Newspaper Page Text
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4 1884. ' TWELVE PAGES.
5
CORRUPTION IN OFFICE.
Bhonld Ui* Moral Character of Candidate* for oraea
ta Taken Into Consideration by Voters???8ina
Go in ricoks and Herds and Droves???
Spurgeon???s Opinion of Dr. Telmtge.
Brooklyn, N. Y., November 2.???[Special]???
Among tho throngs in the Brooklyn taber
nacle are noticeable many theological students
Who come from the seminaries around New
York, and also a large number of clergymen of
all denominations may bejseen in the audience.
To get some idea <?f the wide attention this
pulpit is attracting, even across the water it
Heed only be noticed that Mr. Spurgeon, of
England, writing to this country, says: ???Mr.
Talmage???s discourses lay hold of my inmost
ecul. The L#rd la with this mighty man of
valor. So may he ever be till the campaign
closes with victory! I am indeed glad of his
voice. It cheers me intensely, lie loves the
gospel and believes in something Which some
preachers hardly do. There arc those about
who use tho old labels but the articles are not
the same. May tho Lord win armies of souls to
Jesus by this man. I am astonished when
God blesses me, but somehow I should not bo
go much surprised if Ho blessed this man/*
The opening hymn to-day was:
???Am I a soldier of the cross,
A follower ol the lamb.
And shall I fear to own ills cause
Or blush to speak Ills name?"
Before the sermon to-day Dr. Talrnago read
and expounded the Ten Coimnnndraeut*. The
subject of his discourse was: ???Should tho
Inoral character of candidates for olllco bo
taken into consideration by voters?** Dr. Tal-
mage announced his text as ???Exodus, the 20th
chapter and the first seventeen verses; name
ly, the Ten Commandments/'
Earlhquako and lightning,said he, put tlioir
forces together to rock a mountain ot Arabia
Pctreca ond the traveler ffl-dny finds a heap of
broken porphyry and greenstone rocks,
boulders against boulders, the ruins of the first
law library, not written on parchment or pap
yrus but on shattered slabs of granite. The
corner stones of all morality, of all wiso law,
of all righteous jurisprudence, of all good
government, are the two tables of stone on
which the Ten Commandments were written.
All Homan law, nil English law, nil French
law, all American law worth anything, civil
low, criminal law, common law, martial law
and Jaw ot nations were rocked in the era lie of
the 20th chapter of Exodus. It would ba well
If at this timo all tho newspapers ot tho land
would at some time publish this chaptor in
place of one of their editorials. 8ome of its
passages liavo evidently been forgotten. Tboy
ore all coually in force. You have no right to
coy which is tho more important. They are
the pillars upon which the temple of society
rests. Strike down any one and you damage
the whole structure. I notice that mon are
very opt to become incarnate Sinai???s and.thun-
dcr especially against the sin to which thoy
nro not especially ??? tempted. They take one
gun out of tho bnttery of tou guns and un-
Timbcr that and load that and lire that.
To-day I shall in continuance of the series
of sermons on national affair*, and within two
dnys of tho presidential election, try the four
candidates lor the chief magistracy. This
decologuo prohibits idolatry image-making
find profanity and Babbuth desecration and ir
reverence of parents ond murder and incon
tinence and theft and lying and covetous
ness. That is the slumlord by which all can
didates, national,state and city, must bo tried.
We must not expect perfection. If we don???t
vote until we find tho immaculate nominee wo
would never vote at ??U. Ourselves far from
C irfect, wo must not be-censorious or rnaledie-
ry or hypercritical of otliors. Tho
Christly^ rule is os appropriate for
November os for any month ot the year and
for every fourth year for tho preceding three
yeais: ???Judge not that ye be not judged/???
??? Neither am 1 to toko thut which opposing
red-hot partisonship shall soy of a man os his
fruo character. From nearly oil tho groat
cities of this continent I receivo daily or wook-
ly papers, sent mo regularly or in coinpliraont,
boI see both sides of everything. It is inter
esting to seo the opposites of a man stated.
Tho ono makes him at: angel the other a do-
snon. Then I split tho difference and find
that he is halfway between. Thero never has
been a respectable or lumcst man that ran for
tho presidency since tbo foundation of this
government, if I am t* believe the old files of
newspapers in museums. What a great mer
cy thut they were not all hung befuro inaugu
ration day 1 If a man should believe one-half
ho saw in tho newspajicrs, his career would be
abort outsido ofBloomlngdalo asylum. ???That
procession last wock in Now York was 5,000/*
Bays ono paper. ???It was 17,000 says another.
Tho orators at the rink ot tbo academy of mu
sic received a very cool reception, says ono pa
per. Tho audience rose at him as one man,
aays the other, and It was only after he hid
lilted his band to quiet the multtitudo that tho
vocifieration subsided. Oue paper twists a
letter one way aud another paper twists it an
other way. You must admit that at such a
time it hi difficult to estimate which of the can
didates comes tho nearer to kcoping the ton
Commandments. I charge you to caution and
mercifulness in your judgments.
Bo coreful also not to make tho mistiko
which many do moko in thinking that men
in high positions aro to bo judged by a differ-
ent standard from that which they apply, to
ordinary mortals. Men in high places or with
large means havo no more liberty givon thorn
in the interpretation of the ten commandments
than those in place iucon*picuous. Sinners
on a large scale aro no more to be excused than
tinners on a small scale. Do not call such il
lustrious defection eccentricity, or chop off
Anything of these ten commandments to suit
especial caseo. The right is everlastingly right
ond the wrong is everlastingly wrong. If men
differ from the decalogue of my text, do not
fix up the decalogue, but fix them up.
