Newspaper Page Text
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA„~ TUESDAY JUNE 9 1885.
TALMAGE’S SERMON.
FP.EACHED YES PER DAY IN BROOK
WNTABBRNACLE.
on theSubject. “rhe nij we Lireim'-Vverx wen
end Women Hu Hie Dod.Appointed Work
Thou, urea of the Present Dot e Dud-
letter Poe to mee-Other rotate.
Bsooxltx, If. Y., Jane [Special.]—Dr.
Talmage preached this moraine in the Brook
lyn taberaaclo on the eubjcct, "The day ire
lire in." Before the termon he reid in the
Old Teatament concerning a ecene in the
Fenian palacea. He alto real the namea of
many new membera who daring the pact few
weeks hare united with the church. The
opening hymn waa:
"Salvation, oh, the Joyful sound,
'lis pleasure to oar cars!"
The text waa from Esther It, 14: "Who
knoweth whether thou art come to the king*
dom for such a timo as this.” Dr. Talmage
said:
Esther, the beautiful, was the wife of Ahaa-
uerus the abominable. The time had come
for her to present a petition to hor infamous
husband in behalf of the Jewish nations to
which she had once belonged, Bhe was afraid
to undertake the work lest she should lose her
own life; bother uncle, Mordocai, who had
brought her up, encouraged her with the sug
gestion that probably she had been raised up
of Ood for that peculiar mission. "Who
knoweth whether thou aro como to the king
dom for aueh a timo as this?"
Esther had her God-appointed work) yon
and I bare ours. It is my business to tell you
wbat style of men and women you ought to
be in order that you may meet the demand ef
tho age in which God has cut your
lot. If you hero come ex
pecting to hear abstractions discussed
or dry technicalities of religion glorified you
have como to the wrong church ; but if you
would really like to know what this age hu a
right to expect from you as Christian men
and women, then I am ready In the Lord’s
name to look you in tho face. When two arm
ies have rushed into battlo, the ollieera of
either army do not want a philosphical dis
cussion about tho chemical properties of
human blood, or tho naturo of gunpowder:
they want some one to man tho batteries and
awab out the guns. And now when all tho
forces of light and darkness, of heaven and
bell, have plunged into tho fight it is no time
to give ourselvu to tho definitions and fermu-
lu and technicalities and conventionalities
of religion. What wo want is practical,earnest
concentrated, enthusiutic and triumphant
help.
In the first place, In order to meet the spe
cial demand ot this age, you need to be an
unmistakeable, aggressive Christian. Of half-
and-half Christians we do not want any more.
Tho church of Jesus Christ will be better with
out ten thousand ot them. They are the chief
obstacle to the church’s advancement I am
speaking of another kind of Christian. All the
appliances for your becoming an earnest Chris
tian are at your hand, and there is a straight
path for you into tho broad daylight ol God’s
forgiveness. You may have come into this
tabernacle the bondmen of the world, and yet
before you go out of these doors you may have
becomo princes of tho Lord God Almighty.
You remember what excitement there was in
this country years ago when tho prince of
Wales came here, how people rushed out by
hundreds of thousands to see him. Why?
Because' they expected that some day he
would sit upon the throne of England. Bat
what was all that honor compared with the
honor to which God calls you—to be sons and
daughters of the Lord Almighty; yea to be
kings and queens unlo God. "They shall
reign with him forever and ever."
But, my friend, you need to be aggressive
Cbistians and not like those persons who
spend their lives in hugging their Christian
graces and wondering why they do not
make any progress. How much ro
bustness of health would a man
have if he hid himself lu a dark closet! A
great deal of the piety of tbo day Is too exclu
sive. It hides itself. It needs mere fresh air,
more ont-door exercise. There are many
Christiana who are giving their entire life to
self-examination. They are feeling their
pulses to see what is the condition ol their
spiritual health. How long would a man
have robust, physical heallhlf be kept all tho
days and weeks and months and years ol his
life feeling his pulse Instead of going out into
active, earnest, every day work?
1 was once amid the wonderful and bewitch
ing cactus growthsof North Carolina. 1 never
was more bewildered with the beanty of flow
eret and yet, when I would take up one or
those cactuses and pull the leaves apart, the
laden with opium and rum, when the night
air of our cities is polluted with the laughter
that breaks up from the ten thousand saloons
of dissipation and abandonment, when the
fires ot the second death aro already klndloi
in the cheeks of seme who only a little while
ago were incorrupt. Oh, never since the curse
fell upon the earth hu there been a time when
it wu such an unwise, such a cruel, sueh an
awfulthing for the church to sleep. The
8 rest audiences are not gathered in tho chris-
an churches; the great audiences are gath
ered in temples of sin—tears of unutterable
woe their baptism, the blood of crushed hearts
the awful wine of their sacrament, blasphemy
their litany, and the groans of the lut world
the organ dirge of their worship.
Again, if you want to be qualified to meet
the duties which this age demands of you,
you must on the one hand avoid reckless icon-
oclasm, and on the other hand not stick too
much to things because they are old. The
air, if full ot new plans, new projects, new
theories of government, new theolegfes, and f
am amaeed to see hew so many Christians
want only novelty in order to recommend i
thing to their confidence; and so they vacil
late and awing to and fro, and they aro use
less and they aro unhappy. New plans—sec
ular, ethical, philosophical, religious, els-
Atlantic, trans-Atlantic, long enough to make
a line reaching from the German universities
to the great Salt Lake city. Ah. my brother,
do not take hold of a thing merely because it
Is new. Try it by the realities of a judgment
day. But on the other hand do not adhere to
anything merely because it is old. There is
not a single enterprise of the church or tho
world but has sometime been scofled at.
There was a time when men derided even
Bible societies, and when a lew roam
met near a haystack in Maaaacnusetl
organised the first missionary society ever or
ganised in this country there went laughter
and ridicule all around the Christian church.
