Newspaper Page Text
, ESTABLISHED 1859. 1
'j.H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor.!
CRUSHED ON THE RAIDS.
A M ACONITE MEETS A. HOERI
BI.B DEATH AT SMITHVILLiE.
T lie Unfortunate Man Pushed Alone He
Crossties Without Being Touched by
the Wheels—Sarah Bernhardt Passes
1 hrough Atlanta on Her Ueturn Front
South America.
Macon, G A., Feb. 27.—Charles Fulli
love, a well-known and popular young
man of this city, met a horrible death at
Smithville to-day. VVhila walking in front
of one section of a freight train to couple
it with another his lootwas caught under
the iron bar wbioh holds the rails at the
proper distance apart at the switch, and
before he could disengage it the
train that was backing ran
upon him and crushed him
to death. The train did not run over his
bodv, but pushed him some distanoe
along the track, the untorlunate man the
meanwhile yelling for his life. The
engineer heard his screams,bat before the
train could be stopped the fatal work was
done. He died within ten minutes after
the accident.
Polioe Officer Thorpe has been rein-
Mteted on the police force and resumed
craty to-day.
A GIRL’S KtllN.
l'wo Men of Atlanta Who Have
Stood Well in a Bad Fix.
Atlanta, GA.,Feb. 27.—The police ar
rested and locked up to-night W. H. De-
I.oacb and be. Irwiu A. Cofer, of this
city. The fan is charged with abduction
and the ot/er'with attempting abortion.
DeLoach lias been teaching school near
Red Oak, ampbell county. While down
there he lecame engaged to Miss Aunie
Hemperiey, a handsome brunette of 20
years. Her parents approved tbe engage
ment. Ten days ago DeLoach came to
Atlanta,and a short time after nis arrival
wrote Miss Hemperiey a letter asking
her to come to Atlanta for the purpose of
marrying him. She came, stopping at
I the bouse oi her brotber-in-iaw,
IE. Simon Eason, on Hayne street. De-
I Loach called in company with a man
I whom he introduced as Air. Johnson.
I This was week before last. Last Tues-
I (lay Johnson sent a hack for Miss Hein-
I perley who got in and was driven off.
l>he dm not return. Her parents at Red
■ Oak were notified of her disappearance.
I lhey came to Atlanta to-day and notified
■ thepolioe. DeLoach was at once arrested,
Bmarged with abduction and locked up.
BHe was plied with questions by Cbief of
IF 'lice Cohnolly and confessed that the
■ tirl was secreted in a room on
■ :be third floor of the SL George
■Hotel, on Whitehall street. The chief at
Home proceeded to the apartment and
Ifoui.d Miss Hemperiey and Dr. Gofer, 01
Itbis city, in tne room. Both were taken
■to police headquarters. The girl con
■leased that DeLoach ruined b-r and turned
■her over to Dr. Gofer, who, under the
■assumed name of Mr. Johnson, removed
■her to the room for the purpose of per
forming an abortion. Her physical con
■flition is not alarming.but she is desperate
■and is watched closely at the station tor
fear of suicide. Dr. Cofer was locked up
■or attempted abortion. Both Gofer and
■leLoacn are about 35 years of age, well
■mown in Atlanta, and up to this time
B r >naidered respectable men.
I BERNHARDT At ATLANTA.
■he Famous Actress and Company
I Return from South America.
I Atlanta, Ga„ Feb. 27.—A special
■rain reacned this city this evening from
•cw Orleans bearing Sarah Bernhardt,
■er company of thirty-live people and
B*ocai loads ot baggage. She is return
s'? from a South American tour, and after
■ short delay in the Union depot, where a
■rowd of the curious had assembled, Lhu
■Ain went on to Washington.
■ A Birmingham delegation, in charge of
V’ 'V. Davln, a prominent business man
■jtnat city, passed through here to-day
■r \\ asbington to petition for improved
■wtal laeililies. Birmingham wants a
■rgtr pest nllioe building in a more cer.-
locality and a larger lorce. The
■legation earned a petition with 18,000
■^natures.
■ Uaiies Sintlal, Secretary of the South-
H; Railway and Steamship Association,
■Mor Washington this evening to a'tend
■ important meeting of the pool on
■rgh 2. Commissioner Towers leaves
■morrow-.
■o ie filar, u murderet* confined in the
■ oray county jail, was released Sauir-
In' a gang ot titty masked men.
■ KATONT’on’s CYCLONE.
TTiat this Severity of the
‘'term was Localized.
'ii'NTox, <iA., Feb. 27.—Nothing has
heard from the country to-day oi the
of yesterday.
■ ' '‘"seer’s barn and fencing wore
e Pt away.
■' ■ Denham’s place, about two miles
■ r , i ,' ,| ' va ’ the gin bouse was torn to
K ' V9 correspondent can bear ol
■ * Beyond Air. Denham’s. It is
storm did no damage be
■Mf'r. r T po,ulpnt v,si ted the planta
: V '■ I’aschal this evening and
■ b'irti.’ ai ; e,y Hll . v Hilng left. His house
w damaged, but not as much
■Brat supposed. The woods
. te J "early all the way from Ka
■.,.' ' ’ “ IR Place are literally torn to
Hn 1,','.,'.' " , l 1 c,,ltll| ng and rags may be
n,n I' 10 treeß> lia supposed ttie
K w '* "" v ” originated about three
" "ere, ns no damage has been
E, ' '"‘yc' l there. The paih of the
11, . VPrv narrow, about 50 or 75
■Von-!'T v llu Je rain accoinpaiiied it.
,° re P a lrihg the damaged prop
■ w ui begin atone*.
