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FARMING A GOSPEL TYPF.
BEV.TALMAGft PREACHES AT THE
FARMERS' ENCAMPMENT.
The Preacher Puts Himself in Touch
With His Hearers by Relating an
Incident of His Boyhood Days on
His Father’s Farm-Text of His Ser
mon.
Lebanon, Pa., Aug. 17.—The American
Farmers' Encampment at Mount Gretna,
near this city, to-day listened attentively to
a remarkable discourse by the Brooklyn
preacher. Rev. T. Dj Witt Talmage, who
arrived here yesterday from the Chautau
qua at Piedmont, Ga., where he spoke
Wednesday last. The subject was one
peculiarly suited to the vast audience, being
on “Farming a Gospel Type,” I. Kings,
xix., 19: “Elisha the son of Shapbat, who
was plowing with twelve oxen before him,
and he with the twelfth.”
Representatives of the great farmers’ as
sociations from all part* of the country are
at the encampment, preparations for which
have been going on for mouths in advance.
The surrounding densely populated coun
ties of Pennsylvania are also fully repre
sented. To-day’s services were held in the
open air. An immense choir, from the
churches of Lebanon, led the music.
Rev. Dr. Talmage spoke as follows:
Farmers of America! Accept mv saluta
tion. Our text puts u down into the plow’s
furrow, where many of us have been before.
My boyhood passed on a farm, and mv
father a farmer, your style of iifeisiainiliar
to me. One of my earliest recollections is
that of mv father coming in from the hot
harvest field exhausied, the perspiration
stre iming from his forehead and chin, and
fainting on the doorsill, and my mother re
suscitating him, until, seeing the alarm of
the household, hesaid, “Don’t be frightened.
I got a little tired, and the sua was hot, but
lam all right now.” And I remember
mother seated at the table, often saying,
“Well, lam too tired to oat!” The fact is
that Ido not think the old folks got thor
oughly rested until they lay down in the
graveyard back of Somerville, to take the
last sleep.
Office-seekers go through the land, and
thev st md on political platforms, aud they
tell"the farmers the story about the inde
pendent life of a farmer, giving flattery
where thev ought to give sympathy. Inde
pendent of what? No class of people in this
country nave it harder than farmers. In
dependent of what? Of the curculio that
stings the peach trees? of the rust in the
wheat? of the long rain with the rye down?
Independent of the grasshopper? of the
locust? of the army worm? of the potato
bug? Independent of the drought that
burns up the harvest? Independent of the
cow with the hollow horn? or the sheep
with the foot-rot? or the pot horse
with a nail in his hoof? Independent
of the cold that freezes out the
winter gram? Independent of the snow
bank out of which he must shove himself?
Independent of the cold weather w hen he
stands threshing his numbed firißersaround
his body to keep them from being frosted?
Independent of the frozen ears and the
frozen feet? Independent of what? Fancy
farmers who have made their fortunes in
the city and go out in the country to build
houses wi'h all the modern improvements,
and make farming a luxury, may not need
any solace; but the yeomanry who get their
living out of the soil, and who that way
have to clothe their families and educate
their children, and pay their taxes and meet
the interest on mortgaged farms—such
men find a lerrific struggle. And my hope
is that this great national farmers’ en
campment may do something toward lifting
the burdens of the agriculturists. Yes, w e
v ere nearly all of us born in the country.
We dropped corn in the hill, and went on
Saturday to the mill, tying the grist in the
centre of the sack so that the
contents on either side the horse bal
anced e'.ch i tiier; and drove the
cattle afield, our bare feet wet with
the dew, and rode the horses yrith the halter
to the brook until we fell off, and bun and
the mow for nests until the feathered occu
pants went cackling away. So we all un
derstand rustic allusions. The Bible is full
of them. In Christ’s sermon on the Mount,
you see the full-blown lilies and the glossy
back of the crow’s wing as it flies over
Mount Olivet. David and John, Paul and
Isaiah find in country life a source of fre-
quent illustration, while Christ takes the
responsibility of calling God a farmer, de
claring: “Jly father is the husbandman.”
Noah was’ the first farmer. We say
nothing about Cain, the tiller of the soil.
Adam was a gardener on a largo scale, but
to Noah was given all the acres of the earth.
Elisha was an agriculturist, not culturing a
ten-acre lot, for in my text you find him
plowing with twelve yoke ot oxen berore
him, and he with the twelfth. In Bible
times the land was so plenty and the in
habitants so few, that Noah was right when
he gave to every inhabitant a certain por- i
tionofland; that land, if cultured, ever
after to be his own possession.
They were not small crops raised in those
times, for, though the arts were rude, the
plow turned up very rich soil; and barley,
and cotton, and flax, and all kinds of grain
came up at the call of the harvesters.
Pliny tells of one stalk of grain that had on
it between three and four hundred ears.
The rivers and the brooks, through arti
ficial channels, were brought down to the
roots of the corn, and to this habit of turn
ing a river wherever it was wanted Solo
mon refers when he says: “The king's
heart is in the hand of the Lord, and he
turneth it as the rivers of water are turned,
whithersoever he will.”
The wild beasts were caught, and then a
hook was put into their nose, and then they
were led over the field, and to that God re
fers when he says to wicked Sennacherib:
“I will put a hook in thy nose and I will
bring tbee back by the way which thou
earnest.” And God has a hook in every
man’s nose, whether it be Nebuchadnezzar
or Ahab or Herod. He may think himself
very independent, but some time in his life
or in the hour of hi- death, he will find that
the Lord Almighty has a hook in his nose.
