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A BRAVE QUEEN OF THE BIBLE.
T&LVinE TELLI THE TKI OF
VASHTFS BAXMUVE^T.
linnoiird to Appear l ■Trllrd Bf
forr the Hint at a Baaqnrt, Ske
Refaaea and la Driven From the
Palace in Pnniahment of Her Illa
okrdlenrr—The Lesson* lira v II
Prom the Story.
Washington. T>. C.. July s.—ln his **v-
Bon to-day. etartir.it from a brilliant B'-
ble ecene. Dr. Talmagc discourses upon
woman * opportunities, and the wrongs
•he sometime* suffers. Hi* teat was Es
ther 1: 11. 12: "To bring Vashti the Queen
before the king with the crown royal, to
•how the people and the princes her
beauty; for *he was fair to look on. But
the sjueen Vashti refused to come at :he
king's commandment by his chamber
lain*: therefore was the king very wroth,
and hi* anger burned in hhn.”
We stand mil the palaces of Shushan.
The pinnacles are aflame with the morn
ing light. The columns rise festooned
and wreathed, the wealth of empires flash
ing from the groove*; the ceilings adorn
ed with Image* of bird and beast, and
scenes of prowess and conquest. The wails
are hung with shields, and emblazoned
until It seems that the whole round of
•plendors is exhausted. Each arch is a
mighty leap of architectural achieve
ment. Golden stars, shining down on
glowing arabesque. Hangings of embroid
ered work in which mingle the blueness
of the sky, the greenness of the grass,
and the whiteness of the sea-foam. Tapes
tries hung on silver rings, wedding to
gether the pillars of marble. Pavilions
reaching out In every direction. Tnese
for repose, filled with luxuriant couches,
into which weary limbs sink until all fa
tigue Is submerged. These for carousal,
where kings drink down a kingdom at
one swallow. Amazing spectacle! Eight
of silver dripping down over stairs of
ivory on shields of gold. Floors of stain
ed marble, sunset red and night black,
and inlaid with gleaming pearl. Why. it
Items as if a heavenly vision of amethyst
and jacinth and topaz and chrysoprasua
had descended and alighted upon Shus
han. It seems as If a billow of celestial
glorry had dashed clear over heaven's bat
tlements upon this metropolis of Persia. Tn
connection with this palace there is a gar
den, where the mighty men of foreign
lands are seated at a banquet. I'nder the
spread of oak and linden and acacia, the
tables are arranged. The breath of honey
suckle and frankincense fills the air.
Fountains leap up into the light, the
spray struck through with rainbows fall
ing in crystalline baptism upon flower
ing shrubs—then rolling down through
channels of marble and widening out here
and there Into pools swirling with the
finny tribes of foreign aquariums, bor
dered with scarlet anemones, hyperlcums,
and many-colored ranunculus. Meats of
Tarest bird and beast smoking up amid
wreaths of aromatics. The vases filled
with apricots and almonds. The baskets
piled up with apricots and date* and
figs and oranges and pomegranate*. Mel
ons tastefully twined with leaves of
acacia. The bright waters of Eulaeus
filling the urns and sweating outside the
rim In flashing beads amid the traceries.
Wine from the royal vats of Ispahan
and Shiraz, In bottles of tinged shell,
and lily-shaped cups of silver, and flagons
and tankards of solid gold. The music
rises higher and the revelry breaks out
Into wilder transport, and the wine has
flushed the cheek and touched the brain,
and louder than all other voices art- the
hiccough of the Inebriates, the gabble of
fools, and the song of the drunkards.
In another part of the palace, Queen
Vashti is entertaining the princesses of
Persia at a banquet. Drunken
Ahasuerus says to his serv
ants: "T.ou go out and fetch
Vashti from that banquet with the wo
men, and bring her to this banquet with
the men. and let me display her beauty."
The servants Immediately start to obey
the king’s command; but there whs a rule
In Oriental society that no woman might
appear In public without having her face
veiled. Yet here was a mandate that no
one dare dispute, demanding that Vashti
gome In unveiled before the multitude.
However, there was In Vashtl's soul a
principle more regal than Ahasuerus, more
brilliant than the gold of Shushan, of more
wealth than the realm of Persia, which
commanded her to disobey this order of
the king; and so all the righteousness and
(holiness and modesty of her nature rises
up Into one sublime refusal. She says:
"1 will not go into the banquet unveiled.”
Of course Ahasuerus was infuriate; and
Vashti, robbed of her position and her es
tate, Is driven forth in poverty and ruin
to sulTer the scorn of a nation, and yet
to receive the applause of after genera
ttons ■who shall rise up to admire this
martyr to kingly Insolence. Well, the last
vestige of that feast is gone; the last
garland has faded; the last arch has
fallen; the last tankard has been destroy
ed; and Shushatt is a ruin; but as long us
the world stands there will be multitudes
of men and women, familiar with the tiible,
who will come into this picture gallery of
God, and admire the divine portrait of
"Vashri, the queen. Vashti the veiled,
Vashti the sacrifice, Vashti the silent.
