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ou would lift a glass of water. There ha
mists two cloud* each thirty mile*
ride and fire mile* high and
mlsDce* them. Here he lift) the
drrus clouds and spread* them out in
treat white banks as though it had been
mowing in heaven. And the cirro-stratus
loud* In long parallel lines si straight you
mow an Infinite Geometer has drawn them.
;iouds which are the armory from which
bunder-storms get tnair bayonets of fire.
Jlouds which are oceans on the wing. No
fonder, long after this first Tuesday of
Creation week. Elihu confounded Job with
he question, “Dost tbou know the balano
ng of the clouds !" Hmf of this Tuesday
work done, the other half is the work of
ompelling the waters to lie down in their
lestined places. So God picks up the solid
.round and packs it up into five eleva
ions, which are the continents. With
lis finger he makes deep depressions in
,hem, and these are the lakes, while at
,fcs piling up of the Alleghenies and
Sierra Nevada* and Pyrenees and Alps and
Himalayas the rest of the waters start by
ihe law' of gravitation to the lower places,
ind in their run down-hill become the
•ivers, and then all around ths earth these
livers come into convention and become
iceans beneath, as the clouds are oceans
ibove. How soon the rivers got to their
ilaces when God said: “Hudson and James
ind Amazon, down to the Atlantic; Oregon
ind Sacramento, down to the Pacific.”
Three-quarters of the earth being water and
inly one-quarter being land, nothing but
Almightiness could have caged the
ihree-fourths so that they could
lot have devoured the one-fourth.
Thank God for water and plenty of it. W hat
t hint that God would have the human
•aoe very clean; three-fourths of the world
water. Pour it through the homes and
nake them pure. Pour it through the
srisons and make their occupants moral.
Poor it through the streets and make them
lealthy. There are several thousand peo
ple asleep in Greenwood, who, but for the
llthy streets of Brooklyn and New York,
would have been to-day well and in
shurches. Moreover, there never was a
llthy street that remained a moral street.
How important an agency of re
form water is was illustrated by
•he fact that when the ancient world
got outrageously wicked it was plunged
(oto the deluge and kept under for months,
till its iniquity was soaked out of it But I re
joice that on the first Tuesday of the world’s
exisience the water was taught to know
ts place, and the Mediterranean lay down
it the feet of Europe, and the Gulf of Mr x
ico lay down at the feet of North America,
and Geneva lay down at the feet of the
Alps, and Scroon lake fell to sleep iu the lap
of tbe Adirodacks. “And the evening and
the morning were the second day.”
Now it is Wednesday morning of the
world’s first week. Gardening and horti
culture will be born to-day. How queer ihe
bills look, and so unattractive they seem
hardly worth having been made. But now
allthe snrfaces are changing color. Some
thing beautiful is creeping all over them,
it has the color of emerald. Ah, it is herb
age. Hail to the green grass, God’s favor
ite color and God’s favorite plant, as 1
judge from the fact that he makes a larger
number of them than anything else. But
took yonder 1 Something starts out of
the ground and goe3 higher up, higher
and higher, and spreads out broad
leaves. It is a palm tree. Yonder is
another growth, and its leaves hang
far down, and it is a willow tree. And
Eonder is a growth with mighty sweep of
ranches. And here they como—the pear
and the apple, and the peach and the pome
granate and groves ana orchards and for
ests, their shadows aud their fruit girdling
the earth. We are pushing agriculture and
fruit culture to great excellence in the
nineteenth century, but we have nothing
now to equal what I see on this first
W ednesday of the world’s existence. I take
a taste of one of the apples this Wednesday
morning, and I tell you it mingles in its
iuices all tbe flavors of Spitsbergen aud
Newtown pippin and Rhode Island green
ing and Danvers winter sweet and Roxhury
russet and Hubbardston nonesuch, but
aided to ail, and overpowering all other
flavors is the Paradisaical juioe that all the
orchards of the nineteenth century fail to
reach. I take a taste of the pear, aud it has
all the luxury of the three thousand varie
ties of the nineteenth century; all the
Seckel and the Bartlett of the pomologies!
gardens of later times, an acridity com
pared with it. And the grapes! Why, this
one cluster has in it the richness of whole
vineyards of Catawbas and Concords and
Isabellas. Fruits of all colors, of all odors,
of all flavors. No hand of man yet made to
pluck it or tongue to taste it. The bauauet
for the human race is being spread before
the arrival of the first guest. In the fruit
of that garden was tho seed for the orchards
and gardens of the Hemispheres. Notice
that tbe first thing that God made for food
was fruit, and plenty of it. Slaughter
houses are of later invention. Far
am I from being a vegetarian, but an al
most exclusive meat diet is depraving. Sav
ages c mfine themselves almost exclusively
to animal food, and that is one reason th it
they are savages. Give your children more
apples and less mutton. The world will
have to give dominance to the fruit diet of
Paradise before it gets back to the morals
of Paradise. May God’s blessing come down
on the orchards and vineyards of America,
and keep back the frosts and the curoulio.
But we must not forget that it is Wednes
day evening in Eden, and upon that perfect
fruit of those perfect trees let tbe curtain
drop. “ And the evening and the morning
were the third day.”
