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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. TUESDAY DECEMBER 9 188-1- TWELVE RAGES.
CHRIST’S MIRACLES.
AN ABLE DISCOURSE BY AN EMI
NENT DIVINE.
B Job op Beckwith's Baccalaureate Sermon Delivered
et tho Georgia Stato University, allowing
That no Natural Laws Woro Vlolstsd
tn ths Workings of Clirtat.
The sermon printed below was delivered by
Bishop Beckwith at tbo Athens commence
went in July last. It is due to Bishop Beck
with to say that the eerraon as presented
only the manuscript copy, many of his best
thoughts on that occasion being left out hero
that were spoken impromptu.
"Why should it be thought a thing Incredible with
you, that God should raise the dead? Acts. Ch,
•J6,V.6.
Lord Bacon,in bis "Student's Trayer,” makes
the following petition: "This also wo humbly
beg, that human things may not prejudice
such os are divine, neither that from the un-
Jockingof the gates oi sense and the kindling
of a greater natural light, anything of incre
dulity or intellectual night may arise in our
minds towards Divino mysteries/' This pray
er should Jbo in tho heart of every man who
wishes, with on unprejudiced mind, to find an
answer, to tho question, "What, is truth?"
Unconsciously wo get under the influence of
tho tendencies, of our age. Tho'intellectual
atmosphere becomes charged, if I may so
speak, with tho prevailing thoughts of the day,
and they, unconsciously to us, effect our mu
tual vision, colofing our views, disturbing our
perceptions and prejudicing our judgments.
••A predisj^osition arising out of the prevailing
habits of thought" is laid down by Mr. Le:ky
ns tho chief instrument in that great revolu
tion in human thought by which, in this ago,
so many minds have been brought into antag
onism to things miraculous,and mto^iympathy
only with things rationalistic. It is thus tho
danger arises that, whilo icienco unlocks the
S ates of sense and kindles a greater natural
ght, incredulity and intellectual night may
arise in our minds toward divino mysteries,
ft is of tho last importanco to ns that, so far
as possible, wo should free ourselves from tho
tyranny 6f what is called the spirit of the age
if we would wisely examine the claims of re
ligion, and if we hope to reach a' conclusion
which wc will bo willing to tako with us to
that life which is beyond the grave. Praying,
then, for a mind open to truth and only truth,
let us follow some of the thoughts suggested by
the text.
Tbo opostlo takes for granted the existence'
of a God, nor is it possible to discuss this text
upon any other supposition. If a miracle can
be wrought, God must work it; but il thero bo
no God, there can be no ground for argument.
We do not ask .if man can work a miracle;
the question would bo absurd, but can God do
this? And this question presupposes that
there Is a God. In 1868 Mr Huxley, writing
in tho Spectator, said: "It is and always
has been a favorite tenet of mine,
as polytheism," and that "denying .... 1
bility of mlricle* seems to mo quite as unjusti
fiable as speculative athoism." We must in
sist therefore upon tho acknowledgement oi
tho existence of God—omnipotent, omnl-
cient, omnipresent. This is the God of tho
Bible in whom Paul behoved and of whom ho
asked, "Is it incrediblo that He should raiso
the dead?" Or to simplify the question, aro
miricles incredible? The tendency of our ago
is to answer yes, they are incredible, bocauso
imposMb'c. The laws of nature aro Invaria
ble, and if God worked a miracle, Ho would
violate law* whoso regularity and changeleas-
ueis aro essential to tho very order of nature.
Ho would destroy tho harmony of his work,
intreduee irregularity and consequent catas
trophe. Or it might bo said, if not impossible,
they aro still incredible, for if God violated
ono of His fixed laws, whilo ho could by his
infinite power so control all other laws as to
prevent the violont disturbances which would
naturally ensue, yet it is incredible that He
would thus substitute such unnatural exer
tions of his power, for that grand order in tho
universe, winch through countless ages has
botirno witness to tho fact that Ho is a God of
law. That God should violate tho laws of na
ture is held to bo incrediblo, and I freely con
fess that it is exceedingly difficult to imagiao
such a thing. But, I ask. il it necessary to
imsgine such a thing? I know that the idoa
that a mirlclo is a violation of a natural law is
one of well nigh universal prevalence both
oniong scientific and religious writers; but is
it therefore true? If you will think for a mo;
ment, I believe you will seo that the state
ment—a mirnclo is a violation ol a natural
law-—is a declaration of tho moda by which
tho miracle is to bo wrought. IIow can it bo
possible for us, finite beings, to know thomodo
by which tho great God will act? Wo tako it
for granted that a miracle must be a violation
of law, and then conclude that, as sll wo know
of nature is opposed to such violation, a mira
cle is incredible! Take for oxample the mira
cle of the resurrection. Many theological
writers will grant that it is a violation of nat
ural law, and simply claim that as God is om
nipotent lie can do all things and therefore
can violate His laws; to which his opponent
will reply that though God bo omnipo
tent, yet tho violation of His laws
is so contrary to, andirrccoacilable with tho
known and universal mode by which tho
ccurac of events is governed, that It is simply
incredible that Ho should do so; and there
fore, miracles as Strauss declares aro simply
impossible! Tho real question, there
fore, is, aro miracles necessarily
violations of law? I do not believo
that they are! I do not believe that any man
is justifiable in saying that the only way in
Which God can work a miraclo is by violut ug
natural law! Bo wo know the laws of nature?
