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THE CLEVELAND PROGRESS.
ltu .I011S It. OUiN. .
DEVOTED TO THE MINISO, AGRICULTURAL AND BDUOA TIONAL INTBRB8T8 OB CLEVELAND, fTRTTB UOUBTT AND NORTH EAST OEOR9IA.
TERMS.—Om Dollar Ter Tear.
VOL. 'I V.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. 1895.
NO. 4.
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY
COMPANY.
(PIEDMENT AIR LINE.)
Bouto of the Groat Voatibuled
Limited.
ATLANTA A CIIAULOTTK AIR-LINO
DIVISION.
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in Effect July 1 f«t ( 1RR4.
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l Limited, t.ciwoon New York
i . s. Taro.m'i Pullman Sleepers he
,v York and New Orleans, via Allan
niKoumry. und also between Wasblnu
mn^lils, via Atlanta nntl ntrinliufliaro.
iml 12, Pullman Sleeping (Tar between
ad Urjonsboro.
in it ion ns to loool and
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0 .hfei with local a^«titi
detailod inf
tables
...lion.
W. A. TI'UK, S. II. HARDWICK.
Lea l P. 1 ms. Arr't. Ass't General P*s» Ajr’t
WASlIINliTON, D. G. ATLANTA, GA.
,1. A 1) )DSi >N, Superlntcn lent, Atlanta, Oa.
W. II. iliii; :N, .1. M. CULP,
Gon'lM k :. .. Tinfflo Mn'gr.
Washington, I). C. Wanhiugfon?).0
Alexander, J. P.; M. R. Moore, N. T.
anil J. P.
Naooochkf.—427 Dist., First Sntur-
days in each month, Hiram Cuunnn,
J. V.; J. R. Lurasden, N. P. nudJ. P.
Shoal Creek—862 Diet., Fourth
SfttnrdnyH in each month, duo.
Bowen, «T. P.; J. A. O’Kelley, N. P.
and J. P.
Blue Brkek—721 Dint., Second
SatnrdnyH in each month, B. 1*. Kin-
soy, *1. P. ; J. B. Robortaou, N. 1\
and J. P.
Tkhnatbe—558 Pist., Fourth Satur
days in each month, Jno. Mappin, J.
P.; J. C. Bell, N. P. and J. P.
Town Crk.ick—836 l)iat., Thirt
Saturdays in each mouth, Hughei
Allen, J. P. ; J. E. McAfee, N. P. and
J. P.
Chattahoochee—1497 Pist., Second
Saturday in each month, It. E. West
in or el and, J. P.; J. H. Westmoreland,
N. P. and J. P.
PRESIDENT EAERE.
1 > IM* TTB T A 1 \l 4 ( 1 1? doxolopy spreads out In iH brnnohosl What
\ I j } • 1 / • 1 . V Li it! . V VI Li a voice when the tempests through It I
I How It looks down upon thWTndlo and the
BROOKLYN DIVINE’S SUN
DAY SERMON.
A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE
FRANCE KLIiC.TED.
Tho Assomhly
Wins on tl
tllles Fan r o
l Ballot.
(JKNEKAL DIRECTORY.
Yonali Lodge, F. & A. M-, No. 882.
CLEVELAND, OA.
Monthly communication*fourth Hat-
nrdaya at 7 [>. m.
Z. T. Logan, W. M.
,7. C. Ball, H. W.
,T. 1). ('onlay, .7, W.
J. J. Kimsoy, K. 1).
A. M. Dunn, Trees.
H. L. Brown, .7. 1).
J. W. II. Uuilcrwoo.il, Heo.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Baitist—Services every thiril Sun
day and Saturday before- tl o’clock
a. m. Sunday school every Sunday
morning-—’.) o’clock a. m. AH uro in
vited to attend, especially non-church
members.
John J. Kiuhkt, pastor.
Methodist—Services every fourth
Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m. Sunday
school nt a. m. All have a cordial
invitation to attend. Prayer meeting
at the church every Wednesday even
ing at 7 o’clock.
W. XI. Simmons, 1’astor.
Schedule of Arrival ami Bojinrture of
Cleveland Mails.
Leave. Arrive.
Lula, daily except Sun. | Gain. | 7 pm.
Blairsville, “ “ i 7 am. j 5 pm.
HuvsvilloMon WedFri | Gam. | 7 pin.
Wahoo Tuos Thur Sat j G am. | 3 pm.
Alto Tuos Sat. | 7 am. | G pm.
JNO. R. GLEN, I>. M.
JUDICIARY.
J. C. Wf.i.i.born, Judge S. C.
Howard Thompson, Solicitor.
Court convenes second Monday in
April and October.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
W. B. Belt., Ordinary.
S. L. Brown, Sheriff.
W. R. Power, Clerk S. C.
8. N. Black, Tax Collector.
J. M. Chapman, Treasurer.
C. L. Franklin, Tax Receiver.
J. W. Fain, Surveyor.
O. N. Colley, Coroner.
R. T. Kf.nimer, A. I’.Williams, Ma
rion Cooley. County Commissioners.
JUSTICE COURTS.
Blue Ridoe—1439 Diet., Second
Saturdays in each month. Steve Ash
J. P., B. J. Beach, N. P. and J. P.
White Creek—1441 Diet., First
Saturdays in each mouth. W. I. Hum
phries, J. P., J. S. Brownlow, N. P.
and J. P.
