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THE TWELFTH TIME
In the History of the United States Will Con
gress Meet in Extra Session.
Washington. August <>.—For the twelfth
time in the history of the I nitrd
congress will, at noon tomorrow, be con
vened in "extraordinary session-
The history which the session will prob
ably make for itself will probably justify
that title in more senses than one- < on
vened for a -single specific object the re
peal or modification of what is popularly
known as the Sherman act it will not be
restricted to that bare programme, but will
have, in connection with it. to legislate on
the whole subject of finance, including,
probablv, a thorough revision of the tariff.
These two subjects, distinct and not con
nected. will supply material enough to
occupy the attention of congress for many
months to come.
The Senate’s Presiding Officer.
While the senate will have the great ad
vantage of being guided and controlled by
experienced leaders and debaters on both
sides of the chamber, it will also contain
many members entirely now to the proceed
ings’ Its presiding officer, Vice 1 “resident
Stevenson, when he took the gavel on the
4th of .March, last, from the hand of the
retiring vice president, Air. Alorton, had
had no familiarity with the rules of a leg
islative body, except that derived from Ins
service in the house of representatives dur
ing two congresses, but, during the six
weeks of llm extra session, he presided with
diznitj and ability. In the coining ses
sion, when exciting events may be antic
ipated ami when parliamentary ruling may
have to lie prompt, sharp and decisive,
Mr. Stevenson will have a reliable sub
stitute to call to the chair in the person
of the presiilent of the senate pro tempore
Mr. Harris, of Tennessee.
New Senators Who Take Their Seats.
The state of California will have two
new men in the somite to look alter its
interests—Mr. White. to succeed Mr.
Hearst, and Mr- Perkins, who has just
been appointed by the governor to
fill th<‘ plaee of .Mr. Stan
ford. Kansas has joined to her
populist senator, Mr. Peffer, on whom
neither political party could rely for sup
port on any question, another man tip
pointed from the populist ranks, but on
•whom the democrats can rely Mr. Martin.
K.qUt4‘k',-, I ! "fb fill tin* vac.imv made by
Sir. Carlisle’s resignation.
Louisiana has one in Mr I'afl'ery, who
took, last .January, the seat made vacant
by the death of .Mr. Gibson.
.Massachusetts has one in .Mr. Cabot
Lodge. who succeeded .Mr. Dawes on the
4th of Mari li l ist.
.Nebraska has one in Mr. Allen, elected in
place of Mr. Paddock.
New Jersey one in Mr. Smith, elected in
place of Mr. 151'idgett .
New York orm in Mr. Murphy, elected in
place of Mr. Hiscock.
North Dakota one in Mr. Roach, against
■whom Mr. Hoar made such a deadset at
tile ■•xecnliVe session.
West Virginia one in Mr. Camden, who,
however, served a former term in the sen
ate from 1 ssl to I*S».
Wisconsin one in Mr. Mitchell, who has
had two terms' experience in the house of
representatives.
V Oiie.tiouto Be Decid'd.
There are others to whose admission the
<p:e.-tion was left undecided al the close of
the extra session, and this question must
be one of the first to be settled and decided
after the senate meets. The point ill dis
pute is whether a stnL- b-g stature having
been in session ami having failed to elect
a senator to till a vacancy, the vacancy
can afterw ar ls be filled through an appoint
ment by th-' governor. The question has
arisen before several times in the history
<>f the senate. but its decision has not b>en
uniform and now a precedent has to be
established in the ease of the senators ap
peiute,! by the governors of Montana,
Washington and Wyoming. It was debated
throughout several days during the extra
ses- ion and may oeeupy considerable time
of the "extraordinary session before any
1 •gislative subject can be disposed of. But
it is to the old leaders of both political
parties in the senate that the public will
look for action.
THAT I l llffV HANGING.
Details of the Doing of Enraged Ohioans
Saturday Night.
Portsmouth. <>.. July 30. S eret ary Hoke
Smith was hung in etiigy by the enraged
citizens of Home, a little town of Adams
countv. twenty miles from this city. Sat
unlay night at U> o’clock. A number of
pensions had Imen suspended before.but the
climax was reached w lien the pension of
J L. Reed. a veteran of the Eleventh
Illinois , a»alty. aged eighty-three years was
Mt lb had serve<l four years
and five months and his pension was his
sole support . When Ic ed received the new s
of his suspension he became a raving
maniac.
The aroused citizens, led by John Fur
pier. a democrat, proposed to hang Mr.
Smith in etiigy. Saturday night over 100
people, irrespective of party affiliations, as
sembled to participate in the ceremony.
I: was intended to burn the president in
etiigy also, but wiser counsels prevailed. A
platform was erected on the public landing
and several speeches were made after a
procession had marched through the town
headed by a brass band. The etiigy was
then hanged and afterwards burned.
THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
Carrying Two Men and Two Hundred Hoad
of Cattie Down with It
liichmond. Tex.. August C.—Will Nash, of
Brazos county, was jtrtnsf erring a big herd
of cattle across the bridge over the .Brazos
river at this point today when the struct
ure collapsed, carrying with it 200 head
of cattle and twenty horses and two ne
groes. Charley Bailey anil Sam Johnson.
The negroes were killed, as well as many
head of stock Bailey's body, in a horribly
mutilated condition, was recovered late to
night. The bridge was recently built by the
King Iron Bridge Company, at n cost of
$3<i.oiH). A week ago a similar accident oc
curred on tin 1 Brazos bridge near Calvert.
