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“WATCH THE WHITE STAR BUGGY , hn * * b,, wt. trr • Whit* Star A<Orad« Buggy. the light** £)®S pellicle made in tii« United State*. After June let. lUQfi, we u«o in building the nrg 8TAH BUGGY, none but the flneet •• A-QRADE Wheels, In at like our •»*iule W HRlf next mnnini WU1TL in the Wh 'o. on exhibition by •▼ery _ •ay WHITE STAR Wheel, having our private mark, ie not juit like the •ample'ehown LOOK FOR OUR PRIVATE “ A-GRADE " MARK ATLANTA BUGGY COMPANY. - - Atlanta, Georgia one of Land of Promise (TO AND FROM) sea-sickness. Very much rolling of the vessel fore and aft, and from port to starboard. Here and I there passengers are getting their I trunks and valises in readiness for passing the quarantine examina tion of the Italian officers on the morrow after lunch and for send ing back baggage (not needed across Europe) to Hoboken, New York, by the Kurfuerst, which some are to leave for good soon. That,, night we heard from Bro, Burgess on ‘ the S. S. Work in India," and an interesting tabulat ed statement of the Central Com mittee as to the Jerusalem 8. S. Convention. About 10:30 p. m. our vessel passed the east coast of " Sicily with Mt. Aetna (the largest tributed a Thousand Dollar Fund volcano in Europe) in full view, By Rev. C. O’N. Maktindalk. ARTICLE LTV. (39). EG YPT TO IT ALY: From Luxor to Cairo and Alex- ^ andria, and 1O4O Miles Across the Mediterranean Sea to ^ Naples. trip to Upper Egypt and that was the management's so-cplled neces sity for Sunday travel by virtue of the quarantine of European ports against Alexandria (then having the Bubonic Blague), rendering I of Egypt, our party’s hasty leaving of Egypt on the Grosser Kurfuerst as fast ^s things could be seen. Thus at Luxor our company had to go early on Sabbath morning by boat and donkey to visit the Tombs of the described as “a paradise inhabited by devils.” Rev. Dr. D. E. Lor enz does not put the ease, too strongly in saying ol' Naples: “It is indeed true that it seems' the centre of gravity for all the evil and dirt in Italy, and that there is scarce a spot in the civilized world where there are so many malefac tors. To very sensitive people there seems little attraction in the crowded streets among its ragged liarterers and beggars, its smells and noises and vulgarities, for the Neapolitans seem absolutely indif ferent to publicity, even in tilings thut we are accustomed to regard as belonging to the decencies of life. Yet for the study of an anomalous and picturesque human nature, Naples gives unusual op to the running of a “Gospelizing ! through the Straits of Messina (be- portuuities. While the people are Boat” for two years on the Nile, tween Sicily and Italy), by moon- adepts at cheating, deceiving, that is worthy of special comment; light. Later on we passed the thieving, and unblushing pauper- Lipari Islands,the most notable one ism, they are at the same time of which is Stromboli with the good-natured, kind hearted, gen- very active volcano on the west crons, and as simple and uncon- side. The Masonic banquet that volitional and happy as children, night was great Iv enjoyed by those Given to idleness and thriftless- attending. Again we find rest in , ness, so that few of the young men sleep. Much we need it. More , of upper classes take up a profes- remains to tax our enetgies the in-i sion, and tile verj poor being hud stant we touch European soil. The died together in meagre and squalid graces of my room-mate, Dr. Mil quarters, yet they show a cheerful ton K. Negus, are more and more and happy-go-lucky disposition : manifest hs the days hasten on jo that nothing can disturb. While!, the parting-of-the-ways. Mercy I as a rule they avoid hard, steady j I and peace go with him! May out: work, thby have many devices for f influence upon one another abieje turning an honest or a dishonest ever for good! • • penny. Everywhere may be seen The next day we lunched at i ,>o y N a1 " 1 men who are Maccaroni 11 :.