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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION', ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY SEPTEMBER * 7 1886
THE NEW TABERNACLE
Tbe Orest Ttbsrnscls Balit.br Bam Jones ta ttia
Own Town-an Elegent structure—Tbe Opsu-
IBB Berrteea Thera YCBtcrdaj-Bsrmone ill
cfBavarand Joaaa and I nail, Btc. ux<
CABTEESviLLE,Qa., September 3.—[SpcsiaiJ
Not a dond blurred the Ay this morniog
When the enn rose over the caatern
Carteravillo clear and bright, and ual
the long expected day for tho opening otl
“Sam Jones” great tabernacle meeting he
An initial letTice of prayer and Bong, held at
6 o’clock this morning, waa an guipiclona^ie-
ginning of the occasion. By a prearranged
plan the bella of the several dmrohor In toir'n
were rang at 5:30 o’clock, and are to be rung a
half honr before the beginning of oach%br<
Tice. ' '
The interest manifested in the meetlngt to
ensue, which hare been the subject of so mneh
thought, conToraation and prayer in this local
ity for to many weeks, was evidenced by the
large attendance at this drat service.
Professor M. J. Maxwell, Bov. Sim Jonas's
chorister, reached Carteraville yesterday noon,
accompanied by his wife and child, and last
night organised a large choir and held
a lint rehearsal. The ainglng nnder his ex
cellent and trained leadenhip bids fair to be
an element of great interest in the meetings
and an adjunct of value. As before announced,
the meeting is to continue ten days.
Protracted revival services have been held
here for the pest two years, in the early fell,
Ant in tho familiar bosh arbor and next in
tent; but this year, through the generosity of
Sam Jones, a missive end durable structure
has been erected. In building this tabernacle
Mr. Joses hu unconsciously built up in hts
own home an enduring monument to himself,
and by thet act endearod himself the more to
a people who already look upon him with
cy«» of love and hearts of appreciation.
> The tabernacle Is situated on e rise in a
pleasant shady grove In the western limits of
•he town, the bnllding is a quadrangular one,
with a large shingle roof running at acute
angles, bat la heavily and subjtanttslly braced.
The stage for speakers and choirs Is deep and
broad; the auditorium, which is comfortably
arranged, has a seating capacity of perhaps
about forty-live hundred. On the grounds
are refreshment standi and restaurant,, and
though the crowds to attend will doubtless be
very large, still the hotels, boarding-houses,
restaurants, etc., will And ample accommoda
tions for them all. A good many
prominent ministers have been in
vited to attend by Mr. Jones to toko
pert In the services, several of whom have rig-
nUed their intention to be present, among
them the Btv. J. B. Hawthorne, of Atlanta,
who will preach tho dedicatory sermon, on
Sunday morning, the Bev. Dr.8. A. Keene, of
Ohio, Bev. Dr. Leftwlch. of Nsahrlllo, Tenn.,
and Bev. S. P. Blehatdson, of Athens, Ga.
Bev. Dr. Baughman, and Bev. Mr. Bankln, of
Chattanooga, will also probably bo presont du
ring tho meeting, and Bev. Sam Small, will
of course, be present, and take an active part
in the services each day. He will, however,
supply the pulpit of Dr. Hawthorne,on Sunday
to enable that gentleman to bo here and for
mally dedicate the building.
At tho very initial service It can readily be
won that extraordinary interest is manifested
in this religions movement by nearly every
denizen of the city. It Is eric ently the Inten
tion of Bev. Sam Jones, as far as he is able, to
make this moetlng'at his own home a memor-
able one, and one .nncqnaled by any which he
has'sd or participated In elsewhero. Mr. E.
O. Excell,j)f Chicago, soloist for Mr. Jonss,
will reach Csrtcnvlllo Saturday, and will ren
der soles of sacred aonga daring the meeting.
This gentleman hat a superb voice, of rare
power and sweetness.
There will be four servloei dally, a{ 8 and
and 10. a. m.; KIM; and7:30. p. m. A half hour
before preaching, a service or song.
It wul be gratifying to many to know that
Bev. Sam Jones and Bav. 8am Small, will each
peach one sermon, at least, every day. Mr.
Jones will preach at the ten o’elock sorvlce,
and Mr. Small at the half put two o'clock
meeting. This will be the programme dally
except next Sunday, when Dr. Hawthorne will
dedicate the tabernacle.
Bev. Sun Small grrlved from Atlanta on the
naif put nine o’clock train, wu mot at the
depot by Mr. Jones; and after a abort rut at
the latter’s beautiful borne, proceeded to the
tabernacle and preached the flnt'sermon ever
delivered in the building. It wu a character-
istlcly good one. There were many people
prawn t, and intense interest wu shewn by the
unbroken attention' of his bur
ets. Songs of sweet melody
and exquisite religions sentiment, wore sung
from the ’’Grstt Awakening,” tho songs used
compiled by Professor Mtxwoll, and used by
Mr.Jones at all.bis revival services. The
preachers of the towq and neighborhood of
an^ovangelica} churches are in tho muting
Promptly at the Ihour appointed for the
preaching to begin, Mr. Small arose, and after
a few introductory remark* in which he alkcd
the prayerful attention or the congregation,
he announced his text from the 13th to the
17tb verso of the 18th chapter of St. Matthew:
“WbeB June came into the eouto of Caiaraa
PhlllippI, he ukeij His disciples, saying,
'Whom do men lay that I the son of man
amr’’
“And they said: Some say that thou art
John the Baptist; somo Ellas, and other Jere-
ruler, or one ef the prophets.’’
"Hesalth unto them; but whom uy ye that
I ami”
"▲fid Simon Peter answered and said, Thou
Att the Christ, the son of tho living God."
"And Jeans answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Har-Jona: for flesh
•nd blood hath not revealed ifc onto thee, bat
IB7 father which ia in heaven."
