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• THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION AT-LANT-A. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 12 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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STRAY STRAWS.
THE BEAUTY OF AN UNFALTER
ING FRIENDSHIP.
laths ‘Which Open iZ Hardships and Darkness
Often Cent Oat In PlacC? ot Jayt Zraata
Which Seem to ba Host taslx^ftaJMt,
Umj bo Most Xeinsntons, Etc. •
Dr. Taint ago preached Ihe foilswing sermon,
subject»“Stray Straws,
Text: Ruth ii. 3: “And site went and came
and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and
her hap was to light on a part of the field be
longing unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of
Elimelech
The time that Both and Naomi arrive at
Bethlehem U harvest time. It was the custom
when a sheaf fell from a load in the harvest
field for the reapers to refills to gather it up;
that was to be left for the poor who might hap
pen to come along that way. If there were
handfuls of grain scattered across the field
aftor the maiu harvest had been reaped, in
stead of raking it as our farmers do, it was by
the custem of the land left in its place so that
the poor coming along that way might glean
it and get their bread. But you sayWhat Is
the use of all these harvost fields to lluth aud
Naomi? Naomi is too old and feeblo to go out
Nsnd toil in the sun; and can you expect that
Ruth, the young and the beautiful should tan
her cheeks nod blister her hands in tho har
vest field?" Boas owns a largo farm and lie
•goea out to see the reapers gather in the grain.
Coming there, right behind the swarthy, sun
browned reapers he beholds a beautiful woman
gleaning—a woman more fit to bond to a harp
or sit upon a tbrono than to stoop among tho
eheavet*. Ah, that was an eventful day. It
was love at first sight. Boaz forms an attach
ment for the womanly gleaner—an attach
ment full of undying interest to tho church of
<iod in all ages; while Ruth with an ephah dr
nearly a bushel of barley goes home to Naomi
to tell her the success aud tho adventures of
the day. That Ruth who left her native land
of Much in darkness aud traveled through an
undying affection for her mother-in-law, is in
the harvest field of Boaz, is affianced to ouo of
flic best families in Judah and becomes in
after tinn* the ancestress of tho Lord Jesus
•Christ, the Lord of glory! Out of so dark a
night did there ever dawn so bright a morn
ing.
I learn in the first place from this subject
how trouble develops character. It was be
reavement, poverty and exile that developed,
illustrated aud announced to all ages tho sub
limity of Ruth’s character. That is a very un
fortunate nmiuwho has no trouble. It was
sorrow that mode John Banyan tho hotter
streamer, and l)c Young the better poet, ami
O’Connell the better orutbr, and Bishop Hall
the better preacher, and Havelock tho bettor
eoldicr, aud Kilts the better encyclopaedist,
and Ruth the better daughter-in-law. 1 once
asked on aged man in regard to his pastor who
was a very"brilliant man, “why is it that your
pastor, so very brilliant seems to have so littfo
heart and tenderness in his sermons?"“ Well,"
he replied, “the reason is, our jxiitor has uever
had any trouble. When mtsfortuno comes
upon him his stylo will bo different." After
« while tho
pastor’s licuxc, and though tho preacher was
just as brilliant ns he was boforo, oh, tho
wnrmth.the tenderness of his discourses! Tho
feet is that trouble is a great educator. You
acc sometimes a musician sit down at an in-
atrument and his execution is cold and formal
and unfeeling. The reason is that all his life
ho has been prospered. But let misfortune or
bereavement come to that man, and ho sits
down at tho instrument aud you discover the
pathos at the first sweep of tho keys. Mis-
iurtune and'trial aro groat educators. A young
doctor comes into a sick room whero there is »
dying child. Perhaps he is very rough in his
prescription, and very rough in his manner,
and rough in the feeling of tho pulse, ana
rough in his answer to the mother's question;
but years roll on and there has been one dead
in his own bouse; and now ho conics into the
tick room and with tearful cyo ho looks at tho
dying child and ho says: “Oh, how this re
minds me of my Charlie!" Trouble, the great
educator. Sorrow—I see its touch in tho
grandest pointing; I hear its tremor in tho
aweelest song; I feel its power in tho mightiest
argument. Grecian mythology said that the
fountain of llippocreno was struck out by the
foot of tho wingsd horse, Pogasus. v I havo
■often noticed in life that tho brightest and
most beautiful fountains of Christian comfort
and spiritual lifo havo been struck out by the
iron-shod hoof of disaster and calamity. I see
Daniel’s courage best by the flash or Nobu*
chaduczzar’s furnace. 1 see Paul’s prowess
Lest when I find him on'tho foundering ship
uuder the glare of tho lightning iu tho break
ers of Melitn. Cod crowns his children amid
the howling of wild beasts andtho chopping of
Idocd splashed guillotine, and tho crackling of
fires of mortyrdom. It took tho persecution ot
Marcus Aureliuo to develop Polycarp and
Justin Martyr. It took the Pope’s bull and tho
cardinal's curse, and the world’s anathema to
develop Marlin Lulhor. It took all tho hos
tilities against tho Scotch Covenanters and the
fury of Lord Ciaverhouso to develop James
Renwirk, and Andrew Melville and Hugh Mo-
KeiJ, the glorious martyrs of Scotch history.
It took the stormy sea and tho Recctnder blast,
and the desolate New England coast, and the
war-whoop of snvagos to show up tho prowess
of the pilgrim fathers—
•‘When amid tho storms they sang,
Anri the stars heard, aud the sea;
Aud ihe sounding aisles of tho dim wood
Baf.g to the anthems of tho free.”
. It took all our past national distresses and it
lakes all cur present national sorrows to lift
up cur nation on that high career whero it
will match along alder the foreign aritsocracics
that have mocked, and tho tyrannic* that have
jeered rhuil be swept down under the omnipo
tent wrath of God who hated depot ism and who,
bv dbc st length of his own red right arm will
make all men free. And so it \* individually,
iu the family, and in the church, and in tho
world? that through darkness, aud storm,
and trouble, men, women, churches, nations
aro developed.
