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EVERLASTING LIFE.
Ttis Is the Text of Rer. Dr. Tal
mage's. Sermon To-day.
The Drum-Beat of the Prophet to
Arouse His People—The Great Want
of the World Is Hest—The Preacher
Speaks of Parties Made tip in the
Gold Fields of California—HeCee ires
to Make XTt> Parties for Another
Land of Gold—The Land of Rest.
Brooklyn. Aug. 26.—Rev. Dr. Talmage,
who is now in Australia on his globe
girdling tour, has selected as the subject
of his sermon for to-day, through the
press, the words. “Everlasting Life,’’ the
text being from Micah ii. 10: “Arise ye
and depart, for this is not your rest.”
This was the drum-beat of a prophet
who wanted to arouse his people from
their oppressed and sinful condition : but
it may just as properly be uttered now as
then. Bells, by long exposure and much
ringing, lose their clearness of tone; but
this rousing tell of the gospel strikes In
as clear a tone as when it first rang on
the air.
As far as I can see your great want and
mine is rest. From the time we enter
life a great many vexations and annoy
ances take after us. We may hate our
holidays, and our seasons of recreation
and quiet, but where is the man come to
mid-life who has found entire rest’ The
fact is that God did not make this world
to rest in A ship might as well go down
off Cape Halteras to find smooth water as
a man in this world to find quiet. From
the way that God has strewn the thorns,
and hung the clouds, and sharpened
the tusks; from the colds that dis
tress us, and the heats that smite us,
and the pleurisies that stab us. and the
fevers thatconsume us. I know that be did
not make this world as a place to loiter
in God does every thing successfully;
and this world would be a very different
world if it were intended for us to lounge
in. It does right well for a few hours.
Indeed, it is magnificent: Nothing but
infinite wisdom and goodness could have
mixed this beverage of water, or hung up
these brackets of stars, or trained these
voices of rill, and bird, and ocean—so that
God has but to lift his hand, and the
whole world breaks forth into orchestra.
But. after all. it is only the splendors of a
king's highway, over which we are to
march on to eternal conquests
You and I have seen men who tried to
rest here. They builded themselves great
stores. They gathered around them the
patronage of merchant princes. The
voice of their bid shook the money mar
kets. They had stock in the most suc
cessful railroads, and in “safety deposits”
great rolisof government securities. They
had emblazoned carriages, high-mettled
steeds, footmen, plate that confounded
lords and senators who sat at their table,
tapestry on which floated the richest de
signs of foreign looms, splendor of canvas
on the wall, exquisiteness of music rising
among pedestal of bronze, and dropping,
soft as light, on snow of sculpture. Hera
let them rest. Put back the embroidered
curtain, and shake up the pillow of down.
Turn out the lights! It is eleven o’clock
at night. Let slumber crop upon
the eyelids, and the air float
through the half-opened lattice drowsy
with midsummer perfume. Stand back,
all care, anxiety, and trouble: But no!
they will not stand back. They rattle
the lattice. They look under the canopy.
With rough touch they startle his pulses.
They cry out at 12 o’clock at nieht,
“Awake, man! How cau you sleep when
things are so uncertain! What about
those stocks? Hark to the tap of that
fire-bell; it is your district! How if you
should die soon’ Awake, man'. Think of
it! Who will get your property when you
are gone? What will they do with it?
Wake up! Riches sometimes take wings.
How if you should get poor! Wake up!”
Rising on one elbow, the man of fortune
looks out into the darkness of the room,
and wipes the dampness from his fore
head,, and says. “Alas! hor all this scene
of wealth and magnificence—no rest!”
I passed down a street of a city with a
merchant. He knew all the finest houses
on the street. He said, “There is some
thing the matter in all these houses. In
that one it is conjugal infelicity. in that
one, a dissipated son. In that, a dissolute
father. In that, an idiot child. In that,
the prospect of bankruptcy.” This
world's wealth can give no permanent
satisfaction. This is not your rest.
You and I have seen men try in another
direction. A man says, “If I could only
rise to such and such a place of renown;
if 1 could gain that office; if I could only
get the stand and have my sentiments
met with one good round of hand-clap
ping applause: if 1 could only write a
book that would live, or make a speech
that would thrill, or do an action that
would resound!” The tide turns in his
favor. His name is on ten thousand lips.
He is bowed to. and sought after, and
advanced. Men drink his health at great
dinners. At his fiery words the multi
tudes hu/./a! From galleries of beauty
they throw garlands. From housetops,
as he passes in long procession, they
shake out the national standards. Here
let him rest. It is 11 o'clock at night.
On pillow stuffed with a nation’s praise
let him lie down. Hush! all disturbant
voices. In his dream let there be hoisted
a throne, and across it march a coiona
tion. Hush! Hush! "Wake up!” says a
rough voice. “Political sentiment is
changing. How if you should lose this
place of honor! Wake up! lhe morning
papers are to be full of denunciation.
