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JOSHUA. THE KING OF SOLDIERS
TAUIAGE preaches t
YORK'S 13TH HEGISEST.
The Greatest Soldier of All Tlmr
Fought Only When t.od Told Him
to Fight—God Said Into Hints
••There Shall Sot An> Man lie Able
to Stand Before Thee All the Utyt
of Thy Life.”
Brooklyn. N Y., May 26.-In the Km
bury Memorial church a large audlen-e
assembled this evening to listen to the
annual sermon of Chaplain T. PeV itt 1 .si
mage. of the Thirteen Regiment N. G. 8.
N. Y. The members of the regiment occu
pied the body of the church. Pr. Tal
mage chose for his subject, "The Great
est Soldier of All Time.” the text being
Joshua 1:5: "There shall not any man be
able to stand before thee all the days of
thy life."
The "gallant Thirteenth.” as this regl- j
roent is generally and appropriately called,
has gathered to-night for the worship of ,
God, and to hear the annual sermon. And
first I look with hearty salutation into
the faces of tho veterans who, though
now not in active service, have the same
patriotic and military enthusiasm which
characterixed them. when, in IS6S, they j
bade farewell to home and loved ones, j
and started for the field, and risked all j
they held dear on earth for the rc-estab- J
lishment of the falling United States gov
ernment. "All that a man hath will he
give for his life," and you showed your
selves willing to give your lives. We hail
you! We thank you! We bless you, the
veterans of the Thirteenth. Nothing ran
ever rob you of the honor of having been
soldiers in one of the most tremendous
wars of all history, a war with Grant,
and Sherman, and Hancock, and Sheridan,
and Farragut on one side, and Lee, and
Stonewall Jackson, and Longstreet. and
Johnston on the other. As in Greek as
semblages, when speakers would rouse
the audience they shouted: "Marathon!"
so if I wanted to stir you to acclama
tion, I would only need to speak the words,
••Lookout Mountain," "ChancollorsviUe,"
•‘Gettysburg.” And though through the
passage of years you are forever free
from duty of enlistment, if European na
tions should too easily and too qtiickly
forget the Monroe doctrine and set aggres
sive foot upon this continent, I think your
ankles would be supple again, and your
Arms would grow strong again, and your
eye would be keen enough to follow the
stars of the old flag wherever they might
lead.
And next, I greet the colonel and his
staff, and all the officers and men of this
regiment. It has been an eventful year In
your history. If never before, Brooklyn
appreciates something of the value of its
armories, and the importance of the men
who there drill for the defense and safety
of the city. The blessing of God be upon
all of you, my comrades of the Thirteenth
Regiment. And looking about for a sub
ject that might be most helpful and inspir
ing for you. and our veterans here assem
bled, and the citizens gathered to-night
with their good wishes, I have concluded
to hold up before you the greatest sol
dier of all time—Joshua, the hero of my
text.
He was a magnificent fighter, but he al
ways fought on the right side, and he nev
er fought unless God told him to fight. Jn
my text he gets his military equipment
and one would think It must have been
plumed helmet for the brow, greaves of
brass for the feet, habergeon for the
breast. "There shall not any man be able
to stand before thee all the days of thy
life.” "Oh.” you soy, "anybody could
have courage with such a backing up ns
that." Why, my friends, 1 have to tell
you that the God of the universe and the
Chieftain of eternity promises to do just
cs much for us as for him. All the re
sources of eternity are pledged In our be
half, if we go out in the service of God,
and no more than that was offered to
Jushua. God fulfilled this promise of my
text, although Jushua's first battle was
with the spring freshet; and the next with
a stone wall; and the next, leading on a
regiment of whipped cowards; and the
next battle, against darkness, wheeling
the sun and the moon Into his battalion,
and the last, against the King of Ter
rors. Death—five great victories.
For the most part, when the general of
an army starts out in a conflict he would
like to have a small battle in order that ho
may get his courage up and he may rally
his troops and get them drilled for greater
conflicts; but this first undertaking cf
Joshua was greater than the levelling of
Fort Pulaski, or the thundering down of
Gibraltar, or the overthrow of the lias
tile. It was the crossing of the Jordan at
the time of the spring freshet. The shows
Of Mount Lebanon had just been melting
and they poured down into the valley, and
the whole valley was a raging torrent. So
the Canaanites stand on one bank and
they look across and see Jushua and the
Israelites, and they laugh and say: "Alia,
aha, they cannot disturb us until the
freshets fall; it is Impossible for them to
reach us.” But after a while they look
across the water and they see a move
ment In the army of Joshua. They say,
"What's the matter now? Why there
must be a panic among these troops, and
they are going to fly, or perhaps they
are going to try to march across the
river Jordan. Joshua is a lunatic.” But
Joshua, the chieftain of the text, looks
at his army and cries: "Forward, march,”
and they start for the bank of the Jordan.
