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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. .ATfcSNTA. (iA.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25 1884. TWELVE PACES. RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE PR. TALMACE AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. A Kuttrly Dif eonrs?? Upon the Subject of Liberty of BtUglous Belief an* Vlseasalon???Seoummsm, Its 2Vila aud Caraa-Errora Not to bo Feared. if Truth Lett to Combat (t, Eeooxi.yn, N. Y v November 23.???[Special.] The opening hymn in tho Brooklyn tabor- mole this morning was "How pleasant thus to dwell below In fellowship ol love." Before-the oennon Dr. Talmage expounded the story of David and Jonathan. The sub ject of his discourse eras religions intolerance, and the text was Judges xii: 0: "Then said they onto him, ???6sy now shibboleth;* and ho said sibbeloth, for ho could not frame to pro nounce it right. Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan.** Following is ihe sermon in full: Do you notico the difference iu these pro smneidtions: shibboleth and sibbolcth ? Very ???light and unimportant difference, you say; hot tho diffcrenco of pronunciation was the difference between the life and death of many . people. Two of the Lord's tribes, Gilead and Ephraim, got into a fight. Tho Fphrairaitcs were worsted, and in their retreat camo to the fords of tho Jordan to cross. Orders wsro given to destroy all tho Ephraimites who at tempted to cross; but how should it bo known who were Ephraimites? They were detected by their pronunciation. Shibboleth was the word for "river.** It seemed that tho Ephra imites had a peculiar brogue, and that in pro nounoing the word shibboleth tho/ always left out the sound of the "h.** As tho troops on retreat came to the Jordan they wore askod to pronounce the word shibboleth, and if they amid "sibbolcth/??? they were known immedi ately as Ephraimites ond wero destroyed. "Then said they unto him, ???Say now shibbo leth;* and he aaid sibbolcth, for ho could not frame to pronounco it right. Then they took hiip end slow him at the passages of Jordan.** 'What a small diffcrenco between these tribes cf Gilead and Ephraim, and what intolerance with that small difference! But tho diffcrenco between tho tribes of tho Lord iu ourtiino, that In, between ono denomination and another, is otten of no more importance. The church of God is oil divided up into a multitude* of do- nominations aud sects. Time would fail ine to cptak of tho Calvinists, aud the Sabbata rians, and tho Armenians, aud tho Sweden- borginns, and tho Baptcnaus, und the Hunk ers, and the Shakers, and tho l???arkeritos, and ihe Methodists and Baptid* and Lutherans and Presbyterians and Spiritualists and scores of other denominations of religionists. Some cf these denominations wero established by very good men, some by very egotistical men some by very bad men. Between some o them there is only a diffcrenco iu words; bo tween others a diffcrenco as wido as between truth and error, between light and darkness, between heaven and hell. Bomo of these be liefs 1 could in no wise adopt, aud yet so long as I demand liberty of conscience for myself, I n.'ufct allow liberty of consdieuco to every other man; for 1 must remember tbit ho does not differ more from mo than I differ from him. 1 shall this morning advocate tho largest llbeity m all religious belief aud discussion. In art. in social lile, iu politics, in religion, let there be no moving of the "previous question,???* no intolerance, no thumbscrew, no gag law, no persecution. Yon all know that the air an! the water sro. kept pure by constant ???circula tion, and 1 believe thero is a tendoocy in relig ious discussion to purification aud moral health. Between the 4th century and the 10th century the church of God proposed to keep out error by prohibiting tl 1 religious discussion and by a strong consorship of the press, and rack aud gibbet, aud hot lead poured down the throat to make people orthodox; but tho world found out that you canuot change men???s be liefs by twisting off their heads, or ro&ko them are things differently by putting, an awl through their ryes. Thero is something in every man???s conscience to upheave tho moun tain thut you would throw upon it, aa-i, ua- singed of the fire, out of the flame to make red wings on which the martyr shall mount to glory. Jti that very time of which I speak, between the 4th aud 10th ceutury, mon went from tho churches of God into tho most appalling in- iqttiry, and right by the altars of Christ flowed a tide of druukenness and licentiousness that the world hss never seen equalled, and tho very sewers of perdition broke Jooso and del uged tho church with filth and wickedness. the shackles ?? __ , a good many bad book^fcpt right after them there esmen great man^healtbful books; so that where there was ono man to denounce the Christian religion there wsro twenty men to advocate it. 8o, my friends, I have no ner vousness in regard to this great war going on between truth and error. Let error run, if you only let truth run along with it. Urged on by skeptics' shouts and trausceudentalist*' spur, let it run. God's angels of wrath are in hot pursuit, and, quicker thou eagle's beak clutch- cth out a bawa???s heart. God???s vengeance shall tear it to pieces. Let error run, if you only let truth run along with it. ... In this great conflict between the right and tho wroug tho right will triumph just a* cer tainly as that God is stronger inuu tho devil. Let us have no tear, then, that the error of tho world is going to overcome the truth of the church. God is ruling In the world, and all shall be well. I ain very gled that people do rot ail think alike in matters of religion. V hat a stupid world this would bo if all pi.*oplo were alike. I will never see through your eyes. You will never bear through lay cars. 2??o inan con lord It over our consciences. 1 propose this morning to speak to you of sectarianism???its origin, its evils and its cures. 