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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ' ATLANTA GA.. TUESDAY JUNE 1(3 1835.
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TALMAGE’S SERMON-
Oe tot enbjMtl -rh. imposition of Chrtit.--Th«
Importaoo* of tba CMUvatlon oft Spirit of
Outlcnm-Tho Sploodor of Ohmt’s
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Brooiltb, N. y., Juno 14 [Special.]—Dr,
Talmtgo preached this morning intho Brook
Ijn tabernacle on the aubjoct, “Tho Disposi
tlon of Chriat.” Text: Phillppiani, ii.,
“Let thla mind bo in you which waa also in
Jeaua Chriat."
There la nothing more deairable than a pleas-
ant diapoaition. Without it we cannot bo
happy ourselves, and we cannot make othera
happy. When we iecl that we have been
vexed and have loat our temper, or have boon
impatient under tome light Croat, we wake up
to a new appreciation ol proper equipoise ol
nature. We wiah that we had been born with
aeli-balance. We envy tho bearing of that
man who ie never thrown into pertur
bation. We live under the feeling that
ea yeare paaa along eur character will be mel
lowed and ripened, and wo will become more
aelf-controllable, forgetful ol the fact that an
evil Iett in our nature uneradicated growa to
more offensive proportions, and that a trans
gression not cast out may become tho grand
father of a great generation ol iniquities. It
la possible to have our dispositions all made
over again. Because we do not believe this,
our dispositions do not improve. A man says:
"I am Irascible, and I can't help it," or “1
am revengeful, and I can’t help it," or "I am
impulsive, and I can't help it. You can
help it. We may have our dispositions made
over again; evil uprooted, right im
parted. If it is ever done at all, my friends,
it will be by having the disposition of Jesus
Christ set down in the midst of our nature. I
shall this morning discourse to you about the
disposition of the Lord Jesus.
In the first place the spirit of Jeaua waa a
spirit of gentleness. I know that sometimes
lie made wrathiul utterances against the byp-
ocritic and the Pharisee; but for the moat part
llis words and His demeanor were gentle, and
loving, nnd kind, and patient, andinoUensivo,
and pleasant. When you consider the fact
that He had an omnipotence with which He
might havo torn to pieces the asaailors of His
character, it makes His gentleness sooth more
remarkable. Little children, who always shy
ofl from a rough man, rushed into His pres
ence and clambered on Him, until people had
to tell them to stand back. Invalids, so sore
with disease that they shuddered to have any
one come near them, asked Him to put His
hand on their wounds; it was so very soothing.
TBtXE was XOT a MOTHER,
with so sick and delicate a babe that the wu
afraid to trust it in tho Saviour's arms. His
footstep was to gentle it would not wake
up the faintest slumber. Borne ' rough
people hustled a bad woman into His
S resence and said; "Denounce her now. Blast
er. Kill her." Jesus looked at her and then
looked at the assailants, and said i "Lot him
that is without sin cut the first stone." When
a blind man sat by the wayside making a
great ado because he had no vision, tho people
told him to hush up, that he wu bothering
the Muter; but Christ came wherohe wu
and said to him; "What wilt thou that I do
untotbee!” Gentleness; of voice; gentlenoss
of hand; gentleness of loot—we all admire it,
though we may not have it. ■ The'
rough mountain bluff, the great. Scarred
headland lovu to look down into the
calm lake at its feet; the stormiest winter
loves to merge into the sunshiny spring, and
the moat impulsive and procipitate naturo
must be attracted by the gentleness of Christ.
The calmness ol His look shamed boisterous
Geneisaret into placidity. How little of that
gentleness you and 1 have. Let us confou
it. It is a tendency of outdoor life to stroko
cur dispositions the wrong way. The thun
der of the world’s scorn sours the milk ol
human kindncis. Tho treachery, the extor
tion,
THI lOXOBLHHUS OF USAS MRS,
take the amoothneu out of our nature and we
become suspicious and hypercritical and
struck all over with nettles, and frowns come
to the brow, and harshneu to the voice and
bluntneu to tbo manners. What an utter
and almost untverul lack of gentleness, so
that we do not know how to talk to the sick
nor administer to the troubled, nor care for the
poor. We have our words of sympathy pitch
ed on a wrong key. I had a sitter whoso arm
wss just out of joint, and the neighbors came,
and they seized hold of the arm and pulled
mighty, and pulled till her anguish was
great, but the bone went not to the socket.
After awhile a surgeon came in, and with
one touch it was all right. So we go down to
our Christian work with to rough a hand, and
with so unkind and unsympathetic a nsturo,
that we miserably tall, while some gentle
Christian soul comes along, and with one
touch ths torn ligaments are healed and the
disturbed bones are rejoinled. 0, for some
thing cf the gentleness ol Christl There is
more power in tueh gentleness than la a life,
time of high pretension. The dew of one sum
mer night does more good than ten Caribbean
whirlwinds.
. Still further! the spirit of Christ wu a
spirit of self-sacrifice. Ho young man aver
had opening before him brighter opportunities
than opened belore Christ, if he had chosen
to follow a worldly ambition. He might have
gained fortunes of wealth in the time he spent
tending thesick. With bis power to attract
men and popularize himself, he might have
gained any official position. Ho orator over
won such plaudits u he might have won from
sanhedrim and synagogue, and vut assem
blages on tho sea-side. Ho physician ever
acquired such a reputation for healing power
as Christ might have acquired if be had
performed his wondsrlul cures in the pres
ence of tho Roman arist craey. I recite
to you these things to show you what Paul
meant when he said: "He pleusd not Him
self," and to show you
ths arLisooa or bis sair-SAcairios.
