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P. C. SUTiON, Editor and Proprietor
DR, TALMAGE'S SERMON,
“PILLARS OF SMOKE.”
Text: “TF7io is this that outiof
the wildem ;ss lire pillar* if smoket'—Sol
omon’s Song, iii., (X
The arch tmtiueof the smoke it Wondrous
wheth.r God with His linger curls it into a
cloud,or rounds it into tv dome.or points it in
a spiro, or sp cculs it in a w,ng; or, as in tlie
text, hoists «t in a pillar. Watch it winding up
from the country farmhouse in the ,aC y
morning, showing that the pastoral indus
tries have begun; nr Me it as ending from
the chimneys of the city, felling of the
homes fed, tire fa tories turning out valu
able fabbric, the printing-presses preparing
book and newspaper, and all the ten thou
sand wheels of Work in motion. On a clear
■day this vap r spoken of mounts with such
buoyant y, and spreads such a delicate veil
across th -sky, ami tra< es such gi aceful lines
ot circle, semi-circle and nave, and to-ses,
awd sinks, and st ars, ana scatters with such
affluence 01 shape, and color, audsuggesti \ e
ne-s, that if you have never noticed it you
are like a man who has all his lie lived in
Haris ami yet never se n the Luxembourg,or
all his life in Rome and never seon the Vati
can, or all his life at Locvtol't and never
seen Niaga a. Forty-four times the Bible
*(oeaks of tlie smoke, and it is about time that
somebody preaches a sermon roc gi.i ing this
strange, weird, beaut ful, elastic, charming,
terrific and Iftscinatiug vapor. Across the
Bible s,y neats the smoke of .sina’, thesmoke
of Sodom, the a noke of Ai, the smoke of the
p t. tlie smoke of the vol anic hid; when God
touches them and in my tot the glorious
Church of God coming up out of the wilder
like | ilia' s of smoke.
In the first place, these pillars of smoke in
my text in li ate tlie suffering? the Church of
God has endured. What do I moan by the
Church? I mean not a building, not a sect,
but those who in all ages and all lauds, aud
of all beliefs, love God and are trying t j do
right. For many cent t ies the heavens have
been black with the smoke of martyrdom.
If set si le by s de you could girdle the earth
with the fires of persecution. Rowland Tay
lor burned at Hadlo'gh; I nti rer burned at
Oxford: John Rogers burned at Smithlield;
John Hooper .burned at Glou -ester: John
truss burned at Con-tauce; Laurence Faun
dors burned at Coventry; Jr an of Arc
burned at Rouen: Prote tauts have some
times pointed to the Catholi s as having
■a monopoly of persecutors; but both
Protestant and Catholic have praeti ed
infamous cruelties. The Catholi s during
the reign of Hunneric wore by Protestants
put to the worst t irture* stripped of their
clothing, hoisted in the a r by puil n s w th
weights suspended from their feet then let
down, and ears and eves, nose and tengue
were amputated, and red-hot plat s of iron
were put against the ten direst part of their
bodies. George Bancroft, the historian, says
of the State of Maryland: ‘‘ln the land which
Catholics had opened to Protestants mass
might not he said publicly: no Catholic
priest or bishop might utter his faith in a
voice of persuasion: no Catholic might
teach the young. If a wayward child
«f a Papist would but become an apos
tate, the law wrested for him from his
parents a share of their property. Such
•were the methods adopted to prevent the
growth of Popery.” Speaking of Ireland.
Bancroft, the historian, says: “Such priests
as were | ermitted to resi !e in Ireland were
required to be registered, and were ke .t
like prisoners at large within prescribed
limits. All Papists exercising ecclesiastical
jurisdiction, all monks, fria’s aud regular
priests, and all priests not then actuady in
parishes and tone registered were banished
from Ireland under rain of transportation,
and, on return, of being hanged, drawn and
quartered.”
Catholicism as well as Protestantism has
had its martyrs. It does seem as if when any
one sect got complete dominancy in any laud
the devil of persecution and cruelty took
possession of that s?ct. Then see the Cath
olics as ter the Hugenots. See the Gentiles
after the Jews in T uraine, where a great
pit was dug and fire lighted at the bottom of
the pit, and IHO Jewish victims were con
sumed. See the Presbyterian Parliament of
England, more tyrannical in their
treatment of opponents than had
been the criminal courts. Persecution
against the Ba tists by Po 10-Baptists.
