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CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1895.
NO. 13.
SOUTHERN
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Cars between Atfhnta and Now York-.
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ton ar.d Memphis, via Aflauia and Rimy 1 'ham,
Nos. 11 and 12. Pullman .Sleeping Cur '.'twcon
Richmond, Danville am 1 urocnaborc
For detailed Information as to local and
through time tallies, rates and Pulim in Sleep
ing cur reservations, confer wiWi lo6al agenti,
or addresa—
W. A. TURK, S. n. HARDWICK
Gen'l Purs. Ae’t. A'js't General Pass Ag’t
Washington, D. C. Atlanta,OA.
J. A. D )DSON, Superintendent, Atlnnta.Go.
W. II. GREEN, J. M. CULP,
Gon'l M gr.. Tronic tin v
Washington, D. C. Washington D.O.
WASHINGTON NOTES
ITEMS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the (iovernmont.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Ileportod
for the Past Week.
Reports from all over the south, for the past
week, show that the condition of textilo manu
facturing in nil its branches is very one *urag-
ing. A good many inilLs aro filUd with orders
tor Homo montiui to come, and ronewala of
planlH, and f-xtablishment of new ones arc re
ported from many peetiona. In iron manu-
inotnrinj:, inoro activity iu imnifcBtcd, but
pric<sure gtill very low. C>>nl mining opera
tors Hre working on full time and report a
steady demand. Southern lumber miimlftc-
tnrfra aro looking forward (o an active spring
business, with finer prices than bavo bieu
known during the past year.
Among tlic important new indns’r o» ednb-
lisbed or Incorporated during ibo week aro a
sugar nfinery at New Orleans, La., coning
$850,(00: agricultural implement work" at
Mrenbarn, Tex., with $100,000 capital; a £1.0,-
000 construe i *n (ontpnny at Danville, Va.; an
€■80,003 electrical plant at Ocean View, Va.; one
io cobI $00,000 «t Lynchburg. Va., and a $70 -
OOOd'Btilli ry at LouiHville, ICy. A manufact
uring company with $50,000 has been charter
ed at Austin, Tex., n match factorv capita!;/. d
At $35,000 at Vick-b irg, Mias.; a $3),000 irri
gation and land company at Tulia, Ttx., nnd a
$26,000 woodemvaro faclory at Savannah, Go.
There is also reported brick works at Ti hIi -
gee, Ala., Charlotte, N. C., and Han Antonio,
Tex.; cotton millB at Carrolton and Wayncs-
boio, Ga., Red Hprings and Rutherford ton,
N. 0., O.imgcburg, S. C., and Oran go, To?.: a
woolen mil at Jackson, M's 1 ., and a knit Log
mill at Tnscnloosa, Ala. E ecfrical plants will
lie built at Rowling Green, K'\. nnd .lack-ou,
Tcnn.; a large flouring mill at Florence, Ala.;
an ice fact< ry ut Muysville, Ky.. nnd reduction
works, Chariot o, N. C. A tobacco factory wi 1
bo established at Blue Ridge, Ga., and wood
working plants at Guntcrsville, Ala., Atlrns
and Tbomaston, Ga., H pkin ville. Kv., Pugh
nnd Vicksbur./, Miwj., Aberdeen, N. C., Pulas
ki, Tenn., and Bedford City, Va.
Tlio enlnrgementH for tho week include a
brewery nt Sun Antonio, Tex., mi elec rical
plant at Shclbyvillc, Tenn.. and cotton mills ut
MAmmoth Spr.ngs, Ark., Harmony Grove, Ga.,
and Dallas, Graham. Raleigh an ! Rcidiffiile,
N. C.—Tradesman (Chattauooga, Tenn.)
THERE WERE NO HID?.
For the Georgia Southern Road When
It Was Put Up.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad was again put up at auction
at MacoD,Ga. ,Tiu*fiday. The upaet price
fixed by the court was $3,7$),000. Com-
misfiioner Hardf man tried to get a bid,
but no one offered to buy it.
The road will be put up again on
the first Tuesday in April, nnd on that
occasion the upset prioe will bo $•!,-
000,000.
It is thought a party of Macon capi
talists will organizo and buy the road
at the next sale.
GALVESTON OFFICERS INDICTED
The president lias appointed .Fas, II.
ColliiiR to bo collector of customs at
Nashville, Tenn.
The cruiser Colombia, now on her
way to South America, carries dis
patches to Admiral Monde. Neither
tho state nor navy department will
confirm this report which, however,
comes from a reliable Bemi-ofiioial
source. It is asserted that tho com
munications which Captain Summer
carries rolato chielly to the Allianca
affair.
Secretary Carlisle lias appointed
William Martin Aiken, of Cincin
nati, Ohio, supervising architect
of tho treasury,to fill the vacancy that
occurrod on September 20, 1804, by
tho resignation of Jeremiah O’ltouke,
of Newark, N. J. The salary is §4,500
per annum. Mr. Aiken is about forty-
two years of age, and was born in
South Carolina.
Tho division of mining statistics and
technology of the United States geol
ogical survey has received from Dr.