. In the first place, I want you to look
upon VaShti the queen. A blue ribbon,
rayed with white, drawn around her fore
head, Indicated her queenly position. It
was no small honor to be queen in such
a realm as that. Hark to the rustle of
her robes! See the blase of her Jewels!
And yet, my friends, it is not necessary
to have palace and regal robe in order
tq be queenly. When I see a woman with
strong faith tn God, putting her foot
upon all meanness and selfishness and
godless display, going right forward to
eerve Christ and the race by a grand
and glorious service, I say: "That woman
Is a queen,” and the’ranks of heaven look
over the battlements upon the coronation,
and whether she come up from the shanty
on the commons or the mansion of the
fashionable square, I greet her with a
glory was there on the brow of Mary of
Scotland, or Elizabeth of England, or
Margaret of France, or Catherine of Rus
sia. compared with the worth of some
of our Christian mothers, many of them
gone Into glory?—or of that woman men
tioned In the scriptures, who put all her
money into the Lord’s treasury?—or of
Jephthah’s daughter, who made a demon
stration of unselfish patriotism?—or of
Abigail, who rescued the herds and flocks
of her husband?—or of Ruth, who tolled
under a tropical sun for poor, old, help
less Naomi?—or of Florence Nightengale,
who went at midnight to stanch the battle
wounds of the Crimea?—or of Mrs. Adon
lram Judson, who kindled the lights
of salvation amid the darkness ot Burmah?
—or of Mrs. Hemans. who poured out her
(holy soul in words which will forever be
associated with hunter’s horn, and cap
tive’s chain, and bridal hour, and lute’s
throb, and curfew's knell at the dying
day?—and scores and hundreds of women,
unknown on earth, who have given water
■to the thirsty and bread to the hungry
and medicine to the sick and smiles to the
discouraged—their foosteps heard along
dark lane and in government hospital and
In almshouse corridor and by prison gate?
There may be no royal robe—there may be
no palatial surroundings. She does not
need them; for all charitable men will
unite with the crackling lips of fever
struck hospital and plague-blotched laz
aretoo in greeting iher as she passes:
"Hail! Hall! Queen Vashti.”
Again: I want you to consider Vashti
the veiled. Had she appeared before Ahas
uerus and his court on that day, with her
face uncovered, she would have shocked
all the delicacies of Oriental society, and
the very men who in their intoxication
demanded that she come. In their sober
moments would have despised her. As
some flowers seem to thrive best In the
dark lane and in the shadow, and where
the sun does not seem to reach them, so
God appoints to most womanly natures a
retiring and unobtrusive spirit. God once
In a while doe* call an Isabelle to a throne
or a Miriam to strike the t.mbrel at the
front of a host, or a Marie Antoinette to
quell a Frer.-h mob. or a Deborah to
stand a: the front of an armed battalion,
crying out, "T"p! t'p! This is the day in
which the Lord will deliver Bl*era into
th:ne hard." And when women are cai.el
to su h ~u’door work and to such hero!-
posit.ore. God prepares them for it, r, i
they ha. iron In their so il* and light
ning in their eye. anl whirlwind* In their
>-rej!h. at. l the borrowed *•:. r.c'h of t--
Lord Omnipotent In the.r right arm. They
walk through furnace* as though they
w.re hedges of wild flower*, and cross
seas as though they were shimmering sap
phire* anj all the harpies of hei; down to
their dungeon* at the stamp of her wom
anly indignation. Hut these are the excep
tions. Generally. Dorcas would rather
make a garment for the poor boy; Kr
becca would ra'h -t fill :he trough for the
camel*; Hannah would rather make a
coat for Samuel; the Hebrew maid would
leprosy; the w man of Sarepta would
ra her gather a few sticks to cook a meal
for famished Elijah; Phebe would rather
carry a letter for the inspired apostle;
mother Dot* would rather educate Tim
othy In the Scriptures. When I see a wo
man going about her dally duty—with
cheerful dignity presiding at the table,
with k.n.l and gentle, but firm discipline
presiding in the nursery, go ng out into
the world without any blast of trumpets,
following in the footstep* of him who
went about doing good—l say: "This is
Vashti with a veil on." But when I see a
woman of unblushing boldness, loul
voiced with a tongue of infinite elllter
clatter. with arrogant look, passing
through the streets with the step of a
wa:lt!ng-boam, gayly arrayed in a very
hurricane of miiiitfbry, 1 cry out: "Vashti
has lost her veil!" When 1 see a woman
of comely feat lire*, and of adroitness of
:. and endowed with all that the
schools can do for one. and of high social
position, yet moving In society, with su
perciliousness and hauteur, as though she
would have people know their place, and
strut and rhoilomontade, endowed with
allopathic quantities of talk, but only
homiiepathic Infinitesimals of sense, the
terror of dry-goods clerks and railroad
conductors, discoverers of significant
meanings in plain conversation, prodigies
of badn.age and Innuendo—l say: "Look:
look! Vashti baa lost her veil."