Harken to the execrations of those who
once caressed you By to-morrow night
there will be multitudes sneering at the
words which last night you expected
would be universally admired. How can
you sleep when everything depends upon
the next turn of the great tragedy! Up,
man ! Off of this pillow!” The man, with
head yet hot from his last oration, starts
up suddenly, looks out upon the night,
but sees nothing except the flowers that
lie on his stand, or the scroll from which
he read his speech, or the books from
which he quoted his authorities, and goes
to his desk to finish his neglected corre
spondence, or to pen an indignant line to
some reporter, or sketch the plan for a
public defense against the assaults of the
people. Happy when he got his first
lawyer’s brief; exultant when lie
triumphed over his first political rival;
yet, sitting on the very top of all that this
world offers of praise, he exclaims, "No
rest! no rest!”
The very world that now applauds will
soon hiss. That world said of the great
Webster, "What a statesman! What
wonderful exposition of the constitution!
A man fit for any position.” That same
world said after a while, “Down with
him! He is an office seeker. He is a sot.
He is a libertine. Away with him!"
And there is no peace for the man until
he lays down his broken heart in the
grave at Marshfield. Jeffrey thought
that if ho could only be Jut - go that would
be the making of him: got to be judge,
and cursed the dav in which ho was horn
Alexander wauled to submerge the world
with his greatness; submerged it. and
then drank himself to death because he
could uot stand ihe trouble. Burns
thought he would give everything if he
could win the fat or of courts and princes;
won it, and amid the shouts of a great
entertainment, when poeis, and orators
and duchesses were adoring his genius,
wished that he i ould creep back into the
obscurity in which he dwelt when he
wrote of the
Daley, wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower
Napoleon wanted to make ail Europe
tremolo at his power; made it tremble,
then died, his eutire military achiuve-
meets dwindling down to a pair of mili
tary loots which he insisted on havingon
his feet when dying. At Versailles I
saw a picture of Napoleon in his trumphs.
X went into another room and saw a bust
of Napoleon as he appeared at St Helena;
but oh. what grief and anguish in the
face of the latter! The first was Na
poleon in triumph, the last was Napoleon
with his heart broken. How they
laughed and cried when silver-tongued
Sheridan, in the midday of prosperity
harangued the people of Britain, and
how they howled and execrated him
when, outside the room where his corpse
lay. his creditors tried to get his misera
ble bones and sell them.
Tnis world for rest! "Ah!” cry the
waters, "no rest here—we plunge to the
sea.” “Ah !” cry the mountains." no rest
here—we crumble to the plain ” "Ah:”
cry the towers." no rest here—we follow
Babylon, and Thebes, and Nineveh into
the dust.” No rest for the flowers; they
fade. No rest for the stars: they die. No
rest for man; he must work, toil. suffer,
and slave.
Now, for what have I said all this?
Just to prepare you for the text: "Arise
ye. and depart: for this is not your rest."
I am going to make you a grand offer.
Some of you remember that when gold
was discovered in California, large com
panies were made up and started o;f to
get their fortune. To-day I want to make
up a party for the land of gold. I hold in
my hand a deed from the proprietor of
the estate, in which he offers to all who
will join the company ten thousand
shares of infinite value, in a city
whose Jstreets are gold, whose harps
are gold, whose crowns are gold. You
have read of the crusaders—how that
many thousands of them went off to con
quer the Holy sepulchre. I ask you
to join a grander crusade -not for tne
purpose of conquering the sepulchre of a
dead Christ, but for the purpose of reach
ing the throne of a living Jesus. When an
army is to be made up, the recruiting of
ficer examines the volunteers: he tests
their eyesight; he .sounds their lungs: he
measures their stature: they must be just
right, or they are rejected But there
shall be no partiality in making up this
army of Christ,. Whatever your moral or
physical stature, woatever your -dissipa
tions, whatever your crimes, whatever
your weaknesses, i have a commission
from the Lord Almighty to make up this
regiment of redeemed souls, and I cry,
“Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your
rest.” Many of you have lately joined
this company, and iny desire is that you
may ail .oin it. Why not! You know in
your own hearts’ experience that what
I have said about this world is true—that
it is no place to rest in. There are hun
dreds here weary—oh, how wearv—
weary with sin; weary with trouble;
weary with bereavement. Some of you
have been pierced through and through.
You carry the scars of a thousand con
flicts, in which you have bled at every
pore: and you sigh, "Oh. that I had the
wings of a dove, that I might fly away and
be at rest!” You have taken the cup of
this world’s pleasures and drunk it to
the dregs, and still the thirst claws at
your tongue, and the fever strikes to your
brain. You have chased Pleasure through
every valley, by every stream, amid every
brightness, and under every shadow, but.
just at the moment when you were all
ready to put your hand upon the rosy,
laughing sylph of the wood she turned
upon you with the eiareof a fiend and the
eye of a satyr, her locks adders and her
breath the chill damp of a grave. Out
of Jesus Christ, no rest. No voice to
silence the storm. No light to kindle the
darkness. No dry dock to repair the split
bulwark.
