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MASTER OF WIND AND WAVE.
CHRIST'S PniVElt TO VUI LIFE'S
GHENT STORMS.
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Scripture of < lii*l —>l '.tiling ihr
Storm —t'omtort to I lioro Who
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Hard.
Washington. Aug. 29.—This sermon by
Hvv. l>r. Talmagc will hoof -r.it sola.-e
to people who ar# a ling their lift a
rough voyag, . Text. Mirk 1 • And
tli, r,- were also w.-.i him o' h< r !.ui<- ships,
and there arose n great storm of wind.
Ar.d the wind cta.-.d an 1 there was a
gr. at i aim.
Tiberias, Galilee, Onm snret— three
names for the -am, laki. No other getn
ri, r had so mtiful a setting. It lay ill
• seme of gr. at luxuriate ■ Hie surround
ing hills high, tl rrure.l. slepi.i. gloved, sO
many hanging gat'd. • of buiity; the wa-
I, rs rumbilhg down Ixtwo n rook of gray
and n and limestone, tlasnking fiom the hi.is,
and bounding into the sea. On the snore
i4. < cast pa, armed * iwers, Roman baths,
everything attraelive and I** -ilttiful; a l
atyles of vegetation In shorter spare than
In almost any other spa < in all the wor.d.
from the palm tree of the forest to thu
trees of a rigorous climate.
li seemed as tf the l.onl had launched
one wave of beauty on all the scene, and
it hung and swung from rock and hill and
oleander. Roman gentlemen in pleasure
boats sailing the lake, find countrymen In
fish smacks coming down to drop their
nets, pass each other with nod and shout
and laughter, or swinging idly tit their
nuiorings. Oil, what a wonderful, what a
beautiful lake.
It. seems a* if we .vim 11 have a quiet night.
Kot a leaf wink* *1 in the air; not a ripple
disturbed the face of Gennesaret; hut
tiiere seems to l>e a little (‘xcitement up
th* h< aeh, and we hasten to ••• what It
is, and we lind it an embarkation.
From tin- vvestern shore a flotilla, push
ing out; not a squadron, or deadly arma
ment, nor clipper with valuable merchan
dise, nor piratic vessels ready to destroy
everything they could seize; hut a flotilla.
lraring messengers of life, and light, and
peace. Christ is in the front of the l*oat.
}1 in disciples ar* in a smaller boat. Jesus,
weary with much spoukin? to large multi
tudes, is put Into somnolence by the rock
ing of the waves. If there was any motion
at all. the ship was easily righted; if the
wind passed from one side, from the star
board to the larboatd, or from the lar
board to the starboard, the boat would
rock, and by the gentleness of the motion
putting the in ister asleep. And they ex
temporized a pillow made out of a fi>her
man's coat. 1 think no sooner is Christ
prostrate , and his l ad touching the pil
-1 v. than he is sound asleep. The broez*
of the lake run their Angers through the
locks of the worn sleeper, and the boat ris
es and falls like a sleeping child on the
bosom of a sle< ping mother.
Calm night, starry night, beautiful
night. Hun up all the sails, ply all the oars,
and let the large boat and the small boat
glide ove r gentle Gennesuret. Hut the
•tailors say tin re is going to he a change
of weather. And even the passengers can
hear the moaning of the storm, as it
comes on with long stride, with all the
terrors of hurricane and darkness. The
large boat trembles like a deer at bay
trembling among the clangor of the
hounds; great patches of foam are flung
into the air; the sails of the vessels loos
en. and the sharp winds crack like pistols;
the smaller boats like petrels poise on the
cliff of the waves and then plunge. Over
board go cargo, tackling and masts, and
th** drenched disciples rush into the hack,
part of the boat, and lay hold of Christ,
and say unto him: "Master, earest thou
not that we perish?” That great personage
lifts his head from the pillow of the lish
erroan's coat, walks to the front of the
vessels, and looks out Into the storm. All
around him are t’• smaller boats, driven
in the tempest, and through it comet# the
ory of drowning men. By the flash of the
lightning I see the calm brow of Christ as
the spray dropped from his heard. He has
one word for the sky, and another word
for the w' v. s. Hooking upward he cries,
“IVace!” 1/ooking downward he says, "He
pt ill.”
The waves fall flat on their faces, the
foam melts, the extinguished stars re
light their torches. The tempest falls
dead, and Christ stands with his foot on
the neck of the storm. And while the
sailors are balling out the boats, and
while they are trying to untangle the
cordage, the disciples stand in amaze
ment, now looking Into the calm sea. then
into the calm sky, then into the calm of
the Saviour's countenance, and they yty
out: “What manner of man is this, that
even the winds and the m i obey him?”
The subject in the lirst place impresses
me with the fact that it is very important
to have Christ in the ship; for all those
boats would have gone to the bottom of
Gem • saret 4f Christ had not been pr* sent.
