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STUDS LIKE I ROCK % ? ' HKV. Dlt. TALWAUW 01T08KH 1I1I1M3 liKOONSTHDOTION1. VUT1LH AHH T??K AHSAII/IH MAIIU UPON TIIK MCltll*T|)l|UN. >& ~ Q The Bible Aw Compared WMli Odirr Hook*. Qi Now York, Juno 9. In his sermon for today Rev. I>t*. Talmago deals with a Hubjeot that Im agltat-tflfgMhe entire Christ tan ohurch at tho present moment- via, "Expurgation of the Scriptures." Th* text chosen was. "I^et Uod bo truo, but every man a liar" (Romans HI. 4). Tho Blblo needs reconstruction accord ing to Homo Inside and outside the pul pit. It Is no surprise that the world honi. be>da (he Scriptures, hut it Is amuzing to find Christian ministers picking at this in the Bible und denying that until many VOQ'l people are left In tho fug about what parts of tho Bible tboy ouKht to be lieve and what parts rejeot. The heinous ness of finding fault with tho Bible at this time is most evident. In our day tho Bible Is assailed by scurrility, by mis representation. ^by tnftrtol scientist*. all the vice- of earth and all the venom of pordltton. and at this particular time oven preachcrs of the gospel full Into lino of criticism of tl^ woru of (lod. W by. It makes me think of a ship In a fleptemb<r equinox, the wavos dashing to the top of tihe smokestack, and the hatches fastened uowu. and many prophesying tile found erli^of the steamer, and at that time some of the crew with axon and sawf no down into the hold of tho ship, and they try to saw off some of tho planks arid pry out Hume of the tlmberH hccauso the timber did not come from tho right for est. It does not seem to me a com mend able business for the crew to he helping the winds and Storms outside with their axes and saws Inside. Nuw, this old gos pel ship, what with tho roaring o f earth tnd hell around tho stem and ?<ern and uutlny on dock, is having a very rough ? voyage, but I have noticed that not one of the timbers has started, and/ tho cap tain says he will see It through. And 1 have noticed that keelson aiidV counter v timber knee aro built out of l^banon cedar, and she Is going to weather the gale, but no credit, to those who make mutiny on dock. When I see professed Christians in this particular day finding fault with the Scriptures, It makes me think of a for tress terrifically bombarded, and tho men ? _.0h tho ramparts, instead of swabbing out and loading tho guns and helping f- tch up tho ammunition from tho magazine, are trying with crow hats to pry out from the wall certain blocks of stone because they did not come from tho right quarry. Oh, men on the ramparts, better light buck and tight down the common enemy Instead of trying to make breaches In the wall I While 1 oppose this expurgation of , the Scriptures 1 shall give you my ,r??tSOlu? for such opposition. "What," say some of the thcqloglcul evolutionists, whose brains have been middled by too long brooding over them by I>arwin and Spen cer, "you don't now r<ally believe till the story of the OArdeti of lOden, do you?" Yes, as much us I believe there were roses lq my garden last summer. "Hut," say they, "jftju don't really believe that t the sun and moon stood still?" Yes, anil if I had strength enough to create a sun and moon I con Id multo them stand still or cuuho tho refraction of the siiii'.h rays so It would appear tp stand still. "Hut," they say, "you don't really In lleve that the whale swallowed Jonah?" Yes, and If 1 were t*lro?g tuimigh to make a whale I could have made very easy lngr? sh for the refractory prophet, leaving to evolu tion to eject him If he were an unwort'hy tenant. "But," say tiny, "you ? don't really believe that the water was turned into wine?" Yes, just as easily as water now Is often turned Into wine with an admixture of strychnine and logwood. "Hut," say they. "you. don't really believe that Samson slew a thousand with the Jawbone of an ass?" Yes, and I think that the mini who In this day assaults the liible Is wielding the same weapon. There Is nothing in the Bitno that stag gers me. There are many things 1 do not understand, I do not pr< tend to under stand, never shall in tins world under stand. But that would he a very poor llod who could be fully understood by the human. That would be a very small in finite that can be measured by the tlnlto. You must not expect to weigh the thun derbolts of ( nunlpoieiiee In an npothoea* ry's balances. Starting with the Idea that , (Sod can do anything, and that ho was preyent at the l>egliiulug, and that be Is . ?present now, there is nothing In t lie holy Scriptures to arouse skepticism in my heart. I let- I stand, a fossil of the ages, dug up from the teril ify forma. ion, fallen > off the shelf of an ant ii|iiar!aii, a man in the latter part of the glorious nineteenth century, bell, vlng In a whole Hlble from ltd to lid. I n m opposed in Hip expurgation of the j Scriptures in die first place because the Ulhle in its present shap ? Man been mi ml. ractiloiiMly pre.-ervod. l-'iflccn M u n. I ?-<?<) years after Herodotus wrote his history there Was only one ma nuserlpt eopy of It. Twelve hundred years after I'lato wrote Mn hook there was only one manu script copy of It (!od was so eareful to have us have the Itlble in just the riuht sh.it-*' that we have manuscript copies of tli-- N'?'w Testament I.UUO years ? ? I . I and koiii ** <>f thi'in I..Viu years old. This I k hand< <1 down from the time of Christ or lust after the time of ?'hrist by the hand of s'li li men as <>r>K''n In tie* s? ???ond < <-n fury and T< rtullian in tin- tnird ??? titury and hy men <d different s who vlicd for i >elr principles . The tlitee I . st . |. cd tln-.NVw Testament In manuscript In m till" |ioss ssK'H of r h ? ? I hi ee >;i'at rlmr. lies t h ? ? I 'rot i*i a lit church i>f KiikI.iii! t !><? Cretk ehur?|i <>f St I '? t < rsl.u ij; .ml the Itoii ish church i.l' Italy. It is a plain matter of history thai TJsdi. Udoi f went in .1 ciii\. ii> in th,. insula "f Sinai an I was i< ? p - pfi< ( ? .\i-r Ihc wall int. i th" convent, Ilia' In#? till' olilv III. id.- of adtitis ion, .iii.I :)i,u h<" inv i here in the waste basket f.>t killdMiiK for the t'n.-i a tlia n nsciipt ..f fh> hob Scrlp'nres. That iiIkIi? he copied many >( the p;i>i;ines ..f that I ti I ?!?>. Imf It was not until I". v.'.it'M i.a.l passed of ea rn'*:-t entiva'y and piayer and coaxlni; nild purchas on Ids part that thai ei.|.y of the holy Scripture* v ,?s pin Im'o hand of th" cmpiriir ..f |{u-s!t copy so inarvelously prole '..! 