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fleece every sheep they can catch. A coun
try merchant comes in to boy spring or fail
goods ami he gets into the s'-ore of one of
these professed Christian men who have
really no grace in their hearts, and he is
completely swindled. He is so overcome
that he cannot get out of town during the
week. He stays in town over Sunday,
goes into sotno church to get Chris lan con
solation, wb-n. what is |nis amazetne it
to And that the very man woo hands him
the poor box in the church is the one who
relieved him of his money! But never min i;
the deacon has his black coat on now. He
locks solemn, an 1 g >e* home taiki ig about
“the blessed sermon.” If the wheat in the
churches should be put into a hopper, the
first turn of the crank would make the
chaff fiv. I tell you. Some of these men are
great stricklers for g s: el preaching. They
aay, “you stand there in bands and surplice
mid g wp, and preach—preach like an an
gel, and we will stand out here and attend
to business. Don’t mix things. Don’t get
business and religion in the same bucket.
You attend to your matters, and we will
attend to ours.” They do not know that
Ood sees every cheat they have practiced in
the last six years: that be can lo >k through
the iron wail of their fire-pro f safe; that
he has counted every dishonest dollar they
have in their pockets, and that a day of
judgment wili come. These inconsistent
Christian men will sit on the Sabbath night
in the house of Ood, singing, at the close of
the service, "Hock of Ages Cleft for Me,”
and then, when the benediction is pro
nounced, shut the pew door and
gay, as they go out, “(rood-bye, religion.
I’ll be back next Sunday."
I think that the church of Ood and the
Sabbath are only an armory whore we ore
•o get weap ns. When war comes, if a
man wants to fight for his country he does
not go to Troy or Springfield to do battling,
hut he goes there for swords and muskets.
1 look upon the Church of Christ and the
Sabbath day as only the place and time
where and when we are to get armod for
Christian conflict; but the battle field is on
Monday, Tuosday, Wednesday, Tnursday,
Friday and Saturday. “St. Martin's," nnd
“Lenox,” aud “Old Hundred” do not
amount to anything unless they sing all the
week. A sermon is useless unless we can
take it with us behind the plow nnd the
counter. The Sabbath day Is worthless If
it last only twenty-four hours.
There are many Christians who say: “We
are willing to serve God, hut we do not
want to do it in these spheres about which
we are talking; and it seems so insipid
and monotonous. If we bad some great oc
casion; if we had lived in the time of
Luther; if we had beeo Paul's traveling
companion; if we oould serve God on a
great scale, we would do it; but wo can’t in
this every-day life.” I admit that a great
deal of the romance and knight-errantry of
life have disappeared before the advance of
this practical age. The ancient temples of
Rouen have been changed into store houses
and smithies. The residences of poets and
. princes have been turned Into brokers’ shops.
The classio mansion of Ashland has been
cut up into walking-sticks. The groves
where the poets said the gods dwelt nave
‘ been oarted out for fire-wood. The muses
that we used to read about have disap
peared before the emigrant’s axe and the
. trapper’s gun, aud that man who is waiting
' for a life bewitched of wonders will never
.find it. There is, however, a Geld for en
• durance aud great achievement, but it is in
everyday life. There are Alps to soale,
there aro Hellespont* to swim, there are
.Area to brave; but they are all around us
! now. This is the hardest kind of rnartyr
i dam to bear. It took grace to lead
Latimer and Kidley through the fire
triumphantly wbeu their armed enemies
and their friends were looking on; but it
requires more grace now to bring men
through persecution when nobody is looking
on. I could show you in this city a woman
who has had rheumatism for twenty years,
who has endured more suffering and
exhausted more grace than would have
made twenty martyrs pass triumphantly
through the fire. It you are not faithful in
an insignificant position in life, you would
not he faithful in a grand mission. It
you cannot stand the bito of a midge, how
could you endure the breath of a basilisk;
Do not think that any work God gives
you to do in the w jrld is on too small a ,cale
for you to do. The whole universe is not
ashamed to take care of one little fiower. I
say, “What are you doing down here in the
grass, you poor little flower? Are you not
afraid nights? You will be neglected, you
will die of thirst, you will not be fed Poor
little flower!” “No," says a star, “I’ll
watch over it to-night.” “No,” says a
Cloud, "I’ll give it drink,” “No,” says the
■un, "I’ll warm it in my bosom.” Then I
gee the pulleys going, and the olouds aro
drawing water, and I say, “ What aro you
doing there, O, clouds?" And ttie reply
“We are giving drink to the flower." Then
the wind rises, and comes bending down
wheat, and sounding its psalm through the
forest, and I cry, “Whither away on such
swift wing, O, wind?” And It replies,
“We are going to cool the cheek of that
And then I bow down and say;
: “Will God take oare of the grass of the
field?” And a flower at my foot responds;
“Yes; he clothes the lilies of the field, and
never yet has forgotten me, a poor little
■fiower.” O! when I see the great heavens
■bending themselves to what seems insig
nificant ministration, when I find out
that God does not forget any blossoms of
"the spring or any snowflake of the winter. 1
come to the conclusion that we can afford to
attend to the minute things of life, and
that what we do we ougLt to do well, since
there is os much perfection iu the construc
tion of a spider’s eye as in the
conformation of flaming galaxies.
Plato had a fable which I
have now nearly forgotten, but it ran some
thing like this. He said spirit! of thn other
world came back to this world to find a
body and And a sphere of work. One spirit
came and took the body of a king, aud did
his work. Another spirit came and took the
ifcody of a poet and did his work. After a
while Ulysses came, and he said: “Why, all
the fine bodies ore taken, and all the grand
work is taken. There is nothiug left for
me." And someone replied: "Ah, the best
one has been left for you.” Ulysses said:
“What’s that?" And the reply was: “The
body of a common man, doing common
work, and fora common reward.” A good
■fable for the world, and just as good a fa
ble for the church. Whether we eat or drink,
or whatsoever we do, let us do it to the
glory of God.
