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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.
CLOWIXO PASTOH Al. SERMON BY
IIEY. TALM \(iE.
Jle Talk* of the Shepherd’* I’lalil.
the Shepherd’* Crank, the Shep
herd’* Don*, the Shepherd’* Pas
ture-Ground*. and the Shepherd *
Flock*.
Washington. Feb. 27.—1n this win
try season Dr. Talmag- ref re? us with
this glowing pastoral until we an almost
hoar the bleating of Ih ftok? in gt. .it
pastures. The text is I’salms :1: The
Lord is My Shepherd.”
What with post and rail fences, and
our pride in Southdown, Astrakhan, and
Flemish varieties of sheep, there is no use
now of the old-time shepherd. Such an
one had abundance of opi>ortun:iy of be
coming a poet, being out-of-doors twelve
hours the day, and oft-iiims waking up in
the night on the hills. If the stars, or the
torrents, or the sun, or tin flowers had
anything to say, he wus very apt to hear
it. The Ettrick Shepherd of Scotland,who
afterwards took his seat in the brilliant
circle of Wilson and Lockhart, got hie
wonderful poetic inspiration in the ten
years in which he was watching th. flocks
of Mr. Laidlaw. Thjt t e is often a sweet
poetry in the rugged prose of the Scotch
shepherd. One of these Scotch shepherds
lost his only son, and he km it down in
prayer, and was over-heard to say, O
Lord, it has seemed good In thy providence
to take from me the staff of my right hand
at the time when to us sand-blind mor
tals I seemed to be most in need of it; vend
how I shall climb up the hill of sorrow and
auld age without it, thou mayst kin, but
I dlnna.”
David, the shepherd-boy, is watching his
father's sheep. They are pasturing on the
very hills where afterward a Lamb was
born of which you have heard much, ‘'the
Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin
of the world.” David, the shepherd-boy,
was beautiful, brave, musical, and poetic.
I think he often forgot the sheep in his
reveries. There in the solitude he struck
the harp-string that is thrilling through all
ages. David, the boy, avas gathering the
material for David the poet, and David the
man. Like other boys, David was fond of
using his knife among the saplings, and
he had noticed the exuding of the juice of
the tree; and when he became a man, he
said. “The trees of the Lord are full of
sap.” David, the boy, like other boys, had
been fond of hunting the birds'-nests, and
he had driven the old stork off the nest to
find how many eggs were under her; and
when he became a man, ho said, "As for
the stork, the fir-trees are her house/' In
boyhood he had heard the terrific thunder
storm that frightened the red deer into
premature sickness; and when he became
a man, he said, “The voice of the Lord
maketh the hinds to calve.” David, the boy
had lain upon his back looking up at the
stars, and examining the sky, and to his
boyish imagination the sky seemed like a
piece of divine embroklery, the divine fin
gers working in the threads of light and
the beads of stars; and he became a man
and wrote, “When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy lingers,” When he became
an old man, thinking of the goodness of
God, he seemed to hear the bleating of his
father's sheep across many years, and to
think of the time when he tended them on
the Bethlehem hills, and he cries out in
the text, “The Lord is my shepherd."
If God will help me, I will talk fo you
of the shepherd’s plaid, the shepherd's
crook, the shepherd’s dogs, the shepherd’s
pasture-grounds, and the shepherd's
(iocks.
And first: The shepherd's plaid: It
would be preposterous for a man going
out to rough and besoillng work to put on
splendid apparel. The potter does not
work in velvet; lhe serving maid does not
put on satin while toiling at her duties;
the shepherd does not wear a splemMdi
robe in which to go out amidst the storms,
and the rocks, and the nettles; hi: puts on
the rough apparel appropriate to his ex
posed work. The Lord our Shepherd,
coming out to hunt the lost sheep, puts on
no regal apparel, but tho plain garment of
our humanity. There was nothing pre
tentious about it. I know the old painters
represent a halo around the babe Jesus,
but I do not suppose that there was any
more halo about that child than about the
head of any other babe that was born that
Christmas-even in Judea. Becoming a
man, he wore a seamless garment. The
Scissors and needle had done nothing to
make it graceful. I take it to have been
a sack with three holes in it; one for the
neck and two for the arms. Al though the
gamblers quarreled over it, that is no evi
dence of its value. I have seen two rag
pickers quarrel over the refuse of an ash
barrel. No; in the wardrobe of heaven
he left the sandals of light, the girdles of
beauty, the robes of power, and put on
the besotled and tattered raiment of our
humanity. Sometimes he did not even
wear the seamless robe. What is that
hanging about the waist of Christ? Is it
a badge of authority? Is It a royal coat
of-arms? No; it is a towel. The disciples’
feet are filthy from the walk on the long
way, and are not fit to be put upon the
sofas on which they arc to recline at the
tneal, and so Jesus washes their feet, and
gathers them up In the towel to dry them.