This was the rule in regard to the culture
of the ground: "Thou shalt not plow with
an ox and an ass together,” illustrating the
folly of ever putting intelligent and useful
and pliable men in association with the
stubborn and the unmanageable. The vast
majority of troubles in the churches and in
reformatory institutions comes from the
disregard of this command of the Lord;
"Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an
ass together. ”
There were large amounts of property
invested in cattle. The Moabites paid 10‘1,-
GOO sheep as an annual tax. Job had 7.000
sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen. The
time of vintage was ushered in with mirth
and music. The clusters of the vine were
put into the wine press, and then five men
would get iuto the press and trample out
the juice from the grape until their gar
ments were saturated with the wine and
had become the emblems of slaughter.
Christ himself, wounded until covered with
th * blood of crucifixion, made use of this
allusion when the question was asked:
“Wherefore art thou redin thine apparel
at and thy garments like one who treadeth the
wine-vat?” He responded: “I have trodden
the w ino press alone. ”
In all ages there has been great honor paid
to agriculture. Bevell-eighths of the people
in fiery country are disciples of toe plow.
A government is strong in proportion as It
is supported by an athletic and industrious
yeomanry. So long ago as before the tall
of Carthage Strabo wrote twenty-eight
les.ks on agriculture; Hesiod wro e a p. eiu
on the same subject—“ The Weeks and
Days.” Cato was prouder of bn woik on
bu timidiy than of ail his military con
3uesis. But I must not be tempted into a
iscussion of agricultural conquests.
Hlandli g amid the tiar.e.is and oreba'ds
and v..,iyad, of the liible, and stand mg
amid the aervesie aud Gttwi and vine
yard. <f our own country - t want to run
out the analogy b*tweea the production of
<aojs and the growth of grace in the soul -
all these sacred writers making use of that
anal gy.
In tne first place, I remark, in grace, as
in tue fields, itieio must be a plow. 1 bat
which tbeoiog.ans call conviction is only
the plowshare turning ui> the sins that have
been rooted at.d nomled in the soul. A
farmer said to his indolent s >n: ‘‘There are
a hundred dollars bulled de-p in the field.'’
The son went to work and plowed the field
from fence to fence, and he plowed it very
deep, and then complained that be had not
found the mo : ey: but when the crop had
been gathered ands >id for a hundred
dollars more than any previous y -ar, then
the young man took the hint as to what his
father meant when he said there were a
hundred dollars buried down in that field.
Deep plowing fra crop. Deep plowing for
a souL He who makes light of sin will
never amount to anything in the church or
in tbo world. If a man speaks of sin as
though it were an inaccuracy or a mistake,
instead of the loaihsome, ab minahie, con
suming, and damning thing that God hates,
that man will never yield a harvest of use
fulness.
When I was a boy I plowed a field with
a tea nof spirit-d horse-. I plowed it very
quickly. Once in awhile I passed over some
of the sod w about turning it, but 1 did not
jerk buck the plow with its rattling devise-.
1 thought it made no difference. After
awtule my fatuor came along and said:
“Why, this will never do; this isn’t plowed
deep enough; there you have misused this
and you have missed that.” And he plowed
it over again. The difficulty with a great
many people isti at they are only scratched
with conviction when the subsoil plow of
God’s truth outrb to be put in up
to the beam. My word is to all Sabbath
school teachers, to all parents,
to all Christian workers —plow deep!
And if in your own personal experience
you are apt to taka a lenient view of the
sinful side of your nature, put down into
your soul the ten commandments, which
reveal the holiness of God, and that sharp
and glittering coulter will turn up your
soul to the deepest depths. If a man
preaches to you that you are only a little
out of order by reason of sin, and that you
need only a little fixing up, ho deceives!
You have suffered an appalling injury by
reason of sin. There are quick poisons and
slow poisons, but the druggist could give
you one drop that would kill the body. And
sin is like that drug; so virulent, so poison
ous, so futal that one drop is enough to kill
the soul
Deep plowing for a crop. Deep plowing
for a soul. Broken hear; or no religion.
Broken soul or no harvest. Why was it
that David and the jailer, and the publican
and Paul made such ado about their sins?
Had they lost their senses? No. The plow
share struck them. Conviction turned up
a gre .t many things that were forgotten.
Asa farmer plowing sometimes turns up
the skeleton of a man or the anatomy of a
monster long ago buried, so the plowshare
of conviction turns up theghastlv skeletons
of sins long ago enti mbed. Geologists
never brought up from the depths of the
mountain mightier ichthyosaurus or me
gatherium.
But what means all this crooked plowing,
these crooked furrows, the repentance that
amounts to nothing, the rejientance that
ends in nothing? Men groan over their
slus, but get no better. They weep, but
their tears are not counted. They get con
victed, but not converted. W hat is the
reason? 1 remember that on the farm we
set a standard with a red flag at the other
end of the field. We kept our eye on that.
We aimed at that. We plowed up to that.
Losing sight of that we made a crooked
furrow. Keeping our eyes on that we made
a straight furrow. Now, in this matter of
conviction wo must have some standard to
guide us. It is a red standard that God has
set at the other end of the Bold. It is the
cross. Keeping your eye on that you will
make a straight furrow. Losing sight of it
you will make a crooked furrow. Plow
up to the cross. Aim not at either end of
the horizontal piece of the cross, but at the
upright piece, at the center of it, the heart
of the Son of God who hire your sins and
made satisfaction. Crying and weepp g
will not bring you through. "Him hath
God exalted to be a Prince and a Savior to
give repentance.” Oh, plow up to the
cross!
