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pOMINIONOF FASHION.
Dr. Talmage to the Women of
; America.
THE FOURTH SERMON OF THE SERIES.
Brooklyn, January 29.—[Special.]—The
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D., preached to
say in the Brooklyn Tabernacle the fourth of
the series of “Sermons to the Women of
America, with Important Hints to Men.”
The subject of the sermon was and the text
Was from Deuteronomy xxii 5: “The woman
pliall not wear that which pertainoth unto a
|nan, neither shall a man put on a woman's
garment: for all that do so arc abomination
Unto the Lord thy God. ’ Dr. Talmage said:
.1 In t •., the fourth sermon of th.- series of
sermons, I wish those who hear to bear in
jnind that I take into consideration not only
those whom I have before me on Sabbath days,
Jnit the wider audience opened through the
printing tress, and wh le sometlr'ngs may not
be particularly appropriate fur one locality,
tiicy are appropriate for many other
localities. And here I will tell a
secret that I have never before told in public.
About twenty years ago I began to pray that
God would open to me the opportunity of
preaching through the secular newspaper press.
The religious papers in which my sermons had
been published chiefly went to positively re
ligions families. So I asked God for the wider
field in which to proclaim the great truths of
religion and good morals. In a strange way
pie answer came. Ami the syndicates having
Charge of these matters inform mo that every
week there are now thirteen million six hun
dred thousand copies of my discourses pub
lished in this country, and about four million
in other lauds, whether English-speaking coun
tries or by translation in many foreign tongues.
I want people to understand that it is all in
answer to prayer to God that this opportunity
has come, and I pray for grace to occupy the
field. It. is not, therefore, presumptuous when
I give wide scope to these discourses and ad
dress them "to the women of America, with
important hints to men.”
God thought womanly attire of enough im
portance to have it discussed in the Bible.
Paul, the apostle, by no means a sentimental
ist, and accustomed to dwell on the great
themes of God and the resurrection, writes
about the arrangement of woman’s hair and
the style of her jewelry, and in my text Moses,
his ear yet filled with the thunder of Mount
Sinai, declares that womanly attire must be in
narked contrast with masculine attire, and in
fraction of that law excites the indignation of
high heaven. Just in proportion as
the morals of a country or an
ago are depressed is that law
defied. Show me the fashion plates of any
century from the time of the deluge to this,
and 1 will tell you the exact state of public
morals. Bloomerism in this country years
ago seemed about to break down this divine
law, but there was enough of good in Ameri
ican society to beat back the indecency. Yet
ever and anon we have imported from France,
or perhaps invented on this side of the sea,
a style that proposes as far as possible to make
women dress like men, and thousands of young
Women catch the mode, until some one' goes
a little too far in imitation of masculinity,
ami the whole custom, by the good sense of
Amdricaii womanhood, is obliterated.
Thu costumes of the countries are different,
and in the same country may change, but there
is a divinely ordered dissimilarity which must
be forever observed. Any divergence from
this is administrative of vice and runs against
the keen thrust of the text, which says: “The
[women shall not wear tliat which pertaiueth
unto a man. neither shall a man put on a wo
ptan's garment: for all that do so are abomina
tion unto the Lord thy God.”
Many years ago a French authoress, signing
herself George Sand, by her corrupt but brill
iant writings, depraved homes and libraries
innumerable, and was a literary grandmother
Df all the present French and American authors
"who have written things so much worse that
they have made her putrefaction quite pre
sentable. That French authoress put on mas
buline attire. She was consistent. Her writ
ings and her behavior were perfectly accordant.
My text by implication abhors masculine
women and womanly men. What a sicken
ing thing it is to see a man copyingthe speech,
the walk, the manner of a woman. The trou
ble is that they do not imitate a sensible
Svoman. but some female imbecile. And they
f' imper, and they go with mincing step, anil
isp, and scream at nothing, ami take on a
anguishing look, and bang their hair, and are
the nauseation of honest folks of both sexes.
O, man. be a man! You belong to quite a re
spectable sex. The starting figure of the
human race was a man. Do not try to cross
over, and so become a hybrid, neither one nor
the other, but a failure, half way between.
Alike repugnant aro masculine women.
They copy a man’s stalking gait and go down
the street with the stride of a walkinig-beam.
They wish they could smoke cigarettes and
some of them do. They talk boisterously and
try to sing bass. They do not laugh," they
roar. They cannot quite manage the broad
profanity of the sex they rival, but their con
versation is often a half-swear; and if they
Said "t> Lord” in earnest prayer as often as
they say it in lightness, they would be high up
in sainthood. Withal there is an assumed
rugosity of apparel, and they wear a man's
bat only changed by being in two or
three places smashed in and a dead
canary clinging to the general wreck, and a
man’s coat tucked in here and there accord
ing to an unaccountable esthetics. O woman,
Stay a woman! You also belong to a very res
pectable sex. The second figure of the human
race was a woman and so sometimes a second
edition of a volume is tbe first edition im
proved and corrected. Do not try to cross
over. 11 you do you will be a failure as a wo
man and only a nondescript of a man. We
already have enough intellectual and moral
bankrupts in our sex without your coming
over to make worse the dificit.
; In my text, as by a parable or figure of
Speech, it was made evident that Moses, the
inspired writer, as vehemently as ourselves,
reprehended the effeminate man ami the ma- •
online w man: "The woman shall not wear
that which pertaincth unto a man, neither
shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all
that do so are abomination unto the Lord tli v
God*”
My text also sanctions fashion. Indeed, it
Bets a fashion! There is a great deal of sense
less cant on the subject of fashion. A woman
or a man who does not regard it is unlit lor a
good neighborhood. The only question is what
is right fashion and what, is wrong fashion.