Remember, also, *bat if a mon breaks ono
or two of the ten commandments, he will find
It easy to break them all. Sin of any kind
weakens tho conscience, and the conscience
weakened, the door is open for transgreuion
??f all sorts. If, for instance, a man be pro
fane, he is not trua* worthy; for it he maltreats
the Almighty, do you think he would, if
tempted, decline maltreating his feliew? Af
ter a man bat been guilty of malfeasance in
office, vou cannot trust his word In anything.
Ji mon that will steal will lie. and vice versa.
If a man is unchaste, lie will do any crime
under proper provocation. In such unchaititv
.be commits theft of tho worst sort and is
S ilty of covetousness of the basest style, and
chargeable with falsehood because he pre
tends to be decent wfitu he it not, and he frac
tures the law agaiust dishonoring parents, be-
coucc he disgraces their name, ft they were
good. Be caretul how you charge such a sin
against any man, whether candidate for offfo*
or not, for in so doing you charge that man
With oil vileneis, with all disgusting propen
sities, with all rottenness. A libertine i?? ???*
beast lower thou the vermin that crawls on a
cuion.rr carcass, aud lower than the swine, for
the swine have no inti lligeuce to sin against.
Be careful how you charge such dishonor on
any man, either in nf.???ice or out of otfice. Ba
???o carelul of it that a mathematical demon-
???tratirn would be doubtful compared to it.
Moreover, if you know of any man who has
thus fallen inquire diligently end prayerfully
If he has not repentef. Perhaps he may have
beou down on his knees before God crying for
xnerev. Although a inanat thirty five be
reprehensible for such sin, there is not more
than nne ehsnce in a thousand IT
be ever reforms, y??t the ca??e you
are investigating may be that glorious one.
To meet any especial case enlarge your tor-
jriTCLCfS but don't shave off the seventh com-
mandment. Let that stand as the everlasting
defense of society. Do not change Fairbaak s
icale to suit what you ore *??*ing to weigh
it. Do you join in the cry that I have seen in
ucme newspapers that there is no such thing
as purity? Then you are fi foul-mouthed
ictndaliscr of the human race. You wiyjjtf*
???elf ??leper. Make room for that leper, w hen
a man utters such a sentiment ns - tint cither
with tongue or pen, I know ho is a walking
lozareth and know that he is a reekiug ulcer
end that he is fit lor no society better than that
of devils damned. Thero is such a thiug as
purity and ten thousand times ten thousand
are its disciples who are the upholders of
family and church and nation.
Yes; if a man breaks one commandment it
makes it ce*y for him to break them all. Do
you notice that when oue of those Wall street
defrauders or one of those bank embezzlers is
brought to justice it turns out in the trial that
be bad loose companions and gambled and
went to places where he sought not? Sins go
in flocks and herds and droves. Admit one
and you will be apt to admit all tho miserable
segregation. Noted by tho papers that many
ol the campaign orators bombarding the suffer
ing candidates in their speeches think nothing
of riding from place to place all Sabbath day
or sit, cs they probably nro doing now, in a
political headquarters calculating the election
probabilities. During all the week they have
been hurling the eighth commandment at Mr
Blaine and the sevonth commandment at Mr.
Cleveland and the ninth commandment at Mr.
St. John. But what aro they doing with tho
fourth commandment: ???Remember tho Sab
bath day to keep it holy????* They aro break
ing it. Is not tho fourth commandment as
good os the seventh or eighth or uiuth? All
the week denouncing candidate^ for misbe
havior while sonio of these campaign orators
profane the name of God, tossing it irreverent
ly from their lips. Aud what aro they doing
with the third commandment: ???Thou shall
not take the name oi the Lord thy God in vain
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that
toketh His name in vain???? Is not the third
commandment as important as the other
seven?
Aye; this decalogue is my authority for say
ing that the man who .swears or breaks the
Sabbath is as reprehensible us any of tho can
didates now nominated if they should be found
g uilty of the offouccs charged. What right
avo wo to go through tho ten commandment#
ond moke our selection as to which wo shall
keep and which wo shall break. Better uot
experiment with the divine ammunition.Batter
not handle the thunderbolt of God to seo
which lias the least blase aud tho least momen
tum. Better not meddle with tho guus and
say this is a Dablgren mid this a three inch
mortar and that an Armstrong and this a
Krupp ond this a Whitworth and this is a
Nordenfeldt five barrelled gun, this is a Gat
ling ten-barrelled gun, this is a Martiguy
tiiirty-neven-barrelkd gun, and this is a Par
rott. They nro all of tho same calibre and of
the fame make and they shoot from eternity
to eternity. Cicero mys ho saw the Iliad
written on a nutshell and I havo seen the
Lord???s prayer on a five cent piece, and tho at
tempt is to write the decalogue so small that
it cannot bo seen ot all. I protest against tho
frequent attempt to revise tlio decalogue given
from Mount Sinai amid blast of trumpets and
the cracking of tho porphyry rocks aud tho
psroxytm of tho mountains of Arabia Pe
tr eco.
Stand up Mr. Blaine and Mr. Cleveland ond
Mr. St. Jonn and let us mensuro you by the
first seventeen verses of Exodus, tho 20th. Of
course thoy, like nil tho rest ofuswillbo
found imperfect by that rule. But-tho one
who comes the nearest to tho inoral accuracy
of the decalogue is the ono I shall vote for ami
the ono you voto for if you regard God moro
than your party. Herodotus tells us that
Nitocrin, tho daughter of Ncbuchaduozzar was
so fond of tho beautiful village ot
Ardericca that sho had tho river abovo 'Baby
lon changed into a winding course, curving
this way and that, so that sailing on it for
threo duys ono must come three times in sight
ol tho exquisito village, and I do not care
which way you sail if you sail all tho timo in
sight of this group ofdivino commands. A
little angular they may scciu to you, but sail
ing thus you will never get aground and you
will never shipwreck.