After reading the text Mr. Small spoke, in
substance, aa follows: '
At the first blush in reading this incident and
dialogue between Christ andhu dumpies, we have
been sometimes cons rained to ask why Jesus would
propound such an evidently unnecessary question
to his disciples. Jesus knew the thoughts of men
about him. We have numerous incidents on record
of his life where he knew what men
were saying and what they wero thinking before
they had given expression to their thoughts, lie
was (kllfull because he was omniscient la resdiug
tbe thoughts of men. and therefore this question
would »cem to have ocea an unnecessary one, if
only propounded for bis own enlightenment, lie
did not need to have the dally rumors repeated to
aim. fctcause be understood folly what men were
thinking and saying. Jetoli ,always had a pro
found. wi»e, valuable aid 1 Instructive reason for
everything he did. AndJeras asked this ques
tion of hlsdUciples becauje be wanted them, first,
to state according to their own hearing,
what it was they were tariog
•bent Him. and He thus draw
from bis disciples what the people around him
were saying In order that It might be enforced in
their own minds the dlvidon ia the minds of the
people regarding him. He then turned and put
ihe.aUemaiive question, the ooe that naturally
followed, 'but whom ray ye that I amr HU pur-
P«e in thU was to draw an answer from his do-
keen with
following "me shout all 'Judea, yon
have been hearing my teaching
to the multitude; you havw heard the private in-
•tructions I have given yom you have seen the
manner and mode ot ay life, the wonderful works
I have performed; yon have had an insight into
•now my character and what IMMIHIMi
the world; goo, myduciptaL who hove Mllowel
a ,cUve ataocfaUbn end tyreoathy with me, end
towbom I b.ve unfolded thing, that the main-
red. have not known—you of Ml men In ihe world
ensbt to have e correct undemanding and a tbor-
engk apprehension as to tha troth ol my
words and to tha troth of my claims: and
»?w. In contrast with tksee varying
opinions. I ask yon to pamlodgment nowand
•rawer tha questions, whom say ye that I amr,
ad Simon Peter, Impetuous, and always catsn-
staetle and ready (Or kls companion,, tor hla hi-
low-disciplm. said with the- eothiBaia of Ms
reon-itth. cirist. re. sou or the living
God; and In giving that testimony he vetoed the
EEj
believe thoroughly, to the very bottom of our na
ture, that thou art what thou manual to be; tnat
thou art the Christ, the Son of the Hying God."
it was this difference of opinion, so marked,
that Christ wanted to enforce on this occasion.
Be wanted to emphasize and make aa one ol the
epochs of hla life, In the career and experience o'
PSMme opinion ol the genual world around hint.
| That difference of opinlonnct only existed then,
hut has existed from day to day down to the prow
ent time, end It ahowfibat tola whole world la
divided Into two opinion! concerning Jeans Christ. i
One side of the opinions concerning him reached I
from the estimate of him by the people aa a high
moral teacher and the most perfect exemplar of
human grace, that the worldhad ever known, i
down to the loweit opinion of hta characteristics
and life, that men can give concerning the char
acter and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Those who live today, those who lire In this
community end look upon and believe In Chriit
as their beet Mend, aa their elder brother, aa their
Eavlonr.ai the Bon of God. those who know him
ini this; character ere prepared to stand up
with the tame assurance and the same truth,
say with Bimon Peter: *'ive believe that thou art
the Christ the son of the living God,”
, Every disciple of Jesna Christ la a living, walk
ing epistle before all men of what ho thinks of
Christ. The ahclplea of Jesus Christ moreover are
known, beet use of their way of living, talking,
thinking, acting and transacting the affhln
us .
There laadlstinctlon that always prevails whet
ever the doctrinea of Jeans have been preached
Ihetr troth and sublimity.
When men receive Christ aa their savior, as tho
eon of God, aa their chief and personal friend, their
lives conform to the character of Jetus Christ, Juit
si that of the ditclplra did.
The quettlon propounded by Chriit, la lust; as
pertinent today, because It la Incorporated In the
wotd God hu slvcn to His son, u if Jesus, himself
stood upon this platform rad demanded an answer
to It from ns. Hot only ho, but
the world looka upon ns u being
nilstles as to what Jesna Christ is to us; therefore*
there Is a deep, afearful responsibility that teachea
our own souls If we would experience this great
salvation wo should he rare that we are every day
living the belief that Christ Is the son ol the living
Go t, by conforming out thoughts, out Judgment
and our sellout to tho model He gave us.
Jtsuswas a living exemplar tout, and Just in
proportion as we conform our Uvea to this example
Just In proportion are we living a life satisfactory
to our own aonla and to God. The more closely we
it to u>. The question therefore ehmes horns to us
In our dstly transactions, "Whom uy ye that I
amt” and we are forced to answer that quettlon.
Weeannct escape It. If. you see a man profaning
Christ, with hla name on tbe church roll, with
himself, clalmlog to be a Christian and parading
to church erety Sunday morning and going obese!.
in the community, claiming respectability ant
superiority because he professes Jesus C
you see such a one drinking wine aw
surreptitiously, or with more brazen Imnu
’• going Into harrooma who hu the right to
"•”* M Jhe world outride says that Jcrus
—,-t Is not the Son of God, but wu a wine bibber
and a. glutton, and that Jesus Chriit baa
not been sanctification and perfection
to bis soul. Such men are wltnesse* every day
not to the fact that Jesua Christ Is thoBonofGoi,
but that he waaa.wtae bibber and a glutton. or
rather that would be the verdict of the world If
they Judged Christ by that man, hut human reason
and Judgment will not let Itself be led by any inch
vagaries aa that, and says instead of this man be
ing what he profestca, he Is nothing bnl an arrant
knave, ha la merely assuming purity and pawing
himself as a Christian for the purpose of deceiving
mtn. Yon take a man professing religion, belong
ing to the church with hu name ontho roll,
kokeduponu a leading member of tbe church—
look into bis Ufa and And him Oiled with grad
and SCO him extort everything he can sndluat
after everything, and take the lut cant from
every man that he trade! with, especially from the
poor, and everyone ho jreta In hta grip tho moment
he bu the leverage of ibo law with him, then It’a
so wonder that the Scribes and 1‘hartsoos, If they
. udge of the character of Jesus Christ brwhat they
we of It in that man, should say that he wuun-
faultlcts, sublime,and It stands Impregnable today
S alnst all false wltneaei and false testimonies
at men can bring agalnat It.
