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Savannah morning News
ESTABLISH KD 1850. 1
jj, If. EfeTILL, Editor ami Proprietor.!
GARLAND'S EXPLANATION
hB WILL BE BEFORE THE
committee to-day.
Oeoraia # Delegation in tlie Home Paid
H Hlcli Compliioent -Hleiite Trying to
Bac the Knights of Labor Vote—Logan
Excites the Opposition of a Soldier’s
Society.
Washington, April 18.—Attorney
General Garland will make a plain state
tnent of his connection with the l’an
Kiectric Telephone Company before the
House Committee investigating the tele
phone question to-morrow, iho com
mittee will allow him to tell it in his
own way, but Mr. Ranneytnay have some
questions to put to him afterwards.
Mr. Garland will tell the story he has
slready given to the public. Ihe only
now statement expected is as to what
deposition ho has made, or proposes to
make of his stock.
Chairman Boyle of the committee says
that it will probably conclude the investi
gation by May 1, and that the reports (for
it is expected that there will be a majority
and minority report) will probably be
ready by June 1.
GEORGIA’S DELEGATION.
The Post expresses a general opinion
Kt-tlay as follows: The Georgia delegation
in the House is accorded the palm for
saving a higher average of brain, back
done, industry and influence than any
otLer State delegation in the House.
OUT WITH LOGAN.
The Veterans’ Rights’ Union,an organi
sation of the members of the Grand Army
of the Republic, formed for the pur
pose of securing recognition to ex-soldiers
in appointments to office,is at loggerheads
with Senator Logan because he recently
interfered in its attempts to secure two
places for veterans. It threatens to de
clare war on him unless he makes
amends.
BLAINE’S EYE ON THE KNIGHTS.
Representative William Walter Phelps,
41 New Jersey, who is announced in the
morning papers to-day as en route to Alt.
Desert with Mr. and Mrs. James G.
Blaine, is now in Washington. It is un
derstood, however, that he will join Blaine
■ Alt. Desert later in the season. His
latest visit to Blaine was, it is under
stood, for the purpose of perfecting plans
[or capturing the support of the Knights
ofLaborfor Blame.
SPECIAL DELIVERY.
To-morrow, if it is reached in the call
jf committees for motions to suspend the
rules, the Committee on l’ost Offices will
move the passage under a suspension of
the rules of tne bill recently perfected
for the extension and improvement of the
special delivery system. The bill pro
vides: 1. That the system shall be ex
tended to all post offices in the discre
tion of the Postmaster General; 2. That
the system shall be extended so as to
cover all classes of mail matter; 3. That
the Postmaster General shall be author
ized to contract for the delivery service
with local messenger and delivery
companies at a cost not exceeding HO per
ceut.of the lace value oi the stamps;
1. That Postmasters may employ their
subordinates as messengers; 5. That
ike hour at whicn special deliv
ery post offices shall close shall be within
tbe discretion of the Postmaster General.
it is believed that these amendments
will make the system much more satis
factory than it is.
XHE STRIKE IN VK9ITGATORB.
the Men Who are to Get the Facts About
the southwestern Labor Troubles.
Washington, April 18.—The Con
cessional committee appointed to in
vestigate tbe Southwestern labor troubles
will probably start West sometime this
week. The members of the committee are
men of strong common sense, and are
among the ablest in tbe House. Ex-Gov.
Curtin is, of course, known to the whole
country. His ability and impartiality
will not be questioned. He is tbe Chair
ii.tn and a Democrat.
Mr. Crain, of Texas, is a Democrat, and
In one of tbe you g membersot the House,
licit, but 30 years old, and is serving iiis
first term. Though anew member, he
lakes rank as one of the able men on the
Democratic side. Ho is a recognized
luder of tbe labor.ng element, though
nut a fanatic upon any subject.
Mr. Beckman, a Republican, is also on
lie Labor Committee. He is a corpora
fion lawyer, and serving his first term in
D-egress. He is a New Jersey Iricnd of
Ik" Pennsylvania railroad.
Mr. Outhwalt, of Ohio, is a Democrat
from the Columbus district, and was
“ever before in Congress. He is a lawyer
•'A profession, but has had little expe
rience in public affairs.
Mr. Stewart, of Vermont, is a Republi
can, has bee nSpeaker oi tbeHouseof Rep
resentatives of bis State and wits a mem
r i"! tin; State Senate. This is his second
krm in Congress. He is a lawyer and
said to be friendly to railroad*.
Mi. Parker, of New York, is a Repaidi
<-i,n and alawyer; has served in the House
an i -enate oi his State, and had oousider
a.ile experience in public affairs of New
jnrk. fie is a member of tbe Judiciary
1 oinmittee, and was first elected to the
1 ’ -eight n Congress.
Dunies, of .Missouri, Is now on bis sec-
Mkl i ongressional term. He is a mem
oir of the Appropriation Committee and
# lawyer with recognized ability as a
I’enioerst, ami has his eye upon the seat
MSenator Cockrell.
P'-destrians Beat ilie Record.
•h-KosH, Wis., April 18—Tlie six-day
j'Mis-you.plea**. walking mutch between
!; Ilerrlman and Anton rttokol, ot
mulligan, ended last night, Herriman
V'lred 284 m’lcs and 5 laps and Mokel
•'•i miles and 9 laps. This is said to lie
hi" bet record on the basis of hours ever
jiiaiD n, the United hiatus. Tbe contes-
Mts walked each day from 2 to 10 o’clock.
Base Ball Yesterday.
Washington, April 18.—The following
Dun s were played to-day:
bnuLvdle—Loiiisvitln 4. Cincinnati i.
-** kits—Louisville s, Cincinnati i.