The work of saving this world was rough
work, rugged work, hard work; ond Jesus
put on the raiment, the plain raiment, of
our flesh. The storms were to beat him,
the crowds were to jostle him, the dust
was to sprinkle him, the mobs were to
pursue him. Oh, Shepherd of Israel! leave
at home thy bright array. For thee what
streams to ford, what nights all unshel
tered! He puls upon him th< plain rai
ment of our humanity; wears our woes,
and while earth and heaven and hell stand
amazed at the abnegation, wraps around
him the shepherd s plaid:
“Cold mountains and the midnight air.
Witnessed the fervor of his prayer.”
Next I mention the shepherd’s crook.
This was a rod with a curve ot tin eqd,
which, when a sheep was going a# in
was thrown over its neck; and in ih.it way
It was pulled back. When the sheep were
rg>t. going astray, the shepherd would of
ten use it as a sort of crutch, leaning on
it; but when the sheep were out of the
way, the crook was always busy pulling
them back. All we, like sheep, have gone
ustra.v and had it not been lor the ship,
herd's crook, we would have fallen long
ago. over the precipices.
Here is a man who is making too much
money. He is getting very vain. 110
Hays: "Alter a while I shall lie indepei.d
ept of all the world. Oh, my soul, eat,
drink, and be merry.” Busin. ,fi y
comes to him. What Is God going to do
with him? Ha? God any grudge against
him? Oh, no. God is throwing over him
the shepherd's crook and pulling him bank
into better pastures. Here is a man ho
has always been well. He has never had
uny sympathy for Invalids; he calls them
coughing, wheezing nuisances. After a
while sickness comes to him. He does not
understand what God is going to do with
him He says: "Is the Lord angry v ith
me?" Oh, no. With the shepherd's crook
ho has been pulled back into bettor pas-
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The parent does not realize the truth that
these children arc only loaned to him, mid
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domestic blessings. Sickness drops upon
those children and death swoops upon a
tittle* one. lie says: “Is God angry with
me?" No. His shepherd's crook pulls him
h o'k into la iter pastures. I do not know
what would have become of us if it had not
been for the* shepherd's crook. Oh, the
mercies of our troubles! You take up ap
ples and plums from under the shade of
tile trees, and the very best fruits of
t'hvistian character we find In the deep
shade of trouble.
When I was on the steamer, coming
iiei-oss the ocean, I got a cinder in nay
• ye, and several persons tried to get it out
aery gently, but it could not lie taken out
in that way. 1 was told that the engineer
Ii el a facility in such cases. I went to
lifm. He put his large, sooty hand on me,
took a knife, and wrapped the lid of the
eve around the knife. I expected to be
hurt very much, but without any pain,
an 1 instantly lie removed the cinder. Oh,
there come times in our Christian life,
when our spiritual vision is being spoiled,
and all gentle appliances fail. Then there
comes some giant trouble, and, black-hand
ed. lays hold of us and removes that which
would have ruined our vision forever. I
will gather all your joys together in one
regiment of ten companies, and I will nut
them under Col. Joy. Then 1 willsgather
all your sorrows together in one regiment
of ten companies, and put them under Col.
Breakheart. Then I will ask, Which of
these regiments has gained for you tie
greater spiritual victories? Certainly that
taider <’ol. Breakheart.
In the time of war, you may remember,
at the South and North, the question was
whether the black troops would fight; but
when they were put into the struggle on
lie til sides, they did heroically. In the
great day of eternity it will he found that
it was not the white regiment of joys that
gained your greatest successes, hut the
black troops of trouble, misfortune and
disaster. Where you have gained one
spiritual success from your prosperity,
you have gained ten spiritual successes
from your adversity.
There is no animal that struggles more
violently than a sheep when you corner
it and catch hold of it. Down In the glen
I see a group of men around a lost sheep.
A ploughman comes along and seizes the
sheep, and tries to pacify it; but it is more
frightened than ever. A miller comes
along, puts down his grist, and caresses
the sheep, and it seems as if it would die
of fright. After a while someone breaks
through the thicket. He says: “Let me
have the poor thing." He comes up and
lays his arms around the sheep, and it is
immediately quiet. 'Who is the last man
that comes? It is the shepherd. Ah, my
friends, be not afraid of the shepherd's
crook. It is never used on you, save In
mercy, to pull you back. The hard, cold
iceberg of trouble will melt In the warm
guif stream of divine sympathy.