William C. Day, tho special agent in
charge of tho statistics of stone, a
statement of tho production of marble
in Georgia in 1894. This product,
which comes entirely from Pickens
county, 481,429 cubic feet, valued at
§710,385, ns compared with $201,000,
tho value in 1893, an increuso of 174
per eont. Georgia ranks second
among tho inarblo producing states,
Vermont being first.
Tho statemont is mndo upon good
authority that tho decision of tho
United States supreme court on tho
constitutionality of tho iuoomo tax
will be rendered boforo Monday, April
16th. Treasury ofiloials, charged with
collection of tho tax have been very
anxious to obtain some informal as
surance on this point, inasmuch as tho
extension of the period within which
returns must be mado by taxpayers in
order to escape the 50 per cent penal
ty, imposed by law, expires on that
day.
Internal Hovenuo Uocelpts.
Collections of internal rovenuo from
all sources for the eight ninths of the
current fiscul year, ns Compiled by
Comraftaioner Miller, show tho re
ceipts to have agrogatod $100,532,404,
an increase over the tho eight months
of 1894 of $5,180,022. Tho principal
sources of rovenuo wore: Spirits,
$59,095,538, an inoreaso of $4,085,-
703; ^tobacco, $19,701,742, an in
crease of $1,009,999, fermented licpiors,
$20,118,708, a decreaso of $129,099?
oleomargarine, $1,108,270, a decreaso
of $228,184 and miscellaneous, $436,-
820, an iucroaso of $343,324. The re
ceipts for February were $1,701,-
445 less than for Februury 1894.
Among tho itmes of receipts for
February is ono of $11,818 on
account of income tax under the now
law. This is the first timo any ro-
ceips from this Bourco has been re
ported.
The Great Pension Drain.
Commissioner of Pensions Loohron
estimates that thoro will not be any
decreased amount, appropriated for
pensions during tho next three yours.
The amount appropriated for tho fis
cal year of 1890 in round numbers is
$140,000,000; for tho present yoar the
amount was $150,000,000. Tho reason
for the abseuco of any percoptiblo de
crease is that tho falling off, owing to
deaths and other causes, is about
counter-balanced by first payments
in pensions allowed. As casos
are allowed from time to time
there aro largo first payments,
some times for arrears, and always
dated from tho timo tho application
was filed. Tho decreaso in Homo
classes of claims arc quiet great, as in
the pensions for tho war of 1812, which
have decreased about 50 per cent in
tho past year. After three years whou
it is expected the majority of claims
will be adjudicated, and thero will bo
few remaining first payments, Com
missioner Lochren expects there will
then be a rapid falling off in pensions,
as they havo now readied the age
when it is to be expected. He then
expects the pension appropriation will
be diminished in size very materially.
Spain Is Investigating.
Advices of Friday state that tho
Spanish naval commander at Havana
is still investigating the firing upon tho
United States steamship Allianca by
the Spanish gunboat Conde do Vena-
dito. As evidence of the thoroughness
with which the Spanish government is
looking into this matter, it is stated
that the investigation made by tho na
val commander will bo entirely repa-
rate from any report made by tho
Spanish captain. When the naval
commander shall have finished his in
vestigation his report will be cabled to
Madrid. The full text of the Spanish
captain’s report was forwarded to
Spain as soon ns it was placed in tho
Lunds of tho Havana authorities.
It is officially stated that Spain will
make no reply to Secretory Gresham’s
cablegram through Minister Taylor
regarding tho Allianca caso until tho
naval commander’s report shall be in
the hands of the foreign office , of af
fairs. The Spanish government feels
gn: irir »M~ ■
HONORING CONFEDERATE DEAD
A Monument In Chlcngo to be Dedi
cated In May.
General J. O. Undcnvood, ox-liou-
tenant govornor of Kentucky, nnd ono
of the most prominent southern men,
is tho author and executor of the
movement to build over tho 6,000 dead
confederate soldiers who sleop in
Onkwood park, Chicago, a handsome
monument commomorating thoir bravo
deeds and heroic fortitudo.
lie lias succeeded in this maguifl-
.sont work, tho monument has boon
completed—tho only confederate mon-
nmeut north of tho Mason and Dixon
lino—has boon recognized by tho
United States government and will be
unveiled with imposing ceremonies on
May 30th.
The dedication of this monument,
tho ceremonies attending which will bo
participated in by prominent generals
of both armies, will be a great evont
in Amoricau history. It will make a
great stop toward cementing tho divi
sion between tho sections and will an
nihilate much of tho bitterness that
remains. It will be an occasion that
will attrnct tho people all over tho
country, and no one can fail to appre
ciate its significance.
Tho monument is a handsome aftuir.
Tho pedestal is of Georgia marblo and
tho statue is of flue bronze. It is
forty foot high from the base to the
top of tho statue. Surrounding the
monnmont will bo four cannons, ap
propriated by the United States gov
ernment by special act of congress,
approved January 25, 1895. The bill
making this appropriation was pushed
through tho senate by tho efforts of
Senator John B. Gordon. The sena
tors rocognized his good purpose in
tho matter and lent him their willing
assistance. Tho bill passed tho houso
during tho last session without a dis
senting voico.
