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tbe completeness of everything that God
does.
One would have thought that, if the
waters of Jordan had dropped until they
were only two or three feet deep, the
Israelites might have marched through it,
and have come up on the other tank
with their clothes saturated and their gar
ments like those of men coming ashore
from shipwreck, and that would have teen
as wonderful a deliverance; but G •! does
•omeihing better than that. When the
priest*’ feet touched the waters of Jordan,
and they were drawn off, they might have
thought there would have been a bed of
mud and slime through which the army
should pass. Draw off the water of the
Hudson or the Ohio, and there would be a
good many days, and perhaps many weeks j
before the sediment would dry up; and yet •
here, in an instant, immediately, God pro- :
vides a path through the doptns of Jor
dan; it is so dry, the passengers
do not even get their feet damp.
O, the completeness of every- :
tiling that God does! Does ho
make a universe?—it is a perfect clock, run
ning ever since it was wound un, the fixed
stars the pivots, the constellations, the iu
termoviug wheels, and pouderous laws the
weights and mighty s winning pendulum; the
stare in the great dome of night, striking
the midnight, and the sun with brazen
tongne, tolling the hour of noon. The
wildest comet has a chain of law that it
cannot break. The thistledown flying be
fore the school boy’s breath, is controlled
by the same law that controls the sun and
the planets. The rose bush iu your window
is governed by the same principle that
governs the tree of the universe on which
the stars are ripening fruits, and on which
God will one day put his hand and shake
down the fruit—a perfect universe. No
astronomy has ever proposed an tamend.
meat.
If God makes a Bible it is a complete
Bible. (Standing amid the dreadful and
delightful truths, you seem to be in the
midst of an orohestra where the wailings
over ains, and the rejoicings over pardon,
and tbe martial strains of victory make the
chorus like an anthem of eternity. This
book seems to you the ocean of truth, on
every wave of wh.oh Christ walks- some
times in the darkness of prophecy, again in
tbe splendors with which he walks on Gali
lee. In this book apostle answers to prophet.
Paul to Isaiah, Revelation to Genesis- glori
ous light, turning midnight sorrow into ths
midnoon joy, dispersing every fog, hushing
every tempest. Take this book; It Is the
kiss of God on the soul of lost man. Perfect
Bible, complete Bible! No man has ever
proposed any improvement.
God provided a Savior: he is a complete
Bavior—God-man —divinity and human
ity united in the same person. He set up tbe
■tarry pillars of the universe anl the towers
of light He plauted theoedarsand the heav
enly Lebanon. He struck out of tbe rock
the rivers of life, singing under trees, sing
ing under the tbronea He auarried tbe
sardonyx and crystal, and the topaz of the
beavenly wall He put down the jasper
tor tbe foundation, and heaped up the ame
thyst for the capital, and swung the twelve
gates which are twelve pearls. In one in
stant be thought out a universe; and yet he
became a child, crying for his mother,
feeling along the sides of the man
ger learning to walk. Omnipotence
sheathed in tbe muscle and flesh of a child’s
arm; omniscience strung in tbe optio nerve
of a child’s eye; infinite love beating in a
•hild’s heart; a great God appearing in ths
form of a child one year old, five years old,
fifteen years old. While all the heavens
were ascribing to him glory and honor and
power on earth, men said, “Who is this fel
low?” While all the heavenly hosts, with
folded wing about their facee, bowed down
before him, crying “Holy, holy!” on earth
they denounced him as a blasphemer and a
sot. Rocked In a boat on Genuesaret,
and yet he it is that undlrked tbe light
ning from the storm cloud, and dismast
ed Lebanon of its forests, and bolds the
five ooeans on the tip of bis finger, as a leaf
holds the raindrop. O, the oomplete Bavior,
rubbing hi* hand over the plaoe where we
hove the pain, yet the stars of heaven the
adorning gems of his right hand. Holding
us in bis arms when we take our last view
of our dead. Bitting down with us on the
tombstone, and while we plant roses there,
he planting consolation in our heart, every
chapter a stalk, every verse a stem, every
word a rose. A complete Savior, a com-
Jlete Bible, a complete universe, a complete
ordanic passage. Everything that God
does is complete.
Again, I learn from this Jordanic passage
that between us and every Canaan of suc
cess and prosperity there is a river that
must be passed. “0, how I would like some
of those grapes on the other side!” said some
of the Israelites to Joshua. “Well,” says
Joshua, “if you want the grapes, why don’t
you cross over and get them?" There is a
river of difficulty between us and every
thing that is worth having; that which costs
nothing is worth nothing. God didn't in
tend this world for an easy parlor, through
which we are to bo drawn in a rooking
chair, but we are to work our passage,
climb masts, fight battles, scale mountains,
and ford rivers. God makes everything
valuable difficult to get at, for the same
reason that he put the gold down in the
mine, and the pearl clear down in the sea,
to make us dig and dive for them. We ac
knowledge this principle in the worldly
things; O, that we were only wise enough
to acknowledge It in religious things!