Csn we number them and call them by thoir
names? On the contrary, is it not true that
we are exceedingly Ignorant of tho laws of
nature? Alter all tho marvelous discoveries
of those laws which have distinguished this
cenfury, are not the scientists the very men
who declare that our knowledge is still in Its
infancy ? If this be so. bow can we speak so con
fidently as to tho^mode by which aloneGod can
work a miracle?* You will answer that, If the
miraclo is not a violation of lsw, it must be in
accordance with law, and then it is no miracre (
Is that true? Would tho resurrection from
the dead cease to be a miracle if it could be
shown that God accomplished it by the use of
natural laws? Every one acknowledges
that resurrection is a miracle! Well,
if to, what difference cau i
make as to tho modo in which it is performed
To coy that a miracle is incredible—mean
ing thereby a miraclo performed by violating
natural law—is simply to state that it is in
credible that miracles should bo performed
in that way ( But that fact cannot necessarily
exclude all other ways! The reason why we
consider a miracle a violation of law is thst we
have been educated to believe that because
wc cannot understand how God would work
it, and because what aro called miracles in
the Bible, seem to be violations of law, there
fore if God work a miracle, He most do it by
some exertion of His Power independent of
laws, by which He destroys those laws and
eub*titatcs for them His will. Now it seems
to me that it will be difficult to prove that
this view must be the coirect one. Granting
that we do not know bow God would work a
miracle, and that those mentioned in the
Bible seem to bo violations of law, can you
prove that they are such violations? Ir so
you must first show that you ere familiar with
all the laws of nature (which no man claims)
and with all their possible combinations
(wbich.it Impossible) and also that you know
so definitely the limit of God's power (not of
violating) but of combining these laws
without violating them, that you
feel justified in saying that He
cannot work a miracle without violating those
laws! Bo yon think any mortal man would be
justified in saying all this of himself ? If not,
then how con he say a miracle is a violation
of law? If on the other hand you insist that
ir it be not a violation of natural law, then it
must be in accordance with law, and therefore
not a miracle. What docs that prove? We
desire to believe that God can, or will raise
tfce dead! Pappose you could Drove that He
did it in strict accordance with law, and that
therefore, It Is not what is called a mirage;
still, the dead woold be raised, end that is the
important matter—net how it was done. Bat j
let us look a little more closely at this matter.
What power has man over tho forces, ot na
ture? His power is very limited, and yet
within thoso limits he has dono many wonder
ful things. lie cannot violate a law, or sus
pend a law, or make a now law. AU that ho
can do is to learn the laws according to which
tbe forces in nature act, and then uso them.
It is important to bear in mind that by tnus
using them i. c., by inducing them to work to
gether; or to work against each other and
thus cause one to weaken or temporarily
neutralize, another, he produces results which
would not have been reached without his in
tervention. This is very important. Mon
brings to bear his knowledge ot how these
forces 8et; ho uses skill and design to take
advantage of their natural action, and thus
J ucduces new results! For example, ho
earns the power of heat acting naturally up
on water, vis: that it produces steam; lie
leorns that steam has great clastic power; ho
then builds a machino by which heat is ap
plied to water, and tho steam is conducted
into cylinders and thus ho induces stcain act
ing naturally to move a train of cars. No natu
ral law is violated; man has only utilized un
varying forces and produced results which
could not have ?>cen accomplished without his
skill. Examine the achievements of man up
on the earth, from tho construction of a tiny
pin up to the building the pyramids; from
tho making a hair spring to tho erection of a
mighty steam engine, and you will seo that
ho has simply learned how tho forces of na-
turo invariably net and then by his ingenuity
has devised modes by which these powers may
be utilized. Not one law has been violated or
suspended and no now law has been
created. It is thus ho builds a ship and, as
wo eay, defied tho winds and compelled them
to bear him safely upon the pathless ocean,
i. e., ho has simply learned how to adapt his
sails to iho forces of tho wind and used their
natural forces as motive power! He places
an engine in his ship and then drives ahead in
the very teeth of tho wind, i. o., ho uses a force
stronger thou that of tho winds and thus neu
tralizes their power. Wo say he yokes tho
lightning an<l sends it whispering round tho
world, i. o., ho learns that wire is a good con
ductor of electricity, and thon attaches tho
two ends of a wire to an electric battery and
takes advantage of tho natural law which
electricity^; invariably follows. So with ull
his wondrous works, ho simply learns tho
lows by which tho forces of nature act, aud
utilizes them, but nover violates or suspends
them, and never creates a now law. By the
exercise of his ingenuity ho brings about re
sults which would not have been achieved
without his skill. Well, if man can do this,
cannot God do it? It not, why not? If Ho
cannot then, as has been woil said,
His is tho only torpid intellect in
tho universe. Has Ho not dene
it times without number? The intemperate
winds lash and torment tho sea till its hoary
waves rise in their wrath, and with loud thun-
derings rush upomihe land as if to devour and
destroy, aud yet in each tiny drop of water
tboro is a mighty power nt work, struggling
with tbo storm, binding the wators down, and
in tho still, small voico of gravitation spook
ing over, "Hitherto shalt thou coiuo, but no
further, and here shnlt thy proud waves bo
stayed 1" i. o.: Tho forces of tho wind did
drivo tho waters over tho laud, but tbo forco
of tho attraction of gravitation struggles with
and neutralizes tho power of tho tompest.
How i» it that tho earth moves round tho sun?
Simply by the utilizing two forces of nature:
By the one forco viz: that of motion tho earth
would go forward forever into tho dopths ot
space; by tho othor viz: that of tho sun's at
traction, tho earth would go crashing into tho
sun; but by bringing both to act at tho saino
time, a now result is producod. Tho forward
motion is checked by attraction to tho sun,
the attraction is checked by the forward mo
tion, and tho earth moves quietly in its orbit.
No law is violated or suspended, and no now
law is made.
"Thorulo is m nature," says a distinguished
scientist, "that laws ,,aro habit
ually mado to . counteract each
other in precisely tho manner and degree
which 'some definite rcfulC requires." "No
purposeis over attained in nature except by tho
enlistment of laws ns tbe means and instru
ments of attainment." Man by his skill in
taking advantage of theso laws, constructs tho
electric telegraph. God by Ills divino skill
has constructed within nn animal an elec-
trio machino more beautiful and wonderful
thon man had ever dreamed of. "Ihooloe*
trie ray, or torpedo fish has been provided
with an electric battery which would seem mi
raculous, did man not know that it is natural.
