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( ESTABLISHED ***® I jJ. H. KSTILL, E'‘ ,or *G Proprietor f SOCIALIST? IN A FIGHT. the central LABOR UNION MEETING f FJLL OF UPROAR. Fishing Su/£f es ted as a Recreation for Starving Strikers -Two Men Get in a Squabble* and a Free Fight Fol lowe -Another Delegate Objects to Eeirk? Called a Monkey. \ K v York, Oct. SO.—The Central Labor Vnin to-day had another turbulent meet- j U p The trouble was begun by Sergeant asArms Shea opposing a motion to strike ,n a building in One Hundred and Fifty sixth street. “What are the laborers to do in the meantime?” he asked. “Let them go a fishing,” was the reply of a Socialist. Then a communication from Branch 4 of the Carpenters’and Joiners’ Union was read. This branch had been suspended by the central body for taking a decided stand against Henry George. They demanded to tie readmitted. The members of the building trades who are favoring George’s theories jumped from • their seats declaring that Branch No. 4 was no longer represented in the Central Labor Union and that therefore the matter could not be discussed. They moved that the communication be tabled. There was Hti votes for and 33 against the motion. The Socialists demanded afreoount. The George men yelled so as to drown the voices of their opponents. A FREE FIGHT. At this point one of the Socialists was struck on the hand In which he held his del egate's card, knocking it out of his grasp. This was the signal for a general fight. One of the George men was about to strike Jablinowsky, who had been conspicuously demonstrative, when others interfered. Thie Socialists then demanded that the offending George men be expelled, and upon opposi tion being made they attempted to throw him out of the hall. It was only after the Chairman had declared that he would expel the aggressor for the remainder of the ses sion that the uproar was quieted. But now the delegate refused to leave the hall. When the Sergeant-at-arms attempted to eject him he resisted, and it required forty-five min utes to get the doors finally closed upon him. CALLED A MONKEY. Steps were then taken to assist the lock out brass workers, but before this was fairly done, one of the George man com plained to the Chair that a Socialist had called him a monkey. The expulsion of the Socialist was loudly demanded. Then the chairman lost his temper. He called the delegate a fool. The delegate retorted “And you aw a loafer.” The row was again started and soon assumed such an as pect that the chairman had to leave his chair. The vice chairman took his place and began to make a speech in which he appealed to the better instincts of the delegates and entreated them to behave like gentlemen. They would not listen to him. A dozen of the delegates moved 'to adjourn, but a majority decided not to, and then forced Chairman Fowler to retract his offensive remarks. A communication was then read from the Federated Trades Union,proposing that a general strike should take place Nov. 11 in case the Chicago Anarchists were exe cuted. It was referred to the committee. SHE MAY HAVE BEEN POISONED. Physicians Investigating a Suspicious Case at Augusta. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 30.—Doctors Lamb, Glass and Morgan to-day dissected the body of Mrs. Williams, the woman suspected of having been poisoned by her husband on Friday night. Her lungs were found to be badly congested, from the effects of which she died. The doctors took out the stomach and have it hermetically sealed in a glass jar awaiting analysis for traces of poison. Col. George W. Rains will reach the city Tuesday and will probably make the analy sis. The doctors say it is probable that congestion of the lungs was caused from poison being administered, but say if it was' poison it was neither opium, strychnine nor arsenic. They, however, think it possible that cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison, was administered by the husband in whisky. There is a small photograph es tablishment in the rear of the house in which she died, and as the poison referred io is used largely in photography, it is thought it was secured there. Coroner Picquett thinks she died from drinking whisky straight. At any rate, Williamson and Hamilton, the supposed murderers, are still in jail and will remain until the chemic al analysis Ls made. DAUGHTERS OF THE SOUTH. Three Cheers as a Good Night for the Guests of Atheni Athens, Ga., Oct. 30.—Last night at a late hour the Green Rlflas who escorted Miss Winnie Davis and Mrs. Hayes from Macon, assembled on Broad street, accompanied by students of the University of Georgia, 225 strong, and a large number of citizens. They wended their wny toward Cobb Hall to give three cheers for the daughters of the Con federacy before retiring for the night at the handsome residence of Mrs. Howell Cobb. The Green Rifles fired a salute. Speeches "ere made by Messrs, Andrew J Cobb, W. B. Burnett, A. S. Erwin, T. L. Gantt, How ell Cobb and Capt. John Hurt. After the speeches the procession passed through the piazza, and by the front door where Mis Davis and her sister were Handing, who bowed in acknowledgment of their appreciation./ After three cheers for 1 lie distinguished guests the procession re paired to the hospitable parlors of C. W. Baldwin, where an elegant repast awaited them. A great many entertainments will be given Miss Davis next week. DEATH OF MRS. BARCLAY. The Family Once Owned a Large Estate Near This City. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 30.—Mrs. An thony Barclay, who died Saturday night aged 03 years, was the widow of Anthony Barclay, long English Consul at Now York. The family had large estates near Savannah before the war, and were greatly impover ished by the burning of their farm house and other buildings by Sherman's army. Mr. Barclay, her son, died Saturday also, aged 53. Secretary Whitney Bettor. New York, Oct. 11.