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VOLUME XVI.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1884.???TWELVE PAGES.
PRICE 5 CENTS
A COMPLETE PAPER.
The Constitution Interests all Classes
and Appeals to all Tastes.
Tho leading topics of this week's issue are:
Travel and Adventure???"Mr Camming chased
by a Rhinoceros," "A Bride in Red." "Scenes
at Mtfsowan," "Phases of Frontier Life," "A
Curie us Application," A Night with Panthers,"
*??? Hoses in the Scudan," "Breadfrom Grass.
TALMAGE'S SERMOJ^T:
"IS LIFE WORTH LIVI-'G????
Abound tub Camp Fire???'???A Reply to W. H.
Merlthew," ???Alter the Surrender,??? "A War
FarmtiTe."
Oua Humorous naiTize???Uncle Remus, ???Brer
Rabbit and Brer Wolf,??? ???Betsy Hamilton,???
???Flurrldy Tennysy.???
Abound the Camp Fibk??????Glory Won by A cot
dent,??? "A Patient Man."
Oua Humorous Wbotrs???Uncle Remus, "Brer
Pox and Brer Wolf:??? Beley Hamilton, ???Tom
DavisBill Arp, "Coming Out ol Winter Quit
ter!.'???
Sews op the Week??????All Through Dixie," ???The
Week In Congress,??? ???News by Wire,??? "Short
Nows Notes," ???Points About Peoplo," "Across
the Water," ???Daring the Week,??? ???Georgia
News,??? "The Political Field.???
Thx Constitution Departments???'???The Woman???s
Kingdom,??? ???Oar Young People,??? "Answers to
Correspondents,??? "Farms and Farmers;" ???Tho
An ti-Liquor Fight,???
Editorials??????Notes, on Current Topics,??? ???Let
ters From Our Readers,??? and many other
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TALMAGE???S SERMON.
???IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?" DIS
CUSSED BY THE GREAT MAN.
Yoa are to b* Rewarded, Not According to theOreat-
DIM ofYoar Work, Bat AooordlDff to the Use
You Make of tho Toioata You Pease**,
Brooklyn, May 11.???Dr. Talmage preached
this morning In the Brooklyn Tabernacle on
tho subject "Is Life Worth Living???? The
hymn before the sermon was:
???Come ye dlitonrolate whtre'e???er ye languish
Come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel."-
For the lesson Dr. Talmage read and ex
posed the story of Job???s accumulated misfor
tunes. The text was, Lamentations 111. 39:
???Wherefore doth a living man complain?"
If we leave to evolutionists, said Dr, Tal-
mage, to guess where we came from, and to
the theologians to prophesy where we are go
ing to, we have still left for consideration the
fact that ws are here. There may be doubts
about where the river rises and about where
It empties, but there can be no doubt abont
the fact that wo are Bailing on it. So I wonder
not that eyerybody is asking tbo question ???Is
Life Worth Living? Solomon in his unhap
pier moments ssys it is not. Vanity, vex
ation, no good are his estimate. He was a
polygamist and that soured his disposition.
One wife will make a man happy, more than
one will make him wretched. But Solomon
was converted from-polygamy to monogamy
and the last line of his Inst book leave) him
on the mountain ol apices. But Jeremiah iii
my text says life is worth living. In a book
supposed to be dirgeful and supulchral and
called ???Lamentations" he sets forth the fact
that tbo blessing of merely living Is so grand
and exalted a blessing that, thongh all mis-
fortunes and disasters were piled on a man,
he has no right to complain. The anthor of
our text breaks ont in startling intonation to
ask all the centuries and ages of time, "Why
should a living man complain????
A great diversity of opinion now as well as
In olden times. Here is a young man, light
hair, blno eves, sound digestion, generous
salary, popular in soclsty, affianced happyliy,
on the way to become a partner in a com.
merclal firm of which he is now an important
clerk. Ask him the question, ???Is life worth
living??? and bo will laugh in yonr face at the
question, saying, ???Yes; yes; yes!??? But here
is a man who, somewhere in the forties has
come to the top of the bill and every step has
been a stumble and a braise. He nis been
cheated out of what money be made. Those
whom he united have proved deserters. His
nervous system is out of tone and bis appetite
Is poor, and what be does eat is not assimilat
ed. Forty milts to the top of the bill of life
have Deen like ascending the Matterhorn and
he has vet to travel forty miles down again lo
tbo foot of the hill, descent always more
dangerous than aecent. Ask him whether
life is worth living and he drawls ont a shiver-
ing, lagabrioai and appalling, "ifojjuo!" In
deed sometime you will find a man oscillat
ing between-opfntons on this subject. As his'
circumstances change his theories change. If
of a very mercurial temperament bis opinion
abont the worth or wortniessnsso^lifemay de
pend upon the direction of the wind. If the
wind blow from tbs northwest he will say
yes, if the wind blow from the northeast he
will say no. How then are ws to dsclds?
Suppose we gather the human race in great
convention in eastern or western hemisphere
and pat the question to vote, requiring that
all who believe in the affirmative say aye,
and all who believe in the negative say no.
While hundreds of thousands will vote In
the affirmative, more' millions won Id vote in
tbs negative, and because of tbs fact that
mors people are in annoyance and trouble
than in unalloyed prueperity, the noes would
have it.
The answer I give to-day is dliTerent from
either answer end I think it will commend
Itself to all who hear me as the right answer.
If yon ask me wbetber live is worib living
and answer with all tbe emphasis of body,
mind end eonl: It all depends upon the
kind of life yon live.
First, a life that seta ont with tbe one idea
of money???getting never pays for ;the reason
yon will never get enough to satisfy yon.
Tue poorest men ere those who have a mil
lion dollars, and the next| poorest are these
who have a half million. There is not a scis
sors grinder on tbe meets of New York or
Brooklyn that is so absorbingly anxious to
make money as those men who have for many
yean piled it up in Hocks or government se
curities or tenement booses or city blocks.
Yon ought to see them jump when the fire
belt rings. Yon onght to serntinizs their
feelings wheu reformation in tariff is pros
posed. Their nerves tremble like harp strings
bat without any mnaic in the vibration.
