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- - fgmW" "wry ' vr "V T ' W Vji (fe-SBWAWlpw?"1 ' UiM'H'W WPIif'fiPWfW'I'iniM iimWW'iW "iWi iwpi;;f,i'wnw"'-'Ty "' h I r 'I A I.MAG K IN KANSAS. HE PREACHC3 TO A LARQE GNC& AT WINFICLD. AUDI- 'Thr CntnlelUIInn ol ' ttrdccmed," lilt Miiljrct Christian Worker Slmll Helen Kiirxvci nml V.xvr - Wo Miall Clion.r Out Aimelat I" Heaven Wl.NHKI.u. linn. June Ul, - Uncounted mullltudu wero nrcwsnt today nt a gtvat outdooi meeting ticUl In tlili plnco, whore the Iter r Do Witt Tnlmngo, I). I) . wns me preacher Not only thU but ntlJolnliiR stntet were represented In the congregation nudtho occasion will to long rcinemlwml Tlio toxt was Tbcy thnl turn ninny to righteous dom hnll shlno as the star forever nml vcr "-Daniel xll, 0, and tho subject! "Tlio Constellation of tlio Redeemed.' t)r Tnl mngotald ... livery nmn hn a thousand root nml n tliotiMUil hrnnrho. Ilia ruoU roach down through all tlio oirth, hi brunches spread through nil tlio heaven. Ilo speaks with voice, with oyo, with hniul, with foot. III tlleneo often It thunder, nml bit llfo Is nu nu them or n doxology Thoro It no inch thing na negntlvo Influoucu. Wo nro nil posltlvo In Uio place wo (xupy, making tho world bottci or making It worto, on tbo Lord ldo or on ilorU'a, making up reasons forourbleMcdiicnii or bnnUhinent, nml wo linvo already douo n mighty woii In iMoplliiR heaven or holL I hear pooplo toll of wlmt thoy nro going to da A man who ha huruod down a city might na well talk.of ioido Rtxxl that ho expect to do, or a man whe ha saved an empire might n well talk of miiio good that lio expect to do. By tho forcoof your ovll liilluoneo you havo already consumed iiillulto values, or you have, by tho xwor of u right Inlluonco, won wholo kingdoms for Ood. It would bo nlaurd for mo to itand hero, nml by elnbornto argument, provo Hint the world I of! tho track. You might at well ttnud nt tho foot of an oinhnukmcnt, nmld tho wreck Of aeapslred rnll train, proving by elaborate argument that tomothlng It out of order Adam tumbled over tho embankment sixty centuries ago, and tho wholo raeo, In ono long train, ban gono on tumblliiR In tho tame direction. Cmthl crash I Tho only question now U, lly what loverngo can tho crushed thing lo lifted I lly what hammoi may the fragment bo reconstructed! I want to show you how wo tuny turn ninny to rtghttiouinont, and what will Im our future pay for to doing. First Wo may turn thorn by tho charm of a right example, A child, coming from a filthy homo, was taught at school to wash Its (ace. It went' homo to much Improved In np pearancothat IU mother washed her face. And when tho fnther of tho household came home, and taw tlio Improvement In domestic appearance, he washed his face, Tho neigh bora Unpinning In, taw tho change, nml tried tho tamo experiment until all that street was purified, and tho next street copied It oxamplo, and tho whole city folt the result of ono tchoollwy washing his fact Thot Is a fable, by which wo set forth that tho best way to get tho world washed of Its slut and pollution la to Imvu our own heart and llfo cleansed and purified. A man with grace In Ida heart, and Christian cfaoc rfulncs In Ids face, and holy consistency In hit behavior, Is a perpetual sermon; and the sermon differ from other In that it hat but one head, and the longor It runs tho bet ter. There am honet men who walk down Wall struct, rooking the teotu of Iniquity chatter. Thoro ore happy men who fro Into a tick room, and, by a look, alp the broken bona 4a knit, and 41m excited nerve drop to calm beating. Thar are pure tnen whose presence allenou the tongue of unoleanncc Tho mightiest agent of good on earth is a consistent Chris tian. I like the fllblo folded between lids of cloth, of calfskin or morocco, but I like it tetter when, In the shape of a man, it goes out Into the world a Dlblo Illustrated. Courage It beautiful to read aboutt but rather would I too a man with all tho world against him confident as though all tho world were (or turn. I'atlonco la beautiful to rood about; but rathor would 1 tee a buffeted toul calmly waiting