One mile ahead go two priests carrying
a glittering box four feet long and two
feet wide. It is the Ark of the Covenant.
And they come down, and no sooner do
they Just touch the rim of the water with
their feet,than by an Almighty flat,Jordan
parts. The army of Joshua marches right
on without getting their feet wet, over the
bottom of the river, a path of chalk and
broken shells and pebbles, until they get
to the other bank. Then they lay hold of
the oleanders and tamarisks and willows
and pull themselves up a bank thirty or
forty feet high, and having gained the
other bank, they clap their shields and
their cymbals, and sing the praises of the
God of Joshua. But no sooner have they j
reached the bank than the waters begin j
to dash and roar, and with a terrific rush i
they break loose from their strange an
chorage. Out yonder they have stopped,
thirty miles up yonder they halted. On
this side the waters roll off toward the '
salt sea. But as the hand of the Lord God
is taken away from the thus uplifted
waters—waters perhaps uplifted half a
mile—as the Almighty hand is taken away
those waters rush down, and some of the
unbelieving Israelites say: "Alas, alas,
what a misfortune! Why could not those
waters have stayed parted? because per
haps we may want to go back. Oh Lord,
we are engaged in a risky business. Those
Canaanites may eat us up. How If we
want to go back? Would it not have been
a more complete miracle if the Lord had
parted the waters to let us come through
and kept them parted to let us go-back
if we are defeated?” My friends, God
makes no provision for a Christian’s re
treat. He clears the path all the way to
Canaan. To go back is to die. The same
gatekeepers that swing back the amethy
stine and crystalline gate of the Jordan
to let Israel pass through, now swing
•hut the amethystine and crystalline gate
of the Jordan to keep the Israelites from
going back. 1 declare it in your hearing
to-day. victory ahead, water forty feet
deep in the rear. Triumph ahead. Canaan
ahead; behind you death and darkness and
voe and hell But you say: "Why didn't
those Canaanites, when they had such a
splendid chance—standing on the top of
the bank thirty or forty feet high, com
pletely demolish those poor Israelites
down In the river?" I will tell you why,
God had made a promise and he was go
ing to keep It. "There shall not any man
be able to stand before thee all the days
of thy life."
But this is no place for the host to stop.
Joshua gives the command, “Forward,
march!" in the distance there is a long
groxe of trees, and at the end of the grove
Is a city. It is a city of arbors,a city with
walls seeming to reach to the heavens, to
buttress the very sky. It 1s the great me
tropolis that commands the mountain pass.
11 is Jericho. That city was afterward cap
tured by I’ompey, and it was afterward
captured by Herod the Gr**at. and it was
afterxvard captured by the Mohammedans;
but this campaign the Jx>rd plans. There
shall be no swords, no shields, no battering
ram. There shall be only one weapon of
war. and that a ram's horn. The horn of
the slain ram was sometimes taken and
holes were punctured In It, and ahen the
musician would put the instrument to his
lips, and he would run his fingers over this
rude musical instrument, and make a great
deal of sweet harmony for the people. That
was the only kind of weapon. Seven priests
were to take these rude rustic musical in
struments. and they were to go around the
city every day for six days—once a day for
six days, and then on the seventh day they
were to go around blowing these rude mu
sical insl runjents seven tim*-s, and then at
the close of the seventh blowing of the
rams' horns on the seventh day the peror
ation of the whole scene was to be a shout
at which those great walls should tumble
from capstone to base.
The seven priests with the rude musical
Instruments pass all around the city walls
on the first day, and a failure. Not so
much as a piece of plaster broke loose from
the wall—not so much as a loosened rock,
not so much as a piece of mortar lost from
Its place. "There,” say the unbelieving
Israelites, "didn't I tell you so? Why, those
ministers are fools. The idea of going
around the city with those musical instru
ments and expecting in that way to destroy
it Joshua has been spoiled; he thinks be
cause he has overthrown and destroyed the
spring freshet, he can overthrow the stone
wall. Why, It Is not philosophic. Don't
you see there is no relation between the
blowing of these musical instruments and
the knocking down of the wall. It Isn't
philosophy.” And I suppose there were
many wiseacres who stood with their
brows knitted, and with the forefinger of
the right hand to the forefinger of the left
hand, arguing It all out. and showing it
was not possible that such a cause should
produce such an effect. And I suppose that
night In the encampment there was plenty
of philosophy and caricature, and If Jnsh
ue had been nominated for any ' gh mili
tary position, he would not have got many
votes. Joshua's stock was down. The sec
ond day. the priests blowing the musical
Instruments go around the city, and a fail
ure. Third day. and a failure; fourth day,
and a failure; fifth day, and a failure; sixth
day, and a failure. The seventh day comes
the climacteric day. Joshua Is up early In
the morning and examines the troops,
walks all around about, looks at tho city
wall. The priests start to make the circuit
of the city. They go all around once, all
around twice, three times, four times, five
times, six times, seven times, and a failure.