Boys tho duko of Argylo: "There are no less
thon 910 hexagonal columns in this battery,
liko those of a bee's comb, and each of them is
sub-divided by a series of horizontal plates
which opnear to bo analogous to the plates
of a vollalc pilo. Tno wholo is
supplied with an enormous amount
of nervous matter, four great branches ol
which aro as large as the animal's spinal cord
snd theso spread out in a multitude of thread
like filaments 'round the prismatic columns,
and finally pats Into tho coils, suggestion an
analogy with the arrangement by wbicn an
electric current, passing through a coil and
'round a magnet, it used to intensify the mag
netic force. A complete knowledge of all tho
mysteries which htvo been gradually unfold
ed from the days ol Gslvauo to those of Kara-
da 7/ and of many others still inscrutablo to
u*, is exhibited in this structure. In pres
ence of this humble creation tho
knowledge of man stands abashed, and evon
Mr. Barwin exclaims: "It i* impossible to
conceive by what stops these wondrous organs
ha vo been produced." By an ingenuity
which passes man's comprehension God bas
so utilized tbo forces of nature os - to produce
in this fish an electric battery by, which it
can use tbo lightning to destroy its enemies
and capture its prey. How can man dare to
set limits to this divino knowledge and skill
and declare that what we call a miracle
must be a violation of tho law? Tho world
is literally filled with illustrations
of the fact that by utilizing the forces of nature
and never violating them, sometimes using
them singly, then combining them, and thon
opposing them to each other, results aro pro
duced which could not otherwise have bceu at
tained, and which, did wc not seo them would
l/e deemed incredible. Let nny man study
"tho wsy of an eagle in the air, which Solo
mon declared he could not know, how one natu
ral force is counteibalanced by another; how
two or more forces are combined; bow, by natu
ral forces, tbe esgle is produced—* machine of
marvelous construction, with every appliance
necessary to utilize, combine, oppose aud thus
control the forces of nature, so that he can
make that "scythe like sweep of tho wings,
that dare the hcadlougjdunge through eddy
every vegetable upon the earth! "It has been
rendered certain," says Professor Allman
"that this same protoplasm lies at the base ot
all the phenomena of life, whether in tho aui-
final or vegetable kingdom." Now, looking at
this tiny cell,try to learn how wonderfully God
works 1 Using tho forces of nature, and never
violating them, tbo life within tho coll begins
to grow and multiply cells. As you watch it,
it has constructed bones with polishcd'joiuts,
fitted them together and fastened them with
ligaments, covered them with flesh, wrapped
them wilh nerves, built all through tho flesh a
marvelous network of veins, with, hero and
there a mighty artery; planned and achieved
the construction of a heart that throbs and
beats and speeds the life blood every where;
built n skull, constructed eyes with their mar
velous sensitivoness to light; endears respons
ive to every vibration of sound; a tongue with
vocal cords to syllable man’s thoughts in
the varied tones of the human
voice, and lar within that skull, with infiufto
skill, bos devised a royal throne, whorcoti sits
and rules a kingly rnlud. Who can contem
plate this exquisite machino with all ita
marvelous combinations and adaptations, ami
refrain from the words of tho Psalmist: "Oh
Lord, thou hast searched mo out and known
mol My bones are not hid from thee, though
1 be mado secretly and fashioned beneath in
tho earth! Thinoeyos did seo my substance,
yet boing imperfect and in thy book woro all my
members written,whiclj^lay by day were fash
ioned, when as yet there was none of them."
Will you attempt to sot limits to a skill, which
by the use of tho forces of nature (never violat
ing their fixed laws) has evolved from that tiny
cell, a living man? Ono thing is perfectly sure:
"Wc do know that n force exist*, which in
our ignorancoof its true naturo we call tho vital
force, which has built up our bodily frames out
of a mere germ. This*ha« been effected without
the smallest violation of auy low or order ol
nature, though in tho course of its activity it
has neutroiizcd the action of other forces which
would havo exerted an opposite influence if
left to their unrestrained uction." "As this
process has been effected onco without auy
violation of such order, is thero any reason
why the knowledge, and power, and skill ol
tho Creator shall not be nblo to effect it a
second t1mo without nny violation of such
order? If ono did not know that a body lias
been constructed in this way, wc would simply
say it ia incredible. How then can wo say
that* for the Creator to reverse the process
without violating law, would bo incredible?
And yet, to reverse this process would bo the
resurrection!" Why then should it bo thought
a thing incrediblo with you that God should
raise tno dead? 1 do not say that this ia tho
way that God works miracles, for that woro
presumption, but I do say that if before man is
formed He can so utilize the lordca
of naturo os to build up a mau
(and this wo know ho does), there
is ncching incrediblo in the supposition that
by using tho forces of naturo IIo can rebuild a
man after IIis body has returned to its o~* f
nnl elemental but tho return of man b
original elements is doath, and the rebuilding
him is ressurrection 1 aud therefore 1 do any
tbat it is not a thing incrediblo that God
should raise tho dead! And yet this rcssur-
rection is the fonodamental fact upon which
Christianity rests.
TALMAGE ON “INGERSOLL1331."
A NATION’S GRATITUDE.
the flag waves six hundred
FEET ABOVE GROUND,
From the DIrry Heights or the Washington Mona-
r.'.rr.T- The Piaohig of the Cap.itons Yert.n-djy
The Bxcreiocs-Tho Inscriptions on tfa
Aluminum Apex-Other Matters.
Washington*, December 0.—Tho long ex
pected completion of tho Washington monu
ment obelisk was accomplished this afternoon
by setting in place thp _marble capstono aud I Atagged her around the room. Sho had not thor-
PIERCED ifEIl EYES.
A Helpless Womnu Dllnded by Her Husband
-Savage Use ot a Shoemaker's Awl,
Fit m the Philadelphia Chronicle Herald.