Again, 1 see in iny text the beauty of un
faltering friendship. I suppose there were
plenty «*f friends for Naomi while sho was iu
, prosperity, but of nil her acquaintances how
many wVre willing to trudge off with her
toward Judah when sho had to make that
lonely journey ? One—the heroine of my text
One. absolutely one. I suppose whoa Xaora
was living ana they had plenty of money aud
nil things wont well, they had a great
many callers j but 1 suppose that after her
husband -died and her preperty went, and sha
eot eld cud poor she was not troubled very
much with rollers. All the birds that sang in
the bower while the sun shone, have gone to
their nests now the night has fallen. Ob, these
beautiful tunflouers that spread out their
color in the morning hour; but they are always
asleep when the sun is going down. Job had
plenty* cf friends when ho was
tic richest man in Uz; but when
his property went and the trials came, then
licit* wj.s 'none so much that pestered as
K1 ii hez, the Temanite and Ilildad, the Shu-
bite, and Zupha, the Naarhatbite. Life often
jkc ms to be a mere game where the suceesssul
player pulls down all the other nun into his
l wn hp. Let suspicions arise about a man's
character end he becomes like a bank in a
t onic, and all the imputations rush oa him
and break down in a day that character which
in due t.rn*• would have hud strength to de
fend itself. There are reputations that have
Leen half a century in building which g * down
under soilc moral exposure a-s a Skill temple i v
consumed f y the touch of a suipliuror match.
A hog can uproot a century plant. Iu this
woi Id to full of heartless ness anl hypocrisy
Lew thrilling it is to find some friends as Gith-
ful in iLc day* of adversity as iu days of pros
perity. David hud such a friend m flushai#
The Jews hod such a friend in Mor leeai, wit>
never fi rget their cause. Paul ^ad such a
friend in Onesipharos, who Tinted him in
jail. Christ had such in the Marys’ who
adhered to Him on the cross. Naomi had such
a one in Ruth, who cried out: “Entreat me' not
to leave thee or to return from following after
thee: for whero thou goest I will go, and where
theu led vest I will* lodge; thy people shall be
my people, and thy Goa my God; where thou
diest mm die, and there will be buried. The
Lord does so to me and more also if ought, but
death part thee end me.”
Again, I learn from this subjset that paths
which open in hardship and darkness often
f-unocut In places of joy. When Ruth started
from toward Jerusalem to go along with
her jjtotbcr-ui-j5wCi I suppose the people said:
“Ob, what a foolish cloture to go away. from
her father’s bouse to go olt '^7‘t.h aJ>eor old
wc roan toward the. laud of Judah. They Hfon*t
live to get scruse the desert. They will bo
drowueain the Dead sea or the jackass of the
wilderness will destroy them.” It was a very
dork tnorninv when Ruth started oft* with
Naomi; but behold - her this morning in niy
text, iu the harvest of Boas to be affianeed to
cueoftbclorda ot the land and become one of.
the gradmothers of Jesus Christ, th^diord pf.
glory, and so it often is that a path .which starts
very darkly etuis very brightly. When you
started out for heaven, oh, how dark the hour
of conviction; how 8inai thundered and devils
tormented, and the darkusss thickened. All
tho sins of your mb pounced upon you, and jt
wss the darkest hour you ever saw when you
first found out your sms. After a while you
went into fho harvest fields of God’s mercy,
•and you begnu to glean In the fields of divine
promise, and you had more sheaves tbau you
carry as the voice of God addressed you say
ing, “Blessed is the man whose transgressions
are forgiven and whose sins aro covered." A
very dark starting in conviction. A very
bright ending iu the pardon and tho hops
and tho triumph of the gospel. So very often
incur worldly bwince* or in our spiritual
career, wo start off on a very dark path. Wo
must go. The flesh may shrink back, but
there is a voice within or a voice from above,
raying: “You must go," and wo have to
drink the gnll, and we have to carry the cross,
and we have to traverse the desert, and we
have to break through the thorn licdgo, aud
we are pounded and flailed of misrepresenta
tion and abuse, and wo liavo to jirge our way
against ten tuousand obstacle* that havo
Uen slain by our own right arm. We have
to ford the river, we have to cliuib the moun
tain, we havo to storm the castle; but, blessed
bo God, the day of rest and reward will come.
On the tip-top of the captured battlements we
will shout tho victory; if not In this world,
then in that world where there is no gall to
drink, no burdens to carry, no battles to figiit.
llow do I know it? Know it. I know it b>-
gpse God says so. “They shall hunger n»
nore, neither thirst any 'more, neither slull
the miii light on them, nor any heat; for the
Lamb which is in the midst of tho throne
shall lend them to living fountains of water,
and God shall wipe all jjnrs from their oyes."
It was very hard forNocli to euduro tho scoff
ing of the people in his day while he was try
ing to build tho ark, and was every morning
quizzed about his old bent that would never be
of any practical use; but when tho dclu.40
come and the tops,of the mountains disap*
)Hcrcd liko the bucks of sea monster*, aud the
elements lashed up in fury, clapped their
hands over a drowned world, then Noah iu tho
nik rejoiced in his own sufety aud iu tho safe
ty of hi* family, and looked out on tho wreck
of a ruined earth. • Behold Christ hounded of
persecutors, denied a pillow, worse maltreated
than the thieves on cither side of the cross;
human hntc smacking its lips in satisfaction
after it had beeu draining his last drop of
blood; (ho cheated dead bursting from their
sepulchres at His crucifixion. Tell me, 0,
Gclbccmanc aud Gobgotho, were, there ever
darker times than those? Liko the booming
of tho midnight sea against tho rock, the
surges of Christ’s auguish bent against tho
S ates of eternity to bo echoed back by all tho
luoucs of heaven and all tho daugors of hull.
But tho day of roward comes for Christ, nil
tho pomp and dominion of this world aro to
be hung on His throne, uncrowned heads aro
to bow before Him on whoso head are many
crowns, and all the celestial worship is to
come up at His feet liko tho humming of tbs’
forest, fike the rushing of tho waters, like the
thundering of tho sca»; while oil heaven rising
on their thrones beat time with their sceptre*;
“Hollnlujah, for the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth. Hallelujah, tho Kingdom of this
world hare become the kingdoms of our Lord
Jesus Christ.”
“That song ot love, l_ „
Ere long shall swell from star to star;
That Hunt, the breakiug day which tips
The golrien-splrcd apocalypse.”