Mt. Yon* ah—861 Diet., J. H. Free
man, J. P., G. B. Jarrard, NT. P. and
J. p. Third Fridays in each month.
Mossy Cheek—426 Pist. Third
Saturdays io ea$h mo^th. k. A
Tho French national nBsombly, com
posed of tho Bonnto and chamber of
deputies, met at Versailles at. 1 o’clock
Thursday afternoon to elect a now
chief magistrate. In anticipation of
tlie meeting the usually placid palace
of Versailles, where tho election took
place, was humming like a beehive.
Tho senate is composed <>f 300
members and tho chamber of 584. A
president in elected for seven years by
a majority of tho votes of tho national
assembly.
M. (■Iiallemel LnCour, president ol
the senate, the presiding officer of the
national assembly, called the senators
and deputies together at 1 p. m. The
procot (lings wero no sooner opened
than M. Henri Michili, revisionist,
asked leave to add re si tho assembly
with tho object of recommending the
convocation of a constitutional assem
bly. Tho president refused to hear
him and ordered that tho tlrst ballot
ho taken. This was proceeded with
amid considerable excitement in the
galleries, and in the great hall which
wore crowded to their utmost capacity,
with notables representing every pro
fession.
Tho following are the official figures
for tho first lmllot for prosidcut: M.
Henri Brisson, 344 ; M. Felix Faure,
216; M. Waldeck ItoiUHcnn, 195. Th
number of scattcri lg votes was not
announced. A majority of tho total
number of votes cast is required t
elect. Ah they differed greatly from
those current in tho lobby, many of
tho members of tho national assembly
manded an adjournment, but M.
Chalemel-Lacour ordered that asce
nd ballot bo taken. Boon after this
t was announced that M. Waldeck
Rouhsouu had retired in favor of M
Faure.
Faure Elected.
Tho announcement of tho second
ballot was made amid a terrible din.
Tho Bris.soniti s were so busy groan
ing, cheering and reproaching theii
neighbors that they paid no attention
to Challemol-Tiacour when ho arose
and read tho figures. Tho president’s
voice was quite inaudible and his hands
trembled violently. The figures gen-
rally known were then only approxi
mate—Enure 430 and Brisson 301—
but they sufficed to show that Felix
Faure was tho new president of Franc
Tho scene was absolutely devoid of
solemnity or dignity. The Brissouitcs,
who had not only censed howling,i
joined by other malcontents and tho
windows wero fairly shaken by the in
describable tumult. Tho radicals
mounted chairs and benches,shouting
“Pawn with this president, elected by
the right. ”
The socialists ran up and down tho
aisles howling “Down with the thieves!'
Down with tho Congo adventurers!
Down with tho Panama scoundrels!
Occasionally, when tho din subsided
for a moment, tho socialists would yell
in an ear-splitting chorus: “Hurrah
for the social republic!” “Hurrah
for tho social revolution !”
There have beeu five presidents of
the third French republic.
M. Thiers, elected August 31, 1871
resigned May 2 4, 1873 ; died fteptem
ber 3, 1877.
Marshal MacMalton, elected May 2,
1873 ; resigned January 30, 1879; died
October 17, 1893.
Jules Orevy, elected January 30,
1870; re-elected December 28,1885;
resigned December 2, 1887; died Sep.
tember 9, 1890.
M. Carnot,elected December 6,1887;
assassinated at Lyons June 2 4, 189 4.
M. Casimir-Perier, elected Juno 27,
1894; resigned January 15, 1895.
Subject: “Ceylon, tho Islo of Palms.*
BIG BLAZE IN MAC ON.
A Loss of $500,000 Entailed by Busi
ness Men.
Macon, Oa., suffered from a disas
trous fire Friday. Tho flames were
discovered in the wholesale dry goods
building of S. Waxellmtim A Son, on
Third street. Besides Waxelbaum a
number of other business men were
burned ont. In round numbers the
gross loss is about $500,000, on which
there wi al>< it $-400,000 inhurar.ee.
Sugar House In Ashes.
The sugar house and refinery of Jo
seph Meeker, near Lecoropte, La., has
been entirely destroyed by fire. The
entire building, which was a new one,
was consmngd, together with two
thousand barrels of sugar. Loss, $130,-
I 000; insurance, $74,000, mostly north
ern and foreign companies.
Tho Tnrshlah of my text by ninny common*
•orals Bunposo.l to bo tho Island of Coy-
lon, upon which tho seventh sermon of the
round tho world series lands us. Ceylon
was called by the Romans Tapobrano. John
Miltoncallo l it “Golden Chersonese.” Mod
erns have cnllcd Coylon “tho islo of palms,”
tho Islo of flowers,” “tho pearl drop on the
row of India,” “tho Islo of jowols,” “the
dimd of snlco.” “tho show plaoo of tho uul-
orso,” “tho land of hyacinth and ruby.”
In my oyos, for sconorv, it appeared to bo a
mixture of Yosomlto and Yollowstono Park.
All Christian people want to know more of
' Vylon, for they have a long while boon con-
rlbuting for its evungo 1 tout ion. As ourshlp
from Australia approached tills Island there
hovered over It clouds thick and black ns tho
superstitions which have hovered hero for
uturles. but tho morning sun was breaking
through like tho gospel light which Is to sent-
*er tho last cloud of moral gloom. Tho sea
ay along tho coast calm ns the eternal pur-
of God toward all Islands and con
tinents. \Yo swing Into tho harbor of Colotn-
o, which Is made by a break water built at
•ast expense. As wo flouted into It tho
water Is black with boats of all sizes and
manned by people of all colors, but chiefly
Tamils and Cingalese.