'[ • oui \ i.ir 1.1 inulnnsi 1 1
■ l on - si. Lout* 8. Pittsburg 4, Seo
■ Abie—st, Louis 10, Pittsburg 8.
Geo. Arthur Better.
•Nkw York, April 18.—An inquiry at
house o| ox-President Chester A. Ar
lv, ' to-night as io his physical condition
as met with the statement that he was
proving and was able to be about the
I ' "’P at tin* time of the reporter’s call.
‘‘x-l’resident's children wore out,and
' *• McElroy was busy with company.
Itelchuwl's Kxplorut ions.
Apri! 18.—The German gov
.‘ll*lll refuses to recognize the German
l |ifa* r *fi**fichard, who claims to havn ac
tn‘,‘ territory around Lake Tanganyika
iuat to half the area of Germany.
SETTLING A STRIKE.
The Baltimore and Ohio Arbitrates
with the Switcbmeu.
Chicago, April 18.—First Vice Presi
dent Smith, General Manager Dunta, and
Superintendents Foreacre and Britton, of
the Baltimore and Ohio road, held a con
sultation to-day with a committee of the
striking switchmen, and an arrangement
whs made whereby tbe freight blockade
on that road will end to-morrow morning.
The strikers modified their demand that
eight men be discharged into a request
that they be transferred to some other
point. The eight men referred to, an
nouncing their willingness to be trans
ferred, the company agreed to a settle
ment of the difficulties on tms basis.
At a well attended meeting ot tne Lake
Shore strikers to-night a circular was or
dered Issued denying that the Switch
men's Benevolent Association was hi any
way responsible tor the strike. A com
mittee of 30 members, composed wholly of
strikers, was appointed to guard the three
principal points where the mob—should
one gather—would be most likely to
do injury to the company’s .property.
While they disclaim aiiy intention
to create a disturbance, the
strikers are determined to prevent the
moving of freight trains should the com
pany attempt to do so with the new men.
They also say they will do all in their
power to prevent hoodlums and outsiders
generally from taking any hand in mat
ters or from doing any damage to prop
erty.
THIRD AVENUE STRIKERS.
New Y'ork, April 18.-Twenty
five new men were hired by the
Third Avenue Railroad Company to re
place the strikers, and the drilling ot the
new drivers has gone forward all day m
the depot. The company officials are
thoroughly confident that the company
now has enough men to run cars cn tbe
Third Avenue main line man end to end
and also on the Hundred and Twenty
fifth street line. The strikers were in ses
sion all day to-dav and say they initiated
25 of the company’s newly hired men of
Saturday.
beaten by strikers.
Chicago, April 18 Late last night the
Lake Shore officials attempted to takeout
a freight train from their yards. A rush
was made for the engine, and before any
protection could be offered the engineer
and fireman were dragged from their
posts. Each was given a terrible beating
before being allowed to escape.
URGED TO ARM.
New York, April 18. —What is known
as the Woikingmen’s Rifle Corps to-day
filled a hall on Second avenue. They
were addressed by Editor Schewitsoh, of
Di* Polks Zeitunq, upon tbe labor ques
tion. He advised his hearers to provide
themselves with guns as rapidly as possi
ble, and prepare themselves for future
troubles. Rifles could be had for $8 each,
and ammunition was cheap. The crowd
cheered these sentiments.
conductors discountenance strikes.
Elmira, N. Y., April 18.—The Elmira
Division of the Order of Railway Con
ductors, numbering 160 members, to-day
adopted the following:
Ilmolved, That wo extend greeting and com
mend the manly action, steadfastness to prin
ciple ami prestige, thereby given to the Order
of Railway Conductors in maintaining its
principles by the brothers of the Order em
ployed on tbe Missouri Pacific system rail
roads,in refusing to join in and discountenanc
ing the strike wnich has been in progress in
ihat section, to the detriment both of cm
p.oye and employer
Heanlced, Tnat we believe arbitration to lie
the only and proper method to pursue in
matters of grievances. We condemn strikes
aud assert further that they are invariably
ill-advised, gotten up by agitators, socialists,
incendiaries and demagogues, rather than by
representatives of honest labor.
Revolted, That a copy of the foregoing reso
lutions be sent to every division along the 'ine
ot railways contiguous to the Missouri Pa
cific system of railroads, as well as to Vice
President lloxie, whom the order holds in the
highest esteem.
ON GUARD AT BERLIN.
Berlin, April 18. —The Home Minister
has issued a decree instructing the proper
government otticials to watch all labor
c inflicts in Berlin, and see that every
thing is settled peacefully and legally. If
the Socialists attempt to create a riot a
state of siege will be proclaimed.
BISHOI* SHOT BY PRIEST.
Three Effective Shots Fired at tbe Head
of the Cathedral Steps
Madrid April 18.—This morning while
the Bishop of Madrid was ascending the
steps leading to the entrauce to the Cathe
dral, he was shot with a revolver by a
priest standiugat the top of the steps, the
ball entering his abdomen. This was fol
lowed by another shot from the same
source, which wounded the Bishop
in thu side, whereupon the wounded man
tell on the steps. The priest then de
scended tbe steps and tired still another
shot, which took effect in the Bishop’s
thigh. The priest was then seized, put
ting a stop to bis murderous work, and
his victim was borne in an unconscious
condition to a private chamber
in the Cathedral, where the last
sacraments for the dying were adminis
tered to him. Being Palm Sunday the
Cathedral was more than usually crowded
by worshipers, and when the feariul
work of the priest was realized a furious
mob followed the carriage in which he
was conveyed lo prison by gendarmes,
whose presence alone prevented the
lynching of the would-be murderer. The
motive lor the crime was revenge.
Toe man who tired the shot was recent
ly dismissed from the priesthood, and had
fruitlessly applied to the Bishop to be re
instated. QU' cn Christina lias Inquired
as to tbe Bishop’s condition. The I’opo
has telegraphed his blessing.