Again, I have to learn from my subject that
events which seem to be most insignificant
may bo momentous. Can you Imagino any
thing more uuimpnrtant than tho coming of a
poor woman from Moab to Jadah? Can you
imagine anything more trivial than tho tact
that this ltuth just happeued to alight—as
they say—just happened to alight on that
field ot Boas? Yet allonges, all generations,
have an interest in the Tac t that »lio was to
become an ancestor of the Lord Jesus Christ,
end all nations and kingdoms must look at
that one little incident with a thrill of un
speakable and eternal satisfaction. 80 it is in
your history and in mine; events that you
thought of no importance at all, havo bccu of
vety great moment. That casual conversa
tion, that accidental meeting—you did not
think of it again for a loug while; but how it
changed all the phase of your life. It seomod
to be of no importance that Juhnl invert to 1
rude instruments of music, calling them harp
and organ; but they were the introduction of
all the world’s minstrelsy; and as you hear tho
vibration of a stringed instrument oven aftor
the fingers havo been takon away from it,so all
music now of lute and drum and cornot, n.-o
only the long-continued strains of Jubal’s
harp and Jubal’s organ. It sooined to b» »
matter of very little imjmrtunce that Jubal
Gain learned the uses of copper and iron, but
that rude foundrr-of ancient days ha* its cuds
in the rattle of Birmingham machinery and
the roar and bang of factories on tho Merri-
nine, ft seemed to be a matter of no import-
that Luther found a Bible in a monastery;
is he opeped that Bible and the brass lid*
fell back, liny jarred everything from the
Vatican to the farthest conveut in Germany,
mid the rustling of the wormed leaves wn*
the sound of the wiugs of the angel of the rn-
f<>) motion. It seemed to be a mutter of no im
portance that a woman whose name has been
forgotten, dropjied a tract in the Way of a very
bad nion by the name of Richard Baxter. IDs
picked up the tract and read it, and it was tho
mums of hi.* salvation, hi after days that
man wrote a book called “The Call to the Un
converted,” that was the meaus of bridging a
multitude to God, among others Philip D>1-
dridge. Philip Doddridge wrote a book called
“The Rise and Progress of Religion," which
In.s brought thousand* aud tout of thoutaud*
Ip to tho kingdom of God, among other* tho
gnxt Wilber force. Wilboribrce wrot» a boo'c
called “A Practical View of Christianity,"
which wn* the menus of bringing a great ni tl-
titmle to Christ, among others Leigh Rich-
inoi.d. L» igh Richmond wrote u tract called
••The Dairyman's Daughter," which has been
th<* means of the salvation of uneonvertod
multitudes. Aud that tide of iuiluonce start* d
fn-m th>‘ fact that one Christian woman
dropjM-d a Christian tract in the way of RV.i-
orri Baxter—the tide of influence rolling on
through Richard Baxter, through Philip Dod
dridge, through the great Wilber force, through
Leigh Richmond, on, on, on, forever, forever.
Ho tin* insignificant events of this world seem,
alter all, to he most momentous. Tho fA-t
that you came up that street or this stre.-t
seems to be of ho importance, but I tell y hi
that seme will fiud such an event the turning
point iu their history. This very hour is the
pivot on which your eternity trembles, anl
ea* h moment it 1* decided in tbe ca*e of s >111»
whether they will live, forever with God the
blessed, or with devils damned.
Again, I «fe in my subject nn illustration of
the beauty of female industry. Behold Ruth
toiling in the harvest field under the hot s in,
or at neon taking plain bread with the rap-
ert, *«r eating tbe parched corn which Qmz
handed to her. The customs of society, of
course, have changed, aud without the hard-
chif s ar.d exposure to which Rath was sub
jected every intelligent woman will find some
thing to do. I know there is a sickly senti
mentality on this subject. In some families
there are perrons of no practical service tj the
hcAitttvldor community; and though th;r»
are so many woes all around about them in
the world, they spend their time languishing
over & now pattern, or bursting into tears at
midnight over some lover who shot himself!
They would not deign to look at Ruth carry
ing back tho barley on her way homo to her
mother-in-law, Naomi. All this fastidiousness
lunyaccm to do very well while they, are
under the shelter of their father’s house, but
when the sharp Winter of inbfortuue comes,
wbat.of these butterflies? Persons under in
dulgent parentage may get upon themselves
habiU of indolence; but when they come out-
into practical life their soul will recoil with
disgust and chagrin. They will feel in their
hearts what the poet so severely satirized
when he said:
“Folks are so awkward, tlUnga so Impolite, ,
The’re elegantly pained from morning until,
night.”
^Through that gote of indolcnec how many
men and women bavo marched useless on
earth, to 0 destroyed eternity! Bphwla said
to Sir Iloraceveret “Of what did yeur brother
die?** “Of having nothing t to do,”-was
tho answer. “Ob/' said Spinolo, “that’s
enough t«> kill any general of us. Oh, can it
Lc possible in this world vr.be rp there If so
much suffering to be alleviated, so much
darkness to be enlightened and so many bur
dens to be carried that thore is any person
-who cannot* find anything to da£ Mme. de
glad did a world of work in her time; aud
oue day while she was seated amid instru
ment* of music, nil of which sho had mastered,
and amid manuscript kooks which she bad
written, some ouo said to her : “How do you
find time to attend, to alltheso things?" “Oh,”
she replied, “these aro not the things I nut
pi cud of. My chief boast is iu the fact that '
have seventeen trades* by any ouo of which
could mako a livelihood if nocessary." And
if in secular spheres there is so much to bo
done, in epiritual work how vast tho field!
How many dying all around about us without
one word of comfort I Wo want more Abigail*,
mere Hannahs, more Rebeccas, more Marys,
more Deborahs, consecrated—body, mind and
tt ul—to the Lord who bought them. Oh, for
a more intense, earnest, consecrated, enthusi
astic, Christian womanhood!
Once more 1 learn from my subject tho value
of gleauings. Ruth going into that harvest
field might have suid; “There is a straw, aud
there is a straw; but whnt is a straw? I can’t
get any*barley for myself or my mother-in-
law out of these separate straws." Not so, said
becutiful Ruth. Pin* gathered two straws and
she put them together, and moro straw.* until
she get enough to mnkc n sheaf. Putting that
down, she went and gathered more straw* un
til the had another sheaf, and another, and
another, and another, and then «he brought
them all together and she threshed them out,
and sho had an ephnh of barley, nigh a
Ltifthci. Oh that we might ail be gleaners!
