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Newspaper Page Text{ THE MORNING NEWS. 1 < ERiBUfHiD ISM. Incorporated 1888. V i J. H. ESTILL, President. J REFORM CLUB’S DINNER. ■WHY SPEAKER CRISP DELIVERED NO SPEECH. Bis Democratic Friends Indignant at His Not Being Called On—lt is Con sidered a Oreat Slight to the Repre sentative Bead of the House—3la Treatment Insures His Re-election. Washington, Dec. 11.— Speaker Crisp has had more callers this evening than at any time alnoe he was elected speaker. When it became known that he had returned this afternoon from New York, his friends in congress, especially among the democrats of the House, Hooked to his house to express the indignation they felt at what they re garded as an affront to him personally and to them through their official representa tive on the part of someone connected with the Reform Club in not giving him a ohance to deliver the speeoh he had prepared for last night’s dinner. When they road about it or heard about it this morning they were soon in no proper spirit for going to churoh, and they kept at the bollng point till they taw Mr. Crisp. He rather cooled them down by bis manner, although be evident ly fellas deeply as they about it. WOULD NOT CRITICISE HIS HOSTS. He would say nothing for publication ex cept that having been a guest at the dinner he cculd not criticise his boats; that he had understood he was to speuk, and so had pre pared a speech, but not being asked to do so at the dinner, he bad not delivered it. To bis friends, however, he said he had pre pared the speech because Representative John DeWitt Warner of New York, a mem ber of the Reform Club, had given him to understand when urging him to ac cept the club’s Invitation, whioh he bad had a week without accepting, that he might be called upon. Representative Warner told him that there would be no formal toast list and no list of speeches, but that all tbe more promineut guests might expect to be called on. Mr, Crisp under stood that as speaker, occupying the high est office now held by a democrat, he would probably be called upon for some remarss, and being desirous to be careful in what be said, knowing that his position would give it siguilloance, he wrote out his possible speech. HE GIVES HIS SPEECH TO THE PRESS. When asked for it iu New York by the press associations he gave a copy ot it, cautioning them not to give it out unless delivered. There were repeated calls for him from members and guests of the club, but President Anderson did not call upon him, so be did not speak. Mr. Crisp deuies that he left the dinner in indignation; on the contrary, be remained to the very end. He thiuks the story that he left arose from the fact that having negleated to get a check for his coat aud hat be left his seat, weat over to the member of the olub which had escorted him in to dinner to ask bim about it and then sat down and re mained there till the end of tbe dinner. Mr. Crisp’s triends think that “the slight put upon hi li by the Reform Club mugwumps,” to quote one of them, will make so many iriends for him among tbe democrats of the House as to insure bis re-election. They think all the democrats of the House were snubbed in their official head, aud that they will make it up to him by re-electing him. BLAINE BETTES. He Will Probably Be Taken to Cali fornia Soon. Washington, Dec. 11.—Ex-Secretary Blaine had a relapse last night and for a time was iu danger again, but to-night he was so much better that Dr. Johnson, his physician, said, after leaving the house, that Blaine would be all right again within a few days. It seems that while he was out driving last week he took cold, which by last night had become a high fever, his symptoms being like those of his recent ill ness. To-night, however, I)r. Johnson says the fever has left him, and though weaK, he is mending. His attack this time is not as serious as the last time. His family and his physi cian are very desirous that he should get out of this climate as soou as possible, and will endeavor to take him probably to Cali fornia as soon as he is ready to travel. Tbe red house has had mauy callers to-day, for the news that Mr. Blaine was ill again spread rapidly, and everybody who saw him out walking or driving last week was startled by it. It is now plainer than ever that most of Mr. Blaine’s friends think he is an invalid of the most delicate suscepti bility to disease. RAILWAY STATISTICS. Annual Report of the Interstate Com merce Commission. Washington, Dec. 11.—Tho fourth statis tical report of the interstate commerce commission shows that railway mileage in the United States June 30, 1891, was nearly 170,000 miles, an increase of nearly 5,000 miles over that of the previous year. The greatest activity in railway building was iu tbe states lying south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. There were 1,785 rail way corporations, of whioh 889 were inde pendent corporations and 747 subsidiary, the remainder being private lines. The number of employes was 784,285. The total capitalization was near ly $10,000,000,000. The grow earn ings were upward of $1,006,000,000. The number of passengers carried during the year was 532,000,000; num her of tons of freight 675,000,000. The number killed dur ing the year was about 7,000 and 35,000 were injured. The report reoommends that the universal autoraatio coupler and train brakes be adopted, as a majority of the deaths and aooidents have been caused in the coupling of cars. The report also recommends that express companies and waier carriers engaged In Interstate traffic be required to make* reports to the commis sion similar to those made by railways. A FEARFUL JUMP. A Young Girl's Leap For Fear of Pun ishment. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 11. —Mamie Sweet, •Red 12 years, daughter of the head waiter st tbs Wyoming house, leaped from the seventh story window at ner home to escape Punishment for having wrongly delivered a package for her mother. She fell 125 feet and suffered no Injury other than a dis looated shoulder aud a severe cut on one leg. There are no indications of internal injury. Broke Through the Ice and Drowned. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Deo. 11.—Ells worth Kuhn, 14 years old, while skating on the Hudson river here this afternoon broke through the ice and was drowned. Two other boys were rescued by heroic work on tbepartof their companions. Young Kuhn’s body was visible under the clear ice for some time before it was taken from the river. §Pj)c JUoftting ffetas. THE AFFAIRS OF THE NAVY. The Report of the Secretary Given to the Public. . Washington, Dec. 11.—The report of the Secretary of the Navy has been made public. It deals very fully with the affairs of the navy. The following are brief extracts from it: Tbe estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, for the navy aud marine corps, iucluding those for public works and Tor increase of tbe navy, amount to $24,- 471,498 21, being $2,718,141 59 less than those for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. The estimates for the running expenses of the navy and tbe marine corps for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, amount to $14,767,841 21, Pemg $135,943 59 less than the estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. The estimates for the increase of the navy amount to $9,703,657 for the fiscal year end ing June 30. 1894,aud are $3,577 198 less than those for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. THE REVENUE MARINE SERVICE. The department again refers to its recom mendation made for two successive years in favor of legislation consolidating the reve nue marine service with the navy. The advantages of this change have been fully stated in previous reports of Secretaries of the Navy, and it is not necessary to repeat them here. A striking illustration of the feasibility and expediency of this change was given by the Bering sea fleet during the past sum mer. The operations of the naval vessels and of tbe revenue outters were far more efficient than those of lost year, a result partly due to their union under one com mand. The two branches of the service worked together in perfect harmony. Four vessels of the navy were unitod under the same oommand with three vessels of the revenue marine service, upon Identical duties, pursued in the SBme manner and under a common commander in chief, who employed a naval vessel or a cutter without distinction in the execution of any orders of the department. The zeal and ability of the revenue ma rine service in the discharge of these duties called forth from Commander Evans, com manding the squadron, than whom no one wus hotter able to judge, the highest praise, and form an additional ground for the re newal of previous recommendations. the kind of ships favored. Another year of experience, of discussion, and of critioism both at home and abroad, confirms the department in the views whioh it adopted in the annual report of 1889 as to the policy of construction which the navy should pursue. The policy then advocated, which was a radical departure from any view previously presented in this country, consists in the production of three prinoipol types: First, the armored battleship of 10,000 or more tons; second, tho armored cruiser of from 8,000 to 9,000 tens, and, third, the com merce protecting and destroying oruiser, of extreme speed, of 7,500 tons. NEW VESSELS IN COMMISSION. The secretary says that nineteen vessels of the now navy were put in commission dur ing the present administration, of an aggre gate tonnage of 54,832 tons, mounting alto gether two 12-inob, six 10-inoh, sixteen 8-inch and eighty-two 6-inch guns, all of whioh, with the exception of five of the earliest, have been manufactured in this country. Eighteen vessels are in prooess of construction and certain to be completed, should their armor be delivered within the next year, of an aggregate tonnage of 93,497 tons, and mounting altogether twelve 13- inch, six 12-inch, sixteen 10-inch, thirty 8-inch, thirty-two 6-inch, thirty-eight 5-inch and thirty-four 4-lnch guns, all of which have been or are to be manufactured in this country. BTRKNGTH OF THE NAVY. Our new navy now oonsists of forty-two vessels. Recommendations are made for building four small vessels for river servioa and thirty torpedo boats. The aggressive polioy of foreign nations, the report says, continues, and this country, whether it will or not, will goon be forced into a position where it can not disregard the measures which form a standing menace to its pros perity and security. On the isthmus our commerce is engaged in a desperate fight to maintain its foothold. In the South Pacific repeated annexations and protectorates are extending powers and influence of the maritime states of the old world. Subsidized lines of fast steamers are com pleting the circle of maritime communica tion on the eastern and western coasts of the Dominion of Canada, and fortresses daily increasing in strength are surround ing our coast upon the south aud east. Under these circumstances it is imperative to tbe welfare of this country that the policy of naval reconstruction so success fully oarried on in the past should suffer no interruption in the future. THE NAVAL REVIEW. Speaking of the naval review Mr. Tracy says: “The department for some time past bus been engaged in preparations for the review and the date of April 20, 1893, has been fixed for the rendezvous at Hamp ton Roads, Invitations to take part have been sent fcto all maritime nations. The number of responses thus far received indi cates that tho review will be by far the most important assemblage of naval vessels that has ever taken piace in the waters of America.” The naval militia is composed of 1,794 men and officers, distributed through the states of Rhode Island, Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, California and New York. BOCK ISLAND’B TROUBLE. Seven Conductors Discharged and a Strike Threatened. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 11.