Tho worst army on earth to fight is tho ton
regiments that with sabres and bayonets of
fire march down the side of Mount Sinai.
They always get the victory, and go down
their enemies must. What was the matter
with that young man ot whom I read, dving
in liis dissipation? Nothing, except that ho
was worsted of tho decalogue. In nis last de
lirium ho cried out, ???Now for tho dice I that
is mine! No; hll, all is gone! More wine,
morowino! Oh, how they rattle! Fiends,
fiends, assail mol I say you cheat! Tho cards
oremrrkcd! Now tho chains rattl* l O, death I
O, death I??? Ladies and gcutlemen, don???t at
tempt at any timo to revtso and remodel the
ten commandments.
And 1 charge you to use your influence iu
society and at tho polls for such as come tho
nearest to that God-lifted standard. At family
prayers next Tuesday morning read tho 20tU
chapter of Exodus. Tho moral or immoral
clioioctcr of your next president will add
soventy-fivo per cent or subtract sovonty-flvo
per cent from tho moral welfare of this nati&n.
1 ou and I cannot afford to have a bad presi
dent. The young mon of this nation cannot
afford it, ond tho homes of Amorica cannot
afford it. The commercial, tho agricultural,
tho literary, the laboring, tho religious inter
ests of our country cannot afford it. If you
caunot find a candidate who in your estimate
comes within reasonable distance of obeying
the decalogue, stay lit home and vote uot at
all. When tho election times came in Sodom,
and there wore four candidates for mayor, and
Lot did not believo in any of them, ho did not
register at all. Politics in Babylon woro in
such desperate stato that Daniel stayed homo
all election day and prayed with his face to-
w ords Jerusalem. But wo aro not shut up to
such an exigency, I am glad to say.
Tliot tho moral character of rulers affects
the ruled I prove from nil history Wicked
King Manasseh lowered tho moral tono of all
tho kingdom of Judah ond established idola
try. Good Kiug Josiah lifted tho whole na
tion by his excellent example. What helps
to moke the English nation higher in the
present reign than in all its predecessors? Tho
foot that at tbo head of it is tho best sovereign
of Europe, tho attempt at scandalizing her
name always a conspicuous failure. Tho po
litical power of Talleyrand brooded into life
the tricksters of the lost niuoty years. Tho
vice-prtsidency of dishonest Aaron Burr was
to baleful that nearly all the important letters
in the postoffice in his term were in cypher,
becuuhe the United States mails could not be
trusted. March out, ye court circles ot Louis
XV. and Henry VIII., followed by tho de
bauched nations that you led into sin. The
malaria of swamps rises from low lands to the
heights, but moral malaria settles from tho
heights to the plains. Tho higher you elevate
an unrighteous man, the worse bis power for
evil. The greatest of fabulists tells us that
the pigeons were in mortal dread ol a kite,
but kept hiding from it day by day. But one
day tho kite said: ???Why do you live thus in
fear from day to day? Make mo your king,
and I will protect you from all evil.??? Toe
pigeons called him to the throne. Then the
Lite bad for his regular fare a pigeon a day.
One cf them, while wailing for his fate, said:
???It served us right.???
But suppose you put in tho presidential
chair vice of any sort, you simply nay t>> the
young men of America: ???Don???t you see? The
ten commandment* do not mean as much as
they used to. Houesty is not the bc*t policy.
Immorality pays. Huzzab for the powers of
d^rksers in ascendancy.??? What we neii
most is to publish a campaign document and
ecuttcr it tnrough nil the states, a well printed
copy of the Sin&itic decalogue. It was a ter
rible waste when the old Alexandrian library
was destroyed and the hooks were used as fa-l
to heat 4,0t ! 0 baths for the citizens of Alex
andria. That was a very expensive heat.
But without any barm to the decalogue itself,
it might bo made to heat 40,000 baths for the
moral purification of the American people.
The nation needs a tonic, a powerful tonic,
a corrective, a mighty corrective pnd Mojci
in the text with steady hand, notwithstanding
the jarring of the mountains and the blazing
of the air and the awful orchestra of the tsm-
pest, poors out the ten drops, no more and no
lets, which tbi* American nation needs imme
diately to take for ita moral convalescence.
But I am not the man to leave vou in the dis
couragement that might come from the read
ing of the ten commandments, because we
have all offended and we hare ail done wrong
and been wrong. There U another mountain
in sight, and wmn Sinai thunders the other
mountain answers in thunder, and if the
lightning of the one writes doom, the light-
tirg of tho other writes mercy. Only in one
way can the guns of the decalogue be spiked,
ond that is by the strikes of the cross: only one
reck that con stop tho boulders of Sinai from
quaking, and that is tho Rock of Ages.
Higher than Sinai is Calvary. I know that
cue peak of Sinai, according to the English
survey expedition, is 7,0U0 feet high, and
anotherpeaa 8,000 feet high, and another 0,000,
and that Mount Calvary, according to modern
explorers, is only a slight rising knoll outsido
the wall of Jerusalem. But in moral power
it overtops and overshadows all the mount sins
of the hemisphere, and Ilimalayahs and
Mount'Blnnes and Mount Washingtons and
Sinais aro hillocks compared with it. As for
tress sometimes silences fortress, Moultrie* dis
mantling Sumters, so I set against Sinai the
mountain of the law, tho mightier mountain
of ihe cross. ???The soul lhat sincth it shall
die,??? booms tho one till the earth jars under
tho cannonade. ???Save them from going down
to tho pit, for I havo found a ransom,??? peals
forth the other, and earth and heaven and
bell tremble uuder the revorberatiou. Moses,
who commands tho onc, surrenders to Jesus,
who commands the other.