tor tho time of deliverance. Faith I beautiful to rtad about; but rather trculd 1 And a man In the midnight walking straight on at though he taw everything. Oh, how many souls have been turned to Qod by the charm of a bright example! When, In tho Mexican war, the troop wen. wavering, a gonorn) rose In his ttlrrups aud dashed into tho enomy Hues, shouting, "Men, follow r Thoy, seeing his courage and dUosltlon, dashed on after him aud gained tho victory Wbnt men want to rally them for Uod is an example to lead thorn. All you l commands to other to ndvauce amount to nothing so long as you stay be hind, lo affect them aright you need to ttart for heaven yourself, looking back only to glvo the stirring cry of "Men, follow 1" Again Wo may turu mauy to righteous ness by prayer There is no tuch detectivo n prayer, for no ono can hido away from It It put Its hand on the shoulder of a man ten thousand miles off. It alight on a ship mid Atlantic. Tho tittle child cannot understand tho law of eloctrlclty, or how the telegraphic operator, by touching the Instrument bore, way dart a message under tho tea to another continent, nor can we, with our small intel lect, undorstaud bow tbo touch or a Chris tian' prayer shall Instantly strike a toul on the other tide of the earth. You take ship and go to some otbaV country, and get there at It o'clock In the morn ing. You telegraph to Mow York, and the 'message got here at 0 o'clock In tbo same morning. In other word, It seems to arrive hero five hour before it started. Like that U prayer. Uod Bay: "Before they call 1 will bear." To overtake a loved ono on tbo rood you may spur up a lathered stood until ho shall ou trace tho ono that brought tho now to Ghent; but a prayer shall catch it at ono gallop. A boy running away from homo may take tho midnight train from the coun try village and reath tho seaport In time to gain the ship that bails ou tho morrow; but a mother's prayer will bo on tho dock to meet him, and In tho hammock before bo swings Into It, and at the capstan before ho winds the ropo around It, and on tho sea, ngnlnst the sky, as the rcssel plow on toward It. There U a mightiness in prayer. (Jeorgo Muller prayed a compauy of poor boy together, aud then ho prujod up an asylum in Wrick thoy might bo shel tered. Ho turned his faco toward ICdluburgh and prayed, nud there camo a thousand pound lie turned hU faco toward London and prayed, aud there camo a thousand pound, lie turned his faco toward Dublin and prayed, and there came a thousand pounds. Tho breath of Elijah's prayer blew all the clouds on" tbo cfry,and It was dry weather The breath of UUJuli's prayer blow all tho clouds together, and it was wet weather I'rayer, in Daniel's timo, walked tbo cave as u lion tamor. It reached up mid took tho sun by its golden bit unri stopicri it. We liavo all yet to try tho full power of prayer' The time mil come when the American church will pray with Its face toward tho west, and all tho praries and In land cities will surrender to (Jul, ami will pray with fare toward tho boa, and all the fclaiuU ' -hips will become CbrUtlun. i'uiv nvo wuywunl tout will get nowti on their knees and tap "Lord, send my tioy 1101110," and the lioy In Canton shall got right up from the RnmliiR table, mid go down to the wlmrf to find out which thlp start (Inn: fot America Not ono of in yet knows how to pray All wo havo done as yet has only boon lettering, and sueiwIiiR, and experimenting A boy gets hold of his father's tnw nnri hammer, and tile to make something, but It It a poor nlTnlr thnt ho make. Tho fnther comes and tnkee tho Mine nw and hninmer, and builds tlio hoiha or tho ship. In the childhood of our Christian fulth, we nmko but poor work with these wimiimhis of pravur, but when wocomo to tho smtiiro of men In Christ Jesus, thou, under theM) Implements, the temple of Uod will rUo and tho world' redemption will lie launched Uod cares not for tho length of our prnyors, or the number of our pray ens, or Hit beauty of our prayer, or tho place of our prayers i but It Is tho fnlth In thorn that tolls. Ilollovlng prayer soar higher thnu tho lark over