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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
A NEW YEARS SERMON.
Rev. W. O. Schaeffsr Gives His Con-
gregation Some Good Thoughts for
the Season.

Rev. W. O. Schaeffsr Gives His Con-
gregation Some Good Thoughts for
the Season.
Rev. w. c. Schaeffer, of the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church of the Ascension,
preached yesterday distinctively New
Years sermon, taking as his text Phillip
plans iii:13-14: Brethren, this one thing
I do; forget those things which are be-
hind and reach forth unto those things
which are before. l press toward the
mark for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus.
In the introduction to his sermon he
spoke of an old legend of Spain, which
tells Of u wonderful tower built high
amid the crags on the mountain side.
Jasper and marble in many colors
adorned its walls, which shone forth in
beautiful mosaic, while the in
ner chamber contained in the
midst of its bewildering splen-
dor secret that had been hidden for
ages. No hand dared unbar the massive
door of the mysterious tower, but each
king when he came to the throne was re-
quired TO add another lock to the portal
and hand over the key to the venerable
guardian at the gate, Thus under the
seals and keys of kings was kept the
mysterious secret for unnumbered gen
erations.
The time past Of our lives, he said, is a
tower which God has shut and which no
man openeth, and every human being be-
fore he sets foot on the threshold of the
new year locks up his history in that
tower and the keys are held by the re-
cording angel. Every man is a
king and every woman a
queen, yet the door of the
past swings not at their bidding What
ever the privileges or opportunities these
yeras may have given, they are now
locked up forever. Whatever records we
may have traced on the photographic pages
of the past, cannot now be changed. The
volume is now closed for good or for evil,
the record is filed and the door is irrevo-
cably shut.
He said his text was distinctively a
New Years text for the entire church as
presenting to all the path for effort dur
ing this year, but he told them in looking
over and recollecting the past with all its
Joys, sorrows, failures and successes, not
to let the memory Of these hinder their
future progress in the divine light. but
like the racer to forget the steps already
trod and have an eye on the prize before.
There was large congregation present,
and the pastors sermon gave all much
food for thought during the coming year.
The church is in a very prosperous con-
dition, and the members of its congrega-
ton are taking renewed interest in the
work Rev Mr. Schaeffer is very much
pleased with the activity on the part of
all members, and is much gratihed by the
outlook for increased church work during
the present year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08

