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I ESTABLISHED I MAO. i | J. 11. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor, f WOOLFOLK AT ATLANTA. THE AUTHORITIES AFRAID TO KEEP HIM AT MACON. Ho Protests Innocence and Says the Crime is Too Sad to Talk About—A Possibility That He Attempted to Outrage His Sister—3.ooo People Around the Graves of the Dead. Macon, Ga., Aug. 7.—Fully 3,000 people were at Rose Hill cemetery this morning at 10 o’clock to witness the funeral ceremonies over the Woolf oik victims. Nine hearses brought in theliodios at the appointed time. Owing to the size of the undertaking the graves could not be prepared in time and the coffins wore placed side by side in an adjoining section to await their completion. Mcanwhilo a heavy shower came up, completely drench ing everything, but it did not dampen the interest of the people who stood and gazed horror stricken at the unusual sight. THE MURDERER’S SISTER ARRIVES. While waiting upon the workmen Dr. J. R. Branham, of Forsyth, conducted the funeral rites. His remarks were touching and appropriate, and melted the large con course to tears during the delivery. Mrs? Edwards, of East Macon, an own sister of Tom Woolfolk, the murderer, arrived dur ing the ceremonies and saw the coffins for the first time. She had been prostrated with hysteria ever since she had heard tho awful nows. As soon as her eyes met tho sight she gave vent to piercing screams that Were heard over the large cemetery. THE DEAD WIFE’S FATHER. The aged father of Mrs. Woolfolk, Mr. Howard, and his sons, Charles and John, were also present. The old man, with his white hair loose down his shoulders, pre sented a pitiable spectacle in his great grief. The graves, nine in all, were not finished before 4 o’clock this afternoon, when tho burial took place. The bodies were interred side by side. Tom Woolfolk was taken by the Sheriff to Atlanta, on this morning’s early train. This was done as a precautionary measure, as it was feared the terrible scene of the fu neral would excite the crowd to madness. BLOOD AND BRAINS. There are no new developments since yes terday. The clothing fished out of tho well had blood and brains on it. As far as learned, Woolfolk lias not attempted to ex plain their presence in the well. The com munity is still terribly worked up over the matter, as the murdered family was highly connected in this city, and well thought of over the entire county. There seems to be little doubt in tho public mind that Tom Woolfolk is the murderer. A theory of the crime advanced to-day is that Woolfolk attempted to outrage his sis ter Pearl, w hich some say he had attempted before, and failing began the wholesale slaughter to cover up the blackness of the deed. This theory, however, is not gener ally accepted. After butchering his victims he went back and felt them all to see if their lips were sealed, and unless he confesses it will newer be positively known exactly how and why he did it. IN FULTON COUNTY JAIL. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 7.—Thomas G. Woolfolk, charged with the massacre in Bibb county Friday night, was brought here from Macon this morning and put in Fulton jail for safekeeping. He sent for Judge Junion T. Nisbett during -the day and tided to employ him as counsel, offering him a big fee. He said as all the family were killed save his own sisters he would now get the greater portion of his father’s property, and could pay his lawyer well. Nisbett has not yet decided to take the ease. Woolfolk asked the Judge’s advice as to talking, as numbers of reporters were asking to see him. Ho was advised that he had better hold his tongue. TALKED A LITTLE. The prisoner talked a little about the crime before this, but protested innocence. In reference to the charge that another crime was committed besides murder he said there would be another murder if he could get to the fatlier of that charge. Your 'si [-respondent visit'd the prisoner in his cell tliis afternoon, but the prisoner, while willing to talk on other topics, refused to be interviewed touching the crime. He said it was too sad to discuss and he pre ferred to be silent. He was self-possessed, rational and showed no grief or other emo tion. Home fear is expressed by the jail authorities that the general feeling in the community over the crime may lead to some effort at violence to the prisoner here, but they are amply prepared to protect him. A PEACEMAKER KILLED. Contractor Horne Loses Hia Life in the Kimball House. Atlanta, Ga. , Aug. 7.—To-night Samuel S. Venable, a well-known contractor, and A. B. N. Veal, a merchant of Stone Moun tain, had a diiiiculty at the Kiml>a)l House, during which Venable knocked Veal down, when the latter shot nt him twice, attempt ing to kill him. C. D. Horne, of the firm of Miles A: Horne. contractors for the new capitol, rushed in to part the men, and, "'ldle he was holding Venable, one of the bullets penetrated hiR brain, killing 'dm almost instantly. Mr. Horne was about 40 years old, mid leaves u wife and three children. The other bullet lodged in ' cal's right foot, making a painful wound. It was extracted by Dr. Van Gaidtanoren. Jon) also received severe wounds on the face, Venable striking him violently with jus own pistol while he still held it in hia jiaml. Venable was not armtd, neither was he hurt. Hix weclts ago Venable and J.cal had n diiiiculty at Htone Mountain but did not come to blows. Venable denounced * cal because ho tried to make Venable's workmen pav a street tax. Venable denied his rieht to do so. Void hud Venable ar rested and fined for disorderly conduct and 'enable told him that he would settle with 1,11,1 the next time he saw him. They l'.avo J*°t mot since until to-night when they niet by accidental, the Kimball. Veal jR n member of the Town Council of Stone “fountain. Both men wore arrested. Seventh Day Ad vent lets. Hatuuhonbvro, Va>. Aug. 7.—The Sov- Mith Day Adventists are holding their un niialeiunp meeting in the suburbs of this J'kice. Crowded excursion trains wore run Ironi Winchester and Lexingt.m to-dav, car rying 8 000 visitors to the grounds. Minis jj’mof that faith from almost every State in •he Union are present and many converts tavo been made. * Arrested on the Frontier. Paris, Aug. 7.