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young bird* were takra from the neat for
food, ihe desp"i.er* l*f® doe*d®d oil th
mother gomg free. God would not let the
mother bird suffer in o e Jay the loss of
her young aid her own liberty. A a be
who regarded in olden time tbe oonduet >f
man toward the b.ut s. to-day look* and wu,
from heaven and is interested *<* e'er mi >-
now that wim* t e *t earn, and every rook
that cleave* the air. and every herd that
bleats, or neighs, or low* n the pasture.
Whv did God make all he*e, and why
m-.ke tbem so happy? How account for
all this S.ngirg. and danoiug. and Iri kng
amid the irrational creation? Why this
heaven for the a.imalcuie in a dew-drop'
Wbv for the oondor a throne on Cnimbo
rar "? Why tbe glitter of the phosphorus
in the ship’s wake on the sea, which is * .id
tobepuly the frolio of millions of insects);
Wbv t e perpet tal banting of so many
voices from tne irrational creation in esrth, I
and ar, end ocean —beasts, and ail cattle, j
creeping things, and flying fowl, permitted
to join in l e praise that g es up from
serapn and archangel? On v ones lution,
one explaua ion, one tins . er —God is good.
“The earth is full of the goodness of the
Lord.” . IV,
1 take a step higher, and notice the
adaptation of the world to the comfort end
bappn ess of man. The sixth day of crea
tion nad arrived. The palace of the world
was made, but there was no king to live in
it. Leviathan ruled the deep; the eagle the
air; the lion the field; but where was a
scepter which should rule all? Anew style
of being as created. Heaven and ea th
were represented in his nature. His body
from the earth teneoth; his soul from tho
heaven above. The one reminding him of
his rigin, the other speaking of bivie-tiny
himself ihe connecting link hetwee i the
annual creation and angelic intelligence.
In him a strange ooramiugling of the tem
poral and eternal, the finite and
the infinite, dust and glory. The earth
for his flour, and heaven for hia roof;
God for his father; eternity for his life
time.
The Christian anatomist, gaz ng upon the
conformation of the human body, exclaims:
“Fearfully and wonderfully u ada.” No
embroidery so elabora e, no gauze a* deli
cate, no color ao exquisite, no mecnanism so
graceful, .no handiwork so divine; So
quietly and mysteriously des the human
body perform iU functions, that it was ot
until five thousaud years after tbe c eation
of the race that tbe circulation of the blood
was discovered; and though anatomists of
all countries and ages have teen so
long expl ring this castle of life, they
bave only beguu to understand it.
Volauieajnave been written of tbe hand.
Wondrous instrument! With it we give
friendly recognition, and grasp the sword,
and climb tbe rock, and write, and carve,
and build. It constructed the pyramids,
and hoisted tbe Parthenon. It made the
barn, and then struck out of it all the
world’s ii tneirelsy. In it tbe white marble
of Pentelicon mines dreamed itself away
into immortal sculpture. It reins in the
swift engine; it bolds the steamer to its
Eatb in the sea; it snatches tbe tire T in
eaven; it feels tbe pulse of the sic* child
with iu delic.ite touch, and make* the na
tions quake with its stupendous achieve
ments. Wbat power brought down the
forests, and made tbe maisuea blossom, and
burdened the earth with ail the cities that
thunder on with enterprise and power?
Four fi gers and a thumo. A hundred
million dollars would not purchase for you
a machine a. exquisite and wonderfu' as
your owu hand. Might v hand! In all its
boues, and muscles, and joints, I learn that
God is good.
Behold tbe eye, which, in it photographic
gallery, iu an instant catches the muuutai i
and tue sea. Tbit perpe.ual telegraphing
of the nerves; these joint*, that are tne only
hioge* that do not wear out; these br.nee
ana muscles of the body, with fourteen
thousand different ada. ta 1 ns: these one
hundred thousand glands; these two hun
dred million porei; tis mysterious heart,
contracting four thousand times every
hour—ibis chemical process of digestion;
this laboratory, bevund be understanding
of the most skillful philosophy; th s fur
nace, wboe beat is kept from cradle to
grave; this factory of life; wh -se wheel*,
and swindles, and bands are God-directed.
If we could real.ze the wonders of our pnys
leal i rgamzatiou, we would be hypoohon
diiscs, fearing every moment that some
part of the machine would breakdown.
But there are men here who have lived
through seventy years, and not a nerve has
ceased to thrill, or a muscle to contract, or
a lu g to bn-atbe, or a uand to manipulate.
1 take a step higher, and look at man’s
meutal constitution, behold the benevo
lence of God in powers of perception, or t e
facul yo: Iran porting this outside world
Int i your owu mind—gathering into your
braiu the majesty of tbe storm, and the
splendo sof the day-dawn, and lifting into
your mind the ocean as easi y as you might
put a glass of water to your lips.
Watch the law of association, or the mys
terious licking together of all you ever
thought, or knew, or felt, and tbeu giving
you the power to lake hold of the clewdine,
and draw through your mind the long train
with indescribable velocity—one thought
Starting up a hund ed, and this ugaiu a
thousand—as the chirp of one bird some
times wakes a whole forest of voipes, or the
thrum of one string will rouse an orchestra.
Watch > our memory—that sheaf-binder,
that (roes forth Cos gather the harvest of the
past, and bring it i to the present. Your
power and velocity of thought—thought of
the swift wing and the lig tiling foot;
thought that outspeeds the star and ci oles
through the heavens, and weighs worlds,
and, from poising amid wheeling constella
tions, comes down to count the t lossoms in
a tult of mignonette, then starts again to
try the fathoming of the bottomless and
the scaling of the insurmountable, to be
swallowed up in the incompreuenstble and
lost in Oodl
In reason and understanding, man is
alone. The ox surpasses him in strength
the antelope in speed, the hound in keenness
of nostril, the eagle in tar-reaching sight,
the rabbit in quickness of hearing, the
honey-bee in delicacy of tongue, the spider
In fineness of touch. Man’s power, there
fore, consistetb not in what he can lift, or
bow fast he can run, or how strong a
wrestler he can throw—for in these respects
the ox, the ostrich, and the hyeDa are his
superior—but by bis reason be ocmes forth,
to rule all; through his ingenious
oontriyaoce to outrun, outlift, out
wrestle, outsee, outhear, outd >.