Mr. Small continued in logical and brilliant
ffgurea interpreting his Una of thought, and
held bis congregation in tho closest attention,
until tho close of his seqmon,
SAM JONES TALKS.
Bev. Sam Jones supplemented Mr. Small’s
sermon by a brief talk npon the practical les
son of tho sermon. He said he didn't know of
but two things to do: First was to qnlt every
thing that Christ disapprove*, and If they had
neglected anything they ought to have done,
to so end do It, If there wu anything wrong
In his Ufa ho prayed God to show It to him
tost he might remove It et once, and If bs had
neglected anything that wonld help him to
heaven, ha would adopt it today. He
eaid when railroad officials dis
covered any invention or
potent that wonld increase the speed end safe*
ly of their trains they adopted them, at what
ever cost. The air brake for Instance. If the
railroad companies did this as a congregation
of Immortal eoule they ought to adopt every-
thing that wonld help them heavenward.
He laid be beud of an old farmer once who
got rich by refusing himself everything he
wanted. Whenever he thought ha wanted
aey thing be wonld say, be wonld J net watts
month and tee if ha couldn't gat along with
ont it, and thus saved all he wonld have ex
pended. Seme people had been getting along
without family prayer until they decided they
could make the trip without it, and tha sams
with proyen. meeting, some people had found
ont it was not sbeolutely necessary.
"Whenever we see that
we need more mementnm to go to heaven, let
us adopt It in oor platform.” Wbatevor
balpa others on to heaven wonld help him.
All were made ont of the same dirt.
Mr. Jonea urged the people to come to the
meeting in e spirit of devotion and prayer, and
to "leave tbair feelings” behind them. There
• ere some people, he sold, who went abont
with their feelings sticking out like quills
on a fretful porcupine. He loved Oartenvllle,
d, as much as any man In it, and there
,ot a person In It he did not lore enough
to hug, at 0 hard enough to break a rib—he
meant men, he raid, of conne.
He prayed God’* richest Meetings npon the
w-ple, the town and tha meeting.
Mr. Jones will pretch tomorrow (Saturday)
at 10.30 a ra.
THE AFTXBNOON SEEVICE
t equally interesting u that of tbn foro-
in. Bev. Mr. Small preached another ex
cellent and eloquent sermon, bin subject be
ing: ‘The Power of Christ to forgive Sins.”
There «ts a deep and abiding interest In the
servlets, and much feeling wu visible In the
facet of the auditors.
A MILLION DOLLABS run.
At the conclusion Bev. Sam Jenesspoka feel
ingly and earnestly. He urged the people to
pat their time, labor, prayers and money into
this meeting. Us said last year he had In
vested $500, all be bad in bank, in the meet
ing. In return God blessed him and hla fam
ily wonderfully, "and,” be added:
“1 filled old Bam Small out of a hole with that
halt, and today 1 wouldn’t taka a million of dollars
for him cn Ihe black!"
ThU remark waa greeted with hearty
laeghterand “emeus.”
TIIX NIODT SERVICES.
Bev. Sam Jonea spoke tonight to in Increu-
1 audience, which nearly filled the taber
nacle, on
'Heaven la love; not that we loved God hut that
He leved na and gave hts son to be the propltta*
lion for onr •Ins” From tha fourth chapter of St.
i, Kcond verse.
6 mid:
ThU U the divine aide of the gospel epltemls-
. It U tbe whole of the divine aide of
the goapel pot in one lentenc*, -heaven la
love. There la another aide to the goapel. Wt
love Him beesneo Ha lint lovad us. ivith a bean
appreciate there words mtn can be breath! In-
„ Mated relation to God. The qoaeUon was
once arked oor Saviour which la the Hurt and
safwa J s? ■srvsj
neighbor aa thyself.” lellglon Is something to
hive, somethin, to do, and something to hope lot.
Ibis put tension in a piratical ptoue. IhUgwoU
love and love la the fulfillment of law. In living
i to dU for ns God cave the highest rnauF
—not uu loro. God U not mad with Hta
creatures; right ont of that sort of roll groan all
Infidelity. God lover a sinner In hell as mneh as
He lovta a saint In heaven. There U nothing In
the Bible to contradict that tke .Bible
teachea me that . God
God
lover
tinner became be needs bis lam Thera M ae
the tight in tbe ont vans more abhorrent In mind
then to tea a lot of Christian people ‘“‘f* “f
fnnrwalla and alt around end call themselves the
J. M. HIGH.
Tha Regulator and Controller of Low Prices,
wm mall mmplmad all dameaefDry Goods, rad
[pay rxpreerage to all evdara abOTrtCaflO. Jem
MM save money end get better varietytomlees
, by writing sa about what yon want and I*
tbs acknowledged lows* pdoes Maad a Whits-
hall stratt, Atlanta, as. MMMlhlnsgM
elf ct of God. I havo thought irtbere areany goals
In God’s pasture they are In that Sock of sheep,
Christ was death on the amen corner. He never
lest a chance to to tor .the amen
corner. God did not love
because Chriit died for na, hut Christ died for
because God loved us, and Ha will love us forever.
God Is the God of the universe, of. heaven, earth
end hell. People say It seema that If God lo
co such Be would save na all. Did shat mo. -
- a drank-
Toros ui,
Jeans Christ 11
the only name given nnder heaven whereby man
may be savtd. We ere God a children. He
loves us and gives na every evidence that
Ho doc*. The only region that men
don’t love God la because they don't know Him.
It anything la wrong In oor hearts lloolghr, let's
get It ont Let’s have a little bearen down here.
You'ye been ringing "Sweet Bye and Bye." Let’s
sing "Sweet Now and Now." No man can love
"‘end bate hla neighbor. We gronever
and evil tbtaga out ol the way.
Shape for a blessing ire will have such a one as we
neTer knew before. I loro all m
barkeeper. 1 love the women
will stick to the women and children aa long as
live.
Trust that blood has been poured in tbe streets
of Carlerevllle for tbe last time on account of
whisky.
Tho sermon ins deeply impressive and ef
fective. Many came forward and took the
hand tor a better life.
ONE POOD RESULT.