Thank God. I can tell you something
better. If there is no rest on earth there
is rest in heaven. Oh, ye who are worn
out with work, your hands calloused,
your backs bent, your eyes half put out,
your fingers worn with the needle that in
this world you may never lay down; ye
discouraged ones, who have been waging
a hand-to-hand fight for bread; ye to
whom the night brings little rest and the
morning more drudgery—oh, ye of the
weary hand, and the weary side, and the
weary foot, hear me talk about rest!
Look at that company of enthroned
ones. Look at their hands; look at their
feet: look at their eyes. It cannot be that
those bright ones e\er toiled! Yes! yes!
These packed the Chinese tea-boxes, and
through missionary instruction escaped
into clory. These sweltered on southern
plantations, and one night, alter the cot
ton-picking. went up as white as if they
had never been black. Those died of
overtoil in the Lowell carpet factories,
and these in Manchester mills; those
helped build the pyramids, and those
broke away from work on the dav Christ
was hounded out of Jerusalem. No more
towers to build; heaven is done. No
more garments to weave, the robes are
finished. No more harvests to raise, the
garners are full. Oh, sons and daughters
of toil! arise ye and depart, for that is
your test.
Scovill M’Callum, a boy of my Sunday
school, while dying, said to his mother,
“Don't cry, but sing, sing,
There is rest for the weary,
There is rest for the weary.”
Then, putting his wasted hands over his
heart, said, "There is rest for me.”
But there are some of you woo want to
hear about the laud where they never
have any heartbreaks, and no graves are
dug. \\ here are your father ami mother!
The most of you are orphans. I look
around, and where i see one man who lias
parents living. 1 see ten who are orphans.
Where are your children? Where I see
one family circle that is unbroken, I see
three or four that have been desolated.
One lamb gone out of this fold; one Bower
plunked from that garland; one go.den
link broken from that chain; here a
bright light put out, and there another,
ami yonder another. With such
griefs, liow are you to rest? Will there
ever he a power that can attune that silent
voice, or kindle the lustre of that closed
eye, or put spring and dance into that
little footl When we bank up the dust
over the dead, is the sod never to be
broken! Is the cemetery to hear no souad
but the tire of the hearse wheel, or the
tap of the bell at the gate as the long pro
cessions come in with their awful burdens
of grief! Is the bottom ot the grave
gravel, and the top dust? No! no! no!
The tomb is only a place where we wrap
our robes about us for a pleasant nap on
our way home. The swellings of .lordan
will only wash off the dust of the way.
From the top of the grave wo catch a
glimpse of the towers glinted with the
sun that never sets
Oh ye whose locks are wet with the
dews of the night of grief; ye whose
hearts are heavy, because those well
known footsteps sound no more at the
doorway, yonder is your rest! There is
lJavid triumphant; but once he bemoaned
Absalom. There is Abraham enthroned;
but onco be wept for Sarah. There is
Paul exultant; hut he once sat with his
feet in the stocks. There is Pay son ra
diant with immortal health : but ou earth
he was always sick. No toil, no tears, no
partings, no strife, no agonizing cough,
to-night. No storm to ruffle .the crystal
sea. No alarm to strike from the cathe
dral towtfrs. No dirge throbbing from
seraphic harps. No tremor iu the ever
lasting sor.g; but rest—perfect rest—un
ending rest.
Into that rest how many of our loved
oues have goue! The little children have
been gathered up into the bosom of Christ.
One of them went out of the arms of a
widowed mother, following its father,
who died a few weeks before. In its last
moment it seemed to see the departed
father, for it said, looking upward with
brightened countenance, "Papa, take mo
up!"
Others put down the work of midlife,
feeling they couid hardly be spared from
the office, or store, or shop, for a day, but
are to be spared from it forever. ‘ Your
mother went. Having lived a life of
Christian consistency here, ever busy
with kindness for her children, her heart
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. ATTGUST 27, 1894.
full of that meek and quiet spirit that is
in the sight of God of great pri e. sud
denly her countenance was transfieurei,
and the sale was opened, and she took
her place amid that great cloud of wit
ness, sthat hover about the throne!
Glorious consolation! They ar j not
dead. You cannot make me oelieve they
are dead. They have only moved on.
With more love than that with which
they greeted us on earth, they watch us
from their high place, and their voices
cheer us in our struggle for the sky.
Hail, spirits blessed, now that ye have
passed the flood and won the crown!
With weary feet we press up the shining
way. until in everlasting reunion we shall
meet again. Ob ! won't it be grand, when
our con; icts done and our partings over,
wc shall clasp hands, and cry out, "This
is Heaven
DIRECT TO LIVERPOOL.
Brunswick Has a New Line of Five
St tamers.