There is only one more thing to> do, and
that is to utter a great shout. I see the
Israeliiish army straightening themselves
up, filling their lungs for a vociferation
such as was never heard before, and never
heard after, Joshua feels that the hour
has come, and he cries out to his host:
"Shout; for the Lord hath given you the
city!” All the people begin to cry: “Down,
Jericho, down, Jericho!” and the long line
of solid masonry begins to quiver and to
move and to rock. Stand from under.
She falls. Urash! go the walls, the tem
ples, the towers, the palaces; the air is
blackened with the. dust. The huzza of
the victorious Israelites and the groan of
the conquered Canaanites commingle, and
Joshua standing there in the debris of
the wall, hears a voice saying: "There
shall not any man be able to stand before
thee all the days of thy life."
But Joshua's troops may not halt here.
The command is, "Forward, march!”
There is the city of Ai; It must be taken.
How shall it be taken? A scouting party
conies hack and says: " Joshua, we can
do that without you; it is going to boa
very easy job; you just stay here while
W’O go and capture it.” They march with
a small regiment in front of that city.
The men of Ai look at them and give one
yell, and the Israelites run like reindeers.
The northern troops at Bull Hun did not
make such rapid time as these Israelites
with the Canaanites aftpr them. They
never cut such a sorry figure as when
they were on the retreat. Anybody that
goes out In the battles of God with only
half a force, instead of your taking the
men of At, the men of Ai will take you.
Look at the Church of God on the retreat.
The Bornesian cannibals ate up Munson,
the missionary. “Fall back!” said a great
mativ Christian people. "Fall back, oh.
Church of God! Borneo will never be
taken. Don't you see the Bornesian can
nibals have eaten up Munson, the mission
ary?" Tyndall delivers his lecture at the
University of Glasgow, and a great many
good people say: "Fall hack, oh Church
of God! Don’t you see that Christian phl
’ losophy is going to be overcome by world
ly philosophy? Fall back!" Geology
plunges its crowbar into the mountains,
and there are a great many people who
say: ‘'Scientific investigation is going to
overthrow the mosaic account of the cre
ation. Fall back!” Friends of God have
never any right to fall back.
Joshua falls on his face in chagrin. It is
the only time you ever see the back of his
head. He falls on his face and begins to
whine, and he says, "Oh, Lord God,
wherefore has thou at all brought this
people over Jordan to deliver us into the
hand of the Amorites. to destroy us?
Would to God we had been content and
dwelt on the other side of Jordan. For
the Canaanites and all the inhabitants
of the land shall hear of it, and shall en
| viron us round and cut off our name
; from the earth.”
I am very glad Joshua said that. Before
it seemed as if he were a supernatural be
ing, and therefore could not be an exam
ple to us; but I find he is a man, he is
only a man. Just as sometimes you find
a man under severe opposition, or in a
bad state of physical health, or worn out
with overwork, lying down and sighing
about everything being defeated. I am
encouraged when I hear this cry of Josn
ua as he lies in the dust.
God comes and rouses him. How does
he rouse him? By complimentary apos
trophe? No. He says, “Get thee up.
Wherefore liest thou upon thy face?’ Josh
ua rises, and I warrant you, with a mor
tified look. But his old courage comes
back. The fact was that was not his
battle. If ho had been in it he would have
gone on to victory. He gathers his troops
around him and says: "Now, let us go up
and capture the city of AI; let us go up
ritht away.”
They march on. He puts the majority of
the troops behind a ledge of rocks in the
night, and then he sends a comparatively
small battalion up in front of the city. The
men of Ai come out with a shout This
battalion in strategem fall back and fall
back, and when all the men of Ai have
left the city and arc in pursuit of this
scattered or seemingly scattered battal
ion. Joshua stands on a rock—l see ids
locks flying in the wind as he points ids
spear towards the doomed city, and that
is the signal. The men rush out from
behind the rooks and take the city, and it
is pul to the torch, and then these Israel
ites in the city; march down
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 27. 1895.
and the flying battalion of Israel- |
ites return, and between these two waves ,
of Israelitlsh promess the men of A! are |
destroyed, and the Israelites gain the :
victory; and while I see the curling smoke
of that destroyed city on the sky. and
while I hear the huzza of the Israelites
and the groan of the Canaanites. Joshua j
hears something louder than it all, ring
ing. echoing through his soul. "There shall
not any man be able to stand before thee
all the days of thy life." •
But this is no place for the host of Josh
ua to stop. "Forward, march." cr
Joshua to the troops. There Is the city of
Gibeon. It his put Itself under the prot- -
tion of Joshua. They sent word, ' There
are five kings after us: they are going lo
destroy us; send iro|* quick; send
help rifcht away.” Joshua has a three da>?
march more than double quick, on he
morninr of the third day he is before tne
enemy. There are two lons lines of batt.e.