There is one passage I think you mis
interpret: “The bruised reed he will not
break.” Do you know that the shepherd
in olden times played upon these reeds?
They were very easily bruised; but when
they were bruised, they were never mend
ed. The shepherd could so easily make
another one, he would snap the old one
ami throw it away, and.get another. The
Bible says it is not so with our Shepherd.
When the music is gone out of a man's
soul, God does not snap him in twain and
throw him away. He inends and restores.
"The* bruised reed he will not break.”
When, in the o'erhanging heavens of fate,
The threatening clouds of darkness
dwell,
Then let us humbly watch and wait;
It shall be well. It shall be well.
And when the storm has passed away
And sunshine smiles on flood and fell.
How sweet to think, how sweet to say,
It has been well, it has been well.
Next I speak of the shepherd's dogs.
They watch the straying sheep, and drive
them back again. Every shepherd has
his dog—from the nomads of the Bible
times, down to the Scotch herdsman
watching his flocks on the Grampian hills.
Our shepherd employs tho criticisms and
persecutions of the world as ills dogs.
There are those, you know, whose whole
work it is to watch the inconsistences of
Christians, and bark at them. If one of
God's sheep gets astray, the world howls.
With more avidity than a shepherd's dog
ever caught a etmy sheep by the flanks
or lugged it by the ears, worklings seize
the Christian astray. It ought to do us
good to know that we are thus watched.
It ought to put us on our guard. They
can not bite us, if we stay near the Shep
herd. Tile sharp knife of worldly assault
will only trim the vines until they pro
duce better grapes. The more you pound
marjoram and rosemary, the sweeter they
smcil. The more dogs take after you the
quicker you will get to the gate.
You have noticed that different flocks of
sheep have different marks upon them
sometimes a red mark, sometimes a blue
mark, sometimes a straight mark, and
sometimes a crook ? d mark. The I-ord our
Shepherd has a mark for his sheep It is
a red mark—the mark of the efibss. “Bless
d are they that are persecuted for right
eousness' sake, for theirs Is the kingdom
of heaven.*
Furthermore, consider the shepherd's
pasture-grounds. The old shepherds used
to take ttic sheep upon the mountains in
the summer, and dwell in the valleys in
the winter. The sheen being out-of-doors
perpetually, their wool was better than if
they had been kept in the hot atmosphere
ot the sheep-cot. Wells'were dug for the
.‘beep and covered with large stones in
order that tho hot weather might not spoil
the water. And then the shepherd led his
flock wherever he would; nobody disputed
his right. So the Lord our Shepherd lias a
large pasture-ground. He takes us in ’the
summer to the mountains, and in the win
ter to tho valleys. Warm days of pros
perity come, and we stand on sun-gilt Sah
b. ths, and oil hills of transfiguration; and
wc are so high up we can catch a glimpse
of the 1 pinnacles of the heavenly city Then
cold wintry days of trouble come, and we
down into the valley of sickness, want
and bereavement, and we say. “is there
any sorrow like unto my sorrow?" But
blessed be God, the Lord's sheep can find
pasture anywhere. Between two rocks of
trouble a tuft of succulent promises ;green
pastures beside still waters; long sweet
grass between bUtcr graves. You have no
ticed the structure of the sheep's mouth - ’
It is so sharp that it can take up a blade
.f grass or clover-top from the very nar
rowest spot. And so God’s sheep can pick
up comfort where others can gather none
"The secret of the Lord is with them that
P ar him.” Rich pasture, fountain-fed pas
ture, for all the flock of the Good Shep
herd.
The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred swets
Before we reach the heavenly fields.
Or walk the golden streets.
Lastly: Consider the shepherd's fold.
Th- time of sheep-shearing was a very
gl.i 1 time. The neighbors gathered togeth
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1898.
er, and they poured wine and danced for
joy. The sheep were put in a place Inclos
ed by a wall, where it was very easy to
count them and know whether any of
them had been taken by the Jackals or
dogs. The Inclosure was called the sheep
fold. Good news I have to tell you, in
that our Lord the Shepherd has a sheep
fo'.d. and those who are gathered in it
shall never be struck by the storm, shall
never be touched by the jackals of tempt
ation an<> trouble. It has a high wall—so
high that no troubles can get in—so high
that the Joys cannot get out. How glad
the old sheep will be 1 to find the lambs
that left them a good many years ago!
Millions of children in heaven! Oh, what
a merry heaven it will make! Not many
long-metre psalms there. They will be in
the majority, and will run away with < ur
song, carrying it up to a still higher point
of ecstacy. Oh. there will be shouting!
