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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
An Outside View of the Exposition.


The Commercial Club, Il leading or
ganfZation in Kansas City, recently pass
ed a series of resolutions endorsing the
Cotton States and international eXposi-
ton in the hearticst and most unqualified
manner.
The resolutions commend the EXPOSE
ton as a practical movement to multi
ply markets for western breadstuiis ana
meat products, to bring immigrants ana
capital to our cities and idle lands, ana
TO secure the trade of the West indies
Mexico and the seventeen reDuDllcS OF
Central and South America, which by
every trade law should belong TO TINS
country. The resolutions go on to state
that four-fifths OF this trade is now en-
ioyed by distant countries and that the
southern ports of the United States are
the natural nlets for this trade to which
Kansas City and other western marts
are directly linked by shorter railway
carriage than to any other seaports
The resolutions were introduced by
Mr.. George f. Putnam. chairman of the
COMMITTEES on state and national lcgisla-
ton, and they were unanimously adopted
without any opposition.
The members Of the Kansas City Com
mercial Club take the right view of our
exposition, its objects and it's probable
results The main object of the enter
prise is to bring together here the rep
resentative merchants and manufacture
ers of this country and of the countries
south of us. At this commercial and
industrial reunion our guests VIII talk
business. They will exhibit their prod
ucts and make known their wants. The
foreign visitors will have an opportunity
of seeing the advantages to be derived
hv establishing direct trade relations
with our southern ports, and the great
west will not be slow to make the most
of the situation, while the cities OF the
cotton states cannot fail to loom into
prominence as the best markets Tor our
customers in the far south.
We have lost four-iifths Of the trade
Of the southern half of this hemisphere
simply because we have never reached
out for it in the proper way. 1t Is very
gratifying to find the leading business
men of the west in thorough sympathy
with our exposition, and we can assure
them that it will be greatly to their in
terest to cooperate with us and make
our big show the greatest success of this
generation, with the exception of the
worlds fair.
Tho cuckoo element is decidedly not hav-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
On the Right Line.

Several colored ministers and journal
lists at Columbia, Tenn, have written to
the directors of our exposition thanking
them for their action in setting apart
n building for the exhibits that may be
furnished by the coiored people of the
south.
These sensible leaders of their race say
that the opportunity thus offered to
their people is the most hopeful sign that
they have seen in Il quarter OF Il century,
They pledge the hearty cooperation of
the cOlorcd people, and assure the expo
sition directors that they propose to
take a hand in everything that will
benefit the south and advance the in
tcrests of both races.
All this is very pleasant, but it is
lust what we expected. The S,0O0,0oo
colored people in the south are, III the
main, on the best possible terms with
their white friends, and it is natural
that they should desire to make good
showing at an exposition where they
will have Il fair field and the best of
treatment.
We are proud of the progress of the
brother in black. and if we can bring
him forward in way that will sub
stantially benefit him we are going to
do it. The exposition viii show the out
side world that the two races here IN
the south understand each other ana
are pulling together.
Having quit the platform for the sake OF
patronage the cuckoos claim that lloSe VINO
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
The Rhode Island Election.

