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nod if he had not oome through the door of
the Bethlehem caravansary and
if he had not with the crushed hand
of the crucifixion knocked at the iron gate
of the sepulchre of our spiritual death, cry
ing, “Lazaius, come forth?” O, my Chris
tian friends, this is no time for inertia,
when all the forces of darkness seem to be
in full blast; when steam printing presses
are publishing infidel tracts; when express
railroad trains are carrying messengers of
sin; when fast clippers are laden with
opium and rum; when the night air of our
cities is polluted with the laughter that
breass up from the 10,000 saloons of dissipa
tion and abandonment; when the fires of the
second death already are kindled in the
cheeks of some who, only a little while ago,
were incorrupt. Never since the curse tell
upon the earth has there been a time when
it was such an unwise, such a cruel, suet, an
awful thiug for the church to sleep! The
great audiences are not gathered ill the
Christian churches, the great audiences are
gathered in temples of sin —tears of unut
terable woe their baptism, the blood of
crushed hearts the aw.ul wine of thoir
sacrament, blasphemies their litany, and
the groans of the lost woi Id the organ dirge
of their worship.
LLOI wuiauip.
Again, if you want to bo qualified to
meet the duties which this age demands of
you, you must on the one hand avoid reck-
Jees iconoclasm, and on the other hand not
stick too much to things because they are
old. The air is full of new plans, new
projects, new theories of government, now
theologies, and I am amased to see how so
many Christians want only novelty to
recommend a thing to their confidence, an
so they vacillate ami swing to and fro, ami
thev are useless, and they ar* unhappy.
New plans secular, ethical, philosophical,
religious, cisatlantic, transatlantic. Ah,
my orother, do not adopt a thing merely
because it is new. Try it by the realities of
a judgment day.
But, on the other hand, do not adhere to
anything merely because it is old. There is
not a single enterprise of the church or the
world but has sometimes been scoffed at.
There was a time when men
derided even Bible societies; and
when a few young men met near
a hay stack in Massachusetts and organized
the first missionary society ever organized
in this country, there went laughter ad
ridioule all arouDd the Christian church.
They said the undertaking was preposter
ous. And so also the work of Jesus Christ
wsi assailed. People cried out, “Whoever
heard of such theories of ethics and g vern
ment? Who ever noticed such a style of
preaching as Jesus has*” Kzekiel had talked
of mysterious wings and wheels. Here
came a man from Capernaum and Geu
nesaret. and he drew his illustrations from
the lakes, from the sand, from the ravine,
from the lilies, from the cornstalks. How
the Pharisees scoffed! How Herod derided!
How Caiapbas hissed! And this Jesus they
plucked by the beard, and they spat in his
face, and they oalled him “this fellow!’’
AU the groat enterprises in and out of the
church have at times been sooffed at, and
there have been a groat multitude who have
thought that the chariot of God’s truth
would fall to pieces if it once got out of the
old rut.
And so there are those who have no
patlenoe with anything like improvement
in church architecture, or with anything
like good, hearty, earnest church singing,
and they deride any form of religious dis
cussion which goes down walking among
every-day men rather than that which
makes an excursion on rhetorical stilts. Uh,
that the church of God would wake up to
au adaptability of work! We
must admit the simple fact that the
churches of Jesus Christ in t his day do not
reach the great masses. There are fifty
thousand people in Edinburgh who never
hear the gospel. There are one million
people in London who never hear the gos
pel. There are at least three hundred
thousand souls in the city of Brooklyn who
come not lender the immediate ministrations
of Christ’s truth; and the church of God in
this day, instead of being a place full of liv
ing epistles, read and known of all men, is
more like a “dead-letter” postofllce.
"But,” say the people, “the world is go
ing to be converted; you must be patient;
the kingdoms of this world are to become
the kingdoms of Christ." Never, unless the
church of Jesus Christ puts on more speed
and energy. Instead of toe church convert
ing tho world, the world is converting the
church. Hete is a great fortress. How
shall it be taken! Au army comes and sits
around about it, cuts oil the supplies, aud
says: “Now we will just wait uutii from
exhaustion and starvation they will
have to give up.” Weeks and
months, and perhaps a year,
pass along, aud finally tho fortress surren
ders through that starvation aud exhaus
tion. But, my friends, tlio fortresses of sin
are never to tie takeu in that way. If they
are takeu for God it will be by storm; you
will have to bring up tho great siege guns
of the gospel to the very wall and wheel the
flying artillery into liuo, and when the
arimsl infantry of heaven shall confront the
battlements you will have to give the quick
command, “Forward! Charge?”
Ah, my friends, there is work for you to
do and for me to do in order to this grand
accomplishment! Here is a pulpit, and a
clergyman preaches in it. Your pulpit is
the bans. Your pulpit is the store. Your
pulpit is the editorial chair. Your pulpit
is the anvil. Your pulpit is the house scaf
folding. Your pulpit is the mechanic’s
shop. I may stand in this place, aud,
through oowardice or through self-seeking,
may keep back the word I ought to utter;
while you, with sleeve rolled up and
brow besweated with toil, may
utter the word that will jar the
foundation of heaven with the shout of a
great victory. O, that to-day this whole
audience might feel that the Lord Almighty
is putting upon them the hands of ordina
tion. Every one, go forth and preach the
gospel. You have as much right to preach
ns I have, or as any man has. Only find
out the pulpit where God will have you
preaoh, and there preach. Medley Vicars
was a wicked man In the English army.
