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SKIRT DANTE OF SALOME.
The Head of John the Baptist on a
Plate Her Reward.
Does Dancing Take Too Much Place
and Occupy Too Much Time in
Modern Society t Rev. Talxnage
Propounds and Then Answers the
Query—Old-Time Denunciations of
the “Poetry of Motion.”
Brooklyn. Sept. !iO. —Rev. Dr. Talmage,
who is still absent on his round-the-world
tour, has selected as the subject of to
day's sermon, through the press: "The
Quick Feet,” the text chosen being
Matthew 14:6: “When Herod’s birthday
was kept, the daughter of Herodias
danced before them, and pleased Herod.’’
It is the anniversary of Herod's birth
day. The palace is lighted. The high
ways leading thereto are all ablaze with
the pomp of invited guests. T.ords. cap
tains. merchant princes, the mighty men
of the land, are coming to mingle in the
festivities. The table is spread with all
the luxuries that royal purveyors can
gatner. The guests, white-robed and
anointed and perfumed, come in and sit
at the. table. Music! The jests evoke
roars of laughter. Riddles are propounded.
Repartee is indulged. Toasts are drank.
The brain is befogged. The wit rolls on
Into uproar and blasphemy. They
are not satisfied ye.. Turin on more
light. Pour out more wine. Music!
Sound all the trumpets. Clear the floor
for a dance. Bring in Salome, the beau
tiful and accomplished princess. The
door opens and in bounds the dancer.
The lords are enchanted. Stand back!
and make room for the brilliant gyra
tions. These men never saw such “po
etry of motion." Their soul whirls in
the reels and bounds with the bounding
feet. Herod forgets crown and throne
and everything but the fascinations of
Salome. All the magnificence of his
realm is as nothing now compared with
the splendor that whirls on tiptoe before
him. IDs body sways from side to side,
ckrcrespotming with the motions
of She cnahantress. His soul is
thrilled with the pulsations of
the feet and bewitched with the taking
postures nnd attitudes more and more
amazing. After awhile ho sits in en
chanted silence looaing at the tla-’- '-‘‘g,
leaping, bounding beauty, am' -* the
dance closes and the tinlvP -ig cymbals
cease to clapaud the thundcFs of applause
that shook the palace begin \U> abate, the
enchanted monarch swears I P the princely
performer: “Whatsoever UJtoushaitask
of me I will give it thee to thje half of my
kingdom.” Now, there watt in prison at
that time a minister of the gospel by the
name of John the Baptist!. and he had
beeu making a great deal off trouble by
preaching some very plain ap'd honest ser
mons He had denounced tli te sins of the
king and brought down l upon him
the wrath of the femaltes of the
royal household. At the instigation of
her mother, Salome takes advantage of
the extravagant promise of tbe king and
says: “Bring me the head of John the
Baptist on a dinner plate. ”
Hark to the sound of feet outside the
door and the clatter of swords. The exe
cutioners are returni , from their awful
errand. Open the djor. They enter, and
they present the platter to Salome, What
is on this platter! Anew glass of Wine to
continue the uproarious merriment! No.
Something redder and costlier the
ghastly, bleeding head of John thtißap
tist, the death glare still in the eytl the
locks dabbled with the gore, the feimp'os
still distressed with the last agony/This
woman, who had whirled so giac twllly
in the dance, bends over thoawful bullion
without a shudder. She gloats over the
blood, and with as much iudift'erence as a
waiting-maid might take a tray of empty
glassware out of the room after an enter
taiffment, Salome carries the dissevered
head of John the Baptist, while all the
banqueters shout with laughter, and
think it a good joke that in so easy and
quick a way they have got rid of an ear
nest and outspoken minister of the Gospel.
Well, there is no ham in a birthday
festival. All the kings from Pharaoh's
time had celebrated such occasions, and ,
why not Herod? No harm in kindling
the lights. No harm in spreading the j
banquet. No harm in arousing music.
But from the riot and wassail that closed
the scene of that day every pure nature
revolts. lam not at this time to discuss
the old question: “Js dancing right or
wrong?” but 1 am to discuss the question,
“Does dancing take too much place and
occupy too much time in modern society !”
and in my remarks I hope to carry with
me the earnest conviction of all thought
ful persons, and I believe I will.
You will all admit, whatever you think
of that style of amusement and exerciso,
that from many circles it has crowded
out all intelligent conversation. You will
also admit that it has made the condition
of those who do not dance, either because
they do not know how, or because they i
have not the health to endure it, or be
cause through conscientious scruples they
must decline the exercise, verv uncom
fortable. You w.ll also admit, ail of you,
that it has passed in many cases from an
amusement to a dissipation, and you are
easily able to understand the bewilder- 1
ment of the educated t’hinaman who, !
standing in the brilliant circle where I
there was dancing going on four or live ■
hours, and the guests seemed exhausted,
turned to the proprietor of the house and
said: "Why don’t you allow vour ser
vants to do this for you!”
