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< ESTABLISHED 1880. 1
I J. H. ESTILL, Editor and Proprietor. j
STARKE HAS A SENSATION
AN ORANGE PRINCE FATALLY
WOUNDS A CAPITALIST.
An Estrangement Between Man and
Wife at the Bottom of the Tragedy—
G. C Miller Lodged a Bullet In J. C.
Richard’s Brain in Self-Defense.
Jacksonville, Fla., Auav 2L—G, C.
Miller, of Starke, is a wealthy prince,
owning the finest orange grove in Bradford
county. Helms a beautiful wife, who is
considered one of the most accomplished
women in that section, but her relations
with her husband became somewhat
strained, owing to the fact that
she accused him of infidelity,
and matters grew so bad that she
sued for a divorce. J. C. Richard is a
wealthy citizen, highly respected, and at
one time mentioned for Congress. This
morning Mr. Richard mot Mr. Miller and
upbraided him for the lattor’s conduct. Mr.
Miller expostulated, and Sir. Richard be
came indignant and struck Mr. Miller with
his cane. Mr. Miller’s daughter, aged 5
years, came on the scene, and begged Mr.
Richard to stop beating her father, nut Mr.
Richard, becoming more exasperated, drew
a revolver and fired. Mr. Miller thereupon
drew a revolver and returned the fire,
shooting Mr. Richard in the forehead. The
ball went through the skull, making a fatal
wound. After the shooting Mr. Miller went
to the Sheriff and surrendered. The affair
caused great excitemont in Starke, owing to
the prominence of tbo parties, and, as lynch
ing was feared, Mr. Miller togged the
Sheriff to carry him to .Jacksonville. A
train was at the depot at the time, so the
Sheriff immediately brought him here and
confined him in the county jail.
SLASHED IN THE STOMACH.
An Athenian Tries to Take a Pound
of Flesh from His Debtor.
Athens, Ga., Aug. 'll.— Last night about
11 o’clock a seriou ; cutting affray occurred
near Haddock’s store,on Hancock a venue,be
tween two negroes named Rivers and Brown.
Rivers owed Brown some money, and it to
ing Saturday night Brown dunned Rivers
for tiie amount, as he wanted to get some
provisions for his family. Hot words were
exchanged, and a regular Saturday night
row ensued. Rivers came out second
tost with a dangerous gash
about four inches long in his stomach. The
wounded man was taken to Rush’s drug
store, whei e medical aid was summoned.
Dr. Lyndon pron-uneed the wound danger
ous. Rivers was removed to his home, and
is resting quietly to-night. Brown left as
soon as the scrape occurred, and as yet has
not been arrested.
SAD SEA DOGS.
The Officers of the North Atlantic
Squadron Having a Gay Time.
Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 21.— The recep
tion on board the Galena yesterday after
noon to the ladies of Bar Harbor surpassed
any entertainment of tho week. The recep
tion was tendered by the officers of the
North Atlantic Squadron. Mrs. Whitney,
wife of the Secretary of the Navy, received,
assisted by Mrs. Chester, wife of the Ga
lena’s commander. The ship was elegantly
decoratod with flags and minting, while
a large canopy was stretched over
the deck, from which the largo guns had
been removed. Music was furnished by the
band from the United States steamer.
About 4 o’clock a salute of nineteen guns
Announced the arrival of Secretary Whit
ney, who came on board, accompanied
by Commander Wilde and seve
ral friends. Admiral Luce came
shortly after. Later ip the after
noon refreshments were served, and
dancing was indulged in. Congressman
lioutolle was among those present. A re
ception will be held on board the flagship
Richmond, next Tuesday. The squadron
will probably sail for Newport on Wednes
day. Admiral Luce and family will prob
ably remain here a week or ten days longer.
A FOR A BRIDE.
Three Persons Mortally Wounded in
tho Chickasaw Nation.
Chicago, Aug. 21.—A special to the Times
from Little Rock, Ark., says: "A terrible
tragedy was enacted in the Chickasaw Na
tion on Friday last, in which three persons
were fatally wounded. Two families named
Harrison and Graham were traveling
through the territory to Texas.
Harrison and Grulium became involved
in a quarrel about Harrison's daughter,
whom young Graham wanted to marry,but
the lady’s father declined to allow the
marriage. The young man threatened
to shoot Harrison, and tho latter’s son
believing his father's life in danger,
shot Graham, inflicting a mortal
wound. A young brother of the
wounded man seeing his brother fall shot
young Harrison through the arm, when the
elder Harrison, who had armed himself, re
nupoarod, and was also shot by Graham.
Monitors of the families who were absent
from the camp, hearing the tiring, came up
and prevented further bloodshed.”
UfiXICO'3 ABORIGINES.
A StatW of the Last Aztec Emperor
Unveiled at the Capital.
City of Mexico, Aug. 21. —The unveil
ing of the statue of Cuunhotomoc, the last
ol the Aztec Emperors, this morning, was
an occasion of unusual Interest and signifi
cance. Very few Mexicans of Spanish de
scent were present, but thousands of In
dians, many of whom emne from miles
around the capital, bringing with them
great quantities of llowers, attended
the ceremony. When President Diaz un
veiled the statue the spectators cast floweos
upoti the pedestal In such profusion as
almost to halo it. The event shows that the
Indians cherish the memories of their ances
lor.,' patriotic struggles against the Hpan
* arils at. the time of tile conquest. An ad
dress in the Aztec language was delivered
by F raneesco del I’azo.
A RIDE ENDS IN DEATH.
Mrs. Davidson, of Baltimore, Thrown
from Hor t arrintre.
'VINOHttSTER, Va., Aug. 21.--A telegram
received from Frostburg, Md., to-day, says
that Mrs. Njienoer Davidson, of Baltimore,
was thrown from her carriage and killod
Inst night. Hho was a native of this city,
nd the daughter of the lato P. C. L. Bur
nell. .She was visiting her brother. P. L.