If children on earth, clapped their hands
and danced for joy, what will they do
when, to tho gladness of childhood <n
earth, is added the gladness of childhood
in heaven?
It is time we got over these morbid Ideas
of how we shall get out of this world. You
make your religion an undertaker planing
coffins and driving hearses. Your religion
smells of the varnish of a funeral cas
ket. Rather let your religion to-day come
out and show you the sheep-fold that God
has provided for you. Ah, you say, there
is a river between this and that. I know
it; but that Jordan is only for the shrep
washing, and they shall go up on the oth
er banks snow-white. They follow the
great Shepherd. The when rd his voice long
ago. They are safe now*-one fold and one
Shepherd!
Alas for those who are finally found
outside the inelosuro. The night of their
sin howls with jackals; they are thirsting
for their blood. The very moment that a
lamb may be frisking upon the hills, a
bear may be looking at it from the thicket.
In June, 1815, there was a very noble
party gathered in a house in St< James’
square, London. The Prince Regent was
present, and the occasion was made fas
cinating by music and banqueting and by
jewels. While a quardille was being
formed, suddenly all the people rushed to
the windows. What is the matter? Henry
Percy had arrived with the news that
Waterloo, had been fought, and that Eng
land had won the day. The dance was
abandoned; the party dispersed; lords,
ladies and musicians rushed into the
street, and in fifteen minutes from the
first announcement of the good news th*
house was emptied of all its guests. Oh,
ye who are seated at the banquet of thi3
world, or whirling in its gayeties and friv
olities, if you could hear the sweet strains
of the gospel trumpet announcing Christ’s
victory over sin and death and hell, you
would rush forth, glad in the eternal de
liverance! The Waterloo against sin has
been fought, and our Commander-in-Chief
hath won the day. Oh, the Joys of this
salvation! I do not care what metaphor,
what comparison you have; bring it to
me. that I may use it. Amos shall bring
one simile, Isaiah another, John another,
Beautiful with pardon. Beautiful with
peace. Beautiful with anticipations. Or
to return to the pastoral figure of my text,
come out of the poor pasturage of this
world into the rich fortunes of the Good
Shepherd.
The shepherd of old used to play beau
tiful music, and sometimes the sheep
would gather around him and listen. To
day my heavenly Shepherd calls to you
with the very music of heaven, bidding
you to leave your sin and accept his par
don. Oh, that all this flock would hear
the piping of the Good Shepherd.
ODI APS RECENT FIRE.
Vlun Accused of Moiling Gold Coin
and n Watch From Ruins.
Odum, Ga., Feb. 27.—The burning of D.
H. Moody’s house at Brentwood, five
miles north of here, on the night of the
23rd has caused no little excitement, not
the burning of the house alone, but the
fact of the robbery perpetrated immediate
ly after the fire. While it was certaintly
a distressing scene to see the whole fam
ily there subject to the cold northeast
winds of the night with only their night
clothes on. It did not touch the cold
heart of Andrew Brooker, for he only
waited for an opportunity to get in his
work of theft in the remains of the burn
ing debris.
Early the next morning Mr. Moody plac
ed a man there to work making a board
fence around the yard and gave him or
ders to not allow anyone to go near the
house. But Brooker watched his chance
and slipped in, and knowing that Mrs.
Moody had some gold coins that was
burned in her trunk, he soon found the
money and also her gold watch, and de
layed no time in making off with them.
He took the local freight for Gardi, his
Jiome, and when he arrived at this place
he went in to Mr. Silverstines store and
succeeded in getting $5 of the melted coin
changed, which led to his detection. A
warrant was sworn out for him and Con
stable Hires went to arrest him.
Mr. Moody appears to be very unfortu
nate at that place, having had three
dwelling houses, three stores and two cot
ton gins burned in the last six years,
with no insurance on one of the stores’
two of the dwellings and the two cotton
gins. He carried insurance on two of the
stores and one dwelling that was burned.
Some of the fires originated by accident
but most invariably they were of incen
diary origin. This last fire is supposed to
have been accidental, but It may develop
that it was set on fire for the purpose of
robbery. It will he more fully developed
at the trial of Brooker when he is brought
back.
LAKE CITY UNDER GUARD.
Coroner's Jury In the Lynching Case
Adjourned Two Weeks.
Columbia, S. C.. Feb. 27,-Lake City, the
scene of the Postmaster Baker murder, is
being guarded nightly by its citizens. All
the town was astir last night because of
a report lhat negroes were gathering in
the country for the purpose of falling on
the town during the night and burning it.
The entire male population turned out.
and watches were kept on every road lead
ing into the place. Nothing troubled the
armed watchers. Trouble is expected, and
the guarding of the town will be kept up
indefinitely.