There are two things I want most to boo
on libs Island : A heathen temple with Its
In Idolatrous wor-hlp and an audi
ence of Cingalese addressed by a Christian
missionary. Tho entomologist may have his
capture or brilliant insects, and tho snorts-
attt his tent adorned with antler of rod door
ml tooth of wild boar, and tho painter his
portfolio of gorge 3000 foot down and of days
lying on evening pillows of purple cloud
itched with lire, amt tho botanist tils camp
full of orchids and crowfoots and gentians
I valerian and lotus. I want most to And
out tho moral and religious tr umphs, how
ny wounds have»been healed, how many
sorrows comforted, how many entombed
nations resurrected. Sir William Raker, tho
lutuous explorer and geographer, did well
for Ceylon after bis eight years’ residence In
this Island, and Professor Ernst lloeko), the
.{did well when ho swept
those waters and rummaged these hills and
took homo for future inspection tho Insects
of this tropical air. And forovor honored bo
such work, but let nil that is sweet In rhythm
and graphic on oauvus and imposing In mon
ument and immortal in memory bo brought
'll tho deods of those who wore heroes
and heroines for (’’irlst’s sake.
Many scholars have supposed that this Isl
and of Ceylon was the original garden of
Eden where the snake llrst appeared on rop-
tilinn mission. There aro reasons for holiof
that this was tho site whero tho llrst home
stead was opened and destroyed. It is so
quator thar tlmro aro not morn
than twelve degrees of Fahrenheit dlffor-
all the year round. Perpetual foliage,
perpetual fruit and all stylos of animal fife
prosper. What luxuriance and abundance
and supornbundnnoe of life! What styles of
plumage do not the birds sport l What stylos
of scale do not tho Ashes reveal 1 What
styles of song do not tho groves have in their
libretto!
Here on the roadside anil clear omjrtnJRfc
bench of tho 4>a stands tho co conn tit trao
sayings “TtJte my loaves for shade. Take
Ihe Juice of ihy fruit for dolootablo drink.
Take my saccbnrino for sugar. Take my
for the cordage of your ships, Tako my
oil to kindle your lamps. Tako my wood to
fashion your cups and pitchers, Tako my
thatch your roofs. Tako rny
smooth surface on which to print your hooks.
Tako my 30,000,000 trees covering 600,000
pres an l with tho exportation enrich (lie
orhl. I will wnvo in your fans and spread
abroad In your umbrellas. I will vibrato in
your musical Instruments. I will bo tho
scrubbing brushes on your floors.’’
Hero also stands tho palm treo saying:
l am at your disposal. With these arms I
fed your ancestors 150 years ago, and with
same arms I will food your dosoend-
150 years from now. I defy tho cen
turies !”
Hero also stands tho nutmeg troo saying:
“1 am ready to apleoyour beverages and
rich your puddings nnd with my sweet dust
make insipid things palatable.”
Here also stands the coffee plant saying :
'‘With the liquid boded from my berry I
stimulate the nations morning by morning.”
Hero also stands tho tea plant saying:
“With tho liquid bollod from rny loaf I
soothe tho worm’s nerves and stimulate the
wot Id s conversation evening by evening,”
Hero stands the cinchona saying: “I am
the foe of malaria. In all climates my bit
terness Is the slaughter of fevers."
What miracles of productiveness on these
Islands! Enough sugar to sweeten all tho
world’s beverages, enough bananas to pilo
all tiro world’s fruit baskets, enough rice to
tn’x all tin; world’s puddings, enough cocoa-
nut to powder all the world’s cakes, enough
flowers to garland all the world’s beauty.
Rut In the evening, riding through a cin
namon grove, I first tasted the leaves and
bark of that condiment so valuable and
delicate that transported on ships the aroma
of tho cinnamon is dispelled If placed near a
rival bark. Of such great value Is tho cin
namon shrub that rears ago those who in
jured It In Ceylon were put to death. Rut
that which one * w ;h a Jungle of cinnamon
Is now a park ol gentlcmi n’s residences. Tho
long, white dwelling houses are boundod
with this shrub, atidal other styles of growth
congregated thorn make a botanical garden.
Doves called cinnamon doves hop among
the branches, and crows, more poetically
styled ravens, which never could sing, but
think they can. fly across tho road giving
lull test of their vocables. Birds which
j earned their chanting under the very eaves
of heaven overpower till with their grand
march of tho tropics. Tho hibiscus dapples
the scene with Its scarlet dusters. All shades
of brown nn l emerald and safTron and brill
iance ; melons, limes, magnosteens, custard
apples, guavas, pineapples, jasmine so laden
with aroma they have to hold last to tho
wall, and begonias, glorlosns on Uro nnd
orchids so dell cate other lands must keep
them under conserve*ory, but hero defiant
of all weather, and flowers more or less akin
to azaleas and honeysuckles and flexes nnd
fuchsias and chrysanthemums and rhodo
dendrons and foxgloves and pansies which
dye the plains and mountains of Ceylon with
heaven.
Tho evening hour burns inconso of all
styles of aromatics. Tho convolvulus, blue
as if the sky hal fallen, and butterflies
spangling tho air, and arm? of trees sleeved
with blossoms, nnd rocks upholstered of
moss, commingling sounds nnd sights and
odors until eye and ear and nostrils vie with
each otlmr as to which sense shall open the
door to the most enchantment. A struggle
between music and perfume nnd iridescence.
