The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 20, 1893, Image 2

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HUMANITY'S FUTURE. THE GLORY PROPHESIED BY THE CO? LUMBIAN EXPOSITION. The Sen?? of Beauty Is Part of the pi vi nu In Man, an-? to Awaken It Is the First Step In Pre?rress-The Past Outdone. Nfew YORK. Dec. 3.- Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., berrara in Association hall this .. morning' the second series of sermons on "The Prophecies of the World's Fair." This series will extend through the five Sundays in December. The subject of today's discourse was "The Future Glory of Humanity." which will be followed by "The Era of the Common People/' .The Dawn of International Life." "The Magic Spell of the Court of Honor" and "The Flags at Halfmast: or. The Tragic End." In his sermon today he declared that the beauty and glory of the White City beside Lake Michigan was an achieve? ment of man foll of sublime promise that will haunt the souls of millions as the trumpet call of God to a nobler life. No eye saw it but must believe in great? er things forman, seeing in it the eclipse of historic achievements, the dawning consciousness of a beauty that must dominate life and the reassertion of the boundless capacities of man. The text chosen was from the twenty-first chap? ter of Revelations. "And I saw the holy ; city. New Jerusalem, descending out of I heaven from God, made ready as a bride i adorned for her husband."* The apocalyptic seer saw a new heaven j and a new earth. Ee saw the new earth ; descending cut of heaven and taking j form upon earth. The sublimest thought yet breathed into thc soul of man is the j thought of the incarnation! Glorious j promise! The Word became flesh, sym- j bolic of that universal incarnation at ? last when the very earth itself shall be j made anew. "And the dwelling place ! of God shall be among men!" Do we grow faint in our struggle with j dirt, disease and sin? Let us lift up our S heads and catch a glimpse of the glory ! God would reveal to us of the future! j The former things shall pass away. | All shall be made new. Let the pes- j simist walk through the turnstile into j the grounds of the Columbian expo- J sition. It is worth the trip of a I thousand miles to Chicago a hundred times over for the one look at those grounds of buildings. What beauty! What perfect form! What matchless grouping! What colossal piles, yet per? fect in ever}' detail! It sways the soul like the burst of an oratorio from be? neath the throne of God! We are lifted for a moment from the dust covered earth. The soul rises on its wings. We see the new city descending from heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband! No man with a soul can ever forget the quickened beat of his heart in that moment of the revelation of the di? vine in the human. The beauty and glory of the White city beside Lake Michigan is an achieve- j ment of man pregnant with a sublime j promise that will haunt the souls of { millions as the trumpet call of God to a nobler life, and no eye saw it but must believe in greater things for man. He must First-Because he beholds in this tri? umph a higher mark than any yet made ia the record. History is here eclipsed. From the point of view of the magni- . tude and management of the enterprise as a mere show, the past has been out- j done. No other show in the history of the world can compare with it. either in i the grandeur of its conception, the per- \ fection of its details, the magnitude of j its braidings and exhibits or the capital . invested and millions received at the gates. The record is as follows: TOTE! At- Total tendance. lleccipts. Vienna, 187?.. SG.fiTi.sfc; | Philadelphia. 1876. <>,?.iVtJSBi H.S?;?,:34 i Pari*. 187?._1G.0X:,:2? *?3U?50 ' Par?s, 18?.. 28.140,353 8,300.000 j Chicago. 