—M. Paul Deronlede, who CjVl intended to lo present, at the funeral of rj kntkoff, was arrested and detained on I, Russian frontier while on the way to *j'*scow because be hail no passport. He was too late to attend the funeral. Mademo Domorost’a Brother Dead. ‘■rAfNToN, Va., Aug. 7.—Capt. E. L. V'rtU. a brother of Msduiue Demoreet, of York- dhsl to-day from injuria* ro w'lved at the Chusapeake and Ohio wreck Ifcmsdav. no® HW I K ill l)W 000 JHotfninjj KILLED BY POWDER. Anti-Prohibition Fire Works Cost Two Boys Their Lives. Chicago, Aug. 7. —A special from Fort Worth, Tex., says: Last night a number of men and boys were collected on the public square engaged in firing anvils and dis charging fireworks in honor of the victory won in the State by the Anti-Prohibitionists, when an accident occurred that lias already resulted in two deaths, and in all probability another will follow. A kog of powder had been secured for the occasion, and one of the boys seated liimsolf thereon, when some One from tho other side of the square iired a rocket which struck the keg or powder causing a terrific explosion. James Lazepby, 17 veal's old, was blown several feet iuto the air. Ho was burned on every part of his body, and expired this morning. Wave Hatched, aged fi years, was burned nearly as bad as Lazouby. He died this af ternoon. Gus Hatehell, aged 11 years, was stripped of his clothing from his flips clown. He can not recover. Two ether boys, Sam Johnson and Wil liam Saskaberry, were terribly,but uot neces sarily fatally burned. RIOTOUS ORANGEMEN. A Party of Nationalists on a Picnic Assaulted Along the Route. Belfast, Aug. 7. —A party of Nation alist members of the Order of Foresters went to Port Rush to-day on two special trains. They were met at the Port Rush station by a crowd of Orangemen and a sharp tight ensued, bottles and stories being used as missiles. All of the decent inhabitants, and the English and American tourists who happened to be in the town, took refuge in houses. Tho disturbance was finally quelled by the police. While returning to Belfast the Nationalists were stoned all along the line by the Orangemen, who had been in formed of the riot at Port Rush. Nearly all the windows of tho train were broken. The Nationa list,replied with bottles and pis tols, A youth who was standing on a bridge at Ballymoney station when tho train jiassed was shot, and has since died. A Presbyte rian minister and a youth were wounded at Ballymena. When the train arrived at Belfast there was further trouble, but the police soon restored order. FOWL BLOWS IN THE RING. The Referee Gives the Ashton-Goss Fight to Goss. New London, Conn., Aug. 7.—A Prize fight for $250 a side between Mott Goss of this city and Jim Nelson of Williamsburgh, took place on Fisher’s Island at day-break this morning. It was fought under Marquis of Queensbury rules, with two ounce gloves. Both men showed much science und did some heavy, hut not effec tive hitting. In the second, fourth, eighth and twelfth rounds Nelson struck Goss foul blows, which Ashton did uot allow.but simply cautioned Nelson against their repetition. In the sixteenth and last round Nelson struck Goss two foul blows and Ashton de clared the fight at an end and in favor of Goss. Both men escaped severe punish ment. TWENTY-THREE ROUNDS. Chicago, Aug. 7.—Sid Clark, of New York, and Dan Hart, of California, fought twenty-three rounds near Omaha to-day. Hart was knocked out and was so badly punished that his condition is critical. GATHERING OF THE YACHTS. Prospects That They Will Have a Favorable Wind for Their Run. Cottage City, Mass., Aug. 7.—Sixty vessels of the New York squadron anchored in tho harbor to-day. This afternoon a meeting was held on board the Electra, to determine the dates for the competitive races at New York, which will decide the competitor of the This tle in the international race. The dates assigned are Sept. 13, 15 and 17, and the place New York harbor. The gen eral order for to-morrow’s races commands all yachtmen to be on board by daylight, and in readiness for a start at the fl rin g, of the gun at 7 o’clock. The wind which has blown briskly from the northeast ail day, has rap idly died down since 4 o'clock, and it is lie lioved that a southerly wind will spring up before morning. In that event, instead <k having to beat against tho wind, the yachts will make the run almost dead before it all the way to Marblehead. PROHIBITIONISTS DEFEAT. Indications that tho Majority will be 125,000. Galveston, Aug. 7.—Returns received by the Galveston -Vries from 507 voting pre cincts in the State show a majority of 93,345 against the prohibition amendments and in dicate that tlie amendments has been de feated in the whole State by over 135,000 votes. There is no doubt that all the other amendments are defeated by smaller majorities, but as all interest was centered in the prohibition amendments voting on the other amend ments was comparatively lost sight of, hence the majority against them cannot be given with any degree of accuracy until the official vote is announced. CHINA’S NEW BANK. Special Envoys Start for this Country to Perfect the Details. Shanghai, Aug. 7. —M. Mitkewitz with two special Chinese envoys started for Washington to-day, having secured an im perial decree sanctioning the forma tion of a banking syndicate. Tho project, now only awaits ratification in America. The immediate capital of the proposed bank will Is* 50,000,(XX) tools, tho management having power to in crease the sum. A dozen of the principal American banks will advance the money. Li Hang Chang will be chairman, with a joint American and Chinese management. The first work to lie undertaken will tie a railway lietweon Pekin and Tiensein and Canton. London's Bier Firs. LONDON, Aug. 7*—Five engines are still playing upon the ruins of the Whiteley establishment, which is completely gutted. Tlie loss is estimated at from £'.400,000 to £350.000. Three bodies liave been extri cated from the ruins. It is believed that there are four more bodies buried in the ruins, n cries of distress were heard after the explosion that occurred whiio tho fire was burning. Gottingen’s University. Gottingen, Aug. 7.