You are also willing to admit whatever
be your idea in regard to the amusement
I am speaking of, and whatever be vour
idea ol the old fashioned square dance
and of many of the processional romps in
which I can see no evil, the round dance
is administrative of evil and ought to be
driven out of all respectable circles. I
am by natural temperament and religious
theory opposed to the position taken by
all those who are horrified at playfulness
on the part of the young, and who think
that ail questions are decided—questions
of decency and morals- by the position of
the feet, while on the other hand. 1 can
see nothing but ruin, temporal and eter
nal, for those who go into the dissipations
of social life, dissipations which have al
ready despoiled thousands of young men
and young women of all that is noble in
character and useful in life.
Dancing is the graceful motion of the
body adjusted by art to the sound and
measure of musical instrument or of the
human voice. All nations have danced.
The ancients thought that Castor and
l’ollux taught the art to the l-accda mo
nians. But whoever startodit, all dimes
have adopt'd it. In ancient times they
had the festal dance, the military dance,
the mediatorial dance, the bacchanalian
dance, and queens and lords swayed to
and fro in the gardens, and the rough
backwoodsman with this exercise
awakened the echo of the forest. There
is something in the sound of lively music
to evoke the movement of the hand and
foot whether cultured or uncultured
Passing down tho street we uncon
sciously keep step to the sound of the
brass band, while the Christian in church
with his foot beats time while his soul
rises upon some great harmony. While
this is so in civilized lauds, the red men
of the forest have their scalp dances
their green-corn dances, their war
dances. In ancient times the exercise
was so utterly and completely depraved
i fV., < '.*' urt '* l anathematized it. The
old Christian fathers expressed them
selves most vehemently against it st
Chrysostom says “The feet were not :
given for dancing but to walk modestly
not to leap impudently like camels.” One
01 the dogmas of the ancient church
reads: “A dance is the devil's
possession, and he that entereth
into a dance entereth into his poses
sion. As many paces as a man
makes in darn ing, so many paces does he
make to hell." Klsewhere the old dog
mas declared this: “Tbe woman that
singeth in the dance is the princess of the
devil, and those that answer are her
clerks, and the beholders are his friends,
and the music is his bellows, and the tid
dlers are the ministers of the devil. For
as when hogs are strayed, if the hogs
herd call one all assemble together, so
when the devil calleth one woman to sing
in the dance, or to play on some musical
instilments, presently all the dancers
gather together.” This indiscriminate
and universal denunciation of the exer
cise came from the fact that it was ut
terly and completely depraved.
But we are not to discuss the customs
of the olden times, but customs now. We
are not to take the evidenccof the ancient
fathers, but our own conscience, en
lightened by the word of God, is to he the
standard. Oh, bring tio harsh criticism
upon the young. 1 would not drive out
from their soul the hilarities of life. Ido
not believe that the inhabitants of ancient
Wales, stepped to the sound of
the rustic harp, went down to ruin. I be
lieve God intended the young people to
laugh and romp and play. I do not be
lieve God would have put exuberance in
tbe soul and exuberance in the body if
he had not intended they should in some
wise exercise it and demonstrate it. If a
mother join hands with her children and
cross the floor to the sound of music, I see
no harm. If agroupof friends cross and re
cross the room to the sound of piano well
played, I see no harm. If a company, all
of whom are known to host ami hostess
as reputable, cross and recross the room
to the sound of musical instrument, I see
no harm. I tried for a long while to see
harm in it. I could not see any harm in
it. 1 never shall see any harm in that.
Our men need to be Kept young, young
for many years longer than they are kept
young. Never since my boyhood days
have 1 had more sympathy with tiie
innocent hilarities of life than I
have now. What though we have felt
heavy burdens] What though we have
had to endure hard knocks! Is that -uy
reason why we should stand in the ->ay of
those who, unstungof life's *' uiortunes,
are full of exhilaration am * glee' (led
bless the young! They xv' * have to wait
many a long yeor befor o they hear me say
anything that would repress their ardor
or clip their wmgs ->r make them believe
that life is >■ -..r<l acd cold and repulsive.
It is t'*“ • 1 tell them, judging from my
(>■ u experience, that they will be treated
a great deal better than they deserve.
V\'e have no right to grudge the innocent
hilarities to the young.
As wc go on in years let us remember
that we had our gleeful times; let us he
able to say, “We had our good times, let
others have their good times.” Get us
willingly resign our plaee to those who
are coming after us. I will cheerfully
give them everything my house, my
books, my position in society, my herit
age After' twenty, forty, fifty years,
we have been drinking out of the cup of
this life, do not let us begrudge the pass
ing of it that others may tako a drink.
But while all this is so, we can have no
sympathy with sinful indulgences, and I
am going to speak in regard to some of
them, though 1 should tread on the long
train of some popular vanities.