1835.27?041 14,000,()UO j Bot this exposition was more than a ! collection of competing exhibitors. It j was an age jubilee of humanity. It was itself as a whole the most marvelous ex- j nibit. Its buildings were poems in arch- ! itecture. its grounds were incarnate j dreams. The fragile shell that covered the exhibition was itself the sublimest ' achievement of the centuries. There j being no basis of comparison in other j exhibitions, we. even turn in vain to the ! civilization itself of the nations of the present and the furthest antiquity. WITHOUT A PARALLEL. In vain we ransack the nations of the past for some monument as a standard ! of comparison. There is, there has been, nothing like it. The most magnificent production of the greatest civilizations of the past, : with the dim perspective of the centuries to exaggerate it, and with all the addi? tions of the human imagination in song and story, fades into insignificance be? fore the splendor of this magic city. We recall the glory of Babylon in her palmiest days, of her palaces and hang? ing gardens, and they are nothing. We recall the monuments of Egypt, and they ; are insignificant. We think of Athens in the age of Peri? cles, and it startles tis to know that we could almost cover the city beneath the graceful lines of a single building in this group. We think of Rome-of the Coli? seum, the Forum and the palaces Nero built, of modern Rome, with its St. Pe? ter's, and they are dwarfed and imper? fect by comparison. We strive in vain to think of a combi? nation of the master works of the master civilizations of all ages as a basis of com? parison, and the result is discord. The monuments of the past stand for bloody victories, national pride that means hatred of the rest of the world, I the strifes of religions and of sects. These buildings stand for the glory of humanity. Their matchless splendor, I order and harmony are the concrete ex- j pression of an enthusiasm for humanity j as wide as the race, as deep as biston'. BEA TTY IS DIVINE. Second-We see here the dawning con? sciousness of a sense of beauty that must ultimately dominate life. i&W'%.': ? 'Ml Beauty is an attribute of God. To grasp it and embody it in matter ia to j know God and continue the work of in i carnation toward its completion. 1 j development of the sense of beauty ! the time test of the advance of civili j tion. This is one of the great facts tl ! the teacher of institutional religion often forgets. There is in every hurt soul the sense to recognize and the in tiable longing for the beautiful. T is the nature of God speaking throu man made in his image. . One of the first steps toward civilizi ! a savage is to give him a mirror. I j him see himself, and this divine sei : within condemns and starts him on 1 road to the laundry, the barber and 1 tailor. If we but knew it, dirt and vulgar and crime may in great measure be sh by their own hideousness if we can *t rouse this sense of beauty in man. j More than once has a beautiful pictr I been the divine means of forming a i ble character. A woman convict who was little : moved from a fiend in disposition w brought to tears and a gentle and lovi: character by a picture that hung on t prison wall. Cheerless hovels and squalid surrour ings have damned many a poor soul pr oned by them. With the sense of bea ty fed and kept alive they could ha never gone astray. An exposition us ally sings the triumph of physical pro1 ess. For the first time perhaps in o entire history, in celebrating our pro ress the aesthetic has completely don nated the physical. The one overwheh ing impression of the Columbian expo! tion i^ the exaltation of beauty. And this in a city where we had lea expected it. This in a city noted for i insane rush and roar of business. Tb in a city noted for beef and pork, ra: roads and soot, wind and cheek. At such a vision of beauty as the gods i ancient Greece never dreamed-a visic that the longer we look the more it su prises and overwhelms ns. WE ARE LED CAPTIVE. When all else fades from memory, th glimpse of the fairyland of song an story, the vision of heaven from pn phetic souls, with its conquering coi sciousness of beauty, will remain. We may forget the machinen*, thc e: hibits and the queer faces and costume of the Midway plaisance, but we wi never forget the flash of light on nature face as we saw her clasped in the arr of a divine art when for the first tim we walked into the Court of Honor, sai the white palaces mirrored on the bosoi of the lagoon, and through the rainb< i over the spray of the electric fountal gazed on the emerald background of th lake gleaming beyond the fluted column and arches of the peristyle! This wi] abide. As long as the heart beats w will cherish it as a vision from God. Third-Because in the splendor of thi achievement we see new evidence of th boundless capacities of the human soul. We did not dream it possible, and it i before our eyes, this miracle of beauty and it came from the imperial soul