Harwell, Vice President and .Siqiorititended
the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Kail
rond, who resides at Mount Huvagr\ Md.
Iho clensased lived in Washington prior to
her husband's death.
A Village Almost Entirely Burned.
drniaoFlELn, 0., Aug. 31.— The village
of Degrutf, Bogan county, u place of 1,2U0
Inhabitants, was almost entirely destroyed
by fire last nnrht. The lists is sfont OHO.nOO
Iff )t Jlofuino
KNOW NOTHINGISM’S REVIVAL.
A Preparatory <4>nvention to Be Held
In Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Aug. 21.—The Press to
morrow will say: “The old war cry of the
Know Nothing party, ‘America for Ameri
cans,’ will again be raised in the Presi
dential campaign of 1888 by the now Ameri
can party, come forth like Lazarus
from the tomb of the old. The
projectors of the renewed movement
say, however, that the Know-Nothing
movement never was dead, and, w ith its
objectionable features lopped o ~ still lives.
During the celebration of the Constitutional
Centennial in this city, a preparatory con
vention will be held, at 'which dele
gates from thirty-eight States will lie
present. The call for this conven
tion has already been drafted by a
body known as the “American National
Committee,’’ composed of some twenty or
thirty men. Although this committee has
been working very quietly, they have been
for over a year in active correspondence
with more or less prominent people through
out the country, and have laid the founda
tion for a solid party organization.
They claim among their numbers
over 1,500,000 persons, as members
of societies whose purpose is to inculcate
purely American ideas, some of which are
survivors of some of the Know Nothing or
ganizations of 1844. General Master Work
man Powderly is a prominent member of
this new party, and has given utterances
more than once to the principles
this new party propose to stand
od. These principals all start
out from one central idea, the restriction of
immigration. The September convention
will devote itself to formulating a scheme
to effect a thorough organization of State,
county and township committees, and will
call a convention to be held next July,
probably in this city, when candidates for
President and Vice President and State
tickets will be put in the field.
PROCLAMATION PROTESTS.
Irishmen and English Sympathizers
Express Their Opinions.
London, Aug. 21.—The Irishmen of Liv
erpool at a meeting to-day adopted resolu
tions protesting against the proclamation
of the Irish National League. Similar reso
lutions were adopted at a meeting of Radi
cals ill London this afternoon. Numerous
branches of the lcugue in Ireland held their
weekly meeting as usual to-day.
DISCUSSION TO BE POSTPONED.
London, Aug. 21.—1 t is rumored that, at
the request of the Parnellites, the govern
ment consents to postpone discussion
of its action in proclaiming the
League. A delegation of mem
bers of the English Home Rule Uuion
will soon visit Ireland in order to give ex
pression to the good will of the English Lib
erals toward the Irish. A public reception
will be given the delegation in Dublin on
Sept. 14, at which the Lord Mayor will pre
side.
Ferdinand Holds Aloof.
Phii.ippopolis, Aug. 21.—Prince Ferdi
nand has refused to accede to the request
of the foreign consuls for on unofficial in
terview.
The French Consul has insisted that the
Catholic Ilishop lower the tri-color which
he displays.
MM. Rados’avoff and Tontcheff have re
fused to form a ministry.
A Murderer Confesses.
London, Aug. 21.— Lipski, the murderer,
who is to be hanged to-morrow, has made a
full confession. His story shows that rob
bery was not the principal motive for the
crime.
Italy’s Cholera Returns.
London, Aug. 21.— T0-day’s cholera re
turns are as follows: Malta, 14 new cases
and 2 deaths; Catania city, 24 cases and 5
deaths; Palermo, 16 cases and 9 deaths.
Collapse of the Ghilzai Revolt.
Simla, Aug. 21. —The Ghilzai rebellion
has collapsed. The rebels are seeking
refuge in all directions.
Key West’s Petered Out Plague.
Key West, Fla., Aug. 21.—There has
been one new case ot yellow fever and one
death to day. The total number of cases to
date is 254. There are still sick 40. There
have been discharged cured 161. The total
deaths to date are 58.
Wintorville’s Invitation.
Athens, Ga., Aug. 21. —The live and
hospitable citizens of Wintervillo held a
mass meeting a few days ago, and unani
mously decided to extend to President
Cleveland an invitation to visit their town
on his Southern trip. Winterville is a sta
tion on the railroad, six miles south of
Athens.
HOT WEATHER HINTS.
Some of the Good Thing's which Bos
tonians Relisu.
Boston, Aug. 20. —The extreme iioat has
made us think of everything that may tend
to make us more comfortable. Our raiment
is the first consideration. I saw the other
day such a delightful robe that.was the very
perfection for these days. It was made of
white china silk, the coolest fabric ever in
vented, made with a yoke and very full
skirt; in other words, it was like a Mother
Hubbard, only it trained on the ground and
was loosely confined at the w aist by a silver
girdlo; there were wide (lowing sleeves. The
lady who wore it was very attractive and
looked like the picture of a priestess. All
her underclothing was of the same material.
Of course, no corset was worn; she looked
and was perfectly cool. A great preventive
of flies, and it is also cooling to the air, is to
have small blocks of ice in fancy dishes over
which carbolic acid Is poured set about an
apartment.
The Bostonians are fond of odd novelties
of the table. A favorite dessert of theirs
is to hollow out a block of ice und place
within cubes of muskniclon. It is cut up
in tho morning, placed in the ice, cov
ered with a block of ice and served at
(1 o'clock dinner. Over this frozen melon is
sprinkled sherry and powdered sugar.
