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“THE DAY AYE LITE IN.”
Ult. TAIiMACI, VAkUS HIS TEXT
FHOM usxurai IV., 11.
ITotr a True, Aggri'Kitivf) C. hrUtlnn Should
IVrform Hid Ood-Api-oitated Work
sOlllO I’roluMwor* of lteligtoii t'ompiftivd
to the North Carolina C aetua Flower—
Avoid all Keckle Icoooclamn, but i!o
not Stick too Closely to Old Methods.
Bt.OOKLYN, fi. Y., June 7. L>r. Tal
mage preached this morning in the Brook
lyn Tabernacle on the subject, “The Day
We Live In.” Before the sermon he read
in the Old Testament concerning a scene
in the Persian palaces. He also read the
names of many new members who during
the past few weeks have united with the
church. The opening hymn was:
“Salvation, oh, the joyful sound.
, ’Ti pleasure to our ears.”
The text was from Esther iv., 14: “Who
knoweth whether thou art come to the
kingdom for such a time as this?” Dr.
Talmage said:
Esther, the beautiful, was the wife of
Ahasuerus, the abominable. The time
had come lor her to present a petition to
her infamous husband in behalf of the
Jewish nation, to which she hud once
belonged. She was afraid to undertake
the work lest she should lose her own life,
hut her uncle, Mordecai, who had
brought her up, encouraged her with the
suggestion that probably she had been
raised up of God for that peculiar mis
sion. “Who knoweth whether thou art
come to the kingdom for suen a time as
this?”
Esther had her God-appointed work;
you and I have ours. It is my business
to tell you what style of men and women
you ought to be in order that you may
meet the demand ol the age in which God
haseast your lot. If you have come ex
pecting to hear abstractions discussed or
dry technicalities of religion glorilledyou
have come to the wrong church; but if
you really would like to know what this
age has a right to expect of you as Christ
tian men and women, then I am ready in
the Lord’s name to look you in the face.
When two armies have rushed into battle,
the officers of either army do not want a
philosophical discussion about the chemi
cal properties of human blood, or the
nature of gunpowder; they want some
oue to man the batteries and swab out
the guns. And now when all the forces
of light and darkness, of heaven and hell,
have plunged into the fight it is no time
to give ourselves to the definitions and
formulas and technicalities and conven
tionalities of religion. What we want is
practical, earnest, concentrated, enthu
siastic and triumphant help.
in the first place, in order to meet the
special demand of this age, you need to bo
an unmistakable, aggressive Christian.
Of half-and-half Christians we do not
wnnt any more. The church of Jesus
Christ will be better without 10,000 of
them. They are the chief obstacle to the
church’s advancement. lam speaking of
another kind of Christian. All the appli
ances for your becoming an earnest Chris
tian are at your hand, and there is a
straight path for you into the broad day
light of God’s lorgiveness. You may
have come into this Tabernacle the bond
men of the world, and yet before you go
out of these doors you may have become
princes of the Lord God Almighty. You
remember what excitemeut there was in
lies country years ago when the Prince of
Wales came here—how the people rushed
out by hundreds of thousands to see him.
Whv ? Because they expected that some
tlay'ue would sit upon the throne of Eng
land. But what was all that honor com
pared with the honor to which God calls
you—to be sous and daughters of the
Lord Almighty; yea, to be kings and
queens unto God ? “They shall reign with
Him forever and ever.”
But, tny friends, you need to he aggres
sive Christians, and uot like those persons
who spend their lives in bugging their
Christian graces and wondering wbvtbey
do not make any progress. How much
robustness of heart would a man have if
he hid himself in a dark closet? A great
deal of the piety of the day is too ex
clusive. It hides itself. It' needs more
fresh air, more outdoor exercises. There
ar many Christians who are giving their
entire life to self-examinations. They are
feeling their pulses to see what Is the con
dition of their spiritual health. How long
would a man have robust, physical health
if he kept all the days ami weeks and
mouths and years of his life feeling nis
pulse instead of going out into active,
earnest, every-day work?
1 was once amid the wonderful and be
witching cactus growths of North Caro
lina. I never was more bewildered with
the beauty of flowers, and yet, when I
would take up one of those cactuses and
pull the leaves apart, the beauty was all
gone. You could hardly tell that it had
ever been a flower. But there are a great
many Christian people in this dav just
pulling apart their own Christian expert
encee to see what there is in them, and
there is nothing left of them. This style
ot sell-examination is a damage instead
of an advantage to their Christian char
acter. I remember when 1 was a boy I
Used to have a small piece in the garden
that 1 called my own, and I planted corn
there, and every lew days 1 would pull it
up to see how last it was growing. Now
there are a great many Christian people
in this day whose self-examination merely
amounts to the pulling up of that which
they only yesterday or the day before
planted. O my friends, if you
want to have a stalwart Chris
tian character plant it right out of
doors in the great field of Christian
usefulness, ami though storms may come
upon it, and though the hot sun of trial
may try to consume it, it will thrive until
it becomes a great tree, in which ! hr fowls
oi heaven may have their habitation. I
have no patience with these flower-pot
Clnistians. They keep themselves under
shelter, and all their Christian experience
in a small and exclusive circle, when they
ought to plant it !u the great garden of
the Lord so that the whole atmosphere
could be aromatic with their Christian
usefulness. What we want in the Church
of tied is more brawn ol piety. The cen
tury plant is wonderfully suggestive and
wonderfully beautiful; but 1 never look
ul it without thinking of its parsimony.
It lets whole generations go by before It
puts forth one blossom: so 1 have really
more heartfelt admiration when 1 see the
dewy tears in the blue eyes of tin- violets,
for they a >me every sprite. My Christina
friends, time is going by so rapidly that
wo cannot nll'ord to be idle.