and this decision has been supported by
all ancient and modern rabbis without
any dispute whatever; consequently those
who attempt to prove that cremation Is
not opposed to Jewish law are utterly
wrong"
Again, in book published in 1705 by the
celebrated scholar, Johannes Nicolai, he
introduces the subject with these words :;
There are some who think that they can
prove from the Bible that cremation was
the method practiced by the Jews" and
he then goes on to show how contrary TO
established law and custom was this man
ner Of dispOsing of our dead Even in the
mystic tie of the Masonic fraternity l find
reference made in the third degree to the
Jewish custom of burial, and knowing
that this order is built evidently on Juda-
ism cannot but accept its evidence in
favor Of my client.
CONTRARY TO JEWISH RELIGION.
In fact, my friends, the more 1 have
studied this subject, the more I have
thought over 1t, the more am l convinced
that cremation is not only uu-Jewish, but
IT is to great degree revolving to the ma
lority OF Jews. By saying this l would
not be understood as passing any
opinion upon the sanitary value attached
to the practice Of cremation. I am ready
TO admit all the virtues that are claimed
for 1t by science, know it is the safest
way OF preventing contagion and the
spread Of disease, but it must be borne in
mind / am not considering it from a scien-
tihc but from religious standpoint, and
in doing this / can but condemn its adOp-
ton, and pronounce it contrary to the eS-
tabl1shed laws of Judaism. We will have
TO be contented to hear little longer the
same arguments against the revolving
idea OF what Shakespeare calls "Fester-
ing in our shrouds," the world has
not yet grown tired of going to the rest
ing places of their dead and communing
there with their thoughts knowing that in
that house of the departed there is mo
noise, but silence and eternal sleep"
Strange as it may appear this practice
gives more comfort to the wounded heart
than would the sight of the costly urn
wherein repose the ashes Of our loved de-
parted. And this thought gives us fur
ther strength, for in retaining this time
honored custom of burial which has now
become the universal law Of mankind, we
are but adding still another gem TO our
crown of allegiance. We are but showing
ourselves worthy of our mission in up
holding the things which are Gods, for
they are indeed things holy and things
divine. With reinforced determination
then we take this subject of Cremation
from under our religious microscope; we
have dissected it, we have examined it,
we have studied it with diligence and
impertiality, and we lay tdown tenderly
whilst we are compelled to inscribe upon
it from the standpoint Of Judaism,
rejected, unworthy of religious adop-
ton, because the admonition of
centuries stares us in the face.
HE who does not inter his dead,
dishonors him. And this is our answer,
as Jews, TO the proposed innovation Of our
friend, DR. BrunueP.
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sent it away to be resilvered. When it
came back and was being put together
again, colored man carrying one of the
glass sections stubbed his toe and fell
over chair. smashing his precious bur
den. OF course, it had to be replaced
with a new piece. The largest fragment
was set in an oak frame by Col. Wilson,
who has it hung in his own house, regard
ing it as treasure of no small value.
At each end of the state dining room is
a large gold-framed mirror, and third
is hung over one of the great sideboardS in
which the cutglass is kept. In the Presi-
dents private dining room are two enor-
nous sideboards of mahogany, with huge
looking-glasses in them. These contain
treasures worth many thousands of dol
lars in precious metal, and yet more costly
glass and china, including a service of
spoons and forks in solid gold. MIR. and
Mrs. Cleveland use these forks and
spoons every day, eating even buckwheat
cakes and sausages from Dresden kplates
and drinking coffee out of hand-painted
Haviland cups worth Sl5 apiece. Mrs.
Harrison added to the pantry equipment
of the white house new set of American
china that compares favorably with the
finest product of Europe or the far east.
Eight great sheets of silvered glass
contribute Importantly to the decoration
of the famous east room. They are set
in frames of white and gold, matching
the ornamentation of what is probab bly,
the largest parlor in the world. What
brilliant scenes have they reflected, as
from administration to administration
throngs of gayly dressed people have
passed under the light of three huge
chandeliers which illuminate the apart
ment! These chandeliers are wonders in
themselves. Each of them cost 1000,
and contain 5000 pieces of Bohemian
glass. Each piece OF glass has the shape
of a prism, so that, when the thirty-siX
gaslights, and as many electric bulbs are
all blazing, the effect is like that of q
mass of rainbows. The light is thrown
downward from above by concealed sur
faces of mirror. Every spring the chan
deliers are taken down and sent to New
York for cleaning.
Over the fireplace in the Green room is
mirror in massive gold frame, having
a shield, with stars and stripes, at the
top, and between the windows is another
of the same size and pattern. In the
Blue room are two more gold-framed look
ing glasses, one bearing the Roman faces
for device, and the other an eagle, with
a wreatha on either side. Two very fine
| glasses are set like panels in the wall of
the main corridor of the white house,
each Of them ten feet high. They are so
old that nobody knows just when they
were put in. Nearly all of the mirrors
described were brought from abroad, be-
ing of French manufacture. In the days
when they were purchased no first-rate
mirrors were manufactured in this coun-
try. Nowadays, those procured for Uncle
| Sans use and paid for out of the public
! purse, are of American make. From time
to time, as they get shabby, they are re-
| gilded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
Anti-Umbrella Statesmen.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser

There are two men in congress who
never carry an umbrella. These are Con-
gresham Kilgore, of Texas, and Senator
Cockrell, of Missouri. Last year there
were three anti-umbrella statesmen, for
Tillman, of South Carolina, was there to
swell the ranks No matter what the
weather, whether it be snow or rain that
is descending from the clouds, these men
do not take enough account of the storm
to carry an mbrella 1t is not so wonder
full that Kilgore does not possess one of
these articles of personal apparel, for he
wears sombrero of the wild Texas va
iety that is so wide that any artificial
covering is entirely unnecessary. But
Cockrell wears a narrow hat and walks
through the pouring rain totally oblivious
Of all the clements. Senator Vest, some
years ago, presented Cockrell with an
umbrella as a Christmas remembrance,
but that umbrella has never yet been
opened.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
FINE MIRRORS AND DISHES.
Some of the Furniture in the White
House-The Cost.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
The mirrors of the white house, if they
could reproduce the pictures which they
have reflected, would tell wonderful sto-
ries. Some of them are very old. They
have framed the images of many presi-
dents, and have witnessed historic scenes.
Gen. Arthur, the handsomest man that
ever occupied the executive chair, as
Lincoln was the homeliest, was very fond
of looking at himself, and he had the
glasses all through the mansion carefully
arranged so as to take the advantage of
favorable lights. His full-length portrait
in oils now hangs in the red room, directly
opposite big mirror, in which he seems
to be surveying himself, with one hand
thrust into the breast of his fur-trimmed
coat.
The most interesting mirror at the
white house met with a sad accident a
while ago. 1t Is parallelogram twelve
feet long by two feet wide, framed in
gold. On occasions of ceremony it always
adorns the table in the great state dining
room, representing a small lake in the
middle of the festive board. and sur
rounded by the most beautiful flowers
that the government Conservatives can
furnish. II is composed of seven rectan-
gular plates of glass. In the middle of it
stands a golden bowl, which holds huge
bouquet, and at each end are two mas
sive candelabra. Around the frame are
twenty-four graceful female figures of
gold, each bearing two wreaths, and in
these wreaths candles are set. The whole
effect is quite gorgeous.
This crystal lake was bought in France
during the reign of lovely Dolly Madison
From her time until now it has lent its
beauty to hundreds of ceremonial ban
quets at the executive mansion. Seven
years ago, Col. Wilson, then, as now, mas
ter of ceremonies for Mr.. Cleveland. de-
cided that the mirror ought to be repaired
because it was getting shabby So he
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
LOCAL PERSONAL.

F. B. Ivey, of st. Augustine, is at the
Pulaski.
j. e. Register, B. Cheshire and G. w.
Bradshaw, of Jasper, Fla, are stopping
at the Pulaski.
Mrs. Barbour Walker, of Tallahassee,
is guest of Mrs. John M. Guerard, No.
lib Gordon street.
DR.. and Mrs. Luther B. Grandy are now
at home to their friends at their resi-
ence, 263 Peachtree street, Atlanta.
Mrs. Grandy is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred G. Smart, who have many
friends in this city. DIR. and Mrs Grandy
were married last month
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
The Worlds Fair Illustrated

MIR. John Nicolson, Jr., will begin to-
night series of three illustrated lectures
on the worlds fair at the Trinity Sunday
schoolroom, at President and jefferson
streets. Each lecture will be illustrated
with over fifty views shown by oxy-hydro-
gsn light. There will be a complete
change of views on each night A good deal
of interest has been taken in these lee
lures and a large number Of tickets has
been sold. The opening lecture tonight
viii be followed by the second and third
lectures Tomorrow and Wednesday
NIGHTS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
The Poor Relieved in a Queer Way
From the PHILADELPHIA Press.

Brooklyn, Jan. 9.-George w. Ihrig,
the retired and wealthy produce dealer Of
Fulton Market, continues in his peculiar
way to obey the dying request of his wife,
that if he was going to do anything for
the poor, he should do it quickly" AS a
consequence, all day to-day his residence,
21S South Third street, was besieged by
needy persons. He had decorated with
flowers, flags and evergreen the front and
windows of his home, and in the yard
two telegraph poles wrapped ia ever
greens stand.
To-day he purchased several small brass
cannon and boats representative of men-of-
war. After the mimic battle he PLAYED
with the cannon was over, the children
were loaded down with food and fruits.
Older people were treated the same way
and to all the philanthropist remarked :
This is done in her name"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
TURNER'S CHOOSE OFFICERS.