Now it is Thursday morning of the
world’e first week. Nothing will be created
to-day. The houis will be passed in scat
tering fogs and mists and vapors. Tbe at
mosphere must be swept clean. Other
worlds are to hove in sight. This little ship
of the earth has seemed to have all the
ocean of immensity to itself. But mightier
craft are to be hailed to-day on the high
seas of space. First, the moon’s white sail
appears and does very well until the sun
bursts upon the scene. The light that on
the three previous mornings was struck
from an especial word now gathers in the
sun, moon and stars. One for the day, the
others for the night. It seemed as if they
had all withiu twenty-four hours been cre
ated. Ah, this is a great time in
the world’s first week. The moon, the near
est neighbor to our earth appears, her pho
tograph to be taken in the" nineteenth cen
tury, when the telescope shall bring her
within one hundred and twenty mile* of
New York. And tbe sun now appears, after
ward to be found eight hundred and eighty
eight thousand miles in diameter, and, put
in astronomical scales, to be found to weigh
nearly four hundred thousand heavier than
our earth; a mighty furnace, its heat kept
up by meteors pouring into it as fuel,
a world devouring other worlds with
its jaws of flame. And the stars
come out, those street lamps of
heaven, those keys of pearl’ up
on which God’s Angers play the music of
tbe spheres. How bright they look iu this
Oriental evening! Constellations! Galaxies!
What a twemy-four hours of this first week
—solar, lunar,’stellar appearances. All this
Thursday and the adjoining nights em
ployed in pulling aside the curtain of vapor
from these flushed or pale-faced worlds.
Enough! “And the evening and tbe morn
ing were the fourth day.”
Now it is Friday morning in the first
week of the world’s existence. Water, but
not a tin swimming it; air, but not a wing
flying it. It is a silent world. Can it be
that it was made only for vegetables? But,
bark! There is a swirl and a splashing in
ail the four rivers of Bison, Gib n, Hid
dekel, aud Euphrates. They are all a-swim
with life, s >me darting like arrows through
split cryst il, aud others quiet in dark pools
like s ad' ws. Everything, from spotted
trout to ehemotb; all colored, all shspei,
the alienators of finny tribes that shall, by
their wonders of construction, confound
the Agassizt, the Cuviers and ths Lin
ttr ses aud the ichthyologists of tbe more
than six thousand years following
this Friday of the first week. And
wuile I stand on lbs batiks of rheas
Pare nter *1 rivors watching these finny
trihas. i bear a whirr iu the air and I pk
s-ud behold wiug*-wings of larks,
robins, doves, eagles, ttaiuiugoos, alba
Wussm. brwwis-thrssisers Creatures of all
color, blue as if dipped in the skies, fiery as
if thsy hsd flown out of the sunsets, golden
as if they had taken their morning bath in
butterropc And while lam studying the
oolors they begin to carol aud chirp and cco
and twitter and run up and down the scales
of a music that they must have heard at
heavsn’s gate. Yes, i find them la Paradise
on this tbs first Friday afternoon of the
world's existence. And I sit down on the
back of the EuDbratee, and the murmur of
tbe river, together with the chant of birds
in th* sky, puts me into a state of somno
lence. "And the evening and the morniDg
were the fifth day.”
Now it is Saturday morning of the
world’s first week, and with this day the
week doses. But oh, what a climacteric
day! The air has its population and the
water its population. Yet the land has not
one inhabitant. But here they come, by
the voice of God created! Horses grander
than those which in after time Job will
describe as having neck clothed with thun
der. Cattle enough to cover a thousand
hills. Sheep sr.epherded by him who made
for them the green pastures. Cattle supe
rior to the Alderney* and Ayi shires aud
Devonshire* of after times. Leopards so
beautiful we are glad they oannot change
their spots. Lions without tneir fierce*
ness, and all tbe quadruped world so gentle,
so sleek, so perfect. Look out how you
treat this animal creation, whether
they walk the earth, or swim the waters, or
fly the air. Do you not notice that God
gave them precedence of the human race?
they were created Friday and Saturday
morning, as man was created Saturday
afternoon. They have a right to be here.
He who galls a horse, or exposes a cow to
the storm, or beats a dog, or mauls a cat,
or gambles at the pigeon-shooting, or tor
tures an insect, will have to answer for it
in the judgment day. You may console
yourself that these creatures are not im
mortal, and they cannot appear azainst you.
but the God who made these creatures and
who saw the wrong you did them will
be there. Better look out, you stock
raisers aud railroad companies who bring
the cattle on trains without food or water
for three or four days in hot weather, a
long of agony from Omaha to
New York. Better look out, you farmer
riding behind chat limping horse with a nail
that the blacksmith drove into the quick.
Better look out, you boys stoning bull
frogs and turning turtles upside down, and
robbing birds’ nests. But something is
wanting in paradise and the week is almost
done. Who is there to pluck the flowers of
this Edenic lawn ? Who is there to com
mand these worlds of quadruped and fish
and bird? For whom has God put back tbe
curtain from the face of sun and moon and
star? The world wants an emperor and
empress. It is Saturday afternoon. No one
but tbe Lord Almighty can originate a
human being. Iu tbe world where there
are m the latter part of the nineteenth
century over fourteen hundred million
people, a human being is not
a curiosity. But how about the first
human eye tbatwvas ever kindled, the first
human par that was ever opened, the first
human lung that ever breathed, the first
Niuman heart that ever beat, the first human
life ever constructed! That needed the
origination of a God. He had no model to
work by. Wbat stupendous work for a
Saturday afternoon 1 He must originate a
style of human heart through wiiich all the
blood of the human body must pass every
three minutes. He must make that heart so
strong that it can during each day life what
would be equal to one hundred and twenty
tons of weig ht, and it must be so arranged as
to beat over thirty-six millions times every
yea r. About five hundred muscles
must be strung in the right place
and at least two hundred and fifty bones
constructed. Into this body must be put
at least nine million nerves. Over three
thousand perspiring pores must be made for
every inch of fieshlv surface. The human
voice must be so constructed it shat) be
capable of producing seventeen trillion five
hundred and ninetv-two billion one hun
dred and eighty -six million forty-four
thousand four hundred and fifteen sounds.
But all this the most insignificant part of
the human being. The soul! Ah, the con
struction of that God himself would not be
equal to if he were any the less of a God.
