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THE ROM) TO HAPPINESS,
OR. TALMAGC'S StVGNTH 8CRMON TO
THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.
Wlmt Cnn and Wlmt CiMinot Mnka n
Womnn Hniij" III Huhjnrt Tho Chkf
Aim or Ufa ftttotiM tin Umrnlm Mln
iAkri of Young I'mpto.
Brooklyn, 1'Vli. III. Till inoniltiR tho
Rov. T. I) Witt TnliunRo, I). I)., jircnclitsl
tho ovcnth of hi iorlpit of "Hormoiu to tlio
Women of Aiiicrlcn, with Iinjwwiit Milt
to Mon.n Tho )pci)Iiik hymn U'gliui
Then lot our nonjt 1mnml,
AndoTpry trorlilry
Vr'ro iiinrcliliiK UiiiiiikIi liumnniiot' ground.
To fnlrvr world on high."
I)r. Tnlmngo took for hit text tho follow
ing wonlst "Slio tlmt llvoth In jilMuuro is
tlottil whllonho llvoth." Ho wlili
Tho oilltor of n Ilonton nown)ior n fow
dtvynniro wrote, nxkliiR mo tho tor quo
tlonii "Wlmt In tho ronil to lmpiliicM" nnd
"OuRht Impplnon l tho chief nlin of llfof"
My ruwwor wrui "Tlioronil to hnpplnewtU
tho continuous ciTort to mnko otlioni lmppy.
Thoohlof nlmof llfo ought to bo usefulness,
not hnpplii(vp, hut hnpplniytt nlwnyn follows
efuhioM." ThU inornliiR'i tost In n rtronjr
way nU forth tbo truth tlmt n minimi who
oak lu worldly ndvnntoRo hor clilof5 enjoy
ment will coiuoto dlsnpimlntinont nnd dentil.
4'8ho tlmt llvoth in plixituru i tlwul whllo ho
tlvoth."
My frlemU, you nil want to bo hnppy.
You hivvo had ft great ninny recipe by which
It it proposed to glvo you Nitlsfttctlon nollil
Mtlifnctlon. At tlmai yon feci n thorough
enrest. You know m well 'm oldor ixxrolo
intuitu Into bo ucpnwKcri. A dark Mindowi
sometime fall Ukui tho geography of tho
school girl n on thopngo of tho vpoctnclod
SiUoaoplior. I hnvo rocii m (Cloudy days in
ay tut in November. There nro no deeper
algh breathed by tho grandmother thnn by
tho granddaughter, I correct tho popular
ImprcMlon that people nro happier In child
hood nnd youth than they over will bo again.
If wo llvo nrlght, tho oldor tho happier. Tho
fcnpplrot woman that I ever know was n
Clirixtlan octogounrlan! hor hair whtto n
whlto could Iw ; tho luullght of heaven, Into
In tho of tcrnoon, gliding tho peak of snow,
I hnvo to My ton great many of tho young;
jwoplo that tho mont mltonihlo tlmo you nro
ever to havo U juit now. A you advnnco
1r life, m you como out Into tho world nnd
fcavo your head nnd heart all full of good,
honest, practical Chrlitlan work, then you
will know what It is to legln to bo happy,
Xharo nro thoso who would hnvo us bcllovo
that llfo is chasing thUtledowu nnd gnuplng
babble. Wo hnvo not found It to. To
canny of us it has teon discovering diamonds
larger than tho Kohlnoor, and I think that
ear joy will continue to increase until iioth
Itr short of tho everlasting Jublloo of hoavon
will bo ablo to oxprcu it.
Zloratlo Qrocnough, nt tho closo of tho
fcwdost llfo n man ovor lives tho llfo of an
lAHierican nrtlit wrotot "i don't want to
loavo this world unttl I glvo 'omo sign that,
feorn by tho grnco of Uod In this land, I linvo
foand llfo to bo s Tory cheerful thing, and
ot tho dark and bitter thing witli which my
surly prospects woro clouded."