3 Lore are those who would make us tniult that this monster with horns aud hoofs is reli- 3 ion. I shall chose it to its hiding place and rag it out of the caverns of durkuess and rip cfl iu hide. But I want to make a distinction between bigotry and the lawful fondness lor ptculiar religious beliets and forms of worship. 1 have no admiration for a nothingarian, iu a world of sueh tremendous vicissitude and temptation, and with a soul that must alter awhile stand before a throne of insufferable brightness, In a do/ wbeu the rocfciug of tho B cuntains end the flaming of the heavens aud the upheaval of *\be sea shall be amaug the least ol tnc excitements, to give aocouut for every thought, word, action, preference aud dislike, that wan is tuad who ba?? uo religious preference. But our early education, our physical temperament, oar mental constitu tion, will very much decide our lorrn of wor ship. A style of j>salntody that may please me mi y displease you. Some would like to have a minister la gown and bands and surplice, and others preier to have a minister iu plain citixen'a apparel. Borne are most impressed when a little child is presented at the altar and sprinkled of tho waters of a holy benediction in the name of the Father and ol tho Hon nod of the tjfuty Ghost, and others are more impressed when the peui- Unt cornea up cut of the river, hia garment* dripping with the waters of a baptism ( which ???Unities the wash log away of aiu. Eitueri* right in hfs opinion, let either have his own way. One man likes no noise in prayer, not a word, not a whisper. Another n>an, just as good, prefers by gesticulation aud exclamation to express hia devotional aapiro- th??n*. One is just as good as the other. "Every Iran Is fully persuaded m hia own mind/' Kow In our neighborhood, on Oxford street, we have quiet. Every neighbor prefer* bit own home to any other home, aud vat he la in peace with all in* neighborhood. I have no idea that I will promote the prosneritv of my household by apaettiag somoMjr dbt???o home, nor baa my neighbor any idea that ha will benefit hia bomehv injuring my homo. Each oae preferring his own heme the better, yet kind and gooff neighborhood. How sa It ought to bo In tho kingdom ol Christ. Prefer ence for religious homes, but large-hearted and Christian neighborhood. "Peace on earth, good will to men." George Whitfield was going over a Quaker rather roughly lor some of his religious sentiments, wheu tho Quaker said; "George, I am as fhou art; I am for bringing all men to tho hope of the gospel; therefore, if thou wilt not quarrel with me about my broadbrim, I will not quarrel with thee about thy black gown. George, give mo tby band." In Xracing out the origin of sectarianism or bigotry I find that a great deal of it comes from wrong education in tho home circle. There arc parents who do, not tbiuk it wrong to caricature and leer ttfo peculiar forms of religion in the world and denounce other sects and other denominations. It is very often tho case that that kind oi education acts juit oppo site to what was expected, and the children grew up and alter awhile go and aee for them- selves, and looking in those churches and finding that the people are good there and they love God and keep his commandments, by natural reaction they go and join thoso very churches. I. could mention the names of prominent ministers of the gospel who spent their whole life bombarding other denomina tions and who lived to sco their children preach the gospel In thoso very denomi na tions. But it is often the case that bigotry starts in a household and that tho subject of it never recovers. Thero arc tens of thousands of bigots ten years old. I think sectarianism and bigotry also ariso from too great promincnco of auy one denomi tion in a community. All tho other denomi nations arc wrong and his denomination is right, bccauso his denomination is tho moat wealthy, or the most popular, or the most in fiuential, and it* ia "our" church, and "our??? religious organisation, and "our" choir, and "cur" minister, and the man tosses his h&td and wants other denominations to know their places. It Is a great deal better in any com munity when (ho great denominations of Christians aro about equal in power, marching side by side for the world's conquest. Mere cutsido prosperity, mere worldly powor, is no evidence that tho church is acceptable to God. Better a barn with Christ in the manger than a cathedral with tnaguificcnt harmonies roll ing through the long-drawn aisle and an ungel from heaven in tho pulpit it there be no Christ in the chancel and no Christ iu the robes. Bigoiry is often tho child of ignorance, seldom find a man with large intellect who is a bigot. It is tho man who thinks ho kuows a great deal but docs not. That man is almost always a bigot. The wholo tendency of edu cation and civilization is to bring a man out of that kind of state of mind and heart. There tins in the far cost a great obelisk, aud ouo side of tho obelisk wau white, another side of tho obelisk was green, another side of tho obe lisk was blue. And travelers went and looked at that obelisk, but they did not walk around it. One mun looked ut ono side, auothcr at another side, and they ca'mu home, each ono having looked only st one side. Aud they happened to meet, the story cays, and they got into a rank quarrel about tho color of I nut obelisk. Ono man said it was white, another man said it wat green, another man said it was blue, and when they were in tho very best of tuo controversy a moro intelligent traveler came aud said: "Gentlemen, 1 havo seen that abolish, and you are nil right and you are ail wrong. Why didn't you walk all round the obcliskr" Look cut lor the man who sees only quo side of a re ligious truth. Look out for the man who never walks round about these great theories ol God ond eternity and tho dead. IIo will bo a bigot inevitably???the mao whoonly sees ono side, 'ibero is uo nmu more to bo pitied than he who has just ono idea in his ho ad; no more, no less. Hotter vacuity overthrowing the Philosophical theory that an entire vacu um is an impossibility than just quo idea wuu- dtriug around about in perpetual loneliness and