Again. I want you to consider Vashti
the sacrifice. Who is this I see coming
out of that palace gate of Shushan? It
seems to me that I have seen her before.
She comes homeless, houseless, friendless,
trudging along with a broken heart. Who
is she? It Is Vashti the sacrifice. O. what
a change It was from regal position to a
wayfarer's crust. A little while ago, ap
proved and sought for; now, none so poor
as to acknowledge her acquaintanceship.
Vashti the sacrifice! Ah! you and I have
seen It many a time. Hero Is a home em
palaced with beauty. All that refinement
and books and wealth can do for that
homo has been done; but Ahasuerus. the
husband and the father. Is taking hold on
paths of sdn. He Is gradually going down.
After awhile he will flounder and struggle
like a wild beast In the hunter's net
further away from God, further away
from the right. Soon the bright apparel
of the children will turn to rags; soon the
household song will become the sobbing
of a broken heart. The old story over
again. Brutal Centaurs breaking up the
marriage feast of Laptthae. The house full
of outrage and cruelty and abomination,
while trudging forth from the palace gate
are Vashti and her children. There are
homes that are in danger of Buch a break-
Ing-up. O. Ahasuerus! that you should
stand In a home, by a dissipated life de
stroying the pence and comfort of that
home. God forbid that your children
should ever have to wring their hands,
and have people point their finger at them
as they pass down the street, and say.
“There goes a drunkard’s child.” God
forbid that the little feet should ever have
to trudge the path of poverty and
wretchedness! God, forbid that any evil
spirit horn of the wine-cup or the hran
dy-glaaa should come forth and uproot
tlvat garden, and with a lasting, blistering,
all-consuming curse, shut forever the pal
ace gate against Vashti and the children!
During the war I went to Hagerstown
to look at the army, and I stood in the
night on a hill-top and looked down upon
them. I saw the camp-fires all through
the valleys and all over the hills. It was
a weird spectacle, those camp-fires, and I
stood and watched them; and the sol
diers who were gathered around them
were, no doubt, talking of their homes
and of the long march they had taken
and of the battles they were to fight; but
after awhile I saw these camp-fires be
gin to lower; and they continued to lower,
until they were all gone out, and the
army Slept. It was Imposing when I saw
the camp-fires; It was Imposing In the
darkness when I thought, of that great
host asleep. Well. God looks down from
heaven, and he sees the firesides of Chris
tendom and the loved ones gathered
around them* fireside*. These are the
camp-fires where wo warm ourselves at
the close of the day, and talk over the
battles of life we have fought and the
battles that are yet to oome. God grant
that when at last these fires begin to go
out and continue to lower until finally
they are extinguished, and the ashes of
consumed hopes strew the hearth of the
old homestead, it may be because we have
Gone to sleep that last long sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep.
Now we are an army on the march of
life. Then, we will be an army bivouack
ed In the tent of the grave.
Once more; I want you to look at Vash
ti the silent. You do not hear any out
cry from this woman as she goes forth
from the palace gate. From the very dig
nity of her nature, you know there will
be no vociferation. Sometimes in life It is
necessary to make a retort; sometimes in
life it is necessary to resist; but there are
crises when the most triumphant thing to
do is to keep silence. The philosopher,
confident tn his newly-discovered princi
ple, waiting for the coming of more intel
ligent generations, willing that men
should laugh at the lightning rod and
cotton gin and steamboat—waiting for
long years through the scof
fing of philosophical schools,
In grand and magnificent si
lence. Gallileo, condemned by mathemati
cians and scientists, caricatured every
where, yet waiting and watching with his
telescope to see the coming up of stellar
reinforcements, when the stars in their
courses would fight for the Copernican
system; then sitting down in complete
blindness and deafness to wait for the
coming on of the generations who would
build his monument and bow at his
grave. The Reformer, execrated by
his contemporaries. fastened in a
pillory, the slow fires of public
contempt burning under him, ground un
der the cylinders of the printing-press, yet
calmly waiting for the day when purity of
soul and heroism of character will get the
sanctification of earth and the plaudits of
heaven. Affliction, enduring without any
complaint the sharpness of the pang
and the violence of the storm, and the heft
of the chain and of the darkness of n'ght
Waiting, until a divine hand shall be put
forth to soothe the pang and hush the
storm and release the captive. A wife
abused, persecuted, and a perpetual exile
from every earthly comfort—waiting
waiting, until the Lord shall gather all his
dear children in a 'heavenly home, and no
poor Vashti will ever be thrust out from
the palace gate. Jesus, in silence and an
swering not a word, drinking the gall
bearing the cross, in prospect of the rapt
urous consummation when
Angels thronged his chariot wheel,
And bore him to his throne;
Then swept their golden harps and sung
The glorious w ork is done.