What are the dissipations of social life
to-day, and what are the dissipations of
the ball room ? In some cities and in some
places reaching all the year round, in
other places only in the summer time and
at the watering places. There are dissi
pations of social life that are cutting a
very wide snath with the sickle of death,
and hundreds anil thousands are going
down under these influences, and my sub
ject in application is as wide us Christen
dom. The whirlpool of social dissipa
tion is drawing down some of the bright
est craft that ever sailed the sea thou
sands and tarns of thousands of bodies and
souls annually consumed in the conflagra
tion of ribbons. •
Social dissipation is the abettor of
pride, it is the instigator of jealousy, it
is the sacrificial altar of health, it is the
deflier of the soul, it is the avenue of lust
and it is the curse of every town on both
sides of the sea. Social dissipation It
may be hard to draw the line and say
that this is right on the one side, and
that is wrong on the other side. It is not
necessary that we do that, for God has
put a throne in every man’s soul, and I
appeal to that throne to-day. When a
man does wrong he knows he does wrong,
and when he does right ho knows he does
right, and to that throne which Al
mighty God lifted in the heart of every
man and woman I appeal.
As to the physical ruin wrought by the
dissipations of social life there can bo no
doubt. What may we expect of people
who work all day and dance all night?
After a while they will be thrown on so
ciety, nervous, exhausted imbeciles.
These people who indulge in the suppers
and the midnight revels, and then go
home in the cold, unwrapped of limbs,
will after a while be found to have been
written down in God’s eternal records as
suicides, as much suicides as if they had
taken their life with a pistol, or a knife,
or strychnine.
How many people have stepped from
the ball-room into the graveyard! Con
sumptions and swift neuralgias arc close
on their track. Amid many of the glitter
ing scenes of social life, diseases stand
right and left and balance and chain The
breath of the sepulchre floats tip through
the perfume and the froth of death's lips
bubbles up in the champagne. 1 am told
that in some of the cities there are pa
rents who have actually given up house
keeping and gone to boarding that they
may give their time inimitably to social
dissipations. I have known such cases. I
have known family after family blasted
in that way in one of the other cities
where 1 preached. Gather and mother
turning their back upon all quiet
culture, and all the amenities of home
leading forth their entire family in the
wrong direction. Annihilated, ‘ worse
than annihilated - for there are some
things worse than annihilation. 1 give
you the history of more than one family
when 1 say they went on in the dissipa
tions of social life until the father dropped
into a lower style of dissipation, and after
awhile the son was tossed out into society
a nonenity. and after awhile the daughter
eloped with a French dancing master
and after awhile the mother, getting on
further and further in years, tries to hide
the wrinkles but fails in the attempt
trying all the arts of the belle, an old
flirt, a poor miserable butterfly without
any wings.
If there is anything on earth beautiful
to me it is an aged woman, her white
looks flowing back over the wrinkled
brow locks not white with frost, as the
poets say, but white with the blossoms of
the tree of life, in her voice the tender
ness of gracious memories, her face a
benediction. As grandmother passes
through the room the grandchildren pull
at her dress, and she almost falls in here
weakness; but she has nothing but candy
or cake or a kind word for the little dar
lings. When she gets out of the wagon
introntof tho house the whole family
rush out and cry; "Grandma's come!"
and when she goes aw.v.v from us never
to return, there is a shadow on tho table,
and a shadow on the hearth, and a
shadow on tho heart. There is no
more touching scene on earth than when
grandmother sleeps the last slumber and
the little child is lifted up to the casket
to give tho last kiss, and she says: "Good
by, grandma Ob. there is beauty in
old age. God says so. "Tho hoarv head
is a crown of glory." Why should 'people
decline to got old? The best things, the
gieatest things 1 know of are aged. Old
mountains,o'd seas,old stars, old eternity.
Hut if there is anything distressful, it is
to see an old woman ashamed of the fact
that she is old. What with all tho arti
ficial appliances. she is too much for my
gravity. 1 laugh even in church when 1
THE MOUSING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1894.
Ree her coming. The worst looking bird
on earth is a jiearock when it has lost its
feathers. 1 would not give one lock of my
old mother's gray hair for fifty thousand
such caricatures of humanity. And if the
life of a worldling, if the life of a disciple
given to the world is sad. the close of such
a life is simply a tragedy.
I>!t me tell you that the dissipations of
sc lal life are despoiling the usefulness of
a vast multitude of people. What do
those people care aitout the fact that
there are whole nations in sorrow and
suffering and agony, when they have for
consideration the more important ques
tion about the size of a glove, or the tie
of a cravat; Which one of them ever
bound up the wounds of a hospital?
Which one of them ever went out to care
for the poor' \\ hich of them do you find
in the haunts of sin distributing tracts?
They live on themselves, and it is very
poor pasture.
Sybans was a great city, and it once
sent out three hundred horsemen in bat
tle. They had a minstrel who had taught
the horses of the arrn.v a great trick, and
when the old minstrei played a certain
tune the horses would rear and with their
front feet seem to beat time to the music.