Oh. what a lesson for you and for me to
learn! Whatever voyage we undertake,
into whatever enterprise we start, let u*
always have Christ in the ship. Many of
you in the e days of revived commerce
are starting out in new financial enter
prises. 1 hid you good cheer. Do all
you can do. Do it on us high a plane as
possible. You have no right to In- a
Htoker in the ship if you can be an ad
miral of the navj You have no right
to be i colonel of a regiment if you can
comtnar 1 a brigade; you have no light to
he engineer of a l>oat on river-banks, or
1m ar the coast, if you rail take tin- ocean
• earner from N*w York to Livei|*ool.
All you can lo with utmost tension of
body, mind and soul, you are hound to
do; hut oh! have Christ In every enter
pri < . Christ in every voyage, Christ in
* very ship.
There are men who Auk God to help them
m trie start of great # nterpnses. lb has
been with them In the past; no trouble
tan otherthrow them; the storms might
come down from the top of Mb llermon,
and .ash Gt nn-*ar. t Into foam and Into
u, ony. hut it could not hurt them. But
her Is another man who start- out In
worldly enterprise, and he depend* upon
1I uncertainties of this lif lb* has tin
God to help him. After awhile tin* storm
romi'H, and tos'e* .ff the m is of the
ma ts of the ship; he puts out lib life*
lioat; the sin riff an t tin* auction, er try
to lain him oft: they can't help him off;
In mum go down; no Chre-t In the -hip.
Ib re nr * young men Ju-a ailing out In
lib Your Ilf* will b< made up of p p.
Phine and Shadow*. Th* t may !*• n p
Arctic? blasts or Iropi-nl tornado* s. I
l e w i,o what !h Ihloip you. #it I l now
If you have Christ wuh you ill shall I*
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Christ they must noi expel smooth sail
ing. The e and eipbs got into the small
boots, and 1 have no doubt they said,
"What a beautiful day this Is! What a
smooth si C What a bright sky this is!
How delightful is soiling in this boat; and
i- for the waves under the keel of the
boat, why. they on.y make the motion of
out little boat the more delightful.” But
when the winds swept down, and the sea
was tossed into wrath, then they found
that following Christ was not smooth sail
ing. So you have found It; so l have
found it. Did you ever notice the end of
the life of the apostles of Jesus Christ?
You would say that if ever men ought lo
have had a smooth life, a smooth depart
ure. then tho-e min, the disciples of Jesus
Chri.-t. ought to have had such a depart
ure and such a life.
S'. Jam. lost Ids head. St. Philip was
hung to death on a pillar. St. Matthew
had his life dashed out with a halbert. St.
Mark was dragged to death through the
s 1 reels. St. James the Hess was beaten
to death with a fuller’s club. St. Thomas
was struck through with a spear. They
did not thal follow ing Christ smooth sail
ing. Oh, how they were all tossed in Ihe
tempest! John lluss in the lire; Hugh
McKail in the hour of martyrdom; the Al
legorises, Ihe Wablenses, the Scotch Cov
enanters—did they find it smooth sailing?
But why go to history when I can find
all around me a score of illustrations of
tin-truth of this subject? That young man
In the store trying to serve God. while his
employer scoffs at Christianity, the young
men in tile same store antagonistic to the
Christian religion, teasing him, tormenting
him about his religion, trying to get him
mad. They succeed in Killing him mad.
saying, "You're > pretty Christian." Does
this young man 11 nil it smooth sailing
w hen he iries to follow Chris!" Here is a
Christian girl. Her father despises the
Christian religion; her mother despises the
Christian religion; her brothers and sis
ters scoff at the Christian religion; she
can hardly find a quiet place in which to
say her prayers. Did she find it smooth
sailing when she tried to follow Jesus
Christ? Oh, no; all who would live the
life of the Christian religion must suffer
persecution; If you do not find it in one
way, you will Ret it in another way.
The question w as asked, "Who are those
nearest the throne?” and the answer came
back: "These are they who came up out
of great tribulation“gnat flailing” as
the original has it; Rreat flailing, great
pounding—"and had their rolies washed
arid made white in (he blood of the Lamb. '
Oh, do not tie disheartened Oh, child of
God; take courage. You are in glorious
companionship. Ood will see you through
all these trials, and he will deliver you.
My subject also impresses me with the
fact that good people sometimes get very
much frightened. In the tones of these
disciples as they rushed into the back part
of the boat, I hn l •' oy are frightened al
most to d< ath. They say: "Master, rar
est thou not that we perish?” They had
no reason to be frightened, for Christ was
in the boat. 1 suppose if we had been
there we would have been just us much
affrighted. Perhaps more.
In all ages very good people get very
much affrighted. It is often so in our
day, and men say. “Why, look at the bad
lectures; look at the Spiritualistic socie
ties; look at the various errors going over
the Church of God; we are going to foun
der: the church i- going to perish, she is
going down.” Oh, how many good peo
ple are affrighted by the triumphant in
iituity in our day, and think the Church of
Jesus Christ and the cause of righteous
ness are going to be overthrown, and are
just as much affrighted as the disciples
of my text were affrighted. Don’t wor
ry, don't fret, as though iniquity were go
ing to triumph over righteousness.
