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Tlio Scriptures Fuitbrtiio Message
of Love;
Hot Many Note Mum tho Few Passage*
Announcing the Wrath of God Thao
Ule Many Freclaiming HU Good* -
ue*s and Merc/#
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{Prom a Recent Sermon bv Ray. T. De Witl
Xaimage, I>, D.)
* The subject of the sermon was “The
Mother of Us All,” tend the text was from
Isaiah lxvi., 33: “As one whom his mother
cornforteth, so will i comiorb you.” Ur,
Talniage said:
• The Bible is a warm let-or of affection
from a parent to a child, and yet there are
many who see chiefly tire Severer passages.
As there may be fifty or sixty nights of
gentle dew in one summer that will not
cnase as much remark as one hail-storm of
half an hour, so there are those who are
more struck by those passages of the Bible
that announce the indignation of God than
fcy those that announce His affection.
There may come to a household twenty or
hft_y letters of affection during the year,
®nd they will not make as much excite
ment in that house as one Sheriff’s writ;
and so there are people who are more at
tentive to those passages which aunounce
the wrath of God than those which an
nounce His mercy and His favor. God is
a Lion, .John says in the Book of Revela
tion, God is a Breaker. Micah announces
in his prophecy, God is a Rock. God is a
King. But hear also that God is Love. A
father and his child are walking out in the
fields on a summer’s day, and there comes
up a thunder-storm, and there is a flash of
lightning that startles the child, and the
father says: “My dear, that is God’s eye.”
Thttre comes a pe»: of thunder, and the
father says: “My dear, that is God’s
voice.” But the clouds go off the sky, and
the storm is gone, and light floods the
heavens and floods the landscape, and the
father forgets to say: “That is God’s smile.”
The text bends with great gentleness and
love over all who are prostrate in sin and
trouble. It lights up with compassion; it
melts with tenderness; it breathes upon Us
the hush of an eternal lullaby for. it an
nounces that God is onr mother. “As one
whom his lyether coinfoi iath, so will I
comfort you.”
I remark, in the first place, that Col has
m mother’s simplicity of instruction. A
father does not know how to teach a child
the A B C. Men are not skillful in the
primaly department; but a mother has so
much linSieuce thi».S sue will toll a cUilrl f,, r
the hundredth time the difference between
F and G, and between I and J. Sometimes
It is by blocks; some limes by worsted
work; sometimes by the slate; sometimes
by the book. She thus teaches the child,
and has no awkwardness or condescension
in so doing. So God,-our mother, stoops
down to our infantile triads. Though we
are told a thing a thousand times, and we
do not undertnnd it, our Heavenly mother
goes on, line upon line, preopt upon pre
cept, here a little and were a little. God
has been teaching some of us thirly years,
and some of us sixty years, one word of
one syllable, and we do not-know it yet—
t-a-i-t-h. When we come to that word we
stumble, we halt, we lose our place, we
pronounce it wrung. Still, God’s patience
is not exhausted. G. i, our mother, puts
us in Ihe school of prosperity and the let
ters are in sunshine and we can not spell
them. God puts us in the school of ad
versity Rud the letters are black, and we
can not .spell thorn. If God were merely a
King He would punish us; if Ife were
simply a father He would whip us, but
God is a mother, aud so we are borne with
and helped all the way through.'
i A mother t-achss her c' 11 chiefly by
pictures. If she went? to sot forth to her
child the hideousuess of'a inrrelsome
spirit, instead of giving .«. 1 uro upon that
subject she turns over a lea ' ro»:l show's the
child two boys in a vrnu.jfla and says:
“Does not that look horri'. 19?” If she
wants to teach her child the awfulness of
war, she turns over the picture-book and
shows the war charger, the headless
trunks of butchered men, the wild, agoniz
ing, bloodshot eye of battle rolling under
lids of flame, as she says: “That is war!”
The child understands it. Now God, our
mother, teaches ns almost everything by
pictures. Is the Divine goodness to be set
forth, how does God, our mother, teach us?