The battle open* with great slaughter,
but the Canaanites soon discover some- I
thing. They say, “That is Joshua; that is
the man who conquered the spring fresh
et and knocked down the stone wall and
destroyed the city of Ai. There is no use
fighting.” And they sound a retreat, and
as they begin to retreat. Joshua and his
host spring upon them like a panther, pur
suing them over rocks, and as these < a
naanltes with sprained ankles and Rashed
foreheads, retreat, the catapults of the
skv pour a volley of hailstones into the
valley, and all the artillery of the heav
ens with bullets of Iron, pounds the Ca
naanltes against the ledges of Beth-no-
ron. .
'‘Oh!” says Joshua, “this is surely a
victory.” “But do you not see the sun is
going down? Those Amorltes are going
to get away ater all. ami they will come
up some other time and bother us, ana
perhaps destroy us.” See, the sun Is go
ing down. Oh, for a longer day than has
ever been seen in this climate! \\ nat is
the matter with Jushua? Has he fallen in
an apopletlc tit? No. He is In prayer. I
Look out when a good man makes the i
lxird his ally. Joshua raises his fare,rad - ,
ant with prayer.and looks at the descend
ing sun over Gibeon and at the faint cres
cent of the moon, for you know the queen
of the night sometimes will linger around
the palaces of the day. Pointing one hand
at the descending sun and the other hand
at the faint crescent of the moon, in the
name of that God who shaped the worlds
and moves the worlds, he cries: "bun.
stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou
moon, in the valley of Ajalon." And they
,'itood still. Whether it was by refraction
of the sun's rays, or by the stopping of
the whole planetary system, I do not know,
and do not care. I leave It to the Chris
tian scientists and the infidel scientists to
settle that question, while I tell you I
have seen the same thing. "What!” say
you. "not the sun standing still?’ Yes.
The same miracle is performed nowadays.
The wicked do not live out half their day,
and the sun sets at noon. But let a man
start out and battle for God, and the truth,
and against sin, and the day of his useful
ness is prolonged, and prolonged, and pro
longed.
John Summerfleld was a consumptive J
Methodist. He looked fearfully white. I {
am told, as he stood in Old Sands street |
church. In this city, preaching Christ, and |
when he stood on the anniversary plat- i
form in New York, pleading for the Bible |
until unusual and unknown glories rolled i
forth from that book. When he was dy
ing his pillow was brushed with the wings l
of the angel from the skies, the messen- j
ger that God sent down. Did John Sum- |
merfleld’s sun set? Did John Summer
field's day end? Oh! no. He lives on in his
burning utterance in behalf of the Chris
tian church. The sun stood still.
Robert McCheyne was a consumptive
rresbyterian. It was said when he preach
ed he coughed so it seemed as if he would
never preach again. His name is fragrant
In all Christendom, that name mightier
to-day than was ever his living presence.
He lived to preach the gospel in Aberdeen.
Edinburgh and Dundee, but he went away
very early. He preached himself into the
grave. Has Robert MeCheyne's sun
set Is Iloltert MeCheyne's day ended?
Oh, no! His dying delirium was filled with
prayer, and when he lifted his hand to
pronounce the benediction upon his fam
ily, and the benediction upon his coun
try, he seemed to say: "I cannot die now’;
1 want to live on and on. I want to start
an influence for the church that will never
cease. 1 am only thirty years of age.
Sun of my Christian ministry, stand still
over Scotland." And it stood still.
But it Is time for Joshua to go home. He
is a hundred and ten years old. Washing
ton went down the Potomac, and at Mount
Vernon closed his days. Wellington died
peacefully at Apsley House. Now, where
shall Joshua rest? Why, he is to have his
greatest battle now. After a hundred and
ten years he has to meet a king who has
more subjects than all the present popula
tion of the earth, hts throne a pyramid of
skulls his parterre the graveyards and the
cemeteries of the world, his chariot the
world’s hearse—the King of Terrors. But
if this is Joshua's greatest battle, It is go
ing to be Joshua's greatest victory. He
gathers his friends around him and gives
his valedictory, and it is full of reminis
cence. Young men tell what they are going
to do; old men tell what they have done.
And as you have heard a grandfather, or
a great-grandfather, seated by the evening
fire, tell of Monmouth, or Yorktown, and
then lift the crutch or staff as though it
were a musket, to fight, and show how the
old battles were won—so Joshua gathers
his friends around his dying couch, and he
tells them the story of what he has been
through and as he lies there his white locks
snowing down on his wrinkled forehead, I
wonder If God has kept his promise all the
way through—the promise of the text. As
lie lies there he tells the story one, two, or
three times—you have heard old people tell
a story two or three times over—and he
answers: "I go the way of all the earth,
and not one word of the promise has failed,
not one word thereof has failed; all has
come to pass, not one word thereof has
failed.” And then he turns to his family,
as a dying parent will, and says: "Choose
now whom you will serve the God of Israel,
or the God of the Amorites. As for me and
my house, we will serve the Lord.” A dy
ing parent cannot be reckless or thought
less in regard to his children. Consent to
part with them at the door of the tomb we
cannot. By the cradle in which their in
fancy was rocked, by the bosom on which
they first lay, by the blood of the Coven
ant, by the God of Joshua, It shall not be.