Oleanders reeling in intoxication of color.
Great banyan trees that have been changing
their mines for centuries, each century car
rying out 7i new plsn of growth, attracted
our attention and saw us p iss in tho year of
1891 as they saw pass the generations of
1 and 1034. Colombo is so thoroughly
icc&injlfl.shmont
grave of centuries l As the-fruit of one tree
unlawfully eaten struok the raco with woo
1 the uplifting of another troo brings
pence to tho soul, let tho vfboumnn sparo tho
tree nnd nil nation4 honor . It, if, through
hlghnr teaching, we do not, like the Ooylon-
sc, worship It ! How eon^latory that when
re no moro walk under the Ueo branches ou
earth we may seo tho “treBof life which
boars twolvo manner of frultjind yields her
fruit every month, and loaves of tho
for the healing of t.h« nations!”
processions I saw ini Coylon within
one hour, tho llrst bid by n Hindoo priest, a
Inigo pot of flowers on his head, his faco dis
figured with hcly lacerations an 1 hi# un-
wuh’io i followers beatlng^ta many discords
from what aro supp03<vl*to bo musical In
struments ns nt ono time oan bo Induced to
nter the human ear. Tnoprecessionhnltod
nt Ihe door of thi huts. The occupants
■nine out nnd made obeisance nnd presented
.mall contributions. In return therefor tho
priest sprinkled ashes upoil tho children
who came forward, this oyidbntly a form of
benediction. Then tho profession, led ou
bv tho priest, started again,; More noise,
moro ashes, moro genuflection. However
keen one’s sonso of tho ludicrous, he could
tin I nothing to excite even a smile In tho
movements of such n nroorS?ton. Moanlng-
■'S, oppressive, c qualld, filthy, sad.
Hot timing to our«ourrlnge r wo rode on for
few moments, and we came on another
procession, a kin ItV lady loading groups of
native child ran, all clean, bright, happy,
laughing. They wore a Otirhsliun school ont
for exercise. Tlvefo snomdllHI-imMilpitolli
ce, refinement and happiness lMTat rog-
nt of young Oltigalofto as you would find
in the ranks of any young ladies’ seminary
bdng chaperoned on theirXaftornoon walk
through Control Park. Now York,*or Hyde
Park, London. Tho Hindoo procession 11-
lust rated on a small scale sormjlfl^ig of what
Hindoolsm can do for the
nan procession illustrates
un-tiling of what Obrlstil™
* world. Rut those twoqir
y fragments of two groat proci
irdiing across our worlAj-thjMhrocesslon
'Listed of superstition nhA tUfWhjooosBlon
bb'HS 'd of gospoldight. I.si'wtapW In one
afternoon In Ceylon. They art To bo Boon In
all nations. r - ,
Nothing is of more thrill!
tho Christtau uchlnvcmonf
The Episcopal church was
church, but dlHestablilhraj
and since Mr. Gladstone'
of that fact In 1830 all denominations are on
equal plutrorm, and mil atjc doing mighty
work. America Is second id ho,othor nation
in what has boon done f$r Ceylon. Since
1810 sho has bad her religious Agents In tho
taftna peninsula of Coylon, The Hnaubl-
Ings, tho Howlands, the..VntejjPoor, tho
launders, and others just fl* good nnd strong
have bum fighting back monster! of super
stition and cruelty greater-than any Hint
over swung the tusk or rotted in tnn jungles,
Tho American mlsftitiOjfrtos ; Ip Coylon
havo given spOolul attentlQH t" lm'dienl in
struction and are doing wcfhdora in driving
buck t ho horrors of heathen suwjpfy. Oases
of suffering wero formorly^lveu over
devil worshiper*and BU(|f*;yoruyrt>s In
as may not he dasorlC
trampled by the feet of
dants. It is only of Go
is a living mother
much Coylon needi ;
cal chu-s '8 of native
oflMttfowhoV
Samuel Fl*h (
tflesand soT&ntlflcacunv
In American and English
bless all Coylon.
In that Island aro 1hlrfy-two American
school, 210 Church of Engjlvftd schools, 231
Wesleyan schools, 234 Roman Catholic
schools. All, tho schools dfajldo most every
thing! Ilow sugggcsHvo the Incident that
oamotomoln Coylon. In a school under
tho care of tho Episcopal church two boys
wore converted to Christ and wero to bn
baptized. An intelligent Ruddlst boy said
in the soliool, ‘Lot all the boys on Buddha’s
side eomo to this part of the room and all
the boys ou Christ’s side go to tho other
part of tho room.”
All tho boys oxcopt two wont on Bilddha’a
side, and when t'io two hoys who tforo to bo
baptized wore scoffed at and derided otio of
them yielded and retired to Buddha’s side.
But afterward that boy was sorry that he
bad yielded to tho persecution, and when
tho day of baptism came stood up bealdo the
hoy who remained Arm. Homo ono said to
the boy who had vacillated lu his olioico be
tween Buddha and Christ, “You are a
cow.ar l nnd not At for either side,” but ho
replied, “I was overcome of temptation, but
1 repent and believe.” Then both boys were
baptized, and from that time tho Angolloan
mission moved on moro and more vigorously.
I will not say which of all tho denomina
tions of Christians is doing tho most for the
evangelization of that Island, but know this
—Coylon will be taken for Christ l Bing
Bishop Hober’s hymn:
What though tho spicy breezes
Blow Boft over Ceylon’s Islo l
Among tho first places I visited was a
Ru Idlilst college, about 100 men studying to
become priests gathered around tho toucher*.