You bare scores of illustrations under
your own observation where men have had
the hardest lot, and been trodden under
fool, and yet after awhile had it easy. Now
their homes blossom and bloom with pict
ures, and carpets that made foreign looms
laugh now embrace their feet; the summer
winds lift the tapestry about the window
gorgeous enough for a Turkish sultan, un
patient steeds paw and neigh at the door,
their carriage moving through the sea of
New York life a very wave of splendor.
Who is it? Why, it is a boy that came to
New York with a dollar In his pocket, and
all his eetate slung over his shoulder in a
ootton handkerohief. All that silver on
the dancing span is petrified sweatdrops;
that beautiful dress is the faded calioo over
which God put bis hand of perfection, turn
ing it to Turkish satin or Italian silk. those
diamonds are the tears which sulfering froze
as they fell. O, there is a river of difficulty
between us and every earthly achievement.
You know that. You admit that.
You know this is so with regard to the
acquisition of knowledge. The ancients
used to say that Vulcan struck Jupiter on
the head, and the goddess of wisdom jumped
out, illustrating the truth that wißdora
oomes by hard knocks. There was a river
of difficulty between Bhasespeare, the boy
holding the horses at the door of the Lon
don theater, and that Shakespeare, the great
dramatist, winning the applause of all au
diences by his tragedies. There was a river
between Benjamin Franklin, with a loaf of
bread under his arm, walking the streets of
Philadelphia, and that same Benjamin
Franklin, the philosopher, just out side of
Boston, flying a kite in the thunderstorm.
An idler was cured of his had habit by
looking through bis window, night afte
night, at a mau who seemed sitting at hn
desk turning off one sheet of writiug after
another until almost the dawn of the morn
ing. The man silting there writing until
morning was industrious Walter .Scott; the
man who looked at him through the win
dow was Lockhart, his illustrious biographer
afterward. Lord Mansfiield, pursued by
the press and by the populace because of a
certain lino of dutv, went on to discharge
the duty; and while the mob were around
him demanding the taking of his life he
shook his fist iu the face of the mob and
said: , “Sirs, when one’s last end comes it
cannot come too soon if he fails in defense
ot law and the liberty of his country.” Aud
there is, mv friends, a tug, a tussle, a trial,
e push, an anxiety, through which every
man must go before he comes to worldly
success and worldly achievement. You ail
nut it. Now be wise enough to apply it in
religion. Eminent Christian character is
only gained by theJordauio passage ; no
man just happened to get good.
Why does that man know so much about
ti e scriptures I He was studying the Bible
while you were reading a novel. He was
o i fire Wth the sublimities of the Bible
■while you wore sound asleep. By tug,
tussle, pushing and running m the Christian
life that man got so strong for God; in a
hundred Solfennos he learned how to fight;
in a hundred shipwrecks he learned how to
swim. Tears over sin, tears over Zion’s
desoiatiou, tears over tbe impenitent, tears
over the graves male are the Jordan which
that mar. had passed. Sorrow pales the
cheek and fades the eye, and wrinkles the
brow, and withers the hauds; there are
mourning garments in the wardrobe and
there are deaths in every family reoord, all
around are tbe relic* of the dead.
The Christian has passed the Red sea of
trouble, and yet he thinks there is no Jor
dan of death between him and heaven. He
conies down to that Jordan of death, and
thinks how many have been lost there.
When Molyneux was exploring the Jordan
in I’aiestine, be had his Doats all knocked to
pieces in tho rapids of the river. And there
are a great many men who have gone down
in the river of death; the Atlantic and
Pacific have not swallowed so many, it is
an awful thing to make shipwreoka on the
rook of ruin; masts falling, hurricane fly
ing, death coming, groanings in the water,
moaning* in the wind, thunder in the sky,
while God with the iluger of the lightning
writes all over the sky : “I will tread them
in my wrath, and I will trample them in
my fury.”
The Christian comes down to this raging
torrent, and he knows he must pass out,
aud as he comes toward the time his breath
gats shorter, and as his last breath leaves
him he slips into the stream, and no sooner
does he touch the stream than it is parted,
aud he goes through drvshod, while all the
waters wave their plumes, crying, “O,
death, where is thy sting? O, grave, where
is thy victory?” God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes, and there shall be no
more weeping, and there shall be no more
death.
Some of your children have already gone
up tbe other bank. You let them down on
this side of the bank; they will be on the
other bank to help you up with super
natural strength. The other morning at
my table, all my family present, I thought
to myself how pleasaut it would be if I could
put all into a boat, eDd then go In with them,
and we could pull across the river to tho
next world, and be there altogether. No
family parting, no gloomy obsequies; it
wouldn’t take fivemiuutes to go from bank
to bank, and then in that better world to be
together forever. Wouldn’t it be pleasant for
you to take all your family into that blessed
country, if you could all go together? I
remember my mother, in her dying hour,
said to my father: "Father, wouldn’t it be
pleasant if we could all go together?” But
we cannot all go together. We must go
oue by one, aud we must be grateful if we
get there at all. What a heaven it will be
it we have our families there, to look around
and see all the otdldreu present! You
would rather have them all there and you
go with bare brow forever, than that oDe
should be missing to complete the garlauds
of heaven for your coronal. The Lord
God of Joshua give them a safe Jordauio
passage!
Even children will go through dryshod.
