THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY. OCTOBER , 30 , 1893.
BEV , FRANKLIN ON ATHEISM
Companion Lcctnro to His Views of Theism
Recently Delivered at Temple Israel.
INGERSOLL RECEIVES ANOTHER REBUKE
CJoil of Htimnnlty Who Unrea Not lor Sect
or Crrcil UnlTcraitl IlrllKlnn ns nn
lljclci initiation nl Itilltlcl-
Ity llio Lecture.
Kov. Leo Franklin's second lecture at
Temple Israel was largely attended. Ho
denounced "Atheism , " in thu following 10-
mnrks :
' An eminent writer has ilollncil preaching
na tlio art of making men think nnd feel
In proportion us they think. But in order
to innko men think and feel about a subject
It Is necessary to bring bcforo them In clear
anil distinct outline nil Ihu essentlnt Ideas
related to tlmt sulijcet , and it Is u lib this
idea In tnlnd that woIsh to proceed In
the arguments begun In our last discourse as
to the rclativo clnlins of theism and null-
theism. Having discussed last week the
subject of theism our special theme tonight
will bo 'What of the Atncist. ' If we turn
to the book of Psalms , chapter * fourteen ,
Tcrso one , no llml the following tcntenco ;
' The fool htith sulil In hU heuit , thciulsno
God. ,
, "From this sentence , written in that rc-
inoto period before the close of the biblical
canon. It will be evident that thu denial of
the existence of God Is by no means a recent
development , but It has been noticed well
nigh us far back as wo may trace the course
of history. But this Is not all to bo mar
veled at. Wherever there oxUts belief there
must bo doubt. Without doubt thoio could
bo no reason , no thought and no Intelligent
judgment. And , therefore , honest doubt is
not only not to bo mocked at , but It is to bo
commended as being honorable and dcslra-
bio. Ho who doubt ? not , believes not or , If
ho believes , his Is a blind faith and a blind ,
unreasonable and unintelligent faith wo
heartily dusplso.
"Nor Is blind faith at all essential to or
even In consonant harmony with a belief In
God. One whoso talth Is blind must grope
In darkness , for It will never bring him to
the light of an intelligent God. But this
fact seems to bo constantly overlooked by
our atheistic friends , who seem to look upon
belief as something effeminate and unworthv
of a manly mini. They seem to mistake be
lief for credulity , faith for blindness , and
theism for dark superstition. Because that
In which wo believe Is not a tangible some
thing that can be seen and felt and touched ,
they think that wo are misguided , unreason
able and In error. They fnrget that all be
lief whlch s based on inference has in It
the elcmon.t of doubt and that after all
nothing is certain. Take any of the count
less multitude of things the truth of which
no man over questions and you will llnd that
to a gicat extent we take them all on faith.
Because in the past winter IMS followed
autumn in unbroken regularity , wo take It
on faith , and as a matter of fact that in
future It will do the same. But do wo know
it ! Are wo certain of lit Most assuredly
not. Yet who will doubt it ? Who will say
that it is effeminate and unreasonable to be
lieve It ? Surely there Is no man so foolish
as to do so. Now as with the seasons , so
with night and day , with light and dark
ness , with life and death , wo take them allen
on faith. No living man can know that ut
some tlnio their order may not be reversed ,
or the distinctions between them obliterated
altogether , but there Is no man who would
no expose himself to the ridicule of reasona
ble men as to say that lie doubts their con
tinued and unceasing regularity.
Immense ISnrrlor Agalnnt Ilclicf.
"Before belief such as this atheists ,
ngnostics , Infidels and nonbollovers feel no
compunctions , they recognize no femininity ,
no blindness , no rrenulity. It Is only
when they como to God that they
Eot up an immense barrier against
belief. And now wo may fairly ask.
which Is the rnoro reasonable the belief of
the J.helst or the nonbolief of the atheist ?
In order to answer this lot us examine the
basis of belief. Some people in common
parlance say that seeing is believing , that
what the eyes behold cannot be doubted.
Some men of science , however , go a step
farther than this and tell us that not oven
all the things wo seem to see are worthy of
belief. There are so many optical illusions ,
so many ways of deceiving the sight , that
we may scarce rely upon it. Wo see Her
mann perform his marvelous sleight of hand
accomplishments and yet do reasonable men
actually believe that ho does what they
scorn to see him do ? Of course not , and ,
therefore , with the men of science wo must
say that not even seeing is believing. What
remains is only this , that reasonable belief
depends upon the weight of evidence brought
in support ofono positioner the other. ' A
btrauger tells mo , for Instance , that a friend
whom I hud supposed to bo inafaroff country
is around the corner. I can scarce believe
U , for the evidence to the contrary Is too
great. But suddenly a friend in whom I
have great conlldcnco comes and brings mo
the same news as did the stranger. Because
his pvidenco Is more reliable my belief in the
matter is strengthened , and when throe ,
four or half a dozen friends como and cor
roborate his statement the evidence Is suffi
cient to innko my belief absolute.
