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THE MOBNINQ NEWS. )
J Estabusbee 1850. Ibco&poRATED 168S. V
I J. H. ESTILL President. f
PETROLIAA SEA OF FIRE.
FORTY BUILDINGS BURNED WITH
THEIR CONTENTS.
People in the Burned District Com
pelled to Flee for Their Lives All
the Buildings of Wood, end Very
Little Insurance Carried on Account
of Hisrh Rates.
Pittsburg, Dec. 23.—A special from
Butler, P., says: “The business portion of
Petrolia is in ashes. Fire broke out this
morning in Klingensmith's grocery while a
strong wind was prevailing, and burned
along both sides of Main, Argyle, and Fair
view streets, destroying practically all of
the business bouses and many residences.
The fire-plugs were filled with mud, and no
water could be had. Under such hopeless
circumstances little or no effort was made
to fight the flames, which swept over the
prosperous little oil town with frightful
velocity.
FLIGHT OF THE INHABITANTS.
“It was all th j sleeping inhabitants could
do to get out with their lives and wearing
apparel. Nnthi gof value was saved from
the burned district. Fortunately no loss of
life is reported and no one was seriously
hurt. It is impossible to put anything like
an accurate estimate on the total loss, but
it will range between 185,000 aud $lOO,OOO.
The thickly populated portion of the town
on the north side of Main street between
Argyle street and the offices of the United
Pipe Line, including the latter, and on the
south side, from the bank, which is still
Btanding, to Fair view street, is destroyed,
as well as the buildings to the cemetery.
FORTY BUILDINGS BURNED.
“About forty buildings were destroyed.
The loss to merchants is very heavy. They
saved neither building nor stock, and it Is
believed that in most instances there was
very little, if any, insurance on either, as
the buildings were generally frame, and the
insurance rate was so high as to be almost
prohibitory. The present population of
Petrolia js 700.”
AN EX-CONGRESSMAN DEAD.
Orsamuß B. Mattison Passes Into
Eternity.
Utica, N. Y., Dec. 23.—Hon. Orsamus
B. Mattison died to-day, aged 84 years. He
was representative in congress from this
district in the Thirty-first, Thirty-third,
Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth congresses.
AtA.he age of 19 be was a fellow student in
a law office with the late Gov. Horatio
Seymour. He was early prominent in the
free soil wing of the Whig party, and thus
became a close friend of William H.
Seward. He was also intimate with such
free soil leaders as Senators Wade, John P.
Hale, J. K. Giddings, aud Thaddeus
Stevens. He also had close relations until
their death with Thurlow Weed and Horace
Greeley.
AN OLD-TIME BENBATION.
Wheu Mr. Mattison was in congress in
1856-57, he was charged with declaring that
a large number of members of congress
were purchasable. The affair caustd great
excitement in c ingress and throughout the
country. A resolution ordering his ex
pulsion was offered in the House, but after
a long and bitter debate it was finally
tabled before it could be called up again.
Mr. Mattison resigned his seat.
A POISONING EPISODE.
About this time a number of congress
men and other prominent persons in the
National hotel in Washington were
poisoned. It was lelieved to i.e a pro
slavery plot to murder President-elect
Buchanan and seat Vice-President Breckin
ridge. Mr. Mattison was one of the
poisoned, and came very near dying; in
fhet his health was affected permanently.
During the latter years of his life Mr. Mat
terson engaged in several disastrous busi
ness enterprises, and died comparatively
poor.
ALL QUIET AT RIO.
The Beat of Feeling Between the Citi
zens and Soldiers.
New York, Dec. 22.—The British
steamer Lassell, from Rio de Janeiro Dec.
1, arrived here to-day. Capt. Renole, her
commander, said that when he was taking
on his cargo at Rio everything appeared
very quiet there. The best of feeling ex
isted between the populace and soldiers, so
far as could be seen. There was no inter
ruption to business, and in fact everything
was going on as smoothly as if there had
not been any reoent trouble in the govern
ment.
DA FONSECA’S ILLNESS NOT SERIOUS.
London, Dec. 22.—The Brazilian lega
tion here announces that the illness of Pres
ident da Fonseca is not serious.
CONFISCATION OF HIS PROPERTY.
Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 22.—The decree
reining to ex-Emperor Dom Pedro, be
sides suppressing his allowances, orders the
confiscation of his property and forbids the
return of the imperial family to Brazil for
two years. The city is tranquil.
FIVE DAYB IN A STORM.
The Steamer Britannic Buffeted by
Wind and Wave.
New York, Dec. 22.—The White Star
steamer Britannio arrived here to-day.
She had an unusually rough voyage. The
wind began its antics last Sunday aud
the waves cleaned over the vessel. The
storm increased, and lasted for fully five
days. Two of the sailors were badly in
jured. One had a leg broken, and the
other had the fingers of his right hand
smashed. The bridge was struck by a
large wave and washed awav, and two of
the life-boats forward were stove tn. The
water washed down the compmion ways
and into the steerage, and caused a good
deal of alarm among the passengers.
A Schooner Wrecked.
. New York, Dec. 22.—The schooner Hat
tie Baker, from Rondout for Richmond,
Va., went ashore on Brigantine shoals on
Friday last during a dense fog and became a
total loss. The captain and crew of six
men took t<s a boat and lauded at the Sea
Haven life saving s ation, whore they were
kindly cared for by Capt. Ryder and taken
to Beach Haven, and [hence brought to New
York by rail.
Burned Shops to be Rebuilt.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Djc. 22,—Presi
dent Charles Schiff of the Queen and Cres
cent railroad announced la >t night pub
'■cly, at a banquet tendered in his tionor by
the board of trade of this city, that the
Alabama Great Southern railroad shops re
cently destroyed by fire would be rebuilt
cn a much larger scale. The new shops
will employ a large number of skilled la
borers.