—Secretary of the Navy Whitney spent to-day quietly at his Lome in this city. Dr. Loomis called to see him in the morningjaud pronounced him bet tor.and repeated his orders to keep absolutely quiet for several duys. Callers were told 1 hat he would be well in about a week. He was not allowed to see visitors. Tampa's Record. Tampa, Fla., Oct. 30. But nine new cases are officially reported to-day, and but one death, that of E. O. Morris. The weather is much cooler. The thermometer registers 54°. The outlook is more hopeful. IRISH POLICE ELUDED. Mr. O’Brien Makes a Speech in Spite of His Prosecutors. Dublin, Oct. 30.—At Kanturk to-day Mr. O'Brien eluded the police, and addressed an immense crowd of people. He said this was probably his last day of liberty for some time, and he was proud to spend it there. He ridiculed Balfour’s idea of repressing agitation by confining the Irish members of the House of Commons. “These members” he said “are the outposts of ‘J0,000,000 of the Irish race. If this is conspiracy, it is conspiracy with every element to make a national and great cause that is unconquer able.” The tenants who adopted the plan of campaign would be well taken care of, though such tenants were not likely to be evicted through the fears of the landlords. At MitcUellstowu James Brougham read Mr. O’Brien’s illegal speech, and defied the government to prosecute him. a letter by sir blunt. London, Oct. 30.--Sir Wilfrid Blunt, who is out on bail (lending an appeal from his conviction for violating the crimes act in speaking at a proclaimed meeting at Woodford, has written a letter to Lord Randolph Churchill. He says he does not doubt that had Lord Randolph been at Woodford last Sunday, and had known of the days of Olanricarde he would have done as the writer did. He con cluded: “I am willing to bear hard labor on any other penal treatment which Balfour may decree, aud I shall bear him no ill-will, but as concerns the law, he plays with loaded dice. The new crimes act is modeled on those hanging commissions which you and 1 denounced in Egypt five years ago.” The correspondent of the Chronicle at Rome denies emphatically that the Pope bolds the same views regarding Ireland as does Mr. Gladstone. The Pope, he says, be lieves in the settlement of agrarian ques tions, but not in home rule. A CRASH ON THE RAILS. Two Freight Trains Collide in a Fog- Train Dispatchers to Blame. Buffalo, Oct. 30. Early this morning, freight train No. 40, east-bound, on the Nickel Plate railroad, crashed into the sec ond section of train No. 35, about a mile from Silver Creek station while going at the rate of thirty miles an hour. The night was foggy and the engineers did not see each other until only a few rods away. The west-bound cars were light, aud six of them shot up into the air, breaking a telegraph wire alongside in their fall. The east-bound train was heavily loaded and much valuable freight, was destroyed. Engineer Booth and the conductor of the west-bound train escaped by jumping, but John McStinson, the fire man, was caught while preparing to jump, and died after three horn’s of agony. Engi neer Clayton, of the east-bound train, never took his hand from the throttle, and was found in his seat in the cab crushed from behind by the tender. His fireman escaped by jumping. The train dispatchers at Con ueaut, 0., where the dead men lived, are responsible for the disaster, having given wrong orders. THE FALL FESTIVAL. The Phosphate Companies Making Very Little Money. Charleston, Oct. 30.—The old city by the sea is just now on the eve of what promises to be a memorable celebration. She will celebrate this week her resurrec tion from the earthquake ruins of 1880. The carnival has grown into large propor tions, and with favorable meteorological accessories will doubtless prove a great suc cess. The funniest part of it, is that it grew from a small beginning. The mil lionaires of Charleston were very economical in their contributions at first, but were finally shamed into doubling up their contributions and as the programme grew the enthusiasm grew, until finally there is a promise of a week of rare carnival, which cannot fail to be attractive to those who I may visit the city. The millionaires of j Charleston by the way are a queer lot. Unlike those of Atlanta, Savannah, Augus. ; ta and Columbia, they rarely ever appear In public as investors iii any enterprise that tends to benefit the city. another narrow escape. Charleston has had one more narrow es cape from a cotton fire. Nine bales at one of the compresses were discovered in a blaze a day or two ago. There were several thousand bales in the building at the time, and yet the fire was confined to the original nine bales. People are beginning to think now that the old city has had her share of misfortunes, and that her time has ar rived for good luck. ABOUT THE PHOSPHATES. The legislative commission appointed to investigate the phosphatic deposits on the sea coast hasjbeeu in session here. The ob ject for which the commission was appoint ed is to see whether the State is deriving a sufficient income from the royalty, and whether the mining is conducted as system atical!< as it could be. The investigation thus far has developed the fact that the mining of river rock is not very systematic ally conducted. Only one or two of the river companies have made money. The production has been so great that the price of phosphate rock has got below' a paying figure, and ruin and bankruptcy stare many of the miners in the face. All of the witnesses who testi fied before the commission expressed the opinion that the State should do something to regulate the production. There was a pool at one time to control the price of rock, but this was broken up several years ago owing to the underselling of the river companies and the price of rock has been falling ever since. It is not improbable that an effort will be made at the next session of the General As sembly to increase the royalty on river rock, and it may be that the present commission may report a plan by which the production may be regulated. The State at present, gets about SI2S,(XX) per annum income from the royalty on river rock, but the right to mine it has been so indiscriminately granted that mining has almost ceased to bo profitable, and if things go on at, the present rate this income will probably die out in the course of three or four years. Death of a Prominent Architect. Philadelphia, Oct. 30.