Persecution of the Established Church against
the Methodist Church. Persecution against
the (juakers. Persecution against the Pres
byterians. Under Emperor Diocletian one
hundred and forty-four thousand Christians
were massacred, and seven hundred thou
sand more of them died from banishment
and exposure. Witness the sufferings of the
Wal lenses, of the of the
Nestorians. Witness St. Bartholomew's
massacre. Witness the Duke of Alva
driving out of life eighteen thou
sand Christians. Witness Herod, and
Nero, and Decius, and Hildebrand, and Tor
ouenmda, and Eari of M ntfort and Lord
Claverhouse, who. when told that he must
give account for his cruelties sai 1: “I have
no need to a count to man, and as for God I
will take Him in my own hands.” A red
line runs through the church history of ni e
teen hundred years, a line of blood. Not by
thehundre’s of thousands, but bv tb > mill
ions, must we count th' sc slain for Chr st’s
sake. No wonder John Ml ton put the r ans
of the martyrs to an i nmortnl tune, writing:
“Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints
whos ‘ bones
Lie s attered on the Alpine mountains
cold." 'Sb
The smoke of martyrs’ homes and mar
tvrs’ bodies, if r filing ur> all at once, woul 1
have ecli-sed the noomla • sun and turned
the hrl/hfext Bar the world ever saw into a
midnight. “ Who is this that oo’neth up out
of the wilf’e’mess like pillars "f smoke?’
H s p-Mse.-uton ceased' Ask that young
man who is trying to be a Chr st an in a store
or factory, who is the butt of all the mean
witte i-im- of unbelieving explores. Ask
that wife whore hrshin I makes her fondness
for the h'u-eof God and even her kneel
ing prayer by th -1 e islde a derision and is
no more ft for her holy comp anioship than
a filthy tow would lie ’fit companion for a
robin or a eoklen Tiole. Compromise with
the world and surrender to its convention
alities aDd it may let you alone, but ail who
will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer
persecution. Be a theatre going, card-play
ing. -vine drinking.round damn g Christian,
and vou mav es ape criti ism and so dal
pressure. But be an up and down, out and
out follower of Christ, and w .riding will
wink to worlding as he speaks your
name, and you will be put in many
a doggerel and snubbed by those not
worthy to blacken your oldest shoes.
When the bridge at Ashtabula broke
and let down the mo t of the carload of pas
sengers to instant death. Mr. P. P. Bliss was
seated on one side of the aisle of the 'ar
writing down a Christian song whi h he was
composi g. and on the o- her side a group of
men were piaving cards. Whose lan ling
place in eternity would you prefer--that of
P. P. Bibs, the Gospel singer, or of the ca d
pI K /great comnlaint comes from the thea
tres about the ladies’ high hats, be ause tb' y
•bstmet the view of the stage and a lady
reporter asked me the other day wha* 1
MT. VERNON. MONTGOMERY CO, GA„ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 88, 1887.
thought about it, and 1 told her that if the
i’ decent pi tunes of actresses in the show
windows of Brooklyn aud New York were
ac urate pictur . of what edes oil lit many
of the theatre* bight by night, then it. would
be well if ti:o ladies’ hats were a mile high,
ebfisto completely obstruct the vision. If
professed Christians go to such places during
tho week, no one will ever persecute them
for their religion, for they have none
and they are the joke of hell But let them
live a con e rated ah l Christ an liftt aud
t py will soon butt against sneering oppo
sition-. For a compromise Christiau
chara der an easy time now, but for conse
crated behavior, grimace aud caricature.
For tlie 1 ody, thanks to the God of free
Amerii a. (here are no swords or fierv stakes,
bat for the s >uls of thousands of the good,
in a figurative sense, ra-k, h’id gibbet, ami
T rquemado. The symbol or the dome-tic
and social &ttri private and public suffering
Os a great multitud ■ of God’s dear children,
pillars of smoke.
What an exciting scene in India when dur
ing the Sepov rebellion a regiment of High
landers came tin and found the dead bodv of
one of General Wheeler's daughters, who
lia l been insulted and mauled and stein by
the Sepoys. So great was the wrath against
these murderers that, the Scotch regiment
sat ’own. and cutting off the hair of this
dead rlau'dit T of General Wheeler, they
divided it among them, an i each one
counted tho number of hairs given
h'm, and each took on oath, which
was exempted, that for ea h hair of the
murdered daughter thev would dash out the
life of a miserable Sepov. But as we look
over the story of those w’ oin all ages have
suffered for the truth, while we leave ven
gpa"ce to the Lord, let us hand together in
nne solemn vow. one tremendous oath, after
liax’ing counted the host of 'ha mat ters, that
for each one of those glorious men and
women who died for the truth, .an immortal
soul shall live, live with God and livo for
e vor.
But, ns T already hinted in tho first sen
tence of this serai n, nothing can ho more
beautiful than the figures of smoke on a e’ear
skv. You ran °ee what you will in the con
tour of this volatile vaaor, now enchanted
ea«*les, now trnons of horsemen, now ban
ne ed proem-ion, now winged couriers, n w
a li'ae • angel of wrath under a spear of the
sunshine turned to an angel of light, an 1
now from horizon to horizon the air is a
picture gallerv filled with masterpieces of
Which God is the artist, morning clouds of
smoke born in the sunrise, and evening
clouds of smoke laid in the burnished sepul
ch' es of the «unset.