— Prince Albrecht, as rector. Minister Von Gomler, and other dis tinguished persons, woro present to-dny at the celebration of tho 150th anniversary of the founding of the Gottingen University. The town was filled with visitors, who had come to take part in the festivities. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1887. A DULL WEEK. Many Charlestonians Seeking Pleasure at Summer Resorts. Charleston, Aug. 6. —So many Charles ton people have gone to the mountains, to tho springs and to the North, and so many more to the Farmer’s Encampment at Spnr eanburg, that the week has Iwen unusually dull here. The stay at homes have had nothing to do but to discuss the proposed October gala week, the Edgefield trial, and the colored Baptist church war, with semi occasional fillups iu the way of open air concerts ou the Battery and on the lake. Apropos of the lako, old Charlestonians resident ou will scarcely know that the “lake” was once the Rutledge street pond, which was for many years au eye sore and a stench in the nostrils of tho community. It has been converted now into one of the most delightful of afternoon resorts. The pond has been dredged, and is flooded always by means of flood gates. The old mud and oyster shell banks have been replaced with walls and embankments of concrete, and the old weed-grown green has given way to an eiubankinont and lawn, with comfortable seats aud shade trees. The lake and lawn are lighted by electric lights, and a fleet of small boats constantly dot the surface of the lake. Its old friends would scarcely recognize tho “pond” or the new “lake, terrace and lawn.” WHEN A COLORED CHURCH MEMBER IS HAPPY. The colored church member of Charleston is never happy unless he Is engaged in a law suit. The African Methodists have had their squabble which resulted in a secession and the formation of an Independent Re form church, which, by the way, has now a very largo membership. The Bap tist brethren are now engaged in a war in comparison to which the famous Bethel church war, or the slaughter of the Hugue nots, are not to be considered. The fight has been going on for some time, and through various stages of the civil and criminal courts. The parson, Rev. J. C. Butler, and his supporters constitute one faction and the stewards and their sup porters the other. Iu April last the church building on Morris street was burned. The war was under lair progress at the time. The church was insured for SI,OOO, and the fight was then directed to securing the insurance money, both factions claim ing 'it. Each faction charged the other with setting fire to the edifice. The Stew ard faction yesterday soqurod a magnificent victory. They swore out an affidavit charg ing Parson Butler and three of his staunch est allies with setting fire to the, church, made out a prima facie showing, and the parson and hts cabinet have been committed to jail, arson being an unbailablo offense. Both sides are represented by able counsel, however, and the end is not yet. To-day the leading lights of the steward faction were arrested on a charge of perjury. At this rate the whole congregation will soon be in jail. The only difficulty about the matter is that Charleston at present has no jail, aud there will bo some difficulty in providing for the prisoners. The temporary stockade, which lias lieen doing duty for a jail since the earthquake, is burelv large enough to hold the every-day criminals. One of the coun sel in the case facetiously suggests that the insurance money, on which the fight is lieing waged, be used for the purpose of building a temporary jail to accommodate the Bap tist brethren of Cavalry church. MRS. CLEVELAND IN THE SURF. She Takes Her First Plunge Into the Waters of Buzzard’s Bay. Marion, Mass., Aug. s.— Mrs. Cleveland took her first clip in the waters of Buzzard’s Bay this morning. She enjoyed it hugely, all the more, perhaps, because she had out witted the people of Marion, who had shown by their previous liehavior tlieir curiosity to see how the “first lady of the land” looked in tho witter. Only her mother ac eompaniod her to the little beach thus hon ored. Every movement within tho Hail Icy cottage was noted by many sharp eyes. The people knew that breakfast was later than usual, but those who saw Mrs. Cleveland accompanying Mr. and Mrs. Gilder on a moonlight row on the bay last night ex pected n late breakfast at the cottage. After breakfast the comfortable phaeton which lias been placed at Mis. Cleveland’s dis posal was driven up to tho door. Mrs. Cleveland handles the ribbons herself with much skill, and irindea very pretty pic ture as she drove off. She wore a blue and white striped dress and gray jacket, with wide cuffs and a deep collar of white linen. Her hat was a white straw sailor, with a baud ot blue and white striped ribbon. Her mother sat by her side. E veryliody thought that Mrs. Cleveland intended taking a long drive. In that they made a mistake. Mr. George Delano lias the only sandy strip of beaell in the town of Marion, and that was her destination. His estate lies on wlmt, is called “Little Neck,” aiul comprises 75 or 100 acres of grassy meadows and a wonder fully lovely grove of pines and oaks. At tho edge of tno meadow stands the little bathing house, and here Mix Cleveland took her plunge into the seu. When Mrs. Cleveland drove back to the town tlie people saw nt once that she had outwitted them. Tlie little tendrils of hair about her face showed the effects of the water, but only in charming manner. Many women looked with envious eyes on the deli cate curls, that only heightened the lieauty of her features, ami thought of their own locks, that persisted ill standing like pikers whenever they indulged in a sea bath. “She couldn’t look like a wet hen, if she tried,” said one woman, and she told the truth. In the afternoon Mrs. Cleveland and others of the party enjoyed a long ride. It is lindei-stood that Prof. L. A. 1-ee, of the Fish Commission, lias arranged to take the party out in the revenue cutter, now at Wood’s Hold, to-morrow. It is probable that a short visit will iio |iaid to Secretary Bayard’s family at Mattapoisett, as Miss Florence, his daughter, said to lie a great favorite of Mrs. Cleveland is there. Stabbed in Prison. Nashville, Aug. 7.