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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.