Its understanding, its will, its memory, its
conscie ice, its capacities of enjoyment or
suffering, its immortality! What a work
for a Saturday afternoon! Aye!
Before night there were to be two such
human and yet immortal beings construct
ed. The woman as well as the man was
formed Saturday afternoon. Because a
deep sleep fell upon Adam and by divine
surgery a portion of his side was removed
for the nucleus of another creation, it has
been supposed that perhaps days and nights
passed betvroen the masculine and feminine
creations. But no! Adam was not three
hours unmated. If a physician can by an
esthetics put one Into a deep sleep in three
minutes, God cei tainly could have put Adam
into a profound sleep iu a short while that
Saturday afternoon and made the deep and
radical excision withojt causing distress.
By a manipulation of the dust, the same
hand that molded the mountains molded
tbe features and molded the limbs of
the father of the human race. But his
eyes did not see, and his nerves did not
feel, and bis muscles did not move, and his
lungs did not breathe, and bis heart did not
pulsate. A perfect form he lay amoug the
earth, symmetrical and of God-like coun
tenance. Magn.fiosnt piece of divine car
pentry and omnipotent sculpturing, but no
vitality. A body without a soul. Then the
source of all life stooped to tbe inanimate
nostril and lip, and, as many a skillful and
earnest physician has put his lips to a
patient in comatose state and breathed into
his mouth and nostril, and at the same time
compressed tbe lungs, until that whioh was
artificial respiration became nat
ural respiration, so methinks God
breathed into this cold sculpture
of a man the breath of life, and the heart
begins to tramp, and the lungs to inhale,
and the eyes to open and the entire form to
thrill, and wiih the rapture of a life just
oome, the prostrate being leaps to his feet—
a man! But the soene of this Saturday is
not yet done, and in the atmosphere, drowsy
with the breath of flowers, and the song of
bobolinks, and robinredbreasts, the man
slumbers, and by aueesthetics, divinely ad
ministered, the slumber deepens until with
out tbe oozing of one drop of blood at th*
time, or the faintest rear afterward, that
portion is removed from his side which is to
be built up the Queen of Paradise, the
daughter of the great God, the mother of
the human race, tbe benediction of all ages,
woman the wife, afterward woman tbe
mother. And as the two join hands and
stroll down along the banks of the Euphra
tes toward a bower of mignonette and wild
rose aud honeysuckle, and are listening to
the call of the whip-poor-will from the
aromatic thickets, the sun sinks beueath the
the horizon. “And the evening aud the
morning were the sixth day.”
What do you thiuk of that one week's
work? I review it not for entertainment,
but because 1 would have you join in
David’s doxology: “Great aud Marvelous
are Thy Works, Lord God Almightybe
cause i want you to know what a homestead
our Father built for his children at the
start, though sin bos despoiled it; and be
cause I want you to know how the world
will look again when Christ shall have re
stored It, swinging now between two Edens;
because 1 want you to realize something of
wbat a mignty God he is and tbe utter folly
of trying to war against him; because 1
want you to make peace with this chief of
the universe through tbe Christ who
mediate* between offeuded omnipo
tence and human rebellion; because I want
you to know how fearfully ami wonder
fully you are made, your body as well as
your s onl an omnipotent achievement; be
cause I want yoti to realize tbat order ieigne
throughout tbe universe, aud that God's
wsteboe tick to tbe aecond, and that Ins
dock* strue regularly, though they strike
! once i > a thousand years. A learned man
i aoe asked an old Christian man, who hod
no advantages of schooling, why he believed
there was a God, and tbe go>*l old it.ati.
j who probably bad never heard an argu
j meet on ihe subject in all bis ilfe. made this
| noble re.ly ;“Hir.l have )eu here g uug bard
upon fifty yea r*. Every day since 1 have
I been ui this world 1 see the sun rise in tbe
I east aud sat iu the wa*L Tbe no r tb star
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 25, 1891.
stands where It did the first time I saw it;
the seven stars and Job’s coffin keep on tbe
same path in the eky and nevar turn out.
It isn’t so with man’s work. Es makes
clocks and watches, they may run well for
awhile, but they get out of fix and stand
stock still. But tba sun, and moon, and
stare keep on this same way all the while.
The heavens declare the glory of God.” Yea,
I preach this, because I want you t* walk in
appreciation of Addison's sublime sentiment
I when he writes:
Tbe spacious firmament on high.
With all the blue ethereal sky
And spangled heav'ns. a shining frame.
Their Great Original proclaim.
In reason's ear they all rejoice
And utter forth a glorious voice
Forever singing, as they shine.
The hand that made us Is divine.
BANKER CLEWS’ VIkWS.
The Reason Gold la Being Shipped to
Europe.
New Yore, May 23.— 1 a ter advice* from
Europe show that our loss of gold is not so
entirely due to foreign financial and politi
cal exigencies as has been generally sup
posed on this side of the Atlantia The
Rothschilds have not withdrawn from the
Russian loan syndicate, as reported, but
have merely recommended to the czar’s
government a postponement until affairs in
Paris have settled into a more normal con
dition; nor was that deferment Influe ced
by any apprehensions that Russia contem
plated preparation* for early war, which is
considered in the best informed
quarters as outside of present proba
bilities, and which sentiment Lord
Salisbury on Wednesday emphatically af
firmed in his speech at Glasgow. So far,
therefore, as war scare has contributed to
any uneasiness on this side tbe Atlantic it
has been wholly baseless. Nor does the dis
turbance of confidence in Europe from
financial causes appear, from later ac
counts, to have been so serious ns was in
ferred from the earlier cable reports. After
effects of tbe events of last fall continue to
appear, first iu oue capital and then in an
other, with the result of causing fresh
timidity; and the great banks, under such
circumstances, seek to fortify themselves
by liberal cash reserves; but the latest ac
counts from Europe show tbat there is no
such grave apprehension of serious mone
tary or credit disturbances as has here been
supposed to exist at the great centers.