The grace of God came to him. He
became an earnest eminent Chris
tain. They scoffed at him, and
said: “You are a hypocrite; you are
as bad as ever you were.” Still he kept his
faith in Christ, and after awhile, finding
that they could not turn him aside by call
ing him a hypocrite, they said to him: “Oh,
you are nothing but a fanatic.” That did
not disturb him. He went on performing
his Christian duty until he had formed ah
his troop into a Bible class, and the whole
encampment was shaken with the presence
of God. So Havelock went into the heathen
temple in India while the English army was
there, aud put a candle into the hand of
each of the heathen gods that stood around
in the heathan temple, and by the light of
those candles, held up by t e idols, Gen.
Havelock preached righteousness, temper
knee and judgment to come. And who will
say, on earth or in heaven, that Havelock
had not the right to preach?
In the minister’s house whore I prepared
for college there was a man who worked by
the name of Peter Cr y. He conld neither
jead nor write, hut he was a man of God.
Often theologians would stop in the house
grave theologians—and ut family prayers
Peter Croy would be called upon t . lead;
and all those wise men sat around wonder
struck at his religious efficiency. When
be prayed be reached up and seemed
to taka hold of the very throne
of the Almighty, and he talked
with God uniil the very heavens
were bowed down into the sitting-room.
O, if I were dying I would rather have
plain Peter Cray kneel by my bedside and
commend my immortal spirit to God than
some heartless ecclesiastic arrayed in costly
canonicals. Go preach this gospel. You
say you are not licensed. In the name of
the Lord Almighty, this morning, I license
you. Go preach this gospel—preach it in
the Sabbath schools, in the prayer meetings,
in tne highways, in the hedges. Woe be
unto you if you preach it not
I remark, again, that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty in this particu
lar age you want unbounded faith in the
triumph of the truth and the
overthrow of wickedness. How
dare the Christian church ever get dis
couraged! Have we not the Lord Almighty
on our side? How long did it take God to
slay the hosts of Sennacherib or burn Sodom
or shake down Jericho? How l°ng will
it take God, when he once arises in his
strength, to overthrow all the forces of
iniquity? Between this time and that
there may be long seasons of larsness
the chariot-wheels of God’s gospel m y *
to drag heavily; hut hero is the pr nl '*•
and vender is the throne; and . i
niscience has lost his eyesight, an< -1 -
tence falls back impotent, and Jehovah is
driven from his throne, then the church of
Jesus Christ can to afford to !’•" deep ’“dent,
but never until then. Despots may plan and
armies may march, and the congrosaes of
the nations may seem to think they are ad
justing all the affairs of the world but the
mighty men of the earth are only the dust
of the chariot- wheel of God s providence.
1 think that before the suu of this cen
tury shall se: the last tyranny may fall, and
with a splendor of dem .nstratmn that shall
be the astonishment "f the universe God
will set forth the brightness and pomp and
tflory and perpetuity of his eternal govern
ment Out of the starry flags and the em
blazoned insignia of this world God l will
make a r ath for his own trinmph, and, re
turning from universal conquest, he will
sit down the grandest, strongest, highest
throne of earth his footstool.
Then shall nation's sent: ascend
To thee, our ruler, father, friend.
Till heaven's high arch resounds again
With “Peace on earth, good will to men."
I preach this sermon because i want to
encourage all Christian workers in every
possible department. Hosts of the living
God, march on! march on! His spirit will
bless you. His shield will defend you. His
sword will strike for you. March on!
march on! The last despotism will fall,
and paganism will burn its idols, and Mo
hammedanism will give up its false prophet,
and the great v.alls of superstition will
oome down in thunder and wreck at the
long, loud blast of the gospel trumpet.
March on! march on! The besiege
ment will soon be ended. Only a
few more steps on the long way;
only a few more sturdy blows; only a few
more battle-cries, then God will put the
laurel upou your brow’, and from the living
fountains of heaven will bathe off the sweat
and the heat and the dust of the conflict.
March on! March on! For you the time
for work will soon be passed, and amid the
outflashings of the judgment throne, and
the trumpeting of resurrection angels, and
the upheaving of a world of graves, ami
the hosanna of the saved and the groaning
of the lost, we shall be rewarded for our
faithfulness or punished for our stupidity.
Hles-ed be the Lord (rod of Israel from
everlasting to everlasting, and let the whole
earth be filled with his glory. Amen and
Amen.
WOSTfI COUNTY GRAPHS.
Some Account of the Vineyards in That
Locality.
Brunswick, Ga., July 26. —An inspec
tion of the vineyards of Worth county will
prove interesting to any one, whether in
specting for pleasure or to profit by infor
mation gained thereby. The yield of these
vineyards is so out of proportion to any
thing Georgians are accustomed to that
they are inclined to be incredulous, when
they hear stories of the harvest and see
statements of the receipts as taken at ran
dom from several years’ crops.
A party of newspaper men a few days
ago, by invitation of Assistant General
Passenger Agent Angler of the Brunswick
and Western railroad, visited Poulan, the
headquarters and fair grounds of the W orth
County Agricultural Society, near which
the vineyards of Worth, some nineteen in
number, are successfully conducted.
Prominent among these vineyards is the
“Moseelle,” owned by Capt. J. G. McPhaul
and superintended by Ur. J. F. Wilson,
who also is overseer generally of the
majority of the other vineyards.
The Mosselle codex, twenty acres -of
ground, Bixteon acres hearing nicely, while
the remaining four will commence next
season.
The varieties grown are many, promi
nently among them the Concord, Delaware
and Niagara. The vines commence bearing
about the middle of May, and the last box
of fruit is generally shipped by Aug. 1 or
one month earlier than the products of older
grane growing localities.