Congressman Kelley’s Health.
Washington, Dec. 22.— Representative
vv uliam D. Kelley’s health does not im
prove as rapidly as his friends could wish.
his no t unlikely that he may go to Flor
ia * or California for warmer wejkfber.
fbe ittofnittfl
HENRY GRADY DYING.
At 12:20 O’clock This Morning His
Death Was Expected in an Hour.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 22.—Henry Grady
grew rapidly worse to-day, and to-night is
believed to be dying. A report is abroad
that the doctors have given the case up.
This is not literally true, but there is little
hope. Dr. F, A. Orrne, the attending phy
sician, has been consulting with Drs. Morse
of Memphis, and Everett of Denver, Col.,
who are in the city. They state to-night
that the patient’s condition is not alto
gether without hope, but he is as sick
as a man can be and live. The next few
hours will decide. At 10:30 o’clock to-night
his respiration was 40, his temperature 105,
and bis pulse 120 to 130. Prayers for the
sick man were offered in all the churches
to-day. He is kept alive on milk punches.
The treatment is homeopathic. Pneumonia
and a complication of other evils make the
case particularly difficult. Mr. Grady has
been delirious for days, and is still so. Sor
row for his condition is universally felt.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 23, 1 a. il— At 12:20
o’clock the doctors reported that Mr. Grady
was sinking rapidly, and could hardly last
an hour. The doctors then asked that his
wife bo called.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY DYING.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 23, 3a. m.— At this
hour Mr. Grady is slowly but surely dying.
Mrs. Grady bad just goue to her room,
hoping that the end would not be to-night,
and was quickly at her husband’s bedside.
Judge W. T. Newman, who has long
been a warm friend of Mr. Grady, was
summoned by messenger. Col. S. M. In
man, W. B. Lowe, and Mayor Glenn,
arrived soon after with two or three others.
The dying mans mother and sister, his
children, his wife’s father and mother and
other relatives gathered about him to
take a last farewell. The house, which
had been crowded all day with
anxious callers, was, at that hour,
except for these, almost deserted. At 1.39
o’clock the sufferer still lingered, though
sinking very fast.
ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS.
During the past few days in the wander
ings of his mind his thoughts have
always seemed to be of others. He has
been continually dwelling on some fancied
onportunity of helping someone in distress.
Not once has he spoken of himself. About 2
o’clock this morning in a voice so strong
that it surprised those who appreciat'd his
enfeebled condition, he began making a
speech, through which glimmered flashes
of the genius which had so often entranced
his hearers in his days of health.
HIS FATHER-IN—LAW’S HOPELESSNESS.
His father-in-law,himself a Dbysic an, has
been without hope since Thursday night,
but only in the last day or two was the
danger appreciated outside the household.
Mr. Graay was somewhat delirious when
he stepped from the train amid the crowd
assembled to do him honor on his return
from Boston after achieving the greatest
triumph of his life. The meaning of the
crown of roses with which his temples were
then garlanded by admiring Georgians per
haps he barely realized.
WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS.
An Engine Turned Over and Several
Coaches Derailed Near Macon.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 22.—A south-bound
passeueer train on the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad was wrecked at Wel
born Siding, nineteen miles from Macon, at
6 o’clock last night. The engine turned
over, but the engineer and fireman escaped
unhurt. The coaches were derailed, but
not turned over. An examination of the
track showed that a stout piece of gree i
pine timber had been wedged between the
switch rail and track, and driven infirmly.
The wrecking train had the coaches on the
track by 10 o’clock. A reward of $5OO for
the apprehension of the miscreants is of
fered.
BRUTAL BUTCHERY.
A Man Kills Hia Wife and Children
and Then Himself.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 22.—A special to
the Leader from Niles, 0., says:
“This community was startled this
evening by the discovery of one of
the most bloody butcheries that has
ever occurred in this section of the state.
The victims, five in number, are Cnarlest
Shelar and wife and their three children,
and the crime is supposed to have bean
committed at an early hour this morni g.
Wheu the inhuman deed was dis
covered, about 5 o’clock this
evening, all five bodies were
stiff and cold in death, with the throats cut
from ear to ear. Shelar and his wife were
lying together across the foot of the bed,
while three children were on the floor in
different parts of the house.
THEORY OF THE CRIME.
Shelar was a mill man and had steady
employment, but of late drank heavily, and
it is rumored that he and his wife did not
live happily together. The theory advanced
is that Shelar, in a fit of madness, cut the
throats of his wife and children and then
his own. Shelar and his wife were born
and reared m this city. The weapon used
was a razor, aud it was purchased by Shelar
of a hardware dealer Saturday evening.
EATEN BY CANNIBALS.
Solomon Island Natives Have a Feast
on Human Flesh.
Ban Francisco, Cal., Dec. 22.—The
Sydney Herald of Nov. 5 says that, accord
ing to a letter received from Capt. Wood
house of the trading schooner E ma Fisher,
Boat Steerer Nelson of the scho .ner Enter
prise, of Sydney, and three of the native
crew ot the Enterprise were killed and
eaten by the cannibals of Solo
mon Island. The Enterprise was
trading among the islands, and
the natives from Hammond Island, one of
the Solomon group, induced Nelson and
others to go ashore to make Rome purchases.
Once on shore they were knocked in the
head, and it is reported that their bodies
were then roasted and eaten. The letter
states that her majesty’s steamship Royalist
shelled the village on the island on Capt.
Hand learning tne particulars.
A WINTER THUNDER STORM.