o man! Did tne highest reach of poetic rn agination ever dare to dreain for fancy* page anj'thing half so vast and beautifn for the abode of man? And here it i crystallized in matter-a throbbing, liv ing reality! What a revelation to us of the inysten and glory of the human soul. It over whelms us with surprise. We did no believe man capable of it. much less ou: everyday, hurrying, busy American man Our faith in man is too small. W< must lift up our heads and believe th< noblest things of him. How little w< know of the future of the ragamuffin ii the streets, because we cannot know tin treasures liidden in his soul. THE GLORIOUS rOS^lfilLlTIKS. A poor, young schoolteacher once pre? sumed to address a famous Virginia! beauty. But he was rejected. Kii "prospects" were considered very poor, and yet his name was ?Salmon P. Chase and he became chief justice of the su? preme court of the United States. Hi* treasures were within. Who can guage the future by this high standard? The pow??r and glory of man lies just here in this inner capacity of achieve? ment. Here in the imperial will of man we touch an original creative energy. God has reproduced himself. Man is king of creation bec?use of this throne chamber within the soul. Bird and beast perch upon his minarets or crouch on pedestal and bridge to do him hom? age. The sea gives up its secrets at his command. The floating forces of nature allow themselves to be harnessed to his char? iots to do his bidding. And all because man, with the magic key of thought, has power to open the gates of the infinite and eternal. Here the world's real battles are fought. Here the world's real work is done. Here cow? ards run and the brave die. Here the sluggard slumbers, and the noble bear the burdens of the world. This power to recreate the world, peo? ple it with beauty and fill it with har? mony is the endowment primal of the race. To this we pin our faith. We be? lieve in man because we believe in God, after whose image he was formed. The future can have no limitations because of this impelling power to aspire. When we languish, this voice within cries: "Onward! Upward! Higher! More light!" until at last, wjth eager feet we shall press within the holy of holies of the most high God. We cannot be satisfied until we rest thus in the bosom of God. Hitherto our noblest poems have been unsung, our noblest orations unspoken, our highest dreams unrealized. The soul has fought in its cage bound with the shackles of a clumsy body. At last we begin to breathe a soul into matter and make the physical throb with the spirit. Herein we see the coining glory of the Lord in flesh and blood. HOW SOON IT PASSED A WAY. With the feeling of surprise and joy experienced when the vision of beauty first greeted our eyes came the sadden? ing thought that all this must soon per? ish. But, after all, what of it? It is better so. Hammers are busy now demolish? ing these magnificent dreams of art. The grass will soon grow where they ? stood in matchless grace and splendor. But they shall live again! The millions 1 who saw them will cherish in their souls j the vision. Those buildings and grounds will live again in snow, white marble ; and smiling landscape in a thousand cities and towns where men were once content with dirt and ugliness. Out of the soul of man came this celes? tial vision. Let them demolish -it. It is better so. Greater miracles yet lie hidden there. It will rise again in great? er glory. If man could transform a miserable marsh into this paradise peopled with co? lossal palaces full of happy men and wo? men, he will yet transform this grime and filth, the disease-and dirt, the sin. and shame of our great, steaming, stink? ing cities into light and joy. order and beauty. A MASTKR OF TRANSPORTATION. Mr. C. De Land says that ou a cer? tain occasion the Confederates were much in need of a railway locomotive in order to operate their supply system. It was in 1864. They had not the means to buy one, and their only hope was to capture one. A band of 100 men was selected from Lee's army and placed under the com? mand of a tall .Georgian, who had been foreman of a stone quarry and was moro or less skilled in the use of derricks and the like. He took his men up into Maryland, end they tore up a section of the Balti? more and Ohio railway tracks, flagged the first train, and with nothing save plenty of rope those 100 men carried the