bachelorhood, wailing through tho desert ol tho mun's intellect. Better no idea at all than only ono idea. ' Run up your schools and your colleges and your universities. Moro light, lets sectarianism. Thero is nothiug that Lwill so soon kill bigotry as sunshine??? God's shine. Kow, having shown you tho religion of big otry, just look abroad in tho .church and sco the damage bigotry has, done. It cripples in vestigation. Tho different denominations of Christians wero intended by holy rivalry and honest competition to keep each other wido awake. Suppose ono denomination of Chris tians should garble tho word of God, all tho 'other denominations would flv out In righteous indignation. It was so intended ty be. While each denomina tion of Christian# is to present all tho truths of the Bible, it seems to mo that God has giv en to each denomination an especial mission to give particular emphnaia to some one doc trine, and so tho Calvinistio church must pro- si nt tho sovereignty of God^and tho Armani- on churches must present man's free agency, aud tho Episcopal churches must present tho importance of order and sublimo ceremony, and the Baptist churches must present the ne cessity of ordinances and tho Congregational churches must pro- sent tho responsibility of tho individual member and tho Methodist church mnst show what holy enthusiasm and hesrty congregational singing can accomplish. While eoch denomination of Christians must sot forth all the doctrines ol tlie Biblo, I feel it is espe cially incumbent upon each denomination to mt particular emphasis on somo ono doetriuo. Jut you seo that a man Is a bigot who shuts his eyes to all the lossons ho might loam from other denominations. You are wrong and 1 am right and that ends it. Ko taste lor explo ration, for investigation; no disposition to rea son the matter over. And from the realm of God's glorious truth, over which an archango! might fly from eternity to eternity and never reach tho limit, tho man shuts himself out, a bhml mole under corn shock. Another great damage done by the sectari anism and bigotry of toe church is that it dis gusts people with tho Christian religion. Now, my friends, tho church of God was nev er intended for a war barrack. Hoopla aro afraid of a riot. You go down tho street and you see an excitement aud missltos flying through tho air and you hear the shock or fire arms. Do you, tho peaceful and industrious citizen, go through that street? 'Oh, no,' you aay; *l*fl go round tbe block.' How men come and look upon this narrow path to heav en end sometimes see the ecclesiastical brick bats fifing every whither and they say, * Well, 1 guest I'll take the broad road, lor there is so much sbarpshootiug ou the narrow road; J guess i'Jl take the broad road, I havo more admiration for a Spaoisn 'bull fight, and think it moro useful aud hon orable than tho contest of curniverxis ecclesi astics. Francis I. so bated the Lutherans that he said U he thought there was ouo drop of Lutheran blood in hi* veins ho would punc ture them and let that drop out. Just as long as there is so much hostility between denomi nation and dcnomlnotiou, or between ouo pro fessed Christian and another, or between one church and another, just so long will meu bo disgusted with tbe Christian religion, and say if that is religion 1 want none ofiL Again bigotry and sectarianism do great damage, from the (act that they hinder the triumph cf the gospel. Ob, how much wasted ammunition I How many men of splendid In- teBcct have given their whole livee to contro versial disputes, when if they had given their lives to something practical they might have been vastly ucefof. Suppose this morning while I speak there were a common enemy et ming up the bay through tho narrows aud all the'fof U around Kcw York began to fire into each other???you would cry out: "Ha- tional suicide! Why don't those forts blaze awoy in one direction end that ageinst tbe corn- moi??e nemy," and yet I sometimes see in the ??? lurch of the Lord Jesus 'Const a Strang* thing going on: Church agtiost church, tmo- isrer against minister, dcaomluatiou against ???lenominitfon, firing away into their own fort or the forts that ought to be on the asms side, i'l steed of concentrating their energy and giv ing one mighty end everlasting volley araintt tbe navies of darkness riding np through th* bay. 2 go oat sometimes iu the enmmer and I find two beehives, and these two beehive* ???re in a quarrel. I com* near eoourh not to he Hung, hot X coma joat near enough to hear i ha controversy, and ana baehiv- come iu between them and T say, "Stop this quarrel. If you liko that field of clover best, go there. But let me toll you that that Live which gct3 the moat honey is (he beat hive.??? fio I ccnio cut between Uio churches of tho Lord Jesus Christ. Ouo denommatihn of Christians says, "That field of Christian doc trine is tbe best;" and another says, "This field of Christian doctrine is best." "Well," I say, "go where you get tho most honey." That is the best church which gets the most honey of Christisu grace for the heart aud tho most honey of Christian usefulness for the life. Depend upon it intolerance uovor puts down, any denomination. What did it do against the Methodist church? That church was per secuted ond nearly all tho pulpits ol Great' Britain closed ngaiust her ministers. The very, nemo of tho church was given in derision. There are in tho Astor library, Now York, I am told 707 books and pamphlets against Methodism kept there merely os a curiosity. Did Intolerance destroy the Methodist churou? Bho stands either first or second, 1 do not know which how, in numbers in all (no earth while slio hss nu n not only in placea??of religious trust, but ot secular trust, lutolorance against the Methodist church has lilted it up.. What is the use of trying then that spirit of intoler ance. Let us havo division ot work. Let us attend to Christian work and let satan do all tho work of intolerance. IIo is lively and ho is active, and he is industrious, aud he under stands ecclesiastical Jaw. IIo will attend to that. Wbat did intolerance accomplish