Tney read tbe morning report of Wall street
doings with concernment that threatens pa-
ralysis or apoplexy. More probaoly they
have a private telegraph in their house or
telephone, through wnich they catch every
breath of change in tbe money market.
They are eaten op with tbe disease of accn-
mnlatlon. It gets into their heart, into their
liver, into tbelr spleen, into their brain, into
tbeir bones. Chemists have analyzed tbe
human body and found it to be made np of
so much lime and eo much msguesia ana (0
much chloride of potasiam. if these finan
cial behemoths were analyzed by some moral
cherais , they wonld be found to be made no
of copper and gold and silver and ztno and
lead and coal and Iron. That stylo of life is
not worth living. There are so many earth
quakes in It. There are so many agonies In
it. Tbere are so many shipwrecks in it.
Thera are so many perditions In It. They
build their castles and open tbeir picture gal
leries and summon the prlma donnas and
inuke every endacement for happiness to
come, but she will not. They send footman
ed and postillioned equipage to fetch her but
she will not ride to their doers. They send a
person to escort her thither, bat she will not
tsketbeirerm. They call to her from tbe
npbolsiered bslcony, bnt she looks tbe other
wev. Theyiutke tbeir gateways triumphal
armies to temp her bat she will not pass un
der. They set for her a golden throne before
a golden plate, but sue turns away from the
banquet. However, this is the failqre of
those who have largest accumulation. Tne
most of those who make the one idea of life
money-making die far short of afituence. It
is estimated in ell parte of this land that only
two ont of a hundred bnsiness men are suc
cessful. A life with the idea of money
making domiuanHs not worth living.
So also a life that chiefly strives for world-
ly approval is a failure. _ Tbe two most un
fortunate men for tbe next six months will
be the two men who secure the nominations
for the presidency. The two reservoirs of
malediction are gradually filling up, gallon
abovo gallon, hogshead full after hogshead
full and about mid-summer the two reser
voirs will bs brimming fall and hose will be
be attached to each of these two reservoirs
and they will begin to play on the two nomi
nees and they will have to stand and take it,
the falsehood, tho sarcasm, the caricature,
tbe venom, the cetermanling, the anathema,
the filth, and they will be thrown down into
it and rolled over and choked andenbmerged
and strangled,and at eveiy sign of returnlog
animation barked at by all the honnds of po
litical party from the St. Lawrenco to Mobile
bay. To win that great privilege a hundred
candidates to-day with their thousand oi
^BntthVm'seryof a 8 life aiming forpollllcal
preferment is seen on a smaller scale in tbe
strife for social position. In every communi
ty to win It, men and women by tho thous
and are striving with attention terrific.
What is social position? It is not easily de
fined bnt all know what it is. Good morals
and education are not necessary for it' but
wealth or show of wealth is indispensable. A
man may be as notorious for his libertinism
ns the night is famous for its darkness, bnt
he moves it In. There are hundreds of out
and out rakes in high sccal position in
America to-day. Their names appear |n the
list of important personages at the great
levees. They have annexed for themselves
all the known vices and are looking for other
worlds of diabolism to conquer. Good morals
are not necessary for what is called high so
cial position. Nor is intelligence necessary.
There are in that realm, men who wonld not
know an adverb from an adjective if they
should meet it a hundred times a day and
could not write a note ot acceptance or re
grets without the aid of a secretary. They
bought their libraries by tbe square foot,
only anxious to have the books in Rnsslan
binding. Impersonations of ignorance so
enblimo they make the English grammar dis
reputable and yet they find the finest parlors
open to them. Bnt while good morals or in
telllgence aro not necessary, wealth is; (very-
thing, or the appearance of it. It makes no
difference how begot his money if he only
got it. Ho may have gained it by falling four
or five times, that boing in this country the
most rapid mode of accumulation. The
quickest way of getting In to high social post
lion is to buy all sou can on credit, then
put your proD(g.(0||MNoqr wile???s name, make i
provision for some special friends and then
make an assignment and tin'll go, no one
knows where, until you turn up in time to
start again. Don???t yon see bow beautifully
you have put your neighbors in the came
kind of business in bid predicament, and so
much sooner yon can get in high social posi
tion. Bnt really get ont of money and how
soon you will drop out, and the higher yon
are up tho harder you will drop, Tens of
thousands of people anxious to reach that so
clal realm and thousand! in It fear they will
lose their grip, and every year and month
and day there are changes that involve heart-
breaks never reported. Social life is In per
petual II utter with the delicate question es
to who shall be let In and whosbali be pushed
out. end the battle goes on, pier mirror
against pier mirror, upholstery against up
holstery, Gbickerlog grand against Ohleker-
ing grand, wine cellar against wine cellar,
drawing room against drawing room, equip
age against equipage. Insecurity and uncer
tainly rampant, and it is wretenedness en
throned and torture at a premium, and a life
not worth living.
Thus I put before yon the lifetime mis
takes or a great multitude. But now I sketoh
for yon a life worth living. A young man
says: I am here. For my ancestry I am not
responsible, others decided that. For ray
temperament lam not responsible, God gave
me that. Here I am in tbe afternoon of tbe
19:b century, end I am twenty veers. Let
me take an account of Hock: A body which
is a divinely constructed engine and 1 mast
put it to tbe best uses and allow nothing to
damage tbis rarest of machinery. Feel, and
they wean locomotion; eyes, and they mean
cipiclty to pick out the best way: ears, and
they mean teiephonea of connection with all
the world, and capacity to lake in music and
the voices of friendship, tbe best music, A
tongue and with it an almost Infinity of ac
centuation. Yea, bands to welcome, to re
sist, to lift, to strike, to wave, to bless, to
help myself end help others. Surrounding
galleries of a world which, after 0,000 years
of battling with tempest and accident, is,
even in its dilapidation, better than any arch
itect, human or angelic, coaid havednagbted.