Eacn acre hears about IJ4 tons, on which
the grower averages a profit of $125 or 5
cents per pound.
Every grape on the bunch is used, and
very few bunches weigh loss than one-half
pouud. The greenest and all bruised grapes
are carefully culled from each bunch before
packing, aud thsse culls are either pressed
into wine or vinegnr, while some sell the
greeu culls for jelly making purposes.
After returning from the vineyard the
party were given some information in re
gard to the land and climate of Worth, and
the manner in which that section was first
discovered to be suitable for vineyards.
Tho laud is sandy loam, with a good clay
foundation, very susceptible to fertilizers.
Until a few years ago grape growing was
unknown, but Capt. McPbaul’s experiment
proved successful, the vines proved heavy
bearers of sweet and palatable grapes, aud
demonstrated to the people the possibilities
of their land. Asa consequence others
took it up, resultmg in the
raising of perfect vines that yield
as remarkably as that of other
grape growing countries. The climate of
Worth is similar to that of Santa Clara
county, California, where some of the finest
grapes in tho world are produced. The
future of wine interests in Worth is of such
magnitude that it would be idle to attempt
to discuss it instructively within the limits
of this article. It must be studied on the
ground in order to get even a superficial
idea of its grand proportions.
BY THE SURFACE PROCESS.
An Innovation in the Printing of Reve
nue Stamps.
Washington, July 26.—For the first
time in the history of the bureau of en
graving aud printing the process of surface
printiug is being employed ou g overnment
work. Ia the present instance it is only be
ing applied to a certain class of revenue
stamps and not to circulat
ing notes. The experiment was
the outgrowth of the crowded
condition of affairs at the bureau, but it has
been so successful and economical that it is
doubtful if congress would consent to re
turn to the old methods. Heretofore the
stamps for tobacco, as well as all stamps
issued by the internal revenue office, have
been printed by the same plate process as
that used for bonds, treasury and bank
notes. It is a s’ow and expensive process,
but is employed because of the additional
protection against counterfeiting.
Capt. Meredith is au expert in typographic
printing and conceived the idea of doing
seme ol the steam work by the surface
process. He had a plate engraved for tho
four-ounce tobacco stamp. Instead, how
ever, of having the design cut intaglio he
had it produced in relief. This enabled
him to print from the surface on an ordi
nary press, the stool plate being used in the
same way as a stereotype or electroplate.
The design embraces vignette, scroll ami
lathe w ork, equally difficult to counterfeit
as though the plate pirocess had been
used in the engraving and printing. The
relief plate was put in use on a
stop-cylinder Hoe press with a capacity
of 1,500 impressions per hour. Specimens
of the work were submitted to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and commissioner of
internal revenue. Both wore satisfied that
it was a success and authorized the chief of
the bureau to go ahead with his innovation.
A little experience in the wav of practical
operation developed the fact that not only
bad speed been obtained, but the process
would reduce the cost of production more
than one-’enth. It is the intention to anpiy
the typographic process to revenue stamps
of small denomination only. Treasury notes
will be printed as before, and with the work
of the bureau facilitated by the new depart
ure it will be possible to better tba charac
ter of the notes turned out.
Jrux —Won't yon come in, Charley ?
•'No. thank you," said the wi-e ycung man,
as he kep: oa the otaer side of tne gate, 'so lar
and no farther. ” —lSmghamlon Republican.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 27, 1891.
FLORIDA AND TOBACCO.
AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
A GREAT SOUTHERN INDUSTRY.
The Men Who are Cultivating Tobacco,
en Account of Their Farms and
Factories- The Labor Employed and
the Quality of the Tobacco-Tlie
Promise of the Future.
Quincy, Fla., July 26.—The tobacco sec
tion of Florida is well worth a visit. It is
in the county of Gadsden, Middle Florida,
and Quincy is the county seat. The town
is about 300 feet above the level of the sea
and tbe land is rolling. All about Quincy
the farms are well fenced, the building
good, the stock looks "slick” and well cared
fur, and everybody talks tobacco. Here
are located the great tobacco farms of "The
Hyndicate" as it is called (Stratt in (i. Storm,
now tbe Owl Cigar Company), encircling
the town of Quincy in the shape of a horse
shoe; and, at various places jotting in al
most to the center of the village itself are
some of the tobacco plantations. The first
and largest is known as the “Santa Clara,”
consisting of about 11,000 acres, under the
direct sunervision of Mr. Curry, a southern
gentleman of vast experience, and with
turn, as an adviser, William B. Smith
one of the pioneers in tobacco
oulture and an extensive planter
of the weed before the war, and under
whoso advice and guidance “The Syndi
cate,’'or Owl Cigar Company, purenased
the i:i,000 acres of tobacco land wnich they
hold. This plantation raises annually about
200 acres of very fine tobacco; also corn,
oats, sugar cane—in fact, everything for the
maintenance of the plantation.
A GREAT SPRING.
The superintendent’s house is on the brow
of a hill overlooking the town and planta
tion and adjacent to it are the water works
for iri igation, fed from an enormous spring
that gushes forth from the foot of a hill of
iron. This spring has been famous for gen ■
orations for its health-giving qualities.
Running on to the westward in au unbroken
line aud continuing me horse shoe form of
land above mentioned is the Alsace plan
tation, also the property of the Owl Cigar
Company, and which joins the Banta Clara.