Several Small Buildings Partially
Demolished by the Wind.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 22.—This city was
visited by the singular phenomenon of a mid
winter thunder storm early this morning.
It started about 3 o’clock and continued an
hour, during which the thunder peals were
terrific and the lightning almost continu
ous. The storm was accompanied by a high
wind, which blew at the rate of sixty
miles an hour. Signs were torn down and
windows and wires were broken. Several
small buildings partially collapsed. Tne
white caps on the lake were tne highest
seen in a long time.
A cold Wave.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 22.—A cold wave
seems to be approaching from the north
west. Tho signal service reports tho tner
mometer registering at 8 o’clock p. m., at
the following points, as follows: l\ innipeg,
zero; Calgarry, 2* below; Friace Albert,
22* below.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1889.
PINTO’S CAMPAIGN.
He Expected to Have the Natives De
feated by This Month.
Lisbon, Dec. 22.—Dispatches from Quill
mane, under date of Nov. 12, confirm the
report made by Engineer Costelloes to the
colonial minister on bis encounter with the
Makololos. The dispatches also say that
natives made unprovoked attacks upon the
camp at Mupassa, and that Engineer Cas
telloes, after a stubborn resistance, defeated
them and occuDied the country. It was re
ported that British missionaries at Blantyre
instigated the Makololos. Maj. Berpa
Pinto conferred with the governor of Mo
zambique. and afterward proceeded in the
gunboat Quanzato Quilitnane, going thence
to Mopa.
ADVANCE OF THE NATIVES.
A fortnight later news was received ’that
the natives were massed on the Zambesi,
and were advancing in the direction of the
Shire river. Maj. Serpa Pinto sent his
scientific instruments to the c >ast for safety,
and placed Engineer Costelloes, Engineer
Themudo, aud Lieut. Contino in com
mand of the Portuguese and native
troops. He continued also directing the
movements of three steamers armed with
guns and-manned by Portuguese sailors.
The latest news, to Oct. 29, was that Maj.
Pinto had sufficient stores to last three
months, and that there was great activity
in the camp. Maj. Pinto was suffering
from malaria. He expected to be able to
subdue the Makololos by December and to
return to Lisbon.
THE EXILES LEAVE LISBON.
Lisbon, Dec. 22. —Ex-Emperor Dom Pedro
ex-and the Empress of Brazil to-day bade
farewell to the queen and dowager queen,and
started for Coaiubia. Tne Duke of Oporto
and a number of Brazilians witnessed their
departure. The ex-empress was deeply
moved. The news of the provisional gov
ernment’s action in issuiug a decree sup
pressing the allowance to the ex-emperor and
f Tbidding the return of the imperial
family to Brazil, has been withheld from
ex-Emperor Dom Pedro by advice of bis
physicians.
OUR BQUADRON AT LISBON.
The Yorktown Not in Port Yet—An
Exchange of Courtesies.
Lisbon, Dec. 22. —The man-of-war York
town, of the United States squadron of
evolution, had not arrived here up to noon
to-day. Admiral Walker reports that her
noD-arrival is due to severe weather.
The Chicago exchanged salutes with
the land batteries, and Admiral Walker
paid an official visit to the Portuguese
officers. The latt r subsequently returned
the visit. The squadron will remain here
ten days, and w ill then go to the Mediter
ranean. ■■■
Death from Influenza
Paris, Dec. 22. —Dr. Damaschino, a lead
ing p ysician, is dead. His death was due
to influenza and weakness of the heart.
This is the fifth death from influenza since
the outbreak of the epidemic, three deaths
from the disease having occurred at the St.
Cyr academy, aud one at the polytechnic
school.
Boulanglsts in Uproar.
Paris, Deo. 22. —At an uproarious meet
ing to-uay, attended by 600 Boulangists, a
resolution was adopt'd protesting a ainst
the election of M. Joffrin to tho Cnainber of
Deputies. Speeches were made by MM.
Laguorre, Laissant, and others.
Saved from the Sea.
London, Dec. 23, 3 a. m.— The missing
boat of the steamer Prinz Wilhelm, which
was run down by an unknown sailing vessel
off the French coast, has arrived at La
Treport. The boat contained thirteen per
sons.
Portugal and England.
Lisbon, Dec. 22. —The press here adopts a
moderate tone in discu-sing Lord Salis
bury’s latest note. The semi-official Dia
advises its readers not to be alarmed at the
presence of English men-of-war in Delagoa
bay.
A FIGHT ENDS IN A RIOT.
One Negro Dead and Another Mor
tally Wounded.
Memphis, Dec. 22.— A special to tho
Avalanche from Potts Camp, Miss., says:
“A difficulty occurred yesterday afternoon
between whites and blacks at this place,
followed by a general fight with clubs,
in which four white men were badly
cut aud bruised about the head. Three of
tho negroes were arrested and jailed. About
11 o’clock a. in. an unsuccessful attempt
was made by the blacks to release the pris
oners, wheu a riot ensued, and two negroes,
named Tom McGhee and Henry Starke,
were shot. Tho latter died almost in
stantly. About twenty-five shots were ex
changed.
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
“The trouble originated about the owner
ship of a log. A telegram was sent to
Sheriff McWilliams at Holly Springs that
an outbreak was probable at any moment,
and asking for protection, to which he
promptly responded. Everything is quiet
to-day. Rumors are afloat of squads of ne
groes collecting in the county, but they lack
confirmation. McGhee, one of the instiga
tors of the riot, was found a short distance
from town, to-day, with a bullet through
bis body. He can’t live. Another negro
was shot, but is not dangerously hurt."
AN ELYSIUM OF DELIGHT.