'vti<* People’s Friend,
Silas M. Killin'. Ovid. New York. —Would
that The Constitution had five million sub
scribers. It is the best friend among the
newspapers that the great mass of the
people have, ami it should be in every.home
in the land.
Stabbed Ilia Wife.
Greenville. 111., August 3.—ln a jealous
rage yesterday afternoon. Douglas Davis
fatally snabbed inis wife and cut his own
throat, dying instantly.
MATTERS ABROAD.
I’ItOG'KESS THE HOME It VIE BIEE
HAS MABB THE EAST WEEK.
Mr. Gladstone Will Kush the Bill Through
Without any Recess—Watching the
American Financial Crisis.
London, August s.—Within the past few
days the various government organs have
been making the announcement, seemingly
based upon official authorization, that par
liament will take a recess within six weeks
and will resume the session at the end of
October. It can be stated that these an
nouncements have no value beyond inti
mating the desire of the ministerialists
that before the dissolution the ministers
shall carry some of the leading measures
that were decided upon at tlm liberal con
ference held last year at Newcastle. Ihe
ministerialists believe that at least two of
the measures connected with the Newcastle
programme should be passed before the
dissolution- The parish councils’ bills and
employes’ liability bill arc to come up.
They hold that for the liberal party to pre
sent its resolution for the achievement ot
the home rule bill would be to expose it
to almost inevitable defeat. So, if the op
position would accede to a brief adjourn
ment of the house the government could,
upon the resumption of the session, take
up its message concerning t."eat Britain.
This, however, is exactly a programme
which the leaders of the opposition decline
to assist in carrying out. During the past
week constant, communications have been
exchanged between ihe government and the
unionist whips, having in view an arrange
ment to shorten file discussion of the vote
on supply am! the report stage of the
home rule bill, so as to enable the govern
ment to turn its attention to British affairs.
Though the unionist have been wearied
by the long fight they have made against
tlm home nth* bill at every stage of its
passage, they refuse to listen to the gov
ernment’s overtures ami will continue the
struggle. They decline to accept any sort
of compromise and are prepared to exhaust
every form of practice to cheek the work
of ilm government.
The cabinet will hold a meeting on Tues
day, at which the course of the government
will be decided upon .
Tito third stage of the home rule bill
will open on Monday. This stage must
consume the time of the house for at least
three weeks, even though the government
should use every possible means of clos
ure. The debate will cover forty-two new
clauses and schedules besides three entire
pages of amendments, most of which will
again raise rhe issues that were settled in
committee of tlie whole.
Balforur’e Fopositlon.
One of the most important propositions
is to be made by Balfour, the conservative
leader in the house, who will move an
amendment to the effect that the Irish
members retained in the imperial parlia
ment shall have power to vote on rhe mo
tions amendatory of the home rule bill.
After the discussion, which as above
stated, will occupy three weeks at the very
shortest, and tlm report, the third reading
of the bill will be taken up. Then the house
will resolve itself into the committee of the
whole on supply. Over he questions that
will come up tite opposition can wrangle
interminably unless the government risks
the danger of establishing a precedent ami
applies the closure. This method of shut
ting off debate has never been applied in
committee on supply and the government is.
it is said, hesitating about making the prec
edent .
The closing period of the session Is likely
io be fraught with scenes of the most in
tense excitement. The unionists might con
sent to grant the estimates if the govern
ment would agree to prorogue parliament
in September to December. but. as a proro
gation involves the frosh iior.> ! lu..ii.. l i of
. .. i ,11. „ 11..11 iwirliainent resume.
WffiW.WbHl ml I'lirnment enables the house
Io treat tile bills at tlm stage they achieved.
Mr. Gladstone will decline to prorogue par
liament .
XX'niching Our Financial Crisis.
The developments in tlm fiiianei.il crisis
in the lulled States are watehed herewith
the keenest anxiety. The fact that the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad
I’unpany La- had to eonie to London to
borrow .$.»,) Hiti.otMi, while the Pennsylva
nia railroad will negotiate a six months’
loan ot .S2.SiW).(M)O ;l f 5 per eent is showing
how compelte is tlm lockup of capita.!
“The credit of both Ute companies re
ferred to. says The Statist, "stands high.
Their bankers are the greatest finama.nl
houses in the United States, and yet they
are obliged to eome to London for t**mpora
ty accommodations. Os course, loth com
panies will get what they require. The
Atchison. Topeka ami Santa Fe railroad
is likewise a borrower. Lt will succeed in
getting ti loan as it offers security. Besides
this, two other companies are reported to
by applying to a large financial firm for
assistance, in short, all the railroad com
panies in the United States having a
tlotiting debt, which, under the circumstan
ces pravailing they cannot carry, have to
turn to London for assistance."
The BhsietHlllsts on t e« Alert.
1 luring the recent discussion of Hie es
timates, the Right Hou. Henry Ciiapliti,
wiio was president of the board of agricul
ture in Lord Salisbury's administration,
attempted to raise the long deferred debate
on the question of liimetal'isiii by moving
a reduction of the salary drawn by the
prime minister. Every bimetallist member
of the house was on the alert, primed to at
tack iln> government for suspending the
free mintage of silver in India, but their
hopes ot ventilating their views and opin
ions were squashed by the chairman, who
ruled that the motion was out of order.
The decision was highly gratifying to the
® nisterialists who were anxious to avoid
a long diseuis.sion on the question. The bi
metallists are anxious to avoid, as long as
possible, tin official exposure of the failure
of the India currency plicy. A feature of
the position is the <.s>ntinned nousuccess >d
the India council to sell their drafts in
India. On Wednesday la.st, bills io the
amount of 4<l laks of rupees were of
fered without an allotment being made.