They said the undertaking wu preposterous,
and so also the work of JcsusChrist wu asuil-
ed. People cried out: “Who overheard of sueh
theories of ethics and government! Who
ever noticed sueh a style of preaching u Je
sus has!" Ecckicl bad talked of mysterious
wings and wheels. Here cams a man from
Capernaum and Genesuret and be drew his
illustrations fi--m the lakes, from the sand,
from the ravine, from the lilies, from tho corn
stalks. How tho Pharisees scofled! Hew
Herod derided! How Judas hiued; and this
Jesus they plucked by tho board and they spit
in bis face and they called him, "this fellow."
All the great enterprises in and out of the
church have at times been scofled at and thero
have been a great multitude who
have thought that the chariot of God’s truth
would fall to pieces if itoneegotoutoftbo
old rut. And so there aro thoso who have no
patience with anything like improvement in
that it had evert
> flower. And there arc
fust palling apart their owa Christian experi
ences to see what there la in them, and there
is nothing left of them. This stylo of self-
examination Is a damage instead or an advan
tage to their Christian character. I remember
when I wu a boy I used to have a small piece
in the garden that I called my own, and I
planted corn there, and every fe w days I would
pull It up to soe how futit wu growing.
Now there arc a great many Christian
people In this day whose self-examination
merely amounts to tbs palling up of that
which they only yesterday or the
day before planted. U, my Irisnds, 11 you
want to have a stalwart Christian character,
plant it right out of doors in tho great field of
Christian usefulness, amljtbough storms may
come upon it, and though the not sun of trial
may try to consume it, it will thrive until it
becomes a great treo in which the fowls of
heaven may have their habitation. I have no
patience with thus flower-pot Christians.
They keep themselves under shelter and all
their Christian experience in a small and ex
clusive circle, when they ought to plant it in
the great garden of the Lord, so that the
whole atmosphere could be aromatic with
their Christian uufulaeu. Wbstj we want in
the church of God is more crown of piety.
The century plant is wonderfully suggestive
and wonderfully beeutifh!; but I never look
at it without thinking of its parsimony. It
lets wuole generations go by before it puts
foith one blossom; so I have really more
heartfelt admiration when I au tho dewy
tears in the blue eyes ot the violets, for they
come every spring. Vy Christian firisads,
time is going by so rapidly that we cannot af
ford to be idle.
A recent statlcian uys that human life now
hu an aveiaga of only thirty-two yura.
From theso tbirty-two years you must sub
tract all the tints you take (or sleep aud tbs
taking of food and recreation; that will leave
you about sixteen yura. From thou sixteen
yea re you must subtract all the time that you
arc necessarily engaged in the earning of a
livlihood; that wilt leave yon about eight
years. From those tight years you must take
ail tbs days and weeks and months—all the
lengih of time that is passed In sickness,
leaving you about ont year in wbion to work
for God. Oh, my soul, wake up! flow dareet
thou sleep in harvest time and with to taw
hour* in which to neb! Bo that 1 state it at
a simple I act that all the time that the vast
majority ol you will have for tbs exclusive
ter vice of God will be leu than one year I
"But," say a some man, "I liberally support
the gospel and the church is open and the
gospel is preached; ell the spiritual adven
ts pel are spread before men, and if they want
to be saved let them coma to be saved. I have
discharged all my responsibility." Ah, la
that the Hester's spirit! Is there not an old
book somewhere that commands ns to go out
into the highways and the hedges and compel
the people to come in! Yfhat would have be
come of you end me if Christ bad not come
down off th* tho hills of burn. and if He
had not come through the door of the Bethle
hem caravansary, and it He bad not, with
the crashed bane of the crucifixion, knocked
at the iron gates of tbs sepulchre of oar spir
itual death, eryinr, "Laiaraa. coma forth!"
0, my Christian friends, tbit b no time for
inertia, whan all the foremof darknsss
seem to be in full blast, when
•team printing preseal art naWtehiag Infidal
tracts, when express railroad trains are carry-
lag mriiengersofiia when fait esppers ars
church architecture, or with anything like
ood, hearty, carnost church singing, aud
lay deride any form ot religious dticusiion
hich goes down walking among everyday
men rather than that which makes sn excur
sion on rhetorical stilts. Oh, that the church
of God would wake up to an adaptlbllity of
work I We must admit tho simple faot that
tho churches of Jcaua Christ in this day do
not reach the great masses. Thera ars fifty
thousand people in Edinburgh who never hear
tho gospel. Thero ars one million people In
London who never hear the gospel. There
aro at least three hundred thousand aoula In
the city of Brooklyn who come not under the
immediate ministrations of Christ's truth ;and
the church of God in this day, instead ot be
ing a place full of living opiitlM, read and
known of ail men, ia more like a "dead letter
poitoffice."
"But," say pAfple, "the world is going to be
converted; you must bo patient; the king
doms of this world arc to becomo the king
doms ot Christ.” Never, unless tho church
of Josus Christ puts on more speod and ener
gy. Instead of the church converting the
world, the world ia converting the church.
Here is a grest lortresi. How shall it be
taken! An ermy comes and site around about
it, cuts ofl'the supplies, and says: “Now we
will just wait until from exhaustion and star
vation they will bavo to glvo up." Weeks
and months sad perhaps n year pus along
and finally the fortress surrenders througl
that starvation and exhaustion. But, my
friends, tho lortresset of sin are nover to bo
taken In tbit way. If they aro taken tor
God, it will bo by etorm. You will bavo to
bringtip the great aiegogunaol the goepel to
the very wall and wheel tho flying artillery
into line, and when the armid infantry of
heaven eball confront tho battlomou
will have to glvo the quick command-
ward I Charge!”