At his all conquering 'decree,
the forest that l ad stood for ages steps aside
to let him build b s ca; in and cultivate his
farm. The sea which raved and foamed
upon the race haß become a crys al pathway
for commerce to march on. The thunder
cloud that slept lazily above the mountain
Is made to come down and carry mail-bags.
Man, dissatisfied with hi* .-lowness of ad
vancement, shouted to the water and fire,
“Come and lift!” “Come and draw!”
“Come and help!” And they answered,
“Ay, av, we come; and they joined bands
—the fire and tae waver—a and the shutt.es
By, and the raii-iraia rattles on and the
steamship comes coughing, panting,
flaming across the deep. He eleva es
the tele cope to the heave s, and, as easily
s through the stethoscope the physiciun
hears the movement of the lung, the
a tronomer catches the pulsation of distant
systems of words throbbing with life. Ho
takes the microscope aid discovers that
there are hundreds of thousaud* of aulmvl
eulae living, moving, working, dying wit in
a circle that could be covered with the point
of a pin—animals to wmeb a rain drop
would oe an ocean, a r <se leaf a hemisnhere
end tbe fla-h of a fire-fly lasting enough to
give them light to several generations.
I take e step h gher, and look at man’s
moral nature. Made i . the image of God.
Vast capacity for enjoyment; capable at
first of eternal joy. and, though now dis
ordered, still, through tie reoiperative
force of heavenly grace, able to m >uut up
to more than its original felicity; faculties
that may olosaom and bear fru t inex
haustibly. Immortality written upon every
capacity; a soul desti .ed to range in un
limi ed spneres of activity long after the
world has putou ashes, and the solar sys
tem shall have sna iped Us axle, and the
itars that, in their c u set, fought against
Sitera, snail have been slain, and buried
xrnid tbe tolling thunders of the last day.
You see that God has adapted everything
to our comfort and advantage Piea.ant
thing* for the palate; music for tbe ear;
beauty for the eye; aroma for the no trii;
ki dred for our atfectio s; poetry for our
taste; : eligion for our a ul. We are put in
a garden, aod told that from a 1 tbe trees
we may eat except here and there one He
gives tne son to shine on us, and the waters
to ret esb us, and food to strong-ben us;
an I the herbs yield mail tine when we are
sick,and tne forests lumber when • e w u.d
build a house, or cross the water in a ship.
The rocks are transported for our f >unda
ti n; and metals up urned for our cur
rency; and wid Lea its must give us
covering; and tbe mountains must be
tunneled to let us pass; and the fish of tbe
sea come up in our uet; a id the birds f the
air drop at ttie flaso of our guns; a id tbe
cattle on a tbou-und hills come down to give
u- meat. For us ibe peaoh orchard, bend
down their fruit, and tbe vineyards their
purp e clusters, i o feed and refresh our
intellect ten thousand wonders in nature
and provide oe—wonders of mind and
bod-, wo ,der* of earc i and air, and deep
a alogies and antitbe>e<; ad colors ad
sounds; lyrics in tue air; idyls in the field;
c ntlagration* in thesunset; robes of mist on
the mou tains; aud the “Grand March” of
God in the storm.
But for the s ul still higher adaptation; a
fountain in which it iay v&sb;a ladder by
which it mav climb; a so g of endless
triumph tnat it may si ig; a crown of un
fading heir bat it no y wear. Christ came
to save it—came with a cross on his back;
came wit i spik-s lu bis feet; came whe i no
one else would come, to and > a work which no
one else wonl I do. Bee now suited to man’s
condition is wnat God has done for him!
Man is a Dinner; here is pardon. He ha. lost
God’* image; Christ retraces it. He is help
less, Almighty gruce is pr tTered. He is a
lost wanderer; Jesus brings him home. He
is blind; aud at ne tilhch of blm wnocured
Bartimeu • eternal glories s'-cam into hi*
soul. Jesus, I sing thy g ace! Cure of
worst disease! Hammer to smite off
heavies chain! Light for thickest dark
ness? Grace divi.ef Devils scoff at it, and
men reject it, but heaven celebrates it!
1 wish you good cheer for the national
health. I’estneuce, that iu ot -er years lias
come to drive out iu thousand hearses to
Greenwood ad Laurel Hill, has not visited
our nation. It is a glorious thing to be
well. How strange that we should keep
our health when one breath from a marsh,
or the sting of an insect, or the slippi g of a
tool, or the falling ot n tree branch might
fatally assaul our life! Regularly the
lungs work, and their motion seems to be a
spirit withi i us panting after its immor
tality. Our sight fails not. though tbe air
is so full of objects which by one touch
could break out the soul’s window. What
ship, after a year’s tossing on the sea, con and
come in with so little damage as ourselves,
though we arrive after a year’s vOjage to
day)
lavish you good cheer for the national
harvest. Reaping niacninee never swathed
thicker rye, and com busker’s peg neve
ripped out fuller ear, and mow-poles never
be.it down under sweeter nay, and wind
mill’s hopper never sbook out larger wheat.
Loi g trains of white-covered wagons bave
brought t e wealtu down to the great
thoroughfares. Tne garners are full, the
store-houses are overcrowded, tbe canals
are blocked with freights pressing down to
the market*. The cars rumble all t .rough
the darknet* and whistle up the flagman at
dead of night to let the western harvests
come down to feed the mouth* of the great
cities. A race of kings has taken posse-4.0i
of t this laud—King Cotton, King Corn,
King Wheat, King Rice, King Grass, King
Coal.
I wish you good cheer for olvil and relig
ious liberty. No official spy watches our
entrance here, nor does on armed soidier in
terfere with the honest utterance of truth.
We stand here to-day with our a- ms free to
work, aud our tongues free to speak. This
Bible—it is all unclasped. This pulpit—
there is no chain around about it. There is
no snapping of musketry in the street.