Again, I remark, in grace as in the field
there must b a sowing. In the autumnal
weather you find the farmer going across
the field at a stride of about twenty-three
inches, and at every stride he puts his hand
into the sack of gram and he sprinkles the
seed corn over the field. It looks silly to a
man who does not know what he is doing
He is doing a very important work. He is
scattering the winter gram, and though
the snow may come, the r.ext year
there will boa great crop.
Now, that is what we are doing
w-hen wo are preaching the gospel—we are,
scattering the seed. It is the ioolishness of
preaching, but it is the winter grain; and
though the snow of worldliuess may come
down upon it, it will yiel i after a while
glorious harvest. Let in bes ire we sow the
right kind of seed. Bow mullein stalk and
mullein stalk will come up. Sow Canada
thistles and Canada thisiles will corns up.
Sow wheat and wheat will come up. Let
us distinguish between truth and error. Let
us know the difference between wheat und
hellebore, oats and henbane.
The largest denomination in this country
is the denomination of Nothingarians.
Their religion i- a system of negations.
You say to one of them, “ What do you be
liever’ “Well, I don’t believe In iufaut
baptism.” “What do you believe!” “Well,
I don’t believe lu the perseverance of the
saints.” “Well, now tell me what you do
believe?” “Well, I don’t believe in the
eternal punishment of the wicked.” So
their religion is a row of cyphers. Believe
something and teach it; to resume the
figure of my text, scatter abroad the right
kiud of seed.
A minister in New York preached a ser
mon calculated to set the denominations of
Christians quarreling. He was sowing
nettles. A minister in Boston advertised
that he would preach a sermon on the s pe
riority of transcendental and organized
forces to untranscendental and unorganized
force). What was he sowing? The Lord
Jems Christ nineteen centuries ago planted
the divine seed of doctrine. It sprang up.
On one side of the stalk are all the churches
of christeudom. On the other side of the
stalk are all the free governments of the
earth, and on the top there shall be a fl iw
ertng millennium after awhile. All from
the gospel seed of doctrine. Every word
that a parent, or Sabbath-school teacher,
or city missionary, or other Christian
worker sneaks for Christ comes up. Yea,
it comes up with compound interest—you
saving one soul, that oue saving ten, the
ten a hundied, the hundred a thousand, the
thousand ten th usand, the ten thousand
one hundred thcus ind -on, on forever.
Again, 1 remark, in grace as in the farm
there must boa harrowing. I refer now not
to a ha; row that goes over the field in order
to prepare the ground for the seed, hut a
harrow which gca-s over after the seed is
sown, lest the birds pick up the seeds, sink
ing it down into the earth so that it can
take root. There are new kinds of harrow,
but the harrow as I remember it was made
of bars of wood nailed across each other,
and the underside of ivi ‘h bar was furnished
with sharp tout j, and when the horses were
hitchedtoit.it went tearing end leaping
across the fl -id. driving ti e seed down into
the earth until it sprung up in the harvest.
! Bereavement, sorrow, persecution, are the
' Lord’s harrows to sink the gospel truth
j into your heart. There were truths that
i you hoard thirty years ago that have not
| (Tected you until reco tlv Bmv gca'
| trouble camo over you, and the truth was
1 harrowed in, and it has come u;.
What dil God mean m this c mntry
in 1857? F r a century there was
the gospel preached, nut a gnat
deal of it produed no result. Then Gsi
Ini. :os -ed a wild panic to a harrow of com
mercial disusli r, and tha' harrow went
, (lewii Wall sire-1 and up Wall street, down
j lhird street and up Third street,d iwii State
I street and up Klato street until tno whole
: land was torn to pieces as it had never baeu
before. U list followed the harrow?
greet awakenl' 15 Iu which ll„re were
500,0 Xi s ill* brought into ihe king i< ra of
| our Lord. N < Insrr. w, no crop,
i Again, 1 re milk, ia grace a* is
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1890.
the farm there must be a reaping. Many
Christians speak of religion as thougn it
were a matter of economic* or insurance.
They expect to reap in the next world. O,
no! Now is tne time to reap. Gather up j
the joy of thechr.stian religion this morn- !
ing, tnis afternoon, this night. It you have
not as much grace as you would like to
have, thank G n for what you have got,
and pray for more. You are no worse i
enslaved than Joseph, no worse trounlid
than was David, no worse scourged than
was Paul Yet, amid the rattllngof fetters,
and amid the gloom of dungeons, and amid
the horror of shipwreck, they triumphed in
the grace of God. The weakest man
here hs 500 acres of spiritual
joy ali ripe. Why do you
not go and reap it! You have
been groaning over your infirmities for
t urty years. Now give oDe roundabout
over your emancipation. You say you have
it so hard; you might have it worse. You
wonder wny this great cold trouble keeps
revolving through your soul, turning and
turning, with a blacK hand on the crank.
Ah, that trouble is the grindstone on which I
you are to sharpen your sickles. To the
field! Wake up! Take off your green
spectacles, your blue spectacles, your black
spe ta Ua. Pull up the corners of your
mouth as far as you pull them down. To
the fields! R ap! reap!
Again, I remark, in grace as in
farming there is a time for thresh
ing. I tell you bluntly that
is death. Just as a farmer beats the wbeat
out of the straw, so deatn beats the soul
out of the b'idy. Every sick ess is a stroke
of the find, and the sick bed is the threshing
floor. Wbat, say you, is death to ago and
mon only taking the whevtout of the straw?
That is all. An aged man has fallen asleep.
Only yesterday you saw him in the sunny
porch playing with bis grandchildren.