Brown bread ice cream is a favorite Boston
lirnli. The brown bread is permitted to Is
come stale; it is then grated into the usual
ingredients lor ice cream and is delicious.
Huckleberry ice cream is also appetizing
and looks pretty. It makes an ice cream
almost black and is a novelty. Huoklolierry
& riddle cakes for breakfast and fried sliced
ananas are favorite dishes with tho wealthy
Bostonians, as ar also stewed red currants.
Almost, all fresh fruits are cooked as break
fast dishes, and stewed cucumbers never
prove injurious, while they are an atti act
ive dish.
They also keep at hand to sip all day an
ice pitcher filled with cream of tartar water
sweetened. This not only cools the blood
but is a wonderful nervine, os tho French
know, who invariably sip sweetened water.
If iieoplo will use' ordinary precautions
not to over-exert, und will eon tine them
selves to these articles of food that arc non
heat producing, and do not allow the slight
est pressure of the clothing on the liody,
they muy defy even the thermometer among
the nineties. EVRI VK HsKF.lt HaRVIKR.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1887.
CHARLESTON CHAT.
Tho Weekly Budget from the City by
the Sea.
Charleston, Aug. 20.—That murderers
should go unpunished in South Carolina is
unfortunately too common an occurrence to
excite comment. Tlte latest instance of the
kind occurred, of course, in Edgefield, where
a man who had been convicted of man
slaughter, and sentenced to twenty-five
years’ imprisonment, was released. The
Croghan murder, in Charleston, of
which the readers of t\ie Morn
ing News have been advised, is a
different thing. In this case the very mys
tery that surrounds the crime apoals people.
The fact that the crime was committed in
the .same section of the city where the Mc-
Knight murder was committed, several
years ago, adds much to the significance of
the crime.
a mysterious disappearance.
Charleston has now three mysterious mur
ders on her calendar. Seven years ago a
drummer named Aldrich disappeared mys
teriously. He had been in the city fre
quently, was well-known, and was generally
liked. His disappearance lias never been
accounted for to tnis day.
the m’knight mystery.
Three years ago a colored woman named
McKniglit was found murdered in the
northeastern suburbs of tho city. The
woman was well known, had tho reputation
of being virtuous, and was traced up to
within an hour of her death. The ease was
attended with so many horrible details that
the community was very much excited.
The machinery for detecting and punishing
crime in this city is not the tost, and u half
dozen or more suspected people were ar
rested only to be discharged. At length the
city took a hand in the matter, and a Pink
erton detect ive was employed to rome here
and ferret out the crime. So successfully did
this man do his work that his presence
in the city was not even suspected
when the man whom he pointed out as the
murderer was arrested, lie was however
never brought to trial, and it is useless to
mention his name as he is still an influential
citizen. The detective had worked up a
case against him which would have con
victed him before any honest jury in the
land, if the case hod ever come to trial.
But the prisoner hal good counsel,
a State Senator who had a largo voice in
the appointment of judicial officers, and the
Magistrate who held file preliminary lieai*-
ing dismissed the prisoner. The community
was at first outraged, but the matter blew
over, as ail matters generally do, and was
almost forgotten until its revival by the
Croghan murder.
Now it is recalled that as far as circum
stantial evidence could go the Pinkerton
man had tracked the McKnight murderer
down, and made his crime as plain as the
noon-day sun, in spite of which, he was
discharged by a weak Magistrate without
bail. Shall a Pinkerton man to engaged to
ferret out the Croghan murder? (for it is
admitted that it will never be ferreted out
otherwise.) It is doubtful. What would be
the use? is asked. What good did the Pin
kerton man do in the McKnight case? In
the Croghan case a negro laborer, who gave
some confused testimony before file coro
ner has been arrested, and if nothing else
turns up, tiie poor negro, who is probably
innocent, will to belli for the crime. But
this hardly satisfies the community.
Many people think they see in the Croghan
murder the illustration of an old proverb—
something like curses come home to roost.
There is a demand for something to to done.
The administration of justice here is, to
put it mildiy, slack. At the cor
oner’s investigation notxxiy represents tiie
State. The Coroner is an estimable gentle
man, but by no means a lawyer, and is left
to flounder through a mass of irrelevant
testimony the best way he can. How is it
possible to have an intelligent investigation:
The State Solicitor says that it is not his
business to appear at the inquest, and hence
the inquest rarely amounts to anything.
The investigation into tiie Croghan mystory
will be wutehed with interest.
The Coroner's inquest, after adjourning
over, met on Friday, and no further evi
dence being forthcoming, returned the
usual verdict. Hunter, tho negro who was
tho victim of the first “clue, ’ was held in
SSOO bail, in the hope of something else
turning up.
MISS BRADDON AT HOME.
Some Points about Her Most Success
ful Novel.