Before I top, 1 want to show you that sash: m
ha* be-■> one of the most patent of reformers
and on •of the vilest of usurpers. Sometimes
it has been an angel from Heaven, and at
Others ■ has been the mother of abominations.
As the v ■■:•!<! grows l.<'tter, the:.- will I
much ftt bion as now, but it will be arghi
eons fashion. In the future, life whiten,? s
always have been and always will be in the
la-ht' ...
There is a great outcry nipt:.: t this submis
sion to 'til custom, as though any consulta-
tion of the tastes and feelings of others were
deplotsble: but without it th:- world would
have neither law, order, civilization nor com
mon <1 -eem y. There has been a canonization
of bhudm There are m< n and worn n who
boast that they can tell yon all they know and
hear about you. especially if it be unpleasant.
Some !i rve mistaken rough behavior lor frank
ness, when the two qualities do not belong to
the same family. You have no right with
your e. ( ’privities to cra.di in upon tie- sen-.i
tivene others. There is no virtue in walk
ing with hoofs over line carpets. The most
jagged ro b is covered with blos-otning nios-.
The storm that comes jarring down in tlrimler
strews rainbow colors upon the • ky and silvery
drops < n on hard and meadow.
There are men who pride themselves cn
their <:i .city to “stick” others. They ray:
“1 have brought him down; didn't I make
him s: : rni!" Others pride themselves on
their <>:r. mdish apparel. They boast of bi inn
out of : ■ fa,hion. Theyweara queer hatg
Th -y ■ ;<l ■in an odd carriage. By dint of p< r
petnal a p!i- ition they would persuade the
wu ldt;. - they aro perfectly indiffmei.t to
public .>,.,ni- n. Tin y aii more proud of be
ing " >.’ ,d fashion” thrill others are of bring
in. Th ■ arc utterly and i.ivcrsally disagree
able. '1 noir rough corner- have never been
worn otl. They prefer a o gebog V> a lamb.
The .. oui pllshtuents ol 1-mare in no wtoe
prod ire of effeminacy u. < nervation. Good
manners and r. -peer for ’J”.- tastes of others
arc indi ■•..-able. The good book sjieaks fa
vorably es those win.’ a "peculiar” people,
bui 1.-a* < :ic.*, not san- ion thu behavior of
qu er ;■ ”:dc. There is io < x use, under any
O'rcm.i .i.i’ictm, fur not Isfing ami acting the
lady ir t etdlemau. Ilttdouess if sia. Me hare
THE V IEKLY CCKSUIITION. ATLANTA. CA„ TUESDAY. JANHAIIY 31. 188?.
uo words too ardent to express our admiration
for the refinements of society. There is no
law, moral or divine, to forbid elegance,
of demeanor, or ornaments of gold, or
gems for tho person, artistic display in tho
dwelling, gracefulness of gait and bearing, po
lite salutation or honest compliments; ami ho
who is shocked or offended by these had better,
like the old Scythians, wear tiger-skins and
take one wild leap back into midnight barbar
ism. As Christianity advances there will bo
better apparel, higher styles of architecture,
more exquisite adornments, sweeter music,
grander pictures, more correct behavior and
more thorough ladies and gentlemen.
But there is another story to bo told. Wrong
fashion is to be charged with many of the
worst evils of society, and its path has often
been strewn with the bodies of the slain. It
has often set up a false standard by which peo
ple ate to be judged. Our common-sense, as
well as all the divine intimations on tho sub
ject, teach us that people ought to be esteemed
according to their individual and moral attain
ments. The man who has the most nobility
of soul should bo first, and he who has the
least of such qualities should stand last. No
crest, or shield,or escutcheon can indicate one's
moral peerage. Titles of duke, lord, esquire,
call, viscount or patrician ought not to
raise one into the first rank. Some of the
meanest men I have ever known had at the
end of their name D.D., LL.D, and F. 11. S.
Truth, honor, charity, heroism, self-sacrifice
should win highest favor; but inordinate fash
ion says: “Count not a woman’s virtues;
count her adornments.” “Look not at the con
tour of the head, but see the way she combs
her hair.” “Ask not what noble deeds have
been accomplished by that man’s hand, but is
it white and soft?” Ask not what good sense
is in her conversation, but “in what was she
dressed?” Ask not whether there was hospi
tality and cheerfulness in the house, but: “In
what style do they live?”
As a consequence, some of the most ignorant
and vicious men are at the top, and some of
the most virtuous and intelligent at the bot
tom. During tho last war we suddenly saw
men hurled up into tho highest social posi
tions. Had they suddenly reformed from evil
habits, or graduated in science, or achieved
some good work for society? No, they simply
had obtained a government contract!
This accounts for the utter chagrin which
people feel at the treatment they receive when
they lose their property. Hold up your head
amid financial disaster like a Christian! Fifty
thousand subtracted from a good man leaves
how much? Honor; truth; faith in God;
triumphant hope ; and a kingdom of ineffable
glory, over which ho is to reign forever and
ever.
If the owner of millions should lose a penny
out of his pocket, would he sit down on a curb
stone and cry? And shall a man possessed of
everlasting fortunes wear himself out with
grief because he has lost worldly treasure?
You have only lost that in which hundreds of
wretched misers surpass you; and you have
saved that which tho Caesars, and the Pha
raohs, and the Alexanders could never afford.
Ami yet society thinks differently, and you
see, the most intimate friendships broken up as
the consequence of financial embarrassments.
You say to some one: “How is your friend?”
The man looks bewildered and says: “I do
not know.” You reply: “Why, you used to
bo intimate.” “Well,” says the man, “our
friendship has been dropped. The man has
failed.”