Stepping Into the building whero tho high
priest was instructing the class, we were
apologetic and told him wo were Americans
and would like to seo Ida inode of teaching
if he had no objections, whereupon hobo-
gun, doubled up os ho was on a lounge, with
his right hand playing with Ills foot. In his
left hand ho held ji package of bamboo
leaves, on which were written tho words of
the 1 hsoi\, each student holding a similar
package of bamboo leaves. Tho high priest
tlrst read, and then ono of ni«students road.
A group of as finely formed young men as I
over saw surrounded tho instructor. The
last word of each sentence was Intoned.
There was In the whole secnoan earnestness
which Impressed mo. Not able to under
stand a word of what was said, there is a
book of language and Intonation that is the
same among all races. That the Buddhists
have lull faith in their religion no
doubt. That Is, In their opinion, the way to
henvon. What Mohammed Is to the Mo-
hammednn, an 1 what Christ Is to the Chris
tian, Buddha Is to the Buddhist. Wo wait
ed tor n pause In the recitation, and then
expressing our thanks retired.
Nearby Is a Buddhist temple, on tho altar
of which before the Image of Buddha aro o'.-
ferlugs of flowers. As night was coming on
we came up t0 * Hindoo temple. First
were prohibited going farther than tho out
side steps, but we gradually advanced until
we could see all that was going on inside.
Tho worshipers were making obeisance. Ttio
tamtams wero wildly beaten, nnd shrill pipes
were blown, and several other instrument
were in full bang nnd blare, and there wa
an indescribable hubbub and the most labor
ious style of worship I had over s«3on or
heard. The dim lights, and the jargon, and
the glooms, and the flitting figures mingled
for eye und ear a horror which it Is difficult
to shake Off. All this was only suggestive of
what would there transpire after tho tollers
of the day had ceased work and had time to
appear nt the temple. That auoh things
should be supposed to please the Lord or
have any power to console or help the wor
shipers is only another mystery in this world
of mysteries. Rut wo canio away saddened
with the spectacle, a sadncBs which did not
until wo arrived at a place whe"
most Interesting thing on earth Is the hu
man race, and specimens of all brunches of
it confront you in Ceylon. The island of the
present Is n quiet mil ineonsplouous affair
compared with what It once was. The dead
cities of Ceylon were larger mid more im
posing than aro tho living cities. On this
Island are dead Now Yorks and dead Pok
ings and dead Edlnburghs and dead Lon
dons. Ever ami anon at the stroke of tho
arohroogllst’s hammer tho tomb of SOino
great municipality flies opon, and thero aro
other burled cities that will yet respond to
the oxp’orcr’s pickax.
Tho Pom poll and Herculaneum under
neath Italy are small compared with the
Fompelis nnd Ilerculnnminis underneath
Ceylon. Yonder is an exhumed city which
was founded 500 years before Christ, stand
ing in pomp and splendor for 1200 years.
Stairways up which fifty men might pass
side by side. Carved pillars, some of them
fallen, some of them aslant, Home of them
erect. Phidiases nnd Christopher Wrens
never hoard of her.*, performed the marvels
of sculpture and architecture. Aisles
through which royal processions marched.
Arches under which kings were carried. City
with reservoir twenty miles In circumfer
ence. Extemporized hikes that did their
cooling and refreshing for twelve centuries,
ltuln? more suggestive than Melrose mid
Kenilworth. Ceylontan Knnmks and Luxors.
ltulns retaining much of grandeur, though
wars bombarded them, ant time put his
ohlsel on every block, and, more than all.
vegetation put its anchors and pries and
wrenches in all tho crevices. Dagobas, or
places whero relics of saints of dlotlos aro
kept—dagobas -100 feet high and their fallen
mntorlul burying precious things, for the
sight of which modern curiosity has digged
and blasted In vain. l*roeossion or oio-
phmits in Imitation, wrought Into lustrous
marble, r Troops of horses lu full run.
Shrines, ohnpels, oiithodrals wreaked on tho
mountain side. Stairs of moonstone. Ex
quisite scrolls rolling up moro mysteries
than will ever bo unrollod. Ovor sixteen
square miles the ruins of one city strewn.
Throjierooms on which nt different times sat
105 kings, resigning In authority they In
herited. Walla that witnessed coronations,
assassinations, subjugations, triumphs. Al
tars at which millions bowed ages before the
orehestras celestial woko tho shoperds with
midnight overture.
When Lieutenant Hkinnor In 1831 discov
ered the site of some of these cities, he found
congregated in them undisturbed assem
blages of leopards, porcupines, 11 imlnvoes
and pollcnns; reptiles sunning OioiiiroIvch
on the altars, prlnrn donnas rendering
ornithological chant from deserted muslo
halls. One king restored much Of tho grand
eur, rebuilt 1500 reside nous, but ruin soon
resumed its scepter. But all is down—tho
spires down, the pillars down, tho tablets
down, tho glory or splendid arches down.
What killod these cities? Who slew tho New
York and London of tho yoarBOO B. O.V Was
It unhealthod with a host of plagues? Was
it foreign armies laying solgo? Was it whole
generations weakened by tliolr own vices?
Mystery sits amid the monoliths and brlok-
dust, Anger on lip In eternal silence, whilo
tho centuries guess and guess In vain. We
simply know that genius planned those
cities, and immense populations inhabited
thorn. An eminent writer estimates that a
pile of bricks in one ruin of Ceylon would bo
enough to build a wall ten feet high Irom
turgh to London. Btxtacn hundred
f wlth. carved capitals aro standing
for foil miles.