Those of us who were brought up in tbe
oountry remember, when the summer was
coming on in oar boyhood days, we always
longed for the day when we were .to go
barefooted, aud , after teasing our mothers
in regard to it for a good while and they
consented, we remember the delicious sen
sation of tbe cool grass when we put our
uncovered foot on it. And the time will
ootne when these shoes we wear now, lest
we be out of the sharp places of this world,
shall be taken of? and with unsandaled foot
we will step into the bed of tbe river with
feet untrainmeled, free from pain and fa
tigue, we will gain that last journey; when,
with oue foot in the bed of tbe river and
the other foot on the other bauk, we strug
gle upward. That will be heaven. O, I
pray for all my dear people a safe Jordanio
passage. That is what the dying Christian
husbaud felt when he said, “How the candle
flickers, Nellie! Put it oat; I shall sleep
well to-night, and wake in the morning."
S3' in® word nf comfort on this subject for
ail tbe bereaved. You see, our departed
frieuds have not been submerged—have not
been swamped in the waters; they have only
orosaed over. These Israelites are just as
thoroughly alive on the western banks of
the Jordan, as they had been on
tbe easern banks of the Jordan;
and our departed Chrlstlau
friends have only crossed over—not sick, not
dead, not exhausted, not extinguished, not
blotted out, but with healthier respiration,
and stout ir pulse and keener eyesight, and
better prospeots: crossed over! their sins,
their pl.ysloal and mental disquiet, all left
clear this side, an eternally-flowing. Im
passable obstacle between them and all hu
mau satanio pursuit. Crossed over! O. I
shake hauds of congratulation with all the
bereaved in the consideration that our de
parted Christian friends are safe.
Why was there so much joy in oertain
circles in New York when pecqde beard
from tbe friends who were on board that
belated steamer. It was feared that vessel
had gone to the bottom of the sea, aud
when the friends on this side heard that the
steamer had arrived safely in Liverpool,
had we not a right to congratulate tbe peo
ple in New York that their friends had got
safely across! Aud Is it not right this morn
ing that I oongratulate you that your de
parted friends are sate on the shore or
heaven! Would you have them baok again?
Would you have those old parents back
again? You know how hard it was sometimes
for them to get their breath iu tbe stifled
atmosphere of the summer; would you
have ihem baok in this weather) Didn’t
they use their brain long enough? Would
you have your oblldren back agalu! Would
you have them take the risks of temptation
whioh throng every human pathway?
Would you have them cross the Jordan
three times? In addition to crossing it
Mrs. L. Townsend
Rising Sun, Delaware.
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I take pleasure In recommending these medi
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1893.
already, cross it again to greet you now,
and then cross back afterward. For cer
tainly you would not want to keep them
forever out of heaven.
Pause and weep, not for the free 1 from pain.
But that tbe sigh of love would bring them
back again.
1 ask a question and there seems to come
back the answer in heavenly echo. “V/hat!
will you never be sick again*” “Never—
sick—again.” “Whatl will you never be
tired again?" "Never tired again.”
"What! will you never weep again?”
“Never—weep-agaiD.” “What! whl you
never die again*” “Never—die—again.”
O, ye army of departed kindred, we hail
you from bank to bank. Wait for us when
the Jordan of death shall part for us. Come
down and meet us half way between the
widowed banks of earth and the palm
groves of heaven. May our great high
priest go ahead of us, aud with bruited feet
touch the|water, and then shall be fulfilled
the words of my text, "All Israel went over
on dry ground, until all the people were
gone olear through Jordan.”
If I ask you what shall be the glad hymn
of this morning, I thiuk there would be a
thousand voices that would choose the same
hymn-the hymn that illuminates so many
death chambers—tbe hymn that has been
the parting hymn in many an instauce—tho
old hymn:
On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wistful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
o,tS:e transporting, rapturous scene
That rises on my sight'
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
WAYCROSS waifs.
One Newspaper Suspends and An
other to Rise from Its Avhee.
Waycross, Ga., March 13.—The last
issue of the Daily Advocate, by H. 8. Kline,
appeared Saturday. Tbe Advocate was
only intended for tbe purpose of giving the
news of the I’ierson meetings. Mr. Kline
is an old newspaper roan. He has bought
the material in the Headlight office, aud
will, on next Saturday, begin the publica
tion of the Daily Headlight , which will be
a permanent institution. Mr. Freeman
will be connected with the new enterprise.
Mr. Mulligan, who is boring the artesian
well, has broken two drills in the well
this week.
Jami-9 M. Freeman has been appointed
keeper of Lott cemetery.
The meetings for ladies and ohildren by
Mrs. Dr. Pierson at the Presbyterian church
every afternoon are well attended.
All denominations will unite in the meet
ings at the Baptist church to-day aud to
ulgbt.
TENNILLB TALK.
Encouraging Evidence of Prohibition
In the Growing Town.
Tennille, March 12.—0n Friday
George W. Hammock celebrated his 82d
birthday with a reunion of his entire family
at the residence of his eldest son, George
Hammock, in the lower part of Washington
oounty. The children, grandchildren,
and great-grandchildren and their parents,
numbered 127. Of this number sixty-five
bore the name Hammock. Mrs. Hammock,
the oousort of G. W., died about a year
ago. The old gentleman is in robust health.
