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INGERSOLL ON TOLSTOI.
WHAT HK THINKS OF THK 'KBEUT-
Z£R BONATA."
The Ideas Given in the Book Passed
in Review and Found Wanting.
We quote the folio *i: g passages from
Mr. Ingersoli’s article on “Tbe Kreutzer
Sonata" in this mouth's North American
JUvie w;
Count Tolstoi is a man of genius. He is
acquainted with Russian life from tre
highest to the lowest —that is to say, from
the worst to the best. He knows the vices
of the rich and the virtues of the po, r. He
is a Christian, a real bohever in the old and
new testaments, an honest follower of the
Peasant and Palestine. He denounces
luxury and ease, art aud music; he regards
a flower with suspicion, believeing that be
neath every blossom lies a concealed ser
pent. He agrees with Lazarus and de
nounces Hives and tax gatherers. He is op
posed, not only to doctors of divinity, but
of medicine. *
From the Mount of Olives he surveys the
world.
To him this life is but a breathing-spell
between the verdict and the execution; the
sciences are simply sowers of the seeds of
pride, of arrogance and vice. Shocked by
the cruelties and unspeakable horrors of
war, he became a non-resistant anti ave; re.l
that he would not defend bis own body or
that of his daughter from insult and out
rage In this he followed the command of
his Master; “Resist not evil.” He pas-ed,
not simply from war to peace, but from one
extreme to the other, and advocated a doc
trine that would Leave the basest of man
kind the rulers of the world. This was and
is the err. r of a great and tender soul
C u :t Tolstoi, following parts of the New
Tesiament, regards love as essentially im
pure. He seems really to think that there
is a love superior to human love; that the
love of man for woman, of woman for man.
is, after nil, a kind of glittering degrada
tion; that it is better to love God than
woman; better to love the Invisible phan
toms of the skies than the children upon
our knees —In other words, that it Is far
better to love a heaven somewhere i-ls than
to make one here. He seems to think that
worno i adorn t, emselves simply for the
purpose of getting in their power the inno
cent and unsuspecting men. He forgets
that the best and purest of human beings
are controlled, for the most part uncon
sciously by tbe hidden, subtle tendencies
of nature. He seems to forget the great
fact, of “tia ural selection,” and that the
choice of one in preference to all others is
the result of form s lieyond the control of
the individual. To him there seems to be
no purity in love, l e-ause men are i .flu
enced by forms, bv tbe beauty of women ;
and women, knowing this fact, according
to him, act, and consequently both are
equally guilty. He endoav rs Pi show that
love is a delusion; that at best it can last
but for a few days; that it must of necessity
be sue -ended by indifference, then by dis
gust, lastly b hatred; that in every garden
of Eden is a serpent of jealousy, and that
the brightest days end with the yawn of
ennui.
Count Tolstoi, in “The Kreutzer
Sonata," has drown with a free la id one
of the vilest and basest of men for his
hero. Ho is suspicious, jealous, cruel, Infa
mous. The wife is infinitely t:o good for
such a wild unreasoning beast, and yet the
writer of this insane story seems to justify
the assassin. If this is a true picture of
wedded life in Russsia no wonder that Count
Tolstoi looks forward with pleasure] to the
ext inction of the human race.
Of ail passions that can take possession of
the heart or brain, jealousy is the worst.
For many generations the chemist sought
for the secret by which all metals could be
changed to gold, and through which the
basest could become the b st. Jealousy
seeks exactly the opposite. It endeavors to
transmute the very g Id of luve into .the
dross of shame and crime.
The story of “The Kreutzer Sonata”
seems to have been written for the purpose
of showing that woman is at fault, that she
has no right to bo attractive, no right to be
beautiful, and that she is morally responsi
ble for the contour of her throat, for the
pose of her body, for the symmetry of her
limbs, for (he red of her lips, and for the
dimples in her cheeks.
The opposite of this doctrine is nearer
true. It would be far better to hold people
responsible for their ugliness than for their
beauty. It may be true that the soul, the
mind, in some wondrous way fashions the
body, and thpt to that extent every indi
vidual is reponsible for his looks. It may
be that the man or woman thinking high
thoughts will give, necessarily, a nobility
to expression and a beauty to outline.
It is not true that the sins of man can be
laid justly at the feet of woman. Women
are better than men; they have greater re
sponsibilities; they bear even the burdens of
joy. This is the real reason why their
faults are considered greater.
Men and women desire each othor and
this desire is a condition of civilization,
progress and happiness, and of everything
of real value. But there is this profou l d
difference in the sexes; in man this desire is
the foundation of love, while In woman
love is the foundation of this desire.