On little quarrel with Mexloo accomplished
one food result. It sat people to studying geogra
phy. Tbe Ignorance, not only ot the
of many so-called educated people, on this subject,
la surprising. I doubt if geography la studied
much now as It was a century ago—I mean really
studied, not Idly skimmed over In the rnsh
obtain that indefinable thing we cell "an educe-
Recently four "educated" gentlemen were con
vening wben,somehow,mentlon was made of Monte
Video. One olthe party asked where that city waa
The four gentlemen reflected for a moment. One
ol them laid It wu In Brail); another thought
it wu the capital of OhiU; tho third authority
located It In Colombia, and the fourth uld
wu somewhere In Central America, but admitted
that be could not tell exactly where- Here were
font mtn, each with e diploma, guessing et the
locetlon of one of the chief cltluof Booth America,
with a population of one hundred and twenty-fire
thousand, and the capital of a nation. Averaging
the aberrations of their answers, they missed Its
location about a thousand miles,
A gentleman who hu been Ihmlliuwlth the
eivll service examination! once told me that more
mistake* were made In answers to thegeographleal
questions than In any other part ol thou examine-
Almost any hoy or girl who hu gone
through an American common school has a fair
knowledge or arithmetic and grammar, but many
of them ue shaky on geography.
1 will venture that there are college graduates In
Georgia who cannot give the boundaries of thetr
own state I How many of them could draw a rea
sonably accurate map of Georgia?
At Emory college a few years ago a eenetblo
amendment was made to the usual final examine-
tlons at the close of each session. In addition to
the review of tbe studies of the curriculum every
student, tom freshman to graduating senior, wu
required to stand an examination on spelling-
Englleh grammar, geography and arithmetic.
Borne ot the -brilliant" boys In the higher
turned up their notes at this oblldlsh discipline
end by the quality of their answers (bowed that
ttwujustwbat they needed. Btudente who could
rattle off the Latin and Greek duties without
an error aometlmea floundered fearfully on En
glish grammar, nd somo who had mastered the
lntricadu of Calculus foll;befo» a simplo ques
tion In geography. Hall Ute colleges would brush
up their students In these rudiments now end
then they would tend ont better educated grad-
-ates.
The i agleot of geography It hard to understand..
Sorely it la ono of tha moat entertaining of all
ttndlea. If It hu lut the romntlo mystery which
Inspired tbs ancients to Its eathuslsiUc study and
lured tho old explorer! to seek hew continents, It
cfibre a rich compenutlon in tho dlsoororiu
which have completed the map of the world end
laid It before the undent In every civilized land
u a guide to one of tho most entertaining and
meat useful of the sciences.
What accounts for the use of the knife In several
recent dimculUce between white men In Atlantal
The knife Is not a ueual weapon among men ol tha
Baxon race; the pistol Is for more common. The
on employment of cold steel u e method of set
tling disputes la common among the Bpcnlaiaa
and Italians, who arc Healthier and more calcula
ting In the commlaalon of crime than their Saxon
cousins. In America we have deuuted somewhat
from the mauley faith or our English ancestry In
pure muscle as tho best and fairest means of attack
and defenoci and Ihe revolver hu become famous
as the companion of the average American of pu
gilistic tendencies Bad u the revolver le, It le
not ao bad, so brutal, or generally so fatal u tho
blade which does Its deadly work In silence and
almost before Its victim la aware Uial ho Is In dan
ger.
Almost any man will confeu to a dread or the
knife greater than that he foela for any other
weapon. There Is something revolting In tbe
thought of being stabbed end ripped by a murder-
oni blade. The knife ia morepllUau than the
platolor the bludgeon, and la preamlntnUy the
weapon of the coward.
Who la the moat effective prohibitionist in his
tory? Mahomet, beyond question. When he be
gan hla mission, dronkannem of tbs most bestial
kind wu ooe ol Ute prevailing vlcu among the
Arabs, Mahomet waged npon It e relentless wars
fare, and before be died bed extinguished It
kindred vices throughout the mighty
nation which he had bnilded up
ftom e few scattered tribes. HU work endured
and today among tho millions of Ifua-mlmen
drunkenness la unknown. Mahomet taught hla
followers that drunkenneu waa e crime and ho
burned tbit conviction loto their consciences ao
deep that for more than twelve centnrios It hu
kept tbe blood of a passionate people free from the
dangerous flre ol alcoholic stimulants.
A Dull Town.
From the Omaha World.
Omaha Man—Came by the way of St. Louie,
eb7 Anything new down there?
Chicago Man—Nothing that I hurt of, except
that they are getiii g up a corporation for the pre
vention of premature burials.
Omaha Nan—Well, l suppose It It rather diffi
cull to tell whether a 8L Louie man la alive or not.
Quite Unimportant.
From the Tld-Blds.
In Court:
The Judge—It la In vain for yon to deny It
Here ue three witnesses who uw yon commit Ihe
deed.
Prisoner-Only three? And pray what an three
out of a population of N,OOO,C01ft
The Batson IPEtce.
1 le same old sea and tbs same old tky,
in* the al
' i’it h tbfireediot uoifei of kmr «*o.
Of ibe nine old ball and the Mine old bo*u;
• rhe tame old drone*, ugly aa ifn,
' fhe Mina old nuh when Ibe mall comes in:
' 'he fame old fool* and the sama wUe men*
The fame old pigs in tho mm old pen.
Old gtbkn. old mco, old work, old play,
l ha f»me old night and tho Mine old day;
Tberaratold frg to t tnlghten tho hair,
Antiquity’* cbertnut crenrwboro,
And Us eat and drink and akefeb and mi
And drchi—for whom. I’d Uko to know?,
for strata and fnwila, and bona and gome.
And the j call thia health and real and peace.
Oh, bother neb mat end health, at j T;
ad antique clem to historic mod.