STILL alive.
Madrid, April 1,3 a. m.—The Bishop
is still alive. The priest made an attempt
lo commit suicide.
Wiped Out by FI I*o.
Vienna, April 18.—The town of Btry,in
Galicia, has been almost completely de
stroyed by fire. The number of bouses
burned is about 800. Many persons were
killed. The inhabitants are destitute.
A high wind was blowing and tbe fires
started In several parts of the town about
the same time. Many inhabitants were
killed by falling walls and steeples. One
hundred persons were killed in onestreet.
The town hall, railway station and tele
grsph office were destroyed. A Urge
number of wounded were extricated fiorit
the ruins and seut to Lemberg, a distance
of 42 miltis, where the hospitals are
crowded with sufferers. Hundreds of
persons are missing. Lack of water
rendered aid by the military futile.
Money and food are being collected lu the
surrounding towns lor the relief of the
sufferers. ~ . .
The tire originated In a small shop and
was caused by a falling lamp filled with
petroleum.
Fur Inciting Biots.
Paris, April M.—MM. Ducqueroy and
Rochefort have been sentenced to 16
months Imprisonment for lumen ting riots.
SAVANNAH. MIN DAY, APRIL 19, 1886.
LAUGHTER OF TIIE BIBLE;
THE SUBJECT MENTIONED 38
TIMES IN SCRIPTURE.
Skepticism's Lough In All Aces but the
Kclid or Sarah's Lnugti \Vhn Told
That Site Should Become the Ances
tress of the Lord Jesus Christ—Heav
en’s Kternal Laughter Laughs of
Re-association Difference Rttweeu
God’s Laugh and His Smile.
Brooklyn, N. Y., April 18.—So great
is the popularity of the preacher at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle, that it is under ad
visement to build for him a church tviee
as large, and thereby to make sometling
like adequate accommodation for the peo
ple who crowd to hear him. The Rev. Do
Witt Talmage’s sermon this morning was
on the subject, “Laughter of the Bible,”
The opening by mu was:
‘■Lome ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known;
Join iu the song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.”
The texts were chosen by the preacher
—Psalm cxxvi, 2: “Then was our mouth
filled with laughter”; and Psalm ii, 4:
“He that sitteth in tbe heavens shall
laugh.” Dr. Talmage said:
Thirty-eight times does the Bible make
reference to this configuration of the
features and quick expulsion of breath
which we call laughter. Sometimes it is
born of the sunshine aud sometimes of
tbe midnight. Sometimes it stirs toe
sympathies of angels and sometimes tbe
caciiinnationof devils. Ail healthy people
laugh. Whether it pleases the Lordordis
pleases Him that depends upon when we
iaugh and at what we laugh. My theme
this morning is the laughter of the Bible,
namely—Sarah’s laugh, or that of skep
ticism; David’s laugh, or that of spiritual
'exultation; tbe fool's laugh, or tnat of
sinful merriment; God’s laugh, or that
of infinite condemnation: Heaven’s
laugh, or that of eternal triuuipn.
Scene: An Oriental tent; the occu
pants, old Abraham and Sarah, perhaps
wrinkled and decrepit. Their three guests
are three angels—the Lord Almighty one
of them. In return for the hospitality
shown by the old people God promises
Sarah that sbeshall become the ancestress
of the Lord Jesus Christ. Sarah laugliß
: in the face of God; she does not believe it.
She is affrighted at what she has done.
She denies it. Sue says: “I didn’t laugh.”
Then God retorted with an emphasiH that
silenced all disputation: “But thou didst
laugh.” My triends, tne laugh of skepti
cism in all ages is only the echo o! Sarah’s
laughter. God says he will accomplish
a thing and men say it canuot. bo
t-done. A great multitude laugb at tbe
miracles. They say they are contrary to
the lows of nature. Wnau is a law ot na
ture?” It is God’s way of doing a thing.
You ordinarily cross the river by the
bridge. To-morrow you ehange for one
day and you go across Wall street ferry.
You made the rule. Have you not the
right to change it? I ordinarily come in
at that door (pointing to a side entrance
of the church.) Suppose next Sabbath 1
should come in at the other door? It is a
habit 1 have. Have 1 nota righttoebange
my habit ? A law of nature is God’s
habit —His way of doing things. If He
makes the law, has he not a right to
change it at any time he wants to change
it? Alas tor the folly of those who laugh
at God when He says: “1 will do a thing,”
they responding, “You can’t do it.”
God says that the Bible is true—it is all
true. Bishop (Jolenso laughs; Herbert
Spencer laughs; John Stuart Mill laughs;
great German universities laugh; Har
vard laughs— softly! A great many of
the learned institutions of this country,
with long rows of professors seated on
the fence between Christianity and infi
delity, laugh softly. They say: “We
didn’t laugh.” That was Sarah's trick.
God thunders from the fieaYcus: “Hut
thou didst lifhgh.”
The garden of Eden was only a fable.
There never was any ark built—it was too
small to have two oi every kind. The uil
lar of lire by night was only the northern
lights. The ten plagues of Egypt only a
brilliant specimen of jugglery. The sea
parted because the wind blew violently a
great while from one direction. The sun
and moon did not put themselves out of
the way for Joshua. Jacob’s ladder was
only horizontal and nieturesque clouds.
The destroying angel smiting the first
born iu Egypt was only cholera infantum
become epidemic. The gulletotthe wnale
by positive measurement too small to
swallow a prophet. The lame, the dumb,
the blind, the halt, cured by mere numan
surgery. The resurrection of Christ's
friend only a beautiful tableau; Christ,
and Lazarus, and Mary, and Martha act
ing their parts well. My friends, there is
not, a doctrine or statement in God’s holy
Word that has not been derided by tbe
skepticism of the day.