By an autumnal picture. The barns are
full. The wheat-stacks are rounded. The
oattle are chewing the cud lazily ill the
sun. The orchards are dropping the ripe
pippins into the lap of the farmer. The
natural world that has been busy all sum
mer seems now to be resting in great
abundance. We lo kat the picture and
say : “Thou crownest the year with Thy
gc Iness, and Thy paths drop fatness.”
G d wishes to set forth the fact that in
the judgment the good will ba divided
fro .1 the wicked. How is it done? By a
pi< ire; by a parable—a fishing scene. A
gre >of hardy men, long-bearded, geared
fot landing to the waist in water; sleeves
roll i up; long oars sun-gilt: boat battered
as ,l ough it bad been a playmate of the
•tc. a; a full net thumping about with the
fish, which have just discovered their
captivity; the worthless moss-bunkers
aud the useful flounders all in the same
nei. The fisherman puts his hand down
amid the squirming fins, takes out tho
moss-bunkers and throws them into the
water, and gathers the good fish into the
pail. So, says Christ, it shall be at the
end of the world. The bad He w ill cast
away and ths good Hewill ketp. Another
picture: ”
God, our mother, wanted to set forth the
duty ofjneigtiborly love, aud it is done by
a picture.
1 A traveler bas been fighting a robber.
The robber stabbed him and knocked him
down. Two ministers come along. They
look at the poor fellow, but do not help
him. A traveler comes along—a Samaritan.
He dismounts. He examines the wounds;
be takes oat some wine aud with it washes
the wouixie, aud Uitai be takes some oil aud
puts that in to make the wounds stop
smarting; and then he tears off a piece of
his own garment for a bandage. Then he
helps the wounded man upon the beast and
walks by the side, holding him on till they
come to a tavern, ge says to the land
lord: “Here is money to pay the man’s
board for two days; take care of him; if it
costs any thing more, charge it to me and
I will pay it.” Fioture: The Good Samar
itan, or Who’s Your Neighbor?
Does God, ear mother, want to set forth
what a foolish thing it is to go away from
the right, and how glad Divine mercy is to
take back the wanderer, how. is it done?
By a picture. A good father. Large
form with fat sheep and oxen. Fine
house with exquisite wardrobe. Discon
tented i»y. Gees away. Gharpora fleece
Kim. Feeds hogs. G eta homesick. Starts
back. Sees an old man running. It is
father! The hand torn of the husks, gets
a ring. The foot, inflamed and bleeding,
gets a sandal. The bare shoulder, show
ing through|the tatters, gets a robe. \ The
Stomach, gnawing itself with hunger, gets
a full plotter smoking with meat. The
father cau uo, eat for looking at the re
turned adventurer. Tears running down
the face until they come to a smile—tho
night-dew melting into the morning. No
work on the farm that day; for when a
a bad boy repents and comes back, promis
ing to do better, God knows that it is
enough for one day, “And they began to
be merry.” Pictures Prodigal Son Re
turned from the Wilderness.” t-
Bo God, our mother, teaches ns every
thing by pictures. The sinner is a lost
sheep. Jesus is the bridegroom. The use
less man a barren fig-tree. The Gospel is
ft great supper. Satan, a sower of tares.
Truth, a mustard-wed. That which we
could not have ncjsrstood in the abstract
statement God, our mother, presents to us
in this Bible album of pictures God en
graved. Is not the Divine maternity ever
thus teaching us?
I remark again that God has a mother’s
favoritism. A father sometimes shows a
sort of favoritism. Here is a boy—strong,
well, of high forehead aud quick iutelleet.
The father says: “I will take that boy into
tny firm yet;” or, “I will give him the best
possible education.” There are instances
where, for the culture of the one boy, all
the others have been robbed. A sad favor
itism. But this is not the mother’s favor
ite. I will tell you her favorite. There is
a child who at two years of age had a fall.