1 >0 '.*"11 ll'.t ItlK'W I'll' tit- e.l I ;i J..|; 1 1,. ,,f ' ? ' ' ' ?? "M '"'I New 'I' ?!antciil? as we havrt It Is the same catalogue t.j,*' has heen rortilni; on down '! t niu!i tie V' -".n, I| Ok s of 'lie ? >1(1 Te?t I. m'tlt thousands of years air.. Tblr'y nine now. Twem y..v?'v< n hooks ..f New Testament t.fSuO years ai-.i Tw. ti'j gcvcil lw>oks of the N'ew Tesfaui nt now Mare Ion. for wickedness, was turn. I nil of fhe ehurch in the second century an I In his assault on the Itible and < 'hrisr l.i n Hy lie Incld nlally tflveji a eat ih.irue of the hooks of the llible-lbal catalogue corresponding exactly with oui *??.-??! mony Riven by the enemy of the p.ll.h and tho i norny of Christianity. The eat aloKue now JiihI like the catalogue then Assaulted and spit on and torn to pieces and burned, yet adhcrlntr The iw..%k t-j day. In .100 latiRiiaKeft. confront I iik fon'r fifths of the human ivic ? In their own tongue. Four hundred million copies of It In existence. Doe-s not that look <s \{ this book had been divinely |>roii ete 1. . ~ ff^ort bad guarded It nil through the e n turf**? "Tall nol an argument plain enough to ?very honest man and every honest wo man that a hook divinely protected and In this rh?pe Is In-llu' very shape that Ood want* It? It pleases f!od anl ought to J?te??0 Ua. The epidemics which have ?wept thouaands of other books Info tlje Mptilch?r of foraretfulnca* have only .Jtulditcned tbt fame of this. There is not on* book out of a thousand Ihat lives |f? years. ( Any puhllaher will teir? you ?IWt. ~TirT# WITT not be more than ?wie taek nt trf ?.?*? that wi? s r?t >in U % book much of H 1 years OM. ?aa a??d? Of ?t 4,00$ r**rn old. and with more rebound and reHlllence arid fttrenjfth in it than when tho book was llrat put upon parchnu nt or papyrus. Thlt book saw tho cradle o| ait other hooka, and It will tsee tholr Kiaves. Would you not thiiik (hat jih old bonk like thin, tKiniti of It 4o centurion old, would emtio along hobbling wllb i\^>\ and on crutches? Iiibtcad of that, more potent than any other book of the time. More coploH of It primed III tho last i?"ii years 1)1. hi <>f any other'hook. Walter Hcoit h Wnveih-y iiovi'Ih, M aoaulay'H "History <>t KukUm '? Plwriv || '? "Kmlymlon," i)i? winks "f Tennyson and l/oiiKf?llow mid ?il pop ular books of our time ha vim; no such ?Mile In pie laat ion yu?? '?-* ",1'' wornoii' bock. I?i> you know what ji Hlrutttflo a Im'ik has In ord**r to K'l i fo ohkIi oiim cenlni v or two ???,n t til'loa? Souiti old books dui :iik i lire 1 ?? a snaK 110 of < 'oust a ti 1 1 1 1 ? ? | > I ? ? w- re thrown Into (ho st read . A man without any ( duration l>li k d lip Olio Of I III ml'. h.'?oll.-I, I'* X 1 1 I* a I'll I did not Hfn th?< vti Ho* <>l ? I A scholar look d over his shoulder and saw It wiw the 111*1 a nd h?...ii.| tit cadtut ot l.ivy, and ho offered tlif man a i.iik1, rt ward ii lot would bring I In- hooks lo Ills study, tail in tho exoltoin nt of tin- It i ?? tin' two parted, and tho llrst and s< eon I . ncadrH of I .Ivy were foiwcr I ?? i I'llny wrote fll fi ?..kn Of history. All loSI . I lie lllOHt of .Menaiid v'h writ Inn lost, til 1.50 come dies of I'lautus, all gone I >ii i '.'a. Knrlpl dir. wrote loo dramas. .All gone l?ut If. A'avliylns wrote 1<*> drum is. Ail yoiio inn seven. Varro wroio the laborious biographies of 7"' ltoman;t. Not a fruit meiit left. (.^tdiit l Han wrote Ins luvorlte book on the corrpplloli of eloquence. All lost. Thirty liookw of T.i<iins lost, l'lon wrote Ml hooks only .:<> remain. It-t oxins' histoiy all lost. Nearly all the obi hooks are mummified and are lying III I ho tombs of old libraries ind perhaps once In 'M years some man eonii'M along and plrks up one of them and blown the dust and op' lis u and Minis .t tKo hook ho does not want. I nit this dd book, much of It 10 ccnltiileH old, stands tod'iy more discussed than any other hook, and It vhallciigoH the adinlra tlon of all tho good, and the spite, and 111 venom, and the anlmo.-lty, and the h> pi rerlt Iclsui of earl h and hell I appeal .o your common sense If it hook so ill vine ? y unaided and proteoted In Its present .-ihapo must not he In just tho way that (lot wants It to com** lo us, and If It pleases (lod, ought It not to phase un? Not only have all the attempts lo de tract from the Ihm>k lailid, laii all the at eli.pt* io add lo It. Many attempts were mad to add the apochryphil hooks to he < ilil Testament. 'I'ho ooiuiell of Tiont, dm synod of Jeruwilem, the bishops of ilippo, all decided that tin apo;diryphal I too It h must bo added to the Old T< sfll nent. "They mutt! slay in," said those learned men, l>m they Ktald out, Thine is not an Inii lllgcnt < 'hristlun man that today will put the book of Maccub es or flic hook of Judith beside tho book of Isaiah <>r Unmans. Then a grett many | sal' I. "We must have books added to tin? New Testament," and there were oplsilos and Ko^ii'ls ami apoculypse.H written and added to the New Testament, out th y have all falP-n mil. Von can not add anytliliiK. Von cannot subtract anything. Dlvlindy protected book in' I he present shape. l.et no man dare lo lay his hands on It wiih the Intention of lei racl ln? from the book ot castlriK out illtv of IIicko holy panes. 1> Mill S thill, I I. Ill In | IiIh ex lHIIK.ll lull "I I hi' Sri 1 1 > I II lex lie.iiiHe II the . 1 1 t < ' 1 1 1 1 ? I Were Hlli'CJ.'SSl 111 It WOlllil In* I III' H'lflWlllal loll of I lie lUlile. llitMol genlo ?? Ih i m would say, "? Mil with Hit" hook of <>? iffln." Infidel a>;i ronmnei's vvoiill 411 y "Mill with III*' book of Joshua." I'eo I > 1 < - who ilo not believe In tlx' atoniliK rt?i< rime would Hay, * '? ?u t with tin- i>om|< of I v II leus. " People who do not believe in tin? in I ni eli h would k:i.v, "Out with all tliOM* Wonderful stories III tile Old and New Testaments," and Home would fay, "OlH vtllb I ho i.ook of Knvi'litll'ili," arid ol hi is would say, "t'lil with the entire ri-ii'tiileueh," and the work would oil iililll thero would no) lie enough of I lie lillde lift (o I ni worth a.H ui n h as last year's iilinanae. The cxpni>;a t Ion of (In Script iirfS mp.mn thotr ntininitntinri. I am also opposed to t 1 1 i ?