against tho Baptist church? If laughing, scorn, if tirade and denunciation could have dostroyed that church it would not havo a disciple to-day. Rev. Leonard Bcrnkop, a Baptist minister, burned ut Saulisbury because he was a Baptist, iu his dying moments saying: "1 am roasted enough on that sido; turn mo over now; tho fire don???t hurt compared with tho otornal glory." Rev. Mr. James, a Baptist, because .he was n Baptist, drawn ou a hurdle from Kewgsto to Tyburn. His dead body lilted on %ho city gates. Ills hoad lifted on a^olo and set up in front ef tho place where he used to preach. Rev. Obadiah Holmes, a Baptist minister, and because ho was a Baptist, publicly, whipped and two men coming up and shaking hands with him they got whipped, and tbesurgeon who dress ed his wounds pursued as a criminal. Four hundred Baptists were put to death in Flan ders ond lUllnnd because they were Baptists. Even Richurd Baxter lost his balance on tho subject and ho said that the Bnptists were as bad as murderers because they put people un der water and they caught their deaths "1 cold. lie wrote these words: Tbe ordinary praetico of baptism overhead aud in cold water, ns necessary, is a plain breach of the sixth commandment. Therefore it is not an ordinanco of God but a heincuB sin; aud ns Mr. Craddock shows iu hit book ol gospel liberty tho magistrate ought to ri-ttruin it to save the lives of ni?? subjects, in a word, it is good for nothing but to des patch men out ol tho world that aro bunion- some and to ranfccn churchyards. I conclude if mttrdt-r be a sin theu dipping ordinarily overhead in England isa*iu;.and if those who make it men's religion to murder themselves acd urge it upon their conscience ns their du ty are not to bn suffered in a commonwealth any more thou highway murderers, then judg< how these Anabaptists that teach the necossi- r of k-ueh dipping are to bo suffered.'* In cw England tho Baptists were persecuted, They were driven out of Boston and whea t petition was sent up.Rsking leniency In their behalf, the men who signed tho petition were fined; and it Is a matter of church history that alter a man had been baptized by imraor. sion, weeks having gone by, and his death occurring, tho officiating clergyman was thrown into prison und indicted fur murder. 21 ow near did intolerance destroy tho Baptist church ? Well, the lust statistic# 1 saw of that church was they had 20,000 churches and about two million communicants. Engl and persecuted the Jews; England by law said no Jow should hold any oflliHal oowor in tht realm; England thrust back the Jew and thrust down lha Jew. Who was for years tbo prime minister of England ? Who became next to Queen Victoria in power? Who was higher than the throne because its adviser and counselor? Disraeli, tbe Jew. IntolorAnco never puts down anything, it puts it up. But now. my friends, having shown you the j>ui> wow. uiy inuuui, uoTiug ??????????? origin of bigotry or sectarianism and haviug rlown you the duiaugo it does, I want briefly to rhow you how we aro to wnr against this teiriblc evil, and I think we ought to begin our war by realizing our own weakness and our imperfections. If wo make ao meny mistakes in tho common affairs of lifo, is it not possible that we may make mistakes In regard to our religions affairs? Shall we take a man by the throat or by the collar be cause ho cannot sco religious truth just ns wo do? In tho light of eternity it will bo found out, I think, there was something ???a,it ???lilt field U *!or??r U lb. twfUtt,??? aid uotb?? bMblr. ???TbU firfd of e tore U th?? lirttlat." I uu??, a utina, vucro wai ???uuinuing Wrong 111 nil our creeds and something right in all our creeds. But siuco we may make mistakes iu reguid to things of tho world, do not lot us bo so egothlic and so putted up as to havo an idea that wo cannot moko my mistake in regard to religious tlioo- ri??s, and then we will do a groat deal to over throw the sectarianism from our heart and the tcetariniiiam from thewsrld by chiefly en ding in those thing* in which we agree her than thoso on which wo differ. Now, here is a great gospel platform. A man comoa up cn th;s tide tbo platform and eays: "1 don't believe In baby sprinkling." Shall I throw him off ? Hero is a man coming up on this fide tbo platform and says: "I don't Delia vo in tbe pcneveranca ol tbe safnto-." Shall I shove him off? No, I will say, "Do you bo- lievc in tbe Lord Jeaus as your Savior, do you frmt him for (into and for eternity?" He crja: "Yes." "Do you tako Christ for time and for eternity???? "Yes." 1 eay, "Come on, brother; one in time and ono In eternity: b; oilier now, brother forever." Blessod be God lor a gospel platform so large that all who nctive Christ may stand on it. I think wo may. overthrow tbe severe secta rianism and bigotry in our Hearts aud In the church, also by realizing that all tho dcuorni- natiensof Christians havo yielded noble in stitutions end noble mcn.Thero is nothing that so stirs my goal as this thought. One denomination yielded a Robert ifall and au Adoniram Judson, another yielded a Latimer and a Mclvillo; another yielded John Wesley and tho blessed gummerficld, wbilo our own (ltLoinintUon yielded John Knox and tbo Alexander#, men of whom the world wir* not worthy. How 1 say If hie Jioneit and fair minded when wo come up la the presence of such churches and such denominations, although they rosy bo diffuent from our ovo, we ought to admire them and wo ought to love and honor them. The churches which ten produce such men and such large-hearted ehsnty and such magnificent martyrdom ought to win our affection???at any rate our respect. 