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WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MARCH 30 IBg6i TALMAGE’S SERMON- preached yesterday, LOUIS,. MO. AT §T, | the Twelfth of Hia • Bloc," tho Subject Bcln* "Uothi “ i*CI Bsadiod la • Utterly d--TS# Oab. fly Manner. i, Mo., Map* 28e-[Sp*ctafc]—Bor, nWltt lalitigi), D. D., of Brooklyn, [ inthil rity. thh morning, on hia ay borne from hb'Westcrtt trip, the twelfth of hia eerie* of aermona on "The Marriage ■Bin*-" ills subject waa “Motherhood.” Tho.eloquent preacher took for hia text, I %, ( Samuel ftlK “Moreover hia mother made him ’ a little coat, and brought it to him from pear pear, when ahe came np with her hatband to offer the yearly aacriflce.” ,'Ahs atoriea of Deborah and Abigail are very ..! j apt to discourage a woman’a aonl. flhoaayi within heraelf, “It ia impoaaiblo that I oyer can achieve any each grandeur of character, and I don’t mean to try;’’ aa though a child should refute to play the eight notea beeatue T ‘ lie Cannot execute a “William Tell.” Tbit Hannah of the text differ* from the pertonl Juat now named. She ana an ordinary wo' mu, with ordinary intelieetual capacity, placed in the ordinary circumstance!, and yet, byextiaordinaiy piety, atuding out before «11 the agea to come, the model Chrlatfan mother. Hannah ana tho wife of Elkanah, who waa a poreon very much like heraelf— unromantlo and plain, .never having fought a battle or lieu the eubject of a marvellous escape. Nei- amah and Hannah. The brightest time in all the history of that family arts the birth of Samuel. Although no atar ran along tho hravens pointing down to hia birthplace, I think the angels of God atooped at tho coming of eo wonderful a prophet ' Aa Samuel had been given in aniwor to prayer, Elkanah and all hia family, save Hannah, started up to Shiloh to offer aacrlfl- cea of thanksgiving. The cradle whore tho child alept wu altar onongh for Hannah'e Stateful heart, but when the boy was old enough she took him to Shiloh and took threo bullocks, and an ephah of dour, and a bottlo of wine, and made offering of saoriflee onto tho Lord, and there, accordiog to a previous vow, ahe left him; for thero lie was to stay ail tho daya of hia life, and minister in the temple. Years roiled on, and every year .Hannah made with her own hud a garment for Samuel, ud took it over to him. Tho lad, would have dot along well without that gar ment for I suppose ho waa well clad by the minlatry of the temple: bnt Hannah could not be contented unless ahe svms all the tlmo doing something for her darling boy, “More over hia mother mage him a little coat and bronght it to him from year to year, When ahe camirupwjth her-hnsband to offor the yearly 1. Hannah studs before you, then, in tho first place, aa u industrious mother. There waa no need for her to work. Elkanah, her hnabtnd, waa far from poor. Ho belonged to • distinguished family; for the Bible tolls us that he waa tho -'ton of Jeroboam, the son of Ellhn, the son of John, the son of Zupb. tloned. Hannah might have seated heraelf with her family, and, with folded arms ud dishevelled hair, read novels from year to year, it there had b.on any to read; bnt when I ace her that garment, ud taking it over to ileasnre. God would i ought no’— to bo found maxing a coat for fiamotLv Moat toothers need no counsel in thta direc tion. The wrinkles on their brow, the pallor on their cheek, tho. thimble-mark on their linger attest that they are faithful in tholr maternal dnties. Tho bloom, ud tho bright ness, and the vivacity of girlhood have given place for the grander dignity ud usefulness ud industry of motherhood. Bnt thero ia a heathenish Idea getting abroad In some of tho ftmlliea of Americans; there are mothora who banish themselves from tho homo circle. For . three-fourths of their maternal duties they prove themselves incompetent. They are ig norant-of What