Again, we need to bring the religion of
Christ into our commonest trials. For se
vere losses, for bereavement, for trouble
that shocks like an earthquake and that
blasts like a storm, we prescribe religious
consolation; but, business man, for the
small annoyances of last week, how much
of the grace of God did you apply? "O,”
you say, “these trials are too small for uch
application.” My brother, they are shap
ing your character, they are souring your
temper, they ure wearing out your patience,
and they are making you less aud less of a
man. Igo into a sculptor’s studio and see
him shaping a statua Ho has a chisel in
one hand and a mallet in the other, and he
gives a very gentle stroke—click, click,
click! I say, “why don’t you strike harder?”
“O!" he replies, “that would Bhatter
the statue. I can’t do it that way; I must
do it this way.” So he works on, and aft.r
awhile the features oome out, and every
body that enters the studio is charmed and
fascinated. Well, God has your soul uuder
process of development, aDd it is the little
annoyances aud vexation* of life that are
chiseling out your immortal nature. It is
click, click, click! I wondei why some
great providence does not come, aud with
one stroke prepare you for heaven. Ah, uo.
God says that is not the way. And so he
keeps on by strokes of little annoyanoes,
little sorrows, little vexations, until at last
you shall boa glad spectaolo for angels aud
for men. You know that a large fortuae
may bo spent in small change, and a
vast amount of moral character may go
away in small depletion. It is the little
troubles of life that are having more effect
upon you than groat ones. A swar u of
locusts will kill a grain field sooner than the
incursion of three or four cattle. You say.
“Since I lost my child, since 1 lost ray prop
erty, I have ! een a different man.” Hut you
do not recognize the architecture of little
annoyances that are hewing, digging,
cutting, shaping, splitting and interjoicing
y ur moral qualities. Hats may sink a
ship. One lucifer match mav send destruc
tion through a block of storehouse*. Cathe
rine de Medici got her death from smelling
a poisonous rose. Columbus, by stopping
and asking for a piece ■ f bread and a drink
of water at a Franciscan cooven', was led
to the discovery of the new world. And
there is an intimate connection between
trifles and immensities, between nothings
aud everything*.
Now, be careful to let none of those an
noyances go through your soul unarraigned.
Compel them to administer to your spiritual
wealth. The scratch of a six-penny nail
sometimes produces lockjaw, and the clip
of a most infinitesimal annoyance may
damage you for ever. Do not let any an
noyance or perplexity come across your soul
without its making you better.
< )ur r.atl nal government does not think it
belittling to put a tax ou pins, and a tax on
buckles, and a tax ou shoes. The individual
taxes do not amount to much, but in the ag
gregate to millions and millions of dollars
And I would have you, O Christian man, put
a high tariff on every ainoyauce and vexa
tion that comes through your soul This
might not amount to much, in single
cases, but in the aggregate it would l a
great revenue of spiritual strength and
satisfaction. A bee can suck tapiy even
out of a nettle; and if you have the grace of
God in your heart, you can get sweetness
out of that which would otherwise irritate
and annoy. A returned missionary told
me that a company of adventurers rowing
up the (range* were stung to death by flies
that infest that region in certain seasons. I
nave seen the earth strewn with the car
casses of men slain by insect annoy
ances. The only way to get pre
pared for the great troubles of life
is to conquer these small troubles.
What would you say of a soldier ho re
fused to 1 ad his gun, or to go into the con
flict because it was only a skirmish, saying:
“I am not going to expend my ammunition
on a skirmish; wait until there comes a
general engagement, and you will see how
courageous 1 am. and wbat battling 1 will
do 1” The general would say to such a man:
"If you are not faithful in a skirmish, yon
would be nothing in a general engagement”
And 1 have to tell you, O Christian men, if
you cannot applv the principles of Christ’s
religion on a small scale, you will never be
able to apply them on a large scale. If you
cannot successfully contend against these
small sorrows that ootne down single
handed, what will you do when the greater
disaster of life comes down with thundering
art fiery, rolling over your soul ?
Again, we must bring the religion of
Christ into our commonest blessings. When
the autumn oomes, and the harvests are in,
aud the governors make proclamation, we
assemble in churches and we are very
thankful. But every day ought to be a
thanksgiving day VVedo not rsc ignite the
oommou mercies of life. We have to see a
blind man led by his dog before we begin to
bethink ourselves of what a grand thing it
is to have eye-sight. Wo have to see some
one afflicted with Ht. Vitus’ dance before
we are ready to thank God for the Control
of our physical energies. We have
to see some wounded man hobbling
on his crutoh, or with his empty coat sleeve
pinned up, before we learn to think what
a grand thing God did for us when he gave
us healthy use of our limbs. We are so
stupid that nothing but the misfortunes of
others can rouse us up to our blessings. As
the ox grazes in the pasture up to Its eyes in
clover, yet never thinking who makes the
clover, and as the bird picks up the worm
from the furrow not knowing that it is
God who makes everything, from the ani
malcules in the sod to the seraph on the
throne, so we go on eating, drinking aad
enjoying, but never thanking, or seldom
thanking; or. If thanking at ail, with only
half a heart.
1 compared our indifference to the brute,
hut perhaps I wronged the brute. Ido not
know but that among its other instincts It
may have an instinct bv which it recognizes
the divine hand that feeds it. I do not
know but that God is through it holding
communication with what we call "Irra
tional creation." The oow that stands
under the willow by the water-oourse chew
ing Its cud looks very thankful, and who
can tell how much a bird means by its song?