Proclamation has gone forth, “Velvets must
go tip and plain apparel must come down,”
and the question is "How does the coat fit?”
not “Who wears it?” Tho power that bends
the tide of excited population upand down our
streets, and rocks the world of commerce, and
thrills all nations, trans-Atlantic and cis-
Atlantic, is clothes. It decides the last offices
of respect, and how long tho dress shall be
totally black, and when it may subside into
spots of grief on silk, calico or gingham. Men
die in good circumstances, but by reason of ex
travagant funeral expenses are well nigh in
solvent before they get buried. Many men
would not die at all if they had to wait until
they could afford it.
Wrong fashion is productive of a most ruin
ous strife. The expenditure of many house
holds is adjusted by what their neighbors
have, not by what they’ themselves can afford
to have; and the great anxiety is as to who
shall have the finest house and the most costly
equipage. The weapons used in the warfare
of social life are no minie rifles and Dahlgren
guns, and Hotchkiss shells, but chairs, and
mirrors, and vases, and gobelins and axmin
sters. Many household establishments aro
like racing steamboats propelled at the utmost
strain and risk, and just coming to a terrific
explosion. “Who cares,” say they, “if we
only come out ahead?”
There is no one cause today of more finan
cial embarrassment and of more dishonesties
than this determination at all hazards to live
as well as “or bettor than other people.
There are persons who will risk their eternity
upon one pier mirror or who will dash out the
spenders of heaven to get another trinket.
“My house is too small.” "But” says some
one "you cannot pay for a larger.” “Never
mind that, my friends have a better residence
and so will I.” "A dress of that stylo and
material I must have. I cannot afford it by a
great deal; but who cares for that ? My neigh
bor had one from that pattern, and ‘l must
haue one.” There are scores of men in the
dungeons of the penitentiary who risked
honor,business, everything, in the effort to
shine like others. Though the Heavens fall
they must be “in the fashion.”
The most famous frauds of the day have re
sulted from this feeling. It keeps' hundreds
of men struggling for their commercial exist
ence. Tho trouble is that some are caught
ami incarcerated if their larceny bo small. If
it be great they escape and build their castle
on the Rhine. Men get into jail not became
they steal but because they did not steal
enough.
Again: Wrong fashion makes people un
natural and untrue. It is a factory from
which has come forth more hollow pretenses
and unmeaning flatteries and hypocrisies
than the Lowell mills ever turned out shawls
and garments. Fashion is tho greatest of all
liars. It has made society insincere. You
know not what to believe. When people ask
you to come you do not know whether or not
they want you to come. When they send
their regards you do not know whether“t is
an expressson of their heart, or an external
civility. We have learned to take almost
everything at a discount. Word is sent “not
at homo” when they are only too lazy to
dtess themselves. They say "The furnace has
just gone out” when in truth they
have had no lire in it nil
whiter. They apologize for the unusual bar
renness of their table when they never live
any better. They decry their most luxurious
entertainments to win a shower of approval,
'fill y apologize for their appearance, as though
:. were unusual, when always at home they
look ju.t so. They would make you belie,
that some nice sketch on the wall was the
wak of a master-painter. "It was an heir
loom and ottee hung on the walls of a castle:
and a duke gave it to their grandfather.”
I’cople who will not lie about anything el>c
will lie about a picture. Ona small income
we must make the world believe that wo are
affluent, and our life becomes a cheat, a coun
terfeit ami a sham.
Few people aro really natural am! tinaf
ected. When I say this I do not moan to
s.iur cultured manners. Il is right that wo
should have more admiration for tho
tured marble than for the unhewn block of
tho quarry. From many circles in life i.i-l.ion
has driven out vivacity and enthusiasm. A
frozen dignity instead floats about tlm room,
and iceberg grinds against iceberg. You
must not laugh outright: it is vulgar. You
must smile. You must not dash r.iptdly
across the room ; you must glide. Th ue is a
round of bows, and grins mid flatteries, and
ohs, and ahs, and siniperings, amt namby
pamby ism —a world of which is nr.i worth om«
good, round, honest peal of laughter. From
iich a hollow round the tortured gm ;t retire,
at the close of the evening and a-sufs his
li ■ * that he has enjoyed himself.
Thus social life has been contorted and de
fornv'd, until, in some mountain cubit:, win re
gather to the quilting or ti.e apple
paring, there is more good cheer than in all
the frescoed icehousis of the nivtrop di-. We
want in all the higher circles of « ■ iety more
warmth of heart and naturalness el lichat 'or,
ami not so many refrigerators.
Again, wrong fashion is im ompatiblc with
happiness. Tho <■ who <b’|ieml for their com
fort upon the admiration of otln rs ar< subject
to frequent disappointment. Somborl will
criticize their appearance, or surpass 11.” in in
brilliancy, or will rm vivo mote altentioi’. Oh.
tiiu jealousy, ami 'b ti.v.tioii. ami the heart
burning of tlioae wl.o mote in this I . <vi!de:cd
maze! l’<x>r butterdies! Bright wing, do not
always bring liappine h. "She t1...t li’.oth in
ph isuro is dead while she iivelli." Tim
revelation! of high life that come to U.e chai-
long© and the fight are only the occasional
croppings out of disquietudes that aro under
neath, like the stars of heaven for multitude,
but like tho demons of the pit for hate. The
misery that will tonight in the cellar cuddle up
in the straw is not so utter as the princely dis
quietude which strlks through splendid draw
ing rooms, brooding over tlie slights and of
fenses of luxurious life. The bitterness of life
seems not so unfitting when drunk out of a
pewter mug, as when it pours from the chased
lips of a golden chalice. In the sharp crack of
tho voluptury’s pistol, putting an end to
his earthly misery. I hear the confirmation
that in a hollow, fastidious iifo there is no
peace.