Brunswick, Ga . Aug. 26.—Without any
intimation to the outside world a Bruns
wick firm has established direct trade be
tween Brunswick and Liverpool, and
commencing on Sept. 30 a line of five
British steamships will begin to ply
regularly every two weeks between Geor
gia and the United Kingdom. Tho line
has been established by the Brunswick
Terminal Company through their presi
dent. Maj. A. F. Churchill, and the con
summation of the deal was so quietly
effected that all Brunswick will be both
astonished and delighted when it
is made puolic. The movement
was set on foot sometime
ago by Maj. Churchill, and last May the
matter had reached such a favorable
point through correspondence that he
made a personal visit to Lngland and
spent several weeks in closing the deal.
On his return to this'country nothingwas
said about the deal until all preliminary
arrangements were made and then circu
lar letters were addressed to exporters
throughout the soutn and west informing
them of the new movement. In an inter
view with Maj. Churchill to-day he in
formed the Morning News correspondent
that the owners of the line were the
Ulster Steamship Company, limited, with
C. E. DeWolf & Cos.. Liverpool, agents.
The line is known as the "Head Line,”
with five first-class steamers between
Brunswick and Liverpool for both passen
gers and freight. The steamships and
their tonnage are:
Tons.
Rarcore Head 4.441
Misbowen head . 3.060
Bengore Head 2.458
Dunmore Head 2,229
Teelin Head 1.687
The Itamore Head is one of the heaviest
tonnage ships that ever entered a south
ern port.
This new move is the best one from a
commercial standpoint recorded from
Brunswick in years. The commencing of
this line will make the annual exports
from Brunswick extraordinarily large,
compared with previous exports.
THE INSPECTOR’S REPORT.
He Discusses Drainage and the Bilbo
Canal Problem.
Inspector Desvergers of the Citizens’
Sanitary Association, in his report of in
spections for last week to the committee
on public health, says that, barring col
lections of water on the surface de
pressions in a few localities in the vicinity
of the city where the efficiency of the
lateral ditches to the outlets has suffered
impairment from cattle treading or earth
sliding into them, the pernicious burrow
pits of the railroads and brick yard exca
vations on the west of the city and the
continued unsanitary condition of the
Ogeechee canal, drainage conditions have
been adequately maintained around the
city despite the continued and heavy rain
fall and the immense quantity of water
consequently thrown from the water
sheds toward the city.
The inspector suggests that it would
not be amiss now. as the summer is near
ing its close, to investigate the reasons of
immunity from sickness during the ex
cessive rainfall and intensely hot weather
of the past three months. He says that
while due credit must be given to the en
ergetic and efficient manner with which
the city’s drainage operations have of
late been conducted, it is evident that
good health is due mainly to the recent
drainage of a vast area of pernicious bog
and swamp Sand in the immediate vicin
ity of the city, particularly to the south
and southeast of it, which has been
drained by the county authorities.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CASE.
What would have been our fate, the
inspector asks, during such a season of
excessive rains and intense heat com
bined, if these pernicious factors of fever
bad continued in an urdraiued condition?
He suggests that there is reason to believe
that these places were contributive fac
tors in the fever afflictions which befell
Savannah heretofore during similar sea
sons of excessive rainfall and intense
heat. Neighboring cities and towns south
of Savannah have been suffering the
affliction of dengue fever, and other
fevers, while Savannah has been exempt
during this trying season. He says the
people are inu, li indebted to the present
county commissioners for tlieir prompt
ness in bringing their drainage operations
from the distant points to which they
were heretofore confined, to the territory
iiimedia.el.y around the city, and credit
snould be given them for the rapid and
efficient manner in which the work has
been pushed.
Tlie inspector says in looking at the re
sults oi tlie drainage of the Lamar
swamps and other pernicious swamps im
mediately south and southeast of the
city, which are natural tributaries of the
Musgrove creek swamp, it seems amazing
that the places should remain undrained
so long, especially in view of the fact
that they were susceptible of easy and
thorough drainage. Be says that the
neglect to drain these swamps can
be attributed to a fallacy al
ways urged as an argument
against tlieir drainage, that the
existing outlets from the Musgrove
creek swamp would be inadequate to
void the water flowing from it, in case
its volume should be increased by Bows
from the opening of additional drains
lulo it.
CAULS IT A FALLACY.
The inspector sa.vs that the absurdity
of the fallacy has been demonstrated,
that notwithstanding the excessive rain
fall. and the addition of an immense
quantity of water to the Musgrove
Creek swamp since the Lamar swamp
canal has been dug, the Musgrove canal
proved an adequate and ready outlet tor
it, and the city has experienced no
trouble in getting rid of the water.
The inspector suggests that it would
be fortunate for Savannah, if it could as
easily solve the Bilbo canal nuisance prob
lem, but says that while this canal in
its existing condition is injurious to the
property interest in that section of the
city, and detrimental to public health,
the suggestion of Mr. Waring, the dis
tinguished sanitary engineer, to convert
it into a permanent outlet for the city
sewage, upon the idea that the only ob
jection to turning the sewage into the
river is the i ontuminaiion of the water,
and as the city now gets its water supply
from artesian wells, the objection need
not he considered, is absurd.
