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onnlpo‘b„t power, all-conquering power.
Not mo! e than one out of a tbuusan i of the
ministers have it continuously, Not more
than one out of ten thousand Christians
have it all the time. Given in abundmce
these last ten years of the nineteenth eon
tery would accomplish more for God and
the church and the world than the prevents
ninety years of this century.
A few men and women in each ag of the
world have ixissesed it. Cardin' 1 Fry, the
immortal Quakeress, bad it, and three
hundred of the depraved and suffering of
Newgate prison under her exhortation re
pented and belie vex Jonathan Ed ward <
had It, and Northampton nieeti g house
heard the outburst of religious em tion us
he spake of righteousness and judgment to
come. Samuel Bu igett, the Christian mer
chant, hed it aDd bis benefactions
showered the world. John Newton hnd
it. Bi-hop Latimer had it. Isubella
Graham had it. Andrew Fuller
had it. The treat evangelists, Daniel
Baker and Dr. Nettleton and Truman Os
born and CbariesJG. Finney, had it. In my
boyhood 1 saw Truntsi. Osborn rise to
preach in the village church ai Somerville,
N. J.. and before he had given out hi' text
or uttered a ord, people in the audience
Fobbed aloud with leitgious emotion. It
was the power from on high. All in a
greater or less degree may have it. O ce
get it and nothing can at md before you.
Batan goes dowD. Caricature goes down.
Infidelity g' ex down. Worldliness goes
down. AH opposition goes down.
Several times in the history of tho church
and the world has this power from on high
been demonstrated. In the seventeenth
century, af'er a great season of moral de-
Srvssion, this power from on high came
own upon John Tillotim and Owen and
Flavel and Baxter and Bunyan, and there
was a deluge of mercy higher than the tops
of the higbe t mountains of sin. In the
eighteenth century, in England and
America, religion was at a low watermark,
William Cowper, writing of the Clergy of
those days, said:
Exoeot a few with Eli's spirit blest
Jlophni aud Phiaeas may describe the rest.
The infidel writings of Suafteshury and
Hobbes and Chubb had done their work.
But power from on high came upon both
the Wesbys and Lady Huntington on the
other side the Atlantic, and upon William
Tern.ant and Gilbert Tennant and David
Brainerd on this side the Atlantic, and t>oth
hemispheres felt the tread of a pardoning
God, Coming to later da e there may be
here aid there ii this audieuoe an aged man
or woman who can ren eratier New Yoi k
in 1831, when this power from on high
descaruled most wondrous.y. it came upon
pastors and congregations and theaters and
commercial establishments. Chatham
Street theater, New York, was the
scene of a most tremendous religious
awakening. A committee of Christ an
gentlemen called upon the lessee of
the theater and said they would like to buy
the lease ot the theater. He said, “What
do you want it for f” They replied, “For a
church.” “For w-h-a-t !" said the owner.
“For a church” was the reply. The owner
aaid: “Y u may have it, and I will give
you a thousand dollars to help you on witu
your work." Ar bur Tappon. a man might
ily persecuted in his time, but a man, as I
caw him In his last days, as honest and pure
and good ns any man I ear knew, stepped
on the stage of old Chatham theater as the
actors w ere closing their mornlrp rehearsal
aDd said: “There wi 1 be preaching here to
night on this stage,’' a: and then gave out and
sang, with such people as were there, the
old bran 1
The voice of free grace cries, escape to the
mountain.
For all that believe Christ has opened a foun
tain.
The bar-room of the theater was turned
into a prayer-room, and eight hundred per
sons were pre-ent at the first meeting. For
seventy successive nights religi us services
were held in that them nr, ad such scenes
of mercy and salvation as will be subjects
of Cunversati n and congratulation amo g
the ransomed in glory as long as heaven
lasts. But I oome to a later time—lßs7
remembered by many who are here. I re
member it especi lly as 1 bad just entered
the office of the ministry. It was a year of
hard times. A great panic had flung hun
dreds of tho sands of people pe mless.
Bta vation en ered habitations that had
never before kuown a want. Domestic
life, in many cases, became a tragedy.
Suicide, garroting, burglary, as as
sination were rampant. What an awful
day that was wheu the ba ks went down.
There has been nothing like it in thirty
years, and I pray God there may not be
anything like It in the next thirty centuries.
Talk about your block Fridays! It wae
Black But in day, Biack Sunday, Black
Mondav, Black Tues lay, Black Wednesday,
B ark Thursday, as well as Black Friday.
This nation i . its extremity fell nelpless
before the Lord aud cried for pardon and
peace, and upon ministers and laymen the
Eower from on high descended. E gi ie
ouses, ware-rooms, hotel parbrs, museums,
factories from 18 to 1 o’clock while the
operatives were re-ting, were opened for
praters aud sermous, and inquiry rooms,
and Burtou’s old th-ater on Chambers street,
where our unoestors used to assemble to
laugh at tne oomediei, and all up
and down the streets, aud out on the docks
and on the deck of shins lying at the wharf,
people sang, “All hail the power of Jesus’
name,” while others cried for mercy. A
great mass-meeting of Christians on a
wetk-day, in Jayne’s hall, Philadelphia,
telegraphed to Fulton street prater inee -
ing, in New York, saving: “What hath
Goa wrought!” aud a wejram went back
saying, “Two hundred siu.s s veil at our
meeting to-day.” A ship came through the
Narrows into our habor, the captain re
porting that himself and a.l the crew had
been couver ed to God between New
O. leans and New York. In the busiest
marts of our busiest American cities, where
the worshippers of Mammon had teen
counting tne r golden beads, men be_au to
calculate, “What shall it profit a man if Pe
gain the whole world and lose his
soul.” The waiters in restaurants after the
closing of their day’s work knelt among the
tables where they had served. Policemen
asked consent of the commissioner of police
to be permitted to attend religious meet
ings. At Albany members of the New
York legislature assembled in the room ot
the court of appeals at half-past eight
o’clock in the morning for prayer and
praise. Printed invitations were sent oat
to the firemen of New York saying: “Come
as suits your convenience best, whether in
fire or citizs s’ dress, but cornel come!"
