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THE WEEKXY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1881.—TWELVE PAGES.
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TALMAGE’S SERMON.
I stood looking at him 1 C hope to spend eternity * bruised limbs. They brush back the tangled
{'doing the same thing I must see Him. I ! hair from the brow and then they pass around
| must look upon that /ace ouco clouded with ; to look upon tlie calm countenance of him
THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCTOF J iny sin, but now radiant with my pardou. I j who had lived for the pojr and died forth©
THE MARTYR DEACON* j want to touch that hand that knocked oil* my ! truth. Stephen asleep J I have seen Hie sea
shackles. I want to hear that voice which pro- ! driven with the hurricane until the tangled
Why the Mob 0toned Stephen to Death—Five Thrill- I Bounced my deliverance.
METROPOLITAN MEN.
WHO ARE PROFESSIONAL PHIL
ANTHROPISTS.
takeu the form of a decidedly practical iem-! mere, who published a newspn
perauco crusade. It has been directed nlmos ; of n lottery which lie wi
entirely against the 8,000 or more retail linuor i yet when the chief
•hops of the city. Ilis organization is ealled ’ hellers, who had been
the New York society for the prevention of' Comstock's complaint, was on trial h
.. „ Behold Him, little foam caught In the rigging, and ware ri.jng n.„ry Berth, How.rd croebj. Blend,, o. o.rr T .
loB Scene* In a ZXartyr'a farcer Grouped Into eliddren, for if you live to three score years above wave seemed as if about to storm the Anthony Com* toe* and Othor«-Tho Qood
pud ten you will see none so fair.
Him, ye aged ones, for He only
Behold
shine
through the dimness of your failing eyesight.
Behold Him, earth. Behold Him, heaven.
What a moment wli^n all tho nations of the
saved shall gather around Christ I All luce
that way. All thrones that way, gazing,
gazing on Jesus.
“His worth If all the nations knew.
Sure the whole earth would love Him too.
I pass on uow and look at Stephen stoned,
The world has always wanted to get rid of
good men. Their very lifo is on assault upon
wickedness. Out with Stephen through the
gates of tho city. Down with him over the
precipices. Let every man come and drop a
stsne upon his head. But these men did not
so much kill Stephen as they killed themselves,
Every stono rebounded upon them. While
these murderers are transfixed by tho scorn of
good men Stephen lives in the admiration of
oil Christendom. Stephen stoned but Stephen
alive. So all good men must be pelted. All
who will live godly in Christ Jesus must sutler
persecution. It i«* no eulogy of a man to say
that everybody likes him. Show me any one
who is doing all his duty to state or church and
I will show you scores of men who utterly ab
hor him. If all men speak well of you, it is be
cause your are either a laggard or a dolt,
If a steamer makes rapid progress through tho
waves water will boil ana foam all around it.
Brave soldiers of Jesus Christ will hear the car
bines click. When l sec a man with a voice ami
Brooklyn, June 15.—[Special].—Dr. Talmoge
preached a very interesting sermon tho othor
eveniug on the subject “The Martyr Deacon.”
The opening hymn of the service was:
“In the Christian's home in glory
There remains a land of rest.”
The text was: Acts vil. 56-00: “Behdld I
ace the heavens open and the son of man stand
ing on the right hand of God. Then they
cried out with a loud voice and stopped their
cars and ran upon him with one aecord and
cast him out of tho city and stoned him; and
tho witnesses laid down their clothes at a
young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God>
saying: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And
ho kneeled down and cried with a loud voice.