We will not part, we cannot part. Jeho
vah Jireh, we take thee at thy promise:
"I will be a God to thee and thy seed after
j thee.”
Dead, the old chieftain must be laid out.
Handle him very gently; that sacred body
is over a hundred and ten years of age.
Lay him out, stretch out those feet that
walked dry shod the parted Jordan. Close
those lips which helped blow the blast at
which walls of Jericho fell. Fold the arm
that lifted the spear toward the doomed
city of Ai. Fold it right over the heart that
exulted when the five kings fell. But where
shall we get the burnished granite for the
headstone and the footstone? I bethink my
self now. I Imagine that for the head it
shall be the sun that stood still upon Gid
eon, and for the foot, the moon that stood
still in the valley of Ajalon.
Stocking His Hunch With Pheasants.
Thomasvllle, Ga„ May 26.—Judge Hop
kins received yesterday from Milwaukee,
\Yis., 115 pheasant eggs. They will be
hatched out under hens, raised to a size
oM enough to shift for themselves and
turned loose on Susina plantation, the
southern hotne and ranch of A. 11. Mason
of Philadelphia. This property is four
teen miles south of Thomasville, covers
! several thousand acres and Is already well
i supplied with game. The golden pheas
‘ ant has been tried there and thrives well.
! Mr. Mason proposes to stock his ranch
1 with these beautiful birds.
BANKER CLEWS' VIEWS.
The Financial Oatlnnk n Seen From
Wall street.
New York. May 25. -My readers will
bear me witness that I was the first to
sound the death-knell to the bear market
on March 5 last, the day following the
adjournment of congn ss, when I pro
claimed that the tim had arrived to buy
everything and sell no'hing. I then said
there was no stock dealt in on the Stock
Exchange so poor that it would not ad
vance conspicuously from that time for
ward. 1 was governed by the fact that
the worst congress for the business inter
ests of the nation had adjourned and gone
into final liquidation, an l they would no
longer continue to drive the industries of
the nation into the hand:, of receivers. I
also took Into consideration the fact that
the gold scare was about to culminate,
because the hunt for go! l had commenced
to result in increased production, the
world's output of which would amount
I for the coming year to probably tSDD.W.-
000. with the prospect of Its yearly in
crease for some time to < ome. The effect
' of the gold discoveries in South Africa,
which have made such a speculative craze
in mining shares on the London Exchange
and the continental bourses,has been to re
vive business in every direction and carry
Europe out of a rut of depression which
started at the time of the Baring failure
in IR9. This country is bound to benefit
under the influence growing out of in
creased gold production both here and
elsewhere, and a revival of business Inter
ests could not posslblt have a sounder
bottom to rest upon than that of the
yellow metal. About *l.'..mn.ooU of gold w ill
be taken out of the African mines prob
ably this year. The properties connected
therewith are now selling on the London
market on a basis of s*>.ooo,onrt. The pro-
duction of gold this year in this country
is steadily on the Increase, especially in
Colorado, Montana arid Idaho, and will j
soon be the basis of a gold inflation craze ‘
in this country not unlike what is now be- i
ing experienced in London and elsewhere. I
It is important to consider that the world's (
output of gold hereafter, amounting to
about $200,000,000 (and likely to Increase
year after year), will mostly all of it per
form the functions of money, and no part
of it is likely to go into the war chests oi
the European nations, as heretofore, as
they have now all accumulated their full
emergency supply. Another important fea
ture to take into consideration is that the
supply of money now in this country
amounts to $24 per capita as against the
time of the panic of 1873 when it was sl7
per capita, and going still'further back to
the panic of 1857 when it was only sls
i per capita. When prosperity again reigns
| supreme in this country, which will soon
probably be the ease. Judging from present
i appearances, there will he a sufficient re
! turn of confidence to make the circulation
j of this $24 per capita so rapid as to pos-
I slbly make our present volume of circulat-
ing medium excessive. When this occurs,
which will be very soon in my
opinion, it will do mor than anything else
to kill the present western and southern
silver craze. This $24 per capita in money
will be added to each year beyond doubt
by at least $50,000,001 of this country s
product of gold. This will soon satisfy
even those who are now calling for more
silver money, that the country’s supply of
money will be ample to go round with
out diluting our money by opening the
mints to free silver oinage, or by any
other very questionable means of increas
ing this country’s supply of money. Gold
is this country's standard and must so
continue, to enable it to stand abreast
with other flrst-cla.-s nations. In ted
we stand; divided we (all.” To admit of
our maintaining our present proud su
premaov amongst the nation* of the world,
the best metal is none too good for this
country as the standard basis for money,
and that is gold and only gold. Gold is
one of our products, and we of all na
tions should utilize it for all it is worth
and recognize it as supreme. No coun
try can afford to do so better than ours.