Against devotion to wrong fashion is pro
ductive of physical disease, mental imbecility
and spiritual withering. Apparel insufficient
to keep out tlie cold and tho rain, or so fitted
upon the person that tho functions of life are
restrained; late hours tilled with excitement
and feasting; free drafts of wino that make one
not beastly intoxicated, but only fashionably
drunk; ami luxurious indolence—are the in
struments by which this unreal life pushes its
disciples into valetudinarianism and the grave.
Along the walks of prosperous life death goes
a mowing—and such harvests as aie reaped!
Materia Modica has been exhausted to find
curatives for these physiological devastations.
Dropsies, cancers, consumptions, gout and al
most every infirmity in all the realm of pathol
ogy have been the penalties paid. To counter
act the damage, pharmacy has gone forth with
medicament, panacea, elixir, embrocation,
salve and cataplasm.
Tonight|with swollen feet upon cushioned ot
toman, and groaning with aches innumerable,
will be tho votary of luxurious living, not half
so happy as his groom or coal heaver. Wrong
fashion is the world’s undertaker, and drives
thousands offhearscs toGreenwood and Laurel
Hill and Mount Auburn.
But. worse than that, this folly is an intel
lectual depletion. This endless study of pro
prieties ami etiquette, patterns and styles, is
bcdwarling to the intellect. I never knew a
woman or man of extreme fashion that knew
much. How belittling the study of the cut of
a. coat, or the tie of a cravat, or the wrinkle in
a sleeve, or thee olor of a ribbon! How they
are worried if something gets untied, or hangs
awry, or is not nicely adjusted! With a mind
capable of measuring the height and depth of
great subjects; able to unravel mysteries, to
walk through the universe, to soar up into the
infinity of God’s attributes —hovering perpetu
ally over a new style of cloak ’ I have known
men recklsss as to their character and regard
dess of interests momentous and eternal, exas
perated by the shape of a vest-button. What
is the matter with that woman wrought up
into the agony of despair? Oh, her mud is out
of fashion!
Worse than all, this folly is not satisfied un
til it has extirpated every moral sentiment and
blasted the soul. A wardrobe is tho rock on
which many a soul has been riven. The ex
citement of a luxurious life has been the vor
tex that has swallowed up more souls than the
maelstrom off Norway ever destroyed ships.
What room for elevating themes in a heart
filled with the trivial and unreal? Who can
wonder that, in this haste for sun-gilded bau
bles and winged thistle-down, men and women
should tumble into ruin? The travelers to
destruction are not all clothod in rags. On that
road chariot jostles against chariot, and behind
steeds in harness goldcn-plated and glittering
they go down, coach and four, herald
and postillion, racketing on tho hot
pavements of hell. Clear the track! Bazaars
hang out their colors over the road, and trees
of tropical fruitfulness overbranch the way.
No sound of woe disturbs the air, but ail is
light, and song ami wine, and gorgeousness.
The world comes out to greet the dazzling pro
cession with : “Hurrah! Hurrah!’’ But sud
denly there is a halt and an outcry of dismay,
and an overthrow worse than the Red Sea
tumbling upon the Egyptians. Shadow of
grave-stones upon finest silk! Wormwood
squeezed into impearlcd goblets! Death with
one cold breath withering the leaves ami
freezing the fountains.
In the wild tumult of the last day—the
mountains falling, the Heavens flying, the
thrones uprising, tho universe assembling,
amid the boom of tho last thunder-peal, and
under tiio crackling of a burning world—what
will become of the disciple of unholy fashion?
But watch the career of one thoroughly arti
ficial. Through inheritance, or Iperhaps his
own skill having obtained enough lor purposes
of display, he feels himself thoroughly estab
lished. Jle sits aloof from tho common herd,
and looks out of the window upon tho poor
man and says: “Putthat dirty wretch off my
steps immediately!” On Sabbath days he
finds the church, but mourns the fact that lie
must worship with so many of the inelegant,
and says: “They aro perfectly awful.” “That
man that you put in my pew had a coat on his
back that did not cost five dollars.” liestruts
through life unsympathetic with trouble, and
says: “1 cannot be bothered.” Is delighted
with some doubtful story of Parisian life, but
thinks that then; aro some very indecent things
in the Bible. "Walks arm in arm with tho suc
cessful man of the world, but does not know
bis own brother. Loves to be praised for his
splendid house, and when told that he looks
younger than ten years ago says: “Well,
really, do you think so?”
But the brief strut of his life is about over.
Upstairs, he dies. No angel wings hovering
about him. No gospel promise < kindling up
the darkness; but exquisite embroidery, ele
gant pictures, and a bust of Shakspoare <>n the
mantel. The pulses stop. The ministri comes
in to read of the resurrection—that day when
thedead shall come up- both he that died on
the floor aiul he that expired under princely
upholstery. He is carried out to burial. Only
a few mourners, but a great array '4 carriages.
Not one common man at the funeral. No
befriended orphan to weep a tear on his grave.
No child of want pressing through the ranks
of the weeping, saying: “lie is the last friend
1 have ami I must sec him."
What, now? He was a great man. Shall
not chariots of salvation come down to the
other side of the Jordan and escorl him up to
the palace? Shall m t the angels exclaim:
“'rum out! A prime L coinin '.” W ill the
bells chime? "Will there be harpers with their
harps, ami trumpeter with their trumpets?
No! No! No! 'J’iiere will be a ‘Jiitddor, as
though a calamity had happened. St inding
on heiH cn’s battlements, a wat .-hman will see
something shoot past, with fiery downfall and
shriek: “Wandering star-for whom is re
served the blankness< f darkness forever!”