A lion goes into a cavern to sleep. He
lies down, with his shaggy mane covering
the paws. -Meanwhile the spiders spin a
we!i across the mouth of the cavern, and
say, "We have captured him.” Gossamer
thread aft. r gossamer thread is spun un
til the whole front, of the cavern is covered
with the spiders' web, and the spiders say.
“Tiie lion is done; the lion is fast.” After
awhile the lion has got through sleeping;
he rouses himself, he shakes his mane, he
walks out into the sunlight; lie does not
even know the spiders' web Is spun, and
with his voice he shakes the mountain.
So men come, spinning their sophistries
and scepticism about Jesus Christ; he
seems to lie sleeping. They say, "We have
captured the laird; tie will never come
forth again upon the nation; Christ is
captured and captured forever. His re
ligion will never make any conquests
among men.” Hut after awhile the i.ion
of the tribe of Judah will rouse himself
and conic forth to shake mightily the na
tions. What is a spiders' web to the
aroused lion? Give truth and error a fair
grapple, and truth will come off victor.
llut tiiere an- a great many good people
who get affrighted in other respects; they
are affrighted in our day ul>out revivals.
They say; "Oh! this is a strong reli
gious gale; we are af aid the church of
God is going to upset, and there are go
ing to lie a great many people brought
Ingo the church that are going to be of
no use to it;” and they are affrighted
whenever they sqe a revival taking hold
of the churche
As though a ship captain with five
thousand bushels of wheat for a cargo
should say. ome day. coming upon deck,
"Throw overboard all the cargo;" and the
sailors should say. "Why, captain, what
do you m< an? Throw over all the cargo?''
"Oh,” says the captain, “we have a peek
of chaff that lias got into this five thous.
an l bushels wheat, and the only way to
get rid of the chaff is to throw all the
whe.it overboard." Now, that is a great
deal wiser than th talk of a great many
Christians who want to throw overboard
all the thousands and tens of thousands
of souls who have been brought In
through great awakenings. Throw all
overboard because there Is a peek of chuff,
a quart of ciiafT, a pint of chaff! I say,
111 them slay until the last day, the laird
will divide the chaff from the wheat,
<>h that tin e gales from heaven might
sweep through ill oar churches! oh. for
•yWji and s a • Itlehard llakter MW ill Klig
a a id Kohert MeChcytte .-aw in i)mi
' -' lay* u Jot ithan i;,i.
w id- saw in Northatnptnn! I have often
In it I mv father tell of the fa t that In the
• nl\ part of tin- century an vlv.il laoke
out In itohn rvllle, N J,, an l some pcoph
no. \.t> mui h agitated ghoul it, They
- ltd, "oli, you .ire go.ng n> tiring too
11. im |Miq. . into the , hurt I at once;"
n I tI.M - ut .tow to \< w lit tit wh k to
John l.l\ Ills-ton to stop tip* revival.
\\ * 11, lio p. w i no I. in r ,| m all the
word Him I* hi l.ivlmu*tun, It* wi u np:
1 look‘ * Mu r* va I, tip*) wanted him
' 1 * d* it Mi stool in the pulpit on the
St that a, and look I•• *■ I *,** solemn ill*
1 ' brethren, If ffl
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1807.
ing now—falling away from life, falling
away from peace and heaven, falling as
certainly as that cane Is falling through
my hand—falling certainly, though per
haps falling very- slowly." And the cane
kept on falling through John Living
ston's hand. The religious emotion in the
audience was overpowering, and men saw
a type of their doom as the cane kept fall
ing and falling until the knob of the cane
struck Mr. Livingston's hand, and he
clasped It stoutly and said, "Hut the grace
of God can stop you, as I stopped that
cane;” and then there was gladness all
through the house at the fact of pardon
and peace and salvation. “Well,” said
the people after the service, “I guess you
had better send Livingston home; he is
making the revival worse.” Oh, for the
gales from heaven, and Christ on board
the ship. The danger of the church of
God is not in revivals.
Again, my subject Impresses me with
the fact that Jesus was God and man in
the same being. Here he is in the hack
part of the boat. Oh, how tired he looks,
what sad dreams he must have! Look at
his countenance; he must be thinking of
the cross to come. J>aok at him, he Is a
man—bone- of our bone, flesh of our flesh.
Tired, he falls asleep; he is a man. But
then J find Christ at the prow of the
boat; I hear him say, "Peace, be still;”
and I see the storm kneeling at his feet,
and the tempest folding their wings in his
presence; he is a God.
If I had sorrow and trouble, and want
sympathy, I go and kneel down at the
back part of the boat, and say, "O, Christ!
weary one of Gennesaret, sympathize with
all my sorrows, man of Nazareth, man of
the cross.” A man, a man. But if 1 want
to conquer my spiritual foes, if I want to
get the victory over sin, death and hell, I
come to the front of the boat, and I kneel
down, and I say, “O, Lord, Jesus Christ,
thou who dost hush the tempest, hush ail
my grief; hush all my temptation; hush
all my sin.” A man, a man; a God, a
God.