Ho had never got over it. The scarlet fever
muffled his hearing. He is not what he
once was. The child has caused the moth
er more anxious nights than all the other
children. The I°. - thing she does when
m regard £0
ing is to ask in f »g»rd to him. Why, the
children of the family all know that he is
the favorite, and say: “Mother, you let
him do just as he pleases, and you give
him a great many thiags which you do not
give us. He is your favorite.” The moth
er smiles. She knows it is so. So he ought
to be; for if there is any one in the world
who needs sympathy more than another it
is an invalid child, weary on the first mile
of life’s journey; carrying ca aching
head, a weak side, an irritated lung. So
the mother ougL; to make him a favorite.
God, our mother, has favorites. Whom
the Lord ioveth He chasteaeth: that is,
one whom He especially loves he chastea
efcb. IGod loves us all; but is there one
weak and sick, and sore aud wounded and
suffering and faint, that is the one who lies
nearest and more p, rcetually ou the great,
loving heart of God.
When I see God esp*clally busy in
troubling and trying a Christian, I kuotv
that out of that Christian's character there
is to couie scans especial good. A quarry -
man goes down into the excavation, and
with strong-ban clod machinery bores into
the rook. The rock says: “What do you
do that for?” He pai.3 powder in, he
lights a fuse. There is a thundering
crash. The rock ssys: “Why, the whole
mountain is going to pieces.” The crow
bar is plunged, the rock is dragged out.
After awhile it is taken into the artist’s
studio. It says: “Well, now I have got to
a good, warm, comfortable place at last.”
But the sculptor takes the chisel and mal-
let and he digs for the eyes, aud he cuts
for the mouth, and he bores for the ears,
and he rubs it with sandpaper until the
rock says: “When will this torture be end
ed?” A sheet is thrown over it. It stands
in darkness. After awhile it is taken out.
The covering is removed. It stands in tho
sunlight in tb a presence of ten thousand
applauding people as they great the statue
of the poet, or the Prince, or tho conqueror.
•‘Ah,” says the steue, “now 1 understand
it. lam a great deal better off now,
standing a? ast atue of a conqueror than I
.vould have boon down in the quarry.” So
God finds a man down in the'quarry of ig
norance aud siu. How to get him up? He
must be bored and blasted aud chiseled
ind scoured oud stand sometimes in the
iarkuess. But after awhile the mantle of
affliction will fall off, arid bis soul will be
greeted by the one hundred aud forty-four
thousand aud the thousands of thousands
is mere than conqueror. O, mv friends,
tod our mother, is just as kind in our ad
dictions as in our prosperities. God never
ouches us but for our good.
I remark that God has a mother’s caoa
:tv for atiiendin rto little hurts. The
ither is smocked ao the broken bone of the
hild or at the sickness that sets the cradle
fire with fevjr, b it takes the mother
Iss 111 * id u wi, *: ril the little ailments
id all the I!Hie firr.i ’S of the child. If
lie child h j a s itu. .■ 10 n-s hand it wants
ho moth' I '.' to take it on . and not the
sther. The father says “Oh, that is noth
ug!” but the mother knows it is some
hing, and that a little hurt sometimes is a
very great hurt. Bo with God, our mother.
All our annoyances are important enough
.0 look at aud sympathize with. No hing
vi h God is something. There are ho
ohors in God’s arithmetic: and if we
oro only good enough of sight we could
•e as much through a microscope as
rough a telescope. Those things that
y bo impalpable and inflaitessimal to us
_iay be pronounced and infinite to God.
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 2. 1885.
I remark further that God has a
mother’s patience for the erring. If one
does wrong, first his associates in life cast
him off. If he goes on in the wrong way,
his business partner cast him off. If he
goes on, his best friends cast him off—his
father casts him off. But after all others
have cast him off, where does he go? Who
holds no grudge and forgives the last
time as well as the first? Who sits by the
murderer’s counsel all through the long
trial? Who tarries the longest at the
windows of a culprit’s cell. Who, when
all others think ill of a man, keeps on
thinking well of him?. It is his mother,
God bless her gray hairs, if she be still
alive; and bles3 her grave if she begonel
And bless the rockiug=chair in which she
used to sit, and bless the cradle that she
used to rock, and bless the Bible she used
to read 1 So God, our mother, has patience
for all the erring. After everybody
else has cast a man off, God, our
mother, comes to the rescue. God
leaps to take charge of a bad case.