1 judge somewhat of tho size of tho
lit^scrvotrs that were required
lelsthlrst, judging the size of tho
Ujfcko of the cun out of which it
ilcoiks .C\mmmto\yth’A with luhabltnuts—,
not like AmnHoan or English cities, but
packed together as only barbaric tribes can
pack them. But their knoll wl sounded,
Ihnlr light wtmt out. Ghmt tnN'H nru (ho
only roynl family now occupying Ihoso
pillaci'H. Tho growl of wild hoiwts whero
oncothognlTiiw of wassail nsaondod. AmiraJ-
nlipiim nnd l’olloimrun will nover ho ro-
hulldod. Lot nil tho living citler of tho
north tnko warning. OitlcB urn human, lmv
ingn timo lo ho born nnd u tlmo to dl". N<
moro certainly htivn thoy u urndlo thnu i
grnvo. A ln»t judgment in nppolntud for in-
(UvldutilH, lint itillun Imvn thnir hint jndg-
mnnt in thin world. Thoy Idomt, thoy ourso,
thoy worship, thoy bhmphemo. thoy nultur,
thoy nro rownidnJ, thoy tiro overthrown
1’ropOBtorous! suyrt Homo ono, to think
Hint tiny of our Amorlonnor Europium olthw
which Imvo Btood ho long can ovor oomo
through vino to extinction. Hut Now York
nnd London Imvn not mood ns long tin Ihono
OnylotioHo (tit Ioh mood. Whom in tho throne
outBldu of Coylon on which 10f> huccobsIvo
king* roignod for a lltotlmo. t’ttioB no l n:i-
tlons thnt lmvo lived fur longer Hum our
present cltlon or notion linvo boon mipul-
chored. Lot till tho grout munolpnllllos
UiIb und other liinils pondor. It Ib oh t
now iih when tho psalmist wrote It und
truo of eltlns nnd tuitions ns of Indlvldtmls,
“TheI.ord knowotli tho wuy of tho righ
teous, hut thu way ot tho uugodly ahull
porlsh.”
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
THE CONG H ESS.
THE NATIONS* LAW-MAKERS RE
SUME OPERATIONS.
Proceedings of Both
Briefly Epitomized.
embowered in foliage that if you go Into one | Christian missionary was preaching lu thu
of its towers nnd look down upon tho city street to n group of native?,
of 130,000 people you cannot sue a house, i j that morning expressed a wish to
Oil, i h 5 trees of Ceylon ! May you livoto be- ( witness such a scene, and here it was. Stand-
hold the morning climbing down through i j n g on an elevation, the good man was ad
their branches or the evening tipping their dressing the crowd. All w«
leaves with amber and gold! I lorglve the
Buddhist for the worship of trues until they
know of tho God who made the tree?. I
wonder not that thero are some trees in Cey
lon called Hicred. To mo all trees are
sacred. I wonder not that before ono ol
them they burn camphor flowern and hang
lamps around its bronchis and 100,000 peo
ple each year make pilgrimage to that tree.
Worship something man must, and, until
lie i.o r o. the only Being wortny of worship,
what to elevating as a tree ! What glory en
throned amid t* toliago t What a majestic
tvufl attention nnd
Silence and reverence. A religion of relief
.in«1 joy was being commended, nnd the dusky
luces wore illumined with the sentiments of
pacification and rc-enforoement. It was the
rose of Hhnron after walking among nettles.
It was tho morning light after n thick dark
ness. It was tho gospol after Hindoolsm.
But passing up and down tho streets ot
Ceylon you And all styles of pooplo within
live minutes—Afghans, Kaffirs. Portuguese,
Moormen, Dutch, English, Hootch. Irish,
American—all dlnsses, all dialects, all man
new and custom?, all styles of salaain. Tin
An nvalanolio !>roko over ]>art
Bardonorieja, Italy, Ihe southern ter
miuiiH of the Mount Genii railway
Eighteen Italian soldiers wero buried
under it.
Rio Janeiro advieos state that thero
is considerable excitement thero as t(
the result of tho iioeusatious against
I’eixoto, Castilho, Montoiro and oth
ers, presented try a congressional corn
mittco
At Manuel Hilton’s sawmill, near
Alto, Texas, the boiler exploded, kill
ing four colored men, Tobo Richards,
Alex Lewis, Will Lewis and Abnei
Lee. Alexander Hamilton, Richard
Lofton and Noah Miller wero slightly
injured.
Twenty thousand dollars worth o
new machinery has arrived from Rob
ton, for the South Boston iron works
at Middlosboro, Ky. The plant will
soon start up. It iH the only gun and
ordinance plant in the south, nnd cm
ploys GOO skilled workmen.
Two children playing east of San
Luis, I’otosi, Mexico, discovered
cavern. Several men explored tho
cave, revealing an iron chest, fill
with Sprnish gold coin, amounting to
between 8250,000 nnd $350,000. Tt is
believed that the money was placed i
the cavo by Franciscan monks.
(7. IF. Rnmsoy A. Co., tho oldest nnd
ono of tho most popular grocery firms
in. JnckBon, Tonu., havo made an ns
sign incut for the benefit of Ihe credit
ors. E. A. Brooks, sheriff of Madison
county, was made assignee. The nssots
nnd liabilities aro not known. Slow
collections nnd tho tightness of the
times caused tho failure.