O, woman! Does not this storv of Vashti
the queen. Vashti the veiled, Vashti the
sacrifice. Vashti the silent, move your
soul? My sermon converges into the one
absorbing hope that none of vou may be
shut out of the palace gate of heaven You
can endure the hardships and the priva
tions and the cruelties and the m'sfortunes
of this life, if you can only gain admission
there. Through the blood of the everlast
ing covenant, you go through these gates
or never go at all. God forbid that you
should at last be banished from the soci
ety of angels, and banished from the com
panionship of your glorified kindred and
anished forever. Through the rich grace
of our Lord. Jesus Christ, may you be en
abled to imitate the example of Rachel
and Hannah and Abigail and Deborah and
Mary and Esther and Vashti. Amen’
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 6, 1896.
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THE OOXFKDEHATE IIEI.MO.V
Views anil Observation* by One of
th* Visitor*.
Richmond, Va_, July B.—The last few
days have had upon Richmond the ef
fect of one of these great convulsions of
nature, which for the time being change
the familiar face of the world and throw
Into new relations the men who people tt.
For the four days Just passed the his
toric old town has been tom from Its
moorings. Through familiar streets and
beneath the shallow of time-worn monu
ments have again surged the Berried
ranks of an invading army, and In the
mind of the "oldest inhabitant" must
surely have arisen memories of the dark
days when the roll of the drum was heard
upon the hills, and the thunder of cannon
sounded In hitter earnest.
It Is all over now. The great confeder
ate reunion is as much a thing of the
past as the days when the armies of the
contending sections deployed along the
Potomac, but if the god of war was pres
ent, either in spirit or in person, at the
great love feast, whose traces may still
be seen on every hand, his hungry eyes
must have seen much to raise in hi* mind
grave doubts as to his continued useful
ness. It is not too much to say that In
all that has taken place here—that in the
strange mixture of southerner ami
yankee, of blue and gray, not one Jarring
note has been heard, and that wherever
In this country sectional feeling may he
found, it is useless to look for It In the
ranks of those who lived through the
war, and who have lived down the ani
mosities it engendered.
The predominant, the characteristic note
of the reunion that lives In my memory’
and stands out clearly relieved above all
else ts the fraternal footing upon which
met the men who thirty odd
years ago were meeting in a
fashion much mor> deadly. These men
stand together, ai. i ail will not be well
with the petty politician who shall try to
part them.
One of the sights of this most memora
ble of reunions was the spectacle—and it
was an edifying one—of Corporal Tanner,
most doughty of legless radicals, seated
in the great corridor of the Jefferson ho
tel. the center of nn eager throng of con
federate veterans, constantly circling
around him and forever shaking him by
the 'hands until it looked as if he might
lose .the remaining members of that stal
wart body of his. All through the re
union—all through the city, in every place
Imaginable and in some that an ordinary
mind would not have deemed imaginable,
similar scenes were enacted; and at every
turn the ears of the casual observer were
assailed by the deep-toned eagerness with
which little groups of veterans aired their
reminiscences.
“What! were you on that hill?" one
grizzled old fellow, with perhaps an empty
sleeve, would cry. “Do you remember the
day When we made that rush at Gettys
burg?” would come from another; and so
It wont on night and day. It was a great
opening for the phonograph, but one that
offered little encouragement to the politi
cian.
To my thinking the true significance
of the reunion was to be found In those
unconsidered trifles, rather than in those
splendid and impressive ceremonies which
have been so faithfully recorded by the
press associations. One old confederate
whom I saw going through the ceremony
of introduction to a veteran from the
other side of Mason and Dixon's linos,
put the entire question I thought with
admirable neatness.
"I am gla.l to see you.” said the man
who had worn the blue
"So'm I,” said the man of corn and cot
ton. "Heap gladder 'n I was thirty years
ago. sir; and you all are using me a heap
better than you were then." And then jhey
“shook," what was left of them, and the
crowd smiled audibly.
One point—and it is not one altogether
agreeable—has not been much dwelt on
In the press dispatches: No observant
visitor could fail to lie impressed with
the fact that a very large proportion, not
only of the con foil crate veterans, but of
the country people who poured Into Rich
mond. were men upon whom toll and pov
erty had set their seal. They were not
only poor men; they were men who had
obviously lived so long on terms of inti
macy with poverty that they felt quite
at ease In their narrow circumstances.
The press dispatches have referred to
the Jefferson hotel as the social center
of the occasion, but very little has been
said of the house Itself. In the slang of
the drummer, it Is "a $5-a-day house,”
and Is certainly one of the most inviting
and most splendidly appointed of southern
hotels. The house stands upon the side
of one of the hills upon which
Richmond is built, and Its In
terior Is so arranged as to con
form to the configuration of Its site. Broad
marble steps lead Jrom one level to an
other, and the wanderer who saunters in
at the summit of the gorgeous pile of ma
sonry—who passes through a long succes-.
slon of spacious apartments, through ro-*
tunda, corridor, grill room and bar—finds
himself at last in the open air, upon the
lower levels of the town, looking up in
wonder at the distant stars that looked
down on Davis and Lee and saw the con
federacy die. It is a great modern hotel,
and when I saw one man pay a bill of sl2
for one day's entertainment I realized that
the old order of things had Indeed made
way for the new.