■ lltß CALK rv MICHtOAN,
K JVJ; •‘‘■B. 27—Specials Irom va
to,.!" tlle "PPer peninsula and
HtsuhL ? tllern l JUrt of the southern
tno storm ot the past
n,,,, 1 " 11 ' Be ol mammoth pro
■ i.1,...,' tii'i' rr ' a ° Ihtensity. A heavy
■ Bcavy snow about, making
■eff.J ”, "vo t„ , un f.’et deep
■d ItimaJ Bt °PP ln cr aH truffle. Two
in t ! ,m ! Ih'ltnnt#, trains nro
Hciiigan V" 1 ," °. f "tekinnw City, and
. eLn I*' 1 *' l lr “ ,n lH Blockaded in
B'lwn ! b L' r o "d' Tho gale ex
■“Mtnled hr W " e >la ' e ’ But was not
■oi k,. f In the neishbor
■‘fnee tour n A 0,11 “ rall Wc t Of
■ "fcakin/a l KlnoßßDda coactl that
E' l 'hel u through tho snow
Haiii t( . h y ,|r| ft and were thrown
lint'n" 1 v' A WlNr) HTOEM.
■ si.ilmi’ A -{ *■>• 27.—A violent
- night did much damage
to fences and timber in this section, and
several houses in the neighboring coun
try were blown down.
SNOW AT WINCHESTER.
Winchester, Y a., Feb. 27.—The worst
snow storm of the winter here began Fri
day night, continuing until this morn
ing.
CYCLONI9H BREEZES.
Louisville Bending Before the Visi
tation of a Northwester.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 27.— Early Sat
urday evening the wind commenced to
blow here heavily, coming from the north
west. It continued to blow a perfect
hurricane at intervals until 6 o’clock this
evening. Many accidents are reported
and considerable damage has been done.
The stern wheel steamer Reindeer, lying
at the city wharf, was so roughly treated
hv the waves that she sprang
a leajc and sunk in four feet of
water. Alter she had settled upon
the bottom, a much larger steamer, the
Hibernia, which was tied to a wharf a
few yards above, was seized by
the whirlwind. Her three large cables
were snapped like twine and she was cast
against the sunken vessel. The latter
was badly smashed up, and the Hibernia
reached her moorings with her side
smashed. The river is rising two inohes
an hour, and if the heavy rains of last
week continue much suffering will fol
low. The water has already reached
many houses. The hurricane to-day also
smashed in about 150 feet of the western
wall of the Southern Exposition building,
doing SI,OOO damage.
EARTHQUAKE HORRORS.
Two Hundred and I nitty Victims
at Bajardo Buried in one Trench.
Rome, Feb. 27.—Heartrending details
of the disasters caused by the earthquakes
continue to arrive. At Diauo Mariano
to-day, a child 12 years old and her
father were extricated trorn the debris,
when the latter expired upon the
spot. The survivors at Diano
Mariano say that a majority
of the victims were killed by the second
shook, tue people having re-entered then
houses to procure clothing. Bodies
wrapped in shrouds lie in the middle of
tbe streets. Atßussatia only one enureb
steeple remains standing. The soldiers
there are still searching the ruins. They
have rescued twenty-seven persons, all
ol whom are more or lees injured.
GENOA’S PANIC RENEWED.
The panic was renewed at Genoa to
day on a false report that Father Denza
had predicted another shock. Both there
and at Savona the people refuse to isturu
to their houses. They sleep in carriages
and Improvised places of shelter. Signor
Genala, Minister oi Public Works, has
visited Bajardo and attended the funeral
of 230 victims of the church disaster, who
were buried in a common trench in the
cemetery. He also made arrangements
lor a temporary hospital for the injured.
Slight oscillations were felt to-day at
Albenga and Porto Maurizio.
Relief committees are being organized
throughout tbe country, but. it is impos
sible to supply the numerous wants. A
bill will be introduced in Parliament for
a credit of $1,000,000 tor relief purposes.
Signori Denza and Blarichi, experts, say
tbut there need be no further lear.
San ltemo is deserted. There were 302
persons killed and 150 injured in that
town.
KEEPING BACK THE CROWDS.
Troops have been compelled to keep
back, at the point of the bayonet, crowds
of despairing men and women who werl
impeding the work of excavation in their
efforts to find missing relatives.
The bodies of the victims of the disaster
are terribly disfigured. The sufferings 01
the survivors are great, the supply of
provisions and drugs and ambulance ap
paratus being painfully inadequate. The
work of tbe rescuers is attended with con
siderable danger. In some cases they have
been obliged to flee from tottering walls,
although they could hear tbe groans of
victims buried beneath the debris.
All tbe members of the family of the
Mayor of Bajardo were killed, of another
tatnily consisting of twenty-two persons
named Maestri only a single member,
half demented, is left.
Half-clothed people are wandering on
the sea shore exposed to the inclement
weather.
At Diano Mariano a woman and child
were taken out alive after being entombed
three days.
CANNES FULL OF SUFFERERS.
Paris, Feb. 27.—Gannes has resuthed
its usual appearance. Tbe town has a
thousand more inhabitants than it had
before tbe earthquake, and relugees are
still arriving there. The government
architect has examined the principal
buildings and found that little damage
wjts done. The Mayor of tbe town an
nounces on the authority of scientists
that there wTU be no recurrence of tbe
shocks.
SOUTHEUN ENTI.RI’R 18E.
The Tradesman's List of the New
Corporations of the Week.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 27.—Dur
ing the past week tbe Tradesman re
ceived reports of the incorporation of the
following new companies in the South:
The Nashville Light and Heat Company,
with $2,000,000 caeital; a car company at
Anniston, Ala., with $1,000,000 capital;
ibe South Baltimore Gar Company, with
$200,000 capital; the Consolidated Goal
and Iron Company of Chattanooga, with
$250,000 capital; the United States
i,'rude Petroleum and Gas Company of
Baltimore, with $1,000,000 capital; a
stained class factory at Chattanooga,
with $250,000 capital; five blast furnaces
as follows: One at Rome, fia.: one at
Calera, Ala.; two ur. Cartersville, 6a.;
one at Gadsden, Ala.; gas machine
works at Chattanooga; a sheet rolling
mill at Atlanta; the Pawnee Min
eral Company at Ashland, Ala., with
$1,000,000 capital; the Consolidated Min
ing Company at Memphis, with $1,000,000
capital; a spoke factory at Lexington,
Kv., with SIOO,OOO capital; the Bessemer
Steel Rolling Mills at Bessemer, Ala.,
with $500,000 capital; a saw mill supply
factory at Chattanooga, with $150,000
capital. Among the small new organi
zations are three flour mills and a Hie
factory at Chattanooga; seventeen lum
ber companies: three In Arkansas, two in
Tennessee, one in Alabama, two in Flor
ida, three in Georgia, two in Louisiana
and four in Texas; and four railroad
companies: two in North Carolina, one
in Alabama and one from Cuattanooga to
tbe top of Lookout Mountain.