Tolstoi seems to be a strauger to the
heart of woman.
Is it not wonderful that one who holds
self denial in such high eteem should say;
“That life is embittered by the fear of one’s
children, and not only on account of their
real or imaginary iiluess, but even by their
very presence?”
Has the father no real love for the chil
dren! Is he not paid a thousand times
through their caresses, their sympathy their
love? Is their no joy in seeing their minus
unfold, their affections develop? Of course,
love and anxiety go together. That which
we love we wish to protect. The perpetual
fear of death gives love intensity and sacred
ness. Yet Count Tolstoi gives us the feel
ings of a father incapable of natural affec
tion ;of one who hates to huYe his children
sick because the orderly course of his
wretched life is disturbed.
But the worst thing in “The Kreutz>r
Sonata” is the declaration that a husband
can by force oompel the wife to love and
obey him. Love is not the child of fear; it
is not the result of force. No one can love
on compulsion. Even Jehovah found that
it was impossible to oompel the Jews to love
him. He issued his command to that effect,
coupled with threats of pain and death, but
his chosen people failed to respond.
L"Ve is the perfume of the heart; it is not
subject to the will of husbands, or kings, or
Count Tolstoi would establish slavery in
every house;he would make every husband
a tyrant and every wife a trembling serf.
No wonder that he regards such marriage
as a failure. He is in exact harmony with
Jehovah when be said unto the woman: "I
will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception: in sorrow thoushalt bring forth
children unto thy husband, and he shall rule
over thee.”
This is the destruction of the family, the
pollution of home, the crucifixion of love.
Those who.are truly married are neither
masters nor servants. Ti e idea of obedi
ence is lost in the desire for the happiness of
each. Love is not a convict, to bo detained
wit i bolts and chains. Love is the highest
expression of liberty. Love neither com
mands nor obeys.
The curious 'thing is that the orthodox
■world insists that all men and women should
obey the injunctions of Christ; that they
should take him as the supreme example,
and tn all things follow his teachings i his
is preached from countless pulpits, and has
been for many centuries. And yet the man
who does follow the Savior, who insists
that he will not resist evil, who sells what
he has and gives to the poor, who deserts
his wife and children for the love of G ,and, is
regarded as insane.
Tolstoi, on most subjects, appears to be in
accord with the lounder of Christianity,
with the apostles, with the wj-iters of, tin
iestamsat and with the fathers 01
rfhe church; and yet a Christian teacher of
a Sabbatb school decides, in the • acity
* f Postmaster General, that “The Kreut
zer Sonata” is unfit to be carried in tbe
mails.
Although I disagree with nearly every
sentence m this b-ck, regard the story as
brutal and absurd, the view of life presented
as cruel, vile and fake, yet I recognize t e
right of Count T lstoi o express his opin
ions on all subjects, and the rights of tbe
men and women of America to read for
themselves.
As to sincerity of the author, there is not
the slightest doubt. He is willing to give
all that he has fl>r the good of Ids fellow
mo l. He i* a soldier in what he believes to
be a sacred cause, ad he has tbe courage of
his convictions. He is endeavoring to or
ganize a society in accordance with the
most radical utterances that have been at
tributed to Jesus Christ. Tbe phi
losophy of Palestine is not adapted
to an industrial and commer
cial age. Christianity was born
when the nation that produced it was dying.
It was a requiem—a declaration that life
was a failure, that the world was a out to
end, an.t that the hot e of mankind should
be lifted to a other sphere. Tcls oi stands
with his back to the sunrise and looks
mournfully up in the shadow. Ho has
uttered many tender, noble and inspiring
words. There are inauy passages in his
works that must l.ave been written when
his eyes ware filled with tenrs. He has fixe 1
hts gaze so intently on tbo raise ies and
agonies of life that he has been driven to
tbe conclusion that nothing could be belter
than the effacemeut of the human rao l *.
Home nicn, locking only at be faults and
tyrannies of the government, have saidi
“Anarchy is better.” Others looking at the
misfortunes, the poverty, the crimes of
men have, in a kind of pitying despair
reached tbe conclusion that the best of all is
death. Thrse aro the opi ions of th se who
have dwelt in gl xirn—of tbe self-imprisoned.
By comparing long periods of time, we
see that, on the whole, the race is advanc
ing; that tbe world is growing steadily,
and surely, better; that each generation
enj iys more and suffers less than its pre
decessor. We find that our institutions have
ti e faults of individuals. Nations must lie
composed of men and women; and as they
have their faults, nations cannot be perfect.