The Jury of inquest has been adjournrd
for three weeks. Solicitor Wilson, for the
state, and the two United States inspec
tors. Bulla and Moye, held conferences
yesterday. The only evidence so far got
ten by the Coroner is that on the fatal
night, after the shooting and burning, two
bands of horsemen, containing togeiher
about sixty men. pasesd along one road.
It is believed clever detectives are
working in that section for the govern
ment, and it is perhaps to obtain evidence
from them that the inquest has been ad
journed. Heretofore the stereotyped ver
dict. “By persons unknown to the jury,”
has been rendered in lynching cases.
Yesterday 150 citizens of Lake City had
a meeting to condemn the bloody Work
Practically the whole adult male popula
tion was in attendance. State Senator
Williams introduced resolutions condemn
ing ihe Baker butchery. They, as law
abiding citizens, asked the sympathy. In
stead of censure-, of the public, because of
acts of those in their community over
whom they had no control. They ex
pressed ihe hope that punishment would
speedily overtake the criminals. The res
olution was unanimously adopted.
52(i
Annual Statement
—of the—
Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Cos.
Of Hartford, Conn.
Net Assets, Jan. 1, 1897, $60,981,671.61
RECEIVED IN 1897.
For premiums 54,743,410.04
For interest and rents 3,163,'>44.47
Profit and loss 65.289.82
$68,943,413.94
DISBURSED IN 1897.
For claims by death
and matured en
dowments 51,436,832.23
Surplus returned to
policy-holders 1,284,481.48
Lapsed and surren
dered policies 596,133.76
Total to policy-hold
ers $6,337,417.47
Com m is s ions to
a g ents, salaries,
medical examiners'
fees, printing,adver
tising, legal, re and es
tate and all other
expenses $ 850,479.66
Taxes 316,938.43
Balance net assets Deo. 31, 1897.561,408.550.3S
SCHEDULE OF ASSETS.
Loans upon real estate, first
lien $33,045,673.68
Loans upon stocks and bonds.. 2,309 00
Premium notes on policies in
force 983,315.72
Cost of real estate owned by
the company 9 840,914.51
Cost of bonds 15,921,674.25
Cost of bank and railroad
stocks 473,594.1 G
Cash in banks 1,133,965.53
Bills receivable 4.019.17
561,410,967.35
Less agents’ credit balances.... 2,416.97
. $61,408,350.38
ADD
Interest due and ac
crued $1,029,649.71
Rents due and ac
crued 15,962.49
Market value of
stocks and bonds
over cost 771,779.27
Net uncollected and
deferred premiums.. 362,728.13
Gross assets Dec. 31, 1897 $33,388,660.98
LIABILITIES:
Amount required to
re-insure all out
standing policies,
net,company’s stan
dard $51,924,070.00
All other liabilities.. 1,303,654.97
Surplus $ 7,360,936.01
Ratio of expenses of manage
ment to receipts in 1897 10.68 per cent.
Policies in force Dec. 31, 1897,
66,705, insuring $157,701,387.00
JACOB I*. GREENE, President.
JOHN .ML, TAYLOR, Vice President.
EDWARD 51. BUNCE, Secretary
DANIEL H. WELLS, Actuary. ’
MAX L. BYGK, General Agent,
13 Sorrell Building,
SAVANNAH, GA.
GEORGIA POLITICS IX WASHINGTON.
Hoke Smith Said to Be Taking' a Fly
er In South Georgia Affair*.
Washington, Fob. 27.—The progress of
the campaign in Georgia is watched with
great interest here in Washington? The
complications which surround the disaster
in Havana harbor are studied with scarce
ly greater interest than those which have
come to the political situation in the state
since the publication of the famous Cand
ler letter, and the Georgia papers are
closely scanned each day for indications as
to which way is the trend of events.
It is a notable fact that while all of them
condemned the Candler letter as one of the
worst political mistakes that have ever
been made in the history of the politics of
the state, the general belief among the
Georgians in Congress, and out of it, is
that Candler is going to win. Especially is
this the case since Berner so unexpectedly
entered the race to take the wind out of
the sails of the Atkinson boom, and to di
vide with him the anti-Candler sentiment.
Berner's letter is generally regarded as
an especially able document even by the
men who do not agree with his views and
who say that its evident purpose was to
force the railroad question to the front if
possible, and thereby overshadow its au
thor's position on the money question.
While none of the members of Congress
are especially close to Mr. Berner, who
seems to have been hoeing his own row
in the past, they do not hesitate to bear
testimony to the strength of that letter,
and the shrewdness displayed by Berner
in getting it before the people before At
kinson did his.