tang, plunge deeper than diving Iwll ovor tank; darts (pricker than lightning ovor Unshed. Though wo have used only tho back of this weapon Instead of tho edgo, what marvels havo been wroiightl If saved wo nro nil tho cuptlvot of tomo enruedt prayer Would Uod thnt, In tho desire for tlio resouo of souls, we might In nrnyor lay hold of tho resources of tho Lord Omulotent, Wo nuy turn many to righteousness by Christian admonition. Do not wait until you can make a formal spcoclL, Address tho ono uoxt to you. You will not go homo nlotio today. Hot ween this aud your placoof stop plngytu may riocldo tho eternal destiny of an Immortal spirit. Just ono sentence may Agalni Christian workers will thine like tho start In wlftnon of motloa Tho worldi do not stop tJ shfuo. Thoro are uo fixed star sava a to relative position. Tlio ttai most thorouRhlj fixed flic thousands of milei a niliniUv Tho astronomer, using his telo scope for an Alpine stock, leapt from world crag to world crng, and fludt no ttnr ttaud Ing ttllL Tho chnmols hunter tins to fly to catch lilt proy but not so swift Is his gninc as that which the scientist trios to shoot through the tower of otwervatory Like petrols mid Atlantic, Hint seam to come from no thoro, and bo Ixiund tt no landing plnco - Hying, Hying - to those great flocks of worlds rest not as thoy go, wing and wing, age after ago, forovcr anil over Tho rnglo hastes to It nroy, but wo shall In spwl lenl tho ongles. You havo noticed the velocity of the swift horse, under thor foot tho miles slip like a smooth ribbon, and as ho amcs tho foul hoofs strike tho earth In such quick lent your pulsoi tnko tho tamo vibration Hut nil theso things are not swift In comparison with the motion of which I sponk Thu moon moves fifty four thousand mile In n day I Yonder, Neptune llnshee on oloven thouiuind miles In an hour Yonder, Mercury goes one hundred and ulno thousand miles In nu hour Ba, llko tho stars, tho Christian worker shall shlno In swiftness of motion. You hear I now of father or mothei or child tick ono thousand mile nway and It takes i you two days to gel to thorn. You hear 1 of tome cnso of sufToring thnt demands your Immediate attrition, but It takes i you an hour lo get them. Oh, the Joy whon you shall, In fulfillment of tho text, tnko starry aikxiI, and bo equal to ono hundred WHAT SHALL VK WEAK? ITEMS OF ALL SOnT& SOME WILL OF HE THE C03TUME3 THAT WORN THIS SUMMER. do tho work. Just ono question. Just ono ! thousand miles nn hour Having on earth look. The formal talk that begins witu a sigh, and ends with a canting buuIUo, Is. not wbnt Is wanted, hut tho heartthrob of a man In dead earnest. There Is not a toul on earth thnt you tnny not bring to Ood If you rightly go nt It, Thoy tald Gibraltar could not bo takon. It Is n rook, sixteen hundred feet high and three miles long. Hut tho English and Dutch did tako It Artillery, aud apcr, aud miner, and Hoots injuring out volleys of death, and thou tandt of men, reckless of danger, can do any thing, Tho stoutot heart of sin, though It bo rock, and surrounded by nu ocean of tmiiRgicnlon, under Christian bombard moiit tuny be made to hoist thu ling of re demptton. Hut is nil this admonition and prayer nml Christian work for nothing! My text promises to nil tho faithful ctorual luster "They that turn many to righteousness shall shlno as tho Mars forever." As stars, tho redeemed havo a borrowed light. Wlmt mnkci Mars nml Venus nnri Jupiter so luminous! When tho sun throna down his torch In tho heavens the stars pick up tho scattered brands nnri bold thorn In procession a the queon of tho night ad vaucos; to all Christian workors, standlug around tho throne, will shlno iu tho light bor rowed from tho Hun of Righteousness Jesus In their faces, Jesus in their song, Josus In tholr triumph. Christ loft heaven once for a tour of redemption ou earth, yet tho glorified ones know ho would come back again, lint let hint abdicate hit throuo, and go away to stay forever, tho music would stop; tho cougrogutlou dlsporta; tho templet of God Ito darkened; the rivers of light ttngnnto, and ovory chariot would be come