1 tnke up this book of King James’
translation. I consider it a perfect Bible,
but here are skeptics who want it torn to
pieces. And uow, with this B.bie in my
hand, let mo tear out all those portions
which the skepticism of the day demands
shall be torn out. What shall go first!
“‘Well.’, says some in the audience, “lake
out all tnat about the creation and the
first settlement of the world.” Away
goes Genesis. “Now,” says someone,
“take out all that about the miraculous
guidance of the children of Israel in tne
wilderness.” Away goes Exodus.
“Now,” says someone else in the au
dience, “there arc things in D uteron
oiny and Kings that are not tit to be read.”
Away goes Deuteronomy and the Kings.
“Now,” says someone. “the Imiok of Job
is a faille that ought to come out.” Away
goes tbe book of Job. “Now,” says Horm
one. “Those passages lu tbe New
Testament which imply the divinity of
Jesus Christ ought to come out.” Away
go tbe Evangelists. “Now,” says some
one, “the Book of Revelation—preposter
ous! It represents a man with tbe moon
under his leet and a sharp sword in liis
hand.” Away goes tbe Book ol Revela
tion. Now there urea lew piece* left.
What shall we do with them? “Ob.”
says smne man in the audience, “1 don’t
believe a word in the Bible from one end
to tbe Other.” Well, it is all gone. Now
TOU have put out the last light for the
nations. Now it is the pitch darkness of
eternal midnight. How do you like it?
But I think, my friends, we had better
keen tbe Bible a little longer in*
tact. It has done pretty well
for a good many years. Then there
are old people who find it a comfort to
have it on their laps, and children like tbo
stories In It. Let us keep It for a curios
ity anyhow. If the Bible Is to be thrown
out of the school, and out of tbe court
room, so that men uo more swear by It,
and it is to be put in a dark comer of the
city library, the Koran on one side and
the writings of Confucius on the other,
then let us eaoh one keep a copy for him
self, for we might have trouble and we
would want to bo under the delusion of
Its consolations; and we might difi and
we would want tbe delusion ol the ex
altod residence at God’s right band which
it mentious.
Üb. what an awful thing U is to laugh
in God’s face I hurl bs revelation back
at him. Attawbile the day will come
when they w sav Uev did not laugh.
Then all the fcreritkisms, all the cari
catures and rjiie learned sneers in the
quarterly revik will to brought to judg
ment; and ajl the rocking of every
thing beneattjnd anid the flaming of
everything afe, Gl will thunder:
“But thou til laugh.” I think the
most fascinatllaughler at Christianity
1 ever re me mil was Iheoilore barker’s.
He made tj wort of Go l seem
ridiculous and laugled on at our holy
religion until bameto die, and then in
said: “My lilas been a failure—a fail
ure domestic*. 1 lisve no children; a
failure sociatuor 1 am treat'd in the
streets like u kit.-; a failure profession
ally, becauscnow but one minister
that has ado; my sentiments.” For a
quarterofa eitry he laughed at Chris
tianity, and e since Christianity has
been lnurhitij him. Now, it is a mean
thing to go in Plan’s house anil steal his
goods; but 1 1 jotl the most gigantic
burglary eve vented is tbe proposition
to steal thes manures of our holy reli
gion. The in st laughter ever uttered
is the laugiiti I'the skeptic.
The next rliter mentioned in the
Bible is Davi laughter, or the laughter
of spiritual ltation: “Then was our
mouth tilled i laughter.” lie got very
much down mutinies, but there are
other cliapti where tor four or five
times, he caupon tbo people to praise
and exult, ras not a mere twitch of
ibe lips, it wji demonstration that took
hold ot his wk physical nature. “Then
vus our moulded Witli laughter.” My
iriends this and will never be converted
to God untufistiaus cry less and laugh
and sing me) Tno horrors are a poor
bait. II pod are to be persuaded to
adopt our liiftligion it will be because
tlev have nfc up their minds it is a
happy religiq They don’t like a morbid
CtristianityJ know there are morbid
people who by a funeral. They come
early to see : Iriends, take leave of tue
corpse, and ti steal a ride to tbe ceme
tery, tiut al! jlthy people enjoy a wed
ding better ti they do a burial. Now.
you make thuigionofCUrist sepulchral
and hearse-liind yqu make it repulsive.
1 sav plant! rose of Sharon along the
church walked columbine to clamber
over thechurjvali; and have a smile ou
tbe lip and fo tne mouth tilled with
holy laughter! here is no man in the
world excepie Christian that has a
right to feel aLtrammeled glee. He is
promised evening is to be for the best
here, and he on the way to a uelight
which will tall) the processions with
palm branchegud all the orchestras,
harped and cycled and trumpeted, to
express. “Oh,’lu say, “1 have sc much
trouble!” Haiju more troublfe than
I’aul had? fiat does he say?
“.Sorrowful yi always rejoicing.
Boor, yet makl many rich. Having
nothing, yet poking *ji things.” Tne
merriest laugh ink I ever Heard has
been in the sick mi of God's dear chil
dren. When Tidostus was put upon
me rack he suffa very great torture at
the first. Soun !y asked him how he
endured ail that non the rack. He re
plied: “When 4s first put upon too
rack 1 suffered ;reat deal; but very
soon a young mgi white stood by my
side and with .fr, and comfortable
handkerchief he y>d tbe sweat from my
brow and my paigrere relieved; it was
a punishment lor to get from the rack,
because when them was all gone the
angel was gone.”|i, rejoice evermore!