Here, on a beautiful site, is the old manor
house of Judge Dupont which has been
renovated and rebuilt an<*isthe residence of
the general manager ami also the abiding
place of the members or officers of the
company and their friends when they
visit the neighborhood. This plantation
c msists of 1,300 acres and is beautifully laid
out, both for farming and for the residences
of the employes in the cigar faotnry that
the Owl company has in the town of
Quincy. This plantation produces about
200 acres of tobacco annually. It runs into
the town and embraces one of the most
beautiful sites imaginable. A large plateau
of about eleven acres overlooking the entire
o >untry, in the center of which the Owl
Cigar Company have their immense fact ry,
a brick structure in the shape of a Maltese
cross. The building is somewhat on the
Moorish plan, with an immense dome in
the center for ventilation and light, and I
have never seen anything that answers
all the requirements of a factory so
thoroughly as this building. The capacity
is suilicient for 300 operations. I have
visited the factories of Havana and Key
West, and have always regretted it, for the
reason that, if one smokes cigars made in
these places, it is best for him never to visit
the factories, nor the habitation of the em
ployes. But 41 am pleased to say at the
Owl cigar factory cleanliness, order, sys
tem and the comfort of the employes are of
the first consideration, and nothing could
be wished for in this direction. Expending
out from the north wing of this huge fac
tory there is a largo and commodious ar
bor, roofed over and the sides latticed and
ornamented with climbing vines. Under
neath this arbor are placed tables and
benches, and the noonday meal is taken bv
the operatives in this cool and shaded
place.
ONE PEOPLE.
I was struck with the perfect harmony
that s emed to pervade this establishment,
aud the strong evidence that we aro one
people, and that the industries of our
country will hold us more firmly together
than ever, and I atn fully convinced that it
the politicians will only permit it, there will
be no north and south, but ail American
people who propose to excel the world in
whatever they undertake to do. While the
enterprise of the Owl Cigar Company is
strictly carried on with northern brains
and northern capital, their princi
pal and responsible aids are southern,
and without whoso earnest aid and support
tho enterprise wonld not be a success. And
in their zeal and devotion they have but
one thought, and that is to demonstrate
t hat they are worthy to be part and parcel
of this truly great enterprise. In order to
get a thorough idea of this work one must
visit some of the outlying plantations of
this company, such as the “La Corona,” an
ideal place of 1,000 acres, under the super
intendency of .Mr. Nordhous; aud then
going oast from the town there is a large
plantation "“La Violetta” about 2,700 acres,
under the suporintendenev of T. M. Smith,
au efficient and faithful southern planter,
who understands his business thoroughly
and is the most successful of all the Owl
company’s superintendents, having gained
his experience aud knowledge of tobacco
growing when a bnv under his father T. R.
Smith, brother to William B. Smith. These
gentlemen were natives of Virginia
and brought their knowledge and
experience from there to Florida.
Then wo go to the west and there is situated
the “La Camelia” and the “La Celada”
plantations. The superintendent is Mr.
Bushnell, a Petmsylva iia tobacco farmer,
and on these plantations is raised some of
the finest tobacco produced in Florida. I
have spoken so for of the plantations of
“The Syndicate” orJOwl Cigar Company,be
cause they are the principal ones.or pioneers
in the revival of the tobacco industry in
Florida.
NOT A NEW INDUSTRY.
Many people believe that this is s ’methtng
new. That is a mistake. Gadsden county,
the principal oounty of the tobacco section,
wrns a famous tobacco distriot before the
war, and some of the tobacc > raised there
commanded the highest prices, both in
Europe and America, but owing to the
“little unpleasantness,” and the drifting
away of the young men and the partial
destruction of their industrial forces, the
cultivation of tobacco was abandoned, and
only now is being thoroughly revived, and
it is wonderful what progress this tobacco
industry has made. Five years ago it was
only a dream of the past, and something
spoken of at the fireside, and now there is
scarcely a farmer within twenty miles of
Quincy that has not anywhere from two lo
twenty acres of tobacco and all of the finest,
species of Yuelta Abojo Havana seed.
Schroeder A Bon, the great tobacco mer
chants of New York, have a warehouse at
Quincy and farms adjoining. Carl Vogt &
Sons of New York annually put up many
hundreds of bales of very fine tobacco and
dispose of it without difficulty. M. Oppeu
heimer, with the aid of Mr. Fenton, also
from the east, has put up about 1,200 bales
the past year and are all disposed of. The
growing orop in Florida to-day is not less
than 5,000 acres, and will be the finest to
bacco aud iargest yield made since the war.
WHERE FLORDA TOBACCO IS WORKED.
I have seen several factories at Key
West working this tobicco, and their goods
pass current as clear Havana cigars. Also
at Jacksonville the factories are working
Florida tobacco ns wrappers. Certainly in
its appearance and aromatic qualities there
is nothing outside of the very fine Havana
tobacco that will compare with the good
Florida tobacco. Tobacco is not un ike
the grape. It will produce certain
aromatic qualities in a certain
section that cannot be produced
in another. At present the favorite section
i3 in the neighborhood of Quincy, although
tobacco is raised largely in other portions
of Florida. But, because of the peculiar
something in the soil, or whatever it may
be, those that are familiar with the subject
claim that no matter how much tobaoco
may be raised, that in Gadsden county will
always be prized the most highly.
The labor employed on the plantations Is
wholly negro, and they seem to be good
and faithful work people. The labor em
ployed in the cigar factory is white, and
largely from the north, and of the better
class.
The town of Quincy is a beautiful little
place of about 1,500 inhabitants, and I
would certainly advise Ihose who can do so
to arm themselves with a letter from the
Owl Cigar Company anc spend
a week at Quincy audits vicinity, and they
will never regret it. The country is beau
tiful beyond anything that I have seen in
the south. The land is high and rolling—
about 300 feet higher than Jacksonville—
and about thirty miles from the gulf. Tbe
evenings are cool and delightful, and the
air bracing and invigorating at ail
times.