??? Once by the law our hopes were slain,
But now iu Christ they livo again.???
Aristotle says that once when Mount Etna
eiuptcd ocd torrents of scoriro came upon the
villages at the base, tho flames parted so that
they made a laue of safety for those who went
to rescue their aged parents from tho destruc
tion of tho overflowing mountaiu. So this
flaming, volcanic Sinai of tho text parts it*
lury to let pass into eternal safety thoso whom
Christ has come to rescue from tho red ruin
tint bounded them on both sides. As I stand
this moment half-way between tho mountain
of the 20lh of Exodus ond tho mountain of tho
lttth of John, my terror subsides in a super
natural calm, because the uproar of tho Sina-
itic peak is moderating oud subsiding and
quieting until it comes to so deep a silence
that 1 eon hear the other mountain speak.
Yea, I can hear it whisper as it Boftlv says:
???Tho blood, tho blood, tho blood cleonseth
from all sin.???
That upturned mountain of the text, writers
tell us, has several wady* or water-courses,
Aleyatt and Ajclah emptying into Teirnn, but
they are uot navigable. You cannot put a
boot of human' construction into thoso
rocky streams. But tho boat of gospel rescus
can sail ony where, and it comes right up amid
these watercourses of Siuaitic threat and
doom ond oilers to take you off ond out and
from under the shadows into thesunshino and
to the land of pcoce.
Oh, if you could sco that boat of rescue
coming you would feel ns John Gilmore, in hi*
book, ???fitorm Warriors,??? says a ship???s crow
felt when they were being beaten to pieces on
the Kentish-Kuock sands off tho coast of
England. And,they had oil givon up to die,
for every minute took ftwoy some of their
plunk from tho wreck. But at last thoy sow a
Raniigoto lifeboat coming through tho break
ers straight for them, aud they cried: ???Can
it he so? Itial It is! ItisI Thank God it
is!??? And a jacktar, speaking of that boat
afterwards, said: ???Oh, my lads, what a boauty
sLo looked 1 What a beauty she looked coin
ing over tlioso seas l??? May God toko us all off
flic miserable wreck of our sin into tho boau-
tiful escape of tho gospel I
FAST AND SLOW KATEItS.
AN OLD NOTE.
People Who Spend from Five Minutes to
Threo Hours ot Tublo,
From the Philadelphia TiinfS.
Four men sat down to ???tiffin??? at the Bellevue
cafo yesterday. ???The proper caper Just now,???
raid the clerk, ???Is to soy tiffin, when you mean
lunch."
With a glass each of Chateau Lafltto tho quartet
began feeding. The musical French clock in a
corner of the pretty diningroom chimed tho quar
ter past one. The oysters nro served, and tbo mus
ics! clock bos again chlmod another quarter hoar.
7licro fs a slight wait for tbo sorriug ot tbo con
somme a la Colbert.
Tho musical llmcplcco has chimed the hour ol:
2, played a merry littlo air from ???La Fill* da)
Madame Angot??? and chimed again. Tbo atten
tivo waiter has served tbo flsb. Swinish mackerel:
then the wine is changed, and champagne takes
its place on the table. Tho bill of faro suggests
Flinch peas, cauliflower au Gratia, potatoes in
croquets, onions a In Creme, asparagus, Italian
artichoke* nud corn flitters. With these corao
blue winged teal duck and broiled rqusbi, than a
Met of beef a in Chatcaubrlnud smothered In
mushrooms. For tho salad a little celery mayon-
By this time tho sun Had mado long slanting
..nis across the pavement, ond the French dock
bad struck another hour. Tho dessert of walnuts
pecan nuts, almonds and fruit ha* corns ou. A
undo of ltonmu punch stimulate* tho appetita for
dainties. T he luucncon is almost over, the black
eolUo 1* finished, clgara are lighted, and as tho
party rise Iroxn the table tlio tlmepleco musically
announces tbe third hour since they sat down,
Thu clock registered 0:10 when n reportor enter
ed the Twelfth tr??ct market. Eight men sat at
one eating couuter. On tbo opposite side of tho
bar was su elderly country woman an t a colored
mnu. Tbe old woinau whs hard to please, but evi
dently settled oni???two fried eggs,??? and tho colored
man took ???buckwheat and co lice.???
At 0:17 all were hard at work, noarly all hav
ing supplemented their orders with cups of coffee
???ml buttered rolls. Atfl:?7 tbo customer whoso
fm.cy was a tender loin steak and tbo obi woman
who had ordered tbo fried eggs were tbo only peo
ple out of tbo ten noticed who remained at tbo
couuter. The old woman bad been heavily hand!-
3J&
followed by tbe old woman. The toadstool tests
were soon occupied by other qptomen and tbo
raec for victuals began again.
How long before tbe New York express loaves????
Well, give me a aandwicb and a cup of tea,???
raid the man, dropping bl*satchel and mourning
stool In hot haste. ,. , ,
T he door from tbo corridor flew open and threo
commercial drummers entered, with their lamplo
cares. Tbe man in tbo lead exclaimed:
???Wc have ten minutes to catch our wagou, old
mun. Trot out a ball dozen fried and a bottle of
The order wai filled, tbo drdmmer* deftly sur
rounded their hasty meal and were on board Ureir
train, w ith threo minutes to spare.