It is all the straws that make the harvest, it
is the pence that moke tlio pound, amt it is all
the opjKutuuitics of doing good that mike a
fife c»l usefulness if rightly employed. Elihu
Burritt learned many things while tolling in
0 blacksmith shop. Abercrombie, tho world
renowned philosopher, was a physician iu
Scotland, and ho got his philosophy, or tho
thief part of it, while ns a physician ho wa*
waiting for the door of tho sick room to open.
Yet how many there are in this day who say
they are busy they have no timo for manta!
or spiritual improvement; the great dutios of
life cross the field liko strong reapers and
carry off all tho hours, ami thore is only hero
iii.d I here n fragment left—that is not worth
gleuuing. Ah, my friends, you could go into
the Lusu-st day and busiest \\vi«k of your lifo
and find golden opportunities, which, {fathered,
might at last make n whole shea! for the
Lord’s garner. It is the stray opportunities
and the stray privileges which, taken up and
bound together and beaten out, will at last fill
you with much joy—yea, moro joy than Ruth
felt when sho took home to her iuothor-in-
law, Naomi, the ephnh of bnrlpy. It is be
cause people will not do the small work of
life that thore is so little groat work oocoin
plished.
* Your meditations may have reaped mightily
of tho hopes and joys of the «r«*pol. But
there are n’few momUht* left worth tlio glean
ing. Now, Ruth, to the field I May each one
have a measure, a measure full and running
over I 0, you gleanors, to the field! Aud if
there bo iu tho household an agod one or a
sick relntivo that is not strong enough to come
forth and toil In tho field, then Jet Ruth take
home to feeblo Naomi this sheaf of the glean-
iuga: “He that goeth forth and wcepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come
•ga' 1 'mm
witl
Naomi be our portion forever I
JULY COTTON.
An Improvement Iu the Cotton Prospect No
ted.
Nkw Orlkaxm, August 4.—The report of the
cotton crop of the United States, for tho month
of July, by the national cotton oxchaugo, says
that tho mouth of July has, on the whole,
been more favorable for tho cotton crops, aud
bss resulted in an improvement of about ten
FRANCHISE AGITATION.
THE REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN
BIRMINGHAM.
Jekn Bright Hakes aa Enthusiastic »pc«oh—The
C&elero Proven to Have Beta In Praso# a
Year ago—The Helattona Between
Prano* «»<t China Hollaed. jEtei
points, bringing it to eighty-seven a* against
l ighty-fivo for June, nmi cigbly-fonr for May.
On the Atlantic seaboard, the rainfall wn«
eonicwhot excessive, particularly in Houth
Carolina, and tho bettorment is mainly in
Georgia. Tho low temperaturo and the con-
tinuid rains during tho first lialfof tho month
proved a disadvantage to tluferop in North
Carolina, In Alabnmu tbe plant ha* suffored
from raiu and deficient cultivation. The crop
in Mississippi has improved materially. Wmt
ofthc MiAissippi valley tho condition con
tinued to advauce with timely showers, but
Texas, owing to tho protracted drouth, has
not made any progress. In that great state
the situation is now very critical, for while
the plant bus stood the dry
weather extraordinarily well, it is now losing
ground and suffering for wtfut of moiitoro.
Bruiting ha* progressed very wcII,cou«idoriag
the baeSwarnuesa of tho plant, and tho liilli
nrc-in n jfood stnto of cultivation, except in
portion*v>f Alabama and South Carolina, and
localities in MLsissippi. Over a very largo
area the plant 1s inn critical condition, and
liable to unusual damuge from extremes of
weather, iu tho Atlantic states and Alabama,
and parts of Mississippi, it hu*
grown rapidly, if very aappy
und exposed lo the loss of fruit from tho hot
and dry spell. In Texas, the continuance of
the drouth will prove Very disastrous. General
Rhowrrs, with considerable intermission of
warm sunshine during August, would bring
out the crop over nearly thu whole belt,and go
far towards compensating for A no
present backwardness. Worm* aro
re(>ortcd iu a good many couniie*
ot Alabama, but they aro better Hum last
yrar, and have done no damage n» yet. A
lew are also noted in Florida, Lmisisn 1,
Texas and Georgia, but no special importance
seems to he attached to them. It is to bo said
that while the .July growth of the weed has
bren good over most of the belt aud tho late
ness to some extent oVereorntq it is still uncli
behind, and therefore subject-eodaiiisgofrom
an early frost or even one at an average dat*.
In connection with the national cotton ex
change crop report for July, male up from
moil adricce, it may be stated that d.tnng tbe
past few days telegrams have been receive I in
this city from various points in Texa* report
ing reasonable rnins in all directions iu tbe
cotton producing b-*ctions of that state.
Philadelphia Failures.
FniMDCLi'HU, August i.—Cre**well k Co.,
dry goods dealers at No. 4 to Market street,
impended payments to-day. The. Ilabiiitioi
ere estimated at $y0,OO<l.
Townsend, Wilson X Hubbard^naniifactifr-
cr# of carriage bolts, at No. 2,291 Cherry afreet,
are in financial diiSculties, Tho firm hia su*-
i*nded payment* and made a prop:>*itir>n t >
its creditor* to fettle at fifty cent* on toe d *1 •
far. The firm ha* had a good standing, and
was considered worth $50,000.
GovernorThouspaou's Return,
Oh.vmbu,fJ. C, August 7.—{4pecUld-G tremor
Thompson, who Inc* been spending tbj pwt weak
In Greenville au.1 Bpai unburg, returned to C>-
lumbla this afternoon. .His tstp to the mountains
rctm* to bare done him a-***L
Mr. Auton Grandcolas, Belleville, Illinois,
states that he was a long time a aufiWrer with
rheumatism, which he cured by the use of St.
Jacobs Oil, the great pain reliever.
Los pox, August 5.—In connection with tbo
great demonstration in Birmingham'y-aiterday
an enthusiastic meeting was held in tho oil
ing gt Biugley hall. Fnlly 20,000 people were
present.' Speeches were made by JohuBright
and Joseph Chamberlain, president of ttye
board of trade. Mr. Bright said ihe tor/
jority in tbe house of lords uraa actuated by the
Mine bitter hatred of the liberals as in 18^.