—A report reaches here from Conway, Neb., that seven Rock Island conductors were dis charged yesterday because they declined to take out their trains on orders from “scab" dispatchers. The same re port states that the Order of Railway Conductors has demanded that the dis charged men be taken baok at once, threat ening to order a strike of conductors over the whole system, if the demand is not con ceded. These reports come from an opera tor at Conway, who says he obtained his in formation from one of the discharged conductors. a report denied. Chicago, Deo. 11. —The report sent out late last night that the strike of the Rook Island operators bad been settled and tbat the men had returned to work, is denied by L. M. Coons, chairman of the grievance com mittee. Mr. Coons says a mes-iage was sent out by the railroad officials in tbe hope tbat some of their men might return to work, but be denies that it lias bad any such effect. The following siatement was given out from strikers’ headquarters: “Things look brighter for us to-day than at any time siuce the strike. Tbe conduc tors, trainmen, switchmen and firemen of the road continue to send us dispatches of sympathy, declaring their willingness to join the strike. We have bat to say tbe word and they will all go on a strike. Un less the officials oome to time pretty soon we will give that word. We are constantly receiving rtfcssages to the effect that non union men who took oar plaoes are joining our organization." SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1892. GOD THE MOTHER OF ALL. TALM AGE PHEACHBB ON GOD'S GRSAT LOVS. The Bush of an Eternal Lullaby Breathed by the Text—Mankind More Attentive to Passages Announcing Judgments of God Than to Those Whioh Tell of His Mercy and Bis Favor. Brooklyn, Dec. 11.—Rev. Dr. Talmage to-day, in selecting a subject for bis ser mon, chose an aspect ot the divine charac ter which is seldom considered. To an un usually large audience he discoursed on God as “The Mother of All," the text being taken from Isaiah IxvL, 13: “As one whom bis mother comfortetb, so will I comfort you.” The Bible is a warm letter of affeotion from a parent to a child, and yet there are many who see chiefly the severer passages. As there may be fifty or sixty nights of gentle dewin one summer, that will not cauie as muob remark as one hail storm of half an hour, so there ars those who are more struck by those passages of the Bible that announce tbe indignation of God than by those that announce his affection. There may oome to a household twenty or fifty letters of affeotion during tne year, aud they will not make as muoh excitement in that home as one sheriff’s writ; and so there are people who are more attentive to those passages which announce tbe judgments of God, than to those which announoe his mercy and his favor. God is a lion, John says in the Book of Revelation. God is a breaker, Mlcah announces in his prophecy. God is a rook. God is a king, But hear also that God Is love. A father and his child are walking out in the fields on a summer’s day, and there comes up a thunder storm, and there is a flash of lightning tbat startles tbe child, and the father says, “My dear, that is God’s eye." There comes a peal of thunder and the father says, “My dear, that is God’s voice.’’ But the clouds go off the sky, and the storm is gone, and light floods the heavens and floods the laudsoape, and tbe father forgets to say, “That is God’s smile.” The text of this morning bends with great gentleness and love over all who are prostrate in sin and trouble. It lights up with compassion. It melts with tenderness. It breathes upon us the hush of an eternal lullaby, for it announces that God is our mother. "As one whom his mother com forteth, so will I comfort you.” I remark, In the first place, tbat God has a mother’s simplicity ot instruction. A father does not know how to teach a child tbe A, B, C. Men are not skillful in the primary department; but a mother has so much patience tbat she will tell a ohlld for the hundredth time the difference between F and G, and between I aud J. Sometimes it U by blocks; sometimes by the worsted work; sometimes by the slate: sometimes by the book. She thus teaohes the child, and has no awkwardness of oonde sceusiou In so doing. Ho God, our mother, stoops down to our infantile minds. Though we are told a thing a thou sand times, and we do not understand it, our heavenly mother goes on, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little aud there a little. God has been teaching some of us thirty years, and some of us sixty years, oue wc rd of one syllable, aud we do not know It yet—faith, faith. When we come to that word we stumble, we halt, we lose our plaoe, we pronounce it wrong. Still God’s patience is not exhausted. God, our mother, puts us In the school ot prosperity, and the letters are in sunshine, and we can not spell them. God puts us in the sohool of adversity, and the letters are black, aud we cannot spell them. If God were merely a king, he would punish us; if be were sim ply a father, he would whip us; but God is a mother, and so we are borne with and helped all tbe way through. IgA mother teaches her ohlld chiefly by pictures, if she wants to set(forth to her child the hideousness of a quarrelsome spirit, instead of giviug a leoture upou that subject, she turns over a leaf and shows the child two boys iu a wraugle.and says: * ‘Does not tbat look horrible?” If she wants to tench her child the awfulness of war, she turns over the picture book and shows tbe war oharge, the headless trunks of butchered men, the wild, bloodshot eye of battle rolling under lids of flame, and she says: “That is war!” Theohildunderstands it. In a great maßy books tbe liest part are the pictures. The style may be insipid, the type poor, but a picture always attracts a child’s attention. Now Uod, our mother teaches us almost everything by pictures. Is the divine gooifness to be set forth? How does God, our mother, teach us? By an autumnal picture. The barns are full. The wheat stacks are rounded. Tbe cattle are chewing the cud lazily iu the sum. Tbe oronards are dropping the ripe pippins into the lap of tbe farmer. The natural world, that has been busy all summer, seems now to be resting in great abundanoe. We look at