The encouraging evidences of prohibition
are too palpably illustrated iu the diminu
tion of crime in our county for the most
blind not to see. The superior court has
usually held session two weeks, in Maroh
and September, but as the docket was
cleared last September, this last term
showed the amount of business for a session
under the reformation brought about by
prohibition, and tbe business was disposed
of iu three and a half days. There were
nineteen Indicted and of that number seven
teen were convicted or pleaded guilty.
BISHOP NELSON
Preaches an Interesting Bermon at
Milledgevllle—The Boy Choir.
Milleiioeville, Ga., Maroh 12.—Bishop
O. K. Nelson preached at St. Stephen’s
Episcopal church this morning and the
services were among the memorable occa
sions in the history of the church. A novel
feature of the service to the people here
was the appearance of the boy choir, com
posed of eighteen of the brightest little fel
lows in the village. Messrs, lilmespeter,
Belaud and Miss Brantley presided over the
violin, cornet aud organ, aud the musio is
regarded os tho finest ever heard in a
church here. A class of nine was con
firmed. The bishop then preached an elo
quent sermon on the ability of men to lead
Christian lives. The oburch was packed
with people. Another large crowd heard
tbe bishop this evening.
Rev. Mr. Sturgis, reotor of St. Stephen’s
churoh, has bean here only a short while,
but his church is delighted witn his leader
ship, while people of every class admire the
splendid man. The boy choir was among
tbe first additions made to the churoh under
his charge.
6TEERAGS TRAFFIC RESUMED.
Notice of Precautions Against ths In
troduction of Contagion.
Washington, Maroh 12.—The treasury
department is officially advised by the de
partment of state that steerage traffic be
tween European ports and tho United
State*, wbioh was discontinued Jau. 1 last,
has beeu resumed. United States Consul
Gardiner at Rotterdam and Consul Estes
of Hamburg have sent reports to the state
department giving accounts of precautions
taken to prevent emigration of persons af
fected with contagious diseases.
A NOVEL LAW QUE ITION.
A Point Never Before Judicially Con
sidered Just Decided.
Bloomington. 111., Msrch 12.—1n the
McLean circuit court Judge Tipton gave a
decision involving a principle of law which,
it is said, has never before been judicially
considered in tbe United States or England.
The question at issue was: Can the interests
of unborn romaiudermen be disposed of? A
man died devising a tract of land to his
brother aud the heirs of his body. The
widow begau partition proceedings to have
his interest set aside. It was decided that
the land could not be divided, and tbe only
way to give her her interest was to sell the
land. Then arose tbe question whether the
interest of tho possible unborn heirs of the
brother of tbe descendant could be disposed
of as they were not parties to the court pro
ceedings. Judge Tipton decided that the
sale would give the purchaser perfect title
and that the unborn heirs would be bound
by it. But he also decided that tbe money
derived from the sale of the interest must
be preserved until it was certain who all bis
heirs might be. The case will be carried to
the supreme court in order that a precedeut
may be firmly established.
PROPOSE TO TAKE A LONG Wf LK.
Pedestrians to Try to Break Records
Between Pof'tland and Gotham.
Portland, Ore., March 12.—J. Yellow,
ley of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and
J. Landsdowne of Cape Colony, Africa, re
cent arrivals in this oountry, have de
termined to walk to New York, and expect
to cover the distanoe in 100 days, breaking
the record by twenty-four days. They have
under consideration the application of an
American, a waiter by occupation, to join
the party They are now devising plans
whereby they will obtain funds with whioh
to purotiase food en route. Yellowley thinks
that he o.an make enough money by dis
tributing advertising cards and dodgers on
the nay. Another member of the party,
who is of a more practical turn of mind,
suggests giving performances. Yellowley
thinks if they have to give performances a
combination of nationalities alone will be
the attraction. Yellowley says he was for
merly an aco untant in the Bank of Eng
land, and Landsdowne is the son of a well
to-do farmer of Cape Colony.
LOCALS FROM LOUISVILLE.
A Barn Burned With Six Mules and
Two or Tbrce Horses.
Louißvillx, Ga. , March 12.—John Bar
gamer, one of the oldest, largest and most
respected farmers in Jefferson county, whose
plaoe is six miles west of here, came to town
to purchase mules and horse*yesterday. He
told of the burniDg of bis large barn full of
corn and fodder and stables, together with
six fine mules and two or three splendid
horses and all the < ecessary plows and gear
ing, buggy and wagon harness, etc., in all
to the value of from 12,500 to $3,000. He
says no doubt but that it was the work of
Incendiaries, and thinks be knows at least
one of them. Two negro men who are
strongly suSpeoted of tbe crime have been
arrested and placed in jail.
W. S. Wltbam. a gentleman of wealth,
and president of fifteen or more banks in
different towns in Georgia and Alabama,
was in town yesterday and succeeded in
establishing the Louisville bank. lie says
the work of buildmg a baedtome bank
structure will be begun at one. The capi
tal will be $25,000 aid tbe amount has been
subscribed. Several gentlemen have offered
building lots. However, tbe most suitable
central lot is, In the opinion of many, the
large lot whereon s’ood the old Central
hotel, which was burned seven or eight
years ago. This is the most desirable lot in
town and could pe bought cheaply. The
cashier and directors have been appointed.