Two lamps for me, a golden lamp and a silver
lamp, tba one set on the sapphire mantle of
tbe sky, the other on the j?? mantle of tbe
night. More than that, at twenty years of
ago I have something tbatdefies all inventory
of valuables, a soul with capacity to love and
hate and choose and reject and rejoice and
suffer. Platossys it is immortal. Confucius
says it is immortal. Seneca ssys it is Immor
tal. An old book found in our family relics
of worn-out cover, some of its pages almost
obliterated by much perusal, joint in with
tbe other books end stye lam immortal.
Now, I most lay ont my plans for sixty
years' in this world and that will make me
eighty. I may not live an hour, bat I mast
have plans, and so I take in calculation sixty
more years added to my past twenty, and 1
most keep in mind that tbeae sixty years are
a short preface to tbe 600,000 qatntilllooa of
years that make np tbe rulnmeof my exist
ence. These then are my resources end my
opportunities. If tbere be an all wise and
ail-bmificent Being anywhere in the uni
verse to help me I went Him at tbis tremen
dous juncture. Tbe old leatber-ooverod book
among tbe family relics says tbere is a God,
and mat for tbe sake of Hu son, one Lord
Jeans, He will help. To Him I apply. Now
1 start for it. Sixty yeam to do fur myself
and to do for others. Tbis body I shall de
velop by all industries, by all gymnastics, by
all fresb air and annabine. and tbis son! ft
stall be swept and garnished end glorified by
ell that I can do for it and all that I can get
God to do for it. I am going to have It a
Lnpembnrg of all grand pictures, an orches-
traof ail grand harmonies, a palace in which
God and righteousaese shall bold dominion.
I wonder how many kind words I ctn utter
in the remaining sixty yean that will bring
me to eighty. I will try. I wonder how
many kind deeds I can do in these six com
ing decades. I will try. Lord God, help me
in this consecration!
Well, busy life opens for that young man.
Disappointments chase him. Graves open
all around him He makes mis akes and
falls but never surrenders his faith, and his
life is one of blessing to himself and blessing
to others God forgives his errors, and
makes everlasting account of his holy en
deavors and greets him, at last with ???well
done, good and faithful servant." Yon can
chisel on that man???s tomb tbe words, "His
was a life worth living.???
In the olden time amoug the mountains of
New Hampshire, there s-??????s a mother. There
are six children in the house, four sons and
two daughters. The farm is email and very
rough, and it requiris very bard work to coax
uutof Unliving. I c is a mighty tug to make
tne two ends of the year meet. The boys
are sent to s ihool in winter and work on the
farm in cummer. The mother with her own
hands k>dts all the stockings for the little
feet, is the msntua maker for the boys nod
milliner for the girls, and the presiding spirit
of tbe wholo household. The only musical
instrument in the place is tho spinning
wheel. The food, though plain, is always
well prepared. The winters, though very
cold, aro kept out by blankets she quilted.
Ou Sabbath day when she appears in the
house ot God with her family, the minister
looks down at them and thinks of the de
scription of a good housewife in Proverbs:
"Her children arise up and oall her blessed,
her husband also and he praiselh her.???
Years pass ou and two of the older boys ask
for a college education, and then tbe econo
mies of the New England farmhouse become
severer and the calculations closer, and until
tbe boys are educated it is a battle to get
bread. One of the boys entered tbe gospel
mlnis ry, and in pulpit of wide iniluence
presents righteousness, temperance and
judgment of God. The other son enters the
law and passes on into legislative halls, and
commands the attention of listening senates
while be pleads for the oppressed ami tho
down trodden. One of the younger eons en
ters commercial life at the foot of the ladder
and climbs up till his success and his philan
thropies are known all over the land. The
other son stays on the farm because that
style of life the better pleases him, and be
cause that ho wishes to take caro of father
oad mother when they get old. Of the two
daughters one of them when tbe war broke
out went through tbe hospitals at Pittsburg
Landing and Fortress Monroe, cheering the
dying and homesick, and took the last mrs
sages for kindred far away, and when Christ
thought of her He said as of old, "Tho same
Is my sister and mother.??? The other daugh
ter has a bright home of her own, from
which in the afternoons after devoting the
forenoons of each dty to her own family, she
goes forth to look after the sick and encour
age tho disheartened, leaving smiles and
benefactions everywhere. After a while
tbere are five telegrams sent from tbe New
England village, telling the three eons and
two daughters to coins home, for mother u???
dangerous y ill, and Defore.they canget ready
to came five mor.t legramsarcs a-tel,saying,
"Mother is dead.??? Tue neighbors come 1 >
and stay around the old farmhouse to do the
list offices ot respect. And os tho farm sou
and the senator and tbe olergyman and the
merchant and the two daughters stand at
the casko. of th<ir mother taking the last
look, or lift up their little ehlldren to see
tbo wrinkled faces of oldgrandma, I would
like to ask them this question: Don???t you
think that her life was worth living'.??? Oh,
yeil A Ufa for others is always worte living.
A life for God always worth living. An lion-
oit life, a puro life, a consecrated life, a
Chris bid lite worth living.
It would be no difficult thing to make you
believe tbet old Peier i'qqp*r rywHn- gV \,
Iheu amassing a fortune^ then building a
great specimen of philanthropy that has
found its echo In a thousand other educa
tional philanthropies, had a life worth liv
ing. It would be no difficult thing to make
S ou believe that she had a life worth living,
unarms WesUy, sorting out one am to or-
[ganize Methodism, and the other son to mako
all ages echo with hymnology. Or that she
had a life worth llviug. Florence Lees, organ-
Iz ng institutions for the scientific nursing
of tbe sick in England, and then when war
broke ont between France and Germany go
ing to the front and with her own hands
scraping the mud off Che bodies of soldiers
dying in tbe trenches, and wetting tho heads
nights to keep down delirium, and pushing
back to bis couch a German-frenzied witii
his wounds as he persisted in dashing ont
and going home to "liebe mat ??????"andmajor
generals stood back to let pass ibis angel of
mercy. You can understand that Grace Dar
ling, tbe heroine of tbo life-boat, bad a life
worth living, and do not wonder that the
proprietor! of Adelplii theater, in London,
offered her $100 a night to sit In a life-boat
In a shipwreck scene being enacted. Ah,
my friends, ail your lives are worth living,
whether conspicuous or Inconspicuous if
you are trying to live right. Let tbisretnark
sink deep into your souls???you are to be re
warded, not according to the greatness of
your work, bnt according to the ure yon
make of tbe talents yon potscss. And then
Iremetuber that this life lit the vestibule of
another life and who despises the entrance of
a palace. It is the first bar of endless oratorio,
and who despises tbe first strain of Haydn's
symphonies. The life here is worth living,
| more particularly, because it is introductory
to the life that never ends,
ACROSS THE WATER.