—Thomas U. Walter, one of the leading architects of the country, and President of the American In stitute of Architects, died to-day. aged 84 years. He executed the plan adopted by Congress in 1850 for the extension to the capitol at Washington, designed the Girard College building in this city, the wing to the Patent Office in Washington in iß.il, ex tensions to the United States Treasury and Post Office buildings in 18-55, and the dome of the national capitol. Attorney Grinnell Confident. Washington. Oct. 80.—State’s Attorney Grinnell. of Chicago, went homd to-day be lieving that the Supreme Court would an nounce its decision to-morrow in the case of the Anarchists, and that the writ of error would be refused. He thinks that the Gov ernor of Illinois will not interfere, and that tiie Anarchists will bo hung Nov. 11, as sentenced SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1887. DEFENSE OF YOUNG MEN. REV. TALMAGE OPENB THE EYES OF THE YOUTH. A Good Home One of the B6t Safe guards to Start With—lndustrious Habits Also a Great Protection—Re spect for the Sabbath a Powerful Preservative Against Evil. Brooklyn, Oct. 30.—Six thousand people, sitting and standing iu the Brooklyn Taber nacle, and all the adjoining rooms packed, and people turned away! Such was the scene to-day. The congregation sang: “Awake, my soul, stretch every uerve, And press with vigor on.” The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D., preached on thesubjeot: “Defense of Young Men,” and took his text from II Kings vi., 17: “And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man.” He said: One morning in Dothan a young theolog ical student was scared by finding himself and Elisha, the prophet, upon whom he waited, surrounded by a whole ar my of enemies. But venerable Elisha was not scared at all, because he saw the mountains full of defense for him, iu chariots made out of fire, wheels of fil e, dashboard of fire, and cushion of fire, drawn bv horses with nostrils of fire, and mane of fire, and haunches of fire, and hoofs of fire—a supernatural appearance that could not be seen with the natural eve. So the old minister prayed that the young minister might see them also, and the prayer was answered, and the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he also saw the fiery procession, looking somewhat, I sup pose, like the Adirondacks or the Allegha nies in this autumnal resplendence. Many young men, standing among the most tremendous realities, have their eyes half shut or entirely closed. May God grant that my sermon may open wide your eyes to your safety, your opportunity and your destiny A mighty defense for a young man is a good home. Some of my hearers look back with tender satisfaction to theirearly home. It may have been rude and rustic, hidden among the hills, and architect or uphol sterer never planned or adorned it. But all the fresco on princely’ walls never looked as enticing to you as those rough hewu rafters. You can think of no park or arbor of trees planted on fashionable country seat so at tractive as the plain brook that ran in front of tiie old farm house, and sang under the weeping willows. No barred gateway, adorned with statues of bronze, and swung open by obsequious porter, has half the glory ot the swing gate. Many of you have a second dwelling place, your adopted home, that also is sacred forever. There you built the first family altar. There your children xvere born. All those trees you planted. That room is solemn, because once in it, over the hot pillow. Happed the wing of death. Under that roof you expect, when your work is done, to lie doyvn and die. You try with many words to tell the excellency of the place, but you fail. There is only one word in the language that can describe your meaning. It is home. Now, 1 declare it, that young man is com paratively sale who goes out into the world with a charm-like this upon him. The memory of parental solicitude, watching, planning and praying, will be to him a shield ami a shelter. I never knew a man faithful both to his early and adopted home, who at the same time was given over to any gross form of dissipation or wickedness. Ho who seeks his enjoyment chiefly from out side association, rather than from the more quiet and unpresuming pleasures of which I have spoken may be suspected to be on the broad road to ruin. Absalom despised his father’s house, and you know his history of sin and his death of shame. If you seem un necessarily isolated from your kindred and former associations, is there not some room that you can call your own? Into it gather books, and pictures, and a harp. Have a portrait over the mantel. Make ungodly mirth stand back from the threshold. Con secrate some spot with the knee of prayer. By the memory of other days, a father’s counsel and a mother’s love, and a sister's confidence, call it home. Another defense for a young man is in dustrious habit. Many young men, in start ing upon life in this age, expect to make their way through the world by the use of their wits rather than the toil of their hands. A child now goes to the city and fails twice before he is as old as his father was when he first saw the spires of the great town. Sit ting in some office, rented at a thousand dollars a year, he is waiting for the bank to declare its dividend, or goes into the market expecting before night to he made rich by the rushing up of the stocks. But luck seemed so dull he resolved on some other tack. Perhaps he borrowed from his era plover's money drawer, and forgets to put, it hack, or for merely the purpose of im proving his penmanship makes a copy-plate of a merchant's signature. Never mind, all is right in trade, iu some dark night there may come in his dreams a vision of Black well’s Island, or of Sing Sing, but it soon vanishes. In a short time he will be ready to retire from the busy world, and amid his flocks and herds culture the domestic virtues. Then those young men who once were his schoolmates, and knew no better than to engage in honest work, will come with their ox teams to draw him logs, and with their hard hands help heave up his castle. This is no fancy picture. It is every-day life. I should not wonder if there were some rotten beams in that beautiful palace. I should not wonder if dire sicknesses should smite through the young man, or if God should pour into bis cup of life a draught that would thrill him with unbearable agony. I should not wonder if his children should be come to him a livinfe curse, making his home a pest and a disgrace. 