There is no tendency to belittle the
chances of Judge Atkinson who is liked
personally by everybody and whose posi
tion on public questions most of them en
dorse. There is, however, a strong ten
dency on the part of those familiar with
the situation to smile at' the efforts made
by some of the Judge’s friends to cover
up tho fight that it is intended to make on
Fleming dußignon for the control of
South Georgia. The denials of these .gen
tlemen are to he expected; but their pur
pose in this respect is thoroughly under
stood by Mr. dußignon's friends here.
This desire to down dußignon Is said to
be the strong link that binds ex-Secretary
Smith and his newspaper to the Atkin
son cause. .
About the time Prison Commissioner
Beach made his visit to Washington to
see what he could get out of the Georgia
senators, Mr. Smith was also here. It
may have Ren mere coincidence. But it
was noticed by those of the Georgia dele
tion who talked with him that he was
loud in his praises for Atkinson as the
coming man in South Georgia politics to
the disparagement of Mr. dußignon; and
that, whereas, lie had on a former visit
talked strongly of his supjtort of Col. Can.
diet', and had given the impression that
he was that gentleman’s chief adviser, he
was on this latter visit openly for Atkin
son.
Naturally, this change of front created
talk, and there was much speculation as
to the reason for it. The general inter
pretation placed upon the change by tho-e
familiar with Georgia affairs was that op
position to dußignon was the binding tie.
There never has been any love lost he.
tween Smith and dußignon. It is ;l . Mrt
of the talk that this was due to Mr. du-
Klgnon's insistence on running for (he Sen
ate at a time when Mr. Smith thought he
ought to run, but, of course, that is all
mere speculation.
While, of course, the members of Con
gress are not discussing the situation for
publication, they do not hesitate to de
clare, in talks with one another, and with
their friends outside their understanding,'
that Beach and the other Atkinson leaders
are out gunning for dußignon. Some of
those who talk go even further and say
that it indicates a purpose of those poli
ticians who live at Brunswick making a
fight on Savannah for future control. Mr.
Beach would naturally deny such purpose,
for Us acknowledgment would be its own
defeat; and, as a matter of course, he has
not said anything of the kind where it
would be repeated; but it is well under
stool here that one of the chief purposes
of those who have brought Judge Atkin
son into the race for the Governorship is
to “down dußignon.”
While Candler is undoubtedly the favor
ite with the Georgia delegation, there is no
disposition on the part of our Senators and
representatives to disparage the claims of
either of the other aspirants for the Gu
bernatorial chair, or to discount their
strength.
THE NEWS AT DUBLIN.
A Stationary Engine Rnns Amy-To
litical Note*.
Dublin, Ga., Feb. 27.—The engine at the
planing mill of Jackson & Smith, in this
city, “ran away” Saturday, tearing up
things considerably and damaging the ma
chinery about $l5O t^orth.
The Populists held a meeting here Fri
day and elected l - delegates to their state
convention. The delegates are uninstruct
ed. but favor Watson as first choice for
Governor, with Hines second.
A Berner Club will be organized here
soon.
The Dublin Cadets have started to drill
ing regularly. The non-commissioned offi
cers were appointed Friday night by Capt.
Stubbs.
DEATHS.
FLATLEY.—Died, Mrs. Mary A. Flat
ley, at No. 576 Bay street, west, yesterday
afternoon, in her 63d year. Funeral notice
to-morrow.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
YON K AMP—The friends of Mr. and
Mrs. F. Von Kamp are invited to attend
tho funeral of the former from 'No. 608
East President street, at 10 o'clock- this
morning.
MEETINGS.
C VLANTHE LODGE NO. 28, K. OF P.
A regular convention of this xjfx
lodge will lie held this (Monday)
evening at 8 o’clock. (CStia
The Rank of Esquire will be
conferred.
Members of sister lodges and vidting
knights are cordially invited.
I. HELLMAN, C. C.
D- s. GRBENBAUM, K. of R. & 3.
CONFKDERATE X ETERANS’ ASSOCI
ATION.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 27, 1898.—The bi
monthly meeting of this association will be
held at the Savannah Volunteer Guards
Arsenal (in hall), on Tuesday evening,
March 1, at 8:30 o'clock. Judge H. D. D.
Twiggs will deliver an address on "The
Assault of Battery Wagner on July 18,
1863,” to which the families of the mem
bers of the association, the Daughters of
the Confederacy, the McLaws’ Camp, the
military, and the public, are most cordial
ly Invited. - P. W’GLASHAN,
First Vice President.
HARRY S. DREESE, Secretary.
FLORIDA CENTRAL AND PENINSU
LAR RAILROAD CO.