London, Aug. 2. —The queen of the Eng
lish literary world, in respect of fortune, is
Miss Braddoa, whose pen has yielded her
magnificent sums and still continues to earn
for her a splendid income. I have attended
her garden parties at Lichfield House, Rich
mond, this season, at which pleasant ussciii
biuges the creme do la creme of literary and
artistic life is gathered every Sunday. 1
fear I must confess my impression that much
ol Misr Uraddon’s fortune is due to the clever
management of her husband, Mr. Maxwell,
whose devotion to her interests is a thing
beautiful to sec. He is a tall, getliul Scotch
man, who find* no toi>ics of conversation
more absorbing than those of tho work and
the rewards of his gifted wife. “Lady
Audley’s Secret” was and is Miss Braddons
“banner” novel. Its first run brought her
in no less a sum than $00,600, and, though
published twenty years ago, it still keeps
selling. With this money she purchased
Lichfield House, a fine old mansion standing
in large grounds at Richmond, London’s
loveliest suburb. Nothing but a detailed
description would convey any idea of the
charm of this old house, “full of history and
mystery,” as Miss Braddon says. \Vide
staircases, large and small drawing rooms,
quaint nooks and crannies, cause it to fall
well within tile domain of the numberless
manses which Miss Braddon has ilescribed
in her many interesting romances. It is
furnished with just, tiie sort of articles one
would expect, to see there—quaint and toau
tiful chairs and sofus of the undent models,
exquisite china, many puintings of value,
including two very interesting ones; the
first, a [lortrait of this now celebrated
authoress, then a girl of exceeding loveli
ness, resting her head u|>on the shoulder of
her mother; the second another portrait of
herself, a quiet and handsome lady of 25 or
lib, which was taken at the timo she made
her great success with “Lady Audley.” No
photographs of Miss Braddon lire to to
bought; Mr. Maxwell says he desires “to
save her any annoyance from her fame;”
and there Is no doubt that niueh-photo
graphod people are greatly starts! at in
public. Miss Braddon Is tail and broad
shouldered, but not stout, her constant
hoi-sctock exercise keeping down any excess
of tissue; she lias pleasant features, light
brown eyes, hair without much trace of
gray, and dresets handsomely, sometimes
wearing very beautiful diamonds. Lich
field House is not Mias Braddon'* only resi
dence. During part of the year she dwells
in a charming villa in the New Forest, a ro
mantic wood which though called "New” is
as old at least as Shakespeare's day, men
tion being made of its sweet dales anil groves
in the works of the muster. Miss Braddon’s
novels are published by John und Robert
Maxwell, sous of Mr. Maxwell. It is this
firm which hail the good fortune to bring
out the works of Mr. Rider Haggard, whose
“King Holoiin m's Mines” mav perchance
prove a second “Isidy Audlev’s Meerut” a*
regards financial value.
Olive too an.
WITNESSES FOR CHRIST.
THE WORLD TO BE BROUGHT TO
GOD THROUGH TESTIMONY
CouAtless Thousands Who are Wit
nesses that the True Religion is Able
to Convert the Soul—The Gospel’s
Power to Comfort Can be Testified
To.
The Hamptons, Aug. 21.—“ The Facts
Proved" is the subject of discourse by tho
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D., to-day.
His text is from tho 15th verse of Acts iii:
“We are witnesses.” Following is his
sermon in full:
In the days of George Stephenson, the
perfector of the locomotive engine, the
scientists proved conclusively that a railway
train could never to driven t>v steam power
successfully and without perif; but the rush
ing express trains from Liverpool to Edin
burgh, and from E anburgh to London,
have made all the nation witnesses of the
splendid achievement. Machinists and navi
gators proved conclusively that a steamer
could never cross tho Atlantic ocean; but
no sooner had they successfully proved the
impossibility of such an undertaking than
the work was done, and Dio passengers on
the Cunard, and the Inman, and tiie Na
tional, and tho White Star lines are wit
nesses. There went up a guffaw of wise
laughter at Prof. Morse's proposition to
make the lightning of heaven his errand
boy, and it was proved conclusively that the
thing could never to done; but now all the
news of tho wide world, by Associated Press
nut in your hands every morning and night,
has made all nations witnesses.
So, in tho time of Christ, it was proved
conclusively that it was impossible for Him
to rise from the dead. It was shown logi
cally that when n man was dead, ho was
dead, and the heart, and the liver, and the
lungs having ceased to perform their offices,
tho limbs would bo rigid toyond all power
of friction or arousal. They showed it to
to an ntoolute ntounlity that the dead
Christ should ever get up alive; but, no
sooner had they proved this than tho dead
Christ arose, and the disciples beheld Him,
heard His voice and talked with Him, anil
they took the witness stand to prove that to
tie true which the wiseacres of the day had
proved to lie impossible; the record of the
experiment and of the testimony is in the
text: “Him hath God raised from tiie dead,
whereof we are witnesses.”
Now, lot me piay the skeptic for a mo
ment. “There is no God,” says tiie skeptic,
“for I have never seen Him with my phys
ical eyesight. Your Bible is a pack of con
tradictions. There neter was a miracle.
Lazarus was not raised from the dead, and
the water was never turned into wine.
Your religion is an imposition on the cre
dulity of the ages.” There is an aged man
moving in that pew as though ho would
like to respond. Here are hundreds of peo
ple with faces a little flushed at these an
nouncements, and ail through this house
there is a suppressed feeling which would
like to speak out in behalf of the truth of
our glorious Christianity, as in the days of
the text, crying out: “We are witnesses!”
Tho fact is, that if this world is ever
brought to God, it will not be through argu
meat, but through testimony. You might
cover tiie whole earth with aixtogies for
Christianity and learned treatise* in defence
of rrtisrfon —you would not convert a soul.
Lectures on the harmony tot ween science
and religion are lieautiful mental discipline,
but have never saved a soul, und never will
save a soul. Put a mail of the world and a
man of tho Church against each other, and
the man of the world will, in all probability,
get the triumph. There are a thousand
tilings in our religion that so m illogical to
the world, and always will seem illogical.
One we.j[>oii in this conflict is faith, not
logic; faith, not metaphysics; faith, not pro
fundity; faith, not scholastic exploration.
But then, in order to have faith, wo must
have testimony, and if five hundred men, or
one thousand men, or five hundred thousand
men, or five million men, get up and tell me
that they have felt the religion of Jostis
Christ a joy, a comfort, a help, an inspira
tion, I am bound, as a fair-minded man.
to accept their testimony. I want just
now to put beforo you three propositions,
the truth of which I think this audience
will attest with overwhelming unanimity.
The first proposition is: Wo are wit
nesses that the religion of Christ is able to
convert a soul.