their children wear, ud what their ' children eat, - and What, their „ children read. They lufnnt to lnaroaiulblo ’ persons these young immortals,and allow them to ho nuder influ- •nets which may cripple their bodies, or taint their purity,or. spoil their manners, or destroy their souls., From the awkward cut of Samuel’s coat you know hiamother Hannah did not msko it.Out from nuder darning chandellert,ud off from im pelled carpets, ud down tbo granite stairs, thero has coma a great crowd of children ia this day, untrained, saucy, incompetent for ail practical duties of life, ready to be caught in the drat whirl of crime and sensuality. In dolent and unfaithful mothora will mako in dolent and unfaithful children. You cannot expectnratness and order in any house where the daughters aeo nothing but ilattornllm ud upride-downativeneu in their parei Let Hannah bo idle, and moat certainly Sr oel will grow no idle. Who are the industrious men in all our occu pations and professions? Who aro they man aging the merchandise of the world, building the walls, tinning tha roofs, weaving the car pets, nuking the laws, governing the nations, making thaearth to quake, and heave, and roar, and isttlo with nts. > old homestead, used to spin their own yarn, ud weave their own carpets, and plait their own doormats, and dag their own chairs, utr rand do their own - work. Tha stalwart; mon and the tudnentlal women of this day, ninety- nine out of a hundred of them, oame from such u illustrious ancestry of hard knuckles and homespun. And who aro these people in society, light aa froth, blown every whither of temptation and fashion—the peddlers of dlthy stories, the dudngjseks of political parties theeenmof society, the tavern lounging, the store infest- and ^ aa men of low wink, a itns, ud t, thor ng—the ud dlthy chuckle, rotten aaoociations? came from mothers of 1 brass breastpt For the moat part, idle ud dlagnatiaL .society, going from house to house, attending to everybody's business bnt theisowo, believ ing in witches, ud ghosts, ud horseshoes to keep tbo devil oat of the ohurn, and by a god- ,laas Ufa totting tholr children on the very . verge of bell. The mothers of Samuel John- ,i ion, and of Alfred tho Great, end of Isaac . Hew ton, and of St. Augustine, and of Biebard , Cecil, and of Pieeklent Edwards, for tho most part, were industrious, hard-working mothers. Haw, while 1 congratulate all Christian mothers upon tho wealth of modem science, which may afford them all kinds of help, let me aay that ovary mother ought to be observ ant of her children's walk, her children’s be- fcarior, her children's food, her children's looks, her children's compuionshipe. How ever much help Hannah may have, I think ahe out every year, at least, aiaks one garment for Seninel. The Lord have mercy on a man who is so unfortunate as to have had a lasy mother. Again, Hannah stands before yon at an intelligent mother. From the way in which ahe talked In this chapter, and from the way she maneges this boy, you know she wu In telligent. There ore no persons in a commu nity who Mad to be so wise ud well-informed as mothers. .... Ob! this work of cnltnro in children for this world snd tho next! This child is timid, ud it most be roused np and pnshed oat Into activity. This child is forward, and ha most bo held back and tamed down into modesty ud politeness, ltcwards for one, pnnuli- . meals for another. That which will mike George will ruin John. Tho rod Is necessary in ta see IS, while a frown or dtaploowr* is more thu eaoogh in uotber. Whipping and a darkchhet do not exhaust all tho rounds of domeatiedisclpline. There have been children "ho have grown up and gone to glory with-, out ever having had their ears boxed. Ob, how. mneh care and Intelligence aro necessary in the rearing of children! But in' this day, when there are go many books on the subject, no parent Is excusable. In