a hearno, and overy bell would toll, ami got used to Christian work, you will not quit whon death strikes you. You will only taki on more velocity There Is a dying child ir lindon, and IU spirit must bo taken up to Uod. you nro there In an Instant to do It Thoro is a young man In New York to Ui nr rested from going Into that gaU, of tin you nro there In an Instant to arrest him Whether Kith spring of foot, or stroko of wing, or by Hit force of snnio now law thnt hall hull you to tho x)t whore you would go 1 know not. but my text suggostf voloo Ity All space okmi before you, with nothing to hinder you In mission of light nnd love and Joy, you shall thine In swiftness of mo lion ns tho Blnrn foruvoi nnd ovor Again Chrlatlnn workers, like tho start, thnll shlno iu magnitude. Tho most Illiterate man knows that these thing In tho iky , looking like gilt button, are great masses of I matter To wolgh them, ono would think that it would require senlcs with a pillar huu drodti of tlioiisandt ol miles high, and chains 1 hundreds ol thousands of mile long, nnd at the bottom of the chains basins ou cither tirio hundreds of thousands of miles wldu, and , that then omnlotouco nlono could put tho mountains into tho scales n ml tho hills Into tho i Uilance. Hut puny man ha been equal to tho , undertaking, nnd has set a llttlo balanco ou Iris geometry, and weighed world against . world. Yen, lie has pulled out Ills ineasur I lug lino, and announced that llertctiol Is ' thirty-six thousand miles in diameter, Saturn I seventy-uino thousand miles in diameter . and Jupiter olghty-nlue thousand miles in ' diameter, nml that the linallest pearl on the bench of heaven Is Immense beyond all im ' nglnntlon. Ho nil thoy who havo tolled for i Christ on earth shall rine up to n magnitude . of privllego, and a magnltudo of strength, Now Nlylos hi lann Tennis Butts Thnt Will Interest All Itendors Who Aspire tn ((rep Up with tlio Travailing Fash ion. Popular matorlals for tho lawn tennis sea son are flannels, cashmeres, torges and camels hair Theso are mado up In blouse waists and kilted skirts. Tho plain ones have a unrrow belt and a strlpo of tomo bright color at tho neck nnd tleovcs and nt bottom of tho dress. Handsomer ones havo a wldo nli of gray silk and silk trimmings to match. A great deal doponds upon whothcr the cos tumes nro for young women who adopt ton n Is ns nn oxcollont exorclso for (imliig ou tho Inwn in a succession of graceful altitudes or for real tennis player. In the first case, tight fitting bodices, with stools to prescrvo the shape, aro used. In tho second ca-so, tho suit Is mado strictly plain. Tho waist and skirt nro mado full, no stool or whalebono Is used, corsets aro discarded aud tho freo motion of tho body la not Impeded In any way. thoro would not bo room on tho hill allies to bury tho dead of tho great metropolis, for there would bo pcstllonco lu heaven. (Jut Jesus lives, aud to all tho rerieemod live with him. Ho thall rccognlzo them as Iris comrade in earthly toll, and remember what they did for the honor of his name and for tbo spread of his kingdom. .All their prayer and tear and work will rite. before him at ho looks into their face, mud '! will dlvido Iris kingdom with thsni; his peaco their peaco; bis holiness their holiness; bis Joy tholr Joy. The glory of tho central throno renecteu rrom mo surrounding thrones, tho last spot of tin struck from the Christian orb, and tho entire nature tv-trem ble and a-flash with light, they thall thlno as tho star forever and over. Again: Christian worker shall bo llko tho stars In the fact that thoy have a light Indo pendent of each other. Look up at tho night, ami seo each world show It distinct glory. It Is not like the conflagration, in which you cannot tell where ono llama stops and another aud a magnltudo or holiness, ami a mag nitudo of Joy; and the weakest saint lu glory becomes gruatei than all that wo can now Imagine of an nrchangcL Brethren, It doth not yet appear what wo shall bo. Wisdom ,that shall know every thing, wealth that shall OHscaavorythlng, strength that shall do everything, glory that shall