How Mr.Cleveland Describes His Home
Life to HU Former Partner.
Buffalo, Dec. 14.—The approaching
marriage of Wilson F. Bissell, Grover
Cleveland’s former law partner, has been
one of the principal topics In society circles
since its announcement. Mr. Bissell is still
reluctant to talk about it, and is equally
firm in biß refusal to allow the publication
of a letter of congratulation which has been
sent to hitn by Mr. Cleveland.
Friends of Mr. Bissell, who say that they
have seen the letter, state that Cleveland
draws a picture of the sweets of married
life which would be enough to make the
most confirmed bachelor make love to the
first comely maiden whom he might meet.
Mr. Clevela id describes his home life as
being blissful in the extreme, and says that
he has no doubt that his form.-r partner’s
bride-elect will make a similar elysium of
delight for him. The only regret that Mr.
Cleveland expresses is that he has wasted
so many years in single unhappiness. The
letter is long, and its to.ie ardent in t e
extreme, showing that he worships his
wife.
An effort made to get a copy of the letter
proved unavailing, and only a few intimate
friends of Mr. Bissell have seen it or know
its contents.
Tariff Hearings.
Washington, Dec. 22.—As heretofore
announced by Chairman McKinley, of the
ways and means committee, hearings on
schedules of ores, coai, etc., and manu
factures of iron and steel and their pro ducts,
will be had at the committee rooms Thurs
day and Friday, Dec. 26 aud 27, commenc
ing at 19 o’clock a, an on each day,
A MARRIAGE-DAY FEAST.
TALMAGB PREACHES ON JEBUS
AT CAN A OF GALILEE.
The Turning of the Water Into Wine.
The Fact that Christ Has Sympathy
With Housekeepers One of the
Lessons Learned from the Miracle.
Near Cana, Dec. 22.—The Rev. T. De
Witt Talmage, D. D., preached here to-day
on “A Marriage Feast,’' taking for his text
John ii, 10: “Thou hast kept the good wine
until now.” He said:
Standing not far off from the demolished
town of what was once called Cana of Gal
ilee, I bethink myself of oar Lord’s first
manhood miracle, which has been the as
tonishment of the ages. My visit latt week
to that place makes vivid in my mind that
beautiful occurrence in Christ’s ministry.
My text brings us to a wedding in that vil
lage. It is a wedding in common life, two
plain people having pledged each other,
baud aud heart, and thuir friends haviug
come in for congratulation. Tho joy is not the
less because there is no preteusion. In each
other they flud all the future they want.
The daisy In the cup on the table may men i
as much as usoore of artbtic garlau Is fre-h
from the hothouse. W hen a daughter goes off
from home wit.u nothing but a plain father’s
blessing aud a plain in the, ’s love, she is
missed as much as though she were a
princess. It seems hard, after the parents
have sheltered her for eighteen years, that
in a few short months h-.-r affections should
have been carried off by another; but
mother remembers how it was in her own
case when she was young, and so she braces
up until the wedding has passed, and the
banqueters are gone, aud she has a good cry
all alone.
Weil, we are to-day at the wedding in
Cana of Uaiiiee. Jesus and his mother have
been invited. It is evident that there are
more people there than were expected.
Either some people have come who were not
invited, or more invitations have been sent
out than it was supposed would be accepted.
Of course there is not eaough supply of
wine. You know that the e is nothing
more embarrassing to a housekeeper thau a
scant supply. Jesus sees the embarrass
ment, and he comos up immediately to re
lieve it. He sees standing s,x water pots.
He orders the servants to fill them witu
water, then waves his hand over the water,
and immed.ately it is wmo—real wine.’
las to of it, and see for yourselves;
no logwood in it, no strychnine in it. but
first rate wine. I will not now be diverted
to the question so often discussed in m y owu
country, whether it is right to drink wine.
lam describing the scene as it was. When
God makes wine he rnakei the very best
wine; and one hundred and thirty gallons
of it standing around in these water pots—
wine so good that the ruler of the feast
tastes it and says: “Why, this is really bet
ter than anything we have hadl Tnou
hast kopt the good wine until now.” Beau
tiful miracle 1 A prize was offered to the
person who should write the best essay
about tho miracle in Cana. Long manu
scripts were presented in the competition,
but a poet won the prize by just this one
line descriptive of the mlraole: v
Tho unconscious wator saw Its God, and blushed.
We learn from this miracle, in the first
place, that Christ has sympathy with
housekeepers. You might have thought
that Jesus would have said: "I cannot bo
bothered with this household deficiency of
wine. It is not for me, Lord of heaven, of
earth, to become caterer to this feast. I
have vaster tilings than this to attend to."
Not so said Jesus. The wine gave out,
and Jesus, by miraculous power, came
to the rescue. Does there ever come a
scant supply in your household? Have you
to make a very olose calculation? Is it hard
work for you to carry on tnings decently
and respectably? If so, don’t sit down and
cry. Don’t go out and fret; but go to him
who stood in the house in Cana of Galilee.
Pray in the parlor! Prav in the kitchen!
Let there be no room in all your house uu
consecrated by the voice of prayer. If you
have a microscope, put under it one drop
of water, and seethe insects floating about;
aud when you see that God manes them,
and cares for thorn, and feeds them, come
to the conclusion that he will take care of
you and feed you, O, ye of little faith 1
A boy asked if he might sweep the snow
from the steps of a house. The lady of the
household said: “Yes; you seem very
poor.” He says, “lain very poor.”