BANKERS CLEWS VIEWS.
A Review of the Financial Conditions
in Money Centers.
New York, July 25.—Wa1l street contin
ues wholly devoid of interest in both the in
vestment and speculative branohes of busi
ness. On the stack exchange, operations
are confined to room traders, who are sat
isfied with fractional changes and follow the
transient variations of tone rather than
seek to give the market a bias one way or
the other. The truth is there is no imme
diate material for the formation of a vio
lent upward or a downward movement.
Neither “bulls” nor "bears” have contracts
outstanding important enough to invite at
tack from the opposite side; nor is there
anything in outside influences of enough
immediate interest to invite large opera
tions. Under these circumstances, every
body easily yields to the temptations of the
season’s recreations, and the "street” is
virtually partially deserted.
This condition of things is natural enough
as a sequence 6t the world-wide financial
derangements of last fall. Caution every
where, the contraction of credit in every
direction, critical examination into the con
dition of the institutions through which
finance operates, discouragement toward
speculative operations and undertakings,
and a protracted process of liquidation—
these are among the influences to which
financial interests have been subjected alike
in Europe and the United States for the last
nine or ten months. The condition has been
that of collapse after convulsion; and the
question is whether the collapse stage ha 6
run its course, so that we may expect an
early return of general vigor and activity.
It is the difficulty of answering this
question satisfactorily that now holds Wall
street in suspense. And that difficulty can
not be fairly laid to anything in our domes
tic situation; for we have nowhere anv
really unsatisfactory conditions in our
industries, our commerce, or cur finance,
whilst we have the promise of the potent
stimulus that comes from extraordinary
crops, and the clearing house returns show
that the current volume of the nation’s
business more than equals that of a year
ago. The one thing that prevents the re
vival of financial operations at this center
appears to be the uncertainty that still
overhangs European finance. ’What may
be the outcome of the unsettled eomlitiuu
aud the new developments of European pol
itics? Have all the weak spots developed
out of the South American disasters been
taken care of? What may be the commer
cial and political effects abroad of unu
sually short crops, involving in some
places almost tnreaton famine? Will the
necessity of buying extraordinary supplies
of breadstuffs from this and other countries
involve an exhaustive drain of gold from
the great national banks of Europe? Aud
if so, what would be the effect upo 1 Eu
ropean finances at largo? Would that
invi lve e diariassment in the foreign tr de
relations w.th which we stand committed;
and would it lead 10 a return of American
securities of a class which we have been
accustomed to regard as safe against dis
turbance under almost any circumstances?
These are tbe kind of questions that the
men of Wall street are weighing, in the
formation of their estimates of the course
of affairs for the neit few months. And it
cannot bo said that the problems are chi
merical, nor that it is needless to consider
them.
But, on the other hand, we have on this
side a situation distinctly our own and
which is full of extraordinary promise. Our
agricultural crops, upon which neirly one
half of our population are directly depend
ent, afford upon the whole a promise of un
paralleled results. The cotton crop seems
likely to follow close upon the great volume
of that of last year. The corn crop, so for,
indicates a result beyond the average. And
the output of wheat is likely to surpass all
precedent. IVhat quantity of wheat we
shall export, I leave to others to predict;
what quantity we could export, I
leave to be inferred from the
fact that, during the year ending Jjly 1,
I*9l, we exported 106,000,000 bushels of
wheat and flour, with a crop of PI 1 ),000,000
bushels, which was 140,000,000 bushels less
than the probable crop of the present year;
from which it may be inferred that" our
actual capacity for export out of this year’s
crop will he considerably over 200,000,000
bushels, our highest previous export having
been lHii,ooo,ooo bushels In 1881. The aver
age value of our annual exports of wheat
and fionr, for the last -even years, has been
$108,000,000, the average export price (re
during the (lour to wheat) having been 87%
cents per bushel. Should the exports out of
this crop reach 200,000,000 bushels
and the export price average
sl, the value of our shipments in
1891-’92 would exceed $02,000,000 the aver
age yearly shipments of the lost seven years.
Ou this basis of valuation the present crop,
estimated at 540,000,000 bushels, would give
to the farmers, millers, carriers and han
dlers a total of result $540,000,000, against
$272,800,000 as the value of last year's crop of
400,000,000 bushels, valued at an average
export price of 93.2 cents of per bushel. Re
sults like those, upon our three great crops,
mean an invaluable boon to our great agri
cultural industry and to all other industries
dependent upon it, tho effects of which
eaunot fail to be soon felt in a marked re
vival of both our internal aud external
commerce.
These prospects enable us to look uoon the
foreign situation above referred to with
much more equanimity than we otherwise
might. At the same time, in estimating
the foreign situation, it is proper to take
into account that, while the feeling abroad
is anything but hopeful, yet there appears
to be no apprehension abroad of relapse
into a worse condition than now exists, and
it begins to be appreciated that prosperity
in the United States will not be without its
compensations and reliefs to European com
merce. Still, for the present, I continue to
adviso conservatism in all business move
ments, so as to avoid plunging heavily into
debt.
WILL FIGHT BALMAOEDA.
An American En Route to Win Lau
rels by Aiding the insurgents.
Saw Francisco, Cal., July 26.—A young
man named Abel Ady. now in this city,
will sail on the first vessel for Valparaiso.