‘U) a. m., after which the Italian I by profession, and women and upon its work we ask oip | Gracious Father's peculiar bless- |ings. *.y- Our Cruise party was hurried forward one day in view of the Neapolitan; quarantine regulations requiring our secluded passage through Alexandria as infected with the Black Plague,from which, as before said, very many of the natives had lately died. On Tues But one thing served to mar the day, April 26th, we had a run of three hours from Cairo to the A! exandrin% wharf, and thence di rect to our ship by sail boat. On board we feel "at home” indeed again, and glad after all to get out It 'has attractions to anybody, but no land was or ever 1 quai . ailtlne 0 m C ers came aboard i who the Tarantella for will be to us like the Land of the and i 11H p e ctod the company singly, j money. There is evidence of woe- Bible where our Lord Jesus mani one 1 after another yet not as * u * ignorance and superstition tested His glory. thoroughly as Iliey did the ship's 1 among the people. Illiteracy is The dust of Egypt and the worry In the case of the latter t,lle rule, but there is no lack of of rapid travel and the motion of I touche‘<l the neck on the lower devotion to religion, there being a Kings and Temples at Thebes, and j the vessel at sea made some of us | um i er and on each arm-pit, j sttint lor ‘‘very phase and emer-1 late on Sabbath evening at 6:30 .suffer from conjunctivitis ofthej aml in, the groin on either side geney of life. The people regard o’clock to take the train back to eyes and sea-sickness at the stom- w i, m , an , the parts usually first Madonna as their special Cairo. However others felt over ach for a while. But, with kind u f1«>cted in the Bubonic Blague.! Mend, and her pictures and im- this, we do not know, but suffice it to say the writer did not feel satisfied without substituting on , present and gracious Saviour, who and loving room-mate, genial and fathers, gold lace, and dangling skillful physician, and an ever- swords were in array as though to the Saturday before and the Mon day after this trip as much time as was taken from the Lord’s day bn . f^he Sabbath, thus giving God one seventh of the week for religious rest and worship, meditation and jft.udy, which is His due. While tne substitution was just, we could not but be keenly sensitive of its irregularity, as tnis was the only time in the author’s life he ever rode on a Sabbath-running train; and, please God, it will be the last time, as we confess this sin and ask his forgiveness. “The Egyptian villages through which we passed were pathetic af fairs, looking like a collection of different-sized gray mud blocks. They are made of sun-dried mud bricks. The houses have mud floors, and practically no windows. They swarm with flies and fleas could long remain unwell? Oh, how beautiful the bounding lows, how soft and sweet and re- i freshing and energizing the breezes of the sea. "Dusk at Sea” comes, and with it sleep, na- it ages arc innumerable. They arc a cheerful and buoyant race, bearing j privations easily, oft content with wing away, bedazzle, or make go hard with the plague if dis-i a single meal a day, very fond of j covered. | music of the street-organ sort, and President, Loubet of France;exceedingly social and talkative passed out of the harbor this morn j aiming themselves. They are giv ing just as we came in. It was his«‘» to gambling in its various forms, visit to the King of Italy that 1 'he lottery being a special curse, inre s most powerful restorabve. , ( . aU8ed thf> p ope oi - Ronu , H0 nui( .j, as many deny themselves the noc- i’o use the words of Clinton lard: ’ disquietude as to elicit his official j cessuries of life in order to indulge "Dusk, like a motli of violet wing, de scends Upon the beryl bOBOtii of the sea, And in tlio sky’s serene immensity, Whore the impalpable rose of sunset. protest, yet to no avail. The popular undercurrent of feeling in Italy was evident on all sides in such placards as “Vioala Francia Anticlcricolc” on the President’s blends | visit to Naples. With pearl and purple,shine the sailor’s war-vessel, the their mania for it. After the epi demic of cholera in IKH4, about twenty millions of dollars were de- 1 voted to the cleansing of the city, ! and the work is still being prose- 1 Our own IT. H. cufed, although the entire trails-1 “Kentucky,” is j formation will cost live times that friends, here and at sunset her guns and sllln God’s blessed beacons twinkling tin.