< proposal c\ purKiiiluii of thu Seripluri'S for tji?. fael (hai In proportion as people become si ll ?mi i illeliiK and kiioiI and holy an-l r.niHe cral-d I luy like the hook as II is. I nave yet to llnd u^tau or a woman dlsl ln^uisii t>d for self Racrillc ?, for eouseer.i I lott to Clod, for holiness of IITe, who wan s 1 he Itlbbi ehaiiKed. .Man) of us lla\e I.ilatll oil family Itlble.l. TllO.se liJbh.s Were ill use iSi, 4o, .r>". perhaps Iiki year s in . li jp-n. orations. Today take down those faanly Kililes, and Hie I out if I here are any chapters wlileh have beOn erased liy I ail peliell or pell, and if in any margins yon CHI i llnd the words, "Tills chapter not lit to road." There has been plenty ot up port unity during tin last hail ?? nlury privately to i-xpuiKalu (lie Mibk. Imymi know any easo ol sill h e\ pui'KUt ion ? I >id not your grandfather give it to your falh ur, and did not your fatlirr kIvo it in yi.u? I tesiili s thai, 1 am opposed to I ne ? x pin K.i lion i>f I In? tu ' i' 1 1 ? ? in i-.i lui.in.H.1 1 1 1 u socnllcl Indelicacies it Hi I cnn-ltlcs of (lie have ? 1 < ? ii ion m I ra I ?-if no t'Vil i > ? .? 1 1 1 1 . A cl'tlt'l hook Will I ???? ?? 1 1 1 ? "?? cl'llclty. An iiik'Iimiii honk will produce iniclea nin s.-. I ( i i mi' ii v I * ? l Ihi . < >iil til' nil I 'Ii i 1st en - ihiiii and ?>ii( <>l" all I lio um'.s fetch tiic a V l>- 1 till Whoso Ii .ill lias I ii ii harden.',] i,i cruelly or Whoso life lias lift ii 1 1 1 , 1 > 1 ? ? iiii I?ii i*t* I ?>' this hook . Show nil- one. on< of iln- In st families I ever kn- w of lor 30 ?r I" ji ii's morning mill cNi'tiitiK hud all lilt* llil'lilhors Mil I lie red I Imt, Hill) I lit' *1 I'V. lilts of till' llOUMollolll, all I tile Ht I'llllfr ?rs : it. 1 1 li.i i>|'i in i| to In- within tin nates. I'wi'i' a day wiiliouL J.-ivtm: out a oli:i\iv| lor or a vi im' lin y rend this Jioly l?.oit. ilotiiillK li.V luoriiillK. Ill;; lit liy llllfllt. Not only ill*- olilcr children, li'it t Ii litll. ? Ii 1 1 ? I who i ? o 1 1 1 ? 1 jusl s | 1 ? ? 1 1 lii'f way lirni'K Ii l.o v < r e w til : i* I it not. i r hoi in* I iii. : iii- father i> itinnii.^ ami r, a Uiik one (??i si\ i. ml ill- n all i In iio'IiiIm'is of ill family 4n i lira readin;; a ver.-e. The a i !n rv4n atiil.i . n< ? I li.s ilitKliy, lln- ni"tli i i . a i iMli iuc(l In i' Inii mliy, tin- sons {i'i v. u|>\ arid ?MiiiV'l | 'I'. 1 1 . x.-.ions an<l ?oi.nini I'lal ;ii. . . i ? 1 ? ? i n iiij; i \ ? ry > | ? 1 1 i c I n In I :? til wln.'i iln > 1 1 v c I . ami lln* I .i 1 1 1 1 1 '.?! \v"iit mio iainilit:< where f 'lirlsl a.i iii 1 1 1 . 1 all that wis jj. m< I .i n.l ? iii ? ii 1 < ii| li t .in r. ii; ii ? i i> ? j ? ? ? 1 1 a 1 1 \ I * ?.* . i > i a !?? I . i.i t I ? in 1 1 \ ? n.i ii i - 1 I hi' ?^11 I j ? ' ? : I ? Not .Iiti i ? ! I lictn r 1 1 1 ? : ? ? ? I )y in:- Now. il \ ? 1 1 w . 1 1 : ? ? 1 1 1 1 1 . ? of a i ? i \ w i . ? i ? i n I : i . ? I . - 1 1 i :i 1 1 <-n i'i' ill W ? I I.I'. for ." \ II .1 .| t 11.' I'llil I r? : i i ? t \ i ? i I ? i . ' . ) i 1. 1- , .i i hat lia'-l'. ,i i; : ! ? ? r i ? Iii r i\ i ? t<. i-'i . a. a ii I I l.i? ?no.i r w ni i 1 1 1 1 1 . a 1 1 ? I t!- sons it! J.i ... I. - : r.iy I l-y It , f > on Aii. I ? . I in .if i ii .i .-.ii. : . in. '. lent , I W ill 'ill \ IW.IV 1 1 . \ I 1 1 ? ?!?'. of I Will .lolllit > ? . \ ? t ,i i M > I ? ? : . \ 'ii .i i mall I -? -1m. I w I ??:..! I', .-.illi 'I,.- in. I II. -a. ? ?< word ?'! i. .. I In- I' I'tnrlctii In i ? ii I iiu i . .it i ' i ' . 1 1 a pl.t n call rij'i ;..ii of w .ok - II "?! i I 'iii i-x .v ? I a j.,.;, liit, it. \\ li.-n ? i. . >-i ii n I. i i ? I i : i:- i '. i z.i r ttii \\ lien i ?? in h :i \ i i".r t"'i: un In .to riein lull lia . I. in' ? i w ;? k. lit- " ali i ^ i \ ^ 1 1 1 , liis : i ? ? - i ? ' v it', i : 1 1 ? I - i . ? a \ In w ?>V', ?.o - ' ' "? '>??? l o.lt . I, i.| tlm I tic Sill fell. I. t . I to Ii .1 . I... : :.. 1. .11.1. a lilt;. la ? * I will '<11 you what ?In I'.ttde I ill . lot; i- I urn. I to lie; ,iw \ ? ? : i ? 1 1 a;;, tin a?il ' !: ? saw that W.o w.i !i< -I to in r w 1 1 low -.ii-.' in ill - in Ire." No i* I ? 1 1 1 1 1* .1 v N.i ?.!? i i i..| . '.iii 1 1 !? tin's In :i I N" j'o'lti ttnir in iv with i ? 1 1 v ? i iii!', i <? . I' 1 1. 1 1 1 i ' y w 1 1 ? ii i in | < in '? ???, -????it'." ti i it- mer . I ? if oaslly ii t n |er>: ,i n< 1 how p ojilf, re.'.l'.lin over llle ' tex.M 1| ?! I- >11 of 1 1 1 1 ? ' I Ctl 1 1 - tn<> s in tin Icil.le, may ?:??( iii"i I ? i ? I : i ? mill') until they are as full of H as t lie Willis, m'l rne iwak, runt the nostril. an*l ?h" c.l i w of ,i t.ii/./iil arc full of the mlorn of | .-.If. . | r- r*. lull what IS W.llllel Ih llOl that i he Kltiio l.e ilismf-ct. I. hut that yon. ilie rrlii.', have your mtinl ami heart wa-<rw'l with rarlwillir ad. I! I tell you hi thin |*>tnt In my 'llm'tmr** that a man who ilocn not like Ihtst hook. ?in'I who la critical as to It* contents, and who is shock ci1 ami outrage. 1 with its (1??? script Ion*, has never been soundly ci>i> vcrtcrl. Thn laying on of the hands of prrnliy! ry or c-j;t?cc;vtcy r.?! chanx^ a man's hoait, and men winf clnr.e* got Jnt<? the pulpl! a? well an Inio the pew, novor ItiivlriK been chanMod rail- I iouily by Hi" HdvorelKii Kraeo of | Got your heart rljfht. ami ihu liil?l? will bo rn;ht. Tim trouble I* iii?-h'i? natures lire nut brought lino harm >ny wlt^ the I wiifl <>f <}?k|. All, my f thuds, oxpuriiu | lluii of i In- lu-ai'i u wIki i Im wuii li'il. You I'liniiot in.ik.' in1' believe that I ho I Sl'l'lpt lileS, will, fl till* IIK?II'-Ml III' ? >i i I ho table of i Im purest i\ ti'i hem iim'ii anil wo- j nu n of I lot aKO, ami which wore Ihu dy Iiik xtila? ?? of > our kindr. <1 parsed Into J thi> hkiiH, have in them a taint which | lite stroiiKcxt uil< -roMi'opi- of holiest erlil- ' cIhiii I'uiilil make visible. If men a ru tin ('oni r'lllalili* In t luii lii'ilKiiailoit when th" I integrity of wl f?> or child is assailed, and j .1 1 1 < I X ? -m iiml | ii ro rM :is far as posHlble f * ' viiko v ioli lice uiiilcr Hiii.'h pre vocal Ion, j what ouKht to In- the ov< rwhelmiiiK ""'I lonif ifSouiiiJIiix thunders of con h-niua ' tion for any man who will .stand in <? ('hriHilan pulpit and assail the mure than j virgin purity of Inspiration, the well bv- j loved dauuhur of <SoU? Kxptii'Katc (ho i;:lhlu! Vmi ml^ht as? j well k i > to I h ?- old picture K. tileries in j lnesdcn, .i ud In \'enice. and in Itomc, and j e x pui'K-i 1 1> I lie old palntln^M. I 'crimps | von could Dm) a foot of Michael AukcIo'u "l.asi Judgment" th.it mb:hi I ?? improved. 