A recent statistician says thnt human
life now bus an average oiotily thirty-two
years. From these thirty-two years you
must suimtruct all the time you tuke'for
*ie-p anil the taking of food and roc re a-
Uoa; that will leave you about sixteen
years. From those sixteen years you
must mi bn tract all the time that you are
necessarily engaged In the earning of a
livelihood; that will leave you about
tight) ears. From those night years you
must lake all the davs and weeks ami
months—oil the tswgih of time tku U
j'ssnod in sickness, leaving you about one
v ir in w hich to work for God. Oh, my
i 11, wake up! How Barest thou sleep
in harvest time and with so few hours iu
vPi-i to i up? So that I stale aas a
s i pie lavt ttial all the time that the Mist
l .jority o| you will.have lor tlieexclu
v. w set vice of Uud will be less tliuu one
y ji 1
Hit *ays Hotmiman: “I liberally Rttp.
) i! lie* gospel, and thq-church is open
id tin- gospel I* preached; all the spill
1' s.l advantages arc spread l fine mon,
n and if they wnnt to be suvod let them
< jc to be saved; i Lave discharged all
nsponsibility.” Ah, is that the
-i .-ii r’s spirit? Is there not an old book
tome where that command* us to go out
inio tb.* highways aud the hedges ami
compel tiio people to come in? What
would have become of you aud me if
Christ had not come down off the hills of
| heaven, and if He had not corns through
the door of the Bethlehem caravanserai.
andV He had not with the crushed hand
of the crucifixion knocked at the iron
gate of ihe sepulchre of our spiritual
death, crying: “Lazarus, come forth?”
0 my Christian friends, this is no time
for inertia when all the forces of darkness
seem to be in full blast; when
Hb'im printing presses are publishing
infidel tracts; when express railroad
trains are carrying messengers ol sin:
when last clippers are laden with opium
and ruin; when the night air of our cities
I is polluted with the laughter that breaks
j up from the 10,000 saloons of dissipation
! and abandonment; when the fires of the
1 second death already are kindled in the
| cheeks of some who only a little while
ago were incorrupt; oh, never since the
curse fell upon the earth has there been a
' time when it was such an unwise, such a
| cruel, such an awful thing for the church
!to sleep. The great audiences are not
gathered in the Christian churches; the
great audiences are gathered in temples
ot sin—tears of unutterable woe their bap
tism, the blood of crushed hearts the
awful wine of their sacrument, blas
phemies their litany, and the groans of the
lost world the organ dirge of their wor
ship!
. Again, if you want to be qualified to
' meet the duties which this ace demands
of you, you must on the one hand avoid
reckless iconoclasin, and on the other
, hand not stick too much to things because
they arc old. The air is full of new plans,
new projects, new theories of government,
: new’ theologies, and 1 am amazed to see
how so many Christians want only
novelty in order to recommend a thing to
their confidence, and so they vacillate and
swing to and fro, and they are useless and
they are unhappy. New; plans—secular,
ethical, philosophical, religious, cisat
lantic, transatlantic —long enough to
make a line reaching from the German
I universities to great Salt Lake City. Ah,
my brother, do not take hold of a thing
1 merely because it is new. Try it by the
realities of a judgment day. But, on the
other hand, do not adhere to anything
merely because it is old. There is not a
single enterprise of the church or the
world but has sometimes been scoffed nt„
There was a time when men derided
even Bible societies; and when a few
young men met near a haystack in Mas
sachusetts and organized the first mis
sionary society ever organized in this
country, there went laughter and ridicule
all around the Christian church. They
said the undertaking was preposterous.
And so also the work of Jesus Christ was
assailed. People cried out: “Who ever
heard ot such theories of ethics and gov
-1 ernruent? Who ever noticed such a style
of preaching as Jesus has?” Ezekiel had
talked of mysterious wings and wheels.
Here came a man from Capernaum and
Genessaret and he drew his illustrations
from the lakes, from the sand, from the
ravine, from the lilies, Irom the corn
stalks. How the Pharisees scoffed! How
Herod derided! How Judas hissed! And
this Jesus they plucked by the heard and
they spat In his fuee and they called him
“this fellow.” All the great enter
prises ru and out of the church have
at trines been scoffed at, and there
have been a great multitude who
have thought that the chariot of God’s
truth Would fall to pieces if it once got out
of the old rut. And so there are those who
have no patience with anything like im
provement in church architecture, or with
anything like good, hearty, earnest church
singing, and they deride any form of reli
gious discussion which goes down walk
ing among everyday men, rather than that
which makes an excursion on rhetorical
stilts. Oh, that the church of God would
wake up to an adaptlbility of work ! We
must admit the simple fact ttrat tire
churches of Jesus Christ in this day do not
1 each the great masses. There are fifty
thousand people in Edinburgh who never
hear the gospel. There are oue million
people iu London who never hear the gos
pel. There are, at least, thr e hundred
thousand souls in the city ol Brooklyn
who come not under the immediate minis
trations of Christ’s truth; and the church
of God, in this day. instead of being a
place full of living episiles.rcud and known
of all men, is more like a “dead letter”
post office.
“But.” say people, “the world is going
to be converted; you must be patient: the
kingdoms of this world are to become the
kingdoms of Christ.” Never, unless the
church of Jesus Christ puts on more
speed and energy. Instead of the church
converting the world, the world is con
verting the church. Here is a great
fortress. How shall it be taken ? An
army comes and sits around about it, cuts
off the supplies, and save: “Now we will
just wait until from exhaustion anil star
vation they will have to give up.” Weeks
aud months and perhaps a year pass
along, and finally the fortress surrenders
through that starvation and exhaustion.