After all* the other doctors have got
through the Heavenly Physician comes in.
A man’s sins may be like a continent, but
God's forgiveness is like the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans, bounding it on both sides.
I want to say, finally, that God has a
mother’s way of putting a child to sleep.
You know there is no cradle song like a
mother's. After the excitement of the
evening it is almost impossible to get the
child to sleep. If the rocking-chair stop a
moment, the eyes are wide open; but the
mother’s patience and the mother’s sooth
ing manner keep on until, after a while,
the angel of slumber puts his wing over
the pillow. Well, my dear brothers and
sisters in Christ, the time will come whan
wo will be wanting to be put to sleep. The
day of our life will be done and the shad
ows of the night of death will be gathering
around us. Then we want God to soothe
os, to hush us to sleep. “As one whom a
mother comforteth, so will I comfort you.”
“ Asleep in Jesus! Far from the#
Thy kindred and tlieir graves may be;
But thine is still a blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep.”
A Scotchman was dying. His daughter
Nellie sat by the bedskle. It was Sunday
evening, and the bell of the church was
ringing, calling the people to church. The
good old man, in his dying dreams thought
that he was on the way to church as he
used to he when he went in the sleigh
across the river, ani as the evening bell
struck up, in his dying dream he thought
it was the call to church. He said: “Hark,
children, the bells are ringing; we shall be
late; we must make the mare step along
quicker.” He shivered and then said:
“Puil the buffalo robe up closerlass,
soon be there, Nellie; we will soon be
there.” And he smiled and said: “Just
there now.” No wonder he smiled. The
good old man had got to church. Not the
old conutry church, but the temple in the
skies “just across the river.”
How comfortably did God hush that old
man to sleep! As one whom his mother
cornforteth, so God comforted Sim.
RELIGIOU3 AND EDUCATIONAL.
—The First Congregational Church,
at Dover, N. 11., was built in 1633, and
is still used as a place for worship.
—The faculty of a Texas fenta’e col
lege has forbidden the wear ng of hoops
or bangs by the students.— t'iucago Her
ald.
—At Salem. Mas?., a citizen hires
different men to attend church,
paying them seventy-live cents each
Sunday.— Boston Bos'.
—A Fresbvterian college has been
located at Jamestown, D. T.. to cost
SBO,OOO. The citizens donated *lO.llOO
and forty acres of land in the city lim
its. The building will be erected at
once.
—Forty thousand dollars has been in
vested in a trade school in Mew York,
and about two hundred young nten are
in attendance, learning how to lay
bricks, to paint houses, to make pat
terns. and to do plumbers’ work.— N.
Y. Times.
—The wider use of laymen and lay
women in the church was lately empha
sized at Philadelphia as a thing to. be
sought. The Churchman says that if
this wider use becomes a fact it means
the beginning of a great stride forward.
The Examin r (Baptist) says that the
point is one for other Christians than
Episcopalians to pond r. Lay work
needs to be developed in every church.
—Fifty year? ago, when Hev. Allen
B. Freeman arrived in Chicago to or
ganize the First Bapt st Chur h, lie had
m his pocket, as all his remaining ready
means, the sum of seventy-livfi cents.
Not a very large capital that to move
upon. And yet, with so much of a
financial equipment, he began an en
terprise of enormous dimensions. His
capital, af’er all, was not in ignificant.
It was all-sufficient, incomputable. The
hand of the Lord was upon him, and
the gracious end is not yeti— Chicago
Standard
—The Philadelphia Industrial f chonl
of Mr. Charles G. Leland is highly
praised by Carl Werner, one of tho high
est authorities on education in Ger
many. Prof. Werner declares that,
simple as it seeins, Germany has as yet
ignored the main principle 01 the Amer
ican system: that ail the minor arts, and
with them most of the ma nr, are sim
ply nothing but applied design, and
that this may he easily taught, a? Mr.