"Mr. Waring is mistaken if he imag
ines that the river water supply for Sa
vannah ean be eliminated from considera
tion. Has it ever occurred to him that
the city may be eomiiellod to return to the
river for its water supply ( Have we any
assurance of porjietuity in either the
quantity of How or the existence of the
artesian wells ? Is it not possible for the
artesian water supply to be suddenly cut
Off T
THE ARTESIAN WELL QfESTroN.
"Suppose the powder magazine should
blow up. or a car of dynamite exolode on
the railroad track in the vicinity of the
artesian water works, or an earthquake
occur similar to that experienced a few
years ago. are we assured that suen dis
turbances would not destroy the artesian
wells’ And in such a contingency what
would the inhabitants of Savannah do for
water, if the old water works should be
allowed to go to ruin, instead of b ’ing
kept in repair and held in reserve for such
contingencies?
"But aside from this view of the mat
ter, further detriment would result from
carrying tne city's sewage into the
river. The sewage matter would be
carried up the river and find lodg
ment in the drift wood and
loose floating matter which is <on
tin ually collecting among the piles
under the wharves, it would ge't up into
the sluices and creeks below and above
and opposite the city. Much of it, too.
would be carried by the tides upon the
tidal marshes where it would settle dur
ing slack water, and there would be alto
gether such a collection of foul, putrid
matter in the port that Savannah might
become as unhealthy as Havana from a
similar cause.”
COTTON IN THIS SECTION.
Some Damage Done to the Crop by
the Excessive Rains.
Very few reports have been received
during the past week concerning the con
dition of the cotton crop. This season’s
cotton is atom made, and the farmers are
all busy picking. In some sections there
is complaint that the recent rains have
caused the plant to go to weed, and the
fruit is damaged from scald, rust and
shedding. The general opinion is that
there will be a full crop, unless some un
foreseen disaster happens to injure it be
fore harvesting is over.
The following reports from correspond
ents show the condition of the crop in
their respective sections:
UPLAND.
Tennille. Washington County. Aug. 25.
The conditions of cotton remain unfavor
able: rain continues, but not in such
copious abundance, but the weather is
cloudy most of the days and the atmos
phere is damp. Under cotton is mildew
ing even before it opens. Where the rust
took the cotton early there was a good
deal of it popping open, and the rains in
jured it before it could be picked. Pick
ing has begun, but the low price offered
is keeping the pickers off, with the hope
of getting more. With the present out
look for price of cotton the farmers can’t
afford to pay much for picking. The
price offered at present is 30 cents per
hundred, which is remunerative, as com
pared with other field work, but not as
much as pickers have formerly received.
Tennille received her first bale of the new
staple on Thursday. Aug. 23, from a farm
south of tho Central railroad piuey woods.
The Brown-Franklin Company were the
purchasers at 6c, cents per pound.
Midville, Burke County, Aug. 25.—The
cotton crop in this section has made no
improvement this week. The rains of the
last few weeks have done great injury. It
has caused the plant to go to weed with
out fruiting. It is now suffering very
much from scald, shedding its leaves and
opening very last. Cotton picking is ail
the go here now. If the weather con
tinues fair the crop will soon be gathered.
The plant is now blooming on top.
Thomasville, Thomas County. Ga., Aug.
25.—The cotton crop is about made. It is
opening rapidly now and is very good.
John I. Parker, the largest planter in the
county, says he has made the best crop of
his life, but that it will require every
cent of it to pay the cost ot production,
leaving no margin at all.
Faceyille, Decatur County, Aug. 25.
The rain has caused the cotton to go to
weed and npt put on much fruit. The
weed is filler than it has ever been in this
section, but judging from the present out
look will not make more than T 5 per cent,
of a full crop The rains also caused rust
and what the farmers call scald with
some, but it is not general.
Oliver, Screven County, Aug. 25.—M.
C. Powell & Cos. shipped six bales from
here yesterday, being the first from this
point. The cotton crop is opening fast,
and is estimated at 65 per cent. The weed
has grown very fine, but owing to the
continued rains it lias lost lots of its
fruit.
SEA ISLAND.
Hazlehurst. Appling. County, Aug. 25.
—The past week has been favorable to
working in sea island cotton. Several
bales are reported picked out. If seasons
continue favorable the crop will be a
good average.
DEATH OF W. D. McTVER.
The Body Will Be Brought Down From
Asheville This Morning.
Both surprise and sorrow were created
in the city yesterday by the receipt of
news from Asheville, N. C., of the death
there yesterday morning of Mr. W. D.
Mdver, a well-known and popular young
man of this city. The telegram was re
ceived by Mr. Mclyer's brother, Mr. H.
H. Mclver. of the auditor’s department
of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway. It did not state the cause of
Mr. Mclver's death.