being Igno rant of tho neat mode of bringing up a child. If parents £naw more of dietetics thero would not bo so many dyspeptic stomachs, and walk incompetent livers among chib mpot know more of physiology 1 spines, and nerves ud dren. If pai there woo'd not bo so many carved . cramped cheats, ud inflamed threats; and dls‘ eased longs u thero aro among Children. If r nto knew more of art, and wore sympathy with all that is beau tiful, there would not bo so many chUdren coming into the world with boorish proclivities. If parents know more of Christ, ud practiced more of His religion, thero would not bo so many little feetalreedy start ing on the wrong road, ud all around us voices of riot and blasphemy would not come up with such ecstasy of Infernal triumph, Tho eaglets in tho eyrie have no advantages over tho eoglets of a thonsud yean ago; tho kida have no mporior way of climbing np tho rocks thu the old goats taught hundreds of yean ago; tho whoipa know no more now thu did the whelpa of ages ago—they are tught no more by the Ilona of the desert: hot It is a shame that in this day, when there are so muy opportnnltioo of improving ourselves in the best manner of cultivating children, that so often thero is no more advancement in this respect thu there has boon among the kids and the eaglets ud tho whelp*. 3. Again, Hannah stands before yon aa s Christian mother. From her prayers ud from tho way she consecrated her boy to God, I know that she wu good. A mother may have tho finest cnltnro, the most brilliant surround- Itfg, hot the is not dt for her duties tinlou she bo a Christian mother. There may bo well- read libraries in the house, ud exquisite music in the parlor, and the canvas of tha best artists •doming tho walls, ud tho ward robe bo crowd- id with tastcmi apparel, ud the children bo wonderful for their attainment ud. make tho house ring with laughter and innocent mirth, bnt there is something woetaMooklng in that house, if It be not also tho residence of a Chrls- tlan mother. I Mesa God that there are not muy prayer- Icu mothers—not muy of thorn. The weight of reoponsibllity is so great that they feel tho need of a divine hud to help ud a dlvins voice to comfort ud a divine heart to sympa thize. Thousands or mothers have boon led into the kingdom of God by tho hands of tholr little children. Thero wore hundreds of mothers who would not havo boon Christiana haditnotbeenfbrthoprattloof their llttio ones. Standing somo day in the nnraory they bethought themselves, "This child God hu given me to ralso for eternity, What is my influence upon it? Not being a Christian my self how can I ever expect him to beoomo a Christian?. Lord help mo!” Are there uxlous mothers, who know possible that your ChUdren come up iniqui tous. Out of just sueb, this brows, and bright eyes, ud soft buds, ud innocent hsarta, crime gets its victims—extirpating parity '—i tho'heart, and robbing ont the smooth- fromtho brow, ud quenching tho lustre Every child is a bundlo of tremendous poa- •lbllltiesj.asd wliother that child ahaU como forth to lift, its heart attuned to the oternal harmonies, ud after a life of usefulness on earth go to a lift of Joy in heaven; or whether across it shall Jar eternal discords, and after a life of wrong-doing on earth it ahaU go toa home of impenetrable darkness ud an abyss of immeasurable plunge, la being doddeiby nursery song ud Sabbath leason, ud orenlng prayer, ud walk, and rido, and look, ud frown, ud amUo. Oh! how muy children in glory, crowding all the battltmenta, and lift- ing a million-voiced hosanna, brought to God tbroush Christian Parental?o. One hundred ud twenty clergymen were together, udthey were tolling their expe rience ud their snceetry; and of tho ono hundred ud twenty clergymen, how muy of them, do yon snppooo, assigned as tho means of their conversion the influence of a Chris- tisn mother? One hundred ont of the