The only tender made was for ten laks at
Is, and I d per rupee. The tender was
refused. For live consecutive weeks the
India council has failed to obtain ten
ders for its bills, being unwilling to make
alotments except at Is. Id or the smallest
fraction under that price.
Currency experts differ in opinion as to
whether the council can hold out in main
taining the price of its drafts at a fixed
minimum and as to what the result of such
an attempt will be upon the currency strug
gle generally.
William H. Grenfeld. who has hereto
fore supported Mr. < Jladstone's political
and financial policies, has withdrawn from
tlm liberal party solely, it is said, because
of the government's action in regard to the
India currency question. This fact, to
gether with the speech made at the Mansion
1 louse meeting on Thursday, by Mr. Bal
four. wlmn the jirineip.il bankers of London
and other business men assembled to con
sider the situation, has again aroused the
country's interest in the financial question.
Though Mr. Balfour, in his speech, de
clined to commit the conservative party to
bimetallism, it is an accepted fact that
that party is lending to the adoption of a
double standard as a plank in the conserva
tive plat form.
Germany hoc! Russia*? Tariff Ifismite.
London. Ar.uust l>. Russian newspapers
show great iriitation on accutnl of the tariff
action taken by Ge'-inanv. “1 Itey feel con
vinced of Russia's ability to liohl her own in
tlie str'iggte. but fear that the prejudice
nrousi*>l on h >th sides may engender a state of
excitement likely to -ate dangerous politi
cal complications.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of The
Daily Chronicle says that two high officials of
the Russian custom louse office have been
sent to Gertniny today to settle the tariff
di.qiute.
Gold from Europe
London. August 2. The North German
Lloyd Spree, which sailed today from South
ampton for New York, lias on hoard soii.aoo
pounds of gold consigned to American houses.
The YY'hite Star line Majestic, which left
Liverpool today for New Yosk, took .'i.lO.lXMf
pounds, a total of 1,21)0,000 pounds shipped
fHE WEEKLY CONSirnmONi ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY. AUGUST 8,1893
today. Further shipments will be made on
Saturday. Six hundred and thirty-nine
tliousiuiil pounds was withdrawn from tli"
Bank of England today to be sent to the
United States. Tlie heavy stilpinent today
and the prospective shipments on Saturday
have caused tlie discount rate in tile open
market to rise to 2 3-8 to 2 1-2 per cent.
FRANCE TIGHTNING THE SCREWS.
Sam Must Consent to Other Demands Before
the Blockade Is Raised.
London, July 31.—The Paris correspondent
of a news agency says ithat it lias been learn
ed from good nuithority that France demands
as security from Siam t'lrat the terms of
I'he ulttimatilui w'ill be carried out. the teui
porary custody of Cdtantaboon. a town near
Vhe gulf of Siam; also 'that Siam sluill estab
lish no tuliiitary stations at certain named
places near the frontier of Ctimbodia or with
in a certain distance of the Mekong river.
A 'dispaiteh from Bangkok, dated Monday.
7 o'clock p. m., says that the uneasiness
among tlie people there, far from lessening,
is increasing. Seven more French gunboats
have arrived tvt Koh-si-t'hang, making a total
of thirteen now there. Negotiations arc
still going on. bii.t tlie progress made is not
reported. 'Pile intention of the French is
awaitcil wW.h fear and apprelii'iisioit. Rear
Admiral Herrman. commanding ,the French
squadron, has tissued a second blockade to
take effect three days from Saturday. lie
will ordwr tlm British 'warships Pitllais and
Swift, now iying off Bangkok, to go outside
the blockade limits. M. Pavle, the French
minister resident, has gone to Saigon, and
Rear Adnilrtii Herrman is under ’ tlireet
orders from Paris. Unless the French gov
ernment interjtoses quickly, an attack on
Bangkok seems certain. The trading com
munity is surprised that M. Herrman is still
allowed a free hand.
Tlm Standard today received the following
dispafcli from its Paris correspondent:
•’Owing to the representations made to M.
Dovene. the foreign minister, by Lord Duf
ferin. Hie British ambassador to France, tlie
question of u neutral zone between tlie
French possessions in 'the Siamese peninsula
and .British BurimVh anil 'the Siam states,
has been settled satisfactorily. I; hfls been
agreed that the French 'bl'oek'ade of the
Siamese coast shall be raised immediately.”
No coulirmation of 'the foregoing had been
received up to a late 'hour tonight.
The Situation in Siam.
Paris, August 1. —Advices received here
from Bangkok show that no understanding
lias been reaclied in regard to the delimita
tion of the territory claimed by the P’reneh,
or, at least, that, no knowledge to that ef
fect has reached the Siamese capital-
Neither is it. known al Bangkok that
the blockade is to be at once raised.
tin the contrary, dispatches from Bang
kok fully support the reports current last
night, and much uneasiness as to the final
outcome of tlm trouble is felt in Bangkok,
ami that anxiety is increasing daily.
It is feared that an attack will shortly
be made upon Bangkok, unless the French
governiuent sed orders to Vice Admiral
Iluniaw not. to attack the city.
Ready to Give the Guarantees.
Paris. August I.—Prince Vadhana. the Si
amese minister to Frame, called at the for
eign otlii e today and informed Minister De
velle that Siam was jirepared to give Hie
guarantees asked by France for the fultillment
of the terms of tlie negotiation, pending a
lir.al settlement of the questions involved. It
is understood that tlie French will occupy
tlie river and port of t'liantibun, which tern
lory lies fifteen miles to the southeast from
Bai'"Kok on the gulf of Siam, until a complete
settlement is made by tin' Siamese military
ports on the left bank of the Mekong river.