BottbtoVil add, though twill prove mebold-
— mice young mao would atooe for the old,
I take the mildew (ram lard and era,
IlgocMthArewhAfatbemaUerwktonM^
PAPERS OF LONG AGO,
Hew ■dlton Managed tha Heeding Column* to tha
"Olden Time--late re* ting AdvertUemmta-
Tha Deyaot the Spinning Wheat to Mew
Xagtand-Hablt of Banff Taking,
It is a humiliating fact, write* a correspond
ent of the Detroit Freo Progs, thtt after •
newspaper hu “had its day’’—^which is usnslly
rather leu than twenty-four boon In length—
it ia relegated forthwith to the limbo of last
year’* almanac, and bird,’ noeta, and it ~
escapes the rag-picker it ig only to Call into the
hand, of tho anti-quartan after a goaaon, who
will road—not tho ahlo editorials of tho
"bright and spicy” departments, bat—the al-
Tcrtiiemcntg.
Becognlxlng toil tact, an eattorn publishing
house is putting forth an "Olden Time Series"
of little books, the same bring "(loaning,
chiefly from old newspaper, of Bolton end
Salem in Massachusetts.” Many quaint and
carious things are In this way brought to tight,
as, for instance, tho prevalence of lotteries In
New England, and tho favor
in which they were held by respectable people.
The Faneoil hall lottery, tho Harvard college
lottery, the Bhode Island college, new Brown,
university, lottery, tho Dartmouth college
lottery, the Musachnsetta state lottery, and
lotteries for Episoopal and Congregational
churches, were all advertised. The
venerable Edward H. Parson, of Salem, now
for sixty years cashier of one of the iosdln;
banks there, sold ticket, in formor days, un
it was thought just as respectable to soli lot
tery tickets as to sell Bibles; in fact, the two
articles of merchandise were sometimes clam
ed together In tbe umo adverttaomont.
In 1790 a prize of $1,500 in the state lottery
• wss drawn by "upward of a dozen poor
widows belonging to Marblehead,’’ and there
upon some local poet wrote a score or more of
f lions "lines,” which were printed In tho Co-
nmbla Centind.
The "days ot tho spinning wheel In New
England" extend from tho first settlement of
the country down to tho tlmo within the mem
ory of men now living, and "spinning bees’ 1
ory or men now living, ana
held tbclr own as writ u "quilting
The Columbian Cuntinol, of June 7,1701, an
nounces the satisfactory result of a spinning
bee at the honso of Bev. Dana, of Ipswich,
where "a numerotu band of ladies in harmo-
niooa concert havo again ‘laid their hand, to
the gpindlc and held tho distalT,’ and praMnt-
ed the fruit of thrir generous toll, 118 ran of
good yarn, vli,S8Unen, 30 ootton, the mate
rials, provisions and a handsome attendance,
all furnished by themselves and those who
Joined them.” The Salem Morcnry, of April
28,1787, records a similar donation party at
the parsonage in Newburyport, whon "the fair
laborers presented Mrs. Murrey with ootton
and linen yarn of the but quality, amounting
to 230 ikefns."
The habit of snuff taking wu very come
in Now England in those days with both rexes,
and nearly every gentleman carried a snuff
box in hts pocket, which, If he coaid afford it,
wu likely to be of gold or silver. Mtccaboy
rappee, and Hcotoh snuff were among tho arti
cles most frequently advertised In tho news
papers.
Thero wu great strictness, u everybody
knows, abont th, Sabbath observances In Nnw
England, and the little book which now ap>
ptars tally no means tha first bit entertain
ment that the puritan taw hu tarnished to
the present generation. Tha Centlnri for Da-
ccmher, 1788. gives this account of Wuhlng.
ton’s adventure with tbe tlthlngman:
‘Tho president, on his retain to Naw York,
from bia lata tour through Oonneetloot, hav
ing miued his wty on Hstnrdsy, wu obliged
to ride a few mile, on Sander morning In or
der to gain the town at which hohadprevl-
onsly proposed to hsva attended divine ser
vice. Before ho arrived, however, ho wu met
by a tlthlngman, who commanded him
demuded tho occasion of his riding,
wu not ns til the president had informol him
cf every circumstance and promised to go no
fosther than the town Intended that tha tith-
Ingman would permit him to proceed on his
Jonracy.”
Tho following notice 'appeared In a Salem
paper of 1775:
“Whereas, the sober and thoughtful People
of this Town an much displeased by the greet
Noise and Disturbance made In the Streets on
Betuiday and Sabbath Day Evenings: It is
earnutly desired that all Heads of FamlllN
wonld keep thrir Children and Servants at
Homo on those Evenings, and thereby greatly
contribute to tho Quiet of tho Town and Peace
of tho Inhabitants.”
Not to be a “meeting-goer” In thoreday, wu
to range one’s ulf with thieves and robbers
and other outlaws, even thongh there wu lit
tle regard to comfort In tho moating honsea.
"For a long period.” aaya Mr. Frit in hit "An*
nail of Salem,’ ‘The people of onr country did
not consider that a comfortable degree of
wumth while at public wonhlp contributed
much to a profitable hearing of the goipri. Tho
first stovo wo havo heard of In Ma such use tta
for a muting honso wu pat
congregation of Boston in 17 .
Friends’ society had two plate stoves brought
from Philadelphia in 1783. Ths North church
had one in 1608; tho South had a brick Biurian
stove In 1812.”
It wu hardly neoeaury for the editor of Naw
England Sunday to qnoto tho mythical bin,
laws invented by Lying Patera u statutory
authority, for tho rul laws were biuo enough
to satisfy tho most dovont and ths "prophana-
lion of the Sabbath” wu an offanse. that vary
often came np for pnntebmant In tha petty
court,. It leiald thetabook of Oonsoctlcott
•tatntea, formerly belonging to Jonathan
Trumbull, bad at ths end of tha volume, in
manuscript, report, of tho caret adjudicated by
tha governor in hta captclty u Justice of ths
peace, among which wu a complaint by "Mi
majcitj’a tithing man”agalnat Jonaand Satan
Smith for a “propbanation of the Sabbath”—
namely, "that during divine rentes on the
Lord’a day they did amlle.” A fins of five
•billinga and cotta probably taught the enlprtte
to keep tbair facre itraight In mooting tlmo
thereafter. It ia reported that this book wu
shown to the late Professor Agassis, who ex
amined it with great interest, and then made
the following remark:
■ I find bare evidence of tho difference be
tween the Calnnltm of Switzerland and tbe
that frith. I went to meeting In tho moralog,
I danced with tho parson’s daughter on ths
green in tba afternoon, and I played whist
-with tba nation in the evening.’’