ono hundred ud twenty! Philip Doddridge was brought to God by tho scripture lesson on tho Dutch tiles of a chimney fireplace. Tho mother thinka she is only rocking a child, but' at the same time she may be rocking tbo firto of nations, rooking the glories of heaven. Tho same maternal power that may lift tho child np may preta a child down. A daughter cams to a worldly mother and •aid tho was anxious about her sins, ud she hed been praying all night. Tho mothor.said: “Oh, stop praying! I don't bolieve in praying. Get over all these religious notions and I’ll S lve you a dress that will coat flvo hundred oliara, ud yon may wear It noxt week to that party.” Tho duglitor took tho dross and •ho moved in tho gay clrclo, the gayest of all tbo gay, that night; and sure enough, ail re ligious impressions wore gone, and she stop ped praying, A fsw months after ahe came to die, and In her closing moments said: “Mother, I wish yon would bring mo that dress that ooot five hundred dollars.” Tho mother thought it a very atruge request, but ahe brought It to pleaso the dying child, “Now,” said the, daughter, “mother, hang that areas on the foot of tho bed,” ud tbo drees was hung there, on tho foot of tho bed. Thu the dying girl got np on ono elbow and looked at her mother, ud thu pointed to tbo dress, ud •aid; “Mother, that dress ia tha price of my son)!” Oh, what a momentous thing it is to bo a mother! 4. Agan, ud lastly, Hannah atands before yon tbo rewarded mother. For all the coats •he msde for Samnei, for ail the prayers she offered for him, for too discipllno exerted over him, she got abundant compensation in tho pioty ud the naetalness, and tbo of her son Bamnel; am Every teas, and tbo popularity id that is truo in all ages. mu nseftil in commercial life; that mu prominent in a profession; that master’ me chanic—why, every atop he takes in lifo has u echo of gladness in the old hurt that long ago taught him to bo a Christian, and horolo ud earnest. Tho story of what you have done, or what in have written, of tho influence yon havo exerted, has gono back to the old homestead— for thero is someone always ready to cany good tidings ud that story makes tho needle in the old mother’s tremulous hud fly quicker end the flail In the father's hud como down upon tho ham floor with a vigorous thump. Parents love to boar good nows from tholr children. Do you send thorn good nows al- YSkoutforth. young man who speaks of . ... ..... “luire," o woman who nils her mother her ancestor,” or tbo “old sromtn.” “The eye that moeketh at hia father, ud refnsoth to bey bis mother, tho ravens of tho valley hafl pick it out, and the young ugiu shafl Ood grant that all thi uod grant that all then parents may have tho great satisfaction of seeing tholr chUdren grew np Christians. But oh! the pug of that mother who, after a life of streot-gaddlng and gossip-retailing, banging on the children the fripperies and lollies of this world, sou thou children loosed out on the sea of life like fosm on the wave, or nonentities of the world whore only bravery ud stalwart character cu stand the shock! Bntblesoed bo the mother who looks upon her children as sons ud daughters of the Lord Almighty. Oh! the satisfaction of Hannah In seeing Samuel serving at the altar; of mother Enolee in suing her Timothy luroed in tho scrip- tores. That is the mother's recompense, to see children coming op nseftil in tho world, reclaiming tho loot, healing the tick, pitying tho ignorant, earnest ud nseftil in avery sphere. That throws a new light back on tho old family Bible whenever she roads it, and that will he ointment to soothe the aching llmba of decrepitude, ud light np tho closing boors of life's day with tha glory of an antnm- Dal me let. There she sits, the old Christian mother, ripe for heaven. Her eyesight ia almost gone. I ut the splendors of the Celestial City kiodle up her vision. Tho gray light