You know how it fi the army—an army
in encampment to-day news conies
that our side 1) had a defeat, it
demoralizes all thifct. But if the news
couies of victory tty and victory to
morrow, the wholekny is impassioned
tor the contest. N| iu tbe kingdom of
our Lord Jesus Chi report lewer de
feats; tell us the vbries—victory over
. sin and death and h) Rcjoioeevermore
and again 1 say l believe there
is more religion in laugh than in a
gioun. Anybody cA ro an,bin to laugh
in the midst of banitent and persecu
tion and indescribatrial, that requires
a David, a Daniel, j Paul, a modern
heroine.
The next lauglittjncntioned iu the
Bible that I shall sp| of, is the fool’s
laughter or the ei ssion of sinful
merriment. Solomokas very quick at
simile; whon he makl comparison we
all catcu it. WhaliAo laughter of a
fool like? He saysk is the crack
ling of thorns under at.'’ The kettle is
swung, a bunch of brinies Is put under
it, and the torch is aiim to it and there
.is a great noise and alg blaze and a
sputter and a quiclxtiuguishinent;
men it is darker than ias before. Fool’s
laugnter. The most a rable thing on
earth is a bad man’s fij There they are
—ten men in a band; they pave at
home wiv*s, lnother.liHßghters. Tbe
impure jest startsatoiioriier of the bar
room and crackle, crasy,crackle it goes
all around. lnoi>o*U( Hflaws there is
not one item of bappims Lucy ail feel
bemoaned if they iia an' conscience
left. Have nothing t<ffi with men or
women wno tell immor sto ies. 1 have
no confidence either tteir Christian
character or their moraty.
So, all merriment tna srings out of
the delects of others—capture ot a lame
toot or a curved spine omidind eye or a
deal ear—will be met wi ,hu judgments
of God either upon you o*our children.
Twenty years ago, iu Unity, I knew a
man who was particularjikiiHul in im
itating the lameness of jeigbbor. Not
long ago a son of the skill mimic had
his leg amputated for e very defect
which his fattier had minted years be
lore. Ido uot. say it waJ judgment ol
God; 1 leave you to makejurown infer
ence. So, all merriment iu of dissipa
tion, that which startst the coun
ters of tbo drinking tstaurant or
from the wine glass the homo
circle, the maudlin sintk the mean
ingless joke, tbe saturno|u gihberisu,
the paroxysm of mirth abdnothing that
you sometimes see in the ftionable club
room or in the exquisiteiarlor at 12
o’clock at night, are of
thorns under a pot. Huchkughtur and
such sin end in death. \VI> 1 was a lad
a nook came out, entitled,llion Jour’s
Patent Sermons.” It mad*) great stir,
a very wide iaugh, all ovetie country,
tiiat nook did. it was n trirat tire of
the Christian ministry and title word of
God and of the day of judgijnt. Ou, we
bad a great laugb! Tne cinentary on
the whole thing is tnat nut jig ago" the
author of that book dieiiii poverty,
shame, debauchery, kicked J( of society
and cursed of Almighty fJod The laugh
ter or such men is the echo their own
damnation.
Tne next laughter that I all mention
as being in the Bible is the Igh of God’s
condemnation: “He that ieth in the
heavens shall laugb.” zain: “Tbe
Lord will laugh at hint.’’Again: “1
will laugb at bis calamity.’’With such
demonstration will God greeevery kind
or great sin and wickedns* But men
build up villanies higher ad higher.
Good men almost pKy God-buose he i*
so schemed against by men. tiddeuly a
pin drops out of the maebineiof wicked
ness, or a secret is reveal* and tbe
foundation begins to reck; \ul finally
the whole thing is demolished What is
the matter? l'will teH you wtfcthe met-
u
ter is. The crash of ruin is only th
reverberation of God s laughter.
On Wall street there are a great many
good meu and a great, many fraudulent
men. A fraudulent man there says: “1
mean to have mv million.” He goes to
work reckless of honesty aud begets bis
first one hundred thousand dollars. He
gets after awhile his tvo hundred thou
sand dollars. Afterawhiiehe getuhis five
hundred thousand dollars. “Now,” he
says, “1 have only one more move to make
and ltshall have my million.” He gathers
up all his resources; he makes that one
last grand move; lie fails and loses all.
aud he has not enough money left to pay
the oost of the car to his home. People
cannot understand this spasmodic revul
sion. Bome su'd it was a sudden turn in
Erie railway stock or in Western Union
or in Illinois Ceutrai; some said it was
Jay Gould; some said it was one specu
lator, some said it was another. They all
guessed wrong. I will tell you what it
was: “He that sitteth in the heavens”
laughed.
A man in New York said he would be
tbe richest man ill the oitv. He lelt his
honest work of chair-making aud got into
the City Councils some way, and in ten
years stole fifteen million dollars from the
city government. Fifteen millioudollars!
He held the Legislature ot tbe State of
New York in the grip of his right hand.
Suspicions were aroused. I’he grandjurv
presented indictment*. The whole land
stood agnast. The man who expected to
put half the city in his vest pocket goes
to Blackwell's Island, goes to Ludlow
street jail, breaks prison, and goes across
the sea, is re-arrested and brought back
and again remanded In jail and dieti there.
Why? “lie that sittelii in the heavens”
laughed.
Romo was a great empire; she bad
Horace and Virgil among her poets, she
had Augustus aud Constautine among
her Emperors. But wtiat means the de
faced Pantheon aud the Forum turned
into a cattle market, aud the broken
walled Coliseum aud the archi
tectural skeleton of her great
aqueduct! What was that thun
der? “Oh,” you say, “that was tiie
roar of the battering rams against her
walls.” No. What was that quiver?
“Ob,” you say, “that was the tramp of
hostile legions. No, The quiver and the
rear were the outbursts ol Om
nipotent laughter from the defied
and insulted heavens. Rome
defied God and lie laughed her down.