Tie Gospel may have had a hard time to
conquer us—we may have fought it hack
but we were vanquished. You say couver
sion 1h only an imaginary thing. We know
better. “We are witnesses.” There never
was so great a change in our heart and life
on any other subject as ou this. People
laughed at the missionaries in Madagascar
h<w-mise they preached ten years without
one convert; but there are thirty-three
thousand converts in Madagascar today.
People laughed at Dr. Judsou, the Baptist
mis >ioimry, because he kept on preaching in
Bui mail five years without a single convert;
but there are twenty thousand Baptists in
Bunnah to-day. People laughed at Dr.
Morrison, in China, for preaching there
seven year* without a single conversion;
but there are fifteen thousand Christians in
China to-day. Peoplo laughed at the mis
sionaries for preaching at Tahiti for fifteen
years without a single conversion, und at
the missionaries for preaching in Bengal
seventeen years without a single conversion;
yet in all those lands there are multitudes
iif Christians to-day.
But why go so far to find evidences of the
Oowfiel’s power to save t soul.' “Wo are
witnesjes.” Wo were so pri.'ul that no man
could have humbled us; we were so bard
that no earthly power could have melted us;
angels of God were all arouud atout as,
they oould not oveorcome 11s; but one day,
perhaps at a Methodist anxious seat, or at
a Presbyterian catechetical lecture, or at
a burial, or on horseliack, a power Melted us,
anil made us get down, und made us trem
ble, and made us kneel, and nu !c us cry for
mercy, and we tried to wrench ourselves
away from the grasp, but wo could not. It
flung us flat, and when wo arose wo were
a much changed us Gourgis, the heathen,
who went into a prayor meeting with n dag
ger and a gun, to disturb tho meeting and
destroy it, but the next day was found cry
ing: “Oh! my great sins! Oh! my great
Savior!” and for eleven years preached tho
Gospel of Christ to his follow mountaineers,
the Inst words on Ills dying lips being:
“Free grace!" Oh, it was free grace!
There is a man who was for ten years a
hard drinker. Tho dreadful ap[>etito hail
sent down its roots around the jxiiatenuil
the tongue, and on down until they wore
interlinked with the vitals of body, mind
and soul; but he has not taken any stimu
lant* for two years. What did that? Not
temperance societies. Not prohibition
laws. Not moral suasion. Convention did
it. “Why.” said one upon whom tho great
change had come, “sir, I feel just as though
I were somebody else.”
There is a sea captain who swore all tbs
way from New York to Havana, and /rorn
Havana to Han Franeisco, and when ho was
in port he was worse than when tie was on
the sea. What power was it that washed
Ids tongue clean of profanities, and made
him a iisalm-singerr Convention by the
Holy Hnirit. There are thousand* of peo
ple hi tins house to-night who are no more
what they once were than a water-lily is
nightshade, or a morning kirk is a vulture,
or day Is night!
Now if T slum Id demand that all those
people in this house who have felt the con
verting paver of religion should rise, so far
from being ashamed, they would spring to
their feet with more alacrity than they over
sprang to the dance, the tears mingling
with their exhilaration us they cried: “Wo
are witnesses!" And if they tried to sing
the old Gospel liymu, they would break
down with emotion by the time they got to
the second line:
"Ashamed of Jesus, that dear friend
On whom mv hopes of heaven ileis'ml?
No! When 1 blush, be tills my shame:
That I no more revere His name."
Again, I remark that “we are witnesses”
of the Gospel's power to comfort.
When a man has trouble the world comes
in and says: “Now get your mind off this;
go out and breathe the fresh air; plunge
deeper into business.” What poor advice.
Get your mind off of it! when everything is
upturned with the bereavement, and every
thing reminds you of what you have lost.
Get your mind off of it! They might as
well advise you to stop thinking. You can
not. stop thinking, and you cannot stop
thinking in that direction. Take a walk in
the fresh air! Why, along that very street,
or that very road, she once accompanied
you. Out of that gross-plot she plucked
flowers, or into that show-window she U*>k
ed, fascinated, saying: “Come, see tho pic
ture.” Go deeper into business! Why, she
was associated with all your business ambi
tion, anil since she has gone you have no
ambition left
Oh, this is a clumsy world when it tries
to comfort a broken heart! lean build a
Corliss engine, I can paint a Raphael’s
“Madonna, I can play a Beethoven's “Sym
phony” as easily as this world can comfort
a broken heart. And yet you have been
comforted. How was it done? Did Christ
eomo to you and say: "Get your mind off
this: go out and breathe the fresh air;
plunge deeper into business?” No. There
was a minute when He come to you—per
haps in tho watches of the night, perliai>s
in your place of business, perha|>s along the
street—and He breathed something into
vour soul that gave you pence, rest, inllnite
quiet, so that you could take out the photo
graph of the departed one anil look into the
eyes and the face of the dear one and say:
“It is all right; she is totter off. I would
not call Bar back Lord, I thank Thee that
Then host comforted my pi Kir heart.”
There are Christian parents here who are
willing to testify to the power of this < iospel
to comfort. Your son had just graduated
from school or college and was going into
business, and the Lorn took him. Or your
daughter had just graduated from the young
ladies’ seminary, and you thought she was
going to to a useful woman and of longlife;
but the Lord took her, and you were tempted
to say: “All this culture of twenty years
for nothing!" Or the little child came home
from school with the hot fever t tint, stopped
not for the agonized prayer or for the skill
ful physician, and the little child was taken.
Or the babe was lifted out of your arms by
some quick epidemic, and you stood won
dering why God ever gave you that child
at all, if so soon He was to take it away.
And yet you are net repining, you are not
fretful, you are not lighting against God.