'Hie blockade is still in force.
A council of the ministry was held at the
palace of the Elysee today. .M. Develle an
nounced that Prince Vadhana had signitiod
his government’s willingness to concede the
siipjdement.iry guarantees demanded by
Fiance. M. Develle also stated that the in
terview yesterday was based on negotia
tions which took place in 1889 between
France and Great Britain, which recognized
the jirineijile of a buffer state between tlie
Flinch and British possessions in the east,
the question of a neutral zone. M. Develle
added, had 1 cen reserved for further consid
eration .
Raising of the Blockade.
London. August 2. Sit Edward Grey, parlia
mentary secretary of the foreign office, an
nounced in the house of commons this after
noon that tlie French blockade of Bangkok
bad oeen raised today.
The Cholera in Russia.
St. Petersburg, July 31.—Official returns
ttlui't have ii'si been 1
~.. ri-nwe tn the ravages or cholera m Hus
country. Tlie figures show that from June
P.Uili to .In.y 22d there were in tlie govern
ment of Podilo 1.1i>5 eases and 350 <l<utlis.
.is against J'.is euses anil 122 deaths during
Hie week preceding. In tlie government of
Ore], from July IGth ito July 22d. there were
23+ eases and Hl d- atlis, as against I+s cases
and 52 dea't'tis during tin- previous week.
Fleeing from Naples.
London. August 3. 'l'iie Rome correspondent
of Tlie Central News says: Since Hie out
break of cindi-ra in Naples more than 10.000
residents have tied from that city. The official
teports greatly understate tlie facts. Tlie re
port for Sunday last says that there were
nineteen new eases and nine deaths. Reliable
private advices declare that there were fifty
two cases and twenty-eight deaths on that
day and forty-nine new eases and twenty
seven deaths on Monday. The official figures
for Tuesday are eighteen new cases and six
deaths. Several cases of cholera have occur
red in Rome.
Will Not Fast on Fridays.
Rome. August 2. —The Pope has directed
the catholic inhabitants of Naples not to
fast on Fridays as long as the cholera pre
vails. His holiness fears that the physical
weakness engendered by fasting might cause
Hie people to be more susceptible to the dis-
’the meeting of the international medical
congress in this city has been postponed until
April. Tile prevention of the spread of chol
era in Europe is absorbing the attention of
the medical experts and for this reason it
was considered best to postpone the session.
Returned to Cuba.
Havana, August 2. Tlie steamer
Julia, which sailed recently for Key West
for the purpose of bringing back to Cuba a
number of poor Unban families that bad sent
■i iretitiou Io tlie government asking assist
ance io enable them Io return to their native
land, arrived here today. She had on board
3GI Cubans.
A TWENTY YEAR OLD Mt RDERER.
Purvis Sentenced to Be Hanged on September
ftt.ll—'t he Verdict Approved.
Columbia, Miss.. August (I. The verdict
of the jury in the Purvis ease seemed to
give very general satisfaction. When the
jirisoner was called into court for sentence.
Ins attorneys made a motion for a new trial,
which the court overruled. When asked if
lie had anything to say why sentence should
not be passei 5 ! njion him. Purvis rejdied that
lie was not guilty ami proceeded to deny the
testimony of important witnesses at. some
length. Tlie court replied: “We have to take
tlie verdict of tlie jury as conclusive in the
matter, unless it is very plain and mani
fest that some wrong lias been done. You
bad very aide lawyers, who defended you
with great zeal and ability, ami as far as I
can see you had a fair and impartial trial.
1 suppose you know this is a capital crime.
The man who assassinates another; that is.
a man who wilfully kills another without
any justitieal ion or excuse, the sentence of
the law is that he must lie hanged: so that
the sentence I pass upon yon is that you be
safely confined until the Gib day of Sep
tember. next, and then, ar th" place of pub
lic execution, yon tie banged by tlie fleck
until you are dead, and have mercy
on vo'ur soul.”
Tlie Prisoner—l hone He will have it upon
the other side.
Purvis, who is only twenty years of age,
broke down completely after he was re
turned to his cell. Ihe verdict and sen
tence meet with the unniversal approval of
tlie people.
SAYS THE WORST IS TO COME.
Mrs. Lease Talks of Troublous Times for the
Tcople of This Country.
Kansas City, Mo.. July III). -"Governor
Waite loin the exact truth- He has not
even painted the financial situation as bad
as it really is." saitl Mrs. Mary E. Lease,
of Kansas. “It is just as I predicted in my
speeches the last campaign, I have seen
this day coining all along, ami 1 tell you
there are blacker ones in store for this
stricken nation. The goldbugs’ conspiracy
has succeeded. The Mall street brigands
have the nation by the throat. There is
no mercy in their murderous grip. The
country is on the brink ol a volcano, and
an ernjition that will shake and shatter
if not destroy it is bound to follow unless
the people are afforded relief and that, too,
at once, and 1 see but little hope of the
relief being granted by the present powers
of national legislation.
“Yes. Governor Waite has told the exact
truth in every word he has tittered, lie j s
one of the few courageous men in political
power who dared to tell the truth. If wo
had more like hint in prominent office the
Wall street conspiracy would be wiped off
the face of the earth.”
OLD TIMES RECALLED
BY MU. TAEMAOE Ilf HIS SEBMON
EAST S UN BA Y MOItNING.
A Discourse Strong and Eloquent in Which
the Events of the Days of Old and the
Lessons They Taught.