Well, the old minstrel was offended with
his country, and he went over to the ene
my, and he said to the enemy : “You give
me the mastership of the army and I will
destroy their troops when those horse
men come from Sybaris ” So they gave
the old minstrel the management, and he
taught all the other minstrels a certain
tune. Then when the cavalry troop came
up the old minstrel and all the other
minstrels played a certain tune, and
at the most critical moment in the battle
when the horsemen wanted to rush to the
conflict, the horses reared and beat time
to the muste with their forefeet, and in
disgrace and rout the enemy fled. A
m.v friends, 1 have seen it again and --gain
the minstrels of pleasure, the --nustrels
of dissipation, the minstre'.s of godless
association have defeat' -* people in the
hardest fight of life. Frivolity has lost
the battle for ten thousand folk. Oh!
what a bellit'’-b g process to the human
mind tb *■* everlasting question about
dm ■, mis discussion of fashionable in
iiiitessimals this group looking askance at
the glass, wondering with an infinity of
earnestness how that last geranium leaf
does look this shrivelling of a man's
moral dignity until it is not observable to
the naked eye, this Spanish inquisition of
a tight shoe, this binding up of an immor
tal soul in a ruffle, this pitching off of an
immortal nature over the rocks when
God intended it for great and everlasting
uplifting.
You know as well as I do that the dissi
pations of social life are destroying thou
sands and tens of thousands of people,
and it is time that the pulpits lift their
voice against them, for I now prophecy
the eternal misfortune of all those who
enter the rivalry. When did the white,
glistening boards of a dissipated ball
room ever become the road to heaven
When was a torch for eternity ever
lighted at the chandelier of a dissipated
scene! From a table spread after such
an excited and desecrated scene who ever
went home to pray?
In my parish of Philadelphia thore was
a young woman brilliant as a spring
morning. She gave her life to the world.
She would come to the religious meetings
and under conviction would for a little
while begin to pray, and then would rush
off again into tho disciplesbip of the
world. She had all the world could offer
of brilliant social position. One day a
flushed and excitod messenger asked me
to hasten to her house, for she was dying.
1 entered the room. There were the phy
sicians, there was the mother, there lay
this disciple of the world. I asked her
some questions in regard to her soul. She
made no answer. I knelt down to pray. I
rose again, and desiring to get some ex
pression in regard to her eternal Interests,
I said: “Have you any hope!” and
then for the first time her lips moved in
a whisper as she said: “No hope!” Then
she died. The world, she served it. and
the world helped her not in the last.
And 1 tell the hundreds and thousands of
young people who ma.v read this sermon,
the world will laugh with you when you
laugh, and romp with you when you
romp, but they will not weep with you
when you die. I wish from m.v heart
that l could marshal all tho young people
in this land to an appreciation of the fact
that you have an earnest work in life and
your amusements and recreations are
only to help you along in that work. At
the time of a religious awakening
a Christian young woman spoke to
a man in regard to his soul’s sal
vation. He floated out into the world.
After awhile she became worldly in her
Christian profession. The man said one
day, "Well, lam as safe as she is. I was
a Christian, she said she was a Christian.
She talked with me about my soul; if she
is safe lam safe.’’ Then a sudden acci
dent took him off without an opportunity
to utter one word of prayer. Uo you not
realize, have you not noticed, young men
and old have you not noticed that tho
dissipations of social life are blasting
and destroying a vast multitude? With
many life is a masquerade ball,
and as at such entertainments gentle
men and ladies put on the garb of kings
and queens or mountebanks or clowns and
at the close pull off the disguise, so a
great many pass their whole life in a
mask, taking of the mask atdeath. While
the masquerade ball of life goes on, they
trip merrily over the floor, gemmed hand
is stretched to gemmed hand, and gleam
ing brow bends to gleaming brow. On
with the dance! Flush and rustle and
laughter of immeasurable merry-making.
But after awhile the languor of death
comes on the limbs and blurs the eye
sight. Lights lower. Floor hollow with
sepulchral echo. Music saddened
into a wail. Lights lower. Now
the maskers are only seen in the dim
light. Now the fragrance of the flowers
is like the sickening odor that comes from
garlands that have lain long in the vaults
of cemeteries. Lights lower. Mists
gather in tho room. Glasses shake as
though quaked by sullen thunder. Sigh
caught in the curtain. Scarf drops from
the shoulder of beauty, a shroud. Lights
lower. Over the slippery boards in dance
of deuth glide envies, revenges
lust, despair and heath. Stench the
lamp-wicks almost extinguished. Torn
garlands will not half cover the ulcer
ated feet. Choking damps. Chilliness.
Feet still. Hands closed. Voices hushed.
Eves shut. Lights out.