Quarry men knelt among the rocks. Fisner
men sneit m their boats. Weavers knelt
among the looms. Ssil rs knelt among the
hammocks. Schoolmasters knelt among
their classes. A gentleman traveling said
there was a line of prayer meetings from
Omaha to Washington city, and, he might
have added, a line of prayer-meetings from
tbe Atlantio to the Pacific coast, and from
the St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico.
In those days what songs, what sermons,
what turnings to God, what recital of thrill
ing experiences, what prodigals broug.it
home, what buruiug tidings of souls sa. ed,
what serfdom of sin emancipated, what
wild rout of the forces of da kuess, w hat
victories for the truth! What millions on
earth aud in heaven are now thanking God
for 1857, which, though the year of worst
financial calamity, was the year of
A i erica’s most glorious blessing. How do
you account for 1857, its spi ltual triumphs
on the heels of its worldly misfortune! It
was what my text calls the power from on
high.
That was thirty-three yeirs ago. and
though the e have been in various parts of
tho land many stirrings of the Holy Ghost,
there has been no general awakening.
Does it nut seem to you i hat we ought to
have and may have the scenes of power in
1857 eclipsed by the scenes of power in
1891! Tne circumstances are somewhat
similar. While we have not had national
panic and universal prostration as in 1857,
there has been a stringency in the money
market that put manv of the families
of the o 1 -th to their wits’ end.
Large commercial interests collapsing
have left multitudes of employes
without mean i of support. Tho racked
brains of business men have almost or
entirely given way. New illustrations all
over tho land of tho fact that riches have
not only feet, on which they walk slowly as
they come, but ing* on wuicb they speed
when they go. Eternal God! Thou know
eat how cramped and severe and solemn a
time it is w;tb many. And, as the business
ruin of 1857 was followed by the glorious
triumphs of grace, let the awiul struggle cf
1890 be followed by the hallelujahs of a
nation saved in 1891.
Brethren in the gospel ministry, if we
spent half as much time ii prayer as we do
in.tne prepara:ion of our sermons nothing
could stand before us. We would have the
power from on high as we never had it.
Private member-hip of all chr steidoni. if
we speat half as much time in p xit.ve prayer
for this ii.fl.ience ns we do in thinking
about It and talking nbout it, there would
not be secretaries enough to take down the
names of t'iose who w uIJ want to give in
their names for enlistment. We would
have hundre-ls of cases like these recently
reported when a man said to an svai.gelist,
“lam a lost sinner. Pray for me. My wife
tax been a pn fe-sor of religion for years,
but I knew she did lldt enjoy religion and
I sai 1 if that was all there was in religion, I
did not went it. But for the last few days
she has looked a’d acted in sunn an elevated
and glorious spirit that 1 cannot stand it,
away (rum God. I want the same nlig on
that inspires her." C me! come! all
through the United States and all through
o nttendons, andallaiound tbe world let
us join hands in holy pledge that we w.U
call upon God for tho power. O, for the
power front on high, the power ’hat came
on Pentecost, yea for ten thousand pente
costa Such times will come, and they will
come In our day if wi have the faitu and
the prayer, and the consecration.
As tDe power from on high in 1857 was
more remarkable in academies ot music,
and lyceuin halls, ami theaters than in
churches, why not this winter of 1891 in
these two academies of music, places of
secular entertainment where we are, during
t e rebuitiling of our Brooklyn Tabernacle.
So grandly and graciously treated by the
owners and lessors and leseea, why not ex
pect, and why not have the power from on
nigh, comforting power, arousing power,
convicting po.<er,conTerti gpower,saving
power, omnipotent power! <iy opinion is
that in this cluster of cities by the Atlantio
coast there are five bundled thousand peo
ple now ready to accept the gospel call. If,
freed from all the conventionalities of
the church, it were earnestly and
with strong faith presented to them. In
these brilliant assemblies ti ere are hun
dreds who are not frequenters of churches
and who do not believe muoh, it stall, in
mi inter- of religion or ecclesiastical organ
izations. But God kn 'ws you have strug
gles in which you need help, and bereave
ments in which you want solace, and perse
cu'ions in whi' h you ought to have de
ft nve, and perplexities in which you need
guidance, and with a profound thoughtful
ness you eland by the grave of the old year
and the cradle of the you g year, wonder
ing where you will be and what you
will ra when “rod mg years shall
cease to move." Power from on high
dose nd upon them! Men of New York
and Brooklyn, I offer you Got! and heayen !
From the day you came to these cities, what
a struggle you have had! I can tell from
your care-worn countenances, and the teats
in your eves, and the deep sigh you have
just breathed that you wuut reinforcement,
and here it is, greater than Blucher when he
reinforced Wellington, greater than the
Bank of England when last month it re
enforced the Barings; namely, tbe God who
through Jesus Christ is ready to pardon all
your sin, comfort all your sorrows, scatter
all your doubts and swing all the shini g
gates of heavon wide op n before your re
deemed spirit. Come into the ki gd un of
God! Without a half second of delay,
come in 1
Many of my hearers to-dav, are what the
world calls, and what I ould'ctll, splendid
fellows, and they seem happy enough, and
jollv, and obliging, and if I were in trouble
I would go to them with a much confidence
as I w ould to my father if he we e yet all ve.