John McCarron, of 410 East Eighteenth street,
New York, returned homo after a prolonged de
bauch early yesterday morning, and as usual be
gan to quarrel with his wife, a dolleato woman,
twenty-fire years old, who was uursing an lufent
one month old. . IIo was very Jealous oi her good
looks and stylish appearance, and frequently belt
and kicked her. Shortly after the birth of their
child ho pulled her from the bed by tho hair aud
ice gulfs of air," and with Job he will exclaim,
"lie doetb great thing* past finding out, yea,
and wonder* without number!" These
achievements are none the less marvelous be
cause, perchance, the law ol evolution may be
the great instrument by which they are brought
about; tbe achievement* remain, amazing in
their self-evident design and wonderful in
their accomplishment!
Bat who may attempt to fathom tho
depths of knowledge, or to compass
the miracles of skill by which, through
tbo agency of natural laws, the
Great Muter Builder haa wrougot
out tho wondrous structure of
a man? What numberless natural forces are
at work in him, each equal to his destruction!
Wiih wbat superhuman skill they are com
bined in balances and counter-balances—and
how with a wizzerd's skill that mysterious
thing which we call life guides and controls
the mighty engine! Let the life pass out of
thst body, and at once tho forces of nature, no
longer restrained, begin Vo act, each according
to il* law, and tho bodv is disintegrated; each
element is released from combination with
another clement, and tho body, as a compact
structure, disappears. While the life la in it,
the forces of naturo are controlled in their
marvelous combinations and the body remains
a wondrous instrument, by and through which
man expresses himself to his fellow-man and
works tnc wonders of bis skill upon the earth;
remove tho life, and the forces of nature de
stroy the body. Now, take this man and trace
his history beck till you reach the first
minute protoplasmic cell —a minute par
ticle of matter in which moves this
mysterious life. Remember that this human
protoplasm, so far ca man can distinguish, is
identical with that of every other animal and
The Great Brooklyn Divine's Famous Loo-
turc—Bow It was Received.
A large audlenco of our best pcoplo packed Do
Give’s opera house Tuesday, night, to hear Rev.
T. DeWftt Talmago In his eelobrated lea-
turo on "Ingersolllsm.” It was
lecturer's first appenrtneo sluoo leaving Now
York, and It was evident as soou as ho walked on
the stago tbat he was In splendid health aud
spirits. He was Introduced In a few appropriate
words by Rev. Dr. Hawthorne.
After returning tbaoka for hi* hearty welcome,
Dr. Talmago expressed, his ploasuro ni
being present. Ho felt tbat this
Wfll the best ngo of tho world,
. the heal century, the best decade, the bed year,
"the best month, ’the best day and tho boat hour.
AU tho ages had contributed their Influences to
the formation of tbat moment. He presented his
theme lu the shape of a enso undergoing Judicial
investigation. Taking lilt entire audience for a
jury, ho at onco proceeded to call
tho care of "Infidelity, plaintiff,
agalnst:Cbrlstfantty, defendant." Bsforo culling
the first witness for tho plaintiff ho desired to re
mind tho jury of tho old legal maxim, "Falso In
part, false In all." His first witness was Robert G.
IngcnoU, aud ho proposed to show that his testi
mony was false In many things, and therefore de
served to bo thrown out. Ingcrsoll was then
quoted to tho effect that tho Bible was a cruel
book, an Impure book, woman’s tyrant, rain’s
stulllflcatlon, etc. Ingeraoll pretended that God
established and favored polygamy. In replying
lo this charge the lecturer was at.Ills beat. God
mado ono wife for Adam, and It was natural to
tupptso that be desired man to contlnuo os ho
had started him. When ho cauiodtho ark to bo
built ho had tho animals go In two by two, aud
Nosh and his wife, and each of
Noah’s sons with ono wife. file, could Just os
easily have allowed each man to take in naif a
down wives, but ho didn’t. All of the greatest
and happiest of the good men In the Bible bad
ono wife eacb. Home ono might speak
up and ask about David. What sort of a
time did David have ? lie was well punished for
his polygamy. His enemies were after him, tho
Lord was after him, disease was after, him, death
was after him. Take It altogether, David bad n
pretty hard time with his polygamy.
If tho Bible waa such* cruel book there ought
to bo a good deal of cruelty practiced by its
readers, but such did not appear
to foe the case. There were 230,000,000 copies of
tbo Bible in the world, bat Its readers had not dis
tinguished themselves as tho most cruel of tho
world’s people. The charge that It waa woman's
tyrant would not do. Everybody knew that
whenever tho Bible entered n conn*
try women were freed from thoir
Imprisonment and serfdom and Uftodupto
their rightful position. Instead of handuiffr and
chain* on Iho women before him fir the audlcucc,
he.raw gold bracelets and glittering necklace*.
Buch badges of slavery were worn oy women in all
Bible lands, and they did not seem to be vary
galling.
J trimp* the Bible could not be read in iU en-
tfrtty in the pulpit, as Ingersoll had charged,
nut.It. waa not Intended to read every
**ua of
They
Us pyramidal apex of nlumnium. Tho coro-
monies were few and simple, an elaborate
cclobration of tho ovont being reserved for
Washington’s birthwny.
Shortly after 2 o'clock Colonel Thomas L.