Calmly ha received the message to leave
this world. He bade a pleasant good-by to
his old friends. The telegraph carries tne ti 1-
ings, and on swift rad trains the kindred
come, w nting once more to look on tne
face of dear old grandfather. Brush back
the gray hairs from his hrow; it will never
ache again. Put him away in the slumber
of the tomb. Ho will not be afraid of that
night. Grandfather was never afraid of
anything. Ho will rise in the morning of
the resurrection. G andfather was always
the first to rise. His voice has already
mingled in the doxology of heaven. Grand
father always did sing in church. Any
thing ghastly in that? No. The threshing
of the wheat out of the straw. That is all.
The Savior fo ds a lamb in his bosom.
The little child filled all the house with her
music, and her toys are scattered all up and
down the stairs just as sue left them. What
if the hand that plucued four-oclocks out of
the tneado v is still? It will wave the
eternal triumph. What if the voice that
made music in the home is still? It will sing
the eternal hosanna. Put a white rose iu
one hand, and a red rose in the other hand,
and a wreath of orange blossoms on the
brow; the white flower for the victory,
tbe red flower for the Savior’s sacrifice, the
orange blossoms tor her marriage day.
Anything ghastly about that? Oh, no. Tne
sun went down and the flower shut. The
w ieat threshed out of the straw. “Dear
Lord, give me sleep,” said a dying boy, the
son of one of mv elders; “Dear Lord, give
me sleep.” And ho closed his eyes and
awoke in glory. Henry W. Longfellow,
writing a letter of condolence to those
parents, said: “Those last words were
beautifully poetic, ‘Dear Lord, give me
sleep.’”
“ ’Twas not In cruelty, not in wrath.
That the reaper came that day:
'Twas an angel that visited the earth
And took the flower away.’’
So it may !>e with us whon our work is
all done. “Dear Lord, give me sleep.”
I have one m-Te thought to present. I
have spoken of the plowing, of the sowing,
of the barrowing, of the reaping, of the
threshing. I must now speak a moment of
the garnering.
Where is the garner I Need I tell you!
Oh, no. So mauy have gone out from your
own circles—yea, from your own family,
that you have bad your eyes on that gar
ner for many a year. Wnat a hard time
some of them had! In gesthsemanes of
suffering, they sweat great drops of blood.
They Wok the “cup of trembling” and they
put it to their hot lips and they cried : “If
it be possible, let this cup pass from
me.” With tongues of burning agony they
criel, "O Ijord, deliver my soul!” But they
got over it. They all got over it. Gar
nered! Their tears wiped aai", their bat
tles all ended; their burdens lifted. Gar
nered! The Lord of the harvest will not
allow those sheaves to perish in the equi
nox. Garnered! Some of us remember on
tue farm that the sheaves were put on the
top of the rack which surmounted the
wagon, and these sheaves were piled
higher and higher, and after awhile
the horses started for the barn;
and these sheaves swayed to and fro in
the wind, and the old wagon creaked, and
the horses made a struggle, and pulled so
hard the harness came up in loops of
leather on their back, and when the front
wheel struck the elevated floor of the barn,
it seemed as if the load would go no farther,
until the workmen gave a great shout, and
then with one last tremendous strain, the
horses pulled in the load; then they were
unharnessed, and forkful after forkful
of grain fell into the mow. O my
frieuds, our getting into heaven may
be a pull, a hard pull, a very hard
pull; but these sheaves are bound
to go in. The Lord of the harvest has
promised it. I see the load at last coming
in the door of the heavenly garner. The
sheaves of the Christian soul sway to and
fro in the wind of death, and the old bodv
creaks under the load, and as the load
strikes the floor of the celestial garner it
seems as if it can go no farther. It is the
last struggle until the voices of angels and
the voices of our departed kindred and the
welcoming voice of God shall send the har
vest rolling into the eternal triumph, while
all up and down the sky the cry is heard;
“Harvest home! Harvest home!”
HUNTER'S "RAGIG DEATH.
The Death Dealing Bullet Fired While
He Was In the Store.
Athens, Ga., Aug. 17. —Henry Hunter,
the young man who was shot last night at
Carter’s camp by a negro workman, died
about 1 o’clock this morning. Parties who
visited the scene of the murder last night
did not return until nearly daylight. Mr.
Hunter was standing behind the counter of
the commissary store when the negro,
Ed Morrison, walked up to the
door and asked him if he
meant what ho had said at noon. Mr. Hun
ter replied that he did, whereupon Morris >n
drew a pist 1 and shot him and ran. Hun
ter fell to the flo r unconscious, aud lingered
until 1 o’clock. Dr. D. W. Carter of
Smith mia was sant for and did everying
[Xisiible to save the wounded mm.
NATURE OF THE WOUND.
The ball entered the left teaiple and
scattered some of Hunter’s brains on the
floor.
Messrs. TUI and Hart were in the store at
tho time and were eye-witnesses to the
shooting.
Blooduounds were sent out to the camp
las; night and put on the track of tho mur
derer, hut it was with great difficulty that
they followed the trail. At last accounts
he was still at large, though bei. g pursued
by a posse. Morrison hails frein Memphis,
Tenn. he is 5 feet 6 inches high perfectly
Hack and weigh- about 130 pounds. He has
the look "fa burlv, determined villein. He
wears a black hat, blue overskirt aud jeans
pants.
Mr. Hunter’s remains were brought to the
city to day atiout 2 o’clock and carried to
Ins mother's reidence, on Meigs street. The
funeral will occur to morrow morning.
MldviUe’s First bale.