The news was a great surprise to the
many friends of the deceased in Savan
nah, as he had left here only a few days
before in almost his usual health, beiug
troubled, apparently, with only a slight
cold. A later telegram stated that the
body would he sent down to Savannah by
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road, arriving here early this morning on
its way to Brunswick, the home of the
family of the deceased. ,
Mr. Mclver had been a resident of the
city for several years, occupying impor
tant position of chief clerk at -he Savan
nah. Florida and Western railway wharf.
Besides his brother he had seteral rela
tives in the city aud a host of personal
friends who were, endeared to him by his
many good qualities, and most especially
his warm-hearted, genial nature. He
was held in high esteem by all who knew
him. and general expressions of regret
were neard on all sides yesterday when
the news of his death became known.
The deceased whs a sergeant of Com
pany D. Savannah Volunteer Guards, and
one of the most popular members of that
organi'.ation. I lie members ot the battal
ion will meet at the arsenal this morning
at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of escorting
the bod*’ from the Central depot to the
Savannah. Horida and Western depot.
A WESTERN FROO SHOWER.
The Curious Phenomenon Witnessed
by Farmer Wilburn.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ezra Wilburn, a well-known farmer re
siding north of Muncie, was in the city,
and tells of a curious phenomenon that
occurred on his farm yesterday morning,
which lie sa.vs was witnessed by himself
and son.
Shortly after 11 o’clock a shower of live
frogs began falling. The shower of living
creatures continued for live minutes, and
covered the surface of a 10-acre field on
his farm and ad acent to his resident e.
Mr. Wilburn says that they all started
to hop near a large [Kind west of the field.
He ran out and c&uturod several of the
large frogs, and they en oyed a sumptous
r past of hams last evening. At the time
of the shower, Mr. Wilburn says, the sky
was cloudless.
Papa—Don’t you know that nurse luis
brought you amw little sister! Ethel
--How nice. But let me run and tell
mamma.—Brooklyu Life.
POPULISTS IN WILCOX.
They Have a Rally Which Was a
Failure.
Abteville, Ga., Aug. 26.—There was a
meeting of the populists of Wilcox county
at Rochelle yesterday, at which there
were eighteen white and a similar num
ber of negroes present. The democrats
drawn to the meeting by curiosity swelled
the crowd to aoout 2UO. D. D. haircloth
was elected chairman and J. T. Ra.v secre
tary. F. D. Wimberly, better known as
"Blue Fred." who opposed Judge Crisp
for congress in the last election, addressed
the meeting.
There was no other speaker. The rally
was a failure in numbers and enthusiasm.
A convention was called for Saturday,
Sept. s. to nominate a representative for
the legislature and other county officers.
The populists claim to have 300 followers
in the county, but they will not be able to
poll half that many votes.
The democrats of Wilcox are aroused,
and clubs for active campaign work are
being formed in every militia district in
the county.
Copious rains continue in this section.
Li Chin Cu, son of Li Hung Chang, nomi
nated by the viceroy of Nankin for a position
at iaotai. appeared before the emperor for
examination. He was pronounced ignorant
and disuiis-ed from court in ulsgrace. This
is regarded as a direct thrust at the emperor s
premier.
HOOD’S
Sarsaparilla is care
fully prepared by
experienced phar
macists from Sarsa
parilla, Dandelion,
Mandrake, Dock, Pipsissewa, Juniper
Berries, and other well known vegeta
ble remedies. The Combination, Pro
portion and Process are Peculiar to
S Hood’s, giving it curative pow
er Peculiar to Itself. Hood’s
arsaparilla
Cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Sores,
Boils, Pimples and all other affections
caused by impure blood; Dyspepsia,
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Debility,
Catarrh. Rheumatism, Kidr.ey and
C Liver Complaints. It
is Not What We Say,
but what Hood’s
Sarsaparilla Does,
that Tells the Story—
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
URES
Hood’s Pills win new friends dally.
SPECiALJiOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
We sell and recommend to our trade
GOLDEN APPLE TOBACCO.
JOHN B. FERNANDEZ.
JOHN SULLIVAN,
W. G. COOPER.
JOHN LYONS.
S. L. NEWTON.
HENRY SULTER.
41 BUILDING LOTS
FOR SALE.
==NOTICE THEIR LOCA riON.=
Fronting on Best street (Belt Line Rail
way), extending from Bull to Montgomery
Convenient to two street car lines. Each lot
supplied with artesian water.
All city advantages, but no city taxes, be’
ing immediately across the taxable limits.
Will sell cheap.
Go and look at them and then come to see
me.
JOHN L. ARCHER,
CONSIDER THE QUALITY
OF
"Best and Goes Farthest.”
A 6 pound package costs you .25 cents.
3>4 pound package 15 cents.
2 pound package lo cents.
1 pound package 5 cents.
Consider the Cost.