Notice of Annniil Stockholders Meet
ing.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad Company will be held at the of
fice of the company, in the city of Jack
sonville, Fla., on Thursday, March 3, A.
D. 1898, at 3 o'clock p. m., for the election
of directors and the transaction of such
other business as may be brought before
the meeting.
Transfer books will be closed from Feb.
16 to March 7, 1898, both inclusive.
H. R. DUVAL, President.
E. R. HOADLEY, Secretary.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 4, 1898.
SAVANNAH CADETS."
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 28, 1898,-The ad
journed meeting of the company will be
held this evening at 8:30 o’clock.
J. F. BROOKS,
Captain Savannah Cadets.
THE YOUNG MEN'S PROTECTIVE
CLUB
Will meet on Monday night, Feb. 28, n't
Dorsey’s Hall, Waldburg streel, between
Burroughs and Cuyler, at 8 o’clock* It is
expected that every member, and those
wishing to join the club, will be present,
as matters of great importance will be dis
cussed.
RICHARD BUTLER, President.
JA3. DORSEY, Vice President
CLARENCE RICHARDS, Seerelary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FOR MEN ONLY’. N
Make your wives happy by giving them
the modern conveniences of the age, the
cheapest and best of which is a Telephone
at $1.50 to $3 per month. Cali up No. 6 or
drop a line to the manager at 32 Drayton
street. R. H. POLK, Manager,
Savannah Telephone Exchange.
FURNITURE AND GENERAL MER
CHANDISE STORAGE.
Can be had at the District Messenger and
Delivery Company's warehouse, 32 to 36
Montgomery street, on reasonable terms.
The building has been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and now offers un
surpassed facilities for storage of all
kinds, furniture vans.express wagons and
messengers furnished. Pianos and furni
ture packed for shipment and removed
with care. Telephone 2.
A GREAT DELICACY.
There’s nothing like Tunta
Gorda Oysters. (Steamed or
any other style). Always
take Coburger Beer with them.
At BECKMANN’S CAFE.
MONEY TO LOW.
Several sums of money placed with me
to loan on Savannah real estate; Ion?
time if desired.
ISAAC BECKETT,
Abstract of Title Office,
SPECIAL NOTICE^
AH bills against the Norwegian bark
C Wroldsen must be presented at our of
fice before 12 m. this day, or payment
thereof will be debarred.
STRACHAN & CO., Consignees
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 26, 1898.
AMUSEMENTS.
gAVANNAH THEATER
Seats can be secured through the tele
phone No. 2195.
ONE NIGHT—MONDAY, FEB. 28.
Donnelly
6c
Girard,
AMERICA'S CREATESI COMEDIANS,
“The Geezer.”
Absolutely the Funniest Play Extant.
Prices 25c. 50c. 75c and Jl.OOi
Seats now on sale.
gAVANNAH THEATER.
ONE NIGHT ONLY—Tuesday, March 1
First appearance in this city of the World’s
ainous Indescribable Phenomenon,
DR. LOYD COOK,
A psychological enigma; a mysterious being
who has mystified the world by his super
human theories, demonstrating
“SPIRIT POWER IN THE LIGHT."
Produced with all the weird and impressive
eurroundint? of the seance room—not in dark
ness. but in open light.
A small admission will be charged.
Matinee and Night Wednesday, March 2,
AUGUST DALY’S CONii DY,
“A INSIGHT OFF.”
Matinee and nig. Ivc Thursday, March 3, the
funniest show ot the season,
“THE PRODIGAL FATHER.”
gAVANNAH THEATER,
Friday, March 4—Special matinee at 3P. M.
The Eminent Actor,
MR. LOUIS JAMES,
Management of Wagenhals & Kemper,
in superb scenic productions.
FRIDAY NlGHT—First time here of
Mr. James’ last and greatest success, the
brilliant romantic drama entitled,
“A CAVALIER OF FRANCE."
FRIDAY MATINEE, Shakespeare's Im
mortal tragedy,
“JULIUS CAESAR."
Mr. James as "Brutus.” t
An exceptional company. Carload of
scenery. Seats now on sale. Night prices
—25, 50c, 75c, $1 and $1.25. Matifiee prices
—2sc, 50c and 75c. Coming—Saturday mat
inee and night, March 5, “The Girl 1 Left
Behind Me.”
TELFAIR ACADEMY
OF
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Open to Visitors daily, except Sunday*
From 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Single admission 2U centa Annual tick
ets SI.OO.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
KENNEDY’S
CRACKERS,
CAKES AM) BISCUITS.
Freshest. Best.
Sole Distributing; Agents,
HENRY SOLOAION A SON,
302 to 312 Bay street, Savannah.