Albert llarnes, tho good Christian, known
the world ovor, stood in his pulpit in Fhlla
Slelphla, at 70 or 80 years of ago, and sold:
"This world Is so very attractlvo to me, I am
wry sorry I shall have to leavo it,"
I know that Solomon sold soma very dolo
rous thing about this world, and throo times
declared: "Vanity of vanities, nil Is van
ity." I suppose it was a reforenco to thoso
j times in his career when his seven hundred
wiveaalmost postered thollfoout of him. But
I would rather turn to tho description ha gave
after bis conversion, when ho says In nnothsr
pkco: "Her ways nro ways of pleasantness,
mad all her paths are poaco." It is reason
able to expect it will bo so. Tho longer tho
trait hongs on tho tree, the rljicr and moro
Bellow it ought to grow. You plant ono
grain of corn and It will tend up a stalk with
two ears, each having ntno hundred and fifty
grains, w that one grtfln planted will pro
dace nineteen hundred groins. And ought
sot tho Implantation of a grain of Christian
principle in youthful soul develop into a
large crop ot gladness on earth, and to a har
vest ot eternal joy in hoavon I Hoar mo,
thee, whllo I dlscourso upon somo of tho mis
takes which young pooplo nioko in regard to
kapplnoss, and point out to the young women
what I consider to bo the source ot complete
attef action.
And, in tho first plow, I adviso you not to
tmild your happiness upon moro social posi
tion. Persons at your ago, looking off upon
Vfe,aroapt to think that, it by somo stroke
at what is called good luck, you could arrlvo
In an elevated and affluent position, a llttlo
Maker than that in which Qod has call wl you
toMre, you would be completely liappy. In
ttaite mistake! The polaco floor ot Ahasuems
Is red with tho blood ot Vashtl's broken heart.
There havo boon no moro scolding tears wept
Mian thoso which coursed tho chocks ot
Josephine, If tbo sob of unhappy woman
hood iu tho great cities could break through
the tapestried wall, that sob would como
long your streets today like tho simoon ot
tbo desert, Bomotlmoe I hnvo hoard in tho
netting ot tho robes on tho city pavemont
the hlw of the adders that followed
fa tho woke. You hnvo como out
from your homo, and you hnvo looked
fjp at tho great houso, and covot a
llfo under thoso arches, when, perhaps, at
that very moment, wlttdn tlmt houso, thero
may havo been tho wringing ot hands, tho
atart ot horror and tho very agony ot hclL
I know such n ono. Iler father's houso was
plain, most ot tho pooplo who camo thero
woro plain; but, by a chaugo In fortuno such
as some times comes, a hand had been offered
that led her into a brilliant sphere. All tho
neighbors congratulated her upon her grand
prospects; but what on exchange! On hor
sddo it was a heart full ot generous lmpulso
and affection. On his side it was a soul dry
fid withered as tho stubblo of tho field. On
ber sldo it was a father's houso, where Qod
m honored and' tho Babbath light floodod
tbo rooms with tho very mirth ot heaven.
Ofi bis sldo it was gorgeous residence, and
the coming of mighty men to bo enter
tained thore; but within it wcro revelry and
godloccaew. Hardly had the orange blossoms
ot the marriage feast lost their fragrance, than
the nlgbtot discontent began to cast hero and
there its shadow. Cruelties and unkindnesscs
changed all those splendid trappings into a
hollow mockery, Tho platters of solid silver.
tho caskets ot puro gold, tho head dross of
gleaming diamonds, were thero; but no God,
bo peace, no kind words, no Christian sym
pathy. 'The festal muslo that brokoonthe
captive's ear turned out to be a dlrgo, and
the wreath In tho plush was a reptile ooll,
Ad tho upholstery that swayed in tho wind
mi the wing of a destroying angel, and the
bud drops on the pitcher were tho sweat ot
fserktsting despair. Oh, how many rival
ries and UBhapplneases among thoso who seek
Ja aseial life their chief happiness. It mat
tan Rot bow. fine you have' things, thero aro
neonle who have It aner. 'Taking out
wateh to tell the hour of tho day some
twill correct your timepiece by pulling
Mt a watch more richly chased and jew lei.