Augustus Potter, superintendent of
tho Bussell mills, Chiltonvillo, Mass,
has left town and his accounts aro
bad shape. The company will prolm
bly lose between 85,00(1 and $0,000
and privato individuals will lose henv
ily. Potter left for Boston, snying ho
would return nt nigljt. He has had
two fictitious names on tho pay roll
for two years, ou which ho had drawn
$2,500 from tho compnriy. Ho bor
rowed money in amounts ranging from
$100 to $700 from private parties,
SEHl-ciRCDLAn arches wero first used
in the building of churches in 508,
TltlC 8KNATH.
In the Senate, Tuesday, Mr. Voor
bees, from Ihe finance committee, fa
vorably reported the bill for coinage
nt the bran oh mint nt Denver. Mr.
Manderson secured tho passago of two
important resolutions culling on the
secretary of tho treasury for informa
tion on tho tariff. One resolution asks
for (pmntitioHof spirits and high wines
taken out of bond during tho GO <laya
prior to August, OS last, when the new
tariff law took effect, the namea of tho
parties or eoneerns who took the goods
out of bond and all detailed informa
tion concerning thu same. Tho other
solution calls on the secretary for
full information ns to amount of sugar
imported during the GO days prior to
August, 28, the names of importers,
amounts of imports, the country
enco it came, etc. Tho debate wns
;n rcRtimcd on the income lax item
the eflloiouoy appropriation bill and
r. McCall, of Florida, addressed the
nnto in favor of tho appropriation.
The dolmto on Senator Hill’s
amendment to the urgent deficiency
ill, m reference to testing the connti-
tionalily of the income tax, occupied
ost of Wednesday’s session, and
ended in tho rejection of the amend
ment by an overwhelming majority.
Sutler favorably reported from
the committee on naval affairs the hill
for comprehensive revision of the per-
unel of the na y. Hills wero passed
provide for euiuage at the branch
mint at Denver, Col., authorizing cer
tain naval oflloera to administer oaths;
exempt from duty foreign exhibits
the Cotton States Exposition at. At-
ntn, and grunting the (lilla Valley,
lobe and Northern railway a right of
ay through the San Carlos military
nervation in Arizona.
Mr. I’ugli, democrat, of Alabama,
cured recognition soon after the sen
te met Thursday to present what ho
gardod ns a solution for the present
lack of government revenue. ’J ho sen
ator varied the usual custom of intro
ducing a bill by reading the full text
of his measure with great deliborutc-
ness, and then commenting upon it.
The hill provides for tho immediate is
sue of $11)0,000,000 of treasury notes
to moetilto(leioncios,'*hoBO notes to Ire rev
doomed'in coin and to ho constantly re
issued. Ft further directed the coinage
f the seigniorage, and tho deposit of sil
ver bullion from American mints. Mr.
Pugh proceeded to urgo tho gravity of
tho present situation. It was such
that he was ready to surrender lung
convictions in orilor to secure a rem
edy. “Thus far,” said Mr. Fugh
‘sonatora have stood here and torn
down. It in easy to tear down, hut
hard to build up. Wo have torn down
until wo have pretty nearly torn down
this country." Mr, Pugh begged that
tho finance committee, in which ho
hail great confidence, should do
something ut oueo. Mr. Hlicr
man, republican, of Ohio, ns soon
Mr. Pugh had closed, rose with
notlicr important financial measuro,
Its reading received tho closest atteu
tiou from senators on both sides. Tho
Sherman hill provided, for tho issue
and sale of bonds under the provisions
of the resumption net from timo to
ime, as the deficiencies of tho treasury
piire, tho proceeds to he used wholly
for deficiencies, tho Irornls to run five
years, and not to exceed threo por
ont interest. The second section pro-
ides that, in lieu of thu foregoing,
the secretary of tho treasury may issue
certificates in denominations of
$25, $50 nnd $100, hearing throe por
out interest, and put tho certificates
n circulation through tho treasuries
and poHtofiiei s. Tho third section
deals with tho deposit of bonds in na
tional hanks. Mr. Sherman’s hill was
referred, without comment, to tho fi
nance committee.
In tho senate, Friday, Senator Mor
gan, in accordance with an order of
the senate, moved an executive session
just before 1 o’clock for tho purpose
f considering tho Japanese treaty.
He announced that the session would
ho brief.
Tho death of MisH Mary Stevenson,
daughter of tho vieo president, was
feelingly referred to in tho prayer ol
tho chaplain nt tho opening of tho seu-
Saturday. Mr. Mandcrson, repub
lican, of Nebraska, presented the cre
dentials of John W. Thurston, elected
a United States senator from Ne
braska for the term boginning March
4 next. With this brief routine
prelude, Mr. Frye, of tho com-
mitteo on foreign affairs, gave n
dramatic turn to tho proceedings
by ofi'ering a resolution expressing the
profound indignation with which tho
senate heard of the efforts to restore
thu deposed queen to tho throne of
Hawaii and expressing it as tho senso
of tho senate that the United States
government should at onco dispatch
warships to tho islands. Senators gave
little attention to tho reading of tho
resolutions and the galleries filled
rapidly as word wns passed that the
Hawniijjuestion had been taken up.
Mr. Frye asked that tho resolution ho
given immediate consideration.
Ritchie's charge incidentally involved
ex-Scnator If. If. J’ayno and Judge
Stevenson Hurr, and tho reply which
was presented through him gavo
a full statement of the pertinent facts
in connection with the Ritohio charges.