“Who were ihe Speers’?" he asked. “They
were the spawii of the blunders, war# aqd
corruption of the dark ages of our history.
They had entered the templo of honor, npfc
through the temple of merit but through the
sepulchres of their ancestors. They ware n<>
bet ter than their fathers. Borne of them wofo
worse, for their privileges had produced ignor-
anco aud arrogancy." Tho re(orm or the
house of lords, Mr. Bright doclarod, was
urgent and inevitable. The creation of now
peers to pass the franchise bill woul£ only gft
rid of the present diiliculty. What wa*
wanted was a limitation of the veto power of
the house of lords. Should tbe people submit
or should they curb tho nobles as their fathen
had curbed the kings of England. ML
Blight then proceeded to explain tho minuor
iu which he would like to see the power of tho
heuseof lords restricted. He would allow
tho peers to retain thoir present power during
the first session that the bill should be pro*
seuted to them, but ho would absolutely
l*rcelude them from a veto ou the franchise
till, or any bill a second time. Many persons,
1:0 doubt, would think him too lenient to the
peers, but ho preferred remedies which, while
«licet uni, would cause tho least disturbance to
existing institutions.
Mr. Ghautberlain read a long and powerful
attack upon the peers. “Tho divino right of
kings," lie said, “had beeu acknowledged to
be uuiigtrous. Tho divine right of poors wa*
n ridiculous figment. If the lords romuiiiej
obstinate in their opposition to tho popular
will, the present agitation would continue to
the bitter end." He looked forward, lie said,
with eager hope to tho result
of this agitation. Englund was tho chiuou
homo of self-government. Tho peoplo* would
im vrit bo subservient to the iusolent preten
sions of nn hereditary class." . Tho mooting
displayed its approval of tho sontinionts ex*
pressed by the speakers, by frequent ami en
thusiastic applause, A resolution wa* adopted
denouncing the action of tiie house of loru* in
rejecting tho reform of tho franchise.
THE CHOEKUA.
Pam*, August b.—It now transpires that
there were numerous cases of cholcru in the
hospital in Mnrcilles in 1883, many of which
were fatal. The fact, however, was suppress
ed in order to prevent alarm. The attendants
were sworn to secrecy. There wero throe
deaths in Marseilles at two ut Toulon last
night. As many ns 50,000 of tho pcopls who
flui at the appearance of tho epidemic have
returned to their homes.
There was one death In Marseilles from
cholera between 0 a.111. and noon to-day.
Onq case of cbolcrn has occurred iu Geneva,
There br.s been oivjy one death from cholera
in Toulon to-day. Tho last three death* have
been among returned fugitives. Tho record
of tbe Bon ltcneoiitro hospital to-day i* ad*
milted one, cures two, deaths none, nudor
treatment twenty-five. The record ofthoHt.
Mm.doir hospital for to-day is admitted two,
euros seven, deaths oue, under treatment 78,
There were three deaths from typhoid fever
and two from cholera to-day at Lnsino..
One death from cholera lias occurred in ea-rh
of tho following Italian townsi’ Ossafin, Villa
Franca, Cairo, Montennotto, 8*bongo,8oueuo,
and Compagnio. A fresh enso has nlso ooeuri
red ii* the Province of Turin.
There were ten death iu Marseilles from
cholera during the 24 hours ending at nine
o'clock to-night.
VMAMCK AXD CIIIXA.
Londox, August 5.—The Standard say* this
morning:
Wc arc in a position to state that tho negotia
tions between Fraurc and china wero definitely
broken off ou Sunday.
The Times publishes a dispatch from I 1 00
chow {which says:
Foochow Is quieter. China has offered to t par
an Inritninity of fiuu.000 taels, about 1700,000, which
M. Patenotry, .French minister, has refuted.
Twelve Chinese guulHiats havo been placed In po
sition at Foochow. Admiral Courbet, Freuch
commander, 1* in a furious slate of mind, aud has
done Ills utmost to provoke war.
coramitlco of the congress of the two houses pf
parliament, to which all the proposed amend-,
ments to thu constitution were referred, ac
cepted M. Andrieux’s amendment declaring
that all Jiionarobial pretender# wore ineligible’
to the presidency, Tho committee acted In
this matter in accord with Prime Minister
Ferry.
TO BOVRABD 900 CHOW.
TABia, August 0.—The Figaro states ihnt
AdniDnJ.Courbot lias beeu ordered to bombard
Fho Chow r.rscnal to-morrow, unless gnrrison
■urrenders,
A BEI.KNTf Cya *AJAU.
Loxdox, August 6,—Eugfcml and Holland
offer to raise the blockado of Totfpm and gi?e
tho rajah 100,000 rupees if he will relcjjae Jhe
crew of the British steamer “Risero," whulh
waa wrecked on bis esast last autumn. If tho
rajah refuse* tliia offer England aud Holland
will combino to puuisji him.
KXTSKMIi MKABCRM *X,PXCT*D.
rams, August 0.—Tho French resident at
Hue h#s hcen inityucted to recognize tho nejv
ki.Ug only upon condition that he acoepta the
treaty between France and China concluded
by M. Potenotre, the French minister at'* Chi
na. Tho Temps expect* that extreme mra*.
urea in dealing with China will be post
poned until discussion of Chinese, question has
been hnd in the chamber of deputies after tho
present session of parliament at Vsmilles has
been concluded. Tho National, referring to
an interview to-day between Prime Miniustor
Ferry and Li Fong Pao, Chinese minister,
thinks it indicates tint negotiations for a set
tlement of tho difficulties still continue.
THE FlUHiRRSa OP THE CUOI.KK4.
Parih> August 6.—There were three dentlpi
frein cholera &t Marseille* and three at Toulon
last night. Seven returned fugitives have ao
far died. Tho Hieclo says tho govern went 1km
doferminad to demand tho Muppresalon of tho
quarantine along tho Italian frontier.
If Italy refuses to grant this demand reprisals
are threatened.
An outbreak of English cholera has occurred
at Northampton, owing to tho scarcity ol
water. An cutire family has been stricken
with tho disease, but uo deaths havo yot oc
curred.
xo atoi.KKA ix aesaiA.