Ady recently arrived from Delaware, 0.,
where he spent four years pursuing his
studies at Wesleyan University at that
place. A letter from President Bassford of
the university which he carries with him is
a certificate of his mental ability and moral
worth. Prior to his Wesleyan University
experience Ady served five months in the
United States navy ns paymastei's yeoman
on board the Hartford
Armed with religious and naval experi
ence he is now on his way to Chile to assist
the insurgents in their figtu against Raima
eeda. Ady said to-day: “Once on board
one of Balniaceda's cruisers, before two
months are over my head I wiil engage to
turn the vessel ever to the insurgents or
lose my head in the attempt; or, faiiiug in
that, l will tire the powder magazine and
blow the vessel and all ou board, myself
among the number, into eternity.”
THREE RCOMS MEANT JOY,
But Also Madness for a Poor "Widow
and Her Pretty Daughter.
Cincinnati July 26.—One of the strang
est cases this city has ever known is now at
tracting wide attention, and hundreds are
visiting the darkened house m which are
throe imprisoned persons. Last Wednesday
neighbors noticed that the windows of
Widow Stein’s three-room oottage were
darkened, and the house had the appear
ance of being deserted. No signs of life ap
peared about the house until Monday
when Mrs. Stein was seen peering from a
rear door. Some investigation was made,
but nothing definite was done until yester
day, when a policeman was called. Mrs.
Stein answered him from a window. She
declared that evil-minded men were after
her beautiful 18-year-old daughter, Mary,
and her 9-year-old child. It is known that
the eldest daughter has been daft for sev
eral weeks, and it was evident that tbe
mother too had become insane. To-day
many attempts were made to get In the
house by friends and officers, but all at
tempts proved futile.
To-morrow the doors will be forced.
Many people believe this should be done to
night to prevent a possible tragedy. The
girl, who is remarkably pretty, became in
sane through joy. She and her mother
were very poor and for a long time lived in
one room. For years they worked fifteen
and sixteen hours a day for tailor shops.
About six weeks ago they were enabled to
secure a cottage of three rooms, and joy at
their improved condition unsettled her
mind. The mother probably became insane
through fear of being separated from her
daughter, to whom she is passionately at
tached. Nothing ncs been seen of either
girl, and many fear a tragedy has already
occurred. Mrs. Stein has a revolver and
threatens to shoot any one who attempts to
enter the house.
ATTA .KF!D BY A HUGE SERPENT.
Indiana's 50-Foot Snake Again Makes
Its Appearance Near Portland.
Portland, Ind., July 25.—The great ser
pent that was seen by the Lake Erie and
Western roadmoster a few days since has
again put in an appearance. It was seen
this time by a band of gypsies camped on
Brooks’ creek. The story of the encounter
is told as follows by the chief of the gypsy
band:
“We are on our way from Waukon, la.,
to Dayton, 0., and camped last night on
the banka of a small stream. We went to
bed about 9 o’clock. About midnight I was
awakened by the barking of tnedogs south
east of the camp and soon after the horses
broke their tethers and rushed away.
“By this time all the camp were on their
feet, not knowing the cause of the trouble.
In a moment there was a rushing sound and
we saw the head of a monster snake coming
rapidly toward us. Before wo could collect
our senses it was within ten feet of one of
the cuildren. My wife the snatched a brand
from the smoldering camp lire and struck
it with all her might.
“The 6erpaut reared its head at least
twenty feet in the air and turning in a
second wai gone. I never saw such a
snake before. Its head was nine or ten
inches broad and it must have been fifty
feet in length.
“We stood for an hour after it was gone
afraid to move, and then built several fires
around the oauip to prevent its return. Our
horses were scattered all over the country
and could not be induced to return to the
camp, so we had to hire a farmer to draw
us to tbe pike.”
This snake has been in the vicinity men
tioned for the last six or seven years, and
the numbers of hogs and sheep that have
disappeared are supposed to have become
its prey.
THE MYSTERY OF A GULCH.
The Skeleton of a Man and Hie Horse
Found Near Leadvllle.
Lkadville, Col., July 26.—Ed Chapin
made a ghastly find in Frying-Pan Gulch
yesterday. He found skeleton remains of
a man and the skeleton of a horse. The
body of the man was not recognizable and
was found scattered over the ground, the
head lying near a vest, and th > feet, ban is
and arms torn off in another spot. A skele
ton horse’s head was tied with a bridle to a
tree, and a leather bag, saddle and blankets
w ere rotted almost to pieces. Appearances
indicate that the man got off his’ horse and
was attacked by wild animals aud was
killed, and the horse starved to death. The
remains of the man will be brought to
Leadville.
BATTLES WITH THE BAT.
Roaultßoftde Ball Games Between the
Oouatrv'3 Big Clubs.
Washington, July 25.—T0-day’s ball
games resulted:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Cincinnati— R . B H p_
Cincinnati r 5 9 8
Louisvillle 9 12 3
DaUeries: Crane and Vaughn;'jleekin and
Kynn.
At Columbus— R , BH- F-
Columbus , 4’ 4' j
St. Louis 33 2
Batteries: Knell and Donahue; Stivetts and
Munyan.
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 ol all diseases,
and very few persons are entirely free from it.
Ho ,r ß C e an CURED
By taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which, by
the remarkable cures it has accomplished,
has proven itself to he a potent and peculiar
medicine for this disease. If you suffer from
scrofula, try Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
“ Every spring my 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. We all took Hood's Sarsaparilla,
and all have been cured of the scrofula. My
little boy is entirely free from sores, and all
four of my children look bright and healthy.”
W. B. Atherton, Passaic City, N. J.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. gl;sixforgo. Preparedon’y
by C.I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowe!!. Mass.