1 should not wonder if he goes to a miserable grave, and beyond it into the gnashing of teeth. The wav of the ungodly shall perish. My young friends, there is no way to genuine success, except through toil either of the heart or hand. At tiie battle of Creey, in 134 G, the Prince of Wales, finding himself heavily pressed by the enemy, sent word to his father for help. The father, watching the battle from a windmill, and seeing that his son was not wounded and could gain the day if he would, sent word: “No, I will not come. Let the boy win his spurs, for, if God will, I desire that this day bo his with all its honors.” Young man, fight your own battle all through, and you shail have the victory. Oh, it is a battle worth fighting. Two monarch* of old fought a duel, Charles V. and Francis, and the stakes were kingdoms, Milan and Bur gundy. You fight with sin, and the stake is heaven or hell. Do not get the fatal idea that you are a genius, and that therefore there is no need of close application. It is here where multitude* fail. The great curse of this age is the geniuses, men with enormous self conceit and egotism, and nothing else. I had rather be an ox than an eagle; plain, and plodding, and useful, rather than high flying and good for nothing but to pick out the eyes of carcasses. Extraordinary capacity without use is extraordinary failure. There is no hope for that person who begins life resolved to live by hCs wits, for the probability is he has not ailv. It was not safe for Adam, oven in his unfalinn state, to have nothing to do, axel therefore Goa commanded him to be a farmer and horti culturist. Ho was to dress the garden and keep it, and hail he ami his wife obeyed the divine injunction and been at work, they would not have been sauntering under the trees and hungering after that fruit which destroyed them and their posterity: proof positive for all aftes to come that those who do not attend to their business are sure to get into mischief Ido not. know that the prodigal in Scripture would e\ er have been reclaimed had he not given up his idle habits and gone to feeding swine for a liv ing, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard, con sider her ways and be wise, which, having no overseer or guide, provideth her food in the summer and gathereth her meal In the harvest.” The devil does not so often at tnek the man who is busy with the pen, and the book, and the trowel, and the saw, and the hammer. He is afraid of those weapons. But woo to thnt man whom this roaring lion meets with his hands in his pockets. Do not de mand that your toil always he elegant, and cleanly and refined. There is a certain amount of drudgery through which we must all pass, whatever be our occupation. You know bow men are sentenced, a cer tain number to years of prison, and after they have suffered and worke I out the time then they are allowed to go free And so it is with all of us. God passed on us the sen tence: “By the sweat of thy brew shalt thou eat bread.” We must endure our time of drudgery, and then, after a while, we will be allowed to go into comparative liberty. We must be willing to endure the sentence. We all know what drudgery is connected with the beginning of any trade or profession, but this does not continue all our lives, if it be the stu dent’s, or the merchant’s or the mechanic’s life. I know you have at the beginning mnnv a hard time, but after awhile these things will become easy. You will be your own master. God’s sentence will be satisfied. You will be discharged from prison. Bless God that you have a brain to think, and hands to work, and feet to walk with, for in your constant activity, O young man, is one of your strongest de fenses. Put vour trust in God aud do your level best. That child had it right when the horses ran away with the load of wood and he sat upon it: When asked if he was frightened, he said: “No. I prayed to God and hung on like a beaver.” Again, profound respect for the Sabbath will bo to the young man a powerful pre servative against evil. God has thrust into the toil amt fatigue of life a recreative day, when the soul is especially to be fed. It is no new-fangled notion of a wild-brained re former, but an institution established at the beginning. God has made natural and moral laws so harmonious that the body as well ns the soul demands this institution. Our bodies are seven-day clocks, that, must be wound up as often as that r they will run down. Failure must come sooner or later to the man who breaks the Sabbath. Inspiration has called it the Lord’s Day, and he who devotes it to the world is guilty of robbery. God will not let the sin go un punished, either in this world or the world to come. This is the statement of a man who hail broken this divine enactment: “I was engaged in manufacturing on the Lehigh river. On the Sabbath 1 used to rest, but never regarded God in it. Oue hoautiful Sabbath, when the in >c was all hushed and the day was all that loveliness could make it, I set down on my piazza and wont to work inventing anew shuttle. 