B.essed be God that to-day we aro free men,
with the prospect an 1 detsrmi lation of
always being free. No established rel.gion:
Jew ad Gentile—Armnian and Calvinist
—Trinitarian and Unitarian—Pro testa it
and Roman Catholic—on the same to >ting.
If persecution should come against the
moet unpopular of all the sects, I be
lieve that all other denominations would
ba id together, aud arm themselves, and
hearts would bes out, and blood would be
fee, and the right of men to worship God
according to the dictates of their con
sciences would be contested at the point of
the bayonet, and with blood fib wing tip to
the bits of ths horse*’ bridles.
For mere es temporal aud spiritual let
consecrated lives be offered. Wherever
God’s light shines and God’s rain descends,
and God’s mercy broods, let the thanksgiv
ing arise!
GLEANED AT GJYTON.
A Ten-Pin Party Given by the Young
Men of the Glee Club.
Guyton, Ga., Nov. 28. —Tbe young men
of tbe Guyton Glee Club gave a "ten-pin”
party Wednesday night at the residence of
W. B. Mell, complimentary to the young
ladies of the club. There were three prizes
offered and two entries. The first was for
the ladies only, and in this Miss EUa Rogers
sc red the highest mark and received the
first prize, a ha: dsome gold ring.
The second entry was for gentlemen as
well as the ladies, and the boys showed but
little skill in throwing the ball, as the high
est mark—7—was soot ed by a young lady,
and Miss Katie Hawki is, the lucxy winner
of the second prize, received adeck of cards
in a handsome silver case.
Miss Maude Jenkins scored a goose egg,
and amid laughter was oalled to the front
and presented with the booby, a solid rubber
ring.
Tbe affair was unique as well a9 a pleas
ant surprise to tbe ynuug ladies, a ,and much
credit is due George T. Rogers, W. L. Cub
bedge and W. B. Melt, Jr., the effloieht com
mit see in charge.
Will Bateman has returned to his home in
Macon, after a pleasant visit to the family
of P. M. Adams.
C. H. Howard and Arthur Lawton of
Guyton have gone to Ch irles.on, 8. C.,
•* here they will be associated in the insur
ance business.
Prof. W. V. Lanier of Allendale, 8. C.,
paid a flymg visit to Guyton the early part
of the week.
Misses MaudeGriner and Cassia Pritchard
have returned home after a delightful visit
to the Augusta exposition.
ONLY AN INS ANd NEGRO.
A Supposed Wild Man Captured by a
1 arty of Hunters in Ilil .o s.
Vandalia, 111., Nov. 29.—For two
weeks or more the people along Book’s
Creek, Loud in township, have been wor
ried by a supposed wild man, which thoy
described as having the feitures of a negro
or Indian. He has wandered up and down
the Okaw river, subsisting on young pigs
and calves, wnose carcasses wore found i,i
tbe section where he was seen. He was a
terror to the people of the neighborhood,
and some would not venture out after dark.
A party of hunters from Bond county
weie hunting in t e Okaw bottom, south
west of here, Monday, when they discov
ered what they supposed was the w ild rnau.
They ran hi n down, ai dto t eir surprise he
pr iveil to bean insane negro from their own
county who had Dee.i inss.ng for two
wee its or more. His feet we e hadlv
froz n and muy have to be am u
tated. His person was entirely n de,
except a piece of old cloth whioh he
bad tied about his hips, and tbegreit
mystery is how he survived the late cold
weather. T e hunters took the poor un
fortunate backj with them to Bond oouuty.
Fi nrere crushed Off.
Madison, Fla., Nov. 29—Robert Davis,
who lives six m lessouthof Madison, while
grinding oane had n severe accident occur
to his e.deat son which caused him t < have
his r.ght hand crushed in the mill. Robbie
was feeding the mill with cane, and some
how let his right hand get drawn between
the rollers, crushing nis fingers entirely off.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1891.
FACTS ABOPT RAILWAYS.
STATISTICS OF THE INTERSTATE
COUULBiON.
Ths Total Mileage on June 30, 163,-
597 Ml'es—Ths Corporations Num
ber I,737—The G.-oss Income $1,051,-
877,032—T0e Locomotives in Use
29,928 aid the Cars 1,164,138.
Emp.oyes Foot up 749,301.
Washington. Nov. 29.—There will be
issued this week from tho statistician’s office
of the interstate commerce commission ths
third annual report on “.'Statistics of Rail
ways in tbe United States.” This report
gives comprehensive statistics oovenng tbe
operations of the railways during the fiscal
year- ended June 30, IS9J, and a statement
of the earnings and expenses for the nine
months ended March 30, 189 L A marked
feature of this report, which adds greatly
to the value ot its statistics, is the mappi ig
and division of all tne statistics in te i terri
torial gr ups, by which the differences in
the conditions of operation in various parts
of the country are clearly brougnt to notice.
The comp risons re derail possible by this
report show marked differences in different
parts at the country.
The lailwav mileage i.i the United States
on June 31, 1891, was 163 597 miles. Tue
increase iu railway mileage brought into
o oration during tbe year was 6,03 b miles.
M chiga i show* the largest increase in rail
way ini.eige during tbe fiscal year, being
459 mile*, and Georgia comes next witn an
increased mileage of 437 miles.
Group D, made up of Ke ituoky, Tennes
see. Mississippi, Georgia and Florida, show
an iuuii— ’ m’leage of 1,370 miles during
the year.
NUMBER OF CORPOKs.Ii'VS.
The number of railway corporations on
Ju is 30, 1890, was 1,797, of which 927 are
operating companies. Twenty-two com
panies, representing 1,646 miles, hare
been re rganized during the year and 34
companies, representing 1,905 miles, have
merged tbeir corporate existence into other
corpora ions: ’SO companies, representing
6.196 miies, bave been consolidated with
other companies; 40railway corporation*
operate 77,873 miles or 47.51 per cent, of
the total mileage. The average length of
line for these 40 roads i* nearly 3,000
miles. The gr ss income of the 74
companies is $837,000,000 out a total
gross income of all the railways in the
country of $1,051,877,632, or 80 per cent
The total number ot locomotives in use
is 29,928, of wtdoh 8,384 are passenger loco
motives aud 16.140 are freig it looomotives.