W. S. Witham will be president and offers
to take shares to the amount of from SIO,OOO
to $20,000.
L. It. Farmer, who is one of the most en
terprising business men and a No. 1 finan
cier, has been chosen cashier, with P. L.
Lowry as assistant.
8. M. Clark, the largest and leading mer
chant in town, is a director and very much
interested in the bank's success.
Several leading spirits have formed a
club and bought wbat is looked upon as one
of the most desirab.e locations in town. It
is next the court house. They intend fitting
up a $5,000 or SO,OOO botei, which is, by the
way, another much needed institution, there
being very little accommodation in the
present hotel. Louisville is keeping abreast
of the other progressive towns of Georgia.
What is needed are a few men with capital
to build and pun cotton or other factories.
There is fine water power and plenty of it
within one-fourth mile of town.
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
Two New Lodges of Odd Fellows to
Be Instituted.
Tallahassee, Fla., March 12.—D. D
Grand Master William M. Mclntosh, Jr.,
will next week institute two new lodges of
Odd Fellows, one at Crawfordville and one
at Quincy.
The twenty-ninth volume of Florida
supreme court reports has just been delivered
by the state printer to the state librarian.
Hon. W. N. Sheats, state superintendent
of public instruction, lias gone to Gaines
ville to move his family to Tallahassee.
Profs. Jacobs and I'arker have made
two successful balloon ascensions the
past week, each time making a safe descent
in a parachute.
Messrs. Huston and Hussey of Thomas
ville broke the record for bird shooting yes
terday, In a few hours, on Lake Jackson,
they killed 105 snipe.
Tho governor has made the following civil
appointments:
W. E. Seale to be justice of the peace for
Hernaudo county.
James A. Canova to be notary publio for
Volusia county.
A. H. Bacon of Jacksonville to be notary
public for the state at large.
Hal P. Hardin of Miooo to be notary
publio for the state at large.
The commissioner of general land office has
notified Gov. Mitchell that the department
of the interior has approved the state’s se
lections of swamp land, amounting to 160.-
200 acres.
ABBEVILLE ANNALS.
Two Schools and an Academy—The
Freeze and the Fruit.
Abbeville, Ga., March 113.—Abbeville
sustains two schools, of which she is justly
proud. The high school, ably conducted by
Profs. Massey and Connor, has a large
number of pupils in attendance.
The new academy of South Abbeville
was completed about a month ago, and Miss
Ellen Bradley, a youthful, but very accom
plished teacher, has supreme control of this
school. She began teaching with thirty
pupils, and has given such general
and thorough satisfaction that the
number Pas steadily increased, until
it has attained an attendance of fifty pupils.
The Mokninu News correspondent was in
vited to attend the firßt public exhibition of
the school yesterday, which reflected much
credit on the teacher and children and
afforded pleasure to all who were present.
The fruit crop of this section has so far es
caped serious injury from the cold weather,
ami the proipect is now good for a bounti
ful harvest.
The cotton acreage in this county, as far
as 1 have been able to ascertain, is not l trger
than that of last year. The oat crop is
large and promising, and the high prices
that bacon has commanded recently has bad
the salutary effect of inducing the farmers
to greatly increase their corn and other food
crops. This is well.
DEFIANCE TO A GOVERNOR
A Prison Chaplain Declares He Will
Run the Religious Services.
Chicago, 111., March 12.—Chaplain
Stephan of the Joliet penitentiary defies
Gov. Altgeld’s orders. Last Sunday the
chaplain issued an order that hereif ter none
but Lutherans and Catholics should teach in
the prison Sunday schools. This ordor
caused muoh dissatisfaction, as all the Prot
estant churches in the city have been rep
resented in the prison Sunday school.
When Gov. Altgeld heard of tte action of
the chaplain he promptly issued a procla
mation declaring that all religious denotui
tions should be allowed equal rights In the
state institutions. But Chaplain Stephan
firmly refuses to pay any attention to the
governor’s proclamation. He sa\s he is at
the head of the religious department of the
penitentiary, and he proposes to run it.
Btarke'B strawberry Beds.
Starks, Fla., March 12.—The last few
days of warm suu has brought the straw
berries on rapidly, and the prospects ex
oeed aay previous period here. Fifty-nine
crates of 82 quarts each were shipped to the
diffeieut northern markets from here yes
terday. Sales received by to-day 's mall net
3521 to §23 per bushel orate.
MEDICAL,
FOR stock:.
colic AAD GRIBS.
I have used Simmons Liver Regulator in Colic
and Grubs with my mutes and horses, giving
them about hall a bottle at a time, and have
not lost one that I gave it to.
E. T. Taylor, Agent for Grangers of Ga.
FOK CHICKENS.
In using Simmons Liver Regulator (Powderi
with my chickens for Cholera, I take and mix
it with the dough and feed it to them once a
day By this treatment I have never lost a sin
gle cnioken in the last five years from either
Chicken Cholera or Gapes.— T. G. Bacon, Edge
field, 8. C.