On behalf of thoso gentlemen, Mr.
Orosvenor asked for a full investiga
tion nnd complete report, censuring
and prosecuting, or exhonorating
them. Mr. McCreary, democrat, of
Kentucky, called up a hill author.zing
Lieutenant Colonel l'orwood und Sur
geon IVnxoro to accept. certain t.mli-
nioninls from the Argentine republic,
audit was passed; uhn sulhoi'iziiig
Commander Dennis W. Million,United
States Navy, to accept a medal from
tho government of Chili.
Major T. (). Towles, chief clerk of
tho house, called the homo to order
Wednesday and read u communication
from Speaker Crisp, who is somewhat
indisposed, appointing llepreseutativo
A. M. Dockery, of Mississippi, to con
duct the duties of tho chair. Mr. Me-
Gnun, democrat, of Illinois, asked
unanimous consent for the considera
tion of n resolution to iiicivnsn tho pay
of printers nlldhook binders nt tliegov-
ornment printing ofileo from lb to
cents per hour. Mr. Sayers objected.
On motion of Mr. Cockrell, demo
crat, of Texas, a hill passed to author
ize tho Kansas City, Oklahoma and
1’aoiflo railroad to construct n railroad
through the Indian territory. On mo
tion of Mr. Doolittle, republican, ol
Washington, a resolution was passed,
thorizing the oxponditureof $10,000
appropriated for dredging Everlf har
bor, Washington, in the construction
of a fresh water harbor nt Hint point.
At tho oponing of the session of thu
house Thursday, a bill was pnssed, on
motion of Mr. Henderson, of Illinois,
to grant Mrs. Sarah A. Clapp tho pay
and allowances of a surgeon, for serv
ices as such in the Seventh Illinois In
fantry. The Honnto amendments to the
nrgont deficiency bill were disagreed
to, and the bill sent to ( (inference.
Mr. Richardson (democrat,) of Ten
nessee, chairman of tho committee on
printing, then, ns a matter of privilege,
had rend nparagraph printed in a loonl
paper relating to the incorporation in
tho printing bill, passed at tho last,
session, of a clause extending the
franking privilege to members of e in
gress for correspondence with officials
and private individuals on official or
departmental business. The para
graph indicated that tho clnuso had
been incorporated in the bill surrepti
tiously. Mr. Richardson read from
the Record showing that the clause
luid boon debated and adopted by a
vote of 42 to 40. The house then went
into commtttco of tho whole for tho
further consideration of tho Indian
appropriation bill.
Speaker Crisp, despite his indispo
sition, presided over the deliberations
of the house Friday. At tho opening
of the session ho laid before tho house
the resignation of Representative Hol
den, republican, of Now York, as a
member. of the interstate commerce
committee, and appointed Mr. Sher
man, republican, of Now York, to fill
tho vnonuoy.
HAWAIIAN AFKAIUS
AN ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION IN
THE ISLANDS REROUTED.
THE HOUSE.
Chairman Huyres, of tho appropria
tions committee, reported the sundry
civil appropriation hill to the liouso
Tuesday. Mr. Orosvenor, republican,
of Ohio, presented n reply .to a recent
memorial sent to the judiciary com
mittee by Mr. Ritchie, of Akron, ().,
supplementary charges against Judge
Hicks, of tho United States court
of tho northern district of Ohio.
Mr. Orosvenor stuted that Mr.
Seeroturics (Jrosllnm nml Herbert Con
fer Ovor the Mutter.
Early Saturday morning Secretary
Gresham reooivod formal notion that
there had been nil attempt at revolu
tion near Honolulu on tho sixth of this
month. The notice came in the shape
of tho following dispatch from Minis
ter Willis, telegraphed from Snu Fran
cisco:
lfon. W. Cj. Gresham, Heorotnry of
State, Washington, D. 0.:
At Waikiki bench, llvo miles from
tho exeentivo building, ou tho night
of Jauuary G, an uprising of IfawnianH
was reported, ft was several hundred
Htrong, nnd well supplied with 'arms
nnd ammunition, and commanded by
Captain Nowluin and It. W. Wilcox.
Hon. C. Tj. Carter, Into commis
sioner, was killed the first night.
There has been desultory fighting
every day since, without further loss
of life or property to tho government.
Three royalists were killed and fifty
taken prisoners. Over fifty nun-oum-
hatnuts, mostly whites, were arrested,
including threo attorney generals and
many prominent citizens.
Martial law was declared January 7,
and no vessels allowed to leave. All
other islands aro reported quiet. Tho
crisis is thought to ho ovir, but ex
citement is still intense.
President Dole expressed to mo his
gratification that no national ship has
been in port during this disturhanco.
Thu nrnis are reported to have boon
brought from Vancouver by the steam
er Normn. Willis.”
Gresham nml Herbert Confer.
Koon after»ho reached tho i.tato de
partment, he sent to the navy depart
ment for Secretary Herbert, and the
two cabinet officers engaged in n close
consultation for half an hour, respect
ing tho advisability of sending n naval
force at onco to Honolulu.
TURNEY TO HE SEATED.
Chairman of tho Republican Commit
tee Hus no Hopes for Evans.
A speoial from Chattanooga says;
Newell Handers, chairman of tho state
republican committee, in an interview
regarding tho contest law provided by
tho legislature, says that he regards
the law as imperfect, nnd a mere ox
cuho for seating Turney.
This is important for tho reason that
it iH good ovidenoo of tho fact that the
republicans havo no hopo of seating
Evans,