Casey, tho government engineer in chargo,and
his assistants, Captain Davis, United States
army, and Bernard P. Green, civil engineer,
together with Master Mechanic McLaughlin
and several worffmon, standing on tho narrow
platform around tho eloping marble roof noer
tho summit, proceeded to sot tho capstono
weighing 3,000 pounds, which was
suspended from a quadrapod of heavy
joists supported by a platform and towering
forty feet abovo them. As soonasthocan
stone was set tho American flag was unfurled
over head and a salute oi twenty-one guns was I anco,
promptly fired by Major Hanuomums militia I C( j
t^‘:w^h n o Ul e rn h fo h f 0, ;'b?e r r ri^iu;;7.'infi l v r I UcCrronany. other, o. them wM*.
from the crowd of spectators gathered around
tho bsso of tho monument, whilo numbers of
invited guests'on the 600 feet platform and iu
(bo interior of tho monument at that level
spontaneously struck up tho "Star-Spangled
Bonner," ana othor patriotic songs. A steady
downpour of rain had givifii plnco
a liltlo whilo previously to a brisk
gale of wind. At this elevation and bit wing
about 65 miles an hour, and very few of tho
invited guests cared to avail themselves of tho
privilege of climbing tho nearly perpendicu
lar ladder from tho 500 foot platform to tho
dizzy height of 533 feet from which three or
four jouru&tists and half a dozen othor advon-
turous climbers witnessed tho placing of the
cap stono and subsequently ascended to its
pinnacle.
Mennwhilo tbo Washington monumont so
ciety, represented by Dr. Joseph W. Toner,
lion. Horatio King, General Wni. Mckeo
Dunn, Dr. Daniel D. Clark and T. L. Harvoy,
secretary, held a meeting on the clavator
platform nt a height of 500 feet, and wlicu tho
artillery fir?ng announced tho fixture of tho
capstono, adopted a resolution offered by Gen
eral Bunn, congratulating tho Atnorican
ouglily recovered from that assault when ho beat
her ycitcrdsy. After ho had satisfied himself he
threw her bsek Into the bed, and then woat to
tleep himself on a lounge. At six o'clock lu the
morning, he again dragged her out of bed and or
dered her to prepare tho breakfast. She feebly ask-
td it ho could not prepare It himself, a* sho
arsured him that sho was so weak and 111 that
the could hardly stir. The bruto threw her upou
the loungo aud grasped her by tho throat until
her,face became almost purple. Then he put
hhjthumbs into tho sockets of her eyes and al
most gouging the optics out ol their places, said:
"I’ll pull out your eye* and give them to the
children for marbles."
RKFl'SRD TO COSPLAIH.
The poor woman screamed In her agony, and
the other tenants of the houso ran to her assist-
but tbe doors of tho apattmeut were lock-
A couple of men broke lu tho door aud
cd McCsrron away. Others of them wished
to go for tbo police, but tho woman begged them
not to do so. However, n pollcemau did cuter
her rooms, but she refused to mako a complalut,
and tho neighbors left her alone. "I want my diti-
ucr at 20 minutes niter 12 o’cloek," said tho hus
band as he left tbo home to go to bis work. "If
you don't havo It I'll flirisb you." When ho re
turned at that hour his wife was lying on the *ofa
nursing her Infant. Tho other child, a boy of six
years, wasplaying on the lloor. "Where's my diu-
herald. “lam too weak to sot It ready,"
tbo.replied. "Then I'll fix you. You have bceu
flirting and going with other men. I'll sec that
you will not do it any more."
riCKlNO IIBit EVE*.
Jfe caught her by the hair, threw her on tho
fleer and choked her. She tried to scream, but
Was unable. Then picking up a shoemaker's nwl
he lifted her eyelids and pierced tho pupils to tho
hilt of tho weapon, saying: "I’ll blfndyou for life,
any how." Then pain gave her voice.
Her rcrcams again brought the neigh
bors to tho room. They sum
moned Officer Jennings, who found upon eu-
people on tho completion of this enduring I * cr,n » Hint McCarron had Htd. A clover
monument of our nation’a cratitudo to tho Pi«* ofdetoctivo work was dono by Jennings,
father of liia country." Among thoso prcscut 1 * ,l ~ »•*»*—-
to-day at tho completion of tho structure was
ono of Iho master mechanics who "laid tho
corner stono of tho monument more than 36
years ago, and an old watchman of tho mon
ument, who has been continuously employed
In that capacity during nearly tho wliolo
of tho intervening period. Tho"
flag over tho monument floated to-day
.from tho flag staff'tho top of which is oxactly
six hundred foef from tho ground; thus dis-
ploying Amorican colors at tho greatest hoight
of construction ever vet known in tho world.
The monument itself with its total hoight of
five hundred and fifty feet lar over tops every
other structure of human hands.
CAROLINA AT NEW ORLEANS.
Tho ArmugomePts for n Comprehensive
Display nt tho World's Exposition*
Coi.vMBfA, B. C., December 3^-[Bpeela1.]—
It is a safe prediction that no other southern
state will mnko n more varied, comprehensive
and brilliant disiday ol it* agricultural, min-
crloglcnl, horticultural, floral, botanical,
piscatorial, mechanical and industrial re
sources nt the approaching New Orleans expo
sition than will H<>uth Carolina. Tho tdalo
exhibit. Bent nearly n week ago, hns reached
its destination, ana workmen aro now busily
employed in unpacking the articles and
placiug them in proper position. A skillful
artist of Columbia, M. A. Handler, hna been
deputed by tho South Carolina commissioners
lo superintend tho arranging of tho exhibit.
When all tho article* shall havo boonarrangod
for public inspection Mr, Handler feels confi
dent tho display mode by the palmetto state
will not suffer by comparison with that of any
sister state.
Tho exhibit consists of agricultural spool
mens, mineral*, phosphates, fishos, birds, iu
who traced ldm to the wharf at tlio foot of East
Twentieth street and fouud him hiding iu a coal
bln. McCarron raised a shovel when tho police
man appeared, but tho cool officer
drew his revolver and *ahl: "If
you do not como with mo quietly I’ll kill you.
Youdwcrvolt." Ho was locked up. Auainbu-
laucotook lln, McCarron to Bellevue hospital.
Officer JcHidngi, as tho ambulance left, went luto
tbe rooms occupied by tho patient, aud curried
the Infant td the atationhousc, accompanied by
the iioy. Tho officers did all lu their power to
paoi/y the crying babe.