--A cutting nfTrny oc curred in the State penitentiary hero this j evening. William Ferguson and Green Foster, convicts, were playing cards when Ferguson asserttsl that Foster owed him two j cents and a half. Foster denied this and u quarrel ensued. Foster got a long knife and i plunged it into Ferguson's neck. The blow severed the jugular vein and Ferguson fell dealt. A Domlnio Elopes With a Married Woman. Chicago, Aug. 7.— A special from Jones villo, Wii, says: “This city Is in an uproar of excitement over the elopement of Rev. D. Seymour, pastor of tlie Metltodist Episco pal Cuurch, and Mrs. Annie J. Henry, wife of J. A. Henry, editor of the Argun. Both jiarties are prominent in society and relig ious matters.” Six New Cases at Key West. Kev West, Aug. 7. Six now cases of yellow fever Imve been reputed by tho Board of Health since yesterday and one death The record stands: Total cases to date 131; total deaths 45; total cur'd 43; still sick 78. TALMAGE ON INSURANCE. JOSEPH THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST COMPANY. Bread During Egypt’s Seven Years of Famine the Reward Paid to Policy holders—A Sermon Which Should be Run as an Advertisement by the In surance Companies. The Hamptons, Aug. 7 —The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage’s sermon for to-day was on the important subject of “Life and Fire Insurance; the Christian Principles In volved.” His text was: “Let him appoint officers over the land, aud tuke up tho fifth part of the laud of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.”—Genesis xli. v. 34. These were the words of Joseph, the President of tho first life insurance com pany that tho world ever saw. Pharaoh had a dream that distracted him. Ho thought ho stood on the banks of the river Nile, and saw coming up out of tho river, seven fat, sleek, glossy cows, aud they began to browse in the thick grass. Nothing fright ful about that. But after them, coming out of the same river, he saw seven cows that were gaunt und starved, and the worst look ing cows that had ever been seen in the land, and in tho ferocity of hungir they devoured their seven fat predecessors. Pharaoh, the King, sent for Joseph to decipher these midnight hieroglyphics. Joseph made short work of it, and intimated the seven fat cows that came out of the river are seven years with plenty to eat, the seven emaciated cows that followed them, are seven years with nothing to eat. “Now," said Joseph, “let us take one-fifth of the corn crop of tho seven prosperous years, and keep it as a pro vision for the seven years in which there shall be no corn crop’” The King took the counsel and appointed Joseph, because of his integrity and public-apiriteunoss, as tho president of the undertaking. The farmers paid one-fifth of their income as a premium. In all the towns and cities of the land there were branch houses. This great Egyptian life insurance company had mil lions of dollars us assets. After awhile the dark (lays came, aud the whole nation would lmvo starved if it had not been for tlie provision they hail made for the future. But now these suffering families tiail noth ing to do but go up anu collect the amount of their life policies. The Bible puts it in one short phrase: “In all the land of Egypt there was bread.” I say this was the first life insurance company. It was divinely organized. It had in it all the advantages of the “whole life plan,” of tho “tontine plan,” of the “reserved endowment plan,” and all the other good plans. We are told that Rev. Dr. Auhate, of Lincolnshire, Eng land, originated the first life insurance com pany in 1098. No! It is as old as tho corn cribs of Egypt; and Uoil Himself was the author and originator. If that were not so I would not take your time and mine in Sabbath discussion of this subject. I feel it is a theme vital, religious and of inlinit ■ im poit, the morals of life and fire insurance. About ton or twelve years ago there was a great panic in life insurance which did good. Under the storm the untrustworthy and bogus institutions were scattered, while the genuine were tested and firmly estab lished, and where do** the Life Insurance Institution stand to-day? What amount of comfort, of education, of moral aud spir itual advantage is represented in the simple statistics that in this oountry tho life insur ance companies in one year jiaid seven mil lion dollars to the families of the bereft; and in five years they paid three hundred mil lions of dollars to tne families of the bereft; and are promising to ]iay—and hold them selves in readiness to pay—two thousand millious of dollars to the families of the bereft! They have actually paid out more in divi dends and death claims than they have ever received in premiums. I know of what I speak. The life insurance companies of this country paid more than seven millions of dollars or taxes to the government In five years. 80, instead of these companies lieing indebted to the land, the land is indebted to them. To cry out against life insurance because hero and there one company has l>e haved badly is as absurd as it would be for a man to burn down a thousand acres of harvest field in order to kill the moles and potato bugs—as preposterous as a man who should blow up a crowded steamer in mid Atlantic for the purpose of destroying tho barnacles on the bottom of tho hulk. But what does the Bible say in regard to this subject? If the Bible favors the insti tution, I will favor it; if the Bible de nounces it, I will denounce it. In addition to the forecast of Joseph in the text, I call to your attention Rauf’s comparison. Here is one man who, through neglect, fails to support his family while he lives, or after he dies. Here is another man, who abhors tho Scriptures, and rejects God. Which of those men is the worse? Well, you say, the latter. Raul says tho