Brookly, N. Y., August (>.—(Special.)—
Ilex'. Dr. Talmage lias chosen as the topic
for today, a panorama of reminiscences
appropriate to the season, the text selected
being Psalm xx.xix, 3; "While L was mus
ing the life burned.”
Here is David, the psalmist, with the
forefinger of his right hand against, his tem
ple, tile door shut against the world, en
gaged in contemplation. And it would be
well for us Io take the same posture often,
closing the door against Hie w trld, while
we sit down in sweet solitude to eontein
pla te.
In a small island off the coast. 1 once
passed :t Sabbath in delightful solitude, for
I had resolved that i would have on > day
of entire quiet before I entered upon au
tumnal work. I thought to have spent the
day in laying out plans for Christian work;
but instead of that it. became a day of ten
der reminiscence. 1 reviewed niy paslorate;
I shook hands with an old departed Iriend,
whom 1 shall greet again when the curtains
of life are lifted. The days of my boyhood
came back, and 1 xva.s ten years of age,
;uid 1 was eigiit, and 1 was five. There
was but one house on tlie island, and yet.
from Salibath daybreak, when the bird
chant woke me, until the evening melted
into the bay, from shore to shore, there
were ten thousand memories, and the
uliuiii willi
long ago ceased.
Youth is apt too much to spend all its
time in looking forward. Old age is apt
too much to spcml all it* time m looking
backward. I’eople in mid-life and on the
apex look both ways, it would be well
for us, 1 think, however, to spend more
time in our reminiscence. By the consti
tution of our nature we spend most of the
time looking forward. And the vast ma
iority of people live not so much in the
present as in the future. 1 find that you
mean to make a reputation, you m-‘aii to
establish yourself, ami the advantages
that you expect to achieve absorb a great
deal of your lime. But 1 see no harm in
this, if it does not make you discontented
willi the present, or disqualify you for ex
isting duttas. .
It is n useful thing sometimes to look
back, and to see the dangers we have es
caped. and to see the sorrows we have
suffered, and the trials and wanderings ot
our earthly pilgrimage, and to sum up our
enjoyments. 1 mean today, so far as God
mav’help me, to stir up your memory ot Hie
past, so that in the review you may be en
couraged ami bumbled and urged to pray.
There is a chapel in Florence with a
fresco by Guido. It was covered up with
two inches of stueoo until our American
and European artists went there, and at et
long toil removed the covering and retrmed
the fresco. And I am aware that the mem
ory of the past, with many ot yon, is all
covered up with ten thousand obliterations.
•Hid I propose this morning, so tar as Hi
Xj .‘ay help me, to take he lev
ering, that tlie old picture maj shine out
aSl, l‘’want to bind in one sheaf all your
past advantages, and 1 want ’? ’.‘“Jj
•mother sheaf all your past ad'< l slt " *•
It is a precious harvest, and 1 must >
cautious how 1 swing the seythe.
Among the greater adv anta o cs t
lil( .
out of the boiling spring of an 11
1...1H.. We are not surprised tii.it
ion's heart was a ••oucetination ot sin,
When we hear his mother was abandoned,
and that she ma<le sport ot his mtinnitv,
and often called him "the lame brat- lie
who has vicious parents has to ngut evetj
inch of his way if he would maintain ins
integrity, ami at last reach the home of
the good in heaven. .
I'erhaps your early home was in tue
city It may have been iu the days when
Canal -street, New York, was far up
town. The old house iu the city may
have been demolished or changed into
stores, and it seems like sacrilege to
vou-for there was more meaning m that
plain house, in that small house, than
there is a granite mansion ot :t turret
ed cathedral. Looking back this morn
ing. and see it as though it were vester
dav—the sitting room, where the loyu
ones sat. by the plain lamplight, the mother
at the evening stand, the brothers jtnd
sisters, perhaps long ago gathered into
the skies, then plotting mischief on the
floor or under the table: your father with
a firm voice commanding silence, that
lasted a minute.
Oh. those were good days. It you
had your foot hurt, your mother always
had a soothing salve to heal it. It you
were wronged in the street, your father
was always ready to protect you. The
year was one round of froiie and mirth.
Your greatest trouble was an April shower,
more sunshine than shower. The heart
had not been ransacked by troubles, nor
had sickness broken it, and no 'amb had a
warmer sheepfold than the home in which
vour ehibihood nestled-
Perhaps you were brought up in the
country. You stand now today in memory
under the old tree. You clubbed it for fruit
that was not quite ripe, because you could
not wait any longer. You hear the rumbling
along over the pebbles. You step again
into the furrow where your father in nis
shirtsleeves shouted to the lazy oxen. You
frighten the swallows from the iafters of
the barn, ami take just one egg. and si
lence your conscience by saying they will
not miss it. You take a drink agaiti out
of the very bucket that the old well fetched
lip. You go for the cows at night, and
find them wagging their heads through the
bars. Ofttimi's in the dusty and busy streets
you wish you were home again on that cool
grass, or in the ball of the farmhouse,
through which there was the breath of
new-mown hay or the blossom of buck
wheat.
You may have in your windows now
beautiful jdants and flowers brought from
across the seas, but not one of them stirs
in your soul so much charm and memory
as the old ivy and the yellow sunflower that
stood sentinel along the garden walk, and
the forget-me-nots playing hide-and-seek mid
the long grass. The father who used to
come in sunburnt from the fields, and sit
down on the door-sill and wipe the sweat
from his brow, may have gone to his ever
lasting rest. The mother, who used to
sit at the door a little bent over, <aj> and
sjiectaeles on. her face mellowing with the
vicissitudes of many years, may have put
down her gray head on the pillow in the
valley, but forget that home you never
will.
