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Vienna News.
Published 8em!-Weekly.
VIENNA,
- - QEORQIA.
Americans are the best painted peo
ple on earth. More than 3,000,000
gallons of paint were spread upon the
United States during 1901.
English counties seem rather belat
ed, but Westmoreland and Lancashire
are quarreling over Lake Winder-
mere. The former county claims
that the lake Is wholly within Its pre-'
elncts, while Lancashire has strong
evidence that the dividing line runs
through the middle of the lake.
Since the Washington monument
was opened, 14 years ago, 2,062,000
persons have ascended to the top of
the shaft. In spite of efforts to pro
tect the monument from vandals two
of the large memorial stones In the
Interior were defaced recently by the
removal of the letters of inscription.
The work was done by two men, who
escaped before It was discovered.
It has long been the popular im
pression that the Chinese language,
like the Chinese people 1 themselves,
was a curious compound and almost
beyond the comprehension of an Occi-
dentallst. But it is a matter of Inter
est to know what Borne of Its peculiar
difficulties are, as they were stated
by Professor Herbert‘Allen Giles, the
English Orientalist. It seems that
there are really two distinct Chinese
languages, the spoken and the written.
The former may be easily acquired,
but the latter, the “book language,” is
a study of a lifetime.
The Belgian Consul-General at Chi
cago has made a report on the magni
tude of the commerce of cereals there
from which the following figures are
extracted. It Is not every American
who realizes the enormous business
done. In the first place, the flour is
expressed In terms of wheat by call
ing one-barrel of flour the equivalent
of five bushels of what. The figures
of arrivals show that 321,000,000
bushels of grain were received In the
last statistical year. Wheat in bulk
was received to the amount of 31,-
000,000 bushels, and maize to the
amount of 134,000,000.
Dr. Grace, foremost of cricket
champions, whose exploits with bat
and ball have never been surpassed In
any eleven In the annals of the game,
is conspicuous in a movement in
England to limit matches to a single
day. Cricket is a fascinating exhibi
tion of skill, but it has never been
extensively popular in the United
Bplrlt becomes impatient of conflicts
long drawn out. A baseball game is
usually over in two or three hours. A
cricket match may last two or three
days. Jonathan likes quick decis
ions, says the New York Tribune, and
lie applauds Dr. Grace’s curtailing
of cricket.
The work of counting the census re
turns of the United States is facilitat
ed by machines working automatical
ly. The system consists In recording
on cardboard, by means of holes per
forated at suitable places, the indica
tions of the separate census retumB
or bulletins. The. cardboards ape
then placed in a machine ,which au
tomatically turns up tho data fed into
it The machine has a series of
points corresponding to all possible
positions of the perforations. Wher
ever a hole exists it is traversed by
one of the points, which passes
through it into contact with a cup of
Quicksilver placed below the card
board, and this contact completes an
electric circuit that acts on a regis
tering apparatus. Unless a card has
been perforated at a given point no
record is made. There are five sorts
of cards—tor individuals, for families,
tor mortality, for farms and for har
vests. At the last census there were
used, inround numbers, about 6,000,-
000 farm cards, li5,000,000 harvest
cards, 76,000,000 Individual cards, 16,-
000,000 family cards and 1,300,000
mortality cards, some 8000 to 10,000
cards can be handled by each ma
chine without error. The system
thus described in its larger outlines
has been perfected in many details
and is regarded as fully successful.
DE. CHAPMAN’S SEKM0N
A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
PASTOR-EVANGELIST.
Subject! A XiOit Saviour—A Companion
Picture to a Masterpiece, Which Dr.
Chapman Suggests—Tho Awfulnes* of
Being Without ClirUt.
New Yoke City.— 1 The Rev. j. Wilbur
Chapman, D. D.„the popular pastor of tho
Fourth Presbyterian Church, who is re
markably successful as a.n evangelist, has
prepared an interesting sermon upon the
subject "A Lost Saviour.” It is preached
from the text, "They have taken away my
Lord." John 20: 13.