Midvii.i.k. Ga., Aug. 17. —Mulville re
ceived her first now bale of c ittorj for this
season Saturday. It w- raise I o i tho
plantation of K. M. Murpbre* by Taylor
Goodwill (eoloredi. Its weight i 345.
h wum bought by K. M. Murp iree \ B. o.
nt this place s' 11 cents, an i consigns! 10
11. M. Corner & Cos , Ma Vanuatu
A CLINCH IN THU SENATE.
QUAY TO FIGHT HIS FOES TO A
FINISH.
The Programme of Business for the
Rest of the Session W 111 be tbe Out
come of the Battle—Hoar or .-pooner
to Propose the Passage of the Force
Bill.
Washington, Aug. 17.—The programme
of business for the test of the session will
be determined in open Senate this week
if the present understanding is carried out.
Senator Quay, according to the notice
given yesterday, will introduce his resolu
tion to-morrow, which, under the rules,
it is expected will go over u til Tuesday.
It will not be referred to the committee on
rules, but will he disposed of in the Senate.
This course is desired by its author and has
the approval of Senator Aldrich, chairman
of the committee on rules.
THE FEDERAL ELECTION BILL.
When it comes ud for consideration a
motion w ill be made, probably by Senator
Hoar or Senator Spooner, to include the
federal election bt 1 in the list of meauro3
tbat shall be coniidered after the tariff bill
is disposed of. It is expected to
precipitate debate an i considerable bitter
ness between the two wings of tne
republican majority. Senator Quay and
Senator Aldricn, who is acting with him,
believe tbat the resolution will be passed by
a good maiority with no amendment.
When tnat matter is settled the tariff bill
w ill tie taken up and pressed to a vote as
rapidly as possible.
ihe urgent deficiency appropriation bill
reported last week will be called up to-mor
row by Senator Allison, and will be disposed
of if possible at one sitting.
In the House.
It is probable that in the House to-mor
row the committees will be allowed to call
up bills for passage under a suspension of
the rules. Under this order the committee
on education, if it be reached in the call,
will seek to pass the Senate bill to extend
ad to ag icultural colleges.
The comm ttee on agriculture is to have
the floor Tuesday and ( o-sihly for several
days following, in order to discuss aud act
upon the compound lard and meat in
spection bills. When these measures are
disposed of, it is possible that the
labor committee may have a day if the
elections committee does not insist on press
ing the pending contested election cases.
QUAY MAY LET THEM OFF.
Special Disnote i to the .Yeas.
Washington. Aug. 17,11 p. m.—Senator
Quay may not press his resolution to a vote
in open session after all. He is satisfied
that the force bill is buried and that the
programme of his resolution will be carried
out, and he does rot care to expose tbe hu
miliation of the force bill senators publicly
if not necessary. He is very apt to con
cede what Senators Hoar and Spooner and
the other force bill senators are said to have
nssed—that ho let bis second resolution
sleep with his first resolution in the rules
committee, and allow the force bill to come
up after the tariff bill for two or three
speeches only, and then to be postponed
until the next session. Senator Hoar would
probably abandon the second caucus move
ment upon receiving this concession.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Representative Clements Favors Na
tional control.
Washington, Aug. 17. —Representative
Clements of Georgia, who was one of the
subcommittee of the committee on appro
priations having charge of the District of
Columbia bill, believes in congress exercis
ing exclusive jurisdiction here. "I believe,”
said Mr. Clements, “that it would be best
for everybody if the present dual form of
government for the District of Columbia
were abolished. It was intended by the
constitution that congress should have ex
clusive jurisdiction over the territory for
the capital of the nation, and while that
jurisdiction does exist, yet presumably we
have yielded that right to the district gov
ernment. My idea is that congress should
exercise exclusive jurisdiction over the dis
trict.
FOR CONGRESS TO DECIDE.
“Let congress agree upon a just taxation,
make laws for the district und appoint
officers to carry out these laws. The money
collected by taxes should be turned into the
treasury to the credit of the United
States, and irrespective of the dis
trict revenues. Let congress appro
priate enough money to meet the expense
of the capital of the nation. This me-half
tax plan is a great source of annoyance to
everybody, and, under the present system
of government, I don’t think we ought to
iako into consideration the revenues of the
district, and only appropriate the usual
amount to that sum.
A MATTER OF PRIDE.
"Every man, womau and child in the
country should feel an interest in the
capital of the United States, and congress
should appropriate such money as is needed
in supporting this capital as it should be
supported. If congress would exercise ex
clusive jurisdiction, and 1 have no doubt
that some day it will, and make laws for
the government of the district there w ould
then be no conflict in the courts on account
of any old statutes, etc., because all the old
laws, etc., would be abolished.”
NO SUB THESURISS WANTED.
Tho Farmers’ Union of Missouri
Against the Scheme.
St. Louis, Aug. 17.—The last day’s pro
ceedings of the farmers’ union, which has
been in session at Sedalia, Mo.. for the iast
three days, did not end until 4:30 o’clock
this morning. There was a protracted fight
over the report of the committee on resolu
tions. A resolution tavoriug the sub-treasury
scheme was defeated. Tho resolutions
adopted demand the passage of laws by con
gress taxing all lands held for speculation
at their full value; that alien ownership ot
land shall be forever prohibited; that all
money shall be issued and its volume c >n
trolled by the national government;
that there shall be free silver coin
age; that the national bank system
be abolished; that an income tax shall be
placed upon all net incomes over $1,000;
tuat option dealing or gambling in agri
cultural and mechanical productions shall
bo prohibited by law; that for tue purposes
of taxation ail property shall be
assessed at its full value; that
the civil service laws shall be
enforced in all the and partment* of the na
ti mal and state governments; that the g .v
--ern nent shall have the ownership and
control of railroadand telegraph lines: that
all railroad stocks issued in excess of the
cost of the roads shall he declaied v id;
that the Australian system of voting
shall be extended to all votb.g
precincts. On tho tariff question the reso
lutions are in line with the democratic
policy. The resolutions conclude with this
declaration: "We will not support any
man for the legl-lature, of any party, who
will not pledge himself in writing to use his
influence for the formation of t ese demands
iuto laws.”
