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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, CA. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17 188» TALMAGE’S SERMON. PBBACHBD IN THB BROOKLYN TA- BBRNAOL1. On tu# ■nbj««»-"*r»wn ui Bn-mon on Elision by tba (union of Protohott—Dr. T(l«- DUconrio Yntordijr Mornlng- Olx Tftonund VoIom ta OBoro*. r Bkooeltn, N. Y., Novambsr 15.—[Special.] Thera *ii AH overflowing ntlondnnco sttha tnbernecle thie morning, tni the i.rvieo wu intensely intereeling throughout. Mutleal eelectlone included »n organ lo'.oby Prolouir Henry Eyre Brown, nnmely, »on»t» No. 1, In D minor, by Gullmnnt. An ImpreMive chnr. nctorietic of the voonl mmio at Dr. Talmago'a tabernacle ia the singing by the entire congre gation. Bin thousand voices blended, those of ion, women and children, make a noble cho- The opening hymn was: "Am I a xoldlcr ol the cross, A follower of ue Lamb!" Dr. Talmage expounded the chapter in the book of Samnel, where David is called, while watching sheep, and annointed king, the (preacher remarking that God alwayscalls ; busy people and never calls idlers, and that there were fishermen yawning in the sun on the bank of Galilee, too lazy to move, and got no divine recognition, while the honors of discipleship came to thole who were mending their nets. The text was taken from Judges, xiv, 1: "And Samson went down to Tim* nath.” The subject of the sermon was "Brawn and Muscle.” Dr. Talmage said: There are two sides to the character o! Sam son. The one phase ot hie life if followed Into particulars would administer to the grotesque and the mirthful; but there Isa phase of hie character fraught with lessons of solemn and eternal Import. To these graver lessons we devote this discourse. This giant no doubt in early life gave evidence of what he was to be. It ia almost always so. There were two Na poleons—the boy Napoleon and the man Na- S ‘ ion—but both alike) two Howards—the Howard and the man Howard—but both e; two Samsons—the boy Samson and the man Samson—but both alike. This giant was no donbt the hero of the playground and noth ing could stand before hie exhibitions of J outhful prowess. At eighteen years of age e was betrothed to the daughter of a Philis tine. Going down towards Timnatb a lion came out upon him. Although this young giant was weaponless, he seised the monster by the long mane and shook him as a hungry hound shakes a March hare, and made its bones crack and lelt it by the wayside bleeding under the smit ing of his fist and the grinding of his heel. Passing along, after awhile, the same place, ho turned into the thicket to see the remains of the monster he had slain. Under the hot climate all the perishable par ticles of the lion had. disappeared, and under the rain and the sun the skeleton had been washed and bleached until It was as pure and as white as a vase of porcelain. Into this skeleton the bees had gathered their honey —the sweetaess of grass tops, the juiceof the pomegranite, the aroma of the wild flowers which had stood In the gloom of the thickets, pale nuns in nature’s oonvent On the wed ding day Samson had propounded a riddle— a riddle so foolish that it has been regarded as a warning for those who, without talent for facetiousness, attempt it. By the treachery ot his wife the riddle was easily guessed bytho Philistines, and Samson in hts indignation slew thirty r---’- ”—*■— ‘ wrongdonanl foxes, and these terrified creatures in their alarm rush into the corn shocks and vlneyarde until the whole land Is ablaze with the deso lation. Surrounded one day by three hundred men, this giant picks up a jawbone from the - ^wayside and mows down armed men, ns in a harvest field the full head grain tumbles un der the awing of the sickle. There he stands looming up above other men a mountain of flesh; his arms bunched with muscle that can lift the gate ol a city, taking on attitude defiant of everything. His hair had never been cut, and it rolled down in seven great plaits over his shoulders, adding to his fierceness and terror. The Philistines want to conquer him and therefore they must find out where the secret of his strength lays. There Is a dissolute woman living in the valley of Sorek by the name of Deli lah. They appoint her the agent in the ease. The Philistines are secreted In the same build ing and then Delilah goes to work and coaxes Samson to tell what is the secret ot his strength. "Well,” he says, -"If you should take seven green withes sueh as they fasten wild beasts with, and put them around me I should bo perfectly powerloss.” So ehe binds him with the seven green withes. Then she claps her hands and says: "They come— the Philistines I” and he walks out as though there were no Impediment. She coaxes him again and says: "Now tell me the secret of this great strength)" and he replies: "If you should take some ropes that have never been used and tie me with them, I should be juit like other men.” She ties him with the ropes, claps her hands and shouts, "They comc-the Philistines I” He walks out as easily as he did before—not a single obstruc tion. She coaxes him again and he says: "Now if you should take theso seven long plaits of hair and by this house-loom weave them into a web, I could not get away.” Bo the house- loom ia rolled up and the shuttle