THE RACE DONE
AND CHESHIRE THE WINNER WITH
OVER FORTY-EIGHT MILES.
Eeete* a raw Yard) Behind and BrofT-jr Next-Three
Tkoneehd People la the Hoae<???rhe Iatetie-
h(M or the Xathmlenm-Scenea In the
Bins???Bemadell Strops Off, Etc.
London, Hay 10.???Preparations for tbe relict
expedition to Khartoum are being accollerated
with new vigor. It Is now decided that the apt???
dlUon will start In July. The strength of tho force
has not yet been determined, bnt It wl 1 probably
number >.000 men. Including She India contin
gent. Tbo war odlee has Instructed tbe autborlUee
at Cairo to send snivel offlesrs lo report upon tbe
nlatlvo advantages ot tbe routes by tbe way ot
Buaklm and by tbe wsy ol Hanonh. From tbis
It Is supposed that thero will b] two llnci of oper
ation, that tbe milu ixpedttlon will proceed uo
tbe Nile ana the other by tbe Red sea. A camel
depot ha> been ewabldhed at Assouan, and camels
am being collected in (vradderab'e numbers.
Cel Ardagb list the bead of tbe committee at
Cairo, to watch has been eutrusted toe storage of
water t ?? tbe des-rt routes Nubar oatht, Egypt
ian prime minister, will arrive Is K (gland next
m-inthto attead tho Eg> pUan conference, fix
demand for id mlasln to the conference will oe
refected, bnt he will be allow-d to be prrwnt for
co.nltatlon. The government hu received a
telegram mating that D mil* Is at present safe
from attacks by tbe mehdi'a fates.
a t a meeting of 1000 conservative! at Hsnebee-
ter to-day resoluttoul were adnptodeondemulng
theihendonmeatol General Gordon by toe gor-
ernmetii
second asaoiNo or rax anti-socialist nil
Bosun, Hay to ???Tbe rtlc istag us- day, by a vote
ol ISO to 167 pasted the anil socialist bill to Its
second reading. Tbe national liberals and tbe
conserva'lree voted lor tbe measure, aaditlelaotJ
Independents and 29 of the center party. Thereat
of tbo lodepaodenta on tbe center party voted
against the MIL This tnneewi of the meawre eur-
p >s<ed all expects (too. Toe bill will undoubtedly
be peseed to its third rcosUnr on Monday.
The wheat fretstH.
WasaiNOTON. May :o.-Tb* returns oltbede
partmentof agriculture lor May show tbe wheat
prospect to be nearly as favorable as In Apr!',
J ben tbe general avenge was within flee percent
ol the itendaidcf full ocndl-tcn. sod tbo Mar
standard ol lull condition. Tbo May avenge Is
M. It was V.\i In 16M Baring the chsnr'inf
the Into rt, a winter a neat product ol gloat ??0.??
oco.oqo buaheli Is Indicated Tbo temperature of
April baa been lower than usual, and tbe low
lying lends bare been saturated with moisture,
retarding tbe growth. Well drained wheat soils
aro nearly ?? ??? ??? J
healthy grog
,The reporters' |walking match on Baturday was a
sBocesti In every particular.
The crowd was large, tbe arrangements perfect,
th?? walkers looked well, walked well and bchared
well???the folks were In good humor, and Ibe inter
est never digged from first to last.
The record, all thlngi considered, Is a Odo one.
Tbe men bad only one week???s training and bad to
Arr; on their work In the mean timo. They would
work mini midnight at their deika and then walk
until daylight. Tbelr record was, therefore, more
than was expected and does them credit.
Tbe match lacked tho features
that make matches of this sort usually objection
able. There was not a drunken man ecen In tho
honsodnilng tho day, and not adrop of liquor was
sold. There was not a pool cried, and not the
[lightest disorder or disturbance. This match has
??et a pattern that will ho followed and will result
In many a pleasant diversion for the summer, The
hoys ate to bo heartily congratulated.
It was apparent early Saturday morning that a
tig day???s sport was anticipated, Tho trains
brongfe; in crowds from the suburban towns, and
lbs streets woro all agog with excitement.
Long before tho hour ot ten hundreds of specta
tors were In their scats quietly awaiting the signal
lot the match to begin. There wu a buzx of eon
vernation all through the building, and all sorts
of predictions were msdo as to tho prob
able result. Promptly at ten
o???clock the bell summoned tho
oqAeslauls to appesr, and tho eight walkers took
their placet In line on the track, directly between-
the Judges??? stand and thescoreia' blackboard.
There was a moment of intense silence, and ex
peetatlon stood on Uptoo, is it were. Mr. Uonry
WGrsdycsmc forward, and In a clear ringing voice,
itaWd m-1 rules and conditions under which tho
match would proccod. As It war what Is called a
go as-rou-picaso match tho rules governing It were
ftor and slmplo,
everything being arranged tho word "Go!??? rang
cqt with suen explosive forco as to give an uncx-
pceted Impetus to tho pedestrians. The line of
[awfully dressed figures darted forward at tho
??CM, the band struck np a lively tuno, and the
eMCrlng ot tho crowd madothe welkin ring.