Arrest of a Murderer.
Winchester, Va., Feb. 27.— Algernon
Miller, tne man wno killed Millard White
In this county on tbo night of Feb. 'lO,
was arrested Saturday near Falling Wa
ters, Berkeley county, W. Va. He will
be brought here fo-raorrow, consenting
,to come without a requisition. *
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1887.
LAST DAYS OF CONGRESS.
Both Bouses to Give Appropriation
Bills the Preference.
Washington. Feb. 27.—During the
days and nights of the fraction of a week
remaining to the present session of Con
gress, tbe Senate will give instant atten
tion to conterence reports and general ap
propriation bills whenever any ol them
shall make their appearance, and every
effort will be put fort b to finish necessary
legislation before next F’rltiay noon. The
members of ihe Appropriations Commit
tee, upon wbom the hardest work de
volves, are divided in opinion respecting
their ability and that of the Senate to
creditably accomplish al! tbaj. is expect
ed, but a majority hope that, barring ac
cidents and willful acts of obstruction, it
may still be found possible to avoid any
necessity for a called session ot the Fif
tieth Congress.
DELIBERATION OCT OF THE QUESTION.
To this end the right of the Senate and
of its committees to an opportunity for
deliberation upon important matters not
yet brought before it, will be waived, and
the Senate, as it has done in previous
instances of backwardness, will content
itself, under protest, with such amend
ments to House legislation as it can
secure in hasty conferences, taking much
for granted and trusting much to luck.
To print and thoroughly examine
the naval, legislative deficiency and
fortification appropriation bills in tbeir
several ordinary stages through the
Senate up to the point of final action
would require almost as many weeks
as tfcere remain days ot the present ses
sion.
MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. .
Tbe miscellaneous subjects of legisla
tion which will probably fill up the spare
moments are put down in the caucus pro.
gramme as follows: The labor arbitra
tion bill, laud grant forfeiture bills, the
bill relating to lottery advertisements
passing through the mails, bills to quiet
land titles, the DesMnines land grant
bill, the bill authorizing suits against tbe
United States, bills for the adjudication
of private land claims in certain States
and Territories, the bill for a monument
to colored soldiers, the Joseph Francis
resolution, the Dill to reimburse Y r irginia
and other States for their expenses in the
war of 1812, and the international copy
ight bill.
PLEUROPNEUMONIA.
Senator Miller will callup, about Mon
day or Tuesday, the House pleuro-pneu
monla bill, tbe pending question being a
motion to reconsider tbe vote by which
tbe Edmunds substitute was adopted.
Mr. Ingalls will seek an opportunity to
call up for action tbe bill repealing limi
tation 10 the arrears ot pensions act, and
Mr. Y*an WycK will ask the Senate to pass
the bill relating to tbe disposal of aban
doned military reservations under tbe
homestead law.
A contest is pending id secret session
over the nomination of Public Printer
Benedict, and the British extradition
treaty remains among tbe unfinished
matters on the executive calendar, nut it
is not likely to be further pressed for
action this session.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House the programme is to push
appropriation bills to completion by giv
ing them precedence over all other busi
ness, and little general legislation Is ex
pected during the remaining days ot the
session. The legislative appropriation
bill will again occupy the attention of the
House Monday, and will be followed by
the deficiency bill, which is to be put
through under asuspension of the rules
During the four legislative days
remaining it will be in order
to pass any measure by a two-thirds vote
under a suspension of the rules. Looking
to this last chance, members who are
charged with the management of impor
tant measures, such as the Pacific rail
road inquiry resolution, tbe department
of agriculture bill, the pleuro-pneumonia
bill and the educational bill, will make
. very effort to secure recognition by the
Speaker in order to get a vote on their bills.
A SLIM CHANCE.
Some very few of these effort* may suc
ceed, but in most cases all chance for
legislation will be cut off by the presen
tation and discussion of conference re
ports and other privileged matters. It is
understood that n > attempt will De made
to pass tbe fortifications appropriation
bill (or this year, tnat for last year,
which is now in conference, being in
tended to cover the remainder of the cur
rent, together with the nextjisoal year.
CRUEL INCENDIARISM.
Sixteen Horses and Two Muies
Perish In the Flames.
Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 27—A destruc
tive incendiary fire occurred this morn
ing at 3 o’clock on Main street, destroy
ing the Hill City livery stables, the feed
store of T. M. Harwood and W. A.
Woody’s carriage factory. Sixteen val
uable horses and two mules were burned
to death. Two firemen were badly in
jured. Charles Bur ford was arrested and
has partially confessed his crime, im
plicating several other persons. The loss
is SIO,OOO and the insurance $5,000.
KIKES AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Feb. 27.—The Mariposa
rice mill, Nos. 60 to 67 St. Joseph street,
and an adjoining building were burned
to-day. The loss is estimated at $15,000
aud is fully insured.
The fourth story of the building on the
FliViteru corner of Canal and Chartres
streets was burned out yesterday. The
loss is estimated at $lO,-000.
Socialists ut St.
London. F’eb. 21).
ists to St. Paul's this fTOwnoon attracted
crowds of people, and the Cathedral was
crammed. The Archdescon preached
from Proverbs xxil., 2: ‘'Rich and poor
meet together; the Lord is the maker of
them all.” YVhenthe text was announced
there wore shouts of “Bravo!” and other
exclamations of approval and some
growls. Otherwise there was no demon
stration. A large force ot police was
present. In the evening an affray oc
curred between the police and a body of
Socialists who were returning to their
homes. . Tbe affair was not of a serious
nature.
Canon Gregory held an overflow aorvlce
on tbe steps of the cathedral. The Lord
Mayor of London attended the service.
A Hint ut New Boss.