circumscribe overythtegl We shall .net be llko a taper set in a tick mnriU win dow, or a bundle of sticks kindled on tho lieacb to warm a shtvaring crew; bnt you must tako the diameter aud the circumfer onco of the world If you would got any Idea of tho greatness of our estate whon we thall shine as tho ttnr forever and over. Lastly and coming to this point my mind almost breaks down under the contemplation like the atar, all Christian workors shall shine In duration. The samo star that look down upon us looked down upon tho Choi deun shepherds. The meteor that 1 saw Hash Ing across the sky tho otbor night, 1 wonder If It was not tho same ono that pointed down becihs. Nontuuo. Hcrschel and Morcurv are I to where Jesus lay. in tho manger, and If, ns distinct as If each one of them were tho hnvlng pointed out his birthplace, it has over only star; o our Individualism will not bo j tnco been wandering through the beavons, lost In heaven. A great multltudo yet j watching to tee bow tho world would treat each one a observable, a distinctly rocog- . him. Whon Adam awoke In the gardon In nlzed. ns cruntlv celebrated, as If In all tho . the cool of tho day bo saw coming out through tho dusk of tho ovenlng tho same I worlds that greeted us on our way to church to-ulght. , In Independence hall is an old cracked bell that sounded tho signature of the Declara tion of Independence. You cannot ring it now, but this groat chime of (liver bells that ttrlko In tho domo of night ring out with as space, from gate to gato, ana from hill to hill, ho were tho only ln habitant; uo mixing up no mob no Indis criminate rush; each Christian worker standing out Illustrious all the story of earthly achievement adhering to each ono; Iris self dentals, and pains, and services, aud victories published Before men went out to tho last war, tho orator told them that thoy (wrMt11 mII lw rAtiinniliirnl lit f tin In rvumtrv aud tholr names bo commemorated In poetry tho white lilies that bloom In all tho hanging AN ENGLISH TCNNIB HUIT Ono of tho most popular of theso salts with Now York ladies is tho Tuxedo, Introduced last season and mado of knit goods. A now and ttrlklng suit mado for a New Yorker re cently has a full Irish linen skirt, white and perfectly plain, except half a dozen narrow, black stripe at tho bottom. This is worn cither with a waist of tho tame material and a gray, silk tosh, or with a red or blue or terra cotta blouse. Tho contrast botween tbo skirt and blouso Is most effective, and the skirt Is so easily washed that tho costumo I sonsiblo aa well as pretty In our cut Is represented an English tennis suit of flnollaunol with a stylish, wldo striped skirt and blouso of plain flannel. The band some ribbons at tho tide furnish a pleasing finish. Stylet In Fans. Pan aro out lu a bewildering variety as re gords material, color, tbapo and design. Pans may match ono's toilet or form a pleas Ing contrast with It, as best suits the whim of the wearer A decided novelty I tbo rib bon fan, composed of gauze, with row of narrow ribbon worked In and out between tho sticks, which aro of mother of pearl. Tbo ribbons are delicately tinted and form a bar monlous combination, producing a rainbow effect Qauze fans, with dolicately carved sticks of Ivory or euamolod wood, and orna mented with spangles, painting or em broidery, are popular So are fan mado entirely of flower or of feather. Young Ijtdy' Afternoon Gown. Iu tho annexed Illustration Is shown an Im ported afternoon gown designed for a young lady. The model It made of moss green Indian silk and nun'j veiling, tot off with a Japanese scarf and purso onds in tunset pink silk, em bossod with gray Tho cuffs and collarette with stomacher In cream colored llsse and embroidered with silk Is drawn round tbo throat with agreon volvot ribbon. Large tassels In opalescent beads finish tho ends of the Japanese scarf. sweet a tone as whon Uod swung thom at tho creation, uook up at nigut, aim Know mat and In kour; but go to tho graveyard in Rich mond and you will find thoro six thousand graves, over each ouo of which Is tho inscrip tion, "Unknown." The