This act of the government consti
tutes the first, recognition ever shown
tho confederacy by tho government,
and for that reason is very significant.
Tho dedication speech ,will bo made
by Geueral Wade Hampton. The
southern gonoruls who will bo present
are: General Fitzhugh Lee, General
John B. Gordon, General W. W. Ca
bell, Harry Hoth, E. C. Walthall, L.
L. Lomax, Marcus J. Wright, M. V.
Butler, Clement A. Evans, F. 0. Arm
strong, Epjia Hunton, William It.
Payne and others. From the federal
side aro expueted Generul Schofield,
Geuoral Flagler, Genornl Lawler and
Oonoral palmer. The Grand Army
posts will partir’patQ in tio cr.ereifeoe
and hundreds of confederates will be
presont. The Grand Army men have
boon for two years assisting in decor
ating the graves of the southern sold
iers.
Gonoral Underwood is very enthu
siastic over the outlook for a groat
event on May 30th. Ho expects mauy
southerners to bo present. Ho also
expocts every southern city of size to
send a carload of flowers.
MORE WAR TALK.
SHOIITAUK IN A MINT.
Tlio Accounts of tlio Corson, Novudu,
Monny Mill Aboul $00,000 Short.
Mr. 1’ronton, tho director of the
mint, early lust month recoivod an in
timation that thero was a shortage in
tlio accounts of tho reilncr and meltor
of tho Carson, Nev., mint. Superin
tendent Mason, of tlio Now York as-
sny offlee, was immediately dotailed to
make an investigation.
On tho face of the accounts there
appeared a shortage of !!,000 ounces
of gold and 8,000 ounoos of silver,
making a total of something less than
800,000.
Tho responsibility has boon located
on Hirsch Harris, melter and refiner
ut the mill, who lias been suspended
pending investigation.
In connection with tlio shortage it
is stated that Joseph Douglass, a bro
kcr, purchased two liars of bullion
two months ago, which it is supposed
came from tho mint, tho bullion con
taining no gold.
Hilver bullion from tho mines in
this locality always contains gold
This salo will bo the subject of an in
vestigation. When bullion is trans
ferred back and forth between depart
ments of tlio mint, receipts are given
which fix the responsibility when a
loss occurs. The smelting and refining
io belivod to bo tho department which
is short.
CItEKDON VANQUISHED.
Clioynskl Knocks Him Out In Six
Hounds.
Dan Greodou acknowledged his mas
ter at Chicago Thursday night in Joe
Clioynski. Not in so many words,
but at tho end of the sixth round, us
ho lay on tho floor of tlio ring at tho
Tattersall’s, ho looked ovor at Joe,
shook his head as if to say: “I’m ap
pnrontly not equal to tho task.”
For tlie first half of tho contest
Croedon kept ahoud and Choyuski was
kcoping liis stomach out of harm’s
way nnd avoiding vicious right-hand
swings. The last half of tho fight was
entirely in favor of Choynski, and al
though no decision was rendered, both
men being on their feet, the 0,000
people yelled for Clioynski. Croedon
was not in good condition, whilo his
opponent was down in weight to 101
pounds.
ALLIANCA TROUBLE
YET SETTLED.
Secretary Hroslmm Maintains a Strong
Attitude Against Spain.
There is more wnr talk among the
enthusiasts at, WaHhiiighi??!' It is
claimed that if Mr. Qrosham maintains
his strong attitude ngaiust Spain, nnd
is backed by President Cleveland, a
oonflict with the Spaniards is almost,
inevitable. It has boon declared
scmi-ofllcially at tho statu department
that this government will not tolorsto
delay in the reply from Spain.
It is remembered that in diplomatic
controversies hitherto, Spain haB given
tho United States no satisfaction at
nl). In 1881, four American schoon
ers were fired upon oil Capo Maysi,
just as tho Allianda was. Tho Spanish
government delayed four months in
answering a demand for nn explana
tion, and the reply stntod that an in
vestigation would bo made. Four
months later, a note was reooived that
Spain had jurisdiction for Rix milos
from tho Cuban shore and that is all
that ovor camo of the matter.
Secretary Gresham is represented as
boing determined that no such unsat
isfactory reply shall bo tolerated lu tho
prosout instance. If president Cleve
land dooB not iutorfero and stop any
demonstration, it is believed tlmt Mr.
Gresham will go to the longtliof sever
ing diplomatic relations with Spain.
With her internal dissensions, Spain
is in a peculiar position. Any party
or faction in powor that would propose
to bnok dowu in tho controversy with
this country, would bo very unpopular
and be put out of power.
Mendo Is a Fighting Man.
Admiral liloado, wlio is in command
of tho Amorioan squadron, now in
Central Americun waters, is olio of tho
naval fire caters. IIo is n good fighter,
and would need no second command
to open fire on Havann in retaliation
of a roftisal of Spuin to settld tho Alli-
anca affair. There aro others beside
Admiral Meado aching for a fight.