When you pay 35 cents for a 6-pound pack
age of t-e.f Rising Flour, you pay 40 per cent,
more than it is worth. Your retail dealer
does not get that id per cent. It goes into the
pocket of the manufacturer, who bolds fast to
sugar trust profits
We have shown where the 40 per cent, goes
Are you paying It- Why not -put money in
thy purse ’ by using exclusively
SUCCESS SELF-RISING FLOUR.
Morehouse M’f’g Cos.
SPECIAL CASH SALE
For two days, MONDAY and TUESDAY,
Aug. 27 and 26,
MYERSON, 21 Whitaker Street,
Will sell all of his Ladies' Ties as follows;
13 00 Ladies’ Oxford Ties for $2 25
2 50 Ladies' Oxford Ties for l 75
2 00 Ladies' Oxford Ties for 1 f.O
1 50 Ladies’Oxford Ties for 1 15
1 00 Ladies' Oxford Tics for 75
75 Ladies' Oxford Ties for 50
50 Ladles'Oxford Tics for 35
A lot of Children's and Infants' Ties for 25c
Remember this is a cash sale and only for
two days. All goods are marked In plain
figures. Call and be convinced that this Is no
humbug sale.
FOR SALE OR LEASE,
My present residence. 172 New Houston street.
A rure chance to procure a geniune com
fortable home, with all modern Improve
ments. on 46 feet front ground. 10 feet fiower
gardtn all four sides free. Thirty foot
empty lot on the west can also be treated for.
I. M. APPEL.
I*. H. KIEKNAN,
Flu 111 her and Tinner.
Roofs tinned and repaired. Water Closets,
Bath Tubs and Pipes fitted In with best ma
terial and workmanship.
Telephone 100. 304 Whitaker street.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
DR. F. C. WILSON
Will be absent from the city
until Sept. 15, 1894.
INVITAT ONS.
GRIMM.—The relatives and friends of Miss
Annie Grimm are respectfully invited to at
tend her funeral, from D2 Farm street, at 3
o clock THIS AFTERNOON.
SAWYER —The friends and relatives of
Mr. and Mrs. David Sawyer are respect
fully lnvite.l to at'end the funeral of the la'-
ter. from the First A. B. Church, at 3 o crock
THIS AFT ERNOON.
_ f EjTINGS. __ _
DE KALB LODGE No. 9. I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will beheld
THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock, in Odd Fellows'
Hall.
Visiting brothers are invited to meet with
us. O. T. SHAFFER, N. G
Jno. AV. Smith, Secretary.
~ SPECIAL^NOTICES. ~
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
McAULIFFE-GKIFFO
Fight for the Lightweight Championship
of the World
reported by detail at
THE GAIETY TO-NIGHT.
Gorman & Adams,
Direct from Koster & Bials,
Irish Sketch Artists.
Ella Carlington,
Queen of all Song and Dance.
Electrio fans to keep you cool. Seating
capacity 500.
PHIL FITZPATRICK.
PEACHES.
Choice Peaches, per can, 12K0-
Anderson’s Preserves (fresh).
Sweet and Sour Pickles.
Fine Assortment Fresh Cakes.
Grapes and Pears.
Finest Creamery Butter.
Fine Line Toilet Soaps Cheap.
Fine Sardines
AT
WM. G. COOPER S,
SEASONABLE ARTICLES.
Salt Water Soap, indispensible to seaside
bathers. Borated Talcum and Boraclne for
prickle heat. Imported and Domestic Bay
Rum. Cupid's Almona Cream for sun burns.
Melderma instantly dispels the disagreeable
odor arising from perspiration.
SOLOMONS A CO..
Congress street and Bull street branch.
PROPOSALS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Sealed proposals for furnishing the public
schools with supplies during the school year
1894-95 will be received bv the Committee on
Supplies until SEPT. 20. 1894.
supplies of the following kind are required:
Stationers’ supplies.
Housefurnisher's supplies, including heat
ing stoves, etc., elbows, pipe, and cleaning
same.
Coal.
Wood.
Printing.
Information in regard to quantity and qual
ity of supplies called for can be had on appli
cation at the office of the Board of Education.
Chatham Academy. Bull street, between the
hours of 9 and 10 o'clock a. m., and of 5 and 6
o’clock p. m.
Supplies to be furnished from time to time,
on requisition as occasion may require.
Proposals to be addressed to the Chairman
of Committee on Supplies, Education Office,
Chatham Academy.
The committee reserves the right to reject
ali bills. JOHN R. F. TATTNALL.
Chairman.
BANKS.
THE GEORGIA STATE
Building and Loan Association
OF SAVANNAH, CA.
STATE
TREASURER’S
ENDORSEMENT.
STATE OF GEORGIA. )
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, V
Atlanta, Ga., June 15th, 1894. \
IS TO CERTIFY. That the
Georgia State Building & Loan Ass’n,
OF SAVANNAH, GA..