Oil, how many of you have floated far
away from God through social dissipa
tions, and it is time you turned. For I
remember there were two vessels on tho
sea. and in a storm. It was very, very
dark, and the two vessels were going
straight for each other, and the captains
knew it not. But after awhile tho man
oil the lookout saw the approaching ship,
and he shouted, "Hard a larboard!” and
from the other vessel the cry went up,
"Hard a-larboard!” and they turned
just enough to glance by and passed in
safety to their harbors Some of you are
in the storm of temptation and you are
driving on and coming toward ‘fearful
collisions unless you change your course.
Hard a-larboard! Turn ye, turn ye, for
"why will ye die, oh, house of Israel?”
POLITICS IN THREE STATES.
Comment* on Affair* in Georgia, Flor
ida and South Carolina.
GEORGIA.
Hon C. A. Robbe is in the race for may
or of Augusta
Salem Butcher of Augusta has with
drawn from the race for thestate Senate.
Cnpt. L. G. Douglass announces his
candidacy for tax collector of Mitchell
county.
Waynesboro True Citizen: The popu
lists are going to havo fair elections
They aro to get off in a corner by them
selves anil elect us much as they "duru
please.” '1 hat s what rumor says.
Eutouton Messenger; Some people in
Putnam thought Tommy Watson was a
god. Tommy came here and they dis- |
covered that he was merely a man. On
better acquaintance, they would find that
he was not much of a man.
The lawyers of Macon held a meeting
in the superior court room Saturday and
Indorsed the candidacy of Lloyd Moore
for judge of the cit.v court. Judge Ross
refused to submit his claims to the meet
ing and will apply directly to Gov. Atkin
son.
Hr. Sam Williamson, a popular gentle
man and representative citizen of Eila
ville. spent Friday in Americus. Dr.
Williamson predicts a democratic victory
in Schley next Wednesday. He says the
populists will be burie 1 so deep that they
will never be resurrected.
The vote in the democratic primary
election in Bibb county Thursday was as
follows: N'isbet. clerk. 2.533; Westcott,
sheriff. 1,631 : Davis, sheriff, 930; Ander
son. tax receiver, 1.611 Amason, tax re
ceiver, 924 ; Jones, tax collector, 2.526:
Birch, county surveyor, 2,521; Knight,
coroner, 2,521.
Cedartown Standard: The disastrous
effects on all states which have been un
fortunate enough to fall under the control
of the populists, should be sufficient in
itself to bring out every democratic vote
next Wednesday. Georgia cannot afford
to take any risks on populistic control,
with the bitter experience of K"*-sas and
Colorado before her ' yes.
Pensacola ?Yla. News: Hon. Pat
Walsh, wb.o is the 1 >st dangerous com
petitor of Hon. Hei r . G. Turner for the
no” -nation of United Mates senator from
Georgia, has been making some speeches
in which he shows himself to be unsound
on the currency question. Mr. Turner s
well known adherence to the principles
of the party, both on the tariff issue alid
the currency question, has made his cam
paign a series of brilliant triumphs before
the people. Maj. Ba ais objected to be
cause of certain letters of his extant- one
in favor of protection. and the other en
dorsing the farmers' alliance sub-treasury
plau.
Waynesboro True Citizen: A negro
orator spoke a few days ago openly at
Green’s Cut, hired by the populists to ex
cite his color against the Democratic
party. The harangue consisted of the
vilest abuse of the white people of this
country. It would be indecent to publish
the language used. It will do no particu
lar harm just now that we can see, but it
opens the door to those kind of speeches
which many negroes delight to hear, and
it will eventuate in trouble. One of the
populist candidates for the legislature
was present, in whose interest he seems
to have opportunely arrived, and instead
of rebuking it encouraged it. As this
kind of work only serves to excite the dis
gust of good white people, whether popu
list or democrat, we leave it to be passed
upon by those who cast ballots to pre
serve a good and wholesome condition of
society.
FLORIDA.
About 525 ballots were taken for various
causes in the convention at Braidentown
last week.
Among the voters of Manatee county
619 have paid their poll tax. The very
large number who have not are debarred
from voting. ,
Sumter Timesl: Next Tuesday will
witness the political death of Ex-Sena
tor St. Clair- Abrams, and few will be the
mourners at the/funeral prye of public
condemnation. This is a bad year for
indendents in Florida. Florida is a demo
cratic state.
Fort White lijrald: Everybody will
be glad when theelection is over and the
political racket teases. The closing of
the polls will siAnco the voice of many an
enthusiastic pomlcian. The great mass
of the people very wisely keep cool and
attend to their business and leave the
over-enthusiastic politicians to do the
talking and tell how much they don’t
know.
St. Augustine Press: The only fear
that the democrats of Florida entertain
is that men who belong within the party,
but who have refused to accept the
great democratic principle of majority
rule, may lead enough voters astray to
make the result in several counties un
certain. Kight will prevail, however,
and if all good democrats do their duty
on election day the party will triumph.