The result of the Rhode Island cleo
ton will not surprise the thoughtful
democrats who have closely studied the
situation.
1t is republican landslide. The en-
tire republican state ticket is elected,
and only three democrats are returned to
the house Last year there were forty
democrats in that body, an oyerWhelm-
ing majority.
The thing to do is to profit by this OBJ
i, iect lesson. 1t is not too late to guard
against similar disasters in other states.
If the administration and the party will
stand sqllarely on the democratic plat
form there will be no more such repub-
lican landslidcs as Rhode Island has
furnished.
The delay and uncertainty in regard
to tariff legislation has damaged us in
other states besides Rhode Island. Dur
inc thirteen months under the present
administration the tariff question has
been held back, and the uncertainty has
demoralized the commercial and manu-
featuring interests of many states.
The people want this question dis
posed of. Almost anything would be
better than this uncertainty, If the
democrats and the administration will
get together and promptly redeem the
pledges of the Chicago platform there
will be no more assertions from the
democratic camp-no more apathy-and
the party will again sweep the country.
This is the lesson taught by little Rhody
in her political revolution of last Wednes-
day.
The platform is the thing!
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The London anarchists have succeeded III
Frightening Queen Victoria ana the prince
of Wales. The two are guarded by detect-
ives and the prince no longer SHOWS Hill
self in public with his old freedom. Inc
queen is nervous and uneasy an the tiiie'
That Washington salesman who deserted
his wife and borrowed SoUO from announcer
victim of his destinations 10 pay inc eA
nanses OF his elopement with third, wound
soorp upon careful reflection, to deserve ting
title of 1.-The only other American as Wiche@
as Papa Breckinridge
Liberty. a handsome twelve-paSe weekly
,,hJisbed in New York by Benjamin H.
Tucker. has abolished what printers cali
"iustification." It's columns now look as
ragged as blank verse, but Mr.. Iucher
claims the compostor who set DUN ems d
day by the old method can SET ''ooo =" N"'
by the new methou
Mr.. Harris, an English pleader in breach
of promise cases, told Mr.. justice cave the
other day, that "a girl VINO "ouiu Pein penn,
Ho1,or to be drunk out of her shoe Would
he unfit for human society. The JuStlce
objected to this dictun, and cited Instances
from English public and private lie. II
appears however, that the lawyer STUCK
to his point and thus voiced the average
sentiment of these dull days OF clVlIlzatloh'
Captain James Pollard, assistant superin-
tendent of Lee Camp Soldiers Home, Rich
mond. Va. was found dead in his bed FRI
dav morning He was made famous by be-
ine. in command of the squadron OF cavalry
that killed General Dahlgren in the notable
raid around Richmond in the spring OF 1854.
The raid was organized for the purpose OF
cantllrinay Richmond and releasing the prls-
oners in Libby and other federal prisons
there The raid was unsuccessful. Dahl
eren reached within four or 1--WE miles or
the CITY, but met body Of reserved troops
on the Cary street road. who repulsed him
and forced him to change his route. lie was
shot and killed a few days later in King
William county by a detachment of cavalry,
of which Captain Pollard was in charge.
Euclid avenue, Cleveland, o., which Is
already widely famed the finest residence
street in the country, is to be still further
improved in the suburban portion by widen
ing to 100 feet under the provisions OF a
recent act of the legislature. In the center
will be the electric tracks, with q broad
grass plot with trees on each side, separat-
ing the cars from the carriage roads. These
are twenty feet wide and bordered on each
side by a row of hitching posts. Between
the hitchinS posts and the Sidewalks there
will be on each side of the street a tine
bicvcle path three feet wide. Then comes
another grass plot five feet wide, and finally
the sidewalk of the same width. Each nan
of the street will be exactly the same
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

n1o better than vain Boosting and LOUD
se,f-assertion. All that has been salu
obout General Evans's war record anu
bis useful services in peace, has Deeh
said by others. 1t comes in the shape on
voluntary tributes from those VINO kno"
him hest. and there is never Il mint Oh
if from his own lips.
Brave as a lion and gentle as Il woman!
r,,ie is tho verdict of all Georgians when
the generals name is mentioned. ne
nnonJe feel that in honorinG him they
will honor themselves. 1t VIII be GOV
o,nor Evans. That is settled fact.
r. will he borne in mind that The CON
4it,tion has remarked on more tlan one
occasion recently that senator Solqoitt {"
successor would be as true repreaeitS'tlV
of the people as senator Col4 $500 CO.
for COlouitt stood.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