One of the masterpieces in the Louvre
presents to us a picture of Christ upon the
cross. Hia head is upon His breast; un
derneath His arms the little birds are fly
ing for a place of refuge, and in the deep
ening shadows there is seen a woman
kneeling with loving lips and hands
pressed against His bleeding feet. Travel
ers stand before this painting with tear-wet
cheeks and go away with burning hearts.
If I were an artist I should paint a com-
r nion piece with this text as the theme,
would not put tears upon her cheeks
who speaks the word because the flowing
of tears would prove a relief. When we
cannot -weep our grief is severest, but I
would represent her with agony in her
eyes and deepest sorrow in every expres
sion of her face. If I could I would paint
the aoh as she cries out, “They have taken
away_my Lord;" I have seen the distress
of a mother bird when her little one waa
gone, the despair of the deer when ita com
panion was killed, the agony of the wife
when her husband was taken, the sorrow
of a mother when her baby was dead, hut
this text represents all these distresses put
together, and we have a story which can
not he expressed in words.
The speaker if Mary Magdalene, one of
the inhabitants of Magdala, she who was
possessed of seven devils. She was the
sinner in the house of Simon, the Phari
see, who washed the Saviour s feet with
her tears, anointed them with precious
ointment and covered them with kisses.
When Simon objects the Master rebukes
him with the story of the two debtors,
one forgiven much, of the other little. She
became one of the attendants of the Mas
ter. She followed Him from Calvary ta
Jerusalem to the s^ene of tb<* crucifixion.
Early the third after the crucifixion, with
the wife of Cleophas, she goes to the sep
ulcher to see His body. She finds the tomb
empty, and then cries out in aeon”. "They
have taken away my Lord." What a
change there is wrought in Mary Magda
lene. She has been a sinner of the worst
sort. Tradition makes her a servant in
the house.of sin in the place where she
lived, but she has become a - saint, and
wherever the gospel has been preached her
story has been told. W^at a Saviour we
have; One who calls out the best there is
In us always. Saul, of Tarsus, by nature is
bitter and cruel, hut he catches a vision of
Christ and becomes gentle as a woman, de
livering hia message with tears of real sor
row because of the lost condition of the
world. Peter is an ignorant fisherman, hut
catches a vision of his Master and becomes
one of the greatest preachers in the world’s
history. The thief on the cross is profane,
and doubtless causes Christ a new pang of
Agony with his profanity, until turning his
head he catches a vision of that blessed
face and cries out, “Lord, remember me.”
I.
Kindred texts. I have been looking up
the Bible these past days and have been'
greatly interested to see how many kin
dred subjects to this are to he found in
God’s word.
First, Adam and Eve. They are in para
dise; everything about them is beautify).
Even God Himself saw that it was very
good. The music of the birds is the sweet
est, the fragrance of the flower ia the best;
there is no curse upon Eden, when sudden
ly the cloud appears, the moving of the
serpent is heard and there is a great
change. Adam and Eve are driven thither
from the garden. Genesis 3: 23-24, "There
fore the Lord God sent him forth from the
Garden of Eden to till the ground from
whence he was taken. So He drove out
the man, and He placed at the gate of the
Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming
sword whioh' turned every way, to keep
the way of the tree of life."
Second, the Ark of the Covenant. This
was a small cheat overlaid with gold, four
and a half feet long, two feet nine inches
wide and the same measure in heighth.
Within it were the tables of the law. It
was carried by the prieats as occasion re
quired from place to place. So sacred was
it that it was death for any one to look
upon it but the priests, and so it was care
fully covered. It represented to them the
visible presence of Jehovah. It was car
ried about by the children of Israel on
their travels through the desert at they
entered the channel of the Jordan, ana
was taken thirteen times around Jericho
in six days, but now the Philistines have-
come up against the children of Israel and
the ark ia taken. Old Eli ia waiting for
tidings of the,conflict. His seat is by the
road side that he may hear the more
speedily. At last there is a great shout of
horror, and a man of Benjamin ia seen run
ning. with his clothes rent and earth upon
hia bead. There is trouble, but who can
imagino the extent of it. Listen to him as
ho cries out, "Israel has fled before the
Philistines," and the face of old Eli pales.
Hophni and Phinehas arc slain, and the
old man begins to shake in an agony, but
horror of horrors, the qrh of God is taken!