Ho human power could have thrown Christ
into the manger II He had not chosen to go
there. Ho Satanic strength could have lifted
Christ on the cross if He toad not elected Him
self to the torture. To uve our race from the
raspings and turmoil of its guilt He faced the
sorrows of earth, and thewoea or hell: all
motherly, fatherly, brotherly, filial self-sacri
ficing paling into nothing belore this extreme
of divine generosity. 8uppose you, my bearer,
by a straight course of conduct could win a
palace, while by another course ol conduct
S ou might advantage your fellow-men, but,
nelly, would have to come to assassination;
which would you choose—the latter. Ob, how
little sell-sacrifice we havel ffhalisitf why,
it is taking from my comfort and adding io
yours. It was walking a long journey to save
you from fatigue; It is lifting a heavy weight
In order that you might not be put to the
strain. It is the substance of my cue and
prosperity that there may be an addition to
yonr ease and prosperity. How little of that
spirit any of us havel Two
little children on e cold day were
walking down the street, the boy with
hardly any garments at nil, and the girl in. a
coat that she had outgrown, and the wind was
so shsrp, she said: "Johnny, eome under
my coat." He said: -It is too short.” "Oh,”
she said, "it will stretch.” But the cost would
not stretch enough, so she took it oil and put
it upon the boy. That wu sell-sacrifice.
There was Christ, taking olf His robe lor yoa
and me,
seootbro rot stssbity
without Him. When the plague was ranging
in Marseilles, and they were dying by scores
and hundreds from it, the college oi surgeons
decided that then must bn a post-mortem
examination, in order that they might know
how to meet and arrest that awful disease.
And there was silenee in the college of sur
geons till Dr. Guion rose and said:
"I know it is certain death to dissect one of
these bodies; but somebody most do it, and I
shall. In the name of God and humanity I
will do tht works'*
He went home, made out hie will, then
went to the dissection, accomplished it, nnd,
in twelvemonths, died. That wu aoll-sscritce
that the world understands.
Oh, the more wonderful sacrifice el ths Son
°( ? odl He walked to Emmaut. He walk
ed from Capernaum to Bethany. He walked
from Jerusalem to Calvary. How far have
you and I walked for Christ? His head
ached, His heart ached, His back ached for
us. How much have we ached for Himt Let
us this morning look over all the yoars of our
lives and see the paltry list of our self-sacri
fices. Hot one deed in my life or in your life
worthy the name.
Etilf iurthcr: The spirit ol Christ was a spirit
oi humility. The Lord oi heaven and earth
in the garb of a rustic! He who poured ail
the waters of the earth out of His hand—the
Amazon, the Euphrates, the Mississippi, tho
Ohio, the 8k Lawrenco—bending over a well
to beg of a Samaritan woman a drinkl He
who spread out the canopy ol the heavens
and set the earth fur His footstool, lodging
with one Simon a tanner! Ho whose chariots
the winds are, walking with sore feet, Jostled
at though he were a nobody I Pursued at
though he were a criminal outlaw I Hioknan.
edl Struck at I Spit on!
BCSBtXO THS TEMPESTS,
and yet sitting down without any assumption
in the cabin by the disciples, as though He
bad done no more than wipe the sweat from
hit brow in Hit father’s carpenter shop. Tak-
ing the loot of death oil the heart of Lazarus
and breaking the shackles against the gravo
month, andyet walking home with Mary and
Martha as though Ho were only a plain citi
zen of Jerusalen going out to stay tho night
in the suburban village of Bethany. Omnfpo
tence under a countryman’s garb. Walking
in common sandals, seated with publicans and
tinners. Oh, the humanity of the Bon of God I
How little you and I havo of ik Wo gather a
few more dollars than other people have, or
we get a little higher social position than tomo
one else has, and how we strut and want peo
ple to know their placet, and cry out: "It
not this great Babylon that I have built lor the
honor of my kingdom T" Would to God that
we might get something of the humility ol
Still further: The spirit ol Christ was a
spirit oi prayer. Prayer on the mountains;
prayer in Gethsomane; prayer on the lake;
prayer among the tick; prayer on the cross.
Why. you can not mention tho name o, Je
sus without being obliged to think ofprayer.
Prtyer for little children: "I thank Thee, 0
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou
hast hid these things from the wise and pru
dent and hut revealed them unto babes."
Prayer for Hit friends: "Father, I will that
they be with me where I am.” Prayer lor
His enemies; "Father, forgive thorn; they
know not what they do." Prayer lor all na
tions: "Thy kingdom come." How
little of that spirit you and I have.
How soon our knoea get tired. Who it thoro
that for ten minutes can keep his mind away
from the store and the office and the shop, and
concentrate it in aupplicationf Where are the
e hialt full of odors which are the prayers of
ie saints? Oh, we‘want more prayer in the
house, more prayer in the nurury, more
prayer in the parlors, more prayer in the so*
cial circle, more prayer in the church, more
prayer in the legislative hall, more prayer
among the young, more prayor among the
old. Lord, teach us how to pray. We have
not tested its power yet. The very momont
when the diet of Huremkorg were signing the
edict that gave deliverance to Protestants,
that very moment Martin Luther wu kneel
ing down in hit prints room praying for tho
accomplishment of the objoct. Without any
communication between the diet of Hurem-
berg and the room whero Martin Luther wu
g raying lor that grand accomplishment, Mar-
n Luther rou from hit knees with a shout,
rushed out into the street, and cried, "We
have got the victory. Tho Protestants are
free." Tbatwu prayer getting tho answer
straight from the throne. We need to pray
like Daniel with our face toward the
Holy City. We need to pray like
the publican, smiling on our heart.
We need to pray like Paul, "0, wretched man
that I am, who shall deliver me?" We need
to pray like Stephen, suing into heaven. We
need to pray like Christ, who first emptied all
the life-blood out of Hit heart and then filled
that heart with tho tight and the groans and
the wants and the agonies of all generations.
Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor ol His prayer.
Btill further: The spirit oi Christ wu tho
spirit of work. There wu not a lazy moment
in all Hit life. Whether He wu talking to
the fishermen on the beach, er preaching to
the tailors on the deck, or addreulng tho
rustics amid the mountains, or spending tho
jnmmer evening in the village, Ho wu
alwa; s busy. Shoving in the carpenter shop;
helping the lame man to walk without any
crutoh; curing the child's fits;*provldingra
tions for a hungry host—always busy. He
wss. The hardy men that pulled out the net
TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
Tux most uncharitable articles on the negre are
the work ol northern pens. The belle! that ths
negro It no longer a profitable lector in politics
hu embittered the northern mind, or at leut tho
republican tide ol It. Many ol the letters written
by northern correspondents now show up the
blacks u a hopelessly thriftless race, a licentious
and barbarous people. The religion
the negroes is roughly handled.
