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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 hi. ■■■riuiawavßMcaHnwvraawnnMH'Binv ni ■■■■*■ —w-w«mnn'HM-ibb ■■■ ■ ■■■■■ w < <«umnrvr'na*i 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 5