I. Samuel 4: 18, "And it came to pass
when he made mention of the ark of God
that he fell from off the seat backward to
the side of the gate, and hit neck brake
and he died; for he was an old man and
heavy. And he had judged Israel forty
years." Tell us that the sun will not shine
agtin, that the rain will not fall, that the
■tara-are dead, that the moon will refuse
to thine, but you will bring to uk no such
tidings at came to Israel when the news
was carried that the ark was taken. It is
at if God had departed from our own land.
It ia an awfnl thing to be without hopu
and without God in the world.
Third, the Lost Bible. During the reign
of Josiah, who began to reign when he was
eight yetra old, the repairs to the temple
were begun, and in the midst of this work
the book of the law was found. 2 Kings
22: 8, “And Hilkiab, the high prikst, said
unto Shaphan, the scribe, I have found the
book of the law in the house of the Lord."
And Hilkiah gave the book to- Shaphan
and he read it. This was doubtless the
very book which Moses had commanded to
be placed in this sacred spot. Deutero
nomy 31: 26, “Take this book of the law
and put it in the aide of the ark of the
covenant of the Lord, your God, that it
may be there for a witness against thee."
It might hkve been carelessly mislaid or it
may have been maliciously concealed, but
what a narrow escape. However, we need
not tremble, lor He who cared for Moses
when he waa in the ark and for HU own
Son when He was cradled in the manger
will care for HU book. “Heaven and
0*rta shall pass away, but My word shah
never pass away." However, some of us
have lost our Bible. We have lost it be
cause we have been absorbed by fiction or
worldliness, or we bare permitted some
sin to lay hold upon us. We have lost our
Bible, and if we have our position is as sad
at Mary in the garden when she said,
"They have taken away my Lord." __
Fourth, Lost Fellowship. Luke 2: 42-45,
“And when He was twelve years old they
went up to Jerusalem, after the custom
of the feast, and when they had fulfilled
the days, as they returned, the child Jesus
tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph
and Hia mother knew not of it. But they,
supposing Him to hare been in the com
pany, went a day’s journey; and they
•ought Him among their kinsfolk and ac
quaintances. And when they found Him
aot they turned hack again to Jerusalem,
teeking Him." Mary and Joseph have
made a journey to the feast and they are
hdmeward bound. As they move out from
Jerusalem up toward Galilee they are busy,
with the scenes about them, doubtless con
versing with those who are traveling with
them, when suddenly they begin to look
about for the child Jesus. Where can He
be? Every search fails to locate Him.
Wearily they trudge back to Jerusalem,
and there they find Him with the wise
men! Many of us have lost fellowship
with our Saviour. Time was when we
were close to Him, when we walked in
sweetest communion with Him, but now
we have been busy about other things and
tve have lost the old joy. Let us learn
from the lesson of this morning that if we
nave missed step witn Him- we must go
back to Jerusalem, or that is, the place
where we lost Him and begin over again
the old life of peace and jov. God nity the
man who is crying out in his heart to-day
if not with his lips, "They have taken
away my Lord."
Fifth, a Lost Saviour. Matthew 27: 3-5,
"Then Judas which had betrayed Him,
when ho saw that He was condemned, re
pented himself, and brought again the
thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests
and elders, saying. "I have sinned in that
I have betraved the innocent blood. And
they said, What is that to as? See thou
to that. And he cast down the pieces of
silver in the temple, and departed, and
went and hanged himself." You have
seen a storm held back by the force of the
wind, when suddenly the wind ceased and
the storm would break with all its fury.
This was like Judas. I doubt not in all
his following nfter Jesus that again and
again he was filled with the desire to be
true to Christ. but the time passes and he
is false to the anpeal of his conscience, nnd
suddenly the Master withdraws from him
and all the storm of his awfnl spirit of be
trayal breaks upon him, and Judas hangs
himself. There are some of us who hay.e
been resisting Christ, for this snirit has in
fluenced us. We are persuaded of His di
vine character. Some day His divine hold
upon us may he broken. It would he an
awlul thing for us to have to say, “They
have taken away my Lord.” ,
II.