The Savannah Turn Verein Holds It's
Annual Meeting.
The Savannah Turn Verein held its an
nual meeting at Turner's hall, on Brough-
ton street, last night. The following
officers were elected for the year;
President-Henry Merckens.
Vice President-George Beckmann.
Corresponding Secretary-Emil Warm
bold
Turnwart-I. G.. LETTER.
Permanent Secretary-Ernst Mob
winkel.
observation-disclosures LaBiche
Hall Committee-George Beckmann, E.
LaBiche, John Wohanka.
Trustees-John Wohanka, S. X. Levin
Finance COmmittee-E. LaBiche, Geo.
Beckmann, S. X. levin.
Singwart-W. h Hoffman
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Funeral of Bennie Bartlett

The funeral of little Benjamin p Bart
lett, who died last week from injuries re-
ceived from rifle two days before New
Years, will take place this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock from his fathers residence,
No. l0S Gwinnett street.
MIR. Bartlett who arrived in New York
from Europe Saturday, reached home
yesterday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
TO BE COOLER TONIGHT.
A Rest From the Monotony of Warm
Weather Promisad

"SdbheE EEOmAB6o.
From all indications tonight promises
to bring rest from the extended warm
spell which has prevailed for the last
week or two. Severe freezing weather
prevails in the extreme northwest and
throughout the upper Mississippi valley,
and is moving somewhat in this direc-
ton.
Out at Bismarck, North Dakota
1t was 20' below zero yesterday
and at St. Paul it was g.
below. A moderate cold wave centers in
Indiana and another of considerable Sc
verify is moving from the extreme north
west. The maximum temperature yes
terday was ~ and the minimum 57o.
The forecast promises fair weather to-
day with much cooler weather tonight,
brought about by north, northwest and
northeast winds,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT.

John Fields Charged With Attacking
E. J. Crane.
John Fields, colored, was arrested at
Thunderbolt yesterday afternoon and
brought to Savannah and lodged in Jail
last night on the charge of assaulting e.
]. Crane, the colored jeweler.
Crane says that he was at dime party
in Eastyille, a colored suburb, about two
weeks ago. when Fields came up behind,
and without provocation, knocked him
senseless, 1t was sometime, he said, be-
fore he recovered.
Fields ran away and was not seen by
Crane until yesterday afternoon, when he
saw him in bar at Thunderbolt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
Little Fellows, But They work Hard

Those diminutive organs, the kidneys, do a
power of work in state of health An inter.
ruption OF their functions is most disastrous
to the system, and if not remedied, leads to a
surely fatal termination. Hostetter's Stom-
ach pltters renews their activity and averts
the danger. Besides this, it conouers rhen.
matism dyspepsia, biliousness, malarial com.
plants qulets and strengthen the nerves.
adj - 49,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
Death of Col. D. j. Taylor.

Col. D. j. Taylor, of FernandIna, Fla,
died day before yesterday at the home of
his granddaughter, Mrs. H. Granger,
No. 2l3 Lincoln street, after long illness.
Col. Taylor was about so years old and
was gentleman of the old-time southern
school. He was well known in Florida.
His funeral took place at Fernandina
Yesterday
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
CITY BREvITIEs.

The board of education will hold its
January meeting tonight.
The Charleston and Savannah and Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western Employees
Mutual Relief Association will hold its
annual meeting tonight, and will elect
officers for the ensuing year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
FOR DYSPEPSIA
Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate.

DR.. B. B. PETTITT, Sherman, Texas,
says: 81 have used it in dyspepsia with
great success. l think it is a fine rem
edV 'l-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
The Best of Reasons.

The reason why ALLCooK's Porous
PLAsTERs are popular is that they may be
relied on to cure.
l. Lame back sciatica, stiffness or
twitching of the muscles.
2. Chest troubles, such as pleurisy,
pneumonia, consumption.
g. Indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness,
kidney complaint.
The success, however, will depend
upon the genuineness of the plaster used.
The popularity of ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsTERs has been so great that multi
tudes of limitations have sprung up
on every hand. The only sure cure is
to get the genuine ALLCoCK's Porous
PLAsTERs.
BRANDRETH's Pills improve the diges-
tion.-ad.
She-Did your grandfather live TO a green
old age}
7
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
Miokva Israel's Officers.

