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• THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION AT-LANT-A. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 12 1884. TWELVE PAGES. 5 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