Have you thanked God for it? Have
you rehearsed all these blesseil reminis
cences? Oh. thank God for a Christian
father; thank God for a Christian mother;
thank God for an early Christian altar at
which you were taught to kneel: thank
God for an early Christian home.
1 bring to mind rinuaier passage in
the history of your life. The day c;nue
when you set nji your own ho;is>>h<dd. The
days jiassed along in quiet blessedness.
Yon twain sat at the table morning ami
night, and talked over your plans for the
future. The most insignificant affairs in
your life became the subject of mutual
consultation and advisement. You were
so hapjiy you felt you could never lie any
happier. One day a dark clotiil hovered
over your dwelling, and it got darker and
darker: but out of that cloud the shining
messenger of God descended to incarnate
an immortal spirit. Two little feet started
on an eternal journey, ami you were to
lead them; a gem to flash in heaven's coro
net. and yon to polish it: eternal ages of
light and darkness watched the starting
out of a newly-created being.
You rejoiced and you trembled at the
responsibility that in your possession an
immortal treasure was placed. You
prayed and rejoiced, and wept and won-
dered, and prayed and rejoiced, and
wept and wondered; you were earnest
in supplication that you might letu. it
through life into the kingdom of tioil.
There was a tremor in your earnestness.
There was a double interest about that
home. 'There was an additional inter
est why you should stay there and be
faithful, and when in a few months your
house was filled with the music o! the
child's laughter, you were struck through
with the fact that you had a stupendous
mission.
Have you kept that vow? Have you
neglected any of these duties? Is yotiy
home as much to you as it used to ■
Have those anticipations been gratified?
God help you today in your solemn
reminiscence, and let his mercy fall upon
your soul if your kindness has been ill
requited. God have mercy on the parent,
on the wrinkles of whose face is written
the story of a child's sin. God have mercy
on the mother who, in addition to her
other pangs, has the pang of a child's
iniquity. Oh. there are many, many sad
sounds in this sad world, but the sadest
sound that is ever heard is the breaking
of a mother’s heart. Are there any here
who remember that in that home they were
unfaithful? Are there those who wandered
off from that early home, and left the
mother to die with a broken heart? Oh, I
stir that reminiscence today.
I find another jioint in your life history.
Yon found one day yon were in the wrong
road; you could n«r sleep at night; there
was just one word that seemed to sob
thrugh your banking house, or through
your office, or your shop, or your bedroom,
and that word was ‘‘eternity.” You said,
•'lain not ready for it. <) God. have
mercy.’’ The Lord heard. Peace came to
your heart. You remember how your hand
trembled as yon took the cup of the holy
eommunion. You remember the old min
ister who consecrated it. and you remember
the church officials who carried it through
the aisle; you remember the old p<*ople who
at the. elose of the service took your hand
in theirs in congratulating sympathy, as
much as to say, "M’elconie home, you lost
prodigal,” and though those hands have
all withered away, that communion Sab
bath is resurrected today; it is resur
rected with all its prayers, and songs,
and tears. and sermons. and trans
figuration- Have you kept those vows?
Have you been a backslider? God helji
you? This day kneel at the foot of
mercy and start again for heaven.
Start, today as you started then. I rouse
your soul by that reminiscence.
But I must not spend any more of my
time in going over the advantages of your
life. I just [mt them all in one groat
sheaf, and 1 bind them up in your memory
with one lend harvest song, such as nail
ers sing. Praise the Lord, ye blood-bought
mortals on earth! Praise the Lord ye
crowned spirits of heaven!
But some of you have not always had
a smooth life. Others had their troubles
years ago, you are a mere wreck of what
you once were. I must gather up the
sorrows, of your past life; but how shall
I do it? You say that is impossible, as
you have had so many troubles and ad
versities. Then 1 will just take two, the
first trouble and the last trouble. As
when you are walking along the street
ami there has been music in the distance,
you unconsciously find yourself keep
ing step to the music, so when you start
ed life your very lite was a musical time
beat. 'l’he air was full of joy and hilari
ty; with the bright clear oar you made
the boat skip: you went on. and life grew
brighter, until, after awhile, suddenly a
vo.ee from tiie heaven said, "Halt!" and
you halted; you grew pale; you confronted
your first sorrow. You had no idea that the
flush on your child’s cheek was an unhealthy
flush. You said it cannot be anything seri
ous. Death iu slijqiered feet walk-d round
about the cradle. You did not
hear the tread; but after awhile
the truth flashed on you.
You walked the floor. Oh, if you could,
with your stout, strong hand, have wrench
ed the child from the destroyer. You went
to your room, and you said: "God, stive my
child! God. save my child!" The world
secinvxl going out in darkness. You said:
”1 cannot bear it. I cannot bear it.” You
felt as if you could not put the lashes
over the bright eyes, never to see them
again sparkle. Oh. if you could have taken
that little one in your arms, and with it
leaped into the grave, how gladly you
would have done it! Oh, if you could let
your property go, your houses go, your
land and your storehouse go, how gladly
you would have allowed them to depart if
you could only have kept that one treas
ure!
But one day there arose from the heav
ens a chill blast that swept over the bed
room, and instantly all the light went out,
and there was darkness —thick, murky,
impenetrable, shuddering darkness. But
God did not leave you there. Mercy spoke.