The aroma of the flowers smells like Incense
and the mist arising from the river looks
like the smoke of a morning sacrifice.
Oh, that we were as responsive!
Yet who thanks God for the
water that gushes up in the well, and that
foams In the cascade, and that laughs over
the rocks, and that patters in the showers,
and that claps its bauds in the sea? Who
thanks God for the air, the fountain of life,
the bridge of sunbeams, the path of sound,
the great fan on a hot summer’s day? Who
thanks God for this wonderful physical
organism—this sweep of the vision—this
chime of harmony struck into the ear—this
soft thread of a myriad delights over the
nervous tissue —this rolling of the crimson
tide through artery ami vein—this drum
ming of the heart on our march to im
mortality? We take all these things as a
matter of course.
But suppose God *hould withdraw these
ooinmou blessiugsl Your body would L>e
oorne an Inquisition of torture, the cloud
would refuse rain, every green thing would
crumple up, and the earth would crack open
under you feet. The air would cease its
healthful circulation, pestilence would
swoop, and every house would become a
place of skulls. Streams would first swim
with vermin, and then dry up; and thirst,
and hunger, and anguish and despair would
lift their soeptres. Ob, oompare such a life
os that with the life you live this morning
with your families about you! It is not
time that, with every word of our lips and
with every action of our life, we begin to
acknowledge these every-day mercies?
“Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever
ye do, do ail to the glory of God.” I)o I
address a man or woman this morning who
has not reudered to God one siugle offering
of thanks?
I was preaching one Thanksgiving day
and announced my text: “O, give
unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy
enaureth forever.” Ido not know whether
there wus any blessing on tho sermon or not;
hut the text went straight to a young man’s
heart. He said to himself, as I read the
text: ‘“O, give thanks unto the Lord; for
he is good— ’ Why, I have never rendered
him any thanks. O, what an lugrate I
have been!’’ Can it be, my brother, that
you have been fed by the good hand of God
all these days—that you have had clothing
and shelter aud all beneficent sur
roundings, and yet have never offered
your heart to God? O, let a 6ense of
tho divine goodness shown you In the every
day blessings melt your heart, and if you
have never before uttered one earnest note
of thanksgiving let this be tbe day which
shall hear your song. What I say to one
I 6ay to all this audience. Take this prac
tical religion I have recommended into
your every-day life. Make every day a
Sabbath, and every meal a sacrum snt, and
every room you enter a holy of holies. We
all have work to do; let us be willing to do
it. We all have sorrows to hear: let us
cheerfully bear them. We all have battles
to fight: let us courageously fight them,
if you want to die right you must live
right. Negligence and indolence will win
the hiss of everlasting scorn, while faith
fulness will gather its garlands, and wave
its scepter, and sit upon its throne, long
after this earth has put on ashes, ami
eternal ages have begun their march. You
go home to-day and attend to your little
sphere of duties. Twill go home and at
tend to my little sphere of duties. Every
one in his own place. So our every step in
life shall he a triumphant march, aud the
humblest footstool on which we are called
to tit will be a conqueror’s throne.
Patrons of an unpretentious restaurant in
New Yoclc have been interested in a curious case
of hereflity. A year or more ago a small and
extremely lively jet black kitten became a feat
ure of the restauraut. As the kitten gre.. a
small lump appeared on its belly, and by tbe
time the kitten bad reached catbood this lump
had developed re to a wen as big as a small hen's
egg In due course tbe cat became the mother
of five black kittens, all ot which, save one,
were entirely normal. That one, however, in
Dented tbe maternal wen, and the customers
are waiting witn interest until the old cat shall
becoa.e a grandmother, and wondering whether
the wtn will extend to t :c third g;o:n ration.
THE MORNING NEWS: -MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1892.
A VETERAN LION TAMER.
JOHN COOPER THE TRAINER OF
2,000 FELINE3.
He Flourishes in England Etill at ffca
Ago of 51—His Msthode, His Career
and His Many Perils and E-capes.
He Began the Busluess Eariy In
Life.
From the Baltimore American.
Lion taming is a very ancient industry,
says the New York Evening £>un. Marc
Antony is reported to have driven about
Rome in a chariot drawn by a pair of lions.
I Other great personages had lima which
licked cheeks and made themselves socially
agreeable.
Tamed wild beasts other than lions were,
of course, still more common. There was
the elephant mentioned by Muclauus that
could write Greek. There is no
doubt that Barnum’s show oould produce au
animal of equal erudition. At the same
time a profitable field of labor for American
college men might be provided.
Karlv in this century in England the exhi
bition of trained lions became very popular,
and the industry was revived strongly. In
Londou a man named Atxius per
formed with a lion, a tigress and a hybrid
cub, their offspring. The man roiled over
the animals, and then the two large ones lay
down while the cub rolled over him.
Then the fumeus circus man, Wombwell,
conceived that lion aud dog fights would be
a pleasing diversion for a jaded public. A
lion called Nero was first confronted with
six bull-dogs. The lion, however, was good
tempered , and the sporting qualities of the
dogs appeared to have deserted them f r the
occasion. Later another lion, Wallace, was
brought out aud killed six dogs in short
order. Asa dog seldom came out of one of
these fights alive, they were too expensive
and were not continued.
The mau-and-tiger fights of another
showman proved more profitable. The tiger
was a largo and intelligent dog, who sub
mitted, under compulsion, to be sewn up in
a false tiger’s skin.
The most famous lion tamer now living is
said to be John Cooper.au Englishman. He
is now 51 years old, and in the active exer
cise of his profession. A famous tamer who
flourished before him was the Dutchman,
Van Amburge, who is seen surrounded by
his lions in u famous picture by Landseer,
says the London Strand.