The institution oil marriage is a failure to
the extent, and only to the extent, that the
human race is a failure. Undoubtedly It is
the best and most Important institution
that has been established by the civilized
w orld. If there Is happiness in the rela
tion, if there is tyranny upon one side and
misery upon the other, is not the fault of
marriage. Take homes from the world
an i only wild beasts are left.
Wo cannot cure the evils of our day and
time by a return to savagery. It is not ne
cessary to become ignorant to increase our
happiness. The higyway of civilization
leads to the light. The time will come when
the human ra< e will be truly enlightened,
when labor will received its due reward,
when the last institution begotten of lgnor
and savagery will disappear. The time
will come when the whole world will say
that the love of man for woman, of woman
for man, of mother for child, is the highest,
the nob est, the purest of which the heart is
capable.
Love, human love, love of men and
women, love of mother, father and babes
is the perpetual and beneficent force. Not
the love of phantoms, the lovo that builds
cathedrals and dungeons, that trembles and
{irays, that kneels and curses; but the real
ove, the love that felled the forests, navi
gated the seas, subdued tbe earth, explored
continents, built countless homes and
fouuded nations—that love that kindled the
creative flame and wrought the miracles of
art, that gave us all there is of music, from
the cradle song that gives to infancy its
smiling sleep, to the great symphony that
bears tbescul away with wings of fire—tne
real love, mother of every virtue and of
every joy.
The Best Buds
Cured in the best way and guaranteeing
purity by sealed packages. This Is Sirocco
Tea, matchless for strength and flavor.
Fresh from our gardens iu Ceylon at 60 to
*1 a pound. Sole growers, Davidson & Cos.,
1436 Broadway, New York. Savannah
agents, Lippman Bros.
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Management strictly first-class.
Situated in the business center,
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SUBURBAN RAILWAYS
SUNDAY SCIUfIDULK."
CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE trains will leave
Bolton street depot ou Sundays on the
Suburban Line as follows:
OUTWARD.
I Arrive Arrive | Arrive
I Thunder- Isieof Montgom-
I bolt. Hope. I ery.
0:00 a in 9:20 am
10:00 am 10:20 am 10:40 am 11:10 am
ll:OOam 11:20 am 11:45 am
2:00 pin 2:50 pin
8:00 p m 3:20 pm
3:80 pm 3:50 pm 4:10 pm 4:35 p m
4:00 p m 4:20 pm
5:00 pin 5:20 pm
6:80 p m 6:50 pm
7:lopm 7:3opm 7:sopm ......
INWARD.
Leave j Leave Leave , .
Montgoin- Isle of Thunder- AT.. ve
ery. j Hope. bolt. Clt U
7:85 am 8:00 am 8:20 am 8:40 am
• 10:00 am 10:20 am
12:25 am 1:05 p m 1:25 pra 1:40 p m
6:40 pm 6:10 pm 6:80 pm j 6:50 pm
Trains from city leave Bnnaventure Cemetery
five minutes after leaving Thunderbolt.
Take Broughton street, cars twenty (20) min
utes before leaving time of trains.
GEO. W. ALLEY, Supt.
Tybee Schedule.
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA
(Bavannah and Atlantic Division.)
TO TAKE EFFECT SEPT. 4th, 1890.
LEAVE SAVANNAH —Standa and . ime—Mon
day, Tuesday, Wodnesdav, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday—9:3o a. m. 6:85p. m.
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ONLY—S:IOa. m., 12:30 and. m., 5:00 p. m.
Only the 9:30 and 6:35 trains carrv freight
during tli jweek. No freight will be received for
transportation on any Sunday traiu.
NOTE:—Freight must be delivered 80 min
utes before the and parture of trains and be pre
paid before it will be receipted tor.
Family excursions on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Whole Resets 85 cents, half tickets 20 cents
TANARUS: e company reserves the right to withdraw the
sale of these tickets without notification when
ever aucu days are required for B[>ocial excur
sions or otherwise.
Tickets on sale at City Ticket Office Central
R. R “f i)a . also J. B. Fernandez's Cigar Store,
corner Bull and E. oughton streets, and at Depot
Ticket Offioe, foot of President street- Passen
gers are required to purchase tickets who Vish
the benefit of excursion rates.
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T. S. MOISE. Superintendent.
r U T T T’' MORNING NEWS carriers reach
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THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1890-TWELVE PAGES.
MEDICAL
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DRY GOODS.
Morrison, Foye & Co.’s
SACRIFICE
lap Sale!
—OCCURS—
OSCE EVERY SEW.
To meet certain require
meuts-goods must be moved at
whatever cost. What sold
rapidly last week at a price
and was considered cheap, is
25 per cent, less this week.