A corporation chartered under the laws of
this state, has on deposit with me. as State
Ireasurer islßs.ouoi, over 75 per cent, of its
securities, as provided by the laws of this
State governing Building and Loan Associa
tions. and by making said deposit and other
wise complying with the law governing such
associations, it is authorized to do business
in this state.
Its Fourth Annual Statement shows a divi
dend of 18 per cent. passed to the credit of
Stockholders out of the net profits for the
fiscal year ending the 3uth of April, 1894, while
the average rate of earning for the four years
of its existence has been over
TWENrY-FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM
I cheerfully endorse the plan of the Associa
tion as prudent and equita le.
Vith the wise and economical administra
tion of its affairs that is assured by its Direc
tory, composed of leading and conservative
business men of Savannah. I consider the in
vestment both safe and profitable and unnesi
tattngly recommend it to the public at large
R. U. HARDEMAN,
State Treasurer.
WE GUARANTEE
s%
Per annum on deposits of 8100 and over
for one year and longer.
Interest paid semi-annually in cash.
GEO. W. TIEDB'zMAN. President.
M H. L • \ V. Vice Pres dent.
LESTER HUBBELL, Treaa.
Office. 30 Bull Street.
PRINTERS AND 800K9 NDERS.
GEO. B. MICHOLBr~
PRINTING,
BINDING,
BLANK BOOKS.
834 Bag CL SapaooiL
FOR SOLE.
£67 hogsheads Muscovado Molasses.
21 tierces Muscovada Molasses.
Just landed and for sale by
C. M. GILBERT & CO,, Importers,
Corner Bay and West Broad.
KIESLING’S NURSERY,
White I’.hifT Rond.
PLANTS. Bouquets. Designs. Cut Flowers
furnished to order. Leave orders at
Rosenfeld A Murray s. 35 Whitaker street
The Belt Railway passes through the Bur
•ary. telephone 2MS
SHOES.
THIS IS ONE
—OF THE —
Many Styles
■—OF—
MCI fill !I
Found At
Cor. Whitaker,
Remember, BYCK is the
sole agent for LAIRD,
SCHOBER & MITCH
ELL’S custom made shoes
for ladies. Best in the
world.
MEDICAL.
WHEN OTHERS FAIL
CONSULT
Dr. Broadfoot;
If sick and despondent, the best medical
beip is none too good. Why not consult a
specialist of established reputation and un
questioned reliability, such as Dr. Broadfootf
whatever opinion is given by him you can
rely upon it as being true. He is a true genu
ine specialist in alt diseases peculiar to men
and women.
. -m Speolal at-
W tbefollowing
Eca" \ Nervous dls
c A _ 1 eases and all
itv flxx its attending
iSr 1 ailments of
*ll , \ 1 young and
a. jt&K. I middle aged
/Jets-wA men. the aw
ful effects of
Toi giT neglected
cases, pro
""v / \ ftN during weak
-jt' body
/ 9 mem <i
symptoms,
unfitting one for study or business. Blood
and Skin Diseases. Sores. Tumor. Pimples,
Tetter. Eczema.Ulcers. Loss of Hair, Scrofula
and Blood poison of every nature, primary
and secondary, promptly and permanently
eradicated Unnatural discharges promptly
cured in a few days. Quick, sure and safe. •
Mail treatment given by sending for symp
tom blanks. No 1 for menl No. 2 for women,
No. 3 for skin diseases All correspondent's
answered promptly. Business strictly oon'
fidential. Entire treatment sent free from
observation to ali parts of the country. AA
dress or call on
J. DROADFOOT, M. IK.
m Broughton street (up stairs),
Savannah. Ga.
BANKS.
SAVANNAH BANK
AND TRUST CO.
SAVANNAH, GA.
INTEREST AT
4%
ON DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS DEFART.
MENT.
Collections on Savannah and all south
er n points, we handle on the most favora
ble terms aud remit at lowest exchange
ra.es on day of payment. Correspond
ence solicited.
JOSEPH D. WEED, President.
JOHN (I. ROWLAND, Vice Presides*
M. MUNZILB. Uaihtaa
Savannah Savings Bank)
PAYS
ON DEPOSITB.
Issues 6 Per Csnt. Certificates of Deposit.
Send or write lor our
literature.
W. K. WILKINSON. President
C. 8. ROCKWELL. Treasurer.
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SAVANNAH.
Capital $500,000.
Traimactß a general hanking business.
Maintain* having* I part ment and al
lown I.MKKKST AT 4 TICK CENT.,com
pounded quarterly.
Tlie account* of individuals, firms, bank!
and corporations are solicited.
With our tarffe number of correspond
ents In tiOKt;iA. ALABAMA, FLOHIDA
Mnd SOUTH C AKOLINA. we are prepared
to handle collections on the most favora-
Lle terms.
Correspondence invited*
ItKANTLIA A. DENMARK. President
M. It. LANK, Vice K*resident.
OLOUOh C. FIIfcKMAX ‘ ashltfe