former. Raul says that a man who neglects to care for his household is more obnoxious than a man who rejects the Scriptures: “He that pro videth not for his own. and especially those of his own household, is worse than an in fidel.” Life insurance companies help most of us to provide for our families alter we are gone; but, if wo have the money to pay the premiums and do not pay them, we have no right to expect merev at tho hand of God in the Judgment. We are worse than Tom Raine, worse than Voltaire, aud worse than Bhaftesbury. Tlie Bible de clares it—we are worse than an infidel. After the certificate of death lias been made out, and thirty or sixty days have passed, and the offl(sr of a life insurance company (■Ames into the bereft houiehold, and pays down the hard cash on an insurance jiolicy, that officer of the company is jierfoniiiug a positively religious rito, according to the Apostle James, who says: “True religion and uudelileil before God and the. Father is this: To visit the fatherless and the widow in their affliction,” and so oil. The religion of Christ proposes to take care of the tern fioral wants of the people as well us the spiritual. When Ilezekmh wus dying the injunction came to him: “Set thy house in order, for thou sliult die and not live.” That injunction in our day would mean: “Make your will; settle up your accounts; make tilings plain; don’t dais live yuur heirs with rolls of worthless mining stock; don’t deceive them with deeds for Western lauds that will never yield any crop but chills and fever; don’t leave for them notes that have been outlawed, and second mort gages on property that will not pay the first.” “Set tny house in order.” Tiuit is, fix up tiling*, so your going out of the world may make as little consternation aspissibln. Koe the lean cattle devouring the fat cattle, and in the time of plenty prepare for the time of want. The difficulty is, w hen men think of their death, they arc afraid to think of It only In connection with tluJr spiritual welfare, and not of the devastation in the household which will coma bwsiuse of tlieir emigration from it. It is meanly seUish for you to lie so ulworbud in the heaven to which you are going that you forgot what is to be come of your wife and children after you are dead. You oen go out of this world without leaving a dollar and ret die happy if you could not provide for them; you can trust them in the Guilds of tho God who owns all the harvests, and tlie herds, and the flock*; but If you could pay the premiums on a policy and neglect them, it is a mean thing for von to go up to heaven while they ro Tnyi the noor horns* Von. at death, move into a mansion, river front., und they move into two rooms on the fourth story of a tenement house in a back street. When they are out at the elbows und knees, the thought of your splendid robe in heaven will not keep them warm. The minister may preach u splendid sermon over your remains, aud tho quartette may sing like four angels in the organ loft; but your death will be a swindle. You had the means to provide for the comfort of your household wheu you left it, and you wick edly neglected it. “O,” says someone, “I have more faith than you; 1 lielieve when I go out of this world, the Lord will provide for them.” Go to Blackwell’s Island, go through all the poor houses of the coun try, and I will show you how often G(xl provides for the neglected children of neglectful pa rents. That is. Ho provides for them through public charity. As for myself, I would rather have the Lord pro vide for my family in a private home, and through my own industry, and paternal, and conjugal faithfulness. But, says some man: “I mean in the next ten or twenty years to make a great fortune, and so I shall leave my family, when 1 go out of this world, very comfortable.” How do you know you are going to live ten or twenty years ; If we could look up the highway of the future, we would see it crossed by pneu monias, and pleurisies, and consumptions, and colliding rail trains, and runaway horses, and breaking bridges, and funeral processions. Are you so certain you are going to live tpn or twenty years you can warrant your household any comfort after you go away from them? Beside that, the vast majority of men die poor! Two, only, out of a hundred suc ceed in business. Are you very certain you aro going to be one of the two? Rich one day, poor the next. A man in New York got two millions of dollars, and tho money turned his brain, and ho died in the lunatic asylum. All his property was loft with the business firm, and they swamped it; and then the family of the in sane man were left without a dollar. In eighteen months tho prosperity, the in sanity, tlie insolvency und the complete domestic ruin. Beside that, there are men who die solvent, who are insolvent liefore they get under the ground, or before their estate is settled up. How scon the auc tioneer’s mullet can knock the life out of an estate. A man thinks tho property is worth fifteen thousand dollars: under n forced sale it brings seven thousand dollars. The busi ness man takes advantage of tho crisis and he compels the widow of his deceased partner to sell out to him at a ruinous price, or lose all. The stock was supposed to bo very valuable, but it has been so "watered” that when the executor tries to sell it he is laughed out of Wall street, or tho administrator is ordered by tlie surrogate to wind up tlie whole affair. The estate was supposed at the man’s death to lie worth stio,o(X), but after tlie in debtedness had I wen met, and the bills of the doctor, and the undertaker, and the tombstone-cutter have been jmid there is nothing left. That means tlie children are to come home from school and go to work. That means tho complete hardship of the wife, turned out wit h nothing but a neixile to fight the great battle of tho world. Tear down the lambrequins, close the piano, rip up the Axminster, sell out the wardrobe, and let the mother take a child in each baud and trudge out into the desert of the world. A life insurance would have hindered all that But says someone: “I am a man of small means, and I cant afford to