Cholera Death List.
Constantinople, Aug. 17.—Th'rty four
persons diet ia Mecca yesterday aud
tweuty-eight died in Jeddah.
ONLY ONE DEATH AT MADRID.
Madrid, Au/. 17. (Jne death from
cholera was recorded in this citv “'-day.
Potato js liltfu In Ireland.
Dublin. Aug. 17.—1n Hkibbereeti a
measure of potatoes wbch las year sold at
4 p.'iicu now soils at 10 pi ce. The crop is
certain to he exhausted bv ()cU>ber. Famine
! fever has appeared ou the west coast of
1 Ireland.
Russia Orders Mflis
S? Fetersul'Ko, Aug. 17 li issta has
• rdared huo.uuu rifle* tu Franco.
A PARTY WITHOUT AN ISSUE.
Representative Eyrum Tells of the
Predicament of tbe Republicans.
Washington, Aug. 17.— Representative
Bynum of Indiana, iu discussing tbe situa
tion in that state, said to the Gazette: “The
danger to the cem ncracy of Indiana is over
confidence. Pre idant Harrison is person
ally interested in carrying the state. His
chances for nnotl er term de end upon his
(arty’s success this tail. If the state goes
dem-icratic President Harrison will stand
no chance of a renomination, but should it
go republican his renomination becomes a
necessity. While his administration has
not given satisfaction to bis party I think
the dissatisfaction will not amount to much
by the time the election c rues off.
DEMOCRACY’S CONGRESSMEN.
“I think the democrats wiil retain their
present meinber-ihip in congress. While
s jme of the members had small majorities
two years ago they will not ei counter the
corruption and frauds which the republicans
resorted to in 1888 under tne old election
system. I think we were defrauded out of
5,000 votes in 18S8 by the wholesale pur
chase of votes at and the importation of
illegitimate voters along the Ohio river.”
THE ONLY ISSUE.
“What issues are tbe ropubHcana going
before the country on this tall?" repeated
Mr. Bynum in answer to an inquiry. “That
would be difficu t to say. All that seems
left to them is ihe tariff issue, and they are
not united upon that. They passed through
the Hou;e the most outrageous tariff bill
that was ever presented, and while the
Senate has not a-, yet yet improved it any,
the position assumed by Mr. B aine that it
does not open a market to a bushel of wheat
or a barrel of pork has disintegrated the
party on this issue.
“As to pensions, why, they are not united
upon that. The compromise measure
passed does not come up to the promises
made during the 1888 campaign, and is not
a satisfactory compromise; and as for the
infamous federal election bill,they can’t get
together on that.”
THE NEW RULES.
“As for the new rules issue, it is dead too,
since it has been proven tbat the House is
behind in its business, and what business it
has done has not been well done. Measures
have been pushed through without con*
sideration or debate,, with the understand
ing that the Senate would perfect them, and
the men who pushed them through are
abusing the Senate roundly for not passing
them.
“I can only a swer your question, there
fore, bv asking another: ‘What have they
to go into the campaign with?’ ”
PREDICAMENT OF THE SENATE.
The Democrats can Keep It Sitting
Till October if They Want To.
WABHINGION, Aug. 17.—1 t must be kept
in mind that so far Senator Gorman and
the other democrats have made no bargain
with Senator Quay or any one else. They
simply stand where they l ave always stood,
for free and full debate, and will make no
agreement to curtail it unless it is plainly for
the public interest. They know the force
bill is dead and buried for this session, and
that it will stay so, because forty-three re
publicans can’t be gotten to support the
Reedism without which it cannot be passed
in the Senate.
STRENGTH OF THE OPPOSITION.
The strength of the opposition to it
among the business men of the country
becomes apparent everyday in the growing
numoer of protesting telegrams received by
senators, and no appeals from President
Harrison or Speaker Reed, whether in pub
lic or iu private commumca ion, can over
come the pressure. Consequently the
democratic senators may keep the
Senate sitting till October on the
tariff bill, as they might very profitably do,
only sixteen of the 181 pages of the bill
having been considered in the House, and
only twenty-seven pages having been con
sidered in the Senate. Tin piste has not
been disposed of, and steel rails, sugar, wool
and reciprocity are all yet to be considered.
A Monument to Courbet.
Paris, Aug. 17.—A monument to the late
Admiral Courbet was u iveiled to-day at
Abbeville. M. Etteine, under secretary for
the colonies, in a speech declared that when
the nation possessed such sail irs ns Admiral
Courbet it was time for her to emerge from
her isolation and make her voice heard and
her rights respected.
An Opera House Set on Fire.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 17. A
special from High Morlo, 8. D., to tbo
Tribune says: “Early this morning fire
wts d.scovered iu Crow’s opera house. The
citizens worked hard but wore unable to
check it until two blocks were destroyed.
P. S. Crow was arrested at noon for arson.”
a Mill in Ruins.
London, Aug. 17.—Holland’s mill at
Mi’est latting, near Manchester, nas been
burned. The loss is £120,000.