Leland has pra -ti ally shown, to all
children of from twelve to fourteen
years of age. —i‘luUuUlfJUa Press.
—The seed of tho petuniagrandiflora,
an exceedingly beautiful flower, is
worth SSOO an ounce.— Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
-
—Pennsylvania stands first in the
production of powder and New York
ami Ohio come next.— Philadelphia
press.
FRENCH DISASTER.
The Chinese Attack the French and
Drive Them From Their Position.
A Desperate Hattie Fought— General Ne
grier Dangerously Wounded in the
,v Chest.
Parts, March 29.—An official dispatch
from General Briere De L’lsle, dated March
28, was received at the War Office to-day,
detailing further disaster to the French
forces in China. The Chinese attacked the
French at Kilua and drove them from
their position with serious loss, the French
failing back upon Langson, pursued
by the Chinese. A determined stand
was made at Langson, where the
fleeing army was reinforced by the French
troops occupying that place, and a
desperate battle was fought of several
hours’ duration. The French were finally
compelled to retire from Langson, leaving
the Chinese in possession of the city. Gen
eral Negrier was dangerously wounded in
the chest. The total number of killed and
wounded is very large. General Negrier’s
army is now in full retreat, and closely
pursued by the Chinese. General De Lisle
implores the Government to send reinforce
ments at once. The news of General
Negrier’s defeat and retreat from Langson
caused great excitement here to-day.
A council of wmr was held this afternoon,
but nothing is known of its deliberations.
It is understood that a large body of troops
will be at once dispatched to reinforce
General De Lisle. The following dispatch
was r< eeived from General Briere DeLisle,
dated Hanoi, March 2k. “I regret to an
nounce that General Negrier has been se
verely wounded, and obliged to evacuate
Lang Son. The Chinese in three
large columns made an impetuous
attack on our positions before Kilua. Col
onel Jlerbinger, in the face of superior
numbers of the enemy and exhausted of
ammunition, was obliged to retreat to
Dong Dong and Thannol. lam massing
onr forces of the Chu and Kep roads. If
the enemy' still increases I shall retire to
Songkoi. Whatever happens I hope to be
able to defend the whole delta. Please send
reinforcements quickly as possible.” The
Cabinet met at eight o’clock this even
ing. Another meeting in the morning.
The Journal dee Debats says: “France will
make the necessary efforts in behalf of her
sons in Tonqufti. Reinforcements will be
sent, not to-morrow, huj to-day. To
morrow. however, we shall see with whom
a French expedition to i'Snin',’ 'aiia-swys
Premier Ferry will make a state
ment In the Chamber of Deputies to
morrow. As a result of the Cabinet coun
cil to-day, Premier Ferry will ask a vote
of credit for two hundred million francs,
with which to arm and equip a large army
to reinforce General De Lisle. A report is
in circulation to-night that General Negrier
died from his wounds.
Kiel’s ID; be 111 on.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 20.—A Bat
tleford dispatch says: A report has ar
rived that an engagement has place
at Duck Lake. Seventy-five men were on
their way to the lake wffien they were m Ist by
a party of rebels with a flag of truce.
While a 'parley w-as going on, the rebels
opened tire fnom positions on both sides of
the road. A brisk engagement took place,
in which at least forty rebels were killed
aud many wounded. The cannon did good
execution. A rebel emissary, who has
been an inciter iff the uprTsing, has been
arrested at Fort rw. News has just been
received iff the concentration of the Brees
at Pound-ffiaker’s Reserve, and a delega
gation is qp its w-ay to make demands. A
dispatch fff>ni Quappele, where troops are
stationed, says a blizzard has been raging
steadily fur some time, and thesnow is now
so deep that wagons are useless for trans
portation north. This will delay the start
ing of the expedition north till Thurs
day at least. Farmers are flocking
in with teams. The insurgents have
captured aud removed the stock at Bo
tockes. All supplies for the North are still
held at Humboldt, where freighters are
asking for police protection. Orders have
heat issued to hold all northern mail at
Humboldt. Riel’s runners have been
through Quappelle Valley inciting the
people, but the Indians have as yet made
no movement. Fort Carlton was burned by
the mounted police, who evacuated it to
taka up a better position at Prince Albert.
