The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-21

Harrson's nomination.
Mr.. Samuel A Edgerly. northern gentle
man residing in New York, has been struck
dumb by oyereating.
Now the who called the president Of
France a woodenbead at LOngchamps We're
nearly lynched by the mob.
st. Paul now gives women teachers mems
pay for mems work. 1t is the first city in the
United States to take this step.
Evangelist Mills carried away from Cincn-
natl $1,000 for six weeks services. His bill
at the hotel was SIS day. He also cleared
$4,000 at Cleveland The evangelist has salt
ed down of his earnings in u palatal
residence in the CatslIills.
Mrs Montagu, the English society lady who
is serving a sentence in prison for causing the
death of her little child by her heartless
cruelty, will probably be duchess of Man
chester, as there is only one life between
her husband and the present duke who is in
bad health.
1t is easy enough to make money these days.
In Chicago DR.. iced the false Christ, OBJ
tanned $1,000 from q lady upon his promise
to transform her into the Goddess Minerva
Her husband has brought suit for the money,
but the doctor win probably be sharp enough
to outWit him.
A London special says that Professor
Damasllin has invented Il locomotive to run
on ice, and he expects it to carry Il party
from Spitzbcrgen to the north polt. The
locomotive lays and taxes up rails it runs
and the steam power throws out enough heat
to keep the passengers comfortable Damas-
kin will start for the pole about the first of
October
The Nashville American says: 1.-THE honor
paid Mr.. WhitelaW Reid by the republicans
in convention assembled will put new energy
Tito hard working newspaper men. 1t openf
vast possibilities to them, and while Il rule
they have been satisfied with controlling
nomonation5 instead of receiving them, there
is no telling what may result from this vice
presidential nomination. 9Ir. Greeleys nomi-
Iction for the presidency was an excep-
u0nal case, and Mr.. Reid is yet a young man."
Some very eminent physicians hold that
can er IS caused hy grief, anxiety or disap-
pointmeDt. The disease is frequently linked
with insanity. All this goes to show that the
mind very largely controls the body. When
the mind suffers the body is affected. Mi
poleon's cancer Of the stomach is supposed to
date from his Disappointment at Moscow, when
he realized that his campaign was an utter
failure-au irreparable disaster.
One of the home industries of France IL
Zealously protected, and that is the baby
1)r. Rochard, the president of the Society for
the Protection Of Children, pointed out lately
that France loses $4,000 infants every wear
and at least one hundred thousand c9uld he
saved Nor can the country afford to lose
them when the deaths outnumber the births
by 10000. 1t is therefore now forbidden
under heavy penalties, for any one to give TIA
infants under one year any form Of solid
food unless Il physician should prescrbe il
Other laws OF a similar nature for the nro
tectlon or tue little ones have been enacted
by the government
The embellishments Of the present wear I,
date amount to the large sum of So S95 S14
At first sight this would seem to Indicate g
general disregard Of all the canons of honesty
and serious trend of this old world into the
ways OF evil. But the cloud has its silver
lining. AS an offset to this financial denrayity
the donations of generous people to Charities
of various kinds IN sums Of not less than
ten thousand dollars. amount to date TO
$l2,I30, 500. Thus philanthropy travels four
times faster than rascality 1t is not such q
bad world after all.
Alexander Dumas is nearly seventy years OF
age and has almost entirely given up author
ship. All that he does in literary way now
adays is to produce a comedy at long inter.
vals spending years of patient elaboration on
the work NJ Dumas is supposed to be the
richest author in France. In addition to his
own earnings by the pen and The fortune his
wife, Russian lady of high
rank, brought him. he inner
tied all rights to his fathers works. and the
royalties from the principal novels alone OF
the author of ''AIonte Cristo" form in them.
selves n comfortable income. Then an old
bachelor friend of the elder Dumas bequeathed
his cLtire estate 20 the son OF his old comrade
A new play from Dumas's pen, 1.-The Route
to Thebes," is one of the promised novelties
at the Coincide Franchise season after sas.
son, but it has not YET been completed.