The beauty of th • transfigured smoke is a
divine symbol o” the beauty of tlie Church.
The fairest of all the fair is Ip. Do not call
those persecute s of whom T snoke the
Chur h. Thev are the parasites of the
Church, not the Church itself. Her miss'on
is to cover the earth with n sir ernatural
gladness, to ooen all the prison doors, to
bal -am all the wounds, to mos nil the graves,
to burn up the'tight in the fireola eof a great
morning, to change iron handcufis into dia
monded wristlets, to turn tho whole race
around, and whereas it faced death, com
manding it: “Right about fare for heaven ' ”
According to the number of tbo soires of the
churches in all our cities, towns.and neigh
bo hoods, are the good homes, the worldly
prosperities, anil the puro morals, and tho
happy souls.
Meet me ot any doont the world over, and
with my ey-s closed take nr bv the hand and
lead me so that my feet, w 11 not stumble, aud
xvithout my once looking down, or looking
on the level, take me to some high roof or
tower and let me see tops of the churches,
and I will tell you the proportion of suicides,
of arsons, of murders, of thefts. According as
the churches are numerous are the crimes
few. According as tho churches are few
the crimes ar • numerous. Tlr l most, beautiful
organization the world ever saw or ever will
see is the mncli-inaligned < hurch. the friend
of all good, the foe of all evil, “fair as the
moon and clear as tho sun.” Beautiful in
her author, beautiful in her mission, the
heroine of th ; centuries, the bride of Christ,
the queen of the nations. There are hun
dreds of kindly institutions, some car
ing for inebriat s, some for the crippled,
some for the imbedß, some for tho
mi led, some for the blind, but the Chur -his
the mother of all these kin llv institutions.
There are asylums, American, or English, or
Scotch, or Irish, or French, or Germany, or
Italian, but the Church spreads her mantle
over all these, and will yet spread it over all
nations. Her gates are beautiful, her
songs are beautiful, her prayers are
beautiful, her convocations are beauti
ful. her work is beautiful. All Kin s and
warriors will vet bow down at her altars, all
chains of serfdom be shattuel against her
doorstep, all nat ons will yet fellow her lead
ing. How amiable a r e thy tabernacles! How
sa re 1 thy altars! How glorious thy audito
riums! So gra eftil, so a-'firing, so grand,
and rolling on, and rolling up. we cry out
in regard to her: “ Who is she that oometh
out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke?"
Men may desecrate it. ns Cromwell when
he stabled his cavalry hors-s in St Paul’s
Cathedral: or break off the image of Christ,
as did the iconoclasts ; n York Min ter; or
hurl nga nst it august literary antipathi s.as
did Gibbon; or plot its ove thr w. as do some
in every community whose pride and hate
and debauche-y are re -trove 1 by the Ten
Commandments whi h it thunders, aud
the Sermon on the Mount which
it breathes. But it will stand
as long as the earth stands, the same unique,
and wonder-working, boatifi", and mira-n <
Bus thing for which God de-reed it. 8 t al!
wits tax their brain to sav things that will
j ut her at disadvantage, but many of them
xvili send for its condolence when dying, an l
their children will be gathered up under
its benedictions after the parental curse
has been removed. Through her gates
will march all tie influences for good
that snail ever reach our world. Take her
membership as a mass, not speaking of the
acknowledged exce tions. they are the no
bles', grandest, kindest.best men a d women
of the ag s But f,r t etn tha earth would
long ago have be n a burned-out volcano.
They have been the salt that ha-ke t the
human race from putrefa-tif n ins ifferable
either to human or a nge ic ol facto ies. You
lying and hypocrlti al world, shut up those
slanders about the Church of Christ, an in
stitution whi h, far fro n being what it
ought to be and never pretending to he per
f(.r t. is five hundred times better than any
oth'-r institution that the world ever saiv or
ever di eamtof. The highest honor I ever had,
and the highest hon r I shall ex’er receive,
and the highest honor I ever want is to have
my name on her records as a member. At
her altars 1 r-nente 1. At h-r sa- raments !
believed. In her service let me die. From
her doors let me be burie !. Oh, Chart hos
God’ Thou home of the righteous! Thou bar
hor from tempest! Thou refuse for the wearv!
Thou lighthouse of many nations! Thou
ty eof heaven! I rould kiss thy very dust
with ec tasy of affection
“For her my tears shall fall, •
For her mv prayers as-end.
To her my toii and cares be given
Till toils and cares shall end.”
“Perfumed smoke,’’ says Solomon, in the
words following rny text. Not like the fumes
coughed up from the throat of a steam-pipe,
or poisoned with the gases of chemical facto*
r es. or floating in black wrath iiom the -on
fiagration of home tends, or sulphurous from
b.azing batteries, but sw t as a burning
grove of cinnamon or ngie of sasa'ras,
or the odors of a temple en -er. ho is this
that cometh out o: the wilderness like pillars
of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frank
incense?” Hear if, men and women every
where, that the advance of the genuine
“SUB DEO FACIO FORTITER."