On”y)f thorn is Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, chnirmnu of tho senate
committee on foreign affairs, who
is anxious t,o annex Cuba. Ho
thinks tho present timo propi
tious for such an event. “It tho ad-
“niattktalas-'ita
bold Amoricau atjttwdc against Spain,
it is not impossible that a resort to
arms may bo neoensary to settlo tho
affair. If this country would ‘unbo-
krytwnst,’ as it worn, get into a squnb-
bKiwith a foreign country, it would
bo a good 'thing. It would make a
market for our provisions at least.”
Secretary Gresham has written
sharp note demauding that Spain make
reply at once to his first messago.
They Arc Charged With Misapplies
tlon of City Funds.
A startling sensation has been occa- j ^at it would be"unwSe’to commit it
.-1 <1-1 Tex., by the | B( ,| f to BQ y repily until it first shall
have been placed in possession of all
bioned in Galveston, Tex., by the
grand jury finding lulls against Tax
Collector Thomas L>. Gilbert and c-x-
Auditor It. H. Tic-man. Tho bills
against Gilbert charge misapplication
of the city’s funds, nnd there aro four
counts against him. Only one indict
ment was found against Tiernan, al
leging alteration of items ip the books,
with iutc-qt to dpf(.tnd Hoth wwo
Bleated «jpl (<«r« bonds.
the information bearing upon the ac
tion taken by the captain of their
gunboat.
It is reliably stated that 1,000 sa-
NEW SPANISH MINISTRY.
The Selection of New Officers Approved
by the Queen Regent.
The new Spanish ministry us ur. •
nouneed at Madrid is as follows:
Conovas del Castillo, president of
the council; Navarro Iteverter, finance;
Romero Robledo, justice; General Az-
cafruza, war; Admiral Reranger, ma
rine; F. Goffh-Goyon, interior; duke
of Tetuon, foreign affairs; Castellanos,
colonies: lloseli, public works.
The names were submitted to tho
Ions have closed up in Chicago in the j queen regent and were approved by
last twelve men:: - j her,
5
CROSSMAN MAKES AFFIDAVIT
That tho Flag Flrod on was tho Stars
and Stripes.
Tlio following affidavit has' been
drawn up and signed by Captain
Grossman, of tho Allinnca:
Captain JamoB A. CroHsman, being
duly sworn, deposes nnd says: That I
have rend in tho morning papers of
this dny, Tuesday, March HI, 1805,
that tho commander of tho Spanish
gunboat Condo do Vonadito has mndo
tho statement tlmt the steumship that
wns off Capo Maysi, Cuba, on the 8th
day of Mnreh, 1895, which was fired
on by his gunboat, raised tho British
flag in saluting him. In viuw of this
statement, I do most solemnly swear
that tho flag hoisted on tho staff of tho
steamship Allianca, in saluting tho
Spanish gunboat off Capo Maysi,Cuba,
March 8, 1895, by my orders and in
my presence, was the American on-
sign. This is the only flag usod for
such purposes—tho national flag of
Amorica.
“James A. Chousman, Com.”
"Sworn to boforo me, H. I. Bow-
don, notary public.”
RED WINE’S ROND
Is tho Siibjoct of a Suit lu the Atlanta
Courts.
The old ltedwine case io being re
vamped in the Atlanta, Ga., city court.
Tho caso now on trial is that of tho
Gate City bank against tho Fidolity
nnd Casualty company of New York,
and in its trial most
testimony taken in tho'SiSw^wiuo enso
will bo gono over with. Rodwino wns
bonded in tho sum of ten thousand
dollars to tho bank by tho Fidelity
und Casualty company. Ho defaulted
in tho sum of ono hundred thousand
dollars and a littlo over, and tho bank
officials applied to tho company for
the sum of liis bond. The company
refused to puy it, claiming tlmt tho
officials as far hack as a year before
tho default knew that Redwino had
been crooked in liis transactions. The
bank officials entored suit for the re
covery of tho ton thousand dollars
with interest, ns well ns the recovery
of tho sum of twenty-five hundred dol
lars damages alleged to havo bcon sus
tained on account of tho failure of the
company to pay tho boud.
FIGHTING IN PERU.
A Thousand Dead and Wounded Ly
ing on Llinu’s Streets.
Mr. McKenzie, the United States
minister to I’ern, telegraphed tho state
department at Washington Thursday
afternoon that after three days’ light
ing nn armistice had been arranged
between tho insurgents and tho gov
ernment troops, nnd that over a
thousand dead and wounded were loft
lying on the streets of Lima, pater
somo sort of an agreement was reached
by the belligerents and poaco wnB re
stored. A provisional government now
wmB to he in power
TRADE NOTES.
Hrndstrects’ Report of Business for
tho Past Week.
Rradstreets’ report on tho eomlitiou
of business tlio past week says:
“Improvement in genornl trade is
more marked, but not general. It is
more oonspiouous at larger New Eng
land poiuts, notably Ronton and Provi
dence, at Now York, Pittsburg, Cin
cinnati, Louisville and other centers
along tlio Ohio river valley to St,
Louis nnd as far west ns Kansas City.
