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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION*. ATLANTA, GA* TUESDAY FEBRUARY ' 9 1886 TALMAGE’S SERMONS PREACHED YESTERDAY IN BROOK LYN TABERNACLE. The Great Divine’s Fifth of the Berta* of fermone Upon the “Marriage Ring," the Subject Being the “Dotie* of Huaband* to Wlreea"- A Sermon for Harried Men. Urooki.yn, N. Y„ February?.—[Special,] The Kcv.T. Do Witt Talmago, I). D., preached today in the Brooklyn tabernacle, the fifth of liis scries of sermons on 'The Marriage Ring/* the subject being "Duties of Husbands to Wives.” Before the sermon he explained the 23d chapter of Genesis, concerning Abra ham's admiration for Sarah, her age the only woman's age mentioned in the Bible, implying that inquisitiveness on that subject ii an imper- tinenec. The hymn tang was: ‘‘Blest be the Uo that binds Our hearts in Christian love." Today was moving day in the Brooklyn tabernacle. Once a year the pea’s .fire rented, and while many retain their old seat*, there are many changes seen today. At the annual rcutal Dr. Tucker paid $760 for first choice of a pew, making his rent come to about $000. Mr. Kverette paid $525 for the sccoud choice of a pew, making his rent about $700. The piemiumsand rentals were larger this year than ever before, and the income will be about >ul,000. All the pews in the galleries except the four front rows, aro free, so that the church is conducted on the two plans: tho free and the rented, and no man can say he may not attend because he has not the means. The text of tho sermon was from Genesis xxiv, 05: "And Isaac went out to medituto in tho field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, aud behold,tho camels wore coming.” Following is the sermon In fltll: A bridal pageant on the back of dromoda- ties. The camel is called the ship of tho desert, Its swinging motion iu the distance is suggest* ive of a vessel rising and falling with tho bil lows. Though awkward, how imposing these creatines ns they move along, whether in an cient or modern times, sometimes carrying four hundred or four thousand travelers from Bagdad to Aleppo, or from Bassora to Damas cus. In my text comes a caravan. Wo notice the noiseless step of the broad foot,tho velocity of motion, the gay caparison of saddlo and girth and awning, sheltering tho riders from tho sun; and the hi- ltarity of| the mounted passengers: and wc cry out, "who aro they?" Well, Isaac has been praying for a wife, aud it is timo ho had one. for ho is forty years of age, and bis servant, directed by tbo Lord, has made a se lection of Rebekah; and with her companions and maidens, she is on hor way to her new home, carrying with her the blessing of all her friends. Isaac is in the fields meditating upon ids proposed passage from celibacy to monoga my. And he sees a speck against the sky.then groups of people, and alter a whllo, ho finds that the grandest earthly blessing that ever comes to a man is approaching with this gay caravan. The drivers cry "kneel” to the cam els, and they kneel, putting foot on the neck of the stooping beast the bride dismounts and greets the man who was as worthy of her as she was worthy of him. "And Isaac .went out to meditato in the field at the eventide;>nd ho , .. ggnf dug. Iu this fifth discourse on "The Marriago - Ring,” having spoken of tho choico of a life* time companion, I take it for granted, O man, that your marriage was divinely arranged,aud that the camels have arrived from tho right directiou, and at the right time, bringing tho one that was intended for your consort, a Ro- bekah aud not a Jezebel, I proceed to discourse ns to how,'you ought to treat your wife, aud my ambition is to tell you .more plain truth than yen over heard, in any three-quarters of jo yc Bpousibility in having taken her from tho cus tody aud care and homestead in which she was her practically, "I will bo to you more tl your father and mother, moro than all tho friends you ever had or ever can have. Give up everything and take me. I feel competent to see you through life iu safety. You are an immortal being, but I am competent to defend you and make you happy. However bright aud comfortablo a home you have uoiv, and though in ono of the rooms Is the arm chair in which yon rocked, and in the garret is tho crndlo in which you were hushed and tho trundle l*cd in which you slept, and in the sit ting room arc the father and mother who have will do better to como with me. that any of us ever had the sublimity of im- pudcnce to ask such a transfer from a homo assured to a home conjectured and unbuilt. You would think mo a very daring and haz- ntdous r.d venturer if I should go|down to one of the piers on the North rivor, and at a timo when there was s great lack of ship captains, and I should, with no knowledge of naviga tion, pr«{>ose to take a steamer across to Glas gow or Havre, and sty: "All aboard! Huul in tho planks and swing out,” and passing out into the sen plunge through darkness nud storm. If 1 succeeded in getting charge of one that would be the ship that would never bo heard of. But that is tho boldness of every roan that proffers marriage. He says: "I will - navigate you through tho storms, the cyclones, tbo log* of a lifetime. 