1 learn once more from this subject that
Christ can hush a tempest. It did seem
as if everything must go to ruin. The dis
ciples had given up the idea of managing
the ship; the crew were entirely demoral
ized ; yet Christ rises, and he puts his foot
on the storm, and it crouches at his feet.
Oh, yes! Christ ran hush the tempest.
You have had trouble. Perhaps it was
the little child taken away from you—the
sweetest child of the household, the one
who asked the most curious questions,
and stood around you with the greatest
fondness, and the spade cut down through
your b.eecllng heart. Perhaps it was an
only son, and your heart has ever since
been like a desolated castle, the owls of
the night hooting among the falling raft
ers and the crumbling stairways.
Perhaps It was an aged mother. You
always went to her with your troubles.
She was in your home to welcome your
children into life, and when they died she
was there to pity you; that old hand will
do you no more kindness; that white lock
of hair you put away In the casket, or in
the locket, did not look us well as it us
ually did when she brushed it away from
her wrinkled brow in the home circle or
in the country church. Or your property
gone, you said, "I have so much bank
stock, I have so many government secu
rities. I have so many houses, I have so
many farms”—all gone, all gone.
Why. all the storms that ever tram
pled with their thunders, all the ship
wrecks, have not lieen worse than this to
you. Yet you have not been completely
overthrown. Why? Christ hushed the
tempest. Your little one was taken away,
Christ says, "I have that little one; I can
take care of him as well as you can, bet
ter than you can, O liereaved mother!”
Hushing the tempest. When your property
win away, God said, "There are treasures
in heaven, in banks that never break.”
There is one storm into which we will
all have to run, the moment when we let
go of this life, and try to take hold of the
in \t, when we will want all the grace we
can have—we will want it all. Yonder I
see a Christian soul rocking on the surges
of death; all the iiowrrs of darkness seem
let out against that soul—the swirling
wave, the thunder of the sky, the scream
ing wind, all seem to unite together; hut
that soul Is not troubled; there is no sigh
ing, there are no tears; plenty of tears in
the room at the departure, but he weeps
no tears, calm, satisfied, peaceful; all Is
well. Jesus hushing the tempest. By the
flash of the storm you see the harbor just
ahead, and you are making for that har
bor. Strike eight bells. All is well.
Into the harbor of heaven now we glide;
We're home at last, home at last.
Softly we drift on its bright, sllv'ry tide.
We're home at last, home at last.
Glory to God. all our dangers are o’er,
W* stand secure on tlie glorified shore;
Glory to God, wo shall shout evermore,
We’re home at last, home at last.
M VIV!■; St G MS AT HOME.
Hon- Paying tribute to the Trust
tiny He Avoided.
Narragansett Pier. R. 1., Aug. Sl.—Ed
itor Morning News: I have been much in
terested in your editorial of Aug. 11, head
ed, "The Advance In Sugar."
As your paper has the largest circulation
among the planters of South Georgia and
Florida, I take the liberty of suggesting
that you advise them to calculate whether
it will not lx- more profitable for them, at
present prices, to make sugar from their
cane juice than to make It all Into syrup;
and if they find it to be so this winter, it
will, no doubt, Induce the planting of a
much larger acreage in cane another year.
Excellent, very light brown, sugar was
made in our section during the war, and
it can lx- made now. if sufficient care is
used.
If congress Is unwilling and the supreme
court of the United States Is unable to
control the sugar trust, the propie ran
avoid paying tribute to It by avoiding its
products and, as far as lxtsslble, using
home products instead.
William W. Gordon.
lIAI.I. AMI HAT.
'I lie t ie) eland Puteh-I p Hun Against
n I'll)) tnr|et Mile.
Providence, R. 1 . Aug. 29.-The Paw
tuokets went up against a patched up
Cleveland team to-day, and the Indians
were not in it at any stage of the game.
Attendance 1,600. Scope: r.h g,
Pawiticket ..i t) 2 o a 6 l o I-12 17 2
norland ...0 <* 0 0 0 0 0 1 0— 1 7 4
I lotteries—Todd and P. Beaumont;
Grown and McAllister.
Ill* APPOINTED IV LOVfi,
Viilriue lending the Itnnmncr of n
Poor Negro's l.lfe,
Maron, fin., Aug. -“J.—'Eugenie Wilson, n
young negro woman, took ten grains mor
phine about noon to-day and died in a few
minutes,
Hhe hod tw .*n disappointed In love affairs
and h,i*l lien dunking Intoxicants to ex
.a-** for several days ~nd look the deudly
drug while In a maudlin condition
Tin* doctor arrive*! too late to counteract
tile pel!*. si's effects.
A Hnrglnr Interrupted,
Macon, tl.i, Aug 2 At 14 o'clock to
night a burglar broke the plate glasa win
dow et u.MMwitii drug etorc, a let w is tt>
lie act of Si.lt ring When he Was ills* o •
•'■••■l 'rite alarm *, given and a • has.
followed bat t man •- (. p* th.
cttbiiees of a luariiy alky.
TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for Savannah end vicinity un
til midnight Aug. 1897: Generally fair,
followed probably by showers.
Weather Prom Washington—
For Georgia—Generally fair, followed by
showers in northern portion; probably
cooler in northwest portion Monday night;
variable winds.
For Kastorn anil \V, stern Florida—Gen
erally fair; variable winds.
For South Carolina—Fair, followed by
showers Monday afternoon in extreme
western portion; southerly winds, becom
ing westerly.
General conditions; Continued hot
weather is reported in the South Atlantic
and Gulf states, but elsewhere slightly
cooler changes are noted.
Light scattered showers are reported
from Central Alabama, along the imme
diate Texas coast, the central Ohio valley
and the lake region; elsewhere generally
clear weather prevails.
Light to fresh, variable winds are re
ported along the coast.
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah —
Maximum temperature, ?p. m.. set degrees
Minimum temperature, 6 a. m... 76 degrees
Mean temperature 81 degrees
Normal temperature 79 degrees
Excess of tempei iturc 5 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Aug. 1 19 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Jan. 1 116 degrees
Rainfall 00 inch
Normal 24 inch
Deficiency since Aug. 1 55 inch
Excess since Jan, 1 1.50 inches
River Report—The flight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m., 75th me
ridian time, yesterday, was 5.7 feet, a fad
of 0.2 foot during the preceding twenty
four hours.
Observations tak. n Aug. 29, 1897. 8 p. m.,
75th meridian time, at the same moment
of time at all stations, for the Morning
News:
Name of Station. - -T. *V. Rain
Boston, clear 70 12 .00
New York city, clear 72 '| 10 1 .00
Philadelphia, clear 74 | L | .00
Washington city, pt cl’dyj 74 j 0 | .00
Norfolk, clear j 76 6 | .00
Hatteras, clear | 76 | 8 .00
Wilmington, clear |7B L j .00
Charlotte, cleur 82 L | .00
Raleigh, clear 82 [ u j .00
Charleston, cloudy 80 6 | T
Atlanta, clear | 88 j L j .00
Augusta, clear 84 j L ; .00
Savannah, cloudy |B2 10 ; .00
Jacksonville, clear 84 6 j .00
Jupiter, pt. cloudy j 80 j 6 j .00
Key West, cloudy | 82 8 | T
Tampa, clear | 82 j 10 | .00
Pensacola, clear | 82 s j .no
Montgomery, cloudy | 78 1, ; .14
Vicksburg, clear | st; ; o | .00
New Orleans, clear | 82 | L ! .00
Galveston, pt. cloudy ; 82 | 10 j .00
Corpus Chrisli, pt. cl’dy ; 80 l j.ia
Palestine, clear ! 88 L ! .00
Memphis, clear ; 90 i L j .00
Cincinnati, cloudy j7B L | 214
Pittsburg, clear j 76 j 0 ! ,(8>
Buffalo, cloudy j 76 i 20 ; .00
Detroit, cloudy 72 | 10 j .14
Chicago, cloudy | 74 I 18 | T
Marquette, clear | iso j 10 j .01
St. Paul, clear ; 66 j 8 ] .00
Davenport, pt. cloudy 72 j 6 | .00
St. Louis, pt. cloudy | 86 j 10 j .00
Kansas City, cloudy j 68 | 6 J .21
-|-T. temperature; V. velocity of wind. -
% .M. Sherier,
Observer, W< other Bureau.
TYIvEXi AS AX EVIL PVIEX.
Superstitious Fear truusrd by a Co
-1 neide-iie-e In Colors,
Tampa, Fla., Aug. 29.—The expedition
that left here last night was delayed
somewhat by a washout, occasioned by
heavy rains on the Punta Gorda division
of the Plant system. The party did not
embark on the tug at Cleveland until mid
night, when it sailed away.
The train arrived at Cleveland at 11:45
p. m. and seventy-five Cubans landed,
with their baggage. Each had a valise
and many had bundles from two to three
feet long, covered with white canvas.
They bore no arms.
The Cubans are very much elated, but
many of them are fearful of the result of
an expedition that started under Spanish
colors. They gravely shake their heads
and say that no good can come of it.
They pointed to-day to the yellow coaches
and the engine with their red trimmings,
colors of the Spanish ling, and seemed
troubled. The Spaniards are pleased, for
they- predict that an expedition starting
under the Spanish colors is likely to end
under them.
Telegrams received here to-day from the
deputy collector at Punta Gorda denied
that any expedition had sailed from that
place. His official attenti'n was imme
diately called to Cleveland, in his district,
which place he had overlooked.
The revenue cutter Forward arrived at
Port Tampa to-day. and signals at once
called Capt. Rogers ashore, whereupon
consultations were held with the treasury
officials. The cuiter at dark still remained
at anchor.
TO UK KNOW \ KV A HITE.
\ Macon Woman ’lift-* a Piece Oat
of tlc Knee f Her .Assailant.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 29.—Mrs. J. Melvin
Couch, wlfo of an engineer at Manchester
cotton mills, was assaulted by an un
known party at 2:30 this morning. She
was choked into Insensibility before be
ing able to see whether the fiend was
white or black, but thinks lie was black.