We do not need to cron tbe Atlantlo to
find facts which go farther than has been
supposed toward accounting for the recent
extraordinary exports of gold. Important
causes lie much nearer home, and are to be
found mainly in the fact of the new tariff
having induced an extraordinary importa
tion of goods in anticipation of tbe opera
tion of the higher rates of duty. For months
before the McKinley bill was adopted we
bad been importing at the rate of 85,000,000
per month iu excess of the previous year,
and during the seven months from Sept. 1
to April 1 the increase over a year previous
was $44,000,000, while the increase in the
exports during the same months was only
$10,000,000. In addition to the adverse
trade balance thus accruing there
was a large return of securities, conse
quent on the Baring and South American
troubles, which has been variously esti
mated between $40,000,000 and $50,-
000,000. It is thus easily apparent how
an adverse balance of $50,000,000
may have arisen within the last few months.
Under ordinary circumstances, this balance
would have been iu a large measure tided
over by European engagements against our
future crops, or by allowing foreign bal
ances to remain hero for use, or bv pur
chases of our securities; but, in tbe present
case, Europe needed bard cash to strengthen
itseif against its recent financial ill fortunes
aud to make remittances to Russia, and we
have, therefore, been called upon to pay our
foreign indebtedness in gold.
Our exports of gold would seem to have
sufficed to settle tills debt, and it, therefore,
appears reasonable to expect that tho drain
will soon cease. The fact that the Bank of
England did not advance its rate on Thurs
day carries an inference in that direction.
Russia appears to have sat.sfied her wants,
and the gold she has imported is likely to
again find its way into general circulation.
The following statements made by Baron
Bleichroder, the eminent Berlin banker, on
May 21, to a representative of the Asso
ciated Press, are worthy of special note in
this connection: “The importation of gold
into Russia has come to an end. Russia
now has all tne gold which it
was necessary for her to have in
order to repay the Dutch loans of
1790 and of 1850, and the £1,500,000 which
she owes to the Bank of England on ac
count of the Barings. You Americans will
have all the gold which you have sent to
Europe returned to you by November next
at the latest. Your gold will go back in
order to buy tbe harvest. * * * The
general outlook iu Europe is to-day much
better than wnen I saw you last (May 15).
The settlement of the Anglo-Portucuese dis
pute cannot but have a tranquilizing effect
upon the European markets, besides having
a good effect upon politics, which I consider
to be in a very satisfactory condition.” AH
great influxes of gold aresoou followed by
refluxes, as their effect is to restore confi
dence; and the restoration of confidence
is attended with a desire to employ idle
money. The question iu this case that con
cerns us is, whether gold will flow back to
New York in time to meet the usual fall
demand for money to move the grain
crops. Three months will elanse before
that demand will begin to be much felt. If
during that time Europe recovers its
equilibrium) it ra iy be expsoted to begin to
invest the balances it has collected from us.
If confidenoe does not recover to that ex
tent, still necessity will compel such large
European purchases from cur abundant
crops as will place within our reach the
gold we have so freely parted with. In any
event, it is not to be overlooked that, since
the specie exports sat in, wo have added
$12,000.Q00 to our silver currency, and that,
before the fall demand from the west be
comes active we shall have a further in
crease of $15,000,000 of that form of cur
rency. To say nothing, therefore, of the
prospective exoess of the government’s
payments over its receipts it is clear that
we can reckon upon the loss of go.d being
largely compensated for by the increase in
the paper circulation.
It is no trifling warrant for confidence
that we have been able to pay upon demand
our entire floating indebtedness to Europe
without a symptom of distress and with so
little effect upon the value of securities.
Still, confidence should not be permitted to
encourage recklessness; and prudent men
will not allow themselves to be drawn into
speculative operations by the extraordinary
temptations preseuted by exhilarating crop
and railroad prospects until it is quite clear
that the outflow of gold has reached its end.
It cannot at present be said that we are
certainly clear of the danger of a money
markot that might compel realizing on
stocks, it is encouragi ig, however, that
the banks continue to make large gains of
currency in their transactions with both the
sub-treasury aud the interior, the gains
from tho former source during the week
having been f 1,330,00 J, and from the latter
about $5,250,000, a total of *6,550,000. The
total exports of gold for the week amount
in round figures to $6,000,000.
. STUNG TO DSATH.
Angry Bees Attack a Man Driving
Them irom the Apiary.
Uvalde, Tbx., May 24.—Yesterday
George Minus, a stockman, tuet with a
singular and fatal accident. He was driv
ing past an apiary farm, where shay were
extracting honey. Th# angry bees covered
tbe two horses* to the depty of en Inch and
hid in* faoe aud bead tika a be)’net. The
two boron* died within an hour aud Mr.
Minus I* dying. Thousands of the lews, iu
lheir auger, stung acb • lH#r In death.
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weeding a tnnlr <r i-hildrrn who want build
lu* up should lake
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: Mfeuit immvtuet* and Urnu * oiey-amta
PLOEIDA'B BURNED RECORDS.
A Probability Tbat Many Criminal
Cues Must Ba Dropped.
Jacesonvtllx, Fi.A., May 84.—A singu
lar result of the fire in tbe Mohawk block
last Monday night is th* embarrassment
under which it places the UDicad State*
court for the Northern district of Florida.
Tbe fire made a clean sweep
of all tbe papers and records of this
court. Many of tbe papers on file
there dated back to 1740 old Spanish
records which can never be replaced. Clerk
Philip Waiter says there was not a hatful of
papers saved, and Judge Swayne, when
asked how the loss of the reoords would
affect the proceedings of his court, said he
and the attorneys were considering the
matter, but as yet were all at sea.