flies book ward and forward, and the long plaits of hair are woven Into a web. Then she claps her hands and says: "They come—the Philis tines I” He walks out aa easily as he did be fore, dragging a part ol the loom with him. But alter awhile the persuade him to tell the truth. He sayai "If vou should take a razor or shears and cut off this long hair, I should be powerless and in the hands of my enemies." Samson sleeps and that she may not wake him up during the process ot shearing, help is called it,. You know that the barbers of the East have such a skillful way of manipulating the head to this very day, that Instead or waking up a sleeping man, they will put* man, wide awake, sound asleep. I hear the blades of the shears grinding against each other, and I see the long locks falling off. Tho shears or razor accomplishes what I ireen withes and .new ropes and house- oorns could not do. Suddenly she claps her bands and says: "The Fhillsuues be upon thceSsmsonr’ He rouses up with a struggle but his strength is all gone. Ha Is la the hands of his enemies. I hear the groan of tbs giant as they take his eyes out, and then I sss him staggering on In blablindnsasJMUng hie way ta ha goat on towards Gate. The prison deer is open and the giant ia thrust In. He aita down and puta hit handa on the mill, erank, which, with exhausting horizontal mo tion, goat day altar day, weak after weak, month after month—work, work, srorkl Tho consternation of the world In eiptrotr, hie loebe shorn, hit eyes punctured, grinding corn inGtsel First of all behold In thie giant of the text that physical power ia not an index of moral power. He waa a huge man. The lion found it out ind tho three thousand peo ple whom ho slow found it out. Yet ho was Urn subject of petty revenges and ontgianted by low passion. I am far from throwing any discredit upon phyaieal stem, ina. There era these who seem to have grael admiration for delicacy of and slskusu of constitution. I never could see any glory in weak nerve* or sick headache. Whatever ef fort in our day is made to msk# tho men and women mor* athletic should have the lavor ot every good eilicen ta well aa of every Chrla- tian. Gymnastics may b* positively religious. Cord people someliose* arerib* to a witked heart what they ought to ascribe to a alow liver. The body and the soul are inch near neighbors that tbsy often catch each other'a diseases. These who never saw a sick day and who, like Hercules, show the giant in the cradle, have more to answer for than these who are the subject* of lifetime infirmities. Ha who can lift twice as much as you can and walk twice as far and work twice as long, will have a double account to give in the judgment. How often Is it that you do net find physical energy indicative of spiritual power. If a clear head ia worth more than one dizzy with perpetual vertigo) if muscles with the play of health in thorn are worth more than those drawn up la chronic rheumatism) If an eye quick to catch passing objects is better thauone with vision dim and uncertain,then God will raquireot us efficiency just in proportion to what bo ha* given ns. Physical energy ought to bo a type of moral power. We ought to have just as geed digestion of truth as wo have capacity to assimilate food. Our spiritual bearing ought to bo aa gcod as our physical hearing; our •pirltual taste ought to be as clear ai our tongue. Samson* in body, wo ought to bo giants in moral power. But where you find a great many men who realize that they ought to use their money aright end nsa their intelligence aright, how few men you find aware of the fact that they ought to see their physical organism aright. With every thump ot tho heart there is some thing saying: "Work! work I” and lost wo shemd complain that we have no tools to work with, God gives ua our handa and feet with every knuckle, and with every joint, and with every muscle, saying to ua: "Lay hold and do something I” But how often it is that men with physical strength do not servo Christ. They are like a ship full-mannad and fail- rigged, capable of vast tonnage,ablt to endure oil stress of weather, yet swinging idly at the decks when these men ought to be crossin, and recrotsing the great ocean of human snf bring and sin with God’s supplies of morcoy. How often it is that physical strength ie uasd In doing positive damage or in luxurious care, when, w ith sleeves rolled up and brons- ed boiom fearless of tho shafts of opposition, it ought to be laying hold with all its might to lift up this sunken wreck of a world. It Ii a most shameful fact that much of the bust nets ol tho church and ot tbe world must be done by those comparatively invalided. Bicbard Baxter by reason of his diseases all his days silting in the door of the tomb yet writing more than a hundred volumes and sending out an irfluence for good that will endure ea long aa the "Saints’ Everlasting Best.” Edward Psyson never knowing a well day, yet how be preached and how ha wrote, helping thousands ot dying souls liks bimselftoswim fusses or glory I And Rob ert MeCbeyne, a walking skeleton, yet you know wbst bo did in Dundee and how ho shook Scotland with seal for God. Philip Dcddrldge, advised by his friends becausa of his illness net to enter tho ministry, yet you known wbat he did for tho "Rise and Progress of