' Now , so , vith the higher questions of the
universe it becomes simply a matter of
M eight of evidence , and the question for us
to decide is as to whether the weight of evi
dence is In favor of theism or atheism' that
Is to say , whether things in the universe , as
wo see them , sustain the promise that mat
ter Is God created or that it is self created.
'J ho evidence in favor of n God-created mil-
verso wo laid boforo.you in our discourse of
last week. For the s.iko of clearness lot us ,
in a word , recall the argument used on that
occasion. 1-Irst , from the side of history ,
we found inato In man the Instinct of wor
ship , and , because all instincts correspond
. . *
trt Cntlt l-k t ll I tl t 1.
lu auiiuLimiK mo oiuer unlvcrbo. tncro
must bo BoinotbliiR to satisfy the yearnings
of tins ono also. Some men call this out-
wire corresponding power nature , force or
energy. Wo call It Ooil. In t,0 | second
place , wo'loolieil at the subject from the side
of evolution , and there wo found staring us
in the facn the inevitable necessity of a llrsl
cnuso tlio principle tlmt gave force and en-
erfc'y to the liist link Ir. evolution's cliiiin
und for this , also , \vo found tlio ncea ot God
And again , though bclenco could construct
the llguro of a man , with outlines so delicate
und features so line as to deceive us all , \vo
found it entirely incapable of creatlnir a
bruin that could think , a soul tlmt could live
and a heart tlmt could feel or sympathise
1-or these things , too , \vo founa that God
was necessary.
"Thus , then , Is briefly utated the evidence
In favor ot the position of the thclst. Where
U tlmt of the opposite side ) Wo Ipok for It
but wo llnd none. With the atheist all la
negation , and ho rests his disbelief upon the
theory that the evidence wo have given ia
not EUfliclent to prove Unit there Is a God
Now arguments he advances not one. Ho
limply Huya tlmt we need no God , that mi-
ture carries on the work of the universe
nd ho aslts In order to piu/Jo us. 'Have you
ever seen God create anythlnpt' His nues-
tlon wo answer , howe /er , by the counter
question , 'Have you over seen anything
create itselff Wo , as thlests , do not at
tempt to tell now Goa created the universe
but neither docs the atlieist tell us now tlio
universe created llself. All that wo ask Is
Can one look about him and see the con"
stantly changing aspect of nature and the
universe and still hold that there Is. no God
no creative and governing power , who made
the universe what it is. ' To this comes the
reply Irom the nthlest : 'It ia true we sco all
this , the world with its wonders and Its
beauties , but at the basis of all we nnd no
( Sod , for wo bcllt e tlmt uatuio made all
that wo see. '
vtrcutncut uf Alheliui.
"Now , friends , you nnd I and all the reit of
us who are believers In the creative power of
God have heard this answer time and time
iiL-nlu , and If you are an atheist you have
given It moro than once , but reasonable men
who hear this argument can como to only one
conclusion. The entire argument of atheism
becomes A quibble about names , The thclst
looks about him and beholds the beauties of
the world , and , carrcd away In rapture , ho
worships the God who caused these things
to bo. The atheist , however , linds U Impos.
ilblo to worship and bovr'low before the God
of nature , und therefore ho bestows his
pralso upon nature's own self , In other
words , one worship * the God of nature and
the other worships nature ; ono slugs praise
the Creator and the other to the creature.
50 t ii all M we iaia quibble tbout names.
And thsrcforc. though he will not admit It
and possibly though ho himself is not con-
scions of the fact , I think that the f o-calloa
atheist believes In Oed almost ns fully as does
the ono who claims to do so. Is-lt pos lblo to
mlnnro a plcco of handiwork and utterly
Ignore the hand that framed It 1 Surely not.
How then , In the name of common sense , can
a man worship nature and overlook the
power , the principle call it whnt you will
the ( Sod who tmido it ? This is , however ,
the foundation on which the atheist bases
every one of his arguments. Ho boasts him
self of roaring good families , of acting well
toward follow men , of regarding the rights
of others , of dispensing charity to the poor ,
but ho will elvo no whit of credit to the bible
wherein Is contained the first comprehensive
code of ethics that was over compiled. 'Iho
atheist Is , therefore , the soul of Ingratitude ,
for as a child ho forgets the father who
reared him , as a pupil he ignores the teacher
who taught him. And thus 1 wish to em
phasize the fact that because the atheist
adores tlio things that God has made , and
nets according to the moral laws laid down
by men Inspired of God , It is eelfish pride
that prevents him from doing homage to the
source whence sprang all these. And again ,
there are other things that point to the fnct
tlmt trim atheism docs not nnd cannot really
exist today.