Thebes defied Go t and He laughed her
down. Babylon defied God and He
laughed her down.
There IS a ereat Uifference between
God’s laugh and His smile. His smile is
eternal beatitude. He smiled when David
sang and Miriam clapped the cymbals
and Hannah made garments for her sou
and Paul preached and John kindled
with Apocalyptic vision and when any
man has anything to do and does it well.
Ills smile! Why, it is tne filteetith ol
May, the apple orchards iu full bloom; it
is heaven at high noon, all the bells beat-
ing the marriage peal. But His laughter
—may it never fall on us! It is a con
demnation for onr sin; it is a wasting
away. We may let the satirist laugh at
us, and all our companions tnay laugh at
us, and we may be the target for the mer
riment of earth and hell; but God forbid
liiat we should ever come lo the fulfill
ment of the propbeov against the re
jectors of the truth: “1 will laugh at
your calamity.” But, my friends, all of
us who reject Christ and the pardon ot the
Gospel must come under that tremeudoue
bombardment. God wants us all to re
pent. lie counsels, He coaxes, He im
portunes and He dies for us. He comes
down out oi heaven. Ho puts all tlm
world’s sin on one shoulder; He puts ali
the world’s sorrow on the other shoulder,
and then witbtbat Alp on one side and
that Himalaya on the other, He starts up
the hill back of Jerusalem to achieve our
salvation. He puts the palm of His right
loot on one long spike, aud He puts the
palm of his lelt tootou another long spike,
and then, with hands spotted with His
own blood, He gesticulates, saying:
“Look! look and live; witti the crimson
veil of my sacrifice 1 will
cover up all" your sins; with my
dying groan I will swallow up all your
groans. Look, live!” But some of you
t uis morning turn your back on that, and
then this voice of invitation turns to a
tone divinely ominous that sobs like a si
moon through the first chapter oi I’ro
veriis: “Because 1 have called and ye
rutused, 1 have stretched out my hand
and no man regarded; but ye have set at
nought all my counsel and would none of
my reproof; 1 also will laugh at your
calamity.” Ob, what a laugh that is! a
deep laugh; a long, reverberating laugh;
an oxerwbelraing laugh. God grant
we may never hear it! But in
this day of mercilul visitation yield your
heart to Christ that you may spend ail
your life on earth under His smile and es
cape fort-ver the thunder of thu laugh of
God’s indignation.
The other laughter mentioned in the
Bilde, the only one I shall spiat of, is
Heaven's laughter or the expression ot
eternal triumph. Christ said to His dis-
ciples: “Bless.*d are ye that weep now,
for ye snail laugh.” That makes me
know posit ively that wo are not to spend
our days in heaven singing long metre
psalms. The formalistic and stiff notions
of heaven that some people have would
make me miserable. lam glad to know
that the heaven of the Bible is not only a
pi toe ot holy worship, but of magnificent
sociability. “What,” say you, “will the
ringing laugb go around tue circles of
the saved?” I sav yes; pure laughter,
chnering laughter, holy laughter, it
will be a laugb of congratulation.
When we meet a friend who has sud
denly come to a fortune, or who has
got over some dire sickness, do we not
shake bands; do we not laugh with him?
And when wo get to heaven and see our
Inends there, some of them having come
up out ot great tribulations, why we will
say to one of them: “The last time I saw
you, you had been suffering for six weeks
under a low, intermittent fever;” or to
another we will say: “You for ten years
were limping with the rheumatism, and
you were lull of complaints when we saw
you last. 1 congratulate you on this
eternal recovery.” We shall laugh; yes,
we shall congratulate all those who have
come tip out of great financial embarrass,
incuts iu this world because they have be
come millionaires lo heaven.
Ye shall laugh, it shall be a laugh of
reassociation. It i* just as natural for us
to laugh when we meet a friend we have
not seen for ten years, us anything is pos
sible to lie natural. Wnen we meet our
friends from whom we have been parted
ten, twenty or thirty vears. will It not be
with lufinite congratulation? Our per
ception quickened, our knowledge im
proved. wo will know each other ataflasb.
We will havetotalk over all that has
happened since we have been separated,
the one that has linen ten years in iieaven
telling us aM that has happened in tbs
ten years r Ms heavenly residence, and
we4elltng him in return all that has hap
pened during the ton years oi his absence
from earth.
Ye sliaHUugh. I*think George Whit
field and John Wesley will have a laugh
or contempt for their earthly coltlsslons
and Topi aiiy aud Obarles Wesley will
have a laugh of contempt for their earthly
mlsunderstandlngs; and the farmers who
were in a lawsuit all their davs will have
a laugh of contempt over their earthly
disturbances about a line fem e. Exemp
tion from all annoyance. Immersion in
all alndncss. Ye shall laugh. Christ
says so. Ye shall laugh.
Yes, It will be a laugh of triumph. Oh,
what a pleasant thing it will be to stand
on the wall of heuveti and look down at
Hutun and hurl at him defiance, and see
him caged and chained and we forever
free from his clutolies! Aba. yes, it will be
a laugh of royal greeting. You know how
the Frenchmen cheered when Napoleon
came back from Elba. You know how the
English cheered when Wellington came
back from Waterloo. Y’ou know how
Americans cheered when Kossuth arrived
from Hungary. You remember how Rome
cheered when l’ompey came back victor
over nine hundred citieN. Every cheer
was a laugh. But oh, the mightier greet
ing, the gladder greeting when the snow-
white cavalry troop ot heaven shall go
through the streets, and, according to the
Book ot Revelation, Christ, in the red
coat, in the crimson coat, on a white
horse,and all the armies of heaven follow
ing on whit* horses I Oh, when wo see
and hoar that cavalcade we shall cheer,
we shall laugh!