JU4e ia oarriane that ooat vou 800. aiA bo
rons you get around tho park you will meet
wllli ono that cost ,),(X)0, ifavo on your
wnll n picture by Copley, nnd Iwforo night
you will hear uf homo ono who lias n plcturo
fnh from tho ntudlo of Church or lllor
Mndt, All that thl world can do for you In silver,
in gold, in AxmliiHler plush, In Oobollu
tajustry, In wldo hnlls, in lordly nominliit
nmvshlp, will not glvo you tho ten thou
sandth jmrt of n grain of solid satisfaction.
Tho KiirIWi lord, moving In tho very high
oH sphere, wns ono day found seated with
Ids chili on lit- hand nnd Mi olliow on tho
window sill, looking nut nnd snylngi "Oh, I
wish I could oxclmngo place with thntdogl"
Mcro social ikmUIou will novor glvo happi
ness to n woman's soul, I hnvo Imd wldo
nnd continuous observation, nnd I toll tho
young women that thoy who build on moro
social xMltlon their soul's immortal hoppluom
urn building on tlio mind.
HupKvxi that n young woman expends tho
hrlghtii)a of hor early llfo in this unsatisfac
tory xtrugglo and omit tho present opjior
tuulty of uH'fulncKi In tho homo ciroloi what
a tulMnkot
Ho surely a tho yearn roll around that
homo In which you now dwell will liccomo
extinct, Tho parents will iw gono, tho prop
erty will go Into other ixKwesilon, you your
self will Ik) In other rclntionshlMi, nnd that
homo which, only n year ngo, wo full ot
congratulation, will lo extinguished. When
that erlod comes you will look back to sea
what you did, or what you neglected to do in
tho way of making homo liappy. It will bo
too lato to correct mistaken. If you did not
smooth tho tvith of your parent toward tlio
tomb; if you did not make their last day
bright and hnppy; If you allowed your
younger brother to go out Into the world,
unhallowed by Christian nnd sisterly influ
ences; It you allowed tho younger sisters of
your family to como up without feeling that
thero had ixxm ft Christian oxamplo sot them
on your pnrt, thero will bo nothing hut bit
tcrneiM of lamentation. Tlmt bitterness will
bo increased by nil tho surroundings ot that
homo; by every chair, by overy plcturo, by
tho old tlmo mantel ornaments, by every
thing you can think of as connected with
that homo. All these thing will rouxo up
ngonlrlng memories. Young women, havo
you anything to do In tho way
of innklng your father's homo hnppy t Now
is tho tlmo to attend to it, or leavo it forever
undone, Tlmo Is flying very quickly away.
I suppose you notice tho wrinkles nro gather
ing nnd accumulating on thoso kindly facos
tlmt hnvo so long looked upon you; thero Is
frost lu tho locks; tho foot Is not as firm in
its step ns it used to bo; nnd thoy will soon
bo gone, Tho heaviest clod that overfalls
on n parent's cofllu lid i tho memory of nn
ungrateful daughter. Oh, mnko their last
days bright and beautiful. Do not .ctn
though they woro in tho way. Ask thor
counsel, seek tholr prnyent, and, nftcr long
years hnvo nssod, and you go out to seo tho
gravo where thoy sleep, you will Unit grow
ing all over tho mound something lovelier
thnn cypress, something sweeter than tho
toso, something chaster thnn tho lily tho
bright nnd beautiful memories of filial kind
ness informed era tho dying hnnd dropped
on you a benediction, and you closed tho
lids over tho weary oyos of tho worn out
pilgrim. Better that, in tho houn ot your
birth, you bad been struck with orphanage,
and that you hail been handed over Into tho
cold anus of tho world, rather than
that you should hnvo boon brought up un
der a fntber's enro nnd n mother's tenderness,
at last to seoff at their exnmplo and dorldo
tholr Influence; and on tho day when you
followed them lu long procession to tho
tomb, to And that you nro followed by a still
larger procession ot uuflllal deeds dono nnd
wrong words uttered. Tho ono procession
will leavo its burden in tho tomb and dis
band; but tlmt longer procession ot gluistly
memories will forever march and forovor
wall. Oh, it is a good tlmo for n young wo
man when alio is in hor father's house How
careful thoy aro of her wolf aro I How watch
ful thoso Muouta of all her interests I Boated
at tho morning repast, tathor at ono end tho
table, children on el thor sido and between;
but tho years will roll on, and great changes
will bo effected, and ono will bo mlssod from
ono end tho table, and another will bo missed
from tho other end tho table. Qod pity that
young woman's soul who, in that dark hour,
has nothing but regretful recollections.