The old yukre newspapers had a good
many cations advertisement* which did not
concern tha lottery, tho apinnlng-whari, or
ha Sabbath. In 1787 wu aarortired “an ad-
reaa to penons or faebloo, concerning the fre
quenting of plsye, bails, aiScmbl lea, card-tables,
ate,” in which tha people were utnred that
"Immorality seems to have an Arc. nd secy
over Btllgion, and tha Prince ef the Power of
the Air Brins with almost an uncontrolled
Beetnlnt.” Elizabeth Courtney offers to teach
tbe iedlis of Boston "the most ingentou art
of Painting on Gauze A Catgut;” Gartner A
Cabot, of Salem, offer a "snow” (two-masted
vessel) for Mia, that "goetb walk” tha brigan
tine Tutu gave i chance to “ail Gentlemen
Seamen and ablc-oobfed Landmen who have
a mind to make thrir fortunes, and are in
clined to take a Cruise la said Veerel;’’ tha
Widow Hendry, having bean burnt oat In
“Paddy’a Allay,” uka a continuance of caatom
on the ground of “having a very chargeable
family;’’ at tba same time Jonathan Pajrson
misted a pair of Bran Doggs” (and Irma); Mr.
Turner, tbe dancing master, bastag ’’•offered
mneh by hooking,” will require cash naymenia
htnaftar; amen who hu a tract of land for
sale mentions tha ladncementa that "chare’a
a settled Minister In mid Pariah much ap
proved of; ’ a reward Is offered for an escaped
nun stave who “can play on a fid tie
ana loves strong drink;” John Woodbury of
fers to “fin two Bubers of Beane" of anyone
who wilf keep hta rauway wife, who-n ha
tenderly calls hla “House Plague for reran
foYeS^S 7 a EradaiT^offera
1 ’ three coppers reward” to whorearor will re
tain her runaway baahand.
THE YELLOW PINE.
During a recent trip through southern
Gcorgis I wu most particularly struck with tbe
verted and (ensral utility of Uw yrilow nine tree.
Besides, it is a very peculiar tree In many rupeeu.
ir you cut a girdle one Inoh deep, continuously all
around ths tree. It will die. The circulation of
rap seems to bs between the wood andbtrk,en-
tirely, and the fleshy membrane which is the me
dium of circulation, Is tough and leathery, sepa
rating readily from up or bark. Let.thUboMV-
eredand the largcat pine ta killed. Thtaaap con
tain* a great deal of ucchartno matter and soars
readily,so that fermentation during,rammer ta
transmitted from tree to tree, tho death of ono
canting the death of quite an area
A "llgbtwood," or "pitch" pins, ta about u solid
after death u before. First tho straw tarns yel
low and drops off, then the bark to gradually cart
•side, and Anally ail that softer shell or recant
growth, which ta called the up portion of the tree,
and thereto a solid tree of ruinous pins, with its
roots Imbedded In tho soil, and thsstormaormany
centuries may heat In vain about Us gaunt, sksla-
ton like form. There llghtwond trees are ot vast
ore to the Inhabitants. Theymako an underpin
ning for bnlldlnjs as solid as brick. There ta
nothing In the world superior u post material, and
for any frame work that ta constantly exposril to
the weather, this ruinous plno ta used. It to Im
pervious to water, and never rota. Then they
make tar and charcoal of this llgbtwood, besldu
It* untvenal tire u fid and kindling wood.
A turpentine farm mart be seen to bo apprecia
ted. When a farm ta first pitched the boxu ire cut
one to three In a pine, according to lire. The trees
are counted Into crops of so many thousand, and
thto ta called a virgin crop. The queer UtUe gauge
called a buck ta then brought to bear and • streak
ta cut above tho box, which bslmply a deep oval
notch, pointing downward so re to toad the gum
which exudes Into ths box balow. There boxi
are mads to hold abont a quart. This lint run ta
uctoarasoU, and laths finest of all. Aftarbclng
dipped out with a paddle, it to distilled, and tho
hardruintafttasomctlmuuwhlle sad clear aa
glair, it u very beautiful, and brings a good
price In the groat naval stores markets. Sec
ond yean’ gam ta not as good In quality, hi* fully
so in quutlty. Third year boxes, when ths
monthly hackings have mads the scar high up,
are atlll poorer, and from then on the crops hardly
pay for working.
Just about tha ronghut brings that aver cursed a
country are aome of there turpentine negroes.
They are paid by the box, II to ILM per hundred
for box cutting, and forntabed so much rations.
The old rule was a peck of meal, revan pounds of
bacon, and a quart of syrap. Other pravbfoni the
darky must pay for himself. Thay are given
shanties to lire In, and there, amid filth and
vermin, they sleep and eat Bomatlmea thay will
get together nights and ting and preach and pray
until after midnight, and then, at tho call of tho
woodsman, they are npand going byearlydawn.
Saturday orcnlngs at Uw station tbsy congregate,
and, when whisky ta obtainable, there an resaw
of the wildest sort. That ta what caused so many
of there wlrearus counties to go dry, Llqnor
demoralised Uw laborer! to such an ax tint that It
wu ruinous. Thors ta not ao much monsyin tut*
penUno as thero wu flvo yean ago, bat men still
manege to firm It,
The great lumber mills arc what cat Uw beauU
ful forests awsy most rapidly. This Ana Umber
Is equal to any in the world in many rosprels.
carpentry now It ta frequently .’put on In panels
with the natural color and poltab of tha wood ax-
pored. Millions of dollars are Invwtod la tho
manulkctnn of rough lumber In the forests.