But sadflcr yet is tho closing of a woman’s
life that htuboon worshipful <4 woi IdliiiPSs, all
tho wealth of a lifetime's opportunity wasted.
What a. tragedy! A woman »>n hei dying pil
low, thinking of what she might li/vo done
for God and humanity, and y« I having done
nothing! Compart her d<‘mi. <: with that ot a
llau iet ?<ov.'p!| go tig down to p’ ;e cfitlly Jin
inlhei Jcof Franco, lovie.vinv her lifetime
sacrifices i»T the redemption ot In
dia; or the last hour, of Elizabeth
Jhirvey, having exchanged her bright New
England home f( <■ a life at B • 1 -y amid
stolid Jirnthoni in, that she might I’liiiu'iie it,
saying in her last moment’-: "It this is the
daH: vulh y, U has not a dark pot in it; all i >
light, light!” or th< exit <-f Mrs. la nnox. fall
ing nmh-r -iiddcn disease at Smyrna, breathing
out he ,‘.'ll last W'.id ‘'Oh, how
hani.v!” <-r thgjMha,jrture of l uahD.
(.’oii. -to< k, ‘P' WHBj'g lit io; ;h- a!’ tlnm
of Burmah. gi\ hoi child' n tha< tla’y
might come home to Am*-rica to be educated,
am! saying he I: i.. d them goo l-bye, never
to ,<ee tl;cm again : “O Jcmil do this for
Thee!” or the going of ten thousand
good women, who in I• s r ouixiing
spheres Pavo lived not for themselves,
bid for Go<l and the a!!' I ’, iati«»n of hmmin suf
fering. That was a brilliant scene when, in
1 lss, in tin; campaign for the capture of Ronda,
Queen Elizabeth ot Castih , on iioisidiack, s;do
by side with King Ecrdinand, redo out tore
view the troops. As .he in bright armor rode
along the lines of the Spanish host, and waved
her jcwrjk.'d hand tothe varrior , and ever
and anon uttered word'- of cln •t so the worn
veterans who, far aw.'y from their homes,
were risking their for the kingdom, it was
a. Kpc'tach* that illumine- history. But
more glorious will be the -ccne when t hat con
“•crated Christian woman crowned in heaven
fdiali review the souls tliat on earth she ck»tbed
ami fed ami medieined, and ang- li/ed, and
then introduced into the ranks celestial. As
on the white hmse of vi< I. iy, side by sidx
with the King, this queen unto God lorever
shall ride past the lines of tho e in whoee sal
vation she lx»re a part, the scene will nurpa. s
anything <*ver witm- ><•<! on in the lift*
of Joan of / rc, <»r l’cnc!o|n-, or S' miraniis, or
Asnxsia, or Mariarnne, ot Margaret of An jou.
Ride.on, victor’
«
Sick and hilioUM hcadMche, am! all derange
mentn <4 . tommrh and bow* L, fired by I r.
Pierce’.*, ‘ I’chrts” - or anti-bil; >n.s granules
cents - viai. No cheap bozos allow waste
of virtue*. By drugghu
The Presidential Campaign.
From the New York Herald.
AVo hope for a serious canvass. It will bo
stern and aggressive. The democrats will surely
nominate Cleveland, and Ids election will moan the
formation of a political dynasty as was seen un ler
Jefferson and Jackson, It doos not appear how
the republicans are to boat him, no matter whom
they nominate. Blaine, who represents all
that is bad, much that is enterprising, and some
things that aro good in republicanism: Lincoln, a
tradition, a hope and a name; Allison, conservative,
corned beef and cabbage work day dinner; Phil
Sheridan, “Rally round the flag, boys;*’ Sherman,
three and a half per cent, and possibly tour;
Hawley, the essential fact that he is not
Blaine; Evarts, whose politics know no yes
terday, no tomorrow, “republican for revenue only”
—none of these and none of the influences they per
sonify can, as the currents now run, defeat Cleve
land.
But always remember that it is tho unexpected
that happens! The armies are now maneuvering
for position. What we want is a straight, square
contest, and no coon skin, luud elder budness—no
froth and nonsense.
“Play or pay”—horse talk, it is more sash
ionable to say: Use Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
Save money—Buy Salvation Oil for twenty
iive cents, and be happy.
TIIL COTTON MARKETS.
CONSTITUTION OFFICE.
Atlanta. January 28,1838.
Net receipts for 1 day 1|,285 bales, against 21.952
bales last year: exports *17,582 bales; last year 19.775
bales; stock 910,383 bales; last year 987,580 bales.
Below we give the opening and closing quotations
ol cotton futures iu New York today;
Opening. Closing.
Janaury 10.51®. 10.55® 10.56
February 10.
March 10.71®
April 10.76.0? 10.7;ka-10.71
May 10.52«$ 1v.79«v10.50
J line lO.ssni) 10.85(d) 10.86
July 10.90-;? io.sshi. w.s9
August 10.92ia 10.93 10.90 m 10/ 1
September 10. Lui) 10.4otait0.il
October 10,09.<i' 10.11 10 09$ 10.10
Closed steady; sales 67,300 bales.
Local—Cotton quiet; middling
NEW YORK, January 2s—The total visible sup
ply of cotton for the world is 8.017.961 bales, of which
2,564,261 bales are American, against 3,252.825 bales
and 2,780,623 bales respectively last year. Receipts
at all.interior towns 85.948 bales. Receipts from plan
tations 61,310 bales. —CfopJnjight 5,776,026 bales.