Local Record for the Morning News
Local forecasts for Savannah and vicinity
for to-day: Partly cloudy, with occasional
showers.
Special forecast for Georgia:
Local showers in northern, fair in
southern portion, easterly winds,
cooler in northern, stationary tem
perature in southern portion.
The hight of the river at Augusta at 7:33
o’clock a. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was
6 0 feet—a fall of 0.4 feet during the past
twenty-four hours.
MEDICAL.
SCROFULA
Is that impurity of the blood which produces
unsightly lumps or swellings in the neck;
which causes running sores on the arms,
legs, or feet; which develops ulcers In the
eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or
deafness; which is the origin of pimples, can
cerous growths, or "humors;” which,fasten
ing upon the lungs, causes consumption and
death. It Is the most ancient of all diseases,
and very few persons are entirely free from it.
M ~ B c r CURED
By taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which, by
the remarkable cures it has accomplished,
has proven itself to be a potent and peculiar
medicine for this disease. If you suffer from
scrofula, try Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
“ Every spring nry wife and children have
been troubled with scrofula, my little boy,
three years old, being a terrible sufferer.
Last spring he was one mass of sores from
head to feet. Vc all took Hood's Sarsaparilla,
and all have been cured of the scrofula. My
little hoy is entirely free from sores, and all
four of my children look bright aud healthy.”
SY. B. Atherton, Passaic City, N. J.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
SoM by all druggists. $1; six for £5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass.
tOO Poses Ono Poliar
BANKS.
SAVINGS BANK. I
SAVANNAH BANK A TRUST CO.
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Deposits of II and Upward Receive!.
FUNERAL INVITATIOSS.
BELL- —The friends and acquaintance of
Mrs. Sarah J. Bell, Mr. A. M. Bell, and Mr.
and Mrs. W. 8. Cherry, are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral of the former from her
late re ldeoce. No. 39 Abercorn street. THIS
AFTERNOON at 4:30 o'clock.
BOCHAN.—The friends and acquaintance of !
Wm Bouban and family and J. J. Egan and j
family are resp ctfully invited to attend the
funeral of his youngest son, James Buchan.
from thei r residence, corner Huntingdon and
Mercer streets, THIS AFTERNOON at 3:30
o'ekek
FLAIR.—Tne friends and acquaintance of
Peter Blair and family are respectfully in
vited to attend hi* funeral from his late resi
dence. on Roberts street, THIS MORNING at
10 o'clock.
MEETINGS.
mabomc notice"
All members of tbe Masonic Fraternity Jk
who contemplate going to Waycross
Tuesday Evening are requested to meet
at Masonic Temple THIS (Monday)' ~ '
EVENING at 8 o'clock sharp.
OE KALB LODGE NO. 9. I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 8 o'clock at Odd Fellows’ new
building.
The Initiatory Degree will be conferred.
Members of other lodges and visiting brethren
are cordiallv invited to attend.
By order of H. M. REEVE, N. G.
John Riley. Secretary.
GEORGIA TE.VT NO. 151, 1. O. R.
A regular session of this Tent will be held
THIS (Mondavi EVENING, Aug. 18, at Bo’clock,
at Yonge's Hall. All members and visiting
Kecbabites are requested to meet with us. By
order F. M. HOYNES, C. R.
M. H. Lofton, R. S.
CITIZENS' SANITARY ASSOCIATION.
Office Citizens" Sanitary Association, I
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 17,18110. f
A quarterly meeting of the Citizens Sanitary
Association will be held MONDAY' EVENING,
Aug. 18th, at 8 o'clock p. it., at the office of the
association. J. B. READ,
President.
Denis J. Murphy, Sec'y.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
On and after Feb. 1, 1890, the bruit of meat
urement of all advertising m the Mornino
News will be agate , or at the rate of $1 40 an
inch for the first insertion.
SODA WATER,
GINGER ALE.
SARSAPARILLA,
6 Dozen to Crate, at @1 50 (f. o. b. Charles
ton, crates and bottles to be returned!.
MINERAL WATERS (Finest Quality),
In Quarts, 6 dozen to cask, per dozen, @l.
Above goods guaranteed to be equal to the
finest made, or can be returned at our expense.
THE PALMETTO BREWING CO.,
Charleston, S. C.
THE LAST EXCURSION
—FROM THE—
CELEBRATD
BUFFALO ,
__ i
LITHIA
SPBINOS
Was a large shipment of this renowned curative
water direct to
BUTLER’S PHARMACY.
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
In a short time my connection with the Sa
vannah Furniture Company will terminate and
I intend to engage In the Real Estate Agency
business. I will endeavor to attend to any busi
ness that may be entrusted to mo in the most
satisfactory manner, and would be glad to get
houses to rent in all parts of the city. Office:
198 Broughton street. A. C. ROGERS.
ROWLINHKI,
Pharmacist and Chemist,
Successor to J. R. Haltiwanger,
Broughton and Drayton Streets.
Telephone 4fis.
THE TITLE GUARANTEE AAiO LOAN
COMPANY OF SAVANNAH,
Insures Titles to Rea! Estate for the benefit of
purchasers and mortgagees.
Money invested in first class Real Estate
Security, deposits received aud interest allowed
thereon.
GEORGE H. STONE. President.
E. L. HACKETT, Treasurer.
ISAAC BECKETT, Socretary.
R. R. RICHARDS. Advisory Counsel.
GREAT HOME ENTERPRISE. ~
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-PILSEN -A VD— TIVOLI
BEERS.