Til* VICTIM’S 8TOBY.
A reporter saw Mr*. McCarron In ward l’J of
Bollfvuo hospital. "1 am twenty-flvo years of
she said; "my husband married mo ten
years ago. 1 bavo a boy six years of age, and a
toy tbreo weeks Did, Just after my confinement
he qusrrelcd with mo and kicked me. 1 did not
complain. To-day about ono o'clock,
Jmt after midnight, ho camo homo
and accused mo of going out with other
men. This I denied* and he struck me a terrible
w. Ho kept tlio quarrel up for an hour or so,
I then went to bed. At C o’cloek ho got up and
ordered mo lo get his breakfast. I was too weak
after my revere bcaliug. He caught rao by tho
hair and dragged tno from the bed to a loungo
ho choked me into insensibility and then
left me. IVhciiho was choking mo ho said, ‘i'll
tako your eyes out and givo them to tho
children for marbles, aud If my dinner Is not
ready when I como homo at noon Til finish you.'
At eight o'clock some of the neighbor* camo In,
os they heard my baby cry and heard my moaut.
Tbeybroko open the door. They did all they
conhl to assist me. At about 12:20 my huabaud
camo homo aud upbraided me for not hailing hi*
again caught mo by tho hair and dragged mo to tbo
lounge, wlicro ho said: 'I'll blind you for life.’ Ho
then took a shoemaker's awl which ho use l to
taatud his shoes, and lilting my eyelid* picreod my
cycatothohandloof tho weapon." Tho doctors
at tho hospital my that sho will bo blind for ii/o if
»bc iccovers, aud tho latter 1* only to bo bopsd
for. McCarron would not talk of tbo affair.
»cct», .ni mil., trull., (lower*, horbi. manu- dimerredy. IIo doe. not ilrlnk; noltUerdoI. IIo
jiffl ,! iji^* , 1i.TiliK r<1 u' * “ ,! " ln ““ ht mo bv 1110 tm,r “a Ilr “ rawlmo 10lh0
con illicit jni.ilrr artM?,/ ’ '
Tho agricultural specimen* consist of halos
of cotton, cotton stalks, lint and seed cotton,
sen island cotton, threshed and sheafed grain,
wheat, onls, rye, borloy, rico, grasses, roots,
boles of bay and fodder. There ia also In*
eluded in this department a largo and valua
ble collection of nativo grasses arranged in
sheaves and labeled with their botanical and
common names.
Tho wood collection is tho largest over gotten
together from sny stato. Nearly every va
riety is represented. Thero aro fit all about
425 s)»ecimons.
Tho minerals include gold, silver, tin, lead
and copper ores from mines in oi>cration in
various sections of tho state. The nhosphato
exhibit, Indian relics, etc., sro embraced in
this department.
There will bo about olghty specimens of tho
larger variety of food fishes in plaster and
about 150 in alcohol. Dr. O, ’K. Manfgtult,
curator of tbo Chtrldhton museum, carries tho
best specimens of animals, birds, etc., from
uvek vi nuiiiii'ia, uirus, vu.., iruiu i bhu iivniuu wmuiuumxnu inu ui|ui;h ounur iu
thst institution. All of these and tho fish I tho gift of tho people, lu previous add roues aud
will bo exhibited under rasgnificent glass
rases, built expressly for this purpose by Dr.
The manufactured good* will bo displayed
in hondsemo glass rases. There will bo somo
GOO jsrs of fine fruit in alcohol—apple*, peach
es, poors, grapes, etc. They are put up in
elegant museum jars. Also, a largo quantity
of crystalixed fruits, jams, jollies, etc.
The abovo description is but an Imperfect
ono of South Carolina's contribution to tho
world’s fair. It Iisafe to say tbat tho state
will never have cause to regret appropriating
O’NEAL’S SECOND TERM.
Tho InnuguraUAddross of Governor; Q'Noal,
of AJnlmmn.
Montgomery, December J.—[Spesltl,]—Tbo
oath of office was to day administered to Governor
O'Neal by Chief Justice Htonc. The governor
then spoke as follows:
Sonatora and Representatives: I am grateful for
tho renewed confidence tho people haro reposod
in me lu con/errf ug on me a second Umo tbe high
office of "chief executive" of thestatoof Alabama,
nud through you I return to thorn my profound
thanks. 1 esteem tho office ol governor o! a great
and growing commonwealth the highest honor in
mmsgcsl bavo set before you tho actual eoudl
tion of our affairs, and I beg to call, for a brie/
time, your attention lo what may bo anticipated
(or tbo future of oux state.
With a genial and health giving climate, a pro
lific roll, unlimited waterpower, vast virgin for
ests, exhaustion bed* of Incomparable Iron-ore,
and measuroJeM deposits of bltumiuous coal, with
slate, fire clay, marble, copper and goiJ, tho re
sources and posnibiUUcs of Alabama are limitless,
end iho spirit of enterprise has laid Us
hand on all its seen and unseen treasures,
pa»»gcs In the Bible Inten ;d for private reading
w»re not of *uch a character as would make peo
ple love vice. Iniquity was shown up In
Mich a wey as to make men turn
from it with loathing. The Bible was the meat
popular book in the world, and Jesus was the most
po ulsr name. He read rapfdly from a ttbo
t* in a year.