But wheu they go tojtheir rooms at nighs,
or when tho excitements of social and busi
ness life are off, they are not oonten , and
they want something better than this world
can offer. I understand thun so well I
would without any fear of bring thought
rough, put my right hand on their one
shoulder and my left hand on their other
should'r, and push them into the kingdom
of God, But I cannot. Power from oa
high, lay hold of them!
Years ago, at the close of a religious
service in Brooklyn tabernacle, a
gentleman most distinguished in
appearance. and with remark
able cerebral development, came forward
with bis wife aud daughter, and said to me
in a most courteous and elegant wav: “Let
me introduce you to my wife and daughter,
who wish a some con sel In regard to re
ligious ma ters,” and the thret sat down.
After I bad conversed with the wife and
daughter, I turned to the gentleman, and
said: “Perhaps you have someintere t your
self in these matters!” “None whatever,”
was the reply, polite yet firm. But before
the meeting had closed I raw his hand lifted
to his forehead, ad his eyes closed, and I
said: “Sir, have you not ebunged your
mind and are you not thoughtful on this
subject!” He said: “I am: since coming to
th:s seat, 1 have sought nnd found Christ as
my Say.or and I have but one desire more,
and that is, before I leave this house to join
my wife and daughter ii making profes
sion of tbe chi ist'au religion. I have been
known as on the wrong side long enough.”
What was It that bad come upon him f It
was power from on high.
At the first o vmmu lion after the dedica
tion of our former church, three hu dred
aud twe.ity-eight souls stood up in the
aisles and publicly espoused the cause of
Christ. At another time four hundred
souls; at another time five hundred; and
our four thousand five hundred member
ship were but a small part of those who,
within thosejsacied walls, took uj on them
selves the vows of the Christian. *What
turned them? What saved tnem! Power
from tbe level! No. Power from on high.
But greater things are to be seen if ever
these cities and ever this world is t' be
taken for God. There is one class of men
and women in ail these assemblages in
whom I have especial interest, aid that
is those who bad good fathers a:d mothers
once, iut they are dead. What multitudes
of us are < rphansl We may be forty, fi. ty,
eighty years old, but we never get used io
having father nnd mother gone O, how
often we hnve had troubles tnat we would
like to have to'.d them, aud we aiways felt
as long as father ad u other were alive we
ha t some oue to whom we could go. Now
I w uld like to ask if you think that all
their prayers in your behalf have
been answered. “No,” you say, “hut
it is too late, the old folks are
gone now." I must c urteously con
tradict you. It is not too late. I have a
fried in the ministry who was attending
ths last b urs of an aged Christian, and my
frie ,and said to the old Christian: “Is there
no trouble on your mind!” The ild man
turned his face to the wall for a few mo
ments and then said: “Only one thi g: I
hope for tbe salvation of my ten children,
but notone of them is yet saved; vet 1 am
sure they will be. God means to wait u til
lam gone." So he did. When my friend
told of the circumstances eight of the ten
had found the Lord, and I have no doubt
the other two, before this, have found him.
: Oh, that the 1 >ug postponed answers to
prayer tor you. my brother, for you, my
sister, might titla hour deecend iti power
from on high.
The history of those unanswered prayers
for you God only knows. They may have
been offered in the solemn birth-hour. They
may have been offered when you were duw
with scarlet fever or diphtberla, or mem
branous croup. They may have been of
fered some night whon you were sound
asleep in the trundle-bed, and your moth r
came in to see if you were rightly covered
in the cold winter night. They may have
been offered at that tirco which comes at
least once in almost every one’s life,“when
your father and mother bad bard work to
make a living, and they fea ed that want
would come to them aud you. They may
have been offered when the lips could no
longer move and the eyes were closed for
the long sleep. O, unanswered prayers
of father and mother, where
are you? Iu what room of the old home-
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1891.
stead have they hidden! O. unanswered
prayer*, rise in a mist of roar y tears Into a
i loud, and then break Into a shower which
shall soften the heart of that man who Is
so bard be cannot cry, or tha. worain who
is atham-d to pray! 0, armchair of tbe
aged, now < mpty and in tbe garret among
tbe rubbish, sprak out! O, staff of tbe
pi'giim who has ended his weary journey,
tell of tbe parental anxieties that l-ent
over thee. O, family Bible, with story of
births and deaths, rustle some of thy time
worn leaves, and let ue know of tte
wrinkled bands that o ce turned thy lago*,
and explain that spot where s tear fell upon
toe pae age: "O, Absalom, my son, my
son, would God I had died for thee.”
Good and gracious Ued! What will
become < t us if after having had such a
a devout ad praying parentage we never
pray for ourselves! We will prsy. We
will begin now. O for the power fromon
high, cower to move this assemblage, poser
to save Brooklyn and New York, power of
e angeliam that shall sweep across th s con
tinent like an ocean surge, power to girdle
the round earth witn a red girdle dipped in
the blood of the cro s. If this forward
movement Is to bejln at all there mast be
some plaos for it to begin, and why not this
place! And there must i e some time for it
to begin, and why not this time! And so I
sound for your ears a rhythmic invitation
which, until a few days ago, never came
under mv eye, hut it it so s eet, so sobbing
with pathos, st triumphant with joy, that
whoever chimed it, insiesd of being anony
mous, ought to be immortal:
Thy sins I bore on Calvary's tree:
The stripes, tby due, were laid on me,
That peace and pardon might be free—
O, wretched sinner, come!
Burdened with guilt , wouldst thou be blest?
7 rust not the world; It gives no rest:
1 bring relief to hearts opprest—
O, weary sinner, come!
C ome, leave thy burdeu at the cross:
Count all thy gains but empty dross,
My grace repays all earthly loss—
O, needy sinner, come!