of Jhearen'* morn has struck through tho gray locks which are folded bock over the wrinkled temples. She stoops very mneh now under the burden of care aho used to carry for her children. She ait* at homo, too old to And her way to tho house of God; but while oho •Its there, all the put comes back, and the children' that forty years ago tripped aronnd her arm-chair with their griefs, ud joys, ud sorrows—thou childron are gone now. Some caught np into a hotter realm, where they shall never ilte, ud others ont in the broad world, totting tho excellency of a Christian mother’s discipline. Her l«t days are toll of peace; ud calmer ud sweeter wiU her spirit booome, until the gates of life ahail lift ud let in the wornont pil grim into eternal apringtldo and youth, where the limba never ache, ud the eyes never now dim, ud the staff of tho exhausted and de crepit pilgrim ahaU become the palm of tho immortal at!' * THE CHURCH IN THE HOUSE. A ScrTlce of Homa-Woesblp tot Every Sunday in the Year. By Bit. Chaslxs F. Dior* D. D„ Pastor of tho Church of the Strangers, New York, FOURTH SUNDAY IN MARCH. {Here the whole (amity may mute in some prayer including ageneral confession.] THE LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. (The leader should announce tho place of lesson, •o that etch worshipper mty open too Bible ud follow tho readlD£:i (t’cnc*ls xxxii., Hymn, Prayer. [Then may follow a prayer appropriate to tha tea* ood, the Scripture Ioanna. and the clrctimrtjuioea of the family: or the leader may read from noma of tha collection* of orayera. of which there ahooMbe •evrral In each household.] [The Epistle and tho Gomel for each day should b<‘ announced, so that all the family mar turn to the pasMfo and accompany the reading:j The Epistle-Ephesians y„ 1; The Gospel; Lake xi., ll.Tho Discourse. (Then may be read tho following or uy other short discourse. The (coder may courts opon any sentence, or Introduce other matter. Tho para graph divisions and Italics will assist .1 Text.—"Yield yourselves onto God.”—Bo- mans vi., 13. If wo keep ourselves from God, wo with draw ourselves from tho circle of all hjeoaod- If wo yield onrselves to God, wo are not inr- rendering to an enemy who will destroy when ho obtains control of ns; we are letting go that which will be onr destruction if we ding to it; wo are tailing into tho power and loving hands of One whoHrsires tosavo ns; losing our hold on a horning rafter ud yielding to a Friend who la drawing na away into safety. Yield to God! Yon aro a tinner against Him. He seeks not to destroy, bnt to save; He knowa how tosavo: you do not kuuw. ^Glvo np your piu of salvation; yield to Cease listening to tho shallow philosophers whotslk to You oft way of moral improve- mcnt'according to .reason; you can be ^aved only according to God’s plan; whether that: be according to reason or not; bnt who dare say it la not? Ho lovee yon. Ho must toll yon how to bo saved. He haa come In tho deoh to ply yon with tho woolngs of affection, not to drive you by foroe. Yen are blind. All other saviours toll yon the way; thlsSavlonr takes yon by tho hud. Yield to Him and yon are saved. Yield to God. Yon prefect to do so, being a member of a Christian church. Yield wholly. Ho is yonr Teacher. Follow thoroughly ail His teaching. Never mind what it bring! on yon, nor where it lands yon. Obey thorough ly Hia commandments. j DonottiyOod; do pot experiment ' what tho result will be of n partial o! deeper grows tho lunging, there ia, indeed, no satisfaction fur sinful until until Ho dmls Him who ia tho Way, the Troth, ud tho Lifo. What a Saviour! so full of saving, keeplug, and on- lightening grace! Wlmt in tho wurld ia thero, in comparison to Him! Finally, let ms ask you: what think ye of Christ? Would yon have Him show you all His grace and troth ? Then ask, ud it shall be given you; took, snk ye shall And; knock, ud it ahail