The text again. Let us now think to
gether especially of Christ’s care. There
are some texts very like it in the Bible, ns
for example, “Take not Thy holy spirit
from me, “Restore unto me tnc joy ol
Thy salvation," "Without God, without
hope in the world,” for only those can ap
preciate Mary’s position who have been in
the same place with her. and the most of
us have been there, and there have been
times without number when we felt that
ail was lost, that, our nosition was hope
less. Notice first of all the weakness of
Mary’s faith. If she had but stopped to
consider she would have remembered His
word that He must rise again. If in the
dark hour of trial we would pause for a mo-'
inent to think of His messages we shall he
delivered from this awful fear. Oh, that
Gpd would strengthen our faith in the
hour of trial. Notice also the strength of
her love. Nothing could keep her away
from Christ; the Jewish soldiers had no
terror for her; she would see His body, for
she loved that. There are certain things
that cause as to lose conscious fellowship
with Christ.
First, physical weakness. Whenever the
body is weak be sure to watch and pray,
for the devil will easily overthrow us at
this time.
Second, weakness of faith, but since faith
is the gift of God it becomes weak only
because of lack- of exercise, and it ia not
necessary that any of ug should fail be
cause of this.
Third, sin. "Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God." It is not
given to great minds alone to see Him, nor
great hearts to feel His presence, but to
pure hearts, and this blessing is within the
reach of us all.
m.
Oh, to have no hope. What if wc should
lose Christ, what a dreary world this would
be. Let us imagine Him as taken out of
art, and with this would go Hoffman’s
“Christ in the Garden," "Christ before Pi
late,” and every other painting that has
S ane to enrich the galleries of the world.
uppose we have Him taken out of music,
the music of the Old Testament would go,
for they sang of the Saviour to come; the
music of the New Testament would be ban
ished, for He is the theme of the Psalms.
All the music that is worth singing in the
world’s history would depart from us, for
He is the suhjeSt of our praising. Sup
pose He were taken out of literature; the
best books jn the world are either written
directly concerning Him, or have been in
spired indirectly by Hit matchless love. If
He were taken out of preaching there ia no
man in all the world that could hold a con
gregation for any length of time, tor men
delrehted to hear concerning Christ, and
without Christ the message would be as
sounding brass and a tinkling symbol.
What it He were taken out of our living.
Men who do not call themselves religions
yet believe in Christ and flee to Him again
and again in the hour of temptation and
trial, and without Christ they would be
like a boat upon the sea, rudderless and
helpless. What if He were taken ont of
our homes; how could we live when the
baby goes away and the mother’s heart is
breaking. - ,
“Oh, to have no hope, no Savftrar,
How dark this world would be.”
. There is a story written by Dr. Henry
Van Dyke entitled “The Lost Word.” It
gives an account of one Hennas, the son of
Demetrius, who became a Christian. Be
cause of this his father, a man of large
wealth, disinherited him. He becomes s
disciple of John, an<f at last wearies of
this discipleship, and utterly discouraged
be wandera back in the vicinity of his old
home. There he meets a magician, who
reads his fortune ip a leaf, and finally
promises if he will give him hut one word
out of his vocabulary that he will restore
him to the old joy that once was his. The
promise is st last made, and suddenly Her
man u in his home agtin without the one
word, and the one word it the name of his
Lord. He finds his father dying and the
old man welcomes his return and cries out,
“My son, when yon left me you found
something that made your life beautiful.
Mine hasbeenafailure: will you not tell me
what I must do now, for I am to die,” and
unconsciously the boy began, “Father, yos
must berieve In ■“ and. behold, the word,
had gone from him. He had parted with
it, and he stands shamefaced in the pres
ence of hia dying father. He marries a
beautiful girl, ana God gives him a lovely
child. Tfiejr are seated one day ,in the
garden with their heart* overflowing with
gratitude, when the wife suggests that they
kneel down and express their thanks for
all their treasures, and again he. begins,
"We thank thpe, oh-—" and speech fails
him, for he has sold his Lord and he can
not even recall HU name. He U a compet
itor in the chariot races and wins the prize,
but cares nothing for it, because his heart
is heavy. He takes hU little son in the
chariot with him and whirls about the
course. The horses become unmanageable
and the child is thrown from the chariot
and seriously injured. Nearer dead than
alive he is carried back to the palace, and
the father kneels down- by his bedside.