Tba wslkera almost Instantly broko- their
Itns after starting, and during
ihafirst round or two tbo following wastbooracr
luVulch they glided along: BanudcU. Garter,
IMngtou, Small, Cbesbito, Logan, Brulfey tnd
tlfcyton. In this straggling line they oould be
???wca to tho best auvauioge, anil their Iftho alnowy
fbnnit decked In gty attire, excited universal
admiration,
Bams'iitU's peculiar, sharply-rat testates at
tracted general attention. With him at
first, Um walk seemed a mere pastime, a huge Joke
which t suited Ills rltlblutt at every step. By uo
means graceful In Ms movements, bla long, loosely
hihmd tlmha covered Ure trick In a surprlsl-???-
rapld faddon. His bright scatlet lt-ga Hashed
t.ie track In a be wintering way, and for awbllo he
waa tho object of everybody's giso.;
Caro l???s Header figure, without an ounco of
ante endurance, and many Jumped to tho con
clusion that he would bo Mu winning man.
Uylngtou, lu tbo opinion ol tho crowd, did not
rook like a man of first-class wnlklng powots. Ills
novtments were slow and laborious, but It ro
c dred only a abort time to see that ho was an
id -isoahy good pudestrian. Ill fact, he took ev-
jKSum
, the most fftaMii walk of
ally olttw) ecu tbsUm*- tit* elksiicltfp, easy oar-
rlago and icgularswluglng gait Inspired the utmost
confidence In his Irteuda and backers.
Ubcoblro walked without any apparent
effort, at a rapid oven paco
him! his light, him figure seomed well suited to
such a list of muscle and perseverance.
Ltgan loomed up as the athlotoot tbo crowd.
Any onu could see ala glanco that ho war built
for leant of strength, activity and endurance.
His ibort sleeved shirt and
lights showed oil??? Ills well round-
limbs to great advantage, and he would have been
generally regarded as the winning msn, butfor
tbo well known fact tbat he had reft a bed of Ill
ness only a.few days before.
Tne lftUo msn with a big moustacbo, In other
Winds. Bruffey, was an unknown quantity In
tbo affair. Ho was as comptct
as a solid ball of India rubber
and twice as elastic, but It was feared that bta
limbs were two ibort tokicpupwlth tbo others lit
tnurree However, good burnur and grit beamed
from above and below the big moustache, and a
Dost ot friends hoped for tho best.
Clayton was known to many as something of an
atlileie, and hli quiet way of taking things at Uo
start led many tu oeilcvo that ho knew Jest wbat
he was about, and would walk along at an easy
pace un'll towards uo last, when ho would pul
fotth his icrenofotco and by a series of spurts
make his way to the front.
During Uo first fourteen-Ups, or mile, thero
wr. muni I-, le cite,'ring, and U* re
sult was Impalleutly looked lor. The
walkeis made their Oral mile si follows:
Jtatnadeil lit 11 Ji minutes,
carter lu minutes.
Bylngton lu 13 minutes.
Chet-hlre In UK minutes.
Logan in liHalulfia ,
bm. It lull;, minutes,
firulloy lu lb minutes.
Clayton lu 16 mlnutei.
Kamsdell come iu Ont on tho second mile, fol
lowed at Intervals byiBylugtun, Carter, Cneshlre.
Logan, Bmall, Druffy and Clayton. All were eveu
In nutter condition than wbru they started ont.
'lire exercise and the enUuilsim of the rpeolatots
gave Urm Ju>t Ue excitement needed,
Tbe third mile was first mstle by Kimidelt, fol
lowed by Byisgton and Cneshlre, Carter, Logan,
Bruffey suit email. Karasdell led In the fourth
mile and shit In tbe fifth, making Ue entire fire
miles in fAtemluutis.
At elevun u'cli rk ue soore stood at follows, the
figures In the II.at column representing milts
sod these In Ue second column
laps:
bmall IKamedoll A-a
BJIngiou.._ ..,???4???10 Cheshire .a-B
Catiur. Logan..,.??? A.
Clayton (???9 j llruffay 1-6
Bam,dell inaoti me slxdi mile ahead of oiners,
and alio tho si vmib, elghu, ninth land It-mb.
eleven h. Iwell.lt, IhlrlteutO, fourteenth, closely
pressed inward toe list by liylngton.
At twelve o'clock the score stood;
bmall s???111 Rs mao ell 10-2
Brl-.gton??? 0???fi J Cheshire ....7???13
Carter. 6-tl (Login i???12
Clayton ....???7-121 Bruffey ???..6-12
At this June ure lire trainers ware bonded
not to walk around wlU their men
a lonur distance Uan two thirds ol
Uelrai k The Judge! aim decldad to patina the
policy drat adopted ot making frequent reverses,
say one for erery boar,
The afwruooa brought a fresh and constantly
swelling crowd. At lp/elock Ue score waa:
Small 11-11 I Ramsdsll 14- *
Bringiou??? 18??? < cneiblre 18??? 6
Carter........ ??? .18??? 11 Logan to
day ton ...???.. lit??? 21 Bruffey ??? ....Id- 6
As the aiwmblage Increased In numbers U?? ex
citement Increased. Two new prizes were offered,
one by Ibe Atlanta Home Insurance company ot
160 dlrldrdioiolA 116 sod HO. and another oy
Msjor }. F. Camming! In the shape ol an mete
rubber elephant, to be presented to Ufislowfiit
msn In Ue race.
When Ue clock struck two the soon stood;
Brasil 141 Ramadell It
Hrlngton. ???171 Cheshire ??? It
Carter .???..???.161 Login 12
Chaywn 41 Bittfley... ??? 17
Bjlug'ou mtde toe dm seventeen mllee emtdit
kept his rlrsl dogging him ground Ue track (era
consld-rable time, Clayton suck to Ue track
without taking a rest for fourteen milu end 6 tape,
longer Uan any other man. Logan
woe lie first to lakes res???. Alter this one tfieran-
o'her repaired to the tent fora rest nntll the end of
tbe onilnees. Toe prirlleged few wboceoght a
mlmpeeof Ue Interior of tho ten is taw a rare sight
Keen walker hid acoteodon retiring tohls tent
wonld Ue dows.orraUer fell over, and allow his
ujMuut' uiDi, run mm uowu. wioiuuwr uouuug
refretbmeatR. and then altiro him in fresh toggery.
Ia addition to this tho patient (or tho time being
resolved aahock (roman electric battery before he
waa permitted to *tart ont again.