bo opened unto you. [Tho following poem may be committed to memory by the young people.] undue nts WINO. Under Ills wing I sweetly rest, Wbllebslmypeaeorelsnstnmybresst, I never need a foe to drond, While Hls bright wing 1. o'er me spread. Coder Hu wing I Under His wing I Oh, may my heart forever singl t, seen or known, lets o'er mo thrown, It soothes me with Its u - J Hts loving v._ , — 'Mid scenes of conflict and of grief Its presence gives nr soul relief. Under Hls wlngi Under Ills wtng I Oh, may my heart forever stag I The an gels with their pinions bright •‘mogivedollr ■ r tone I sing i saviour’s wing,. lor Hls wing! vsr sing I This Heavenly win*, so widely spread, " over me where’er 1 tread; ‘ "att g" It will certainly pr will discourage sill obedience. . • ( • Yield to Him; He is yonr pilot. Be If not responsible—you aro not aafo—unless you take your bsnd bom off the rodder, and lot’HIm steer; make Him no suggestions, bnt gladly, promptly, thoroughly, obey all orders. [After this, or uy other short discourse, a hymn or several lgmns maybe sung, oaths family^ may . rfa sertioo, the "tilorla’’or other Horology.] ■Mil FULL or OXACE AND TttUTU. By Bov. F. H. Bcynolds, Philadelphia. Jeans Himself, we are here told (John i J14), is bill of grace and troth; not a staled foun tain, whoso waters havo ceased to Oow, add la of no nso to tho weary traveler, this Is nog tho charaetcrof Jesus; Hois a fall, overflowing fountain, to bo used by those in need of grace ud those who would bo enrlohed by trntn. Full of grace ud troth! a fountain never dry, bnt always full for every thirsty, nbody soul. How different this Is from the troth which Socrates or Plato taught! tt Greeks much moral truth, ud yet urcui mucB uum »niuiiua je» iub were always in starch of deepor truth, ... never aeo Jesus thus Booking, for He wai tha truth Himself. Pint note, Ha was full of grace; that if un merited iavor, undeserved kindness; and yon will remember that God ia spoken of at the God of Greco. Tbit was truo of Josns in' HiS outward state, His whole life being occupied in nonring out grace upon the sons of mon; and also, truo in u inward sense; Ho was fall of spiritual gneo in contrast with tho law of Mooes, for the law was given by Moses, bnt t ract ud troth oame by Jsana Christ. Tha iw could never speak pesos to tho guilty con science, but Jesus came to show a bettor way, a way of access to tbs Father. Ho woo full of saving grace, yea, He is mighty to savo, as His name so cloarly indi cates, ud He Jiiinsalf tolls us, that He earns to seek ud to save that which ia lest. To tho woman He laid, “Thy faith hath saved thoe,” day, ud forever, wo may bo seoul yet saves to the uttermost til that comae nato Godby Him. AB we then need to do is to come; tbit salvation cu never be earnod by any works or merit* of onr own, ud for this very reason Jesus came to earth to dla. Oh. that all Uw heavy-laden would only como ana drink snd lire, Now, in tbo second plice, notice that His grace Is a keeping grace. A grace to keep ns from tailing in every time ofnaed, and which make* na victorious in onr daily warfare with the world, tbo flesh, ud tha devil. Boms say they can’t hold ont, which la true; but then, Jesus can ud doe* keep the aonl by the very power of Ood Himself. In Muses' time it wee said: “As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” But Jeans came and made it still clearer to th# tons of men, eo that Panl could cry: ‘1 can do all things through Christ, which strength- tueth me-,ho had grace to save ud grace to keep Mm. .Kept by the power of Uod I what a grand keeping I onr strength is so changeeble; one dey afire ud the noxt lukewarm, but, He who chugeth not, test! floe that wo aro kept by tbo power of God 1 And once again, it ia writ ten: “Your lifo la Md with Christ in Ood.” Oh I are yon all rejoicing in view of this tact? It will give yon a power for service which