8t. PivTEitftuunu, August fi.—Tlio Journal do
8L Petersburg denies that there is cholera or
any oilier epidemic In Russia.
Till: HATED HOl'SK OP LORDS.
London, August 0.—Tho advanced liberals
held a note-worthy meeting in London to-day.
The house of lords was tlio subject of thoir
deliberations, ond they rosolvod to establish n
IcngiTb which should labor for the reform of
that ancient b*wjy. What they wish to aeoom-
‘ilish is to deprive the peers of thoir powor of
cgislntive veto, and moro than that, to abol
ish tho hereditary peerage altogether. A
committee was appointed to tako tho matter
in hand.
MKKTIXd OP KMFKROIIS.
•quia Tl—„
Earl Granville to-day, In London, and asked
him to join in an European mediation iu.tho
troubles between France aud China, but Karl
Granville refused hi* request, and ordered
that increased precautions Ik* taken to guard
English residents iu Canton, Foil Chow and
Shanghai. *
Foo Cuow, August 5.—Buii»es* hero is cu
tJreJy suspended# Tbo inhabitants aro Hying
to tho interior. Foreigners aro alarmed, a*
the native* ore becoming aggressive. Ameri
can official* at this port ore assisting the
British admiral to tho utrnont for tho protec
tion of foreigners.
TIIRKK PAtfKAOKH OP DYNAMITE.
London, August 5.—Three package* of dy
namite, wrapped in the Irishman (newspaper)
fere found iu n letter-box at Nottingham p »st*
iffice, Burnley night. The pneknge* contained
1 |x)iind of dynamite, mid wero ftirniahed with
a luso to winch a cap wn* attached. The sup*
pi *4 d packages were intended to oxplodn by a
lull, or when they were stamped. The quan
tity of dynamito Was Bulfitdeni to have wreck
ed a building.
THE ACTION AUAINHT fARNRtL.
Belfast, August 5.—Tho trial «f the action
for libel brought by Crown Solicitor Bolton
against Mr. Purnell and other proprietor* of
the Dublin Uniti'd Ireland, wo* concluded to
day. Instead of 30,000 pound* asked for by
Holton, tho jnry awarded him boo pound*
damage*.
A eoXMHTORY Poll SEPTEMBER.
Romp, August 5.—A consistory will be held
at the vstican about the middle of Bcptemb«y.
The pope will deliver on elocution, und will
create several cardinal*. The now cardinal*
will all he Italian*. Tho popo will lI*o nomi
nate several bishops.
A DYNAMITER TALK*.
London, August 5.—John Duly, tho con
victed dynamiter, has been interviewed by u
representative of the pres*. He say* that be
wa* one of four conspirator* whole movent ml*
were directed from America. The botnbt that
were found in hi* jxMsesaion at the tint-* of hi*
arrest wero handed to him on thi street in
Liverpool by n fellow-conspirator, who has
tened away# Tic- bombs were not for it * 5 in
JJIrminghnm, hut in London, where D*ly w >uld
have handed them to another conspirator.
Dcly suspect* that oue of the conspirator*
turned informer. The member* of th-j society
who hove arrived front America hare thoir
eyes on this man and will interview him.
THE ROYAL PALACR RL'RXfVO.
Atmksh, August 5.—The royal pH*** h now
on fire. Hsuofthe upper story ho* afrealy
been destroyed. Several firemen and sailor*
hAve been injured while fighting the dime*.
LOOK 1X0 POM A PMEAJ-PACED PRIElT.
London, August 5.—The indie* have receiv
ed. information that a Catholic priest I* corqjng
to England from America in «!i*gul*% a* an
ciniarary of the Irish vigilance committee. II»
is described a# lreing 35 years of ag\ 5 (r>l 7
inches in height, and a* i>o**e**ed of n
fresh complexion, a deneriptfoa which w»ll fit
a great many of the cloth.
THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION.
Omte'xd, August 5.—-At the conference to-day
of tbe directors of the African internatio u!
stMicfatiott, Henry Jf. Stanley adrited that
the convention with the French b * held to set
tle the question as to their respective sphe/i*
in action.
London, August 6.—According to latest ad
vices from Chilis the Chinese authoritf J* b*v«
stopped tbs courier service between Fo> Chow
and landing place of telegraph cable,
THE VIRNca roSOCMS.
Paris, August 6.—At Venaille* to-day tb?
Vienna, August fl.—Kuipcror William and
'rcncis Joseph arrived at Isehl at noon from
Kbenaer, whither Kni]>oror Francis Joseph
went to receive Emperor William. Tho moot
ing between Uia two was of a most cordial na
ture. Tho Empress Elizabeth received them
both at Ischl station. An immense concourso
of peoplo assembled outside of tho station.
Tho Austrinn emperor and empress escorted
Emperor William to tho hotel. A grand din
ner wo* given them in the ovoning at tho im-
pc real villa.
The tit wspRperajexprcM great gratification at
meeting of tho ciniHTorn. The FroiiidenbUU
says: “Although tho meeting ha* no great sig
nificance, it is not nu act of mere courtesy, but
an indication of the development of two em
pires whose alliance, based upon mutual eon-
Dictions, has been greatly promoted. Noto
rious anxiety need now bo ciitertainod for tho
stability of the friendly relations between two
state*."
THE BOERS DEFEATED.
London. August 0.—Advices from south
Africa slate that a severe ongageinont ha*
taken plsco between the followers of Montsia
and tlio Boers, iu which the latter wero defeat
ed Many warriors were killed, Including
several Englishmon.
A Dl'EP/H FORMAL PROTEST.
Tiir Haodk, August O.—Tho. duko of Na**au
haa himcd a formal protest against tho king of
the NMhorlniuIs declaration that the passago
of tho .Dutch regency law settles the question
of succession to the duchy of Luxemborg.
brioht’n free trade idea*.
London, August 0.—John Bright ha* writ
ten n letter in which he says: “America,
France, Germany and Russia, which are pro
tected countries, nro suffering more iu tho
present conditions of trado tlmn England.
The English working classes wore never so
prosperous under the protective system a*
they are now. Protection will never be tried
again in this country. Mr. Blaine hi advoca
ting prelection talks after the same fashion as
English lories of forty yean ago.’’