1 will run clear of rocks and icebergs. Ihave no experience and 1 have no seaport, but all aboard for tho voy age of a lifetime! I admit there have been tun thousand shipwrecks on this very route, but don’t hesitate! Tut! Tut! There now! Don't cry! Bi ides must not cry at tho wedding.” In iespouse to this tho woman, by her ac tion, practically says: "I havo but ono life to live, and 1 entrust it all to you. My arm is weak, but I will depend on tho strength of yours. 1 don’t know much of tho world, but i rely on your wisdom. I put my body, my mind. n>y soul, my time, my eternity, in your keeping. I make no reserve. Even my name I resign and take yours, though miuo is a name that suggests all that was honorable iu tny fat her,and all that was good in my mother, aud all that was pleasant in mv brothers and siste rs. I start with you on a journey which shall not part except at the edge of your grave or miue. Ruth, the Moahitess, made uo more thorough self-abnegation than 1 make, when I take her tremendous words, the pathos of which many centuries have not cooled: *Kn* treat me not to leave thee, or to return from • following after thee: for whither thou gocst, I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy i topic shall be my people, and thy God my Gi>4. Where thou dfest will I die, aud there will I be buried. The Imrd do so to mo and mote also, if aught but death part thee and im . bide by side in life. -Side by side in the bu tying ground. Side by side in heaven. . Before God and man, and with my immortal . soul in the oatb, I swear eternal fidelity.'” Now. my brother, how ought you to treat her? In less you arc an ingrate infinite you ! Will treat her well. Yon will treat her better than any one in tho universe except your Clod. Ilcr name will have in it more music than in ail that Chopin or Bach or Uheiubor- ger composed. Her eyes, swollen with threo weeks of night watching over a child wilh scarlet fever, will be to you beautiful as a May morning. After the last rose petal has drop ped rut of her cheek, after the last feather of the raven's wing has fallen from her hair, af ter srri f.s her forehead,and under her cy« s and nrrofe hot face there ate ns many wrinkles as thcie me groves over which she has wept, you will be able truthfully to say. In the word of Solomon'* song: "Behold, thou art fair, my love! Behold thou ait fair!” And perhaps the tuny respond appropriately, in the wonts that no one but the matchless Robert Harm could over have found pen or ink or heart or brain to write: -John Anderson, my jo, John, \Vc c-lamb the htli tuegither; And mony a canty day, John. • We've had wl' ane auither. Now wc maun totter down. John. But hand Id hand we’ll go: And aleep thegtther at the foot, John Anderson, my jo." If any one mail her good name you will have hard work to control your temper, and if you should strike him down the sin not be uniiardouable. By as complete a render as the universe ever saw, except that w Son of God for your salvation and mine, she has a first mortgage ou your body, mind and soul, and the mortgage is foreclosed, and the greater the risks of her expedition on the back of the camels, the more thoroughly is Inuc bound to be kind and indulgent and Worthy. Now, be honest and pay your debts. You promised to make her happy. Are you making her happy. You are an honest mau in other things, and feel the importance of keeping a contract. If yon have induced her into a con jugal partnership under certain pledges of kindness nud valuable attention, and then have ikiled to fulfill your word, you deserve to have suit brought against you for getting goods under false pretences, and then you ought to be mulcted in a large amount of damages. Reviewnowall the fine,beautiful,com plimentary, gracious and glorious things you promised her before marriage, and reflect whether you have kept your faith. Do you say, "Ob, that was all sentimentalism and ro mance and a joke,” and that "they all talk that way!” Well, let that plan be tried on yourself! Sup pose I am interested iu western lands, and I HU your mind with roseate speculation, and I tell you that a city is already biid out on the farm I propose to sell you, and that a new rail ■ill run c* jy ana lutvo a depot easy transportation of the crops, and that eight or ten capitalists are going to pitf up fine resi dences close by, and that the climate Is deli- rcom for malaria, and that every dollar planted will grow up into a bush heariug ten or twenty dollars, and my speech glows with enthusiasm until you