???Au, wsltarr, give mo a bit of chicken, with
Saratoga chips, and a glass of Alderney inllk," said
u dude, wdth a single eyoglum stuck In hi* star
board optic, ah he parted hit coattail* over hi*
stool snd stood there slicking tbo head of his
retfon. Nine minutes later tbo chicken esiter wiped
his Ups, K-t fire to a cigarette and toddled,
uin ujre, m
mlucingly, to the cum.
A Mining Millionaire.
Senator ???Tom??? Bowen has received a national
advertising as a bonanza hfug. Ho was formerly
district Judge here, and poor a* a church mouse
Suddenly a piece of mlniug property In the Han
Juan country, called tho Little Ida, was r.qwted
to have Him k it w onderfully rich. Piece* of ore
were brought here and made old miners??? eyes
stick out. It was decomposed quartz and nssm-
bltda fine-grained rpongo. Imagine thotthts had
been rntursti d with pure gold, all tho interstice*
and pons filled up, and consequently turned to
???tone. Then you have IL # _ ,
Bowen had stocked tho mine for development
nrpoecs, but owned a controlling Interest, lie
got Mime ready money and ???worked??? the uoww>y
per* by cue of tbe diaI ingenious systems of self-
advertising extant. He always had some extronr^
dlnary i lory to tell the rtqKirteT* who flocaod
???round him. He spoke of millions and mllibma
eflernt h<r hi* tnlut wife a careless fllpptney tiut
petrified sill listener*. One of hlf yarn* was that
visitors to tee property hid carried off flOOCMd
worth of oro a* specimens. ??? Backed
av these stories were tangible proof in the snap** of
wr uderful mineral already described, they
nnn told and retold aud copied from Milne t*>
Mexico. W hen crowds, however, flocked to t ie
mine th??y found it carefully jM??ard**l. t under the
pretense that ore ciuld i*e too readily stolen.
Bowen admits Usday that be cold the major por
tion of Ida Interest* for less thaa 870,099. ???I said
13,tw coo in tbe newspapers,??? AB remarked, with
a faugh, not long igo: only wi*b 1 could say so
elsewhere.??? -
Dow to HpolL
To sport steak???fry it.
Tospod tea or coffee???bofl H.
To spoil costard???l>:??ke ft too long.
To spoil house plant*???water them too much.
To spoil Lutter???do not work out all the milk.
To spoil a carpet???sweep it with a stiff, ball-worn
broom. . .
To spoil psnenke*-h.vke them on a lnke-wara
**ToVpoil a breakfsst???grumble all the while you
To ??t.-oU potatoea???let them lie and soak In water
afte-r Lolling. ... . .
To spoil wlsaors???cut r-verytafaf, from a sheet
ofMtertosbsrofraniron..
To spoil a pelr of garment* in their making???ent
them out rarelettly aud run all the ream*.
To spoil ehlMreu??? hnmor them in everything
they happen to think they want.
To spoil a ocbord???ehang* teachers every time
some one in the district finds fault.
To spoil bread???use poor floor and aour yewt,
and let it rise until too light and it rya over.
A Suit on a Note of Hand for 8850 for a
>laV8 Woman ???Emma.???
A suit is now on trfal in tho United States
court for the collection of a noto given thirty
years ago in payment for a negro slave ???Em
ma.??? Tho suit is brought by Judge Hugh
Buchanau, of Nowuan, against Judge Dennis
F. Hammond, formerly of Coweta county, but
now of Orlando, Fla. The note wa* given in
1854, and w r as duo on tho 25th of December of
tliot year, oml was for $850. It was given by
George W. Holland with Dennis F. Hammond
and R, W. Sims as securities. Tho
plaintiff claims that ho bought the
note. Judgo Hammond claims that
the giver of tho note left Coweta county for
Aiabom iu Docetnhor, 1855, aud on leaving
turned over to the law firm of which Judge
Buchanan was a member collateral moro
thsn sufficient to pay the note, that tho at
torneys received the collateral which was per
fectly good ond solvent, and allowed the giver
of the noto to move to Alabama unmolested.
That tho defendant in this suit did not au
thorize this proceeding, that it was increas
ing his risk and ho was thus released. The
defendnnt also claims that tho attorneys
should account for tho collaterals bofore they
are entitled to any judgment against anybody.
???They do not account for them at all.
Judge Buchanan denies that ho had
anything to do with the taking of the coljat-
teral or tbe contract connected ???-therewith.
Tho case hung fire in the courts bofore the
war. Then Judge Hammond becamo judge
ond it hung oil*. Then Judge Buchanan went
on tbo bench and now it is finally in the
United States court. Tho interest fs two or
three times as much as tbe principal. 1*. II.
Brewster and J. B. S. Davis represent tlio
plointifl and J. S. lligby and A. II. Cox rep
resent tho defense. Tho evidenqe is all In
and tho argument is in progress. Tho
maker of (he note is still living. The negro,
???Emma??? tho innocent causool all tho trouble,
js probably dead.
I Iliotous Whisky Verniers.
Toronto, Ont!, October 27.???Information has
reached this city that the aspect of affairs at Mich-
lpIcoJar on hike Superior, Is most serious. The
whisky peddlers ar.d their friends, hearing that a
detachment of police had be*cn sent from Toronto,
determined upon upholding their trado by vio
lence if ncccunry. A large number of navies in
camp were armed with Winchester rlllcs and re
volvers, and n regular watch organized to pre
vent the steamer, carrying ;??olice, from landing
there. The notice wire posted, declaring that tho
police would not be allowed to land or to remain
at Mlehlplcolsr. The steamer lias been delayed
by Ihe bnd weather, but tho news of her arrival
at Michiplcolar may l>o expected at any momo ut
Assaulted 1>y Highwaymen.