NEUTRALISATION OP STATE*.
Berne, August 0.—Tho )»eaco conference in
session has passed a resolution, to-day, favor
ing the neutralization of Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, and Uouraania.
HOOTED BY A MOR.
Brinerls, August. 0.—A * mob hooted the
clerical* and liberals to-day as they wore
leaving the chamber of- deputies. Th« police
repeatedly dis)>ersed the mob and made sev
eral arrests.
SRNTRNCRD TO DRATK.
Cairo, August 0.—Eight of the Turkish mu
tineers at Asaiout wore sentenced to doatli.
Two ucre shot at Abysset to-day. The sentence
of the others waa commuted to penal servitude
for life. .
Madagascar warlikr.
London, August 7.—A latter hm been re.
reived from Antananarivo, dated July 0,
which says: “Tho Ifuvn* are Allowing great
pirit und are determined to resist the French.
'I he queen proclaimed that negotiation* are
at end, and has ordered her subjects to pro-
ire for anr."
CRITICISING THE VKitDICTH.
heni.i.v, August 7.—Tho United Ireland to
day devotes nu article to tho consideration of
the verdict* just gained in Belfast, by Crown
Solicitor Bolton, in tbo action brought by him
against tho proprietors and editor of the Uni*
-ted Ireland. It saVH: “Tho end is not yet.
Lord Hpcncer und Mr. Trevelyan would havo
ehmed id tho Irinmphu of Cornwall and Bolton
if tin y hod triumphed. They inunt share also
in their di»mi**ai or fiud deadlier weapon* to
sihucu the United Ireland."
DECORATING A PRICXCff CANADIAN,
u, Anoint 7.—President Gravy ha* con
ferred upon Hector Fahre, commissary general
iu Canada, tin- decoration of tbe legion of
honour. The Figaro, referring to U10 matter,
■aye R is proof of the interest with which
Frnnco regard* Canada, *ond show* a lively
d<»ire to cement relations which are becoming
even closer between tho two couutrioi.
WADDIXGIOX TO REMAIN IN ENGLAND.
London, August 7#—M. Waddington, French
ambfipuidor to England, says bo intends to re
main in England, and bat token a house at
Hasting* until autumn. lie says no differ*
ci.cc* exist between him and M. Kerry 0/ hi*
ctVeapucB, and the cabinet approve! ot hi*
action in the conference.
RIOTOUS FEELING IN Rf.LGIUM.
Brcsnkln, August 7,—Owing to the fears that
p further demonstration would to made to day
against tbe deputies, troops were stationed
near the chamber to keep order. The om-
munal administration atonco protested against
the employment of troops for this purpose, ami
as.ft undertook to preserve order, its protest
yrs* heeded by the government, and a tier the
'soldiers hud been on duty for only a short time
they were withdrawn. Across the street*
leading to the chamber is now blocked by the
police. Notice was taken of this matter in
the chamber of deputies. M. Jacobi, minister
of tho interior, Htated that in consequence of
the recent agitation, the military had been
requested to guard the place in tne vMnlty of
the chamber; but that in-**-much a*
the communal administration promise.!
to prevent disorder the military hid. b>gn
withdrawn.
A motion ceuauring the cabinet for ctlllng
out Ihe military wa* proposed iu tho chamber
f deputies, but it was defeated by a voto of 81
to 3D. The troop* are confined to thoir bar
racks, to as to be reudy for an emergency, and
the civic guard ho* been ••filled out.
The firemen played with thoir lose upon the
shouting roots, which gathered ootside ol tho
chamber. Several arrests were made. Oen-
»Jeannes escorted the member* from the.
chamber. The mob was finalTr dispersed.
Tho Journal Bruxelles appeal* to all Catho
lics to join in a counter demonstration oi? Sun
day against tile liberals. Disorders are fearjd#
THE MKW CARDINAL*.
Rome, August 7.—The Capuchin father
Massego, the archbishops of Vienna and .Se
ville. ond six other prelates will bo created
cardinal* at the consistory In September.
mDg Humbert has accepted the resignation
of Signor Tccchio, president of tho senate.
Brrliv, August Princo Bismarck lias in-
efrurted Count Von Munster, Germuu orub u-
jjjy to England, to ask Earl Granville,
British foreign secretary, what measures Eng-
a» a? ■ la ^° “ ,r payment of the
Alexandria Indemnities; also to urge early and
energetic action to punish the outrHgo* i*i-
‘• c lcd by tho English fishermen in the North
“d f be German fishing sloops.
# , press continues to at
tack England • policy in the Egyptim
conference, nnd Prime Minister Ferry’s* over •
lure* to the European power# fur a joint rep-
rceentativo with England on payment of tin
indemnities.
N° r th German Gazette reproaches tho
English press for Its persistent cflorts to ex
cite Franco against Germany. Tlio paper
•sy» recent events have sharpened public?
opinion lu Germany to the drift of England'*
policy, and distolviug tho beliaf in tho
friendly eentlmoui* 0 f England for their Gor-
nian cousins. The attempt*' to excite into
beween i ranee and UermanyAre now happily
acen throng!* bath in Pari*nnd Berlin. Il. m-.f-
forth, if England’s interest* aro opppjod t,. tho
l ranch, she must not It*u to Germany, but
must net alone.
THANKS TO ITALY.
London, August 7.—Tho Earl Granvliu,
secretary of itato for foreign Affair#, ha* in-
efructrd tho British miniater to Italy to thank
Italy for tho support wliich sho gave to t’> i
Biitish proiKwafs iu the recent Kgyptain con
ference. England, ho says, highly approoial ■*
the attitude maiutaiiwd uy Italy in tho con
ference# It indicate* friendship for Eughvn I,
and elicited a solicitude for tho prosperity of
Egypt.
A REQUEST FOR RUPPRK8SIOR.
Dublin, August 7.—Tho croud jury yester
day, in presenting tho indictment ngainit
Cornwall and his companions in iniquity,
urged tho judge to prohibit the publication uf
the evidence. Tho judge said ho would d>
what ho Icgnlly could, and fommouded t!n
renuest of tho grand jury to tho discretion an l
forbearance of tho press.
PRANCE AND CHINA.