Hon. C. M. Cdbper and other distin
guished speakers will address the people
of the Second Congressional district at
the following times and places. Other
appointments to be made later: West
Palin Beach, Tuesday, Oct. !); Titusville,
Wednesday, Oct. 10; Del.and. Thursday,
Oct. 11, night; Sanford, Friday, Oct. 12,
night; Orlando, Saturday, Oct. !i(, nignt;
Tavares. Mondav, Oct. 15; Leesburg,
Tuesday, Oct. iti, night: Gainesville,
Wednesday, Oct. 17, night; Starke, Fri
day. Oct. 10; Lake City, Satarday, Oct.
20; Live Oak, Monday, Oct. 22, night;
Jasper, Tuesday, Cot. 23.
Leesburg Commercial: But little at
tention has been given by the state press
to the constitutional amendments that
will be submitted to the people on Oct.
2, for their ratittcation or rejection. The
joint resolutions propositfg these amend
ments were adopted by the legislature of
and will bo found duly advertised in
this paper. Article IV proposes to throw
upon each county the cost of its own
criminal prosecution. This is one amend
ment that finds general favor and will no
doubt be ratified. Article \ will deprive
of the suffrage all foreigners who have
declared their intention of becoming citi
zens, but who have been unable to take
out their final naturalisation papers
because they have not been resident of
the United States for five years. This
appears to be a retrograde measure that
is illadvised and uncalled-for in this state
where the classof immigrants is generally
possessed of the means and education to
make them welcome and useful citizens.
The amendments, if adopted, will cost
South Florida several hundred faithful
democratic votes and should therefore he
rejected. Article VI proposes to apportion
the money collected for school purposes
"among the several counties in proportion
to the average attendance upoD schools in
the said counties respectively.” This
amenameut has been intelligently dis
cussed by the state press and generally
condemned. It is not believed that the
people will deem it wise to ratify it at
the polls.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia Register: The independents
say they oppose the calling of a constitu
tional convention because it will disfran
chise the "poor and ignorant Tillman
ites." If they thought it would have
that effect they would work for it with
might and main. They oppose the call
ing of a constitutional convention becauso
they want the negro vote left free for
them to use to overpower those same
"poor and ignorant Tillmanites" they
profess to love so dearly. But they will
fool nobody but themselves, and not have
much success at that.
Columbia State: The convention,
against the advice of Editor Ball, de
cided to nominate a ticket. What kept it
from carrying out its intention was the
bolt of a minority of the minority, which
was the direct product of the News and
Courier’s convert and strife-breeding
methods. It played upon the antagonism
which Senator Sutler had aroused in the
democratic ranks, and made it appear
that he dominated the movement; and it
printed Washington yarns, which looked
as if made to order, to create the opinion
that the uationul democracy would favor
the ring. Add to this its one-sided and
deceptive reports of public sentiment as
to nominations and you have the prime
causes of the smash-up.
PENSACOLA’S NEW EORTS.
Over 91,000.000 to Be Spent in
Making the Port Impregnable.
Pensacola. Fla., Sept. 30.— At its last
session, congress appropriated £400.000 to
begin tnework of fortifying four ports on
the Atlantic and Gulf coast lines, to be
designated by the Secretary of War.
Secretary I jimont in accordance with the
recommendation of the engineers con
stituting the boara of fortifications has
designated Pensacola as one of the ports.
The engineer in charge of the
government work in this harbor
has heen notified that the sum
of £IOO,UuO has been placed to the credit
of Pensacola, and instructed to begin the
surveys for a site upon which to erect a
battery of heavy disappearing guns and a
battery of seacoast mortars The site
has been selected on Santa Rosa Island,
one mile east of Fort Pickens, and a sur
vey is now being made for a steam railway
upon which to haul the material for the bat
teries from a wharf that will be erected.
The estimated cost of tbe work is over
$1,000,000. and when are
completed it is that tutdefences
of the i-brur vhll be impregnable. V.>*.
Death of Well Known People.
Braidentown, Manatee county. Florida,
Sept. 30.—Judge ,1. J. Wimbish died at his
home in Palmetto after several weeks ill
ness. For years he had held the position
of probate judge of Manatee county. He
made a gpod officer and was liked by
every one. He leaves a wife and several
grown daughters.
At Manatee tbe wife of Col. J. H. Vise
died Tuesday morning.
MEDICAL^
HOOD’S
.Sarsaparilla is care
fully prepared by
experienced phar
macists from Sarsa
parilla, Dandelion,
•Mandrake, Dock, Pipsissewa, Juniper
Berries, and other well known vegeta
ble remedies. The Combination, Pro
portion and Process are Peculiar fo
S Hood’s, giving it curative pow
er Peculiar to Itself. Hood’s
arsaparilla
Cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Sores,
Boils, Pimples and all other affections
caused by impure blood; Dyspepsia,
Biliousness, ck Headache, Debility.
Catarrh, Rheumatism, Kidney and
C Liver Complaints. It
is Not What We Say,
ibut what Hood’s
•Sarsaparilla Does,
that Tells the Story—
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
URES
Hood’s Pills win new friends daily.
SPECIAL NOTCES.
INTEREST NOTICE.