SOM* MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED.
He thought some paper* might be re-es
tablished. He was further asked about tbe
criminal cases, indictments, etc. He said
the district attorney was looking into those.
As to oases tbat might expire under the
statute of limitation before they could be
reinstated he was unoertaln. District
Attorney Stripling says that the law
provides for such emergencies, and he can
make out new papers and have them prop
erly oertifled to, and proceed with the cases
under them. Clerk Walter inclines to tba
opinion that the fire made an end to most
of the cases, especially the criminal ones.
THE ELECTION CASES.
He was asked about the famous Gregg
election case, and he said he thought that
was at an end. Several lawyers concurred
iu Clerk Walter’s opinion that tbe fire
wiped out the criminal cases in a number of
instances, but where all the witnesses and
facts can be again secured some new
indictments may be found. CoL
Horatio Bisbee, ex-congressman, doubts
the resurrection of auy of the criminal cases
where the indictment was destroyed. Un
less there is a perfect copy made of the in
dictment found he does not believe that a
case would stand. The whole proceedings
would have to be gone over again to make
out a case. As there are many cases still
pending against Middle Florida democrats
for alleged violations of the United States
election laws in 1888, these opinions are sig
nificant.
FLORIDA'S SENATORSHIP.
Important Developments Looked for
This Week.
Tallahassee, Fla., Msy 24.—As an
evidence that there is great solicitude as to
the real'status of the senatorial issue, and
that there is grave apprehension as to what
an hour may brlDg forth, the political man
agers are spending their first Sabbath at the
capital. Various rumors are being circu
lated. One says telegrams have been sent
to several counties, advising citizens to
early In the coming week instruct their
representatives to have Senator Call and
Mr. Mays and vote for ex-Gov. Bloxham.
Another is to the effect that a prominent
man is endeavoring to marshal support suf
ficient to warrant him entering the race.
A third is that the friends of Mr. Mays
would support almost any good democrat
the Call men might name. In addition to
all tho rumors, the Tact that the end of the
session Jis oDly eleven days off leads all
to regard with renewed interest the prob
able events of this week, whether they shall
affeot legislation or the deadlook.
A NEGRO BOY SHOT.
The Bullet Fired Accidentally by a
White Boy.
Hawkinsville, Ga., May 24.—Late yes
terday afternoon Abe Lockett, a small
negro boy, was fatally shot with a pistol in
the hands of Tiin Bembry, son of R. V.
Beuibry, at Bembry’s mill, a few miles east
of Hawkinsville. Neither of the boys is
more than 13 years old. This morning "sev
eral citizens of Hawkiusville, accompanied
by one of the county officers, went to the
scene of the shooting, and after an investi
gation were satisfied that the fatal shot was
fired accidentally.
Jesup's Religious Revival.
Jesup, Ga., May 24.—The religious serv
ices which have been in progress for the
past two weeks at the Methodist church
closed to-night. More interest was taken in
these services than in any ever held hero.
The pastor. Rev. J. R. Owens, has been un
tiring in his efforts to save sinner*, and he
has been assisted by some of the most prom
inent ministers in Georgia. Nineteen have
been added to the membership, and they
were received into the church on Friday
last.
A Sunday School Convention.
Darien, Ga., May 23.—There were about
450 young and old people in attendance
upon tbe Sunday school convention of Me •
Intoah county, held at Baladen’s Bluff
Thursday. The following officers were
elected for tbe ensuing year: President,
Reuben K. Walker; vioe president, Wyatt
de R. Barclay; secretary and treasurer, H.
T. Long. Every school in the county was
well represented. Mr. Mitchell of Bruns
wick made the convention a short talk.
Punta Gorda Pointers. ,
Punt a Gorda, Fla., May 24.—Another
cigar factory is to be built here.
JE. T. Sapp, a drayman, injured by a run
away horse, died Friday. His relatives are
unknown, and tbe expenses of his sickness
were met by donations.
The Gulf Phosphate's tug has arrived from
Savannah with seven big lighters.
Owen Asks for a Plum.
Washington, May 24. Congressman
Owen of Indiana, who failed of re-election
last fall, asked the President yesterday to
give him the $4,000 offioe of superintendent
of immigration under the new act which
Mr. Owen introduced and passed through
congress. Mr. Owen is hopeful of getting
the place, the President being his personal
friend.
Crops In Stewart.
Lumpkin, Ga., May 24. —The crop pros
pects are gloomy. The stand of cotton is
bad. One-fourth of the crop is not planted.
Oats sra a failure, and farmers are blue.
It has been four weeks yesterday since we
had a rain sufficient to lay the dust. The
dry weather has caused some sickness in the
county.
An Amerlcus Merchant Dead.
AMEriccs, Ga., May 21.—Jesse Ayeock,
a member of the firm of Aycock & Allison,
dealers in stationery and books, die 1 to
night after lingering many weeks. He was
a prominent citizeD. He leaves a wife, but
no children.
Movements of the Pythiens.
Augusta, Ga. May 24.—Maj. Gen. Car
nahan aud Supreme Representative Bray
ton of the Knights of Pythias left for Ma
con to-night.
A TOUGH BIRD.
Henry Klssell Badly Injured by a
Captive Bird.
Cincinnati, May 24. -Henry Kisaell, a
well-known concert hall proprietor, wes
painfully injured in a peculiar manner yes
terday afternoon.
