The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 21, 1895, Image 4
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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