NEW YORK, January’27—The following is the
comparative cotton statement for the week ending
today:
Ner receipts at all United States ports >9.557
Same time last year 13*2,939
Showing a decrease 13,'::52
Total receipts 1,183,998
Same time last year 1.3t)1. t 5.;
Showing an increase 179,53 j
Exports for the week Id *.. 119
Same time last year 17 l.ssu
showing a decrease 71.161
Total ex|M>rts to date !,989,1.13
Same time last year 2.933,001
Showing au increase :.r..l »i
Stock at all United States ports 927 j»5 '
Same time last year 915,513
Showing an increase 1 '.nr,
Stock at interior towns 218,0;*.)
Same time lust year p.j’ ;<» j
Showing an increase 5.»,7. 8
Stock at Liverpool 7tG,opt)
Same time last year n‘..’o*)i)
Showing a decrease <‘,ooo
American cotton afloat for Great Britain. . 277.000
Same lime last year 2.16,000
Showing an increase 21,000
51 iscellaneous.
Flour-Best patent s'».so: extra fanev ?5.25
(H'S— ; fancy $1.75; extra family tfo.oooiil. »o"; ehojrc
family sl._’s(a4fo.oo; family H.OOl" *0.00: extra
5<’?..»0. Wheat—New Tennessee, ’.)•><«' o.’c; new
Georgia 85c. Corn—Choice white, 7 !<■; No. .’whil<*,
Tennessee. 72; No. 2 white, mixed. 70e. Corn ineai
—75. Oats—4S(doo. Hay—Choice tiinothv, large
bales, SI.10: choicetimotny,small bales, Si.lo: No I,
large bales $1.10; No. 1 small bales, >1.11». Beas M.lii’
Wheat oran, &I. 10. Wheat straw, B'!e (.iii>, ?/.//,
(d??3.so*pbbl. Coffee—Rio.22’ ~(<• 2.1 1 ■ J bbl; old gov
ernment Java 25c. Sugar Standard : iantdated Sc;
standard A, 7 l 4 c; white extra c. 7: yellow c. 6',;,e;
Lemons —8<3.50(«?l.00 p box. Heise shoes f |.2.>fr»
81.f»0; mule sh(H*s 55.2 )(<:■*.so; horseshoe nails l.’o/
20c. Iron bound hames£3.so. 'I race chains 70c.
Ames’ shovels 59.00; spades $9.006--40.00 Axes
57.00R1. 10.00 1) dozen. Cotton curds, tSMKXa<'$'»3K).
Well bucketrif3.so(r** 1.50. Cot ton ropp|sc. S\v rdes iron
sc; rolled or merchant bar‘2V. 2 rate. Cast -steel PLi I2e.
Nails »2.50, Glklden barbed wire, galvanized,
Ge %», lb; painted Powder-Rifle. $5.00. blasting,
#2.15. Bur lead 7c; shot, SI.GO, Leather, ‘pi. I).,
20@25c; I', 1)., 20(<x23c; nest 2V'a’JSc; wfiite oak Sole,
■U)r: harness leather. 3O(«)3tc; black lipper, :: >(«• 10.
Eggs 20c. Butter Strictly choice Jersey,
20(a23e; strictly choice Tennessee, 2(h" -J:.”other
guides, 00/u 15e. Poultry—young chickens, hka
15c; hens, 820W25e, Sweet j»otutoes, 704r-7.'c.
Honey-strained, we; in comb, iota I le. tilled
fruit—Sun dried apples. 6(0 S:sun dried pea<*hcs 6ic.B;
sun 'tried, pealed, 12c. Peanuts—Tennessee, 6c;
North Carolina, 6c. Virginia, 6 l :jc.
Meat—R. sides. B,‘.|: s. c. ’ nnms,lll2 1 1(5;14’.'c.
I.a rd—tierces, 0 c: pure leaf 9’< retine s'.>.
CAPITAL PRJIZE, $150,000
M We do hereby certify that we Miperviso the
arrangements for all the Mont hl v and *.i <• iy
Drawings ol The Louisiana state Lottery Company,
and iu person manage mid control the Drawings
themselves, and that t*‘>e same are < on<lnct<‘d witn
honesty, tai rues i nnd in good faith toward all
parties, mid we autlioii z e t ' ( » Gninpmiv to use thU
certificate, with tue binii.e.-i oj our bignature’ l at*
tached, iu its adnutitwmiffi.
Wetheundersigned Banksnnd Bankerswill nmr
all Frizes drawn in The Louisiana Slat e
which may be presented (it our (■((((liters.
J. 11. OGLIs.SBV. Pres. Louisiiiin, Nnl'l Bank.
I’lliltltlC I. VNAt X, I’K’S. Stale Nnt’l Bank.
A. BAI.DVVI N.l'rcs. New Orleans Nal’l Bank.
CAUL KOIIN. I’l-ea. I nion Nallnnal Bank.
1 TNI’BECEDENTEI) ATTIIAIffKIN!
U OVER IIAI.EA.MILLION IHSTIIIIILTEI).
Louisiana State Lotfei’v Company.
Incorporated in I for 25 ynam by th c Legisla
ture for Join':iti*mal H.iid' lim Fable ]>nr|*o\rs with
a capital of SI,(XX),00*)• n» .*. nicii a reserved fund or
(»v».r £S.»O.W(J iias.Hin' , (j been fi id'* !.
];y an ovcrwin-linhig populm vote Its franchise
v.’"Biade a phi:, of th'.- i-f -*n» State (’-m.-••ilution :
fl'l'iptud D'm emb'-r ..’ I, A. !>., 1879.
'I he only i°v<*i voted on mi<! indor.-.edby
the people of any Slate.
it licier m*hl(“< or postpone-.