1 neither stepped to eat nor drink till t he sun went down; by that time I had Hie inven tion completed. The next morning 1 ex hibited it, boasted of my day’s work, and was applauded. The shuttle was tried and worked well, but that Sabbath day’s work cost me #BO,OOO. AVe branched out and en larged, and the curse of Heaven was upon me from that day onward.” AYhile the divine frown must rest upon him who tramnles upon this statute, God’s special favor will be upon that young man who scrupulously observes it. Tins day, properly observed, will throw a hallowed influence over nil the week. The song, and sermon, and sanctuary will hold back from presumptuous scenes. That young man who begins the duties of life with either se cret or open disrespect of the holy day, 1 venture to prophesy, will meet with no prominent successes. God’s curse will fall upon his ship, his store, his office, his studio, his body and his soul. The wav of the wicked He turneth upside down. In one of the old fables it was said that a wonderful child was born in Bagdad, and a magician could hear his footsteps six thousand miles away. But I can hear ill the footstep of that young man, on his way to the house of worship this morning, step not only of a lifetime of usefulness but the coming step of eternal joys of heavens yet millions of miles away. ' Again, a noble ideal and confident ex pectation of approximating to it, will in la’libiy advance. The artist completes iu his mind the great thought that be wishes to transfer to the canvas or the marble be fore he takes up the crayon or the chlsei. Th" architect plans out the entire structure before he orders the workmen to begin, and though there may for a long while seem to bo nothing but blundering and rudeness he has in his mind every Corinthian wreath and Gothic arch and Byzantine capital. The poet arranges the entire plot before he be gins to chime the first canto of tingling rhythms. And yet, stranger to us, there are men who attempt to build their charac ter without knowing whether in the end it shall be a rude traitor's den or a Ht. Mark’s of Venice. Men who begin to write the in tricate poem of their lives without knowing whether it shall be a Homer's Odyssey or a rhymester’s botch. Nim hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are liv ing without any great life-plot. 800 ed, and spurred, and plumed, and urging their swift courser in the hottest haste. I conic ou' and ask: “Halloo, man, whither away?” His response is: “Nowhere.” Rush into the busy shop or store of many a one and taking the plane out of the man’s hand ami laying down th yard-stick say: “What, man, is all this "about, so much stir and sweat?” The reply will stumble and break down between teeth and lips. Every day’s duty ought only to lie the following up of the main plan of existence. Let men he consistent. If they prefer misdeeds to cor rect courses of action, then let them draw out the design of knavery, and cruelty, and plunder. Let every day’s falsehood arid wrong-doing be nddod as coloring to the pic ture. Let bloody deeds red stripe the canvas, and the clouds of a wrathful G>xl hang down heavily over the canvas, ready to break out in clamorous tempest. Let the waters be chafed, a frot-tanglc, and green with immeasurable depths. Then take a torch of burning pitch and scorch into the frame of the picture the right name for it; namely, the Soul's Suicide. If oue entering upon sinful directions would only in his mind, or on paper, draw out in awful reality this dreadful future, he would recoil from it, and say: “Am Ia Dante, that by my own life I should write another In ferno C But if you are resolved to live a life such as God ami good men will approve, do not let it be a vague dream, an indefinite determination, but in vour mind or upon paper sketch it in all its minutiae. You cannot know the changes to which you may be subject, but you may know what always will be right and always will be wrong. Let gentleness, and charity, and voracity, and- faith stand in the heart of the " sketch. On some still brook’s bank make a lamb and lion lie down together. Draw two or three of the trees ot life, not frost-stricken, nor ice glazed, nor wind-stripped, but with thick verdure waving like the :minis of heaven. On the darkest, cloud place the rainbow, that billow of the dying storm. You need not burn the title on the frame. The dullest will catch the design at a glance, and say; “That is the road to heaven." Ah. me! On this sea of life what innumerable ships, heavily laden and well-rigged, yet some bound for another port. Swept every whither of wind aud wave, they go up by the mountains, they go down by the bil lows, aud are at tliVir wits’end. They sail by no chart, they watch no star, they long for no harbor. I beg every young man to day to draw out a sketch of what, by the grace of God, he means to be, though in ex cellence so high that you cannot reach it. He who starts out in life with a high ideal of character, and faith in its attainment, will find himself encased from a thousand temptations. There are magnificent possibilities before each of j’ou young men of the stout heart, and the buoyant step, and the bounding spirit. I would marshal you for grand achievement. God now provides for you the fleet, and tiie armor, and the fortifica tions; who is on the Lord's side? The Cap tain of the zouaves in ancient times, to en courage them against the immense odds on tiie side of their enemies, said: “Come, my men, look these fellows in the face. They are six thousand, you are three hundred. Surely the match is even.” That speech gave them the victory. Bo not, my hearer, dismayed at any tune by what seemsnn im mense odds against you. Is fortune, is want of education, are men, are devils against you, though the multitudes of earth and hell confront you, siand up to the charge. With a million against you. the match is just even. Nay, you have a de cided advantage. If Goa he for us, who can be against us? Thus protected, you need not spend much time in answering your assailants. Many years ago word came to me that two impostors, as temperance lecturers, had been speaking in Ohio in various places, and giving their experience, and they told their audience that they had long tieen in timate with me, and had become drunkards by dining at my table, where I always had liquors of all sorts. Indignant to tiie last degree, 1 went down to Patrick Campbell, Chief of Brooklyn police, saying I was go ing to start that night for Ohio to have these villains arrested, and I wanted him to tell me how to make the arrest. He smiled and said: “I)o not waste your time by chasing these men. Go home and do your work, and they can do you no harm.” I took his counsel and all was well. Long ago I made up my mind that if one will put his trust in God aud be faithful to duty, he need not fear any evil. Have God on your side, young