rush off with me to an attorney to have the deed drawn and tho money paid down and tho bargain completed. You can hardly sleep nights because of tho El Dorado, tho Elysium, upon which you aro soon to en ter. You give up your homo at the east, you bid goodhyo to your old neighbors and take tho train, and after many days’ journey you arrive at a nulet depot from which you take a wagon thirty miles through tho wilderness, and reach your new place. You see a man seated on a wet log in a swamp and shaking with tho fif teenth attack of chills and fever, and ask him who be is. He says: "I am a real estate agont, having in charge the property around hero.” You ask him where the now depot is. Ho tells you that it has not yet been built, but no doubt will be if the company get their bill for tho track through the next legislature. You ask him where the new city is laid out. He cays with chattering teeth: "If you wait till this chill is off, I will show it to you ou the map I have iu my pocket.” You ask him where tho capitalists aro going to build their fine houses, and he says: "Somewhere along thoso lowlands out there by thoso woods, when the water has l»ccn drained off.” *That night you sleep in tho hut of the real estate agent, and though you pray for everybody elso you do not pray for me. Being more fortunate thau many men who go out in such circumstances, you liavo moucy enough to get back, aud you come to me, and out of breath in your indignation, you say: "You have swindled mo out of every thing. What do you mean in deceiving mo about that western property?” "Oh,” I reply, "that was all right, that was sentimentalism and romance and a joke. Tliat's the way they all talk.” But more excusablo would I bo iu such do- .-•ption than you, O man, who by glow of words and personal magnetism, induced a wo manly soul Into surroundings which you havo taken no care to make attractive, so that she exchanged her father’s house for the dismal swsmp of marriod experience—treeless, flow crlcss, shelterless, comfortless and godless. I would not bo half so much to blame in cheat ing yon out of a farm as you in cheatiug a wo- nun out of tho happiness of a llfutimo. My brother, do not get mad at what I say, but honestly compnro tho promises you made and see whether you have kept them. Somo of you spent every evening of tho woek with S our betrptbed beforo * marriage, and since icn you spend every evening away, oxcopt you have enfluenza or eomo sickness on ac count of which the doctor says you must not go out. You used to fill yp"r conversation with interjections of adulation, and now you think it sounds silly to praise tho ouo who ought to lie moro attractive to you as tho years go by, and life grows in severity of strugglo and becomes more sacred by the baptism of tears—tears over losses, tears over graves. Compare the way somo of you used to como in tho honso in the evening, when you wero at tempting tho capture oflicr affections, and the way some of you come into tho house in the evening now. Then what politeness, what distillation of smiles, wbat gmciousness, sweet as tho peach orchard in blossom week! Now, some of you como In nnd put your hat on tho rack and scowl, and say: "Lost money today!” and you sit down at the tablo aud criticlzo the way the food is cooked. You shove back before tho others are done eating, and snatch up tho evening paper and read, oblivious of what has been going on in that homo all day. The children aro in awo lie- fore tho domestic uutccrnt. Bubbliug over with fun, yet they must lie quiet, and with healthful curiosity, yet they must ask no questions. The wife lias had enough annoy- id ancc in the nursery nnd parlor and kitcheu to fill hernerves with nettles nnd spikes. As you have provided tho money for food and wardrobe, you feci you have done all required ou. Toward the good cheer and tho in- igent Improvement and tho moral enter tainment of that homo, which at tho longest can last but a few years, yon arc doiug noth ing. You seem to havo no realization of tbo fact that soon those children will be grown up, or iu their sepulchres, aud will l>o far romovod from your influence, nnd that tho wife will soon end her earthly mission, and that house will lie occupied by others, and you yourself will be gone. Gentlemen, fulfill your contracts. Chris tian marriage is an nffectiona! bargain. Iu heathen lands a man wins his wife by achieve ments. In conic countries wives aro bought by tho paymeut of so many dollars.us so many cattle or sheep. In ono country the man gets on a horse and rides down where n group of women arc standing, and seizes ono of tlieiu y the hair, and lifts her struggling and ru sting on his horse, and if her brothers and friends do not overtake her beforo sho gets to the jungle, she is his lawful wife. In another land the masculine candidate for marriage is beaten by the club of the ono whom he would