Come, hither bring thy boding fears,
Thy aching heart, thy bursting tears,
’Tis mercy* voice salutes tuine ears:
O, trembling sinner, coma:
ALA .A.-A MINKRS APPEAL.
Tba Federation of Labor Asked to
Help tbe Strikers.
COL’tMBUS, 0., Jan. 4. —The union mine
workers, whose headquarters are in this
city, have issued sn appeal to the organized
labor of t.e country, approved by tbe offi
cers of the American federation of labor,
in behalf of the coal miners of Alabama.
The miners of that state in June last made
a dema and for an advance of 5 cents per ton.
The appeal say* the operators refused to meet
the miners in convention and they were
compelled to continue work until Dec. 1,
when the dema and was renewed and the
operators ag dn refused to grant the ad
vance. The appeal onncludes: “The miners
of Alabama are worse treated than those of
any other section of the cou try.
Not only have we to compete with
the cu: so of convict labor in our mine*,
but we are worse treated than the con
victs w# are compelled to work beside, as
they have mining laws to see that they are
protected in health aud limb, and means of
escape by having two openings to all
minus in whioh they are employed,
while the free minors aro prac’
tically at the mercy of the
representatives of the corporations and
monopolies, shareholders of which reside in-
Great Britain and have only an intares in
the mines to the amount of the dividends
they recn ve, caring little for the lives or
welfare cf those employed therein. A large
nu übor of our miners, owing to ths small
u-s of their earning-, were uu
able to become attached to their
orgauizitlon. They are now standing
shoulder to shoulder with their orga lized
brethren. If waureto be successful these
men must get assistance. This is a struggle,
not o-ly fo wages, but for the right to or
ganize. If the time over comes when you
will be engaged In a like struggle, we will
rero mber you with something more sub
stantial than gratitude.”
Pennsylvania's Striking Miners.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 4 -A special from
Creason, Po., says: “All tho miners at
Ben’s Creek, Lilly, Gallitzin, Portage, Coal
Port and Hastings are on a strike for an
advance In wages. Those west of Lilly are
still at work. It is probable that the men
will resume work to-morrow, pending a
conference with the operators. The strike
affects several thousand rne.i.”
The Westlnghouse Employon.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan 4.— Next Tue-day
1,200 employe* of the Westlnghuuse Elec
tric Company will hold n meeting to decide
whether they will or will not work for half
pay until the present financial difficulties
existing in that company are tided over.
TWENTY-NINE THAI S AFTER.
Returning to His N it.ve City a Veteran
Soldier Falla to Find any Relatives.
Harrisburg, Jan. 4—ln 1861 Charles
Brum, a young man then well knowu in
l his city, enlisted in Company G of the
Fifty-fifth regiment Pennsylvania volun
teers, commat ded by Captain Issao Water
bury. He we tto the front, and in one of
the battles of 1862 fell into the hands of the
confederates, aud was afterward reported
dead. When the regiment was muster- and
out of service Brum’s name appeared ou the
roll* of his company as dead.
No < ne in Hairisburg ever saw or heard
of him afterward til! the last nay of 1890,
wneu he turned up here alive and in good
Health.
It seems that Brum was sorely wounded
in the battle, ant though almost dead he
bravely struggled on, and nfier encounter
ing many pe ils was admitted into a union
hospital distant from his own command.
From this hospital he was tra isfei red to
others, and finally gut in one where he be
came acquainted with some soldiers from
Ohio. The acquaintance devel pad, and he
went, home with them tot e Buckeve state.
He married there aud is now a grandfather.
On Saturday he was recognized by some
of his old comrades of Company G, but
whilst he has met s >me of the friends of his
youth he has beeu unabte to find any of his
relatives. They have all died or disap
peared.
SUNLIT ST. AUGUaTI vE.
Travel Still Light—Uamago by Frost—
The Palmetto Scrub.
St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 4.—Travel,
so far, is very light The frost of Sunday
night did some damage to blossoming vege
tables aud strawberries, but only delays the
winter crops a week, as mast of the truck
ers have good s ipp ies of plants inside of
“frames” tq replace the injured ones.
John W. Delaney, president of the East
Coast Canal and Transportation Company,
arrived Friday night. This is an indication
that work on this important waterway is to
be pushes! forward.
The palmetto scrub, as a substitute for
oak and i emlook bark in tanning, is for the
twentieth time on the floor for a partner to
escort it to where it justly belongs—in tne
■ a ks of useful articles. The scrub has been
used in a smmil, yet satisfactory way, on
the WdtblaooocUee river and at Fort Myers
for several years. Its benefits are ooen se
crets, and in a few years tue oalrr.et'o scrub
will, in all probability, be'regarded as a
valuable article of commerce for its tanic
acid.
A Hotel Burned at Hogansville.
Grantvillk, Ga., Jan. 4.—lnformation
has just reached here of the burning of the
new hotel of Mrs. Elisa Green at Hog ids
ville. The bu Iding was not quite com
pleted. The origin of the fire is unknown.
invitations to the marriage of Mr. \V. H.
Williams of Hartwell, Ga.. to Miss Winona
18. Henley of triis place have been issued.
Tue*dny, Jan. 6, 1891, is the date.
Mr. Louis Hill and Miss Carrie Caldwell
were married ast Sabbath.
ball* soarr like amjbioaj
Star. ley’e IHi Black Roy Has Had
Many |<Ub>s In This Country.
Chictoq Jao —ln Stanley’s party Is
his Znnz.bar bojaUi, who has been with
Stanley tbrtugh! the perils of the last ex
pedition. Skill Ist Intelligent boy. black as
coal, and *v* ktfve different languages.