Northern travellers report the sermons ol the
black divines u being meaningless gibberish, and
the congregations are described u alternately
blubbering and giggling u their emotions more
them. Tho charge It made that the country
brethren and sisters select communion day for
their visits to the city churches in order
to enjoy copious draughts ol good
wine. Southern writers do not
deal with the negroes in this unkind spirit. The
southerner never expected to see the negro mate
rially changed for the better by freedom and
edncatlon. He never expected to seo the charac
teristic race Inferiority ol thousands of years
standing suddenly removed by a legislative statute
and a few dozen “tchoomarms.” Indulging
in no roseate anticipations, he bu not been
dfuppolnted. He knows that the Pompey of to
day It very much what he wu in his grandfather's
time, and Just about what bo wilt be In the days
of his grandchildren. The thorough knowledge
ol tho situation makes the southern white man
charitable and tolerant. This spirit manifests
Itself even In the courts. |Tho sternest Judges
make every allowance they can lor the
ragged darkey who stands before them
charged with stealing a shoat, or a spring chicken,
orwlth committing trespasses upon a watermelon
patch. The brother In black Is fortunate in falling
into the hands ol friends. In coming years he
will find that the men who tried to uso him to
perpetuate sectional and race hatred are his worst
enemies.
An educated Mexican gentleman who speaks
English very well, told a fit. Louis reporter that
the people in this country use their language In a
manner strangely at variance with tho dictionary.
For Instance, when he wu pasting through Texu
a sleeping car porter remarked to the conductor
that a lady in the next car wu "flip.” Never hav
ing heard the word the Mexican fell Into a brown
study over it. Presently the porter
returned tnd sahl, "the lady Is flipper
now than ever.” The Mexican then uked the
porter what he meant by uying that tbo lady wu
'flip” and "flipper.” Tho reply wu that the lady
wu”fly.” Further Information wu uked for,
when the sleeping car mtn cut it short by uying
that “the lady wu too fresh.” All this puuled
the Mexican not a tittle,but he afterwards learned
that the mysterious language referred to Impu
dence end offensive conduct
It is uid “Jay Gould hu smalt, short hands.’
The ume could be said ol the cat that caught
the rat that eat the malt that lay In the house that
Jack built.
HzMrnis now claims to be tbe summer resort of
the south. This matter is cheerfully reterred to
the Savannah News.
„ I really think you have some of the
favortble symptoms of a complete and eternal
recovery from this malady ol tin. Watch.
Pray. Study. Compare. On toward the
prise. Shuthe not your sword till you have
I mined tbe lut yictery. Higher and higher
i ill you reach the celestial hills. Crowns ra
diant and immortal for all tbs yietors: but
sternal destb to trtry deserter.
Concerning Mustachei.
From the New York Son.
Mustaches are dlflerent,” said tbs tuber;
"mist art pliant and silky, while othera are Stilt
u bristles. A man who wishes a good mustache
should never allow a razor to touch It. Then be
wilt elwtys be proud ot It, providing he hu good
balr-growlng powers. Yonag men havt a foolish
Idea that shaving frequently will hasten the
growth ol the mustache, but its only eftet la to
■aka It like a hearth broth.
"Bern-beaded men have, as a nit, the twst
growth of hail on their meat. It seems Who tee
wty nature bu ol compensating themfovwhaj
the v wint a bore, tease sacs cab bat tt grow a
“ ? nn!»n35;itSJu jktwomtmils*Such
should tall back cm
from Genetuet, full of floundering treaiuree, - |valn. She died on the scaffold between two bard
tho shepherds, who hunted up the grassy plats * "
for their flocks to nibble at; the ehipwrigbt
“■ i awey in the docyards; the wine-
Engech dipping up the juice irotn
the vat and pouring it into (he goat-ekina—
none of these were hell eo busy as Ho whoso
hands tnd hud and heart were til
TOLL or THS WORLD'S WORK,
From tho day on wbioh hs stepped out
from ths caravansary of Bethlehem to tho
day when he eet bit erou in the socket on
the bloody mount, it wu work, work, work,
all tbe way. It ie not to with ue—not so with
you, not eo with me. We want the burdan to
ho light if wo ue to eury it, the church pew
loft il we era to sit os it, tho work euy if we
sre to perform it, tho sobers brilliant If wo
srs to move in it, the religions service short
if wear* to survive it. On the way to hssvta,
rock us, fan us, ting us to sloop, dandle on
the tips of your fingers, hind us up out ol
this dusty world toward heaven on kfd gloves
tnd a silken aunshtdel Yet the martyrs who
waded the flood and breuted the fire get out
ot the way while thie colony of tender looted
Brooklyn miuietere coma up to get their
crown. Oh, for more of that better epirit
which starte a man heavenward, determined
to get there himself and taka everybody elta
with him. Buey in the private circle, buey
in the Sabbath eehool, busy in church, buey
everywhere lor God end Christ and heaven.
Oh, Christian soul, what hu Jeaut done
against thee that thou hut betrayed him?
Who gave thee so much riches that thou casst
t flora to despise thaawudtof the filthlul?
At thie moment, when all of the umiet of the
earth end heaven and hell ere plunging into
tbe conflict, how can you deaerl tho stand
ard?
1 havo shown you that the epirit of Christ
u a apirit of gentleness,a spirit of aclf-tacri-
:e, a spirit of humility, a spirit of prayer, a
_.ilnt of work—live points. Will you rtmtm.
her them? And are you ready tor the Iremen.
dons conclusion of the apostle: “If any man
have not tha epirit of Christ, ho is none of
Hia?” Overpowering statement. Who can
stand before it? Not I; sot you. And yet this
subject ought not to throw any Christian into
a despairing mood. Though wa are all well
aware ol the tact that we have net these traits
of character u Christ bad tham, yet I think
we have the seeds planted in eur tout, end the
harvest, after awhile, will come.