If , Grand Single N umber l>i ah lake
pLu <• monthly, and the Gian I *. iiuiHtlv
Drawings regularly <*vm.Y ttuer month*
( »hi* ‘-h Jnne S • and I><*« <*m]»<*r.i
ASPrENBIfIOri’OKTt'NITI T‘> WIN A
lOK'HM*.. <> I' <*HAM> DRAWING.
(LAS-iit. JN 'fHK a (.ADEM’/ OF MiSi< NI-AV
ORLAN-. UI ? DA'/. < try
2 , 3’ , i Motit’.iiy Drawing.
CAPITAL PPIZE 5150 003.
tfn Notice. Jick'** air 'l»n l>ollur« only.
If alvc-i 1 'll la, Tenth*, *l.
r.i s i < *!•■ ynizi.v.
CAPITAL PRIZED!’ UhO.W .
] GRAND PRIZE OF W,OOO 60,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20.000 20,000
) LAIUtE PHIZES OF Jo.(>d 20.0U0
1 j.AED!: i'RIZU <>F 5,000 20,000
4 PRIZES OF 1.000
10 PRIZE Ob
50 PRIZESOF 30,000
ICO PRIZE JOI
200 PRI ZERO
600 At’PROXTMATfON I’KiZE’c.
IU) Api'ioximution Prizciof J‘,wo 930 000
JO'.- u “ 2W 20,000
too “ “ JOO lOJJOO
j.ooo Term ml “ . .. . sv.ooo
2 I7» Prizes, amounting to %
Application lor rates to club, mould be n ,».] . Oh ]y
t,* |, .• eot the ( ,'nijipmiy N<* Orb u .h.
for blither information write dourly, giving full
(•fldic-i POSTAL NOTEB, f. <pr< -s Mon'»y
Orders cir New York Exchange in oriimiry letter.
( t iifucy by i'.XprCMi (Ul out cxh-iim*) m!d*< I
M. A. DA t PH i N,
N(’W Di lonuft, L».,
M .A. DAUPHIN
Washington, l>. C.
Aiblms I’lCgislertil Lelhi'S h
NEW ORLEANS NATION AL HANK.
New OrleaHM, Ltl.
Blit! Early, who me io emu;;e o' the
guaifintecc oi mivoliite Ldriie •» and integrity, tl»,u
(hr chances a. ■ all equal. hii4 that no one can
tJbiy (livin' v,na: inimlx.*; will draw the Prize.
REMEMBER that the pu.inenr ot nil PrizcM h
GUARANTEED BV IOUR NATIONAL
BANKS of New Orican", and the Tickets are
>iguc I by the i'teriden’ of an institution, who*)
< iimtcre’d rights ore recogniz*fd in the hlghcHt
Couru, therefore, tf*,*.are ftuy iuiltatiuiu m
xn - w
?os
CbT(cU F . A
VTOTHIN<; is KNOWN To SCIENCE AT ALL
1 ' c, nn pat able tolhect 11 iit \ Rtwunn •iu their
marveilons properties of cleansing, purifying and
beautifying the skin, and in curing torturing, dis
figuring. itching .scaly and pimply disease;, of the
skin, S'-alp and blood, with loss of hair.
CUTtccK.v, the great Skin ct iu:, and Ci’tictka
So.vp. an exquisite skin Beautifier. prepared from
it.
Blood rurun'r, internally, cure every form of kin
and hlco i disease, from pimples to scrofula.
Sold everywhere. Price, < itki ra. 50e.; Soap,
2>c.: Resolvent, &1. Pre pared by the Pottei: Duvg
ani> Chemical Co., Boston. Muss.
feni f 0 H How to Cure Skin Ili e is‘s ”
Pimple , blackhe.i is, chapp'd an ! oil.
_ s kin prevented by Cl ru t 1:a St>Ai . •i
Dull Aches, Pains and Wc.lkuc -sc- in
xt:mtly relieved by the ( i Anu Pain
I’lastek, the only pain killing planter. 25c.
top col n r ni or fol v m no 3
FERTILIZERS.
TWENTV-TWO YEARS IN THE BUSKS i
FERTILIZER WORKS
OF THE
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FIIIIIIM fan Implement tapiy,
T ~|—rlT»~~—-.TIBBIIBIWWBi IBM BBBW II HIT 3||llW—MW——■■Bßß—— IMIBB,LUH.mK-
Manufacturers ol the Following Standard Brands of Fertilizers;
Furman High Grade Guano,
Buffalo Bone Guano,
Furman Ammoniated
Soluble Bone,
Furman’s Formula,
Furman Add Phosphate.
G. 11. ADAIR, President. G. W. McCARTY, Hec'y and Trcas. 11. J. PRATT, Suporintondju
VACTOKY AT EAST POINT, GEORGIA.
ADAIR BROS. &CO., General Agents.
Office: 27 West Alai aaia Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
We represent the above company in the sale of their justly cele
brated brands of Fertilizers. We have been handling Guanos constantly
since 1865, and never in our long experience, have we had better brands
than those we are now offering to the public.
The factory of this Company is located at East Point, on the Cen
tral Railroad, six miles from Atlanta. Its buildings are complete in
every respect, and large additions have been made to them under the
new management. The machinery for manufacturing the different
brands of Guanos is complete and first-class in every particnlar. The
chambers for manufacturing Acid Phosphate are in fine condition, and
only the highest grade of Acid is manufactured.
This company is one of the strongest in the south, and its president,
Mr. G. B. Adair, and the other officers, are all experienced men in this
business, and nothing but standard goods arc made. This is a home
enterprise and it has been such institutions that have brought down
prices to rock bottom, and it Should be supported by the people of the
south. The above named brands of Fertilizers were formulated by the
late Parish C. P’urman, who was known to all planters as the wonderful
;n I successful Georgia farmer. Planters and customers will find these
goods sold by our agents in nearly every town and station in the state of
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina.