He speak* Hpgluf airiy welL
Some of ifisexr.a.-, es in America have
an amusing sides wax elucidated in the
folic wing cybvsriob:
“Aow doVou e America, Salli!”
“I try to feel t.onie in America; I try
to love the fceopil at I cannot.”
“Why!” I
“Tne flrH nig we coma to America, in
the bot-1 4 nlfc some oue fill my boots
wi:h water, and ell th* man in the offioa
and he ouik latj And then in tte day a
col.red tx* nomto mo and say: ‘Coras
home witc- mea see my mother and my
sisters ’ I ldid, fl they st le my watch,”
he replied. “I s|o ni i a chair in a hotel
once and pretty n git up. Then a man
be come op anc-ant to sit down. He
make the boy coi and wipe off the chair.
He fay, I sit do there I make it nasty,
because I black I can’t help it. My
father, my moth, can’t help it. God he
make white man, m *ke black man.”
“Do you like travel this way better
th in on an expedtn f
"I like expedtn much better. This
way good enough r women and children.
Men ought to wot You cannot see any
thing this way. n expedition you see
many things.”
Kalli informed trenorter that his father
was a priest in Zabar, ard that be went
to an Arabic sets when he was 3 years
oJd and continued echo 1 until he was 10
years old. Durin hat time he learned to
read and write An? and also some arith
metic. life joineri:anley’s expedition at
the outset and warith him throughout.
blerTn 7p a fLxkt.'
Our Naval Fco Not to Be In
eased.
Washikotos, n. 4.—The statement
that the Secretary the Treasury is pro par -
ing to greatly aug-nt tbe force of revenue
cutter* in Bearing i next summer by char
ter! g merchant x-els, and fitting them
out with Ho chk rapid fire guns, is
denied at the deponent, and present in
dicatio s are that igreater force of cutters
will be sent to th al islands next year
than heretofore, .ome of the treasury
officials who he studied the seal
question believe tat the only effec
tive protection gainst poachers Is
by international afernent. It is said that
more seals are kik south of the chain of
Aleutians Islands.i the waters of the
Northern Pacific, In are killed in B -ring
sea, and even if e British government
would acknowledgtl.e jurisdiction of the
United States over I waters of Behring sea
tho trtas .ry cutte would still have no
right to interfere h the poachers in the
Pacific, and tne slahter of the seals could
go on there nnimjed. The work of the
poachers south of t islands is much more
destructive than irte Bering sea, for the
reason that tbt water out-ide is
usually rougher, a as a seal sinks very
soon after being shoot more than one out
of four actually l. and is secured by the
poachers. How denctive this slaughter
has been is shown Itbe : eduction of the
millions of seals tbawarmed into Behring
sea every summer tnty years ago to but
a few thousand athis time. It is the
opinion of men tborybly acquainted with
the subject that if > seal question is not
settled soon end ifi.ne agreement is not
reached regulating le slaughter, both in
tbe Pacific and the bring sex, there will
soon bo o seal questi. It will disappear
from the field of diplt cy with tbe disap
pearance of the seal ,m tbe ocean.
PART CF BITII BULL’S SCALP.
A Trooper’s ?toryf How the Sioux
Chief M3 Ki.led.
Hamilton, O If,,fan. 4.—Capt. Sam
Williams of Stoat dek received a letter
from his son tiui.ie, who weut sev
eral years ago, , fir-haired youth of 16
veara, to carv - Ir fiuiself a home. The
letter stated thntiewas at the time he
wrote at Pine Iflgi; was a member of
Troop G, Eight) ITited States cavalry;
was in the actioat tie capture of Sitting
Bull, end saw fia a the time he received
the fatal builet.Ht secured part of i.is
scalp aud his ha|k -chief, wnich he sent
home in a iet er Ue taw five of his own
com ades fall vims (o the Indian rifle.?.
He states thatlhe fight maddened the
tr < pers to deqration, aid that Sitting
Bull’s scalp wad' ed while he wax in tho
throes of deathJL'har.ie will remain with
his troop in Sok Dakota untii the trouble
is over.
JEDICAL.
iHBD’S/f
IfaAaautAaa, ■ \
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W
The impoi tee of purifying the blood can
not be ov stimated, for without pure
blood you ( lot enjoy good health.
At this i ion nearly every one needs a
good medic to purify, vitalize, and enrich
the blood, ; . Hood's Sarsaparilla is worthy
your confic le. It is peculiar in that it
strengthen: id builds up the system, creates
an appetiti nd tones the digestion, while
it eradicatt isease. Give it a trial.
Hood’s S aparilla is sold by all druggists.
Prepared l !. 1. Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass.
IQO oses One Dollar
S ECI VL NOTICES.
NO ;t lO TAMMVKKs.
City Tteascrer's Office, )
avannah. Ga., Jan. 1, 1391. (
The folioi g taxes are now due
REAL KS T.v. fourth quarter. 1390.
STOCK 11 BADE, font > quarter, 1890.
MONEY. >LYENT DEBTS, ETC , fourth
quarter, isi
KURNITt E. ErCv fourth quarter, 1890.
SPEcTFK ASKS for the year 1891.
BAD ,E> R VEHICLE i for the year 1891.
BADGES >K ouS for the year 1.-591.
WATER ENTS In advance for the six
months end : JL’&Y 1, 1891.
A discou'i f 10! per cent, will be allowed
upon all of: > above if payment is made icitn
in fifteen (U > a 'tr J A ,V. 1.
I C. 8. HARDEE.
J City Treasurer.
/NOTICE.
The arran m<at heretofore subsisting be
tween Denii I. furpny and the undersigned
for the sale <iL e, Cement, “to., is THIS DAY
terminated fcj reement. Liabilities are as
sumed by an ai lues outstanding nayable to
\ JOS. A. ROBERTS A CO.