tbe picture and say, “Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness.” Our family comes arouud the breakfast table. It has been a very oold night, but the children are all bright, becuuse they slept under tblok cov erlids, and they are now in tbe warm blast of the open register, and their appetites make luxuries cut of the plainest fare, and we look at the picture and say: “Bless the Lord, O ray soul!" G. and wisaeu tc set forth the fact that In the judgment the good will be divided from the wicked. How is it done? By a pioture; by a parable—a fishing scene. A group of hardy meu, long-bearded, geared for stand ing to the waist in water; sleeves rolled up. Long oar, sungilt; boat battered as though it had been a playmate of the storm. A full net, thumping about with the fish, which have just disoovered their captivity, the worthless moss-bunkers and the useful flounders all in the same net. The fisher man puts his band down amid the squirm ing fins, takes out the moss-bunkers and throws thorn into the water, aud gathers the good fish into the pail. Ho, says Christ, it shall be at tha end of the world. The bad he will cast away, and the good he will keep. Another pioture. God, our mother, wanted to set forth the doty of neighborly love nnd it is done by a picture. A heap of wounds on the road to Jerloho, A traveler has been fighting a robber. The robber stabbed him and kuooked him down. Two ministers came along. They look at the poor fellow, but do not help bim. A traveler oomee along— a Samaritan. He says “whoa" to tbe beast he is riding, and dismounts. He examines the wounds; be takes out some wiue, and with it washes the wounds, and then he takes some oil aud puts that in to make tbe wounds stop smarting; nnd then he tears off a pieoe of his own garment for a band age. Then he helps the wounded man upon the beast, and walks by tbe side, bolding him on until they come to a tavern. He says to the landlord, "Here is money to pay tbe man's board for two days; take care of him; if it oosts anything me e oharge it to me, aud I will pay it.” Picture—The Good Samaritan, or Who is Y'our Neighbor? Doe* God, our mother, waut to set forth wbat a foolish thing it is to go awav from the right, and bow glad divine mercy is to take back the wanderer? Howie it done? By a pioture. A good father. Large farm, with fat sheep aud oxen. Fine house with exquisite wardrobe. Discontented boy. Goes away. Sharper* fleece him. Feed hogs. Gets homesick. Starts back, Sees an old man running. It is father I The hand, torn <>f the husks, gets a ring. The foot, inflamed and bleeding, gets a sandal. The bare shoulder, showing through the tatters, gets a robe. The stomach, gnaw ing itself with hunger, gets a full platter smoking with meat. The father cannot eat for looking at the returned ad venturer. Tears running down the face until they oome to a smile the night dew melting into the morning. No work on the farm that day; for when a bad boy repents and comes baok, promises to do better, God knows tbat is enough for one day. “And they began to be merry.” Picture—prodigal son returned from the wilderness. Ho God, our mother, teaches us everything by pictures The sinner is a lost sheep. Jesus is the bridegroom. The useless man a barren fig tree. The gospel is a great supper. Satan a sower of tare-. Truth a mustard seed. That which we oould not have understood in the abstract statement, God, our mother, presents to us in this Bible-album of pictures, God-en graved. Is not the divine maternity ever thus teaohing us? I remark again, that God has a mother's favoritism. A father sometimes shows a favoritism. Here is a boy— strong, well, of high forsheud and quick intellect. Tbe father says, "1 will take that boy into my firm yet;” or, “I will give bim the very best possible education.” There are in srauces where, for the culture of the one boy, all the others have been robbed. A sad favoritism; but that is not the mother’s favorite. There is a child who at two years of age had a fail. He has never got over it. The scarlet fever muffled bis hearing. He is not what he onoe was. That ohlld has caused the mother more anxious nights than all the other children. If be coughs in tbe night, she springs out of a sound sleep and goes to him. The last thing the does when going out of the house is to give a charge in regard to him. The first thing on com ing In is to ask iu regard to him. Why, the children of the family all know tbat he is the favorite, ami say: "Mother, you let him do just as ho pleases, and you give him things which you do not give u. He is your favorite.” Tbe mother smiles; she knows it is so. So he ought to be; for if there is any one in tbe world that needs sympathy more than another, it is an in valid child, weary on the first mile of life’s journey; carrying an aching head, a v.enk side, an irritated lung, Ho tbe mother ought to make him a favorite. God, our mother, has favorites. “Whom the Lord loveth he chusteueth.” That • one whom he es pecially loves he ohasteneib. God loves us all: but 1s there one weak, and tick, and sore, and wounded, and suffering, and faint? That is tbe one who lies nearest and more perpetually ou tbe great, loving heart of God. Why, it never coughs but our mother, God, hears it. It never stirs a weary limb iu tho bed but our mother, God, knows of it. There is no suen a watch as God. The best nurse may be overborne by fatigue, and tall asleep In tbe ohair; but God, our mother, after being up a year of nights with a suffering child, never slumbers nor sleeps. “O!" says tne, “I cannot understand all that about affliction." A refiner of silver once explained if. to a Christian lady, “I put the silver in the fire, end I keep refining it and trying it till I can see my face in it, and then 1 take it out.” Just so it is that God keeps his dear children in tbe furuaoe till the divine image may be teen in them; then they are taken out of the fire. ‘•'Well,” says some oue, “If tbat is tbe way that God treats bis favorites, I do nut want to be a favorite.” There Isa barren field on an autumn day just wanting to be let alone. There Is a bang