I go further, and adviso you not to depend
for enjoyment upon moro personal attrac
tions, it would bo sheer hypocrisy, becnuso
wo may not havo it ourselves, to despise, or
affect to dosptso, beauty in others. When
Qod glvei it ho gives It as a blessing and as
a means of usefulness. David and his army
were coming down from tho mountains to
destroy Nabal and his flocks aud vineyards.
Tho beautiful Abigail, the wifo ot Nabal,
went out to arrest him when ho camo down
from tho mountains, and sho succeeded.
Coming to tho toot ot tho hill, sho knolt,
David, with his army of sworn mon, camo
down over tlio cliffs, and when be saw her
kneeling ut tho foot of tho hill ho cried "Unit 1"
to his men, and tho caves echoed it: "Haiti
haltl" That ono beautiful woman kneollng
at tho foot of tho dill had arrested all
thoso armed troops. A dowdrop dashed
back Niagara, Tho BIblo sets iR'foro us tho
portraits of Sarah and Itobeccn, aud Ablshag,
Absalom's sistor, and Job's daughters, and
says; "Thoy wero fair to look upon." By
out door excrclso, and by skillful arrange
ment of apparel, lot women mnko themselves
attractive Tho sloven has only ono mission,
and that to excito our loathing and disgust.
But alas) for thoso who depend upon personal
charms for their happiness. Beauty Is such
a subtle thing, it does not Bceut to depend
upon facial proportions, or upon the sparklo
ot tlio oyo, or upon tbo flush or tui chock.
You sometimes And it among irregular tort
ures. It is the soul ililntng through tho faco
that make ono beautiful. But alas) for
thoso who depend upon mora personal charms.
Thoy will como to disappointment and ton
groat fret. Thero aro so many different
opinions about what aro personal charms;
and then sickness, and trouble, nnd ago, do
mako such ravages. Tho poorest god that a
woman ovor worships is her own face. Tho
saddest sight in nil tho world is u woman who
has built everything on good looks, when tho
charms begin to vanish. Oh, how thoy try
to cover tho wrinkles and hldo tho ravages
ot tlmo I When time, with iron shod foot,
stops on a faco, the hoot marks remain, and
you canuot hldo them. It is silly to try to
hldo them. I think tho most repulsive fool
in all tho world Is an old fool!
Why, my friend, should you bo ashamed
to bo getting Jd I It is a sign it is prima
facie ovldenco that you liavo bobnved toler
ably well or you would not havo lived to this
time, Tho grandost thing, I think, isoUrnIty,
and that is mauo up ot countless years.
Whcu tlio Blblo would set forth tlio attrac
tiveness ot Jesus Christ, It says; "HI hair
was whtto as snow.' But when tho color goes
xrom tno cnooK, and tlio luster from tho eye,
and tho spring from tho stop, and tho grace
fulness from the gait, oloaj for thoso who
hnvo butlt tholr tlmo and their eternity upon
good looks. But all tho passage of yoars cuu
uot toko out of oue's faco benignity, and kind
ness, and companion, and faith. Culturu
your heart and you culture your face. Tho
brightest glory that ever beamed from a
woman's faco is the religion of Josus Christ.