8o come on ye 03,000 Episcopalians 4 u ibis touuiry, and ye 400,000 Pretbyteriaas, nd ye (CO,000 Baptirts ami ye 2,000,000 Metu- ediitft??? come on; sbou???dcr to shoulder we sriSl march for tbo world'* conquest; fer all nation* are to be saved aud God demands thst jroi ???ud I help do It. Forward, tho whole line in But there is a better way ol ovarthrowiagtho ?????cUrisuf???m and bigotry of tbe church and ???bat Is by toiling in Christian service right be- eide people who differ from as.. You uaaaot get two Christians to hate each other if tfccy have suffered tegtthes and ???driven for Christ together. Here f Bod two Christians io angry eontrovsrsv. A mecseoger comes asking them to appear in a sick room. There h a mao dying; ne treats to be preyed for. These two brethren kmel, one on one sale the bed, the other jo the other side tbe bed and they com mood the parting spirit to tbe Lord ???lekvt. Van tbrso two men ever fight again? Cen they >ever be afigry with eeeb other again? No. By tbe memory of that dying pillow they will be brothers forever. And so I am. glsd when tbe spring comes and thoannirors ???rise in all our great cities take place ami ou ???be same platform there eorae mmLters of all denomination* ot Christians to plead tbe same cent*. After I hart been on the platform pleading tbe same const of charity or mercy itesideaomaman with whom 1 have always differed in a thousand things???after I bare food beside him pleading for the same eoaie. ??? * * spintof broiberhooL l truth by celling your intention to an incident which took place u few years ago. One Monday morning at about 2 o???clock, wbilo her V00 pas- seugers were sound asleep iu her bortbv, dreaming of home, tlx?? steamer Atlantic crAfhed into Mars Head. Fivo hundred souls in ten minutes landed in eternity I Oh, what ascenel Agonized ineu and women running up and down tho gangways, and clutching for tbe rigging, and tbo plunge of tho helpless steamer, and the clapping of tho hands of tho merciless sea over the drowning and tho dead threw two continents into terror. But seo this brave quartermaster pushing out with tho life line until ho gets to tho rook: and sco these fishermen gathering up tho shipwrecked, nod taking them into tuo cabins, and wrapping them in tbo flannels snug anu warm; anil seo that minister of tbo gospel with three other men TgottiBg into a life-boat and pushing out for tho wreck, pulling away across tbo surf, aud pulling away until they saved ono more man, and then gotting back with him to the shore. Can these uicn over forget that night? And can they over forgot dhi ir companionship in peril, companionship in struggle, eoni)mninnfhin iu awful catas trophe aud rescue? Never! never! In what ever part of the earth thoy meet they will bo friends when they mention the story of that awful night wheu tho Atlantic struck Mars Head. | L \ie\\, my friends, our world has gone into a worse shipwreck. Bin drove it on the rocks. Tbo old snip hss lurched and tossed in the tempests ot 6,000 years. Out with tho life line; I do not caro what denomination carries it. Out with tbo lifo boat; I do not caro what denomination row.i it. Bide , b y side, in tho memory of ccrnmou hardships aud common trials and common prayers aud common tears, let us bo brothers lorover. We must bo, wo must bo. God hasten iho timo when all deoern motions of .Christians shall join hands around the crocs ofCiirist ond rccito tbo creed: 1 "Believe in God, tho Fathor Almigh ty, Maker of heaven and earth and iu Jesus Christ and in tho communion of eaints and in the life ever lasting." "Onesnny ol the lirimj God, To whore command wo bow: Fart ol the ho*t have cruised tho flood, Apd pan ore crossing now." TnU WOUNDED Di:YOUNG. Tho Wonderful ttory of Two Brothers fn Sun Fruuc lsm>. Bah Fbaxcihco, Cnln., November 23.???Mr. DeYoung???s condition this evening is more fa vorable. IIo is resting easy. Jlis nuts* is normal und bis temperature low. Tho story of the DeYoungs is a nimuio ono. Tho |>arente of Charles and M. II. Do Young wero south erners; or, at least, they went from the south tofian Francisco with the first tide of emigra tion. The father was French, tho mother n Hebrew. The father was a men limit and afterward moved to tho village ol Natchitochos, La, cn the Bed river,whero Charles Do Young was born. Mr. Do Young was iiustfco<Msful, aud on liis death lei t his family iu straightened circumHancet. Mrs. DqYoungro- niovtd toBt. Lou in; theuoo to Ban Francisco, wb<*re Charles and M. JI. Do Young for a while found work as newsboys. Charles after ward learned type-setting, and his brother found employment ns book keeper in a laundry. Tho mor ris to of Augustus Young, another brother to Mile. Rose Celeste was perhaps tho origin of tbe Chronicle. "Celeste" was a tight rope walker, engaged in one of the places o? amuse ment in Ban Francisco, whore tho had gono with cn eastern record of having crossed Nicgsru Falls on a wire, fiho saw tho hem fits of publishing a the atrical psner to "boom" 'tho amusement business generally, and heriolf in particular. She advanced nor husband the small amount of money necessary, and Cuarici Do Young, with ono printer, "setup??? tho type for tho first. number or Tho Dramatic Chronicle, a small four pago sheet, with fivo 1 narrow columns ou a page M. II. DeYoung was tbo business manager and ???fivortising agent. In n, lew years tho word IXrsmallc was dropped from tho tftlo I feel in my *ool the tappet help It il might Pcrhspal more forcibly iUnstrate th e ' iJanmllo was dropped from tbo title page,and tho paper has since been known ua Tho San Frunchco Chronicle. On tho death of Charles Bo Young fivo year* ago at the hands of Kal- loch, (bo paper wo* valued at $230,000,and M. if. Do Young purchased tho interests ot bis brothers and sisters, la about n year after hia brother's death, M. II. Do Young married Miss Baislo Doano, a school teacher. As an Instanco of tho success of tho Chronicle, which was started with a few hun dred dollars, it so Increased invalid that in fen years tbe founders rcftised an offer ot $20i),(too. Two years pgo Fan) M. Newman, a prominent lawyer of 8an Francisco, was a can didate for congress. The Chroniclo strongly opposed him as being a candidate in tho in- tercst* of the "Hawaiian Bugar King." Newman was doloated, and no doubt partly owing to tbo unusually fierce denunciation oy tbe Chronicle. This perhaps is one of tho causes that led to the shooting of tho proprio- tor by young Bureckles. tho son of the "Sugar King." Mr. Nowman Is now attorney gener al of the Hawaiian government. ??? DltUCK