Does not your heart beat quieklv this
morning at the thought of the great jubi
lee up 'ii which we are soon to enter? 1
pray G, and tiiat when we get through with
this world, and are going out of It we may
have some such vision as the dying
Christian had when he saw written all
over the clouds ill the sky the letter “W ;”
and they asked him, standing by his side,
what he thought that letter “W” meant.
“Oh,” hesaid, “that stands for welcome.”
Aiid so may it t>e when we quit this world.
“ VV” on the gate, “W” on thu door of the
mansion, “W” on the tbronu. Welcome!
Welcome! Welcome!
1 have preached this sermon this morn
ing with five prayerful wishes: Tnat you
might see what a mean thing is the laugb
of skepticism, what a bright thing is the
laugh of spiritual exultation, what, a hol
low thing is the laugh of sinful merri
ment, what an awful thing Is tbe laugb of
condemnation, what a radiant, rubicund
thing is the laugh of eternal triumph!
A void the ill; choose the right. Bo com
forted; be comforted. “IHessedare ye that
weep now; ye shall laugh.” Ye’ shall
laugh.”
THE PANAMA CANAL.
lie Thinks the Ditch Will Bo Dug But
l>o*n’tKlly linuw Much About It.
New York, April 18.—Mr. John Bige
low’s long expected report oti the I’ana
mt Canal is quite voluminous, but the
gist of his conclusions is in the following
paragraph: g‘Long as my story is t am
conscious that l have answered none of
the questions about which the members
of the chamber are most curious. 1 have
not ventured an opinion as to the time
when the work will be completed, nor as
to its total cost, nor as to the revenue it
cun earn, nor even as to the probabilities
of the required means being provided
for its prosecution. To determine
wnen the canal will be fin
ished one must know first how much
work is yet to be done; second, how much
money the company will be able and dis
posed to spend annually upon It, and
third, how many laborers or their equiva
lent In machines it can command. That
information has not yet been revealed to
man. No one living can even give any
tmug more tliuu a guess as to the amount
of work to be done. No one knows
whether tbe company will decide to build
a darn or carry off the wators of the Cha
gres some other way. rffo one knows
what slope it will tie necessary to give
tiie cut at Culebra, nor what obstructions
the workmeu rimy have to encounter
Iroin subterranean water courses as they
descend. All these uncertain ele
ments are rendered more uncertain
by tbe financial situation of the company.
It is about entering the market for anew
loan of 600,000,000 francs. The price it
will have to pay for this money is uncer
tain, and the price of a future loan, if one
should become necessary, i* still more
uncertain. Mr. Bigelow says that the
canal will now be prosecuted to its com
pletion, without any very serious inter
ruption, islairly to "lie presumed, for too
large a proportion of its cost has already
been incurred to make retreat as good
policy as to advance. Even if abandoned
by the company, the contractors them
selves would probably find it for their
interest to combine and finish it.
INCIDENTS OF THE TORNADO.
The Had Fate of a Wedding I’urtjr.
St. Cloud, Minn., April 18.—There
were many sad as well as many curious
incidents connected with tbe northwest
tornado. One ot tho saddest was
the fatal ending of tbe wedding party
near Rice’s station. The party was as
sembled at the bouse of John Schulz, a
tanner, to celebrate tbe, wedding of his
daughter Mamie, and the ceremony was
performed about 1 o’clook. The afternoon
was spent iu social enjoyment, ana at 4
o’clock the parly gathered about the
wedding least. It was a happy assem
blage ot nearly 40 people. Tho tornado
came, and ill five miuutes tbe house was
converted Into kindling wood and scat
tered all over the farm. Or the party 10
are dead, and many others injured,
several of whom will die. Tbe bridegroom
was killed outright, but the bride was
only injured. Among the dead are the
bride’s'mother and tho clergyman who
performed the ceremony.
Farmers from tue northwest part of the
county tell almost incredible stories of
finding remnants of buildings on their
property twenty miles distant from the
city, anil parts ol organs and pianos have
been picked up fifteen miles from the city
and brought in as curiosities. Tue prairie
for miles northwest of the track of the
tornado is full of nieces ot plans driven a
foot or more Into ttje ground. The sides
of innny ot tne buildings are pierced with
heavy splinters that weredrlven through
the thick walls, in the walls of other
buildings ure holes that seem to have
been made by cannon halls. Panels have
been torn from doors and the buildings
otherwise lelt uutoucced. The wails ol
many of the buildings bawe a blackened
appearance, as tUough they had been tired
and badly smoked. A box oar was picked
up from tbe track and blowu three blocks
and dropped Into a ravine. A child’s
blood-stained dress was found yesterday
afternoon in Buektnan township 22 miles
northwest of Hank Rapids.
Greek War Manmuvres.
Athens, April 18.—Tho Minister of
War bus withdrawn hie resignation and
is about to start for tho frontier. It is re
ported that thu Athens garrison will go
forward immediately.
The General commanding the Greek
troops on fiearkos, a height which com
mands the plain of Larissa, ass sum
moned by tbe Turkish Ooneral to-day to
withdraw ironi that stronghold. The
Greek General flatly refused to withdraw.
A Turkish force, consisting of 7,000 men
and several batteries, thsreupon ad
vanced to tbo foot of the heights. *
(FRICFetOAYEAR.M
fSUKNThAUUPY. P
WORK BEFORE COXORESS.
WHAT THE SENATE WILL AC.
COMPDISK UNCERTAIN. f
Members of t he Home With Pet Scheme*
on Manil Becoming Alarmed ms Ad
journment Looms Up in tlie Dun
Distance and the Calendar Is Piled.
Mountain High With Husinrs,.