In tlio last war 00 wounded soldiers came to
Philadelphia ono night, and came unheralded,
and they had to extemporise a houpIWvl for
thom, and tho Christian women of my church,
nnd of other churches, wont out tlmt night to
tnko rnro of tho r woundod f ellp ws. That
night I saw a Christian woman go through
thownnUof tho haspltal, her slcovo rolled
tip, ready for hard work, her hair dls
hovi'lcd lu tho excitement of tho hour,
Her faco wiw plain, very plain; but
nfter tho wound wero wnshod nnd tho
now bandage wero put round tho spllutorod
llmhmtnd tho exhausted Iwy fell off Into his
first pleasant sleep, sho put her hand on Ills
brow mid ho started in Ids dream, mid saldt
"Oh, I thought mi nngol touched mol" Thero
may hnvo Ixvn no classla elegnuco in tho
features of 51r. Ilnrrlit, who c.imo into tho
hospital nfter tho Boveu Days awful light,
ns sho sat down by n wounded drummer loy
nnd heard him solllixiuUoi "A ball through
my body, nnd my ixwr mothor will novor
ngnln so hor Iwy. Wlmt n pity It 111" And
sho leaned over him and saldt "Uliall I bo
your mother nnd comfort your And ho
looked up nnd said I "Ym, I'll try to think
shu'shoro. I'loaso to wrlto a long letter to
her nnd '.Ml Iter nil nlmut It, nnd scud her n
lock of my hair nnd comfort tier. But I
would llko to hnvo you toll hor how much (
suffered yen, I would llko you to do that,
for she would feel so for mo. Hold my hand
whllo I die.'' Thero may hnvo been no clawtia
olegnttco In her features, but nil the hospital
of Harrison's landing and Fortress Monroo
would hnvo agreed that sho wiu lienutlful;
nnd If any rough innu In nil that ward had
Insulted her, somo wounded soldier would
havo leaped from hi couch, on hi best foot,
nnd struck him dead with n crutch.
Agnlni I advixo you not to dejxmd for hap
piness upon tho flatteries of men. It Is a
pjor compliment to your soxthnt so many
men fool obliged lu your prosonco to offor un
meaning compliments'. Men cnpnblo of ele
gant and elaborate conversation olsowhuro
Hometlmcs feel called upon nt tho door of tho
drawing room to drop tholr common wnw
nnd to dolo out slckonlng flatteries. Tlmy
say things about your dress, nnd alout, tour
appearance, that you know, nnd they know,
nro fnlso, Thoy say you nro nn angel.
You know you nro not. Determined
to toll tho truth in ofllco and sioro
and shop, they constdor it honornblo
to lio to u woman. Tho satno thing that
they told you on this sldt of tho drawing
room threo mlnutos ngo they snld to somo
ono on tho other sldo of tho drawing room.
Oh, let no ono trnmplo on j our self rcspoct.
Tho inonnest thing on which n woman can
build hor hnppInoiM in tho llnttcriei of men.
Again: I cbnrgo you not to depend for hap
piness upon tho dlsclplcshlp of worldllness. I
hnvo seen men ns vain ot tholr old fashioned
nnd their eccentric hat im your brainless fop
Is proud of hi dangling fooleries Fnshlou
Rouitlmon makes a reasonable demand of us,
nnd then wo ought to yield to it. Tho daisies
of the field havo their fashion of color and
leaf; tho honoysucktes havo tholr faihlou of
tar drop, nnd tho snowflaken flung out of tho
wiutor heavens have their fashion of oxqul
sltoncss. After tho summer shower tho sky
wels tho earth with rlug of rainbow, and I
do not think wo havo a right to desplso tho
olcgaucles and fashions of this world, espe
cially If thoy mako rcasonablo demands upon
us; but tho dlsclplcshlp and w-orxhip of fash
ion is death to th body nnd death to tho
houL I am glnd tho world is improving.