1'erh.ipH you could throw more expression Into Uaphacl's "Madonna 1'orhapu you could put moro pathos Intu Ku<.'euH' "IH' Hcent Kroin the- Cro.sH. ' I'crhaps you cnul l change the crisis of the waves in Tiirn r's "Slu so Ship." I'- rhaps you | nilKhl K'? Into the old KnllcricH of nculp turu and chunKc the forms and the post- 1 urn of thu statues of I'hldlus and Praxi teles Such an Iconoclast would Very soon lind >< I uS H< - 1 f In tin' penitentiary. IUU it Is w?u vandalism when a man pro poses to n fashion these masterpieces of Inspiration and to remodel the moral Kiants of this KUllery of God. Now, let us dlvld? off. I.< t those pt.'O p I ?? who do uol bollevo the Kittle, and who are critical of this and that part of U, J?o clear over to the other Hide. I?ot them stand In -hind the devil's kuiis. There can lie no compromise between Inlidelily mul Christianity. (live us (lie out and out opposition of inlldolity rather than thu work of these hybrid t heolo?;lans. tlb-s i mongrel occlcolaat Ioh, theHO half evoluted people, who Itellove tho 1 i 1 tile and do not Itellove It, who accept the tnlracloH and do not acr-ipt them, who be lieve In the Inspiration of (tie Scriptures and do not behove in the inspiration of the Script tires trlmmlmt their belief on one sid ? to suit tho skepticism of the world, trimming their belief on the other Hide to milt the pride of I heir own heart and feeiliiK that in order to dcm6iiutrate th'lr cttuiMKO they must make the Hlble a target and shoot at God. There Is one thiiiK thai encourages me very much, and that Is that the Lord made out to manage tho universe before tie y were horn and will probably bo alibi to m.il.o out to manage the uiilvftr*' a III lie while iil'ter l):ey are dead AVtillo A demuud lh.?t ti e antaKonlHlH of ^he |t| Wle, and tie erlth'.s of the Itlblo Kb elear over wlmre th y belong. on the devil's side, I ask that all the friemlH of Oils Kpod I took coiiio out openly and abOve boat I in ln<half of It. That book, which was the b si Inhorltanee you ever re ceived fn?m your ancestry, ami which will In- i.ie l>< .-tt h'Kacy you will ifeavo to your children when you bid I hero f*6od-by as you cross the ferry to the Kolii< n city. VoIiiik man, do not he ashamed of your Itlblo. There Is not a virtue but It eunt meiidM, i he re Is not a imitow but It com. foils. I her- Is not a i;t?od law on tlu- slat, uto book of any country but it is found' <1 i.t i !!/?-??> I'i n i 'oinmandinentH. There arn no br ? v- r. nl'amler people In all the earth than tti" hero- h and the heroines which it h'.orrn phizes. i>t' all i lie works of l> >re, the ureal itr! I?.i. tn. -re was iioi'lilm; so Impressive as liis ill list i a ! oil 1 :il.l". What .scene of M r i! iniic faith, or Kilenlo b auly. of Soininion Itavldlc or Solomonic, of tiilra cl" <>? parable, of iiallvlly or of crucifix. Ion. or of last Judgment but the thoiifftitf b /^,1 from the meat brain to the skill t'oP^pen i I . and from the skillful pencil [ to ii.dv.i:; Immortal. The l/ouvre, the i l,u\ mboiiri;. tho National nailery of I .on don romp res vet I within two volum<'Jt | of l> ? llltr tralr-l Jtlblo. Hut the llt !il " v M i 'me t he'fo- Illustration than t hat. my fr'.cndt, when all tho deserts hav become Karileiis. and all the nrnio i'P s !.i\e become itoiidemloM. ami all the In'teM l:n\e become t Jenm na rei s wlih i.'hrl? ' w.ilklm: litem, and all the cltl s have I me .1 i-rusa lems, with boverlnn SIP I ' m ? ?i ami the two hi'inlsphereR shall In. t-l i ppiiu; eyrtbil:! of divine praise, arid I). - i.-unil e.U'lh a footU^liI to lOmantiel's ?hreM" ubii to nil lands, and all Hires, i nd *11 e. "ii ' u rli s. and all cycles, will be ?ln? best specimen of Hibio Illustrated. / 'Mm- \<>h Si'irt'lnry of S<h(o. ,Ww V<?rk Tliitos: Mr. O'lovolatnl Iris iv.hIo ;? it obviously oxoollon t ohoho for tho 1 lopirt in- Mt . Mr. Olnoy In not only n tostf-il ami t runt oil advisor. In sympathy wl'h tin- I 'fi'sl'lonl's '?'oas, I>iii In* was in <><111)1 lly I'lnso sytn oathy with th<* lat? Mr. Or- shani, who nt 1 v coiisultoil li I nt an<l who i-<? 1 1< <i ? ?ii> (ii'lirmont . I ? I >"t I . ?? I < ? 1 1 ? 1 1 1 j i Itooorl: I'i'imMchi Cli Vr. I-iim' has n Renins for tllsoovery. Mr. oiney's aooompl'.sh in n'.s :<r 1 ll'noss fur ili<- ina i?a trenien I of < nr f ro'^rn rol itl< 'is ?irn an unknown ipiantlty. Th.it t'?eir> i"ay ho no dofoa t nor default In t hi" di plomacy or the Juslspruiloneo of tli A?l. . .<.i|st r n f Ion Is our lively hope. Hut who ?an toil? v.'as.'-iauton Post: Mr. Olnoy tfoi'-i to ? 1 .> Sia'o I ?< partmont with many <pial!!l ?fry 'fAffs' for Unit most imporani post. Ills (Irinni rs . f ihni'ae'or and his JmlVal lotti pi-ra 'in a t p rutin rly orpilp him for tin* i ? 1 1 ? : ions with whleh ho will have to deal. ami it was I hose ipia II flea t Ions which iimlo'ii. o ||y calT-'< <1 the I'reddent to selool Mr i ilnov ami I lion urge him to accept tin- position. N'i'W York Worl'l: As Attorney fSon ? ?r.il Mr. < ilin y has conspicuously falloil and refused (o <|o I h?> work promised In ih'- platform upon which t ho present n<l ministration <atn.' into power. Ho has hi! 1 1- 1 ? ? ? I to onfnrro i ho ant! trust law an<l t hose . conspiracies of w hl/-h t lin i Ion t ho , i\ i| h a hlljj h t . i in I lie In has >ri vi a Ills otln i.il sanction ?trim' th.it t ho law against trusts i T > >iit . I . unjust, uncoiist It ii t lotia I an, I III:' to acc'Mint I trains' n. oph'-:: prosp tl I ' 1 1 1 1 . i ? I <? I ; ? ti I . i l.oiljp r: There art- hroail i 1 : 1 1 . ti'tii'i s 1 1 1 thi' rli ir ii'tor* of Walter J i.'iit n <iri <haiu an I I C Ii ? Ii :i r. I iilii v. hut i t I i' 'it's fuiin as ;i man of ah. lily, up- j i.nVr' s ami .h'tornilnatlon is not less ! i' ii of tin- former. .In I liii'sham j w . ,i in. ii<- sensitive, i iti fti 1 1 mi v?> man than ' ... **?Mr, nt pi i h<' diplomacy of V i it ni-y there will ho fouml I ho same 1 .ill '. of 'll.lt Vll'lllllS .-pit It of i'.IIKiliHIII, ? n. .' of u lili'li i ha ra ft < r lz?-il the j . t< ' i 1 .1 n?, 1 1 I M ?' .1 1 1' I arts of tno la ' o It o ? j ri . of S'ati- If not an i xpi rii'iii'i'il j ? i ii.'i- ? t ? t . as Mr. (iroshn'ii w i ?> not. i al M'hi nior < itio who i I 1 has si l.l "f h) I lio 1 1 1 o Ho it ii r > of I > I woo ii I ?? ii I S : ?> i', ilo.'ir l.ri.ly Ii tiv. has illnnlriish I I ? | . . ? . know ?? I t^i- i|i'.s; roy? <1 our lllu io' Mil .? \ pi rliiK-i' has iloprlvoil us of i ? i i .' I I. to. then, Is thi- a ii I hiii'I/.oit >? : .mi ry , ?f ilist'i intent : W lii is creation? A falluro. W ' .? t is ltf" ? A hnro. W ha ? is m i ii ' A f ra ml Wiii* ;s woman I :nt h .i fi a tti I ami \\ ha' is I ???.'