Cooper is a strongly built, gcod-looking
man of quiet manners. At the age of 10.
after a wide and thorough experience in the
taming of mice, rats and rabbits, lie ob
tained employment in a circus. When he
was 12 years old he went into the cage of a
most turbulent lion, who had got free of his
oollar and was about to break down the
cage, and calmly put the oollar on again aud
chained him up securely. His employer, a
miserable man of the name of Batty,
snankod him for this, but shortly afterward
advertised him as the boy lion tamer, the
wonder of the world.
After working in several menageries he
acquired oue of his own. He had a great
career as a tamer on the European conti
nent, Victor Emmanuel of Italy having in
vited him to see nls own menagerie. Cooper
offered to go among tho lions, who bad
never made the acquaintance of a tamer
before, and did so. In recognition of this
the king presented him with a pipe.
At St. Petersburg, after a performance
before the present czar and czarowitz, an
officer, a member of the suite, paid an at
tendant to pull aside tbe shutters of a
lioness’ cage. The animal promptly put out
her paw and tore the officer’s arm, which
had to be amputated. Cooper left the prov
ince for a time, but an inquiry righted him.
The officer was afterward sent to Siberia as
a nihilist. In France the late prince impe
rial was filled with a desire to go into the
oago of oue of the auimals, whioh wus not
gratified.
Cooper put the lions which had killed two
trainers, McCarthy and Lucas, through a
performance for the benefit of the latter’s
widow immediately after his death. He has
spent his life in this perilous business, and is
still sound iu health and limb, but the
trade-marks of it are plentifully scattered
about him.
For instance, he lost the top of a finger at
the hands of a wolf when was 10. The
third finger of his left hand is shortened,
and the nail grows over tiie top toward tbe
palm. This was done accidentally in Italy
by a lion whom ho was perguading to open
his jaws. In connection with this incident
deuies the good old tradition that the taste
of blood infuriates a wild beast. This lion,
he says, spat out the blood and piece of
finger and showed evident signs of distaste.
Once when lie was at Hamburg it was
necessary to add two new lions to his stock.
He had never hesitated to go among strange
animals in public. A fierce fight began be
tween on old lion and one of the new ones.
Cooper went in with a whip to quiet mat
ters. He struck at the old one, but hit the
new one, which responded with a blow of
the paw on the tamer’s shoulder, tearing the
flesh from that and the breast.
With his right arm he attempted to drive
off tho beast, hut it seized that and bared
the bone from elbow to wrist. The other
lions drew round and began to chew him
surreptitiously in the logs and elsewhere.
Still he retained his presence of mind, con
tinued to hammer ot the lions, saved his
own life and quelled his friends—the enemy
for this occasion only.
The injuries would have killed a man of
less strength and vigor, but in three mouths
he was well again and performing w ithout
even having lost one of liis mutilated arms.
Tho new lion became ono of his most at
tached and faithful animals.
Iu training Cooper’s object is to make the
auimals fear him and to treat them kindly,
because familiarity teaches contempt of the
punishment which man is able to inflict on a
toil of muslce, bone aud sinew. He can tell
the temper of an animal and the bent of its
mind by a glance at its face.
Some liouß like to be Btrokcd, others re
sent it. He finds lions better tempered and
also more reliable than tigers.
He does not carry on in the lion’s cage
like a bad actor, nor does he remain per
petually upright with his eyes fixed on them,
lie considers it very important that a lion
tamer should always outer the cage sober,
and for this reason he never drinks any
thing stronger than light dinner wino.
Tho playfulness of the feline is apt at
times to bo embarrassing to the trainer. A
young lioness two or three years ago gavo
Cooper a tap as he passed her and removed
the flesh from his arm for a foot of its lengt h.
If a trainer, teaching an animal, for
instance, to jump on his shoulder, budges a
point it may slip and claw him. To bo
knocked down in accident or in play is
dangerous in the extreme. The feline method
of walking may be fatui to a person lying
on the fl ior.
The v-teran Cooper has trained 2,000
members of the feline family and many ele
phants and other animals.
SOBS 1 ITU7 E FOR GLASS.
A Composition Which Produces Much
Greater Advantages.
From the Philadelphia Record.
A Vienna glass manufacturer claims to
have produced a substitute for glass which
contains all of the transparent, odorless and
resistance to acid properties of glass, while
it has the greater advantage of being plia
ble and to a great degree infrangible.
In speaking of the new preparation, the
writer says:
“I dissolve from two to eight parts of
collodion wool in about 100 parts by weight
of ether or alcohol or acetic ether, aud with
this I intimately oombine from 2 to 4 per
cent, of castor oil or other non-resinous oil,
and 4to 10 per cent, of rosin of Canada bal
sam (soft rosin).
"Tne compound, when poured upon a
glass pia'e and subjected to the drying ac
tion of a current of air about 51° centigrade,
solidifies in a compa atively short time into
a transparent, g!as-Uke sheet or plate, tho
thickness of which may Le regulated as re
quired.”
PORTRAITS IN STONE.
Methods of Cutting Delicate Features
Upon Cameos.
From the Jeweler's Review's Paris Letter.
I dropped in to see my old friend, Fran
cesco Cmpponi, this morning and found the
cameo cutter hard at work at his drill.
He was just putting the finishing touch to
a portrait that seemed almost to speak in its
likeness to natuie. The original card por
trait stood before the artist, and the -,-inch
stone came out under the file in exact imi
tation.
His subject was a young English girl
w.th aquiline nose and an arrangement of
her hair as nearly classic as possible to the
wearer. The head in the photograph noised
at considerable distance from the shoulders,
but the artist had obeyed the instruction of
the young woman and given the stone a
typical John Bull neck.