Look nt tho fashion plates of tho Seventeenth
nnd Eighteenth centuries, nnd you will And
thnt tho world is not so oxtningant aud ex
traordinary now as It was then, nnd nil tho
marvelous things thnt tho granddaughter
will do will never equal that dono by tho
grandmother. Go still farther back, to the
Blblo times, and you And that in thoer)
timed fashion wielded n morn tcrrlblu
scepter. You liava only to turn to the thlrcl
chapter of Isaiah, a portion ot the Scilpturon
from which I onco preached to you n urmou,
to read: "Because th daughters of r.'An are
haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks
nnd wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
thoy go, and making n tinkling with tholr
feet: In that day th4 Lord will tako nwny
tho bravery ot their tinkling ornaments about
their feet, nnd their cnuls, and their round
tiros llko tho moon, tho chains nnd tho bra co
lets, nnd tho muAlors, the bonnets, nnd tho
head bands, and the tabk-ts, mid the car
rings, the rings, and tho noso juwols, thu
chnugcablo suits of nppnrcl, and tho mantles,
and tho wimples, and tho crisping pins, the
glasses, and tho lino linen, and tho hoods, and
tbo Yelli.' Only think of a woman having
all that onl I am glad thnt tho world is
getting bettor, and thnt fashion, which has
dominated In tho world so ruinously In other
days, has for a llttlo time, for a llttlo degree
nt any rnto, relaxed its energies. All tho
splendors and tho oxtravngnnza of this world
dyed Into your rolw and flung over your
shoulder canuot wrap poaco around your
heart for a singlo momont, Tho gayest ward
robo will uttor no volco of condolence In
tho day ot troublo and darkness. That
woman Is grandly dressed, nnd only she,
who Is wrapied in tho robo of
a Saviour's righteousness. Tho homo may
bo very bumble, tho hat may be very plain,
tho frock may bo very coarso; but tho halo
of hoavon settles In tho room when sho weans
It, nnd tbo faintest touch ot tho resurrection
angel will chaugo that garment into ralmont
exceeding white, tam no fuller on earth
could whiten It. I como to you, young
women, today, to say that this world cannot
mako you hnppy. I kuow it li a bright
world, with glorious sunshine, mid goldou
rivers, nnd tiro workod sunset, nnd bird
orchestra, aud th darkest cave has IU crys
tals, and tho wrathlost wavo Its foam wroath,
and tho coldest midnight its flaming
aurora; but Ood will put out all thoso
lights with tho blast of hli own nostrils,
nnd tho glories ot thU world will perish In
tho final conflagration. You will never
bo hnppy until you got your sins forgiven
and allow Christ Josus to tako full possession
ot your soul. Ho will bo your friend in
overy orplexlty. Ho will bo your comfort
in overy trial. Ho will bo your defender in
overy strait. I do not ask you to bring, liko
Mary, tho splcos to the Eopiilcher of a dead
Christ, but to bring your nil to tho feet of a
living Josus. His word Is poaco. Ills look
Is love. His hand Is help. His touch is life.
Ills smilo is heaven. Oh, como, thon, In
flocks nnd groups. Como llko tho south wind
over banks of myrrh. Como llko tho
morning light tripping ovor tho mountain.
Wrontho nil your affections on Christ's brow,
sot all your gems iu Christ's coronet, pour all
your volco into Christ's song, and let this
Sabbath air rustlo with the wings ot rejoic
ing angols, and tho towers ot Ood ring out
tho nows of souls saved.
This world Its fancied pearl may crave,
Tls not tho pearl for mo;
Tts ill dim It luster in the gravo,
Twill poriih In tho sea.
Out theru's a earl of price untold,
Which never can bo bought with gold;
on, tnui s tun jwari ror me,
Tho enow wus very deep, and It was still
falling rapidly, when, in tho first year ot my
ministry, I hastened to see a young woman
die. It was a very humblo homo, Bho was
an orphan; hor father had been shipwrecked
on tho Itauks of Newfoundland, Bho had
our nod hor own living. As I entered tho
room I saw nothing attractlvo. No pictures.