Church of Chi Is’ means peace for till nations.
Vidor Hugo, in his bo k entitle l “Niuety
three,’’says: “Nothing calmer than smolte
out noth tig more startling. There are pea as
’ul smoke- and there are evil ones The thi k
less and Color of a line of smoke make the
whole difference between war .ad peace, be
tween fraternit an I hatrel.Th -wh fiolian
liiiessof mail or liis comt le o misery s some
.i ties expressed in ties thin vapor which the
win 1 scatters at will. ” The great Krench
nau was right, but I go further and say that
is the Kingdom of God advances lie (til nrs
>f smoke, the blade volumes 1 elcliing from
vittcries of war and > curing out from port
io!es of ships will vanish front tilt sky;
A distinguish >d General of the bite xvar
.old mo recently that Abraiitiul Lincoln nt'o
iused to avoid our civil rout'd t by purchaso
ts all theslttvCsof the -ou hail I totting them
he ', lie calculated what w til l be a tea
loifnb'e ; rice for them, and, when the hum'
:er of milli< ns of dollars that would he ro
.uirc-d for such a pm pose was announced,
the proposition was scouted, aiul the Nort h
would not have i: ado the offer and the
oc.th would not. have accepted it
f made. "But, said my military
h'iond, “tiie war went on an 1 just the niini
icr of millions ot dollars that Mr. Lincoln
•al ulatod would 1 ave l> en enough to niak •
i reasonable pure use of all t o slaves, were
; tent in war, lies tics all tlie pro. ions 1 v s
;hat were luirle l away in the two hundred
lid fifty battes,” In other words, there
Mi. lit to bo omo other way for ito n to set
;!e their controvert es without wholesale
) itch try.
The Cimrcli of God will yet become tho
irblterof nations. If the world would allow
it, it could to-day s ! ep in bo'.w on Germany
inti France and settle the trouble about Al
;ace and Lorraine, and between Russia a id
Bulgaria, and lietwe n England and her an
tagonists, and between all tiie other nations
that are vying at each other s throats, and
ommarnl pea o and disband armies,
and harness for the plow th • war
horse now being hit bd to Ammunition
wagons, or sa idled for cavalry char o.
That time must come, or, through tlie in
creased facility for shooting men and blow
ing up cities and whelming lio-ts to ins ant
d nth, so that we can kill a regiment easier
than we could on e kill a company, and kill
a brigade easier than wo could once kill a
regini -nt, the patent offices of the world
more busy than ever i t recognizing new
enginery of destru tion, tho human
race will, alter awhile, go fi liting with
one arm. and hobbling with one foot, and
-tumbling along with one eye. nnd some in
genious inventor inspired of the archangel
ot all mischief, will contrive a ma bin • that
will bo'e a hole to the earth’s center, ami
some desperate nation will throw into that
bole enough dynamite to blow t his hulk of a
planet into fragments, dropping lie in •-
tcoric stones on surrounding steliar habita
tions.
But this shall not ho, for whatever else I
let go, I han? on to my Bible, which tolls
rue that the blncksm th’s -hop shall yet t o tie
to its grainiest use when the warrior and the
husbandman shall enter it si lo by side, and
tho soldier shall throw into ils bank of (ires
his sword, a-d the farmer shall pb'k it
up a ?ilo tghshare, and the sfraightest
s'tear shall he bent into a crook at. ea li end,
and then cut in two, and what was one spear
sha'l be two priming hooks. Down with
Molo h and up witli Christ! Let no more
war-horsos cat oi.tul the manger where Jesus
was born.
I’eaee! Forever roll off the skv tho black
pillars of smoke from tho Marengos and
Balaman - os and Borodinos and ( ettysburgs
of earth! And right after them, nfll into
the heavens tho t eaceful vapors from the
chimneys of farmhouses, and asylums, ami
churches, anti capitals of Christian nations
and. as the sunlight strikes through
these vapors they will write in letters
of jet and gold all over til ‘ skv from horizon
to zenith: “Glory to God in the highest,and
on earth peace, good will to men!’’ Then let
all tiie men-of-wnr tiro a broadside, ami all
the forts thunder forth a resounding volley,
and tlie earth lie girdled with tiie cannonade
over tlie final victory of the truth.
While th ! nking of the e tilings I looked out
from my window, and the wind was violently
blowing. And I saw from many chimneys
the smoke tossed in the air and whir'ed i t
great velocity, volume alter volume, fold
after fold, and carried on the swift, win 1
were the great pillars of smok •. And helned
by Solomon in the text I saw the speed of
the chur h syrnboli ed. Do yon realize
tic momentum the Church of God is under?