locomotive 52 miles over hills, across streams, through bogs and woods, until they struck a line built by the Confeder? acy. Then they ran the engine down to Virginia. When the president of thc Baltimore and Ohio railway heard of the exploit, he would not believe it. He went out and personally inspected thc scene; went over the route, and seeing what had bei n done finally declared it the most won? derful feat in engineering ever accom? plished. After the war Mr. Garrett delegated a man to hunt up the leader -who had su? perintended the removal of the locomo? tive, and on the strength of that single exploit made him roadmaster of his en? tire system of roadbeds. "Any mai: that can pick up an engine with fishing lines and carry it over a mountain has passed his examination with me," said Mr. Garrett. The hand that can take a piece of un? wholesome bog and in a few months transform it into a vision of beaury whose matchless glory the world had never dreamed before has in it the po? tency of a world's redemption. We be? lieve in the heroism of man. Can we not enlarge our faith from the heroes of war to the heroes of lifer THE HEROES OF FREDERICKSBURG. A writer in The Cosmopolitan says that in the battles around Fredericksburg, among the assaulting regiments was the Fifth New Hampshire, which lost lbG out of the 300 men who made the charge. The survivors fell back behind a fence within easy reach of the Confederate rifle pits. Just before reaching it rho last of the color guard was shot, and the flag fell in the open. A captain. Perry, instantly ran out to rescue it, and as he reached it was shot through the heart: another captain. Murray, made the same attempt, and was also killed, and so was a third. Moore. Several private soldiers met a like fate. They were all killed close to the flag/and their dead bodies fell across one -another. Taking advantage of this breastwork. Lieutenant Nettleton crawled from be? hind the fence to the colors, seized them and bore back the blood won trophy. ' Another such incident took place at Gaines' Mill, where Gregg's First South Carolina regiment bore the brunt of an assault upon a certain strong position. Moving forward at a run, the South Carolinians were swept by a fierce and searching fire. Young Janies Taylor, a lad of 10, was carrying the flag and was killed, after being shot down three times, twice ris? ing and struggling onward with the col? ors. The third time he fell the flag was seized by George Cotchett. and when he in turn fell by Shubrick Hayue. Hayne also was struck down almost immedi? ately, and a fourth lad-for none of these men were over 20 years old grasped the colors and fell, mortally wounded, across the body of his friend. The fifth, Gadsden Holmes, was pierced with no less than seven balls. The sixth man. Dominick Spellman, more fortu? nate but not less brave, bore the flag throughout the rest of the battle. If man can so tight, can he not love with equal enthusiasm? When beings capa? ble of such devotion to duty shall be taught the higher duty of fighting for one another, not against one another, who can foretell the glory of his future? In the flash of these white palaces we be? hold the promise of a new enthusiasm for humanity that shall at last put to flight hunger and cold, filth and disease, shame and crime, and give us a new earth, whose law shall be righteousness, because it shall be ruled by beauty. Chicago's Tritte. Belated Citizen (handing over his watch)-I have nothing of value about me but this watch, and it hasn't any value except as a curiosity. It's over 100 years old, and I intended to present it to the Columbian museum. Footpad-I don't want it, pai d. Keep lt, and when you turn it in here's a gold thimble to go with it. It used to b'long to the mottler of Patrick Henry. I found it in a North Side crib I cracked the other night. Well, so long. I must bea-goin. - Chicago Tribune. Kuutixii to Make Her Faint. A woman not 1.000 miles from Rich? mond was without doubt the most flur? ried female the other Sunday in seven counties when she discovered, after com? ing out of church, that her brand new bat was adorned with a tag whereupon vas inscribed the legend, "Reduced to J2.T0.**-Christian Intelligencer. Bread winning Women. The report of thc last census, as nearly as can be ascertained, show that, outside of domestic service, America had in 1*90 2,700,000 breadwinning women and girls working outside of their own homes. There were 110 lawyers, 165 ministers, 320 authors. 