Department of Savings. i
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia, v
Savannah. Oct. 1, 1894. I
Interest for tho third quarter of 1894 is now
due and wilt be paid on demand.
Depositors will please leave their books at
the bank to be balanced.
JOSEPH COPPS,
Accountant.
INTEREST NOTICE.
The Germania Bank, I
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 1, 1894 f
Interest for the third quarter of 1894 on de
posits in the savings department, is now due
and payable on demand. Depositors will
please leave their books to be balanced.
JOHN M. HOGAN. Cashier.
INTEREST NOTICE.
The Citizens Bank of Savannah, l
Savings Department. >
Savannah. Ga.. Oct 1, ISM. I
Interest for third quarter Is now due and
payable on demand.
Depositors will please leave their pass
books to be balanced.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN,
Cashier.
NOTICE.
Dpositors in the Savings Department of the
Title Guarantee and Loan Company are re
quested to hand in their pass books to have
the third quarter's interest entered in same.
E. L. HACKETT,
Treasurer.
DIE SAVANNAH COTTAGE AND IM
PROV E M EN T COM I’A NY.
Savannah, Ga., October 1,1894.
The forty-second Installment is now due. If
not paid before the 10th Instant lines will be
imposed. HARRY S. DREESE,
Treasurer.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
City of Savannah, Office City Engineer.
Sept. 29, ISM. Bids will be received until
noon on Oct. 10, 1894, at the office of F. E. Ke
t arer. Clerk of Council, for repairing the
wharf at the foot of Drayton street, under
the following conditions:
1. Each bid must be enclosed in a sealed
envelope and marked •‘Bid for repairing
wharf at the foot of Drayton street," and
signed 1 y the name of the biddeg.
2 Eacti bid must be for so much per pile
driven and for so much per thousand feet of
board measure in spliced piles and super
structure.
3. Each bid must be accompanied by a cer
tified check for titty dollars, made payable to
F. E. Kebarer, i lerk of Council, as a surety
tht the successful tiidder will complete his
contract. 1 he checks of unsuccessful bidders
will be returned to them.
4. The city reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
P.atis and specifications can be seen at the
ottlco of the City Engineer.
W - J■ WINN. City Engineer.
CHEW
GOLDEN APPLE TOBACCO
EVERY
DAY
IN
THE
WEEK.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
MRS. P. J. GOLDEN will be ready to show
her Pattern Hats and Bonnets on TUESDAY,
Oct. 2.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
DR. S. LATIMER PHILIPS
has returned to the city.
Office. 51 Whitaker street.
Office hours: 8 a. m. to 2 p m., and 3:30 to
5 p. in.
NOTICE.
On and after Oct. 1. 1894, the firm of COLE
MAN A; Si'ERNUERG lsdlssolved bv mutual
consent. WM. COLEMAN.'
PHILIP STERNBERG.
I will continue the business of the above
Una- PHI LIP STERNBERG.
MEETINGS
DE KALB LODGE No. , I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will beheld
THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock, inOdd
Hall.
Visiting brothers are invited to meet with
us. O. T. bHAFFEK, N. G
•Iso. W. Smite. Secretary.
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The regular meeting of this society will he
held at Hodgson Hall THIS EVENING at 8
o'clock. GEORGE T. CANN,
Recording Secretary
SPECIAL NOTICES.
INTEREST NOTICE.
The Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Cos., I
Savannah, Ga.. Sept. 30 1894. f
Depositors will please present pass books
to this Bank. No 120 Bryan street, for entry
of interest for the third quarter of 1894,
which is now due and payable on demand.
JOHN M. BRYAN. Cashier.
DR. S. M. ROACH
Has resumed practice.
FOR RENT,
Dwelling 86 Barnard street, furnished or un
furnished.
KOLLOCK & SCREVEN,
• 92 Bay street.
171 CONGRESS STREET.
Special notice to my friends and the public
in general: I beg to notify them that 1 have
removed to No. 171 Congress street, where I
shall always strive to please you as in the
past. I shall carry a much larger line of
Clothing. Shoes and Furnishing Goods in my
new store, and solicit vour patronage Very
respectfully, JULIUS PEKLINSKI,
The Old Reliable.
SFELLMAN & O’BRIEN
Have just returned from New York with a
full line of Fashionable Millinery and will be
ready in a few days to exhibit It.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.
City Treasurer's Office, Savannah, Ga.. Oct
1, 1894.—The following taxes are now dues
Real Estate, third quarter, 1894.
Stock in Trade, third quarter. 1894.
Furniture, etc., third quarter, 1894.
Money, Notes, etc., third quarter, 1894.
A discount of 10 per cent, will he allowed on
the above if pay meat is made within fifteen
(15) days after Oct. 1, 1894.
C. S. HARDEE,
City Treasurer.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
TO CATERERS AND HOUSEKEEPERS:
From Lovell and Lattlmore.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 1, t 894.