nothing else can give. Come, then, ud trust Him who is so full of grace. And thirdly. He waa tail of enlightening grace. Those who walked with Him to Km- ■nans lad their hearts opened to understand the Scriptures; and so shall we, in onr daily walk, nndcistud onr oneness with the Father, if ever drinking from this same fountain si full of enlightening grace. The reason why so muy Christians know nothing of the joy of tho Lord, is he cause they so seldom drink from this besvenly fountain. But He was tail of troth as well. lie came to manifest tho truth. The types all pointed to Christ from different sides, and when He came w* see them all distinctly rerifled, th* substance taking Use place of the shadow. He was the tree Lamb of God; tbo true state ment for the «ina of a ruined world. Homan truth never •atianos; tbs more ono gets, tha IthanUhca aUgloom and fear * wing I Oh, may my heart forever sing I ^’iiWm'tistlnfonliliotedof'ofdcaui-' I I still causing with dying breath, For round ms I can clearly sec Christ's wing oflore o'reaehlnjr me. Under Ills wing 1 Under lsla wing I Oh,nmymyhrarttarare f rin|. r|[(DD BOUTHEBN MtOnnirrioN POINTS. It fa a remarkable tact that the traveler going south from Washington city will And himself going along the path of a temperance' cyclone. Ho will find the capital city (Bioh-’ mond) of Virginia in the beat of. a prohibi tion campaign. He will find Italoigh, the tarheel metropolis, trying to drive ram ont. In Atlanta, Georgia’s capita), ho will find tho work already done. Dno west on lias of roll ho will find Meridian and Jackson, the Utter city tho capital of Mfaslssippi, battling for the abolition of barrooms. Cross ing Louisiana, prohibition Will be tbo flmt subject he will bear dtocnaaed in Texas. A linoofover a tbonaaod miles fan pretty long front to keep np. MiLLKDoaviLLN, Ga., March *3.—[Spooial,]' At 6 o'clock this morning the polls at the courthouse opened, ud voting began on tho extremely exciting Isono of pronlbitlon, which haa so thoroughly aroused our peoplo for tho past taw weeks. A stream of poopld has pocked tho courthouse door all day. Yester day Dr. A. G. Haygood preached twice, to tho whltcsin the morning ud in tho afternoon to in the Intorrat of temperance. Today the Indies havo a bountiful repast spread in theTreuor building, ud every nlno bodge was cordially woloomea to their hospi tality. At 4 o'clock a crowd of about threo hundred boarded tbo Macon ud Augusta train, bound for the Brown’s Crossing prooinot. In order to vote there. Tho registration books •how 7B0 white and 1,S2S negro voters. At 8 o'clock, the voto having boon counted flrom nil over the county, showod the follow ing result: MUlcdgevillo—Prohibitionists flvs hundred - snd seventy-six; antis, one hundred ud sixty- Coopers— Prohibitionists, thirty-six; antis, two hundred and forty-tiro. Bntts—Prohibitionists, forty-five; antis, two hundred ud thirty-seven. Browns—rroblbitionfats, forty-soven, antis, three hundred and sixty-one. Total—Prohibitionist, 7<M; total, antis, l.OOff. The prohibitionists claim that the ooat on executions, to the number of nearly Mx hun dred, are not paid, and therefore the election Is illegal and will bo contested, and that tho polls at Brown's Crossing were held open twenty minuet too fats, by which tho antis won a victory. SiHicjt, S. C., March 31.—[Special.]—Eloo- tion day here waa lively. A new town coun cil waa to bo elected. Two tiokets wore plaocd in the field, and tho light was waged with much fooling from the opening tilt the doting of the polls. There wu an ut passed by tho legislature In 1883, which prohibit* the uleof spirituous liquor* in thotownofSoUeca. except by druggists. So Seneca fa not a. local option town; aUll the tickets pat up represent ed, ta * great extent, tho wet and dry faction* respectively. Several tlmo* during the day those wu bitter quarreling, and serious trouble wu hourly looked for; but no ono wu hart. Tho ticket nominated by the dry taction wu elected by a majority of 30. Ono of tho mon who voted tho wot ticket wet hi* ballot with whisky before patting it In tho box, ud,u ho put it in, ■aid: “Hors she goes wet.” WaynoNoxo, Ga, March 25.