Ah, my friends, there !■ work for you to do
and lor ns to do In order to reach this grand
accomplishment. Hero is r ' *
preach in it. Your pulpit la
pulpit is the store. Your pulpit is tha edi
torial chair. Your pulpit ia tha anvil. Your
pulpit la tha bouse icefloldlng. Your pulpit is
tho mechanic's shop. I may stand in this
plsce, tnd, through cowardice or through salf-
seeking, may keep back tho word I ought to
ntter; while you, with aleevo rolled up and
brow beswealed with toil, mar Uttar tha word
that will jar tha foundations of heaven with
the shout ol a great victory. Oh that thia
morning this whole audunco might feel that
tbo Lord Almighty wu putting upon them
tho hands of ordination. I tell you ovary one
go forth and preach the gospel. You have u
much right to pruch u I have or u any man
hu. Omy find oat the pulpit whero Goa will
have you preach and there preach* /
Hcadly Vicars wu a wicked man la the
, English army. Tho grace of Gad came to
him. He became an earacet and eminent
Christian, They scofled at him and said:
"You are a hypocrite, you arc u bad u you
ever you were." 81111 ho kept hia faith in
Christ, and alter awhile, finding that they
could not turn him uide by cauing him a
hypocrite, they uid to him, "On, you are
nothing but a Methodist.” That did not dis
turb him. Ha went on performing hie Chris*
tian duty until he had formed ail hia troop
Into a Bibleclau and the whole encampment
Waa ahaken with tfic pruenca
ol God. Bo Havelock went Into the heathen
temple in India whilo tho English
army wu there sad put a candle into tha
hand of each ol the heathen (ode that stood
around in the heathen temple and by tbs
light of thus candies held up by the idols
General Havelock preached righteoueaeu,
temperance and judgment to come. And who
will uy on earth or In heaven that Havelock
bad sot tha right to preach! In tha minister’s
house where I prepared tor college there wu
a man who worked, by the name ot Peter
Cray, Ho could neither read or write, but he
wu e man of God. Often theologiene
would atop in the house—grave
theologians—end at family prayer Peter Cray
would be called upon to Iud;sndalllhoM wise
men eat around, wonder-struck at bis religious
efficiency. When he prayed he reached up
and aeemed to taae hold of the vary throne of
tho Almighty and ha talked with God until
the very Heavens were bowed down into the
lilting room. Ob, if l were dying. I would
rather have plain Filer Cray kneel by my bed
side and command my immortal spirit to God
Uun tha grutest archbishop arrays I la
costly canonicals. Go preach this gospel.
Yen uy yon arc not li
censed. In the name ef the
Lord Almighty thte morning f license
you. Go preach thia goapsl, preach it in tha
Sabbath schools, in the prayer meetings, in
the highways, In the hedges. Woe be unto
you if you preach it nctl
I remark again that in order to be qualified
tha troth aid tha overthrow of wickedness.
How due the Christian church ever get dis
couraged. Han we not the Lord Almighty
on our side? How long did it take Ood to alay
the heats of Sennacherib or burn Sodom, or
■ hske dona Jericho! How long will it Inks
God when he once arises in bis strength to
overthrow all the forces oi Iniqnitiea! Between
(bis time and that them may be long seasons
at daraneif, the chariot wheels of God’s gos
pels may seem to drag heavily; but hare is
the promise end yonder is the throne, tnd
when Omniscience hu lost its eyesight and
Omnipotence fells back impotent and Jehovah
ia driven from hie throne, then the chnreh of
Jeans Christ can afford to be despondent—but
never until then. Despots may plan and
armies msy march and the congresses ol the
ly seem to think they are adjuatiog
all the affairs of the world; but tha mighty
men of tho earth are only tho duet of the ouar-
tot wheels of God’s providence. ‘~ J
I think that bofore the a— —
this century shall act the tut tyranny will
fall, and with a splendor ot demonstration that
•ball be the astonishment of the universe, God
will act forth the brightneu and pomp and
glory and perpetuity of his eternal govern
meat. Out of the starry flags end the em
blazoned insignia of thia world, God will make
a path lor hia own triumph, and returning
from universal conquest ha will sit down, tho
K ndeat, strongest, highest throno of earth
footstool.
"Then shall all nations' sons ascend
To thee, ourKuler, Father, Friend,
TIM heaven’s high arch resounds again
With ’Peace on earth, good will to men.'
I preach thia aermon because I want to en
courage all Christian workers In every poet!
bio department. Holts of tho living God
march on I March on I His spirit will blase
you. Hia ahieid will defend you I
Hia asrord will strike for you I
March on I March on I The despotisms
will fall and paganism will burn Us idols and
Mohammedanism will give up Its falsa proph
et, and Judaism will confess tho true Messfah,
and the great walla of superstition will coma
down in thunder and wreck at the long, loud
blast of tho goepel trumpet. March onl March
ilegemi
.trumpet. March onl
on I The beeTegcment will soon be ended. Only
a few more steps on the long way; only
a few more sturdy blows, only
a law more battlo erica, than
God will pat the lanrcl upon your brow, end
from tho living fountains of boavon will
bathe off the sweat and the heat and tha duet
of the conflict. March onl March onl For
you tbo time for work will aooa be pasted,
and amid the ontfluhings of the judgment
throno and tho trumpeting of resurrection
angels, and tho upheaving ot n world of
8 ravee, and tho hosanna and tho groaning of
ic saved and lost, we ahall be rewarded lor
our faitbfulnen or punished for our stupidity.
Blessed bo tha Lord God of Israel from ever
lasting to everlasting, and let the whole earth
bo filled with Hia glory. Amen and aman.
MR. BEECHER OS EVOLUTION.
She Record ol the Rocks nn.l tha Book-
Solentlflo Religions Infidelity.
The second o! Mr. Beecher 1 ! projected ten ser
mons upon "Evolution and Religion,” wu deliv
ered to a large audleneo In Plymouth church Sun-
day morning, Tbo sermon wu rend (ram menu-
script. Bciald in put:
"That tho whole world and the entire universe
are the creation ol God la the testimony el the
Bible, with both Jewish and Christian. Bat how
He made them, whether by the direct force of the
creative will or by gradual changes, Is by no
means so well agreed upon. Bat tho world is not
achsnce; not a creative fermenation; not a self*
development. It is the product of an intelligent
being and ot a divine will. tVe have two records
of creative energy. One shows howmsnwas
folded by the inspiration ol God’* nature, aud
there is another record or revelation ot tho pbysl<
cal globe oi the divine thought In tho uu[oldlug
history ol matter. One is Ood’s thought in the
evolution ol natural forces, and the other in the
evolution oi mind. It is the Old Testament and
tbo New in a scientific sense, and no ono should
turn in scorn from tho literature of tho rooks
written in the hand of God all over the oarth. The
Ten Commandments written on stone, are
■cltuce has unfolded as In regard to the bookl
Both revelations are of God. They are bota to be
JnlsllJjreatJy understood, united and harmonised.