Religion” in the ehureh an 1 in the world. Wilberforce, told by bis doctors that be could not live a fortnight, yat at that vsry lime entering upon philanthropic enter prises that demanded the greatest enduranco and persistence. Robert Hall suffering ex cruciations, so that sometimes while preach ing he would have to stop and real a little, and then getting up sgafn would preseh about heaven until the glories of the celestial city dropped on the multitude, doing moro work ptrnsps than almost any well man in his day, Oh, how often it ia that men with great physi cal endnrance are not so groat in moral and spiritual stature I While there are achieve- meats for tboss who are bent all their days with tickneae, achivemonta of patiencs, schivements of prayer, achievements of self- dtnitl, •chlavsments of Christian endurance, 1 call upon men of health, men of muscle, men of nerve, men ot physical power, to de vote themselves loth* Lord, Giants in body, yon ought to bo giants in soul. Behold also in this story of my text illustra tion of the fact of the damage that strength can doff it be misguided. It ssems to mo that this man of my text epant a great deal of bis timo in doing evil. To pay a debt which be had loet by tbe guessing or his riddls ho robs and kills thirty people. He was not only glgactie in stringth nut glgsntie ia mischief, and a type ol thoeo men in all ages of the world who, powerful in body or nrind or in sty faculty of social position and wealth,bavo used their strength in iniquitous purposes. It is not the small, weak men of the day who do the damage. These small men who go swear ing and loafing about yonr stores and shops and banking houses, befouling the air with their breath and insnltiug your floor with their iniquitous saliva, smiling Christ ind the blble and the ohurch. they do not do the damage. They have no influence. Bnt it is the giants of the day, the misguided giants, giants in physical power, or giants in mantel acumen, or giants in so cial position, or giants in wealth, who do the damage) the men with sharp pan that stab religion, or who throw their poison aU through our literature; the men who use the power ot wealth to sanction iniquity, and bribe justice and make truth and honor bow to thair golden sceptre. Misguided giants! Look out for them. In the middle of tho latter part ol the lest century no doubt there were thouians of men in Peris and Edinburgh and London who bated God and blasphemed the nam* ol tho Almighty. Hut they did but lit tle mil chief. They were small men. But there were giants m those days. Who can calculate the soul-havoo of a Rousseau going on with t very enthusiasm of iniquity, with fiery imagination seising upon all the Impul sive natures of his days or David Hume, who employed his fits as a spider employs his summer, in spinning out silken wsbs to trap tho unwary | or Voltaire, marshalling a great host ot i Coptics and leading them out In tho dark land ot Infidelity; or Gibbon, who showed an uncontrollable grudg* against re ligion in his history ofono ot the most fotcin- ating period's of the world’s exlateoeo, tho _..ng , Decline and Fall ot the Roman Empire, a book In which with all Ur* splendor* of his genins ho magnified tho errors of Christian disciples, while with a sptrentsa ot vole* that never etn bo forgiven, he treated of the Christian heroes of whom the world wee not worthy- 0, men ot stout physical health, men of giant mental stature, men of high social position, men of great strength of any eort, I want you to understand your S ower, f want you to know that that power svoted io God will bo a crown on earth to you typical of a erown in heaveul But mis guided, bedraggled in sin, administrative of evil, God will thunder against you with his condemnation in the^day whenjmillioneiro and pauper, master and slave, king and subject, •hall stand lid* by aid* In the judgment, and money bags and judielal ermine and royal robca •hall b* riven with lightnings. Behold sleo how a giant may b* etain of a eorccrcis. Delilah slotted the train of clrcutn- ■taneea that pulled down tho temple of Logon about Sempeon’a ears. And tone of thousands of tiuti have gont down to dtath and boll through the same Impure foaeiustiont. _ It feema to mo that ilia high time that pulpit and platform and printing press speak out against tbe impurities of modern society. Fastidiouineu and prudery say: "Batter not •peak, you will reus* np adverse sriticiim; you will make wore* what you want to make better: better deal in glittering gansralltisa: tba subject is too delicate for polite earl.” But there comet a voles from Heaven ovar- S waring the mincing lentimanlaHUes ol the y, saying: "Cry aloud, spar* not, lift up thy vote* ilka a trumpet and show ray people thair transgreselons and the bouse of Jacob their iizs.” The trouble ia that whan people repulsive. Lord Byron in "Don Juan” adorns this crime until it smiles like a May quean. Mlekaltt, the great French writer, covers it up with bewitching rhatoria until it glows likotb* rising sun, when it ought tab* madeloathescme ss a smsll-pox TuapitsL Thenar*today inflaanea* abroad which If unresisted by iha pulpit and tha printing- press will turn New York and Brooklyn into Sodom and Gomorrah, fit only for the storm of fin and brimstone that whelmed the cities of