—[Spaclatl.1— A meeting of prominent cltlsons, hold her* today, resulted In a decision to tost the whisky S ueation for Barks in June noxt ud tho once lame in July. Newton county will voto on local option on Thnnday, the 82d or April. ItALXion, N. C., March 25.—This olty fa now preparing to vote on tho oxclnsloa of li quor, the election being fixed for tho first Monday In Jane. Associations havo boon or- ganlredtor tbo pnrpooo of conducting tho sign,and,u i<now thojfuhlon In ton them elections, a special plaoe fa reserved for negroes. A lugs muting of whltu hu re- mired that “we hsil with pleasure the adrue- ad step the colored peopio have taken in th* good work of removing the evil from onr pity, ud welcome thorn u co-laborers in thta grand reform.” * . i-u'l I n/.n Houston, Tor,. March 25.—Elaotlons havo Jnat taken place In Bobertaon ud Clay coun ties, the former voting against prohibition of tho liquor traffic and th* latter tor it. Vxxidian,Mia*,March 20.—Tb* local option •boil order u election sad submit th# question of prohibition or no proMbitlon to th* pooplo. Tho uti-probibitioDfata of this county have started inch a petition here ud nn election will soon ho bold. This city will go “wet” ud tbo eowtyl* thought to bo very sloe*. Tho con tut will b* spirited and bittor. OxronD, Ala., March 20.—[Spotlai.l—Th* town council mot lut night and decided to issue whisky llccnso under tho reunt dulaion of tbo supreme court. The license wai fixed of the supreme e« at $1,200 tar tech Over Three Regiments of April Hen. There ere S.KO Comrmmox men whom sub scriptions expire In April . This Is thru fell regi ments wd a bsiullon. Drawn np In line they would make e line army. How many of these soldiers will re enlist? WIU any of them be mustered ool finally? Won't every mu, every aqned, every company, every regiment come marching op shoulder to shoulder, re-cnflesed tartbewer? We beta to eu any of the old ret crane fell out. Better than all, won’t every Cox- STitUTion soldier brio* up a now recruit, eo Ibtl every company and every regiment may bo dcnhhd, and Ibe April regiments grow Into u April brigade? Let us have the brigade, and the man who bringa In the most recruit* daring Aprf ol,bll be published u the brlgadlar-ganoral, and we will send bis wife one of our uwlng machines. Now, all fall in and go to work, end let ua au who will Le brigadier-general or tho Aprilbrlgade and will hava bla uniform made on the sowing machine we will present to hie wife. I.adlce, ge your hnabandr to enter for thle competition. Don’t trffl* with a cold when a 25 cent bottle of i t. Ball’* Cough By rup will car* It. - indistinct irint The “WOOLWICH” METAL, PERFECT Double Barrel loadikg shot g on iNilfcpiLtloQ&M JjfMaatUt pep« R=«:iH*LF A MlLLION GARDENS^ Onr Oreu-honu * Cor Calalqgno fur 1888, el 140 pajet, conlahlnj colored nlelee, deicrlptlons I , ear Ilia NEWEST, BEST ud RAREST 8EEDS and PLANTS, will b* mailed on cecelpi PEfERUENfiEilSON & CO Jieket” ru ho depended on orrery Ume. If yon want a g coverupwrehoib way* tad wa wilidadocl ratarnichargalf t _ X. O. CONWAY CO., X-liia.,SO lVarrf-n St..Y, Mention thi, wuww OF HARD WOOD OUT WITH ORE F1UNB BY ONE OF OUR CELEBRATED SILVER STEEL DIAMOND SAWS. Thta u th* record of a flaws, made from onr flpocu. . edge longor than any other cavr _ »fi*e, EIjOO per.four. Including HandJes andOango. Fnrr'aSai either regular gangs or w .iMttVfa. E.C.ATKl NO A. CO., Sole Makers of Silver Cort^iivc Tooth DexTCR. SwcciAt Sjcnt Diamond and Chaiaf Cuts. Circular. Han '• aho Lie lay Sawb, Indianapolis. Tnd. 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