Glory to God, you have tha
blessed beginnings in your naturs, and
thongh you are painfully aware, day by day.
of your ahortchomings, it is your earnest
iraycr, “Giya me thie epirit of -feeas.” Aim
■igh. 1 would not uy one discouraging word
to you. —
While tho evidence In the Cluvcrius case wu
circumstantial, ft wu so strong u to shut out any
reasonable doubt u to the priaouer'e guilt. But it
must be admitted that very serious mistakes have
been rnafUi in easts where tee evidence wu wholly
circumstantial. - One remarkable Instance reported
in tho law books it that ol Elisa Fcnnlng, a young
tnd beautlful gftl who unjustly suffered tho ex
treme penalty pnder the old Draconian English
law in 1815, lor the oflbnso ol, u wu alleged,
administering poison with felonious intent.
She wu employed u a servant in
the houu • ol a family in Chancery lane,
and one- day the whole family, lnolnd-
Ing herself, Ml tick with symptoms ol arsenical
poisoning, investigation showed that same
dnmpllngs which she had made were strongly lm*
pregnsted with arsenic, end slic wu arrcctcd.
The fact that she had oaten and snffbrod with tha
reet, and thst the had made no attempt to remoro
tee evidence ol gnllt, If gnllt there had been,
were not permitted to wetgb at all In her tavor.
In bis accounted tee caw Sir Samnel Romllly
•ays: "Thfrecqidfsrappeared to have concclyod
a strong ,, prejudice - against tho prison-
er; In summing up the evidence he made eome
very nnjnat anil unfounded observation! to her
disadvantage,-find tho wu convicted. 1 ! Petitions
for coipmutatlon 61' tho sentence were signed by
thousands, tnd presented to the crown, but all In
ened criminals, her tut words to the prison cler-
gymsn being: "Before the Just and Almighty
God, and by tbe faith of the holy sacrament I have
received, I am Innocent ot the offenw ol which I
am charged.” As she stood clothed to white
before tee people, with the guilty ruflltae
ter companions, the voice ol tho maltllnito
wu hushed, all eyca were dim with
tears and every voice prayed lor her. Said a by*
slander, ’-As sll three atood under the bum, be
neath tee sun, she looked aerene u an angel.”
Then came the awful discovery. It wss shown
within a low days after the execution that the
crimo had been committed by a maniac member
other employer'a lenity, who, oonsclant ol his
murderous tendencies, had begged, begged In
agony, to be put under restraint belore be com
mitted tome mortal mischief. It wu also shown
tbst this tact wu known to her employer and tee
recorder at tbo time ot the trial, but that tbe
brutal Judge refused.to allow It to coma up la
evidence.
AB esteemed correspondent it Collinsville, Ala.,
explalnateatthe partial la north Alabama who
burned the house ol an old woman some time
ago, because they suspected her ol being a witch,
were negroes. The while people ol Alabama take
no stock in witches, tnd are not likely to Indulge
In such outrages u tee nno referred to.
Irs mtn mikes s practice ol travelling about
with a large sum ol money In hia pocket, and Is
msrtover In tee habit ol drinking, he aaould loot
around In Mexico or Central America, There la
Ins danger ol being robbed and murdered down
there In thou ecml civilised countries thin there
Is In tee great city ol New York. Take tele cue:
lut Tuesday Mr. Blchard Whltehouw, principal
owner ol Whfte'e expreu company, left hta office
In New York at ten o'clock In tee morning,
lie rode up town In oat ol hie express wagons and
stopped at a saloon, where he drank two glsawe ot
brandy. He teen told hia driver to telephone to
tee olfico teat ha wu not well enough to retnra
that day. In tea evening a member ol tea firm
called at tea retldenca ol Mr. Whltebonse to see
bow be was. It wu teen ascertained test he had
not been seen lineale spoke to bla driver in tee
saloon. At tea saloon It wu said that
Whltehonw left alter drinking hit brandy. Tbe
police weie applied to, bnt nothing could ho
heard ol tee mining min. As Whltehonw wore a
fine watch and chain and bad a thousand dollars
with him hia friends leu teat ho hu met with
foul play.
"ScinrrinciLLY speaking,” says Uncle Noah
Webster, ol some ol bla literary heirs, "tea negro
Is not a colored man.” Thorny to avoid confu
sion la not to speak actenUflcally about anything.
An American traveling in Italy, found within
thirty miiea of Rome able-bodied men working
lor raven cents a day. The mors frugal ol these
laborers Uve on five cents a day and lay aalde two
ants lor clothing, ttekneas, etc. It; teema Incred
ible teat tec descendants of tee men who fought
with Cuter and followed Blent! should tamtly
toft for teefr Uakmutcrs at seven cents a day. U
tee starving wretches who work lor
this miserable pittance drift ofl In
to socialism, common lorn and anarchy
who will blame teem? By such oppreateo tea
Goths tnd Vandals ol onr time srs developed.
Without a chants for tea better tee la bo ran of
Italy will rita one of these days and Inaugurate a
reign of terror. II tbs I tails ns could he assisted
to emigrate they would come to tele country In
swsrace, hut there ie no opening here lor peoper
tabor.
Tbs fact test no execution hat taken plaee In
Havana during the put eight yeare accounts lor
mneb ol tee lawlessness In test city. In Havana
and vicinity extata a secret eoclety called tea
Ntnlgo. This society numbers 1.S00 outlaws.