Dublin, Feb. 27.—A riot occurred at
New Ross yesterday. During the dis
turbance a body ol 100 policemen chatged
with‘batons and bayonets upon tbe mob,
which numbered Hilly 500. Tbe crowd
used stones for missiles, and maDjr persons
on both sides were injured.
End of tho Mingo Trouble.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 27.—The trouble
at the Mingo Junotion Iron and Steel
works baa been settled by tbe company
recognizing the Amalgamated Associa
tion ot Iron and Steel Workers.
RELIGION INDISPENSABLE
KEV. TATiNnGK ON THK SWELL
ING OF THE JORDAN,
Faith in Christ a Neceiiity When the
Cure* of Life Come In n Freshet—The
Speaker Coinplntmi of Bogu* Senooim
Circulated Hnvinff Been Delivered
by Him.
Brooklyn, Feb. 27.—At tbe Taber
nacle this morning a vast throng roau to
sing the opening doxologv:
•‘Praise God from whom all blessings flow.”
After a brief exposition of Scripture by
the pastor, the Rev. T. DeWitt Tannage,
D.D., and the singing of a hymn, Prof.
Henry Eyre Browne rendered an organ
solo,Sonata Mo. iin I) minor,by Guiimant.
The subject of Dr. Talmage's sermon was
“The Swelling of Jordan,” and his text.
Jeremiah xil., 6: “If thou hast run
with the footmen and they have wearied
tbee,*then how canst thou contend with
horses) and if in the land ot peace,
wherein thou lrtistedst, they wearied
thee, then how wilt thou do iu the swell
ing of Jordan?” The eloquent preacher
said:
Not in a petulant but in kindly terms 1
must complain that a wrong hgs been and me
me. and tne cause of honest journalism, by a
pretended aerinon that is going the rounds of
hundreds of papers with rny name appended,
a sermon entitled “Frauds Detected;’’ text:
Numbers, xxxli.,2B: “But if ye wilt Dot do
so. behold, ye have sinned against the Lorn:
and bo sure your sin will lind you out.” Not
one sentence of that pretended sermon did I
preach. If this were the onty offense of the
kind 1 wouid not speak of it. Such a fraud is
not only a wrong to me. but to the gentlemen
who, at these tables. Sabbath by Sabbath,
take accurate rep in of what is said and done;
and is a gross wrong to the two thousand
newspapers which give every week my ser
mon in full to their readers, and often at
great expense to themselves. The only fault
f have to tind with tbo newspaper press of
i his country is. that they treat me too well.
But I cannot be made responsible lor entire
sermons, notone word of which did 1 preach!
Hut n >w I turn from personal explanation to
the more important subject of the text.
Jeremiah had become impatient with his
troubles. God says to him: •If you cannot
stand these small trials and persecutions,
what are you going to do when the greater
trials and persecutions come? It you have
been running a race with footmen and they
have beaten you, what chance is there lliat
you will outrun horses?” And then the figure
is changed. You know, in April and May.
the Jordan overflows i shanks, and t> e waters
rush violently on, sweeping everything before
them. And God says lo the prophet: ,- lf
y iu : re overcome with smaller trials and
vexations, whih have assaulted you. what
will you do when tbe trial* and annoyance
and persecutions of life come in a freshet?”
“It in the laud ot peace wherein thou
trustedst, they wearied thee, then Jiow wilt
thou do iu the swelling of Jordan?”
1 propose, if God will help me, in a v"ry
practical way to ask—tf i, is such a difficult
thing to get along without the religion of
Jesus' hrlat, when things are comparatively
smooth, what will we do without Christ amid
the overpouring misfortunes aud disasters of
life that may come upon us? It troubles, slow
as footmen, surpass u*. what will we do when
they take the feet of horses? andlf now in our
lifetime we are beaten back and submerged
of sorrows because we have not the religion
of Jesus to comfort us, what will we do when
we stand in death, and we feel all around
about us “the swelling of Jordan?” The
fact that you have come here, my
brother, my sister, shows that you
have some things you believe in common with
myself. You believe,that there is a God.
Tnere is not an Atheist in all this house. I
do not believe there ever was a real Atheis
in all the world. Napoleon was on a ship’s
deck bound for Egypt it wasa bright, siarrv
night, and as he paced the deck, thinking of
the great affairs of the State and of battle, he
heard two men on the deck in cony- rsation
about God: one saying there was a God and
the other saving there was none. Napoleon
slopped and looked up at the starry heavens,
■ nd then he turned to these men in conversa
tion, anil -aid: “Gentlemen, I heard one of
you say there is no God; if there is no Sod,
will you please to tell me who made all that?”
Aye, if you had not been persuaded of it be
fore, you are persuaded of it uow; for the
shm ng heavens declare the glory of God aud
ihe earth shows Ills handiwork. But you be
lieve more than that; you believe that there
was a Jesus; you believe that there was
a Cross; you believe that you have an
immortal sonl; you believe that it must be
regenerated by the spirit of God, or you can
never dwell in b'iss eternal. I think a great
many of you will say that you believe it is
important to have tlie religion of JesusChriet
every day of our life, to smooth our tempers
and purlly otir minds, and hold us imper
turbable amid all the annoyance and vexa
lionsoflife. You and I have seen so many men
iranlpled down bv m-sfortitnc* because they
hud no faith in Jesus, and you say to your
elf: “If they were so easily overcome by
she trials of life, what will it i e when greater
misfortunes come upon them—heart-breaking
cammities. tremendous griefs?” Oh, if wo
have no God to comfort us when our fortune
goes, and wo look upon the grave of our
chilureu. and our hou-cs are desolate, what
will become of tis? What a sad thing it is to
-ee men all unhclued of Goo, going out to
light giant* of trouble; no cosset ot prayer in
which to retreat, no promise of mercy to
Hostile the soul, no rock of reuge In which to
hide from the .blast, oh, when tho swift
coursers of trouble are brought up, champing
and padting for the race, aud the rein, are
ibrown upon their necks, and the lathered
flanks ut evurv spring feel Ihe stroke of the
lash, what can we do on foot with them? How
can we compete with them? If, having run
with the footmen, they wearied us, how can
we contend with horses?