She says: “Don’t you sometimes
get discouraged, and feel that God is going
to let you starve?” The lad looked up in
tho woman’s face and said: “Do you think
God will let me starve when I trust him,
and then do the best I can?” Enough the
ology for older people! Trust in God and
do the best you can. Amidst all the
worriments of houseke ping, go to him; he
will help you control your temper, and
supervise your domestics, and entertain
your guests, and manage your home econo
mies. There are bu idreds of women weak
and nervous and exhausted with the cares
of housekeeping. I commend you to the
Lord Jesus Christ as the host adviser and
the most efficient aid —the Lord Jesus who
performed his first miracle to relieve a
housekeeper.
I learn also from this miracle that Christ
does things In abundance. I think a small
supply of wine would hare made up for the
deficiency. I think certainly they mu-it
have had enough for half of the guests.
One gallon of wine will do; certainly five
fallons will be enough; certainly ten. But
esus goes on, and he givea them thirty gal
lons, and forty gallons, and fifty gallo is,
and seventy gallons, and one hundred gal
lons, and one hundred aud thirty gallons, of
the very best wine.
It is just like him, doing everything on
the large-t and most generous scale. Does
Christ, our creator, go forth to make leaves?
He makes them b/ the whole forestful;
notched like the fern, or silvered line t a
aspen, or broad like the palm; thickets in
the tropics, Oregon forests. Does he go
forth to make fl >*ers? He makes plenty of
them; they flame from the hedge,
they bang fro n the top of the grape
vine in blossoms, they roll in the blue
wave of the violets, they toss tueir white
surf into the spine—enough for every
child’s hand a flower, eno g i to make for
every brow a chaplet, enough with beauty
to cover up the gnastliness of all the graves.
Does he go forth to create water? He
pours it out, not by the cupful, but by a
river full, a lake full, au ocean full, pour
ing it out until all tho earth has enough to
drink, and enough with which to was i.
Does Jesus, our L ird, provide redemp
tion? It is not a little salvation for this
one, a little for that, and a little for tne
other; but enough for all—“ Whosoever
will, let him come.” Each man an ocean
full for himself. Promises for the young,
promises for tne old, promises for the lowly,
proinisei for the blin i, for the halt, for the
outcast, for the abandoned. Pardon for
all, comfort for all, moroy for all,
heaven for all; not merely a cupful
of gospel supply, but one hundred
and thirty gallons. Ay, the tears of godly
repentance are all garnered up Into God’s
bottle, and some day, standing t>efore the
throne, we will lift our cup of delight and
ask that it be filled with the wine of
heaven; and Jesus, from that' bottle of
tears, will begin to pour in the cup, and we
will cry: “Stop, Jesus, we do not want to
drink our owu tears I” and Jesus will say i
“Knuw j nutUtat tbs V-ot* vt earth on
tha wine of leaven I" Sorrow may endure,
but joy cometh in the morning.
I remark further, Jews doe. not shadow
tha joys of others with his own griefs.
He might hare sat down in that wedding
ad said: "I have so much trouble, so mueu
poverty, so much persecution, and the
cross is coming; I shall not rejoice, and the
gloom of my face and of my sorrows shall
be oast over all this group." So said not
Jesus. He said to himself: “Here are two
persons starting out m married life. Let it
be a joyful occasion. I wi l hide mv own
griefs. I wiil kindle their joy.” There
are many not so wise os that. I know a
household where there are many little
children, where for two vears the musical
instrument has been kept shut because there
has been trouble in the house. Alas for the
folly I Parents saying: "We will have no
Christmas tree this coining holiday because
there lias been trouble in the house. Hush
that laughing up stairs 1 How cau there be
any jov when there has been so much
trouble?” And so they make everything
consistently doleful, aud send their sons anil
daugh era to ruin witti the gloom they
throw around them.
O, my dear friends, do you not know
those children will have trouhlo enough of
their own after awhile? Be glad they can
not appreciate all yours. Keep back the
cup of bitterness from your daughter’s lips.
When your head is down in the grass of
the tomb, poverty may come to nor, be
trayal to her, bereavement to her. Keep
back the sorrows as long as you can. D >
you not know that sou rnay,
after awhile, have his hoart broken}
Stand between him and all harm.
You may not fight his battles long;
fight them while you may. Throw not the
chill of your own despondency over his
soul; rather be like Jems, who came to the
wedding hiding his own grief ami kindling
the joys of others. So I have seen the sou
oti a dark day, struggling amidst clouds,
black, rugged and p rteitous, but after
awnile the sun, with golden pry, heavod
back the blackness; and the sti i laughed to
the lake, and t ie lake laughed to the sun,
and from horizon to horizon, under the saf
fron sky, the water was all turned into
wine.
I learn from this miracle that Christ is
not impatient with the luxuries of life. It
was not necessary that they should have
that wine. Hundred! of people have been
married without any wine. We do not
read that any of the other provisions fell
short. When Christ made the wine it was
not a necessity, but a positive luxury. Ido
not believe that he wants us to eat hard
bread and sleep on bard mattresses, uules*
we like tuern best. I think, if circumstances
will allow, we have a right to the luxuries of
dress, the luxuries of diet, and the luxuries
of residence. There is no more religion in
an old coat than In anew one. We can
serve God drawn by golden plated harness
as ce 1 t iinly as when we go a-foot. Jesus
Christ will dwell with us under a fine cell
ing as well as under a thatched r of; and
when you cau get wins made out of water,
drink as muoh of it as you can.
What is the difference between a Chinese
mud hovel and an American home? What
is the difference bet veen tha rough bear
skins of the Russian bo >r and the out fit of
an American gentleman? No difference,
except that wnich the gospel of Christ,
directly or indirectly, has caused. When
Christ shall have vanquished ull the world,
I suppose every house will baa mansion,
a id every garment a robe, and every horse
an arch-necked courser, and every carriage
a glittering vehicle, and every man a king,
and every woman a qu en, and the whole
earth a paradise; the glories of the natural
world harmonizing with the glories of the
material world, until the vbry bells of the
horses shall jingle the praises of the Lord.