J)fkyfr. Col., October 31.???A dispatah to tho
Tribune-Republican from Socorro, N. M.,say??i
Tho pnsf.enger train last night, when near
Emitidinhn, forty miles north of here on tho
AteliUon, Topckii and Santa Fo railroad, was
fired iuto by a band ot masked 'men, aud ono
woman was shot. Tho town is up in arms
over tho offair. Sheriff Simpson ond fifty
armed men havo started in pursuit of tho high- ???
w ay men. .
A woman's beauty fs never lost,
Ho long as her Awoct srollo remains???
Fo long as gleam her teeth like frost,
And her soft lip tho ruby stains;
And BOZOEONT, with mnglc power,
Bestows on her this priceless dower.
A lump otaonl weighing a littlo over ten ton*
ADELINA PATTI, tho great songstress,
says of Solon Palmer's Pcrlurncs, Toilet Soaps
and other Toilet articles: ???I unhesitatingly
pronouueo them superior to any I over used *
Principal Depot, 374 ?????? * Poarl street, N.
AJl Weakness of Uenltal Organs, Qsvnol
Impotency, aud nervous disorders permanent
ly cured in thirty days, by tho genuine Dr.
Eicon I'a Restorative PUli. Bottlee 10 Pills
fl.JS, 100 pills fJ.00, 200 pills 9S.M.40I
pills $3.00. Magnus St Hightower, corner Pry
or and Decatur street*. Atlanta. Wholosali
by Lamar, Rankin and Lamar.
Frctly much throughout tho stato tho cotton
crop will be larger than has been anticipated.
A FINE llAmmtESSING.
Coronln. drefr. th.b.lr perfectly, .nd I. .1m
. prei a ration unequalled for tlio eradication of
dandruff.
Tun aupcrlnrlty of Iturnolt-a KlnrurluB I!x.
trncta coutliU Iu their purliyandgrcatitrencth.
CixaiHiTi, oTTApril 14, 1884.-8. B. Bniia
k Bao., Covington, JCy.???C.tcoraod Hirst 1
haro been troubled with a aerloui kidney af
fection, and aoorng your advartuoraont, con
cluded to try a Cotila of your May Flower,
though without mueh hop. of bolug benefited
by It. Tho flr.t bottle worked aplondidly, and
poraerorlng with Its use, I am entirely relieved
oi nay painful UlnoM. Any ona can writ, to
mo and 1 will rollout, what la her. written.
Maa. E. Wfrail,
Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, 0,
V. Btcvcnson, Ihe New York millionaire, who
died recently, you born near Kn.wdlvmo, Ky.
IlOIlHFOItU'll ACID l-HOalMTK
For Wakofulnei*.
Dr. Wi. P. Cunaiia, Buffalo, N. Y.. aaysr
???I prctcrlbcd It for a Catholic priest, who was
a lmrd student, for wokefhlncM, extreme ner
vousness, etc, lfo reports groat benefit/*
vou.Nd nexr-UBAD this.
Tan Volt.lo Bei.r Co., of Marshall, Mloh.
offor to lend their oalobrated Enaovao-Vonaip
Bair and othor Enaevaio Arrnraxoaa on trial
for thirty days, to mon (young or old) afflicted
with nervoua debility, toaa of vitality and
oitnbood, and all kinurod trouble*. Also for
rheumatism, neuralgia, paralyils, and many
other disease*. Complete restoration to
health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No
risk is incurred a* thirty days trial Is allowed.
Write thorn at onco for illustrated *ph*mphlst
The fair which 1* lo come off at Grcenvlllo, 8.
C., promises to be quite a success.
If yonr complaint is want of appetite, fry
half a wrfne glass of ANGOSTURA BITTERS
half rn hour before dinner. Beware of coun
terfeit*. Ask your grocer or druggist for the
p?? nuino-nrtic!c, manufactured by Dr. J. O. B.
Hcigcrt k Bonin
The observeloi f
ttfarly coinplctid
One bottle of Dr. Fuller???s Pocket Injection, with
???yt1f;??.c fi.mllurd, cure* without cainiilui. *L
Al druggists. ^ tu tn saarky
IYterzburgs V*., will have a fine alarm telo-
Ask for Wel!a*?? ???Rough on Corns/* I5o
(pick, complete, permanent cur*. Corns
wans, bunions. _
New Orlcsds Ueryiug out for better gas.
Give your children Baltb???a worm oil U
The official computation of the taxable values
Jn Tex*a shows a total valuation for foil ol
|W3,%T,S1fL
???Mother Hwan???a Worm Hyrup.???
Infallible, tasteless, harmless, earthartfef
for fever, restlessness, worms, eon*Upatiou, 25
cent*.
Dr. Fuller???s Youthful Vigor Pill* cure nervous
faters:*? 4 ?????????-.???uv;*
The Great fiouthern Remedy.
R0SADALI8 cures Scrofula, Rheumatism,
White Swelling, Gout, Goitre, Consumption'
Bronchitie, Nervous Debility, Makria, and all
diseases ol a kindred nature arising from an
impure condition of the blood. After physi
cians havo failed to euro, a single bottle of
ROSADALIS seems to ett'ect such a marked
change as to give now hopo and life. Read
this:
???I hove been a yreat sufferer with inflam
matory Rheumatism for tho last twelve
months. I was induced to try your prepara
tion, Rosndulis, and I havo been greatly bene
fited. My liRnds and feet are Stilj enlarged,
but I feel so much better that I continue tak
ing the ROSADALI8.