Why, the smoke of a ohimnev on tho top of
Mount Washington when tho wind is blow
ing sixty miles the hour, is slow as com
pared with the celerity of good influences.
For fifty-nine centuritß the devil had it, bl
own way among the nations. Nearly all the
great, missionary movements have been
started within the century, and sec what one
century has done to recover tiie world from
fifty-nine centuries of devastation. What
great revivals' What eighty < hurelie
What, saved million-' What ad vane n;r <i v
ilizat on! In all tho Unite! States, Great
Britain, Ireland, Franco, Germany, Ital>
full freedom to worship Go I according to con
s uence. Along the coasts of China, Japan and
Africa tho batteries are planted whi ii are ti
take all these empires for God ami oivili a
tiou. From the ruins of Babylon and As
Syria, and Nineveh anti tho valleys of th
Nile, confirmations have been oxh lined pr <v
ing to all <air-minded men that, the Bible is
the truest b ,ok ever wr.tf.en. Tiie mythol ,■
gies of Egypt were found to have embodied
in them tiie knowledge of man’s expulsion
from Paradise, and the sacrifice of a great
emancipator. Moses's account of the t reat on.
corroborated by the hammer of Christ an
geologists: the oldest profane writers like
Hiromus, Heianicu', anti Berosus, confirm
ing the Bible account of ancient longevity;
Tacitus and Iffiny confirming the Bible
account, of destroyed Hodom and Gotnor
rah; Tacitus and Porphyry telling the
same story of Christas Matthew and Luke
told: Maerobius t filing of the rnassa'-re ot
children in Bethlehem, and Phlegon sket, fil
ing the darkne-s at the crucifixion. It is de
mo st rated to all honest men that it is not so
certain that William Cullen By. act wrote
Thanatopsis or Longfelloy wrote Hiawatha,
as that God by the haul of. pro het and
apostle wr te the Bible. AT tho wise men
in s' ience and law and medicine and litera
ture and merchandise are gradually corn tig
to believe in Christianity, aud soon their
will be no pemle who disbelieve in it extent
those "onsoicuous for lack of brain or men
with two families who do not like the Bibh
beeau-e it rebukes their swinish nror.en ities.
The time is hastening when there will be
no infidel- loft ex cent librtines and harlots,
and mur ierers. Millions of Christians where
once there w. re thousands, and thou aids
whee on e there were hundreds. What a
bright e ening this, the evenin' of
the ninete nth ce itury; and the twen
tieth century, which will dawn in
thirteen years from now, will.in my opinion,
bring universal victory for Christ and the
Church, that now is marching on with ste t
double- uick. or, if you prefer the figure of
th- te t is being s vept on in tho might ’
gales of blessing imposing and grand and
ma e ti" and swift, like pillars of smoke.
•‘Oh, come into tiie Church through Christ
the door, a do r more gioriou , t h i : that < f
the T -m- le of Hercules, wide , had two pil
iar-.and one was gold and the other emerald!
Come in to-day! Co ne in and i<e one of tn ■
eternal victors' The world veil leaf behind
is a poor wot 11, a- d it will born and p.i . oil
like pillars o! smoke Whether the final con
fl- gration xvili sta-t in the coal mines o
Pennsylvania whit h n some t laces, have sot
many year- been b. rnin • anl eating inti
the heart of the mountains: or whether it
•boll begin near the ( ai,forma gevs rs. or
whether from out the furna s ot Cotopaxi
and \ osuviu-and Sti'o'.ibioli, it, shall burst
forth upon tho astonished nations. I make
no prophecy, but all geologists tell us
that «e stand on tho lid of a world
the heart of which i- a raging flame,
and after a while tile probability i- tliattliese
red niousters will burst out of their impris
onment of cent tildes, mid it will be a bla-o
tliat, wi 1 bo seen in ether world . But altera
wliiie tit se liaines will begin to expire and
they will go .mm. and the round globe will
lien living coni, and after that the living coal
will take on an ashen line. Then it will beg.ii
to smoke, and tho mountains will smoke,
and the va'leys will smoke, and
the islands will -moke, and tho sat will
smoko. and the live continents will ,
bo five 1-1 1 lari- of smoko, ami then
these columns of vrtp »• all begin to lose tueii
ileus ty. ami the/ will 10-soti. rt d thev can
hardiv h • - 'on n >w hs fro n the sky galleries
the in irtlt t nits of "tli f worlds w.iteli them.
I'innlly, l lie o will bo only oile curling
vapor of smoke. Then that will vanish,
and there will be nothing left
but the charred hulk of a burned out world,
thecoi'nso of a dead star, the ashes of an ex
tinguish,si planet, a lailen pillar of smoko.
But. that will not. li id any of your invest
nients if vou have made the L rd your por- f
tion. Frotn your heavenly homo you can
l u>k down up n a dismantled, disrupted and j
demolished arth without anv (lerturbation.