pay the pre mium.” That is sometimes a lawful and a geuuino excuse, and there In no answer to it; but in nine cases out of ten when a man ays,that lie smokes up in cigars, and drinks down iu wine, ami expends in luxuries onough money to have paid tlie premium on a life insurance policy which would have kept his family from beggary when lie is dead. A man ought to put himself down on the strictest economy until he cun meet this Christian necessity. You have no right to the luxuries of life until you have made such provision. I ad mire what was said by Rev. Dr. Guthrie, the great Sootiish preacher. A few years before his death ho stood in u pub lic meeting and declared: “When I came to Edinburgh, the |*iple sometimes laughed at my blue stockings, and at my cotton um brella, and they said I looked like a common ploughman, aud they derided me because I liveain a house for which I paid thirty-five pounds rent a year, and sometimes 1 wolked when I would have been very glad to have a cab; hilt, gentlemen, I did all that because I wanted to pay the premium on a life in surance that would keep my family com fortable if I should die." That I take to lie the right oxpi(*sion of an honest, intelligent, Christian man. Tilt) utter indifference of many people on this important subject account*! for much of the crime ami the )>uu|>crisiii of this day. Who are these children sweeping the eross ings with broken broom uml begging of you a penny as you go by 1 Who arc these lost souls gliding under the gaslight in thin shawls' Ah, they are the victims of want; in many of the cases the forecast of parents and grandparents might have prohibited it. (lod only knows how they struggled to do right. They prayed until the tears froze on their cheeks; they sewed on the sack until the breaking of the day; but they could not get enough money to pay the rent; they could not got enough money to decently clotho themselves; and one day in that wretched home, the angel of purity and the angel of (Time fought a great fight la'tween the empty bread-tray ami the tireless hearth, and the black winged angel shrieked: “Aha! 1 iiuve won the day.” Savs some man: “I believe what you say; it is right and Chris tian, and I menu sometime to attend to this mutter."’ My friend, you lire going to lose the comfort of your household in tiie same way the sinner loses heaven, by procrastina tion. I sis- all arout-d me the destitute and suffering families of parents who meant some day to attend to tills Christ inn duty. During the process of niljourincrit the man Kets bis feet wet, then ( oinci a chill and die riiim. mid the doleful shake of ti e doctor's head, and the obsequies. If there bo any thing more pitiable t han a woman delicately brought ui). and on her marriage day by an indulgent father given ton man to whom she is tie; chief joy and pride of life, until the moment, of his death, and then tint same woman going out with Helpless chil dren nt her back to struggle for bread in a world where .brawny muscle and rugged soul are necessary I say, if there be any thing more pitiable th.m that. I do not know what it is. Ami yet there are good women who are indifferent ill regard to their liusliand’s duty in this respect; ami tlicreare those positively hostile, us though a life in surance subjected a man to some fatality. Tliere is in Brooklyn to-day a very poor woman keeping a small candy shop, who vehemently opposed the insurance of her husband's life, and when application hud been made for a [Kilicy of b-n tiioitsand dol lars she irustrated it. Hhe would never have a document in t lie hours- that implied it was possible for her husiiund ever to die. One day, in quick revolution of inu cbinery, his life was instantly dashed out. Wlmt is the sequel! Bhe is, with annoying tug, making tlj lialf of a miserable living. Her two children have Issiu taken uw;iy from her in order lliat t hey may be clothed and schooled, and her life ih to be a prolonged hardship. O man, before forty-eight hours have pass-sl away, appear at the desk of some of our grout life insurance companies, have the stethoscope of tbe physician put to your heart and lungs, and by the seal of some honest comsanv decree tliat. vour children shall not le subjected to the humiliation of tlunncial struggles in the days of your de mine. Hut I must ask the men engaged in life Insurance business whether they feel the importance of their trust, and charge them I must that they need Divine grace to help them in their work. In this day, where there are so many rivalries in your lino of business, you will be tfimpted to overstate the amount of assets and the extent of the surplus, and you will lie tempted to abuse the franchise of the company, and make up the deficits of one year, by adding some of the receipts of another year; and you will lie tempted to send out, mean, anonymous circulars derogatory to other companies, forgetful of the fact that anonymous com muuication menus only two things: the cowardice of the author and the inefficiency of the police in allowing such a thing to bo dated anywhere save inside of a peni tentiary. Under the mighty pressure many have gone down, and you will follow them If vou have too much confidence in your self, and do not appeal to the Lord for posi tive help. But if any of you belong to that miscreant class of people who, without any financial ability, organize themselves into what they call a life insurance company, with a pretended capital of two hundred thousand dollars or three hundred thousand dollars, then vote yourself into the lucra tive position, and then hike all the premiums for yourself, and then, at the approach of tin' State Hunerintondent, drop all into the hands of those life insurance under takers whose business it is to gather up the remains of defunct organizations and bury them in their own vault—then, I say, you hail better got out of the business and dis gorge tiie widows’ houses you have swal lowed. But my word is to all those who are legitimately engaged in the business: You ought to ho better than other men, not only bocause of the responsibilities that rest upon you, but because the truth is ever