HOG CHOLERA.
A reliable gentleman who raises every year
about 100 head of hogs, told ms he never lost
one from Cholera, although the disease had
often appeared among his herd. His remedy is
Simmons Liver Regulator given in drenching—
about double that given to a man. I give this
Information for the benefit or those whose hogs
may be attacked with Cholera.—Prof. E. P
Hopoood, Oxford, N. C.
MMMOIYs LIVER HEGI'LATOK
is so conveniently given The Powder mixed
with the feed will be eaten by horses, cattle
hogs, and chickens readily, while the Liquid
(prepared) is easily given as a drench.
ONLY GENUINE >
Manufactured by J.H. ZEILIN & CO., Phila
delphia, Pa. Price @1 00.
RETAIN YOUR SENSES.
Could You If You Were Confined in
an Asylum?
MISERIES OF LIFE.
Some Interesting Facts From a Promi
nent Scientific Man Who Has Had a
Most Valuable Experience.
Chicago Journal.
We sometimes see in the papers a thrill
ing account of where a perfectly saue per
son has bee n confined in an asylum. Think
of it, reader! How long would you retain
your senses if you were confined with a
number of lunatics night and day, and yet,
think of the physicians in charge of these
patients, who are compelled, day by day
and year by year, to live among them.
What wonderful opportunities they have
for studying characteristics and vagaries;
what a wonderful chance for learning the
miseries of life and how best to overcome
them!
W e are brought to these reflections by a
conversation lately had with Dr. J. C.
Spray of IC3 State street, Chicago. For
nearly t6n years Dr. Spray was in charge
of the Jefferson, now Dunning, institute, at
Dunning, 111. This tremendous institution
contained about 1,200 patients in the insane
department, and 1.500 in the infirmary.
Among this large number of persons there
were a vast number of physical ailments.
Dr. Spray, speaking of it, said:
‘‘l trace 1 the great cause for most of the
mental and,indeed, physical disorders very
carefully, and while some authorities make
an estimate that 75 per oent. of tne people
in the United States are afflicted with some
form of kidney disease, 1 do not think that
the rate is so high, taking all nge6 into con
sideration. Before middle life it is less
than 75 per cent., but after middle life it is,
I should think, fully that percentage.”
“This is something terrible, doctor. Few
people can certainly be aware that so large
a percentage exists."
The doctor thought a moment and then
said: *Ttis a fact not generally recognized
that where a person has diseased kidueys
and the organs fail to perform their func
tions of removing the waste aud the im
purities from the system, it soon produces
melancholia. Asa result our asylums are
filled to overflowing, while if the people
would strike at the root of the matter and
see that their kidneys were in good order,
there would be fewer patients in the asy
lums. 1 have noticed that a large portion
of all paresis oases had kidney difficulties.”
“What have you found, doctor, to be the
standard and most reliable remedy in such
cases ?”
Dr. Spray spoke with great confidence.
He said; “Having so many cases to treat, I
tried various remedies, and after a long
and exhaustive trial, finally decided that
Warner’s Safe Cure was the best, most ef
fective and most reliable remedy. 1 found
it specially reliable in cases of incipient
Bright’s disease. It is certain to stop it,
and even in the advanced conditions it al
lays the disease, and, to my surprise at first,
cured many oases. Before structural
changes set iu, It Is certain to cure if prop
erly administered.”
“Has your experience while at the asy
lum, doctor, been confirmed in your gen
eral practice since leaving it.”
“Yes. I have occasion to use the Safe
Cure almost daily. Whenever I find traces
of albumen in the urine of a patient, I pre
scribe the Safe Cure, and in nearly every
instance where I notice indications of
nervous troubles I analyze the urine, and
almost invariably find that it is caused by
some affection of the kidneys. I now have
a patient to whom lam giving the Safe
Cure, and find that it is having the desired
effect. Home time ago a gentleman came
to me who had been examined for life insur
ance, and traces of albumeu were fouud. I
advised the use of the Safe Cure, and he
passed the examination without difficulty
after having used it.”
“I understand, then, doctor, that you at
tribute a large percentage of the ills of life
to some disease of the kidneys, and that
you have found the remedy of which you
speak the most effective in such cases.”
“Yes. I have no hesitation in saying that
Waruer’s Safe Cure has my unqualified in
dorsement. I use it constantly, and would
not do so unless 1 thought it possessed cura
tive qualities.”
The high standing, wide experience and
great success of Dr. Spray make his words
exceedingly impressive. Their sincerity
cannot be questioned, and their truthful
ness is absolute. Impressed with this fact,
and realizing the importance of the same, I
have transcribed bis words in full aud give
them herewith.
SPECIAL .NOTICES
THINK OF A HOUSE
WITH IWEJTY ACRES
FOR
A FRONT YARD.
That is the kind of a bouse I am going to sell
at Auction on THURSDAY', March 23d, at 4
o'clock in the afternoon.
It fronts on the Park Extension, which can
never be closed against you. Open all the year
round. Y r our children are never out of sight,
and no fear of boiug overcrowded.
Three lines of electric cars, Whitaker, Bar
nard and Duffy, take you to the churches,
schools, stores, market, depots, theater,
wharves. Thunderbolt, T.vbee—everywhere.