The men who decipher tho hclroglyphtcs of (lol
ought to be honored and encouraged. But bigoted i
I theologian, Ignorant pietists aud Jealous churcu* I
g nen rail at tfino adventurous surveyors of God's
■sudlwork. When men pretend to beiusplrod
[of God. with grins and shallow ridicule, Wnth
I veteran Juts, and unproductive reasoning, i
enact the feata of the monkey In trjlng to
prove that man did not or I glut to with that aut i
xr.al. we seem likely to have Internal evident
tbalsuch was the case. I Laughter.| It Is ur<ed
that science is unripe and will not do to rest upon;
that there wth bo time to consider it wtnm It be• I
comes a certainty. Well, how is it with ttie
took? Is its record any more stable than the reo*i
ordof the rocks? Theology seems like a broom
with Infinite splinters. If theologians attempt to
pour ridicule on tho legitimate doctrine*, if acton*
title investigation is less trustworthy th*nJ
revolution,! say no ground can be less lenablc|
■"dome call evolution paeudo science, and
what methods ho li ft behind his fellows an
that
* Li_ unknown.
destiny
MMlIVlNMlPMPIfllMNBOTIVVJolatlon i
of the human from the inferior race. Kvolutlou
Is the method of creation accepted by tbo acton
tifle world, and a few venture to doubt it Ninety*
nine per cent of working scientific men ose this
theory and do not doubt lu validity. They are
divided as to its causes aud results, but evory de
cade brings them more and mere to a common
belief. W lthout it all Kleoce would fall back iuto
unrelated atom*. It is taught lu all our schools,
and another generation will regard It
as the Gopernlcan theory of astrou
omy, or the Newtonian theory of gravitation.
Evolution la held by such Christian men of eel*
'once as Dana, a Coniregatloualut; Le Coat, a
Presbyterian elder; UcCoah. a Presbyterian of the
Presbyterians, and a Scotch Preabytirlan at that;
Asa Gray, an Episcopalian; Mfvart, a Komaa
Catholic; Wallace, a Christian spiritualist, and by
the bishop of London, whose Bambron lectures of
lfe84 contain bold and frank statements of Christ*
It will onilgo theology to be reoon*
t will take away uo ground of trim
religion*.
A Hoy Oeta Up fitenm.
From the Norwich Bulletin.
A youngster of a geological turn of mind picked
up a piece of unslacked lime on his way to school
the other day and pot it in hia Jacket pocket.
During the session he Jammed a wet sponge into
his pocket and at once steam began to pour forth,
Hedidn 1
was In
er flew__ _
on fire, and hastened to remove the combustibles
rom his pocket In doing so her band wee sever*
y burned. Be took a lecture upou his stupidity
from his teacher with an sir of amiability which
suggested that he waa satisfied If she was.
IBit hB* fiUU *1 UUIV IIVMU1 IIVK'II I'J |BIUI lta*»Ue
didn't know Jut what to do, the whole school
■ In a roar ol lanahter and tha frightened teach-
law to hie tide, thinking that hie clothing was
Th!
The Idyl or tho Row.
a kin oi Hay waa In the sir.
e light breexo wantoned with her hair,
To merit but a cold disdain—
Ah ma, then wo* hetida mil
"Thia day nut settle It,” I itabed-
"Bey, ahall we (hoot, or walk, or rlda?
LttDlen’a queenly sail declda
How no shall spend our Iclraro!"
With Blechlet ia her leashing eyes
"I'll try my Aid rod bow, 1, she ertea,
"And show yon how to win a prize,
And a pin-hole gold to i
Oar targets were of brilliant huse-
old lub toned ones which please *xoom—
A black spot with French gray will nee
When the ware worn and old.
Vet then bright inheres the dautlng melt
completely banished In the ehade;
Near her seek color aeemed to fade—
The Whitt, Mack, Moo, red, gold.
Whet •unlight la the golden meat
W bat mirth the ruby Up* express!
Her eyes, the hearen’e own wyeiioem
Of dm p Italian Mae.
Three grrom gneefolly the shot-
"How low they're flying, ere they not?
Is it became the inu'iao hot!”
I aueweted, "Mis* fly high.”
"Pray tall me, then, your point ot elm,'
Quoth I. for yean lot aye the urns,
lu cr.ofle, tsujoen. tot quel'alme,
For the* my arrow, fly,
Onedslety little hand I look
* ’“t. How nemoely It it
er her cam* the tends
I did not ask it heck.
And as la min* It aefelr lie*.
I feel I'ee won ray archery price.
Ereioft the nnrmured accents rite!
TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
Maras Ginesai. Yakovitch, ol the Banian
army Is one ol the tew men now llying who saw
the xreat Kapaicou on a battlefield. Tfie old gen
eral raw the French emperor at Borodino. At
that battlo Yakoritch, then a ntoro hoy, aeryod
with a battery In tho grand redoubt whloh wai
the center of the Russian line. He gives o yield
description ol tho battle. When morning broke
a tra of gray mlat ihut out tho field from ylew.
The yotcea ot tho enemy were heard, tie neighing
ol tbelr horses aud the rumble ol artillery wheels.
Then came the thunder ot cannon, making tho
very earth tremble. Throe limes all tha Batalin
gunners were killed, and three tlmcsneir mon
took their places. BullaU flew thick as hail and
men dropped deed or mangted every moment. At
lut a image round wu heard In tho dlatanoo,
like rain pattering on withered learoa. It grow
loader and loader and loader, until it filled the
sir like tbo roar of a stormy sea. All at once a
great ware of bright swords and halmeta
and thonca' heads cams surg
ing up oyer the breastworks,
Itwat tho Imperial guard! Before ibo shock of
thatmlgbty ware tho Russian center crumbled
away a Muttered wreck. When Yakovitch camo
to his loners and opened hia ayeaho n« around
him the corpse! of bl> lather and hta comrades.