Lord, la.{ not this sin to their charge, and
when he had said this he fell asleep.” Frl
lowing are Dr. Talmage’s remarks in full:
Stephen had been preaching a rousing ser
mon and the people could not stand it,
resolved to do ns men sometimes would like to
do in this day, if they dared, with some plain
preacher of righteousness—kill him. The I money and iutlueuce, all on the right side nird
only way to sifoncc this man was to knock tha | »omo cari<,ature liim, an<l aomc 8naar flt him
breath out of him. So they rushed Stephe: w ,, «
out of the gates of the city, and with curse and j cripple him, to east him Out, to destroy* him, I
whoop and bellow they brought him to tho j say: Stephen stoned. When I see a man in
cliff as was the custom when thev wanted to *»"» greet moral or religious reform battling
. . , . . _ r ? . . , I against grog shops, exposing wickedness m
take away life by stoning. Having brought j hTgh places, by active menus trying to purify
him to the edge of the cliff they pushed him I the church and better the world's estate, and I
ofi*. After he had fallen they came and look- find that tho newspapers anathematize him
ed down and seeing that ho was not yet dead I »" d ,nou - * von *°°' 1 men > “W™ >»"> «*<» dc "
they began to drop stones
after stone, stono alter stone,
h'is’L^L^^Mrh^'h&s w n htrh’e I Xl
, w him they did not succeed really in killing him.
r^himuir^.nSniuf fi!r R hl» I You may nranult» good man but you cannot
K \ , f r .nl , meifn mv kill him. On the day of his death Stephen
That f.V* MimS?’ 'tnrd* l.v'^not I spoke before a few people in the Sanhedrimi
J-."?-''-
h-d-'j-fjw-; aa.'-gsftyj&iiydia&as
I and men, even good men, opii
J nounce him, because, though 1 he does good. ho
. ‘Z.IHthU w“ doe. not do it in their way, I say: “Stephen
®* ouV.'.i.nl-^** J 1 „„ I atoned." The world with Jufinit© spite took
heaveus, and then I havo seen the tempest
drop nitd the waves crouch and everything
become smooth and burnished us though n
camping place for the glories of heaven. 8o
I have seen a man, whose life has been tossed
and driven, comiug down at lost to an infinito
calm in which there was the hush of heaven’*
lullaby. Stepheu asleep I I saw such an one,
Ho fought all his days against poverty and
against abuse. They traduced his name. They
rattled nt the door-knob while he was dying
with duns for debts ho could not pay, yet the
pence of God brooded over his pillow, and
while the world faded heaven dawned, ami the
deepening twilight of earth’s uight was only
the opening twilight of heaven’s morn. Not a
sigh. Not a tear. Not a struggle. Hush!
Stephen asleep I
I have not the faculty of telling tho weather,
I can never tell by tho seetiug sun whether
there will be a drought or not. I cannot tell by
the blowing of the wind whether it will bo fair
weather or foul on the morrow. But I can
Tfcoy Have Accomplished-Other Char
acter* in the Orest City.
crime; Its purposes ure purely local, and its
theory is that intoxication is the great source
of crime in large communities. Dr. Crosby
does not propose tho absolute suppression of
« 1 r , nr-ibn Methodism. Booth’s bullet vacated tho presi-
enmughln heaven^o fosop i» gSg. 1 A niaii *»*
of largo wealth may have .ternary in tho hall >>"° ™“ “~ r ’,* *
anil paintings in the sitting room and works of S?5,** but Steuben nliv.
art if nil parts of the house but he has the ^Z^Z^XJXphtn'u, hi. dying
hour al'ter hour, you walk *jth^ cateh.gu. and S/hurt hte head m.fwhI“wS!li.l h b!l!JmS
^ii^^'a^m ^h^'^w^le I •pMt. ^ “^ort/.Vesus’receive^inv'spirU*/^The
the chief treasures of his realm. The w hole V , tondlng 0 ’ u tll0 tr#p tho black
universe Jf s . palace n this « « being ,, J Ter hi , he ad befi^o U ,o exe-
X? T R h,L ^ crown. The^ «»> abashcdTibfore an audience, not because I
to nmrcS undo? '‘^kAp’.teS te the°»”nd n^Mlh^uTolequlef^lll he'd ™c,d
flame' 0 of a con.umlng wnrbf ««5 all heaven < S^!^^ta^a£SSS? , SS5»Sa ,
turns out with harps and trumpet* and myriad I JjV 1 ”,,?**!{** 1.;i t Wlmt mii/le wdll
voiced aeelamatie/of angeliedo,ninion to w-el- ^r^aTpte wS!^
bn/nAnVthrte^ efnrs^Ln it f)o What cloud will fo deft for its pathway f After
bring their h nr g • I j t j mH t t j |0 0 f our sun will
you wonder thalffood• there l7e torelics lighted for it tho rest of the
Htephcn, liking into heavon/ ® ® *■ I way? Will the soul havo to travel through
^reat many friend . .. - I tong desorts beforo it reaches tho goo«l land?