About 3 o'clock Carter made (he 21st mile in ad
vance or hli competitor*, and wu cheered to the
echo Thp acoro at this time itnod:
BmalL a# 17 | Ransdel! -20???10
Uylngtou: 18???8 Cheshire - 8???20
Carter 21??? Logan -12???10
Clayton ..18-11 Bruffey 20-S
After this came some lively wort, cneshlre made
tho 22d mile: Garter made the 23d mile, bnt- waa
Closely pressed hr Cheshire. The 21th and 25th
miles wero also first mado by Garter, and (our
o'clock showed this score:
Small. 20- 01 Ramsdell 23-13
Byingtou 22-6 | Cheshire 24-13
Garter 25???3 I Logan.......... 15??? 8
Clayton 21???21 Bruffey......... .At???U
Logau???s rcceut lllners (rum which he had nutal-
togeiher recovered began to tell heavily on him in
the afternoon. Aud although ho did some fine fast
walking and rapid running ho was compelled
to take frequent rests, and It soon became evldont
that he was practically out of the race so (arss
uukluga record was concerned. Several ot the
contestants about (our o'clock were so overcome
by fatigue that they retired to their tents, lcaviug
Glaylon and Bruffey tho only two on??? tho track
for several minutes. When Bruffey forged
thcad to such purpose m to be the first to make 27
miles, there was tumultuous cheering. Bruffoy
then made the 28th mile.
At five o'clock tho blackboard stood:
Small 22-3 I Ramsdell 26
Byingtou 25-9 Cheshire 23???7
Carter .23???91 Logan 15-8
ClMytou 24-21 Bruffey 28-9
Cartertuado thefcO.h. 30th, 31st, 32ad,83rd, 8lth.
85th, 86lh, 37th. 88th, and 39th miles. During this
time Lomu took a very long rest and Ramsdell
was disabled by sudden Illness, but returned to
tbo track.
At 6 o'clock the score was
Small 24???91 Ram??del1 ???....26??? 9
Bylngton 29???5 (Chethhe 81???8
Carter 82-01 Logan 17- 2
Clayton 26-6 | bruffoy 81???12
Another hour of excitement followed, aud at 7
o'clock the blackboard had these figures:
..26 Ramsdell 29-5
ItaniHlell
Cheshire.
Logan 17-2
Bruffey 86
Byingtou 82???5
Carter .86-8
Clayton i??
Absut 8 o o'clock a certitlcalo from Dr. Todd
was rend to the effect that .Mr. Rtmnlcll had
once receive a gunshot wound
in the lungs, and his condl
tlon was such as to mako it dangerous for Mm to
remain ou tho track. This was a satisfactory ex
planation to tho spectators, bnt Ramsdell Insisted
upon walking, and finally had to bo forcibly ro*
strained by his friends from taking any^lnrther
part in the contest.
At eight o'clock tho score was:
Small .30- 2 I Ramsdell 30-
Bylngton 85???121 Cheshire 89-
Carter 89??? j Logan 18??? 8
Clayton ??..3l???121 Bruffey 88???18
Tho fortieth mile was mado by Cheshire, and
after this all tho Interest was centered on Carter.
Cheshire and Druffty. After 8 o'clock the crowd
becamo the dunscst assemblage ever picked be
tween (he four walls of any building lu Atlanta.
The utmost good humor and good order prevailed,
bnt peoplo were pan.kcd together liko sardinos,
aud ft was almost lmpc??slblu for a man to ebangu
scats with his noxt neighbor,
At nine o'clock the aooro warn
Small.: ^83???1* I Ram??de11 .30??? 5
Byingtou M...87???111 Cheshire 43??? 9
Carter 43- 8) Logan ???18??? 5
Clayton 35??? (Bruffey
From this time on excitemont was at white heat
It was generally conceded that th- raco lay be
tween Carter and Chtsblro, aud deafening cheers
greeted them as they psssed around tho track
Cheshire first made tho 44ta mite, and t^c-u the
46th, closely followed a few picts behind.by Car
ter. At this stage of the raco tho trainers
became* more Intensely In earn
ist than ever, and accom
panted Cheshire and Carter a few yards on every
-??? ???Inkling their heads with wot sponges.
?????? this did mRdeliy tho walkers In tho
lout, como of tho impatient (spectators feartd
tbat it might have that effect. Just as a trainer
held n spougo over Cheshire???* head sn entbusWiulc
Tiiitn in llir riir.vl y.???lli???il mil, ???(Jri'iit h'di???Innij! V\H
lih head and let hltn gol" It Is needless to say
nit the sentiment was rapturously applauded.
When Cheshire made ihu 47th milu tho real
agony of the affair began fh earnout. The two pc
dtwtrians weru cornetlmM so cIoho that the one In
ttyo roar ooulA almost * touch the
man 'In fiont of hint, iit.i.i???rud* of tho
friends aud backers of each of the
two lecdlnu oon'ciuntu pressed to the front, and
waving huts and handkorchlcfs to them, implored
aud urged them to do the Jr level bestf and very
minimi. Onu moment a th??n*??i??id yells for "Car
ter" would roll and reverberate through the vast
bul.dlng un 11 it seemed that tho roof Itself would
bn uplifted, as by a tornado Then a thomnud
answering shouta for "Cheshire" swept llku a
crash of thunder through the ampitheatre. In the
midst of this din and excitement, Cheshire rcado
hh 17th mile. It was now near tbo fateful hour
of ten. Tho commands of tho police to "bo seated"
were no longer heard. There was no disorder In tho
usual tense of the word, but Iho pooplo who had
watched the race thruu h bad their nervea stretchy
cd to such an ahnornal tension that they were in
a state of painful suspense, and canid no longer
control themN-ln-s. Thero were fully :;.w u peoplo
in tio building, and nearly all of there leaped to
their feet and remslncd standing
nntll tho and* Those who baa
chairs stood in them. About forty men climbed
upon tbe edge of tba Jud???