at the bars, and a rattle of whlffle-trees and devices. The field says, “What Is the farmer going to do with me now?” The farmer puts the plow on tbe ground, shouts to the horses, the oouller goes tearing through the sod, and the furrow readier from fence to fence. Next day there is a hang at the bars, and a rattle of whittle trees again. The field says: “I wonder what the farmer is going to do now?” The farmor hitches the horses to the barrow, and It goes bounding and tear ing across the field. Next day there is a rattle at the bars again, and the field says: “What is the farmer going to do now?" He walks heavily aoross the field, scattering seed as he walks. After a while a oloud comes. The field says, “What, more trouble!” It begins to rain. After a while *hs wind changes to the northwest and it btgins to snow. Hays the field, “Is it not enough that I have been torn and trampled upou and drowned? Must I now be snowed under?” After a while spring comes out of tbe gates of tho south aud warmth and gladness oome with it. A green soai f bandages the gaih of the wheat field ami the July morning drops a crown of gold on tbe head of the grain. * ‘O,” says the field, “now I know the use of the plow, of the harrow, of the heavy foot, of the shower and of the snow storm, it is well enough to be trodden, and trampled, and drowned, and snowed under, if In the end I can yield such a glorious harvest.” “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bear ing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” When I see God especially buey in troub ling and trying a Christian, I know that out of tbat Christian’s character there Is to come some especial good. A quarryman goes down into the excavation, and with strong-banded machinery bores into the rock. The rock says, " W hat do you do that for!” He puts powder in; be lights a fuse. There is a thundering crash. Tbe rock saj-s, “Why, the whole mountain is going to pieoes.” Tbe crowbar is plunged ; the rock is dragged out. After awhile it is taken into the artist’s studio. It says, “Weil, now I have got to a warm, com fortable place at last." But the sculptor takes tbe cbissl aud mallet, and be digs for the eyes, and he outs for tha mouth, and he bores for the ear, and he rubs it with sand paper, until tha rock says, “When will this torture be ended? ’ A sheet is thrown over it. It stands in dark ness. After a while it is taken out The ooveriug is removed, it stands in the sun light, in the presence ot ten thousand ap proaching people, as they greet the statue of the poet, or the prince, or the conqueror. ”Ab I" says the stone, “now I understand it. lam a great deal better off now stand ing as a statue ot a conqueror than 1 would have beeu down in tbe quarry.” Ho God finds a man down in tbe quarry of ignor ance and sin. How to get bim up? Ho must be bored, and blasted, anil chiseled, and scoured, aud staud sometimes iu she darkness. But alter awhile tbe mantle of affliction will fall off, and bis soul will be greeted by the one hundred and forty-four thousand, and tbe thousand* of thousands, as more than conqueror. O, my frier ds, God, our mother, is just as kind in our afflictions us iu our prosperities. God never touches us but for our good. If a field oieau and cultured is better off than a barren field, and if a stone that has become a statue is better off than the marble in the quarry, then that soul that God chastens may be his favorite. O, the rocking of the soul is not the rooking of an earthquake, but tbe rock ing of God’s cradle. “A* one whom bis mother comfortetb, so will I comfort you.” I have been told that the pearl in an oyster is merelv tbe result of a wound, or a sick ness inflicted upon it, aad I do not know bnt that tbe brightest gems of heaven will be found to have been the wounds of earth kindled into the jeweled brightness of eternal glory, 1 remark that Uod has a mother’s oapooity for attending to little hurts. The father is shocked ut the broken bone of the child, or at the sickness tbat sets the crsdle on fire with fever, but it takes the mother to sym pathize with ail the little ailments and little bruises of the child. If the child ha* a splinter in its hand, It wauts the mother to take it out, and not the father. The father says, “O, that is nothing.” but the mother knows it is something, and that a little hurt sometimes is very great. Ho with God, our mother, all our annoyances are important enough to look at nnd sympathize with. Nothing with God Is something. There are no ciphers iu God’s arithmetic. Aud if we were only good enough of sight we could see as much through a inicroscopo as through a telescope. Those things that may be Impalpable and infinitesimal to us, may be prououueed and infinite to God. A mathematical point is defined os having no parts, no magnitude. it is so small you cannot imagine it, ami yet a math ematical point may be a starting point for a great eternity, God’s surveyors oarry a very long chain. A scale must bo very del icate that can weigh a grain, but God’s scale is so delicate that he can weigh with it that which is so small tbat a grain is a million times heavier. When John Kitto, a poor boy on a back street of Plymouth, out bis foot with a piece of glass, God bound it up so successfully that he became tbe great Christian geographer, aud a commentator known amoug all nations. Ho every wound of the soul, however insignificant. Uod is willing to bind up. As at tbe first ory of tho child tbe mother rushes to kiss the wound, so God, our mother, takes tho smallest wound ot the heart, and presses it to the lips of divine sympathy. “As one whom his mother oomfortetb, so will 1 com fort you.” ™1 remark further that God has a mother's patience for the erring If one does wrong, first his associates In life cast him off; if he goes on In the wrong way, Ids business partner oasts him off; if he goes ou, his liest friends cast him off—his father casts him off, where does he go? Who holds no grudge, and forgives the last time as well as the first? Who 6its by the murderer’* counsel all through the long trial? Who tarries tho longest at tho windows