L'l^nlTra™! whh'U'em hot^hJh
hand.. A, ® 11 X n t /® , i 0l «L th ~Siv er mum! theilty? Oh, this my.terL. spirit with!-
celestial om tninta ‘ / P > I usl It has two wings Cut it is in a cage now
pl.es. We have not had 0 »«* 11 "U”. 0 ‘ h *" | t is locked fast to k7,„p It; hut let the .lorn- ol
aince tho night wc klwed^ them Iind I it, cage open th« least, and tho soul is off
they went away, but still wo »t» id easing « l J Kaele's wings could not catch it. Tho light-
heaven. A. when .ome of,onr frmn, bgoKjw. J , ,f t .Jftcnough take up with it,
the aea we .tend on the deck or ori the, .team Wh e n the «.u! leave. Ihe body it takes fifty
tugand «“^ thc m,andafterawh iethe hu k worWiatbomi(| And hav {, , n0 nllxi ,, t '
of the vessel ^.appears and then there U onlv I ubollt 1Uvo yon 110 Bnx[ „ ty a bout it ?
gone mid «“y mo all ou/nf sight, and yet wo m,t ™. r0 w,mt Y"",«'ith mjr body . when
stami l'Kikinc in the ionic direction, so when I
our friends go away from us into tho future I " r '""JJ"!® 1 ''
world we keep looking down through tho nnr-1 S. „ “JlL^S,
rows and gazing and gazing ns though wo ex- I , , .. . ,® ,
peeled that thev woufd come out and stand on l l .« ^ la j. Thank «od for the ii.ti.na
some eve,nl,« eloml an 1 givern» one glimpse oI * * thnt whon w0 dio j MU , tok< „
their blissful and transfigured faces. While I
prophesy and will prophesy what weather
will bo when you, tno Christian, come to dio.
You may havo it very rough now. It may be
this week one annoyance, the next week an
other annoyance. It may be this year one toe
reavemeut, the next another bereavement,
Before this year lias pnssed you may have
beg for bread, or ask for a scuttle of coal or
pair of shoes; but spend your death couch
amid tlie leaves of tho forest or make it out of
tho straw of a paiVper’s hut, the wolf in the
jungle howling close by, or inexorable credi
tors jerking tho pillow from under your dyinj
head—Christ will coino in aud darkness wil
go out. And though there may be no hand
close your eyes and no breust on which to rest
your dying head, ami no candle to lift the
night,'the odors of God's hanging garden will
regale your soul and at your bedside will halt
the chariots of tho king. No more rents to
pay, no more agony because /lour had gone
up* no more struggle with “the world, the
llesh and tho devil;” but pence—long, deep,
everlasting sleep. Stephen asleep,
••Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep;
A calm, undisturbed rc|M>se,
Uninjured by the last oi foes.
“Asleep in Jesus, far from thee.
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there Is still u blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep.”
You have seen enough for one servlc
one can successfully examine more than five
pictures in a day. Therefore wo stop, having
seen thistdustorof divine Bophnels—Stephen
gazing into heaven; Stephen looking at Christ;
Stephen stoned; Stephen in his dying prayer;
.Stephen asleep.
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
malion or inhumation. I .hall sleep just as
of sackeloth as in satin
own. But my soul—before
I leave this house I will find out where it. is
Thank God for the intimation
trnnwgurod
j j leir companio
year. »,,,1 the .lays KO with .uch timum that j couTdVomoV. them. Wliai
SsriS .C ,r hc?Zc^t'tcm ,cr c L?*** 4w «"f* -"“SS v r : 1 , urk,1 . < *"i
i r uik»i..i. I That answers all questions for me, that though
you l«n* tojoln_theb com^n i m..h p, aml thc lhcru W(iro nm , slv ‘, ba „ bolwccn i,, ru SIld ,f 10
anuni inai | ij*k* i M „. .«».«*• \vi.«#
iperofpsin
and sorrow aud bereavement keeps gnawing
goring into You wonder ifthey have
chntiKcd ..nee you zaw thorn laat. Yon wonder were chas ' m> to cr09l> Hi , h n„d ( , uul d transport
their .Bonhiar unner ym.r tmraen.. »«. | has^ven ,«tili.mrCh™ Inay'b^
wonder if they look any older and> I f«ble even to .Jy the infant prayer our
m the cvcn.ns-tidc when the house is all nuict , h } t i hich j uhn .p.i.'ey-Adn.,,.,
vou wonder if you should call them by their I ?0 f * i,,.