Assassination lor pay Is tee ntln business ot tho
Ntnlgoe, and they receive patronage enough to
keep teem busy. When It ta tuipccted that a
man bu been murdered by one of there thnge,
tee officers ol tee law seem paralyzed,and the brav
est cltlzeni due not even give testimony against
the criminal. II Is well understood teat tee
protection ol tee law and ol tee captain general
will avail nothing against tee bloody detperadoea
who have succeasfally dolled anthorlty lor eo
many] can. In Havant, the profetslsnal assas
sins d o not go about their work acorctly. It ta no
uncommon thing lor one to pounco upon a man
when he ta walking down a public atreet with
bta wife In broad daylight. One throat oi a knlle
accomplishes tec Job, and tee murderer darts
awsy. Tbe cftlsens who witness tee tragedy
mutter "a nantgo,” and seek the seclusion ol
teefr house*. When interrogated by tee polloe
they discreetly declare that they uw nothing,
beard nothing and know nothing,
TnaApplotons have Just Issued a cheap paper
edition ol “Uncle Remus, Hta Songs and Hit
Baying*.”
It Is said thst tho wife ol a foreign ambassador
In Washington extinguished a luhlanablc boozer
tee other day. 8ho heard that tee ton ol a west
ern congressman had mode hta appearance at a
social entertalnmen t In tee normal condition ol a
biled owl.” The next day eho sent the young
man a note, reqneatlng him to return tee Invita
tion to a reception she had previously sent him.
She utao informed him teat under no circum
stances would he ho received In her house. Thie
is one wty ol advancing the cause ol temperance.
This ta t practical, matter ol tact age, but no
■lory ta too wildly Imaginative lo And a host ol
believers. It ta difficult to aoconnt lor tee preva
lence ol superstition In this age and generation.
Tbe newspapers left ns that thousand! ol people
consult fortune teller*. Wltchoc are dragged be
fore txmrta and teefr bouses are burned ovor
teefr hcade by furioue mobs. Even
an enlightened city like BL Louis
tbs: murders and tragedies at tee Southern
hole! are explained by tee story tbat the ground
en which tee hotel Is bnllt wu cursed by a poor
old Frenchwoman who wu dtapoasetsed of her
home score* ol years ago. This monstrous legend
ta believed by many people, and yet some ol onr
Georgia snake stortca are doubted and ridiculed.
Tbe suakra sre tar more troublesome than any old
woman’s curse.
Monkzys are rery much like men. They pick
up human vices readily. Professor Brehm collec
ted quite t number ol monkeys at Kbsrtoum and
experimented upon them. One day he gave oach
ol hta pets a big glut ol brandy. They becamo In
toxicated, Insolent, passionate, battal,and grinned
and gamboled llko drunken men. The next day,
Uke men under similar conditions, they were sick.
They would cat nothing, turned sway In disgust
from wine and beer and consumed twenty lemon:
apiece. In Ue evening they left better, and tee
next dxy were all right The next day they drank
brandy at tee first opportunity, tnd began to make
signs for their “tod" regularly. One ol tee mean
est looking ol tec monkeys falling to get an extra
suppljr ol liquor Informed Professor Brehm that he
wu sqake-blt, hut this llttlo game didn't work.
Could anything he more human t
Eighty-five yean ago great rollgloui excitement
prevailed Inmlddlo Tennomeco and Kentucky.
One remarkablo peculiarity ol these revivals wu
tee Involuntary Jerking, barking, dancing, laugh
ing and elngtni ol tho penona affected. Frequent
ly a convert would giro a piercing scream and (all
senseless to tee floor. At ono meeting two Staten,
gsy yqung women, were stricken at tee same In-
stent. They screamed and fell llloleaa to tbe
floor and did not revive lor
an j ‘hop:. The Jerks were
very jfceiilitr. Bometimes only one member al
the bfcdy would bo aflbeted and It would go
through a series of tec most ludicrous Jerks for
hourv. Again the whole system would he derang
ed, tnd tbe convert would Jerk backward and for
ward and Irom aide to aide. Bometlmesja wicked
man,while laughing at tbeothen, would suddenly
be seized with tee Jerks himself. For months
tbo rural districts oi Kentucky and Tennessee
were Ailed with pious men and women who were
forking, dancing, barking, laughing and singing
Uke a pick ol lunatics Jnat out ol Bedlam. In
thou primitive times these queer manifestations
did not excite ridicule. They frupfred people with
awe. In Ume tee excitement peseed away and
nothing similar hu since been witnessed.
Tnxboya who read the history ot onr country
think teat John Paulding, tee young man who
arrestq] Major Andre was a hero, Andre wu a
spy; Paulding wu a patriot, Bomuchlorhtatory.
Now let us come down to the facta. Tha court
records ol Tarry town show teat Paulding wu a
highway robber. Tbe traditions oi tee neighbor
hood are that ho lived a despised and characterless
tot Ull tee day ol hta death. Andre, on the other
hand, loomi up u a heroic figure, lnyeeted with
all tee attracUoua ol romance, Hta dost rests In
Wcilmluter Abbey under an Imposing monu
ment, while tee bones ol Paulding real In eome
obscure nook In Tarrytown,
Wires Ue statue ol tee Puritan wu dedicated In
New York lut week, Mr. George William Curtta
did himself lull Justice u tee orator ol too occa
sion. Naturally MrX'urtta thinks that tecPnrltau
It ths gnndest element In American clvUtastlon.
In attempting to prove It, however, Mr. Curtta hu
laid himself open to numerous objections and cor
rections. Ourlndcpendanceforu not conceived
tnd worked out by tee Puritan; tee cavalier had
mors to do with It than anyone etas.
Nor did tea Puritan bring liberty to our
shores. He came, u htt been pointedly uld, to
enjoy bta own right* and to pravent othera from
enjoying teefr rights. True liberty landed In this
country with the Catholic, Lord Baltimore, and
the Quaker, William Penn. Mr. Cuitta claims
teal tee Puritan freed the negro. Some credit
should be given Abraham Lincoln, who wav cer
tainly a southerner. II hta Kentuckian birth and
Virginian ancestry count for anything. II tee
people ol New York want a statue ol tee Puritan,
ft Is all right, bnt let us bear In mind teat tha
status ruembtea In coldneu, hudneu and inun-
slbllliy to emotion tee typical Isnstlo whom it
commemorates.