As you were about to put that cup to your
ling. God said: “Let it pass," and forthwith
as by the hand of angels, another cup was
put into your hands: it was the cup of
God's consolation. And as you have some
times lifted the head of a wounded soldier,
and poured wine into his lips, so God puts
bis left arm under your head, and with his
right band he pours into your lips the
wine of his comfort and his consolation,
and you looked at the empty cradle, and
looked at your broken heart, and you look
ed at the Lord's chastisement, and you
said: “Even so. Father, for go it seemeth
good in Thy sight.”
Ah, it is your first trouble. How did you
get over it? trod comforted you. Y’ou have
been a better man ever sime. Yon have
been a better woman ever since. In the
jar of the closing gate of the sepuchre you
heard the clanging of the opening gate
of heaven, and yon felt an irresist able
drawing heavenward. You have been purer
and holier of heart ever since that night
the little one for the hist time put its
arms around your neck and said: "Good
night, papa: good night, mamma. Meet me
m heaven."
But 1 must come on down to your later
sorrow. YVhat was it? Perhaps it was
sickness. The <hilds tread on the stair
or the tick of the watch oil the stand dis
turb you. Through the long weary days
you counted the figures in th” carpet or the
flowers in the wallpaper. Oh, the weariness
and exhaustion! Oh, the burning pangs!
Would God it were morning, would God
it were night, were your frequent cry. l«ut
von are better, perhaps even well. Have
you thanked God that todaj you can come
out in tin' fresh air; that you are in tiiis
plae" to bear God's name, and to sing
God's praise, and to implore God's help,
ami to ask God's forgiveness? Bless the
Lord, who healeth all out' diseases, and
redeftineth our lives from destruction.
Perhaps your last sorrow was a finan
cial embarrassment. 1 congratulate some
of you on your lucrative profession of oc
cupation, on ornate apjiarel, on a com
modious residence- exerything y.m put
vour band to seems to turn to gold. But
there are others of you who are l:ke the
shin on which Paul sailed where two -eas
met, and you are broken by the yto em-e
of the waves. By an unadvise.t indorse
menu or by a conjunction ot untor.seen
events or bv fire or storm, or a senseless
panic, vou have been flung headlong, and
whore vou o uee lispeu>ed great charities,
now y.nt have hard work to make the two
ends meet. , .
Hive vou forgotten to thank God for
voir days of prosperity, and that through
vour trials some of you have made invest
ments which will continue after the last
bank of this xvorld has exjdodeil. and the
silver and gol 1 are moiten in fires of a burn
in"- world? Have you. amid all your losses
ami discouragements, forgot that there was
bread on your table this morning, and that
there shall be a shelter for your head from
the storm, and there is air for your lungs,
and blood for your heart, and light for your
eye. and a glad and glorious ami triumphant
religion fm' your soul?
Perhaps your last trouble was a bereave
ment. That heart which in childhood was
your refuge, the parental heart, and which
has been a source of the quickest sympathy
ever since, has suddenly become silent for
ever. And now sometimes, xvhonever in
sudden annoyance and xvithout deliberation
you say, “1 will go and tell mother." the
thought flashes on you. "I have no moth
er.” Or the father, with voice less tender,
but at heart as earnest and loving—watch
ful of all your ways, exultant, over your
success without saying much, althought the
old people do talk it over by themselves is
ta o7 Biere' waTxmur companion in nfe,
sharer of your joys ar.d
leaving Ute heart an o!d of
for Sarah at the cave of Mac * 1 1 P, 11I ' ri .q. t
ing along your path in life, suddcul., b
before you was an open grave.
People looked down, and the.
was only a few feet deep ‘
wide, but to you it xxas a cl < •
which went all your hopes and all J out
‘’"But"cheer up in the name of the Doni
Jesus Christ, the Comforter. He
going to forsake yon. Did the Lor b •-
that child out of your arms?
going to shelter it belter than yon could.
He is going to array it tn a xyhite loin,
and give it a palm branch and have >t an
readv to greet you al your coining
Blessed the broken heart that Jesus hen s.
Blessed the importunate* cry that
comjiassiomites. Blessed the xyeeping I .'
from which the soft hand of Jesus xvtpe
away the tear. . . ,
Some years ago I was sailing doxx n
St. John river, xvhich is the Rhine anil
the Hudson commingled in one scene or
beauty and grandeur, and while I xvas on
the deck of the steamer a gentleman point
ed out to me the places of interest, and
he said. "Ail this is interval land, and if
is the richest land in all the provinces ot
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. ’
"What.” said I. “do you mean by in
terval land?" “Well.” he said, "this land
is submerged for a part of the year; spring
freshets come down, and all these plants
are overflowed with the xvater, and the
water leaves a rich dejiosit, and xx'hen the
waters are gone the hat vest springs up,
and there is the grandest harvest that was
ex'er reaped.” Ami I instantly thought:
“It is not the heights of the church and it
is not the heights of this xvorld that are
the scenes of the greatest prosperity, but
the soul over which the floods of sorrow
have gone, the soul over which the freshets
of tribulation have torn their xvay. that
yields the greatest fruits of righteousness,
and the largest harvest for time, and the
richest harvest for eternity.” Bless God
that your soul is interval land.
But these reminiscences reach only to
this morning. Ther" is one more point
of tremendous reminiscence, and that is
the last hour of life, when xve have to look
over all our past existence. What a mo
ment that will be! I place Napol-'on’s dying
reminiscence on St. Helena beside Mrs.
Judson's dvittg reminiscence in the har
bor of St. Helena, the same island, twenty
years after. Napoleon's dying reminiscence
xvas one of delirium —as he exclaimed:
"Head of the army!" Mrs. Judson's dying
reminiscence, as she came home from her
missionary toil and her life of self-sacri
fice for God, dying in_the cabin of the
ship in the harbor of St. .Helena, was.