January l.jgi
, HViOE.tD
T \
OhathamßeauE ate and Impovexent Company
Series A.
A dividend ol per cent. I one dollar and fifty
cents per share ** beeu declared by the Board
of Direcldis m ble on and after the 15th inst.
Transfer bookj h be closed until after that
dale. M. J. SOLOMONS.
Secretary and Treasurer.
nr.VERAL nrVITATIOKS.
NEIDLINGER.— Tb* friends and acquaint
ance of Mr. ao i Mrs. E. L. Neldling-r. Mr and
Mn. W. C. Neidl user, Mr*, r. P. La dersbia*
and families ar* respectfiidy invited to attend
tne funeral of Mr*. £. L Neidlinger. at Trinity
Method t Church TtHSiMoiidLyi AFTERNOON
at 3:30 o'clock.
MEETINGS.
ULITTOM LODGE \tl SI, F. A A. M.
A special communication of tbit lode* A
will t* held at Maaonic TeinDl* THIS
(Monday) EVENING. Jan. sth. at 8
o'clock The M. M degree will be con-' ~ '
ferred.
Member* of Bister lodges and visiting breth
ren are cordially invited to m with us.
FRANK H. MORSE, W. M.
Warixo Rrssai.l, Jr, Secre:ary.
DE KALB LODGE NO. 9. I. O. O. P.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 8 o'clock at Odd Fellows' new
building.
The o fleer* of the current term will be in
stalled.
Members of other lodges and visiting brethren
are cordially invited to attend.
Br order of H. M. REEVE, N. G.
John Ru.it. Secretarv.
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this society
will be held at Hodgson Hall THIS EVENING
at 8 o'clock.
BEIRNE GORDON,
Recording Secretary.
REPPAKD IRON COMPANY.
Savannah, Ga.. Doc. 24th, 1890.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the Re>p;<ard Iren Company will be held at the
office of A. L. H Art ridge, 105 Bay street, on
MONDAY, Jan. 5, 1891, at 11 o’clock a. m. At
this meeting the Board of Directors for the en
suing year will be elected.
DAVID C CARSON.
Secretary and Treasurer.
CHATHAM BREWING COMPANY.
The regular meeting of the Stockholders will
be held on THURSDAY, January Blh, 1891, at
11 o’clock A. M„ at the Turners' Hall.
HENRY SCHRODER, President.
Henry Bcsse, Secretary.
TYBEK HOTEL COMPANY.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
Tbe Tybee Hotel Company will be hell at the
National Ban* of Savannah on WEDNESDAY.
Jan. 14, 1891. at 4p. M. An election for Board
of i irectors to serve the ensutog year will be
held at this meeting.
J. J. DALE, President.
J. F. Brooks, Secretary and Treasurer.
NOTICE.
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the
Mutual Gas Light Company will be held in the
company's office, 129 Congress street. Savan
nah. Gs.,on MONDAY, Jan.ltt, 1891, at 12o'clock
noun, to electa Board of Directors, and to trans
act such business as may ccino before the meet
ing. D. Douglas,
Savannah. Ga.. Jan. 8, 3991. President.^
WORKINGMEN’S UNION ASSOCIATION
The Workingmen's Union Association will
meet at their hall, on East Broad and Anderson
streets, THIS DAY. at 1 p. M-, to attend the
funeral of thetr deceased brother, Samchl boo
oans. By order of J. S. REYNOLDS,
Attest— President.
R. H. Thomas, Secretary
STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING.
The meeting of tbe stockholders of the
Savannah Brewing Company will be held on
MONDAY,Jan. 5,1891, at noon, at the Brewery’s
office, foot of Indian street.
W. BCHROETER, President.
POLITICAL ANNOU VCF.M I.NT S.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
Fe.’low Citizens. I am a candidate for re
election to tbe office of TAX COLLECTOR at
the election to be held on WEDNESDAY, JAN
UARY tne 7th, 1891, and respectfully solio.t
your support. JAMES J McGOWAN.
FOR COR ON Eli.
To the Voters of Chatham County: I am a
candidate for re-election to the office of COR
ONER of Chatham county, and respectfully
solicit your support.
W. D, DIXON.
FOR RECEIVER OF TAX RETURNS.
I announce myself as a candidate for re-elec
tion to the office of RECEIVER OF TAX RE
TURNS at tbe election on JANUARY 7, 1891,
and ask the votes of my fellow-citizens. Very
respectfully, JNO. R. DILLON.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
The friends of Con. CHARLES H. OLM
STEAD announce him as a candidate for the
office of County Treasurer, and ask In his be
half the votes and support of their fellow citi
zens at the election WEDNESDAY, January 7,
1891.
s p EciA L> uric t- *.
a
On and after Feb. 1, 1300, the basis nf meas
urement of all arivertisiao in the Morning
News will be agate, nr at the rate of $1 40 an
inch for the first insertion.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
Mayor's Office, I
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 4, 1891. f
There being many exaggerated reports in re
gard to the existence of smallpox in the city,
the Sanitary Board states officially that there
have been but three cases that have occurred in
the city and its vicinity, one of which is conva
lescent. The other two have been sent to the
pest house, and proper steps have been taken to
stamp out the disease. We desire further to
stale that nothing shall be left undone that
may be necessary to protect the pub ie.
JOHN SCHWARZ,
Mayor and Chairman of the Board of Sanitary
Commissioners.
Attest—
Frank E. Rebarkr, Clerk of Council.
DULL TIMES AFTER iHE HOLIDAYS,
SO DOLL TIMES priC 'S
At HEXDT’o this week:
BcGum Drops this 10c Tooth Brushes.
week. -Sc oz. Sachet Powder.