A Ksbtvckt commencement orator made an
uncommonly good speech on tbo French mexlm,
"Nothing succeeds Ilka sucres*." From a worldly
standpoint sncceuta tea tut ol merit. I! Colum
bus had returned fro*- hta voyage without discov
ering America, disgrace would have boon hta por
tion. And yet ths new world would bars ban
then all the same. The explorer's theory would
have been Just ta correct. Julius Cmsor owed
two millions wbn bt risked tee experiment ol
Bulwer take: ”11 Cottar bed
not live d to erou tee Rubicon tnd pay hta debts,
what would hta creditors have called him I” Every
thing fiocki !<• tee trade of tha saceeuful man. II
he be a poet, orator or writer, hta dnllw t utteraneu
are received with rupectfnl consideration. If be
ritablhhu a reputation lor wit ho will be greeted
with reals of laughter every Ume ho opens hta
mouth. If an lUlterats old hog accumulate* mill
ion htaItnomnca and coarse manners pau for
eczenuldly. A woman, when hu reputation ta
osew made ta a beauty, ta all the rage though
dozens of falrez women stand by hu side. This
will suggest tes idu teat suenu ta o fraudulent
tham. go ft fa fa many Instance*. But It is what
tes people went They cry for It and frequently
die for It.
I* a recent talk, General Grant uld teal be did
not taka General Leafs rword at Appomattox t»
reus he did not think II would be right Noth
ing WU said about tee ir atter at the Ume. In re
ply to the question whettu It wit not ninal to
tak* a sword nnder such circumstances, tho
general said that It wu. but he wouldn't do It in
that caie. In tee count of the conversation he
remarked tbat be had teen and read a good deal,
Lnt he had sever known a grander zeaa than
Genera! Lee.
Tax great hanking house ol Rothschild origi
nated In Frankfort, Germany, about UO years ago.
Tbe founder of teo bouse dealt In old clothu and
had lor a sign a red thelld, which In German ta
rote tcblld. The sot) of thie old clothu doater
continued tee tamo business, becamo a pawn
broker and loaned money. Ho succeeded to well
that he died In 1812 luring a fortune ot
19,000,000. He bonnd Ills flvo sons by a
solemn oath to follow teo business together, hold
ing tee property In partnership and extending
tbefroperstfonsso that all tbcworldshonld know
the firm ol Rothschild. The sons were true to
their oath. They oooupltd tew great financial
centers ol tee world nnd worked (or the common
Interest Nathan In London prospered wonder*
fully. He witnessed tho battle ol Waterloo and
by extraordinary efforts reached London
In advance ol tec official couriers. Ho
reported a great victory lor Napoleon and stocks
went down to almost nothing. Ho refused to buy,
but bad:cc re* ol agents purchasing. The next
dty Wellington's messenger arrived. The troth
wax known, and stocks went up. By this single
Ho tee great house ol Rothschild made 19,000,000.
Alter that tee firm rolled In wealth. It
made Its power felt In teo
paltce ol every ruler In Europe, In tee far east tnd
In this wutcra world at tee fireside ol the New
England farmer, and in tee log cabin of teo pio
neer., ThoRothsohlldeolio-day have teo epirit
ol tbelr ancestors. They wield a dangerous power.
They have hut to eet their combinations to work
to affect tee price ol tee dally bread ol every
laborer In tee civilised world. With teelrencour-
agment kings and emperors stand ready to ruth
Into bloody wars. It 1s In their power to give us
flush times or to brtug on a general panic. Doubt-
leu tee world would be better off without teem.
EorToaDAHa'eteomaautta wrestling with the
word “bebetudlnoslty” with a* much earuutuesa
as il Itcontalnedcatsup.
Tnx point ta made In behall ol Scott, tee de
faulting teller ol tee Manhattan bank,that be wss
paid only gt,000 a yur. Just ta brilliant youog
men at -Scott manage to do more work and live In
New York on ball teat salary. When a man leels
teat he cennot render honut eervlee for the salary
he ta receiving he ahonld step down and out.
GKHX1AL Bhermxm ta not altogether letd on teo
•hell. When ho was at Edwardtvllle, III., last
week he found on tbe ttagool tee opera house a
number ot pretty young ladles who werapreptr-
Ing to rehestso a contents. Tho general etuck lo
hta old rale ot kissing every young lady Intro
duced. Finally he came to one who vowed that
the wouldn't be kissed. Tho veteran eelzed bote
her hands when the wu ofl guard and smacked
hertqoarcly In the monte. Tbooo who hetril
the kite uy ft tonnfied like tee ripping ol a plank.
The old soldier did not seem a bit tired altor hta
performance, and grinned maliciously at teo
young gentlemen who had eaeorted tee glrta to
tee opera house.
Two kegs ol beer, a dcmljon ot whisky, and a
small cannon were all that wu necessary to getup
the John A. Logan ulutc. There can be no doubt
thst the aflklr wu very elaborate.
Tna poor old liberty bell first gained lie reputa
tion by ushering In the liveliest row this country
ever engaged In, and In its old ago It has not en
joyed unbroken peace. Tbe appropriation ol
(9,000 Irom tee city council of New Orleana to pay
for tee return of the bell to Philadelphia wu
nipped In tee hud hr an Injunction. The com
mittee oi conuellmen appointed to accompany the
bell teen raised enough monsg to pay teo oxpentca
teo trip, and It ta now
settled test tbe bell will leayo
New Orient Saturday morning. At no time dar
ing its stay In tee city bu tbe bell been In teo ex
position buildings. It hu bean shunted on a eldo
track all the time under tec cure ol throe police
men. Several quarrels havo arisen over It and two
libel tufts, one ol which wu baaed on tbo sensa
tional Chirac teat a councilman wu “a Goorgo W.
Gable creole.” It ta to bo hoped that tho old pleco
ol revoluUonuy hardware wUl get back homo all
right. |
Wiikw the bom ol the aandy Soudan hears ol the
trouble England bu plunged Into on acoonnt ol
beer, he will howl with delight. K1 Mahdl hu
bta laulla, but beer ta not one ol teem. The fol
lowers of Mohammed are all temperance men.
They don't mind cutting throats, but thay regard
tippling u a aln of tea first magnitude.