ADAIR BROS. & CO., General Agents.
HOW DOES TH’S STR'KE YOU?
®"I have U<e<| PE.M BURTON’S l ienrh Wino
Coca with marked auccess In KiipraMJntivene aof
ni-* Mental facilities arl ini'from cx< ehwive int< I
I’Ttual st i aim Also in Nervoio llea«la< lie, and
KcßtlesMueart ami Insomnia.”
r. a. S i 3 LES, M. D..
Formerly Surgeon Bth D:atri< I U. 8. Prison.
Atlanta, tin.. January 23. 1888.
ThoiuamU <•! pliy.sielj.n-> who have leafed it
indorse the above btaieinent. 'iry it un i be con
vinced.
W B HAVE TH () 11 SA NIIS
Os just such certificates as the above, and if you will go to your druggist and buy a bottle of
each, you will ever bless the
PEMBERTON MEDICINE CO.,
67 S. PRYJR ST., ATLANTA, GA.
Name till. |iai er. • wk Im
rr wmu’ in—zimimm ; m i i— in
Static • /T'IW^SHRUBS.aBeiIofROStS,
<* veranda.
5 t i z &v*orks a complete change in your premitea.
A PWICES LOW - JUBT read?
v? 1 i 4 Continuous Flowering Roses $ I
Everbloominw Rones, Inclad*
I sass Prhireea Bentrire M 2.00.
». • J elvaunt •'nrnnrioim, all <ltr< r< i;t
m Including Mrff.Clcrctand, St .00.
A sa i'i Fairy flowered Ciiryeunthe-
McmHhu inunin, from ibe wonderland
nedliny, J-diUSM Japan SM.OO.
VianrniiQ 10 moffnlflrrni lleffonlae. urnrlri. nliile,
viyui UU3 VIkVSibA.GF! pink nnaerlmeon flowered. wDhorno-
ID! AiiTC mcntnl variegated foliage; they auc-
(HLANTO* eeed with ull gLOO.
r a Plnnfa wnd Needa of nil kind*.
D .LIVERED I CATALOGUE FREE. IT WILL PLEASE VOU.
riIEK BY MAIL awF No exaggerated Deacrlptlomc hi act facta about
.. every tented variety. Addri'vs
Adorn ';;>vHomes hill & CO., Richmond, Indiana.
FFTIF ROSES
PLANTS
GRAPE VINES, FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES
Rarest New. Choicest 01(1.
The aim of THE BTOHHB & IIARRTBON CO. la to keep abreast of the time* and
f.npply their customers al! that is new and desirable in their line; and it is conceded by ali
that no house in Americacarries a more varied and < omplote stock. If you want Choioe
Tested FLOWER and VEGETABLE DEED Bare to give aatiaiaction,
Grand RoHCsand Beautiful Planta, the boat of Apple, Peach, Poar, Plum,
Cherry,Quince, Grapes, Bmall Fruits, Ornamental Treea or Bhrubs.for
fawn, Rarden, park or r.treet, do not Lil to send for their Valuable CATA
LOGITE, containing about 140 pages and hundreds of illustrations. They arc conducting
business > on a magi, ificent scale, growing a quart er Os a million of Roses and millions
of Fruit Trees and Plants auuuiiQy. Have been in business over n third of a cei».
lury have won a refutation of wliicb tliry have reason to be proud. Hive 24 large Greenhouses heated
with hot water and stsam, and arc using 700 acros of land. If you want the best at hottest prices, <»rdes
“aX: THE STORRS & HARRISON CO,
RAW
Skins.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID.
SonJ fcr price current. A. E. BURKHAitpT &
CO., 113 Weaf Fourth Street, Cincinnati.
Name this paper. _ jan24 vv it (billow markets
SHORTHAND.
LEARN SHORTHAND
■nn —-•-- —wrrrmi ~WM.ini—t
and take positions. The most elegantly fitted up
shorthand school in the country.
Special terms to ladies. Circulars.
E. C. CRITCIITON, Principal,
wk Im Atlanta, Ga.
A LADY OR GENTLEMAN wanted ft* overreer to r*prownt
ft h .'i-ii of the National Litaraty Library ..t thrlrown livtiwa. flood
cnp l tai or ripotione« required, ).ußi.,rr« in •<! rot or—twr ail your time. I'whmi, ;
n«-M«Mry ina*«ilai an<l everythinj rotjuirH to ill. *in the bus’nn». will.
bo ».■,(< HIKE, providing good re,',rmce.f arc m thet with FIETBEX
CEN rs for postajn, rtr I’t- No hooka or tr. <’.i •. ■ sold. Addrr-
0. B. EMORY & CO.. Mm.iigers. CiUCUt'- IMt.
TATKSENDBY MAIL POST! VID TOAh AD
II dress the simplest mid best irmsr iain
warranty land deeds, quit claim deed; blan iort
gages and blank _ bonds for title al he so ring
prices: I blank o cents; 3bl i ks 10 < nts; '.eu
blanks SJO cents; 100 blanksSl.. t. Ado essTii. t on-
Mitution, Atlanta, Ga. ts
NOW READ THIS SIDE!
“I have ufied Pombcrt(fa’sGlobe Flower Cough
Syrup myself, ami in my family, with Iwncflts ao
m>it*k«*<i an to leave? unquoMtiumul the merits of
remedy which, tn my cxjfl rienc , has pi .ved ono
that excels everything for rolds, coughs and
obstinate long nffc< lions,”
JAMFB M. SMITH.
Judge Superior Court 1
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