Hut, tny triends, the fortresses of sin are
never to He taken in that way. If they
are taken for God, It will be by stoiin.
You will have to bring up the great siege
guiiH of the gospel to the very wall and
wheel the flying artillery into line, and
when the armed infantry of heaven shall
conlront the battlements, you will have
to give the quick command: “Forward!
Charge!”
Ah, my friends, there is work for you
to do and for me to do in order to this
grand accomplishment. Here is my pulpit
and I preach in it. Your pulpit is the
bank. Your pulpit is the store. Your
pulpit is the editorial chair. Your pulpit
is the anvil. Your pulpit is the house
scaffolding. Your pulpit is the mechanic's
shop. 1 may stand in this place and
through cowardice or through self-seek
ing may keep back the word I ought to
utter; while you, with sleeve rolled up
and brow besweated with toil, tint); utter
the word that will jar the foundations of
heuven w ith the shout of a great victory.
Oh, that this morning this whole audience
might feel that the Lord Almighty was
putting upon them the hands of ordina
tion. 1 tell you every one, go forth and
preach this gospel. You have as muoh
right to preach as I have, or a* any man
has. Only find out the pulpit where God
will have you preach and there preach.
Headley Vicars wan a wicked until in
ihe English urmy. The grace of God came
to him. He became an earnest and emi.
neni Christian. They scoffed at him and
said: “Y’ou area hypocrite; you areas
Had as ever you were.” Still he kept his
tnith in Christ, and alter awhile, finding
that they could not turn him aside by call
ing him a hypocrite, they said to’him:
“Oh, you are nothing Hut u Methodist.”
That did not ditturb him. He went on
perloruiing his Christian duty until lie
had formed all his troop into a Bible class
and tho wholts encampment was shaken
with the presence ol OoJ. So Havelock
went into the heuilu-n temple in India
while the English army Was the! e arid put
a caudle into ILr hand of each of the
heathen gods that stood around In the
heathen temple, and by the light of those
candles held up by the idols (ion. Have
lock preached righteousness, temperance,
and judgment tu come. And who will
say on earth or in heuven that Havelock
had not the right to preach? In the
minister’s house where I prep urn! for
college there was a man who worked bv
the iiiune of I’.-ter Croy, lie could neither
read nor write, but be was a mini of GoU.
Often theologians would stop ill the lieuse
—grave theologians- ami at family prayer
lVtr Crov would be ottlled upon to lud,
and all those wise men sat around, wmi
derstruck at his religious (fflciency.
When he prayed lie reached tip unit
seemed to take hold of the very thri nc of
the Almighty, ami lie talked with Ginl
until the very lieawits were bowed down
into the sitting-room. Oh, if 1 were dying
1 would rather have plain Peter Croy
kneel by tny bedside and commend mv
immortal spirit to God than the grente si
Archbishop arrayed in costly canonicals.
Go preach this gospel. You say you arc
uot licensed. In the name ot the Lord
Almighty tbia morning, 1 license you. Go
SAY NI'NG NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1885.
preach this got. m Bab
bath schools, in ...-clings, in
the highways, iu the 1. Woe be-unto
you if you preach it not!
I remark again that in order to be quali
fied to meet your duty in this particular
ago, you want unbounded faith in the
triumph of the truth and the overthrow of
wickedness, flow dare the Christian
church ever get discouraged? Have we
not the Lord Almighty on our side? How
l ing did it take God to slay the hosts of
Seunacherib, or burn Sodom, or shake
down Jericho? How long will it take God
when he once arises in his strength to
overthrow all the forces of iniquity? Be
tween this time and that there may be
long seasons of darkness, the chariot
wheels of God’s gospels may seem to drag
heavily; hut there is the promise and
yonder is the throne aud when Omnis
cience has lost its eyesight and Omnipo
tence falls back impotent aud Jehovah is
driven from his throne, then the church of
Jesus Christ can afford to be despondent
but never until then. Despots may plan
and armies may march and the Congresses
of the nations may seem to think they
are adjusting all the affairs of
the world; hut tiro mighty men of the
earth are only the (lust of the chariot
wheels of God’s providence. And I think
that before the sun of this century shall
set the last tyranny will fall, and witli a
splendor of demonstration that shall lie
the astonishment of the universe. God
"• ill set forth the brightness and pomp
and glory and perpetuity of His eternal
government. Gut of the starry flags and
the emblazoned insignia of this world
God will make a path for his own triumph,
and returning from universal conquest
He will sit down, the grandest, strongest,
highest throne of earth His footstool.
“Then shall all nations’ song ascend
To Thee, our Ituler, Father, Friend,
’Till Heaven’s high arch resounds again
With ‘Peace on earth, good will to men.’”
1 preach this sermon because 1 want to
encourage all Christian workers iu every
possible department. Hosts of the living
God march on 1 march on ! llis spirit will
bless you. His shield will defend you.
His sword will strike tor you. March on!
march on! The despotisms will fall and
Paganism will burn its idols, and Moham
medanism will give up Its false prophet,
and Judaism will confess the true Messiah,
and the great walls of superstition will
come down in thunder and wreck at the
long, loud blast of the gospel trumpet.
March on! march on! The besiegement
will soon be ended. Only a few more steps
on the long way; only a few more sturdy
blows; only a few more battle-cries, then
God will put the laurel upon your brow,
and from the living fountains’ of heaven
will bathe off the sweat and the heat and
the dust of the conflict. March on! march
on 1 For you the time lor work will soon
be passed, anil amid the outflashings of
the judgment throne and the trumpeting
of resurrection angels, and the upheaving
of a world of graves, and the hosanna and
the groaning of the saved and the lost, we
shall be rewarded for our faithfulness or
punished for our stupidity. Blessed be
the Lord God ot Israel from everlasting to
everlasting, and let the whole earth be
filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
TEXAS TiIO HIBITIONIS J’S.