Ona people honor true heroism without regard
toraco or color. At the Brunswick Are eome
months ago Steve Wright, a negro, loet hta life In
attempting to uvo tee property ol white citizens.
Recently the peoplo ol Brunswick purchased and
erected a monument to Steve Wright, and at a
public meeting held lut Saturday a motion wu
adopted to pnrchuo a homo and lot for teo
widow. Such action! apeak louder than words.
Ah Englishman would rather drink unUxed
beer than to stand on teo pavement and watch
tho queen go by. This shows how fond ha taol
nntaxedbeer,
CLUvaaii-alau particular about hta personal
appearance u any dado. The other day he par-
ebued a light apriug suit end the lut wu duly
chronicled In tee Richmond papers. For !a man
whose neck la In Imminent danger Clnverlut ta a
cool one.
We Informed a correspondent, the other day,
that GtnarelLce’e middle name wu Edmond.
The Richmond Dispatch corrected na and Mated
teat It wu Edward. The next dty tee Dtapatcb
contained the following curlons paragraph:
"Appletan-publUbed ala years alter hta death-
give* General Leo’* irame u Robert Edward. Wo
to gave itycstcrdsy.bat not upon Appleton'a au
thority. We were nnder tee Impression that Rev.
JobnW. Jones had corrected us ume years ago,
when wo wrote It "Robert Edmnnd." Ferbap* It
wu tee other way he corrected na-that ta, "Ed
mnnd" for -Edward." What layt Dr. Joncal"
Chambers and Llpplnoott bote uy Edmund,
Tnx extremes of faahlou exefto ridicule, and It
taa common thing to htar disgusted people wish
for tea return ot tes good old times. A reference
to old fuhlon books, however, will show teat our
society ladles tnd dug*a are far more sensible In
teefrcotlnmet than were thalr ancestors. Thera
wu far more extravaxinoe and more Indecency In
society one hundred yean ago than
at tee present time. Not only have we
Improved In dress, but In manners and morals al
to. Gentlemen do not talk with tee ume coarse-
neu u In tee good old time*, and our ladles do
not swear. A century ago, awearlng, Itksbad
spelling, wuconoldcrcd a sure Indication thst one
belonged to “tee quality." Onr modern tMh to ru
bles have their tanlta, bnt they train Improve
ment on their predoccaeora.
Tug Philadelphia Press allude* to Vatu: u “tee
moat ancient" ol American colleges for women.
We do not know whether teo much chewing ol
gum hu given II this premature distinction, but
ft certainly ta not tec oldest woman's college la
America. The lint Insulation ol that kind ever
organised In tel* country raiUll flourishing In
Macon. It ta called Wesleyan Female college.
Tax** If an empire In territorial extent. Home
ol tee proudest kingdoms ol Europe are mere
specks by He side. Occasionally the qnetUon ol
division cornu op. It ta uo nsw question with
the Texsns. Tbe Oalvuton Newt enumerates
some ot tea old attempta to bring about a division:
“The 'rand tappers' tried It beck In tee fifties.
There wu a west Tcxu agitation before tee wu.
sod again slier tee wu, when a constitution lor
tee new state wu framed. The International
railway tubeldy threatened to cause another dll-
replies. Norte Tout hu threatened to go ont
ona question ol distribution ot tee auto office*.
Tbe 'doodle bug economtati,’ tee 'free grass'
grtilen, tbe wool grnwen, tea Panhandle stock
men snd a dozen other cliques or parttee have
urged or threatened division at variant time*,
bat wlteoat creating any popnlar enihaslumln
fovor ol teefr acbemee Under lu treaty ol an
nexation tea ttatt can ba subdivided Into five
its tes-”
Axonu tbe conspicuous temperance worker* of
tbeege should be meutloned the Hon. L. a. Dsn-
Me, ol Florida* The tact teat Dennis was an ua.
consclons worker In tee cante does not In the lea:t
detract from hta Influence. He will be remem
bered for years to como u a warning oxime!*,
and teo story o! hta death will
cause many a good fellow to fl<ht thy ot
John Barleycorn. The manner In which '.Dennis
put In his work for tcmpersuco wu rather pecu
liar, and ta not to be recommended to temperance
advocate* In general. Last Sunday Dennis mtdo
n wager that ho could drink two quarts ol whisky.
He swallowed teo liquor and went Into a roaring
fit cl delirium tremens. Tho following Tuesday
morning l:o died In great agony,much to tbe con
sternation ol bta boon companion r and olbcr tip
pling people. Tbo dead man onco played a con
spicuous part In tho American politics. Leaving
the federal army after the wu he settled In Flor
ida, and became a republican leader. He went to
the legtalalnre whenever It sailed him, and held
various other positions. In 1879 ho schemed and
carried onl the Archer frauds snd enabled tha
state canvuelng board to give Florida to Hayea
when ft wu actually carried by Tilden. The “Lit
tle Giant," u ho wu called by hta friends, bad all
the talent and Impudence necosury to make a
successful politician, and hot for hta depravity he
might have enjoyed a brilliant career. He ended
hta wuted tile like a brute, bnt In again bringing
tee whliky evil in Its most horrible shape belore
tee public, he unwittingly paved tea way to good
results. Many a man who heart ot tho “Ltttlo
Giant's" unsnoocttful tenia with tee Big Giant
will swear off.
Mosqurroxs have alrcadyappearod lu New York.
This shows the advantage ol having a cool sum
mer climate. There will be no mo inltoet In At
lanta until teo storms oi next B ...amber htve
blown some under-led one* from u :v»;.nxh.
Masirnuliold enongh and lrrga enough t
have outgrown her catamount days, bnt it teema
teat the has not. Lut Thursday morning Mr.
Robinson, who resides atM Madison street, was
awakened from hta virtuous slumbers by the
pretcnceola fcrociou looking monster In hta
bed chamber. At toon u Mr. Robinson got hie eyea
sufficiently wtdo open to take In tee tltuttlon ho
bounced out ol tho window attired In a breezy
tingle garment and alighted on tee sidewalk
where hta Acadian coatumo and vigorous yolla
speedily attracted a crowd ol admiring spectators.