We have ad yielded lo temptation. We
have been surprised afterward tliai so small
an inducement could have decoyed u< from
ibe right. How insignificant a temptation
lias sometimes captured our soul! And tf
that is so, my dear hr ithor, what will it be
when we come to stand In the presence of
temptation that prostrated n David, anil a
Moses, and a Peter, and some of the might
iest men in all God’s kingdom? Now we are
honesr: but suppose wo w- re placed in some,
nath of life, ns many of God’s children have
lie n, where all tbe’forces of eartli and hell
combine to capture the sonl? Without Jesus
wo would go down under it. If already we
have been beaten by insignificant
footmen. wc would ho Distanced
ten thousand league* by the
horses. Ah. I don’t like to hear a may say:
••I could nut commit such a sinus that. 1
cun’t understand how a man could be carried
away like that.” You don’t know what you
could do if tho grace of God lets you. You
know what John lltinyau said when ho saw a
man staggering along the streot. thoroughly
emhruteif in Ills habits He said: “There
goes John Bunyan. but for tne grace of God.”
I can say when I see one utterly fallen:
“There goes DeWitt Talmage. hut for the
grace of God!” If we have been delivered
from temptation It Is because the strong arm
or the Lord Almighty has been about
us. and oot because we were any hotter than
they. It I* a great folly to borrow trouble. If
wo can meet the misfortune* of to-day, we
will be able to meet the trouble* of to-mor
row. But suppose now. If, through a lack of
me religion of Jesus, wo are overthrown by
small sorrows, does not our common sense
Leach us that we canuot stand up against’
great ones* If we cannot carry a pound, can
we carrv a thousand pounds? If we are dis
comrtled coming Into battle with nno regi
ment. a brigade will cut us to pieces. If we
are unlit to cope with one small trial,
won’t we be overcome by greater ones?
If the footmen are too much for
ns, won't the odds be tuofe rear
iul against us wdien we contend with horses?
I thank God that some of Ills dear children
liuvo been delivered. How wns it th t Paul
oouldsay: “Sorrowful, vet always rejoicing;
poor, yet making many rich; having nothing,
yet possessing all things!” And David, the
psalmist, soars up into the rook of God’s
strength and bt-comea thereof hi v composed
amid all hi* sorrows, saving: “God It our
retug" and strength, a vyry pre-cat help In
the tune of trouble; therefore will not we
ii'ur tnough the earth be removed, though
the mountains bo cast into the midst of the
sea, though the waters thereof roar and be
troubled, though the mountain shake with
the swelling thereof. Seiah.”
But mv text suggests something in advance
of anything I have said. Wc must all quit
this life. However sound our health raav he,
it must break down: however good our title
may he to houses, land and estates, wc must
surrender them. We will hoar a voice
bidding us away from all thee places. Wc
will have to start on a pilgrimage from which
we can never come back. We will have seen
for the last lime the evening star, aud
watched tho last summer cloud, and felt the
breath of tho spring wlud for the last time.
Ils ml, of loved ones may be stretched out to
hold us back, but they cannot—go we must.
About all other exits and changes we may
trifle, but not about this. Stupendous moment
of life-quitting. O, when the great tides of
eternity ariso about us. and fill the soul and
surround it, and sweep it out toward rapture
or woe. all, that will he “the swelling of
Jordan!” I know people talk sometimes very
merrily about the departure from this life, l
am sorry to hear it. But men' do make fun
of the passage from one world to another.
Byron joked a great dual about it, but when
it came ho shivered with horror. Many an
infidel has scoffed at the idea of fearing a
future world, but lying upon his pillow iu
ihe last hour his tcoili have chattered with
terror. I saw, in Westminster Abbey, an
epitaph which a poet oraered to be put upon
his tomb:
“Life is it jest,
And all things show it;
I thought so once.
But now I know it.”
I thought how inapt that, in a place of
sepulchre, men should try their witticisms.
A great German having rejected Christ, in his
last moment, said: “Give me light, give me
light!” Oh, we may be smart witti our witti
cism about the last hour; but when it comes,
and tlie tides are rising, and the aurf t* beat
ing, aud tbe winds are howling, we will each
one, my brethren, find for himself, that it is
“the swelling of Jordan!” Our natural
courage won't hold out then. However
familiar we may have been with the scenes
ot mortality, however muclf we may have
screwed our courage uu, we waut something
more than natural resources. When the
Northeast wiud blows off from tho sea
of death, it will put out all earthly lights.
The lamp of the gospel, God-lighted, is the
only lamp thatcan stand in that blast. The
weakest arm holding that shall not be cm
founded, the strongest one rejecting tnat-hail
stumble aud die. When the Jordan rises in
i,s wrath, the first (lash of its wave will
swamp them forever.Y We feel how sad it i
-a man to attempt this life without reli
gion. We see what a doleful thing it is fora
man lo go down iuto the misfortunes of life
without Christian solace; but if that be so,
how much more terrible when that niiu
comes lace to face with the solemnities of the
last hour! Oh. if in tbe bright sunshine ol
health and prosperity a man felt tbe need of
something belier, how will he feel when the
shadows of the last hour gather above his pil
low? if. in the warmth of worldly prosperi
ty, Ue was sometimes dismayed, how will be
feel when the last chill creeps over him? if
while thing* were comparatively smooth ho
was disquieted, what will he do in the agonies
of dissolution? “if, in the land of peace in
whicii lie trusted, they wearied him, what
will he do amid the swelling of Jordan?”
Oh. i rejoice to kuow that so many of God’s
children have gnue through that pass without
it shudder! Someone said to a dying
Christian : “Isn't it hard for j ou to get out ol
this world?” oh. no!” he says, “it is easy
dying, It is blessed dying, it Is glorious
dying;” and then he pointed to a clock on the
wall, and he said: “The last two hours iu
which 1 have been dying 1 iiave had more joy
than all the yours of my life.” A General
came into tlie hospital after the loitlle and
there were many seriously wounded, and
loero was one man dying, and the wcneral
said; “Ah. my dear fellow, you seem very
much woandud, 1 am ulraid you are not
going to get well 'V "No,” said the soldier,
"I am not going lo get well, but l
feel very happy.” Oh, 1 have seen them,
and so have you, go out of this life without a
tear ou their cheek ! There was weeping ab
round the room, but no weeping iu the bed;
the cheeks were dry. They were not thrown
down into darkness, they were llfiedup. We
saw the tides rising around them, aud tbe
swelling oi the wave. It washed them off
from the care* and tolls of life; it washed
them on towards the beach of Heaven. They
waved to u* a farewell kiss as they stood on
deck, and floated down further and further,
wafted by gales from Heaven, until they were
lost lo our sight—mortality having become
immortality—
" Life’s duty done, as sinks tho clay,
L gbt from its load ibe spirit flies;
AVlnlc Heaven and oarih combine to say.