NO BETTER LOCATION
Can be found in the city, and, for future en
hancement, it will increase in value more rap
idly than any portion of tr e city.
C. H. 1 OR3 XT, Auctioneer.
BIBS—NOTICE TO TAILORS.
City or Savannah, 1
Office Clerk of Council, y
February 28th, 1893. i
Bids will be received at the Office of the Clerk
of Council until 12 o'clock M , March 15, 1893, for
furnishing the Police Department with Bummer
uniforms, as per specifications to be seen on ap
plication at this office. The city reserves the
rignt to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Committee on Police.
F. E. REHARER,
Clerk of Council.
City of Savannah, Office City Engineer, I
March Bth, 1893. j
PROPOSALS
Will be received until 12 M (city time) TUES
DAY, March 29tb, !893, at the office of Frank
E. Rebarer, Esq , Clerk of Counc.l, for furnish
ing the city of Savannah with 50,009 granite
blocks. For further information specifications
and terms of delivery apply at the office of the
City Engineer. W. J. WINN.
City Engineer.
NOTICE.
Office Board of Sanitary Commissioners, !
February 3d. 1893. f
Whereas, Scarlet fever and diphtheria have
made their appearance in the city, this board
deem it expedieut that every case of such dis
eases be lso.ated; therefore be it
Kftolved. That every house In which there Is
a case of scarlet fever or diphtheria be quaran
tined and no inmate of such a house be allowed
to leave it and no person be allowed to enter it
except at the discretion of the Board of Sani
tary Commissioners.
JOHN J. McDONOUUH, Chairman.
W. F. Brunner, M, D., Secretary.
M KKTIXOw.
CLINTON LODGE XO. 54. F. AMD A. M.
A regular communication of this lodge &
will beheld at Masonic Temple THIS
(Monday) EVENING, March 13, at 9
o'clock. The F. C. Degree will be coo- ~ '
ferred.
Members of sister lodge# and visiting breth
ren are cordially invited to meet with us.
MOSES PEAGER, W. M.
Waring Russkll, Jb., Secretary.
DE KALB LODGE NO 9, I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting of this lodge will be held
THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock.
Tne First degree will be conferred,
VUitiDg brothers are invited to meet with us.
J. D. LANIER, N. G.
John W, Smith, Secretary.
GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this society
will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING In Tur
ners’ hall at 8 o'clock.
M. G. HELM KEN, President.
A. Heller. Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
WORKINGMEN’S BENEVOLENT ASSO
CIATiON.
You are hereby notified to attend a special
meeting THIS (Monday: EVENING at 730
o'clock. A full attendance is requested, as
business of importance will bo transacted.
By order JOHN DRISCOLL, President.
SKIDAVVAY SHELL HOAD COMPANY’,
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Skidaway Shell Road Company will ba held
on WEDNESDAY’, 15th Inst., at 11 o'clock a.
m ~ at 96 Bryau street.
GEO. W. LAMAR, Secretary.
SPECIAL SOTiCMa.
On and e/ter Feb. i, 1890, the basts of meas
urement of all advertising lo the Mornino Nbws
will be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 on Inch for
the first Insertion. No Special Notice Inserted
for less than 81 JU.
THE CHATHAM REAL
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY’.
March 13, 1893.
This is the last day for paying dues to this
company to avoid being fined.
M. J. SOLOMONS,
Secretary aDd Treasurer.
NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.
Office Watf.r Works,
Savannah, Ga., March 13. 1693. f
The water will be shut off at nine (9i o'clock
TH:S (M nday) MORNING in the dis
trict from Bryan to River streets, and from
Montgomery street west to the old water works
for the purpose of connecting new and old mams
on West Broad street, and will be off for the
day. JAMES MANNINC.
Superintendent.
HOUSEKEEPERS.
Paxton's Bed Bug Poison will keep your bed
steads free from the annoying pests.
Maurer's Roach Poison will rid your premises
of these Insects.
SOLOMONS * CO.,
Congress Street, and Bull Street Branch.
HAVE YOU
SEEN THOSE NEW HOUSES?
THERE ARE THREE OF THEM JUST BE
ING FINISHED.
They have bay windows, hot and cold water,
speaking tubes, electric bells, stationary book
cates or china closets, in fact all of the conven
iences usuaily found in houses costing four
times what these can De bought for.
They are beautifully located on the northwest
corner of Barnard and Ninth streets.
A small cash payment and the balance
monthly are easy terms for this class of resi
dences,
C. H. DORBETT.
NOTICE.
City of Savannah, Office Cleiik of Council, I
Maroh 7, 1898, (
Bids will be received at the office Clerk of
Council until 12 o'clock m. March 16, 1893, for
placing lightning rods on the prison and stable
at I’oiice Station, aud repairing the rods on the
Police Barracks so as to put the same in good
condition. The city reserves the right to reject
any cr nil bids.
By order of the Committee on Police.
F. E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
BIDS— NOTICE TO TAILORS.
City of SavaNNaH. l
Office Ci.iirx of Council, V
Savannah, Ga., March 2, 1893.)