This shows 10 freight locomotives and 5
passenger locomotives for each 100 miles of
ope; a ed line.
Tue number of cars used on tbe railways
of the United Stales is 1,104,138 or 744 per
100 miles. The larger portion of the equip
ment is found on the railways in the eastern
and middle states.
NUMBER OF MEN EMPLOYED.
The total number of mou employed is
749,301, being an increase of 45,563 over the
number employed in 1889. Tue average
number of men employed per 100 miies of
line on all roads is 476. In the New Eng
land stats it is 716, in group 4, covering
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
aud part of West Virginia, it is 386, and in
the various sections of the western states
the number ranges from 350 to 328 per 10b
miies of line. These figures indi -ate in
creased density of traffic in the eastern and
middle states.
ENORMOUS CAPITALIZATION.
The 156,404 miles of line which is made the
basis of the statistics in this report is repre -
sen eil by railway capital to the amount of
$9,459,4+4,173, equivalent to $60,481 per
mile. Assuming that the remaining
mileage is capitalized at the same rate, the
total capitalize ion of railway property in
the United States would be $9,894,483,400.
The inoiease in tbe railway capital for 1890
over the railway caDital for the previous
year is $4+4,368,798. Of this arnou it
$250,000,000 at least is due to increase in
capitalization on lines already in existence.
The proportion of railway capital repre
sented by stocks is 46.82 per cent, of the
total railway capital. The amount of stock
per mile of line is $28,322, and the amount
of outstanding obligations, including bonds,
equipment trust obligations, etc., is $29,262.
Tuere are marked differences in the capi
talization of railway property in various
sections of the oountry. In the middle
states, group 2, for exatnole, railway cap
ital is outstanding to tbe amount of sllß,-
056 per mile of line. In California, Oregon,
Washington and t pother states and terri
tories, co stitutiog group 10,railway capital
is outstanding to the amount of $87,-
104. The roads which oonverge
in Chicago, lying east of the Missouri
river, that is, group 6. are capitalized at
$47,645 per mile of line, which fairly repre
sents the capitalization in the other sections
of the country, exclusive of the middle
states and Paoific slope. The capitalization
of the rail way property is largely iu excess
of its market value.
DIVIDEND EARNINGS.
The interest on railway bonds and final
net earnings available for dividends may be
accepted as the amount accruing to the
owners of the railways ou their investment.
The amount paid in interest was
1226,417,937; the final net earnings
wore $106,987,984. Of the surn of
these amounts be capitalized at 5 percent,
it shows teat the value of the railway
property, considered as an investment and
estimated on the operations of the r always
for be year ending June 30, 1890, was
$6,667,718,430; equivalent to $42,631 per
mile of line.
PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT CARRIED.
The number of passengers carried during
the year was 492,430,865. The aggregate
number of miles traveled by all passengers
was 11,847,785,617, or an average journey
of 24 miles. The average number of pas
sengers per train was 41.
The number of tons of freight carried
during the year covered by the report was
636.441,617. The average carry per ton was
119 miles, and the average number ot tons
per train is shown to have been 174.05.
The revenue per passenger per mile of
line on ail the railways in the United States
was 2.167. The average cost of carrying
one passenger one mile was 1.917.
The revenue for carrying a ton of freight
one mile was .941. The cost of carrying a
to i of freight one mile was .604.
The revenue per ton per mile and per
passenger per mile differ greatly in various
sections of the country. The lowest receipts
per ton per mile are in Indiana, Michigan
and Ohio, group 3, being .695. The
highest rate on revenue is found on tbe
.Pacific slope group, it being 1.651 cents.
NUMBER OF FATALITIES.
The total number f persons leportedby
the railways as killed during the year was
6,320, and the total number reported as in
jured was 29,034. Of the to al number
killed 2.451 ere employes. 283 passengers
and3,584 were classed as “other perions.”
In this latter number are i eluded a large
number of su cides. Of the total number
injured 22,391) were employes and 2,444 pas
sengers, besides 4,200 unclassified.
If the number of employes killed be as
signed to the total number it appears that
one death i ccurs for every 306 men em
ployed on the railways, and one injury
occurs for every thirty-three men em
pl. yed. The largest number of casualties
occur to mane gaged direotly in handling
trains. Thus, wnile the trainmen represent
but 18 per cent, of tha total number of em
ployes, the ca-ualties sustained by them
account for 58 per cent- of the total casual
ties. A passeuge: riding continuously at
the rateof tbi ty miles an hour might expect
immunity of death by railway
accident for 1,700 years, but
an e gineer, brakeman or conductor, under
the same conditions, is liable to a fatal acci
dent at the expiration of forty years.
The report recommends that express oora
pa des, water iranspoi tation companies and
rolling stock and terminal companies be
required t > furnish railway statistics to the
commission.
BANKER CLEWS’ VIEWS.
What He Says of Finandes From the
Wall Street standpoint.
New York, Nov. 28.—Tbe past week has
shewn soma improvement in th* tone of
business at tha stock exchange and some
recovery in prices. The change has been
in a large measure due to a relief from the
extreme tension laely axis mg la tbe Eu
ropean marks’* The late depression abroad,
while due to real and serious cause*, nas no
doubt been aggravated by speculative in
fluence*. and those influence* have been
exerted to cloee upon tne verge of produc
ing ideepead panic. The European
I “bears.” however, aopeor to have known
| exactly how fr they could go without pro
voking general disaster, aid just when a
crash was feared have become buyers, with
1 1> effect of a general recovery of con
fidence.