They Propose to Go Into Politics and
Make a Square Fight.
From thr St. Tonis Republican.
Dallas, Tkx., Juue 4. The prohi
bition movement is being pushed by its
promoters in this part of Texas for all it
is worth. Every precinct in every county
is being canvassed with a zeal never be
fore witnessed here,and the liquor people
are so far alarmed us to be forming asso
ciations and working to defeat prohibition
and local option elections and county and
precincts respectively as they may come
up. Dr. J. B. Cranfill, editor of theGates
\iile Adrnnce, was in Dallas to-day.
Dr. Cranfill is a leader of the Texas
prohibition movement, and is perhaps the
best informed man in toe State on that
question. He said: “The outlook lor pro
hibition is all that could be desired. From
every source comes the most cheering
news and the most substantial encourage
ment. The failure of the Texas Senate
to submit the question to the people, alter
having been asked to do so by 50,000 ot
our people, aroused a just and widespread
iudignation.”
POLITICAL.
“What of the prohibition organization
us a political party ?”
“ f'he prohibitionists have organized
and are of necessity a party. The whisky
question is a political question us much
as was the slavery question, and to that
extent is the organization a political
party, in the coining State election no
candidates for State offices will tie nomi
nated. Their object is to elect a legisla
ture that will allow a vote, in districts
where Legislative candidates will proper
ly pledge themselves to submit tho
question no candidates will be
placed in the field, but in dis
tricts where such candidates are
not found, tho Prohibitionists will elect
men of their own. Wo are ready to lay
aside all political affiliations that stand in
the way of this reform, it is not designed
to make war on any political party as
such, but we will earnestly labor to break
down every barrier from whatever source
that stands in the way ot our success. Jt
is a union of God and the people against
a curse.”
A SqUAIlt: issue.
“You arc aware that the liquor men are
organizing. What steps are being taken
to offset their aggression?”
“We are ready to meet them face to
face and don’t need, like they, to put
screens before our doors. Lecturers are
now in tin* field. Mrs. Saxton, a talented
lady ot Memphis, is canvassing tho State.
Prohibition literature Is being distributed
as rapiil yas possible. I have great con
fidence iu the integrity of tbs Ti mis
press, and out of the 24’> papers in this
State l believe that more than one-half of
(hem favor prohibition. 1 learn the
liquor men of Dallas have or
ganized to-day, and it is K
good otneti. If they were not
spurred thev wouldn’t ’ kick. The
more thev kick the more we will or
gunize, ami the sooner they organize and
the sooner the lines are sharply drawn
the better it will be tor us. Then it will
be little trouble fora mail to select his
crowd and go where tie belong*. We are
not making war on the liquor im n. Thu
man who sells whisky is us good ns the
men who drink whisky. The whisky
men lliemselv* s need to be reformed. The
Prohibitionists are working to destroy
tbs conditions that mnke tbs liquor
traffic possible, ami we will meet the
whisky men at every step."
GEN. KOMKOIfAVS’ AUTOGRAPH.
He Began to Place It Upon Uncle Sant's
Ureutibscks Friday.
W ASlllN(lT(in, Junetl.—Gen. Koseernns
having decided to accept the office of
Registrar ot the 'l reusury, the resignation
oi ex-Netiator Bruce, who was appointed
Registrar by President Garfield in May,
issj, t\.,M accepted Friday.
Gen. Rose* runs was installed Friday.
The uppointiiiout of Gen. Itosecrans
seems to give general satisfaction to
ever>body. Republican* and Democrats
alike, lie ban b ••*n a most o inseientious,
hard-working Cougresawan, ami hi*
frlen I* arc all glad to aee him In the office,
which Ims a very gratifying salary of
ll.'HHla \ ear.
Gen. KoNCcrana is of u temperament
tlist delight* in the people, and It will give
him u very decided nHtisfaetlon to place
hi* autograph upon all of Uncle saiu’s
new notes where the people may be able
to see it frequently.
Couittieticciiiont at ItoHttoke.
Fai.xm. Ya.. June* 7. The commence
ment exercises of ltoanoku College took
place to day.
OM-: FRKAK OF LIGHTNING
AN OLI> NEW .JERSEY FARMER
STKICK KN DOWN.
Singular Occurrence Near Paterson —
A Gold Ring Straightened Out by the
Electric Bolt—The Effect Upon Demur
est—He I.ay Full Length in the Bot
tom of His Wagon Unconscious, but
Soon Restored.
From the-Veto York Tribune, June 6.
As Barney Demarest was driving with
his wife in an open spring wagon on the
Haledon road, three miles out from rater
son, N. J., yesterday afternoon, he was
struck by lightning. The case is a re
markable one. Demurest is a farmer and
lives in Pompton Plains, about nine miles
from Paterson. Some years ago his father
died, leaving him a number of bouses and
other real estate in Paterson. Mr.
Demarest visited the town regu
larly about the first of every
month to collect his rents. This was his
errand yesterday, lie came early in the
morniug and made haste to dispatch his
business, fearful less the sultry weather
would bring rain. About 2 o’clock he
started homeward. 11 is way lay over the
Preakness Mountain, which rises behind
the city at a short distance. A wide
macadamized road has been built over the
mountain, and a large part ot its founda
tion was taken from a great mass of sand
stone which crowns the hill. This rock
was cut down when the road was built,
and in order to make the ascent as easy
as possible the road at the base was raised
as much as was practicable.
Mr. Demarest had nearly ascended the
mountain when the rain began to tall.
The wind blew with great fury, and the
thunder crashed frightfully. Mr. Dema
rest’s horses soon became unmanageable.