world doos not re member its heroes, but there will be no un recognized Christian worker In heaven. Back ono known by all; grandly known, known by acclamation; all tho past story of work for Ood gloaming in cheek, and brow, and foot, and palm, Thoy shall thlno with distinct light as the stars, forever and ever. Again: Christian workers thall thine like tho stars In clutters. In looking up, you And the world In family circles, brother and sister thoy tako bold of each other hands aud danco in group. Orion In a group. The Ploiade In a group. Tbo solar system Is only a company of children, with bright faces, gathered around ono great fireplace. The worlds do not stragglo olf. Thoy go In squadrons and fleets, tailing through immensity. Bo Christian worker in noaven win uwou in, neighborhoods and clusters. 1 am sure that some pcoplo 1 will llko lu heaven n great deal belter than other. Youder Is a con stellation of ttatcly Christians. They lived on earth by rigid rula Thoy novor laugkod. Thoy walked overy hour, anxious lost thoy should lose their, dignity But they loved Ood, and yonder thoy shlno in brilliant con stellation. Yet 1 shall not long to get Into that particular group. Yonder I a coiwtcl iatlon of small hearted Christians asteroids In tho eternal astronomy While soma soul go up from ChrUtlan battle mid blazo llko Mars, those asteroids dart a feeble ray llko Vesta. Yonder U a constellation of martyrs, of uposllcs, of patriarchs. Our souls, as thoy go up to heaven, will seek out tho most con genial society, Yonder to a constellation almost merry with the play of light. On earth thoy were full of tynqiathies aud songs, and tours and ruptures and congratulations When thoy prayed, their word took lire, 1 when they saiig, the tune could not bold thom, when they wept over a worlds woes, they sobbud as If heart brokoiit when they ride down the worked for Christ, thoy (lamed with entliu siaimt. Yonder thoy aro circle of llghtl ' tuitellatlou of Joy I galaxy of Orel Oh, Mint vnu nnri 1. Iiv Unit pram which can ' . ... j - . -, -- - transform thu worst Into thu beht, might at hut sail lu tlio wake of that fleet aud wheel In that glorious group, as the ttart, foruvoi unri over I. gardens of our King ore century plnnts not blooming once In a hundred years, but through all tho centuries. The star at which the mariner looks to night was the light by which tbo ships of Tarshlsb were guided across the Mediterra nean and tho Venetian flotilla found Its way into Lopanta Their armor Is as bright to night as when, In anciont battle, tho stars in tholr course fought against 8 1 sera. To tho ancient tho star were symbols of eternity. But hero the figure of my toxt breaks down not tn defeat, but In tbo majesties of tho Judgment. Tbo stars shall not shlno for ever. Tho Ulblo says thoy tball rail llko autumnal loaves. It is almost Impossible for a man to take In n courser going a mile in three minutes, but Uod shall take In the worlds, flying a hundred, thousand miles an hour, by ono pull of bis llttlo finger. As, when tho factory band slls at nightfall 1 rrom tbo main wheel, nil tbo tmallor wheels slacken tholr speed, and with flower and tlowor motion they turn until thoy como to a full stop, to this great machlnory of tho unlvorto, wheel within wheel, making revolution of appalling speed, thall by the touch of God's baud slip tbo band of present law nnd slacken mid stop. That U what will bo tho matter with tho mount ains. Tho chariot lu which thoy rldo shall hait to suddenly that the kings shall bo thrown out. Htar after star shall be carried out to burial amid funeral torched and burn ing worlds. Constellation ihall throw ashes on their heads, and all up and down tbo high ways of tNico thero thall be mourning, mourning, mourning, because tbo worlds aro dead. Hut the Christian workers thall never quit their thrones thoy thall reign forever and ever If, by tomo in vasion from hell, tho attempt wore made to carry thom off Into captivity from heaven, the souls thoy havo saved would rally for their defense, aud all tho angels of Uod would strike with their scepters, and tbo re deemed, on