What has enabled you to stand all the
trial? “Oh,” you say, "I took the medicine
that Givi gave my sick soul. In my distress
I threw myself at tho feet of a sympathizing
God; and when I was too weak to pray, or
to look up, He breathed into me a peace that
I think: must to the foretaste of that Heaven
where there is neither u tear, nor a farewell,
nor a grave.” Come, ail ye who have been
out to the grave to weep there —come, all
ye comforted souls, get up off your knees.
Is there no power in this Gospel to soothe
the heart? Is there no power in this religion
to quiet the worst paroxysm of grief i There
comos up an answer from comforted widow
hood, uiul orphanage, and childlessness, say
ing: “Aye, aye, wo are witnesses!"
.again, 1 remark that we are witnesses of
the tact that religion has power to give
composure in the lust, moment. I shall
never forget tho first time I confronted
death. We went across tho cornfields iu
tiie country. I was led by my father’s
hand, and we caiuo to the farm house where
the beroavoment hail coine, mid wo saw the
crowd of wagons and carriages; but there
was one carriage that, especially attracted
ray boyish attention, and it hail black
plumes. I said: “What’s that! wiiat’s
that! Why those black tassels at the topf"
And after it was explained to me, I was
lifted up to look upon the bright face of an
aged Christian woman, who three days lie
fore had do|mrted in triumph. The whole
scene made ail imprist ion 1 never forgot.
In our sermons and In our lay exhorta
tions wo are very apt, when we want to
bring illustrations of dying triumph, to go
back to some distinguished personage—to a
John Knox or a Harriet Newell. But I
want you for witnesses.
I want to know if you have ever seen any
thing to make you believe that the religion
of Chnst can give composure in the final
hour. Now, in the courts, attorney, jury
and judge will never admit mere hearsay.
They demand that the witness must have
seen with hi* own eyes, or heard with his
own oars, anil so I am critical in my exami
nation of you now; and I want to know
whether yon hava seen or heard anything
that makes you believe that tho religion
of Christ gives composure in the final
hour.
"Oh, yes,” you say, “I saw my father anil
mother depart. There was a great differ
ence in their death-beds. Standing by the
one we felt more veneration. By the other,
thore was more tenderness.” Before tiie
one, you bowed perhaps in awe. in the
other case, you felt as if you would like to
g > along with her. How did they fuel iu
tlmt last hour? How did they seem to act?
Wore they very much frightened? Did they
take hold of this world witli botli hands us
though they did not want to give it up?
“Oh, no,” you say; “no, I remember as
though it were yesterday; sho had a kind
word for us all, and there were a few
mementos* distributed among the children,
and thep she told us how kind we must to to
our father in his loneliness, and then she
kissed us good-by and wont asleep os a child
in a cradle."
What made her ao composed? Natural
courage? “No,” you say, “mother was very
nervous; when the carriage inclined to the
side of tho rood, she would cry out; she
was always rather weakly.” What, then,
gave her composure? W r us it because she
did not rare much for you. and the pang of
parting was not gnu*. "Oh.” you say,
“she showered upon v ■ *1 wealth of affec
tion; uo mother ever v'ved her children
more than mother loved us; she showed it
by the way she nursed us wee i we were
sick, and she toiled for us until her strength
gave out.” Whut, then, was it that gave
her conqvjsure in the lasts hour? Do not.
hide It. Be frank, and let mo know. “Oh,”
you say, “it was because she wus so g'ssl;
she male the Lord her portion, ninlhUe hud
faith that she would go straight to glory,
and that we should all meet tor at last at
the foot of the throne.”
Here are people who say: “I saw a
Christian brother die, and he triumphed.”
And someone else: “I saw a Christian
sitter die, and she triumphed.” Home one
else will say: “1 saw a Christian daughter
die, and she triumphed.” Come, all ye who
have seen the last moment* of u Christian,
and give testimony in this cause ou tidal.
Uncover your beads, put your hand on the
old (molly Bible from which they used te j
read tbo promises, and promise in tbe pres
ence of high heaven that you will tell the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but tiie
truth. Witli what you have seen with your
own eves, and from whst vou have heard
with your own oars, is there power in this
(tos|H"l to give calmness anil triumph in the
last exigency ! The response comes from
all sides, from young, and old, aud middle
agist: “We are witnesses 1”
You sot', my friends, I have not put be
fore you an abstraction, or a chimera, or
anything like guesswork. I present you
affidavits of the best men and women, liv
ing and dead. Two witnesses in court wiil
establish a fact. Hero are not two wit
nesses but thousands of witnesses—on earth
millions of witnesses, and in heaven a great
multitude of witnesses that no man can
number, testifying that there is power in
this religion to convert the soul, to give
comfort m trouble, and tout Ford composure
in the lust hour.
If ten men should come to you when yon
are sick with appalling sickness, and say
they liaii the same sickness, and took a cer
tain medicine, and it cured them, you would
probably lake it. Now suppose toil other
men should come up and say: “We don’t
tmlieve there is anything in that medicine.”
“Well,” I sav, "havo you ever tried itf”
"No, I never tried it, but I don’t believe
there is anything in it.” Of course you dis
credit their testimony. The skeptic may
come and say: “There is no power in your
religion.” “Have you ever tried iti ” “No,
no.” “Then, avaunt!” Hot me take the
testimony of the millions of souls that have
boon converted to Clod, and comforted in
trial, and solaced in the last hour. We will
take their testimony as they cry: “Wo are
witnesses I"
Sonic time ago Prof. Henry, of Washing
ton, diseovoroda now star, and the tidings
sisxl by submarine telegraph, and all the
oiisarvatories of Europe were watching for
that new star. Oh, hearer, looking out
through the darkness of thy soul, const
thou see a bright light beaming on thee f
"Where!" you say, “where! How can I
find it!” Ijook along by the line of the
cross of the Hon of (bid. Do you not see it
trembling with all tenderness and beaming
with all hope! It is the (Star of Bethlehem.