ON HL4INE. The Tattooed Mhu aiiwrpljr Criticised l>j the Colored Lewder* * FniLADELriiiA, November 23.???Ex-Benater Bruce, of Mississippi, was seen at bis hotel. Jle was very Jrank in expressing hie opinion regarding Mr. Blaine's attack uoon the south. "That speech ol his at Auguste," said Sena tor Biuce, "will doubtless be tbo causa of great uneasiness and mental distress among tho colored people of tbo south. Fortunately its effects can only bo short-lived. Much utterances wore demagogical in tho oxtraino aid wholly unwarranted. I think 1 oujht to know something about our peoplo in the smith. Tho greatest harmony exists between tho white and colored races. Blaino's chargee of intimi dation and violence at tho polls are absolute and unqualified falsehoods. To-dsy tbe south is loyal and peacefol," continued Mr. Bruco. "Its people, white aud black, arc, or wore until Mr. Bluimi fomented this new antagonism, in the right frame of mind to enter upon harmonious relatious with the people of the north. They wero especially desirous that tbe pleasant busiue???s relations should not be interrupted. This is exactly wbat Mr Blaiuo strikes at, and his Auguste ??j <erh has lowered him more U jopular esti mation than any act of h'i?? life." All 01 ml* from Hater. From the Arkauaaw Traveler. ???I see you an building a now hoa*~, Mr. Brown?" "Yes, you are right." "Made the money out of wbftlry, I suppose7" "No.??? "fo by. you are a liquor dealer, are you notr* "Ob. yes. nut tee money I???m polling lute this home was mode oot of the water I not in ton wbbliy. Every txnt was made out of tho water. PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS. INTERESTING ITEMS ON CURRENT TOPICS OF THE DAY. JtfystsTtes and Miseries lo Lsr??e Cities- A Leoturs ou Xfcwspftpen- ih* *x-Urapr????i Bugaas-Tho ???smlnols IudUm-Bt. John's Nclaab jrs- A Weather Prophet, Sto. Our large cities aro always coming to the front with mysteries and miseries of a startllug uuture. Philadelphia society was sbodcod, the other day, by Ihe arrest and trial of a lady moving In tbo first circles. The lady Is very wealthy and has borne a rpotlcf* reputation. People who have known her for yean aro familiar with her numerous acts of benevolence. Slio is apparently of sound mind, and is tho very last per son fn the world to suspect of petty Itheft. Yot this lady wa* detected only a tew days ago in tho act of stealing five pairs of stockings in a dry goods store. Tho ovidonco against her was of the most positive and satisfac tory nature. Scores of wituawrs testified to hor good character. Tho judge declined to charge tbo Jury, and a verdict of guilty was rendered. Tho prisoner was given a few days by the court toantngo beraflklts so??? that her business Inter ests would not suffer during her conlluemout. It is a sad cose, and itf* impossible to explain such depravity in one whoso wealth was imflldent to place her above ordinary temptations. IViien Horace Greeley was defeated for tho presi dency bo bad too much principal and common lenrc to raise a howl and predict all sorts of un comfortable things for both parties and the ooun- try At large. The bitterest tbtug ho said was tbo following: "At last wo shall keep our office clear of hlathcwkltcs and political begiars, and go about our daily work with the satisfaction of know ing that not tho most crodulou* of place hunters will suspect us of hnving auy oiedit with tho ap pointing powers." Aud then the oror-worked Jour naiht cloned his eyes forever. Very different from Mr. Blaine. Editor Haixtrad kicks like a mule. He not only insists that the peoplo of the south are mur derers aud assassins, but deolnro Hint Cincinnati merchants who aro cowardly enough t??boll tvo cthcrwlre are no better Umu murderers and avtas- tins themselves, Hurrah for Editor HaUtead l 1 letter Thnn Cold. "My little world fa very mnail, Beane worthy jour notice, sir, at all." Tbe mother said. "My good. Mod husband, as you see, Apd thes?? tfcnc children at my knee, It bo look Ut ns so uitatlogly For daffy bread. Dor feet that roam. For (>??? rorti day: Of true love kt*es fall a score lie gets. I???m certain, ff not more, HUD loud on** mart oim at the door, At twilight gray, "Oee gets iho slipper* for hts Net, Another karts him to hU seat??? Ttr big arm chair??? And while tee VhlMrS round Mm kg, and make tbodeiroht ratter* r ug Doemtte daughter crown* hJm kt tf With Mearoatel * s fair. "Ah, sir, we are not rich or great. The owner*??f * ???????' mute. The mother mid: "But *c hate iwti-r ui?? tbsufi! , tmnhold, "-VB.U IkUdtT At tbo Exeter awfm, In England, Bsron Hud- die*!on, last weak called tho attoutfou of tho grand jury to tho taw and the foci* booring on tho (barge agalust Dudley and btevenr, tho mtster and mate o/the Mfguouctte, who kilted tho buy Pariur end devoured him Iu order to savu their own lives. Tho Judge hold Hint killing under Hu-b circumstances was murder, and that tbo only hope for the cannibals lay iu the pardoning power of thBqueen. A tnio bill waa found and tho trial will soon tako place. Major Bf.nO. Truman, in hta recent book on dueling, gives tho origin of "postlug." It doom* that General James Wilkinson, V. R. A., was tho first mon to "post" another, his vuulm being John Kamlolpli, of Koanoke?? Randolph deolluwt a cbalteuge on tbe pica that ho could notdosceod to WJlklnron's level, whereupon tbo general posted this notico all over Waihlngtun: "Hector unmasked. Iu Justice to my char acter, 1 denounce John Randolph, a member of congress, as R prevaricating, bate, culminating scoundrel, poltroon and cow aid." California has badn greater number of duels fought within her limits than any other state. Illinois never had but ouo duel, and theu one of tbe principals wph shot dead and tho othor barged. Generals Washington, Marlon, Adair and Houston all declined (6 fight duels. General Nathaniel Greene, Iu 178$, under tbe sdvlco of WaslitURton, declined to acoupt a challenge from Captain Gunn, of Georgia. Major Truman gives tuony Interesting facts ???bout duels fn other countries. Loy ola, tho founder ot tho Jesuits, called a man out and ran him through for denying tbe divinity of Christ. Lord Bilcurrai reoolvo l Bent diet Arnold's fire and refuted Co return ff, saying: "1 lea?