Went In On the Heforni Ticket. i
Editor Morning News: I see that coun
cil has taken one step in the way of re
form, and it will be appreciated by all.
The promiscuous shooting or fireworks
should not be tolerated.and council,by tak
ing up and disposing of the matter now,not
only relieves parents of a great deal of
anxiety, but saves the merchants from
making an Investment that would be un
profitable if such an ordinance was passed
later in the fall. If council means to pro
hibit the use of fireworks in our squares,
would it not be another step In the way
of reform to make these squares and parks
to Savannah just what such places are to
other cities—places beautiful to behold
and not having the appearance of a base
ball ground. We can have our little paiks
beautiful grass plats and enough money
Is spent to have them as such. And why
can't we have them?
Another thing council should do at once
or put up signs so as to explain to
strangers whv it is not done. That Is to
take down that old Iron fence around For
svth park. It destroys the looks of the
park, it is of no use. and makes it appear
as if we had not visited any of the pro
gressive cities of to-day and that we
do not know how unsightly it is.
Stop tho fireworks. Sod our park and
take down that old iron fence that was
put around our beautiful Forsyth park to
keep out horses and cattle.
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
A Number of Happening* of Interest
In Florida’s Capital.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 26.—One of the
most enjoyable social events of the season
was a "birthday tea” at the residence of
State Treasurer Collins, Friday evening,
given by Mrs. Gov. Mitchell, assisted by
young ladles. The admission fee was one
cent a year, according to age, dropped in
to a receptacle. Senator Chlpley sent a
letter, enclosing one dollar, saying that
as he was one hundred years old, he could
not go out at night.
The commencement exercises of the
State Normal and Industrial College, June
4, 5 and 6, will consist of a Moot Woman's
Suffrage Convention,” by the Lycc*
um Society; an address by Rev. W. E.
Partee, D. D., of Jacksonville, and gradu
ating exercises, all at the opera house.
Hon. H. C. Laney of Pensacola has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver the gradua
ting address at the commencement of the
State Seminary on June 7.
George P. Haney, Jr., has returned from
hts first year in the law department of
the University of Virginia.
The 4-year-old son of Dr. W. F. Robert
son. Jr., of lamenia, was severely burned
a few days since by walking into a fire in
the yard. It is thought he will recover.
Respect to the Gunpowder Deity.
From the Chicago Record.
A devout Mahometan who removes his
shoes before entering a mosque is hardly
more ceremonious than the every-day
workman in a gunpowder mill. For gun
powder has all the attributes of a jealous
and exacting deity, and unless it is treat
ed with due reference it has a habit of
puncturing solid stone walls with the bod
ies of its devotees and making itself highly
uncomfortable in other ways. So when
the workman reaches the mill in the morn
ing he stops in a little vestibule and
brushes his hoes and clothing with great
care, removing every article of sand and
grit. Usually he wears long rubbers boots
that he may tread softly In the august
presence of the gunpowder. In some of
the processes he dons a rubber rap and
rubber mittens.and he is always careful to
leave his pipe and matches at home. He
cannot receive any visitors at the works,
for gunyowder has a particular aversion
to strangers and not infrequently it disin
tegrates and scatters anew or pretentious
workman over several acres of ground.
Besides these peculiarities gunpowder has
a distinct aversion to iron or steel in any
form. No nails or bolts can be used any
where in the interior of the building, and
the machinery must all be of copper or
pun-metal, held together with wooden
pegs. Dirt of any kind, especially grit, is
tabooed. About half the time of the work
men is taken up every day in brushing
down the walls of the mill and sweeping
oil the floors. A visitor would think to
see them stealing' around so softly and
quietly with their brooms that the place
was haunted, but it is only their way of
showing respect to the gunpowder deity.
_rncle Joe (as the waiter brings the fin
ger-bowl)—"l'm onter yrr city curves, but
where did ye put the goldfish?”—Harper s
Bazar.
Tired, Weak, Nervous
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Restores
Strength and Bodily Vigor.
The cause of that tired, weak, nervons
condition in which so many people find
themselves, is the failure of the blood to
properly nourish
- *Ojf fnE nfijfo the nerves and tis
sues. Feed the
nerves upon pure
BT __ g blood, and they
(5 (m'S will be steady and
v I * fj strong. Head this:
\j-Zi B “It is with pleas
its J Aj? ure that I recom
*** /SjS mend Hood’s Sar
ssparilla as an ex
‘MoA JjfSrffmwiti cellent nerve tonic
and blood purifier.
Mrs. c. IT. Tenable I have taken it
Keithsburg, 111. more than once
and am taking it now. I was tired, my
body ached, and I felt very badly all over.