either metal That is to say, as he says
himself, he is in favor of the free COIN
age of silver
In every essential, Mr.. Walsh is
strong man. He is strong intellectually,
ana strong in all those qualities that
make Il man attractive and powerful.
Tn other words he has all the qualities
of leadership, and he has been. since the
war, one of the strongest leaders or the
party in Georgia. But he has never EN-
Dloyed his influence to advance his own
political interests. With him it has al
ways been his party first and his friends
next, with Walsh himself i'll the back-
ground 1t need hardly be said that TINS
characteristic fits him to be one OF the
tr,1est representatives of the people tnat
ever went to Washington.
The new senator has Il big head and
a big heart His faculties are evenly
balanced He is true to his IDEAS III
life and in politics, and these Ideals are
far higher than the average politician Is
inclined to place them.
The aDpointment of Mr. Walsh gives
the public another view of Governor
place to Speaker Crisp the governor
showed that he was ready to sacrifice
his own worthy ambition to represent
the people in the senate. In appointing
Mr.. Walsh the governor not only recoS-
nizes the solid merits of one of the ableSt
party leaders in the state, but rewards
the unselfiSh devotion of Il friend Mr..
Walsh was foremost, if not first, among
those who advocated the selection OF
Governor NOrthen as the chief executive
of the state, and has always been his
warm supporter, both personally ana
through The Chronicle.
Other things being equal-and they are
equal in this case--the people are quick
10 appreciate the spirit that prompts
the recognition of services unselfishly
rendered.
The Constitution salutes the new SEN
ator and congratulates the people OF
Georgia.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
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It a Il 4 & b MISSING
d q IL d 49, ORD
To May 1st.
An Interesting Contest in Which Every
body has the Same Chance.

The Missing Word competition craze is the lates
fad in England 1t is exciting the whole country
and hundreds of thousands of people are racking
their brains for missing words
Several London wCckles have started what they
call "missing word competitions" aud the craze
hAs affected all England TO such an extent as to
block the money order Office and embarrass the
whole postal service. The scheme is this: y
sentence is printed every week from which one
word is omitted; for instance, "Smith is a -
and people are invited to send in their guess with
is divided among the gueSsers who name the
correct word. few weeks ago one paper distrib
each man receiving over $500 for his shilling The
money order blanks have all been used up at many
postofces, the mails cogged, and clubs have
been Organized to go INTO the guessing business.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

Democrats all over the country are APP
plauding the appointment OF Hon. Ta'lloh
Walsh to the senatorial vacancy.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
And IL Cuckoo Es IL Cuckoo.

From The Evening Commercial.
A southerner is q SOutherner; demo
GRAFT is a Democrat an abolitonist is an
abolitionist; q south-hater is south-hater;
a. hackman is a hackman; a bootblach is
bootblack; a Niger is a niger, and Il mule
is a mule the world over.
You can't change the spots of a leopard.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
TO CONSTITUTION
READERS.

The Constitution makes this proposition
Among those who supply the missing word in TIN
following sentence, between now ana the LIST o.
May, 1894, we will divide one-fourth OF the sui,
scription receipts OF all those who send guesses
with their subscriptions.
This leaves US the bare and actual cost of fur
nshing the paper to subscribers for the year.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
THE SENTENCE.

The Moments were numbered
the strife was finished the vision
closed. In the tWinkiing of an eye
oar flying horses had carried US to
the termination of
aisle At right angles we wheeled
into our former direction. The turn
of the road carried the scene out OF
my eyes in an instant and swept it
into my dreams forever.
Supply the missing word in the above sentence
and if you guess the correct word you will share
with the others who fortunate one fourth OF
the receipts from the subscriptions OF all those who
guess.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

1t is a pity I, at the cuclloos refuse to read
the signs Of the times. It would save them
a good many mental bruises if they could
see clearly now The people are in earnest.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

The democratic platform 1t too big an
affair to tuck under the bed at this stage
of the game.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

The cuckoo element is decidedly not hav
Ing as much fun as it thought 1t would
1,a wa
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

IT now seems that Governor Northen is not
in line with the cuckoos. and they are making
a great fuss over the fact as if it were some
new discovery Had they forgotten his let
ter to Mr. Cleveland?
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

The patronage heeers say that the APP
pontment of q stanch democrat to succeed
Senator Colqutt is "a bad business Alas!
has it come to this?
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

Having quit the platform for the sake of
natronage the cuckoos claim that those who
stand on it do so because they have not been
invited to the slOp barrel.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
THE GUARANTEE

No one knows the word missing except the man
aging editor, who has placed it in a sealed envel-
ope and which will be opened on May LIST. We
pledge our honor that The division will be made
and published just as outlined.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
THE PROSPECT.