first name ifthey would not answer; and per- willow f
haps sometimes you do make the experiment, 1 1114 lloa 1 \ ,
and when no one but God and yourself are V^v'.te^m^.ntuX’on--
there vou distinctly call their names and listen I I pray the laird my soul p.
and wait aud .it aid gaze into heaven. We may be too feeble to employ either
Pas. on now and sec Stephen looking upon these familiar forms; but this prayer ot Hte-
Christ. My text snys he sow the Son of mull I pb'-' 1 is so short, so concise, so euniest; Is so
nt the right hand of God. Just how Christ comprehensive, we surely will be able to say
looked in thi. world, just how he looks in I ‘list: “Lord Jesus, receive my spint. ’ Oh,
heaven, wc rannotsny. A wriler in the lim,'| ,'f thatpmyerisan.werislhow sweet it will
of Christ says, describii
apponrance, that He he
complexion, and a very graeciui mature, nut i | /*» T
suppose it wa« all guess work. The painters P illo ,7 there »hall break the light of that
of thedifierent nge* have tried to imagine the I better world, we shall have no more regret
features of Christ, and put them upon canvas; I about.leaving this Ufefor the next than a man
but we will havo to wait until with our owu I **egreU leaving a small, dark, damp house for
eyes we see Him, and with our own ears we I one large, beauliful and capacious. That dy-
cun hear Him. And vet there is a way of see-1 J n £ nnluster in _ I hiladclphia some years ago
ing and hearing Him’now, I have to tell you I beautifully depicted it when iu the last mo-
that nnless you see and hear Christ on earth I t** e bt he threw up hi* bauds and cried out* I
vou will never woe and hear Him in heaven. I move into the light.
Lookl There He is. Behold the LainbofGvl. I . Pa *' on now and I will show you one more
Can vou see Him? Thenprav to God to take I picture, and that is Stephen asleep. With a
the scales off your eyes. Look that way—try I P**b» ? n ' 1 »i»pHcity peculiar t*» the Bcript-
to look that wav. His voice conies down to I urea, the text says of Stephen: He Ml
vou, comes down lo the blindest, to the deafest I ®*leep» “Oh, you say, what a place that
soul saying: “Look unto me all ye ends of I was to sleep. A hard rock under him, stones
earth,a'nd be ye saved, for I am God, and there I fallingdown upon h****, the blood streaming,
is none else.” Proclamation of universal cm- I t | le howling. What a place it was t»>
emancipation for ell slaves. Proclamation of uni- I , And yet mv text takes that symbol
versal amnesty fer all rebels. A-hazuerus of slumber to describe bis departure, so sweet
S there*l the Babvlonish nobles to his table; I was it, so contented was it, so lieautiful was it.