I was afraid I would be sick. I thought I
would tako Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and
It Has Cured Me,
and I find that it is cheaper than the doc
tor’s bills. Hood’s Pills are the best I
have ever taken and I use no other. I am
glad to have an opportunity to recom
mend Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” Mrs. C. H.
Venable, Keithsburg, 111.
Hood’s Bm ~ m
1 ltt paHlta
Be sure to get^ - *
Hood’s.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is sold by all drug
gists. *1: six for |5. Prepared only by
C. I. Hooa & Cos., Lowell, Mass.
Hevftrl’c Dlllc cure all liver ills, bilious
llOOU S rlll-S ness, heartache. 23c.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
notice!
Savannah, Ga.. May 13.1895.
We have bv mutual consent dissolved the co
partnership heretofore existing under firm
name of Hansen A Harrison, at Pooler, Ga
C Hanskn,
W. T. Harrison.
NOTICE.—I will continue the business in my
► own name of the late tlrm of Hansen & Harri
son at Pooler, <. a c. Hansen.
POSITIVELY THE LAST \OTIC*.
* On and after June Ist, ISIIS, e
ill discontinue redeeming
GOLDEN APPLE TOBACCO TAGS.
lIENBV SOLOMON A SON,
Sole Agents.
MELDERMA
Is a Toilet Powder that dispels the disagrees
hie odor arising from perspiration.
Detersive Fluid cleans clothing, etc., without
injuring the fabric.
Pure spices in bulk, warranted free from
adulteration.
Cider Vinegar, made from apples. No acids
used In its manufacture.
SOLOMONS A CO.,
Market Square and Bull St. Branch.
DROP ISA POSTAL
And our sales ' all on you with a com
plete line of: . o the celebrated MOUNT
VERNON am .AXNISVILLK whiskys.
These are repu'ablo whiskys. made by a bouse
whose standing is without a blemish, and their
name on a package is an absolute guarantee of
purity. You will do yourself an injustice to
buy without first seeing our samples.
HENRY SOLOMON & SOIL
186, 188, 190, 192 Bay street.
Sole Agents.
R. D. A \VM. LATTIMORE,
Successors to Lovell A Lnttimore,
Hardware and Stove Healers.
We have an extensive stock of all goods in
our line, and Invite the special attention of
buyers, both wholesale and retail.
153 and 155 Congress street. - Savannah, Ga.
BECKMANN'S CAFE.
No. 30 Whitaker Street,
is the most popular resort in the city
An elegant Lunch is served twice a
day The Liquors and Wines are
th very best that can bo secured
and served in the most artistic man
ner. Courteous attention to all.
Respectfnlly,
GEORGE BECKMANN, Prop r.
WEATHER IS GETTING WARM,
Time to Reta Hammock—only 72
cents. Also a Croquet Set for 73
cents, at
GARDNER'S,
11S Broughton street.
NOTICE.
Ihe registration of voters will close for the
"FENCE" or • NO FENCE" election on JUNE
13 Registration at the office of County Tax
Collector every day (except Sundays' from 9
a m to 4 p m.
Citizens should not faii to qualify themselves
to vote by registering AT ONCE
DEATHS.
COOPER.—Died Sunday. May 2fi. at ffi
Taylor street. Katie May, only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Cooper, age 10
months.
MEETINGS.
CLINTON LODGE NO. 54, F. AND A. M.
A special communication of this' lodge
will be held at Masonic Temple this Mon
day evening. May 27, at 8 o'clock.
The M. M. degree will be conferred.
Members of sister lodges and visiting
brethren are cordially invited to meet
with us. GEORGE A. BRECK. W. M.
WARING RUSSELL, Secretary.
DC. K ALII LODGE No. It. I. O. O. V.
A regular meeting of this lodge wj|l he
held this evening at 8 o’clock in Odd Fel
lows’ hail.
Every member is urged to' attend, as
business of importance will come before
the meeting.
A. B. CUMMINGS, N. G.
JNO, W. SMITH, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ITS
ALIVE.
Our store is the place where little folks
and big folks alike receive proper atten
tion; where full weights are always given,
which we stand ready to prove at any
time.
•NOTHING
FOR
LESS
than cost (for that's not business), un
less there Is some good reason for it. and
then we tell you what that reason is, so
that you will not be deceived in what
you purchase.
Something fresh every day, something
new and tempting every week for every
one.
If you want good goods and are willing
to pay a fair price for them, call upon
WM. G. COOPER.
GROCER,
28 Whitaker street.
HEADQUARTERS
—FOR—
FINE LIVERY.
PULASKI HOUSE STABLES,
138 and 140 Bryan Street.
'Phone 125.
Thomas F. Gleason & Cos.
OUR ADVANCED VIEWS
On the question of BASKETS has
proven conclusively we were right,
and the same In regard to CARRIERS.
Shippers have realized
50 PER CENT. MORE
This season hy following our advice
regarding shipping packages.
OUR NEW POTATO BARREL
Will, without doubt, be the barrel
of the future.