' If we note the tendency of the times wo
find that nonbellevcrs have changed their
names within the past few years. In ages
past when they began to be , they said that
there was nnd U no Oed and called thorn-
sclvos by the names of atheists. Today ,
however , they have changed their position
with their name , and calling themselves
agnostics , they simply say : 'Wo don't
know whether there is a Oed or not. ' 'May-
bo there Is , nnd maybe there Isn't.1 Along
these same lines , who can tell how soon these
very gentlemen , whoerstwhilciwcro atheists
and todity arc agnostics , will bo lighting
\\ithtli030 , If any there exist , who still
hold out to the idea that there Is no cre
ator ? Now , all these facts and many moro
point to the inevitable conclusion that there
is no man today who is morally sure that
them exists no God hence , to my mind ,
there is today no full-Hedged atheist. Need
we. in support of our nigumcnt , point to the
deathbed scenes of men who all their lives
have called themselves atheists and who al
most without execution call out with their
dying breath for God to have mercy upon
them ? Need wo emphasize the thought so
beautifully put by the inspired poetess , Mrs
Uro wning :
" 'Thoio Is no Rod , ' the foolish salth ,
Hut none , There Is no sorrow , '
And nature oft the cry of fulth
In hitter ni't'd will hoi tow.
I'yes which the pieachcr could not school.
IIV wiiywldo irru % os arc ralspd ,
Ami lips Hay'Cod lie pitiful , '
Who no'ur hitld , 'Goif ho praUcd. '
"Acain , in support of our position reed wo
point to tlio despairing words of one of the
most pronounced atheists of our own day.
Hear them for yourselves. In his book , 'A
C.uulul Examination of Theism,1 ho breaks
out ns follows : 'I am not asnamed to con
fess that with this virtual negation of God
the universe to mo has lost Its soul of lovli-
ness. When at times I think , as think at
times I must , of the appalling contrast be
tween the hallowed glory of that creed
which once was mine and the lonely mystery
of existence as now I llnU it. at such times
I shall ever feel It impossible to avoid the
sharpest pang of which my nature is suscep
tible. 1 cannot but think that for mo nnd
for others who think , as I do there is a
dreadful truth In these words of Hamilton :
' 1'liilosophy having become a meditation not
only of death , but of annihilation , the pre
cept , "Know thyself" ' has become trans
formed Into the terrible oracle of .Oedipus ,
"Maycst thuu ne'er know the truth of what
thou art. ' "
Iiigorsoll'H Incoiislntimcy.
' Are depressing words such as these ,
from the mouth of a pronounced atheist , suf-
Hclcnt to prove to you that true atheism does
not exist , or do you need yet stronger proof t
If s > o hear the words of Kobert Ingersoll ,
which ho spoke over the grave of his brother
and which are part of ono of the most glow
ing and most eloquent tributes that was
over paid by man to man. These are his
words : 'Life is a narrow vale between the
cold and barren peaks of two eternities. Wo
strive in vain to look beyond the heights.
Wo cry aloud and the only answer is the
echo of our walling cry. From the voiceless
lips of the unreplying dead there comes no
word , but in the night of death hone sees a
star , and listening love can hoar the rustle
of a wing. '
"Does this sound like the mockery and the
ridicule tnat wo heard from the lips of this
same man ten days ago ? Most truly not.
This is not the volco of atheism , not the
voice of Infidelity , but it ia the still ,
small voice that seeks communion with its
God.
God.'No , friends , I think there Is no atheist ,
no heart so hard that it shuts out a God.
For our own beimj In life and in death we
need him for comfort , for hope , for trust. AGed
God wo need , not who is a gigantic man and
one that wo can see and touch , the God of a
few people , but the God whom wo need is
the God of humanity , who cares not for sect
nor for creed , but whoso temple is the uni
verse , whoso rule Is Justice and whoso
ministering prlc.sts arc goodness and lovo.
When all religion shall acknowlcgo such u
God atheism , oven in name , will bo impos
sible , iulldelitv will dissapcar and as this
belief grows stronger so will the belief in
God become universal. "
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GREED FOR COLD AND GAIN
Ministerial Idoaa of Mankind's ' Pursuit of
the Butterfly of Wealth.
REV , A. J. TURKLE'S SPLENDID SERMON
Ilopo of llcnvrn In tlio Soul Ig Hotter Titan
ruckctii rilled with Sntnulo Oolil Jlad
Iluuli for Itlcht-s llnppl-
ncii U rortnno.