of a culprit’s oellf Who, when all others think ill of a man, keeps ou thinking well of him? It Is his mother. God bless her gray hairs, if she be still alive; and bless her ';rave, if she be gone! And bless the rooking chair In which she used to sit, aud bless the cradle that she used to rock and bless the Bible she used to read! Ho God, our mother, has patience for all the erring. After every body else has cast a man off, God our mother, comes to the rescue. God leaps to take charge of a bad case. After all other other dootors have got through tne heav enly physician comes in. Human sympathy at such a timedi es not amount to much. Even the sympathy of the church, I am sorry to say, often does not amount to muoh. 1 have seen the most harsh and bit ter treatment on the part of those who profess faith in Christ toward those who were wavering and erring. They tried ou the wanderer sarcasm, and billingsgate, ana caricature, and they tried tittle-tattle. There was one thing they did not try and that was forgiveness. A soldier in England was brought by n sergeant to the oolonel. “What," says the oolonel, “bringing the man here again! We have tried everything with him.” “O, no." says the ser geant, "there is oue thing you have not tried. I would like! you to try that.” “What Is that?” said tho oolonel. Said the man, “Forgiveness.” The case had not gone so far hut that he might take tbat turn, and so the colonel said, "Well, young man, you have done so and so. What is your exouse!" “I have no excuse, but lam very sorry,” said the man. “We have made up our minds to forgive you,” said the oolonel. The tears started. He had never been accosted in that way before. His life was reformed, and tbat was the starting point for a positively Christian life. O, church of God, quit your sarcasm when a man falls! Quit your irony; quit your tittle-tattle, and try forgiveness. God, your mother, tries it all the time. A man’s siu may be like a continent, but God’s for giveness is like the Atlantic and Paoiflo oceans, bounding it on both sides. The Bible often talks about God’s band. I wonder how it looks. Yon remember dis tinctly how your mother’s hand looked, though thirty years ago it withered awav. It was different, from your father’s hand. When you were to be chastised you had rather have mother punish you than father. It did not hurt so much. And father's hand different from mother’s, partly because it bod out-door toil, and partly because God Intended it to he different. Tbe knuckles were more firmly set, and the palm was calloused. But mother’s hand was more delicate. There were blue veins running through the back of it. Though the fingers, some of them were picked with a needle, tbe palm of ft was soft. O it was very soft. Was their ever any poultice like that to take pain out of a wound? So God’s hand is a mother's hand. W hat it touches it heals. If it smite you It does not hurt as if it were another hand. O, you poor wandering soul iu sin it is not a bailiff’s hand tbat seizes you to day. It is not a bard hand. It is not an unsympathio hand. It is not a cold hand. It is not an enemy's bird. No. It is a gentle hand, a loving bt nl, 4 sympathetic band, a soft baud, a momer’s hand. “As one whom his mother comfortetb, so will I comfort you.” I want to say, finally, that God has a mother’s way of putting a child to sleep. You know there Is no cradle song like a mother’s. After the excitement of the evening it is almost Impossible to get tbe child to sleep, if the rocking chair stop a moment tbe eyos are wide open; but the mother's patience and the mother's soothing manner keep on until, after a while, the angel of slumber put* hts wing over the pillow. Well, my dear brothers and sisters iu Christ, the time will come when we will l>e warding to be put to sleep. The day of our life will be done, and tbe shadows of the night of death will be gathering arouud us. Then we want God to sooth us, to hush us to sleep. Let the music at our going not be the digo of the organ, or the knell of the churoh tower, or the drumming of a "dead march,” but let it be tho bush of a mother’s lullaby. O! the cradle of the grave will be oft with tho pillow of all the promises. When we are being rocked into tbat last slumber, I want this to be the cradle song: "As one whom a mother oomfortetb, so will I comfort you." Asleep in Jesus! For from thee Thy kindred and thy graves may be; Hut thme it still a blessed sleep. From which none ever wake to weep. A Scotchman was dying. His daughter Nellie sat by the bedside. It was Sunday evening, and the bell of the church was ringing, calling the people to church. Tbe good old man, in his dying dream, thought tbat he was on the way to churoh, as he used to be when he went in the sleigh aoross the river; and as theeveniog bell struck up, iu bis d.vmg dream he thought it was tne call to church. He said, “Hark, children, the bells are ringing; we shall be late; we must make the mare step out quick!” lie shivered, and then sail, “Pull the buffalo robe up closer, my lass! It is cold crossing the river, but we will soon be there, Nellie, we will soon be there!" And be smiled and said: “Just there now.” No wonder be smiled. The good old man had got to church. Not the old oountry church, but the temple in the skies.. Just across the river. How comfortably did God hush that old man to sleep I As one whom his mother oomforteth, so Uod comforted him. CONSPIRACY AT HOMESTEAD. Wholesa e Poisoning of Non-Union Men in Carnegie's Plant. Pittsburg, Dec. 11.