make his bride. If ho cries out under tho pounding, he is rejected. If he receives tho blows uncomplainingly, she is his by right. Endurance and bravery and skill decide tho marriage iu barbarous lands, but Christian marriage is a voluntary bargain in which you promise protection, support, companionship and love. Business men have in their fire-proof safes a file of popera containing their contracts, and sometimes they take them out and rood them over to see what the party of tho first part and the party of tho ecronu part really bound themselves to do. Different ministers of reli gion havo their own ]*culiar forms of mar riage ceremony, but if you havo forgotten what you promised at the altar of wedlock, you hail better buy or borrow nn Episcopal per l>ook, which contain* tho substance of ntclllgent marriage ceremonies, when it says: "I take thee to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love anil to cherish till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance, and thereto I plcdgo thee my troth.” Would it uot bo a good idea to liavo that printed in tract form and widely distrib uted? The fact Is that many men arc more kind to everybody else’* wives than to their own wives. They will let the wife carry a heavy ccal scuttle up stairs, and will at ouo bound clear tho width of a parlor pick up some other lady's xxkct handkerchief. There is an evil which t have seen under the sun, and it U common among men. namely, husbands iu flirtation. The attention they ought to put upou their own wives they bestow upon others. They smile on them coyly and askance and with a manner that seems to say, ‘T wish I was free from that old drudge at home. What an im provement you would be on my present sur roundings ! And bouquets aro sent, aud acci dental meetings take place, and late at night the mau comes to his prosaic homo whistling and hilarious, and wonders that the wife is jealous. There are thousands of men who, while not positively immoral, need radical cor rection of their habits in this directiou. It is meanness immeasurable for a man by his be havior to seem to say to his wife: "You can’t help yourself, and I will go where I please, aud admire whom I please, and I defy your criticism.” Why did you not Ihave that put in the bond, O domestic Sbylock? Why did you not havo it understood before you were pro- uouuccd husband and wife, that she should haveonly a part of the dividend of your af fections, that when, as time rolled on and the cares of life bad erased some of the bright lines from her free, aud given unwleldineai to her form, you would have the reserved right to pay obeisance to cheeks more rubicund and figure lither and more agile, and as you de mand the last pound di patience and endu rance on her part, yon coaid, with the empha sis of an Edwin Forrest or a Macrcady, have tapped the eccentric marriage document aud have said: "It’s in the bond!” H this modern Rebekah had understood beforehand where she was alighting, she would have ordered drivers to turn the caravan bajek- Tbe married man who indulges in it is either a lraud or n rake. However high up in socie ty such a one maybe, and however sought af ter, 1 would not give a tbree-cent piece,though it had been three times clipped, for the virtue of either the masculine or feminine flirt. The most worthy thing for the thousands of married men to do is to go homo anu apologize for past neglects, nnd brighten up their old love. Take up the family Bible and read the record of the marriage day. Open the drawer of relics in the box inside tho drawer, contain ing the trinkets of your dead child. Tnko up the pack of yellow covered letters that wero written beforo you bccaruo one. Rehearse the sceucs'of joy aud sorrow In which you have mingled, rut nil these thiugs as fuel on the altar, anil by n coal of sacred fire rekindle the extinguished light. It was a blast from hell that blew it out, and a gale from heaven will fan it into a blaze, Yc who have brokcu marriage vows speak her everything. Walk arm in arm with her in places of amusement, and on tho piozzi of summer watering places, and up tho rugged way of life, and down through dark ravino, and when one trembles on tho way, let the other be reinforcement. In no case pass your self off as a single man practicing gallantries. Do not, after you are fifty years of age, in ladles’ society try to look young-mauish. Interfere not with your wife's religious nature. Put her not in that awftil dilemma in which so many Christian wives arc placed by their husbands, who ask them to go to places or do things which compel them to decide between loyalty to God nnd loyalty to tho husband. Rather than ask her to compromise her Christian char acter, cucourago her to be moro and moro a Christian, for there will be times in your lifo when you will want tho help of all hor Chris tian resources; and certainly, when you re member