or ge I. entertained the lr rds oft England at a I Stephen had lived a very laborious life. Hu
banquet; Napoleon III. welcome the czar of I chief work had been to cure for the poor. How
Russia and the sulUn of Turkey *ohis feast; I many loaves «f bread he distributed, how
the emperor of Prussia was glad to have our I many bare feet be had sandaled, how many
minister, George Bancroft sit down with him I co J*.°f ? ,c xnets and distress he bless^l with
at his table; but tell me, ye who know moat of I ministries of kindness andl love, I do not know,
the world’s history, wbat other king ever I but from the way he lived, and the way he
asked the abandoned and the forlorn ami the I preached, and the way he 'bed, [ know he waa
wretched and the outeoat to come and .it down I • Iaborfoo.Chri.tteB. But that i. all over
beaide him? O, wonderful invitetion! You I ">»■ IIeha»i.rej«dthecu I .tothela.ttemt-
ean take it out and .tend at the headof the I [’‘X Bp. He ha» taken the la*t m«ult from
darkeit alley in nil thi. city and .ny “Come, I hl. enemie. The lmt-.fone towhme ertubing
clothe, for your rage, .alve for your mre., n | •>? j* zmcepetible ha. been hurled,
throne for your eternal reigning. A Chrut j Stephen « dead I Toe di«eiple. come. They
that talk, like th.t and acte like that and I take him up. They wa.h away the blood
pardon, like lhat-doyou wonder that Stephen from the wound.. They itraighten out the
In tho senate tho Mexican pension bill was
discussed at length. The consular and diplo
matic appropriation bill passed. Senator
Brown's bill authorizing tho payment of the
Trezcvant claim was recommitted. In tho
house the nppropiation of $250,000 for tho im
provement of Galveston harbor was stricken
out of tho river and harbor appropriation bill,
Tho river nml harbor bill passed with no in
crease iu tho Georgia items, Savannah getting
$150,000 and Brunswick only $10,000. Quito n
number of private jicnsion bills passed
ACROSS THE WATER.
El Mnhdi lias retreated to tho almost inac
cessible stronghold of Tebnl Godir,
England has addressed a friendly note to tlio
government at Washington, urging tho sup
pression of the dynatnitistfl.
Brndlnugh has writtou a letter to tho priuco
of Wales urging him as a brother mason to
support an,atheistical propaganda. .Tljo prince
was greatly annoyed and tent tho letter to
Lord Carnavon who it is thought will move to
expel Brndlaugh from tho grand lodge.
Tho femalo suffrage bill has been defeated iu
tho houso of commons.
El Mnhdi has boen crushinglyjdefeatcd by
tho TnkaJn tribe.
It is believed that Berber has fallen with
great slaughter.
London*, June 1Egyptlsi! advices state thnt an
Arab has arrived at Korosko, who claims to bo tho
sole survivor of the Berber garrison. He says he
was present when the rebels attacked Berber on
May Zt. The garrison defended tho town
for three hours of severe lighting,
but the rebels were too strong for them, and forced
their way Into the city, where they Immediately
lnnssiicrucd 1,500 men of the garrison and 2,000
the male poputlon. The women and children
were spared. This story Is believed by Major
Kitchener, and tha son of Uussen 1’asha Khalifa,
governor of Berber.
The governor of Dougola announces that
Berber has fallen, and that K! Malidi's army Is
advancing upon Dougola. Tho governor propose*
to evacuate that city.
Liter.—The fall of Berber Is official.
The Ball Mall Gazette says; We must now add
3,500 more to tho thousands nlrcudy butchered to
mako a holiday for Uludstonimi principles,
inanity revolts at such a state of things, and some
how or other a stop should be put to U.
THE JAMES SETTLEMENT.
Prospects of an Knrly Adjudication Upon
tho Terms Adopted,
Colonel Albert II. Cox yesterday stated to a re
porter of Tim Constitution that there was little
now In the way of a speedy settlement of the
James bank affairs.
What Is the condition of tho assets in the
1 Nkw Yoei, Juue 12, 1884.—One of the large,
if not oho of tho learned, professions of this
city, is that of philanthropy. There are hun
dreds of it* professors here, and every imagi
nable form of human and animal suffering
mental or physical, has its professors going
about for its amelioration by doctrines and
theories which are preached, medicines which
are administered, and ducats which nro col
lected of the charitable. Tho main purposes
of most of the professors is to collect these
ducats. Of the many hundreds of them few
deserve to bo commended or even to bo no
ticed in denunciation, so small is tho good
one class docs and so insignificant tho swindle
perpetrated by the othor. I do not pretend to
say that all who deserve praise receive it in
this letter; nor do I think that such as are
criticised get their full share of it, for some
of tho evil they do must be overlooked for the
sake of tho good they accomplish.
Henry Bergh is a familiar figure iu
streets oftho metropolis, and at nearly all pub
He gatherings hero. He is a “first-nighter
cvjery theater on tlie production of a new pla t
aud it is to his credit that he pays for his seat.