"1 always did love the Lord .Jesus Christ.”
And then, the historian says, she fell into
it sound sleep for an hour, and woke amid
the songs of angels.
I place the dying reminiscence of Augus
tus Caesar against the dying reminiscence
of the Apostle Paul. The dying reminis
cence of Augustus Caesar xvas. addressing
his attendants: “Have I played my part
well on the stage of life?" and they an
swered in the affirmative, and he said;
“Wh.v, then, don’t yon apjdaud me?” The
dying reminiscence of Paul, the apostle,
was: “I have fought a good fight: I have
finished my course: I have kept the faith;
henceforth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which CK? Lord, the right
eous Judge, will give me in that day, and
not to me only, but to all them that love
His appearing.” Augustus Caesar died
amid pomp and great surroundings. Paul
nttered his dying reminiscence looking up
through the roof of a dungeon. God grant
that our dying pillow may be the closing
of a useful life, and the opening of a
glorious eternity.
ONLY THREE MONTHS MORF,
Anti the Beautiful XVhlt.e City Will Be Tnru
Down.
Chicago, July 31.—The world’s fair is now
half over, and the totiil j>ai<l at tendance for
the first three months numliers 7,000,000 per
sons. Three months of the big show have
elapsed, and onl.v three 'months remain be
fore the exhibitors will begin to move out
their displays and the work of tearing down
tlie white city will begin. After that action
the park will belong to the people again to
Im used as they please and tlie greatest fair
tlie world has ever known will bo over and
gone. Many people, who have missed the
opportunity, will be sorry that it is over,
but not so among the officers out at Jack
son park.
In (•onnection with tlie grand jury investi
gation in the cold storage warehouse 'holo
caust, a ‘local paper prints a sensational
story to the effect that t+io fire which re
sulted so disastrously to human fife was of
incendiary origin, tlie incentive being to cover
up a wholes-ale theft of goods stored in the
warehouse. The story goes that for three
weeks previous to the tire the big storehouse
was systetnatietrlly looted night after night,
tlie thieves being composed of certain crooks
on the outside ami certain parties on the
inside. On one occasion, it is said, a water
ing cart was loaded with bottles of wine and
carted away.
Florida M as Onsted.
Chicago. August 4.—Florida has been
; ousted from the horticultural building at
‘ Jackson park. The state commissioners
; have shown no disposition to maintain a
! creditable exhibit and Chief Samuels, after
giving theUi several warnings, decided yes
terday to take away Florida's space and
divide it among the otl'e.- states which are
anxious to make a good display.
I IM D THE DIRECTORS
For Ordering the Wo 1 d’s Fair Gates Closed
on Sunday.
Chicago. August 2. Judge Stein, of the su
perior court, this morning decided that the
world's fair directors and officers who had
been directly responsible for closing the ex
position gates Sunday. July 23d. had violated
the injunction granted In the Clingman peti
tion ami were consequently guilty of con
teinjit. He ordered that Directors Cage. Hut
chison. Henrotin. McNally ami Kerfoot should
be tim'd SI,OOO each and stand committed to
jail until tlie line xvas paid.
in tlie case of Director Victor E. Lawson
the court held that the officer had voted in be
helf that the injunction had lajisi'd and was
not intentionally guilty. Ju view of this
mitigating circumstance a tine of SIOO was
imjiosed.
Director General George R. Davis was held
iess directly responsible and was tilled $250
with tlie same provisions regarding pavtnent
Messrs. Massey. Forbes. St. Clair and'Hlgin
botham were regarded by Judge Stein as In
struments for the execution of tlie directors’
ruling amt were discharged. Director Nathan
was also discharged.
Attorney Eddy, representing the fair enni
pauy. moved for an appeal from the court s
ruling ami that motion is now being dis
cussed. 'l'he directors amj other officer
all in court. At the conclusion of the argu
ments Judge Stein granted an appeal
THE SIXTY DAYS’ NOTICE.
New York Banks Take Advantage of It
Several Small Runs.
New York July 31. With this morning the
savings bulks ot this city, as a rule, began
to take advantage of the sixty davs’ time
clause, that is. rhe bank iffleial.s niad'e use of
the prerogative where .urge amounts were
concerned or where sm h action was deemed
neicssary to check the withdrawal of im<noj
for hoarding or in senseless fright But
while nearly all the banks claimed tlm priv!
iiege of using Hie time clause, still, in com
paratively tew instances, was it applied.
In Brooklyn tlie effect was somewhat dif
ferent ami the notice caused several runs.
I'he :fi’eat*?st was on the Brooklyn Savin"?
bank. When the doors of the bank were
ojiened a! 10 o'clock this morning an enor
mous crowd was waiting to draw its monex -
Threats were made, but as these were of no
avail the crowd went axvay in an ugly mood
Slight runs were also made on the South
Brooklyn Savings institution and on the Dime
Savings bank.
The “Iron King" In a Bad Fix.
Lebanon. Pa.. A.ugust H.—Robert H. Cole
man, the “Iron ktng" of the Lebanon val
ley and a millionaire several times over
has confessed judgment in favor of bls broth!
er-in law and one of his attorneys, Archibald
Rogers, of New York, aggregating $306 500
which, together with other liens nrovio'nsli
entered swells the aggregate to $2, 604,(X)a
Gram XY idcman. one of Mr. Coleman’s at
torneys, said to tlm representative << cer
tain creditors last night that he could not
toll what might he the outcome of Mr
Coleman a onL’wrraswmui. but that it might
lead to a general assignment.