con fronting you that your stay on oartli is un certain, and your life a mutter of a few days or years. Do not those block edged letters that come into your office make you think i Does not the doctor’s certificate on the death claim give you a thrill ! Your periodicals, your advertisements, and even the litho graphy of your policies warn you tliut you are mortal. According to your own show ing the chances tliut you will die this year are at least :J per cent. Are you prepared for the tremendous exigency t Tue most condemned man in the judgment day will lie the unprepared life insurance man, for the simple reason that his whole Imsineta was connected with human exit, and he can not say: “I did not think.” His whole busi ness was to think on that one tiling. O. my brother, get insured for eternity. In con sideration of what Christ Ims done in your behalf, have the indenture this day made out, signed and sealed with the red seal of the cross. But I have words of encouragement and comfort for those of my hearers who are engaged in the lire insurance business. You are ordained by Clod to Htund between us and the most raging element of nature. Wo are indebted to you for whut the National Hoard of Underwriters and the Convention of Chiefs of the Fire Department tiave effected through your suggestions, imd through your encouragement. Wo are in debted to you for what, you have effected in the construction of buildings, and in the change in the habits of our cities; so that by scientific principles orderly companies ex tinguish the fire, instead of the old tiine riots which used to extinguish the citizens! And wo are indebted to you for the successful demands you Imre made for the repeal of unjust laws—for the battle you havo waged against incendiarism aud arson —for the fatal blow you havo given to the theory that oor|iorations have no souls, hv the cheerfulness and prompti tude with which you have mot losses, from which you might have escaped through the technicality of the law. Ido not know any class of men in our midst more hightoued and worthy of confidence than these men, and yet I have sometimes feared tliut while your chief business is to calculate about losses on earthly property, you might, without sufficient thought, go Into that which, in regard to your soul, in your own parlance, might lie call id “hazards,” “extra hazards,” “special hazards.” An unforgiveii sin in tho soul is more iiithiinmahlc and explosive than cam phino or nitro-glycerine. However the rates muy lie—yea, though th" whole earth were |>aid down to you in one solid premium —you cannot afford to lose your soul. Do not take that risk lest it Ist said hereafter that while in this world you hud keen busi ness faculty, when you went out of the world you went out everlastingly insolvent. The scientific Hitchcocks, and SilUmans, and Mitchells of the world have united with the sacred writ/ns to make ns believe that there is waning a conflagration, to sweep across the earth, compared with which that of Chicago in 1871, and that of Boston In 187”, and that of New York in 1885, were mere nothing. Brooklyn on tire! New York on lire! Charleston on lire! Han Francisco on Are I Canton on Orel St. Petersburg on fire! Paris on fire! The Andes on lire! The Appeninoson Urol The Himalaya on fire! What will is- peculiar about the day will he the water with winch we [nit out great tires will itself take flame; anil the Mississippi, and the Ohio, and the Kt. Lawrence, and Lake Erie, aud the At lantic and the Pueific Oceans, anil tumbling Niagara, shall with rad tongues lick the heavens. Tho geological heats of the centre of the world will burn out toward the eir cumference, and the heats of the outside will lium down from the circumference to the centre, und this world will become not only according to the Bible, hut according to science, a living coal—the living coal afterward whitening into ashes, tho ashes scattered by the breath of the last hurricane, and all that will In- left of this glorious planet will lie tho flakes of ashes fallen on other worlils. O! on that ilny will you bo firo-proof, or will you Is: u total loss: Will you be rescued, or will you Isi consumed f Wlien this great cathedral of tho world, with its pillars of ris-ks, and its pinnacles of mountains, and its cellar of golden mine, und its upholstery of morning cloud, and its baptismal font of tho seu shall blaze, will you get out oil the tire esea|ie of tho LorilVdelivorancef O! on tliut ihiy for which all other days were made, may it- lie found that those life insur ance men had a paid-up policy, and these tire insurance men iiad given them lnteiul of the debris of a consumed worldly estate, a house not made with hands, eternal in tho heuveus! LORING RESIGNS. Lieut. Melville Appointed to Bucceed Him in the Office. Washington, Aug. 7.—Englncer-ln-Chicf Charles 11. Luring has resigned as head of the Bureau of Mteam Engineering of the Navy Department, and Chief Engineer George \V Melville has l*>en appointed by the I‘rusident in his pluoe. Chief Engineer lairing suid to-night that he had tendered his resignation ulsmt a week ago, and that it had no connection whatever with the Secretary's letter on the proiaisud repair of the Pulos. For some time |>ast Uo hail not been con tent with his position, but hud continued in the office, thinking that it might bo for the good of the service. He had, however, concluded tliat he could lame nt his cor)* by resigning, and bad accord ingly done so. t PRICE #IO A YEAR. I 1 5 CENTS A COPY, f CAPRICES OF CLIMATE. THE WEATHER COOL IN THE SOUTH BUT HOT IN THE NORTH. An Excess of Rain During the Past Week in the Cotton and Tobacco Belts But the Drouth Continues North of the Ohio Valley—Cotton Injured in the Eastern Part of the Belt. Washington, Aug. 7.