No tnpuitry. Not oven n cushioned chair,
Tho snow on tbo window casement was
not whiter than tbo cheek of that
dying girl. It was a faco never to
bo forgotten. Sweetness and majesty of
sou), and faith In Qod, had glvcu her u
matchless lienuty, and tho sculptor who could
hno caught tho outline of thoso features,
and froron them into stono, would hnvo
mnilo hlmsolf Immortal. With her large,
brown oyos sho looked calmly Into tho grunt
eternity. I sat down by her bodsldo nnd
said: "Now tell ino nil your troubles nnd
sorrows, and struggle nnd doubt." Hho re
plied: "I hnvo no doubts or strugglo. It I
nil plain to mo. Jcmis has smoothed tho way
for my feet. I wish when you go to your
pulpit noxt Huiblay you would toll tho young
jtcoplo that religion will mnko thorn happy,
Oh, death whoro Is thy stlngf Mr. Tnl
mngo, I wonder If this I not tho blls ot
ilyliigl" I snld, "Yes, I think It must bo."
1 lingered around tho couch. Tho sun
Wn sotting, nnd her sister lighted n cnndlo.
Bho lighted tho cnndlo for mo. Tho dying
girl, the dnwii of henveu lu her faco, ncodod
no cnndlo, I rose to go, and Miosald: "I
thank you for coming. Good night. When
wo meet ngnln It will l In henven In
heaven I Good night I good night!" For her
It wa good night to tears, good night to pov
orty, good night to death; but when tho sun
rose ngnln It wns good morning. Tlio light
of another day had burst In ii)on her soul.
Good morning! Tho nngel wero singing her
wolcomo home, nnd tho hnnd of Christ wns
putting uon her brow n garland. Good
morning. Her sun rising. Hor pnlni wnv
Ing. Her spirit exulting before tho throno
of Ood. Oood morningl Good morning!
Tlio white Illy of ioor Margaret's check had
blushed into tho roso of health Immortal, and
tlio snow through which wo curried her to
tho country grnvoynrd wero symbols of that
robo which she wears, so whlto thnt no fuller
on onrth could whiten it.
My sItor, my daughter, inny your Inst cud
bo llko hers!
ODDS AND ENDS.
Two young MasxnchiiFettH women hnvo
gono to Uuffnlo with the Intention of embark
ing In the profession of dentistry.
Lonvcunorth claims to hnvo a houso
wherein dwell in porfect harmony eighteen
Intelligent, marriageable young women.
Sandwiches of grated turkey, th brendcut
In tho form of crosses, wero served nt a Now
York rocoptlou of n seml-rellgious character
n fow days ngo.
A Now York correspondent nssertn that
thoro nro fifty widows In that city with for
tunes ranging from $1,000,000 to 15,000,000.
Bo many sontrleo woro frozen to death In
Russia that thoy havo turned some ensnnts
out ot their houses so thnt tlin soldiers can bo
kept alive, whilo tho peasants freozo to death.
Thoy nro being bothered in Mexico just ns
wo nro hero. Tho local papers thero complain
that tho women who goto tho bull flghtu
wear such big lints that It obstructs tho viow
of thoso behind them.
Tho highest price, JCIO.OM, juild Inst year
for n plcturo nt miction was Boucher's por
trait of Mine, de Pompadour. Gainsbor
ough's "Sisters" brought 0,005, nnd Turn
er's "Vnn Oozon" jLO.SM.
Expert accountants hnvo already discov
ered a deficiency of $350,000 in tho accounts
of tho provinco of Mnnltoba, nnd tho books
aro lu such shnpo that it Is Impossible to tell
just how tho Una ncos stand
A Knfllr vnnlshod, and groans wcro heard.
Ho wns searched for without result, but on
tho following night groans wero still heard.
