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Queries.

''QuiG ait futurum eSas. fuoe o9oaers~
An, met and what Is life:
An ardent, anxious, chequered race
With Time, a little breathing space
OF care and strife
And whittier does IT lead.
Alasi poor fools, We little Know
To what sad goal or bitter WOO
Our courses speed.
And wherefore Is II so.
Why should We struggle. fight and die.
Not knowing whence We come, or WHY.
Or whittier go?
II death he life indeed
Why should We longer tarry here
Beset by hope and doubt and fear-
Why not be freed:
Yet why do deplore
My present LOT? IL God 50 win
That should tsrry longer still,
Need ask more?
And IL this life be sad
VIII death no brighter prospect bring.
VIII II not lose the only sting
1t might have had;
And II to die be gain
VIII not my gain be greater stin
10 leave this world with all fts III
And all Its pain;
OH why should I repine.
10 Him who marks the sparrov's fall
shall not leave my life. my all
AZ, even mine:
j. GASsonE.
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on THE coLUxBIA's BALCONY.

on THE coLUNBrAs BALCONY.
sver . rush Of the population each evening
TO get out on the water.
The Eastern branch appears to be dividing
line for the oarsmen and the yachtsmen- Above
the arsenal there II very little sailing and those
who have their yachts harbored above that
point invariably when they set sail turn the
nose Of tho vessel down the river. On the
other hand, the small crafts propelled by
the oar are almost entirely found on the upper
part Of the river. To be sure, there are O
few rovboats on the Eastern branch, but they
are mostly used on Sunday. and they are not so
numerous "a those on the Georgetown portion
Of the river, where the more attractive sur
roundings are.
BOATS ARE ABUNDANT.
All along the Georgetown shore are q num-
Der Of places whore, for a very reasonable sum.
. comfortable boat can be obtained that is
fitted with the latest appliances and can be de-
pended upon to carry Its burden safely. The
attendants are usually courteous persons, who
are ever willing to give their patrons all the ad-
vice that their experience has given them and
instruct them for their own safety and pleas
ure. This 10 no doubt one of the reasons why
this form Of enjoyment has become SO popular.
The genius Of the American has invented boats
that are perfectly safe, that are a. comfort
able as they can possibly be made, and
which are SO hight and easy Of propulsion that
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Very Plain.


Mr.. Norris-"Do You like the new girl? How
does she answer
Mrs. Norris-"Well, she generally saws. sNo.
mum; not on yer tintype Oh knows me wurruk'
and Oi won't do nothin' else"
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HISTORY.
The Bargain That Resulted in the
Election Of Hayes.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.

Formation, As Was Stated by Mr.. A. q.
Hewitt - The wormlsy Conference - Old
Landmarks Of washington Being OBJ
liberated.
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sven Q child can send them along at q good
pace The bostunen were not slow to see that
the best boats were the most attractive and
would increase their business II obtained, and
consequently the most approved styles can gen.
orally be found at the public boat houses.
Ihen, too. there is something deliciously fss-
einsung about being ont on the water AS one
gAdes along over the smooth surface the motion
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HERE ARE SOME

HERE ARE SOME
phases Of American po-
litical history which.
like Banquo's ghost, will
not down. Every year
or two they rise, and
with them controversies
that arc supposed TO
settle the disputed
point, and the ghost is
laid for the time being.
At the meeting Of the
congress Of charities in
Chicago Eredarfck II
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LAWS COST MONEY.
Congress Spends Many Millions
Yearly on Its Own Support.
A RT AT THE ITOL q
sS'6oo.oOo for Pay and Mileage Of Senators
and Representatives - Enormous Expense
OF Running the Two Houses-Ths Outlay
for Printing Bills and the Congregational
Record - What the Keep Of the Capitol
Costs.
PIE EXTRA SESSION

Of Congress viii take
out Of the impoverished
treasury . big sum in
cash. Though many OF
the expenses Of the ma
tional Legislature run
on during Its absence
from Warrington, they
jump to . maximum
when it sits. To make
laws costs Uncle Sam .
pile Of money annually.
The pay alone Of NOM
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ON THE POTION C.
Pleasure Boats That Dot Its Broad,
Smooth Bosom.