man, and all the combined forces of earth and bell can do you no dam age. And this leads mo to say that, the mightiest of all defense for a young man is the pos session of thorough religious principle. Nothing can take the place of it. He may have manners that would put to shame the gracefulness and courtesy of a Lord Ches terfield. Foreign languages may drop from his tongue. Ho limy lie able to discuss literatures, and laWs, and foreign customs. He may wield a pen of unequalled polish and power. His quickness and tact may qualify him for the highest salary of the counting house. He may be as sharp ns Herod and as strong as Samson, with ns fine locks as those which hung Absalom, still he is not safe from contamination. The more elegant, his manner, and the more fascina ting his dress, the more peril. Satan does not care much for the allegiance of a coward and illiterate being. He can bring him into efficient service. But he loves to storm that castle of character which has in it the most spoi Is and treasures. It was not some crazy craft, creeping along the coast, with a valueless cargo, that tin- pirate at tacked. but the ship, full-winged and flagged, plying between great ports, carry ing its million of specie. The more your natural and acquired accomplishments,,the more need of too religion of Jesus. That does not cut in upon or back up any smooth ness of disposition or behavior. It gives symmetry. It arrests that in the soul which ought to lie arrested, and propels that which ought to l>e propelled. It fills up the gul leys. It elevates and transforms. To beau ty is given more beauty, to tact more tact, to enthusiasm of nature more enthusiasm. When the Holy Spirit impresses the image of God on the heart He does not spoil the canvas. If in all the multitudes of young iiion upon whom religion has acted you could find one nature that hail been the feast damaged, I would yield t his poposi tion. You may now have enough strength of character to repel the various tempta tions to gross wickedness which assail you, but Ido not know in what strait you may lie thrust at some future time. Nothing short of tiie grace of the cross may then be able to deliver you from the lions. You m o not meeker than Moses, nor holier than Da vid, nor more patient than Job, and you ought not to consider yourself invulnerable. You may have some weak |>oint of charac ter that you have never discovered, and hi some hour when you are assaulted the I’liil istines will be upon thee, Samson, Trust not in your good habit*, or your early train ing, or your pride of character; noth ing short of the arm of almigh ty God will be sufficient to uphold you. You looked forward to the world sometimes with a chilling despond ency. Cheer upl I will tell you how you all may make a fortune. “Seek first the kingdom of God ami hs right* ousn ss, and all other things will lx) added onto you.” f know you do not want, to he mean in this matter. Give God iho freshness of your life. You will not have the heart to drink down the brimming cup of life, and then pour the dregs on God’s altar. To a Saviour so infinitely generous you have not the heart to act like that. That is not brave, that is not honorable, that is not manly. Your greatest want in all the world is a now heart. In (rod’s name I tell you that. And tho Blessed Spirit presses through the solemnities and privileges of this holy hour. Put the cup of life eternal to vour thirsty lips. Thrust it not back. Mercy offers it, bleeding mercy, long suffering mercy. Re ject all other friendships, !.c ungrateful for all other kindnes , prove recreant to all other bargains, but despise God’s love for your immortal soul—don’t von do that. I would like to see some of you this hour press out of the ranks of the world and lay your conquered spirit at the feet of Jesus. This hour is no wandering vagabond staggering over the earth, it is a winged messenger of the skies whispering mercy to thy soul. Life is smooth now, but after a while it may be rough, wild and precipitate. There comes a crisis in the history of every man. We seldom understand that, turning point until it is far past. The road of life is forked and I read on two sign boards: “This is tho way to happiness,” “Tills is the way to ruin.” How apt we are to pass the forks of the road without thinking whether it comes out at the door of bliss or the gates of darkness. Many years ago I stood on the anniversary platform with a minister of Christ who made this remarkable statement: “Thirty years ago two young men started out in the evening to attend Park Theatre, New York, where a play wus to be acted in which the cause of religion was to he placed in a ndiculouß and hypocritical light They came to tho step*. The conscience of both smote them. One started to go home, but returned again to the door and yet had not courage to enter and finally departed. But the other young man entered the pit of the theatre. It was tho turning poiut iu the history of those two young men. The man who entered was caught in the whirl of temptation. He sank deeper and deeper in iutamy. Ha was lost. The other young man was saved, and he now stands before you to bless God that for twenty years he has been permitted to preach the Gospel.” “Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth; but know thou that for all those things God will bring thee into judgment." THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR. It Was a Gratifying Success In Every Respect Except One. Macon, Oct. 30. —As an exhibition of the vast and varied resources of the common wealth, the annual fair of the State Agri cultural Society was unquestionably a grati fying success. The pecuniary results, how ever, must have fallen far short of the ex pectations of its able managers. The fates, and the notable worthy, the “clerk of the weather,” seem to have conspired together to produce the champion week of the year for fog, rain, mud and an inclement and chilly atmosphere. The only dry day was Monday, when there were but few visi tors in consequence of the Piedmont show, which laid just closed its gates. Still, under all these adverse circumstances the intrinsic merits of the