JDjtc-isoii ana Ms followers were baring
a dw a»y time of ft. They were trying to nat oat
ir.« lights, to break tbe staflb on wh’cb men lean
est IpfidfJity bail ever dono tohcwefSt mankind,
snd the <f«-4tli ot every Infidel was either marked
by stolid fndlJ&rrnco or horror, They
seemed to have but oee aim. to fight CbrutUaity.
r>r ^rlMs of tbr*<» Infidels wanted to*ub«t!iute toe
"I don’t know" relLdon for the "I do know" rell
ston. The*#- were tho Agnostic*. To this claw bo
longed tbe man who didn't believe anything thst
cf.tfldnot ho explained,but hews.* takes aback
d not ho explained, but he was take \ aback
preacher asltei him to
why some cows bal horns
Another
whrn
explain
man of this stripe wouldn't believe anyth! ig that
hr couldn't gee. He was effectually abut up by a
frend wbaasked Mm ffbe believed that be bod a
striking than graceful. 'Ills manner
I* aggressive, and be looks Uko a good hater and a
hard fit hrer. |n dealing with ”In»er*>fli*ai" be
handled r-nly * few nt its preposterous and
bandied them roughly. He I* thoroughly tn earn
•et,sndcsrrhsbis audience with him. Il was
»vfdrnt JsstDfgkt 'Kstbls beams wore not only
d, lighted bat a solidnsltsgaxmt rogenolt and hU
doctrine*. Dr. T'Image»<»v always swans upon a
crowded bouse i &d a warm welcome In Atlanta.
t , 0 000 f orll , e p ur p^of making, comul.to n TJ,oldevdopmin.
exhibit of h«r resource.. A movement I. on | XllSSSfwdSyiS iJSSSifu-
naccs and mills are ruing from the ground os If by
foot to arrange « grand excursion front Colum
bia to New Orleans about Christmas wcok.
Comroiisioncr-Genersl Burke has invited tho
Bouth Carolina legislature to visit the exposi
tion in a body. The matter is to be brought
before the general assembly in a few day*. It
is altogether likely tbat the invitation will be
accepted. _
iiga Kist,
From the Jonoboro, Go., News.
Last Thursday Mr. Ephraim itountroo
brought a huge rat to town, which ho had
killed on bis place. The rat was the largest
ever seen In these ports, and measured over
twenty inches in length. Something had been
killing Mr. R.’a chickens for some time, and
he knew not what it waa. Thursday morning
he discovered that his chickens were
ml*
cucbsntmcuC, giving employment to thousand* of
sturdy and industrious men, whose skill and labor
liansmiitcall they touch Into gllUerfug coin.
As if just aroused from a long sleep, our poople,
fought fortitude aud given strength in the school
oi defeat, taught confidence and self-reliance fn
the tuhool of poverty, are gfrdmg up their loins
for a new career of culture and progress, aud pre
paring for achievements more practical, aud
useful, if lew grand, than those that Illuminate
their bhtory.
Heme of tho petce and contentment, some of
(he matchless beauties of domestic life, some of
the pleasures and enjoyments of tbe olden time,
wllibeloit; but the next generation of Aiobam-
isms will be abreast with tbe foremost peoples of
the world in all that mokes up tbo civilization of
the times, and mountain and valley, bill and
being disturbed and' hastened
their rescue. When coming up with them be
tOw! I i»lV, wlll’bMr tntlraonir lo Ihelr
««ck, tnd vu fut ckokio? it t« death. Mr. 1
B. hid to get his shotgun (Wore ho could con
quer th. rut, but b. fin.Ur came out victori-
oue, end brought the dud nt to town. It eras
the lergest ret wo bm ever seen, and eomc-
wbat ruemtdod an ’opoenum.
The Scour,o tn Geor,!n,
From the Athena, Oa., Banner.
The acoorge that la now killing so man.
evidence ol their luxury, and attest their magolll-
ccnce.
Ancwll^itlsglofl/jln* our unequalled land
and a new life isatlrtlngnmon, us. For better or
lot worts, the chaoge Is comlog; and we sen not
ouch hasten, or much delay, by our actiou'her.,
the lnerltablc splendor ol the new era, end it
woold not be wlw. II Itwero possIMo, lor lie to
accelerate the resistless current ol events lor
people In Virginia, passed through Franklin | which ueara hardly yst prepared,
coil my then, now Banks, in 18M or IMS. The I The imntlornutlon I, not to be wrought by lei-
physician, did not under sued the disease, I fajuUre setioo, or to be retarded by leelsietln lu
ted ell effort* to eheek It proved t failure. | inference; hut It It tllenUy, also-.t ImiwrcepUbly
'•j
ru^it »id ll It h C t£!t C S‘i J pUnUtlon Providing lor the i>r*«et, adapting lewstoex-
wculdsoon bo depopulated, until Dr. Doctor, I httogcouflUton*, Uvlrnr within oar meono.glviog
of Jefferson, xcaa {Jtfor7*nd ho prepaired L fuU protection to life, liberty and property, ami
medicine Ifctt S'>;n stopped tho dreadful thus Inviting the stranger with hi* intelligence
scourge. I and capital to come and shore with u s all tbefu
turo has in store, weean only await tho fruition
of tho brightest hope that stirs tho mind, and tiros
the heart of the most sanguine among us.
Auspicious omens greet us everywhere; not
only In the advancement and growth of our state
In all that pertains to its prosperity and the edu
cation of our people, but In tho bright prospect*
of a federal administration economically and
wisely administered, guided by tbo constitution,
and governed by law. Ones more, after twenty-
four years of ranl-admluistratfon, tho people have
elected to tho exalted office of president a man sin
gularly fitted by strong common senso, great execu
tive ability, and fearless integrity, to reform tbo
appalling abuses which havo crept into tho ad
ministration of tho general government. I trust
it will prove to bo a restoration of tho government
of tho fathers afid founders of tho republic, and
that tho wholo people of tho United States will
realize uuder his administration that "more per
fect union” referred to In tho preamble to tho
constitution.
GRAY HAIRS CRIMSONED.
i^Fntlier AerfdentalJy fihoota His Favorite
Child.
From the New York Morning Journal.
“Father, you havo klllod me!"
As bo uttered tlicso words narry Edward* fell
to tho floor In his father’s houso, No. West
Forty-third street, about 11 o'clock a. m. yeiter-
day.