E rted th urn selves by ciIul
vtral adventurous spirits
supporting the roof, and thrusting tbelr arms and
legs through the braces Joining the pillars to the
root, hung downward like trapexe performers in a
circus Intently watching iho hut.y scene
below. Now was (he critical time. Tho trainers
confldered each moment worth Its weight 1 ??? gold,
and rendered every lawful attention to their pnn>
cl pals. Bteadlly Cheshire and Carter sped along
tho even tonor of their way, the distance betweeu
them rt-maluiug about tho same every lap. Car*
ter???s trainer muck clo>ely to his side, using
tno ipongo liberally, and Cheshire's
trainer was equally assiduous.
Aliateaaa twenty minutes of ten, opinions
were expressed that Carter by tusking one en
( ??r*tae effort wonld brlag Into plsy his reserved
nrco snd get ahead aud keep his advantage. Ife
did some splendid walking, and several limes he
msdeagslUnt. but futile effort to recover lost
ground. Kvery tlmo Carter made
dneh forward bta altn
do a atlll bigger spurt and remained In
ton lead. Uradually, hut very slowly, Carter be*
???au to fall behind, until he had lost half a lap
Tbe band of tho eleok pointed to ten minutes cf
He???s gone now." muttered hundreds under
their breath. "Utt'll never regain that much dis
tance "
Carter fell atlll farther in
the rear. I1U hcvd lay back on bU shoulders,
but his face had the tamo game look, and bo atlll
kept up a rapid gait,
"Ten I"
Ho said tbe clock. Re yelled thousand* of voices,
and the great bell rang out from rhe Judges' stand
with a brtsen Clamor swul.owlr.g ut* all other
boise, and eb j lining illenco.
As soon as quiet was restored, Mr Brock Beck
with, one of tne J idges, aroao surrounded by hU
associate Judges, and said;
''Julies and Gentlemen: It now becomes my
duly In annonnen to you lira result nl tbo great re-
poru n' walking mttcli.but before doing so,I dinro
ter myrellaud my colleagues re (bank Hr. Grady
lor rue Honor wbleh be nas conferred upturns In
mtblng ns Ibe Judges ol this lnterttilng contest.
Aud 1 desire loadd another word lu tble con*
Mellon. Mr. Henry W. Grady bn done more
to promote Ure material and pleasure) inturesu
ol Aibnlalban auy other man In lb* sure ol
w.
E. T. Byiugton,
87 miles and 8 laps;
laps: J A Carter, 4H miles; rmith Clayton, 38 miles
???n??l two lap*; lldo*IUmwiell, S3 oaths and ft lapt;
EM .Cbeahlre, 48 miles and 1 lap Charles T Lo
gan, 21 miles end 8 tape; E G Bmffsy. 46
mihs and 9j tape. There yon have the
result 1 havo now one more duty to discharge,
has been won by Mr ChaHei T I.xcsn, and I here
with present him with It. Tbe walking match is
now adjourned sine die " [Applause. 1
The contestant* did not hear ibe speech. They
were In their tents, Cheshire having
been carried tbere In triumph on
the shonldcr* of a group of admirera aa aoonas the
c:ock struck ten.
ttlowly aud in perfect order tbe vast crowd dis
persed. Not a tingle accident occurred daring the
day and nlyht, and it la doubtful If any simitar
entertainrnent conducted on ao large a tcale ever
used off to smoothly and satisfactorily.
Wfca Kntukr Odtpitlos at I.tree.
Fbawkfo&t, Ky. t May 8??? At 12:80 the delegate*
at large were elected after aeveral hours bard work
They are Henry Wattereon, Colonel Thomas L
Jones, James L McKenxie and J Btoddard Johnson
Ihejentlre delegation are for free trade.
GEORGIA SPECIALS-
Augusta, May 7???As The CoNamunoN predict
ed, in refer! log to tho evidence In the Simmont-
Watson hank robbery cose, the defense set up in
Simmons's statment was powerless to acqnlt, and
to-night at 6.30, after an all-day argument by
most eloquent and eminent attorneys, and an able
and Impartial charge by Judge Roney, a verdict of
guilty was returned. Tho jury wasontonly twenty
minutes and in tho verdict recommended the prla-
one:s to mercy. Judge Roney sent the prisoners
back to Jill, postponing the sentence. The punish-
ment by law is between one and ten yean, and
they will probably get tho extent of the law.
Judge TwJggi made one of hi* most brilliant and
ingeuloua speeches for the defense, and was well
nssis??od by M. P. Carroll. Solicitor General Boy
kin Wright made a superb opening speech, cover
ing all the point* of the prosecution, and elo
quently representing tho state. Hon. U. Clay Fos
ter concluded In an able, search*
Ing argument for the prosecution, last
ing three hours. The defend tnt???a
counsel will move to morrow for anew trial, and
when this is oterruled, they will take the c*so to
the supreme court, a?? Judge Twiggs sayr hu has
some technical points of great value. 81mmons
and Watson took the verdict calmly and laugh
ingly remarked to Mr. Foster.
"kou were pretty hard on ui."
Prater replied:
"Yes, bui not harder than You deserved."
They were escorted to the Jail by the constables
and will receive their sentence to tho penitentiary
the last of the week.
Macon, May 7.???On yesterday Deputy Marshal
E. E. Cash arrested V. B. Holton, the ordinary of
Crawford county,charged nnder sec. 5-185 of revised
statutes with crime of withholding pension money
and fraudulently converting tho same to his own
UR3, Tho pension was allowed a widow lady nam
ed Elizabeth Sherloy, widow of a soldier of the
war 1012, under tho act of March 9th, 1873. The
pemion was allowed in 1882 and
tbo first payment amounted to 1406
check for which was indorsed by Holton in name
of payee without knowledge of their presence and
the wholo snm converted to his own use.
Warrenion, May 7.???Last night about 8 o???clock,
two negro boys, Josh Ruff and Willie Cody, were
etandibg near Allen's corner, Broad street, talking
very loud when suddenly tho report of a
pistol was heard and a voice cried out In the
darkness, "Oh, Josh, you havo shot me!" A
tussel ensued and one was seen to bo carrying the
other away on his shoulder. About this time
Marshal Cody and others hurried to the moving
figures, and discovered Raff in the aet of
carrying Cody away on his shoulders,
An investigation proved Cody to bo a wounded
roan, the victim of Ruff, who was carrying him
away to ronotal hi* crime. Dr Hull wim summoned
and he could do nothing for the wounded man and
Lo died a few minute* later. Raff waa arrested
and was taken to Warren county Jail.
