The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-05

{ " 0AIN- IEei. lansl = being
an old friend # DR.. Talmage. the Bro xiv,
| orator atte ded the fu e-al. Win Mr. En-
gene Sem ~'e-, a A na~icen consul a.
Z II; Wilson Bey, and D. Gran. If
scotland. The ,iy. cilt in white. Law in
I'on- OF the uloic; a cong -ega ion Ia as
semnfd 'Ju. seven hun red in numb.r
7 We g divided Ia O ia &c sections. on
the one side sat the women with yelled
faces, bitterly weeping: on the other side
SAT the men IN cir IA iOlal q arb of q wv
M robes, slrdet at the waist a d wearing
One tur0an, while the csn-e aisle was oc-
cup-e1 by r-ig IerS. L ecy seat as take
! and the entire audie c. was deeply al
Iected. the services were both Az hc
anu T. glish. At the request of the family
Dr. Ialmage took part il tuem. /.
the course Of his rem rks he ex pressed
the sympathy of tbs entire American
ciurcl- The name OF Lansing, he SAT-.
ma 10 V ars been Synonymous with SC OIL
arsnlp and chri tan colsec ration. Tens of
thousa IDS of hearts in Amer ca would Deed
the news of t l. good w0nan's dep trt-
ure. F1r thirty-twO years ha she. far
from her native land, been toiling for the
eieva Ion OF race 50 different from her
o VA IN fe lture, III color. il Gus oms, in
naoltS, that not ing but an entirely unS i
h'I We could have inspired her. AS DR..
Talmage allud ID to her gen lie and long
C nti ued ministratIons, loud weeping fire.
que1ily interrupted him. The scene was
most presSive.
Early tae next day we started for the Pyra-
mid, which We reached aft a three urs'
trip. DIR. Tai mage insisted on climbing to
tne top OF the great Pyramid of CueopS,
called Ghizeh. In tlis the whole party
Joined him, and with the aid of tw I've
dragomans d two boys, WAC carried drink
" water: we asceadei the pyramid, climb
ing or being pu he'd up. as occasi n
required. We made the ascent in tive ltv
mi ute+ Upon our desce 1t we partook of
substantial lunch which we had carrie
with Us from Cairo, aud pro go led to inter-
view the Sphinx, which has stared sLonily
at the desert for unc united years.
The next morning We sailed up the Nile
on dainty little steam la nch. DIR. I al
mage, Ri lie in hand, read he prophecies
ncernilg Egyp and pointed out what
aDpearei to his mind evi fences Of their full
MI ne t. Suddenly the launch stopped.
"a investigation we discovered that we had
run on to sand bank. Thu engi es
work d and reversed, but to no avail. Nu-
bl N negroes who manned the launch tried
hard to pusl it off, bu5 all il vain. The
one OF the stripp9d aad j mped into the
Mic, and tried 10y main sire 9Th 10 celr
the launch, moaning loudly with every
effort He not succeeding, a 10th r. negro
stripped, and followed his comrades exam
pie; then still anothe but wi hodt success
The amount of moaning was increased, but
tla launch never Judged Finally Dr..
Ial mage and the writer TO k 10 lg poles, aud
piaci Of each one an end in the sandy Oh
OF the river, began TO push, at the same
tins ordering the engines to be reverse
While the union of the strength If all the
men ab ard was brought to bear on the
work in hand. By these means, gradually
but surely, the launch was freei and the
journey CONT ued. About noon we reached
Memphis. with its ancient ruins, in
udiag the palaces of the Pharaoas. Here
We m united donkeys for he first time, and,
amid considerable merrimeht, surrounded
by hundred or more natives, these clad
more or less, partlcula ly les. On our
journey many Incidents perhaps too trifii X
10 ment on, but very amusing at the ii .e,
helped 70 keep us Ia excellent humOr. One
was the frequent Drawing Of tn donAe
ridden by Miss May Talmage. His vocal
performances re nilded he father of expe-
riences il a church choir in has Young r
days. After awhile the doc or grew
very tired OF his donkey, and decide1 to
substitute camel for him. As ca neS are
pie atlful ii Egypt, his wish was gratiied at
the Il st stop We made. His ex Derie ice on
camel back )on led him, however, to prefer
the do keys gentle gait. No who has
not see a camel walk can undersua I'd the
ludlcrods figure 10 illustrIouS preacher Gu
on that nwk ward crea ure'S back. First no
was gged forward. then he fell backwa d,
and found the just position only to have
his nose tossed viole ltly ag ,inst the
curious sad lie that forms part of a came.'s
outfit. He looked so inexpresSibly
comical that we whszei out our
kodacs in a jify, and before he coud
sra. gnu en- ut the broad grin with which
he led to cover his embarrass nent, it was
immo taize1. To make my story short,
the eces,ity being Imminent TO save my
illustriou' friend fir m ssa-sickness--for
is e Une camel the ship of the deSertP-the
owner of the brute tickIed it or the knee of
one of its fore legs D. Hn it went on them.
He then scratched its hind legs With the
same effect, hus iugiag the animals
body on a level with the SAM, which en-
abled the doctor TO aligh6 in time to avoid
a catastrophe much better not described.
LOUIS KLoPSCH.
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