< ill y A dec ptlotl. What is lovi' .' A ilifif^H-. W'hi' Is niarrl.iKo 1 A ritlsl.iko. W hni Is ;i w 1 f i ." A trial. W'lia Is a i'liH'1? A niilsain wii;i is i in <ii \ ir: a f.ihi< What Is Koo. I? Iiyporrlsy. \'. ha ? is ovil '' I ?i'l?'ot Ion -?-What is wis. loin'' Solllshnojis W'ha' is hii ppltii'ss? A ilolusiott. What l.s t liomliihlpV A hUIIlbllK. W'ha : is Ki'iioro.sily * liuhoi ility. What Is iiutiioy? Kvoryt hliiK Ami what Is < vorythinj?? XnihlnK. W i-ri' wo, porhapH, not happi?>r when \\i* wi ro moukoya?- I.onilon Truth. Thi- \Vofl<l contlniirn lt? assaults upon 'rnki-r; I >n v It sooms to ??'? a mat tor of cmiiu'iit sHtinfirj^ttTTT^titwtho Now Yurk tu know that he has It. and leaves his assailants to an *uor ,h?-ir own quostlon. "how he got It?" THFY WERE OFF COLOR. NO.HH OK <IIAItA( ITKHH IIKTTKH K.M>\\> THAN ItlCHl'HITUO. miiii.i: m.otm u iiv lit !(? :<.? I. I It A l.l.l ({lit- <'?! \ It'lurla l? l.t'iilt'ul In l'ur 1 1 < > \v much intuv Indulgent Queen Victoria is t ? ? f?>r> l^ncrft than her own HtlbJCCtH III 11 CllSe III' llluritl Hhol'tcom iuks. past <>r present, was once moro strikingly shown during her recent slay in i In* so ii ( 1 1 of France, where 1 notit i among those who were honor* ?il )>> )n-i Majesty with invitations to ilifi ii*';' l hi; Viscountess Vigler. Now i ho Viscountess Ik no othei than the groat prima donna Sophie (,'riivclll, who, In tho latter days of the 'Hi s. look I'ui'Ih and London by storm with her voice, with her dra mutio talent, and with her beauty. I.Ike ho many others of her slater* li iod, she could ii(?t abstain from seek i 1 1 K to iu( roduce into her private lift* the romance and the drama of tho stage, and her affaires de coeur were of the most startling description, fur* nishlng material for constant gossip, alike on the hanks of tho Seine and on those of tho Thames. A (it'i ii) in by birth (she hulled from UleiefeMt, In1 Westphallu), she manl fouled that tendency to sentimentality which seems inherent to tho Teuton character, softening much of Its na tive ruggedness, hut counterbalanced litis falling- ? if fallliiK it can bo called --by a very strong tlose of common sense in all tlnaiiQial matters, taking good care of her pecuniary Interests and putting by for a rainy day. All these love affairs tinally culmi nated In a terrific scene with Napo leon, l lie third minister of state, M. Poll Id, who received a stinging box on 'lie ear in public from the actress, and a couule of days Jater she ran away from 1'arls with the young VI com to Vlgler, whom she sifbsequently married. She retains now only a few traces of her former beauty, tho ravagt s matl. '!?> time being rendered all tU?* more apparent by the efforts mat!-.* to conceal them by artificial iiieaiiM. indeed, she is the least at tractive septuagenarian the. t It has ever been my 1* ? t to see, and her as peet !?:; eulei' !."i ted t r? eyelte ridlcult\ o!i th>- pai t ol' those \\ i?> ? happen to be uiKiwr.re of her identity. 1 lov.-ev'-r, . she has niana}: d to re j lain le t money, ni:i! !:i upend 'rig the even t itje of a very stormy existence iiniiinimt d by financial crre, differing I tb 'i tii from tiie (' < n ? t des Voisins, I better known as La Tagllone. Tho i latn r, spurning immeasurably more ! advantaKtM'Uii tjfl'i rs of marriage, al i I led her name am! fortunes to that Ik iv 'in i 1 1 lous creature who was fot s-> ninny years the lover of the aged I niehess of ltagusa, the Cointe des Voisins, and it was not long before lie squandered her entire fortune at cards. So complete was her ruin that she was compelled to return for a j time t?? the wtnge. ami subsequently j settled down' in London as a toucher | of tlaneing. having among her pupils : i he Init ln ss of. York and the daugh ters of the I'rineess of Wales. i More of the kind. These are by I no means the only two continental j Indies of ^iile who art? Indebted to : their name a ltd rank to the admira tion which they excited while .in tho sta^e. Thus, there js the i'riiictisa of Solkowski, | niehfftH* of Hielit/., and ! the poSKtKSor of a great number of | dignities ami titles in licrniany, Aus tria ami limitary, who was, prior to her marriage, the actress Ida Jaeger. 'I lie Coinn ss Kdla, the inorganic wife ami now the whlownof the htle King i'Vrdiiiand of I'orttijtal, was formerly a circus rider in the United States, having made her headquarters ni I'oj.ton. where t-he was known as So plile 5 lensler. Another ??\-?-iivi s ri ier !m now Prln ces>< Henry n,u.i t> vl to a prince oi ' that sovereign house. Princess \\'ll:d!;;el ;:i\e ?/., v|f.-? of th"> frroat Ausir.an cavalry j.entl una :i of that name, and aunt of the present priin<> mi.ii. ter ei". An. trie, was formerly i n- w it o i i!i ? m ige as Marie Tagil* one, a t oui .it ol i!ie Cointcss des Voi sins. The Countess O'SulIlvan, at Vienna, is no other than the trage '.!'iii \ Vol ter. t-lua Miiirtt'iilillnu*. A liuly who lias lint recent ly in t!ds coin'il ry touring as a professional \ io linistc ij^Lhr wife of Prince l)olgorouki, from \\ h%n she is separated, ami the widow of I he. hiti! Counl Arco, who for several years was (tcriiian Ambassador ai Washington, is no other than the popular Austrian netress .luniseh. The Countess Veszey holds forth at r.i-iliu music hall ami variety show as a c.vmhal player, ami there are Count esses /.ieliy, Karolvj, l-Vstiticz ami l'er poncher, w ho have all spent a portion of their career heliiml the footlights. The Countess Strachuitz is no other 1 1 1 a n Itcrtha l-imln, the once lieanliful ? l.i nseiist* of Vienna, who tpiittcil the stage in liccome the wife of Makart. the great painter, ami who is rega rded hy most his fiiemls ami ailinirers as re sponsible for his premature ami lament < ?< I death. t'uiiuti'KH llartciiau, the widow of Prince Alexander of Pulgaria an I l?alteul?erg, who with his children, was received hy Queen Victoria at Siniie/. the other day, was an actress <>f the court theatre at Ihirmstadt when the Prince fe'l i i hue with her t>> ttie extent of jilti'ig Kmpcror William's sis ter. Victoria, in order to ma fry her. '?'he Ilaroiiess Itartolf was formerly known on the stago li.v the inline of Antonia llarth, ami it* in w the trior {.'