Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-20
TALLADEGA.
The Chautauquans Continue to Have a
Most Enjoyable Time-Delightful
Lectures, Good Music, Etc. -

Talladega, Ala, July (ChauJauqua
correspondence Jon Friday morning at
IL o'clock, after the usual musical pre-
Jude by the orchestra, DR.. P. S. Henson,
of Chicago, delivered his celebrated lect-
ure, "Gunnery,' a the Ghautauqua as
sembly hall. The exceedingly favorable
impression DR.. Henson made on the prs
vious evening insured him a large and
apprecative audience ON Friday morn
ing. OF course DR.. Henson used his sub
ject in a figurative way: every man ne
called a gun, and the power thar is in
him ammunition. He spoke FIST OF gun
metal'-the stuff that a man Is made OF;
his intellectual moral and physical con-
stitution. He insists, like Emerson, that
mo man is bonn inao this world but that
his work is born with him." here is a
place for everybody If you can only md
it, AS Dr. Henson so b autifully express
ed II, "A weed is only an herb with an
undiscovered use He then took up the
ways in which the metal may b: treated
the educational process. He was of the
opinion that no, half enough time was de-
voted to thorough, practical education-
the characteristics haste AID hurry OF the
American nation has entered into the
school room. Things of grea.es. worth
are things of slowest growth To many
men these days arz made after the PLAN
of Jonah's gourd; the result is that all
around us are saibled guns, fragments OF
guns whose threats but once sounded and
forever grew still. Men. like guns, are
wanted for use and no, for ornament. +
The second point in the lecture was
q Ammunition powder ard ball. DR.
Henson refutsS Millions statement that
sunpowder is an invention of the devil;
tie believes that its use has done more
10 mitigate barbarous passions and to
perfect our civilization than anything
else except the Bible. The powder man
needs is strong thought. THE things
which VIZ call material are not material
things; there are diamonds brighter tina n
any mat ever shone on the bosom of g
ballroom belle; there are mightisr pro-
Jectiles than any that ever leaped from
INC mouth GU a cannon; thoughts are
these. THE great battles of The future
are not to be fought with shot and shell
but in the higher arena of intellectual and
religious thought" DIR. Henson earnest
~ advised all, especially sh= young. to
read and assimiiate; then to condenss
these thoughts, now become your OWE
CONDENSATION is the first essential of
eioquence.''
Or. Hene9n's third and last point was
Aim He agrees with Carlyle that
"A man without purpose is like q ship
without rudder." The reason why
very avenue to success is blocked with
failures is that men lack this constant
purpose and persistent aim. 1.-THE secret
or any mans success in life is the focus
ing OF all his thought, the concentration
q all his powers on one high, never
changing purpose. One point pressed
home is worth one hundred points scat
tered around" The distinguished lee
turer spoke in conclusion of the needed
touch of divine fire. "Then there will
not only be report that will ring
throughout ali the world, but will also
bring execution with it. God give us
such power
At $3.50 p. m. another enjoyable concert
OF music and readings was given. The
first number was wedding March," from
Memberships Midsummer Nights
Dream" by Grambs orchestra. This
was followed by a cornet solo by Mr.. Me-
moli and Hearts and Flowers" by the
orchestra. Miss Caruthers, of Chicago,
then gave two readings, "At g. New York
Ferry Landing" and "Jerry's Triumph"
Next the Smally quartette sang Sleep,
Little BABY of Nine" Miss Caru thers
then recited In dramatic and effective
way McDonlads Gypsy Flower Girl"
A comic cantata, 'fTlhe Grasshopper, by
the quartette concluded the programme.
At $50 p. m. the c. L. s. c. held an in-
teresting meeting. The subject was
broad, Southern Literature" and of
course, only the creme de la creme was
touched. The chief feature of the after
noon was the reading of paper on "Loy-
atty to Southern Writer'S" by Miss Mary
La Fayette Robbins, of Selma.
AZ o.oV MI MAr3, the prestfOlgataIeur,
and Mr.. Mccormick, the Riverside
Whistler" gave Chautauquans a most
delightful hour. If the reign of WITCH
craft were rot over, Mr.. Maro's life would
not be worth the snap of his finger In
deed, even now one is inclined to believe
that his wonderful seight-of- hand per-
formances are really the result of magic.
The interesting tricks that he tried last
evening were all new to his spectators
and delighted children and elders alike.
AS a whistler, Mr.. Mccormick has no
superior in America. His "Trip Through
the Forest and his 'sStrcll Through a.
Barn Yard received tumultuous ap-
plause. His powers of nlimicry are re-
markable indeed.
A large number of visitors are in the
city. At present everything points to
a successful close of a successful ses-