Suddenly the trampling ot hoofs called hli atton-
tlon tea group ol gaily dressed officers, and
Napoleon's staff cams riding over the field.
The young Russian peered anxiously
Into their laces. Iu his graphic langugo: "Thero
were the hard faces ol Rapp and Darn and broad-
chrtlcd Sebastian and flaniouty, will: tbo sabre
scar across bis cheek, and the low. brood forehead
•nd bulldog Jaw ol grim old Ney, the bravest ol
them all. There, too was Murat, with hit whlto
plumes and bis braided Jacket, hia long, dark
curie hanging down his mrk and his riding whip
in hie hand, Jnst like a circus rider. And then tho
group parted suddenly, and thero wastbe man
hlmielt in the midst ol them, with hie lace hard
and immovable as mtrble amid all that blood and
agony, and a "far away” kind ol look In tboso
cold gray eye* ot bis, an 11 he aaw Moscow some
where up Id Ibo sky tnd could seo nothing be
tween. 'A glorious victory!’ cried Hunt, waving
his baud, ’What a atlr there'll Ira among the good
folks In Paris when tho bulletin arrives!’ 'Wo'TO
lost hail our army In doing It, thougn,’growled
Ney. 'Hadn't we bettor tall back a little aud wait
for reinforcements!' Then Napoleon turned nit
head slowly, Just ss a statue might do,'.and looked
him lull In tbo lace. Thou advising a retreat,
Michel? ThatJssomethingnew.indeedI No—no
falling hack now: I must dale my bulletin from
Hoscow. Aa for the army, yon can't mako an
omelettewltbontbreaking a lew eggs.'" Yako-
vltch raye Uiat when be beard that, ho knew God
hid forsaken Napoleon, for no man save ona
doomed to destruction conld havo spoken so light
ly ol Iheelkughterof thousands ol bravo mon. In
threo months from that day the French emperor
was flyiog for hia Ufa across tho border with tho
Cotuckt at hia heola ilka hungry wolves.
A Dailas, Texas, coroner's Jury has made a
very sensible recommendation to druggists. Ills
to stop Ibe rrsctlco ot Indiscriminately selling
chloral to drunkards and cranks.
Tflk various eases who write for the newspapers
from Washington are still discussing “tha first
ltdy ot the land," "social precedence," and all
that sort ol thing. Really, Bmalltop's Smally, ol
the New York Tribune, ought to bo in Washing,
ton at this Juncture.
The ctuade against gaming in LonlivlUe, Ky.,
last Mirch, demonstrated tbo feasibility ol sop
pressing ktno arid faro. Bat tbo tiger dona did
not remain closed, Hsny merchant* and banker*
claimed that tho suppression of gaming Injured
business. Gradually a spirit ol discontent took
possession ol the city. Too dull state o! bualnoas,
instesd ol being attributed to tbo general depress
ion, wu 'Charged to tho abeooco ol tho
usutl attractions. Last week
gatr blare reopened their establishments
It Is understood that this wu dono with tho tacit
consent ol the authorities. The Louisville Idea of
drawing business Is to utilise all tha attraction! of
tho moat popular vlcoa ol tho day. This policy
may suit Paris and Monaco, but It Is antl-Amorl-
can as well u anti-Christian. Glided vico cannot
rely upou the protection ol the law anywhere In
this country. The Louisville outbreak Is sporadic.
The verdict of guilty In tho Olnverlns csso
seems to meet with general approval. Tha avl
dcncc against the defendant wu olrenmstantlal,
but It convinced the Jury, the people ol Rich
mond aud all wno rend tho reporte ot tbo trial. It
la not to he denied that there were missing links
In the testimony lor the prosecution, and tho
prisoner's oooniel made tho moat of theso. The
track! of tho man found by tha aids ol Lilian
Madison's track! at tho reservoir were largo.
Ciuvcrlna, ;it wu provad, wore a
five and n half shoe. Tho watch
key found at tho reservoir and inppoaod to be the
prisoner's, may have belonged to another man.
All tbe witnesses from (be prlsoner’a neighbor
hood utd they had never eeen It. The prisoner*!
annt testlflid that tho watchkoy worn by Gluro-
rius wu given by her to him. This key wu left
at home wben Clnvcrius wu arrested, and wu
afterwards shown In court by tbo prisoner's
brotbtr. Tho scratches on tho hand
Clnvcrina ware explained by hli fat
There wu some confusion In the testimony ot tlio
witness*! who Identified Clnvorlus u tho men
sera with Lillian a short timo belora her death.
Tbty raid that Cluveriua wore a light mustache.
Ills rt-laUvu, friends aud neighbors swore tnat he
bed never worn one. It will bo soon tint these
points were well calculated to raise doubts In tbo
mludsol impartial Jurors. Batin this cam tho
Jury paid no attention to the testimony .ol tho
prlroner'a aunt, brother end father. It wu
taken for granted that they yielded to o strong
temptatlou to make out tho beat caw they coaid
lor tbelr kinsman regardless of the truth. Clove-
rius may or may not obtain a now trial. It la la-
malerial whether he does or not. He la llkaly
sooner or later to go to the gallon, milt*, he
commits suicide.
Ahothkh revolution Is about to break ont In
Hcileo-n sort olslngging match between Uber-
dad and Intcgtldad.
A New Yoax Sun correspondent hu been rum-
mating among tbs records of Fairfax county, Va.
Among other queer dlscovsriw mods by the cor
respondent wu the fact that Osorga Washington
wupresanlrd by the grand Jury lor not keeping
bis roods la order. There Is nothing to show
whether the charge wu true or false. Tbo records
fall to abow any further proceedings against the
father of hia country, tad It will never bo known
whether ho wu dealt with and fined or acquitted.