how much influence your mothor had over you. you do not waut tho mother of your children to set u less gracious example. It plcuses mo greatly [to hear the unconverted and world.v husband say shout his wife, with no idea thut It will get to her cars: "There is the most Godly womau aRvc. Her goodness is a perpetual rebuko to my waywardness, nothing on earth could ever induce her to do a wrong thing. I hope the children will take after her Instead of after me. If there is any i think you have happy homo now, but what s home you would Iiavo if you both wore religious! What a now sacrodflesa it would giro to jour marital rela tion, ana what a new light it would throw on tho forehead of your children! In sickness, what a comfort! In reverses of fortune, what a wealth! Iu denth, what a triumph! God nftant you to be the off * hold. Go homo today i __ your lap, aud gather all your family vet living around you, and those not living will hear of it in a flash, and ns ministering spirits will hover—father and mothor and children gono. and all your celestial kindred. Then kneel down, and if you can't think of n prayer to offer, I will glvo you a prayer, namely: "Lord God, I surrender to thco myself and my be loved wife, and these dear children. For Christ's sake forgive all tho past and help us for all tho future. Wo have livod together here, may wo llvo together forever. Amen nt.d amen!” Dear me! wbat a stir it would make among your best friends on earth and in heaven! Joseph tho Second, tho emperor, was so kind and to philanthropic that he excited tho unbounded love of most of his subject*. He abolished serfdom, established toleration, and Hud in tho happiness of his people. One day while on his way to Osicnd to declare it a free port, ami whilo at tho head of the great pro cession, he saw a woman at the door o'f her colt ago in dejection. Tho emperor dismount ed and asked the cause of her grief. She said that her liiMband bad gone to Ostcndtoseo the emperor, nnd had declined to take her with bfm ,for as he was an alien, he could not understand her loyal enthusiasm, nnd that it was tho one great desire of her lifo to see the rnlcr for whoso kindness and good ness and greatness she had nn un speakable admiration; and her disappointment in not being able to go and see him was sim ply unbearable. The Emperor Joseph took from his pocket a box decorated with diamonds surrounding a picture of himself, aud pre sented it to her, and when tho picture re vealed to whom sho was talking, she knelt in revereuee and clsppcd her hands in gladness before him. The emperor took the naino of her husband nnd the probable place where he might be found at Ostcud, and had him im prisoned for the three days of tho emperor’s visit, eo that tho husliand returning home found that the wife had seen the emperor while lie had not soon him. In many families of this earth tho wife, through the converting grace of God, has socn the "King iu his beauty, and he has confer red upon her the |»carl of great price, while the husband Is an J ‘alien from the covenant of promise, without God and without hope in the world,” and imprisoned in worldlincss and *in. Oh, that they might arm inarm go this day nud eee Him who is not only greater and lovelier than any Joseph of earthly dominion. HOItSFOItin* ACID I'HOHt'HATF. A** n lira In Food. Dr. S. F. Newcomer, Greenfield O., says: "In rases of general debility and torpor of mind and body it does exceedingly well.” To find friend* when re have no need of them, nnd to waut them when wc have, are both alike easy and common. Holmes’ Sure Cure Moults Wash Dentifrice. Cures Sore Throat, Bleeding Gum*, Ulcers and Bore Mouth, Clean* Teeth, Pa rifle* tho Breath. Pro- To exc el oi hem I* a proof of talent; but to know when to conceal that Mipi-riorlty l* a treater proof of prudence. Stick to the l**st and rove money by using Dr. Bull's Gough .Syrup in case of cold*. You tan prove your pedigree by your parent-, hut jc.nr good qualities’ v. Ill be recognized without any tut h evidence. SCOTT’S i m i.slON OF I’L'RF Cod Liver Oil. with HypophosphR*". In Consumption and Wasting Disease*. Dr, C. V*'. rURBJXfc**. Pitt'•hurt. Pa.. say* "I think jonr Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil I* a very fine preparation, and fill* a lout felt want. It is very useful In couHiniptlon and wasting disease*.*' A bran band hat been organized a moot Use em- pU»e*of a Colombia carriage factory. They aro Mild to he musical Mloc-. DURING THE WEEK. Tuesday, February 9.—The Austrian govern ment introduced an anti-socialist bill In the lower house of the relchsrath.. The French-govern’ meut has appointed a permanent commission to examiue into the question In relatlou to the monetary standard at homo and abroad John Ralston, of Dayton, Ohio, out his throat with a razor. At Kearney, Neb., stxhonos were killed that were supposed to have hydrophobia......Major T. B. Ferguson, of [Greenville, 8. C., is dead Alexander Hanawshy was burned to death at Charlotte, K. C Property to the value of 165,000 was burned In Jackson,[Mis* General Wilraot G. DeSaiissure, of Charleston, died at Orlando, Fla. Ik the City.