tba plain. You who an seated in your Christian homes, compassed by moral and r*. lifloo* restraints, do not nails* tbe gulf of iniquity that boutds you on tho nottnatd tbs nulhand the asst and th* west. Wait* I speak then an tens ol thousand* ot men sod wsmsu going over th* awfol plug* of sn Ira- pur*lUataaa whllalcryto God for mercy open their souls, 1 call upon yon to marshal in ha defense ol your home*, your ekateh and ycur nation. There is a banquette* hall tort yon have never heard described. Yon know all shoot th* feast of Ahaaocru* whan a thscaand lords sat. You know eU about Belshazzar's carousal, where th* blood ol the murdered king spurted into the laces of the banqueters. You may know of the aeons of riot and wassail when there waa set Delon Esopus one dish of food that cost four hun dred thousand dollars. But I speak now of a different banenoting hall. It* roof is fretted with fire. Iti Aeons tesseiated with fin. Its ohslices ar* chased with fire. Its song is a song of lire. Its walla era buttresses of fire. Solomon refers to it when ho layer "Her gueeta ere in tbe depth! of hell.’’ Our American communities an suffering from Ur* gospel of free leveism, which, fiftaeu or twsnty years ago, waa preached on tha platform and in some of the churches of this country. I charge upon tree loveism that it has blighted innumerable homes and that it has sent innumerable souls to ruin. Free loveism ia bestial t it is worse—it is internal. It has furnished thie land with stout 1,000 divorcee annually. Ia one county In the state of Indiana it has famished eleven divorces in one day bsfon dinner. It ha* reused up elopements north, south, oast and west. Y ou can hardly take up a paper but yon read of sn tlopoment. As far aa I eau understand the doctrine of freo loveism ft is this: Tbst every man ought to have somebody elea’s wife, and every wife somebody olio’s husband. They do not like our Christian organisation of society, and I wish they would all elope, tha wretches of one sex taking the wretches of tho other, and start tomorrow morning for tbe great Sahara desert until the simoon shall sweep seven feet of sand *11 over them, and not one passing esravan for tho next 500 year* bring back one miserable bone of tbsir carcasses. Free loveism! It Is tha (liable distilled extract of nux vomica, ratsbane and adder’s tongue Nevsr until society goes back to tbe eld Bible and heart itseulogvof purify and Its anathems of uncteannoss, never until then will this evil be extirpated. Behold also in tho giant of tho text that great physical power must crumble and ex pire. The Semion of tha text long ago went away. Ho fought tho lion. Ho fought tho Phifistiuee. He could fight anything. But death waa too much for him. Ho may have required a longer grave and a broader grave, buithetombnaverthelesawee hie terminus. Ah, if tho giant of the text oculd net finally succeed in the contest against death, we of leeier libra and leeeer strength, I think, will hnvoto surrender! Whatl Do you tell mo that tho muscle of tho arm must be ehruukou,' that th* tons foot must hoi Yes, If the giant of the text surrauderad, wo shall surrender. By prudence, by good habits, by tho enthrono. meat of moral principle, wo may postpone th* hour, but come It must and oome it will: It then we era to bo compelled to go out of this world, whore are wo to go to? Thie body and soul must soon part, what shall be tha doe- tiny of tha former? I know. Dust to duet. Bnt what shall bathe destiny of tbe I .tier? Shall It rise Into tbe companionship of tho while-robed whose sins Christ has slater Or shall it b* down among tho unbelieving who tried to gain the world and sav* their soul* but wars swindled out oi both? Blessed bo God we havo a champion. He i< so styled is tbe Bible, a champion whoso has conquered death and halt and Is ready to fight all oar battles from tho first to th* last. "Who Is this that cometh from Edom with dyed gar ments from Bcsrab, mighty to save?’' If wo fall in th* wake ol that champion, death has no power and tho grave no vlctrrr, Tho wont man truitiogin him ahail hsveblsdyiag pongs alleviated and his future illumined. In the light of thie subject I want to oall ycur attention to a fact which may not have been rightly considered by firs men in this house, and that ie that wa must be brought into judgment for the employment of our physical organism. Shoulder, brain, hand, foot—wo must answer in judgment for the use w* bar* made ol them. Have they been used for tho elevation of soeiety or its depression? In pro- portlcn, as our arm ia strong and our atop oiasllo, will our account at last be intensified. Thousands of sermons era preached to inva lids: I preach thie eermon to stoat man and healthful women. Wo must give to God nn account for tb* right use oi this physical or- ganiim. These invalids have comparatively little to account for. Parhapa they eonld not Hit twenty pounds. They could not walk hair a mil* without sitting down to rest. In the prepara tion of this subject I havo said to myself, hew •hall I account to God In judgment for the us* ofabedy which never knew one moment of real sickness, rising up in Judgment, •tending beside the men ana women who had only lit tle physical energy and yat consumed that ’ns conflagration ol religious onthn- How will wo feel