The search continued, nnd tho innn was
found murdered. Ills murderer was arrested
Mid executed, but tho groans still coutlnucd,
to tho dismay of their auditors. At last they
wero traced to u mocking bird. That bird,
lono of living things, had seen the deed of
olood.
At Cnrlyle, nis., a young lndy conceived
the Idea of Issuing invitations tonuntquo
ilolgh ride. Before sending out tho cards,
however, she becured flvelargd pairs of oxen.
TIioho were hitched to stylish cutters, which
were louded with tho representatives of tho
bonuty, wealth nud culture of the town.
Throngs of jiooplo wero attracted to witness
tho novel procession as it moved through tho
principal streets.
Cork from the Nellie.
Thousands of corks are gathered from th
Selno every day, nud after thcMi nro sorted
they are sold. If n cor): is ititnet It is washed
in chloride of tin and rasold an new; thoKo
thnt hnvo ix-ou dnmagod by corkscrews or
otherwlso nro rccut into smaller sizes for tho
uso of perfumers nnd druggists j thrwo which
nro too much damaged to lie rccut nro w orth
forty cents per 100 iraunds nt tho linoleum
factories. Undamaged corks nro examined
before thoy nro sold, nud thoso marked with
known brands And their way to eel tain res
taurants, where they w uwl in order to
pass off chenp elder nnd other bogus produc
tions os line varieties of sparkling rhiim
pngno. It tho customer complains of the
poor qunlity of this wlno the honest publican
protests that it is not his fault nnd gravely
points out tlmt tho cork is marked with tho
brand which hns liecn called for. Every
thing is utilized In this city. Paris Cor. New
Orleans Picayune.
Sick Child In China.
When a child is taken sick in China tho
parents boliovo that ono of its souls has wnn
dorcd nwny nnd is lost. So the mother nius
to tho open door nnd cries, "Li! lal" "Soul
come houi"! soul com- homof and tho
father hastens out into tho street nnd crosses
tho nearest bridgo, searching for tho truant
spirit; h hoars tho mother's wail, and shouts
bnck tho cheering nnswer, "Coming! com
lngl" Then a paper horse is burned in tho
houso for tho soul to rido homo upon, and tlio
mothor, still uttering her weird cry, begins
to search the corners of her floor mud, If
sbo Is ioor; brick or mnrblo, If sho bo rich
nnd tho flrst thing of lifobhofludslssupiiosed
to contain tho missing spirit. Often it is n
Hon or u beetle. When it Is socurcd sho gives
a great cry of joy, wraps It in paper, aud
places It under tho pillow of tho buffering
child, and expects an immediate recovery.
Chicago Nows.
Lot Him Whittle.
"Stop thnt whistling! Don't you know it
is Sunday, aud tho minister la listening to
your' said n young ofllccr to a sailor on board
nn English vessel on which a Presbytorlnn
minister was a nsscngor, "Nonsonsol" said
tbo minister, "let him whistle; it keeps ovll
thoughts out of his mind." I always ad
miral that saying nud tho man thnt said it,
though I do not know his name, Thnt man
know something ot human nature aud of tho
workings of tho human heart; and ho had a
iust nud generous Idea ot tho Creator. Llko
iUther, ho liolieved thnt "nasio drivos the
dovil nwny." Homo Journal.
Odd Incident In Court.
Tho result of tho attachment for debt of
tho property of a Webster county, Ark., man
brought out an odd Incident in court. Among
tho property attached was a small herd of
cattlo, and to them tho debtor's wlfo mado
claim. Sho sworo that when sho and hor
husband wero engaged to bo married ho was
not ablo to glvo her an engagement ring, and
instead guvo her n likely yearling heifer.
Tho calf grow nud prospered and multiplied,
and tho result was tho hord of cnttlo to
which tho good wifo laid claim. Now York
Bun,
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TABLE WINES.
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THE G. M. JARVIS CO.
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Analytical Chemist Chicago Med. Col.
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L. L. LINDSF.Y,
Family Supply Agent for Lincoln, Neb.
packages convenient for all.
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