- those of anoUlH| . vesse l were fired was ThoiTbidghter, each in its divine degree, 1 th « "^ukUon " uml, ‘‘ |- of To where the enrapt range of vision We have plenty ol time to look ends. about us as we lie at rest in the When dusk droops dark o'er life's nn- historically beauLiiul “Bay ol certain seas, Naples,’’ with regard to which Closing our day, deep-shadowing the j some one | las written, “Bee Naples and every other skin game. Dogs , hUn ’ , , , ■ , 1 And we go forth across death’s pathless and goats and kids roam in and f 0 um out. The little children s eyes are May we pave stars more steadfast e’en black with flies crawling on the than these, edges of their lids. They say that Burning above for us to gaze upon, eyes too bright and clean wiil at- j tract the bad spell of the Evil Eye. Both light and guide journey home.” 011 the long Though it is also due, doubtless, to ‘Kismet,’ flies and eyes fatally . rhyme. Again and again I saw Vslind eyes, and few of the grown up children open their eyes fairly. The women work like slaves. They carry the huge stone jar full of wa ter on their heads, or the baby on their shoulder, and walk with their load while thetr husbands ride the donkey. Wife beating is the un- Next morning we had Dr. John Botts tell us the story of "The Work of the International S. S. Lesson Committee,” and Mr. Mar aud die!” We have the pleasure of a visit from Sir Thomas Lipton of English yacht fame, coming aboard from his yacht by steam tug burnished brightly. We dine other at 0 j). m., and enjoy a regular festival at the close. By resolution introduced by the Executive Committee and by an overwhelming vote of our company Monte Carlo (where is located the ion Lawrance that of "The Organ- great gambling establishment of ized S. S. Work,” and capitally that name) was cut out of the places remaining on the schedule to be visited by members of our Cruise, (as inconsistent with our character and conduct as Chris tians to visit), much to the satis- done, too, it was. We lunched from 12 to 1, where photographed with “the Corinthians” and "the young men” of the Cruise at 2 p. m., and attended a meeting of our written law of Egypt. Life is the Masonic Association at 4. Every- faction of all, except two elderly closest struggle, with no allevia- body already looks rested; but women—woe betide the day! At tion of books, pictures, education, when vye came on board the even- 9 p. rn. we have a general meeting •.society, music, science, religion in j ing before we were a tired-looking and presentation addresses, Capt. any true sense. It is practical ! lot of people sure. This is a very lieimkasten and Mr stagnation on the lowest levels, fine day at sea, and we feel all right Clark being given a A great boon to the people | the bringing of pure water I from the Serena,a mountain stream sixty miles away.” In Naples we 'find a population of more than 509,540 (according to report of 1901). Besides being one of the most beautiful sites in the world ancient and modern, it is the largest city in Italy, being divided into sections by the heights of Sant’ Elmo, < apodimonte, and ridges. Its central street and avenue for traffic is the “Tole do,” running straight north and south to the sea. Its nearness to the ruins of Herculaneum and Bpmpeii and to Vesuvius and Capri, its lovely environs, and its matchless museum, make it of special interest to a stranger. Our itinerary first takes in the Zoological Station and the Aqua rium in the Villa Nazionable. Here we have vegetable and animal life of tiie Mediterranean and the equipment for the thorough study of marine biology made available to all nations by a yearly contribu tion from the European and IT. S. Herbert 1 governments for the researches memorial therein of their respective natural- The SPECIAL SEPTEMBER SALE at the (Slew York Bargain Store j How do you get such crowds in your store? That’s a question frequently asked of us, and it is so easily Jan- swered. It’s natural for people to appreciate a store that is continually striving to serve them better than another store can. Is n't it? Well, then, it’s due to the courtesy shown patrons, the high grade merchandise we carry and (lie low prices at which we sell that briugjtlic crowds here. One visit is so profitable that another call is always]!forth coming. The Public has Confidence In Our Advertising! We aim to bo definite in our advertising—try to have something to say and say it. in such a manner that yon un derstand it. Advertising space is too expensive to waste in generalities. Those who have goods to buy want to know where they can buy them to the best advantage. We have goods to sell just the things you want to buy. By milking definite statements concerning these goods: the sty les, the qualities, the prices, we arrest your attention. If an investigation follows, then it’s up to iih to satisfy an old customer or make a new one. , NEW BARGAINS DAILY Speuiol September offerings in (Nothing, Dress (lends, Table Linen, Towels, Laces, Ktnbroidor- ies, Ladies’ Skirts, Underwear, Skirts, Bed- spreads, Ribbons, Corsets, Shoes, Millinery, etc New York Bargain Store Gottlieb & Delaney. 