OUR LOSS, YOUR GAIN;
liroTß four Opportunity.
\
Fast Color Lawns, linen finish, reduoed to
2%0.
CrinktoSeersucker, Cream Ground, Pink,
Blue, Brown and Black Stripe, sc, worth
10a
Hootch Ginghams, new styles, reduced to
former price 12}£c and 15c.
5,000 yards Sheer White India Linen
Lawn at 3c. worth Bc.
Fine Shear White Plaid Muslins, Satin
Stripes, reduoed from Vi%c.
Best American Chnllies, new styles, form
erly sold for 10 and now 5c a yard.
Five cases best yard wide Shirting, soft
finished, s>&'c, price everywhere 10c.
500 pieces 8-4 White Mosquito Nets, re
duced to 39c.
Ladies’ Swiss Ribbed Undervests, Pink,
Blue, Cream .and White, at 9c, formerly
sold for 25c.
Ladies’ Black and Tan all Silk Lace Mitts
reduced to 15c, former price 35c.
One lot Ladies’ Lisle Thread and Silk
Gloves at 150, worth 40a
Children’s Black Ribbed Hose, warranted
fast, regular made, at 15c, worth 25c.
Job lot Indies’ regular made Hose at 19c,
regular price 35c.
We sell the best 50c, 75c and $1 00 Corset
in the market.
Gents' Fine Balbriggan Half Hose, reg
ular made, at 15c. Bold everywhere for
25c.
Buy our Gent*’ Unlaundered Shirt 9 at
48c, cannot be duplicated anywhere less
than 75c.
1,000 dozen Gents’ 4-ply Linen Collars in
all the leading styles at 10c each. Sold
everywhere for 15c.
100 dozen Ladies’ StriDod Blouses at 49c,
worth 85c.
Ladies’ Nightgowns, Torchon trimmed, at
39c, reduced from 50c.
Ladies’ Nightgowns, Torchon and Ham
burg trimmiug, at 75c, reduced from $1 OJ.
Ladies’ Chemise at 22e, 3949 c and 73c
each, worth from 10c to 35c each mo: e.
Ladies’ Skirts at 29c, 39c, 49c and 63c,
reduced 25 per cent.
50 dozen Boys’ Percale Shirt Waists, size
4 to 14 years, at 20c each, worth 30c.
lira, F#je k ft.
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The Savannah Plumbing Cos.
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specialties are Crystal Chandeliers and Hall
Lights, Fiber, Copper and Enameled Bath Tubs,
Wash Bowls, Sinks, etc. We are
Headquarters for the South
for all kinds of Plumbing Goods, Hose, Reels,
Pipes. Nozzles and Washers, Iron, Lead. Cast
and Terra Cotta Pipes and Fittings. Agents
for the Ericsson & Rider's Galvanic Hot Air
Engines, Detroit Hot Water Heater, Iron
Settees. Chairs and Fencing for oemetery lots,
yards, etc.
FINE PLUMBING.
We Have the Largest Plumbing Establish
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and we are prepared to give estimates on
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Our work recommends Itself. All we want is a
trial, and we can convince vou that it is to your
interest to patronize us. We can save our cus
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Prices.
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D The MORNING NEWS Print
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added a large stock of Wedding
Stationery, and prints and ,
n Lithographs Invitations,
Cards, etc., In the /
latest styles. /
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K mtinf. lithographing, and clank books can
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ANTING
A. R. ALTMAYER A CO.
Just Oped,
Nice line ofßoys’and Youths’
School and Dress Shoes inbut
ton and lace, very suitable
for early Tali wear. Prices
rantre $1 50, $1 75, $2 and
$2 50. In the finer grades the
widths run B, 0, D and £. Bet
ter value in Boys’Shoes cannot
be found in Savannah than
in the above assortments.
SPECIAL: Just opened, our
early fall shipment of Men’s
French Calf Hand-Sewed Shoes,
medium weight. This is the
shoe that selis for $6 to $7 50
at shoe stores. Our prices $5.
Try a pair; they’re beauties and
splendid wearers.
ALTMAYERS
NOTICE: This store will be closed
Monday, Sept. 15, on account of holiday.
Linens !
Linens ! !
Linens ! ! !
First arrival of our Fall Linens are now
on display. Tempting bargains will greet
tbe visitor to this largo es'.ablishment this
week.
Look well over the following 25 pieces of
bleached, unbleached and Turkey red table
damask, Special Price this week, only 35c.,
po itively worth 50c.
Fifty dozen linen damask towels, fancy
borders, knotted fringe, full size, price 25c.
his is undoubtedly o:ie of the greatest
towel bargains that has ever been offered
in this city.