Similar reports como from Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul, tho first
mimed announcing tlmt smaller quan
tities of -1 per cent, money are being
offered, the banks working steadily
toward a 5 per cent, bisis nnd hums
continuing to improve and reserves
being lower than for a year past.
"From other eitios n better feeling
is reported, bnsed on the recently de
veloped strength in cotton, wheat nnd
flour. Tho widespread prevalenbo of
tho inquiry whether this upward
movement is tho begiumng of a per
manent recovery from the two years
of depression is of itself significant.
Wool remains unchanged, although
tho volumo of business is smaller, be
cause it is between Bonbons with dross
goods mills end Austrian wool aro
more popular. No changes in quota
tions aro noted for coffee, sugar or na
val stores. On tho other hand cotton
haB jumped up 5-1 lid.
“At Nashville, Memphis and Savan
nah tho week's volume of busiuois ’s
reported slightly iu exeoss of a week
ago, increased demand being noted in
groceries, hardware nnd agricultural
implements. At no other prominent
southern oitios are gains reported ex
cept'- New Orleans, though trouble
with tho dock freight handlers has
resulted in a loss of business. At
Charleston, Chattanooga, Atlanta,
Jacksonville, Birmingham nnd Gal
veston trade is of moderate or fair
volume, with collections slow."
MUST PAY BACK TAXES.
Tlio Supremo Court of Florida De
cides Railroad Casas.
Iu the supremo court, Tallahassee,
Fla., Tuosday, Mr. Justioo Liddou,
for the court, liaudod down a decision
ugninst tho Florida Central aud Pen
insular railroad and iu favor of the
stato for hack taxes for tho years of
1879, 1880 and 1881, amounting to
899,900. Tho lines of the road from
Jaeksonvillo to Clirjitahoooheo, in
cluding the St. Marks and Montioello
brunches; from F-eruni.diWi io Cedar
Keys and from Waldo to Ocala, 1 ore
hold liable to sale for these taxes for
th o years mentioned. From Ooala to
Wildwood is hold liable for the taxes
of 1881. From Wildwood to Plant
City and Tampa is hold to bo oxompt.
This suit was decided in favor of tho
railroad December 1, 1898, by Circuit
Judge John F. White, at Live Oak, so
far ns thoso particular baok taxes were
concerned. Colonol John A. Hender
son roprosonted tho railroad company
and Attorney Gonoral Lamar appeared
for tho stnto. Tho lnttor appealed
from Jndgo White’s decision to tho
Juno term Inst year of tho supreme
court. It is expoctod that Colonel
Henderson will appeal to tno Unitod
Htatos supremo court. Not only tho
stato, but all counties through which
the road ruus, are helped by tho de
cision unless it should bo rovorsed by
tho higher courts.
REV. 1)11. TALMAGE
l-HE NOTED DIVINE’S SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Sullied; “Wholesale Divorce.’
A BIG VERDICT
Amounting to $300,000 Rendered
Against tlio Monou Route.
Judge Baker, iu tho United States
court at Indianapolis, lias given judg
ment in favor of C. E. Pope, receiver
of the Chioago and South Atlantic,
against tho Monon (L., N. A. and C.)
railroad, for 8198,922.88, with interest
at 9 per cent, for fourteen years, mak
ing an aggregate of 8310,000.
Tho Monon purchased tho L. D. aud
0. road, which ran from Chicago to
Delphi, Ind., and which included a
stretoh of road built by tlio Chicago
and South Atlantic, but for which tho
contractors have nover boon paid.
Tho judgment will be oppenled from.
The case lias been ponding in tbo court
at Indianapolis for fifteen years.
• PRAYERS VERSUS PHYSIC.
Tho Young Wife of n Christian Scien
tist Dies and Ho is Blamed.
Mrs. Ella Samis, the wife of a black
smith at Los Angeles, Cal., gave birth
to a child two weeks ago. During her
confinement she was denied tho usual
medical attendance and evon skilled
nursing. Instead of providing medi
cine and nourishing food, tho husband,
a Christian scientist, summoned u prac
titioner of that belief whoso sole treat
ment consisted in praying for tho
young mother's recovery. After three
duys of this treatment a violent fever
set in. Even then homely remedies
woro despised, prayers constituting tho
whole treatment.
Tho woman died Friday morning
nnd tho husband will bo summoned
boforo a coroner's jury to explain liis
action.
WATCHING CHILE.
A War Between South Americun, Re
publics Threatened.
A privato letter from Potosi, Peru,
just received in Han Francisco contains
tho following:
“War is threatened between Chile
nnd the Argentine republic, which
will draw in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador
as allies of Argentine agninst Chile.
One thing feared by tbo people here
is that Chilo’s first step will bo to pnt
a heavy body of troops into tho cen
ter of Bolivia, which can eusily bo done
by railroad, and thus step iu between
all the allies and chastise each sepa
rately at liberty. Nobody here knows
just what will happen, but (ho outlook
just now is cloudy."
Text: “What, ihoroforo, God hath joinod
together lot notmun putasundor.”—Mutthcw
xix., (5.