Savannah v Qa., May 7.???Tho Mutual gas light
company this afternoon accepted the works and
other equipments from tho contractors. An issue of
850 000 stock at parlwas authorized, with preference
to the prc-ient owners. W. 8. Gibbs waa elected
president: 8. T. Boderlcx, treasurer; N. F. Thomp
son. secretary.
The Mew water main* rccontly laid in tbe city
were thoroughly tc*8t6d yeaterdHy with satisfactory
remits in tho presence of tbe mayor aud aldermen
and oiher officials.
Villa Rica, May 7.???Tbrco fancy young men
wore going from tho depot to tho old town a f jw
nights ago, and concluded to have some lun by
seating some women that chanced to bo pawing,
ft-nl threw ri it ml shot off tin ir pistols ut thrm.
Dcl'iity Hhcrltl riklpper happened to como up this
way and the trio lied to part* unknown. Warrants
are out for two of them, and their friends and kin
aro trying tosettlo tho disturbance, and they have
found that nothing lers than 875 will aatbfy the
women for the ncare they received,
Ckdartown, Ga., May 7.??? Ou Monday morning
, his residence, ten miles south east of this place,
Mr. E. D. Hightower was attacked by a Jersey
bull and tossed some eight feet into the air aud
falling struck ou hu head, sustaining severe aud
i-rhtpsfatal Injuries He*it tot been.fo/ a t. n-
v who wsamar by and who ran to his aMtm
tco, Mr. Hightower would lu all probability
?en killed ou the spot.
Mr. Fruett, a tenant of Mrs. Lea Nell, living
oelow town on Cedar crc^k, had hi* dwelling
house and contents burned Tuesday evening.
Macon, May 8.???[Special.]???To day Js the annual
colobratlon of the anniversary of the union Buns
day schools of Macon. It has been the custom a
number of years for a goneral uniting of the vari
ous Sunday schools at the park, and spend the day
in a general picnic and good time.
Columbus,May 8 ???[SpecialJ???Reports of a crooked
and dirty looking affair havo reached tho city from
ritewsrt comity. The n oiy 1* only partly known
here, and nothing absolutely reliable except tbat
thero waa ion\ play la certain. Tho story is that
about a week a ago a woman named Mary Davis,
who was employed As a cook by Mr. TcmJeff
Illncs, waa fonnd dead in h*r bed In her house on
.Mr. Ilinch???s home near Green Hill,Htuwart county 30
xnlles southeast of the dty. Cue Dr. lxio wm sum
moned, and made an examination of tbo body.
Hu dDcovcrcd mark* of violence about the wo
man** neck, and upon raising the lid of her eye, ???
saw lint a pistol shot had evidently boon fired into
her brain. Notwithstanding these circumstances,
tbo woman was hurled without an Inquest being
held. Our Information 1* tbat the lauyhas been
exhumed, aud a thorough Investigation '* in pro
gress, buf no reliablo whlio miu has como in from
Htuwart to report tho facu Boveral negroc*
from tbo vicinity have been in the
city today and havo mado confllctory
RU'cmcnta in regard totheaffslr. Their itatemciiui
Implicates the fair name of those who.llkeCa!??cr*|.
wl/o. are abovo suipldon. and aro not brslievca
??? M If. ,M.??ry lUvii W.INR whip? woman sg* d about
???l??. nod wu* m dmighhr of Dan Davl*. deceased.
Bho hia been In the employ of Mr. Hint a for nearly
twtnty years. f
Savannah, May 8???[Special]???Rosalie Wlao, col
ored, died this morning from an overdoae of
laudanum, taken to relievo pain. An inquest wae
held and a verdict rendered accordingly. Her
hnsband, working ia Augusta, was notified.
CutssTA, Ga., May 9.???Last Monday a negro man
entered tho houio of Mr. Grerge Wiseman, and 4
made on outrageous assault upon hia uiece. Mia
Wiseman gave the alarm, and her husband, who
was working near by,ran to tbe honse.and securing
bla pistol, pursued the negro. It Is said that he amx
needed In overtaking the brute, and shot him three
times, killing him Instantly.
Butler, May 9.-(4pcclaL]???Butler has Just pa*
aed through a three weeks??? revival, conducted by
Reva. J D Mauldin, C D Adams, of Geneva, and J
B Culpepper, of Talbot circuit. These clergymen
nave conducted this meeting with a great deal of
u.*l.
The Taylor county Sunday School association has
Its annual celebration to-day.
CTuttavocoa, Toon., May 8 ???[Special]???AU the
???lock lor the new street zallzo&d line, to inn to
the castrid of the dty, hi* been subscribed, and
articles fo incorporation are being prepared today.
Columius, Ga., May 10.???A ipeclalho the Enquir
er Bun from Houston, says: The first prise, fb.OCO,
la tbe Inter-state drill, wa* awarded to the Hous
ton Gnardaof Homtnn: the aecoad, 81.000. to the
Treadway Kifimtof rit. Loul*; and the third. 9800,
to the Cointnbus Guards of Columbus.
Augusta, Ga., May 10-[3peclai]-Judge Roney's
determined {charge against the gamblers, and the
indictment of two of the most notorious of the
gang, by the grand jury, has resulted In a sudden
exodus of the sports. BenNieizwho ran Clark's
savings and faro bank and drove four blooded
hot aet, bta shipped hia tool* and team suddenly
north, and John L*m)na, another aport, returned
;o Alabama. Both were indicted and will fiud
Augusta too warm to return this summer. Others
are preparing to fold tent* and follow.
Gnirrur. Ga., May 10.-[Special ]-Nellie Jordan,
an aged colored woman abont KM years old, was
knocked from the track by the Macon bound train
this afternoon and killed outright. Her nee*, both
legs and one arm were broken. She waa thrown
at Hast iflirty feet In the air. Green Feeney, the
engineer, did all in his power to signal her off with
the whistle, and tried to prevent the aocidenwby