—FOR SALE— . -
•IN EVERY FIRST-CLASS SALOON.
We would especially recommend our Bottle
Beer to families, as
NO ADULTERATIONS ARE NECESSARY
FOR THE HOME TRADE.
CALL FOR THE BEER AND SEE THAT YOU
GET IT.
We pay 15 cents a dozen for all empties
returned to us.
TELEPHONE NO. 429.
WANTED.
A physician desires a location suitable for an
office, north of Liberty street. Address
PHYSICIAN, tbs office.
DR. T. F. ROBERSON,
DENTIST.
ODD FELLOWS BUILDING,
Corner Barnard and Slate Streets.
DON’T Git E IP IN DLSPAIrT
Dyspeptics, you will find a reliable remedy in
DR. ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR.
It is a faultiest vegetable preparation, and
indorsed by prominent medical men.
Sliver medal and diploma awarded over com
petitors.
Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M, D.. Pharmacist.
Savannah, Ga.
Price, f 1 per bottle Sold by all druggist*.
excursions.
EXCURSIONS
Steamer CRESCENT CITY
will make trips to
WARSAW
and WILMINGTON
EVERY DAY
(Except Mondays.)
Leaving Wharfs* 9A. connecting at Than,
derbolt with train leaving city at 10 a m
FARE Me I CHILDREN y-
Fish Dinners at Warsaw
Trains connecting with steamer at Thunie.
bolt leave Coast Line Depot, city, 10 4 m °
Sunday an extra trip is made. conmviV.,-
Thunderbolt with 2:30 p. m. tram from dty 8 at
Excursion tickets are good on either
train from or to Savannah. ner boat or
, A. G DRAKE, Manager
Office on wharf, foot of Ab-rc .rn stre-t
_ LOTTERY*.
BENITO JUAREZ. ' -A
Under the Management of the
Sciiran International Bank'gCo.Contessinnariej
Incorporated By the State of Chihuahua
Mexico, for Charitable Purposes. ’
GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING,
Ho rmer?y^ ftiso de^Norte*MePco!
Wednesday, August, 20, 1890.
under thenersonal supervision of Gen. JOITS
■ MOJBY, “”‘ l **r. CAMILO Aliop.
XhLBI, both gentlemen of high standing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $60,000,
Only 60,000 Tickets! Only6o.ooU Tickets!
WHOLE TICKETS $4, HALF TICKETS $2,
QUARTER TICKETS, sl.
I Prize of $60,000 • -$60,000
1 Prize of 10,000 JO.OOO
1 Prize of 6,000 5 000
3 Prizes of 1,000 each 3^ooo
10 Prizes of 200 eaoh 2.000
60 Prizes of 100 each 6,000
100 Prizes of 60 each 6.000
260 Prizes of 30 each 7,600
Approximation Prizes.
100 Prizes of *SO each $ 5,000
100 Prizes of 30 each 8,000
100 Prizes of 25 each 2,500
Terminal Prizes,
599 Terminals to *OO 000 Prize ;*2O each.*ll,9Bo
599Termlnalsto*10,000Prlze;*10each. 5,990
1914 Prizes amounting to $125,970
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the
Banco Nacional of Mexico,in Chihuahua has on
deposit from the Mexican International Banking
Co..the necesary funds to guarantee the pay
ment of all prizea drawn in the Gran Loterla
Juarez.
We further certify that we will supervise all
the arrangements, and in person manage and
oontrol all the drawings of this Lottery, and
that the same are conducted with honesty, fair*
ness, and in good faith towards all Darties
JOHN S. MOSBY. Commissioner.
Camilo Argcelles,
Supervisor for the Government.
If any ticket drawing a prize is sent to the un
dersigned, its face value will be collected and
remitted to the owner thereof, free of charge.
_ Edoarß. Bronsov.
Pres. El Paso N&ttoual Bank, El Paso,Tex.
AGENTS WANTED.
For club rates or any other information, write
to the undersigned, statlnc your address clearly,
with State, County. Street and Number. More
rapid delivery will be assured by your enclosing
an envelope bearing your full address.
Mexican International Bankino Cos.
City of Juarez. Mexico.
NOTICE.
Send remittances for tickets by ordjnarv let
ter, containing Money Order, issued by all ex
press companies. New York Exchange, bank
draft or postal note. Address all registered let
ters to
Mexican International Banking Cos,.
City ot Juarez, Mexico, via El Paso, Tex*
PUBLICATIONS.
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OF
SAVANNAH.
Size 30x34 inches.
SHOWING THE TRUE STREET AND PROP
ERTY LINES OF THE CITY.
PRINTED ON BOND PAPER and put. up in
book form. Every property owner ajjraal
estate dealer, and every other person intercstei
n the city should have a copy.
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THE BOOK FOB BOOKRUBFEBS.
II WUI Open Out Prrfrcily Flat From
lu La.l I’age.
The Moiujinm Nkws Printing House is thß
Ucenseu manufacturer of . wROOKS.
BRONSON’S FLAT OPENING BLAMCBJOB*
(Adopted by the Untied Statee Govert u It
There is no book made of w l““ l r^f.-oUv'f'* [ -
will open at any page aud reota.n i om.
There uno danger of (beleave* her"'”' % ‘ o pe3
It u, the only elastic binding and suned
fiat that has received the u ' l 9“® l ‘?Abinder.
men! of bookkeepers as U “ ,u*
Books ruled to any pattern, made to on,
and bound hi any sty! •• „„ m ber of arm
We ar- making books for a num
in this city am! else w here, and mm
uie in showing them to r ..mVTIJia
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