Her wrist was bitten badly, presumably
In the rapist's efforts to tlnd whether
she was dead after lus purpose had been
accomplished. Hhc was in the house
alone, and the front door was left unlock
ed, as iier husband was at a neighbor s
across tlie
Couch managed to bite a, piece out of the
mans face, and this will be the means of
id. ntifying him.
Lynching is highly probable If the right
parly can lie captured.
A moli gathered at the house where the
supposed rapist was in hiding. A negro
ran and escaped the mob and came to ih
city and surrendered to the officer*. It
develop'd that he was not the man. and
he was released.
If the rapist is caught to-night, rope is
ready for hlni In willing hands.
All till* IN II bl ST t.
Itr. \t rluhl’e Cmidll lon t Preacher
Attacks the I’onl Itoom*.
Augusta, (la.. Aug. 21* -Dr. Thomas K.
Wright's condition Is still critical, but It
Is slated that he Is a shade Is.tier to-night,
and no oiieratlon has yet been performed.
It I* state! that he Is so Jaded and run
down from long continued practice with
out taking a rrat that the aurgeona do not
• madder him physically able in undrrao
the operation, and all, ltd operate u|a>u
hint unless his case becomes otherw.se
hopeless.
It l t matter of street (hat Guy
A\ thalward of the V* is *lwllft *\A a ft, n
kottn d* Company, lost fl.> on Patur.tay
in the Arlington pool room. In his sermon
this morning. Dr. \V. B. Stradley gave the
police and city government a roast, de
claring that while a game of craps with
pennies or nickels for stakes would send
negro hoys to the chain-gang for six
months, men could gamble on a pool ta
ble for high stakes in the very heart of
the city, .md, though the fact was noto
rious, nothing is done by any officers of
the law.
There were two marriages this afternoon
of young peop.e well-known in West End
circles. ..Miss Lulu Forshee was married
to .\lr. Joseph Mills by Rev. C. M. Wilk
erson, and Miss Mamie Britton was mar
ried to Mr. A. H. Bradley by Rev. J. S.
Patterson.
THE MODERN RATLINE.
Made. Not of Ratline Stuff, Rut of
Oak and of Gas Pipe.
From the New Yorw Sun.
When the American sailor on a deep
water ship goes aloft nowadays he runs
up the ratlines just as he always did; but
the ratline now used on large vessels is
something very different from the ratline
once commonly used, and still used gener
ally on smaller vessels.
The old-time ratlines, familiar In all pic
tures of ships, were made of ratline stuff,
which is of hemp and about half an inch
in diameter. The shrouds of a \-esscl run
ning from the sides of the ship to the
mastheads, converge toward the tops, so
that the ratlines are cut of graduated
lengths. In securing a rope ratline to the
shrouds two half-hitches were taken
around each inner shroud, and the ends,
which had been turned and spliced in,
forming an eye, were lashed to the outer
shrouds. Nothing could exceed the ship
shape appearance of well set up rigging,
wi:h the ratlines across taut as bow
strings; but, as a matter of fact, they soon
began to sag. and anybody interested in
ships will recall vessels he has seen whose
ratlines fairly hung in loops, they were so
old and slack. It required constant care
and considerable labor to keep them up
in shape.
About twenty years ago on an American
ship ratlines of oak were substituted for
the time-lionored ratlines of ratline stuff,
and in the course of the next ten years
rigid ratlines came into common use on
American deep water vessels, as they still
remain. Rtit.ines are now made of sec
tions of gas pipe as well as of oak. The
oak ratline is made about an inch and a
half in diameter. The gas pipe ratline is
smaller. The rigid ratlines are secured to
the shrouds by lashings.
In the 0,(1 style the ratlines ran clear
across the shrouds from side to side, mak
ing as many ladders as there were spacese
between the shrouds. The modern tend
ency is toward fewer ladders, though the
practice in this respect varies somewhat.
On a fine, large American ship, having oak
ratlines, now lying at a South street
wharf, the rat.ines reach only between two
shrouds, thus forming a single ladder on
each side of each lower mast. This is held
to be sufficient, for two men can mount
to the top at the same time, one on each
side. On an American bark now at South
street the rigid ratlines extend to three
shrouds, thus making two ladders On a
big four-masted British iron barkentine,
now lying in South street, there arc rigid
ratlines forming single ladders; a large
British iron ship lying there has single
ladders of rigid ratlines, and also between
the other shrouds ratlines of ratline stuff.
Rigid rat.ines are used also nowadays on
steamers.
These modern ratlines are perfectly spa--
ed. as, indeed, the old-time ratlines always
were, and with their perfect straightness
they present a somewhat prim appearance,
they lack, perhaps, the pleturesquoncss
of the old-time ratlines, but they look busi
ness-like. and they are vastly more con
venient and useful.
Hit II MEN'S SONS HAVE FtDS,
'1 belr Indulgence Proves That
Wealth „nd Youth May Combine.