The original of the picture, flattered by
the beautiful neck, new desired that her
front hair should have more curl in it, and
the artist was at bis w its' end to put a
curved cut over a straight one. The sub
ject sat by awaiting the result, while the
worker tried to explain that a sculptor’s
finished worked was uot so easily improved
upon as a painter’s.
These minute portraits In stone are cer
tainly the most wonderful of all artistic
work. The curve In the rounded cheek and
delicate ear were lifelike in exactness, and
the small lips and bright eye did not need
color to give them expression. The stone
was flesh color ou a dark red background,
and the natural tint made the portrait more
true than life.
Very few are acquainted with the process
of cameo cutting, or have any idea of the
tediousneS3 of the work. A cameo cutter
must be a thorough artist to do his work
well. His training is a Chr stian one, for he
must have the patience of Job and Che ser
enity of Moses. His tools consist of a small
revolving wheel and an asiortment of files.
These files are affixed to the wheels and
cut away the surplus stone little by little.
A large magnifying glass is fastened just
above the file, and through this the artist
keeps a careful eye on the progress of his
work.
The first important labor is to make a
plaster cast of the portrait to be copied.
This is made the required size of the cameo
and finished in every detail. The general
outline is then traced on the stone, and all
the surplus surface cut away. In order to
hold seourely under the file the stone is
sunk in sealing wax upon a wooden handle
and this the steady hand of the artist keep,
in place as the wheel rotates!
The drill requires constant sharpening
and the application of diamond dust.
Every touch of the steel leaves a black
mark, nud unless this is rubbed off, the
worker runs the risk of being deceived in
his measurements. The work progresses
slowly, and ns each feature develops, the
greatest caution must be taken to avoid a
mi scut.
Good eyesight is essential and the work
Is most trying on the eyes. Signor Ciap
poainow works with spectacles on his nose,
but he is a veteran in the trade, and could
almost cut a cameo with his eye* snut.
When the cutting is finished tbe stone is
freed from the ware and ashed and pol
ished. It takes from three to thirty days to
cut a stone cameo, but the shells develop
more rapidly. The stone comes mostly
from India, with a few stragglers from Ger
many. They belong to the family of banded
quartz, and come in various combinations
of color. Tho rarest are a warm flesh tint
agai st a dark background, and the most
common black and white.
Those stones cotne out in different sizes
ready for the artist to begin work on. They
o 'St from do cents to SO, according to size
and quality.
Varous kinds of shells are used in cameo
cutting. The two- most prominent are
known as the bull’s mouth, which has a red
inner coat, and the black hamlet, which
shuws up white on a dark claret color. The
shells are cheaper and more easily worked
tbnn the stone, and therefore find a more
ready sale.
Cameo cutting ts little known and prao
tloed in America, aud in consequence lass
isterest is taken in the art. The outtors in
Rome are going to make an effort, however,
to prectpltato their industry upon tho
Amo. icau people by an exhibit at the
world's fair.
The little picture* In stone are so ex
quisitely beautiful that they merit, and, I
am sure, will receive some day a oonspicu
ous plaoe In tbe stocks of wide-awake
American jewelers. Labor is cheap in
Europe and tho patience of the Italians
eternal. I doubt our ever boing able to
oompete in this industry.
SEVERAL DARK DAYS.
Times When People Thought the
World Was Coming to an End.
From the St. Louis Republic.
Tho earliest mention of the phenomena
known as the dark days appears to be in the
year 44 B. C., about the time of the death
of Julius Cmsar, when we read in Plutarch
and Dion Cassius that the sun was paler than
usual for a whole year. The great darkness
which lasted two whole days overall Europe
appears to have preceded the great earth
quake of Nicomedia, which occurred Aug.
22, 858. Two years later in all tho
eastern provinces of the Roman empire there
was a “dark day,” which was so dark as to
make stars visible at noonday.
From further descriptions one might con
sider this the result of a total eclipse, but
ustronomers say that neither the eclipse of
March 4, 860, nor that of Aug. 28 of the
same year, was visible in the countries men
tioned. During Alaric’s siege of Rome, 409
and 410, there were several days * ‘as
dark as the nights which preceded and ltd
lowed them.” In 536, 567 and 626 we find
mention of long periods of diminished sun
light. According to Scbnurror “the sun
darkened in an alarming manner on Aug.
19, 733, without there being the least possi
bility of an eclipse being the cause.”
Tho Portuguese historians report several
months of diminished sunlight in the year
934, which terminated by an apparent open
ing in the sky, “from which loud sounds is
sued, the noise sounding not unlike two
giants quarrelling.” In 1091, on Sept. 29
(not 21, as given iii some translations of
Humboldt’s •’Cosmos"), the sun turned
suddenly black, and remained so three hours.
For days after the blackness had disap
peared the sun gave out a peculiar greenish
light, wtai h occasioned great alarm.
Schnurrer next mentioned a dark day in
June, 1191, but astronomers attribute it to
the total eclipse whioh was visible in tbe
greater part of Europe on June 21 of the
year mentioned. Several dark days are re
corded as having occurred iu February,
1106, the darkest being tho 4th, sth and
12th. On the sth a bright star was seen shin
ing “only a foot and a half from the black
ened remains of thesun.”
"On the last day of February, 1206," says
Cortevza, a Spanish writer, “tne sm ap
peared to suddenly go out, causing a dark
ness all over this country for about six
hours." The superstitious writers of the time
attributed the great darkness of 1241 to
God’s displeasure over the result of the bat
tle of Leiguitz, the sun being so obscured as
to make it necessary to keep lamos burning
until after tho ninth hour.
Prof. Schiaparelli, who has been years
collecting data concerning that uncanny
event, is now inclined to refer the cause to
the total eclipse of Oct. 6. 1241. Kepler tells
us, his authority being Gemma, that there
was a sun darkening in 1547 whioh lasted
for three days, April 22-35, whioh finally
ended by the sun “appearing to be suffused
with blood to that degree that stars were
visible at noonday.”