There is so much to see In Richmond
that Is worth seeing that many of us al
most regretted the vast throng which was
so packed and Jammed Into the city that
locomotion was actually a matter for se
rious consideration. Feople, in many
cases, found five hours ncfne too much
margin to allow for reaching the depot
and many of those who left themselves
with less, found that they were literally
left. The management of the trains
however, was excellent, and every facility
was offered the crowds that poured into
the town on the gaily decorated trains
of the Plant system, whvse vast resources
were certainly taxed to handle the busi
ness.
The Florida contingent was well taken
care of by MaJ. J. A. Enslow. Jr., of the
Second Florida brigade, who had secured
quarters In the Woman’s College, where
every provision was made for the home
people at a reasonable rate.
The Oglethorpes and Cadets, from Sa
vannah. attracted much attention upon
their arrival, and occupied a prominent
place In the imposing pageant that fol
lowed.
The site for the monument has been
well chosen, and the design decided upon
by the Judges Is sufficiently Impressive to
hold the first place in a city that already
contains many notable examples of the
sculptor's art. However it my look when
complete* no mar. nee,! remain in doubt
as to how future generations wiii look
upon this new memorial to the hero of the
lost cause. A* long a* Rlcnmond stands
upon ita storied bills, anl while the
James rolls on to bury In the *ea. the
memory of those whore lire* went out
upon It* bank*, that monument shall
•peak to men of a great people we.ded to
gether by a conflict whose bitterness is
fast disappearing leaving behind only a
deeper sense, of security and amity.
THOM AAA 11. I.E T(M K SHOW.
First Class Exhibits and gome Spir
ited Hares.
Thomasvllle, Ga.. July s.—The Fourth
of July celebration and stock show were
a grand success. Th* exhibits were very
good and surprised many people. Splen
did specimens of cattle, hogs, and colts
were shown, while the poultry exhibit
was as fine a* ever seen In this section.
A large crowd was tr, attendance, esti
mated at from 3.M0 to s,ion. while bunt
ing and flags were freely thrown to the
breeze. A brass band stirred up the
crowds as only a brs band can.
At 12 o'clock the Judges' reports on the
various exhibits were read and premium*
announced as follows: Best stab.on, own
er S. Rlehy, $25; best colt under i years,
owner John Crawford. $Kt; best colt under
one year. J. F. Lillv. 110; best Thomas
county raised horse, .Mrs. A. M Watson.
810; liest mule colt under 2 years. W. H.
Lewis, to. A special premium was award
ed to Dr. Sam Oaulden of Brook* county
on hts mare Verona. Best blooded cow.
owner J. T. Chastain. 110; best common
cow, owner T. J. Bottoms. 110; best calf
under one year, J. T. Chastain. |o; best
blooded txtar, over one year old, J. H.
Davidson. $5; best blooded boar, under
one year old. A. M. Watson. |5; best com
mon boar, W. F. Outz, 80; best blooded
sow, over one year old, D. D. Peacock.
15; best common sow, any age, f. D.
Chastain, 85; heat display of hogs, T. E.
Ulackshear, 810;
Best pair black Minocras. L. A. Var
nedoe, 81; best pair black Langshan. J. G.
Hopkins, |l; best pair silver Wyandotte#,
L. A. Varnedoe, (I; best pair Rumpless,
L. A. Varnedoe, 81; best pair white Lang
shans, J. G. Hopkins, 11; best pair part
ridge Cochins, Fred Jennings. II; best
pair white Cochins. J. S. Montgomery.
II; best pair buff Cochins, Montgomery
& Parker, $1; best pair Plymouth Rocks,
J. G. Hopkins, II; best pair common
chickens, L. A. Varnedoe, 11; best pair
white Wyandottes, J. G. Hopkins. $1;
best pair pigeons. J. G. Hopkins, $1; best
pair Spanish bantams, Bert Dekie, 11;
best pair white bantams, Bert Dokle, 81;
best pair warhorse games, G. W. Coch
ran, |1; best pair shawl neck
games. A. M. Watson, 11;
best pair atone Irish, E. Lee Brown. 81;
View pair standard bred games—Warhorse
and shawnevk—G. W. Cochran, 81; best
pair champions. A. M. Watson. II; best
I!r game bantans, Willie Hopkins. 81;
best pair ducks. Willie Hopkins. 11; best
pair brown leghorn*. J. G. Hopkins, 81;
best pair brown leghorn bantams, J. G.
Hopkins, |1; best pair light bramas, J. O.
Hopkins. 81; best pair Seabrlght bantams.
J. G. Hopkins, |1; best pair white leg
horn*. J. G. Hopkins, 81; best general
display fowls, J. G. Hopkins, 85; second
best display fowls, L. A. Varnedoe, 82.50;
finest game ooek. E. Lee Brown, |1;
Best display of vegetables, L. A. Var
nedoe. 15; liest display peaches, Edmond
Powell, 82.50; best display watermelons, A.