I learn, further, from this miracle, that
Christ baa no impatience with festal joy,
otherwise he would not have accepted the
Invitation to that wedding. He certainly
would not have and me that whioh 1 icrovsod
the hilarity. Th ire may have boon many
in that mom who were" happy, but there
was not one of them that did so much for
the joy of the wedding party os Christ him
self. He was the chief of the banqueters.
When the wine gave out, he supplieddt; and
so, I take it, he will got deny us the joys
that are positively festal.
I think the children of God havo more
right to laugh than any other people, and
to clap their hands as loudly. There is not
a single joy denied them that is given to
any other pe iple. Christianity dries not
clip the wings of the soul. Religion does
not frost the flowers. What is Christianity)
I take it to be simply a procla nation from
the throne of God of emancipation for all
the enslaved; and if a mau accepts the
terms of that proclamation, and becomes
free, has he not a right to lie merry) Hup
pose a father has an elegant mansion and
large grounds. To whom will he give the
first privilege of these grounds? Will he
say: “My children, you must not walk
through tue>e paths, or sit down under
these trees, or pluck this fruit. These are
for outsiders. They may walk in them.”
No father would say anything like that.
He would say: “The first privileges in all
tne grounds, and all of my house, shall
bo for ntv own children” And yet men
try to make us believe that God’s children
are on the limits, and the chief refreshments
arid enjoyments of life are for outsiders,
and not for his own children. It is stark
atheism. There is no innocent beverage too
rich for G id’s child to drink; there is no
robe too oostly fir him to wear; there is no
hilarity too great for him to indulge in, and
no house too splendid for him to live in.
He has a right to the j iys of earth; he shall
have a right to the joys of heaven. Though
tribulation, and trial, and hardship may
come unto him, let him rejoice. “Rejoice
in the Lord, ye rigateous, and again I say,
rejoice.”
I remark again that Christ comes to us
in the hour of our extremity. He know
the wine was giving out before there was
any embarrassment or mortification. Why
did he not perform the miracle sooner)
Wny wait until it was all gone, and no help
could cone from any source, and ttieu come
in and perform tho miracle) This is Christ’s
way; and when be did come in, at the hour
of extremity, he made first rate wine, so
that they cried out: “Thou hast kept the
good wine until now.” Jesus in the hour of
extremity! He seems to prefer that hour.
In a Christian homo in Roland great pov
erty bad come, and on the week day the
man was obliged to move out of tho house
with his whole family. That night he
knelt wiih his family and prayed to God.
Whilo they were kneeling in prayer there
was a tap on the window pane. They
opone 1 the window, an l there was a raven
t&at the family had fed and trained, and it
bad in its bill a ring all set with precious
stones, which was found out to be a ring
belonging to the royal family. It was
taken up to the king’s residence, and for
the honesty of the man in bringing it back
be had a house given to him, and a garden
and a farm. Who was it that sent the
raven tapping on the window) The same
God that sent the raven to feed Elijah by the
brook Cherith. Christ in the hour of ex
tremity 1
You mourned over your sins. You could
cot find the wav out. You sat down and
said: “God will not be merciful. He has
cast me off”; but in that, the darkest hour
of your history, light broke from the
tarone, and Jesus said: “O wanderer,
come homo. I have seen all thy sorrows.
In this, the hour of thy extremity, I oiler
thee pa'don and everlasting i.f-!"
Trouble came. You wero almost torn to
pieces by that trouble, You braced your
self up against iW You aud; *’J will baa
■toio, and will not care"; but before you
bad got through making the resolution it
broke down under you. You felt that all
your resources were gone, aud then Jesus
came. “Iu the fourth watch of the night,"
the Bible says, “Jesus came walking on
the sea." Why did he not come in the first
watch? or in the second watch? or in the
third watcn? 1 do not know. He came
in the fourth, aud gave deliverance to his
disciples, Jesus iu the last extremity!
I wonder if it will be so iu our very last
extremity. We snail fall suddenly sick,
and and >c,ors will come, but in vain. We
will try the ano lynes, and the stimulants,
and the bathings, but all iu v.iin. Some
thing will sav: “You must go." No one
to hold us back, but the hands of eternity
stretched out to pull us on. What the i?
Jesus will come to us, and as ws say, “Lord
Jesus, I am afraid of that water; I cannot
wade through to the other side,” he will say,
“lake hold of iny arm”; aud we will tune
hold of his arm, aud then he will put his
foot in the surf of the wave, taking ua on
down deeper, deeper, deeper, aud our soul
will cry: “AH thy waves and billows.have
gone over me.” Tney cover the feet, ooine
to iho knee, pass the girdle aud come to the
head, and our soul cries out: "Lord Jesus
Christ, I cannot hold thine arm any longer."
I’hon Jesus will turn around, throw both
his arms about us, aud sot us on the beach,
far beyond the tossing of the billows. Jesus
iu the last ex remit.v.
Tnat wedding scono is gone now. The
wedding ring has been lost, the tankard*
have been brokeu, the hou-e is down; but
earns invites us to a grander wed ling.