—The railroads of the city will erect gates on both sides of the track* at Whitehall, Pryor and Loyd streets Several minister* of the city held a meeting yesterday for the purpose dtgetting frets touching the temperance question. A tele gram from Atlanta to the New York Times stating that prohibition was doing Atlanta great Injury by stagnation in business and erippliug the public schools was read and a committee was appointed to send the Times a telegram denying the one It had published. The merchant* and capitalist* were visited by the ministers, who stated that the fliture of Atlauta was uover more hopeful and their busjncs never better. Wednesday, February 3.—The Prussian gov ernment has submitted to the bundesrath a bill to prolong the socialist law for five year* A collU lou on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at Staun ton, Va., caused the death of two men and com pletely wrecking both engines A plan for the reorganization of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, has been agreed to by the bond holders E. W. Preccval, Charleston, B. C., *«*h manufacturer, amigned M ... George L. Porter, grocer, Houston, Texas, assigned, with liabilities at $122,- COO, and assets at 1114.000 Tho gold brick swin dler was indicted in Nashville, Temn, under the name of Dan Davis, alias Hcnulsscy Property to the value of ti-OO.UOO waa destroyed by fire In Grand Haven, Mich. In the City.—Subscriptions to the Georgia Mid land railroad arc booming right along, and the citizens of Atlanta say It must nnd shall be built. Owen Smith, the colored Janitor of tho execu tive department, died yesterday afternoon Two ladies—one from Indiana and the other ftora Texas -arc In Atlanta, and both claiming to have been the wife of J. W. Pierce, who was killed in the col lision on the Georgia Pacific railroad, at tho seven teen mile tank, some time ago. They are trying to get possession of his property. Hittrsdny, February 4.—A majority of the vessels belonging to the Euroi*cau squadron, de signed to prevent Greece from attacking Turkey, have assembled iu Suda bay Information has been received in London that Girod and Renaud, at-ronatito, who ascended in a balloon In tho latter pait of January from Brest, and who wero suppos ed to have perished, were picked up at sea Rufus Laurence, a negro, was arrested In Char lotte, X. ('., charged with passing counterfeit money..... An engineer was killed, and two other men dangerously wounded, in a collision on tho Rurlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern railroad. In the City.—February 16th is return day for the United States circuit court Steve Moore, an old negro man, died suddenly of hesrt disease The gate ordinance will go Into effect on the first of April The remain* of Mr. James Hunter, who died in Mobile, Ala., passed through Atlanta cu- route to Scotland. Friday, February ft,—The United State* grand jury at Galveston, Texas, returned true bills •gainst the four deputy sheriiRi from Hill county, who, on Monday night, beat the conductor of the Mlreoiiri Pacific pas.-enger train, terrorized passen gers, interferred with the running of the train and with obstructing the malls Orlando, Fla., will have n street ear line Benton, theCharlottsvllle, Vo., forger, was sentenced to six years Tho comptroller of the currency has authorized the Flint National bank of Opelika, Ala., to begin busi ness with a capital of 150,000. Ik the City.-Russell Payne, a young white man who has been wanted in Douglas county for some time past, was ancsted in Atlanta yesterday Yesterday was pay day with the police depart ment. An Atlanta bicyclist rode twentyrilxmiles ■and A quarter In two hours without any unusual ' oxViflotf. An elegant cinder track Is being built on the baseball grounds for tho benefit of tho wheelmen. Fnturday, February A sleighing party, consisting of fotirtocn perrons, was knocked off the track by a train at Kdgcrton, Ohio, injuring six of ihe occupants The bodies or a man, woman and six children, were frozen stiff on the pralrlo ncnrObcrlin, Kansas The announcement has been mado that Mr. T. A. Edlapn, the eloctriciau and Inventor, will be married on February 24th to Miss Mina Miller, of Akron, Ohio Ail anti- Chin cm: convention was held in Han Jose, Califor nia There were 25.1 business failures throughout the United States, and ;H in Canada, during tho pint wiek. In tiie City.