abashed! Omen of the strong arm and the stout heart, what use yon miking of; our physical forces? Will you he able to steed the test el that day when we mail newer for Ure use of every talent whethsr of physical energy or mental aoumen or spiritual power? Hark, it thunders I Tbst day advanoes and I see soma one who in this world wu an in- valid, and aa she stands before th* throne ot God to snswer, shassys: "I wu siekall my ds;s, I had but very llttla strength, bnt I did as well u I could ta being kind to these who were more sick atd more snflerlog.” And Christ will soy: "Well dene,faUhfnl servant.” And then there will came up one who wilt •ay i “1 want on crutches ell my days. It wu very hard for me to get along, and I triad h be pa'lent under all my infirmitlts,and though I have not msny stars In my crown I rejoice that I have been abio to‘do something for Jeans.” "Weil done, faithful servant." leys Jesus; "well done.” And then a little child will stand up before th* throes,and aha will say: "On carihlbad a curvature of th* spin* and I wss verv weekend I was very " out at il gather flowers end bring them to my sick mother, end the wu comforted when ehe sew the eweet flowers out ot tbe wild wood. 1 did not do much but I did something.” And Christ shall uy, as Ha takes her up in Hi* arms atd kissu her: "Wall dona, well doae, faithful servant, enter thou Into tbs joy ot thy Lord." Wbat then will be said ol ua, to whom the Lord gave physical strength and continuous health ? Hark I It thunders again. Tb* judgment! The judgment 1 I uid to an old Beaton min* Mar who wa* on* of tho boat friands I ever had: 'Doctor,did you over know Rabsrt Pollock, tb* Scotch poet who wrote the ■Course of Time?’ ” "On, yea,” he replied, "I know him well) I wu his e lass mate.” And then the doctor went on to tell mo hoar tho writing of tb* “Court* of Time” oxbeuetod the health of Robert Pollock, and ha expired. Tba fact wu that no man could have euah a glimpse of tho day for which all other days wsr*madeu Robert Polloek belaud long survive thet (limps*. In the description of that day ha says among other things: n tbs woe I winds; olclul wl: ass BOWllns bins moan so luvuumu raise: And dismal valesstgh to tecsorrowing brooks: And sorrowing biooka weep to the weeping And weeping stream asrake tba groaning deep. Ye BsswgJgnM archway of tea universe pat oeesn rob* thyself In garb'ot widowhood, gather all thy wavsa Into a groan and altar Short Talks with Our Readers, Which it Will Par Everybody to Road, Wbat Robert Pollock aew in pootie vision ; rou and I will see In positive reality. The j odgment f the judgment 1 An Advance In rah Culture. Cctenca says: Heretofore, In planting salmon, It has been customary to pise* th* Utile fish to tb* streams and allow them to case for themselves, bntthe new Idea of placing them lu protected pi metres, when they can h* eased ios by thopco. flellvtagnsaratbaud, sad Ibelr growth to th* xopersrs* assured, will, no doubt, revolutionize U A°>°aUarnB«rDnnt has lately baas mad* at wKuSastosei tpaCtesdosbraskewtotoat __ u , „ .j■ itni river _ lo tea awwthwssd, trill be a matter ol conalderabl* interest. We regret that our premium list is not ready for this week. The (allure of the paper ordered for it to arrive forces us to wait until next week. 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W* Invaatlgatrd these machines before we consented to handle them. Wo had them put to tha aavarut test* and compared with tha *1S Singtr, wbloh is considered tha beat. When eatleled that they war* equal to any machine sold for *48, In quality and work manship, wa offered them to our readers. Remember, w* agll every sewing maohlna with our district noAsAETEE that if it la not found to ba, after Hr* dey’s trial, ns good u any *46 maohtea—yes, better—that w* will rafnnd th* money promptly. This shows our confidence In th* machine. Wa hav* sold hundred* and have bad only on* ma chine return sd. If yon want to save *80 buy our maohlna at (18 and gat lbs paper, If you have mon ey to watte, ba footed into paying *14 for a machine not a* good u ours. Other papers offer cheap msoblnes, Imitations of ours. Don’t ba fooled by them. Buy tha old rail*- hi* Coubtitdtio* machine whlohyouoan try five days and gat yonr money bask If yon don’t Uka It. Hcraaraafowspaclmsnaof th* letters received daily: 'J.C Jonxsox,PalukftGa.: "My reived. It is perfect In everything It can be ereelled. .Illseverything It, and 1 am gratelul to TbeCoestitotioh tor their promote res in buaftreu. You will have several 'ideta for machines aoon. Band ma two snort raleibuiy watches. J. n. Lima.: "Yonraswlng machine has barn received and lull* rated. Qlvea sattauetloo te •vary respect. All who sea Kara folly convinced that there is non* better. D. A. Poarsa, Silver Greek, Floyd county, <3a.- Th* sewing machine ordered oiiou lo at bend, it is Just what It Is recommended lo be, O’res perfect laUsIacilon In every respect, more lhaa says think will order through yon. Our Agent's Prize*, In order to show our npprecla'ion ol our agents wa offer them tha (ollowtag cash 1 lit? l or th* largest number ol inhscrlheTf sent In by ona agent between now and January 1st, f-aa aao no la Gold, 2d. For tb* second largest number of sabecrib- til sent to by ou* agent betwaoo now and January Izt, IMS — **8.00 la Gold. Sd. For tbe ihfrd lariat number ol lubailbers snt In by oh tract between now and January lit,, nil. —SIS O# I* G»14. 