America has experienced several dark
days during her short historical life, the
most memorable being that of May 19, 1780,
when the darkness was so great that all the
people of New England, with the exception
of a s urdy few, were terrified aim'St to
tho verge of distraction. If you swear off
to-day don’t swear on to-morrow,
Tun late Profl Joreph Lovering is the only in
structor o' that grade who served Harvard
Cqlh-gj over half a century, although Henry
Flint •> as a tutor for fifty-five years.
HOODOOED BY THE CAB.
No. 8 Is a Jonah and Frightened Her
Negro Cleaner.
Beaver Falls, Pa.. Jan. 24.—A negro
named Payne, who had charge of the barns
of the Beaver ('alley Eloctr.c Line, has re
signed, apparently without any cause. Upon
being pressed by officers of the company for
the reason, he said he had been “hoodooed”
by car No. 8. The mao was in earnest, and
in such evident fright that it was deemed
best to investigate. It was found tout car
No. 8, though it has been running but a few
months, has already earued the title of
“Jonah” among the employes. It is be
lieved by electricians that in some manner
the electric current turned Into this car is
made to play all manner of tricks, owing to
some slight disarrangement of the appli
ances.
The history of the car is a queer one. It
was on No. 8 that .Motorman Smiley re
ceived such terrible injuries, being knocked
off by an electric pole while he was leaning
from the car to inspect the unaccountable
actions of the running gear. It was on car
No. 8 Tuesday night that Conductor Hazeu
was crushed so badly that he no w hovers
between life aud death. When first placed
on tbe line No. 8 distinguished herself by
burning out the motor. This was fixed, ami
then she went lame with flat wheels. Just
about that time the motor and gearing took a
streak, and when the car wasn’t running by
jumps and starts it was jumping the t ack
at qdd moments. Then she took a notion to
nrfise to ollmb hills. Just about the time
tbe passengers had crawled out and were
pushing the sulker up hill she would start
with a bound and tear along the streets with
the motorman, conductor and enraged pas
sengers chasing it for square*. Finally,
employes and passengers would complain of
queer sensations, as if the eleetrio current
was crawling over them.
HORRIBLE DEATH OF A BOY.
Crushed and Whirled Around a Shaft
Eight Hundred Times.
Cairo, 111., Jan. 24. —A horrible acci
dent occurred at the Mound City Stove
Works, eight miles from here yesterday
evening. A boy named Daniels, 10 years
old, was assisting in lacing a broken belt
near a revolving shaft. To reach it be was
stauding on a pile of heading, which tipped
over, throwing him against the shaft. It
caught his coat, and in an instant his body
was dragged around it, and tbe belt which
he held in his hand was wound around tils
body, crushing every bone and killing him
instantly. The shaft was making 200 revo
lutions a minute, and it was three or four
minutes before the frightened spectators
could stop the machinery.
MEDICAL.
Be Sure
If you have made up your mind to buy
Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced to take
any other. A Boston lady, whose example is
worthy imitation, tells her experience below:
“In one store where I went to buy Hood’s
Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to Induce me buy
their own instead of Hood’s; he told me thelr’s
would last longer; that I might take it on ten
To Get
days’ trial; that if I did not like it I need not
pay anything, etc. But he could not prevail
on me to change. I told him I had taken
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, knew what it was, was
satisfied with it, and did not want any other.
When I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla
I was feeling real miserable with dyspepsia,
and so weak that at times I could hardly
Hood’s
stand. I looked like a person in consump.
tion. Hood’s Sarsaparilla did me so much
good that I wonder at myself sometimes,
and my friends frequently speak of it.” Mrs.
Ella A. Goff, 61 Terrace Street, Boston.
Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for 85. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maas*
IQO Doses One Dollar
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
Having purchased the Grocery Store of J. S
Tyson & Cos., the business will be continued
under the name o! “The Bull Street Grocery,”
with Mr. W. C. Wade as manager.
A continuance of the patronage so liberally
bestowed upon the old firm is asked for its suc
cessor. Respectfully, I. N. WELLS.
A STARTLING FACT !
That very few persons have perfect eyes. It
must be evident that it requires both knowledge
anti skill to know what tbe eyes need and to tit
them properly with glasses. Those who trust
this work to uninstructed dealers are ci'.m oa ly
careless of the most valuable of all the senses,
their sight. In addition to graduating in Ger
many and my,thirty years practical experience,
I have taken a course and graduated in a
school ot optics in New 'York and learned tho
latest and best methods of ascertaining the differ
eat defects of the eyes and their proper correc
tion, so that I can (it you properly with glasses
that will strengthen and improve your eyesight
instead of rapidly ruining it, as poorly-fitted
glasses will always do. No charge for ex
amination.
DR. M. SCHWAB & SON,
GRADUATED opticians,
TO TRUCK FARMERS.
For sale, 50,000 new potato barrels. Leave
orders ahead. For information apply to
THE ENTELMAN COMPANY,
Bay and West Broad Streets, Savannah, Ga.
LADIES’ RESTAURANT]
WANTED 25 LADY BOARDERS,
FREID & HICKJS,
9, 11 and 13 market,
Telephone No. 546.
FREet'RI l*Tld.\S OF
BUTLER’S PHARMACY
AH* ONLY REFILLED BY
ROWLINSKI, PHARMACIST.
Broughton and Drayton Sts. Telephone 465.
AN EXTK AORDINARY~OFFEB.
In order to close up the estate of the late
Mr. THOMAS WEST, deceased, we offer our
entire stock
FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAY'S
—AT—
-20 PER CENT. DISCOUNT ON REGULAR
PRICES.