He had reached the entrance of the moun
tain pass, but he could not Induce the
horses to enter the cut. They stood im
movable in evident terror, and whenever
urged to go lorward, despite a vigorous
use of the whip, they only responded by
rearing and plunging desperately. In the
meantime the storm increased to a hurri
cane and the rain fell in sheets.
Attached to the seat of the wagon
and running through its bottom
was a stationary umbrella, designed to
serve as a sun shade. This had been
hoisted despite the wind, and was afford
ing the farmer and bis wite some protec
tion. As there was no possibility of get
ting the team to advance, Mr. Demarest
concluded to turn them around and seek
shelter at a neighboring farm house until
the storm bad passed. He had his left
hand tirmlv clasped about the handle of
the umbrella, and with his right he held
the reins and endeavored to turn the ter
rilled and plunging horses.
Just at this moment a blinding glare
Hashed directly overhead, there was a
tremendous crash, the horses stood stock
still and trembled, the umbrella was torn
out from the wagon seat and the farmer,
swaying an instant, plunged headlong into
the road. C. H. Neilson, of Paterson,was
coming through the cut and saw the
whole occurrence at a distance of about
100 feet. He sprang from his wagon and
hurried to the assistance of Demarest.
The old man, for he is nearly 60 years of
age, was lying on his right side motion
less, as though dead. The left side of his
face was blackened and swollen, and his
left arm hung rigidly at his side. His
body seemed to be extraordinarily heavy,
for Mr. Neilson, who is a stroug, vigorous
man, could, with his utmost exertion,
barely lilt him up. When finally he
was raised up and laid at full length in
the bottom of his agon, he showed no
sign of life. Mi s. Demarest, who sat only
a few inches from her husband, was
hardly stunned. She complained, in an
swer to Mr. Neilson’a questions, ol a pain
around her waist, but said it was slight.
Near by was tbe farm house of 11. T. Hill
man, to which Mr. Demarest had intended
to drive. Thither Mr. Neilson led the
horses, with the body of their owner. On
the way Mr. Demarest began to show
signs of returning activity. He tried to
move and uttered a short moan. When
the farm house was reached he was placed
upon a couch, and Dr. Porter S. Kinnie,
of Paterson, his family physician, was
sent lor.
After the first sign of life had mani
fested itself, Mr. Demarest quickly grew
hotter. He bad received an extraordinary
shock, and his entire body was numbed.
As this feeling of rigidity died away,
shooting and stinging pains coursed
through him, as if every inch of tlesh was
being pricked with needles. Ilis left arm
was entirely without feeling, and his left
hand, which had clasped the umbrella
handle, had been cut bv the lightning
clear through the ilesli of the palm for a
distance of an inch and a half. The hand
was swollen to twice its natural size
and was almost entirely purple. Upon
t'ue little linger of this hand Mr. Demarest
had worn a heavy tight gold ring. It was
gone and the spot it had circled was per
leetly white. As tin* ring could not have
been torn off the linger without taking
the linger with it, there was mueh curi
osity as to how it was removed. A man
was sent hack to the siait where the acci
dent occurred. He returned with the
ring, which bad been rendered perfectly
straight bv the thunderbolt. Hu found It
standing upright in tlm mud.
Hy this time l>r. Kinnte had arrived.
The patient was still suffering Intensely
from the stinging, darting pains, though
they were growing gradually less fre
quent and less severe. He could scarcely
speak, for the muscles of his throat were
affected. He complained of pain in his
spine and chest and of the general rigidity
of the left side of his person. His pulse,
however, was normal. Dr. Kinuie said
last night that he would recover.
SWEPT INTO THE SEA.
Carried from Dinner Py s Huge YVave-
Au Incident of Shipwreck.
From the yew York Tribun*.
Boston. Juneb.— James Giles and Hod.
crick Mcßae, first ami second mates of
the bark Appbo, now at Gloucester with
salt from Liverpool, relate tho circum
stances of the loss of tue Lady Milton
which left Cardiff on March 27 for Char
lottetown, Prince Edward Island. They
were respectively first and second malts
of the lost vessel. They were in bit. 49
deg. 51 lulu, and long 19 deg. 60 min west
wlii'ii the gale struck I hem at noon on M ay
ft. TlteCaptalu and mate wore in tho cabin
at dinner, rbe soa* waa running moun
tain high and u “tidal w ave,” as the mate
called it, swept the house off with tb<>
Captain and mute. It was strange that
they were not Instantly killed. The sec
ond Plate saw themi*h iioiirding the vessel
nnd made for the wheel, only to he swept
nil with tiny wheelman unit the wheel. The
lee bulwarks were carried away. The
three chief officers and the wheelman
wi re In the ea three-quarters of an hour
before they ere rescued. The steward
hove a line > them, and after consider
able kuockit ' nliout they were pullud In.
The bullae had shifted and the
ship wusi i on bur beam ends.
The Cap Us. gave orders to cut
away the nit us. 'l ids was done quickly.
All the muMis, yards and rigging went
under, slid the vessel rode over the debris.
The rail of the mainmast dtaablad tke
rumps and the foremast carried away the
I lie-bout, leaving the mariners helpless.
The ship gradually settled down and all
bund*, nine meij, were set to work hailing
with buckets. Thev trimmed tin* ballast.
Fortunately the weather moderated and
the men kept the vessel afloat by bailing
water for lour days and rights, and then
Were picked up by the steamer Ik-glftlator
of New Orleans and taken to Liverpool.
The ship was worth slo.tkKi and was aban
doned. Everythin.; on board was lost.
WINNING HIS STARS.
j How Gen. Young Charged Into a Major
Generalship.
From a Washington Letter .