4th. For lb* fourth burnt Dumber of sateerlb- C rent Is by one agent between now end Jennery ,Utt- *10 00 la Oetd. Sib. For tbe filth tersest list ol subscriDsts suit in by ou agent between now end January tel. lie one Hewing Machine, (th. For tbe Hath largest hat sent in by one egeut between wew end Jennery lit, — The Ooostltutten Library, •ent In by every egent and will award the prises on January lit to those who hay* sent tha largeat lists. Only money sent af ter October lit. will ba credited on tha prise lists. Agents will do well to keep in thair hand books tbe ltet of names lent In so that then cob be no mlstaka. Go to work at once now for these prizes. They are offered freely by THrCojuririmo* in .’appraoUtlon of its agents. It will be easy for any activ* man or woman to get one of theee prizes. Names nsed rot be sent In oil at once,nor for from ona office. AU namea sent’ by any ona rgent, from any p-.int, between now and January let, 1886, will be credited tohlalist. The CorietUmlun Waterbary. A watch mafia by band, would take a man a lifetime and would coat aa much aa a house. Bo perfect la the maobinery for watch-mak ing that we are enablod to offer a perfect lime-keeper—our Waterbary—for *3 AO with The Constitution for ona year, thrown In. The Waterbary* are wonnd np by machin ery in the factory. A thousand watohec an made there every day, and every watch wound up and teeted for a week. It takes two minutes to wind eaoh watch by hand. So there ia machinery into which • hundred watches ar* plaoed at onoe and whirred round like a top and the hundred art wonnd up In less than two seconds. Thousands of farmers an wearing onr Wateiburya—and yet we liave thousands lsfi for those who want them. It Is the mi racle of tbte cantary In cheapness and accu racy. Bend and gat yon one—*3 CO postpaid with the paper one year, or *2.50 postpaid without tho paper. DURBNO THE WRECK. 7th. to 12th. For IH next fire largest Rite sent to by one egeut between now end January let, 80— — ...A Waterbary Watch Bacb. This competition Is open to all onr agents. Wa will keep account ot every subscriber Tuesday, November 10.—A regular exodus ot Founders from the Shenandoah, r* . region bsa began... .Rial bss been respited until tho 17th instant AU tbe gambling houses In Cincinnati were raided lest night, and aeveral patrol wagon loads of men ware taken to the station house— Out ef about fin thousand miners lu the Hocking Valley and Ohio Central region less than two hun dred are at work. Ill tub Cirt.-James Simmons, of Plcksus, charted with working In an UUcltdlitUlny. plead inlllysnd wsssvntt j Jell for one month—The striking cpsretlvrs at tha Fulton Cotton Spiraling company'! mill have returned to work Virgil Bone, a rmall white hoy, wu lockod up yeeterdiy (or the larceny ot a watch, tba property ot Mr. R. L. Regere. Wednesday, November tl.—In a fight la * saloon on Bouth Ashland avenue, Chicago, IU., among ora shovclcrs, Cornelius Hanley wu shot fourtlmesln the heed, andls dying....A letter received In Qusbre from point Aux, Esquimaux, in the golf of Bt. Lawrence, tells a harrowing tale ot misery at that place. In tub Crrv.'-TUo basement floor o! tea now Capitol his been completed, sad the Iren far the floor of the main story Is new reedy to he put In, —. News wss raMlvsd In theelty yesterday ol lha allure ol Georg* Schaeflbr, oi Hamptoii lot Ills, 000—Jnle Wyly was irres ted on achsrgeofa unit with Intent to murder....Mr. John Harris on Wire street, found an Infant on hla doorste yerterday morning. Thursday, November IS -The govsr lor o Indiana bar Issued a proclamation to prevent th shipment of diseased cattle fruo that stele—Th wages of all tho employes ol tha Calshrookdel iron works, Pennsylvania, have been reduced 10 per cent— Tba number ol deaths from smallpox to Montreal, Canada, since the oath reek of lha dlsesre Is 2,041 The salt for libel brought by Louis C. Wilson, of Fredericksburg, Va, against the New York Herald, claiming 150,000 damages, has been terminated by tho Herald's counsel offer tog to settle at once. 1h mi Cirv.—Tha grand Jury hu adjourned for the week—This week Is a barreat forthooouoty tax collector. Atlanta la aoon to have street cars to ran by elcctrlefty.—.-A collision ol two freight trelna occurred on the atat* road last night, near Bolton—The select Called Staler seasto commit tee ou InitaisUt* commerce will be to Atlanta os the lSIh instant.... Decatur street supports a col ored skating rink. Friday, Novambsr 13. -The work ol uniting tka Oklahoma boonera la going ou rapidly— Nineteen enweof brakemen on the Illinois Gen. trsl railroad havo struck for an tacrau* of fire dolluipcr month Inrs'ary, and lha psyment for all over Ume and Sunday work ...Gaorga W. Gllcx bat been appointed to b* peorlon sgert at Topeka, KmWi I* nn Crrv- Clam Ford, a young carpenter, let from a build tog on Hunter street yesterday and broke a coltes bona and dislocated his lelt hip.... Lest sight a lamp exploded at tha reildenco o Mr. a H. S warts, on Luekte street, and came near destroying tho homo llarr’et Wilson, an aged colored woman, died very suddenly yesterday A largo amount ol tho cotton received to Atlanta this if uon le of poor quality, Saturday, November 14-Business failures throughout tbe United States for tbe put wook ar*IN....Wcdnudsynight during* storm,near EnusvUte Ind., Frank Johnson's homo war blown down, killing blmiell and wlloand terribly Injuring their child Collector Hodden hu nom. totted John W, O'BiIen u weigher on tho Brook lyn, N. Y„ docks—Hr. 0. W. Smith, now general manager ol the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, nu beta elected Tic* preddooto! the Atchison, To peka and Santa Fe railroad, In Till Crrv.