In Berlin restdea a wealthy banker whose p*tri
otto liberality placed thsgovemaant under hoary
obligations to him daring tho rranoo-PranUa
war, Bismarck and the Emperor William adore
thia old man. They lovfta him and his family to
thslr palaces u honored eneau. Yet this wealthy
tanker, Intimate u he la with the emperor and
with the court efreln.hu a thorn In bis side, a
skeleton in his clout lean ago ha mada a fatal
Iitako. Us gavsnlargo balL In sending Invite
tic ns to thl officers In Berlin ho omitted all
vho were not of aristocratic birth. Tho eonw
uence wu that not oao of the Invited officer*
attended lb* ball. They held that th* epsntattw
worn by the officers mods them all sqnal.andto
■light one wu to slight aU. Th* aahappy banker
aa walied In vain for the gentlemen of the army
forget and forgive. It la tha arum ol bis Ufa
ms an officer dace* with his daughter. Be-
iratlyatacoortballUmyonoglady wu neglect-
usual, by the officers, when
tha rmperor suddenly tnrnsd to one of his most
toIlllsntraptaJnsand commanded him to dunes
with th* banker's daughter. Tbe explain walks!
op to the ostraclxed tlrl and ul-l coldly, "may I
bars tha honor?” The conple took on* turn
around th* room, tie officer brooght his partner
Ucktohsr place, made a stiff bow sod klthsr.
TbsempororMw thqt the coze wu hopeless and
and did cot again Interfere. In any other country
wtaltby family ia such
high faror at court would
be flattered and followed In every circle of so flety.
Not so to Germany. Tho army officers maluUIn
their lodepcndei.ee, stand by each other, so l la
some nutters will not yield an Inch to tbo oinpe-
ror anfl all tbs powers that be.
The Brooklyn Union, In apparent fergetlnlnew
ol (be fact that the Her. Ham Jones conduct-: 1 a
revival In Dr. Talmaga'a tabernacle several months
ago, uys: "Brother Jones should come cub Do
would draw well In Brooklyn. Setwoca him aud
Brother Talmage the slnficra would lie hopcleoriy
demoralised-!! they are not ao already; while, u
lot the devil hlmaell, ho would bo put to Instant
•nd Ignominious flight, should a not unnatural
but fatal curiosity tempt him to cross tho bridge
from Now York. Revivalist Jones would bo a god-
seud to the reporters, likewise, end wo are not sure
that ho wouldn't bo Just tho man to conduct Sun
day service at Manhattan beach. Then, should
ho happen to taka U Into hia head to tackle Boston,
we would wager a copy ol Baxter's Sslota Rost
•gainst • euchre deck, tbst II ho wanted to preach
on tho Common, he would limply preach on tho
Common, police or no police. Let Brother Jonas
come sub”
It Is said that Ilcscoo GookUng la rounding up
hia career by growing very fab This Is genuine
statesmanship.
The value ol a good memory hu not been prop*
eriy appreciated for some timo pub It hu boon
urged that tha development of tho memory weak
ened tho reasoning powen, and modem training
hu been directed to tho strengthening ol tho Ut
ter at the expense ol tho former. Recently there
hare been signs ol a reaction. The old systems ol
memories havo been revived and a
decided Interest hu boon atoue-
Arllficlal systems designed to
eld tho memory havo boon more or leas used trom
toe earliest times. When one desires to remem
ber * particular thing he [Omit that if ills local
ized In hli Imagination and uaoclated with sorao
vivid, pleasing and impressive symbol It la more
cully recollected. But none ol theso systems ot
memories will be found completo or utlefactory.
Perhaps their main iuo la to exercising
tho memory. Thurlow Weed adopted a rational
method ol developing this faculty. Every night
ho recalled Uie principal events ol tho day In
their order and narrated them to hU wile. In tho
course oftlmo hie memory became wonderfully
retentive, Th* habit of fixed attention end of be
coming Interested In the thing to be remembered
U of great ualatanco. Tho man who la Indlffercnb
giving little thought to a subject, and skimming
carelessly over an imnonse quantity ol reading
mailer cannot expect to bare a rellablo memory,
Ttmpcranco and good health are also ol prime
Importance.
Tna proper way to olvlllxe the noble ret man
e/tho plains ia to pnt him In the ehelngang,
Georgia hu saveral lnitltutlona ol this eort at
which they could graduate with honor to them-
selves and profit to the country.
A naoso and hli family, residing on tho Decatur
division of tho LouItvIUo aud Nuhvlila railroad,
recently attempted ono of tho most scnutlonal
swindles ol tho day. Thera are tan children In
tho family, and tho husband and wile find It hard
work to feed ao many mouths. At a family oonn-
dl thero wu a long discussion of ways and mean*
and It was finally decided that ouo ol the children
ahonld alt down on tho railroad track and
a over by a passenger train.
Tho parenU would than tako advantago
ol the aflalr to sue tho company for damages with
which the remaining youDgaten conld bo lad,
clothed aud educated. One ol tbo boys wu eo
much struck with th*prospect that ho volunteer
ed toucrlficehimself forthogood olthe others.
Bluntly More tbe train wu due ho took his eeat
on Iho track and waited. Tho train camo thun
dering along. Tho llttlo darkey held tho lort. llo
wu uua krit until tho engine got wllliln
about ten leet ol him wben
gave an unearthly yell, aud wltn a bound into
mid air, made tracka for the woods. The author-
lllca Investigated tho matter and the above feota
all came out. A more cold blooded oonsplraoy to
defraud a railroad company and dtstroy hums::
Ufa hu never come to light.
Enrron McCluss, ot the Philadelphia Times
gave a crowd of high school boys some goods!
Tice Urn other day. Uo uld (bat education to bo
made effective must bo supplemented with in
dustry. Webster's orations, Brougham's speeches,
Gray's "Kitty” and all the great mutarptoees of
llteratnre and art were not so much tho product
of education or genius u they wore ol Industry,
If Iho children of tbo wealthy aro not trained to
Industry, they will becoimfldudes | loafers and
aaahrrr. Educated men who do not know how to
work In tho counting room, tho shop and tho
field, may go wlthont employment, but tbo mau
who knows how to make himself rueful In any of
the great Industries ol the ago will never wait long
for a Job.