IPO Doses One Dollar
SPECIAL NOTICES.
INDEPENDENCE
Is characteristic of the American people. Be
independent of your neighbor am the clerk of
the weather by buying your own
THERMOMETER.
A fine and varied assortment at
BUTLER'S PHARMACY,
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
ECONOMY IS WEALTH
Purchase your candies at Heidt's Pharmacy,
where you will receive prompt attention, a id
ger Whitman’s handsome candies at invoice
price.
THE HEIDT DRUG CO.,
Congress and Whitaker streets.
MEDICAL
~ DARBYS^
PROPHYLACTIC FLUID,
Us© it in every sick room
for safety, cleanliness
and comfort.
IT will purify the air and render it wholesome.
The removal ot the effluvia which are always
given off in the sick room promotes the recovery
of the patient and the safety and comfort of the
physician and attendant. Persons waiting on
the sick should use it freely. Water in which
the sick are bathed should contain a small quan
tity of the Fluid-—it will render the skin soft and
pleasant, allay itching:, prevent bed sores, scars,
etc., etc., removing all heat and irritation,
together with any unhealthy or offensive emana
tions from the body.
\ a rider hi It University, Tenn.:
Asa disinfectant and detergent
•Darbys Pr-JDhylactic Fluid is supe
rior to any preparation with which
I am acquainted. -H. T. Lupton,
Professor of Chemistry.
.!. Marion Him*, M 1)., l\ew York:
I am convinced that Darbys
Prophylactic Fluid is a most valua
ble disinfectant.
" 11 . _ l 1 J
DEATHS.
MARKS.—Died, at Savannah Hospita!, on Fri
day morning, July 24, at 4 o'clock, of typhoid
fever. W. R. Marks, in the 20th year of his age.
( )wn g to the Jewish Sabbath he was buried on
that day by Mr. G. Schwarzbaum. His’funeral
was largely attended, as he had many relatives
and friends in the city. May his soul rest in
P ace. Mr. Marks has a younger brother sick
with the same fever in the hospital.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
SHEPPARD.—The friends and acquaintance
of John M. Sheppard, W. F. Hailey, and J. K.
P. Carr and their families, are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral services of Mary
E , wife of the former, at Laurel Grove Ceme
tery, at 10 o’clock TO-DAY.
M KRTING*.
GEORGIA CASTLE AO. 11, K. G. E.
A special meeting of the Castle is called for
TO-MORROW (Tuesday) MORNING at 8 o’clock,
at the Castle hall, for the purpose of serving as
escort to Grand Castle. Every member is
urged to attend. Hy order
J. F. LUBS, N. C.
Attest: C. J. White, K. of R
fe FECIAL NOTICES.
On and after Feb. 1, 1890, the boat* of metm
%*rentent of aU anieertissn<j tn the Moßinwt
Nhwh unll be agate, or at the rate of $3 40 an
inch for tk* first insertion. .Vo Special Notice
inserted for /css than $1 00.
SfOTICB I'O CONTRACTORS^
South Florida Railroad Cos., )
Office of Construction Engineer, >
Sanford, Fla. \
Proposals are invited for the construction of
the extension of the South Florida railroad
from Pemberton Ferry, north. Profile* and
specifications can be seen at the engineer’s
office, Sanford, Fla., where bids will be re
ceived until 12 o'clock m.. AUGUST 1, 1891.
The company reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. T. L. MORTON,
Construction Engineer.
PRESCRIPTIONS
Filled at Porter's Broughton Street Pharmacy
are repeated by ROWUNSKI, Pharmacist,
Corner Broughton and Drayton Streets.
Telephone 465.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
A lot of good COUNTER TABLES, suitable
for either dry goods or clothing business, at
B. H. LEVY & BRO,
AUSTIN R. MAKES,
BROKE R,—
111 Bryan Street,
Buys and sells Stocks and Bonds. Investors
and sellers will find it advantageous to call or
write.
bLM ME R BO AR D.
THE BEST,
THE NICEST,
THE MOST COMPLETE,
THE MOST CONVENIENT,
and the only first-class RESTAURANT in the
city.
—FRIED <V HICKS,—
City Market.
FOR BALT WATER BATHER*
The Submarine Bathing Cap is made of pure
rubber, and is the only device that will posi
tively
KE?.P THE HAIR DRY.
It is decidedly “nobby” in appearance. After
bathing it is a great luxury to use a Compressed
Face Sponge, MELDERMA is a Toilet Powder
that instantly removes all unpleasant odor aris
ing from perspiration.
BOLOMON A CO.’S TWO DRUG STORES,
Market Square. 92 Bull street.
I’SK DR ULMER'S LIVER CORHEC OR
FOR INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA,
AND ALL
LIVER COMPLAINTS.
SILVER MEDALS AND DIPLOMA
Awarded it over all Liver Medicines.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE,
Freight Prepaid to Any Address.
BOLTOV STREET,
Double cottage, north side, between Abercorn
and Lincoln. For sale cheap. Address
WALTHOUR & RIVERS,
Savannah, Ga.
LOST
Near th* one russet, leather sachel,
containing two suits of silk underwear and one
bottle Japanese Cleaning (Yearn, prepared by
ROWLIXSKI, Broughton and Drayton streets.
The finder can keep the sachel and underwear
if he will return the cream, as it is the only
thing I can remove spots and stains with
F K L. EANER.
DR. \f. SCHWAB A SOX,
GRADUATE OPTICIANS
No. S3 Bi ll Street, £avan*ah, Ga.