J. Lockhart, 82.50; best display shipping
m elons, E. L. Neel. 12.50; best single ship
ping melon. E. L. Neel, II; best s'ngle
eating melon, B. W. Stone, II; best second
best eating melon, E. L. Neel, 81.
The crowd assembled at Whittaker's
track at 3 p. m. to see the races. This
Is said by people who should know to be
one of the best race tracks in the south.
It Is level, smooth and hard. The first
race was a two mile bicycle race, won by
Reynolds. Next, a horse race, half mile
•lash, won by Joe, ridden by Will Davis.
There were several mule races which af
forded much amusement. The race,
which was looked upon with greatest in
terest was a three heat, mile each, trot
ting match, between four local favorites.
The first heat was won by Crescent,
owned by Whittaker & Elder, and driven
by Capt. Whittaker, in 2:50. During this
race Crescent cast a shoe and under the
rules the race was postponed until Mon
day. Valuable premiums in cash were
given in each race run to a finish.
The Immense crowd then surged hack
to Paradise park where there was fancy
bicycle riding and bicycle drills by the
ladles and gentlemen cycling clubs.
B ALL AMI B AT.
St. Lonls Given a Basket Full of
Goose Eggs at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, 0., July s.—Five hits were
the best St. Louis could do with Fisher's
curves this afternoon and the Reds won
their sixth shut-out game of the season.
Kissinger pitched good ball, but his sup
port was miserable. Attendance 8,000.
Score:
RUE
Cincinnati ....1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 x—7 9 6
St. Louis 0 0000000 o—o 5 4
Batteries—Fisher and Vaughn; Kissin
ger and Murphy.
Chicago, July s.—Klttredge's safe fly to
center field In the tenth inning brought
in Pfeifer with the winning run. Dex
ter's back-stop work and Lange’s slug
ging were the features. Thornton and
Con Dailey were supplanted by Friend and
Klttredge, after which the Colonels failed
to score. Although the score was a tie
for four innings, little enthusiasm was
awakened. Score:
R.H.E.
Chicago ....2 00810000 I—7 13 5
Louisville ..3 0300000 0 o—6 8 5
Batteries—Thornton, Friend, Dailey and
Klttredge: Hill and Dexter.
THE FOURTH AT WAYCROSS,
Savannah Bicycle Riders Win
Prises,
Waycross, Oa., July s.—The day yes
terday in this city was a signal success.
Cannon were booming from early In the
morning until late in the night. A pyro
technic display of considerable magnitude
made glorious the evening. The people
were here In large numbers, the various
counties of South Georgia being well rep
resented.
The balloon ascension and parachute
leap of Prof. Zeno of Savannah proved
unsuccessful because of an accident to the
apparatus.
The bicycle races resulted as follows-
First prize, a silver medal for fastest
rider, won by Leopold of Savannah; sec
ond prive for second best rider, won by
V/. A. Lawler of Waycross; third prize
for tandem race, won by Leopold of Sa
vannah.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
GRAIN DEALERS TAKE NOTICE.
We will sell to highest bidders TWO
CARS of GOOD WESTERN HAY at
Central Railroad warehouse at 11 o’clock
to-day.
C. W. HOWARD & CO.
ST. PAILS SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
W ARSAW, JI'LY 8,181 ML
Steamer Alpha leaves foot Lincoln
street at 8:30 a. m., Thunderbolt at 10 a.
m. Fare 30c and 15c. Scholars of school
free.
FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC OP THE
RIVERSIDE SOCIAL CLCB
TO WILMINGTON ISLAND,
Tuesday, July TANARUS, 1806.
"Whole tickets SOe. Half tickets 25c.
The committee promises an enjoyable
and pleasant time to all who attend.
Refreshment* will be eerved on the
boat and Island
OH! MY!
ISN'T IT GRAND!
HOW BEAUTIFUL!
SIMPLY IMMENSE!
Arr some of Ikr comment* on tbe
GRAND PAVILION,
South End Hotel,
TYBEE ISLAND.
The coolest, plra*ante*t resort on
the Sooth Atlantic Coast.
Yon should see os under the glare
of the electric light.
So nse to roait In the city with
such a pleasant place so near.
Try one onr famous fish meal*.
Tide Jnst right for bathing in aft
ernoon this week.
BOHAN & COWAN.
MEETMGh
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The monthly meeting of this society will
be held this evening at 8:30 o’clock at
Hodgson Hall. H. W. JOHNSON,
Recording Secretary.
SPECIAL .NOTICES.
8,7511.
THE COMBINATION WARWICK
TANDEM
—a t
H. U. & WM. LATTIMORE’S
has been awarded. Those interes
ted should call. We are still sell
ing bicycles. They go every elay,
notwithstanding the hot weather.
Nothing holds np the sales of such
wheels as the Barnes, Wnverley,
Eagle, Clarke, Fowler, liar, Ken
sington, and others. See a fall line
of these wheels at both the Con
gress and Bolt s.rcet stor.s.