— A Hunday paper published a startling story to-day of a con spiracy to poison hy wholesale the non-union men at the Carnegie's plant at Homestead, and, as a result, it is alleged, several per sons lost their lives, whiles soores are suffering from the effect* of poisonous drug. The development made, it Is said, implicated the advisory committee and tbe amalgamated association aud offioers of otber labor organization*. To-day nine or more persons are under arrest, ostensibly on less serlons charges, but really for the pur pose of averting suspicion until others la the alleged o< nspiraoy oould be apprehended. The only name given is Robert Beatlv, who was arrested at Louisville last night. It is stated that the ohief cook inside the Home stead mills oonfeseed having plaoed poison in tbe food prepared for non-union men. UNDER PAY OF THE STRIKE COMMITTEE. He stateil that he did so at tho instiga tion of the strikers’ committee, and that he wa also under pay from them as well as from the Carnegie company. If he oaueed tbe deaths and siokness sufficient to frighten non-union men from the mill and compel the closing of the mill, he said, he wae to reoelve $5,000. The two assistants he en gaged, it is stated, beoxme frightened aud informed Mr. Frlok of the crime. This led to the arrest of the ohief oook, and. as stated above, he made a full confession. Tho matter was kept quiet. The workmen were instructed to get their meals outside- The cook ami his two as sistant* were kept in the mill under dose survoillanoe. During the time the meal* were prepared inshle a number of workmen became sick, and Charles Glossier died two weeks after going to Homestead. Mr. Frick positively refuse* to be interviewed on the subject to-night. THE STORY CONFIRMED. EL I. Beck, counsel for the Carnegie Hteel Company, limited, was seen to-night and confirmed the st3ry of poieoning. lie says bis information is that at least six deaths have resulted from the poisoning. Tbe Homestead drug gist and physiolnti are lmnlioated Hunt. Cowan of the West Penn hospital said to-night that about forty or fifty oases from Homestead were received at tnat in stitution, but they were of men Injured In the mills or of diseases arising from natural causes. “We bad no oases whatever,” said Hupt. Cowan, “in which there were any in dications of poison having been used.” THE MONETARY CONFERENCE. Propositions to Fix tho Ratio Between Gold and Silver. Brussels, Dec. It.—At a meeting of the monetary conference yesterday Herr Han* I. Korsell of the Sweden and Norway dele gation, referring to Congressman Mc- Creary's declared pra arenas for a fixed ratio between gold and silver of sixteen to one, asked tbe American* it they would agree to a ratio of twenty to one, which would be a nearer approach to the present sil ver value. Heuator Allison replied tbat 15W to one was the most logical ratio. A United States delegate, Henry W. Cannon, reply ing to M. Tirard of the Ireuch delegation, denied that the United Stales was unduly ioflueuced in >te silver legislation by her silver product, lie thought the proposed purchase of 3(1,000,000 ounces of sikger an nually by Europe, provided tbat it wae an addition to the silver now used, might be a bridge to Join tbe money metals again. America, up to the present time, had no difficulty iu maintaining the parity between gold and silver, aud intended to maintain it. If, however, silver was to be further diehouored and used the sains as paper money, without regard to price, America would still lie In an excellent position to profit by this state of affaire, us has been shown in tbe oonferei.ee. TO SUBMIT A PLAN. Banker Htrauss of Frankfurt has oome to the city to submit u plan to tbe monetary conference for auulnn of the monometallic countries. Kaoh country is to keep a special gold reserve ot $25,(100,000 in its treasury, and exports and imports of bul lion are to he merely indloated by cable. KINO OTTO WOKSB. He Is Reported aa by Tuuns Sullen and Violent. London, Dec. 1L —Dispatches from Mu nich say that the crazy King Otto of Bava ria is growing rapidly worse. He Is by turns sullen and violent, has lost bis appetite and is troubled with Insomnia. Dr. Mueller, physioian to his majesty, expressed the opinion, although not for publication in Uermuny, that if properly treated the king would still be ourable. At othe time the king was under bis care u. least, the dootor says, hit state of mind was suoh that keen watchful ness and careful treatment would bave re stored gradually hit reason. l>r. Mueller submitted it as bis opinion to the ministry of the royal bouse that a change of air and scenery might permanently restore the king’s mind. Dr. Mueller reported also to the cabinet that King Otto eipreeted a wish to go to Munich, where be has not been for twelve years. As soon as Dr. Muel ler’s official report came up for c nsldsratlon, a privy council was held and Dr. Mueller was suddenly removed to the university of Wurzburg. Otto remained where he was, prisoner iu Forstenreid castle. Dr. Mueller does not imply that the present regeut, Luitpold, willfully causes Klug Otto to l> ill treated. He means that a certain clique at oourt, for their own purposes and interests, encour age the neglect and abuse of the oresy sov ereign, and manage 10 keep the prince re gent ill-informed as to the patient’s condition. Personally the prince regent does not Inquire at Castle Forstenreid. Dr. Mueller says the klug still realizes his royal position and often rings a bell for the sole purpose that he may have his 'attendant address him as "your majesty." RJINACH’-t DEATH. Denial of the Rumors That It Was Due to Unnatural Causes. Paris, Deo. 11.—M. Brouardel dentes the rumors that he has already found evidence that Baron Keluaoh’s death was due to un natural causes. The viscera and brain were to-night brought to the toxologioal labora tory at Pari*. The Libre Parol'e neverthe less persists that tba examination revealed that death was due to aconite poison, Mre. Maybrlck's Condition. London, Dec. IL—ln response to repre sentations of the United States government the British government has informed the United Htatee legation that no ground oan lie found for tbs belief that Mrs. Maybrioh’s condition is critical or threatens to beoome so. In case she becomes worse the govern ment will Inform the legation immediately Attacked With! Stones and Missiles. Dublin, Deo. 11. —While returning to Knnls to-day from eu election meeting, Timothy M. Healy and other inemoers of parliament were attacked with stoues and other missiles. The carriage windows were smashed and the woodwork was broken. P. A. (J nance, M. P., was injured. ( DAILY, $lO A YEAR. 1 ■J 5 CENTS A COPY. f ( WEEKLY |! A A YEAR. J THE WEEK IN CONGRESS. AN 11-OPTION TO BE TACKLED AFTER CHRISTMAS. The Bill to Negotiate For the Sur render of Indian Territory— The Mc- Garrahan Cialm—Condition of the Various Appropr'atlon Bills The Pension Bill to Be Reported the End Of the Week. W ARRINGTON, Deo. 11.