Are Unsurpassed by Any River in the Coun-
ty-Its Wooden Banks Onsr Tempting
Pisees Of Rest-How the Sport Has In
creased Year by Year.
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YER SINCE THE

- - - ~ ~ - - -
days Of the sborigines,
whom they propelled
their crude dug-outs
down the broad. smooth
waters Of the Potomac,
or giided swiftly and
smoothly along in their
light canoes, shot for
ward by the muscular
strokes of the Indians,
the river on which this
city borders has been o
favorite one for boat
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concerned. The care Of them devolves upon
tue senate and House respectively Furniture
ana repairs require an annual outlay of SIS
ooo; to which must be added about S35 900 for
Iuei and gas. The wages OF engineers, elevator
conductors and workmen come to $50 500
extra. The pay Of the Capitol policemen is
$4,000 per annum.
THE CAPITOL AND GROUNDS
represent q cash outlay Of nearly sac. ooo. ooo
This estimate would have startled its original
projectors Wanting design for the building,
.ney offered $500 and a building lot for the
DSst one that should be submitted. Andrew
Enicost got s5 day and expenses for marking
out the foundations by the aid Of astronomical
INSTRUMENTS, SO that the structure should face
exactly to the east. Objection was made to the
~, Expenses, and so he went on without them
onul twenty fye years ago the site comprised
an area OF only twenty-five acres. 1t was en-
larged to its present size Of ifty-one and one
naii acres at . cost Of cess, 900. The old Cap
i'oi, partly DESTROYED by the British In 1914,
mad cost S2,750.000 The portion which they
s700, 200.
THE NEW WINGS.
forty-nve years ago it was realized that the
Capitol was not big enough. It was decided to
construct the wings which at presen. accommo-
date the House and Senate. TIE coat was esti-
mated at %, 676. 900, which sum was appropriated
for the purpose. It was supposed that the work
could be done within five years. At the end Of
that time 1t had only progressed one-third Of
the way toward completion, the money was
nearly gone and the engineer in charge asked
for eS 900 900 more. The total outlay for the
completed wings was %, 000, Goo In 1851 il was
determined to put on q new dome and sl0O 600
was provided for the purpose. 1t cost that
much to remove the old dome, and the new one
involved an expenditure of 81, $50 900 more
In those days 1t was the usual practice to bam-
boozie Congress into authorizing thing by
misrepresenting the expense Of it. Nowadays
such affairs are managed differently. For ex-
ample, the cost of the new Library OF Congress
will not exceed the 5000, 900 appropriated, and
1t will be finished within the time specified. The
total cost Of the Capitol and grounds is reck-
oned BY Architect Clark as follow:
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leaving, ! think, only eight of the old guard to
answer the roll call, Gen. Bacon, Capt. As
bury Tucker, Jas. D. Hendley, Joseph A. An
derson Of Los Angeles. Ashton White, cousin"
John Waters, John McDermott and myself.
The generals military ardor outiasted ours,
and, like Claude Melnotte, he rose from the
ranks to the command Of the District military.
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bers of the House amounts to u 800, 900 year,
and they get eiso,oOo extra for mileage. To
help them transact their business they require
a small army Of clerks, doorkeepers, bookkeep-
ers, pages, messenger &c. The salary list for
this. force of assistants runs up to $3.50. 900.
This does not include the office of the sergeant
alarms, which is q sort Of bank, through which
the salaries OF the Representatives are paid. To
run this financial institution an outlay OF
$4,000 more 10 needed An additional $26, 900
provides for the support Of the House post Office,
through which as much mail matter passes ~
comes into and goes out Of good-sized city.
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COST OF THE SENATE.

The number of Senators being much smaller,
their annual pay amounts only to s44o, 900,
with an addition Of s45. 900 for mileage. There
is an expense Of s5.46O for employees in tho
office of the Vice President. The Office Of the
secretary Of the upper house, which does the
banking and attends to much Of the clerical
business OF that august body, costs S64. 500 In
salaries. Clerks and messengers to the various
committees draw &l63. 500. The sergeant-at-
arms, doorkeepers and other helpers get an
aggregate Of el1s,600. There are further ex-
penditures OF $30.700 for the document and
folding rooms. els, 200 for the Senate post
office and Sl6,0U0 for stationery and news
papers,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-18

