they being fright
ened by dog"
1t is told of an Old German that he sat stolidIy
and stupidity on a coroner's jury and listened to all
the evidence, after which he walked over toward
the corpse with some degree of curiosity Lifting
the CLOTH he started back turned to the other jury
men in amazement and alright, and cried out
mine Gott, sheHtlemep, dot man is dead"
A Jury in o Missouri rural community deberated
three hours over the corpse of woman burned by
tile explosion of kerosene lamp. Ting following
verdict was then announced IN writing;
Received, That the discussed was burt TO death
The onE,"
man supposed 10 be n tramp found dead in
the woods out west A Jury inquired into the cause
of his dcnth ana reported a. follows.
1.-THE jury does not ,ua that tho dead man has
been loully dcu lth Hud ~ of the opinion that he
died simply becaue his time had come and there
was no getting out ot IT, 20
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Candidates and Newspapers.

General Sherman is quoted as saying that
he would rather face a battery ten times
than have the newspapers turned against
him in presidential campaign.
This sort of talk will not hurt the news
papers, but it will amuse people who are
well acquainted with the generals record.
Why should candidate dread the newspa-
pers? If he is honest and capable, the
newspapers cannot hurt him. Ii he is dis
honest and incapable he has no business in
the race.
In the last presidential campaign, a few
newspapers endeavored to defeat Mr.. Cleye-
land by circulating slanderous stories
about him. The people OF the country
wrathfully denounced the ISLANDERS, and ex-
posed the slaSdeTers. They elected the
candidate who was the target for all the
paid liars in the country, and the newspa-
pers engaged in the dirty work Of the cam
paign against him lost their influence and
much OF their patronage.
The American people rs q mass love fair
play. and the newspaper that does not rec
oeuize this fact is treadine on dangerous
ground. No man who is fit to be a candi-
date has any cause to fear the press. 1t is
right that the truth should be told about
him. and if lie is put into circulation, it
will recoil upon the heads Of its authors.
Perhaps, however, General Sherman
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ATLANTA GA, JUNE %, 1sSs.
ExpIorcr stanIey's periI.

When that gallant eX-confederate soldier
and daring explorer, Henry NJ. Stanley.
started one year ago To relieve Emin Bey in
Central Africa 1t was believed that he
would reach his destination sometime in
November last year.
Stanley had with him 600 men armed
with repeating rifles, He was well supplied
with goods to be used in trading with the
natives Up the Congo the voyage was q
mere pleasure trip, but all the baggage and
supplies had to be left ut Yambuyu, ana
the expedition then started out on a march
OF 500 miles through the wilderness. A con-
tract had been made with Tippu Tlh. a
chief Of great influence, to furnish rein
forcements and coo porters TO carry the sup
plies left AZ Nambuyu, but since Stanley
left that point nothing has beon heard from
him.
The news now comes through wandering
Arabs that Stanley lies wounded iuan Afri.
can village and that Che natives hay, banded
together 10 destroy him and his retiuue. 1t
is also rumored that half OF his followers
have deserted; and that Tippu lib has
broken his pledge and failed to come TO his
support.
There IS ono CLEAN Of hope-th a rahs are
born liars, and they are opposed to Stanley :
expedition because they fear that IL will
break up the slave trade. II is not likely
Mai ule> have been able 10 collect force
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-26

EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN, the special CORE.
spondent, is evidently a lost man. Here is
what he says about the Cuban senoritas: I'm
the physical beauty of Cuban women, the COM
manding features are the foot, whose daDti-
ness and symmetry are marvellous, the supple,
willowly grace of movement of person. the ex-
quisitely modelled form, and sthe eyes, which
never lose their lustre and glow Cuban
women wear shoes no larger than the No l.
size for women in the states. Nor is this dim
inutiye size the result of any pinching proc
cess. She is born that way. That is her
foot. You could hold two of them in your one
hand. The Cuban woman's face may be said
to be wholly interesting and lovely rather than
wholly beautiful. It's beauty is in its express
sion rather than i'll repose. Some faces Of
women are grand and classic in repose.
have seen many English, German and Amer
lean women of that type. But when they
spoke or awakened to mental and social activ-
ity the spell was gone. There is type of
beauty, or loneliness, which glows in activity.
1t seems to warm and glow and color and beam
with certain goodness OF nature, of heart, Of
soul, behind it. Iou can hardly tell where it
is, Or what it is, but you see it truly. 1t is
something ofthis subtle sort men expect, and
want, in the face of women. And it is somes
thing like this that is very engaging in the
Cuban woman's face. This face is of the Latin
mold, oval, and with a delicate protruding of a
pretty and shapely chin. Her complexion is
waXen, creamy, with no carnation in her
checks But her mouth, large, mobile, tremu.
lous, with just a suggestion of pathos in the
slight drawing down at the corners, has lips so
red and ripe That her ever-perfect teeth dazzle
in brilliant contrast. Her hair is of that lead-
black darkness which suggests weird soft
mist upon the night and is indeed glory ever.
But her eyes are her priceless, browning love-
Illness, her never ending power and charm.
They cannot be described Whenyo say that
behind their long dark, half-hiding lashcs they
are large. dark, dreamy, yet glowing, flashing
with fire, liquid with languor, you have only
limited their inexpressible expressiveness.
They are the same eyes at nine, at nineteen,
at ninety"
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a lawyers Neck In Danger.

Beaufort county, North Carolina, was the
scene Of terrible tragedy last summer, and
it is probable that the hangman will add
final chapter to it.
William A. Potts, a young lawyer, of good
family but dissolute habits, had been for
some time going headlong to the devil, when
Mr.. Paul Lincke, well-to-do farmer, be-
frended him. Lincke took Potts to his
home and tried TO reform him.
The young lawyer was a hard case. He
had no sense Of honor or gratitude. In
short time he won the love of Mrs. Lincke,
and the two put their heads together to get
rid OF the inconvenient husband. One
nightwhile IinclSe was asleep, with his wife
and two children in the same room, Potts
slipped in and, placing a revolver close to
the sleeping mans head, blew out his brains,
Potts and Mrs. linelSe were tried for the
murder. The lady was acquitted, but The
lawyer was found guilty and sentenced to
death. The supreme court affirmed the YER
dict, and the murderer will lie hanged on
the 18th of July, if the governor does not
interfere.
Great anxiety is felt regarding the gov
SlhNA 1NNASi* GCNNiA physicians nave
written letters to show that Potts is insane.
Large petitions have been sent in asking for
. Communication of the sentence to imprison-
ment for life, The people residing near the
scene OF the murder protest asaius, a eon-
mutation, AMI threaten to lynch the prisoner
II he escapes the galows.
The case eNcitcs Tie mos. intense interest
in North Carolina, and is the leading iopic
Of the day. such tragedies are only too
common in some of the northern and west
crn states. hut In North Carolina they are
almost unknown What the governor VIII
do &c is impossible 10 ascertain, but until he
gives his decision he will be bcsieged by
Pottss relatives and friends. In the mean
time Mrs. Lincke is By no means happy
woman. She has escaped the heavy hand Of
the law, but only 20 lead n wrctchod life,
branded as an outcast, and looked upon as
something worse than murlcress. In the
interest OF justice aud good morals. il would
be a good thing II she eonld die with her
red-handed paramour on the same gallows.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-26

The Grand Army OF the Republic is at it
again.
This organization is now more of polit-
zeal club than anything else, and its emblem
is the bloody shirt.
Recently a post at Williamsburg, New
Y ork, organized an associate membership.
Every man elected to this branch was ex-
pected to contribute ten dollars for charit-
able purposes. One of the first men elected
was John U. Shorter, and he promptly paid
in his money. In the course of q few days
the discovery was made that Mr.. Shorter
had been a major in a Georgia regiment
during the war Then the racket com
menced. The Grand Army men of other
posts said that it was scheme to make an
ex-confederate even an honorary member of
their society.
This incident has stirred up so much ex-
citement that some of the members talk of
appealing to headquarters to settle the mat
ter.
Peace-loving people, patriotic citizens
who believe that tile war is over, are tired
and sick of this malignant nonsense. Only
a few weeks ago the Grand Army men
Ia4seu JUST sucH d row over 0ellefal JoSepH
e. Johnston in similar case. Is it the
purpose of the leading organization in the
republican party to put dsgraceful brand
or stigma upon all ex-confederate soldiers?
Is this part OF the republican policy?
1t is all right. The Grand Armys malig-
nant stupidity viii stimulate the patriotic
citizens of the republic to put in their best
work in the interests OF peace and reunited
country.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-26
The UnIEcky Fifteen.