Thai thoro aro hundreds and thousands of
infelicitous homes lu Amorion no ono will
doubt. If thero woro only ono skeloton In
tho closet, that might bo lookod up and
abandoned, but in many a homo thero is a
skeleton in the hallway and a skeleton in all
the apartments.
“Unhappily marrlod” aro two words dc-
scrlptivo of many a homostead. It needs no
orthodox minister to prove to a badly mated
pair that thoro is a hell. They aro there now.
Hometimos a grand and graetous woman will
bo thus incarcerated, and her life will ho a
cruelflxlou, ns was tho case with Mrs. Sigour-
noy, tho great poetess and the groat soul.
Sometimes a consecrated man will bo united
to a fury, as was John Wesley, or unitod to a
vlxem, as was John Milton. Sometimes, nnd
generally, both parties are to blame, aud
Thomns Carlyle was an Intolerable scold, and
bis wife smoked nnd swore, ami Froude, tho
historian, pulled aside tho curtain from tho
lifelong Rfpiabbleat Crnigenputtook and Flvo,
Choyne Row.
Home say that for the alleviation of all
heso domestic disorders of which wo hoar
nsy divorce is a good prescription. God
sometimes authorizes divorce as certainly as
He authorizes marriage. 1 have lust as much
rogard for one lawfully divorcod ns I havo
for one lawfully married. Rut you know
aud I know that wholesale divorce is ono of
our Nnllonnl scourges. 1 am not surprised
at this when l think of tho influences which
have been abroad militating against tho mar
riage relation.
For many yenrs tho platforms of tho coun
try rang with talk about a free love millen
nium. Thoro were meetings of this kind held
in the Cooper Institute, Now York; Tromont
Temple. Boston, and all over tho land.
Home of the women who were most promi
nent in that movement havo since boon dis
tinguished for great promiseuosity of affec
tion. Popular 1 hems Tor such occasions woro
tho tyranny of man, the oppression of tho
marriage rehltion, women’H rights and the
aflluities. Prominent spoakors woro wtfmen
with short ourls and short dress, amt very
long tongue, everlastingly nt war with Gou
bocuuse they woro created women, whilo on
the platform sat meek men with soft accent
and cowed demeanor, apologetic for mascu
linity, and holding tho parasols whilo tho
termagant orators went on preaching tho
doctrine of free love.
That campaign of about twenty years set
more devils into the marriage relation than
will bo oxorclsed in the next fifty. Men and
women went homo from suoli moot Jags bo
permanently confused jus to who woro thoir
wives and husbands that they novor got out
of their perplexity, and tho criminal and tho
civil courts tried to disentangle tho “Iliad”
of woes, and this ono got nlimonv. and that
ono got n limited divorce, and this mother
kept tho children on condition that the
father ooulcl sometimes como nnd look at
them, And thoso went into poorhouses, and
those went into an iusano asylum, aud those
wont into dissolute public life, aud all went
to destruction. The mightiest war ever
auulo against tho marriage institution .was
TV At free love campaign, sometimes under
one name nnd sometimes under another.
Another influence that has warred upon
the marriage relation has been polygamy in
Utah. That was a stereotyped caricature of
tho marriage rotation und has poisoned tho
whole land. You might tus well think that
you can havo an arm in a state of mortifica
tion and yet tho wholo body not bo sickened
as to havo these Territories polygamleed and
yet tho body of the Nation not fool the putre
faction. Hoar it, good men and women of
America, that so long ago as 1802 a law was
nassod by Congress forbidding polygamy in
the Territories and in all the places whore
they had jurisdiction. Twenty-four years
passed along and five administrations before
tho first brick was knocked from tlmt for
tress of libertinism.
Every new President In his inaugural
tickled that monster with the straw of con
demnation, and every Congress stultified it
self la proposing Homo plan that would lot
work. Polygauy stood more intrenched,
and more brazen, and moro puissaut, anil
more braggart, and more infernal. Janies
Buohaunnu, j much abused man of bis d«y,
did moro for tho extirpation of this villainy
tlmu most of tho subsoipieut administra
tions. Mr. Buchanan sent out an army, and
although it wns halted in its work still ho
accomplished moro than some of tho admin
istrations which (lid nothing hut talk. talk,
talk. At lost, but not until it had poisoned
generations, polygamy has received its death
blow.
Polygamy in Utah warred against tho mar
riage relation throughout the land. It wus
impossible to havo such an awful sower of
iniquity sending up its miasma, which wns
waftod by the winds North, South, East and
West, without the wholo laud boing affected
by it.
Another influence that has warred against
tho marriage relation in this country has
been a pustulous literature, with its millions
of shoots evory week chokod with stories of
domestic wrongs aud infidelities and massa
cres nnd outrages, until it is a wonder to me
that thoro are any decencies or any common
sense left on the subject of marriage. One-
half of the newsstands of all our cities rook
ing with the filth.
“Now,” say some, “wo admit all these
ovils, and the only way to clear them out or
correct them is by easy divorce.” Well, be
fore we yield to that cry let us find out how
easy it is now.