A River Disaster.
Memphis, Tenn., March 27.—The Mem
ph s and Mound City ferrvlioat Mark
Twain, exploded her boiler at Mound City
this evening. Killed —A. J. Demerirh and
F. I'iest, of Louisville. A fireman and two
deik-hands were drowned. Captain Gus
Foffeman and Pilot Malone each
had a leg broken; Mary Jones,
cobred, arm broken; Frank Huskable,
ba - -keeper badly scalded. There were
abiut twenty people on board, including
fiv> ladies. The Mark Twain wasjbuilt at
thi Covington Ways, in 1876, for Captain J.
D. landall, for the Memphis and St. Fran
cif River trade, who sold her in 1879. Dur
in; the past three months she had been
rinning the ferry trade here, and was val
ue! at S4,IKK*. Insurance unknown.
An Ex-Governor Missing.
St. Louis, March 29.— The family and
frinds of ex-Governor Thomas C.
Fltcher. a prominent citizen and lawyer
ofhigh repute in this city, are in great dis
tress at his mysterious and unaccountable
al .enee from home. He has not been seen
to nine days. and. although various means
hare been taken to ascertain his wtaere
abu's, not a trace has yet been found of
hiu. He ha- a good deal of law business
inWashington, and relatives in the south
•vstern part of this State and Texas, but,
si far as known, he is not in either place.
Aiv information of him will be gratefully
rtkiveil by nis friends and family.
THE FRONTIER QUESTION.
Russia Has Refused to Withdraw Troops
From the Disputed Territory and
War Seems Inevitable,
London, March 27.—A special edition ol
the Globe just out has caused intense ex
citement throughout the city. The Glob*
says it has positive information that Rus
eia has refused to accede to England’s re
quest for the mutual withdrawal of troop:-
from the disputed territory in Afghanis
tan. The Globe, in an authoritative torn
further states that in consequence of this
refusal Lord Granville, Minister foi
Foreign Affairs, has sent an ultimatum
to Russia and demanded an answer theretr
no later than Monday next. The (Jobe hat
on previous occasions succeeded in publish
ing reliable advance news, and many' are
inclined to accept present statements.
Should they prove true, it is difficult to
imagine how a complete rupture and a
speedy declaration of war can be averted.
In reply to Earl Granville’s demand for
immediate acceptance or refusal of the
proposition to vacate disputed
territory until the Boundary
Commission decides the frontier,
M. de Giers, Russian Foreign Minister, has
promised that a definite answer will he
given not later than Tuesday. Opinion in
London is divided as to whether this means
that war will be declared by Tuesday, or
whether it is simply another expedient of
Russia to gain time for further movements
of troops toward Afghanistan. Great
preparations are being made at Aldershot
for the reception of the army reserve
forces and militia called out by
the Queen’s message. Quarters are
ready at Chatham for a large
force. The greatest activity prevails in
the ordnance department in hastening the
armament of vessels ordered for immedi
ate service. Extra hands are employed.
All available quarters at Chelsea have
been made ready for occupation. It is re
ported that the naval reserves wfll be im
mediately called out for service. The Gov
ernment has given contracts for 100,000
uniforms. In the event of war 25,000 mili
tia will i>e assigned to garrison duty in
Ireland, and that number of
regulars be released for active
service. The Government will charter and
alter several of the Transatlantic steam
ships so as to adapt them for service as
cruisers. The America is already being
fitted with guns. Offers have been made
to the owners of the Alaska and the Ore
gon, and it is intended to make similar use
of these vessels. The offers for the two
last named steamers were made to prevent
their beiug chartered by the Russian Gov
owners.
New Appointments.
Washington, March 24. —Nominations:.
Henry L. Muldrow, of Mississippi, As
sistant Secretary of the Interior; Win. A.