MRS. M. Y. DANCE, Rohoboth, Va.???
Mr. Nathaniel Garland, of CUarlottsvtUe, Va.
ninety-one years of age, has Just registered lie
has not voted for twenty-flvo years, but will vota
for Cleveland.
Decline of Man.
Nervoua Weaknoss, Dyspepsia, Impotence,
Sexual Debility, cured by ???Well???s Health Re-
uewer, $1.
Mr. A. H. Graham, of Telfair county, made this
ymr five hundred bushels of corn on seventeen
acres.
Holmes??? Sure Cure Mouth Wash and Dentifrice
Cures Sore Throat, Bleeding Gams, Ulcers and
Pore Mouth, Cleans Teeth, Purifies tho Breath.
P.epared by Dr*. J. P. & W. R. Holme*. Dentists,
Macon,Ga. For salo by all Druggist* aud Dentist*.
augU-wfcyly
The small farm mania has reached Oglethorpo
county,. Tho owners of n number of large farm*
e dlMiOfciug of a portion of thin lauds to .parties
small mzans.
CONSUMPTION CURED*
An old physician, retired from practice,hav
ing had placed in hia hands by an East India
missionary tho formula of a alrnplo vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent euro of
consumption,bronchitis,catarrh,asthma and all
throat and lung affections, also a positive and
rndicnl cure for nervous debility and all uorv*
on* complaints, after having tested its won
derful curative powers iu thousands of oases,
has felt it his duty to make it known to his
suAching follows. Actuated by this motive
and n desire to rcliovo human suffering, I will
send free of charge, tffnll who desire It, this
receipt in Gerinnu, French or English, with
full directions for preparing nml using. Bent bv
mail by addressing with stamp, nntning this
paper, W. A. Noyes, 149 Power's block, Ro
chester, N. Y. e o w
A forge Cntclt of Whale*.
Fas Francisco, October 27.???Tho bark Fleet-
wlug, the first of the Arctic whnlciw, arrived
here tout ove. 8he rci??orls that 117 whales hud
been taken by the licet up to September 30. This
iHcot rldercd a very large catch,
Absolutely Pure.
strength nml wholcaomeness. Moro acorn
than tho ordln. ry kin Is, and o??nnot be sold In
compctttlrn with the multitude of low-tovt. short
weight alum nr phosphate po*der??. Hold only
* n??. Royal Uakixo Powder Co., ioo Wall
t. New York.
Almost a Miracle!
A REMARKABLE STORY.
A few flays ago a gentleman of high standing In
Atlantg met Dr. J. Brad field ou tho street, aud re
lated tbe following; lu which all ladles aro deeply
interested:
???For the past* lahteen months my wlft has boon
i Invalid, caused ln??m womb trouble, co*??atlon
of met ms, etc., and I havo tried everything I
could bear of iu the way of modlcinn, and have
bad several of our beat physicians attO'idlnx her,
to one of whom, (calling him by name) 1 paid one
hundred and slxty-thruo dollars. Imtoad of Im
proving or getting any relief, aha gradually grew
worn-, and I bad almost given up hope, aud ru.uly
did not believe sho would ever gel up from an In
valid's bed; but a friend of nrtno who knew of the
caio suggested the use of
Bradfield???s Female Regulator,
and although be atated that he knew of a atmlUr
e being cured by It, and. Indorsod It highly him
!, 1 was ro discouraged I did not believed it
???uld do her nny good; hut a* a last resort I
bought a large bottle of it and she began taking It,
rod from tin very first* marked change too'* pirn*.
,k begun to improve rapidlf.ber appetite return
er whole sysum was bulft up, and to-dty she
_ . j well fend round a?? ever In ter life, aud I am
under life-long obligations to you and your njtno-
dy, for It undoubtedly saved her life;??? and he add
ed, ???1 wish every lady In tho world ??o afflicted
would try !r, nu 1 know it will cure them.???
We Claim acd Can Prove Beyaad a Doubt,
By Ihe hfgest aud moat undoubted testimony:
That this Remedy will cure all womb trouble*.
That this Remedy will cure leucorrhow or whites.
That this Remedy will restore tbe aenitrual func
tions.
That this Remedy will stop excretive monthly
flow.
Hat this remedy will relievo painful menstrua
tion.
That ihH remedy will build up the system as *
tonic.
That this remedy will cure all female disorder*.
-CHANGE OF LIFE."
If taken dnring this period, eo critical, It atande
without a rival.
Bend forour treatise on Woman. Mailed free to
???uy addma.
THE BRAOFICLD REGULATOR C0???
ATLANTA, QA.
A PRIZE,???
alt the workers aUa!i:t- l7 sure. At
ci cc address True k Co., August*, Msfue.
THE CHILLING BLASTS
WINTER
Will soon be upon us..
I ct every house have on hand some simple and
efficacious remedy for tho Core o!
COUGHS AND COLDS
and one that will not onir Cure but fs a prevent
tivc of that night fiend to children and horror to
CROUP!
Wo therefore ad vise every hourehold to over
keep on hand a bottle of
GUM&MUQEIN
Tfe* UalUla 8talk of tha
???U SeMa aaatalaa a mttcllag-
I non*, kaalla* aad Orsfc-pro-
AMlmcpriaalpIt. TImSwart
Out of Ua aoathara awaaipo
pawawaa a atlaatatlng ?????
ptetoraaf which loowna tho
phUxra wa* enta tha IWao
mrmbrana that tormi In tbo
Ihraat and broochlal tnhea.