9 Chamberlain s COLIC. CHOLERA AND Diarrhea Remedy A few doses of this remedy will Invariably cure an ordinary at tack of diarrhea. It has been usad in nine epi demics of dysentery with perfect success. It can always be depended upon, even In the more severe attacks of cramp colio and chol era morbus. It is equally successful for summer diarrhea and cholera infantum in children, and is the means of saving the lives of many children each year. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleaHunt to take. Every man of a family should keep this remedy in his home. Buy it now. It may save life. Price, 25c. LaroeSize, 5<x:. with no uplift or outlook offered by and bright. watch each, and Messrs. Warren, inks. The Aquarium is one of the Mohammedanism. The United One can scarcely believe it, but Hartshorn, and McGrillis each two wonders of the world for its bean- Presbyterian Mission is doing a , it is said the distance is 1O4O miles large-sized olive-wood albums tiful and varied forms of submar- heroic and successful work, having from Alexandria, Egypt, to Nap- (bound in Jerusalem), and closing inelife; we have never seen any- over 6,500 church members, and les, Italy, o’er the Mediterranean song by our musical leader, Prof, thing more worthy of observation 14,800 children in religious schools. Sea. Time is going back now. F. S. Jacobs of N. Y. The harbor and admiration, some transparent This offers a little horizon." (Dr. Sleep never seemed easier or more of Naples in welcome to us island wavy, some fancy colored, Maltbie D. Babcock). By the enjoyable. We have rested, but beautifully illumined on land and others worm-like, ami the vetohut . wa y, one should never visit Luxor we feel the need of much more on vessels by crosses of light. To- or Devil-fish of which, as Victor .and fail to meet that indefatigable I yet. How often we think of the night the King and Queen of Italy Hugo says, “if terror were the ob Christian missionary and archae loved ones afar, fron. whom we are seen by many of our cruise in ject of its creation, nothing could ologist,Rev. Dr. Chauncev Murch, heard just before our backs were gala procession in the streets of be imagined more perfect.” The to whom we acknowledge special turned on "the Land of the Naples. surrounding park is quite attrac- lndcbtcuiiwsa -0 uar vap-o.o Eadci , Bnara^ha " buUniaj, April lb, duds us live and adorned with little lem- through the Great Egyptian Mu- Another morning comes, and early on shore and taking a fine seum fCairoj. Our Cruise con-i with it for a while a little more drive over the city which has been pies in honor of Virgil and 'l asso and many statues, and is made gay at the close of day by daily con certs and picturesque throngs. Another point of peculiar inter- \ est here is the National Museum I or “Museo Nazionaie,” as it is called, which “includes the collec tions lielonging to the crown, the Farncse collection from Home, those of the palaces of Bortici and ( apodi monte, and especially the priceless treasures excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum, which are unrivalled, particularly in its bronzes and objects of art.” We regret our lack of space permits more detailed treatment here. The University of Naples is worthy a visit, too, as one of the oldest and largest in Europe, with line library and important mifior- alogieal and natural history col lections. Also the Gallery of Humliet I. The best view of Naples and its surroundings is only had from the Heights of Sant' Elmo with its Uastel,875 feet above the sea-level, and once regarded as impregnable, before the days of powerful artil lery. It is reachable by either the. electric tramway or cable tramway, as one chooses; it now serving as a military prison. WHEN AN Hxpert Plumber I S N E E I) E I > — Call — W. L. Sexton, The Nowimii Plumber. Shop and Warcroom on Hancock Street, next door to Dr. T. J. Jones Building. The Ijiir«est Stock of Supplies ... and ... Fixtures In Newimn at SEXTON'S. Z. Greene, D. D. 8., Office on Second Floor of Black Bros. Co.’s Building L. M. Farmer, LAWYER. Office oil Second Floor of the Arnall Merchandise Co.’s Building Dr. C. A. Smith, VETERINARIAN. j Treats all diseases of domestic animals. (Jails answered day or night. Office ut Gearreld's Livery Stable. (Continued on (Mge V-) Until Oct. 1st I will deliver cot ton seed hulls at 115c. per 100 lbs. V. E. Manget, Jr., ’phone No, 100. 9-1-4