.inaiii' wife of lMikc Louis <d" ISnvaii'i, and a sistei-iti law, therefore, of the Pmpross of Austria, and of the ev (Jllecil of Naples. Princess Pascal de ltoiirl?on formerly liirured ami hy no means very rcput ahly on some of the minor Parisian stages and in music halls, under the name ??f I'latich Marcolay, and it is ahout her son, a now grown up lad of unknown paternity, that there have heen so many lawsuits between Prince Pascal and the Due d'Aiimale, the ex-I\ing of Naples ami other lending members of the house of P.olirholi, who all bitterly resented that Prince Pascal should havcv, attempted to confer on this illegitimate youth his own name hy recognizing him as his ton- an ahsnrd act, since the Prince himself is only l<> years older than i he youth, w hu was l>orn yenrs ls? fore he made Plain-lie's acquaintance. t'ointesse de Villa franca -Soissons is the morganatic wife of i'rince I'higene of Italy and Savoy, and, having heen horn at Tunis, was one of the most ! ular daiiscuses of the Turin stage she won the heart and the left ha^nl of > Prince K.ngcne. Her name in^thofu* d i ys w as I'Vlleitns. Christine Nil^on, ! the ideal "Marguerite" of the operatic stage, is now Jjie wife of Count Angele i di ,5l ira n<la, I Tidei secretary of State at j Madrid. The ltti rones* lleldhurg. now ! the morganatic ?-onsort of the reigning ' I Mike of SaTe-Mctninjren, h? other than the once impnlnr actress. Helen j Kmnr* Adelitin Patti w?** at oh** lime . i)ur. ???/.? tei thrt Mjtrquis rte Catv.x, the I leader of nil the gormans at the halls uf the Tulleries. Tbo Counters of I/ichtenborg. uow morganatic wife of I'riuco William of Uoshc, was onco known <ut I ho triage a? Josephine Mend er; w hilo tho Into morganatic wife ^of tho Duke of Cambridge, Id Knul&ird, was iu thu '10'h one of the minor iipfiua <>f th?> ilnfcinutic profession at ])ub|il)/ Nor should I omit tho naiiio of I'lincess f 'ignutolli, tho onco lovely Kal ian Kirl, who a few year* ago used to bo ringing at tho diHreputuhlo Seala cafe chuntaut. or variety show, at 1'aris. She is < la ilk' liter ?>f a full (lodged l)uko, her father having been that l>uke I'ig iiatelli who was the Ambassador of tho K'ng of Naples i^t St. lVtcifclmrg, where uhc urn) h? r sister, the Countess 1'otockO, were born. She was less successful with Iter voice than with her beauty, ami l In- 'jntter, together with her priue<? ly rank, ?>< rved to mnkn. her a playing card at nllythe heer gardi'Vs ami ci\ fes chaiitnuttf wl^ero she w as eiigagcd. She has m?\\\ retired from public lite, having had the -f??rLu?l<' to marry the pKtpriitor of one of the Viennese bed" gnrduis \vli. re she was filling fill en/iik'ement, lie died the other day and left her with a very bourgeois na mo, l?nt with a kiiuk' litt|e fortune and three children, to the education of whom she is now devoting her entire time and at tention in ono of the small country towns not a hundred miles from Vienna. From this it will ho koou that it i* not only the Knglish aristocracy, but flNo that of the Continent, which is largely represented in the dramatic profession; indeed, there is actually a reigning Sov ereign who is the grandson of an actor and actress, namely, the present l'rince of Monaco. New York Journal. l>ii rln'a (iuyeil Hour. Th>? spirit of adventure and ex<itcmen\| thiil hit's been growing and feeding upon I Itself till rough out the clay of the Grand I i'rlx reaches its climax ftfter the dinner iour. nrd finds an outlet among the trees' and Chinese lanterns of the Jardln do Paris. There you will see all l'arls. It Is the crest of the highest wave of pleasure that rears itself and broaks there. You will seo on that night, and only on that nlKht. all of the most cele brated worm n of Paris racing with link ed arms about the asphalt pavement which circles around the bandstand. II :s for them Ihelr one night of freedom In public, wh*t> they are (permitted to conduct th- mnelvcs as do tflelr less pros perous sisters, when, lnstcj^l of reclining in a Victoria In the Hols, with eyes de mure! v fixed ahead of them, they ran throw off restraint and mix with all the nen of Paris, and show th-lr diamonds, ind r<<mp and dance and chaff and laugh m th-y did when they were not so fa mous. The French swells who are 'heir escorts have cut down CldneSo lan terns with their sticks, and, stuck the ?aiulles Inside of them on Clhe top of *?e!r high 1-nts with the burning tallow. And made living torches of themselves. -So on they bo. raeinK by- -first a yo\ith in veni'g ijr<ss drlpp'ng with candle grease, and i hen a Intuit Iful girl in a dinner ?own. wtth her silk and velvet opera ?loak slipping from her shoulders? all ' '.?> ?? c music ( f 'he band, swecp ? .. ?\ io,\n)n *.efor?i th^m. or closing n 'ifi*- Hmnui some stately dignitary. ? .. . f-,'ag fmiou Jy past him to pre ven! lib! escape. S$omotinics one party ^>'1 "ioviM the bandstand and seivso the i' ? instruments, while another in. ? .<*o of ? !<<? Utile theatre, or ?vcroowers I ho women In charge of the s-hootlng gallery, or institutes a hurdle race over the Iron tables and the wicker chairs. " Or you will see ambassadors- and men . ?? O vm the jockey club Jostling ? i v '<ov book-makers and lOngllsh lord* to look at a little girl lii a linen blouse * a f* < f straw hat, who Is dancing In ?tic ratue circle of shining shirt fronts ? ?, \ *.? ?he. most-ialkod-of young ??-?rs?m in Paris, Wlio wears diamonds In !? ??-. :>hd who ro^C herself Into notori- - >iv by w'niing a sleopleohase against a ficM cf French officers. The first Is a ? M-( | I iver, who will kick off some gen tleman's hat when she wants It, and .... --S it rt.und f<>r money, and the other Is tl-o ci'inpanlon <>f princes, and has pro. ?, ,i lv never Ih>cu permitted I <> enter the ?ir.tin ile l'arls before; but they are both nf 1 h same class and when the music ?f f> r ;i moment tbey approach each ?thi-r ?millng. each on her guard against ,v. *i condescension or familiarity; and : .?<??? ?of, ?vho a? famous In her way as thr> young girl with the ropes of II m-onds is in hers, compliments madame ?;i ' i ? r dancing, and madame calls the "mademoiselle," anil says, "How ver\ warm it is!" and (he circle of^jQjjfn around them, who are leaning (rt'i each dhcr's should' rs and standing on bench ? s end tables to lookf smile delightedly ?. t the spectacle. They consider it very '?Me. His combination, ft is like n moot, ing bet we n Madame Pornhardt and Vvc'te Oulll>ert. ? t ? t the climax of the night was reach %.l !?. o vear when /fho band of a hundred pieces struck buoyantly Into that mo*' -<?! V t evs and inumd nt of marches and ,'omte songs, "The Man that Broke the Mark a? Monte Oarlo." The eymbn'* dashed, and the bltf guns emphasized t?'