Some days ago a friend sent Mr. Klssell a
live bald eagle, full of western vivacity anl
measuring 8 feet from Up to tip of tbe
wings. Th* eagle *> seat iu a box to Kls
eall * garden on Walnut Hill* Yesterday
it escaped from the b** and Klssell caught
it just a* It was about to fly. The bird
aauk its talons Id each of tne saioouist s
arm* and begau beaUug him in a sav
age manic* with it* wlugm. Bird aud man
rollad uu the grotiad. and it woe *um min
ute* before Kweell was able to aatl for help.
Then It required tbe affpru of half * dozen
men to fnrp*- tin- bird to release it* bold.
• hie was (1 jolly a-jjumplodi- and by te leting a
lesel abeut tie throat e*4 ciiaiui it. <Ju
wo* cut almost off
by Me b-rti’e beat
COCKTAILS AND DIAMONDS.
Th* American Drink as a Detective
Agent.
From the Sew York Time*.
Chicago, May 19.—Michael Amberg, a
Selgian tourist stopping here, has been
summoned to Antwerp as a witness in a dia
mond case. Antwerp and Amsterdam are
the cities where most of the valuable dia
monds are cut and polished. From what
Mr. Amberg says it appears that some of
the leaders of Antwerp’s Four Hundred are
implicated in the case.
By some ingenious process a Brazilian
diamond of a yellow shade and cheap'qual
lty was subjected to intense heat and cer
tain chemicals, and was made to appear
clMr and white. A SIOO stone, after being
whitewashed, increased in value tenfold,
and the higher-priced stones in larger pro
portion. “It is the greatest swindle of the
age, 1 said Mr. Amberg. "In the city of
Autwerp there are thousands of tnoee doc
tored diamonds, and the people are just be
ginning to find out that they have been
swindled.”
“How was It discovered ?”
"By the merest accident the fraud was
discovered by the Shah of Persia about two
months ago. He was at Antwerp about a
year ago, and while there purchased an im
mense amount of line diamonds. When I
visited Persia a few months ago he enter
tained me at a private dinner. An Ameri
can congressman was at the table, and in
his honor the shah had some American
whisky cocktails made. The shah was
about to taste his cocktail, when one of his
studs fell into the glass. When the servant
fished it out the pure stone looked like a
faded leaf. “Bring back that American
cocktail,” shouted the shah, and he placed
all of the Antwerp diamonds and one other
in the glass. When taken out the Antwerp
gems had lost their purity aud'brilliancy,but
the other stone was unchanged. A fresh
cocktail was made for the ruler and noth
ing more was said about the diamonds at
the time. Afterward the shah turned over
the stones to an agent, who set out for Ant
werp to straighten out matters. The man
ufacturers recognized the diamonds as those
belonging to the shah, and hastened to re
place them with new gems, but the shah
was not satisfied. He wished to publish the
swindlers, but could not afford to be mixed
up in the scandal, so he informed some of
his friends in Antwerp, who recently pur
chased Antwerp diamonds, and they found
that they, too, had been cheated. The re
sult is that a case has been made out for
trial in the courts.
A Marriage at Jesup.
Jesttp, Oa., May 24.—J. B. Fain and
Miss Anna C. Hopps were married at the
Methodist church this afternoon at 2
o’clock. Rev. J. R. Owens officiating. Mr.
Fain is a prominent merohant of Bruns
wick, and Miss Hopps is the accomplished
daughter of R, B. Hopps, ordinary of
VVayne county. Both are favorites in social
circles here. The happy couple left ou the
3 o’clock train for Brunswick, their future
home.
Augusta's New Church.
• Augusta, Ga.. May 24.—The Broad
street Methodist churoh was dedicated to
day. President Warren A Candler of
Emory College preached the dedicatory
sermon. Three hundred dollars indebted
ness remained to be raised at the beginning
of the service, but SSOO was subscribed, so
that the church bagins with a clean balance
sheet, and money in the treasury.
MJEDIOAL
Be Sure
If you have made up your mind to buy
Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced to take
any other. A Boston lady, whose example is
worthy Imitation, tells her experience below:
“ In one store where I went to buy Hood’s
Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to induce me buy
their own instead of Hood’s; he told me their’s
would last longer; that I might take it on ten
To Get
days’ trial; that if I did not like it I need not
pay anything, etc. But he could not prevail
on me to change. I told him I had taken
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, knew what it was, was
satisfied with it, and did not want any other.
When I began taking Hood’s Barsaparilla
I was feeling real miserable with dyspepsia,
and so weak that at times I could hardly
Hood’s
stand. I looked like a person in consump
tion. Hood’s Sarsaparilla did me so much
good that T wonder at myself sometimes,
and my friends frequently speak of it.” Mrs.
Ella A. Gory, 61 Terrace Street, Boston.
Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. gl; six for *5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mae*.
100 Poses One Pollar
SFSCXAI* NOTICES.
MACOVM Ml RDKKER.
Pkbfbct Success Assured in Evert Case.
MASSENBURG'S ROACH DESTROYER
Don't kill all all the Roaches In ona night, but it
doss in several applications.
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
Corner Bull and Congress streets,
Trade supplied.
CLEAN CLOTHES^
REMOVES GREASE AND DUST.
JAPANESE CLEANSING CREAM,
ONLV *5 CENTS, AT
BOWLIN SKI, Pharmacist,
Broughton and Drayton Sts.
Telephone 465.
SAVANNAH RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
Savannah, Ga„ May 25th, 1891.
Members who have not responded to the Cir
cular Card in reference to Anniversary Dinner
are requested to do so by 12 o'clock m., TO
DAY, otherwise they will not be expected or
provided for.
The special train for Tybee for the exclusive
use of members and guests of this association
will leave Tybee depot WEDNESDAY, at ti
o'clock p. m., promptly (city time).
Final meeting (prior to auniversarvl of the
executive committee will be held THIS (Mon
day) AFTERNOON at t o’clock.
J. W. McALPIN, President.
John M. Bryan, Secty. and Tieas.