EDITORS CONSTITUTIONS In the autumn OF
1864 fifty seven convalcscents left Johnsons island
for special exchange. When we got to Point Look
out we were examined. The officer told us that
there mistake OF fifteen and that number Of
the most able bodied would be returned. When the
roll was c4lled was one of the fifteen. Well, we
knew would be shot at the stake in the morning.
We rested better next day when we were assured
that il was only mistake in the number. After g
few weeks we were carried to Washington city and
after being there some time one Of party Lieu1
tenant McBeth, from Charleston, S. c., drew up
petition TO the federal war cpartment for ex.
change, signed by all the tiIteen 1t back ap.
proved We left Fort Delaware the 28th Of Fetruarys
1868, inst making one year, nine months and twelve
days had lived in captivity.
My object in writing the above is to get up corr
respondence with some of the unlucky, lost ALI
or nearly all their addresses.
S. Fl. VAUGIITER,
Pilot Point
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NET Talk in Enrnne.

A fcyerish and restless spirit pervades all
Europe.
All the London papers predict war, and
the Standard declares that The last barrier
of peace was swept away by Fredrick's
death.
In Berlin nothing is heard but war talk.
France has $4,000 soldiers drilling and
building fortiiications at Nancy, and as
large a force at Strasburg. In Vienna
nearly every man wears uniform. Russia
continues to push her legions through
central Asia, and the recent English scare
over an invasion was based upon the opin-
ion Of officials high in authority that war
was inevitable.
The address of Germany's new emperor
10 the army was calculated TO alarm all
lovers Of peace. lie said.
We be,on. 10 each other and the army. Thus
we arc uaro icr one another ana Thus we VIII
stand tosc,hcr IN tn iuiiss1,uhe bond In peace or
storm as God may whilst
England. France, Germany, Russia and
Austria are taxing their people 10 the last
extremity TO keep up their vast military es-
Establishments. Peace maintained by such
vast armaments is expensive and irritating.
War would be relief because it would be
followed 10y n general disagmins and a
season OF peace.
sdll. it Is not easy TO see how Europe can
be plunged into hostiliues just st present.
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Lively for Travellers.

Electric railways may be very good things.
but until the engineers learn how to control
the electricity, they will be regarded with
suspicion.
The other day a lady who was riding on
the electric line between BROOKLYN and
Jamaica took a seat near the box through
which the electricity passed. The car had
Travelled but short distance when the ladv
heard two reports like those of pistol. and
almost instantly bright blue flame shot in
through the window. She made dive for
her two children, when the skin was suds
denly scorched OFF the first finger of her left
hand, and the hand itself felt as though n
had been cut with knife. All the electric
lights went out and the passengers rushed
from the car. They were persuaded to re-
turn, but just as they took their
seats there was another report, and the
lady's left knee was drawn up to her chest
so that she could neither move nor straiebten
herself. She was carried home, and her
physicians declared that she was disabled for
life. When the matter was reported to the
officials of the company they made light of
it, notwithstanding the fact that one of
the engineers had his leg torn open by
shock few days before.
If the facts in this case have been cor
rectly reported, the public will cone to the
conclusion that there is considerable danger
in electric railway travel. Electricity is a.
trichsy spirit, and no man has yet found out
how to control it.
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knows what be is talking about. The
newspapers have shown up his barbarous
methods of warfare. They have fastened
the responsibility for the burning OF Column
bia upon him, and they have made him out
either a prevaricator or man utterly with
out memory in his controversy with Jetfer-
son Davis.
If there is any lesson to be learned from
all this, it is that the candidate who breads
the newspapers is a man with a vulnerable
record. 1t is well that it is SO. A man
with bad record should not place himself
in the fierce white light of newspaper noto-
riety. If he is foolish enough to do it, he
must suffer the consequences.
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Very shrewd or Very sturia.