? >in(e?, and the brass blared out boa.' t fully with a confidence and swagger that showed how sure the musclans wci'fi of pleasing that particular audience with ?'?i* njirileular tune. And they were n?t >iM*ed. The thro- thousand men , p ^ %<? ????? o H hailed the first l>ars of the -on;r with a yell of recognition, and then i.,.,..:,,.. ?lhj ytrijttlu;* to Ihe rhythm of ? he time, and singing and shouting It In French and lOngllsh. they raised their ,? o e m such a chorus that they coulfl '>?< beard defiantly proclaiming who they were and wlial they had done as far as ?lie -?o!ilevards. And when they reached ?he h!:;h note in tb?? chorus tfa^mus'.cians, ?a rr!??d away by (lie fever or the crowd, 'inn t<?'d upf'ii the chairs, and held their 'ir'nimenls ?is hi^h aliove their heftds a* ?h.-v ."ould without losing control of tha.j hinh note, an 1 every o;ie stood on ,i|doe. in-1 many on one foot. a!l hobling on to filial hinhcSt note as long as th?dr lii'Mtlli lasted. I> wa.s a t rliimphaiit reckless veil of ilctlanc and ?bi'trht; it was the war ery of that class of Parisians nt wbieh eu<. always reads and which one '?ces so seldom, which comes to 'he stir, face only ;ut unusual Kntivvals, ami which, wiheri il d<?'?s appear, lives tip to ?i"? r??pufatlon. and do* s not dlsappMnt von -f-'ront "The Oraml I'rix and Other t'ri/.cs," liv ftichard TTarding Pavis, In far; c;"'s Maita/.ine for June. MIHIK SI'ACR M0l<:i?I0l?. ?<!? The Dcnmiid for SpuiM1 nf Hx tt'iMllion I h Very lleniT. Atl.in'a, <"Ja., June 1 .?At the meeting nf ft<-> eveeuMve .committee of tfie Cot ton S'-ito?? :M?d Internatlinal I0xi?osit!on this ;>ft riv'on it was decided owlnb to the verv he-ivy <b-mand for space which the tiiana gerj>ent !s wholly nnal>|e ter fill, no' withftantlie" the large proportions of fourteen tribHn^s, to build ati annex to the Mannf^eMirers' and funeral Arts ItuihlinL'. .Vojler. was recetyed from the Secretary of Promotion <)f the Mexican Oovernment that plans were ready for the Mexican exhiiiit and asking that a . very large flflliiiint nf sr/acc be s f a*lde K<or that purpose. The /Tennessee Press Association arrived bej-e tojiight from Cumberland T?lan?l w' jo- ? they have been taking "a ? vaen t tan ^To morrow morning they will t>e vlven a ride over the sixty mll??s of ^de<?tri<? lines of the city and at 1 -r>? will be entertain d by lion. W. A. Il??*n|ihll), vice pres??(ent of the Rxpoiti tl^T Company at a ba>berue at his home ,/Cy Woodley. At 3 o'clock they will be Lftketi to the Krotinds ?kre they will ^pend the afternoon Investigating the plans and scoj>e of the exposition, and to. morrow nlghf at eight, the party will leave for Tenness ??. Mr. Wanairtaker has Increased his life insurance to the remarkable ag gregate of $.2,000,000. He is the mosrt heavily Injured man in Amorlca and in.* sfI>Ty"Tr rhe w orld. .ToTifrTT. J?lef | "on. of Philadelphia, has policies on his Jlfe for $T50.000 nnd Hamilton Dlsu ton for $S0T>,000. CTk&nncer M. ^ Is wld to br Insured for 1500,000, Tl*e Deer Tux. Tho Ohic?iirt> Review, in coaninentlrg in our hi liv le nyttliiKt t )i?* increase of tho lnvr tax, whilst itself up to this tiu?K. favoring bu?*li tin iuoroase, adds; "Hi'uf Is certainly the *bcvoratfo (if tin* iniiMsits . ' If tho Iii >* i*t?r* scm 1 tax of $1 I ii*i* Imrtvl would fait ou the eontuuiei we should not favor it. lint ax we re marked last week, the* bicwois and tho saloon keepers make so larire n profit and there are so tunny broworh* that the price jut Kln-rt could not l?e raised not tin* <|iiality of no* Ik-df loweretl." Tim tux on lifter differs in no way;* for iin.t-iiiH'1'. from that on any imported urUch* It has been settled us a lived filet that Hot 111- illlpolTyl' l>l|t Iho Iiill sinner pays that tax. Neither Ooen tin domestic ni'iunfacUmr or #U*aU-r, no huittor what his profit may U> on horn# made articles. Thev naturally i<?kt> cure >f thoin interest*. wlhcther tax is low ai* hitch, and tho consumer is tho one wl?0 in tin* end linn to pay for It. (?ui* (lovornment drawn from spirits it n< I fermented liquors soma ninety inil lioiir per annum. That is an enormous tax, and should sullioe. To double, tho lax on In or, tho. poor man's beverage, and ex-net sonrmHrtxY** instead of thirty millions annually from it, ninl this in order not to totfeh the mil llonali'i'S, Is certainly unjust and nil I >euiocratie . For that reason our OhieaRo content porary Is mistaken when it attempts to persuade its read- *rn "that such an in orctiHe would merely affect the brewers and saloon keepers, and "that the price per triads could not l?e raised nor the quality <if the beer lowered," iu short that the brewers and dealers would vol Miitarlly pay the additional thirty odd millions, rind leave tho consume! s scot free, f'iruiMhiuK them tho sumo quality and quantity. Thirty millions/- a year more on one article is ttuoh on enormous amount that its collection nui't make itse'f f'?lt, and we believe In tin nessf-r* tioitynf the Into chairman of thf Way* and Means Commi t tee. Mr. "\Vilson. so fnr ibly maintained in nil his able <*i>ec< bi s, that not the. manufacturer l>ut the consumer pays the tax. On that '.'round we hope that wxt winter no ft) tempt to increase tlve beer tix will be mi "cMH fill . ? -Washington M>. ('.) Sentl uel . The WhUi Fiend. H' re If m ?plondid descrip'hm ? >f an Ini mortal wrotoh whom we all know from Pon'e Random : "Thore is ono variety of tho whist fiend r do not like. It Is the man who <=e?)i him self up as an authority on that nohje and nufeh abused gnhv*. All one has to do In order to he a self-made authority on whist is to ho aide to repeat the formula, "ace. king. nneon, Jack," tho maxim "never ? rutrp your partners neej.'.-and to have nnre seen a copy of li'oyle. Anyone possessing; this data and a strong pair of lungs can shine as an an. horlty and reformer at tho various nelgh vi irl v whist parties, wheriv the neighbors' ?n et Irformally to have a good time, where whist Is merrily discussed, and vnr're ytt??iH>f?ed to uluy just to pass away ? he evening. whero the women gal her to. yjothor to < njoy life game and cojuparo hotuehohl notes, where tho nigiij meet to forget lh<dip> oa res, chat with the ladies ?nd enjoy themselves. In such places the whist', authority oomcs like a wet blanket over t lie Joy of tho evening. "<? has l?eon invited to lr lp ? lie game on. I'oor, misguided company. Mefore t ho evening Ix over ho has near ly broken up the party h.v merely airing the valuable knowledge lie possess s on 'he mihjec! of whist. H,c calif she la'lles down on their meth od r>f playing, rebuke* the rm-n "because thii' do not know' as much as he and be fore^*'4 evening is over gets himself 'hrrotinrhly dinliked. Put ho does not ear". Me holds for Mi lor' nr refreshment on the duti?v; of Play ing whist properly, brings tip l'Vth- rem In 'sconces of th^ evening eailitu* 'he ot?