How blest the rightetius when he dies!”
What high consolation to you that your do
parted friend • were not submerged in the
swelling of Jordan ! The Israelites were just a*
thoroughly alive on the western banks of the
Jordan a* they had been on the eastern banks
of the Jordan; and our departed Christian
friends have only crossed over-pot sick, not'
dead, not exhausted, not extinguished, not
blotted out, but with healihier respiration
and stouter puses, and keener eyesight, and
tietter prospects, crossed over; their sins,
their ptiysi al and mental disquiet, all left
clear this side, an eternal!* -flowing. Imams.—
able obstacle between them and all human
and Satanic pursuit. Crossed over ! Oh, 1
shake baud* of congratulation with all the
bereaved in the consideration that our de
parted Christian friends are safe!
Why was there tears ago so much joy In
certain circles In New York when people
heard from their friends who were on board
the City of Itru-sels? It was thought that
vessel had gone to tbe bottom of the sea; and
when tne friends on this side heard that the
sieamerhad arrived safeiv In Liverpool, had
wc r.ot the right to congrra'ulate l|ie people
in New York that their friend* had got
safeiv aero-s? And i* It not rlgnt Hits morn
ing ihitt I congratulate you that your de
parted friend* are safe on the sli -re of
heaven? Would you have them back again?
Would rou have those old parents hack
again? You know how hard it was some
times for them to got their breath In
the stifled atmosphere of the summer;
would you have them back in
this summer? Didn’t they use
their brain long enough? Would you have
yourchiidren back again? Would you have
them take the risk of tempt at ions w hich throng
every human pathway? Would you hare them
cross Hie Jordan three times in addition to
crossing it already, and cross it aval's to greet
you now, aud llieu cro-r back afterward? for
certainly you would not want to* keep Hu m
forever out of heaven if they had lived
forty or fiftv years longer, would they have
been safe? Perhaps so, perhaps not,
“Pause and weep, not for tlie freed from
p (in.
But mat the sigh of lore would pull them
back again.”
I ask a question, and there seems to come
back tbe answer In heaven
ly echo: “What! will yon
neyerbeaick again?” "Never—sick— again '
"What! will you never be tired again?”
“Never—tired—again.” “Wnat! will you
never weep again?” “Never— weep—agaiu."
“What! will you never die aginn?” "Never—
die—again.” Oh, ye army of departed kin
dred, we bail you from bank to bank! Wait
for us when the Jordan of death shall part
for us. Gome down and meet us half way
between tbe widowed banks of earth und the
palm sieves of heaven.
“On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wis. ful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land.
Where my possessions Ue.
O. the transporting, rapturous scano
Thai rises on mv sight 1
Sweet fields arrayed in dying green,
And rivers of delight.” •
But thero is one step still in advance sug
gested bv this subject. If this religion of
Christ is' so important in life, and so im
portant'm tho last hours of ilfo. liow much
more important it will be in ihe great
elernity. I need not stand here and argue it
There is something within your soul that says
now, while I speak: “I am immortal, tho
stars shall die. but lam immortal.” You feel
that, your existence on earth Is only a small
piece of your being. It is only a mile up to
the grave, but It Is ion thousand miles beyond.
The slab of the tomb is only the mile
atone on which we re.td of inflelte dis
tance \ut to be traveled. Tho world
itaelf will grow old aim die. The rare of our
night will burn down In their sockets and ex
hire. The sun, like a spark struck from an
anvil, will flash und go om. The wind* will
| utter their last whisper, and ocean hcave.lie
I last groau; but yoif and I will ilvo f*ruvur.
Gigantic—immortal. Mighty to suffer or
enjoy. Mighty to love or hate. Mighty to
soar or to sink. Ttien, what will be to us tho
store, the shop, the office, the applause of the
world, the scorn of our enemies, the things
that lifted us up, and the things that pressed
us down? What to John Wesley are all the
mobs that howled niter him? What to j"*;
•■Hire are all the nations that applauded him?
What to Haul now, the dungeons that
chilled him? W hat to I.aUuier now,
the flames that consumed him? All those
who through the grace of Christ reuoh
that land, will never he disturbed.
None to dispute their throne, they shall reign
for ever and ever. Ilut, alas, for those who
have made no preparation for the future.
When the sharp-shod hoofs of eternal disas
ter come up panting and swift to go over
them, how will they contend with horses?
And when the waves ot their wretchedness
rise up, white and foamy, under the swoop
ing of eterntfl storms, and the billows become
more wrathful and dash more high, oh, what
will thev do ••amid Ihe swelling of .Jordan ?'
If I could come Into your heart this moment
I would see that many of you, my dear
friends, had vowed to be the Lord’s. I know
not what sickness it was, or what trial, but 1
verily believe there is not a man in the house
but has sometime vowed he would lie tho
Lord’s. It might have been at the time when
your child lay sick vou said: *‘o Lord, If
thou wilt let this child get well, I will be a
Christian.” Or it might have been in some
business trouble, when you have said: “O
Lora if thou wilt let me keep my uroperty i
will be a Christian.” You Kept your prop
erty, your child got well, the peril passed.