Young Mr.. Walker Blaine knows some
thing Of ways that are dark, and i RAY be
that he is INDUCING 81 tricks that are yain.
The other day young Mr., Blaine surprised
everybody by walking nto Ale Gresham
headquarters, End recording his name In Tie
book containing tlle Autographs 81 tAa a4s.i-
ING friends of the candidate.
N5w, t}ii> Was eltaora masterstroRe a
policg u "a was TIE port climax Of st0pai;y.
,]ust 81 present re man can toI Rhcthtr Il
was q happy Inspiration 81 fatal hioH5a1.
Tndoubte8ty roa1g M1. h.a-nas plunge
Into SIC GRESHAM camp va tend 10
strengthen tAe Impression in certain GUAR
ters asst tls planned knight 5 ahSo-
lately and finally oai q The race. hu;
"a VL have lUi GiS,e effect upon old
ana cXrcricutc1 politicians. StlA 81
t-lta1. lsensont. this l3iile incident may SET
tie ;hc fate q The man from Mama. The
whole value 81 young Mr. Elaine's dodge, if
!: may be called dodge, depends entirely
uron the possible Blaine rally as the only
way on, OF long and irritating deadlock.
In the even; Of such q demonstration the
action Of the son would help the father in
his present attitude of disinterested patriot
longing for the peaceful retirement Of pri-
waite citizen.
But there is big risk in such a trick. II
is leap in the dark. It may make Mr..
Blaine. but on the other hand it is just as
likely to break him.
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strong enough to defeat the invader, but it
is possible that they have persuaded the ma
tives to withhold food supplies. Even this
view is gloomy enough, but the friends OF
Stanley have SO much confidence in his
judgment, energy aud courage that they
still feel very hopeful.
If, however, the Arabs have told the
truth, the sad fate Of the greatest explorer
Of the age viii be sincerely mourned by
every civilized people Stanley OF all men
was the one best fitted TO grapple with the
difficulties of the dark continent, and it VIII
take the most convincing testimony 20 make
the world believe that he has failed in the
greatest venture of his life.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-06-26

The increase in the number of socialistie
delegates to tie reichs!ag has alarmed the
conservatives OF Germany The reyolu-
tionary doctrines of the socialists are gaining
favor with the masses. and Bismarck has
recognized the strength of-the new move
ment by securing the enactment Of socialstic
laws.
Undoubtedly the German socialists are
marching on. In sixteen years they have
increased from 124, $50 to 7G3, l2S. 1t is
claimed that in every five soldiers in the
army one is a socialist. No other political
party in the empire can show such rapid
growth.
What will be the outcome of all this?
One feels tempted to answer, the supremacy
of democratic ideas, the building up of a
republic or a constitutional monarchy of the
mildest type.
1t is evident that this state of affairs at
home must inevitably embarrass the new
emperor when he decides to go abroad to
wage war upon neighborng nations. The
socialists are not clamoring for military
glory, They want f,ort days work and
better wages They al in favor of home
reform, and they do not see their way to it
through military glory.
The kaiser's real enemies, therefore, are
at home. They swarm in the streets of his
capital. The colleges and workshops are
full of them. They are in the army, in the
palace, in the reichstag-thcy are every
where. win the new ruler be able to pre-
vail against this unruly element. Time will
show.
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sIErrp ANp SAVED.

Tho drcssmahcr, like the suburban farmer,
makes money ON the oat skirts
when barber cuts a slice of your neck you
fee, like getting up and atheFing him.
Strange it is that when the rain comes down
in sheets no ever cares % wait to wrap himself
up In them.
Commandments are coming with hot wealth.
er, when graduates AID thermometers take theiR
degrees
According TO our experience It takes longer
TO run down hen than it does TO run down o
mountain.
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