\ ou the Bible says that the church is
the La nb’s wife, aud the Lord will afler
awhile come to fetch her ho ne. There will
bn gloaming of torches in the sky, and the
tru upets of God wdi ravish the air with
their music; and Jesus will stretch out his
hand, and ttio church, robed in white, will
put aside her veil, and look up into the face
of her Lord tha King, and the bridegroom
w 11 say to the bride: “Thou hast bean faith
ful through all these years 1 The mansion
is ready 1 Come home I Thou art fair,
my lovol” and tnen he shall put upon ner
brow the crown of dominion, and the table
will be spread, and it will reach across the
skies, and the mighty ones of beaveu will
coma in, garlanded with beauty a id strik
ing their cymbals; mid the bridegroom and
bride will sta id at the head of the table,
aud the banqueters, looking up, will won
der and admire, aud say: "That is Jesus,
the bridegroom I But the scar on his brow
is covered with the coronet, and the stab
in h s side is oovored with a robe!” aud
“That is the bride I The weariness of her
earthly wm lost iu the flush of this wedding
triumph 1"
Thoro will be wine enough at that wed
ding; not coming up from the poisoned vats
of earth, but the viueyards of Gxi will press
their r [test clusters, and the cups and the
tarkards will blush to the brim with the
heavenly vintage, and thou ail the
banqueters will drink stanUng. Hstlier
having cmm up from the bacchana
lian revelry of Ahasuerus, where a
thousand lords feasted, will tie there. And
the (Jueeu of Htiebu, from the liauquet of
Solomon, will bo there. And the mother
of Jesus, from the welding in Cana, will bo
there. And they all will agree that the
earthly feasting was poor compared with
t rat. Then, lif ing their chalices iu that
holy light, tnev shall ory to the Lord of the
feast: “Tauu bust kept the good wiue until
uow.”
TUB UNKNOWN NORTH.
Capt. Leavitt Comes Back with a
strange Tale.
Portland, Mb., Deo. 21.—Capt. George
B. Leavitt, of the whaling ship Spy, of tho
Pacific Htearn Whaling Company, is iu tho
city visiting his mother. He recently
arrived from Alaska, where he has been for
the past five years. He brings the first
nows of what may possibly be the discov
ery 'f a hitherto unknown laud many miles
north of Alaska. Capt. Leavitt’s winter
quarters are at Point Barrow, tho most
northern point of Alaska, aud with bis crow
he lias remained there for five consecutive
winters, beginning ogierations as early as
April, four mouths ahead of i he big whaling
fleet that visits the Arctic wafers during
the summer.
For some time, Capt. Leavitt says, the
natives in Northern Alaska and on the small
islands in that vicinity have been telling
stories of an unknown land to the far north.
Many of the other inhabitants stoutly main
tain that there is a larger Kind north that
no white man has ever discovered, and that
is not down on any of tho many maps of
the Arctic region. One of their stories is
to the effect that several years ago an ad
venturous hunter of a tribe in Northern
Alaska took dogs and sledges and went
north across a frozen sea. Nothing was
heard of him for over a year, and ho was
given up as lost. Then he returned and
told a wonderful story of finding anew
land far across the ice. There he built a
hut and remained until tho waters froze
over again, when he found his way back to
Alaska.
But Capt. Leavitt’s story about the dis
covery is that during the cruise of one of
tho vessels of the whaling flee’, which
ventured many miles further north than
any others, a few y ars ago, her officers dis
covered a land th it could not be found on
any of the charts or accounted for in any
wav. A gale drove the vessel far north
along the shore of the land, but the season
was so Jato that the men did not sbmAfi
explore, desiring to get south as so m at the
gale subsided. These men said that it was
an unknown land worthy of exploration at
tho proper season. No vessels have since
been so far north. Capt Leavitt thinks
this may settle the ques lon of an open
Polar sea. There are no ice drift* south of
Point Barrow, ho says, and the ice must
find an outlet some other place. During the
summer months the vessels find the sea very
clear.
Tne Impression gaining ground among
men of the whaling fleet of which Capt.
Leavitt’s vessel Is a member, is that the
natives are not wrong in their belief that
there i< a land north of Alaska. Todd Lons
dale, when in that locality, did not hear of
adventures of the native and vessel already
mentioned, as they bad not at that time
been driven north. The Arctio ocean is
full of shoals far to the north, and wreck!
are numerous eve i in the most favorable
season, Capt Leavitt is a native of this city
and has a high character for ability aud
trustworthiness. Next season ho will com
mand one of tho large steam vessels of the
company.
TOREK.Y’B BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Senator Hoar Hopeful That It Will be
Successfully Engineered.
■Washington, Dec, 22.—Senator Hoar is
hopeful of the success of the Torrey bank
ruptcy bill, which bas now been introduced
in both houses, and which will be reported
favorably from the judiciary committees
next mouth. It will lie remembered that
the Howell bill was quietly shelved in the
Bun ate during the last congress because
western and southern senators, democrats
and republicans, had succeeded in striking
out the involuntary bankruptcy clause,
whioh was the vital point In the bilL Sena
tor Hoar and the other friends of tho Torrey
bill would not press it if they thought it
would be thus emasculated. It is because
they believe that it will be given a fair
chance that they are hopeful of success. It
is an advantage to tho bill that it comes
trpm the swt, the east,
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TWO BLOWS SETTLED IT.
THB SHORTEST PRIZE FIGHT OH
BECORD JUST FOUGHT.
Andy Bowen, Champion Light-Weight
of the South, and James McHale,
Alleged Champion Light-Weight of
Pennsylvania, the Combatants—Th*
Latter Proves a Pudding.
Nbw Orleans, Dec. 22.—A glove con
test between Andy Bjwen, champion light
weight of the south, and James McHale,
champion light-weight of Pennsylvania, for
a purse of SSX), came off tins afternoon at
the New Orloans Athletic Club bouse, iu
West End. Thore were 500 spectators pres
ent, |2 being the admission fee.