Are you a Christian? History says lung
ago it had been announced that the world
was coming to an end, and there
was great excitement in London. It was said
tiiat tho world would perish on a certain (ri
day. On Tuesday, Wednesday .Thursday and
Friday the people were iu the Cathedral,
praying and weeping. It seemed as if the
whole English nation was being converted to
(iod, for it whs announced ns certain by phil
osophers that on that coining Friday the
world would perish. Friday came, and there
were no portents, no fires In tho air, do earth
quake-, The day passed along just like every
other dav, and when it was past and tho night
came, it is said that in London
there was a eeene of riot, and wassail,
and drunkenness and debauchery such as had
never been witnessed. They forgot their
vow, they forgot their repentance, they for
got their good resolutions. Uh, how raU' ii
human nature in that! While trials and mis
fortunes come to us. and we are down deep In
darkness and trouble we make vows. We
ssy: “Oil, Lord, do so, and I willdoso.”
The darkness passes, the peril goes away. We
are as we were before, or worse; for oh, how
often I have seen men start for the kingdom
of (Toil, come up to withiu arm’s reach of it,
and thou go back farther from God than they
ever were before, dropping from the very
moment of their privilege into darkness for
ever! Oh, now ungrateful we have been! Do
you know how much God has done for you
and for me? Have you never felt It? How
much He did for vou to-day! Who spread the
table for you? Who watched you last night?
Who has been kind and good to you all your
lifo long? Oh. how ungrateful
we have been! Methtnks the good
ness of God ought to lead this whole
audience to repentance. I know not your
individual history. Some of you I never saw
before, some of you I will neversee again: but
I know that God lias been good to you. Wlia’
return have you marie? There was a steamer
on one of the Western lakes heavily laden
with passengers, and there was a little child
who stood on the side of the taffrail, leaning
over and waichlng the water, when she lost
her balauce ami dropped into the waves.
The lake was verv rough. The motner cried:
‘•Save tny child! Save my child!” There
seemed none disposed to loap into the water.
There was a Newfoundland dog on deck. He
looked mi in his master’s face, as if for or
ders. His master said: “Tray, overboard,
caleli ’em!” The dog sprang into tho
water, caught the child by the gar
ments, and 1 swam back to the
steamer. The chid was picked
up bv loving hands, the dog was- lifted on
'leek, ami the mother, ere she fainted away,
in utter thanksgiving to that dog, threw her
arms around its neck and kissed it; but the
dog shook himself off from her embrace, and
went aud laid down as though he had ac
complished nothing. Sliall a mother be grate
ful to a dog that saves her child, and bo
ungrateful to the bon of God who, from the
heights of heaven, plunged Into the deptns of
darkness, and suffering, and woe that He
might lift us up out of our sin and place us on
thgrock of ages? Oh, the height, the depth, the
length, the infinity, the horror of our in
gratitude! Don’t you treat .Jesus like that
any more. Don’t you thrust Him back from
your soul. He has been the best friend you
ever had You will want Him after a while.
When the world is going away from your
grasp, and nil the lights that shine on your
soul are going out. and the friends that stand
around you can do you no.good. and you feel
your f. et slipping from beneath you-sih, then
vou will want Him—the loving Jesus, tho
sympathetic Jesus, tho pardoning Jesus—to
Bland close by you. and hold you up “amid
the swelling of Jordan!”
Fort Meade’s Progress.
Fort Meade, Fj.a., Feb. 27.—C. H.
Alley tie, It new settler, is having a hand
some residence erected near the centre of
town, on the brow of the historic bill
upon wiiicb the United States fort stood
during the Indian troubl-s.
There haa been considerable notfvity in
real estatfe during the past week, a num
ber ol large sales having been made and
several new families settled. So many
Englishmen are locating here that the
town is becoming “quite English, you
know.”
The strep? railway, which has only been
in operation two months, is paying so
well that the stock is in demand snd sell
ing readily at 20 per cent, above par.
G. D.irbishire is experimenting with
Jamaica ginger, and says that be can
raise it successfully here.
\Vrooked on a Bridge.
Nkkdi.es, Cal., Feb. 27.—An east
bound Atlantic and I’aci'kc railroad pas
senger train, due bere at 9:45 o’clock this
evening, ran Into a broken down
bridge tour miles west of this
place. The engine and baggage, mail
and exprees cars caught Ore
and were destroyed. E. L. Gilbert, a
hrakeman, two Indians and a tramp were
burned to death. Engineer Hodzdon is
not expected to live. E. L. Peppln, mall
agent, and I. K. Dickinson are seriously
hurt. Dr. M. J. Chase, of Galesburg,
111., *vas bruised about the head, and W.
Marin, of Quincy, 111., bad one leg in
jured. Very little express baggage or
mail was saved.
No Devolution at Sophia.
London, Feb. 27.—The report that a
revolution bad broken out at Bopbia arose
from the taut that a trifling disturbance
occurred there, resulting in the arrest of
a few Russians.
Franco’s Budget.
Paris, Feb. 27.— The Senate bas adopted
the budget as modified by the Chamber
of, Deputies and has adjourned until
March 7.
Tho Mayflower Going to England.
Boston, Feb. 27.— The yapht May.
flower will go to England to compete lor
the Queen’s cup.
••Rough on Dirt.”
'Ask for “Rough on Dirt;” a pertect
washing powder iouud at last! A harm
less, extra flne A1 article, pure and
clean, sweelcna, tresbena, bleaches and
whitens without aligbteat injury to flnest
labrio. Unequalled for flne linens and
laces, general household, kitchen and
laundry use. Soltens water, eavee labor
and eoap. Added to starch prevents yel
lowing. 6c„ 100., 2Ao. at Grooera.
•lioehu-Halba."
Quick, enmplete cure, all annoying Kid
ney. Bladder and Urinary Diseases. $1
At Druggists.
• PRICE #lO ATKAR.J
{ 5 CRN Is A COPY. J
MISS PATTEN’S WEDDING.
A BRILLUNT SCENE IN HElf
MO) HKR’S F A DACE.
Fifty Room* Gay with Flowers unit
Aglow with Gas Jets —The Bridal
Dress aud Fortune In Diamonds— How
President Cleveland Found Hlmselt
Locked Out of the White House.
Washington, Feb. 20.—The weddlDg
of Congressmen Glover and Miss Augusta
Patten, of this city, which took place lasi
Monday night, excelled In brilliancy any
thing which bas ever ooourred in the nup<
tial line in Washington, not excepting
the marriage of President Cleveland leBS
than a year ago. Those invited to the
ceremony and reception included the
most prominent anu best known people
in this city, St. Louis and New York.