A splendid chance to get ChiDa and House
Furnishing Goods very low
Terms during this sale, STRICTLY CASH.
THOMAS WEST & CO. (in liquidation),
• 33 Broughton street.
X. B.—Discount does not apply to Stirling
Silver.
MEDICAL.
FOR THE KIDNEYS,
They are sure lo be Healthy If the LIVER
acts properly.
For to cure the Liver is to cure the Kidneya
If the Kidneys do not act properly the following
symptoms w ill follow:
Headache, Weakness, Pain In the kmal) of
the Back and;Lotns, Plushes of Heat,
Chills, with disordered etomach
and Bowels.
"I have suffered a thousand deaths
since I left the army, and a more diseased
Liver and Kidneys you never heard of.
I tried a number of different remedies
ani spent fcl.sOO, but I obtained no
real benefit until I bought a dozen bot
tles of Simmons Liver Regulator. This
preparation cured me, and I must say it
is the only medicine 1 would give a cent
for in my case."—G. H. Heard, Rich
mond, Ind.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
NUGENT.— The relatives, friends and
acquaintance of Mrs. A. Nugent, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Nugent and Terence Nugent are in
vited to attend the funeral of the la: ter from
his iat residence. No. 193 Bryan street, THIS
AFTERNOON at 3 o’clock.
GAZAN.—The relatives and friends ol Levi J.
Gazan and family are invited to attend his
funeral at 3 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON from
his late residence, 101 Jones street.
MANER.—The friends and acquaintance of
Mr. M. B.Jand Mrs. W. J. Maner and family are
respectfully invited to attend tne funeral of the
former's youngest son. Alex. Gordon, from
the Second Presbyterian churen, at 11 o olock
THIS (Monday) MORNING.
KNOX.—The friends and acoualntance of
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Knox, and Mr.
and Mrs. John Knox and family, and of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm H. Smith and family, and of Mr.
and Mrs. Laurence Kelly and family, and Mr.
and Mrs. Thos. O ffee and family, and Mr. and
Mrs. Wash Hall and family a e respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral of John W , the
only son of the former, from their residence,
2365 X Bryan street. THIS (Monday) MORNING
at lo o’clock,
MKETINUn
ANCIENT LANDMARK L:)1M;|;, \0 23L
F. AND A. M.
A BDecial meeting of this lodge A
will he held at Masonic Temple THIS
AFTERNOON at 3 o’clock for tne /VyK
purpose of paying the last tribute' ▼ '
of respect tc our deceased brother, Levi J.
Gazan. JNQ. 8. HAINES, Secretary.
SAVANNNAH TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION,
NO 183.
Members of Savannah Typographical Union
No. 183, are requested to assemble at their hall
THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON at 2:30 o’clock
to pay the last tribute of respect to late brother
member Terence Nugent. A full attendance
is respectfully requested.
P. C. OGLESBY, President-,
W, V. Brady, Recording Seoretary.
.MILITARY ORDERS.
REPUBLICAN BLUE*
Headquarters Republican Blubs, 1
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 25, 1892. f
The annual inspection of the Company by
Lieut. 0. B. Satterlee will take plaoe THIS
EVENING. All enlisted men are therefore or
dered to assemble at the armory at 7:30 o’clock
p. m. In full uniform. No excuse for absence
will be entertained. By order.
W, D. DIXON, Captain.
W. T. DIXON, First Sergeant.
SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS.
Headquarters )
Battalion Savannah Volunteer OuAßpa, >■
Savannah, Ga., Jan 23, 1898. j
Order No. 9.
The corps is hereby ordered to assarable at
the armory at 3 o’clock p. m., MONDAY. Jan.
25th, fully uniformed, armed and equipped
(fatigue caps with covers, legglns and over
coats!, to pa. the last tribute of respect to Ex
empt Member Levi J. Gazan of Company O.
By order of Lieut. Col. GARRARD.
Davis Freeman, First Lieut, and Act. Adjt.
BPRCIAL NOTICES.
On and after Feb 1, 1890, the basis of meas
urement of all advertising In the Morning News
will be agate, or at the rate of Si 40 an Inch for
the first insertion. No Special Notice inserted
for less than $1 00.
SPECIFIC TAXES AND BADGE* FOR
1*93.
City Treasurer’s Office, I
Savannah, Qa., Jan. 22, 1892. (
The following taxes for the year 1892 are now
due:
SPECIFIC or BUSINESS taxes of all kinds.
TAX ON DOGS and ON WAGONS, CARTS,
DRAYS, TRUCKS, HACKS, OMNIBUSES,
STREET CARS and OTHER VEHICLES (ex
cept those used for pleasure), for which a
BADGE will be issued.
A discount of 10 per cent, will be allowed
upon all of the above if paid by Jan. 80.
CHAB. S. HARDEE,
City Treasurer.
FOR RENT OR SALE,
At Isle of Hope, a nice cottage and outbuild
ings with about forty (10) acres of farming
land. Possession given immediately. Apply to
WALTHOUR A RIVERS.
JUST RECEIVED,
A large supply of
PEASE. BEANS AND ONION SETS,
Which we offer at lowest prices at Wholesale
and Retail.
SOLOMONS* CO.,
Druggists, Market Square,
ON HAND. " ’
SHOULDER BRACES,
CHAMOIS SKINS. *
CHEST AND LUNO
PROTECTORS,
HOT AND COLD 80DA WATER
at
LIVINGSTON’S PHARMACY,
SULLIVAN’S RESTAURANT,
110 and 113 BRYAN STREET.
WOODCOCK, SNIPE, QUAIL, DOVEB, TEAL,
SUMMER AND ENGLISH DUCKS,
POMPANOS AND SPANISH
MACKEREL
Families supplied. Telephone 543.