R. D. & WM. LATTIMORE,
Hardware, Stoves and Bicycles,
153 and 155 Congress and 75 Bull
Street.
BICYCLES.
I
I have several second-hand bicycles of
various makes, taken in exchange, that l
desire to sell. These wheels 1 can and
will sell at very low prices and on
easy terms. Call and see me if you con
template purchasing, as I propose dispos
ing of them before end of this month.
I also have my usual line of 1100 Ram
bler, Sterling and Clevelands; 175 Envoys
and Fleetwings. and Crescents at from HO
to $75.
FRED MYERS, JR.,
134 State Street.
BUSINESS IS GOOD, THANK YOU.
We are running a Drug and Soda Wa
ter business on equality, and have no
complaint to make about the apprecia
tion the public has shown for our ef
forta
We have soda patrons In plenty,
but there Is room for you. Come in
and see us.
ADAMS DRIG, PAINT AND OIL CO.,
Corner Congress and Whitaker streets.
YOU CAN DO IT.
NVhat man !.ns done, man can do!
Every man having a regular in
come, wages, salary or otherwise,
can own a home by paying the rent
of the honse to himself instead of
to a landlord. There is no mystery
about the scheme.
PERSEVERANCE, SELF-DENIAL
and the
CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND IM
PROVEMENT CO.
will do the work.
CALL AT THE OFFICE,
118 Bryan street.
HARDWARE.
Savannah, Ga., July 3, 1896.—Sept. 1 we
move to Bay and Jefferson streets. Hav
ing occupied our present location nearly
forty-four years, it brings to us many
sad recollections in leaving the old stand,
but we hope our contemplated move will
be to the interest of our company, plenty
of room, plenty of goods, plenty of
force, and what we want is PLENTY OF
CUSTOMERS.
PALMER HARDWARE CO.
FOR SALE.
Headquarters Savannah Fire Depart
ment, Savannah, Ga., July 6. 1896.—Bids
will bo received at the office of the un
dersigned until Friday, July 10, on 10
bales of hay now stored at engine sta
tion No. 4, on Barnard, near Hunting
don street. s
JOHN E, MAGUIRE, Fire Chief.
GET IT AT—
ROWLIXSKI, PHARMACIST,
Broughton and Drayton Sts.
Telephone 465.
TOILET REQUISITES, ~
SOAPS—Sc to 75c per cake.
EXTRACTS—Finest foreign and domestic.
AROMATIC VINEGAR and Toilet Waters
CROWN I.AI ENDER and other perfumed
salts in large bottles and pocket sizes—a
novel style.
MELDERMA—A toilet powder that instantly
dispels the disagreeable odor arising faom
perspiration.
SOLOMONS A CO.,
\ Druggists.
EXCURSIONS.
sumWexcurslns
Will be run at popular prices by
MERCHANTS & MINERS TRANS*
PORTATION CO.
From Savannah to Baltimore and re
turn-........... ... ..... . ...... .... 020.00
To Washington and return #21.60
To Philadelphia and return. *23.20
To Atlantic City and return #25.20
Next excursion leaves .Savannah July 1L at
6 00 p. in., on steamer D. H. Miller; others
later. For further Information, address.
J. J. CAROL AN. Agent.
WARSAW SCHEDULE.
On and after June 1 the steamer Alpha
will leave
THUNDERBOLT
Every day except Monday at 10:00 a.
a. m. Returning leaves Warsaw at 5:30
p. m. On Sunday and Tuesday the
steamer will leave from wharf foot of
Lincoln street, city, at 9:0o a. m. and
Thunderbolt on regular schedule. Musfc
and refreshments on steamer. Tickets
good over the Savannah, Thunderbolt and
Isle of Hope railroad. Inside and outside
lines. The 9:30 a. m. car from Bolton
street connects with steamer. Fare week
days, adults 3b cents; children. 15 cents.
Sundays, adults. E 0 cents, children, 25
cents. ,
BUSINESS NOTICES.
sHkettes
and
STULTS’
BIGOSIX
Are on Sale at All
Places.
THERE IS SOMETHING IS IT,
When Orders Come Rattling In.
EVERETT'S WHITE PEACH
AND OTHER CIDERS,
BEST ON EIRTH.
Try and see how your trade will improve.
FOR SALE BY
A. EHRLICH &BRO
Wholesale Grocers and Liquor Dealers,
151. 153 and 15 5 Bay Street.
Where Wool, Wax. Hides. Honey and All
gator Hides wanted, ana highest cash prices
paid.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
BALED OATS.
We are offering In any quantity
FINE A1 BRIGHT OATS IN SMALL
BALES. These oats are superior lo
hay for either cons, horses or mules
and are relatively cheaper.
i
We are also headquarters for to
mato carriers and plain and striped
tomato wraps.
FAWCETT BROS.,
Bay and Jefferson streets.
REMINGTON
STANDARD
TYPEWRITERS
AND SUPPLIES.
BEARING A HULL,
Sole Dealers,
6 Drayton st. Telephone No. 524.
FLIES AND MOSQUITOES NOT IN IT.