Tho white-haired old man to whom these word*
were addressed stood for a momont motionless,
bolding a smoking revolver in hi* hand. Thou
lie shrieked:
"Wbat have I dono? O, GoJ, forgive me!" and,
dashing the pistol to tho floor, ho threw himself
on the appnrrcnt lifeless body of his sou and kiss
ed tbo ugly wound over tho right eye, from which
tho blood r,urged in a steady stream, turning hi*
gray beard crimson.
Ppeak tome, Harry," bo cried. "Say yon wlll
forgive yonr poor old father, who would not hurt
hair of your darling head."
Receiving no answer tho old rasa sprang to hlx
feet and glared fiercoly at another son, who mood
in the renter of tbo room with a carving-knife
poised tlm-atculngly in hi* band.
"Go!" thundered the old man: "you bise, igno-
blo sou! You havo mado your father a murderer.
May my ctmo follow you night and day."
Tho knlfo fell from tho man’s hand nud ho
rushed from tho room.
Detective llellly, of tho Forty-second street *U-
tlcii, was fooii at tho house, no found Mr.
Edwa/dsiUllkuccIIng by hfs wounded son and
crying bitterly.
"1 did it," ho said when tho deflective entered;
'arrest me.’,'
Ho was taken to tlio statlon-houso. Sergeant
Htcvenreu would not lock tho old gcutloman in a
cell, but gave him tho prlvllcgo of Captain KII-
lllca’s private room.
Dr. Little, of No. «>, West Fortieth street, was
called Iu to attend tho wounded man. Tbo bul
let mado a frightful wouud over tho rlght cyc, hut
did not penetrate tho skull. Dr. Little think* tbat
(ho wouud Is a fatal one. Lost night tho young
man was removed to fit. Luko’s hospital.
Mr. Kdwaids gave on account of tho occurrence^
toa Journal reporter later in tho day. Ho is tho
father ol four sons, tbreo of whom aro young men,
of excellent character. Charley, tho fourth ono
is tho "black sheep" ot tho family according to
tho lather's statement.**.
i his boyhood," said Mr. Edwards, sadly,
'bo has been a scapegrace. In 1871 bo broko into
my houso on Forty-third street and robbed mo of
a large sum of money. He was arrested and sonl
to stala's prison for two years."
To escape the disgrace of thl* Mr. Edwards re
moved to Newark, When Charley was released ho
attempted to take Ills father's life.
Having hccotto wealthy Mr, Edwards removed
to tho home on Forty-third street.
HInco then," said Mr. Edward*, "I havo con
stantly supplied Charley with money, although he
has rcpmtcdly attempted to tako my life. -Go-1
knows 1 loved tho boy dearly snd did nil 1 could
to redeem him. All the money J gave him ho
spdit iu drink, leaving his wifo destitute in New
ark. 1 have supplied her with numey.
"A week ngo )tu>t Thursday Charley camo to my
homo niul flourished a razor until he succeeded
in gcttliigsomo money from mo. Lost night ha
returned again, and got more money.
"This morning ho walked into tlio hoaso ag.tiii.
My ion Harry and I wero talking together. Har
ry mauled Some time ago and lives nt No. 192
Ferry street, New ark. Ho called to spend tho day
with mo.
" 'Give mo more money?' told Charley.
"'I won't,’ I replied. ‘Lcavo the bon*- for
ever.’
"'If you don't supply mo with more cash, I'll
cut your old heart out'.* ho cried ngaln.
"'Nota cent!’
"Hardly bad tho words loft my mouth when he
drew a c aning knife from his i-lcove and Sprang
at mo. I drew the pistol from my pocket, shut my
eyes, and fired to save my life. I opened them
again to find that 1 had shot my dear sou Harry,
who had attempted to spring between mo and my
would-be murderer to snvo my life. That’s all,"
concluded tho old man as his eyes filled with
nr*.|
Tho scapcyraco who fled after tho tragody is
being sought for by tho police.
Tho revolver with which tho deed was committed
Is a flvc-chsmbcrcd "Red Jacket," No, 2.
Joseph Edwards, the fstber. is slxty-fivo year*
old. Ho Is a tall, portly gentleman, \YIth gray
hair and beard, blue eye*, and a pleasant cut of
countenance. Ue says ho will kill bit scapegrace
son on sight. - _ -»
Mrs. Daniel Wcidnor, Now Baden, Texa
was cured of severe neuralgia by St,
Oil, tho great pain-cure.
oh*
CONSUMPTION CURED,
missionary tho formula of a siniplo vegetable
remedy for tho speedv and-permanent euro of
consumption,bronchitis,catnrrh,uthma and all
throat and Inng affections, also a positivo and
radical euro for nervons debility and all new
oun complaints, after having tested .its won
derful curative powers in thousands of cases,
hta felt It his duty to m&kn it known to h(s
suffering fellows. Actuated by this moilvo
and a desire to rollevo human suffering, I will
send freo of charge, to all who desire It, this
receipt in German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing snd using. Bout by
mail by tddreuing with stamp, naming this
paper, W. A. Noyes, 149 Power's block, Ro
chester, N. Y. oow
Flies and ling*.
Flies, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice,
s, chipmunks, cleared out by "Rough on
asDUuy, impoic:, • -c n ue
pot 423 Canal st., N.Y.
Tliw 115,000 Friz* to su Unknown Hero.
It is collected by tbe Louisians National
Benk for sn unknown depositor. Tbe lucky
78,465 was presented at tbe main offices of tho
Louisiana btat* Lottery Company by Mr. A
Luria,Cashier of the Louisiana National Bank,
for a depositor. This is all that the Lottery
Company knows of iL and Mr. Luria declined
tonamo the fortOnato holder. A check fur
$75,000 was deposited to tbe credit of the
lucky depositor,—New Orleans City Item,
Oct, 18.
prominent foa*
No mirror ever yet threw back
A more repulsive t!gb%
Then teeth that arc decayed and black;
Or one more pure and bright
Than rows of pearls that *11 may vaunt
Who put their faith in fiOZODONT.