AVhon wrapped in iiro the realms of ether
clow.
And Heaven’s last thunder shakes the earth
s below.
Thou undismayed shalt o’er tho ruins smile.
Aud light thy torch at Nature’s funeral
pile.
A SHOCKING AFFAIB
The County Seat of (Jllmrr County, <sn. f Fla*
a Sltot'liiiiu Sensation.
A big sensation lias been developed in I
Sllijay, Ga. On Sunday night the fain- ;
ily of John E. Njwborry was reposing in
sleep, and the first intimation he had of
the impending danger was the unlooked
for appearance of three burly men, dis
guised, with a lamp, a double-barrel
shotgun and a thirty-eight Smith it
Wesson pistol. lie jumped out of bed
and they proceeded to beat him with a
large hickory stick about four feet long,
twisted at one end, the other end being
about as large as a man’s wrist. During
th<- nudee which ensued Newberry’s wife
tore f.way the masks of two of them, and
saw who they were. lie told them i f
they would let him go he would not tell
who th y were, whereupon they replied
with an oatli that thev would kill him.
His wife seized the gun and wrenched ii
from the man who held it, when lie
grabbed her by the hair of tlie head and
jerked her down. They then seized
Newberry by tho hair of his head and
dragged him some twenty steps from the
house and knocked him down with a
mar, 1 , and, thinking him dead, skipp d
out.’ Newberry and liis wife fought des
perately for their lives, and when they
dragged him out of the house her
screams brought Mr. David Howler, a
brother-in-law of Newberry. He found
Newberry in an unconscious condition,
liis shoulders, tlie back of his neck terri
bly beaten and bruised. His body Mon
day morning was bloodshot and black
looking, and his neck swollen larger than
a man’s double fist.
Newberry was accused of reporting
men in that community to the revenue
department, and this affair is supposed
to be the outgrowth of malice towards
him from some parties who suspected his
reporting. A brother of Newberry stated
to an attorney that, some other party had
been reporting and gave his brother’s
name as a witness, and when required to
he swore what he knew as a truthful
man.
AN ECCENTRIC MAN.
The Birmingham Crank A«aln Loose In New
York City.
A New York special to the Atlnnta
Constitution lias this much to sav of A.
B. Austin formerly of Birmingham Ala.:
Mr. A. 8. Austin, the wealthy capitalist
of Birmingham, Ala., whose eccentrici
ties have caused general comment during
the past two or three weeks, has once
more come to the front, ft appears that
a few years ago he invested some money
in real estate in Birmingham, Ala. This
purchase proved so rich a speculation
through the industrial development, that
when he sold out last November, he found
biinseif in possession of a fortune esti
mated at between two and three hundred
thousand dollars. Bince then it seems to
have been his object to get rid of liis
money as speedily as possible, His rela
tions, thinking him insane, have taken
steps to restrain him. To this course he
has made a violent protest in a communi
cation to an afternoon paper. In it ho
gives tlie story of his arrest and exami
nation for insanity.
Many remarkable stories are current
regarding him. He claimed to tell an
honest man by looking him in the eye.
He one day walked up Broadway, with
his pocket overflowing with five dollar
gold pieces. Accosting strangers, gazing
in their eyes, and if they passed liis scru
tiny, slipping a gold piece into their
hand. He inserted the strange adver
tisements in the newspapers. One stated
that he would speak of important mat
ters to the general public, and would en
gage the Metropolitan opera house for
the purpose. He frequently, it is alleged,
carried a satchel containing thousands of
dollars in greenbacks, and was never par
ticular about receiving change for #lO
hills. It is supposed that his sudden ac
crued wealth turned his head. In many
respects he was perfectly rational.
tJOCKXiUT AT FHUAMUBIA.
Monday morning the Clothing Ex
change of Philadelphia, Pa., carried out
its threat and the Clothing manufactur
ers composing timt body closed the doors
to cutters who are Knights of Labor.
I'iie latter are defiant, and are determined
to light the employers to the end. The
lockout throws 1,000 cutters out of em
ployment and fully ten times that riuni
oer of others who depend on them for
employment.
HOUSEHOLD MATTLitis.
“I.ot Oiit."
TTo'v fast the arms of liftfc people
lengthen. Yory few of their apron- arid
dre.—es but that tho sleeves must he
changed hc ore tho garment is outgrown
or o .tworn. It is well to make allow- i
mice for growth when making sleeves,
either by a tuck whose edge isconcialed
un lor or at. edge of trimming, or by
turning in at arm pit. I’»ut in either ease
the goods, win n faded, plainly show
where the thrifty seamstress has “let
out" tlie sh ove.
For gingham dresses that will wear but
fade, try turning a deep lioni at the waist, ;
edging it with pretty colored braid.
Now turn li.tek this hem like a curving
cuir—n stitch or two will hold it in place
—till the little arm needs the additional
length of sleeve.