—Coroner Haynes ha* been very sick for ithe past few days......Jeff Htewart, the young man who accidentally shot himself, will bo out In about a week Jane Wilson, a colored wo man, fell down a flight ofstairsand broko her left leg Mr. W. J. Scanlan, tho popular actor, wa« entertained by several of his admirer* at a leading rciuurant G. II, Bartow, who claimed to i« tho agent of the Butterick publishing company, and who succeeded in swindling several Atlanttani, wan sentenced to pay a fine of f1,000or servo twelve ir.ontha iu the chaingang. Sunday, February 7.—Tho Dayton, Va., organ factory, valued at §20,000 was burned Ton boiler of a pile-driving engine at Cason, Pa., exploded, killing the engineer and severely wounding seven other men N. P. Robert* A Co., West Point; Miss., the largest wholesale and retail grocers in cast Mississippi, have assigned A number of passengers were injured by a passenger train fall- ii.g over an embankment on the Missouri Pacific railroad The disastrous flood at Belleville, Out., has not abated and the river has damaged property iu that city to the amount of one million dollars. In tiie City.—The Atlanta boaeball club has signed its team for the coming seaxou aud tiie players rank among tho best in the United Btatcs. The first game of the season will bo played In At lanta on March 18th between the Atlanta* and the Louisville*. Tiie Chicago*, Detroit* and several other leading clubs will visit Atlanta and other southern cities during the next six wcoks .The work of lsyingthe Hill statue is progressing very fan rably nnd will be finished in n few days. It 1* being placed at the juuctiou of Pcachtrcc and Wc*t Peachtree streets A Remarkable Distribution* The l£8th grand monthly drawing of the Louisiana state lottery occurred a* usual at noon on Tuesday, January IStli. Tho first prize of $75,000 was won l»y No. 21,015, sold in fifths at $1.00 each—two held by M. Ditrlch* stein, care of M. Gross, No. .'I Chambers street, New York city; ono to J. F. Benson, care of Jo. Foe hr. No. 027 Main street, Kansas City, Mo: one to Isidor Schwartz ofJKaims City r AI»., paid through the Bunk of Commerce there. The second prize of $25,000 was won by No. .64,321, also sold in fifths at $1.00 each—one held by K. A. Burnside, Cincinnati. O., pul<l through Southern Express Co., who paid unothcr fifth to Joseph Wittenkellcr of Chicago, III.; one U> A. R. Simmons. 030 Elm street, Manchester, S. If, etc., etc. No. 70,6ft* drew the third prize ($10,000), also sold in fifths nt $1.00 each—one to W. A. Turner, No. 10 Third street; one to J, B. Blurt in. No. 00* Howard street, both of Had Francisco, Cal., paid through Well* Fargo A Co.’s Express; one held byCJ. Broetzman. of Houston, Texas, where also dwell J. C. Klein* folder & Co., who held another dollar’s worth, onc-fifth, etc., etc. No. 50,253drow the fourth prize ($0,000). held by J. W. Barnes, of the Windsor hotel, Kansas City, Mo., paid tliroqgh the Bank of Commerce there. No. 20,500, held in Ban Francisco. Cal., drew the other fourth prize, $0,000, etc. The extraordinary grand quarterly drawing will lie managed by Gene rals G. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, and Jobal A. Early, of Virginia, on Tuesday. March 10th, when $522,500 will be distributed by tho laws of chance. An ea>tem physician has published a work tell ing how to prevent scar*. A treatise on minding one's own business, most likely. A Bii.iouslf KADACHE’and all the uncomforta ble symptoms accom|ianyiug a disordered litrar may be speedily gotten rid of by the use of Dr. Jayne’s Banatlvc PH!*. \V. BT. Blmpsott, Collierville, Teun., Write*: 1 boje before the close of '*» the leading weekly of the sonth may find its way to every household In Tim*wee. One snbrerlber 1 sent you was tak ing six paper*, and I prevailed upon him to try Tiie OoevriTtwioir, and he told me yesterday tba- be had stopped every paper, as The Constitution best the world. RAW HANDS Festering, Watery and Raw from the Finger Tips to Wrist Cured by Cuticura. IN THK SPBIKCI OF 18W AN KKUITION i petared on the backs ofmy bauds. Isuppo.. Iwa* poisoned, by ivy. My hands continued to S aw worse, until the fall, when I consulted medi- I advice, and used many remedies to no purpose. Instead of getting better they rapidly grew worse, being a mass or watery, feiterlng, raw flesh, very offensive and annoying. Whenever a part would — ** • ould be under* * " - —* immediately l i, and re«£ring.wouldr spread over a finger Joint*, and festering woulc a large* surface. Iu this condition I bekan the use of the COTicciA Remedies, in one week’# timo my hand* w ere almost well, and in e short time entire ly cured. JNO. l>. VAUT1KR, 1’ikr 37,8. Wiuryes, Philadelphia. A COBfTLETE CUltK. iflbrcd all my life with different kinds and havo never I relief, until, by the advise of a Isay mena, i usca your valuable Cttictka Remedies. I gave them a thorough trial, tiring six bottle* of the CifTlCtJiu Rksolvemt, two boxes of CuTict'RA aud seven cakes of Ct'Ttct EA Soap, and the result was Just what I had been told it would bc-a complete cure. BKLLK