MOV. A. J. Turkic delivered an Interesting
sermon at the Kountro Memorial Lutheran
church last evening upon the subject of
"Tho Crao for Money. " The discourse won
as follows :
' This Is n materialistic ago. Men nro fast
coining to fulfill the lottcr of the command
and worship one Ood. The only trouble is
it is neither the living , nor the true one.
Money is worshiped with all the mind and
heart and soul. Its love Is the besotting sin
of our people and tlnwi. The greed of gain
flows In the very blood of the American pee
ple. It has brought millions to our land
from the old world and led streams of Immi
grants to break up their comfortable homes ,
gather their llttlo or much together and
strike out across the continent to carve out
their fortunes.
"There are n few paths of life which do
not lead into this acsiro to bo rich , And
those who will bo rich llnd the thought of
money pursuing them ox-cry where. Some
men ptnn their next week's ventures oven In
Urn house of God. That such cares and nil-
absorbing influence- should cause the depar
ture from the faith that Paul sneaks of Is
not at all surprising. The wonder Is that
this maddening rush for money does not root
out every heavenward aspiration.
It was this benumbing of spiritual in
fluence against which Paul warned Timothy ,
and that Christ portrayed so clearly In the
parable of the sewer : 'Ho also that received
seed among the thorns is ho that hcaroth
the word ; and the cares of the
world and the dcccltfulncss ot riches
choke the word and hobocomcth unfruitful.1
Such warnings of Christ and his apostles
are not out of date now. The love of money
lies deeper in men's hearts and Id a more
fruitful root of evil In the nineteenth
than In the first century. This spirit
has led to some good icsulls. It has led to
much of the progress in all departments of
human activity. The dcsiro for g.itn has led
men to work out most of tho'usolul inven
tions. It has moved man to conquer the
earth , clear it of its forests , plow its
prairies , dclvo to the hearts of its mountains
for Its treasures.
Homo llciiollts ot Oroed fur Until.
"Much good has been wrought from
this deslro for gain. Wo are today
a nation of workers , not idlers. All
life is eager , active , few or none
dp.spairine of rising in the world , and
fewer still content with the fortune to which
they have already risen. In agriculture and
the manufactures and professional life the
people are all in earnest about something.
They are not indolent and lazy. They arc
active and aggressive.
"It Is a most laudable ambition to make
money , if the right purpose Is in now and it
is made in iho right way. The world needs
money just as much as it needs any other
good thing. I wish you \\ero all richer than
you are ; that you every one had work , and
higher wages , greater proltts , more comforts.
There are right ways of making money.
Every man who works with his hands in an
honest occupation makes money , ns you
know. The man who paints your house
makes your house more valuable , and so adds
to your wealth and gets something for him
self. So men , also , make money by
their thoughts , ns well as by their
hands. A "Morso dreams of telegraphic
communication and his thought materializes
in hundreds of millions ofvalue in tele
graphic stocks. AStevenson invents the loco-
comotlvc , and wo have thousands of millions
of dollars In railroads. An Edison conceives
of speaking by wire , and wo have millions
upon millions of money in telephones created
by his thought. The thoughts of thesoT men
create actual money values.
' So you see the thoughts of men make
money as well ns the works of their hands.
The cutting off of vices makes wealth. As
soon us vice is cut off and its waste is
stopped , then plenty comes in its place. It
is expensive to bo wicked. All our police ,
Jails , criminal courts , penitentiaries , poor
houses , asylums and reform schools uro
maintained at an enormous expense largely
on account of wickedness.
I'ulso Ideas of Ucoiioiny.
"Some people claim It costs too much to
belong to { cnurch. Why , u life of wicked
ness costs ten limes as much as the church ,
and the church standing In any community
simply as a moans to load men from vice to
virtue is a great saving to the community.
Every man that is virtuous and earns his
own living is a great addition to the public
good. Every man thatris vicious is u great
burden on the body politic. Stopping vice
makes money. Practicing virtue maites
money. As soon as a man becomes good ho
has now wants , and ho goes about to satisfy
those wants. You have ten thousand wants
where not long ago your ancestors had , per
haps , ten. The moro wants you have the
more you will work to satisfy them. Your
work makes you money. These are only a
few of the worthy ways of getting money.
It is all right to inhciit it , and yet few
things dwarf and dwindle and debauch inoro
men than Inherited estates.
" \VultliiK for nn Inliurltnucc.
"Nothing shrivels a man in our esteem
faster than to see him sitting around waiting
for his father or his mother-in-law to die so
ho can como into their property. The white-
uaslier who dances attendance upon some
rich man in the hope of being made his bene-
i.iimry or his heir ; the MIcawber who sits
complacently waiting for something to turn
up , are characters whom every self-respect
ing man regards with a sort of pitying con
tempt.