Directions for Cleaning.
It Is quite desirable to have something
with which to sweep carpets, to prevent
raising a dust and to brighten tlie colors.
Probably tiie safest and best way is to
take half a package of soft paper and
cut or tear it into hits not over an inch
square. Wet it mid press out tlie water;
then scatter it over the carpet. It should
not fall in large lumps, but ho picked
apart, so that it will cover almost an en
tire room. When tlie broom ia used It
will roll into little ba 1-, and, as it is
swept over tlie carpet will take tho dust
up quit. ■ thoroughly. Some housekeep
ers o over the carpet the second tiaie
with clean paper Very coar o salt used
dry is good. I f the house lias damp cor
ners it should be used sparingly, ns salt
lias a tendency to attract moisture. Wet
lea- es are used by some country families.
( tie old lady has a quantity ol cuttings
of calico and white goods These she
moistens and throws over tlie carpet.
When slio is done tho scraps go into a
tub of water, are whirled about, and then
thrown upon an old wire screen, where
they dry, and ar?' clean for tho next
time.
Brooms should always he hung up by
a ring iu the top of the handle. If they
are sot upon the floor, especially while
dump, they get out of shape, and the
ends Os tho bra h are curved out, ren
dering them almost useless. Do not
stand them up with the brush upper
most. If they are damp tho water will
soak into the body of the broom, and not
onlv rust the; xviie or rot the cords with
which the broom is made, but will make
the broom straws smell musty and disu
greoabie, and finally rot them altogether.
Mops an I window brushes also should
lie hung up by the handles.
A great deal is said about cleaning old
brass. Probably liie best method for
doing this is to pour very strong jiinnio
n a over the brass, and then thoroughly
s rub it, with n regular scrubbing brush.
After the minutes of labor the brass will
become as clear, bright and shining as
new metal. Then rinse it in clear water,
and wipe dry. After weeks of standing
there will be no sign of discoloration or
dimness. During the process of cleaning
it the ammonia vapor may turn the brass
a dark bronze-like color, hut tho direct
application of tlie liquid will remove it
at once.
Recipes
Boiled Beef’s Tonoi i: Boil in plen
ty of water till very tender. If a salt
tongue is used, cither soak it in water
over night before cooking, or pour off
the first water in boiling. While warm,
remove the skin.
Fink At'iM.t. HrtfTTMics—Peel some fine
apples, cut them into neat slices, remove
the cores and trim tln m nicely, set them
to ’oak an hour or two in lemon juice
and powdered sugar and grated lemon
peel, and then roll them in flour fry
them of a good color, and sprinkle them
with sugar. The apples for fritters should
be firm, but ripe.
< oitN Bur ai> —One-hnif pint of white
corn meal and an equal quantity of Hour,
one-half pint of sweet milk, one table
spoonful of sugar, one-half tca«poonfut
of salt, one tea poonful of soda and two
of cream of tartar, or three small tcu
spoonfuis of baking-powder; two egg)
and one tablcspoonfiii of butter. Btir
butter and sugar together,add the egg-,
then the milk and salt, and last the dry
ingredients. Tlie flour, meal and bak
ing powder, or soda and cream of tartar,
should he stirred together and sifted
twice. Beat thoroughly and pour in a
well-greased pan not much deeper than
a pie tin. Bake til a broom straw run
in will be dry. Serve hot.
Blek Stock —To make this merely for
tlie stock, get a knuckle of beef and sep
srate the beef Irorn the hones, cutting it
into small pieces. Break tlie hones also,
and add to this one quart of water for
each pound of meat. When it begins to
boil, remove the scum, bo careful to do
this so long as it rise-. Bet the soup
kettle where it will simmer for live or six
hours, or until the substance of the meat
is thoroughly extracted. Then afid salt
sutlicient to season it. and skim out the
me?it. Btrain tlie liquid, and put it
away to cool and for the frit t > rise.
When entirely cold, remove the fat a id
there will remain a firm,gelatinous mass,
which can be u-ed in soups, gravies, etc.
Depth of American Lakes.
A recent note in tho Chicago Tri’mne
call' d attention to < rater Lake of Ore
gon, as being tho deepest lake in tho
United States. The current literature
shows an extended discussion on this
point, with some suggestive data. The
following table of depths is given by
Mr. John f.s Fonts i nbcienct:
I/ifjht above Oreateet
Same of Ixike. the ten level. dej>th.
Superior 1,010
Michigan &A
H uron ... 582 'TO.i
Erie *^3
Tahoe 6,347 1.(45
Ciater 1,290
A man of flccda—the C ounty Recorder.
: Chicago Bml.
VOL. 1. NO. 51.
THE WO. _D’S WAY.