In response to nnmerona Inquiries Mr. Robinson
stated teat a royal Rental tiger with forty-nine
strtpjoaad a tall ublg ua tent polo had taken
possession ol hta room and compollcd him to va
cate. An Incredulous pollccmau suggested tbst
It was a case ol Jim Jams, and displayed a dispo
sition to lake tee unfortunate man to teo station,
but was deterred by tee prisoner’s lack ol cloth.
Ing. Finally several men armed them
selves with pistols and pokers and mado
a raid on tee house. Alter a desperate fight
they killed tho catamonnt and found that
It waa three toet long and weighed ono bnndrod
pounds. Tho cat wu an ugly customer, and Mr.
BqMewb Nil fortunate to hta escape.
Tnx Inhabitants ol Cuhmcro, tea scene ol tee
late destructive cartequako, are noted as a people
almost wholly given over to tho Vico ol lying, It
teems only fair test lists should bo shaken up oc
casionally.
Tnx northern people hear tomo strange tacts
shout tee south. Lut Sunday Professor Stewart
In Trcmont Temple, Bceton, told hta hearers teat
to tee old south everybody used liquor, but In tbo
new tonte It ta almost Impossible to obtain adrlnk
anywhere. Hooka and papers, ho said, are taking
tee place ol teo whisky bottlo.
Oca contemporary, tbe EulauMTImct ,tn nolng .
teapreaencoola distinguished visitor, speaks ot
him u "a vcnerablo looking gentleman, with a
touch ol tee cue and gneo ot an old Virginia
slaveholder.” Tho neat compliment so skillfully
turned In teo above sentence will at once attract
favorable attention. Thera ta no limit to teo*blc«
shilling ol personal d«icrl|,tlmi rcnilcre'l po*»lblo
by this style ol characterization. For Instance, tho
reporter to mentioning a magnetic and
Jovial man conld graphically portray him u
"beaming on tho crowd with a whotosalo liquor
drummer’s smile." In describing a bloated capi
talist as baying "teo commanding appearance ol a
confederate quartermaster” ho would bring to
many minds a vivid realization ol bis picture.
Tho variations would bo ondloo. “A young lady
with a far-away Beacon street look In her
eyes” wonld call up a vision ol
tho cultured Boston girl, and "a hello
olgenulno rollerskating link amiability" would
at onco suggest ono ol thoso charming products of
modernsoefoty, wbou smiles nover tall to reward
"tee yonng man with an toe creamy cut ol coun
tenance.” TheKnfauIa Times man should give
bta dcscriptlvo talent full play.
Tnx downfall ol teo Oladttono administration In
Consequence Of teo propo-i 1 slight Increase In the
taxon beer excites xmuaemout as well as surprise
In this country. It ta true test we tatvo alwsya
heard oftea heavy drinking habits of tee Englftb,
but the extent ol tbe beer evil 1s not generally on-
dertteod. In England beer ta about tee only lux
ury teat tael up enough lo bo wltblnthc reach
of tee work' • g man. Million* ot poor peoplo sub
sist ebb ly on broad and beer.
Tbe average laboring man drlnke
about two gallons a day, and hta wile ta not much
behind him. An English advocate ol temper-
anco recently gave It as hta opinion that a work
ingman conld exist on a gallon ot beer a day, bnt
It ta ncedleu to say teat hta views are regarded os
extreme by tee maasee. Tha beer told In Eogland
ta ol a muddling quality. It keopt thoso
who drink It In a boozy
state all tee time. Naturally
tee people who absorb beer don't object to a
stronger tipple when they can get It, tnd pnblto
drunkenness ta characteristic oi every city and
town to England. Among such a people a taxon
beer caused neater Indignation than a tax on
bread. The defeat of teo Gladstone ministry In
Its lut analysis ta simply this: the men who think
have been oyerthrown by teo men who drink,
Tni Maine eommlialoncr to tbo New Orlctue
exposition Investigated tbe drinking habits ol tho
southern people. White the popularity ol local
option surprised him, he wu equally astonished
•t the rarity ol drunkenneas In cltlee like New Or-
Ictus where llqnor shop* abound. In tlx months
he did not see six drunken men to tho city. He
docs not attempt to explain tola, bnt ttys that Ua
climate or tee qaallty of tbo llq
nor may aceonnt for It. The
cllmete certainly hu a area! deal to do with lb
Forelzht months In the year whisky drinking Is
too ruinous to bo Indulged In by teo sontbernsr.
It 1anot possible fora man lo drinkumuch
whisky at teo tomb u at tbo north. If he at
tempts It he will go nnder. In point ot fact there
wns never as much drunkenness fn this section ta
In too northern state*. Even In tee days when
the naeol llqnor wu general Intemperance waa
tho exception. Down thta way all tee forcea ol
nature ue arrayed on tee eldo ol temperance.
Motrr yonng clerks sre in tee habit of expending
every cent ol teelr lelutae. It make* no difler-
ir.n: win ti er they »re well paid or poorly paid,
they Uve folly op to teelr incomes. II questioned
on thesnbjcct they uy test they cannot lay
wide anylbin:; and sllllllvean.l dross In a style
lulled to teelr bnalneu and social position. Mr.
Blchard 8 Drone, ol Raymond, Mtaa., who died
Ue other day, wu an exception to tee general
run. lie wu a clerk all hia
life, but when he died he left an catateof (18,000
saved from hta salary. He made • rather pecu
liar will. He left 19,000 to the owners of the hotel
where he boarded, t'M to two elderly wldowt,
•200 each to hta washerwomen, 1200
the cook at the hotel. *100 etch to
tee tervtnu who waited on him, 1700 to hta kins
man, and wmarier turn* to other*. Ill* I'totora
were reieued from all obligations except a suf
ficient amount to cover the bequeets and funeral
expenses, to be obtained upon a pro rata assess-
meat and collection from the solvent debtor!.
Here wu a nun who had spent bis long Ilia aa a
Or* tn * ,ountry ktore, and jet Ihestvlnu Irom
hi* salary amounted to a comfortable little for
tune.