NOTICE.
Central Railroad and Bankino Company, )
Savannah and Atlantic Division. \
Savannah, (>,. , May 23, 1891 I
Shippers of freight are requested to have
same at the depot at least TWENTY (20) MIN
UTES before leaving time of train; otherwise
such freight will be held over for next train
carrying freight. T. S. MOIRE.
Superintendent.
SUPERIOR TOILET WATERS,
EXTRACTS, SOAPS. SPONGES, ETC.,
With other seasonable requirements. Our Com
pressed Face Sponges are invaluable to
travelers and plcuic parties.
SOLOMONS A CO 8
Two Stores - M aha it Swvark and tt Bi’ix St.
Kunee for the sick, both white end colored,
wtu pteeso leave their addr -tee*, to be regU
tered. et 'Hr Bun *U'*t store
.Z_Z—l__—l—l—_. ' ~~
F horl, >4 hrjl'urf 'nut),
$ yn ** IVI V \ i>l ft
I'reeuriptioat t apt-yal^.
DEATHS.
DUNHAM.—Died in this city, at the residence
of her r Slighter, Mrs. H. J. Royali, on Sunday.
May 24th, in her 89th year. Mrs n-siN c. Dm
ham. By her request the f uDeral will take place
at Waltbourville, Ga. THIS (Monday) AFTER
NOON, at 3 o'clock.
FU IfERAL INTITATIONS. '
MINIS.—The friends and acquaintance of Mr.
and Mrs. Abram Mrsis are invited to attend
the funeral of the latter from residence 84
Jones street, TO-DAY at 5 o’clock p. m.
ROBIDER—The friends and acquaintance of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roblder are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral of their infant son
Ralph, from the residence of Mrs. Silverberg'
1114 Tattnall street, at 4 o’clock THIS AFTER
NOON.
Eg'” New York papers please copy.
LAW LER. —The friends and acquaintance of
Peter Law leu and family and John McCullough
and family are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral of the former from his late resi
dence. 25 Tatnall street, at 3:30 o’clock p m.
TODAY.
ULMER.—Friends and acquaintance of Mrs,
Annie S. Ulmeb and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rose
and families are invited to attend the funeral
of the former THIS AFTERNOON at 4 o’clock,
from the residence of Mr. W. H. Rose, 90 Wald
burg street.
__ MEETINGS.
CLINTON LODGE NO SITF- and: A. .VL~
A special communication of this lodge 1A
will be held at Masonic Temple THIS -JrU
(Monday) EVENING, May 25th, 1891,
at 8 o’clock. / Nr\
The E. A. Degree will be conferred.
Members of sister lodges and visiting breth
ren are cordially invited to meet with us.
FRANK H. MORSE, W. M. .
VVARINO Russell, Jr., Secretary.
TROI’P CASTLE AO. 4, R. G. E.
Attend a special meeting THIS (Monday)
EVENING, at your hall, No. 137 St. Julian
street (over Chatham Bank). All the degree*
will be conferred. Visiting Sir Knights and
members of sister castles cordially invited to
attend. R. D. GUERARD, N. C.
Attest: E. A. Gradot, M. of R.
LADIES’ AUXILIARY—SAVANNAH VOL-
U.NTEER GUARDS.
Savannah, Ga., May 23, 1891.
A meeting of the Society will be held on
MONDAY, May 25, at 5:80 o’clock p. m . at the
Guards Armory. Bull and Macon streets, en
trance on Macon street. All ladies intending
to become members of the society and those
otherwise interested in the Guards are re
quested to attend. Please come prepared to
pay annual dues.
MRS. JOHN M. BRYAN.
„ „ President.
Miss Margaret A. Cosens,
Secretary.
speciaiTn OTICKs .
On and after Fob. 1, 1890, the basto of tsmi
urement of all advertising in the, JLobnimo
News mil be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an
inch for the first inssrtion. No Special Notice
inserted for less than $1 00.
A GRAND EXPANSE OFBAWIiVATEII 2
from a high bluff.
There Is no island property on this coast so
grandly peculiar as Wilmington Island. What
Is known at Tilton’s Point is one of the most
picturesque spots around Savanuah. The bluff
is bold, giving a grand view of a magnificent
sheet of water, which literally teems with fish,
and is the home of the famous Thunderbolt
oysters. This bluff is shaded by massive old
liveoaks. which in beauty and size are second
only to those of Bonaventure. Gently sloping
away from the bluff is open cleared ground,
where the luscious sea island watermelon is
brought to a state of perfection, and where
every fruit and vegetable known in this section
can be raised abundantly.
Life on this island has often been described
by those familiar with its advantages as one of
ease and even luxury, the equable climate being
conducive to old age and freedom from the ills
that in a malarial climate make life so weari
some.
It was a brilliant scheme, contrived by live,
progressive men, to give the public a chance to
obtain building lots on this favored spot.
ThU company has not started with the ex
pectation of making large profits. Its prime
object Is to secure for themselves and asso
ciates a pleasant, healthy summer home aud
resort, from the sale of the surplus lots to im-
prove the property and add to its desirability.
The first sale of lots will take place on
THURSDAY, 28th. There will be a steamer
from the city in the morning, and also a trip
from Thunderbolt in the afternoon. Those de
siring to attend the sale should get a plat and
reed the advertisement carefully.
'FRIED a HI IKS.
FRIED & HICKS.
FRIED & HICKS.
FRIED & HICKS.
RESTUARANT.
RESTAURANT.
RESTAURANT.
RESTAURANT.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
NOTICE.
I have this day associated with me in the drug
business Mr. JAS. N. MOON, under the firm
name of WILLIAM A. BISHOP & CO.
WILLIAM A. BISHOP.
Dated Mat 22d, 1891.