Accoanivo to General Toomba the negrooa will
never leave tbe south to colonise elsewhere,
cause they are lacking In foresight, entorprlw and
Independence. The negroes, however, aro not
wlthont a touch of Iho colonisation fever. Tho
occasional breaks for Liberia, tho exodtu to
Kansu and the migration to tho southwusl show
that under certain .conditions tho blacks aro
willing to scek.thalr fortunes lu other lands. Quito
recently O. B. Holland, a well educated negro
leader In Arkensu, hu puhllincd a number ol
artlctai advocating th* rsnoval ol hie raoa to New
Mixloo, Holland tells blv people that New
Mexico la three lima the else of Arkansas,
with not more population then Arkansas contains
In hall a doxen counties, with a Mlubrious
climate, with Immense quantities ol public lauds,
etc. He luagesta that a big consentlou ol negroes
be held In Memphis and aeommlltae bo appointed
to visit New Mexico to eelect a location and make
tho necessary arrangement* for the home* sad
transportation ol Iho colonists. He claims that
tho neiroc* ere financially able alter twenty one
of freedom to go and pay
iwn expense*. Holland concludes
hia argument by raying: "It is needless tout
lor Ui lha good It will do our nos to get our homes,
publish our newspapers, m*ko our laws, build our
towns, *nd enjoy our own society and dvlllutlon.
We can do better and hava more Infiuaac* It wo
are all together Instead ol scattered over tha statu.'
amrlbysif. Mme. <!e Lamber:, nee
Iluthrchlld, camo as a tigress with
conuge and Jnpo ol bl.wk and
yellow etilpes, studded with tiger claws act la
rnsMlvu gold. Mrs. Edward Deacon, of Boston,
wu much admired u a young bnttarfly. Com-
true Bethune came u a swallow, G'oratcnc
Dnchesne u a white cat, Comtcese Durfort at a
golden pheasant, Mme. Ladorde u a graihoppcr
and Comteau de Vogue u a butterfly. Among
the mm, rooitera, monxeyi and owls were favor
ites. • Twelve young men of tbo blneat blood of
France, cams u a pack ol fox hounds, each weir
ing over hfa head a largo staffed hound’s head.
M. dc HoroR scored a great success u a lobster. M.
Arthur Mrycr, of tho Gaulols, appeared as a duck,
and Comte Dlvonncu a turkey cock. All tho
costumes were most carefully studied
and designed, and must have out fabulous prices.
AU kinds of animals were represented, from ele
phants, lions, Ugera, leopards, hyenas, gtraUci
porpoises and crocodiles down to boll dogs, gulls,
untry birds, flics, spiders tnd muqultocs. A
splendid corps do ballot, each ballerina being lu
thecutamoolabee, appeared and danced tho
celebrated Egyptian bco dance, modified, oi
coune, ao unot to ofiend propriety.
One a." the counsel for anserine received an
•nonjmoui letter enggMUng that the prisoner
and file lawyers ebonld be hnpg together,
LaerTneedeynlgbl tbe I’rinoem de Began on.
ttiUlncd th* rarlslans with n magnificent hall,
rivalling tha tabled splendors of the orient. Tho
gnests were all dltgnlaed u birds and beuts. In
tha cable tprdtl to the New York Herald there
wu a etartllng description ol the coelomes. The
xai de Began, radiant In tho gorgeous
plomsie of a peacock, received her guests In tho
grand Mlon de reception it tha head of the stair-
cue. Her toilet le to daythelalkol all Parle. Tho
skirt wuol Mulsh green Mtln, corerod with point
deVenlu lice, spangled with diamonds, potrlt
and tmeialda. Behind wu a splendid pea
cock's tall spread ont over the ehooHen
covered with hnodreds ol dia
monds, rubles, emeralds snd topazes. Tbs coiffure
sen MedfcJe, wfthdlamooda Th* prlnoeu wore a
coioocliurmouantad with on aigrette ol peacock
feather* The coresge wu ol green and Mo*
feathers, end at the neck wu a etaffed peacock’s
heed with diamond and rnbyeyea. Baron Scu
ller*. Madame de Begin'* brother, itood at bar
■id* In the character ol Boffoo, with a volume of
hiafemouenstarelhUtorynoder hie arm. The
Ccmtrss* de Fcnlcree appeared u a bat, all cover-
id with bate’ wing*, itodded with black pearls.
Muqnb* d'Hrrvcyde Baln-Dento ume u
a pink I Mi, n skirt of sllror faun dl* rioting
another skirt of pa'* Cauresua silk. The corsage
wsi made ebUrely of Ibis feather*. The blonde
snd charming Comtesse do Oenslle scored a brl:-
Usttl me tsi u a whlto ben, resplendent with
matronly beanty.
Mme. Henri Bcbnelder glided gneefolly Into
the ballroom u a serpent, her coraege, sleeves and
Jape one guttering mu* ol boa constrictor coll*,
studded with diamonds, rabies, emeralds aud
Mr. Sol Mastin, of Cincinnati, went out driv
ing with a friend, tho other day. A lighted olgtr
wu dropped on the lap robo and the occupant! ot
the buggy toon distinguished the small ol smoko
and burning cloth. Tho tiro gentlemen stood It
unUI wreaths ol blue emoko began to rise In their
faces. This wu too much. A hurried examina
tion wu made, and Itwu found that Mr. Martin's
left leg wu on fire. Tho buggy wu etoppod at a
wayside well snd n backet ol water was thrown
on tho flaming lag. Even this did not
stop theconfisgratlon. Tbosltn 'ouwu rapidly
growing urlons, but finally V. tartlu plunged
hlslrg Into a convenient wat -g trough, anil
after considerable sizzling a-1 sputtering tbe
flamra were subdued. Fortunately tbe adventure
resulted In no damage beyond rearing Mr. Marlin'*
companion out of hi* wits. Wben Ur. Martin ex
plained that be wore a cork leg the apparently
phrnomlnsl accident wu undcratood.
Tna sweat college girl* are preparing for the
commencement reaxon by confining tbemiclves
to a diet ol green plume and salt.