*- traitors to tho public execution er." Marshal Ncy-ii ever lost mi opportunity of fighting. Tux discussion of the ailcgod poisonous proper ties of canned goods has drawn out a comuiunlna tloi: from Dr. Thomas Btovousou, of London. Tu?? doctor suys that no positive oaso of acute mot-tl poisoning by cauucd goods la knowu In London Where persons havo boon poisoned by cstlug earn lied meats it Is believed that tho moat Itaolf was tainted before ft was cannod. Dr. Irwlu, of Now York, agrees with Dr. Stevenson that meat of inferior quality Is often canned. As to the length of time provisions can bo kept in tin, tttero Is n exact knowledge. No doubt food kupt In cans for a long Urns deteriorate*. It would ho a good !??!*?? to compel msnufnoturers to stamp cans with the date of scaling. Dr. Irwin docs uot bellsvo that there fa any cause for siarm. Tim Be v. Elbert 8. Todd delivered a very sansl his lecture on newspaper*, In New York, the other night. Ho pitched into the people who claim thst tbe newspaper is tbo Biblo of the ego. Tun builiif??sofautWKp*ncr,!ie said, Is to giro th?? news- 1 here is nothing that It docs not ferret out, and sometimes the bad seems to have tbe ascendency. Tho columns of our Journal* contain accounts nt murder* robberies end outrages, but they are not objection able on that score. Almost on the first p*g<s of Ids Bible w?? find tbs story of a murder. Tire now*- paper la generally on tbe side ol righteousness end sgsinst sin. Tbe wicked tear tbs newspapers m ??rv thou they do tho polios. A new*|>aper U an srh?? of society, and there arc somo people who think tbst it is slways ou tire sido of evil, but they are mistaken. It Is untfety that Is bed, and Its boduc** is t< fleeted by tbo ticwiuutpcr. Tho gorerai ten dency of tire press Is to#tend up for wuat I* rlgnt. end it is tho world???s strongest dobras* agalust wrong. Tut New York Morning Journal note* that offi/o fo lders arc brooming good democrats. So doubt but this won t save ???em iu tho south. Tho mi els must go. A gxwsrarXK cofrispondent who has lias spent several months In this section say??, that the tramp nuisance fr becoming Intolerable aloof the rail- way lines diverging from A Umu. Many of Here tramp* travel in gangs and smalltown* aud lone ly Ismlife* in the country find them a great nuis ance. Tbe comptaint is frequently made that the vagrancy laws of the southern stitei do mild to hero much effect upon smb ruffians, but this is a mlstdre. Gur vagraucy lawn are good enough Tho tniabts is that they are rarely enforced It Is not pleasant, however, io see Atlanta held out ai the central rallying place and distributing point for all the tramps who come south to spend the winter. Perhaps a little effective work here and In other southern t Idea would roll baqfi the tide ot iflfO- tloi'. Vagrants have no fancy for the conutry at this wason ol tbe year. They strike for riths and towns where they caa find shelter, old eletbe*. free lonchea, whisky and opportuni ties for barglsry and sneak thieving. Now lea good lime to take them fn band. If ibis national tr.mp nuisance Is not abated the country In a It w years will be at Ure mercy of a horde of home- it f> ravages, whose trade will be robbery, end whose wee pot* will be the torch and the conceal- cffpfsioL In ber old age the ex-Em pews Koganls fa sn ob ject of respect and sympathy. It Is now tblrty-fiva years ilo<e the dazzling beauty first charmed the gsy world of Parle. Hhe was considered the ivve Best woman ef her day, 1UI and slender, with ao xqutritely formed bead, and pcartew meet and sboakfem, almond shaped, bine eyes, adellcat- comp'ex ten, tbe sweetest of smites, and locks of golden chestnut, she was Indeed the Ideal for poets to dream about and paint ers to Immortalise. When she became empress shews* chiefly remarkable for the testo and spier dor ol her toilet*. 8be never wore a thabby thing and never sold a wise one. Of Ha Fed education, narrow-mtndcd aud onlabelfect ua 1 , her sweet and a inning manners made up for her feck of accomplishments. Her witty and ap* I lopristc remarks, so often quoted In the uo wap pcif, were sll written for her beforehand, and she was os carefully drilled Iu them as an actress-evgr was in a new part. 6hc bad no talent ior anything except dtc??*. Her mind wm sluggish and refused Co ect, except when en gaged in the invention OT n uoiv costume. Unfor- * tiiuntoJy she did not confine her attention to the fashions. She wonted to take a hand in politic* And was mainly responsible for the war with l russla. As a widow her parsimony and bigotry drove her on to Kululand, where he lost his Ufe. To-day poor Eugeuio looks like the ghost ot the dead empire. She is a joyless, faded wreck of wbat was once the brightest vision of beauty, Splendor end quccnlineu that ever doiiglited the world. In this country public roans are yet in their in fancy. In Europe Spain bn* the worst highways, end they were In a bad condition In all countries a century and a half ago. It was not alsrays so. A tier the decline ot Homan civilisation but little attention was paid to highways anywhere for hun dreds of years. Rome???s roadways were tho best that the world has ever seen. They were wide, level nod hard. They extorded from the border* of Wales to tho bantsnf tho Euphrates, from the Rhino to tho Atlas mountains. Tthorlus Nero once started from Lyons and drove northward 200 miles in 21 bonrs. Pnco speed could only have been made on a fine road and with numerous re lays of fast hones. Besides ber gnat military roads Rome built a net-work of cro-w roads lead ing to the village*. In Euglaud It Is estimated that the Romans built 2,100 mil* of paved roads. All ol tho old empires noted for their lower and civilization had goon -roads. The Per sians bad highways along which tbo king's cotir- rfer* rode at a speed of from 79 to 122 Miles a day. hen a country rotrogadca In civilisation and commerce its roads ore always neglected. Rail- roads havo greatly simplified