KNOCKED OUT AT THE FIRST BLOW.
After a few seconds' preliminary sparring
Bowen struck McHale o i the jaw, knocking
him down. McHale lay flat on his back,
and it was fully fifteen seconds before ha
was brought to time. Under strict ruling
the fight ha l already been won, but McHale
was allowed to continue,
THE SECOND BLOW ENDED IT.
He carno up groggy and Bowen si ruck him
another lick about tho jaw or the jugular,
knocking him down a second time, McHale
lay sprawliug upon ills back and failed
to come to time. B >wen wn thereupon :
declared tho victor, the contest being one
of the shortest ou record.
no HAitikio .y lm Virginia. j
The Anti-Mahons Faction Not Apt to?
Gain Any Concessions.
Washington, Deo 22.—The anti-Mahon# i
republicans in Virginia, finding the door,
of patronage shut against them and
kept by a mailed hand, are trying to*
arrange a compromise with the administra
tion so they can got some offices, Gen.:
Groner was here yesterday to see the
President and First A assistant Postmaster
General Clai kson about it. They told him
they wanted harmony in Virginia ai much
as be did, and we e only sorry it bad not
exl-ted before the election, but tiiey told
him they were o .mmitted to Gen. MabOne,
uu 1 a iy arrange ne.it for the fu u o must
be made with Gen. Maboie’s approval So
far Gen. G oner has not seen Gen. Mahone.
HA HONE NOT APT TO GIVE UP ANYTHING,
The latter, not being Influenced by Christ
inas, preferring to keep the entire control]
of tne party and patronage in his own
hands, is not yearning |for a reconciliation
with the anti-Mahone men. When be was
asked whet er he had seen Gen. Groner he
sad: "No; is Groner here? What does he
want?”
“The general Is hero to talk with the
loaders concerning a plan to reunite the
party. Do you know anything about *.
conference I"
"No, indeed. If thera is a conference
being held, 1 have not ;t>een invited. lam
not doing a thing but aiting for the dem
ocrats ato get througbjoouutlng, so as ter
ascertam what majority there is against,
me.”
RUED TAKEN TO TASK.
Thompson of Ohio Disappointed Over
ills Committee Assignments.
Washington, Dec. 22.—Representative
Thompson of Ohio, one of the most)
earnest cf Maj. McKinley’s lieuten
ants during the speakership contest,
though an old and able member of tha
H imbo, received little consideration in the
making up of the committees. He made
no remarks in public about the matter, but
after the adjournment he cornered 8 >eaker.
Rood in the lobby ad made some observa
tions ou the subject in a tone of indignation,
# A YOUNG GROOM’.i TROUBLES.
The Strancre Tale of a Newly Married
Couple In New Jersey.
Mount Holly, Pa., Deo. 21.—Tha vil
lage of New Egypt Is all aglow with excite
ment over an occurrence which dates from
last Sunday evening. It appears that!
William Y. Gennett, an industrious young
man, aged 26 years, who resides at New
Ugypt, escorted home from ehurob Beulah
Jane Lamb, uged aOout 50 years. Before
they reached home Mis* Lamb invited him
into the house and proposed marriage, and
was at onc6 accepted. Tne selection of a
day fir tho coremony was next In order,
and Misi Lamb took the matter iu hand at
once, and decided on Monday evening as
tho date.
At the appointed time the elderly bride
and blushing groom repaired to the resi
dence of Justice Lovett, and in a short time
they were duly pronounced man and wife,
the marriage being strictly private.
The couple at once repaired to the wife’s
home, which is a handsomely furnished
residence. About midnight they were dis
turbed by a loud knocking at the door. Th#
groom appeared at a window and asxed
who was there, and was told that it was th#
bride’s nephew, Morris Lamb. Tbe groom,
feariug mischief, would not open the door,
so the young man let himself in through
one of tne windows.
The nephew met his new uncle fn the par
lor, and then there was a lively scene, and
the groom was ordered from the noose.
While the exciting scenes were being en
acted within a hideous noise from some
calathumpl ins prevailed with ut. Mr.
Geunelt, In order to save trouble, acoepted
tbe invitatlorr and went to his borne.
.Shortly after going to bel lie was awakened
by a gentle tapping on bis front door, and
imagi . his joy when he beheld his beloved
bride before him. She said she oould non
stay a >ay from him to lung, so they re
mained at his home.
The next day Mrs. Gannett went to her
own home witn t ie un lent and! ig that her
husband was to call the next evening, which
was Tuesday. The groom fulfilled his
promise, and upon arriving at the hou e be
found the cxlathuiupian band again there
and the house securely fasteued “Beulah,
let me iu,” be sail, but something had come
over the spirit of bis dreams, for sue raised
the window and said, “You cannot get iu
here to-night.”
“Beulah, you are getting funny In you*
old days,” he called out, and tbe serenader*
and discomfited groom left together.
On Wednesday he called to learn the
reason for such treatment from his Driie,
aud found that the nephew had ind iced her
not to have her new husband. He fiually
won his bride back to him ugain, aud now
threatens to bring suit against auy person
causing further trouble.
B. H. DAY DIE AD.
He Was a Patriarch of Penny News
papers and Founded the Sun.
New York, Dee. 21.—Benjamin H. Day;
the patriarch of penny newspapers and
founder of the Sun, died at his residence
at No. 55 East Twenty-fifth street)
this morning of a complicatios
of asthma, heart affection, aud troublei
incident to old age. He was bors
at West Springfield, Mass., April 10, 180#
and came to tins city as a compositor wbef
18 years old. He started the Sun as a pennj
sheet Sept. 2, 1833, and afterward sold it ti
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