“Doep horror then my vitals froze,
Death-struck I ceased the tide to stem.
When suddenly a star arose
It was the Star of Bethlehem.”
Oh, hearer, got your eye on it. It is ea
sier for you now to become Christians than
it is to stay away from Christ and heaven.
When Miulaine Houtag liegim her musical
career she was hissed off the stage at Vien
na by the friends of her rival, Amelia Stein
inger, who hud already liegun to decline
through her dissipation. Years passed on,
and one day Madame Houtag, in her glory,
was riding through the streets of Berlin,
when she saw a little child leading a blind
woman, and she said: “Come bore, my lit
tle child, come here. Who is that you are
leading by the handf" And the little
child replied: “That’s nty mother; that’s
Amelia Steiiiinger. She used to lx> a great
singer, but she lost her voice, and she cried
so much about it that she lost her eyesight.”
“(live tny love to her,” said Madame Son
tag, “and toll her an old acquaintance will
call on her this afternoon."
The next week, in Berlin, a vast assem
blage gathortxi at a lienent for that ixior
blind woman, and it was said that Mniluine
Houtag sang that night as she had never
sur.g before. And she took a skilled oculist,
wlio iu vain tried to give eyesight to the
lxsir blind woman. Until the day of Amelia
Steiiiinger’# death, Aladaine Son tag took
care of her, and her daughter after her.
That was what the queen of song did for
her enemy.
But, oh. hoar a more thrilling story still.
Blind, immortal, poor mid lost, thou who,
when the world and Christ were rivals for
thy heart, didst hiss thy Lord away—Christ
comes now to give thee sight, to give this' u
home, to give thee heaven. With more than
a Sontag’s generosity. He comes now to
meet your need. With more than a Son
tag’s music, He come# to plead tor thy
deliverance.
SUMMER STATIONERY.
Plain Note Paper Preferred by People
of Taste.
New York, Aug. HO.—'J’hero seems to be
an idea among u certain set of fashionable
people that everything they possess must
conform in some way to the season of the
year. One would supixtse, for instance, that
an article so generally and constantly used
as note paper lor ordinary corres)ioudenoe
would escape these frequent modifications,
but this is far from being the tame. Modern
stationery, in fact, demands as much atten
tion from a society woman as does tier gown
or her bonnet. Just, at present there is to
lie seen such vuried and ingenious styles in
pa|sir and envelope# that we must of neces
sity pause and look even if we fail toad
mire. Hummer stationery is made conspic
uous iiy the most extraordinary device#
printed upon it. We see tennis hats and
balls, polo caps, fans, trays containing tum
blers presumably of lemonade, txittleg of
soda water, hammocks, veranda ohnirs and
heaven knows what else liesi.des. Nobody
denies that these ornamentations ore both
appropriate to the time of year and pretty
loloofc upon, but for a woman to use such
stationery even for the most intimate oor
resjKmdonce is ulwuys in questionable taste.
The paixrnnd envofopes employed byajier
son indicate to a great extent the character
and degree of refinement ponwwned by the
writer. A woman of dignity and elegance
rarely adopt# trivial or gaudy styles iu any
thing. Horn* plain note paper. with the
address of the writer engraved in one cor
ner, will always lie preferred by the best
tsxiple to the ridiculous designs that appear
m stationers’ windows. If a monogram lie
used at all it should be printed in one color
and rendered as little apparent os pcosibls.
As for stationery mode in imitation of
stained nod ancient parchment, or the “|xiv
erty” kind that resembles u piece of enno
bled wrapping paper with torn and ragged
edges, or that which affects loud colors,
vermilion and yellow, they are worse than
the symbolical sort and are ouly fit for
tradesmen's advertisements. In Europe
niemlicrs of the arixUxrnoy write on plain
white paper, using, perhaps, ordinary rod
wax to soul the envelope. A sheet of paper
emblazoned with a monogram or eoat-of
nrms In all the colors of the rainbow is the
unfailing murk either of a nouveau-riche or
a lavage. Clara Lanza.
GIVEN UP AS LOST.
An English Steamship Not Heard from
Since She Left Norfolk.
Philadelphia, Aug, ill. —The English
steamship Madrid™, which saHid from this
port May 25 for London via Hull Kiver,
South Carolina, where she loaded a cargo
of phoMphute rock, has boon given
up for lost with all on board.
The last neon of tho missing steamer
was on Juno Id, when <he stoanesl out of
tho harbor of Norfolk after having coaled
at Lumbert's point. She wu* commanded
by ' apt. Mathew • trson who had with him
a crew of twenty-!ve men, several of whom
wero sbippo I at this jsirt. The steamer
and cargo were valued at $150,000.
Franco-Runslan Friendship.
St. Pktkhsbubo, Aug. 21.—At a ban
quet given by the merchants of Nijni Nov
gorod to M. Uerouleda, ex President of tho
French Patriotic League, the Governor of
the city proposed the health of the delegates
of the Patriotic Isuiguc, and numerous
stieoches were made ami toasts proposed on
the theme of the friendship existing be
tween France and Rossis
I PRICE RIO A YEAR*)
j • CUNT* A COPY, f
PROMISES OF THE FIELDS.
CORN GREATLY IMPROVED BY THE
RECENT RAINS.
Less than an Average Yield Expected
However, in Consequence of the
Late Drought—Cotton Improved In
the Western Part of the Belt—Too
Much Rain In the Carolina#.
W ahrinoton, Aug. 21.—Following is the
weather crop bulletin of the signal office for
the week ending Aug. 20:
During the week ending Aug. 20 it lias
been slightly warmer than usual throughout
the Southern States and the Ohio valley,
and cooler than usual throughout the lake
region mid the upper Mississippi and Mis
souri valleys, the average daily temperature
in the lost named district ranging from 2* to
4" lielow normal. In New England, the Mid
dle Atlantic States, mid on the Pacific
coast the tetiqieraturo differed but slightly
from the normal. The daily average tem
perature for the season from Jan. 1 to Aug.