Suppose 5000 guesses were made. This would
leave 81 ,250 as one-fourth of the subscription
celpts, Tor so many names, to be divided among
the successful guessers. Surprising ten persons
guessed the word, this would give them Sl25 each ,
if ~enty, So. 30, etc. Suppose there are 10000
guesses-which is not improbable-this may give
from 500 to $500 each to the successful guesSers
Checks will be mailed immediately after MAY LIST.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10

We are told that the cuckoo is clean
bird. The political cuckoo is clean. too,
when it is busted and polished, and the
machinery creased so that it will respond
when the string is pulled.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
CONDITIONS AND
INDUCEMENTS.

The terms of the contest are few and simple
l. Every guess must be accompanied by
years subscription to the Weekly Constitution, sent
to any address at 81.
2 The sender of club of five at 81 each, for
year is entitled to free paper one year and also
guess.
g. With every subscription, the missing word
should be written plninly, with the name and adj
dress OF the guesSer 1t is necessary 10 rewrie
the sentence-simply write the word and label it
q" the MISSING word for May lst.'
a. Renewal subscr ptions entitled to gueSses
just as new subscribers.
Remember that you get the greatest and best OF
all American weekly newspapers for every guess.
You cannot do without the Constitution for lS4
Address all communications to
THE CONSTITUTION,
ATLANTA, GA.
The herald., 1894-01-01

health and pleasure seekers from all
parts of the world.
A remarkable variety of climate may
be found within the limits Of the
county, the difference being caused by
elevation and distance from the ocean.
On the coast it is cooler in summer and
a little warmer in winter than inland,
with occasional fogs at night. This
climate Ia well adapted to those who
suffer from nervous affections. Farther
inland 1t becomes warmer, and in places
decidedly hot at times during midsum-
mer days. although there is always
gentle breeze from the ocean, and the
summer nights are cool enough to make
blankets welcome. As the mountains
are climbed, cool, bracing, dry sir ie
encountered. which is very beneficial to
consumptives.
The transpoi tation facilities of the
county are unexcelled and already q net
work OF railroads traverse it in every
direction, As tefa
The herald., 1894-01-01

b about 90 miles long. 1t has two large
indentations, known as Santa Monica
and San Pedro bays.
Z. Santa Monica is large blight. It's
outside points, Dumetz on the north and
Vincent on the south, are 28 miles apart.
The shore line of the bay bows in from
the straight line between Point Dumetz
and Point Vincent, about IL miles.
Within Santa Monica bay is La Bal
Iona lake, which was formerly the an
cient mouth OF the Los Angeles river.
When tnat river changed it's course, late
in the last century, to the Wilmington
channel, the ocean tides closed the old
river mouth with sand and the seepage
water formed lake inside the sand
ridge. A few years ago channel WAS
cut through this sand ridge by an inn
provement company, and the ocean
waters again mingled with the lake.
San Pedro bay is about IL miles across
from Point Firmin to the southwest cor
ner of Orange county. It has width OF
about four miles from this line to shore.
The shore line has two indentations,
known as Wilmington slough and Ala
mitos bay. The former has been en-
larged and improved into harbor.
Alamitos bay has surface area OF about
three square miles. Under appropriate
headings the commercial interests OF
The herald., 1894-01-01