Apart from these speculative movements,
there seems to have oeen an improvement
in the European situation iu some material
respect*. The danger of trouble in Paris
ad Bt. Peter-burg, arising from the
threatened failure of tbe Russian loan, has
bee i averted by tne czar’s government re
lieving th* Paris egotist >rs of $4 i ,000,000
of the $200,000,000 for which they have be
come responsiiile. A rumor was also circu
lated that the Rothschilds had been induced
to extend aid to the negotiators; which,
though probably unfounded, te ded to re
lieve the situation. At tha same time, the
ernbn rasaments of tbe Bank of Spain
have been so far settled with its Paris cred
itors as to enable the bank to renew its
wonted a i vaace-, thereby restoring confi
dence in Madrid. These ameliorations at tbe
cost sensitive points of Eur pean finance
have naturally infused a more confident
feeling at other centers which were suffer
ing in sympathy. Tbe p lineal kaleidoscope
has also exhibited more liopef il buss. M.
da G.ers’ visit to Pa is and Berlin appears
to have aimed not only at the protecHc.r. _ A
Russia’s threatened fiuancia' and
to have Keen In lL— .-spect more or less
successful, but also at effecting understand
ings calculated to softeu the danger
ous asperities existing between European
courts; and here also, it may be hoped, the
ambassador achu-ved some measure of
success. The French minister of foreign
affairs is reportei to have said that the
views interchange 1 with M. de Giers were
“of a very friendly and pacific nature:”
which clearly must be construed as having
reference to relative s with Germany and
her alliea Though little comes from Ger
man sources as to the purport of De Giers’
visit to Berlin, yet a Russian semi-official
!>aper significantly espressos the hope that
the arub .ssador “will succeed is dispelling
all misunderstandings between Russia and
Germany,” and—which is still more
igoificant—“that he will succeed in
briuging about an improvement in
the present relations between Germany aud
ranee, in order to prod toe a complete ap
peasement.” These words are a trustworthy
mdioation of a desire on the part of Ru-sia
aud Fra oe to bring about a m ire pacific
condition of relat.ous as between the lard
ing Europea i i> mers; and it can hardly be
supposed that Germany will treat such ap
proaches lightly. This is tha first ray of
light that has penetrated the gloom of
European politics for many a day. and the
results will be watched with hopeful Inter
est the world over.
This remarkable concurrence of events of
a pacific tendency p its, for the time being,
at least, a widely different aspect upon for
eign affairs from that which lately excited
an almost hopeless apprehension on the
E ropeau markets. From quarters responsi
ble for ail that apprehension, there comes
a i open expression of desire for a revision
if relations in the interest of peace. It is
true, it may prove obstacles stand between
tha desire and the achievement; but so
tnuoh as has transpired in these initiatory
efforts warrants a more hopeful attitude In
the financial markets of Europe and
America.
During tqe week, Russia has closed her
port* against tb export of wheat, wbioh
added to her previous stoppage of exports
of oats, must have the effect of largely in
creasing the shipments of those cereals
from our own ports. The large shipments
of grain are adding remarkably to the vol
ume of our experts. For tbe three months
ending with Oct. 31, the total exports of
merobandisn exceed these for the same
period of IS9O by 34,000,000, while the im
ports for the same months fall 15,000.000 be
low those of last year. The trade balance
in our favor, for the three
months, is 64,0u0,000, oompared with
only 15,000,000 in 1890. This balance, how
ever, has oeen set off t>v siraultaueous gold
imports amounting to 25,000,000, which left
an outstanding balance in our favor of
39,000,000 at tne end of October. As that
balance ha< since been increased, the Infer
ence is obvious as to the prospects of con
tinued imports of gold, under the gloomy
conditions recently existing abroad, it wa3
not unlikely that this balance might be
liquidated to some extent by the return of
our securities; but the more hopeful symp
toms in both the finances and the politics
of Europe above referred to favor liquida
tion in gold rat er than securities.
At home, also, current influences are
favorable to the stock market. The condi
tion of the bank reserves is conducive to'
continued ease in money. The trade of the
country at large is beginning to show a
more distinct response to the stimulus com
ing from our bundant harvest. The earn
ings of the railroads are still gaining upon
those of last year, and that upon the net as
well as the gross business. These several
factors are producing a firmer feeling among
holders of stocky and as the market is
largely oversold, the purchases of the
“i ears” to cover short contraots are likely
to have a favorable effect on prices at an
early day. Under these cirouinstances it
would seem safe to buy good stocks on the
reactions for early favorable developments.
OUT FROM THE D RK
Remarkable Story of Hoxv a Girl Was
Educated.
New York, Nov. 29.—A remarkable
child is a visitor at No. 17 Brooklyn ave
nue. Brooklyn. The child is a little girl,
tho daughter of Oscar Robin, a Swede, who
now lives in Throckmorton county, Texas,
where the child was from July 12, 1884.
When 15 months old she hid an attack of
spinal meningitis which left her blind and
vicious. When the child was 6 years old
she wai taken to the Perkins Institute for
the Blind, near Boston, and Miss Effie J.
Thayer, with whom tho child now is in
Brooklyn, was placed in charge of her. Her
mind was a blank, and she was almost a
little savage, at first permitting no one to
ooma near her. She had also a peculiar an
tipathy for animals. Miss Thayer succeeded
in establishing communication with her,
and tbe child now has a vocabulary of about
600 words, asks questions, can read a little,
and is as far advanced ai most children of
her age who can read and see. She has also
partially overcome her aversion to animals.
It is proposed to make experiments with
her to see whether the idea of a divine being
is innate.
CORNERED BY CfUPID.
“Napoleon" Iv? 8 Laying Siege to Mias
Gertrude Sears, the Singer.
Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 29.—“ Napoleon
of Finance” Henry 8. Ives of New York has
been here for the past few days. He has
endeavored to keep his movements quiet,
but it is generally known that he is dancing
atte dance ou Ger.rude Sears, the hand
some opera singer, formerly with the Bos
tonians, and a year ago with J. C. Duff’s
company In New York.
Mr. Ives has been very attentive to Min
Sears for the pas: two years. She returned
this summer from Paris, where she ha* been
studying for the gaand opera stage. She
was taken quite ill in New York and re
turned home here, where she bos been con
valescent. Miss Sears aud Mr. Ives take
drives together when the weathePis favora
ble.