588 journalists, 2,061 artists. 2,136 architects, chemists, pharmacists. 2.106 stock raisers and ranchers, 5,135. government clerks, 2,438 physicians and surgeons, lo, 182 professional musicians, ? 56.800 farmers and planters, 21,071 clerks j and bookkeepers, 14,433 heads of com j mercial houses, 135,000 public school j teachers-based on the census of 1880. Here is an anny of women depending j upon themselves for support and proba ? bly taking care of others. Any talk of relegating these women to a life of de? pendence is mere foolishness. The ques? tion toeonsider is hov.* best to adapt this new factor to existing conditions, or how ! to shape the conditions to the best inter J ests of these wage earners and the coin ? monwealtb..-Kansas City Times. - Odd Customs In Para. A womaa lately returned from Brazil tells of th-3 curious nomenclature of the streets of Para. They are Biblical or commemorative of some event in the Brazilian history. It seemed to her quite irreverent to be told that a desirable lo? cality was "at the corner of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist I streets." She went with her uncle, who I was on business, to dine at the house of j a wealthy merchant. Everything was j very gorgeous and lavish, in South j American style, but on leaving she was ? amazed to have her hospitable host say ! to her, "If yon have any washing, send ! it here." It is a custom there, it seems, i for wealthv households to take in lann i dry work as an employment for their large retinues of servants. "It did, how? ever," said the relator, "give me a turn : at the end of a formal dinner part}' to i be asked for my soiled linen."-Utica Herald. i * ------- European Armies. ! It is estimated by Major General Tyr- ? 1 rel that whereas at the time of the j Crimean war the aggregate strength of j ? the armies of the great powers of Europe ! did not exceed 3,000,000 in round num- j j bers today it is more than 20,000,000. j : Without including the final reser\\st j ; and only reckoning those men who have ! been thoroughly trained as soldiers and are liable for service beyond the fron? tiers, Russia has in round numbers 5,000,000 men; France and Germany, 4,000.000 men; Austria, 2,500,000; Italy. ; j 2,000,000. And these numbers are bein g ; continually iucreased.-Charleston News and Courier. ['_ ! The Mystic, Wonderful Order Hoo-Hoo. j . On the ninth minute of the ninth hon . j on the ninth day in the ninth month the : supreme council of nine of The Cou catenated Order of Hoo-Hoo opened its annual convention. No Hoo-Hoo is allowed to hohl of_c j unless he has three names. The initial order of playful kitten was : ! conferred on 36 unwilling subjects.- j Chicago Inter Ocean. The Average Girl's Ht; s band. What rubbish is mi this talk of "bes: j possible husbands!" A girl ta!;es the man who offers if he api>ears to be im | right, honorable and in earnest. If she does not. she runs a risk of going to seed, with a red nose, a canary bird and al_p dog. The chief trouble with her is nut to know whether she has got the best article in the market, but whether the man win says he loves her means what ha says. It is easy for a man to acquire the art cf lovemaking, and with a little practice! some men can do it quite skillfully, j How to know when they are acting and j when they are obeying an irresistible ! and ungovernable impulse is the thing a j girl wants to be able to determine. Better lerra that than make herself a j connoisseur in men. A woman's happi-1 ness is to a large degree dependent on '? the quality of him to whom she has given herself, body, soul and heart, 1-it if he really loves her she can mold h'm to her will. Then-considering that ail women believe they know how to "man? age" a husband-she can make a "good husband" out of him, for he will be Iik: clay in the hands of the potter.-San Francisco Argonaut. The Guarantee Held Good. Nearly h '.If a century ago a maiden lady residing in Roxboro purchased an ax from ,fe?irge Davis, a hardware dealer in Manayunk. The ax was in '. constant service, and by its many trips to: the grindstone was worn down until the steel blade was no longer of use. Yes? terday the old lady carried the pole or head of the ax to Manaynnk to have a new blade inserted. Meeting a friend, he advised her to go to Davis* store, now kept by two sons of the former proprie? tor, and get a new one du exchange, as the old one was warranted to last a life? time. The two Davis brothers protested against ex' 'tanging, while the lady ve? hemently urged her rights. A large crowd soon congregated, every one sid? ing with the woman. She finally tri? umphed and walked out of the ^ore with, a brand new article, waving it above her head as an emblem of her victory over the firm.