"A young man begins life strong , tem
perate , self-denying , full of energy and
courage , thinking high thoughts , cherishing
noble ideas. Ho goes to work in earnest.
The excitement of it pleases him ; the suc
cess of it fascinates him ; thn gain of it
begins to cast its spell about him.
InautliiUlo Thlrat for Wealth.
"Now mark how such a ono sinks into a
mere money gatherer , First ho gives up
ttio riinielay school , then ho quits some other
religious duties , then ho steals off to his
work on Sunday , then he gives up old
friends ono by onu. Ho becomes moro and
more mercenary until the accursed thirst
for gain becomes the ono passion of his life.
Men's whole lives are regulated by this love
of money and it becomes a curso. For lot
mo tell you that the DOW or of riches Is what
it can do for humanity. If It can glvo you
greater opportunities fordoing good day by
day , If It enables you to bring your family
In n wldor and batter sphere , if it overflows
and produccH In your town and neighborhood
public benefaction , it you become the head
quarters of a stream , as it were , that
waters the kingdom of God in this world ,
blessed are your riches and you. But
money unused is money that Is dead.
"Unused money is of no moro use to the
community or church than are those mum
mies at tlio World's fair they took from the
sepulchres where they had laid for genera
tions the dust of the tomb. Money is like
power it has no power until It is set off.
Yet how iimny men nro stacking it up and
salting it down , and putting it in dirt and
brick and mortar that they call corner lots
and blocks to become the headquarters of
Mammon I Money must bo sent out on its
errands of blessing , educating , assisting ,
cheering , mooting honest obligations and
performing its many needed anil helpful
iniulsterlos before it is of any account. Few
sights In life are moro patlietio than the
sight of a man who has devoted his energies
to making money , starving- his Intellect , cut
ting himself off from all larger sympathy
with enterprises of utility and beneficence ,
all liberality and ChrUtlan zeal diminishing
until his shriveled soul searco bears t. trace
of the Master's imago.
ItciulU of tlie Mud Ituilu '
"Every man who covotn riches at
last will find in his riches a departure from
faith and the praco of. his manhood. But
still farther ho finds 'many sorrows. ' How
many find themselves physical wrecks ) If
there Is a slave on earth doomed to drudge
under the lash till worn out nature drops
exhausted it Is the raun itrlvlng to be rich.
What means thU Increase ol nervous dis
eases , this alarming advance of the percent
age of Insanity , these sudden deaths and
hopelei * breakdown * in the prime of life , at
which physicians atul statisticians shako
their heads ? largely this is the fruit of
this mnil rush af tor riches. I do not forget
how many nro drlfron to those calamities by
the pressure of theillfo about them , the exactions -
actions of others , Ilia needs of those de
pendent upon theraor , oven by high ambi
tions for usefulness. . Nevertheless , 1 do say
that in multitudes oTi cases the greed of gam
is nlono responsible ) . It Is not work , but
overwork , that brorttai men down , and not so
much overwork , ovcra , \vorry-tho worry
born of nn eager , grasping ambition that
cannot bo content \vith n llttlo , but strains
every nerve to bo rim.
"If men would mollerato their desires for
money and bend tlioir energies to the cul
ture of tholr mlnda\and n development of
their souls they would live longer and moro
vigorous lives , as well as happier ones. The
epitaph of many n strong man , dead In his
primp , if honestly written , would bo 'A sac
rifice offered up by his own hand on the altar
of Mammon. ' Hut how about It when sick
ness or trouble comcsl "Will money bring
health or happiness ! Do you suppose a man Is
happy because ho lias a good deal of money
nt Interest , deeds to a good many lots ? Can
deeds cure rheumatism ? Can notes and
mortgngcs reclaim his wayward sent Flno
clothes nro very good things , but I have
seen n gieat many unhaupv men and women
with Hue clothes on.
Ilitpplnms la thn ( Irrntot Foituno.
' Finely furnished houses are a great com
fort , and a well laden table is very cheering ,
but 1 have seen men and women with both
and very unhappy. And I have seen the
poverty stricken widow hungry and full of
pain m the midst of her desolation and
wrongs lifting her voice In songs of gladness
and Joy. lUrnes will never bring nuppincss ,
and , Indeed , the aposllo was right when ho
said : 'Thoy that covet after them plcrco
themselves through with many sorrows.1
Wo are living in times of great financial
stringency. It is wall for us to learn the
lessons God would teach us day by day.