If your eyes are not properly fitted with eve
glasses or spectacles, we desire the opportunity
of fitting them with glasses which will correct
any visual imperfection tuat may exist, or can
be corrected by scientific means As specialists
we nave fitted ourselves by a practical course of
study, graduating from Dr. C. A. Bucklin'*
School of Optioe, New Yorx. We are practical
opticians, and make our own goods. New lenses
put in old frames while you wait. Oculists'
prescriptions a specialty, and carefully filled.
No charge for examination.
CALL OA -I .ACLE ADAM”
At No. 20 Jefferson street, corner Congress
street lane, if you are short of ready money.
He will advance you cash on your diamonds,
watches, jewelry, clothing, musical instru
ments, tools, etc. Op**n 8 a m to 9p. m. : Sat
urdays to 11 p. m. NEW YORK LOAN OFFICE,
20 Jefferson street, ADAM STRAUSS, Man
ager.
clothing.
gj
You cannot always have the lnxnrv
of a dip in the deep, deep sea just when
you want it, but it isn’t necessary to nut
you head under a pump to keep cool
Try one of our $lO suits. At triebegin
ning of the season you couldn’t have
bought one of these suits under sls vVe
have knocked the props from under the
old price, because it is cheaper to sell at
cost than to store them away until an
other summer comes along. We ought
not to part with one of them at such an
unprecedented figure, but go taey must
and that is all there is about it. ’
“THE FAMOUS”
CLOTHING HOUSE,
148 Broughton St.,
Savannah. O-a.
BENNETT HYJIES, Proprietor.
BAkKs.
Jorcrr weed. 1 Y\Vi. ft
Preakk*nt. V foe I Yeokkeai.
JAS. H. HUNTER, Cashier
SAVANSAU HAM i TRUST CO.
Savings Dep t
ALLOWS 4°/o
Deposits of $1 and Upward Reeoiiod.
Interest oo Deposits Payable Quoi-Mriy.
DIBKCTOBSi
Joskpb D. Warn), ot J. D. Weed & On.
Joan C. RowLiKD, Oopitoiist.
D. A. RiiTHt. Kxohoßve and Inouraoaa.
Joux L. Habiie*, (fcpßolist.
kO. Km.in. ot GhiehoUu. ICrwin A dcßigaca
irorAOD K.AOOW. Of .StTBMSS & 00.
Isaac (t. Haas, General Broker.
M. Y. Miclimiia, ot M. Y. & D. L Haolntgrrc.
!tm Lyons, of John Lyons & 00.
Walivs Cosar. of Paterson, Downing A 00.
) G. Bsoog. Uicolyr
EDUCATIONAL.
Augusts.™;. 1 :.,
STAUNTON. VA.
Opens Sept. 3. 7891. Closes last of May, 1892.
Unsurpassed location, buildings, grounds and
appointments. Full corps of teachers. Un
rivaled advantages in Music. Languages, Elo
cution, Art, Bookkeeping and Physical Culture.
Board, etc., with full English course, $250 fur
entire session of 9 months. For catalogue up
ply to Miss MARY J BALDWIN, Principal.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE,
LEXINGTON, VA.
53d year. State Military, Scientific and Tech
nical School. Thorough courses in general and
applied Chemistry, and in Engineering. Con
fers degree of graduate in Academic Course;
also degrees of Bachelor of Science and Civil
Engineer in Technical Courses. All expenses,
including clothing aud incidentals, provided at
rate of S3B 50 per month, as au average for the
four ye*ars, exclusive of ■ n'rit.
Gen. SCOTT SHIPP, Superintendent.
Bellevue lTi;”li School,
Bedford County, Virginia.
V THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED School of high
grade for boys an i young men. Prepara
tory to university or business. Full staff of ex
perienced instructors. Location unequaled for
beauty and health. Number limited. For
catalogue or information, apply to W. R. AB
BOT, Principal, Bellevue P. O.
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, IV ‘
11 The 27th Annual Session of this School for
Boys begins sth of Oct. (Ist Monday) Thor
ough preparation for Univ. of Va., U. S. Mili
tary and Naval Academies, leading Engineering
Schools and Colleges. For catalogue, address
W. GORDON McCABE, Head Master. _____
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND.
Collegiate Institute for Young Indies and Pre
paratory School for Little Girls conducted by
the School Sisters of Notre I lame.
EMBLA, P. O . near Baltimore, Md.
WESLEYAN FEIHALE COLLEGE,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Annual session begins Sept. 23, 1891. largest
patronage in slate. Apply for catalogue to IV.
C. BASS, D. D., President.
ICR.
ICE! ICE! ICET
The Savannah Crystal Ice Comp’y.
Is now manufacturing as pure Ice as one woul£
desire, and our factory being In tne Central
railroad yard we can furnish carload lots a*
cheap as the cheapest. Write us lor prices be.
fore purchasing elsewhere.
We are not in any combine, nor do we pr*
pose doing so. All we ask is a share of the puN
lie patronage.
Our prices are at the factory. 25c. per hun
dred pounds; 50 pounds and upward delivei*-f|
to any part of the city, 40c. per hundred pounds.
Write for quotations on carload lots.
Telephone 539.
CHARLES A. DRAYTON.
Manager.
VEGETABLES FRUITS. ETC.
Cabbage!
NORTHERN CABBAGE.
POTATOES, ONIONS,
LEMONS, ETC,
HAY, GRAIN AND FEED,
PEANUTS, ROCK SALT
W. D, SIMKINS.
MERCHANTS, manufacturers, merchanlcs,
corporations. and &li other, in need ol
vmiUng. lithographing, and tdank book, cut
have their orders promptly filled at inodersM
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