—Tho governer hu designated Thursday, Novambsr :cib, u a day of public thsnkrglvtogand praise Yeilcrday Mr. Harry Beery hilled a sixteen pound wild turkey on Petchtrae creek, about six mile* from tho city— Sandy Borgan, a colored hand on tbe KutTen- netsee railroad, had hla right foot horribly ernabv ed yesterday near the Jones itract bridge— Several firs alarms were sounded yesterday, bnt nothing wu damaged much Judge O. A. Loch- rsne delivered a prohibition speech at tha big tent lut night to an Immense crowd. lasday, November IS.—TUres Italian mur derers were hung In Chicago yesterday—The llqnor permits of all the druggists fn CJffsy coun ty, Kansu, with but one exception, hero bean ranked on account ol alleged violations et the liquor law—Th* strike on tha Illinois Central Is apparently ut an end Horace B. Claffln, tbe dry goode merchant, ol New York, died yesterday afternoon. la tea Car.—A fire wu discovered to Jaraeef hank block yesterday morning-damage slight* Fred Cote waa Jailed again yesterday tor swindling a conntryman......Mr. iLStumpke, en graver at Meurt. Freeman A Crankrhaw’e, has mysteriously disappeared, and hla friends an vary anxious about him. The Atlanta Prohibition Fight. A full history of the famous antt liquor fight in Atlanta, which Is usequaled lo ft* inter* (St and fiercer:eta, wfth Bam Jones's great temper- dod, delivered lo 10,000 people, to hie text, a pot trait of Eev Bam Jonea and a history ol the peel Bltaatogbam revival, tho moil remark*, bltrelfffoae meetingmrkeen to the south, will he printed In "The Southern Eveegellst,” ol Do- rentier (tb, 1AS5. Two copies et th* Evangelist, with this rich ta ble ol contents, will be sent to coy ouo who send* a two cent stamp lo Mr. W. A. Hemphill, the pub- Usher. Mr. Hemphill Is oae of tbe proprietors, end the bostons manager ol Tut Atlanta Con- mnCTion. end entirely rsllab’ei Seed jour stamp et once, I! you want ihla toUretUog paper. Bone/ in pour pocket bp reading our four page pnmium list. Out with ruzt ‘week’s paper. X 9 TOPICS OF THE WEEkJp Taa terror ot Daniel Webster’s boyhood wuhli brotber-ln-lew. John Oolby. This men Colby wu noteriouily wicked. He did not lcera to reed untllhe wu eighty yean old. At the age ot eighty fire he wu converted. At this tlmeWeb- ter had not aeeu him to forty yeart, but when ho heard the newa he rods orer to talk wfth hi a. Old Colby wu glad to aea hla vlaltor, and congrat ulated him upon btaauccasa to life. Then hu aald: "You an a gnat man;ara you a Christian man? That fa the only question worthy uktog or anawerlng.” To thla the great atateaman re* plied wfth all the earneatnesa ot which he waa capable. Ho raid, “John Colby, you hare asked mo a very Important question, end one which should not ho answered lightly. I. utend to give you a truthful answer. I hope I am a Christian; I profess to he one, bnt I uy It wfth ahame, that I am not suchaChrlaltaauX desire to be. I have lived to the world, surround ed by fta honors and Ita temptations; and I am afraid, John Colby, (hat I am not so good a Christian u I ought to be. Iam afraid I havo net your faith and your hopes; but still I hopo and trust that I am a Christian, and that tho same grace which hu oonverted you and made yon an heir ol saltation, will do the same for me. Itrustltrand - I also trust, John Colby—and It won't ho loug ba- fore our summon! will oome—that we shall meet to a better world, and meet thoee who have gone . before ns, whom we knew, and who trusted to that seme divine free grace.* It won't be long. You ceunet (ell, Jehu Colby, how much delight ft gave me to bear ot yonr conversion, The bearing ol that te wbat hu led me hen today; teams here to see with my own eyee, end huv with my own eerr, tho etory from a min that 1 know and re member so well. What a wicked man you uied to he I’ When he left Mr. Webster uld lo • friend who witnessed the Interview; " ’I should like lo know wh-1 the enemlw ol religion would uy to John Colby's conversion. Thera wu e man u unlikely, huminly speaking, to become a Christ ian si any man I ever saw. Us wu recklem, heed less, Impious;never attended church, nevevex- pcrlenced the good Influence of usoclstlng wfth religious people. And here he hu been living on to thet reckless wry until he hu got to he an old m*n; until a period of life when you naturally would not expect hie habits to change; and yet he hu been brought lute tho con dition to which wo btvo seen him lodey, a penitent, trailing, humble be liever. Whatever people may uy, nothing,' added Mr, Webster, 'can convince me thet anything ■hortolthegnoe of Almighty God could make such a change u I with my own eye* have wit- nosed In tho life of John Colby.” 