sleeps neck. l asked him why he was do
ing that. lie picked up Il cleayer. and
with Il quick blow cut off the Sleeps head.
making the cut exactly along the line of
the red thread. You see now he said,
why did it. tied that thread between
two joints so that there would be no bone
to offer resistance to the passage of the
blade. But why do you slaughter sheep
in this way? I asked. Come tomorrow to
-. naming Il nearby sJNn and YOU will
see / was in the town the next day and
met the sheep slayer; He was Il public ex
ecutioner and he had q man to behead that
day. I saw him do it, He had sword
with curved blade. The blade and hilt
were l,olloW- and there was quicksilver in
the space, so that when the weapon was
held aloftt the quicksilver ran down into the
hilt and steadied the hand but when the
sword was swung down the quicksilver ran
to the end Of the blade and gave added
weight and impetus to the blow. The
doometh man knelt and bent his head for
ward. The executioner tied Il red thread
careful around the barred neck, and with
one sW " Of the weapon cnt off the head.
IT was1s clean. scientific cut between the
Werlich y, and the unfortunate man. I pre-
sumo, liver felt il -
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Round ABOUT IN GEORGIA.

Retaliation.
The editor told the farmer: "Don't make
your old mistake
And plant your land with cotton rs the only
You'll overdo the business and bring the
prices down,
And then next fail come cusSin' all through
this pious town.
DIVERSITY your planting-make 'taters, corn
and oats,
Get hogs OF fancy breeding and raise some
dandy shoats;
Have chickens, ducks and guineas about your
place to roam,
And thus be independent by living ali nj
hOme!''
The farmer eyed the scribbler with glare rs
cold as ice,
And said: 1--WE often wanted to give you
some advice.
Why don't you run your paper with all the
latest news?
We folks out in the country don't want your
silly views
b'ller-piate,
And dish up county doings directly up TO
date:
Quit tryn' to teach US farmers the way TO
till loam
But buckle down to business ana print your
sheet at homer
The villa Rica News is constrained to make
known its candid judgment, which is this:
1--WE consider it an indisputabls fact that
The Atlanta Constitution, as ii newspaper
hasn't peer in the south"
The WaynesbOro True Citizen makes u
draft upon our most grateful consid grafton,
when itsays:
When The Atlanta Constitution comes we
get The news In the best shape. Give us The
Cor stitution once every day"
Turn EN- Out,
It's in the air--it's everywhere,
Its meaning none can doubt;
The democratic hosts declare
Now turn the fat kline OUT
The people knew the time was true
10 wear the ship about
And so enrolled better
TO turn the fat kline out.''
Aud now that they have won the day
No wonder that they shout
LET none but democrats bear sway
And turn the fat kline Out,''
Send up the song! 1t won't be long
Till we complete the route
Enrich the right, despoil the wrong
And "turu the fat kline QUIT!
S. w. 8.
The Macon Telegraph. commenting on ex-
Governor Bulock's remarks about the Geor-
gia dog crop, pertincntly says:
.'The worthless dogs of whose welfare our
legislators are careful deprive the state
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Wife and Sweetheart.

From The Ladies' Home Journal
Every bride knows her power; every wife
comes to know her weak lcss. A good pro-
portion of the hearbreak or early married
life is due to the ferment of this knowledge.
The poor child whose lover gave up bis
cigars and his club with such angelic
meekness. finds that her husband can smoke
like a chimney and leaves her alone nights
in order to spend the evening With his men
friends She imagines that he cares less
for her than he did. which is mistake, in
most eases, seven out of ten
men love their wives better than their
sweethearts. 1t is simply that her pres
ence is not the absorbing excitement that
it was when love was new. The chances
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"WEdRY THE WAfTI.NG."
"a la Stanton. J

l applied Tor an office, and think it will come,
But it's weary the waiting-weary!
I thought---of the manyWe all should have
some,
But it's weary the waiting weary!
I wrote M. Cleveland and put 1t down tine;
He acknowledged receipt, which / thought n
good sign,
With other petitions he also filed mine,
But its weary the waiting-weary
! dream OF offices almost every night,
But it's weary the waiting-weary!
As daylight approaches they vanish from
sight,
And It's weary the waiting-weary
All times of the day | call Tor my mail,
/ read the newspapers each day without fall
And say. Mr.. Cie7eland's as slow as ii
snail
Q, its weary the waitinS-weary
/ am losing my appetite day after day.
o. it's weary the waiting-weary:
j 1u losing my sleep. forget how to pray
O, It's weary the waiting-weary.
How long, Mr.. Cleveland, do you want me 10
wait:
I cannot live long in this uncertain state,
An office or death must soon be my fate
But It's weary the waiting-weary.
i. A. FULTON.
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A GfIl,s Sweetheart.