—Following is the weather crop bulletin of tho signal office for the week ending August 0. THE TEMPERATURE. During the week the weather has been warmer than usual throughout the agricul tural districts East of the Becky Mountains, but in the cotton region, and at stations on the immediate Atlantic and Gulf coastl übout the norma! temperature has prevailed. In tho Mississippi and Ohio valloys, the southern portion of the lake region, Penn sylvania and New York, the daily average temperature was about 5“ above tho normal. This excess of temperature has been aug mented during the past four weeks, and in the sections above named the average daily temperature during that period was from -i’ to fi aUive the normal, while in the Gulf B totes, Northern New England, and on the Pacific coast it has lieen slightly cooler than usual during the past month. During the season from Jan. 1 to Aug. fl it has been slightly warmer than usual in tho central valleys, and from Southern New England anil New Jersey westward over the Lake region, hut it has lieen slight ly cslier than usual on the South Atlantia aud Gulf coasts, in Northern New England and near Lake HujKirlor. THE RAINFALL. The drought continues in the States north of the Ohio valley, but there has boon an excess of rain during the past week throughout tho cotton ana tobacco regions and in tho interior of New York and Penn sylvania. jJThere was also an excess of rain during the week In the Missouri valley, mi<l numerous showers occurred in lowa, Minnesota and Dukota and near Like Superior. During the past four weeks tho large sea sonal deficiency of rainfall in the cotton region has been greatly reduced, while during the same time the seasonal deficiency in Illinois. Indiana, lowa anil the southern portions of Wisconsin and Michigan lias txjen increased. The drought in this sec tion has proved decidedly injurious to growing cro[is. GENERAL REMARKS. The reports for the week ending Aug. 6 indicate that the weather lias lieen favora ble in tile western portion of the cotton re gion from Central Alabama to Texas, but from Alnhuma eastward tho rain has lieen greutly in excess, probably resulting in in- Cry to growing cotton in the low ids Numerous showers occurred in Minnesota, Dakota, lowa, Nebraska, North west Missouri aud Northern Kansas, im proving, the condition of growing crops in those soctious, but the drought continues in the cum Hfates East of the Missindppi, re sulting in serious injury to all growing crops. Tho weather in New England and the middle Atlantic States is generally reported as unfavorable. The wet weather is retarding harvesting und injuring grain, hay and [situtoes near the coast, while tint conditions ure reported as favorablo for corn in these districts. An excess of sunshine and temperature combined with a slight excess of rainfall in Kentucky und Tennessee during the past week has probably improved tho couduiwu of the tobacco arop. COTTON I* Tim MEMPHIS DISTRICT. Memphis, Aug. 7.—The regular monthly crop rcjsirt for the Memphis district, which embraces West : A’ennet#toe,North Mississippi, North Arkansas anil North Alabama, to bo published to-morrow by Hill, Fontaine 6c Cos., will say: “The weather during the month of July was iu the main favorable for cotton. This is emphasized by the splendid rejsirts received from Mississippi mid Alabama, where the crops are most promising. Complaints are received from Arkansas, where a drought has prevailed in some localities, and damage has lieen done to the plant. In Tennessee rain is badly needed In several stations, and injury to both cotton and corn Is rejsirted. The outlook on the whole, however, is very satisfaitory, and a yield largely iu excess of last, year eon be confi dently anticipated. The season is fully two weeks earlier than last year, and pick ing, which will commence in some localities ulsiut Aug. 90, will hecomo gen eral throughout tho district by Hept. 10. The corn crop, especially In Alabama and Mississippi, is reportol unusually fine, and the yield will be above an average, and more than Is necessary for home consump tion.” THE RIBBON CRAZE. Very Fat und Very Loan Women Hava Nothing to do With the Fashions. Nitw York, Aug. 6. —Manufacturers of ribbons ought by this time to be retiring with large fortunes, for never in tbe history of mankind have ribbons been put to more varied uses. Not only is everyf available object in the house tied up with bows, but a gown or hat nowadays is of no consequent* unless adorned with innumerable loops ami ends. I saw a summer costume the other day that was decorated with no less than ten pieties of ribbon, each piece containing b-n yards. Velvet ribbons are used almost, exclusively on thin white drosses und the effect is re murkubly pretty. But great care should bo used in selecting the shades. Many women think tliut because a certain tint is new or fashionable it must necoessarily be pur chased und worn. Perhaps there have sel dom boon so uiuuy novel colors employed as now, but nearly all of than are hideous be yond description. Modern ingenuity can do very littio to improve upon the old familiar shades, and if those Hume colors, Impossible helkitrojies, glaring pinks, bilious yellows ami parrot greens are really to bo adopted, tlmu the women who wear them would do well to have their complexions done over to match, since there is no facial coloring in nature that liurinonizas with theso. dyes. Thou a word ns to sashes. No doubt sashes are fashionable, since nine women out of ten have them on. But the rule tliat regulates their use is the same that applies to leg-of mutton sleevos and sailor hats. They are becoming only to slim, youthful figures. Fashion does not exist, or at all events was never intended, for adi)>oNe tissue or the other extreme, lames. Very fat wouiea and very thin ones iiavo nothing to do with fashions. They must find a stylo of dress tliat suits theui and stick to it Perhaps the thin woman lias a slight advantage over her op(a*<ite. Hhe, at all events, can put on puffed slecvosmui that abominable Invention called u bustle. But her stout sister hod 1 letter leave all such vanities alone. Never theless, she, it is generally who sport* the sailor hut, tbe ulster and tbe infant's sush, und doubtless she will ulways lie the first to adopt a Cushion, <>spocially if it happen tobs u conspicuous one. Ci-ara Lanza. A White Frost. Wci.Lsvu.uc, N. Y., Aug. 7.—There was a white frost in this section this morning, and tlie thermometer registered about 4U*