Thaaa two almplt reme
dial, combined after tho
t'hemkea recipe, preaonta Ir
TuylorV L'herokcc Item,
of Hwcot tiam aad
alleta. tha tinr.t known
ramodjr few (loagha. Cronn,
Whooplag-eouzfc.Cwlda.
and ??'onaamr>(lnn. for
???ala hr all dronlaU at Ucta.
an t ff.m a bottle.
Heo I So. atainp for Ta?? Wo
of lioma and atauaoiacnt of tha
A. TAYLOR. Atlanta. Cn.
ftAAURN COUNTY-WILL BMftlbD
i the Unit Tuesday in December next, bafora
urthoiiMj door In *nld county, withtu tu??
rife tin 1 hours of talc, to the highest bidder for ox*h.
the following moperty to wit: One homte aud lot
In the town of (:lnyton, lot containing four *0*0*,
dwelling Iioum- with ruven or eight rooms; desira
ble locution for dwelling or bu??lue*s. Kali ho Die
end let levl*d upon to satlnfy n fl. fa., tssnod from
the Justice court of the 587th district of said county
ill fovorof J. B. Hurray, against K. W. Reck, prin
cipal, and J*. J. Dntiinn. soi'U'Uy. Tenant In poe
m*??Iou notlfltd. Ff. fa., rcturuod to mo by A.
I???hliyen, constable.a. R. WALL, Sheriff.
PMJROIA, RABUN COUNTY-WILL BE SOLD
on the first Tuesday In December next, bofore
tbe courthouse door In Mid county, within tha
mual hoitnt of sale to the highest bidder for oA*b,
the follow lug land, to-wit: A certain tract of land
known as the John Garrett Improvement, con
taining U0 ftcrcs land, moro or 1??'S. Hold bind
lying In the sixth district of originally Habar-
miHiii. row Rabun county, bounded by' condi-
th-nol lines; Join* J. M. Hmlth???s land on tho exit,
J. K. Hinltho.i the aouth, Henry Lynn** on tho
iTcrtb. Fatnwid (fbaatatu on the west. Levied upon
ns the land of Martha J. J<mo?? to satUfy a fl fa
PMied from the Justice court iu the With district
of said county lu favor of James O. William* foe
f to me ol Mary A. Hicks. Levy returned to mo by
A. R. WALL, 8h*rlfP.
Executor** Hale.
G eorgia, fulton county-by virtue of
authority grouted mu In the will of John
Bourn, will lie sold the firetTneaday In December
next within the lawful hour* of ante before tha
courthouse door of said county, ft) ncrea, more or
lesa.of land, lot No. 243 of originally Ifonry now
raid com.ty of Fulton, lltli district, In tho north-
rast corner of said lot. Roundod on the north hr
Thompson, wpfet by Thompson and Howell, south
by Preanrll, and rest by Widdows. To lie sold as
tbe property of John nourn, deceased, for pay
ment or debts and distribution!. Term* ca*h.
B.T. MR.???IKK.
nov.4-wkyltw-4w. Kxecntor.
pEOROIA, RABUN COUNTY-WILL BE SOLD
VJon tlio find Tuesday In December next, 1841,
Indore the courthouse door in said county, within
(ho usual hours of sale, to the highest bidder for
c*kb, the folic wing laud to-wit] Lot offend, No.
75, in the lstdUtrfct of raid county, containing m
seres: raid land levied upon ns tho property of
Geo. W, Renfleld, to ratlafy a coat execution Dance I
from the superior court Jn favor 0/ the officers of
tbe court. Tcuaut in posscsslsn notified.
October 21, 1884. _ . A. B. WALL,
Rherfffof lUbun County.
SflttOZB ONLY
JOHANN ROWS
O.NIvriiinir SIOkK ro I - h-arntrso t^o
Jif.lt.itlu??, and UM. rKKIOJJ ir q .u'tj.
??? I luvcusot Julia*, a iioiIV qcnatng
tfeligitfastihnli in.*laa>r m!
??? prjgk ayiKita
s-JTOliSftCgSr
.... ESaTSmSV
**S???a anmua. *.n..n.&.,niii*
I havehfonffl'tafairagainst Urar%
Tarrant AC* tor 6wB:i ar wi out
IlgpSiS
jymtlfli Di.uraro of Imitation*!
* "T Nrm aonu'D* wtSho*i% alganmra Oi
>mW. j s&*saKn* : <J ???"*
jo it a* x now;
IfariimUannwip
Bis nKit <0 jtrrtxnnr.snx, Sou AwiM???
If, Om 9 J3 A Jgo t/nr* ht~ ritUadkl^JtUk. !'??, ^
aepA???dly Irl son wedAw
DeLoach Water Wheels.
S IMPI.KST AMD CHKAPKST MANUPACrOR.
1 <] xii.l perfect Mllxfacliou xuaraoMwl. ifr??rp
.mall 101)) ran xflord on??. Bcu.l for
tiol catalogue of wh**.*I* and/enerel mill ???dnpl.tA
???Tbe Star Grit" mlllstonee from our quarries are
n??ui^. nno..
???win nreef/y fb?? nf.ocDw-
_ and WLO.'t'A cf fpurfi. u ??-
A 1 ??? pf ?n, DantorApp^tiw, ra??
. V. (tigsawOftT Lack cr BUcngth.
- ' cndTli'cd VeiU??gal*olmv.V
, ... cured*Bouts.ixiB'.ricsar.w
t.ers?? r To-cfej new fare