I have looked over the laws of all tho States,
and 111ml that, whilo in some States it is
easier than in others, in every Htate it is
easy. Tho Htate of Illinois, through its Leg
islature, recites a loug list of proper causes
for divorco and then closes up by giving to
tho courts the right to make the decree of
divorco Iji any case whore they deem it ex
pedient. After that you are not surprised
at the announcement I hat in one county of
the Htate of Illinois, in one year, thoro went
853 divorces. If you want to know how eusy
it is, you have only to look ovor the records of
tho Htate. 0 . In tho city of Han Fraueisco 333
divorces iu one year, aud in twenty years
in New Englund 20,000. Is that not cosy
enough?
If tlio same ratio continue—ilio ratio of
multiplied divorce aud multiplied causes of
divorce—we aro not far from tho Unto when
our courts will havo to set apart whole days
for application, and all you will have to
prove against a man will be that ho left his
nowspaner in tho middle of tho floor, and all
you will havo to prove against a woman will
be that her husband’s overcoat is buttonloss.
Cuuhoh of divorco double in a few years -
doubled in France, doubled iu England und
doubled in the Unitod States. To show you
how very easy it is ! huvo to tell you that in
Western Reserve, Ohio, tho proportion of
divorces to marriages celebrated is one to
eleven, in Rhode Island is one to thirteen, in
Vermont ouu to fourteen. Is not that easy
enough?
I want you to nolioo that frequency of
divorco always goes ulong with tno disso
luteness of society. Romo for 500 years had
pot one caso of divorce. Those were her
days of glory and virtue. Then the reign oi
vice began, and divorco became epidemic. Il'
you want to know how rapidly the empire
went down, nn 1 : Gibbon.
What wo want in this country ami in all
lands is that divorce be mailo more ami
more and moro difficult. Then noopio be
fore they enter that relation will be per-
sauded that there will probably be no escape
from it except through tlio door of the sop-
olmis into tho tremendous, and thoro will bo
no moro joking about tho blossoms in ft*
bride’s lmir than about tho eypross on a
coffin.
What wo want Is that tbo Congress of tho
United Htatos change tho National Constitu
tion so that a law can bo passed which shall’
be uniform all ovor the country, and what*
shall ho right in ono Htato shall ho right in
all tho States, nnd what is wrong in ono Stato
will bo wrong in all tho Htatos.
How is it now? If a party in tho marriago
relation gots dissatisflou, it is only necessary
to movo to another Htate to achieve libera
tion from tho doinestio tie, and divorco ia
effected so easy that tho first ono party knows
of it is by seeing in the newspaper that Rev.’
Dr. Homobody on March 17, 1805, introduced'
in a now marriago relation a member of tlio
household who wont off on a pleasure excur
sion to Newport or a business excursion to
Chicago. Married at tho bride's houso. No
cards. There aro Htatos of tho Union which
practically put a premium upon tho disin
tegration of tho marriago relation, whilo
t horo are other Htatos. lllco our own New York
Htate. that had for a long timo tho pre-emi
nent idioov of making marriage lawful at
twolvo and fourteen yours of age.
Tho Congress of the United States needs to
movo for a change of tho National Constitu
tion and to appoint a committee—not mado
up of singlo gentlemen, hut of men of fami
lies. and thoir families in Washington— who
shall prepare a good, honest, righteous, com
prehensive. uniform law that will control
everything from Handy Hook to tho Golden •
Horn. That will put an end to broken tics
in marriages. That will send divorco law
yers into a decent business. That will sot
pooplo agitated for mauy years on tho ques
tion of how shall they get away from each
other to planning how they can adjust them
selves to tho more or loss unfavorable circum
stances.
Moro difficult divorco will put an estoppel
to a groat extent upon marriage as a finan
cial speculation. There aro men who go in
to tho relation just ns they go into Wall street
to purchase shares. The fomaloto he invited
into tho partnership of wedlock is utterly
unattractive aud In disposition a suppressed
Vesuvius. Everybody kuows It but this mas-
cullno candidate for matrimonial orders,
through the commercial agency or through
tho county records, finds out how much
estate is to bo inherited, and ho calculates it.
Ho thinks out how long It will bo before tho
old man will die, and whether ho can stand
tho rofraotory temper until ho doos die, oncl
then ho enters tho rolatlon, for lio Bays, “If
I cannot stand it, then through tho divorce
law I’ll back out.” That process is going on
all the time, and men outer tho relation ■with
out any moral principle, without any affoe-
tion.and it is as much a matter of stock spec
ulation ns nuythlng tlmt transpirod yesterday
in Union Paotflc, Illinois Central or Dela
ware aud Laokawanna.
Now, suppose a man understood, as ho
ought to unuerstand, that if ho goes into that
relation thero is no possibility of his getting
out, or no probability, ho would be moro slow
to put his nook in tho yoke. He would say
to himself, “Rather than a Caribbean whirl
wind with a wholo fleet of shipping in its
arms give mo a zophyr off fields of sunshine
and gardens of peace.”