There U no hope now except in prayer.
He cries out, “Spare him, ob, spare him,
oh " and there is no word to fill the
place, for he has sold his Lord. Then sud
denly his old master, John, appears, and
after tears of repentance he U restored
again to bis priceless position. Is this not
an illustration, for many of us who have in
an unguarded moment because of our love
for the world and our desire for power
parted with Him who alone can eatisfy
the soul. It is an awful thing to be with
out Christ. God save ua from the cry of
Mary, “They have taken away my Lora."
- PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Rudyard Kipling has written 160
short stories.
Henry Watterson denies that he Is a
candidate for Governor of Kentucky.
Professor Schenek, author of “The
Determination of Sex," died in Styrin.
Governor Cummins, of Iowa, is one
of America’s foremost authorities on
forestry.
■Prince Henry of Prussia, like his
brother, the Kaiser, is an earnest stu
dent of music.
King Edward has devoted the gift of
?30,000 received from the Maharajah
of Gwalior to the hospital fund.
John 6. Rockefeller, as'all the world
knows, plays golf. That and a mild
game of ping-pong indoors keeps away
the blues.
William A. Hemphill, former Mayor
of Atlanta, Gn., and founder of the
Atlanta Constitution, died suddenly at
his home in Atlanta.
The will of Jobn W. Maekny divided
Ms estate Into two portions, leaving
one to his widow and the other to his
son," Clarence H. Maekny.
Friends of Senator Foraker, of Ohio,
are working for bis nomination for
Vice-President, hoping to Mock any
chance of the nomination of Senator
Hanna for President.
The gallant General De Wet objects
to being termed, a “guerrilla lender.”
The Bloemfontein Post so referred to
him. nnd subsequently withdrew the
phrase at the Boer general’s request.
Senator Pettus, of Alabama, whose
term expires in March, 1003, enjoys the
distinction of being the oldest lhau In
.the United States Senate. He. was born
in 1821, and when his term expires he
will be eighty-two years old.
Colonel George B. McClellan Harvey,
under whose editorship Harper’s
Weekly has much Improved, Is only
thirty-eight years of age. He comes of
a Scotch ancestry, was horn in Ver
mont, received only a grammar school
education.
LABOR WORLD,
Strikes are unknown in Japan.
Toledo (Ohio) telephone girls may or
ganize.
Chicago Janitors to the number of
300 have formed a nnlon.
Decreases in miners’ wages In Eng
lish Federated districts affected 321,000
men.
PIneyville (It. T.l weavers claim tlint
salesmen of woolen goods will strike
next. v
Telegraphers throughout the country
are organizing nud will demand higher
wages.
Stonemasons In Scotland to the num
ber of 2000 were given n voluntary In
crease in pay.
Five thousand iron and steel workers
in South Wales liavq been granted nil
Increase in wages.
The American Steel nnd Wire Com
pany will erect n hospital in each of
its plants for emergency cases.
At Everett, Wash., the street enr
company bns voluntarily raised the
wages of its conductors and motormen.
It Is believed th-t between 13.000 nnd
20,000 men have been brought from
England to Cnnndn to help harvest the
wheat crop this season.
The strike of boilermakers at San
Bernardino nnd The Needles. Cal., has
been settled. The men will receive
thirty-nine cents an hour.
East Blnehlll, Me., quarrymen have
agreed to return to work at the scale
offered by the operators. The strike
began May 1. , '
The Norfolk (Vn.) building trades
strike 1ms ended; the strikers lost all
they 'contended for. Including shorter
hours and higher wages.
Physicians In/Roanoke, Vn., formed
a combination and raised prices for
professional service. This was fol-
lowed by 2500 mechanics in the rail
road shops devising a plan by which
they will employ two doctors fof their
families at monthly salaries.
WITH PRESIDENT’S PERMISSION,
Gen. Mile* Will Go to Philippines to
Inspect Army Conditions.