The undersigned have this day succeeded to
the business of WM. A. BISHOP, comer of
Price and Hal! streets, and of the late Dr. B. F.
ULMER, 1? Broughton street. We shall en
deavor to maintain the reputation of the above
stands, and respectfully solicit a continuation
of the patronage so kindly bestowed upon
them.
WILLIAM A. BISHOP & CO.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
I beg to inform the friends and patrons of the
late Dr. B. F. Ulmer that Messrs. W. A.
BISHOP & CO. have purchased the stock, good
will, etc., of the drug store formerly conducted
by him, and I ask that the patronage so kindly
bestowed on him be continued.
T. D. FITZGERALD,
Admr. Estate Dr. B. F. Ulmer.
ML M. ,i Hull <i Ml,
GRADUATE OPTICIANS,
No. 23 Bull Street, Savannah, Ga.
If your eyes ore not properly fitted with eye
glasses or spectacles, we desire the opportunity
ot fitting them witli glasses which wifi correct
any visual imperfection tnat may exist, or can
bi: corrected by scleutiflo means As specialists
we have fitted ourselves by a practical course of
study, graduating from Dr. C. A. Bucklin's
School of Optios, New York. We are practical
opt.clans, and make our owngoods. New lenses
put in old frames while you wait. Oculists'
prescriptions a specialty, and carefully filled
No charge for examination.
ISLE HOP'S. -
Thirty-six-acre farm, with building*, fruit
tree*, grape vine*, for iole cheap. Easy term*.
D. C. BACON.
“DO VI HEAD HASH I"
V Ur* “L'nk*l Adam” kin borrow yu the
•Geld on vuro Dmiond* ysiler or wife Time
keeper*. Khiding, Tulee, Ac. Open from 1
a. s. to I r. s . Saturdays to II e. m
new vukk u>*n firrirr..
ADAM HTKAUHH. nouager
Zip lfTron ijor. Cos n#rM Ur4t iao
UL NO 111 I ——
. ir*o or Hu* tnjr rUuia,
000$ i/f iltfffiiUui AKttluit itw 1
Ibifii tor p*/ n4 ali iu4#U4
iuikc imiurnAiMi* ftt
ton a ro*i,
I S Joint m iium, iMf,
CLOTHING.
that you’ll be astonished at the pries.
we are asking for our $25 and S2O BUl *
These prices go as low a, S2O and $n
Perhaps you cannot realize how such
suits can be made for such a figure
it does seem incredible; but you will
still more amazed when you find out
how excellent they are as to quality of
u* “ matter of they
would be cheap at much higher figures
for the greatest possible care has bm’
exercised in finishing them,and they can
scarcely be distinguished from made to
order su'ts. We can say just the
of our sls and $lO suits: they are chess
at the original price, but now w e
them a shove by putting the knife into
the price, and give the workingman
who is complaining of hard times a
chance to buy first-class clothing wav
below market price. }
“THE FAMOUS”
CTOTHIHG HOUSE,
148 Broughton St.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
BENNETT HYMES, Proprietor.
SOAf.
SAVANNAH MADE SOAP
PURE AND HEALTHY,
Can be had at
W. Q. COOPER’9,
JOHN LYONS & CO.’S,
8. L. NEWTON’S,
8. L. GEORGE'S,
JOHN LYNCH’S,
C. A. MUNSTER'S,
JOYCE'S GREEN GROCERY,
S. W. BRANCH'S,
McGRATH & CO.’S,
And numerous other Retail Grocers.
Try our FAMILY, ARTE3IAN, MAGIC
big J
SAVANNAH SOAP WORKS,
COR. PINE AND LUMBER STREETS,
HOSE.
Who has not had
jaPoor Hose? rtf'
RUIJBEB
Sw § could be bought ten fi i A
/ 4 years ago. Why* Re- V t A.
cause there was rub - ’ -V 0
777 Aer in it. The h<e
Bold by dealer# to-day contain# little or nopnre rubbea
liAND HOSE ia the ofde/oobiontd kind*
nd Is made of rubber. With good care It should last
“ v * years. It is cheap at Che price. Asa guar
antee flint ywn are getting what yon pay for. and rc not
pajlng a nigh price for a poor article, we place thie
brand on every length t
>q<vlO VEVo,/
v lb LENT %
•V; rf '
If To* oanntg get It of your dealer, we will send it
express paid, on racatpt ormoney.
Sample free if you mention this paper
SOSTON WOVEN HOSE CO., Maif'rt. of Sutibrr
Beltlng and Picking, 226 Devonshire Street, Bestea t
205 Uks St, Ckhig*, 8 Bush Si,, San Fum^Ci^
BANKA.
imW.WEEi. ’
PraMdent. Vloe Preskdaot.
JAS. H. HUNTER, Cashier.
SAVASNAU BASK i TRUST Cl
Savings Dep t
ALLOWS 4%
Deposit! of $1 and Upward Receifol
Interest on Deposits Payable Quarterly.
DIRKOTORB;
Joespß D. Wuo, of J. D. Weed A On.
John a Rowland, Oapitalist.
0. A. Rsjtu, Exchange) and Insurance.
Jomtr L Harder, Capitalist. . . _
R. G. Erwin, of Chisholm, Erwin A dußl|Ma
Edward Karow, of Strauss £ On.
Isaac G. Haas, General Broker.
M. Y. Maclrttrs, of M. Y. & D. L HacltffT*-
Kora Lroiea, of John Lyons A 00.
f altrr Comet, of Paterson, Downing
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Establishment ftilly furnished with ,
nocessary TOOLS and
PAPERS and MATERIALS. ComP
tent Workmen. Fistablished BOP
tion for Good Work. Additt? 118 ],
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RIVER SAND. Portland Cemeut. Kos*
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