BRUSHES.
Hair, Tooth, Nail, Shaving, Flesh, Cloth and
Shoe.
BRUSHES
In large variety at
80L0M0NS A C 0’8„
183 Congress Street and 93 Bull Street
AN EXQUISITE LINE OF JUJUBE 8^
Imported direct from York. England, at
R. C. McCALL’S DRUG STORE.
Corner Wfcltaker and Congress street*.
Flavors: Orange, Malt, Prune, Apricot, Lime,
etc. Heidi's Silver Bell Cologne excels any
thing of the kind ever offered this trade. This
is the verdict of all who have ever used it. A
trial of this elegant perfume will convince the
most exacting that this statement Is substan
tially correct.
CLOTH fN-Q.
Caps the Climax!
ax allwool cassimere sett roa
$? 50
Suitable for laboring men. business m.n
men. old men. A suit that yoT^’* o " s *
ashamed of. ’ Dee<! no: be
Worths! 25q
of ANY MAN'S MONEY. W
Our *1 50 suit sale a (treat success and .
very few left. COME EVERY Bob?. R l
EARLY! NO BUNCOMBE! NO it) .A!'**
But solid facts. "LaHNEYi
APPEL & SCHAIL,
ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS '
5*3“ BENT GLASS FRONT
AMUSEMENTS. ~
SAVANNAH THEATEIL
TWO NIGHTS AND MATINEE
Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 25 and 2fL
The Peer of all Dialect Comedians and s,~ .
Singer,
(BAS. A. GABIES
In his Grand New Romantic Comedy
CAPTAIN KARL”
l nder the management of SIDNEY R Fir to
See Gardner Dance, and bear Gardner Sing hk
ten New, Original and Beautiful Songs, lnL P
ing “Invitation to the Wedding," • Bubhi.
Song" -Orad'e, Lullaby," "Love is
and The Lilac. Acompanvof Superior I r
c-llence, Picturesque Scenery, Beautiful On
tumes, Alpine and Echo Choruses and th.
fmnous FATHERLAND TYROLEAN QUAR
now on sale at Livingston's Drugstore,
Next attraction: RAY L ROYCE. Jan. 2S.
SAVANNAH THEATER^
ONE NIGHT ONLY *
Thursday, January 28, 1892.
The Famous Artistic Fun Maker,
Ray L. Royec
TOM’S VACATION
A COMPANY OF SKILLED ARTISTS
PURE AND REFINED FUN!
Bright Muslo! Charming Daucee! Latest
Sonrs! Refine I Specialties! Elegant Costumes'
Novel Ideas! Pretty Girls! Laugh amioura '
Secure seats at Livingston’s Drug store. "
B. S. DRIGGB and S. C. BEHENNA, Managers.
Next Attraction: "THE NABOBS," Jan 23
and 30. . ..
OGLETHORPE LODGE Hf[
GRAND BALL
For Benefit of 50th Anniversary Fund,
ODD FELLOWS’ HALL,
Thursday Evening, Jan. 2a
TICKETS $l, INCLUDING SUPPER.
OOMMITTBE David Porter, IL E. Wilson
Davis Freeman.
BANKS.
THE GERMANIA Bill,
SAVANNAH, GA
CAPITAL, $200,000
In connection with Its general banking btisK
ness it has a
SAYINGS DEPARTMENT,
WHERE
4 Per Cent Per kn
Is paid on deposits compounded quarterly, he
positors of all classes are solicited. With an
obliging stafT of oflioers and conservative man
agement patrons and those desiring to derail
with it may be assured that their interests will
be carefully guarded.
OFFICERB,
HENRY BLUN, GEO. W. OWENS,
President Vice President
JOHN M. HOGAN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
' HENRY BLUN.
GEO. W. OWENS, Attorney at Law.
P. BRENNAN, of Kavanaugh & Brennan.
It M. HULL, ot Hearing & Hull.
WILLIAM KEHOE, of Wm. Kehoe & Cot
AMSON MOHR, ot Mohr Bros.
DR. J. B. READ.
T. F. STUBBS, of StubbS & Tison.
A. P. SOLOMON, of Henry Solomon A Son*.
G. M. RYALS.
IRVIN B. TIEDEMa.N. of Geo. W. TiedemanS
liro.
Savanaaii Bank anil Trast ft.
Has opened under the DE SOTO HOTEL a
branch of its
SAVINGS * DEPARTMENT,
In which deposits of one dime and upward wnl
bo received.
' 4%
Interest allowed on deposits of one dollar
upward, payable quarterly. .
Deposits received within the first TEN daysoij
the month will draw interest from the FlKdi
day of the month.
Deposits received dally from 9 a. m. to 2 p
and from 4 p. m. to sp.m ; on Saturdays to * *•
m. Repayments made daily from 9 a. m. to 2 p *•
GENERAL DEPOSITS ALSO RECEIVED*
JOSEPH D. WEED, JNO. C. RO •' LAND.
Prxsidknt. Vice Preside- ■
JAB. H HUNTER. Cashier.
WM. P. HARDEE, Manager Dk Soto Brands.
DIRECTORS:
Joseph I). Weed. lease G. Haas,
John C. Rowland, M, Y. Maclntrye,
C. A. Keitzb, Walter Coney,
R. G. Sit win, John Lyons,
Edw. Karow, Daniel Hogan*
W. C. Powell m
HARD tVAHL.
HARDWARE,
Bar, Band ana Hoop Iron.
WAGON MATERIAL.
Naval Stores Supplies.
FOR SALE BY
Edward Lovell’s Sons,
155 BROUGHTON AND 138-140
STATE STREETS.
O’lD NEWSPAPERS-**) for Jo <““
Du*inoaB Office Morning New*.