Tramways are built Into the woods. Blockades
are built ont there for mulw and Umber carta, and
ths great logs many feet In length are tranafefrsd
to Uw mill where they an rapidly out into squar
id lumber, plank or scantling, aid this ta loaded-
on cars for some seaport, thence finding its way to
all parts of |Uw habitable world. At somo or tho
larger mills planers an run, and Ultra are a fow
that employ a fores of skilled mechanics, who
plan a house complete, cut all the parts lor It, and
then ship It west where ths buyer hu nothing to
wtl ioh acoompanylL " ^ flans and numbers
Tha rail spl tU s and naw ground clearer an
two great mischief makers. An Ignorant book
woodsman, with a sharp ax,wlU deforest many
acres In one day. Ho frequently gets It Into hta
hesd Ibsths will clear a certain field. Ho goes
and girdles Uw trees, gets too Usy, too poor or
looladlfibrent to complete tha Job, and tha land
lies theta for yaars, and booomea an "old daadaa-
In," almost worthless u a farm, and entirely so
u a forest. Ths rail iplittar cuts dawn trees In
discriminately, because they are ao plsnUfnl,
apUtawhathacan, and lean* the balanosto rob
and Urns aids In the destruction of trees that It
hu taken many ccntnrlw to produoe, and that
with all hta wood craft ho cannot contrltmto to
tho reproduction of. Itb stranga but troa, that
Uwwoond crop of yellow pins ta not at alliilw
Uw prlmaval growth. It la not to solid, so abun
dant In rosin, nor hull any of tho good timber
qualities of tha original growth. Once (one tha
yellow pin* ta gone forever.
If not exposed to the weather the tap pin* will
laatwriL Tha log houses are . gsnorally built of
the sapling pin**. Thay are long and straight,
and when peeled carefully are of mowy while-
nesa, I noticed one old bnllding that hu stood
the tost of half a century, and ft seems to be all
right yat. This houso ta a fair sample of all tho
othtn of that day and Urns, It wu bnllt of logs,
notched on to each other at tha oorntra, Uw who!*
structure resting on two light wood atlll that lay
on tho ground, Tha roof wu made or rough clap
boards, riven out of bent pin*, and Uw crack* and
gablca were ceUad with long atrip, drawn smooth-
ly and nailed naatly on. Th# flooc wu of hard red
clay, beaten into mortar, and then pat down and
packed nnUl bard and smooth. Apertures were
cot for tha two doors, and Uw shutters wan made
riven boards. Tbe chimney wu made of a
layer of solid pint sticks, panned all round, Uwn
layer of red clay mortar, another of stick*
and re on to Uw lop. Bourn and chimney ara etIU
standing, although a whole family of children
have beau horn, grew up and married, and nona
but Uw aged pair who cams thero In tbs Hush and
heyday of youth are left to bear witness. Than ta
aaomtlbtof aboattheaa pine tress that ta won-
derftsMy fascinating to me 1 look np at thrir tall,
trim, soldierly bodies and try to Imtgfna how
toy Ilfs timet old they are. Tho dust ol many
ftntraUona of mtn must mlogto around thslr
■tKiig roots. Coold tbsy but speak and toll of Uw
accost they have witnamsdl Ah! tbcydo sneak, If
yon wilt but bend your ear to watch thrir low, aoft
whispers u I have dona so many, mint times.
Thay ban taught m* things diaper than Uw loro
of th* woods, and In my thoughtful moods I ban
found tha swaetast eojoymant In Uw footly com
panionship ef thslr brooding slfonoa. M.M.F.
THE RED FLAG.
THE ANARCHISTS MAKE ANOTHER
DEMONSTRATION.
Mrs. Panona Kama an appeal to tha Anarchists to
Mika Bapsltals mould ta* ”o*a* Kan/n- _1
to Haantd-Tto Prtauoa ot Oraaral
Taraoni Amoon «»* Motlax Crew. •
Chicago, September 6.—Three thousand so-
«**“•*• «nd tlrelr nympathlzors took tho train
for Sheffield, Indiana, this morning, to attend
a picnic given by tho todalistlo pnbUrhlng
company for ths pttrpoao of raising mousy foi
tho defense of tho condemned anarchists.
Prominent among there, there could be scon
General Parson-, brother of A. B. Parsons,
Balthazar Btn, Chris. Spies, Ferdinand Spies,
and othera of the former leaders. The father
of Oicar Necho and Dr. Ernest Schmidt also
attracted attention. Admiring crowd,
gathered around Mm. Panona
and Mn. Schwab, both of whom talkod loudly
and dtfianUy of anarchy, present and to come.
After speeches by French and Germans, a
rang in German wu rang to tho tone of tho
"W" STAND, FOB WAR.
Tha Old Colored Janitor Enlighten* Floridi
ans on Locusts,
from Uw Florid* Herald.
A wandering, wayfaring, tired loetut that
_jd Down all ths way from Booth Jsckaonvfllejib
tempted to enter Uw rcportortal apart moot* ot tho
Herald through an open window this morning.hut
miscalculating Uw opening It atraak Uw glare; and
a subscriber who had Just coma Into taka the pa
per for a year, not knowing what tha Inaoct waa,
put hta foot on it aa It struck th* door.
■‘Hello, a locust I’ said Uw rel Igloos reporter;
1st me ico it"
It waa put ia hta band.
“By Joro. it’, got a <w’ on tta hack."
On examination tha back showed a fairly writ
dt enad "w” Jure si to* bare ol the wings.
■What dec* that aignlfy?" wu ths query.
■I know; Leas, whit dtt mean," arid Uw old
colored Janitor, Bob, who bu been with tha Her-
‘Id for bo xnaujr yean.
"What!" uksd Ihe whole staff In a breath.
■•Wan reh, I done -scon ono of dem thing, In
Tallahassee In isfo/on Cap’n Dyke’s coat, aide
time do aecsth convention, wu being behl dir.
and do cap’n uy to all do renllamaju datda’w 1
«fo<S!?fedui^’ ,,u *******
u pronounced u over In her apeochoa, bitterly
denouncing tho wholo proceedings of tho
court.