Gen. Pierce M. B. Young, of Georgia,
lias never lost through all the changes of
his life the dashing cavalier air with which
he used to lead his cavalry command into
action during the war. Since that time
he has been a Representative of his State
in Congress, where he got into hot water,
and has had other troublous experiences.
But he stands as straight as he used to
sit in the saddle, and he walks as jauntily
as he used to ride—and all the while
he keeps his eye fixed on the vanishing
vacancies in the diplomatic service. A
gentleman who served with Gen. Young
in the Confederate service the other day
recalled a daring plan formed by the
gallant cavalryman to charge down a
railway cut in order to capture a Federal
position. The cut was long and narrow,
the Federals were strongly posted at
the farther end, with a battery of
well-served guns at command, but
Young ordered the charge as confidently
as though the Federals wore already
in flight. It was a magnificent thing to
see Young at the head of his thousand
troopers tearing down the road toward
the cut straight on the silent but stern
looking guns. “But it is not war,” said
one of Young’s aides as he rode up to
Young, and then, riding with him, asked
him just as they got to the cut whether he
realized what he was doing. “<>h, yes,”
said Young lightly; “I’ll either be a Major
General or in hell in half an hour.” The
impetuous eiiarge carried all before it,
though, and Young became a Major Gen
eral —but not within half an hour.
VlfeMitliDr luaivbtuiuft.
For the South Atlantic States to-dav:
Fair weather, followed by local rains,
nearly stationary temperature, winds gen
erally southerly.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta
time) was 6.5 feet —a fall of 0.3 feet during
the past 24 hours.
Comparative statement of temperature
at Savannah June 7, 1884 and 1886:
1881.1 1885.
8:44 A.X It 5 6:88 a, M ... 79 5
3:44 P. X 812 a;36p.X 82 6
10:44 r.x 73 0 10:36 F.X 7!) 5
Maximum 84 5 Maximum 83 0
Minimum 70.5 Minimum 78.5
Mean temperature Mean temperature
ol lay 77.2 o'day .. 80.5
Rainfall 0 00 Rainfall 0 04
Cotton region bulletin for 21 hours end
ing (5 p. m.:
s vvannAll. June 7. 11 r. 51., Eastern time.
insraicrs. | Average.
Rainfall.
Minimum
Temperat’e.
Maximum
Temperat’e.
Numbor of
stations.
Name.
Wilmington .... 8 86 63
Charleston 6 88 70 .19
Augusta 9 93 71 04
Savannah 12 91 74 34
Atlanta 8 94 72
Montgomery 9 95 72
Mobile 7 97 74 05
New Orleans 6 93 72
Galveston 13 90 67
Vicksburg 4 94 70
Little Bock 9 94 66
Memphis 19 97 71 04
Average . 92 9 70.2 06
Observations taken at the same moment
of time at all stations:
Savannah. June 7.10:36 r. m.. City Time.
! Temperature.
j Direction. *
• __ 2
, Velocity. ?
| Rainfall.
Name
of
‘"'ATIONS.
New York I 67 B\V 171... [Threaten’g.
Norfolk I 7(1 SW 12 ... Clear.
Washington.. 7i> 8 a ...[Clear.
Atlanta 78 SE .. cloudy.
Augusta "6 HE .051 Cloudy.
Charleston 80 SW r 9 Fair. ’
Charlotte 77 8 0 ....[Clear.
Hatteras 72 SW Clear.
Jacksonville... 82 SE 7 .. Clear.
Savannah..... ho s ....! loudy.
Mobile 70 s I Clear.
Montgomery... 841 8 Fair.
New Orleans.. 81 SE ICloan.
Pensacola 81 SW T 11 . Iclearl
Vicksburg 78 SE .. Clear.
Palestine 79 8 10 ! Clear.
Fort Smith. 77 S > Clear.
Clalveston 80 8 9 [Clear.
Indiauola 78 SE 8 00(Cleitr.
Philadelphia 70 S 14 .. Clear.
Shreveport— 82 S ... |Clear.
Cincinnati 79 SVV 12 —Clear.
Indianapolis... 78 SW (Clear.
Knoxville 74 E (Threaten’g.
Memphis 81 SE iClear.
Nashville 79 SE 10 Th’r storm.
Chicago 65 E .10 Tlireatcu’g.
Duluth 87 NW 13 .. Cloudy.
Cairo 83 S 8 Clear.
Davenport 70 N W .24 Cloudy,
St. lands S2 ! SW io ... Clear.
Omaha HI N W o ... Clear.
} anktou 88j N 10 Clear.
Bismarck...... 411 N 8 Clear.
Dodge City.... M] SE 12 Clear.
North Platte . 001 N 10 | Cloudy.
St. Paul 15 1 N 1 12 .... Clear,
Louisville..— 88 8 lit Clear.
Key West 80i SE 7 . (Hear.
Sinithville 70T 8 [ 7 Clear.
Boston 85| SW ;lf; Clear.
Kitty Hawk.... 78 SW (I 1 - Clear.
Cape Henry. 70! 8 'll! Fair.
Block Island... 67 SW 122 . Fair.
Brownsville... 7s| E I I ..iClear,
8. C. (BliT. Sgt. S. C„ V. 8. A.
Tnr. public hiring out of children to the
lowest bidder > till obtains in the Swiss can
ton of Berne. A heartrending Oise of ibis
kind is reported from Itiel, where the public
crier, despite the tears and entreaties of the
widowed mother, •‘placed'' her four children
of 10, 8, 0 and 2 years forts, 31, 4o.'ii>d 7(1 francs
respectively for the remainder of the year,
thus separating the whole family for fear lest
the wretched woman become u burden upon
the town.
Jtuutormritlo.