J. Sparks, Illinois, Commissioner of Gen
eral Land Office; Daniel McOnville, Ohio,
Auditor of the Treasury for the Postoffice
Departnfent.
Washington, D. C., March 26.—Samuel
S. Cox, New York. Euvoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the
United States to Turkey. Postmasters—
Henry C. Shannon, Erie, Pa.; William A.
' Wortham, Sulphur Springs, Tex.; Robert
O. Denton, Gaiusviile, Tex.; Henrv C.
Cassidy, Youngstown, O.; Henry D. Black,
Coshocton, O.; Willis G. Neff,
Greencastle, Ind.; Gorden Lister,
South Bend, Ind.; J. Knox Hall, Toulon.
111.; Thomas J. Bunn, Bloomington, 111.:
John Cunningham, Mattoon, 111.; James E.
Nect, Versailles, Ky.; Frederick G. Kend
rick, Mt. Clemens, Mich.; Geo. W. Cate,
Stevens’ Point, Wis.: David O. Irwin, Lake
City, Minn.; J. DeArmond, Davenport, la.:
M. M. Ham, Dubuque, la.; Jos. Lander,
State Center, la.; Win. R. White, Prescott,
Arkansas.
Washington, March 26. —Thomas C.
Crenshaw, Jr., Collector of Internal Reve
nue, District of Georgia. Postmasters—
Aquilla Jones, Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.;
Osbun Shannon, Lawrence, Kas.; John
Mileharn, Topeka, Kas.; N. C. Ridenour,
Clarinda. la.; Vincent J. Lane, Wyan
dotte, Kas.: Mrs. Lizzie H. Fioklen, Char
leston, 111.; Claiborne Bowman, Yazoo City,
Miss.
Fatal Explosion.
St. Lotus, Mo., March 29.—A terrible ex
plosion occurred in Coal Mine No. 7 at Mc-
Allister, Indian Territory, last Friday ev
ening by which twelve miners, all who
were in the mine at the time, were in
stantly killed. The cause of the explosion
is unknown, but supposed to have been ig
nition of powder. The bodies were only
slightly burned, death evidently being the
result of condition.
Interacting- to Pensioners.
Washington, March 29.—Commissioner
of Pension Black has decided thatamotber
can not be allowed a pension as a depend
ent mother and the accrued pension of her
deceased husband for the same period of
time.
Mexico Preparing for Barrios.
City of Mexico, March 29.—Troops are
practicing military maneuvers every day,
preparing to enforce the position of the
Government against Barrios, if it should
prove necessary.
Insane Woman Burned.
Lebanon, Pa., March 27.—Mrs. Kittle,
an insane woman, aged eighty-six years,
was burned to death. Her clothing took
fire from a pipe she was smoking.
Several Thousand Dollars Short.
Owego, N. Y., March 29. —City Treasurer
Crawford, of this city, has absconded, be
ing $26,000 short in his accounts of the pub
lic money.
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The National Debt.
Washington, March 29.—The total Na
tional debt, in round figures, is $1,980,000,-
000. including the Pacific Railroad indebt
edness.
VOL II.—NO. 5.
THE FRENCH DEFEAT.
Frenzied Excitement on the Streets of
Paris and in the "Chamber of
Deputies,
Downfall of the Ferry Ministry Amid In
sults of Former Friends.
Paris, March 30.—An active, vigorous
campaign ou a much larger scale will be
commenced at once against China. Re
ports of an impending declaration of war
have caused a panic on the Bourse. The
Radical press publish violent articles
against the Ministry, denouncing their pol
icy and accusing them of incapability in
the administration of the Nation’s affairs.
These journals say the cabinet should be
asked to resign, and, refusing, should be
impeached for neglect of duty. A
council of Ministers was held, pre
sided over by President Grevy. He in
sisted on prompt, vigorous action on the
Chinese question, and declared that noth
ing short of decisive, complete measures
M ould satisfy the people. After an excited
discussion the council .decided to ask the
Chambers for a credit of two hundred mil
lion francs ($38,580,000). It was also de
cided to mobilize two full divisions of the
army, including four Brigadier-Generals
for service in Tonquin. Admiral Cour
bet’s fleet will be reinforced at once by
ten thousand sailors, marines and several
mqro vessels. Seldom has there been a
day of such intense excitement as
this. Mol*s of excited men have been
parading the streets all day, calling
down execrations on the government for
its shameful Chinese campaign. Recent
French r verses in China seem to have put
the populace beside themselves with rage.