These times are to make , us stronger and
better. Wo must cherish a pure heart and
true conscience and noble lovo. The hope
of heaven must fill our souls. Wo must see
to it that wo could live in heaven , could
speak Its language , could enjoy Its happi
ness and stand In the presence of the all lov
ing Father. "
"The Stowaway , " with Its pictures q the
seamy side of London lifo and its sharply
drawn characters , in n word a realistic
mclo-drama of the good old English school ,
opened nn engagement at the Fifteenth
Street theater yesterday. The company Is
adequate , oven the Beau Brummels of mod
ern safe blowlncr having their business
"down fine. " Mr. Mahoney plans ttio herewith
with manly grace , while the villain is Im
personated by E. G. Suancler. Miss Nellie
Buckley is seen to excellent advantage in
thoroloof Althca D.Ue. while Miss Libby
Kirko ns Chucky the newsboy gives a
clever portrayal of the typical "Lun'un"
street gamin. The piece Is well mounted
and tnero Is every Indication of good busi
ness.
The best food is none too good for the
baby , hence the highest award was nemo too
good for Mellin's Food at the World's fair ,
and it got it a medal and a diploma.
The I.nnt of the World' * fair.
During the present month the Chicago
& Northwestern railway 1ms placed on
sale round trip tickets to Chicago at the
lowest price over offered , ami contrary
to tlio usual cuBtom , these tickets are
good in any car on their four elegantly
equipped daily eastern trains. Vestiouleil
sleeping cars. Free reclining chair
cars.
cars.Call at city ticket olllce , No. 1401 Far-
nnm street , for time tables , maps of the
World's fair grounds and full informa
tion. R. R. RITCHIE ,
G. F. WIST. General Agent.
C. P. & T. A.
Chlcngu anil Uotnrn ,
Ten dollars , $10.00.Ten dollars. $10.00.
Toil dollars , $10.00 > Ten dollars , $10.00.
Ten dollars , $10.00. Ten dollars , $10.00.
Via the
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
RAILWAY.
Ten dollars , $10.00. Ton dollars , $10.00.
Ton dollars , $10.00.
CITY TICKET OFFICE , 1401FARNAM
STREET.
Ten dollars , $10.00. Tun dollars , $10.00.
Ten dollars , $10.00.
Oct. 15 to Oct. 31.
Good returning till Nov.15.
Chicago iitul Heturu S1O.OO.
From Oct. lo to and including Oct.
31 , the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
Rv. will sell round trip tickets to Chi-
ca'goor $10.00. These tickets are first
class and are good returning any time
before Nov. 15. 1501 Farnam st.
1510,00 , Chicago unil Ituturn. S1O.OD.
Via the Chicago & Northwestern rail
way. Tickets are full first-class. You
know what "Hrst-class" moans on the
"Northwestern. "
CITY TICKET OFFICE , 1401 FARNAM
STREET. OMAHA.
Thu Chicago , Milwaukee Si St. I'nul Ity.
Will sell round trip tickets Omaha to
Chicago for $10.00. Tickets on tale Oct.
15 to 31 and good returning-until Nov. 15.
1.UVAL JtltKyiTIKS.
The Woman's club will meet at 4 p. m ,
today.
The Second ward democrats will hold a
rally nt 1G03 Leavonworth street this even
ing.
ing.Uov.
Uov. Patterson deliverer ! a Iccturo on
"Business and Religion" at the First Pres
byterian church last evening.
The colored voters of the Sixth ward will
hold a mass meeting at Twenty-sixth and
Ltko streets Tuesday evening.
Tom Tlornoy was arrested last night on
the complaint of his wife. Mrs. Tlernoy
says that her husband has a habit of coming
home drunk and boating hor.
It Is reported that Fred Kruc'has secured
n twenty years lease on the property where
Ed Wlttlg'a saloon stood ooforo the destruc
tion ot the Farnam Street theater and will
erect a two story brick building at'onco.
J. W. Hughes. John Shannon. Thomas
Clark and Pearl Meyers engaged In a froo-
for-all fight in a house on Ninth street curly
yesterday morning and all of them were
arrested. They are charged with disturb
ing the peace.
The parks were deserted yesterday and
the wind whistled u dlrgo through tlio fallen
autumn leaves. A young man wearing a
cartwheel straw Hat with a shoestring
"trolley" attached to the brim , was the
lonesome occupant of a bench near ( ho band
stand at Hanscom park. Otherwise , the
great resort seemed ! deserted. ,
There was a great demand for coplos ot
TUB SUNDAY BUB ( containing the account
the assassination ofi Mayor Carter Harrison
of Chicago. AfterUhe supply of papers had
been solo there was a rush for Cnlcugo
papers In the evening at the hotels. The
cruel murder was almost the solo topic of
conversation arouua the hotel corridors
yesterday and last : night.
Kotfctf ut fli-e Unttiurless under IMa 7ic < iJ , ft/ty
cents ; each aMtttuiialHne , ten cents.