From the New York Times.
Much has been written about George
W. V anderbilt's studious habits and book
collecting proclivities, hut comparatively
little attention has been drawn to his
extensive experiments in arboriculture. On
his large estate at Biltmore, in North Car
olina, he has 1.000 acres of forest under
scientific supervision, and in his library
he lias all the standard works on forestry
Including many rare illustrated volumes
ol great value. It is his present fad—if
an earnest purpose can be called a fad—
to give this country a useful object les
son in tree and shrub culture.
John Jacob Astor is an acknowledged
faddist In the matter of scientific re
search. He takes an enthusiastic inter
est in mechanism and in electrical appli
ances. and personally investigates new in
ventions and scientific discoveries His
residence is fitted up with Innumerable
ingenious electrical and mechanical de
vices. Even his cook utilizes the electric
current In many ways.
Archer M. Huntington, the son of Collis
1 . 11 umlngton. has for several vears nurs
ed the Moorish history hobby. After ac
oumu.allng all of the valuable books that
lie could find having reference to the
Moors in Spain, he set himself to the task
of writing a history of Moorish Spain. The
work was accom;>llshed In a spirit of en
thusiasm for the subject and not for gen
eral circulation.
George J. Gould is of too practical a cast
of mind to allow himself to be carried
awa\ by any passing fancy, but within
recent years he has developed a fondness
for yachting, golf and other out-door
sports that amounts almost to a hobby.
He lias been known to neglect a Manhat
tan railway directors' meeting for a gam.*
of golf. Howard Gould is an out-and-out
hobby rider in yachting matters, and cne
of his Incidental fads is the collection of
yacht models.
Harry Payne Whitney's fad may he said
to he horses. He is fond of the" animals
and has an ardent ambition to own fast
horses, tits 'ather has Indulged him gen
erously In this particular fancy, and the
chances ar. that In course of lime young
Whitney will le creditably heard of as a
breeder of thoroughbreds.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is an enthusiast
In tiie matter of outdoor sports, and h* j*
an expert in many athletic games. For
the current season he Is manager of the
Brown i'ntversliy football team.
PIN EH VI, INVITATIONS.
GOLDEN.—The friends and acquaint
ance of Frank W. Golden and Peter J.
Golden and fami.y are respectfully invlt.
ed to attend the funeral of the former,
from the residence of the latter, this morn.
Ing at 10 o'clock.
MEETINUS.
t PI NTON LOIiM.~V?^M
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The E. A. Dcgr.e will lie conferred.
Members nf sister lodges and visiting
la. Ihren are corutally invited to meet
with us.
DANIEL T. ELLIOTT, W M
WAGING Itl SHIILI.. Jit, Hecretar”
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lisa returned In tin* elt, n„,| resum
ed prsnlee.
AMI SEMEXT9.
gAVANNAH THEATER.
Engagement Extraordinary—The Sensa
lion of the Century!
DAVIS & XEOGH S
Vivid Picture of Greater New Y'ork.
The Phenomenal,Successful and Stupend
ous Scenic Production,
ON THE BOWERY.
MONDAY, AUG. 30.
The all-conquering cast still led on by
the hero of two continents, CHUCK CON
NORS, champion bridge jumper of the
world and king of the Bowery, showing
Connors in his picture-lined Bowery re
sort and in a thrilling leap from Brooklyn
bridge! The Bowery out and indoors!
Chatham square at night! Pier 23 East
River! *IO,OOO Brooklyn Bridge Scene'
The River Under the Bridge! Triumphs
of Scenic Art! Fun and sensation! Strik
ing Specialties! Frank Bush and a mam
moth company. Seats on sale Friday,
Aug. 27. Coming—Humanity, Sept. 6.
SPECIAL NOTICES."
n. n. & \vn. lattimobe,
Successors to Lovell & Latllmore,
Savannah, Ga.,
Congress street, near City Market,
and Branch Bicycle Store Bull street, op
posite De Soto Hotel,
Wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds
of House Furnishing Goods, Builders’ and
Heavy Hardware, Sporting Goods, Guns,
Pistols, Cartridges, Farm Implements,
Fishing Tackle, Barnes, Keating, Ide and
other high grade bicycles.
We can supply a demand for any of the
above goods and we take pleasure in an
nouncing that we are the leading retail
Hardware, House Furnishing and Sporting
Goods establishment of Savannah.
Our business is a very old one, and by
the strictest attention o the wants of our
customers we are enabled to maintain and
hold our extensive retail trade In all its
departments.
During the last two years we have add
ed bicycles to our stock, and it is gener
ally acknowledged without contradiction
that we at once assumed the leadership
in this popular line in which everybody
is Interested.
We carry the Barnes, the Keating, the
Ide, the Remington and the Union makes
of cycles, and in the Union Crack-a-Jack
of to-day wei have the only real big bar
gain in Savannah in bicycles.
Call and see the S4O Crack-a-Jack.
It’s easy with
HUMMER SOAP:
So says the washerwomen.