10 the girl who has sweetheart ! would
say to be careful of your love rs II 1t were
the most fragile china, ana
do not let it by fret De
ncked in any way, for You want moth
ing less than a perfect love, writes hu,n
Ashmore in Side Talks with Girls IN fhe
April Ladies' Home Journal. This may be
yours if you will guard your love. Your
love may be as ideal as you please, ana YET,
because love itself Is above the mere things
of earth it can yet govern your life prac-
tically so let that. for dear loves sake;
the unkind word will not be spoken, ana
the cruel thought will never enter your
heart. Sometimes, for dear loves sake we
suffer, but the love itself is so well worm
having, that one can endure the pain. 70
20 aund your sweetheart ! say be faithful.
be true, be loving, have great affection
for the friend. with the great love that
goes to the sweetheart, and you will attain
that perfect union that on the day when you
two become one will show Itself in your
lovers face, and the lookers-on VIII know
that ''the heart of her husband doth safely
trust in her."
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fcntjcinS Servants.

There are many ladies who do not tinn!
it anything wrong To steal servants from
each other Steal is an ugly word to use,
but it is less unlovely than the o1icnse 10
which if gives name. Not long since Il
well known representative OF polite society
drove in her carrage to the house of one
of her dearest friends, sent in for the COOK
and hired her right out of her friend $
kitchen On another occasion lazy
loitered around a certain premises until
the cook came in the yard. She beckoncd
to the girl. offered her more wages and
such special inducements that the cook de
parted instanter, leaving her employer $
dinner on the fire. There is no name down
in the statute books ior this sort OF social
embezzlement, but there ought to be. Wo-
mons work III
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Scientific Modes of Execution.

Tying weights to Il boys legs in hanging
him. so that the drop will break his neck, is
something that a New Jersey sheriff has
jus. thought off, said T.. f. Dunn. of Phil
adelphia, to a st. Louis Globe-Democrat
reporter. HE is to hang Il youthful muir
derer who only weighs ninety-two pounds,
and he says he will have TO fasten ten
to furnish weight enough to dislocate his
vertebrate. This sounds pretty inhuman,
doesn't it? But once | saw heavy execu-
toner in Turkey slide down the rope and
fall on the suspended mans neck with all
Of course it was a barbarous proceeding.
The most careful and conscientious execu-
toner l ever saw was near the dividing line
between Turkey and Russia. 7 was riding
through some woods when I suddenly found
myself in q clearing before cabin. man
was at the door fviry thrnna r"nnflI
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are that the wife is become dozen times
more necessary to the man than ever the
sweetheart could have been. He would feel
her death far more keenly, but he does not
need to adjure his heart to sit still When
ever his fancy summons her image. In
short, she is become the bread OF existence
fhther than elizir. Now. most of us
who have sense would prefer to be bread
rather than elixir; but there is. no question
that more fuss is made over the elixir.
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For O. Ruru or ScalJ.

The white of an egg is the most efficient
remedies for burn or scald. excluding me
air ut once. and atfOrding instant rcliet.
The raw white il also used as an antidote
for several poisons, taken internally. espe-
cially those of Il corrosive nature. A raw
egg will detach a tishbone lodged The
throat; while the oil extracted from the
yolk has u great power in the healing OF
cuts. bruises and scratches, being regarded
bv the Russians as u remedy of fabulous
powers Good housekeeping.
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would Like to Ie n State Prison Warden
From The Indianapolis Journal.
Engineer-Wen. young man. haw do you
think that you would like this job?
Small boy--fIow often does the boiler blow
up.
Engineer-Oh, there's no danger OF that.
Small boy-I guess l wouldn't want the job.
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street, New York and enclosing stamped
envelope for reply will receive all the m-
formation necessary. Clubs could be formed
in all our cities. 1t would be a good work
for some philanthropic woman to engage III
and many an overworked girl would bless
them for it,
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Miss NJ L. Jones, Eastabuchie. Miss.
has crocheted lace handkerchief to exchange
for ten Yards Of fast-black, dotted. or
checked lawn. also rooted cape iessamine
for cancelled stamps.
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1CIETY NEWS NOTES