With reference to the statement
that Lieutenant General Miles‘is go
ing to the Philippine islands, Secre
tary Cortelyou said Monday night:
“General Miles is going to the Phil
ippine islands, with the permission of
the president, to inspect army condi
tions there.”
GEORGIA’S TAX RATE
Fixed at $s.3» on the Si.ooo—A
Reduction ot Fourteen Cents
From Last Year.
Property holders In Georgia will pay
tax at the -rate of $5,30 on the $1,006
this year. The rate was fixed Tuesday
morning by Governor Candler and.
Comptroller General Wright.
After going over the figures of'
Comptroller General Wright it was de
cided that 14 cents on the thousand,
could be taken from the rate of last
year, making the rate for this year
$5.30. The reduction wAs much lower
than was expected even by the officials
who fixed the rate. The new rate Is
based on the Increase In property virt
ues of $10,790,510 over last year.
The following is the order Issued
which declares what the tax rate
should be:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Atlanta, .Ga., Aug. 26, 1902.
\ Pursuant to section 1 of the tax act
of the general assembly, approved De
cember 21, 1900, which requires the
governor, with the assistance of the
comptroller general, to levy a percent-,
age on the taxable property of this
state sufficient to meet the require
ments thereof, not to exceed a certain
per cent named therein, and after ap
proximating as ^nearly as practicable
the amount of all taxable property In
this state as shown by the digest, and
other returns. It Is .
Ordered. That 2 97-100 mills .be as
sessed and collected upon the amounts
of the taxable property returned by or
assessed against each tax payer and
upon the value of all property in the
state subject to taxation ad valorem,
for general purposes, and In addition
to the 2 97-100 mills, an extra per cent
of 21-10 mills be asscssediand collect
ed (in conformity with said act, pro
viding for the support of the common
schools) upon the amount of taxable
property returned by, or assessed
against each tax payer, and upon the
value of ail property In the state, sub-!
ject to taxation ad valorem. It Is far
ther
"Ordered, That In addition to thb
2 97-100 mills and the two andone-tenth
mills above ordered, an extra per cent
of twenty-three one hundredths of
one mill (231-00) be assessed and col
lected for a sinking fund, In conformity
with the act approved December 19,
1900, to retire maturing bonds of the
state upon the amount of he taxable
property returned by or assessed
against each tax payer, and upon the
value of all property in the state sub
ject to taxation ad volerem. The
whole state tax hereby levied mak-.
lng five and three-tenths mills for all
purposes for the year 1902:
“A. D. CANDLER, Governor.
“Wm. A. Wright, Comptroller Gen.”
The total value of al the property In
’Georgia as returned to the office of
Comptroller General Wright Is $467,-
345,407. Last year the total value of
all property was $456,554,597. At the
rate of $5.44 on the $1,000 the revenue
of the state from taxes last year
amounted to $2,483,658. At the rate
of $5.30 on the thousand this year, the
revenue from taxes will be $2,476,930,
or a decrease In revenue of $6,727.
The amount, however, will be enough
to pay all the expenses of the state
according to statements by Governor
Candler and Comptroller General
Wright.
When Governor Candler went Into
office four years ago the rate was
$6.21 on the $1,000. It was the gov
ernor’s pledge when he entered office
that he would reduce the tax rate,
and within four years’ time with a
million more dollars to pay to public
schools and pensions than any other
administration, the rate has been cut
almost one dollar on the thousand.
CHIEF AGRICULTURISTS MEET.
Commlssoners of the Southern States
Gather at Nashville.
The Cotton States Association of
Commissioners of Agriculture began
Its fourth annual convention la Nash
ville, Tenn., Tuesday. The following
states are represented; Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee.
B. C. White and W. A. Orten, rep
resenting the United States depart
ment of agriculture were also In ’at
tendance.
Commissioner Thomas H. Paines,, of
Tennessee, called the meeting to or
der and introduced * President S. L.
Patterson, of North Carolina, who
presided.
Governor McMUIln, on behalf of the
tftate, welcomed the association:
Memphis Druggist > Hied.
.J. W. Sommer, , a prominent Mem
phis, Tenn., drngglst, was shot Tues
day night and probably fatally wound
ed by T. A. Sawyer, a local loan-
agent Family affairs are said to have,
caused the shooting.