Truek farmers and vegetable ship
pers will please place their orders
at once for BARRELS, BASKETS and
CARRIERS to snve disappointment.
FAWCETT BROS.,
Wholesale Grocer* and Commission
Merchants, IS.N-7 Bay and 1-3 Jef
ferson streets, Snvnnnah, Ga.
The care, skill and experience necessary
fitting proper glasses to the eyes are apparent
to every intelligent person. Thousands of peo
ple suffer pain in the head, headache, and loss
of eyesight entirely from the use of inferior
glasses or glasses not properly fitted to the eye.
We cordially invite the public to call and see
us. have their eyes examined professionally by
an expert without charge, and obtain glasses if
required.
New glasses put in your old frames and all
other repairing at short notice.
DR. M. SCHWAB A SON,
No. 23 Bull street, - - - Savannah, Ga.
LIME.
We have Jnst received a large
quantity of the best lime ever
brought to Savannah. If yon want
the best qnnlity, of fnll weight and
full strength, buy onr lime. We nsk
no more for the best than others do
for poor lime. We also have lire
brick, lire clay, cement and drain
pipe for sale, nnd respectfnlly solicit
your bnsincss.
ADAMS DRUG, PAINT A OIL CO.,
Congress nnd Whitaker sts.
CHILDREN'S SHIRT WAISTS.
Unlaundered. Big Sale Laundered.
25 cts this week 65 cts
25 cts Children's 65 cts
25 cts Shirt Waists, 65 cts
25 cts including f 5 ets
25 cts Star, 65 cts
25 cts Mother's Friend, 65 cts
25 cts Black Sateen 05 cts
25 cts and 65 cts
25 cts other fine brands 65 cts
25 ets In 65 cts
25 cis fancy goods. 65 cts
25 cts No white goods. 65 cts
25 cts APPEL ASC HAUL, 65 cts
25 cts 159 Broughton St. 65 cts
HAIR BRUSHES.
We have just received g fine line
of HAIR BRUSHES, which we are
selling: very low. Call nnd see them.
HARVEY A BUSSEY,
117 Bull street.
Strong's Stand.
Agents for Wagner, the Florist.
ONE OF
BYCK’S
SPECIALTIES
—FOR—
LADIES.
And one more of our special
ties for
GENTLEMEN.
The handsomest styles at
the lowest prices for the
best workmanship.
PERIOUICAL TICKETS TAKES.
THE CITIZENS 13AM
OF SAVANNAH.
Capital 3500,000.
Transacts a general hanking business.
Maintains a Savings Department and ah
lows INTEREST AT 4 FEK CENT., com
pounded quarterly.
The accounts of individuals, firms, banks
and corporations are solicited.
With our large number of correspond
ents in GEOIU* IA. ALABAMA, FLORIDA
and SOUTH CAROLINA, we arc prepared
to handle collections on the most favorable
terms. Correspondence invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President
M. B. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
Savannah Savings Bank
PAYS
5o
/o
ON DEPOSITS.
Issues 6 Per Gent. Certificates of Deposit,
Send or write for our
literature#
W. K. WILKINSON, Presides*
0. & ROCKWELL, Treasurer.
SAVANNAH BANK
AND TRUST GO.
SAVANNAH, GA.
IMMv .nl' AT
ON DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS DEPART
MENT.
Collections on Savannah and all southern
points, we handle on the most favorable
terms and remit at lowest exchange rate*
on day of payment. Correspondence
solicited.
JOSEPH I>. WEED, President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND, Vice President.
JAMES 11. HLNTEK. Cashier.
W. L. Douglas
$3 SHOEr!”S.
S. CORDOVAN,
.#*" y* FRENCH A ENAMELLEO Ctl.F.
§m Vl4.*3.spFincCalf&Kanga^'V
JfWWi *3.SO POLICE, 3 SOLES.
wTn s2 so *2 • workingmen’s.
’UU*.* Boys'SchoolShgei
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
w-I-• DO U GFL AS*
- EROCKTON..MASS.
Over One MiHlon People wear the
W. L. Douglas $3& $4 Shoes
All our shoes are equally satisfactory
They give the best value for the money.
They equal custom shoes In style and fit.
Thofr wearing qualities are unsurpassed..
The prices are uniform,—-stomped on so.e.
e, 1 -, e- r—.-t c...ce maker.
BYCK BROS., Broughton Street
E. S. BYCK & CO., 169 BroughtonSL
FIRST-CLASS
Account and Record Books,
MADE ONLY TO ORDER.
JOB PRINTING
SATISFACTORILY DONE-
Sood Work-Prompt Execution-Fair Price*
ESTIMATES GIVEN
TOR PRINTING AND BINDING-
ORDERS SOLICITED.
fgf Pay It SEP. N. UICfIOU
IF YOU WANT A FLAT OPENIN'*}
blank book call and see the •■Pern ■
N’o extra cost. Morning News Job iz
partment, Savannah, Ga.