San Diego harbor, one OF thu finest lsnd.
locked ports in the world.
Farming and mining are the two Chief
pursuits. Fine lemons, raisins and
olives are raised on the low lands, be-
eides the common cereals, while the
uplands grow the choicest sppies.
Mines OF gold, asbestos. gypsum, fire.
clay, cement, salt, sulphur and coal are
proftably worked.
San Diego is the county seat, and 10
the principal town south of Los Angeles
with which 1t has direct connection by
the Southern California railway. Ma
tional City, Otay, South San Diego,
Coronado, Old Town and Roseville are
suburban villages around the bay.
Coronado has the finest and largest
hotel in the world. Pacific Beach and
Enenitss, Del Mar and Oceanside are
seaside towns Julian is a mining town,
Escondido. Fallbrook, Tamecula, Wild
omar, Elsinore and San Jacinto are sg-
ricultural centers.
San Diego bay was discovered by Juan
Rodriguez Cabrillo, Spanish navi-
gator. in the year 1542. On the site of
Old San Diego in 1863, Don Gaspar de
Portols took possession OF Upper Cali
fornia in the name of the king of Spain.
The herald., 1894-01-01

stoned considerable confusion, and
majority OF writers and map makers
have sensibly agreed upon the appropri-
ate name of Sierra Madre for the whole
range. These words are Spanish, and
literally mean the serrated mother. or
mother mountains, which their geolog-
ical formation shows I'll EN- to be. Indeed,
this is the name given to the same range
on the California peninsula.
The Sierra Madres run from Ventura
county southeasterly through Los An
geles county into San Bernardino county.
Their average altitude in Los Angeles
county lie about 5000 feet. Their highest
points in this county are Mount San
Antonio, commonly known as "Old
Baldy." which has an altitude of over
5000 feet, and North. Baldy. These
mountains are very precipitouH on their
southern slopes, but have q gentler slope
on their northern sides. From the val
leys to the south they present the ap
pearance OF a majestic wall. Such. in
deed, they are. In Los Angeles county
these mountains have two passes, the
Soledad and Tejungs. Soledad pass has
an elevation of 32l0 feet, and opens
south Of west into Ventura county.
The third grand terrace includes all
that part OF the Mojave desert known
as Antelope valley, lying between the
The herald., 1894-01-01

density OF the population, just IS goods
are priced according to the laws Of de-
mand and supply. This lesson. the
most valuable one on earth, is being
slowly learned in this country. The
greatest drawbac to the development
Of the country now is the tendency OF
the capitalists to be satish with
2 and per cent interest per month on
their loans, when the same mooney judi
ciously invested in the devesopment Of
land, water, oil, mining and manufac-
turing enterprises would yield them re-
turns OF 200 and 800 per cent yer month.
Not all are so short-sighted, however,
and to the iar-sighted class, which hap
PLY is in the majority, ia due the mag
'piaesnt prosperity which the following
columns tell so well.
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COUNTY OF Los ANGELES
A Passing Glance at It's Gem
eral Features.
A Princely Domain Progressing
Magnifcently.
Hts Topography, Climate and Resources.
A Busy Population Steadily
IncreaslDg-5ome Of Its
Advantages.

1t is difficult task to describe q
county containing 1000 square miles OF
territory which embraces the varied
features that Los Angeles county pos-
sesses, so that it will give any adequate
idea of its resources, especially within
the limits prescribed.
1t was one of the original counties,
having been organized in 1850. Its ter
ritory then included all of Kern county
The herald., 1894-01-01
THE cERRrros RANCHO.

A Princely Tract of Rich Lsnd-Its
Features.
There are lands in Southern California
which are very fine for the raising of
corn and alfalfa and where hogs thrive
The herald., 1894-01-01

The question is often asked whether 3
man with $4,000 can do anything in
Southern California. A man with that
amount, If he is willing to work and
learn, can get very good atart on a
small, improved place, convenient to
market. @ taht2 i3,A
The herald., 1894-01-01

Among the mineral products Of South
ern California found in commercial
quantities are petroleum, asphsltum,
borax, gypsum, coda. salt. tin, silver
and gold.