Nothing less than the immediate resigna
tion of the Ferry Ministry will appease
their anger. A howling mob assembled in
front of the Chamber of Deputies. The
crowd repeatedly endeavored to enter the
building, each time being driven back by
the military. In the Chamber the
scene was one of wildest confu
sion; pandemonium prevailed. Mem
bers of the Bight fiercely attacked the Gov
ernment for duplicity in keeping the coun
try ignorant of the true state of affairs un
til it could no longer be kept back, until the
few loyal sons of France sent against the
Chinese hordes had been sacrificed. The tu
mult on the floor was intensified by the occu
pants of the gallery, who applauded every
speech against the Ministry, and inter
spersed their applause with cries: j“Resign 1”
“Resign!” “Down with the Ministry.” In
tho midst ot the turmoil Pre—-f- ■ I=l <r
cil of Ministers held this morning. 'Tie
w r as greeted with hisses from all parts of
the Chamber. .Silence finally was restored,
but the Premier had no sooner concluded
his remarks than the tumult broke out
again. The Right almost in a body yelled
“Down with the wretch!” Hardly had the
utterance escaped the. lips of the
former supporters of the Govern
ment whon V M. Cleinenceau, chief
leader of the Radicals, was on his
feet, aud, pointing in the direction
of the Right, denounced them as traitors.
The noisy scone was momentarily brought
to an end by a motion of one of the Depu
ties that they at once proceed to vote on
the |Government's proposals, which was
adopted. The result showed that the pro
posals had been rejected. When the an
nouncement was finally made, M. Ferry
tendered his resignation and that of his
colleagues. This was greeted with wild
applause. The Chamber was then cleared.
Fast Failing.
New York, March 30.—The crisis has
been reached in General Grant’s sickness.
The worst is now looked for a( an early
moment. It is not a question of weeks nor
of days, but of hours. There can be no
doubt that the end is rapidly approaching.
The continued presence of at least, one of
the physicians in the house, their guarded
expressions when asked about, the General,
and the unconcealed anxiety and depres
sion of the Grant family, proved this, even
though definite information from the sick
room cannot be obtained. The pe
culiar nature of General Grant’s disease,
and its' tendency to assume a more aggra
vated form without a moment’s warning,
render it impossible to predict just when
another outbreak like that of Saturday
night will occur. The physicians expect
it at almost any time, and one of them is
authority for the assertion that when it
does come, it will in all probability be the
end. The only indication of the approach
of this is in the General’s gradual loss of
vitality. His bodily strength is fast wast
ing a wav, and the weaker he gets the
greater is the danger that the disease will
overcome him.
The Profits that Broke Mr. Fish.
New York, Match 30. —In the trial of
Ex-President Fish, of the Marine Bank, to
day. it was shown that some of Fish’s
profits from the firm of Grant & Ward in
1883 were: January, $34,000; February,
$29,000; April, $21,000; May, $31,000; Jum #
$.V2,000; July, $43,000 August, $13,000. "
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Kperial Session.
Washington. March 26.-The Senate met at
\\ . t later went intoexecu
fjve'l’eVJion.' After some further discussion
of the Weil and La Abra treaties, thoy were
postponed until the next session, Mben the
floors were reopeued, Mr. Mermans
resolution, providing that a t ™',L n
of two Senators he appointed to w ait up n
the President and inform him that it he has
no furt ht v communication to make the .t n
«»£%£ to -BfcytStSJa
immediately
tow.it rented «£
they tiad performed then a n> Senate
ident had expressed a wish that Tbur9 .
the Senate
adjourned until Monday. reading , h e
Washington. Maren w. executive ses-
nopened 3
jourued.