He is not caricatured iu the accompanying
drawing; on tho contrary, it gives a very cor-
jve on hand $35,000 fn cash ami
they have other assets that can !>e realized ii|mn
almost any day aud in ample time to make the
proposed settlement. I moan, they will hare
enough rash to tiny tho 10 per cent to all the cred
itors nml the additional per cent to the pre
ferred creditors.
How much cash will tlmt require?"
About $100,0u0. Then wc can organize the tank
block company under the charter which will bo
p..«ay j n time. ’
low many persons havo signed the terms of
settlement?”
*'WoU. out of about 1.300 creditors there are only
about ninety who have yet to sign. A few of these
are holding off in the hope that they will be
bought up, but they are mistaken. The assignees
have no money with which to buy up claims. All
they have In hand Is the common property of the
creditors."
“Wlmt amount In dollars Is represented by those
who have already signed the agreement?”
“Over tourtlfthn of the total amount of Indebt
edness Is represented by the signers.”
“Do you think all will finally agree to the
term*?”
I do. It Is undoubtedly the best compromise
that is the costly and inevitable result I
they will come along with us."
Other parties interested in tho affair express
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New Orleans, June 14.—Gldcre, Day Co„ cotton
factors, lwve suspended and asked lor an exten
sion. The assets art stated lo bet&*),000 and the
liabilities $280,000. In addition to the assets of the
firm, Mr. Oiderc has $130,000 In real estate.
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HENRY flKRGff.
rect idea of tho man ns be mny bo seen daily
on our streots. Ho is quite as Quixotic in np-
peuraneo ns in ideas, and strango as it mny
scfcnr^he Is quite convinced In his own mind
thnt his is a handsome figure and face. It is
part of tho man’s vanity which ho makes no
effort to conceal. Ho dresses with the greatest
oare, in the newest stylo, and in tho most exe-
crable taste. And he is fully as dogmatic in
clinging to hh outre ttylo of costume ns to his
Kscuiinr ideas. Ho is a man of wealth and can
hcreforo afford to be eccentric in both man
nors and ideas.
Mr. Bergh is universally known by tho Idio-
syncraoy, amounting, as many think, almost
to idiocy, of his lovo of the dumb brutes and
his horror nt the cruelties practiced on them
It is a perfectly sincere mania: it is not n sen
timent which ho has cultivated, either for the
purposu of imposition or in order to appear
strange. Hu tnav dress as lie does out of a love
of eccentricity, but there is hardly a doubt
that his heart really is torn with sincere nn
(uish at tho sight of animal suffering. I firm
y believe that it is only animal and not liu
man suffering with wlueli ho heartily sympa
thizes, for lie advocate* the severe * physical
torture, even nt the whipping-post, of those
men who maltreat their animals or their wives,
giving the animal tho preference always. He
tikes little children into his sympathies much
ss he does brute animals, because they cannot
protest vigorously against the tortuo inflicted
on them, and he ha* always been a warm Hup-
porter of the society for tho prevention of
cruelty to children; but it is perhaps nearest
gh is a humanita
Flies and Hugs.
Flies, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice,
gophers, chipmunks, cleared out by “Rough on
correct to any that Mr. Berj
rianwho professes love not for humanity but
tho animal kingdom. I can bear witness tier-
sonally to tho great good he has done si net
ho established his American society
for tho prevention of cruelty to
animals. This was about 1867,
shortly after his return from St. Petersburg,
Russia, where he hail h
tion during Mr. Lin>
Over twenty such societies now exist in ns
many different states. New York streets
were then tho daily scenes of cruelties
little thought of then bcentiso sc
familiar, but which if witnessed by tho pres
ent generation would shock tho strongest
nerves, so unfamiliar have they become. The
violent and shameful beating of horses; the
transportation of other animius through the
streets to slaughter, in the most painfql |H*»i-
tiontf brutal dog fights and chicken matches;
t he useless and not at all skillful killing of
•itds by so-called expert marksmen as a pub
lic sport; the public slaughter of cattle in
crowded thoroughfares before the eyes of chil
dren ; all these were of daily aud nightly oc
currence. They are never seen now, in this
county and seldom in this state, and it is large
ly dde to Mr. Bergh’* exertions that these of
fenses are seldom committed and are promptly
punished when they are detected. All the
magistrates have cotnc to recognize the pure
motives of Mr. Bergh, and his appearance as a
complainant Is almost sure to result in I he
conviction of an offender. But at the same
time, Mr. Bergh attends boxing matches be
tween inon and is said to rather enjoy the ex
hibitions.