The rriage of Mr.. Robert l.. Foreman
and ss Et1ie Howell. occurred st
the hQ4 of Captain Il. P. Howell at West
End 2esday evening at half past o'clock
in tho presence of relatives and intimate
FaytNe. Ala, April 13.-(Specal AT .
o'clock "Wednesday Mr. Thomas McAdOry
Owen, Of Bess--eor, led to the altlr Miss
Marie Eankhead 'he accom- IL shed daughter Of
Hon. John II. Bankhead. member of CON
greSs from the sixth district
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Made Rss Debut Yesterday.

He was busy bright aud early.
Dipping down on everything
II you sh0o'd him he was surly,
For his kingdom comes with spring:
So we give the fly permission
To be in whute'er he's 'intr,'
since the first work Of his mission
Puts 4 10 winter.
SAM w. SMALL.
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Read and Remember.

We cannot advertise in this department.
Several letters have been received this week
offering articles and men toning fixed price ;
we leave out all such letters: do not object to
simple exchanges, but other offers will be left
ut.
VIII some one having : lexander Stephens his
tory OF the late war, to dispose of, write to ii. A
Morse, santa Anna, Texas, stating price andcoh-
dtion OF book.
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Dawson. Ga.
The Lining to New ENGLAND BenevUlence.

From The Philadelphia Record
Much Of the cheap jewelry worn by colored
people in the south is manufactured In New
England and sold by the hundred gross. The
use of machinery has been SO extended in
this manufacture that the product costs very
little more than the raw material Rings cost
the manufacturer only fraction OF u cent,
and elaborate jewels only Il few cents.
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Mrs II G. Fairchild, Forest. Miss. has
a pair of brown leghorns just grown. Il
spray of French peoples. silk. and one vol
ume Of Youths Companion to exchange for
bronze turkey eggs Write and enclose
stamp
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of a source of wealth that would, in time. 10
much to enrich that class of people VINO are
n.ost in need of help and have suffered most
in the past from uuwise legislation. Antl-toG
legislation is not beneath the dignity OF me
Georgia legislator, as he may discover Wneh
he becomes more of patriot and less or 4
POLITICIAN"
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Mrs. T.. J. Wilcox. Ferona, Ga, will
exchange black plume Or brown tins for
flower seed also two yards spring calico or
two yards dark calico for flower seeds or
bulbs
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Miss II. c. Woolley, Kearney, Neb.. has
handmade tides for stamped envelopes or
envelopes with adhesive stamps, either
used or unused, in good condition of the
dates from 1875 to 1860, inclusive.
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Miss Annie Grayson Eastabuchic. Miss.
has felt tidy worked in silk arrasine TO
exchange for ten yards fast-back figured
lawn, dotted swiss or any nice black dress
goods
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,h;t.as Fidell, IL dealer in charcoal, died OF
bon,orrhage at the West Jersey ferry one day
last week. His will. which has been offered for
nrnhait leaves his whole estate, which is
roIucj at $4,000 to his beloved wife"
Whom Eidcll meant by this term must be tie
cided l,y the court, for there are two women
Who claim that relationship, and two sets or
children are eager for their SHARE OF the eS
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CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE KINGDOM

a Gossipy Exchange of Views Among the
Ladies for Themselves
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win rne correspondents OF this column please
address their letters to 480 CORTLAND avenue,
and not 400. This is the new number Of my
house, and all letters must be addressed to No.
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George L. Finison, PROF perfty, n. CIVIL some
of the readers of The Constitution please inform
me in what county in Georgia James Mitchem
died. He has been dead near fifty. years He
moved from North Carolina to Georgia. If some
of the readers will answer through The Constitu
tIon, they viii confer lasting favor.
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james H. Boyd 30 Mint street, Char
lotte. n. G., has Dickens works and other
books to exchange for old confederate
stamps and money, or very old United
States postage stamps
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NorE-ietters written on both sides of the paper
cannO. be printed