We have recently added very many special
ties to our stock of Domestic Hardware, and
we are, without doubt, headquarters in this
line. Ail purchasers from us will very
quickly find this out. Respectfully,
LOVELL & UATTIMORE.
PEACHES.
Choice Peaches, per oan, 12H<x
Anderson's Preserves (fresh).
Sweet and Sour Ploklas.
Fine Assortment Fresh Oakes.
Grapes and Pears
Finest Creamery Butter.
Fine Line Toilet Soaps Cheap ,
Fine Sardines
AT
WM. G. COOPER’S,
-8 Whitaker Street
ONION SETS,
and
all
seasonable
Seeds
just
received,
SOLOMONS & CO.
FINE
GOODS
and
LOW PRICES
Get in Their Work.
Observe
THE S. W. BRANCH EST.,
Broughton and Whitaker.
HINCKLEY’S RESTAURANT.
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
Open Day and Night.
Oysters a specialty.
Try our EOc meal.
Everything used is of the best quality this
and other markets afford. *
161 CONGRESS ST., - SAVANNAH, GA.
(Near B. H. Levy & Bro.)
SCHOOL BOOKS.
NEW AND SECOND HAND,
SOLD, EXCHANGED AND BOUGHT.
Bring me your list to All and save
money. Want all the old school
books In Savannah.
J. GARDNER,
FOR SALE,
Sea Island Cotton Bagging and Sea Island
Cotton Bags.
ROYAL BAG M'F'G COMPANY,
Manufacturers and Importers,
Charleston, S. C.
BOOKBINDERS.
FIK.ST-CL.ASS
Account and Record Rooks,
MADE ONLY TO ORDER.
JOB PRINTING
SATISFACTORILY DONE.
Good Work-Prompt Execution-Fair Prices.
ESTIMATES GIVEN
FOR PRINTING AND IIINDINO.
—ORDERS SOLICITED.
93k Bay si. GEO. N. NICHOLS.
SHOES.
Why I
Let your boys go to srhntfl
with poor shoes when ■
offer a splendid sup-urß
tial SCHOOL SHOE at*
minimum cost!
Why f
Let your girls go to schoj
with old rough finishe*
shoes that are sure to huiH
their tender feet when
have the shoes just adapts*
for such wear, which ar|
easy, warm and comfaiH
able!
Why
Let yourself be talked lr.t j
buying a cheap SCHoun
SHOE for the children
when we are here on thfl
corner on purpose to serv*
you with our Solid. ServioJ
able, Stylish School Shoes*
which have splendid wear*
lng qualities?
Cor. Whitaker.
DAUKC
SAVANNAH BANX
AND TRUST CO.
SAVANNAH, GA.
INTEREST AT
4%
ON DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS DEPART.
WENT.
Collections on Savannah and all south
ern points, we handle on the most favora
ble terms and remit at lowest exchange
ra.es on day of payment. Correspond
ence solicited.
JOSEPH D. WEED. President.
JOHN Ci. MOW LAND, Vice ProshUs*
AdJBSIJL XUVtIUL fTsihlm
THE CITIZENS BANK
or savannah.
Capital $500,000.
Transacts a general banking business.
Maintains a Savings Department and al
lows INTEREST AT 4 PER CENT com- 1
pounded quarterly.
The accounts of individuals, firms, hanks
and corporations are solicited.
With our large number of correspond
ents in GEORGIA, ALA HAMA. FLORIDA
and SOUTH CAROLINA, we are prepared
to handle collections on the most favora
ble terms.
Correspondence invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, Presides*
M. B. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN* Cashier*
Savannah Savings Bank
PAYS
OW DEPOSGTB.
Issnes 6 Per Cent. Certificates of Deposit.
Send or write for ouc
literature.
W. K. WILKINSON. Prc!dnfc
C. S. ROCKWELL, Treuu-
MEDICAL. ;
WHEN other's PAIL
consult
Dr. Broadfoot.
If sick and despondent, the best medical
holp Is none too good. Why not consult •
specialist of established reputation and un
questioned reliability, suchss Dr. Broadfoott
Whatever opinion is given by him you can
rely upon it as being true. He is a true genu
ine specialist in all diseases peculiar to men
and women.
Special
23X Us'attendlW
ailments o
' Sympt o ® 5 ’
unfitting one for study or business
and Skin Diseases. .Sores, Tumor, Pimples.
Tettor. Nczetna,Ulcers,Loss of Hair, Scrofui
and Hlood poison of every nature. prtmaiT
and secondary, promptly and permanent /
eradicated Unnatural discharges P r “®Ry7
cured In a few days Quick, suro and saie-
Mall treatment given by sending for sy®l
tom blank", No 1 for men. No. 2 for women.
No. 3 for skin diseases All corresponded
uiswerod promptly. Business strictly
lideulial. Entire treatment sent freo from
observation to all parts of tho country, a
dress or call on
J. BROADFOOT, W. D*
Ml MmugbMa street tup stair*),
, _ ttavanoah, u-