numerous displays and the presence of the grand old chieftain, who presided over the destines of the fallen Confederacy, attracted immonse multitudes and belli them to the end, despite the war of the elements and the potent rivalry of the Piedmont Association. From the Piedmont Fair many had barely reached their homes, mud-bespattered, hungry, weary and disgusted with their dismal experience in Atlunta. That such crowds of these “miserables” should have the courage to encounter the danger of similar treatment in Macon is in deed wonderful. But they came by thousands, and in the abounding hospitality, comfortable lodgings, and good cheer extended to them by the denizens of the “Central City,” felt soothed and more than compensated for the journey and in clemency of the weather. Moreover, they enjoyed the satisfaction, perhaps for the first and last time, of looking upon the beaming countenance of “JKFF DAVIS,” the immortal hero and martyr of the South ern Confederacy. Wo doubt if n grander, warmer and more heart felt ovation was ever extended to mortal man. The people hung upon his footsteps and crowded around him on every possible occasion, with the yearning affec tion of children for a vanerated sire. And they were greeted by the illustrious patriot with tender words and eyes that were often dimmed with tears. These scenes will never be forgotten by the lovers of the “lost cause.” In all this grand demonstration, however, there was no disloyalty to the Union of our fathers. The star spangled banner floated everywhere, and our noble battle-scarred Governor, aptly styled the “Right Bower of Gen. Lee," in his ringing address never failed to counsel obedience to the const! tuted Federal authorities and the flag of our common country. Indeed, at, this very moment, on Northern soil, his clarion voice is uplifted in behalf of the constitution and Democratic rule. The readers of the Morning News have been furnished daily with telegrams of all the salient events of the fair, and the local press has faithfully recorded the happen ings anil particulars of each day. Your cor respondent, therefore, will not go over the ground again. Suffice it to say, as a mag nificent array and illustration of the prod ucts and resources of Georgia, the State Fair of 1887 has never been surpassed. The agricultural department was es pecially well represented, and filled to re pletion with the choicest fruits of the soil. Field crops, orchard, vineyards, dairy, the vegetable garden and horticulture, alike contributed their rich and varied stores to the occasion. As stated above, we shall abstain from particulars, but feel constrained to say that the exhibits of Hancock and Monroe coun ties, and the individual show of J. B. Gor man, of Talbot, and Mr. Wadley. of M >n roe, would alone have eclipsed any previous agricultural exposition in Georgia. So also of the floral display of Mr. D. B. Woodruff. For tasty arrangement, beauty and variety, its equal has never been beheld Rt the South The art, contributions of Wesleyan Female College also, which were very numerous and elegant, were universally admired, and the display of needle work in Col. Carey's department has never been equalled in the State. But the writer finds himself unwittingly drifting into particu lars which he has promised not to do, and halts incontinently. Hancock won the first prize of SI,OOO for the liest. county exhibit, and we have seen no one who does not. say she deserved it, albeit there was but a shade of difference between her display and that, of Monroe. President Northern, Superintendent Nis l>t and the other officer*of the Agricultural Society did their whole duty in the premises, and under the circumstances achieved won ders. H. H. J. ST. AUGUSTINE SAYINGS. Delegates to be Elected to a City Political Convention. Sr. Auoitstinb, Oct. 80.— The citizens’ mass meeting to elect, candidates for Mayor, Marshal, Clerk, Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Treasurer and four Aldermen, took place at, the San Marco Music Hall, Friday even ing. There were about 000 persons present, anil the utmost confusion prevailed. After several attempts the chairman was able to make himself heard, and the meeting was projierly organized When the call for nominations was made the confusion be came so great, that the chairman tvaa obliged to adjourn the meeting, after an nouncing that meetings would be held in each ward to-morp >w evening to elect dele gates to a general convention on the follow ing Tuesday evening. Political excitement runs high, and every nfllco is eagerly sought by from three to six candidates, a noticeable feature of which is, the candidates tire all young men. The building boom seems to have no limit. The Vaii block, on the site of the St. Au gustine Hotel, which was burned last win ter, is nearly completed, and a number of the rooms are already occupied. There are fifteen store rooms in this block, all of which arc already rented at from SI,OOO to $2,500 per year. Work on the Cathedral is progressing rapidly under the supervision of W. T. Cotter. When completed the Cathedral will have double the seating capacity it formerly had, and will be greatly im proved otherwise. At a ball given last ev< ning by the St, Augustine Guards SSO was raised for the yellow fever sufferers of Tampa, and nearly SIOO was realized from the proceeds of a play by the Home Dramatic Society at Genovar’s opera house on Tues day evening for the same purpose, besides which over SOOO have been subscribed by the citizens. The “Ancient City” Hook and I Adder Company will give a promenade concert at old Fort Marion on Wednesday evening, Nov. 2, proceeds to be devoted to the Tampa sufferers. The plans for anew union railroad depot have been received and work will be com menced at once. The depot will be situated on King street, aud when completed will be the finest in the State. j PRICE glO A YEAR 1 \ 5 CENTS A COPY, f LEFT TO DIE IN THE LAKE. THE VERNON'S SHIPWRECKED PEOPLE SEEN ADRIFT. A High Sea and Damage to Her Rud der Prevented the Steamer Superior from Attempting a Rescue—A Possi bility that They Were Picked Up by a Schooner, but Death Probable. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 30.—The steam ship Superior arrived here hut night and brought the first news of the total wreck of a large passenger propeller off Monitowoc. W is. That the wreck is that of the propeller Vernon, of the Northern Michigan line, is established beyond doubt. She was due here yesterday, and from the description of fragments seen by the crew of the Superior, her owners here con sider her identity fully established. iF-be had on board a crew of twenty-two men and several passengers, the exact number not being known, and it is supposed that all hands perished. Capt. Moran, of the Superior, saw throe or four rafts with men clinging to them, and also a small boat con taining a woman and three men. couldn’t rescue them. Although he made an effort to rescue them, the high sea prevented the rendering of any assistance, the Superior being herself disabled and requiring the crew’s best efforts. It was about 10 o’clock in the morn ing when the first signs of the wreck in the shape of floating cargo and furniture were seen. About an hour later the rafts were sighted. On some the occupants were al most gone, while others signalled the Su perior. Capt. Williams, of the schooner Jqseph Paige, arrived last night at 9 oclock, and reported having seen wreckage about six miles east of Two Rivers’ Point, evidently that of a passenger vessel. One of the crew saw a body, aim a piece of pilot house with a man on it was next seen. The sea was running so high that it was impossible for the Joseph Paige to get near enough to pick the men up. THE CAPTAIN’S BTORV. Capt. Moron, of the stoamsliip Superior, brought the first news of the wrack. He said: “To pass one man on a raft appeal ing for our help, another dying from ex posure, aval a small boat in which we could see one woman and three men, one waving a coat to attract attention anil tossed about in the terrible soa without our being able to render them any assistance, was heart rending in the extreme.” He said further, “We were also fighting for our lives. With the exception of the crew every mMi was down below. Our tiller had become disconnected from the rudder [iot, leaving us at the mercy of the seas until we managed to rig up temporary tackle. With this wo kept our vessel out of the trough of the sea and kept her before the gale. It was three hours before we could handle ourselves, and then we were out of sight of the shipwrecked men. MAY BE SAVED. “There is a possibility that a large schooner coming up the lake after us may have picked up the persons in the boat. She was three or four miles astern of us, and I oould see through the glass that she was heading toward them. But she may have been bound for Monitowoc, and could have passed without seeing them. There was little possibility that she could have taken the man off the raft, and it is very doubtful if she oould pick up the yawl in such a sea. If she could get close enough to throw them a line as she scudded by, and they held on to it there might be a chance for them to lie saved. It was as heavy a sea as I have experienced in all my life on the lakes. The Sanduskey which we had in tow, sometimes buried herself so that only half of her masts could be seen. Once she stayed under so lonj that I thought she was gone.” SHE WAS UNSEA WORTHY. Many will attribute the vessel’s loss to overloading. Without a cargo she was a deeper draft vessel than any on the lakes, and it was impossible to load her with profit to her owners without, making her unsea worthy. In order to obtain great speed her builder sacrificed buoyancy and stability and overy exjierieneod man who saw the Vernon after she was launched predicted that she would sooner or later meet with disaster. DECLARED STAUNCH. Chicago, Oct. 30.—The news of the loss of the propeller Vernon was received among Chicago vessel men with great surprise, as she was recognised by them as one of the staunchest boats for her size that was on the lakes, and captains who had sailed her aJI agree that, she should weather the roughest, storm if handled properly. As the vessel had four good boats it is thought some of the thirty or more aboard must have escaped. The night was freez ingly cold. Nothing is known as to what passengers were aboard. The captain of one vessel reports passing three dead bodies near Three Rivers. The vessel cost $63,000 and was insured for $87,000. A GALE OFf ENGLAND. Fourteen Lives Already Known W Have Been Lost. London, Oct. 30. —A terrific gale raged in the south of England on Saturday night. Many buildings were unroofed and there wero numerous shipping casualties in the channel. A boat with a party of twelve persons, which loft Weymouth for a night's trawling, was capsized and ten of the party were drowned. A sloop was wrecked off Dunkirk and four men were drowned. Paris was also visited by a severe gale, which did considerable damage to property. A Steamer Ashore Off Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., Oct 30.—1 t is re ported here that the steamer Havana, of the Alexandria Line, is ashore off St Sebastian, fifty miles from Titusville, with twenty pas sengers on board. The underwriters’ agent has wired for full particulars, which nave not been received yet. SUGAR PLANTATION STRIKES. The Labor Assembly at Franklin Pro testa Against Idling. New Orleans. Oct. 30.—A special to the Time*-Democrat, from Frauklin says that the Labor Assembly of that parish adopted a resolution protesting against the action of the District Executive Board in ordering a strike for an advance in wages. The sugar planters of St. Mary’s parish have resolved to stand together and resist such demands. A Picayune special from Thibodeaux says: “A largely attended meeting of in fluential citizens adopted resolutions pro testing against the strike and pledging themselves to stand together in resisting the demands of the secret organization which has assumed to fix the rate of wages to be paid to laborers engaged on the sugar plan tations.” Military 1-uelc Prohibited. Paris, Oct. SO.— Gen. Perron, Minister of War, has prohibited military music at Cler mont-Ferrand because it promoted demon strations in favor of Gen. Boulanger.