“Jf/said she, "these men aro hung, It will
he fool nranler. If they aro hang, and yon
people before mo do not resent it powerfirtly,
and so that it will bo remembered for many
yean to come, you are unworthy to bo called
men. In the words of Thomu Jeffoncn, that
were quoted at Haymarket on that htotorio
night, 'resistance to tyranny is obedlonco to
God.’ If tho men who havo ground
you under thrir feet for ao long
aro not tyrants, who are r If your late action
has not been obedience to God, what hu it
been? When the oonvietlonof onr glortoua
martyr, went abroad ait over tha world, king,
aad queen, clapped thrir hands, and why
would they havo dona so on hearing of tha
conviction ot any ordinary mniderant No,
Indeed, It Is became they know thrir
own weakness, and fear our itrength, that
they retoico in the downfall of our heroes. It
to your duty, and I demand of you, to eoho,
tho crash of thou seven scaffold traps by a
counter crash that ail this country will hear,
•nd hearing tremblo. Yon know that it It
for you and our glorious prinripiu thattheso
men now suitor In thrir calls. See that thrir -
persecution does not go unrewarded."
Similarity of opinion between tha speaker
and the audience wu evlnoad by tho wUil and
prolonged cheering and waving of many red
nag* in tho bands of tho excited anarculsto.
No more speech making ooeurred, and ths day
found an and with mneh bcerdrinklng accom
panied by repetition of tho “MartcUlab,” and
tha copious fluttering of red flags.
THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.
Ha Lashes tho Hudson with Hla Tall—A
Propeller Gives Him tba Bight of Way,
Bondont, September 5.—Tho sea serpent
which wu seen in tha Hudson river near
Kingston Point on Sunday by a number of
penons hu again bwn seen. Carl Fisher, of
Bondont, went to Klngiton Point yesterday,
•nd the man in charge of tho wreck at too
steamer Daniel Drew told him ho raw tho sea
serpent the night previous. It war making
Its way north, with its head extended about
five fret out of the water. It veered
from its conns long enough to giro chaw
to two young men who wore row
ing a email boat. They reached tho Dutches,
county ,hor« in safety, but terribly frighten
ed. .Tho monster grew furious whon It ur,
the young men bad escaped. It lashed tho
water with its tail, which seemed to he about
ssventy five feet distant from Its head. It,
head wu as large around as-a flour barrel, and
Itaeyu which were of a greenish hue, looked
"devilish.” Before starting up the Hudson
again, it squirted from it* mouth a stream of
foam resembling long shavings from a plno
plank,
Osptaln Conkling, ot ths propeller John
H. Cordis, also raw tho serpent. Ho
gars it the right ol way in tho chan
nel. It wu wen this morning abreut
of tho Flatbnsh Ice homes. A mm
named Jonah, who brings Ico to Bondont from
Esopns, uw ths monster.; Whon ha,lint
beheld it ho took It to bo an lmmcnso tree
floating lelrarely along with ths tide. Thi«
notion wu dispelled when ho saw tho sap-
nosed tree throw about twenty foot of it,
length out of tho water. William Stephens,
wu of Major Stephens, of this city, hu
talked with persona who uw tho serpent.
Thrir descriptions of ths monitor do not
vary in tho lcait. A number of pooplofrom
Klngiton city visited Kingston Point today In
tho hope cf getting a giiinpso of tho creature,
HONEYMOON* IN AUTUMN.
Btzvkm House Lakk Plaoid, N. y„
September Thie bu been * perfect
September day, and wu thoroughly cruoysd
by the president's petty. Tbe etmoephere wu
beautifully riser, even for this region, whioh
Is at en elevation of 2,000 feet, and tbs white-
faced mountain,wlthltabdd top and furrowed
■lopes, plainly showing tho paths of several
landslides, wu clearly visible from
that comer of the hotel piazza where
tba president's party sat enjoying
this prettiest bit or lake and raonntaln
scenery In the Adirondack wtldcrnsu. White-
Caco mountain Is only half a dozen mils, dis
tant. Its summit affords a clear view of Ltko
Champlain and the Grcrn mountain of Ver
mont; of a portion of Canada and tho St.
Lawrence river, down on the northern hori
zon, ud of numerous lakes, islands snd hill,
to Ihe west and south. Ladle, occuloully
malts ths sreent on this side of Whftoface,
snd steep u it ta Mn. Clovelend
would attempt It did ths president’, plan
permit g itay of ono day longer In tbta vicin-
ty. Tbta afternoon tbn whoia party of rix
called npon tho family of Edward!. Bartlett,
of Brooklyn, at their log camp on ths wen
shore of Lak, Placid, on, of the met unique
rammer residences to be found in then wood,.
At President Cleveland's Invitation, Bev. Dr,
George Hepwortb, of New York, accompanied
the party, A hard day’s drive through tho
wilderness ia premised for tomorrow.
TH EJCROP PROSPECT.
Tho reports from dtffisrcnt section, of Floyd
oonntjr Indicate a larger crop of com and cotton
than hut yur.
Tho cotton worm teems to have failed to
gttinany vary ritootlre work in Spalding county
so far tbta lesion.
Tha sugar cans crop, thongh small In area,
ta very rood—Ibo seasons baring been propitious
for Its growth ud development.
Mr. J. M. Pound, of Upson, bu raised g
•quash this year, which weighs 100 pounds
Mr. James Lovelace, of Harris county, hu
one of the Butt fields of uplud com to be found
in tM county. Those who have scon It uy ft will
not fall much short of forty buthota per acre.
Bud Hendorson, of Catoosa, bu tho bert
fieidiof com lu that county. It ta third year land,
and U good for 3,000 burhtl*.
A rqnaah railed by Mr. J. W. Payne, of
Upsoo, and weighing eighty-four pounds, ta on
exhibition ate. B. Andcuon’s store at Thomaeton.
Dublin Poet: Cns more month and the
lima for towing fail oat* will bs npon ns It Is
vary important that a Urge acreage he sown fa ths
fall. Every farmer will admit that grain sown In
the fall season yields more per acta than that
town la tha winter and spring; yat, ft bain, • busy
ration about gathering tba crops, too muy aro
Seridc'dlyto'ucVu takathaUmo ?o“bti e work at
log. . '
All eases of weak or lame back, backache,
rheumattim, etc.. wUI find relief by wearing
one of Cki tar’s Smart Weed and Belladonna
Backache Ptaatara, Price 25 cental
A Chinaman hu been carrying her m*J«- -
ty’amaJl in British Columbia. He bore hla charge ..
at tba end ef a longpole, tbe weight being balaaoed
by a big atone tied at the other end.