His love of animals Is the only trait of Mr.
Bergh’a peculiar mind which has attracted
general attention to him, but he has other |*e-
culiarities. He once determined u|ki« a
Quixotic crusade against hoop skirts, and he
wrote a poem to portray the danger to woman’s
health and person from the use ot the odious
garment. It was in heroic verse, and was sev
eral cantos long. I recall reading an much of
the manuscript as I could endure when it wan
K bmitted to Harper A Brothers, I think, in
18. Later on he conceived the idea of severe
ly satirising the mania of American mothers
1or marry ing their daughters to worthless Euro
pean noblemen, and he wrote a poetn which he
called “Married Off” in furtherance of this
Idea. It was by no means lacking in merit,
but it was a palpable imitation of William
Allen Butler’s “Nothing to Wear.” He pub*'
lisbed it, only to have it torn to pieces with
ridicule, and subsequently read it to fatigued
audiences. He further pursued this object by
footlights, I believe.
The philanthropy of Howard Crosby has
REV. HOWARD CROSBY,
/ho liquor traffic, but tho regulation by
law. Ho does not advocate teetotal ism,
and «loe* not himself, personally, nlmtaiii
from all liquors, taking a glass of wine occa
sionally for the stomach’s sake. He does not
believe in tho possibility or e/licacy of sudden
reformation of greut evils, and expects to ac
complish kia purpose by gradually drawing
around the liquor tr
rn/lic tho firm and restrain
ing hand of tfio law. Ho lins certainly made
his influence felt here, and since his society
canto into existence the number of saloons lias
been much reduced where it was natural to
expect an increase; and the laws have been so
amended ns to restrict tho traflio iu a grout
many other respects.
The operations of an army, even though
they required a year to complete, which would
result in the relief of 40.245 children from a
state of slavery, would probably command
many colunint'of narrative in tho daily papers
of this country. Tho same end was accom
plished in this city during last year by the so
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to children,
but I don’t think the results were noticed nt
all, I don’t remember to havo seen even a
synopsis of the society’s report published
in tuo daily papers. Tho bald ftgurcs
given above,showing the work accomplished in
1883, give no idea of the character of tho re
form. The society, which is only in its tenth
year, nml yet is the oldest of the forty-soven
societies of the kind in this country, has really
reduced tho work of child-saving to a practical
science. It has completely broken up a system
of child-slavery by which Italian musters com
pelled mere infants, whom they lmd purchased
horn their parents and iuniorted to this coun
try, to play on musical Instruments in tho
streets at all hours and in all
kinds of weather. There formerly existed
several resorts where mere boys were de
bauched with liquor aud thrown into inter
course with the vilest of the other sex. All of
these which were known to tho society have
been broken up and tlio proprietors of the
principal one* are now serving term* in prison.
No less than seven women who made a bus!
ness of enticing young girls, daughters of
chanics who were nbseut from their homes
nt work, into their vile dens for purposes of de
bauchery, were convicted and sent to prison last
year through the efforts of this society. Scores
of licenses of liquor saloons were revoked on
tho proof furnished by this socioty that liquor
was sold to minors. A child-beggar or nn in
fant in tlm arms of a beggar, is a most u
common sight in New York now, whereas,
few years ago. tho child was almost always
tho object with which beggars sought to cronlu
ed to testify to his good reputation.