SHEimVY SCHUri/i-ln : lids city. Satur
day , October , Mr. Jguiu hltudlwy uml Miss
Anna HcliuUo. Atbuino ut 1U1H South Nlne-
tceutli fat reel utter Kov embtr 10. NocuiUs.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Sheriff Bennett and Ohiof Beckett Have Out
the Ties of Former Friendship ,
POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN THE MAGIC CITY
Judge Vowlor U rmntr III * rentesVhnt
Other Ciinilltlnlcft Arc Holnc Snntlnjr
lit tliu Suburb Cumin nil
rcraunnt Mention.
Judge .T. M. Fowler , the independent nomi
nee for sheriff and a resident of this city ,
has been making a thorough canvass and Is
outspoken In his nsicrllon t hat the light has
now sifted down to a battle between himself
and Drcxol , The Judge banks on a big vote
In South Omaha. It is said that the votes
that Mr. Fowler will receive will como
principally from the men who would have
voted for the regular republican nominee
had ho been a man whom they could con
scientiously support. Bennett has been in
South Omaha once or twice since the cam
paign opened and was grouted with a very
cool reception. The men who chaperoned
him around town arc men who have no in- ,
ilucnco among the better class of citizens.
The few respectable persons who advised
with Bennett on his visit had him como to
their ofllco and the conference was hold
behind closed doors. The clement that was
behind Bennett two years ago and which
gave him such n big vote is considerably dis
figured this year. It is divided up into
factions and the word harmony is a stranger
In that camp.
Chief of Police Beckett was a red-hot
Bennett man two years ngo. Ho Is now n
candidate for Justice of the peace on the In
dependent .tlcuct , and Is giving Bennett a
black eye whenever the opportunity presents
itself. Bqnnott heard of what was going on
ntul came down to South Omaha to rend the
riot act to Bcckott. Bcckntt Is a shrewd
politician , and Bennett's "sandy" didn't
work. The chief toKl him Justwhotoho
stood and why ho was standlnir there. It is
said that Bennett threatened to have him
"fired , " but Bcckcttgavo him a dose of facts
that he had to swallow. The men arc now
enemies , and each is lighting the other. ,
Bennett ilaims to bo the man who secured
Beckett his job. The sheriff Is pretty con -
celled to imagine that ho dictates the np
polntmcnt of all minor ofllces In the county ,
to say the least.
Tno fact that Judge Fowler has a clean
record and is a man competent in every way
to fill the onico ofsheriff and that Bennett
is just the reverse Is going to give the South
Omaha candidate an Immense vote nt home.
Ho will not only receive the solid Indepen
dent vote , fully one-half of the republican
votes , but a great many democrats arc out
spoken In their endorsement of Mr. Fowler.
These who knew Judge Fowler when ho was
sheriff of Ncmcha county say bo made nn
excellent oftlccr. Ho has certainly given
entire satisfaction as notice Judge hero.
.Martin Eddy and Ed Hanley , candidates for
constable , and Levy for Justice of the pcaco
are the only democrats who got on the
ticket , and they only got in six minutes be-
fnro it was too late , and by petition at that.
Mr. Montgomery , the other democratic
nomineo.for Justice , was left out In the cold ,
nil because the secretary of the nominating
convention forgot to tile the names with the
county clerk before It was too late. Charles
Lake , the republican nominee , for Justice , It
the most competent and most popular of all
the Justice candidates , and his election is
almost certain. Ho Is an intelligent and
honest young man , who will deal out Justice
regardless of who is affected by his decisions.
It is thought that Mr. Stanley , registrar
of deeds , will receive the solid support of his
party here , and thera aio democrats who say
they will vote for him on account of his
superior qualities for the position. Mr.
Stanley Is a thorough business man. Ho has
lived hero for seven years and has shown to
the people that he is a man who can bo
trusted. He is competent to conduct the
ofllco without employing brains to help him
out. Ho has the advantage of a splendid
education , as well as years of experience
with business men. The big vote that Mr.
Stanley will get at home will glvo him a
good starter for the race In the other voting
places in the county.
Mnglc City lioH-lp.
Miss Cherry Tylce is on the sick list.
Li. J. Carpenter is home fiom a visit to his
former homo in Polo , 111.
Jim Pivonka's daughter fell down a flight
of stall's yesterday and broke her right arm.
Donald McLain will have to answer to the
charge of drunkenness today in the police
court.
Mrs. George F. KIser leaves today for
Colorado in the hope of regaining her
health.
Hhody Redmond cnmo over from Missouri
Valley yesterday to spend Sunday with
friends.
The Misses Nettie and Alice Adams and
their brother Ed are home from a pleasant
visit to the fair.
Barney Taylor and Jim McCoy hnvosigncd
articles of agreement to light in South
Omaha on the night of November 2u.