London, August 7.—Tho Times has a dii-
patch from Foo Chow, of this date, which
reys: High authority here assorts that pmioo
is certain. The American minister is to arbi
trate. A settlement will probably bo reached
which will ho acceptable to both parti-'<, but
it is believed tho settlement will hi* totnpor.iry
only on tho French side. Tho Chinese know
thot the French are anxious to act olsewh •«•<•.
Advices of August 0 from Canton <b it
Ihe viceroy of that district was superintend
ing tho laying of tho torpodoos and the prepa
ration of n barrier to obstruct tho pas' i.p* of
the river. The government has also given
ordeis for twolvo tons of dynamite. Insult*
to fnreigurr* havo beon forbidden, nnd tho
town is quiet, although strong feeling pre
vail*. A steamer is bold in readiuess i * re
move the foreigners from tho city if it shall hn
necessary.
London, August 7.—Tho TaU Mall Gazelle
publishes tho following ucw* concerning tho
French in China: Admiral Courbet has not
c ecu pied the harbor or mines at ICclung. Tho
Froyjob war vessels in port will makonohodiJo
movement at Rolling or eliowhore in China.
THE CHOLERA.
Paris, August 7.—There were four do.iihs
from cholera in Toulon Inst night. One of Cm
person* who returned to the city yesterday
morning. There has boon a slight incAm** iu
the number ol coses owing to the great uumbar
of returning fugitives.
Thors wero two deaths in Marseilles fr mi
cholera this afternoon.
English cholera is spreading in Clayton lo
Moore aud Itishton t hamlets not fur from
Blackburn, England.
A11 analysis of the water in .common ti <•• h 1*
been made at Marsbille*, at Air and at Arjoi.
This showed that tho water was full of mi
crobes. Tho municipal authorities at M ir-
scillcs liavo decided to commence tlio eon-
struetiou of Important public works. Thi*
will givo occupation to many unemployed
workmen*.
A fresh caao of oholora Is reported nt Pan -.i-
Jurj, iu Italy. Ouo death has i>ccurrcNl at Vu-
rijmano.
During tho twenty-four hour# ending at tl
o’clock to-night there werefivo deaths at Mir-
acillc* from cholera, five deaths from tbo dis
ease at Arles to-day, and six at Toulon. Th 1
record nt tho hospitals at Toulon for to-day i*
as follows: Admissions 7, discharged ’ 1.1,
denfh* 1,11 infer treatment 07. Tho sanitary
condition of Luzerne caused anxiety, but th i
condition of tho remaiudor of tho department.!
is satisfactory.
EARTHQUAKE RNOCCS.
Rome, August 7.—Four earthquake ahoV.es
wore felt early this morning at Present, Alhai-
ro and Castilli Jtoniani, a few mile* south of
Koine.
* Sign* of nu lCnrtliqiiake.
From tho Cochniu, On., Mowcngor.
Many ofthc citizens of Cochran were wait'li
ed about 3 o’clock Tuesday morning by a t r-
rific rumbling sound, liko tho approach of tw »
•>r nmre heavily loaded freight Iraltn moving
rapidly; The sound appeared to cumo lr » .1
the southeast, and was followed by heavy
thunder, lightning and a deluge of rain.
People along tho railroad from Buzzm-d
Boost to Dubois heard n similar sound
on Saturdsy. No earthquake shock was fall,
Some who nro scientifically Inclined, think
thot many inincrfs'ore lying in tho bowel 1 of
the tarth beneath us, while others imagino
that old Ebo is trying to goin access to the top
of the ground in (bit neighborhood. Tii 1
vf* other for the past week Km» Ixmn unusually
queer. At limea it would bo oppressively h •:,
when a bre^fo would spring up
■nd 1 increflao until a stiff v. i 1 I
would lend trash and dust whi: >
or n cloud wouid rife, lightning flash, t >
nipiuftcr fail, tho wind would »wc**p d • vn
upon us and bring with it a current of 0 J r
nfinoHt similar to a Toxna x “nortbor." T.. »u
grout drops of rain would drop fora. .I*,
ccatc, aud tho sun would shine out and mo
the thermometer up again. A strai :•
was that the rain fi ll iu spits ami win not
S en oral. Last Friday und Saturday It S'' |r »d
own nt J)ubois, six mile# east of hcrcw.ido
the sun war shining here.
Oenrds,
From the lierrhn. (•»., News.
It was Sunday afternoon, and they were *?V.
ting under tbe awning in front of Bill K. Bob- *
ert’a store. As wo walked up Gilbert IV * *0
was ddivariug himself as follow*: “B0/1,
you rosy talk about your fancy fixing, y 1.-
siivcr sod gold and your tin dipper*, your oik
buckets, and your drinking from tho *prtu-<,
but for 1 olid comfort and keen enjoy mem gif j
me the old-fMhfonud country raise! go ird—
the kitrben gourd. It must hold ah »it a
quart, have a long crooked handle a id b *
aplit about half way down the aide and * sv.* 1
up with white thread creased just a j (U . 1;
crossed his fingers like the letter x). If a :.i u
will drink some of our Berrien county wi** r
from such a gourd as that and say tit k. if amt
the very quintessence of pleasure, why I »* »'t
want to know him, that’* nil." And th: b •/»
with one accord agreed that Gilbert was cor
rect.
A Ilnre fuse.
CoirMBTA, 8, C., August 7.—(£petfal-]-’Th • 1*
an old negro man in Co!u:nb(a who, fit 18 M, hi [ 1
care of genuine Asiatic cholera. He Isth.* only
retro that ever recovered froa an attack of this
fatal malady. Ho says so.
Envy Wounded .Writiei In Pnto, ami Die*
Aniltt tier \Vor#lii|»er».
Although mdo and violeut attacks, !> i-»l
u[ftn envy, jcalou-.y, and greed, bare fre-
qugntly been mode Mpon tbe well csrnc-1 ren-
ufation for integrity ond fair dealing iu * »•»
roanageiiicnt of the Louisiana btate Lilt ry,
they have nil proved fruitl&u and recoil**!
nr on the author*. The next (the 17I#t)Uraud
Monthly Drawing will take place ouTuv l ty,
August 12th, when over UNJM will be »c.;t-
tered brosdeikt. Fur information apply uM.
A. Dauphin, New Orleans, I*i.
(indistinct PRINT