The annual meeting of the congregation
Mickva Israel was held last night in the
Sunday school room Of the synagogue.
Mr.. Joseph Rosenheim was reelected
president for the ensuing year, with the
following board of adjunta Lawrence
lippman, S. Hexter, K. A. Well, ).
Guckenheimer Lee Roy Myers aud A.
Vetsburg.
After the election Of the president and
board the latter organized by the election
OF Mr.. L. Lippman vice president and
treasurer and Mr.. S. Hexter as secretary.
The joints and muscles are so fabricated
by Hoods Sarsaparilla that all rhema-
tism and stiffness soon disappears. Get
only Hoods.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
MAY MAKE A TRIP SOUTH.
The Orioles Talking of Tour in the
Spring,

There is a possibility of the Baltimore
base ball club taking practice "trip
through the south during March and
April.
Should the trip be made, Macon, Savan-
nah, Augusta, Atlanta, New Orleans,
Memphis and st. Louis will be visited
where exhibition games will be played.
If the southern league begins its season
by the middle of April the trip would
have to be abandoned and practice games
be played at home with clubs of the east
ern league and the colleges.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08

The earth moves.-Evidence you can buy
a first-class liniment, Salvation Oil, for 25c.-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
Do You Know Beans P

have now in stock 700 bushel Hon
kin's improved Valentine beans, Mohawk,
German, golden and scarlet wa beans,
This stock is grown for me ann ually bv
the most experienced pea and bean grow
ers in the world. Save money and get
the best by buying from me. j. T. Shln-
trine, scotsman, Savannah, Ga.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08

Burton looks awfully tired and worn"
Yes; he's overworked."
"What S he been doing?"
Making resolutions for the New War >,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Items Gathered Here and There
Among the Shipping.

The Propeller Tugboat Company's tug
Jacob Paulsen broke one of her propeller
blades Saturday night, by striking an OBJ
'stacle in the river, iustas she was prepar-
ing to tow the schooner John M. Rose 10
Brunswick
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08

The Norwegian steamship Gambetta,
Capt. Weitzer, arrived yesterday from
Bluefelds with cargo of bananas for
Kavanaugh & Brennan,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08

The steamship Flora made an excursion
trip from Thunderbolt to Wilmington
Island yesterday. The day was pleasant,
and quite crowd took advantage of the
delightful sail on 1.-The salts"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08
WHAT cHINAMEN EAT.

Reliable under all circumstances is DR.
Bulls Cough SYrup the peoples friend.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-08

She-Did your grandfather live to a green
old age2
He--Well, should say SO! He was buncoed
three times after he was 70-Life.
The evening world., 1894-05-19
VIII Not lie Bossed.

To the Editor:
! think II often necessary TO ask a husbands
advice, for he often knows best. But to he SOM
PEELED TO obey him In everything is not right.
and God did not intend that We should. We, as
wives, should not he domineersd over by our
husbands, hut give them to understand that We
love ana honor them, and that we will obey as
far rs our own good sense teaches US is neceS-
sAry' We must have judgment and nrmness OF
our own, and our husbands will respect us a thou
sand times more for II. l know II my husband
thought he could ne would be boss all the time.
We were married one year before l had an ooca.
sion 10 disobey him. and that was during house.
cleaning In regard to what room We should use
for a kitchen. I asked him To have a new nue
built. and he positively said he would not. and
that no was going to have things 20 and 10. !
SAID you don't ! will and that ] would not
The evening world., 1894-05-19
THE ART OF TRAINED JoLLYING.

Edward Lauterbach, delegate to the
Constitutional Convention, should be
very popular with the fair sex. lie
seems 10 understand the art of 'jollylnE"
SO well that women go to him to get
pointers on painless but profitable leg
pulling. Even woman ~sulfraEists, who
usually do not Concele that man can
teach them anything, cluster around
Mr.. Lauterbach and purringly plead
with him to tell them the quickest and
surest way to cajole the stcrner sex
into doing what they wan It to do.
This gentleman was present yesterday
at a small gathering OF women who are
struggling for their rights, and when
asked later for an explanation OF his
presence there said; Il simply met n few
ladies and gave them pointers in the
manner OF approaching a Convention OF
men," Whoever heard OF such a thIng
before7 How did the sweet sisterhood
learn that Mr.. Lauterbach Yves a past
master Of persuasion? And what did he
tell the go-ahead girls TO do, anyhow?
II the ~suffragists succeed on the lines
laid down by Mr.. Lauterbach his fans
Will be firmly established. Women will
nock TO him to get lessons IN lalligag,
gerry. Then they can learn how to leat
a husband BY the nose 10 the millIner's