Mr.lves comes down every morning from
Buffalo, where he is stopping, returning in
tho evening His smooth, boyish face and
glasses make him look like a stylish college
professor.
A DANGEROUS < ID CRIMINAL.
Detectives Followed Him from Penn
sylvania to the South.
Pittsburg. Pa., Nov. 29. —Henry May,
an expert counterfeiter cf gold and silver
coins, was locked up in tbe Central station
Thursday night. He was brought to Pitts
burg by Deputy United States Marshal W.
W. Mouldi iof Atterlo, Ga. May had been
recently operating in the neighborhood of
Corry, Pa., and it is alleged by the officials
that he u the leader of tbe notorious gang
that has for several months been operatii g
throughout tbe north we* ern part of Penn
sylvania a din parts of New York state.
May is 60 years old. He is a daring crim
inal aod it is not yet a year since he con
cluded a seven years’ sentence in the Co
lumbus penitentiary, having been convict
ed of counterfeiting gold coin in Georgia.
He was sent to the penitentiary from the
same state for the urns offense for five
years some fifteen years ago, and the officer
who brought him to Pittsburg last night
says they have another clear case against
him.
May’s coins are said to be the most per
fect counterfeit made, aud the only way to
detect them is by their weight. May said
last night his ouiy difficulty was in getting
metal heavy enough without using ihe real
gold. He makes no denial of tbe charges
against him, but he laughingly remarked
that the burden ot proof rested with tbe
government officials. The prisoner will
this morning be turned over to Marshal
Harrah. He will be tried in this district.
HE IS FEEBLE AND INFIRM.
May is gray-headed auil looks feeble and
i firm. He is an intelligent <ld man,
but is looked upon as a desperate character.
He has never been arrested without r sist
nce, and hen overtaken in the wilds of
Georgia, about eighty miles south af At
lanta, bv th— “ T “ * £I.U uuicers, he
F..— attempted to escape, and when covered
drew iis gun to shoot. The officers, includ
ing Mouldtn, also drew their revolvers, and
the old man quietly submitted to arrest.
Mouldiu, the deputy marshal, who brought
tbe old counterfeiter to this city, is a typi
cal southerner. He gives a decided southern
twang to bis words, and he does not have
the remotest idea of what fear it. He is the
confirmed enemy of Georgia moonshiners,
and he says he always goes about prepared
for a battle. He mays he is 35 years old,
stsnds 6 feet 1 inch high and weighs 290
pounds. His prisoner was handcuffed w hen
he arrived at Central station last night.
“I didn’t want to handcuff the old man,"
the officer said, "but be’a acquainted up
here and I’m not, you see.”
A CONFIRMED CRIMINAL.
“May is one of our oldest criminals,”
Officer Mouldin said, “and he is certainly
one of the slickest in the business. United
States detec ives had located him and his
gang at Corry, Pa., but when they were
ready to nip him he was gone. They fol
lowed him into Georgia, and as soon located
him in Atlanta. Wheu we got ready to
arrest him he was missing, and it took us a
month to again locate him. We finally
found him atCedartown, where we arrested
him last week. I think we have followed
him to a finish this time. He will not live
through another term in prison, yet he is
so confirmed in his habi.s of making
bog us money that he is not safe to be at
large.”
GIBSON FINO9 $4,000.
Maryland’s Short Term Senator Does
Very Well.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.—C. Hop
per Gibson, the new senator from Mary
aud, may not get very much honor out of
bis new position, but there is money in it
for him. Senator Wilson of Maryland died
on Feb. 24, 1890, just one week before his
term expired. Wilson bad been re elected,
and Senator Gibs n’* appointment oarr.es
with it tbe salary from March 3 last, so wtien
he takes his seat on Dec. 7 be will be en
titled to draw $3,808, with mileage to and
from Easton, Md., at the rate of 10 cents a
mile each way. He will also be entitled to
$125 worth of stationery, or the equivalent
in cash.
MEDICAL.
Peculiar
Peculiar in combination, proportion, and
preparation of ingredients, Hood's Sarsapa
rilla possesses the curative value of the best
known reme- dies of the
vegetable IbOOQ S kingdom.
Peculiar in its strength and economy, Hood’s
Sarsaparilla is the only medicine of which can
truly be said, “ One Hundred Doses One Dol
lar.” Peculiar in Us medicinal merits, Hood's
Sarsaparilla accomplishes cures hitherto un
wo°XSarsaparilla"““
the title of “ The greatest blood purifier ever
discovered.” Peculiar in its “good name
at home,” —there is more of Hood’s Sarsa
parilla sold in Lowell than of all other
blood purifiers. Peculiar in its phenomenal
record of nj za Ii salcs abroatl
no other K CvU 13 preparation
ever attained so rapidly nor held so
steadfastly the confidence of all classes
of people. Peculiar in the brain-work which
it represents, Hood's Sarsaparilla com
bines all the knowledge which modern
’eseirchi®" g, sg-in medical
science has ■ Q BXS©II developed,
with many years practical experience in
preparing medicines. Be sure to get only
Hood’s SarsapariHa
S r !d by all druggists. 01; six for 55. Prepared only
by 0.1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
_ iOQ Doses One Doilar_
SPECIAL NOTICES.
W TIIE ST MATTHfc It’S CRURCIL
Festival will open TO-NIGHT (.Monday) at 8
o'clock at Odd Fellows' Hall.
Dancing from 9 to 12.
SAVANNAII ACADEMY.
Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 29, 1891.
Students on “Roll of Honor” for the second
scholastic month, having over 90 percent, in
conduct and studies;
Horace P. Smart, Jr., Leo Moore,
Ed. Mac. Nichols, Chan. 11 Russell, Jr.,
Magnus Haas, Ralph Glass.
JOHN TALIAFERRO,
Principal.