everybody thought that Mr. Comstock had
been “bulldozed” or blackmailed Into taking
the absurd position. The newspapers ndlly
broke up the lottery business by constant ex
posure of it, and claimed no particular credit
lor doing it; but a legislative investigating
committee being in scssiou Mr. Comstock
appeared before it nml not only
claimed the credit of the work, but denounced
the police force for not uiding him in it. He
has shut up the shops of reputable merchants
for having photographs of tho Pictures of tho
Paris salon in private stock for artist’s use,
mid yet allows the worst of cheap papers to
flourish their bawdy pictures on tho public
news-stands. Such contradictory acts create
suspicious of the motives of the door. It is not
surprising to (iud Comstock* taking credit for
the passage of a law against the circulation of
this class of journals, and soliciting money for
his society in order to “further check” this
particular means of corrupting youth i
Don't imagine, notwithstanding what I havo
said, that Mr. Comstock does not dcservo
credit for what has been done in suppressing
various forms of gambling, the publication of
obscene literature, etc., in this city. On tho
contrary, the metropolis is a great deal tho
cleaner for his efforts. But it is to bo wished
that, for his own sake, Mr. Comstock had a
little more knowledge to guide his energy, a
•leal more discretion combined with his seal,
and considerable more public credit for tho
absolute purity ot hi* purpose*.
William F. G. Shanks.
The ltaee Postponed.
Boston, Juno 14.—The Hamm-Hosmcn race wsa
}M>xlponed until Tuesday next on account of rough
uter.
Absolutely Pure.
sympathy.
There is a so-callod “crank” at tho head
this society who is not unliko Bergh in ninny
respects. He is of-ono of tlio oldest families o m
tho city—-Klbridgo T. Gerry by name, a- law
yet by profession, a philanthropist by nature
and a millionaire two or three times over by
inheritance. Ho has many eccentricities of
mnnner and speech nml nppearnneo. 1 think
I never saw him, suiumer or whiter, without a
fur cap which ho habitually wonr*. JJnt of his
sincerity in bolmlfut little and helplesschildrei
nobody Jins tiny doubt, and if nt times his eti
thusiasm or sentiment carries him to excess in
demonstrating tho power of his society^
body thinks of questioning his motive. His
liberal donation* to tho causo, hi* nhnostentire
abandonment of every other work for this, nnd
his great wealth, absolve him from any suspi
ions of mercenary motives. Ilis modesty ii
o manifest that nil acquit him of seeking no
oriety by his eflbrts in behalf of chil
dren. 1 think life only criticism
which he has over been
subjected has been when exercising his power
in behalf of children employed in the theaters;
hut these criticism* have been so evidently ill
tlm interest of tlm theater managers us to fall
shwrt of their purjH>«c. Only a short time ago
Mr. Gerry supprested nn amateur porforinanci
by children, given at the Coainopolitnn the
atcr, under the management of one of the life
members of his sociuty. From this it was
made quite evident that Mr. Gerry moans to bo
just in his actions,
Anthony Comstock, tho secrctmy and about
all there is beside* of tho society for tho sup-
ircssion of vice, combines in himself sornn of
he beat nnd nearly all tlio lmd qualities of tlie
reformer. He hates sinners for the lovo of
virtue, and would like to huru them lit the
•take of righteousness solely for the .sake of
truth. He hns all the energy of animosity,
and all tho zeal of the new convert. Alike
fearless nnd reckless, lie ist at the same time
ignorant and assuming (as ignorance alwsys
is,) and can no more bcliuvo that'one who dif
fers with him in theory is honest than that
who disagrees with him as to a fast is truthful
With him suspicion is proof and accusation Is
ANTHONY COMSTOCK,
conviction. He would strive harder to see ac
cused innocence sentenced than to have the
punishment of convicted guilt carried
out. He is a bundle of prejudices and a whole
mass of contradictions, lie has labored for
rears to suppress a wrong, nnd thrued up
inaliy in indorsement of the wrongdoer. lie
has co-operated for years with other forces,
snd then gone on the witness-stand to de
nounce his associates. He is egotistical to the
point of always being prominent iu the public
doings of his society, but yet shrewdly Keeps
himself from promotion in that society’*
offices, lie is nobody in its ranks, and yet
yields all the power of his organisation.
The man has, nevertheless, in his blunt,
blundering, ignorant way, done a great deal
of good, but in the doing of it has made so
many false steps and such ’ absolute blunders
that he has come under constant suspicion.
He gets raps every day in newspapers which
chronicle his good work. For years be wss
abused by an organized band of public defa-
compctltlon with
Bros., Atlanta* Qa.
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ATLANTA, June5,18SI.
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