20, has ranged from 1" to 2* above
the normal in the central valleys, and it has
been slightly cooler than usual at stations
on the Atlantic mid Pacific coasts and from
Lake Superior westward to Montreal.
THE RAINFALL.
During the week the rainfall has been in
excess generally throughout the corn and
tobacco regions, and in the northeast por
tion of the cotton region and in Northern
New England, while there has been Iras
than the usual amount of rain in the lower
Mississippi valley, on the Middle and South
Atlantic coast, in Arkansas and the SouMi
ern portions of Missouri and Kansas, and
from lake Superior westward to Dako
ta. Well distributed rains have oc
curred throughout the drought region,
and the 7 o’clock reports this morning
show that rain continues in thi# section.
The large deficiency in the rainfall for the
season, ranging from five to fifteen inches
in the Mississippi valley, has been slightly
reduced in the Northern States and aug
mented in the Southern States during the
past, week, the only sections reporting an ex
cer# of rainfall for the seoaon txung North
ern New England, the central [x>rtinnx of
the Middle Atlantic States, Southern Da
kota and the North Pacific coast.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The weather for the week has been favor
able throughout the corn belt, the recent
rains having greatly improved the condi
tion of that crop, but owing to the lateness
of the ruin in the principal corn producing
Suites, the yield will probably bo below the
average.
In the cotton region from Alabama west
ward to Texas, the weather for the week
has improved the crop conditions, and the
cotton harvest is progressing, but more
rain would benefit the crop in the central
portion of Arkansas. In North and South
('nrollnaun excess of rainfall for the week
is reported as unfavorable for the cotton
crop.
The weather has fieen generally favorable
for all crops in Kentucky, Tennessee, Vir
ginia, and in the Middle Atlantic and New
England States.
In Minnesota the uncut crops wore im
proved and harvested crops damaged by th#
rains.
RICH MEN OF JANITORS’ TOWN.
A Claes of Men Who Have Managed to
Accumulate Wealth in a Quiet Way.
New York, Aug. 30.— Janitors’ Town is
that portion of Nr > York which extends
from Beekman street to Beaver and from
Broadway to Pearl street. There is not a
Single dwelling house to lie found within its
boundaries. The inhabitants for the most
part live on the lop floors of large business
buildings, and consist of janitors and their
families. During the day when the streets
are thronged with people hurrying to and
fro ir. pursuit of their various vocations the
peculiar features which characterize the life
of Janitors’ Town are hidden from view;
but when night approaches everything
is changed. Wall street, that hut
a few hours before was busy with
bonkers, brokers, clerks and messenger
toys, jostling ouch other indiscriminately,
and Broadway, that resounded with
the hum of trade, are now the quiet stroll
ing places for young moil and women. They
may he seen walking slowly in pairs post
Trinity church or down Wall street toward
the ferry. (roii|>s gather in the doorways
cliatting and laughing, or listening to one
of their nuinlier sing a favorite song to the
accompaniment of an accordion or lianjo.
In fact, Janitors' Town in the evening is
the most musical district In the city. A
largo proiKirtion of the inhabitant# consist
of the b<ttr class of colored pi-ople, and
the strumming of guitars and the picking
of banjoes may be heard on every block.
There Is a social element in Janitors’ Town
also which models itself after Murray
Hill. There are cliques and jealous#**
there which rivul those of the “uppwr
ten.” Miuiv of the janitors are moderately
well off. Some are wealthy, and these
very naturally consider themselves better
than their neighbors, so that, there are
social grades existing among them with
lines as well defined as those which separate
the upper classes. Among the wealthiest
janitors in the city may lie mentioned
Thomas Cleary of the Equitable building.
His yearly Income from perquisites alone
amounts to thousands of dollars. He owns
considerable property and lives in tlrst-olaas
style. William Evans, janitor of the build
ing owned by Brown Brothers & Cos., is re
ruted to lie worth considerable money,
luring the summer months he goes
out of town to recuperate his
health, occupying n comfortable cottage
on Htaion Island. Henry Schneider, of the
New York Clearing House, own# several
tenement bouses and considerable real
estate in different part# of the city. He is
an intelligent <icrm.ni, frugal in his habits
and houet as the day. He drives a band
some turnout, in which lie takes his friends
to Coney island or sonic other resort in the
vicinity of New York, after his day’s work
is over. Mr. Smith, janitor of the Bank of
New York, a colored man, is also the pos
sessor of a fine turnout. His wealth
amounts to lietwocn 1100,1100 and $300,000.
Mr. Matthews, of the Continental Bank
Building, 1# probably the richest janitor in
the city. He, also, in u colored gentleman.
Ho owns a piece of unimproved real estate
uptown for which ho refused an of
fer of SIOO,OOO some years ago. He
owns a large number of houses besides, aud
it would be difficult to place an exact esti
mate upon hi# weulth. Just how these men
are enabled to accumulate money so rapidly
l# eusy to determine. In the first pluoe, it
cost# them nothing for rent. Ajxirtments
are set apart for their use. They receive
moderately large salaries, in many instances
have the privilege of supplying midday
meal# to several luge office#, and in all in
stances receive perquisites from the differ
ent office# in the buildings the}' look after.
A few years of economy, with judicious in
vestments of the money saved, and they are
independent.
J. P. Hitter, Jr#
A Peruvian Minister Resigns.
Lima, Put, Aug. 21.—Minister Hacien
das has tendered his resignation, which haa
been accepted, and It is stated that tile rest
of the Cabinet also neigned to day.