DK. M. SCHWAB A SOX,
GRADUATE OPTICIANS
No. 23 801 l Strbkt, Savannah, Ga
If your eyes are not properly fitted with eve
glasses or sp-ctaclee, we desire the opportunity
of fitting them with glasses which will correct
any visual imperfection tnat may exist, or can
b corrected by scientific means As specialists
we hare fitted ourselves by a practical course of
study, graduating from Dr. C. A. Bucklln’s
School of Optics, New York. We are |radical
opt.clan*, and inaks our own goods. New lenses
put in old frames while you wait. Oculists’
prescriptions a specialty, an 1 carefully filled.
No oharge for examination.
FREID A HICRH^
HEADQUARTERS.
FREID & HICKS,
Headquarters.
FREID A HICKS,
Headquarters,
FREID A HICKS,
Headquarters.
Open day and night.
Telephone 545. Non. 9, 11 and 13 Market.
MEDICAL.
Fresh Complexions
If yon have humors, pimp'es,
boils, eruptions, it is because
tbe system needs toning and
purifying. Nothing gives such
good bealtb, smooth, clean skin
and vigorous feeling as Sim
mons L.ver Regulator, a simple
vegetable o -mp iund. It stimu
la es the Laver, cleanses the
eyes and skin cf ysllowness, im
proves digestion and makes the
breath pure and sweet.
"I was greatly troubled with boil* on my
neck and body, and could find nothing to re
lieve me. Simmon* Liver Regulator having
been recommended to me. I tried it with com
plete success and have had no return of them
since.” - Jas. M Clehkst, Agent Philo. &
Southern Mail Steamship Cos , Philadelphia, Pa.
“Having suffered a long time with Indiges
tion and C onstipation, mv health became
broken and my comulexion assumed a yellowish
hue. After i sing Simmons Liver Regulator
fa short time my health was restored and
also tb ■ freshn-ss of my complexion.”—Mrs.
M. Brooks, Clinton, Ga.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
CASH.—The friends and relatives of Mr.
John Cash and of Mr. and Mrs Owen Cash
are rein ctfuily invited to attend the funeral of
the former from residence o’ the latter, corner
of South Broad and McAllister streets at 3
o'clock THIS AFTERNOON.
M HUSTINGS.
st. Andrews sjcie rv '
The anniversary meeting of St. Andrew's So
ciety will be neld at hilts’ Hall. Bull aud Con
gress streets. THIS BAY. 30th ins!., at 12
o'clock The anniversary dinner will be given
at the Serw.— ”
u clock. By order of
WM. ROGERS. President.
Wm. Falconer, Acting Secretary.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS’ ASSOCIA
TIO.Y
The members of this * ssociation will meet at
their Hall THIS AFTERNOON at 2:30 o’clock,
to pay tbe last tribute of respect to tbelr de
ceased comrade. Veteran John Cash. By order
of PRESIDENT.
J. E. Way, Secretary.
WORKINGMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSO
CIATION.
The members of the above Association will
assemble at corner of South Broad and McAllis
ter streets at 2:30 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON
for the purpose of attending the funeral of our
deceased member, Jobs Cash. By order of
THOMAS KEENAN, President.
■ixo. A. Qoktts. Secretary.
A MEETING
Of Union Road and Agricultural Stockholders
Is requested at the offlee of Wm. Neyle Haber
sham, on MONDAY NEXT, at 4 o’olock p. u.
THOS. F. SCREVEN,
President.
SPECIAL NOTICKaT
■■ i
On anti after Fob. 1, 1390, tKe basis of meat
erement of all rulverUsinj m tKe Mount so
Nbwh tetU be agate, or at tbe role of gl 40 .in
inch far tKe firit insertion. .Vo Special Notice
inserted for less t Kan $1 00.
AN “ ~
Conducted by Ladles of the Independent Pres
byterian Church for the Benefit of the
Sunday School Fund
Is now open on the Sunday School
lot. Bull street, corner South Broad
street lane. Books, Baskets, Calendars,
etc., for Christmas presents. Fancy Work.
Light Lunch for sale. Orders received for re
ligious literature, for fancy work, for cake,
Charlotte Russe and other delicacies. Also for
nourishment or delicacies for the sick.
Exchange open daily, 10 to 6.
IQn Moudays ONLY open until 10 p. at.)
ST. JOHN'S C'HI'RCH.
The Pows in this Church will be offered for
rent on THIS ADVENT MONDAY, Nov. 30th,
inst.. between the hours 12 m. and 2 o’clock
p. under direction of a committee of the
Vestry.
TO THE PUBLIC.
In my Special Notice of yesterday I never In
tended to convey the idea that Mr. E A. Laf
flteau, my past Collector, had acted dishonora
ble, as some have construed it. On the con
trary, ho having been in my e nploy for over a
year, 1 have always found him a sober, hon
est gentleman. Respectfully,
T. A. WARD.
NOTICE.
All bCls against the British steamship
IIARTBURN must be presented at our office
before 12 o’clock noon, THIS DAY, Nov. 80,
1891, or payment thereof will be debarred.
RICHARDSON A BARNARD. Agents.
NOTICE.
All bills against the British steamship ROTH
ERFIELD, Watson master, must be presented
at our office by 12 m. THIS DAY, or payment
thereof will be debarred.
DUCKWORTH, TURNERA CO.,
Consignees.
NOTICE.
All bills against the British steamship NOR
FOLK must be presented at our office by 12
o'clock noon, THIS DAY, or payment will be
debarred. WILDER A CO., Ji
Agents.
Nov, SO, 1831.
FOR SALE TO-DAY.
SOUTHWESTERN and CENTRAL RAIL
ROAD STOCK.
Wanted to-day, EXCELSIOR LOAN and
COAST LAND STOCK.
AUSTIN R. MYRE3, Broker,
H I Bryan street.
LOST.
My Red Setter Dog BRAG.
A reward will be paid for his return to
C. A. REITZE,
THE JAPANESE MONKEYS
In our Bull street window oan be seen plainly
with the naked eye, and In addition, the nicest
line of Japanese Bronzes and Poroelalns. deoor
ated in solid gold, that has evor been in Savan
nah. These goods are new and fresh, just
from Tokioand inland towns of Japan.