the problem of main taining hlghVays, but the matter still demands tho attention of states and statesmen. A mono tho ease* pending before the state depart ment at Washington is ono of considerable Impor tance aud rare romantic Interest. Antonio Pelle tier, tbe petitioner, claims that he hss been dam aged by the government of Haytl to the extent of 82,(46,480. Pelletier* alleges that in November, Ifco, be slatted with Iris bark for Rio Kodha, taking os passenger ono Jmui Cortes. Stormy weather compelled him to land on tbe north end of 8L Do mingo, whero ho found the Iisytian tfeg flying. The authorities searched hfv vessel and nrroitcd him. Be was convicted of piracy and sentenced to death. IIo-was also ordered to pay 91,000 In tinea and Ida vessel was confiscated. IVIlf tier re mained in prisoa throo years, when be effeotsd his i-rrapc. Returning to this conutry ho found his home broken tip. and hia wife married to another man. His Itemized bill of damages Is us follow*: Value of vessel, cargo and interest, U>1 wvj; loss in buMucsf, 1002,000; interest 8827,541; cost of init, 8279000; real estate, 9229,000; loss ol wife and two children, 9102,00a Pelletter is ??? French man and ??? naturalised citlsen. The case baa been before the auto department a long time, and It I* to he hoped that ltwiUbo thoroughly sifted and d(*t??fird of. lx many American school* pupils ore now taught to write with both bauds. Tuts mover a bright pnrsgra} hist to remark that tho Ameriuiu pupil will novor be ablo to keep up with our constantly Improving school system until he can study two Iciiouh simultaneously, with ono ryu ou each book, sndst thoMmo tlmo take uoteswlth both hirods of what two able instruuhirs aro saying on dlfftrent topics. _ The Bcminole Indians have had a hard time for the past hull century. After they wero whipped in tho Florida war thoy were removed with their negro slaves to Uie ludlan territory. When the civil war broho out they remained loyal to the union, while tbo neighboring tribes nearly all ef moused the cento of th^confederucy. The leuf ??? no'es under these conditions found it unpleasant and uu#ate fo remain In the te rritory, end ar ranged with Maximilian, who' was then busting s flairs In Mexico, for lands Across the Mo Oreude, agreeing in return Ut protect the border against Apaches and Conronuhcs. On tbslr way through Texas they met a con federate regi ment end lost their principal chief. They made tho trip, however, bnt the speed! downfall of Max imilian loft them In a had position, aa the new government would not grant them a reservation. They kept np a guerrilla warfare on tho Texts border and finally laid down tbrlr arms In tho belief that lands would again bo srsigned to them Iu the In- dfau territory. Blnc6 then tbe government hss done nothing for them, and ttre remnant of this once proud tribe is ou ths verge of starvation. Gi treral Sheridan baa rolled tbe attention ot eoa- grra?? to their case end recoin rooiufod action for & their relief, ^ GfNIItAL SilKNtDAN lU hit MinUtl report Calls att?? ntlon to tho nse and abuse <d cxpioslvs* In warfare end in lawless emergenmea. When It J?? possible for a few consptrat ??r* pi carry In their pcekots explosives sufficiently powerful to blowup ???11 tho puhlfo building* fn a city, It will be seen that tho question ol protection against such dsugerotu agendas becomes very Important. General Sheridan thinks that tbo Improvements In guns will lead In (be end to the Invention and adoption ol a msgg* sine rlflo, and then battles will bwromeaodmlru*- llve that ncllbtr sldo will be abl?? to Ktiind up be fore the other. Pitched batiks iu the open field will be abasdot efiand armies will r??mrt to tho pick, tbe spade end tbo shovel. Both sides will Intrench and troops maktugan atteck will be an nihilated. Belligerent* will adopt tbs policy ol destroying property wherever thryctn find It. In futurocavalry will boa aw ful branch of tbo icrvioe, end our sovernment Is advlied to give this department of the army move catc end attention. br Jour's neighbors are fn inch a furious stub: of mind that the great prohibition trader finds ft dangerons to remain at Olathe, or indeed any where within the limits of Kan**., (u fact, public fcntimentls so much against him through the north and west that he may be ooinoeHed to seek shelter and security fn the law and order-loving loutb. A Ntw Erclakd weather prophet of a dyspeptic turn end with a limited supply of the milk of fiu- man klndnera predicts a severe winter. Of eounm people wQl have no patience with the fellow, bnt It may be well cnongh to bear him out. He claims that certain phenomena which precoded herd winter of 1835 ore no v again observable. The nests of mlcw and squirrels ore built unusually thick. Cora backs are exceptionally heavy and tight. The gam on horse cberou. bans lx in greater quantity than usual. The squirrel has stated bis onto, deeper than fa ordinary rears. Coder some oondftfonv these sfgas would be enti tled to respect But this te a sliuulsryear. Our red sunsets and our cities and towns all painted red indicate something. Then the election of a dtmceratic administration Ior tbe first time In twenty-four years shows thst we sro beginning a new order of things. Tbewtater will have its cold days; but will they not fell to the shore of the men who got left? Tble Is U# wsy to view It There may be no science in It, bat there 1s plenty of solid comfort Raid mountain has kept remark i'??ly quUt for a long Ume,but Elk mountain,n**-ir Ashoftlte, 94k, has recently given tbe people In It* vicinity not a little trouble. Several reliable wU...**4i*titetbat few days ago they heard trora-n ione subterm- ran explosions and a rambling sound ail along the mountain' rraga Thero wss a perceptible Jamn/ ol the earth tor mHe* around. Borneo! two explosion* were very violent reeembllng muoty thunder- bolts. The people living in the n ?tahborhood of Ashcvflfeare said to be very raw* -Iwtarbed by tbrso strangeramMlngi. butt**??- V I rare famil iar wltb tbe ontlcsof Beldmoantilu sreest!??4cd that there Is no danger. fiNOISTINCT PRINT;,