Washington, April 18.—The calendar
of the House has grown to such propor
tions that tbo more important commit
tees are becoming alarmed at the waning
chances for action upon their preferred,
measures aud are about to make efforts to
secure assignments of entire days for
their consideration. Several motions will
be made to-morrow to suspend the rule*
and pass the bill to regulate tbe promo
tion of graduates of the M ilitary Academy
and the bill to make parcels and light!
merchandise mailable as special delivery!
matter.
lUVKKS and harbors.
The river and harbor lull comes up a*
the unfinished business Tuesday and will)
occupy the attention of the House perJ
haps two days, it will be followed by tb
diplomatic appropriation bill.
The Public Lands Committee may. un
der the newly conlerred power, call u[g
during the week one or more turteltui*
bills.
A number of bills changing judicial dis
tricts will lie called up by the Judiciary
Committee tor action Saturday.
It is probable the Home will adopt an
order setting aside Tuesday nights instead
of Fridays, as at present, for consideration
of private pension bills.
SEN Al K RIGHT OF WAY.
The contest for the “right of way” in
the Senate waxes warmer. It is the in
tention ol Senators Edmunds and Morgan
to ask that the doors be kept closed tno*
coming week until the mysteries of tha
Foreign Relations Committee shall b
disposed of.
Senator Cullom purposes to insist upon
continuous discussion of the Inter-Stata
commerce bill until tiiat measure is voted
upon.
Senator Blair promises to keep up hia
fight for ills general pension bill, his arbi-<
trillion bill, and Ids two or three hundredi
private pension bills.
FITZ JOHN PORTER’S RELIEF.
Senator Sewell,lt ho is not appalled by the
pressure in favor ol other measures, wilt
plead tor consideration ol thu Fitz John
Porter hill.
Senator Riddleberger threatens to in aka
some Grief hut energetic remarks every
day upon the absurdity of secret sessions.
Senator Van Wyck will no longer suffer
the hill to tax railway lands to be put offi
without a protest.
Senator Hoar, who concedes the prcce
deuce of the Inter-State commerce bill,
will watch lor a vacant moment to begin
a battle in behalf of the bankruptcy bills,
and the Appropriations Committee will
exercise unusual self-restraint if it does,
not bring in one or more of the regular
appropriations hills and take the floor in
virtue of its dominant, rights under tha*
geueral praetion of the Senate. VVkatj
will be actually accomplished during thw
week no one can tell.
UNDKK THK DUMB.
Some Old .funk In the National Capitol.
Washington, April 18. —There ara
more things twixtlite dome and the cel-
Ur of the Capitol than are dreamed of by
the Capitol guide*. Down under the
dome itself is the must interesting spot la
the building, its very centre and oore,
where George Washington’s body was to
lie after death; but George Washington,
wouldn’t lit; there, and so we base to go
down to Mount Vernon on a steamer in.
order to see the place where be does rest.
1 went down into the crypt ol the Capitol
the other day preceded by a white-haired,
negro, who unlocked the successive doors.
It is a circular chamber with square cor
ners, and Is almost till' and by a rectangu
lar wooden platform, on which,
the bodies ol Lincoln, Garfield, Chase
and Sumner, and all the
other dead statesmen whose remains had
lain in state in the Capitol, rested in the
rotunda directly underneath the Goddess]
of Liberty on the dome. The very
simplicity of these whitewashed walla
and this plain rough platform is im-
pressive. In a chamber near the crypt f
saw the original model of the Goddess of
Liberty which stands in bronze on the
apex of the dome. The model is all in.
pieces, but tbu heau is fairly well pre
served, although its nose is gone, and you.
get a good idea ot lls size. Now come up
stairs into the sub-rotunda, commonly
mile t tbe crypt, and let us all look at tb
attempt at American art which Thomas
Jefferson suggested and Mrs. Trollope ad
mired. Jelferson, you remember, thought,
that tbe builders of tbe Capitol ought nob
to copy so closely the architectural deco
rations of the effete Last; he suggested to
the architect that pillars made to look,
like big bundles ol tall corn-stalks would
be a good feature. The architect had the
Idea laitiiiully—yes.too faithfully—worked
out, and here are the pillars to this day.'
Each of them looks like a stack In a Cali
fornia Held, with all tbe ears ol corn
standing right straight upon end in a row,
the whole lining bound together with a
rope. They are very peculiar, to say tbs
least. Uuiler the halls and corridors ol
the visible portions of tbe Capitol are the
oataooaba —miles upon miles of clean,
well-painted passages, through which run
tbe beating and ventilating pipes and the
electric wires, and where the gas lights
are never turned out. There is a little
world of life down here, of which the
great world above knows nothing. Day
and night the great fans go round at
dizzy speed sucking In the fresh air,
which, passing over hot or cold water
pipes seven miles long coiled into a cham
ber twenty feet square, is forced intotbe
halls and corridors and committee rooms,
above in Immense quantities. Tbe beat
ing und ventilating apparatus is by no
means perfect yet, but it is vastly Im
proved over what it was ten years ago.
In one ol these corridors la a very lino
metal working model of the Tcbaunlepeo
ship railway, with real water, a real ship
and a great map of the world.• When
I Congressmen come down to the hath
! rooms in one corner of the basement they
are gently led around to the Kadscorrldoi
and glibly shown Just how the thing wilj
work. ___
(Jtinraiitino Ordered.
ItOMR, April 18.—Tho Sanitary Hoard
admits that Asiatic cholera has broken
, out at Brindisi and has ordered all ar
rivals at other Adriatic ports Irom
Brindisi to be quarantined for one week.
Austria oaincßs a quarantin*.
Viknna, April 18.— Tbe government ba*
ordered u week’s quarantine against ar
rivals at Austrian Adriatic ports from
Br i nd I*l.
Gabriel Cliarnics Dead.
London, April 18.—Gabriel Charms* ta
dead.