Music at Battery Park
/ \N TUESDAY NEXT and on every Tues-
V " day and Friday thereafter there will be
music and damn tic afternoon* and evening* at
Baltsry I'ark. Mu*lc furiiiidied by Lutz's
Band nnd refro-lunt nt* by a popular caterer.
yiruuo.
THE ORPHAN BOYS’ HCJIC
St. Jobu tiie Baptist T. A. & B. Society
ISLEOF HOPE
ON TUESDAY, JI NK . JB9&.
W HOLE TICKET, Mic.; 11A1.F TtC'KKT, 25c.
(street (an iDelmtoO.)
Dinner and refreshment* on Ihe ground*.
Thi;Guards Band (Brassand String) wilt tur
n(*li in lisle for the day.
MuiiKiit'i.x. -('nr* leave Anderson street
9:30 noil 1u:23 k. m., 12 m.. 2. 3:25 and < :;so r. m.
Leave Isle of Ho|* 6. 7 and 8:30 I*. M.
Tiekets on *sle at K. M ()oui.<>r's book store,
4V. F. Keui sdrng store, E. A. Knapp and by
the lady collector* and member* of the soon-t v.
lir.i( (f-ol.ttr.
Southern Real Kstutc Investments.
\GRICUI.TURAL, Timber,Grazing, Phos
phate and Mini rid bund*. Also Manu
facturing Pro perlie*.
CLARENCE GORDON,
4 nod 6 Pmc street. New Y ork.
No /nreetwent ofere't without A'ir/iert .Surrey
mnitr (iml uioiriintred by thi Office.
Sale eorra*pondsnla in Now York, Boston,
Mass,, and London, Eng.
Expert cxuudnvr* at various points In the
So it hern Stiitc*.
Corresponding and Listing Agent for East
ern Georgia. JORDAN K. itlfOoKS,
185 and D7 Bay street, Savannah.
JFurteral 3mii{p.ttcno.
! SIMKINS.—The relatives and friends of
! Mr. aud Mrs. W. D. Simkine, aud of Mr ,
| and Mrs. W N. Habersham and faintly, are
j invited to attend the funeral servicesof I.ili. A
Habersham, infant dangnter of the former,
at 168 Harris street, at 5 o’clock THIS
AFTERNOON.
IJtrrtmQß.
DeKalb Lodge No. 0, I. O. U. F.
Savannah, June 8, 1885.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Mon
day) EVENING, commencing promptly at 8
o’clock.
A full attendance is desired.
Members of other Lodges and visiting
brothers are cordially invited to attend.
Ev order
WALTER K. WILKINSON, N. G,
Walter E. Swanston, Secretary.
Ihe Southern Mutual Loan Associa
tion.
The 6th annual (73d monthly) meeting of
this Association will be held at Metropolitan
Hull THIS (Monday) EVENING, at 8:15
o’clock.
The Treasurer will submit his annual re
port. and officers to serve for the ensuing year
will he elected.
June 8, 1885.
M- J. SOLOMONS, President.
W)i. D. 11 (ifi> ii n . Secretary.
(JeriiHn Friendly Society.
A regular monthly'meeting of this Society
will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, at 8
o’clock, at Turners’ Hall.
('HAS. GASSMAN, President.
A. Heller, Secretary.
Special llcltrro.
Special Notice.
An Omnibus will leave Exchange for
Ocean Steamship Company Wharf EVERY
MORNING at 6:30 and 7:30 o’clock. Leave
Wharf at 6:30 p. m. Fare 10 cents.
JOHN FEELEY.
Notice.
During my absence from the elty Mr. JOE.
BETTILNI is authorized to take charge of
our business.
L. P. MAGGIONI A CO.
Dividend No. 24.
A dividend of THREE DOLLARS AND A
HALF per share has been declared by the
Directors of the Citizens’ Mutual Loan Com
pany, payable on and after MONDAY', Juue
8, at the office of the Company.
GEO. C. FREEMAN, Treasurer.
WANTED.
I, POUNDS
OF
w o”o L
BEFORE
SELLING
YOUR
W OO L
CONSULT
LEE ROY MIEKS & CO,,
133 liny Street.
I consider ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR
a most valuable Medicine, and shall take
pleasure in recommending it. It was pre
scribed for me by my physician.
G. F ANDERSON,
President the Seovers & Anderson
Milling Company.
Baltimore, Nov. 24, 1884.
$1 a bottle; freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D„
Savannah, Ga.
Etraw Hals 10 Cents,
And various other ariicles toe numerous to
merit on, at the only TEN CENT STORE in
town 154 Bryan street. Call and see these
aud other bargains.
o : trtroiono.
J IT TV E Tr
SUMMER
EXCURSION
TICKETS.
SEASON 1885
Round Trip Tickets
-TO ALL—
SOUR RESORTS,
Good to Return Until Oct. 31,
-VIA-
Savanuali, Florida & WBsternßy.
tor information, engagement of Pullman
Car uecommodatino and purchase of tickets,
apply at Bren’s Ticket Office and at the Pas
senger Station of Ihu Company fool of Lilicrty
street. JAS. L. TAYLOR,
Gen. Passenger Agent.
1385 EXCURSION SEASON 1885
ON JUNE 1
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD
WILL PLACE ON SALE
ROUND TRIP TICKETS
-TO ALL -
SUMMER RESORTS,
Good to Return Until Oct. 31.
For full information apply at Ticket Office,
20 Bull street.
GKO. A. WHITEHEAD,
sien. Passenger Agent.
J. C. SHAW,Ticket Agent.
State
OF
Weather.
-Auction 3aleo £o=patj.