52)4' Pure Sugar Candy I'd Unbreakable Comes
29c Florida Water. 5c Castile Soai:>.
12c Swawns’ Down. 18c B ue M ttle Soap.
Hoyt's Cologne. 15c Homelight OH.
Soap at low prices this week; all kinds:
Tarnish Bath, 35c dozen: 3 cares and wash
cloth, 21c. Balsam r ir, with copy of "Robert
Elsemere,” 13c. Collar Box and 3 cakes Soap,
20c. Artesian Wa:er Soap, 7c.
50c for beautiful Hair Brush -Make a specialty
of Brusnes and Perfumery. Call and see. Try
a box of Candy at 25, 35 and Doc., such as you
pay mac i more for elsewhere. For re iabie
Drugs, Seeds and Fancy Articles at reasonable
prices, go to THE HEIUT DRUG COMPANY,
Congress and Whitaker Streets.
NDTICK.
All bills against the British steamship
LOWLANDS must be presented at our office
before 12 o'clock noon THIS DAY, Jan 5,
1891. or payment theraof will be debarred.
RICHARDSON & BARNARD, Agents.
CITY TAX RETURNS.
Citt Treasurer's Office, )
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 2, 1891. I
All persons and corporations are required to
make returns of all PERSONAL PROPERTY
OWNED by them, HELD IN TRUST or on
CONSIGNMENT, at this office before the 21st
Inst. All persons or corporations who fail to
comply with the ordinance will be DOUBLE
taxed. C. S. HARDEE.
City Treasurer.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Sav’h Street and Rural P.ssoar R. R. 1
Masaoer's OmeE,
Savannah, January 3, I=9l. )
Sea'ed bids will be received at this office until
12o’clock si. on WEDNESDAY, 7th nstant, for
Brat painting 700 cypress poles, more or less, one
coat of dark olive green colo*. Said poles being
21 f et high from ground, and an average thick
ness of 1! inches. Second, for farnisu ng the
paint described f-bove per gallon bv the barrel.
CLEMENT SAUSSY, Manager.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
TO rHE STht RHOI.D. K - OF I HE tEV
TKAL R. K. AMD BANKING 4 0
Savannah. Ga , Dec. 27. 1990.
Stockholders are reminded that tne privilege
of free riding to the annual meetings is NOT
TRANSFERABLE. It is good only for tbe
stockholder sod his immediate household. Con
ductors are authorized to qu, vtion parties pre
se ting rt wk. and to collect fare from all not
falling under this rule
E. P. ALEXANDER. Presl lent,
NO r ICE.
All parties having claims against tbe SAVAN
NAH SOAP WORKS will please present same
at once.
D. B. MORGAN,
President.
‘•WHO WANTS MONEY!’’
“Uncle Adam,” at TO Jefferson street, corner
Congress street lane, will loan you literally on
any “PerstnaP* property. Call, or communi
cate by mail Open 7a. * to 9 r m.
ADAM STRAUSS, Manager.
frTbo a hicks "
Have the Finest
Restaurant
VS IBS CITY.
If you want to enjoy a
GOOD MEAL
Call and see us.
FINEST COOKS IN THE SOUTH.
Open Day and Night.
ONION SETS.
A large stock of both White and Yellow
Onion Sets Just received. Mail orders solicited.
Special discount to the trade.
J. T. SHRUPTINE 4 BRO..
Druggists and Seedsmen,
Telephone 269. Savannah, Ga.
DR. T. F. ROBERSON,
DENTIST.
ODD FELLOWS BUILDING
Corner Barnard and State Street*.
IMPORTED SOLID-BACK
HAIR BRUSHES. CLOTHES BRUSHES.
TOuTH .and Nail BRUSHES.
Tbe finest selection in tne city. Call and
ex mine.
ROW LIN SKI, Pharmacist, Broughton and Dry
ton streets. Telephone 46&
ELECT ION FOR DIRECTORS.
Augusta and Savannah Railroad, I
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 25, 1890. (
An eleotion for seven directors to manage the
affairs of tnis company for the ensuing year
will be held at the banking house of C. H. Olm
stead £ Cos., in Savannah, MONDAY, the sth of
January, 1891. between the hours of 10 a. m.
and 1 p. m.
W. S. LAWTON, President.
ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS.
Thk Merchants' National Bank or Savannah. I
Savannah. Ga , Dec. 14. 1890. f
The annual election for Directors of t is bank
will be h id at its hanking house on TUESDAY,
Jan. 13,1891, between 12 and 1 o’clock.
THOS, GADSDEN. Cashier.
ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS
Okntral Railroad and Banking Cos. or Ga. I
Savannah. Ga., Dec. 3, 1890. f
An election for thirteen directors to manage
the affairs of this company for the ensuing
year will be held at the Banking House in Sa
vannah, MONDAY, the sth of January, 1991,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m., and 2
o'clock p. m. Stockholders and their families
will be passed free over the company’s road to
attend the election, from the 3rd to the sth of
January, inclusive, and be passed free return
ing. from the stb to the 7th of January, inclu
sive, on presentation of their stock certificates
to the conductors.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
notice.
Neither the master nor consignees of the
Biritsh steamship PLY MOTH IAN, Crimp,
nia ter, will be responsible for any debts con
tracted by crew of said vessel.
A MINIS’ SONS, Consignees.
UOI.EY POCKETS MENDED,
This would not be necessary If you purchased
one of those elegant Sterling Silver Mounted
POCKETBOOKS, CARD CASES or PURSES,
—AT—
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
Bull and Congress Streets.
DR. M. SCHWAB A SON.