One hundred dozen linen towels in huck
and damask, special value 19c., their value
is 30a
A Special Bargain.
Five hundred dozen linen towels 10c.,
worth 20c.
Si 25 quality white linen napßins are selling
this wees tiSc.
LOOK AT THIS I
CTiecked doyliers, nice size, splendid patterns,
fringed edge, only 10c. dozen.
94 white linen napkins, $1 19 dozen, would be
cheap at $1 50.
Our grand lot bleached linen table covers,
price $, 89, positively worth $2 50.
525 linen table covers, unbleached, price 99c.,
reduced from $1 50 for this week only.
Drives in Domestics.
1 case unbleached sheeting,
full 2 A yards wide, price 19c.,
down from 25c.
1 case 9-4 bleached shirt
ing, the famous Peppered
brand, usually sold at 30c.,
down this week to 23Ac.
5 cases more of the famous
“1492’’ bleached shirting, full
one yard wide, at 61c. No
better is sold elsewhere atßAc.
5 cases 4-4 bleached shirt
ing, equal to “Pride of the
West, price BAc., would be
good value at 12Ac.
Hosiery.
We buy hosiery in such immense quan
tities that wo are enabled to sell them at
at about one-third less than those who buy
them ia mean and meager lots.
1 case ladies’fast black hose, prioe 29e.,
fully worth 50c.
1 case childrens’ fast black-ribbed hose,
extra lona, regular 35c. quality, down this
week to 31c.
1 case ladies’ fancy hose, solid blaok, fancy
boot top, fast oolors, regular 50c. kind,
down this week to 25c.
SPECIAL.
5 cases Milan twilled suitines, anew
weave for early fall wear, price 6%e., would
be aheap at 10c.
Novelty caps in fancy black, nary and
white, price 25c., 50c, and 75c.
Ladies’ silk undervests in all shades,
price 79c. Only a few dozen left. Tardy'
people will miss this bargain.
HERE'S A STUNNER!
100 ladies’ elegant beaded
caps have been selling at
$3 98, prices this week for
run, only $L 47, this is un
doubtedly the greatest bar
gain of the season.
ALTMAYERS
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INSTALLMENT TTOI'SE.
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137 CONGRESS STREET, BETWEEN WHITAKER AND BULL,
INSTALLMENT HOUSE.
Suites, Bedding, Stoves and House Furnish
ing Goods Generally—Easy Terras.
A. (J. IiOGTEPfcS, Manager.
K URN IT UK E AND CAKI-Kls.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF
Furniture and Carpets
EMIL A. SCHWARZ’S.
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Agents in this city for the celebrated WINDSOR FOLDING BEDS, our line of FOLDINfI
BEDS is complete, ranging In price from sl2 upward, ' **
CLOSING OUT! CLOSING OUT!
the balance of our Summer stock at any price; we must and will have room for our immn>.
Fall stock, which is arriving daily.
Call and examine our goods and prices even if you do not Intend to buy. Accommodating
EMIL A. SCHWARZ,
125 and 127 BROUGHTON STREET.
DRY' GOODS.
Suing Abut Fail IfijT
Our connections for a most complete and successful Fall
Millinery opening are now completed, and our agents in
London, Paris, Lyon, Basle and Oreefeld are sending daily
invoices and samples of novelties exquisite and beautiful
beyond description. Our orders for Velvets and novelties
in Ribbon have already been given, and the looms are now
turning out goods which in richness and beauty will not ba
excelled anywhere north. Our Pattern Round Hats and
Bonnet opening will be the grandest ever seen in this coun
try and will comprise designs from Virgot, Viecomte, Lud
wig, Russet and other artists from London and Paris.
Notice of Fall opening will be given. Our Summer stock,
which is still large, we sell at any price. Our Ribbon sale
continues as heretofore.
Muffs MsmiialSi Millineri lisa.
CLOTHING.
D
Rare analogs
TO CLOSE OUT THE
Y BALANCE OF
THEIR
F
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s
SPRING AND FALL"
STOCK. D
Therefore, if in search P P
-op- ittJ
Genuine Bargains, /A
CALL ON THEM,
S.
. INST A LJLMENT HO USB.
“WE ARE NOT SELLING AT OR BELOW COST,’’
Etc., Etc., but we want to show our Goods and have the
buyer compare prices. We CAN and DO sell any and
everything to furnish a house. Customer can get the house
and rations and we will furnish the rest. If you have cash,
all well and good, if not, come and tr\ r our INSTALL
MENT TERMS.
AV e invite inspection and comparison of our Sewing
Machines and Trunks especially.
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