Let mo say to the hundreds of young peo
ple in this house this afternoon, before you
give your heart and hand in holy alliance uso
all cautions. Iuqulro outsido as to habits,
exploro tho disposition, scrutinize tbo taste,
question the ancestry and find out tho am
bitions. Do not tako the horoos and tho
heroines of cheap novels for a model. Do
not put your lifotlnV« happiness in tho keep
ing of a man who liAs a reputation formolng
a littlo loose in morals or in tho hooping of a
woman who dresses fast. Romoniber ' that,
while good looks aro a kindly gift of God,
wrinkles or accident may dospoil them. Re-
mombor that Byron was no moro colobrnted
for his beauty than for his ilopravlly. Re
member that Absalom’s hair was not more
splendid than his habits woro despicable.
Hear it, hear it! Tho only foundation for
happy marriago that has ever boon or evor
will bo is good character.
A^k God whom you shall marry if you
marry at all. A union formed in prayer Will
boa happy union, though Biokness pale tho
cheek, and poverty empty tho bread I ray,
and death opon tho small graves, and all the
path of life be strown with thorns from tho
marriage altar with its woddiug march aud
orango blossoms clear on down to the last
farewell nt that gate whoro Isaac and Rebecca,
Abraham nnd Sarah, Adam and Eve parted.
And Jot ir.o say to you who are in this ro
latlon, if you make one man or woman hap
py, you have not lived iu vain. Christ says
that what Ho Is to the church you ought to
bo to each other, and if sometimes through
difference of opinion or differonoo of dispo
sition you mftko up your mind that your
marriage was ft mistake patiently bear and
forbear, remembering that llfo at tho longest
Is short, and that lor thoso who havo boon
badly mated in this world (loath will give
quick and immediate bill of divorcement
written in loiters of green grass on quiet
graves. And porlmps. my brother, my sis
ter, perhaps you may appreciate each other
bettor in heaven than you havo appreciated
oach other on earth.
In the “Farm Ballads”’ our American poet
puts into the Ups of a repentant husband
after a life of married perturbation thesesug-
gestiva words:
And when she dies I wish that she would bo
laid by me,
And lying together ia silence perhaps wo
will agree.
And if ever we meet iu heaven I would not
think Jt queer
if we love each other better because wo quar
reled here.
And let mo say to those of you who urn iu
happy married union avoid first quarrels;
have no unexplained correspondence with
former admirers; cultivate no suspicions; in
a moment of bad temper do not rush out and
tell lli«) neighbors; do not let any of those
gad-abouts of society unload in your bouse
their baggage of gab and tittle tattle; do not
stand on your rights; learn how to apolo
gize; do not bo so proud, or so stubborn, or
ho devilish that you will not make up. Re
member that l he worst domestic misfortunes
und most scandalous divorce cases started
from little infelicities Tho whole piled up
train of ton rail ears telescoped aud smashed
at the foot of au embankment 100 &et down
camo to that catastrophe by getting two or
threo inches off the track. Home of the great
est] domestic. misfortunes and the wide re
sounding divorce cases havo started irom
little misunderstandings that were allowed to
go on aud go on until home and reapcoUvbUt
Ity and religion ail immortal soul weu-
dowu in tho crash, crash!
And, fellow citizens as well as follow Chris
tians, let us have a divine rage against any
thing that wars on the marriage state,
messed institution! Instead of two urms to
light the batt le of life, four; instead of two
eyes to scrutinize the path of life, four; in
stead of two shoulders to lift the burden, of
life, four. Twice the energy, twice tho
courage, twice the h<»ly uu.bitToi), twice the
probability of worldly siociwh, twice tho
prospects of heaven, into the matrimonial
bower God fetches iwo souls. Outside that
bower room for all contention?, and n.l bick
erings, and all controversies, but iiuide tho
bower there is room for only one gueifl — the
ungel of love. Lot that angel stand at tho
floral doorway of tills Edenie bower with
drawn sword to hew down the worst foe of
that bower—easy divorce. And for every
paradise lost may thoro bo a paradise re
gained. Aud after wo quit our home here
may wo have a brighter home in heaven, at
the windows of which this moment are fa
miliar faces watching toe our arrival and
wondering why long we tarry.
Norwegian Settlement for North Carolina.
The Rev. Mr. Stiltwoit, a Norwegian Luth
eran minister or North Dakota, arrived iu
Durham, N. C.. a few days ago. He is vlsit-
uleher. Thou they will pause on the verge j that section with a view of selecting some
of that relation until they aro fully satisfied locality to which ho can bring a colony of bis
that it is best, and that it is right, and that fellow countrymen. His report of the con-
11. is happiest. Then wo shall have no more j ditions of the formers in some parts or the
marriage iu fun. Then nriAn and women will . Dukotas is truly doleful. He says there is a
not enter the relation with the'idea it is only j strong inclination on the part uf many Nor-
u trial trip, and if they do not like it they j wegians in the Northwest to remove Mouth,
.can get out at tho Und landing. Then tills wfoRdi they yegcwl nn u iqm’h inviting lhdq
whole question wj|l be UUeq opt of the frly-1 Jo,- th^n.