Then why WASTE VALUABLE
TIME experimenting with other
brands f
TOILET REULISITES.
Melderma, a Toilet Powder that
dispels the disagreeable odors arta
ing from perspiration.
Violet Ammonia A few drops
imparts a delightfal fragrance to a
basin of water.
Horacine cures Prickly Heat and
prevents chaiinfc.
Compjrcssed Sponges, Toilet Set#,
Imported and Domestic Bay Rcai.
SOLOMONS & CO.
CITY OF SNN INN Nil rot KBT MAPS,
r.O CENTS EACH.
PRINTED IN TWO COLORS.
NICELY 1101 ND IV CLOTH AND
STAMPED IN GOLD ON SIDE.
For sale by
MORNING NEWS.
FOR SALE,
Desirable Residences.
413 Gordon street, east.
519 Henry street, west.
403 Perry street, west.
209 Eighth street. we*t.
510 Price street.
The above properties arc offered on
easy terms and at low figure*. Apply to
the CHATHAM REAL EX i ATE AND
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
PROPOSAL* W AN TEf.
Headquarters Fire Department. Aiutt
"■*. (la., Aug DU. IH7.—Healed |>ro|Kis.i|a
Will be received by fie undersigned it the
office of the Fire Chief until 12 o’clock
noon of Wednesday, Sept. 1, for furnish
ing the Klre Department with 1.1. an pounds
of oats, 11.fti© pounds of Eastern nay. ami
I.OUO potinda of bran, more or less t ill ..f
tile best <|iiallty>. for the month of Hep.
• * inter. Xald rti|>|>i|rs to lie drill. r and at
the different engine houses in simh ipmn
lilies and at such times as may t. de
sired.
The Hoard of Klre t’otnml stoneis reserve
the right to reje >t any and all bids
JOHN E. MAUI IMF, Pint Chief.
■ PEI ■ Al. NOI'I. K.
All Mils again**! the British ■(>- ifneh'p
Port Plrle must tie presented at our <>fh, .•
t <*f.rs if o'clock m this iiav or payniint
theieof will Is drltaurd
•T1t.%1 HAN A CO, . - W u*tgt
Have to wear shoes. To get
the right kind of shoes at the
right kind of prices is the
question.
For first-class quality of
leather, trimmings „nd work
manship our $2.50 and *3.00
shoes for men, *1.50 and *2.uo
shoes for hoys, and *1.25 an 1
*1.50 shoes for youths are
the kind careful, economical
and well dressed people are
buying. Like you to see
them.
If a shoe is solid leather we say *,
If a shoe Is worth the price aske
we say so.
If a shoe will g-ive perfect servir
we say so.
AND IT'S SO,
WJm
Corner Broughton and Whitaker sts.
THE CITIZENS BAXIi
OP SAVAWAH.
Capital, SSOO,GGO.
t ransacts a general banking Oust,
nests. Maintains a Savings Denari,
inent and allows INTEREST AT 1
PER CENT. t cotuitonnded uuarterly.
The accounts of individuals, firms,
hank* and corporations are solicit,
cd.
With our large number of corre.
spondents in GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
FLORIDA and SOLTH CAROLINA no
are prepared to handle collections
on the most favorable terms. Cor
respondence invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President,
M. IJ. LANE, Vice President,
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
THE CHATHAM BAM,
SAVANNAH. GA.
Transacts a general banking
business, maintains a liberal sav
ings department.
Foreign and Domestic Excitant*
a specialty.
Having a Large number of interior
correspondents, we can handle col
lections at very reasonable rate*.
Correspondence solicited.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FI li NITi HE AXD GENERAL MliH.
CHANDISE STORAGE
Can be had at the District Messenger ani
Delivery Comr tny’s warehouse, 32 to Si
Montgomery street, on reasonable term?.
The building has been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and now offers tin
surpassed facilities for storage of *
kinds, furniture vans, express waefws ani
messengers furnished. Pianos ami l# 1 ™:
ture packed for shipment and retnov™
With cate. Telephone 2.
BIDS WANTED.
City of Savannah, Office of Cotnnt:“
sioner of Public Works, Savannah, u l '
Aug. 27, 1897.—Bids will be rtcslvsd *
this office until Tuesday, Aug. 31.
13 o’clock noon, city time, to funic
city of Savannah with supplies for < c
three months ending Nov. 30. iS*.. •'
proposals must be made on oft! in -°r
wh'ch can be secured at this offi’i
and after Friday, Aug. 27. Ikb7.
The city reserves the right to rej
anv and all bids. HARRY WILIJ^b.
CommlssloMu
NOTIC E TO DKIthQI'CM \\ M**
TIKKKN.
City Trrnur<*r’* office.
Auk. £. 1897.—Property own n
agrttls who have not psll thn "
are hereby notified that ti- *‘ 1 ' ‘
will commence on 8-pt. I
water on all premises In nrr
time. C. S. HARDER. <’i*V "" '
BECKM NAN’S ( '
4 fresh shipment of ‘
fleer. Always fresh an dr# h '
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