PRESERVE YOl II SIGHT
By wearing glasses tlmt not alone
enable you to see. but correct every
defect tliat may exist.
There is no guesswork in our methods. We
have the latest and most approved scientific
apparatus for accurate eye testing. We make
no charge for consultation or examination, and
should yon need the services of a physician we
will frankly tell you so.
Our crystal lenses are perfect in every re
spect, being ground under our own supervision.
They cannot he compared in value to the kind
offered as cheap by the so-called opticians or
jewelers who handle inferior glasses as a side
line.
DR. M. SCHWAB A SON,
Exclusive Opticlnnn, 47 Bull Street.
N. B—Oculist prescriptions tilled
same day received. Ilepniring done
ut short notice.
HAVE YOU FAITH
—in the—
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT?
If so you will drink
Runnymede Whisky
as it is bottled under governm nt super
vision. * .Every bottle bears a government
stamp and guarantee.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
Sole Agents.
MWOUL NOTICES.
Sale]
I have for sale, on very easy terms, to
wit: Two hundred and lifty dollars cash
and ten dollars per month, a neat and
very desirable cottage on Anderson street,
west, near Montgomery street.
C. H. DORSETT.
Central of Georgia Incomes.
Southwestern Railroad Stock.
State and City Bonds.
And other securities.
Real Estate Loans Negotiated.
AUSTIN R. MY'RES.
22 Bryan street, East.
TO THE
LADIES;
We hove still four lot* of sho „ t)J
dispose of before winter 1* over. w e
herewith offer them to you ut the
following; paltry price* to clo*.
then, out quick. The*e are genuine
hargainss
Viol Kid nutton and Lace Boot*,
pat. tip, silk stitched, flexible ole*
splendid wearing; shoe anil what
you always pay $2,50. Price cut t„
Fine Vicl Kill Button Hoots.
soles, new coin toe, put, tip and hid
tips, always sold at $3. Reduced to
Finest Vlci Kid Button and l.aee
Boots, kid and cloth tops, 0 1 - V ii,| ( .
welt and turned soles, very stylish
usual $3.50 goods. Now g
One big mixed lot of Button Hoots
welt soles, some with cloth tops < a
his bargain). Some of these nre $1
shoes. Marked down to p;-
Cor. Whlt,aU
Advertisers of Fads.
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SAVANNAH.
Capital, 8500,000.
Transact* a general banking busi
nes*. Maintains a Savliigm Depart
ment and allows INTEREST AT I
FEU CENT., compounded quarterly.
The account* of Individuals, firms,
banka and corporations are aolicit
ed.
With our large number of corrca
liondcntM in GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
FLORIDA and SOUJH CAROLINA wo
are prepared to handle collections
on the most favorable terms. Cor
respondence invited.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President,
31. B. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FRE3IAN, Cashier.
THE CHATHAM BANK,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Transacts a general banking
business, maintains a liberal sav
ings department.
Foreign and Domestic Exchange a
specialty.
Having a large number of Interior
correspondents, we can handle col
lection* at very reasonable rates.
Correspondence solicited.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
HOMES FOR THOSE WHO PAY
MONTHLY RENTAL.
The Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company have a beautiful tract o{
land south of Anderson street on which
they will erect homes.
To those who wish to own their little
homes on a monthly rental in preference
to paying rent to the landlord, they v.;11
serve their own interest by seeing Mr.
Solomons.
All the corners on Price street are taken,
but two.
Call at the office or see a representative
on the ground daily between 2 and 4 o'clock
M. J. SOLOMONS,
Secretary and Treasurer.
PAXTON'S B—D B—G POISON.
Housekeepers are reminded that
now 1* the time to use till* well
known preparation and keep yonr
premise* free from this disgusting
little pest. Bottles 25 cents each.
Detersive Fluid will make old
clothing look like new. Bottle* -' 0
each.
SOLOMONS ft CO.,
Congress St. and Rail St. Branch
Store.
CITY OF SAVANNAH POCKET MAP,
50 CENTS EACH.
PRINTED IN TWO COLORS.
NICELY ROUND IN CLOTH * V3
STAMPED IN GOLD ON SIDE.
For sale by
MORNING NEWS.
A PERFECT JAM.
The popularity of THE GEM was
demonstrated by the large crowd
that visited the place Saturday
night. The people know a g jri '
thing. Come again. Geo. C. Schwarz,
Congress and Whitaker.
UCFOItE PURCHASING
A Typewriter see the Improved Retain**
ton Typewriter, No. 6. It has no ei ua “
BEARING & HULL.
Sole Dealers for Savannah,
6 Drayton street*