Bids will hu received at office of Clerk of
Council until 12 m., Maroh 15, 1593, for furnish
ing the Fire Department with summer uni
forms, as per specifications to be seen on appli
cation at this office.
The city reserves the right to reject any or
all bids
By order of Committee on Fire.
F- E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council
Hotels.
SAVANNAH. QA.
CHARLES F. GRAHAM, ... Proprietor.
Formerly of the Ocean House, Tybee
EVERYTHING NEW AND FIRST-CLASS
Comfort and convenience for touriati and
comrnr*rciai travelers
The De Soto,
BAV ■A.IW.N'A.H, GrA,
One of the most elegantly appointed hotels
in the world. Accommodations for 500 guests.
Special rates for Savannah families desiring
permanent board.
WATSON & POWERS.
PROPRIETORS.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
/Centrally located on line of street cars, offers
V pleasant south rooms, with excellent
board at moderate pnoes. Sewerage
and ventilation perfect, the sanitary condi
tion of the house is of the best. Corner Brough
on and Drayton streets. Savannah, Ga.
STABLES.
PULASKI HOUSE STABLES,
138 and 140 Bryan Street,
ELEGANT LANDAUS VICTORIAS. T CARTS,
BUGGIES AND SADDLE HORSES.
E. C. GLEASON,
Telephone No. 12.
FOR SALE.
Ten-horse power Engine and Boiler, de
tached, second hanti. but in good condition; all
fittings complete; low prioe. Inquire at
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
___ SHOES.
To-Day the great inaugural
ales of the Tennessee Breeder's
Sales’ Association will open at
Cumberland Park, Nashville
Tenn.
It will continue until the 18th
nst, and will attract admirers
of high bred horses from all parts
of the Union. The park has 400
box stalls, a covered track a third
of a mile long and 27 feet wide,
and affords a national mart for
trotters and pacers.
The best mart to buy shoos
is at Byck Bros., 17 Whitaker
street, where are found the best
assortment of School Shoes for
children. See them.
AM UsEM :.\iv
SAVANNAH THEATER.
ONE SOLID WEEK, commencing MONDAY
March 13th, ’
PEARL MELVILL3
And the BALDWIN MELVILLE COMPANY
under the personal management of WAL
TER S. BALDWIN in the greatest melo
dramatic success of the age,
“THE BLACK FLAG.”
Tuesday Matinee—MlCHAEL STROGOFF
Tuesday Night—THE TWO ORPHANS
Wednesday—W’ELLS-FARGO MESSENGER.
Change of bill at each performance. Mati
nees 1 uesday, Thursday and Saturday
Popular Prices 10, 20. 30 and 50 cents. No
extra charge for reserved seats. .Matinee prices
25 cents ail parts of the house. Ladies' com
plimentary tickets issued for Monday only
each admitting a lady free when accompanied
by one paid reserve ticket. Seats at Living
ston’s Pharmacy March '.O. Next Attraction—
GRAU’S OPERA COMPANY, Week March
MAKES.
Tilli CITIZENS BANS
OF SAVANNAH,
Capita! 8500,000
Transacts a general banking business.
Maintains a Savings Department and allows
INTEREST AT 4 PER CENT., compounded
quarterly.
The accounts of Individuals, firms, banks and
corporations are solicited.
With our large number of correspondents In
GEORGIA, ALABAMA, FLORIDA and SOUTH
CAROLINA, we arc prepared to handle coil ac
tions on the most favorable terms.
Correspondence invited.
BRANTLEY A DENMARK,
President.
M. B. LANE,
Vice President.
GEORGE O. FREEMAN,
Cashier.
S&yANNAH"BANK
AKD TRUST CG.
SAVANNAH, GA
INTEREST AT
4%
ON DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Collections on Savannah aud all southern
points, we handle on the most favorable ter ni
and remit at lowest exchange rates on day of
payment. Correspondence solicited.
JOSEPH D. WKF.P, President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND, Vice President
JAMES H. HUNTER, Cashier.
AND IHiOKIiINDERS^
QEQ. N. KBSCHQLS,
PRINTING,
BINDING,
BLANK BOOKS.
83* Day St* Savannah.
RAILROADS.
THREE
WAYS
HOMEWARD
FROM SAVANNAH.
ALL by the Richmond and Danville Railroad,
greatest southern system;
Via South Bound Railway and Columbia.
Via Central Railroad Augusta and Aiken.
Via Macon aDd Atlanta.
To Ashvllle, Washington. New York and
the East Pullman Vestibule Limited Tram.
W. A. TURK, Gen. Pass. Agt. Washington.D. C.
S. H. HARDWICK, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. At
lanta, Qa
QUICK TIME
SAVANNAH TO BRUNSWICK.
DOUBLE DAEY TRAIN SERVICE
VIA JESUP.
Leave Savannah . 4:02 a. . 8:55 a. *•
Arrive Brunswick 7;30 a. m. 10:35 am,
NL' RISER Y.
KIESLING’S NURSERY.
WHITE lilaUß'D' ROAD
PLANTS, Bouquets, Designs, Out Flowers
furnished to order. Leave orders at Savan
nah llano Cos., cor Hull and York sis. The n> '
Railway passes through the nursery. ralsphse*
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