John Mullin and John Tucker had a light
In Jim Callahan's saloon In Albright ycstei-
day. It is said Mullin got the worst of it.
"Among the Brcakors" will bo produced
by homo talent at Bauer concert hall Thurs
day cveniiur. The cast is well selected and
there should be a large attendance.
John Geary Is in Jail for disturbing the
peace. Two other men named Plncr and
Geary got into a row. Piper chased Geary
with a gun and both men wcro placed under
arrest.
Deputy Sheriff' Ferguson arrived from
Armourdnle , Kan. , yesterday and lust
evening started homo , with Jack Carey us
his prisoner. Carey is wanted in Armour-
dale on the charge of forgery. The amount
ho is alleged to have secured is $100.
DoWltt'aVItch Hazel Salvo cures sores.
DoWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures ulcer ,
CHICACiO , MlMVAUItKK & hi' . I'A III , ItV
Itnunil Trip to ChlcnRo 10.01) ) .
The Milwaukee trains iiro nmdo up at
Oinuha , consequently tboy always Iciivo
on time. No crowding1 , no dust and cin
ders. Omaha people ride with aqunint-
uncos. Electi-io liRht throughout trjiin
and in each berth in Bleoporw , Baggage
checked from residence to destination ,
if desired. Elegant dining car , Bloopers
and ladies' car. Round trip tickets to
Chicago , entitling holder to ull priv
ileges , $10,00 ,
City ticket cilice , 1501 Fnrnam fatrcot
Barker 1 block. _
Your Opportunity
Invites you now. Rich western lands
can now bo bought at reasonable prices
and great bargains secured in the min
eral , agricultural and grazing regions
reached by thq Union Paoillc system.
The opportunity of u lifetime for invest
ment ! Send for the Union Pacific pub
lication on Wyoming , Colorado , Mon
tana , Idaho. Utah anil other western
states. E. L. LOMAX ,
Gen'l Puss , and Tk't Ag't ,
Oinuha , Neb.
1 Told Vou Ho. ,
Rates are now about 1 cent per mile to
Chicago via the Union Puclllc. For full
particulars bee your nearest agent.
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder , No Ammonia ; No Alum.
Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard.
IS certainly none of otir business
TT whether you prefer quinine pills to
an overcoat. Nor Is It our nflulr
where or when you choose to buy one.
Hut It Is our business to let you know
A CHIP what we are a-iloing. No harm is It ?
Just now we are alt overcoats Nebras
ka , Iowa , Dakotas , Colorado , Montana ,
Wyoming , Idaho , Arizona , Minnesota ,
Utah , Kansas. Missouri , is well re pre
sent oil , even Oklahoma seems to have
got onto us everyone is buying overcoats -
coats looks like a conspiracy or per
haps prices we quote this season arc
powerfully inaKiutic. That's It. We
never could buy coats as cheap as we
sell 'em for now. You ought to see one
of these seven 75-100 overcoats , come
in two modest shades , navy blue and
every day black ; made of lirst-class
OF THE kersey cloth , draped with Ititllcnc , silk
velvet collar , double-stitched edge , lit
as good as your skin and tailored Into a
sack cut style for comfort or dress use.
Not only just as good , but an honest $15
value sure's you eat.
OVERCOATS
Again the magnet works when we
show these twelve 50-100 overcoats.
We'll go any $20 garment ever sold by MONEY
man , cards and spades and beat it
hands down. Ours is a black raw edge
Melton ( the most aristocratic fabric
known ) , draped with satin about breast ,
lined thoroughly with California wool
of check or stripe pattern , silk sleeve
lining , tailored as a half box , double-
breasted , as per latest fashion , and de
signed for a treble silk stitch on edges.
Don't have to be as "straight as a polit
ical candidate" to be fitted precisely.
Want to know some more about over
coats ? Show us your countenance , and PANIC.
we'll put a smile onto it. .
Not too lats for Catalogues Your address That's all.
Artistic Stationery.
WE HANDLE NO OTHER KIND.
Wedding and Reception
STATIONERY
to Ordor.
"Wo employ tlio best Engravers in
tlio Country.
100 Visiting Cards engraved , $1.60. BAYMOBTD.
Corner luth anil Douglas Streets.
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NO PAY UNTII. CURED.
\Vo rotor you to 3.53J p itlont * .
Nat > l Rink f Oommeroo , Oruihv
Uorm.in . ri miu * II ink , Omaha.
No ilntoiitlnn from business , Nooponitlon. Invei.
ttgnto our method. Written fruariinton to nbioliitely
euro nil kinds ot HUITUUE ot both soxas wltboat tbt
uieot knlfo , no tnuttar ot bow long standing ; .
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