Mil l in*: ol covetuous eyes aro now turned In tbo
direction of Iho Indian territory. From time lm-
aemorltl it hu been tho custom ol cirlllzed
raves to butcher and plunder tbelr ssvago broth,
rcu. Tho fact that a treaty accurca certain rights
to tho savages Is a matter ol mere moonshine.
Civilised people break a treaty whenever their In
terest makes It profitable to break It. Tho cltl-
reusol Kansas, Missouri, Arkausu sndTexa* xro
oven now worked up to such a pitch
that they can hardly restrain thcmrclvcs from
going Into tho Indian territory and helping them-
selves to what they want .There I* strong talk ol
throwing open lha territory to eottlcmcnt, destroy
ing the tribal relation* ol tha Indians, and rod!-
Tiding the lands. It I* mid that thaCherokna.
aro the richest people on earth per capita, every
man, woman and child being worth at least 15,000
per head, owing to land gilts and treaty stipula
tions. -Tho other tribe* aro nearly as well oil.
Thau Indiana Is not Mn to beoomo
citizens. They wish to govern thcmsolvcs.
Thorentlosub-commlltoo now In thosouthwost
will Invrstlgato this peculiar condition ol affaire
and report tothoscnaio. Tho report Is expected
to deal with tho following question:-. Bhall tho
Indian Territory ho a territory under tho United
States government? Bhall It havo inlands or a
portion only? Bhall tbo lands ol tho Indians bo
purebutdlby the government and offered to actual
settler*? Shall federal courts bo established?
Wbst course shall bo pursued In future by the
government In Its relation* with tho Indian Terri-
torv? U will bo seen that tbo noblo red man Is In
danger. Uo maybaabla to hold his own slow
yests longer, but bis country Is destined to bo
overrun by the white* This rrault mutt corns
sooner or lator.
Tiix peoplo ol North Alabama do not propose (0
be trilled with. Finding that n witch residing
near Gadsden wu catting up hcrdlahollcal capers
to tho annoyance ol tho neighborhood they
promptly laid her robin In ashes, Tho witches
must go. Wo can't hire a lot ol ugly old women
|td|n|Uuotl(hllM*lr on brmtin.lli k* and l isting
the evil cyo spell upon good peoplo and tbelr
cattle. Out Alabama friends are progrcnlvc. If
thsy can’t got rid o! witches In any other way they
propose to burn them out.
Ail ot tho Ccntrtl American presidents seem to
hava been rather bard cues. Zaldlvar, ot Salva
dor, who I* now In this country, Is a fair type.
Uo is Iho man who played Iho traitor with Barrios,
leading him on loan untimely death. Ills own
country Is now too hot lo hold him, snd having
feathered hta urst wlih several millions of dollars,
ho will probably poso u an Interesting oi llo for
tho remainder of hta life. Barrio* brliUod with
bad points, but ho also had hta
good qualities. Ho wn Just lu money milter*
end preferred to pey m-.ro than he owed rather
than defraud anyone, lie treated hli wife tnd
children wi ’ and they remember him with sin
cere effect - -. Yet be would emoko hta cigar
qulctlyjo.' eg tt tbe execution ol seventeen poor
fcllous chi »cd with ticuon, and ordered tho
kind-hearted ladles who petitioned for their par
don swung up tn hammocks for tbreoday*. A
portrait of Barrios by a Ban Franctaco artist shows
a fiendish face lull ot daring, acninalfty
•nd Intellect. Tbo lata president
Uusrdla ol Costa Rica, wu u brutal at Barrios,
but ha nevtr |wld eseu hi* personal debt* and died
owing England millions for the lamon* Costa !Uca
railroad. Guardis we* a lltllo copper colored Na-
polcan. Hollared out* barefooted peon picking
coffee beam. Uo became a soldier and mails him
self prnldeal by a coup d'etat. Once In, he kept
In by the sword. All ol thoso hronxo despots bad
bcautlfnl women lot their wive*. Tho Immcmo
fortunes they accumulated should temptsomeof
onrex-carpot baggers to try their luck In Central
America, ^
It Is funny to ic* the cnll.e editorial elaff ol tho
Cincinnati Commercial Gaseite Jnmp np anil
abltcr every time Jefferson Davis makes a carnal
remark.
A rum looking drummer for a wholesalo liquor
house recently had a comical adrontnro whilo
pawing through Baltimore, ono nlghl after sup
per ha wu strolling down thostreetwhoa he camo
10 a [stairway np which a crowd were ascending'
A grave-looking gentleman actacd tbo drummer
by the hand, laying: "Come along, colonel; I am
glad lo ace you.” Flattered by tbo title- and
thinking It unnecessary to make any explanations
In iho crowd, tho llqoor man allowed him
self to bo drawn talong by hia conduo-
Ha followed him to a platform
and taking the sut [offered him found himself
facing a brilliant audience ol ladle* and gentle
men. To hta aorpitao be fonnd that be had
blundered Into a temperance meeting. Several
good ipeechca sn re delivered, and finally tha gen
tleman who had carried the trimmer la remarked
that Colonel Blank wu with them, and that al
though obliged to catch * train he would addreea
them briefly. Tbe Introducer flubbed with an
Inclination ol hta head to the drummer, end that
perplexed IndlrJdnal taw that he wu in lor
it. It waa no on: to lalx about a case of mftraken
Identity aotato In the day. He advance-1 to tbe
frentof the itsge, took a drink of water and aalled
Into hta subject. He Indulged In a few general
remarks, and made the crowd laugh by telling a
fewoIJobnB.aongh'soId Jokes. Hethen wound
np by uylng that Intemperance wu mainly caus
ed by bad Uqnor, and that people should
careful wbat they drank. Then
sat down. A dead silence
followed snd the chairman growled, "Thetwua
remarkable coding lo your ipeevh, colo-iel; one
wout 1 think that yon were lo the whlaky bireloeM
yo'.reThe drummer reached lor h'shat,
edged towards tha wing ol the stage, and quietly
Informed the meeting that the chairmen wu right,
Ha stated who ho wu and how tbo mistake oo>
tuned. The howls ot the audience warned him
that It wu time lo leave, ood ho ont hta epee eh
short and "slid” ata3:«) trot. *