Many invitations were eent to
Rome, Vienna and other cities in Eu<9B
where Mrs. Patton and her daug.wV
have resided. The ceremony oocurreiWl
8 p. m., and was performed after the man
ner of the Roman Catholic Church, bj?
Father Chappelie. It was the first nota
ble event that occurred in the I’JUL'I
house that Mrs. Patten has built
ultra-fashionable northwest portion of
the oity since her return from a twelve
years’ sojourn in Europe. It is a double
house, ot splendid proportions, and cong
tains nearly titty rooms, one of the state
liest of which was the room where the
ceremony was performed. It was bean
tilully decorated with asparagus vines,
the green relieved by white tulips and
whiter roses. The bridal party stood be
neath the arobway at tbe western side of
the room, wbich opens into a large
aloove, at the end o( winch there is a su
perb mantel of Mexican onyx surround
ing, and above au open fireplace. AS
either side of this fireplace there are win
dows set with opalescent glass iu dia
monds, and pretty designs iu blue and
pink. Suspended from the oentie of the'
arch was a canopy nine feet square,
made of flowers ami asparagus plutnosa.
Back of the canopy the archway was
draped with curtains reaching from tbe
ceiling to tue floor, made ol
the same beautiful asparagus plumes*
and flowers, and caught back witn large
bouquets of while roses. Tbe four door*
in this room were draped in the same
manner. In the aloove the mantel was
banked with cut flowers; tbe tire board
was a solid mass of green and flowers set
in a H ume ol onyx, while pots of fl >wers
in bloom stood on tbg window seats and
in tbe corners by the mantel and else
where. Just within this fairy bower tub
happy couple stood to be made husband
and wife. The wrdding dress was a mar
vel o| beauty, and in texture and costli
ness far exceeded anyming before
seen iu Washington. it was a
complete work ol art. The bigh
bodice and square court train and tha
front panel were made of tbe richest oi
uncut, creamy-colored velvet, with satin
embossed ettect. '1 he side of tbe skirt
was covered with cascades of Duohessa
lace. The bodies bad a high collar of
white satin, witn a pointed revere of tho
same crossing tbe bosom and appearing
again upon tbe skirt as a levers. Tha
slippers and gloves were of a light tan
color. The veil was of tulle, and held in
place by diamond pins and small bunches
of flowers. The bridal bouquet was com
posed of white orobtds and -
valley. Mrs. Patten, the mother
bride, wore a beautliui dress of electric*
blue faille and uncut velvet, draped in
front with point d’Alenoon lace, which
was her own wedding veil. A panel enj*
ing in a point at the left side <Tr
tho dress was composed of cut
steel. The corsage was low
and rlob with lace. Hhe wore a mag
nificent necklace ot diamonds with six
pendants of sapphires set with diamonds;
a rope of black pearls and eight diamond
stars in tbe hair. Her handnercbiet was
of black Chantilly point lace. Tbe cere
mony was fo!lowed,by a superb supper.
Tbe presents filled an entire room on tbe
second floor, and there was everything In
tbe shape of silverware, jewelry, brlo-a.
brae, etc.. In the colleotinn. The gfoom’s
gilts were a necklace of titty-four very
fine diamonds, with a earved moonstone
pendant, two diamond rinas, a pearl set
ring, a diamond bracelet and a patrol
diamond earrings. A pendant of pearls
and diamonds as large as a S2O gold pjfce
and a pair of opera glasses of solid gold
were tbe gift ol Senator and Mrs.
Leiand Stanford. Mrs. J. P. Jones
gave a beautiful silver, gold-lined
bowl, and Mr. Glover’s colleagues,
Messrs. Hatch, Dockery, Burnes. Heard,
Hutton, Stone, Clardy. Wade aud Car
mer, presented the pair with a pretty
clock and a table of onyx. A large silvei
repousse gold-lined bowl from Senator
Fair was much admired. The gift of
Father Cbappelle, who married them,
was a beautifully embroidered agnus
del and a pair of silken scaoulars. Tbs
bridal couple went to San Francisco t<U
spend a lew months, and on their returiP
will reside lit Ht. Louis, Congressman
Glover’s home.
MISS VAN VKCHTEN, OF ALBANY.
An incident connected with the present
visit to this city of Miss Cleveland, the
President’s sister, and her friend, Miss
Annie Van V,cbten, of Albany, has been
one of the side bus or drawing-room talk
in Washington this week. It Illustrates
how wide of the truth unofficial
rumors usually are. Miss Cleveland
is a guest at tbe White House, while
Miss Van Vechten is entertained by Mrs.
Hleeker Banks, of Ainany, who bas a
bouse in Washington this season. Both
Mies Cleveland and Mies Van Vechten
were among those present at the last re
ception given at the White House this
week. Miss Van Vechten enjoyed It ns
much as if she had never been deslg.
uated by tbe vrua
to till the place her
eucceHsiul rival. It will be remembered
that Miss Van Vecbteu was tbe guest of
Mies Cleveland a year ago, and that tbe
gossips were certain that she was to marry
tue President, but both she anil her friend,
Miss Cleveland, knew at that time that
President Cleveland and Miss Folsom
were engaged and would.he married
when that youug from
Europe in June. a laughing
wav of Miss V- alleged
rivalry with Miss lor the hand of
the President, a young Indr, now of thin
oity, wdo was Mrs. Cleveland’s school
mate at Wells College, told a group ot
friend* nt tbe reception of the only
girl who was ever looked upon
as n possible rival of Mrs.
Cleveland when sue was in collego
The young girl was Mlee Kate Willard
whose oapabilltiea made her Mrs. Cleve
land’s natural rival in class work, though
the two werealmoet inseparable "cbum
rates” as tne girls used to any. If Miss
Wr illard and Miss Folsom had not been
warm friends they would probably have
grown to be bitter rivals, for there were
no two student* at Welle *o nearly
matched in point of brains, beauty anil
brightness. When tbe young ladies
graduated both went abroad, one to buy
her bridal trousseau, ihe other to go w
tho Berlin Conservapj.re of Musle to