—It seems to be tacitly understood that the donate will not tackle the anti-option bill in earnest before the Christmas vacation; and, as this is un finished business, it neoessarily follows that no other measures of importance will be taken up until after the holidays, exoept such as oome up In tbe morning hour or ere taken under consideration by unanimous oonsent. There is an unfinished debate pending on Mr. Vest’s motion to negotiate with the five civilized tribes for tbe surrender of Indian Territory. Mr. Platt of Connecticut and other members of the Indian committee have given notiee of an inteution to siiealc on toe matter. There are a number of other Indian questions pending whioh are liable to bring about a general debate ou the whole Indian question. The member* of the appropriations com mittee, in view of the oonditiou of th* treasury, will oppose further legislation in volving appropriations of any kind for th* cession of Indian lands at this time. THE M’OAIIRAKAN CLAIM. The MoUarrahau claim to the New Idra Mining Company's property is the special order for Tuesday in the Henate. A bill au thorising the court of claiuißto take cogni zance of the case under conditions favorable tc McGarrnban was passed hy a unanimous vote of the Henate at the last session, and four more than two-thirdi of tho House, but was vetoed hy President Harrison be cause he lie)level tho conditions of the bill bore unjustly upon the United Htates. Mr. MoGarrnban is confident the bill will be passed over the veto. If it Is the genial and nerslstaut claimant will be $3,000,1100 better off than at present. Heuator Mitchell savs be will press hla joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution providing for the eleotion of senator* by a direct vote ot tbe people. It Is the seoond measure on the oalendar, under the rule, for the consideration of bus iness uoobjected to. It is hardly probable, despite its favorable position, that conclu sive action will be taken at this session of oongress. In the House. Tbe appropriation bills will probably take up the time ot tbe House this week. The military bill has been reported and uiay be oalled up Tuesday, while the fortification* bill will be ready for action by tbe House on Monday or a day or two thereafter. The other bills nearly completed are the District of Columbia aud urgent deficiency, while it Is not at all unlikely that tbe pen sion bill will be reported before tbe end of the week. Tbe military, fortifications and District of Columbia bills ere on the programme for consideration, and they may be disposed of before the beginning of next week. A ROWBOAT RUN DOWN. Six of tbe Bpree’s Officers Aboard of It. Queenstown, Dec. 11.—The steamboat Albert ran down this aftornoon a rowboat which wo* carrying six of the steamship Spree's officers to the Haulbow line dock. Tbe rowboat went to the bottom. The assistant purser of the Spree swam away and was secured hy a boat from the Albert. Five oilier officers clung to the steamer and were pulled In with ropes. The Hpre# was towed by four Clyde tusrs to-day to th* Haulbow line naval dock basin. She is the largest vessel ever received in the basin. After the flooded compart ments had been drawn dry, she was draw ing twenty-one feet of water forward and twenty-two aft. An effort will be made Tuesduy to remove her to Groving dook, where her bottom will tie examined and tha injured shaft be taken out. The new seo tlon will be Inserted as scon as It arrives from Bremen, and the Spree will then pro oeed to Bremerhaven. A STEAMER WKECKED.' Tbe Captain Dies From Cold in tha Rigging. London, Doo. 11. —The British steamer liilsburg, from Civlta Vecchia for Middles borough, was wrecked off Ixmg Hand, near Harwich, last night In response to her signals a lifeboat was sent out. The ship was already going to pieoes, and Oapt I'avis bad already died of odd in tbe rig ging. After prolonged efforts the ship wae boarded, but only one seaman was found, and be died of exposure before he could be removed. It is learned subsequently tbat tbe rest of the crew, numbering fourteen men, had put off in a small beat after the vessel struck, and by six hours of hard work had reaabed the lightship iu safety. It Is learned tbat six of the steamship Dllsburg’s crew have been drowned. A schooner is said to have been wrecked early this morning near Dllesburg. Portugal’s Proposed Army Reform. Lisbon, Deo. 11.—The minister of war has resigned, owing to the failure of the cabinet to agree iqioii his proposed army reform. Tbe stability of the cabinet te threatened. Prime Minister Ferreira will refer the matter to the Cortes, and he will ask for • vote of confidence. A Foregone Conclusion. Berlin, Deo. 11.—In on article headed “Shipwreck," the Tageblatt eays tbe mili tary bill’s defeat is a foregone conclusion. Abbe Benedictine Smith Dead. Rome, Deo. U. —Abbe Benedictine Smith, who wae well known in America, has died of pneumonia. KILLED AT A DANOE. He Wasn’t Wonted at the Frolic but Insisted on Taking Part in It. Purysburg, ;8. C., Deo. 11.— Abe Jen kins (colored) was killed here last night by another negro. Adanoe was going on in a house about 200 yards from tbe depot, wbea tbe night train arrived from Savannah. A negro who was on tbe train, hearing the fun, went up to take part in it. He was told tbat no "Georgia tramp nigger” was wanted them, and ordered out. Jenkins followed with a revolver in hand to see that the intruder left tbe premises, but he bad hardly stepped outside the door when the tramp put a bullet from a Winchester through bit heart and ooolly walked off into the woods. The murderer was probably one of those negro gamblers who infest tur pentine settlements and railroad camps, and who arbitrate all disputes with a W in chaster. Tbe body of the dc ad negro was lying where it fell when the train passed Sunday morning.