- n. ion r.f tho whole company to the fact that little Mrs Urown doesn't know a heart from a spa<le. Mrs. I'.rown blushes ind Urown gets so mad h ? threatens to leave. Hut the hostess prevails on him to stay, and after the rvfreshnHents th? game goes on. Itnt 'the interi Ft flag*, anil all of the company, except H19 authority, play In a sulky, half-hearted manner. Put the an. ihorlty doesn't care, t to i* having a vpHn lid time and he holds forth on corr <?( nlaying an<l calls down everyone who throws a. card. ITe Is the show (ft the ??vcidn;T, but he Is not popular. The women hate him for showlni- tip ? hep* mistakes, and the men desplf > htm fof being a cad. Ho Is shunned. Mis P. vita tlons grow fewer and fewer. People do not dare invlf'o him. He wonders why ho '? not Invited to play whilst any more, when he tried so hard to bring about the correct mode of playing ? Home Tribune. AS WBJLL AS A MAV COHI.I) DO. And ?? SUc I f ii <1 No Desire to lie ? '11 llo?l ?i \?mv Womnn. Wo were fildiiK on Hho tavern stops, five or six of us, wlu>n the landlord brought out a four-gallon juvr of hard older as n free treat. As he brought no cup, each man 1 1 f t ???! the ju? and drank from Its mouth. It had just fcope around uud started on n new trip when n woman on mo along the dusty street. Shi' had a hanl<et of en^s 1 11 one ha ml and an <dd umbrella in t luV>ot her. end had evidently walked He vera 1 miles. Siie was passing by 4Vhmti she saw tlx- j i <x uplift i'<l . The slghl brought lur to n hull, and >?ho oani4" up to the steps and said to the eolomd ? "Knrnel, If yo* doftn jest coiisid T.lo refuse I'll take a sip <>' that to wash down the dust.." "Corlainly? certainly- I'll go ami not a rap . " "Never in 1 ti<l the ? ? 1 1 p !** ** I tut yo" can't drink out of a .jug no woman ever rotild or did." "K uriu'l. he yo' got (v.o liils in yo' pocket?"' she asked. "Of course I have," he aiisw.Tid. as he pulled out a una rt or . "j>o yo* lay mo two bit m that I e.iu't drink outer that yere j:ig as good as any man of yo?" ?"I do.'* She put down In r mill rella and stood it up against the post, placed tie- brink el of eK'JTs Iii a sure place, an I t li ? -n reach e<| for i he ju-.r. It was pretty h?*f f y . be 1 nif almost full yet, but she sprea'i her foot apart, gave it a swim; "ver her. rlifhl nrtq willi the bottom towards us. and nevt minute she was gurgling a way with her eyes turned skywards. Shy hung light to ii for a couple nf irinutAs amb then eased the jug down \\ i I H a "havunt," and said: "Knrnel, I reckon I've w<>u them t\\<> bits!" "A -Yo' have, ma'am, and 1/i re tftov ./"re," ho replied . "1 >iiii jest like a m mi, wasn't II?" "It was." "Couldn't any of yo' b' it It?" "No, Was it yo'r first drink .nit >>f ;i "I/nws, no! \\?hy, knrnel. I'v? bin drlekin" that way fur the last 'lev# n yetvrs. and if tin re ha>tai't bin but a (juart In that j"g the bottom would !><? dry now! Thank ye kindly, g^ilh-ineu. ?tnd if it shoiil I h.ipjH ii thai yo' ,*?tt -? inj the jug Ih vero when I go back I'll v:| j? a filnt "r two f<> In In keep mv tongue damp fill tlie way home!"? I>etrolt I* roe' Press . President Harrison ha* just done something that entitles hlin to favora ble consideration by the prohibition ists. He declined a ten thousand dot l?r retainer from tho f.bjupr l^acm to contest the const itutloiiHlity of th* Nlch'dson temperance 1-w. Mr. Hai** rlson said be thought the law waft a mi'cli needed In potnt of mor als. and It threw a needed restraint about the liquor tra/TTe. Tie could not RPt hi* cor.scr.i tc do i against its successful enforcement. CONSULT YOUR W1FB ? ? J ^ ?bout that new houae. She will be In mud aiound l( moat of the time* and ahe ought to hav? a choice In the kind of material you use in building. You will 6ad that abe knows lots about Oooia, Saah, Hliuda, Stair Work, Porch KinUh, I. timber, Mouldings, Sec, We make all thoae articles, and have a new Trice t in for you. Send for it. . ? / AU0U3TA LUMllim CO., /. AUOU8TA. OA ( i4Bwy of the /laker/' A Jury at Alva, O. T., summoned to try a fclloft- citizen for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, acquitted the prisoner, but found tho Judge of the court KulUy of the offence charged. This may bo Haiti' to have been put the beer on tho court. ? A youiiK negro a r vested for firing buildings in Atlanta, confessed that he did it because he wanted to see the firemen agd horses run. It would be cheaper for Atlanta to give a free exhibition of her department. WRIiE iyDD1EN & BATLS QUICK. (They 1-lve in Savannah* Ga.) That in. If jjtm want a genulno bargain In a N o\f. Nearly New, Or prime Seednd Hand Parlor <y* Church Organ. They aro overstocked, and offer 300 v mo Organs, from best makers, under a Spe cial Clearing Sale, at Specially Heduccd prices and with terms of payment so < asy tlint any ono can buy. Two or Three Dol lars paid monthly will secure one. The question of profit la not considered In this ^nle, so they say. and if Ludden Ji- Hates nay so, its true. That's their re putation, and they have earned It by their square method of dealing. R<?ad th? Ir new Advertisement in this Issue, and write them quick, If you want an Orga n. "I know a FALCON swift and PEKR l,K> S."? Lowell. ^ J II JC / " FALCON " and PEERLESS" Are as Good as Money will Buy SECOND-HAND WHEELS"' From $20 up to $50. want a few more agents round Augusta and vioukl mail C.Ualo^ue to all who \tili send us ' their address. ?Vu la r vif just received nnotlirr rupp'y of >f. a w. CASH " s $65. m $80. Bicycle Co., F. A. BEAI-1-, Prop. No. 939 BROADWAY AUCUSTA, CA. $90. $100 $125 ORGANS Special Sale. Special Prices. Special- Terms. GREAT CLEARING SALE. Three Hundred Parlor nml Clunch Oi'kuiim. from uot?wI inuknm, nt 1'rlnie Coat to redue* Htook. Must li? koIiI. Floor* br?nkhi|! dowm Cnn'i curry litem Ihromfi dull nuinmcr. <>?>! I(ni nmny. Price no object. Profit not con ?id?>rcd. MuhI unload. Kii*l?'*t |>ohMI>Ic tcriim for pay ment. Only ttl.OO, SI. .*?<). ?2. ?3, monthly. One-half lutviiil l?y ltujr liiK now. ltnrenln Khoetn Ready. Write for (ln-iii. Mention till* adverllnenicnt and l'aper. LUDDEN & BATES, ? Savannah, Ga