THE ARE KEPT OUT BT
PEARL WIRE CLOTH
SCREENS
FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS.
A. S. BACON A SONS,
Office, Bryan and Whitaker.
Telephone No. 105.
NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS.
City Treasurer's Office. Savannah, Ga..
July 1, 1806.—The following taxes are now
due:
D ESTATE, second quarter. 1896.
vutijvtt-nT^r,'£ R second quarter. 1896.
second quarter, 1896.
NOTES ETC., second quarter
1&96.
Also water rents for six months in ad
vance from July 1, 1896. to Jan. 1, 1897
A discount of 10 per cent, will be allow
ed upon all of the above if payment Is
made w.thin fifteen days after the Ist of
Ju >y- C. S. HARDEE,
City Treasurer.
BIDS.
CtY of Savannah, Office Commissioner
of Public W orks, Savannah, Ga. Julv ?
i. 59 ?;7§ tds s WiU , be , r ® ceived at this o-fflce
until Tuesday, July 7, at noon, city time
to furnish the city with one hundred tons
of screened steam coal; also one hundred
tons steam coal, run of the mine Coal
is to be delivered at the city crematory
and certified railroad weights are re
quired. HARRY WILUNK,
___ Commissioner.
BIDS.
City of Savannah, Office Clerk nf rv...-.
cil, June 27. 1896,-Blds are desired for fu?l
nishing quarantine tug Theckla with new
boiler, pipes and lutings to boiler, removiH
of wood work to admit of new boiler- new
pump and work on machinery and it
necessary to engine. Specification, cov K
enng above, can be seen at this v ’
Bids are to be handed into this office with'
in 10 days. The city reserves the Xb ?;
reject any or ail bids. to
A- N. MANUCY, Clerk of C.unclL
SEALED PROPOSALS.
Office Park and Tree Comm' ,slnn q,
vannah. Ga.. June 30. 1896™ healed ' n™'
posals will be received at mi office 1
No. 8. Merchants Rank Building
2 p. m„ Monday. July 6. 1896. for furnish
ing wrought iron frames for one hnn i-., i
benches, to be placed in Forayth pi rw*
said frames to be similar to thos e on
benches now in use at the park °" th
WM. W. GORDOfif. jr
Children’s
Russet
, Bargains.
This is Children’s Ruv.et
Bargain week. Too many
left—must have the room.
Profit cut entirely out
>iote these immense" reduc
tions:
Remember, for This Week
Only.
Child’s Fine Russet, Tan
and Colored Vici Button,
sizes 5 to 8, were $1.25, $1.50
and $1.75, now only
85c, sl.lO and $1,35,
The same Shoes, in sizes
B y* to 11, were $1.50, $1.75
and $2.25, now only
sl.lO, $1.35 and SI.BO.
Misses’ Fine Russet and
Colored Vici Button, sizes
11 V* to 2, were $1.75 and
$2.25, now only
$1.35 and SI.BO.
The same Shoes, in ladies’
spring heel, size 2V% to 5,
were $2.25 and $3.00, now
only
SI.BO and $2.25.
Remember, Byck’s guar
antee on every pair.
t
Cor. Whitaker
THE CITIZENS BMK
OP SAVANNAH.
Capital $500,000.
Transact* a gener.tl banking business.
Maintains a baring* Department and al
lows INTEREST AT 4 TER CENT, com
pounded quarterly.
The accounts of indlrtdnais, firms, baukj
and corporations are solicited.
With onr large number of correspond
ent* In GEORGIA. ALABAMA, FLORIDA
and SOUTH CAROLINA, we are prepare]
to handle collections on the moat fsvorahU
t—r***. Correspondence invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK. Presides.
M. R. LANG, Vice President.
GEORGE O. FREEMAN. Cashier.
THE CHATHAM BANK,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Transacts a general banking
business,maintains a liberal saving*
department.
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
a specialty.
Having a large number of Interior
correspondents, we can handle col
lections at very reasonable rates.
Correspondence solicited.
WHAT? A SUMMER SCHOOL.
WHERE ? In lh * smmit 111 ot
WHEN ?
U/UnU 0 Address
WnUm T C. 8. RICHMOND. Prln.
Commercial Institute.
Blank BOOKlofiii
Mercantile Printing.
Railroad Printing.
All Kinds of Printing.
LANK BOOKS.
93s Bay St GEO. N. NICHOLS.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
MEXICAN GRASS HAMMOCKS
—and—
BASKETS
A* Reduced Prices.
TOYS, GAMES, BOOKS,
Ladle*’ Ornaments.
BELTS, PINS. SHIRT WAIST SETS
—at—
GARDNER’S,
118 Broughton Street.
CITY OF SAVANNAH POCKET MAI’S.
50 CENTS EACH.
PRINTED IN TWO COLORS.
NICELY BOUND IN CLOTH AS®
STAMPED IN GOLD ON SIDE.
FOR SALE BY
MORNING NEWS.