Tbe well known Opticians, of No. 28 Bull
street, inform the public that they carry the
largest stock of Optical Goods in the State,
which they will sell at reasonable orlces during
the month o December. We offer a fins lot of
imported Opera, Field and Marine Glass s. also
a tine iot of M igic La terns, below importation
cost, and alt otb-’r Optic ,1 Goods at sp cial
prices for the Holiday trade. God Spec acles
or Eye Glass s, bought for H liday Presents,
can have the lenses cnanged within six months
free of charge. R member the pla e: No 23
Bull s; at, t ird door from Broughton street.
DON'T IdllS UP IN DESPAIR.
Dyspeptics, you will find a reliable remedy in
DR. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
It Is a faultless vegetable preparation, and
Indorsed by prominent medical men.
Silver medal and diploma awarded over com
petitors.
Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist,
Savannah, Ga.
Price, $1 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
SPECIAL NO rICE.
NIGHT SCHOOL.
English Branches and Penmanship TUES
DAYS and jFRIDAYS; Shorthand, Bookkeeping
and Typewriting MONDAYS ani THURS
DAYS.
DAY SCHOOL.
9a. m. to 12:30 p. m.
>l* „ JP-m- *o 3 p. m.
.COMMERCIAL INSTITUTE,
137 Pe ry Street, near Theater.
S. G U CKBNEH IMIS ft, * SONS
AMU SEM EX T 9.
SAVANNAH
Wednesday Evening, Jan. 7,
ONLY APPEARAN E OF THE FAVORITE
COMMEDIENNE
ANNIE PIXLEY,
IN HER FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAY
“M’LXSS,”
Child, of* th© Sierra?
As played by Miss Pixley oyer 2,500 timea
MAGNIFCENT SC7NERY'
SPLENDID COMPANY! SPARKLING MUSICj
Prices *l, 50c. and 25c. Se its on sale at R
ler’s Jan. 5. Next attraction Jas. O’Neill, Jan ia
PUBLIC ADDRESS
-A.T-
Odd Fellows’ Hall,
MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 5, AT 8 O'CLOCK.
DON. ROB:RT. T DANIEL of Griffin,
Great Sachem of tbs Imp. O. Red Men, will
deliver an address on the objects and aims of
the Improved Order of Red Men. The pubiio
are cordially invited to be present.
Committee:
A. N. Man rev, Chairman.
Geo. W. Alley. E. A. Oradot,
E, T. Meree, C. A. Van Nuise.
BAA Ks.
Jos.’d.'wkkd.'" 1 jhTfc. Rin\ I LAV
President. Vice President"
JAS. H. HUNTER, Cashier.
SAVANNAH BANK k TRUST CO.
Savings Dsp't
ALLOWS 4%
Deposits of $i and Upward Recwred.
Interest on Deposits Payable Quarterly.
DIRECTORS:
Joskph D. Wkkd, of J. D. Weed 4 00.
John C. Rowland, Capitalist.
C. A. Reitzs, Exchange an Insurance.
John L. Harder, Capitalist.
R. G. Erwin, of Chisholm, Erwin 4 dußignon,
Edward Karow. of Strauss & Cos.
Isaac G. Haas, General Broker.
M. Y Maclntyre, of M. Y. & D. L Maclntyre.
John Lyons, of John Lyons & Cos.
Walter C inky. of Paterson, Downing 4 00.
I). C. Bacon, Lumber,
SOAP.
HOW D Y
HAVE YOU TRIED
BROWN’S
SEA FOAM SOAP?
It Preserves the clothes, is an hxcei.euc Toiiet
and Bath Soap, being very FRAGRANT.
Put up in large bars at Five cents eacn. Can
be had of all popular grocers
Henry Solomon & Son
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
' WINTER RESORTs.
SU WAN NEE SULPHER SPRINGS.
Resort and Sanitarium.
SUWANNEE, - FLA,
OPEN ALL THE YEAR. Located on a high,
dry bluff, overlooking the Suwann e Hirer, with
its beautiful scenery. The unique Coquina
Rock Main Buildings, surrounded by the c <m
fortablecotta.es. supplied with hut and cold
mineral w ter direct from the spring, offers as
a Winter and Summer R sort many a (vantages
that can only be appreciated by a visit. Per
fectly free from malaria, atmosphere ary and
pleasant, lemDered by the southwest breeze of
the Gulf. The remedial virtues of the water for
Rheumatism. Dyspepsia, Kid iey and Liver
Complaints, are too well known to be expatiated
upon. Write for pamphlet with testimonials
and circular w.t i rates.
S. H, PECK, Suwannee, Fla,
FRINTI NG AND 800 KHUN OI NU.
M-iaai
PRINTING AND BINDING.
BLANK BOOKS.
Establishment fully furnished with all
neoessary TOOLS and MACHINERY,
PAPERS and MATERIALS. Compe.
tent Workmen. Established Reputim
tion for Good Work. Additional or*
ders solicited. Estimates furnished.
93j4 BAY STREET.
GEO* N NICHOLS.
FOR SALE. 3
ONE MILLION
Good Average Brick
FOE SALEI
Ask for prices and freight rates f. o. b. or de
livered at destmati n.
SPARKS, SOLOMONS CO.,
Macon, Ga.
LEATHER GOODS.
NEIDLINGER & RABUN,
—sole agents for—
HOYT’S LEATHER BELTING, REVERE RUB
BER CO.’S GIANT STICHED BELT,
LACING, RIVETS and BELT HOOKS.
154 St. Julian and 154 Bryan Streets.
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
ESTABLISHED 1858.
M. M. Sullivan & Son,
Wholesale Fish and Oyster Dealers,
150 Bryan st. and 152 Bay lane, Savannah, Ga.
Fish orders for Punta (iorda received hera
hare prompt attention.
BEER.
DR I N K