1 Tut Cubans are an Interesting people. A re cent letter eeyi: "1 have never seen a Cuban wfth a dumb face ar an uninteresting eye. Thla man Is a dindy, Ho wean Jewelry like a woman, sad like a woman is. Ho pinches hie email feat Into agonizing shoes. A Cabin town to full at such figures, and fow ot thorn work at anything, The men go to halls to black dreu suite, white necktlea and green shtrte. They let their nails grow loug and trim tucm to a point. Lots ot Cus. bane are named Jesus, and they hare a passion for ulntshlp, at tout to tbsir shop signs and has* lncss advertisements.” Boston Is miking a (bad reputation for kidnap ping. A young girl waa decoyed Into a house and kspt Imprisoned there for months, A well drees- ed man was seen quietly convening with three men on Court street at nlno o'clock at night, when lie was suddenly pushed Into a cloee curl- •ge and driven ofl, No clue to his disappearance bubeen secured, and It la believed that ho bag been foully dealt with. Bcua yean ego Er. Bchwcnlnger eaved Bis* march’s lilt. At that time tho doctor wuundec the ben. He we* a felon, having served* brief term to prison forsomevlolalionof the law. Elf march askid lilsphyslclsu how ha could remuner ate him, "RsbAbliJlaSo me,” w«a tbe reply. Echvrcnlnger was appointed prolessor ol medicine Intbeunfvcillyo! Berlin to a post created pur* posely for lilmiclf.wftb a reputation alrMdy wide* spread and the protection of the emperor and Diimarck. At hla flrst lecture not one Undent wea present. Bering tho hall empty, hcjdld not oven walk to his duh. According lo usage, ho lelt hla card! cn all the other prolcison, end they were not Illumed. When lie ventured to send them to their wives they wero coolly gent beck, FrofiiilonelJy, Dr. Echwenlngcr has con quered. His Immense personality liMMlirlld nil'll. The undent*, iccosnUlng* master, have rallied round him, and ho la found fogtschool. Tho moil IllUilrlom psllenuiook his advice, summon him lo their bcdsldee, or wait putiii tly ,'or their turn !o enter hi« co.uultlng room Fortune flows almost unhidden to hlscof* firs, hut socially he Is Hill a failure, Ho Is not ra> cilvul, not visited, not hlf den to any gathering - or admitted Into any house. However, he la a pmtige, cr rather tho Independent friend of the chancellor, lie liei, a lltetlmc before him to liny prejudice wfth the wcapona ol sclenco.and to bury tho shameful past under tho glory ol succes*. Abovoal), ho In apparently Indifferent and cal lous; so It may be lately predicted thst the Intura 1s his to Isihlon slier his wilt. Oil flection day Roderick Lsndrraon got full ot - mean whisky to New York, and was Istsllylnv Jurcd to e row. Hs waa well known to the east, although most ol his exploiting was dono to the west, to his earlier years ho was a border ruflaa to Ktnias, w hero one ol hla Iieaka wu the routing ol the severed bead ol t beautiful young girl to hla camp fire, after ho had emptied hla revolrsr Into her bosom. More than a score ol murders werecbergrdtohlm. Finally his Indiscriminate horse-Atcellng earned him to he inn out of Ktmav, Ho went to California, but as Judgo Lynch held him to check be made hie way to Texas. For six jeans he and his usoclalea terrorized tho people. Drifting (ojOelreston he formed ea tllfesce wfth s teeullful femolo hither named Adeline Bey. This woman was ** vile ai khu was handaoue, au.l the two punued a swindling career to the western cltlss for several years. Bandenon belonged to s _ family ol criminals. Three of his brother* were hinged for murder, end ouo Is now * convict toe British prison. Another who wu e renegado chief under Sitting Bull, was bnrned at the itaka u a traitor. The father, grandfather and great grandfather of these men were all murderers, and their mother strangled her twin children when she wu sertnleea. ASIANS*! Justice Is not to ho trifled with. A man et Clarendon wu charged wfth selling the produco of land for which he had not paid rant. The trial occupied several days, and resulted to « conviction. Th* prisoner wu sentenced to one mfnnfo’sImprisonment. Affrrthejndgmeut the sheriff marched tha culprit to lall end locked him • up lor preclselyjflaty tecmnli. 3lugs Geckos w. Wand, of Abingdon, V*, wa* conflnsd to his room on election day by the weuuds received to his encounter with Dr. White. The voting place wu ICO yard* away, but the Judgo placed himself ate window to sight of tea poll*, ti, d hla ballot to e key, and let It slide eleuff * string attached to the ballot box. The cslet recognised him, cried bis vote, and the ballot wa* deposited to tee box. . , AccoKoroo to the Rev. Justin D. Fulton, Gener al Grant abandoned his drinking habit early to the war. Thla is perhape a mistake. Thoso who proteis to he correctly Informed uy that General Grant became * teetotaler when to Madrid on hla tour round the world. He there indulged freely •St banquet, end wu elterwerd told by a femoui English doctor thatllke freedom with spirits In India would bo very dangerous, probably fatal. tthcrenpcnGrantqnlstlyuld: "PR qull;”ana be nevir kite: ward* turned up his gleu at dinner, norclicwhcietook stlmylailngdrink uahevese ■so. Ou the other bend, It fs i atd that the general nevsr reached the point 0' total abstinence. Ho conquered bis appetite for liquor, hat 11 report! are true, indulged 1>. Itviry modesatalj tote* lari, amldaowony cosfllcUng rustonltladfiti cult to get at tee truth.