WADE. Richmond, Va. Reference, G. W. Latimer, Druggist. SOOW. Mar- •ball 8t., Richmond, Va. VAUIGOBKDBOltB LKGB. . -..e used the cvticpra Remedies for a. sore leg. caused by varicose veins, with entire and per fect ratlsfaction. Mr. John Flarety was also cun “ *— # '— "*— — Irea CUTICURA HEIIKU113 sold everywhere. CfTict’iu, tho groat Hkln ,50 els.; Cuthtua Ho.vp, «n cxqitUlto Skin llcmitiflcr, 25 eta.; Cuthtka Resolvent, tho new Prepared by the Potter >., Boston. Bend for "IIow to Cure Skin Diseases." THYUinro Pimply and Oily Rklii beau- J X V / n tilled by ('I'TICt SA HOAP. BACK ACHK. WKAKNKSM, i Uterine Pains. Boretiess and Lameness MPccdily cured by that new, original, elegant and infrlllhlo antidote to pain end inflammation, the CtnrirvaA Anti- Pain Piasters. At druggists. 2.*c. ATLANTA 8AW WORKS. Manufacturers of every variety of SAWS!) Anil dwten In 1 SAW MILL * 8UPPLIE8 WorkmuMhlp . (unwind to “"Bastion. Atlanta, Ga. FROM GEN. FRANZ 8IGEL. "ficnctlttcd me mon wonderful!, FROM BARON FALKENBERG Of the Boyal British Rifles. "LIEBIG CO.’fl COCA BEEF TONIC Is unquestionably superior to any tonic that! liavo ever tried. It benefitted mo a* uono ha* ever before." "Foreign and native physicians, men of un doubted learning aud of the highest order of tn tellect£tndor»e its wondrous power*,"—N. Y. Dry Goods Bulletin. CAUTION. Certain unscrupulous dnigghtt*, who are trying to take advantage of the Liebig Co.'s reputation endeavor when MKUIU CO.’8 COCA BEEF TONIC Is called fbr, to foist products* of their own upon unwary purchasers, and to which they have given artfully worded name* well calculated to deceive. Rcwarc of such tradesmen! If they will oheat you In one thing they wilt In others. Such men wit* folly risk life by putting inferior compounds into prescriptions Tho only ssfo rule is to deal with men who honestly and unhesitatingly give what le called for, Remember also that tho Liebig Co. ofllrs no cheap preparations. It offers only honest goods at honest prices It has never sought to ester to cheap trade, and docs not want to. It derircs only the curiom of those who want quality and are willing to pay for it. Her Majesty’s Favorite Cosmetic Glycerine! Tor the complexion and toilet. Price §1. Pat ronlzcd by royallty and the nobility. "Exquisite,” say* the beautifol and gifted actress, Llllio Lang* mon wky The Globe Coin and Corn Planter Fertilizer Distributor. Highest award at in ternational Cotton ex hibition, Atlanta, “ tho Arkansas fair, tho Na- xpo 11 inti. I .On- tortile, Ky and the World's Uon^Naw tea foiled In any contest, has been still forther Improv ed, and ts now folly adapted to any character of soil and the moat unskilled labor, two styles and sizes being now made. It to tho most durable planter made, and will Save its Cost Three Times Over —IN a— SINGLE SEASON _ As It plants from eight to ten acres per day, with leas than one antT one-half bushels of —— covert at ono ibutes fertilizers Si TWO HANDS AND ONE TEAM. Wr “* GLOBE PLANTER M’FO. CO., 220 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Go. Mentlln this paper. JOHN NEAL ESTATE. milE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE JOHN NKAI/8 X estate have established an oflioe at 2S Whitehall street, where they request all who are In arrears to call early and arrange tho same. The/ dt not pro pose to enforce immediate payment in foil where the debts are amply secured and Interest promptly paid. They will continue to make loan* and buy approved paper for the estate. Tho patronage of Mr. Neal's old customers U^psrtirularly desired. JOHN KKkLy, - E. H. THORNTON, Qualified Executors. nx nn nx thor dAwk lm TOMBSTONES are J often erected over persons I who would to*dsy be alive and 1 •well If they had put prejudice* and poisonous drugs aside and accepted the honest offer we have been making them for years past. That offer iMhat we will send tt nr.y one sick or tiling,our Elec tric Mediated Appliances to suit I ttylr.cate onjo days trial. If no , We are daily curing severe cases of Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Ner vousness, Debility, Diseases Of the Liver, Kidneys and Lungs, Ac. Illustrated book giving prices and fall particulars, and blank for statemontof esse sent free. Address, Mention this paper, fetrj-wkytteow CHATTAHOOCHEE BRICK CO. lUNurAonnutRs or GHATTAH00GHEE RIVER BRICK. Office 33 1-2 Broad St., Atlanta, Ga,' We arc pr*j*ro4 to rtunl>!> brick tn u, quality at prices to suit the times. PLAIN, OIL rBK88KD U4 MOULDED BRIOK A SPECIALTY. and prices fmkii os application*' ATLANTA BRIDGE WORKS GRANT WILKINS, 01.11 Engineer and Contracting Agent. Bridges, Roofe and Turn Tables, Iron Work for Buildings, Jalli, Etc. BuUlrncturea and ronaUtUou * UpecUltr. SpcclOttUou, Pluu end ErttnuU. FumUhed oa Aggagjjg.InnBdAwkrtf puts * MAKE. NI3W. mezz ] » BLOOD. them fa tli* world. Will tvecHIw Satar*®* ippWDERMftiiU, IILI10 LH1 dscSHily wad frl | INDISTINCT PRINT ^