-Philadelphia Record. Trying to Sell Smuggled Whisky. ? story of the late Adam Black, the j founder of the well known publishing house, is told by Dr. Pryde in his "Pleasant Memories of a Busy Life." One day shortly after Mr. Black began business as a bookseller a suspicious looking man came stealthily into the shop, and k-aning over the counter whis? pered into his ear. "Tve got some fine smuggled whisky, which I'll let you have at a great bergain." "No. no," said Mr. Black indignantly, "I want nothing of the kind: go away." Tbe man, evidently not believing in the sin? cerity of this righteous outburst, leaned over the counter again and whispered. .Til take Bibles fort."-Boston Com? monwealth. All Free. Th?>se wh<> hiivc used Dr. King'* New Dis? covery know its value, and those who have not. have now the opportunity to try it Free. Call on thc advertised Druggist and get a TrfaWJot lie. Free. Send your natue and address io II. K. I'ucklcn it Co Chicago, an.i get a sample b".\ of Dr. King's New Life Piil> tree, as well a.? a copy ot' Guille to Health and Household Instructor. Free. All ol' which is guaranteed to itu you good ?nd c">t }?>u nothing. J. F. W. Dc Lorine's Drugetore. -mmim-__??- . - - FOR DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS. All dealers keep it. $1 per bottle. Genuine has trade-mark and crossed red lines on trapper. TO YOU We extend a Christmas Greeting. While you are buying presents for Husband, Father, Brother and YOUR SWEETHEART Don't forget that we have just such as will be useful to them. A. beautiful line of Neckwear and Mufflers. Our line of silk and linen (initial and plain) handkerchiefs is complete, and prices as low as the lowest. Silk Suspenders, 75 cents. We have a beautiful line of Jewelry, such as Scarf Pins, Cuff Buttons. &c. We have a splendid line of (all silk) Umbrellas, from $2 to $5. WE WILL GIVE YOU BARGAINS. Come in to see us and we will show you that we mean what we saw CUTTINO & DELGAR. UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE, J SUMTER, S. C. ead. WOVEN At We make whi OUR Stock -OF Furniture -AND PICTURES now complete. watch our prices. cannot be equaled. CHEAP OAK SUITS OUR SPECIALTY. COM DONE ELECTRIC SALE. I now have a complete line of these celebrated goods RAZORS, SCISSORS, POCKETKIVES, ? And I do not hesitate to guarantee ? every one. I A FULL LINE OF I Coal Scuttles, Coal Vases.. Andirons, Shovel f anti Tomes, Meat Clippers, Etc. Paints Not only guaranteed by the manu? facturers b?t by their agents. Respectfully, W. B* Burns. FOR -FUL L A SSO RTMENT BEST NEW GARDEN SEED, -FULL Ll NB Forest Bruis art Chemicals, CALL ON J. S. HUGHSON & CO., Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET, Fen s. SUMTER, g ?._. NEW . MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET. SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For ihe purpose ot working Marble Arni I Granite, manufacturing Monuments, Hstones, Etc., ; And doins: a General Business in that line.; A complete workshop has oeen iirred up on i Ll BERTY STREET, NEA R POST OFFiOS ! And we ?ire now ready to execute with ; promptness ail orders consigned to us. Satis- j faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before | placing an order eiSewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, j G. E. RICHARDSON. Jone 16. J. R. Haynsworth, i SURVEYOR. i ? C^AN BK communicated with through j office of Havnsworths k Cooper Sum i ter, S. C. Nov. 29-4t. [ H. A. HOYT, MAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, FINK DIAMONDS, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Fe?. 1 NOTICE. rpHE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION JL will be in his office on Salesday of each month, for the purpose of issuing certificate? of Registration to ail persons who have be? come twen?v-one years of age since the last General election. Also transfers to those who have changed place of residence. W. S JAMES, Supervisor of Registration. Dec. 7.