At TTaroun's ronrtit chanced upon a tlrr^
An Arab poet made this pleasant rhyme:
“Tim new moon is a hor.cshoc, wrought ol
God,
Wherewith Ilia Sultan’s stallion shall be
shod"
On hearing this, hi* ITighnoss smiled, ani
\ gave
Tho man a gold-pioco. Sing again, O slave!
Above his luto tho happy singer bent,
And turned another graceful compliment.
And, as bofore, tho smiling Sultan gave'
The man a sekkah. Sing again, O slavel
Again tho vevso enmo, fluent a3 a rill
That wanders, silver-footed, down a hill.
The Sultan, listening, nodded as bofore.
Still gave thogold, and still demanded mare.
The nimble fancy that had climbed so high
Grew weary with its climbing by and by:
Strange discords rose; the sense wont aput*
amiss;
Tho singer’s rhymes refused to meet and kiss:
Invention (lagged, tho luto had got unstrung,
And twice ho sang tho song olroady sang.
Tho Sultan, furious, called a mute, and said:
“O Mu-ta, straightway whip mo oft his
head!”
I’oetsl not in Arabia alone
You got bolieaded whou your skill is gone.
—T. li. Aldrich.
PITH AND_ POINT.
The world owes us nil a living; but
tho great dilliculty is to collect U.
Puck.
Harvard boys call tho female depart
ment of the Unlvorsty the “Ann X.”—-
JJu lington Free Pn xs.
The greatest reformer of tho age was
the inventor of the bustle, which has re
formed nearly every woman. — Philadel
phia Herald.
“Doctor,” said the friend, stopping
him on the street, “what do you take for
a heavy cold;" “A fee,” replied the
doctor softly, and so passed on.—Bor
det/e.
She—“ Yes, wo had a splendid time
last summer. Four other Va sir girls
and I took a tramp through the Adiron
dacks.” lie—“ Did the trump have a
good time?”— Life.
Now doth tho old folks hug tho frro,
Their shivering to smother,
Wlide safe witli ti the parlor, snug,
The young folks hug erh other.
Vt aslilngton Cntic.
“What in a hero?” asks an exchange
A hero is a man who can pass a crown:
of boys engaged in making snowballs
without turning his head to make sure
that they have no dc-ign on him. —New
Harm News.
Tin re was a mis ionary concert at a
Rockland church the other evening, and
among other things was a paper on mis
nionary work read by a young lady.
When she had finished the leader ol the
meeting said: “Wo will now sing‘Hal
lelujah, ”1 is Done.’ ’ Whereat every
body smiled.— Horklar.d Courier-UazetO
WOOD BUT NOT WON.
Ho stands beside tho open door
In garments poor and thin.
And yet ! do admire him more
Than those that fortune win.
Ilis look is manly, and his eye
Is shining tier- o and bright—
I love to saunter idly by—
lie’s such a manly sight.
His limbs are stout and nobly planned.
His brow is hi ill and fa r.
Alone this splendid youth doth stand
lieside the tlioroughlare.
Had I the power Pygmalion had
With every nerve I d plan
To bring to lifo that noble lad —
My wooden Indiun! .
—Cleveland Sun and Voice.
Phenomena of the Ocean.
The pilot chart of the North Atlantic
ocean, recently arrived at tho hydro
graphic ofiice in the .Maritime exchange,
contains -everiil interesting notes. The
Fnglish ship Struan reports that when
south of the pass' s of the Mississippi a
number ol waterspouts we e encountered.
The sky was at first cloudy. It cleared
rapidly, however, and the vessel was
suddenly surrounded by the columns of
water. No less than eighteen of tho
spouts w.-re counted, and some were so
close to the ship that it was found neces
sary to change her course in order to
avoid them. A (juall suddenly appeared
and dispersed them.
Captain Selberg, oi the German bark
China, mentions a curious uc mstic
phenomenon. When on the < holera
thinks, entering New York Harbor, he
hea d the handy Hook light-vessel s fog
signal very plainly, and aft' rw.trd, ap
proaehing nearer, i e could not hear a
sound from it until his batk was almost
abreast of the vessel.
Captain Gregory,of the British schoon
er I aura K. Messer, while about one
hundred miles cast of the capes of Dela
ware, threw a bottle containing a postal
card into the Gulf Stream, as he sup
posed. Nearly a month afterward the
bottle was picked up otf the coast of
North Carolina, where the postal card
was mailed. It has always been sup
posed that the northeasterly i ourse of the
current was strong in the locality where
the bottle was thrown, and the course it
took is ant easily explainable. —New
York Commercial Adrerti er.
Sixty Whales Captured.
A lart/e school of whales was lately
captuicd at Cullivoe Yell, Shetland,
after a very exciting The whales
first approached the Unit rhores, and
when observed a number of boats set out
in pursuit. They succeeded, however,
in gaining the water, but, after a six
hour's base, they were driven ashore
and killed at Cullivoe The school num
b-rs over sixty, some of them UKASoiing
over twenty feet in length.