PAR LOR, BEDKOOMAND
NI TURK FOR SALE AT RESIDENCE
C. H. DORSETT. Auctioneer.
W ”' se ’ l on MONDAY, JUNE Bth, 1885, at u
o c.ock, at the residence. 174 Gaston sir,- ■}
near Barnard—take Whitaker cars- ‘
Fine WALNUT HAT RACK. Oil error.,
CARPETS. M ATTING, PARLOR sr
FANCY CHAIRS, i HII.D’S ( HAIR p> f’
TURKS. LOOKING GLARES M
TRESSES. BED SPRING, BED LINFV
BLANKETS, handsome WALNUT up!Y’
ROOM SET. very neat COTTAGE Rk '
ROOM BE!\ PARLOR ORGAN. All of .hi
above furniture is new, and is t-einir 8 „l.i i
cause the owner is leaving the cityr ,e '
fcflal liotiri'o.
GEORGIA, Chatham CocntyUlnT,";'',.
hereby given that 1 have made atmli,-,
tion to the Court of Ordinary for Chatham
county for order to sell all of the real elwei
belonging to estate of HENRY I.AXri.
deceased, for the payment of debts and
tribiitioii, and iliat said order will bo j
at JULY TERM (1885) of said courL uu el
objections are liied. uules *
Junk 6, 1885. JOHN LANGE
Administrator estate of Henry Lunge.
/'GEORGIA, Chatham County—\vi„. r ,.~'
U ANNA M. D. MORGAN has applied%
Court of Ordinary for Letters Di-niis or V j?
Administratrix on the estate of FitEiii klr'u-
MORGAN, deceased. Klch -
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom it may concern to be and appear be
fore said court, to make, objection (if
they have), on or before the FIRST Movat f
IN SEPTEMBER NEXT, otherwise stid
letters will he granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L fkr
bill, Ordinary for Chatham countv this the
39th day of May, 1885. ’ ’ UU tkß
PHILIP M. RUSSELL. Jk„
Clerk C. O. C. C.
/"GEORGIA, Chatham County.—Where**
l I RICH UID W. ADAM s, J R „ hasamdi. J
to Court of Ordinary for Lettersof Adminis*
tl’ation on the estate of THOMAS NEW El [
deceased. ’
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom it may concern to be and appear he
fore said court, to make objection (if U in they
have) on or before the FIRST MONDAY iv
JULY’ NEXT, otherwise said letters will lie
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton J, Ki k
kill, Ordinary for Chatham couutv. this the
30th day of May, 1885.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jr..
Clerk C. O. 0. C.
(GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—Whereas
J JOSEPH I). W t ED has applied to Court
ot Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Guar
dian on the estate of WILLIAM SINCLAIR
BRIGHAM, minor.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom it may concern to be and appear be
fore said court, to make objection (if any thev
have) on or before the FIRST MONDAY IV
JULY NEXT, otherwise said letters will bo
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L Ffk
rill. Ordinary for Chatham countv, this ilm
30th day of May, 1885.
PHILIP M. BUSSELL, Jr.,
Clerk C. O. C. 0.
(GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY.—Whcrea-
J JOSEPH G. BULLOCH has applied to
Court of Ordinary for Letters of Adminis
tration de bonis non cum tostamento aiiiieto
on the estate of JOHN LEWIS, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite, and admonish
all whom it may concern to be and appear k
fore said court, to make objection (if am umy
have) on or before the FIRST MOND AY IN
JULY’ NEXT, otherwise said letters wihl*
granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L. Fer
rill. Ordinary for Chatham county, this the
30th day of May, 1885.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, JR.,
Clerk C. O. C. C.
DfOrtaUlco aitii Jruilo.
ON I ONS!
IN CRATES AND BA RRELS.
L. L. and LOOSE MUSCATEL RAISINS.
“EUREKA BRAND”
FANCY H. Mi FillE
LEMONS l
£ANCY CHOICE—AND FAIR /
LEMONS,
LEMONS,
LEMONS,
LEMONS,
AT LOWEST PRICES.
Nuts. Nuts, Nuts.
HAY and GRAIN.
Heavy stocks of i t >UN, OATS, HAY, FEEIZ
MEAL, BRAN, EYES,
CROWDER PEAS, ETC.
Get my special prices on car load lots of
Gram aud Hay before buying.
163 and 155 Kay Stre'it,
r M\ a*,i so rvi >.
£alr.
ASSIGNEE’S SALE
I AM OFFERING THE STOCK OF
CLOTHING,HATS
Ami Gents’ Faruistiiug Gooils,
At the well-known rtund on the nortnead
corner ot Broughton aud Bull atreetr,at pr.ces
that defy competition.
As the stock must be disposed of asqaictlv
as possible, parties desiring to purchase wit
iln well to call at once and secure the leimain*
offered. J. K. BROOKS,
Assignee of Simon Gazin.
Uiatrr, (* : tr. _
ECENTS A GLASS
y EGGNOG SYRUP-'
AT THE
Mammoth Fountain.
SUPERIOR ICE COLD SODA WATER
WITH CHOICE FRUIT bYJiIT
OCR OWN MANUFACTURE.
Far- try THE *EC,G sou SYUIT "V*
<J. M. HEIDI’ X Cm
Cor. Congress and Wliitsker ■Sire('t , -_
lip
“ America's tsust Boer.'*
Ilighc-l award wherever evluinb a
nd MEYER. solMtfk'jß’..
Depot and Offlre. foot of Alercorc efe**'
Bl anch Office, 142 Bay street.
(f opariitcvohip Ilfftirro-
Notice of Dissolution.
THE firm of AUG. BTUCKKN A <
mg business at New Orles n *kJi£itk
S ivniii ili.Gu..ruinpo'l'd of AUG.J'I i/Vy JjrlA
(AIM. EGLINOkK and GEORGE L. M'l
JR., l* this day dissolved. . J.M fk
AUG. BTUCAXN A (4
Hav 4nxah, June 4. isS. i Jjl