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
BCH. ZHD CONQBKSS.
FOB BENT,
At Isle of Hope, a nice cottage and outbuild
ings with about forty (403 acres of farming
laud. Possession given immediately. Apply to
___ WALT HOUR A RIVERS.
SULLIVAN'S RESTAURANT,
110 ano 112 Bryan Street.
Northern and western meats, game of all
kinds In season, Blue Point oysters and Little
Neck clams, lobsters, soft shell crabs and Span
ish mackerel by every steamer.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
We are now booking orders for holiday pack
ages of
“HUYLER’S CANDIES,
And as wo have to place the order early to
secure promptness, we would request parties
desiring to engage any to kindly leave their
orders with us at either store by Dec. sth.
SOLOMONS A GO.,
163 Congress street. 92 Bull street.
Agents for HUYLER’S.
CLOTHING.
PURCHASE
Any article in our store from
10c up and get in your gue>3
on our Huge Candle, 8 feet
high and 4 inches in diame
ter. You may be the lucky
one. $55 given away in four
prizes.
First prize... $25 M
Second prize u rA
TMM prize “"I
Fourth prize 5 qq
APPEL& SCHAUL
tine Price Clothiers and Haberdashers
P. S.-Come and look at our New Novelties
j list received. ”
AM U S EM ENTS. *
SAVANNAH THEATER
ONE NIGHT,
NOV. 30.
LINCOLN J. CARTER’S
GRAND SCENIC PRODUCTION
The Fast Mail
Ten Sets of Special Scenery. Flight of th.
Fast Mail. Niagara t ails bv Moonlight with
Boiling Mist. Practical Working England
Fourteen Freight Car* wiih llhimi ,at.-4 Ca.
boose. The Dago Dive. The Realistic River
Scene and Steamboat Explosion. The Police
Patrol and 100 Other Startling Effects.
Seats at Davis Muvic Cos., Nov. 27
Next attraction: “PRINCE AND PAUPER."
Dec. 2 and 3. ”
SAVANNAH THEATER^
TWO Nl IGiiTS!
IDeo. 2 aincL 3,
THURSDAY MATINEE DEC. 3.
Engagement of the Distinguished Young
Artiste,
ELSIE-:- LESLIE
In Daniel Frohman’s production of Abby Sag*
Richardson’s Dramatization of Mark
Twain's unique story, THE
PRINCE
—and
PAUPER
“A Perfect Comedy Drama.” Magnificent
Costumes, Special Scenery and a Superb Com
pany.
Seats at Davis Music Cos . Nov. ,30.
Next attraction: MILTON NOBLES, Dec. 4
and 5.
A FESTIVAL OF CERES.
The ladies of Bt. Matthew’s Episcopal Churoh
will open a festival as above at Odd Fellows’
Hall, commencing oh Nov. 30, and continuing
until Saturday night. Dec. 5.
Special features will be tha Art Gallery. Old
Curiosity Shop, tables of fancy articles suitable
for Christmas presents. No raffling. Lunch
every morning from 11 till 2 o'clock Refresh
ments served every afternoon and evening.
Dancing every night from 9 till 12.
Tuesday night, beginning at 8 o'clock, there
will be an exhibition of wax works, preceded by
an exercise with Indian clubs by Prof. Car
michael, of the Y. M. C. A.
Tho elevator will be running every evening.
BANKS.
THE GERHANTA BANK,
SAVANNAH, GA.
CAPITAL, $200,000
In connection with its general banking bust
nasfi it has a
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT,
WHERE
4 Per Cent Per Anora
Is paid oil deposits compounded quarterly. De
positors of all classes are solicited. With an
obliging tftafT of oflloers and conservative man
agement patrons aad those desiring to deposit
with it may be assured that their interests will
be carefully guarded.
OFFICERS.
HENRY BLUN. GEO. W. OWEN 9,
President. Vice President.
JOHN M. HOGAN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY BLUN.
GEO. W. OWENS, Attorney at Law.
P. BRENNAN, of Kavauaugh A Brennan.
R. M. HULL, of Bearing & Hull.
WILLIAM KEIIOE, of Wm. Kehoe & Ca
AMSON MOIiR, of Mohr Bros.
DR. J. B READ.
T. F. STUBBS, of Stubbs & Tison.
A. P. 80LOMON, of Houry Solomon & Soni*
G. M. RYALS.
IRVIN B. TIE DEM AX. of Q©o. W. Tiedemanl
Bro.
A. C. HARMON, Broker aud Commission Mop*
chant.
J O9. D. Who, Jno. C. Rowland,
PRKtIOCNT. VICE-rHK• IO ‘ HT •
JAS. H. HUNTfR, CASMIKM.
Savannah Bank & Trust Cos.
SAVINGS DEPT
ALLOWS yj 0^
Deposits of $1 and Upward Received.
latercst on Deposit. Payablo Quarterly.
JOSEPH D. WEED, of J. D. Weed A Cos.
JOHN O. HOWLAND, Capitalist.
C. A. REITZE, Exchange and Insurance.
R. O. ERWIN, of Chlaholm. Erwin A dußlgnon.
EDWARD KAROW, of StrauW! A 00.
ISAAC Q. HAAS, General Broker.
M. Y. MACINTYRE, of M. Y. A D. I. Maclntyre-
JOHN LYONS, ot John Lyona A Cos.
WALTER CONEY, ot Patterson, Downing * °°-
D. C. BACON. Lumber.
GRAIN AND FRO VISION*.
STRAW! STRAW!
STBAWI
Four hundred tons nice clean, bright straw la
small bales.
Texas R P. Oats. Seed Eye, Hay
Corn and Oats, Our Own Cow
Peed. Cotton Seed MeaL
T. J. DA-VIS,
15(3 Bay Street.
Sole Agent for Orsuo Manhattan Food.
cpHERK is everything to interest you ■" t! '®
1 Sunday Mohnino Nsws. For ***?--
YONGE’S DRUG STORE, Whitaker and Deny
street*.