white horses of victory, would too, anil nil tlio steep or the iky would resound with tho cnu.li of tbo overwhelmed cohorts tumbled headlong out of heaven. W r V A flHiVr yastW.Ji sM KPA aaaaaailBHawV V liBtl LaaaaVmA .) aaaUatK fir 11 dlsiilli it 111 A land owner at Klko, Nov., Is toodlng hit rntich to ten. The Planish diet has decided to adopt capital punishment for tho crime of murder Illnrk necktie will succeed svhlto In Pari. except uK)ti the grandest of occasions. ' Tho Income of tho University of Cam- ' bridge of this year will be (IbU.OOO, and ex Ihmibos 170,000. Tho Austrian government has adopted thr automatic Maxim gun. which Is considered the finest lu existence. The largest railroad system In tho world Is tho Atchison, Topeka and Hatita Po, which operate about H.000 miles of road. Asbestos clothing has liccu used by the Paris (Ire brigade with success, and Is soon to bo ndopted by tho Ixindoti flromon. A well known lmdon firm of refreshment contractors recently advertised for 1,000 ad ditional waltort, nnd 10,000 applications wcro received In response, the wholo of tlio candidates claiming to havo had experience, Tho wtfo of a Buffalo physician ha re cently been adjudged Insauo because of a strango mania for fans. Sho was accus tomed, when out shopping, to purchase overy fan sho saw, regardless of cost, and accumu lated a mngnlflcont collection. A monument Is to bo eroded near the arsenal at Yoririo over tho recently dis covered grave of William Adams, tho Eliza bethan mariner nnd pilot, who was tho first British resident of Jntum. it was ho who oKucri thu ortsof Japan lo British com mcrco. Tho defunct Mnritlmo hank of 8L John, N H., hnd a bookkeeer who was a Jowol In Iris way Ho kept two sets of books ono to show to tho dli colors and another to show tho real condition of the ban It funds, with which ho was speculating Tba dellcloucy of the bank Is over 1,1)00,000. Tho Upper Appomattox canal proporty In Virginia, which Is considered tho most valu ublo water power iu the stnto, lias Ikmmi ao qulrcd by Now York and Boston capitalists, w ho will expend ovor (.'JOO.OOO In the erection of mills of various kinds niong Its bank. William E. Oladstono ha been warmly praising both In print and In speech the novel "Robort Klsmcro," written by a woll known Englishwoman. Henry labouchero uiysof iti "A moro tlrosomo book I havo seldom come across, nor ono moro thoroughly dull and dreary." A horse at Pltchburg that had worked for many years In u coal team was sold, and hi now owner put him with another horso to draw sand, but ho refused to work anywhero and had to bo returned to bis former owner As soon as ho was put In a coal team all trouble enriori. Tho famous old Gen. Wayuo Inn, In Baltl moro, tho last of tho old Maryland bcitolrics of tbo days of periwigs and three cornered hats, Is soon to be sold. In Its day It was one of tbo fushionable Inns of Baltimore, and during later years It hat boon the favorite re tort of horso dealers and cattle drover who came to Baltimore to sell, trade or swap. Lightning recently at Hallsvlllo, near Con- tralla, Ma, ttmck the smokestack of a mill owned by Carpenter Bros. On the win dow of the mill tbo stroko of electricity plainly photographed tho numerals 1SS& Between the llgnrcs was a zigzag Una On the wall opposite bung a calondar fpr tbo present year, from which the photograph was supposed to have been copied. Tho gold washings of tho river Nus, In Colombia, aro said to promise such enormous returns that when tbo new reached Prance that tho river had been turned and the bod of tho rivor oxosed, tho ,VX frano share rose to 4,800 francs. Hnlwcquontly tbo dam broke away, and money being required to rebuild It, moro shares were offered and wcro eagerly tendered for, promlums being offered of from 60 to 100 er cent, by tboeo anxious to becomo stockholders. An English paper alleges that "a now style of bonnet trimming has now, It appears, captured tbo female heart In tho United Suites, and as it makes victims of a pecu liarly noxious species of creature, tho exter mination of which no ono would regret. It I not bo objectionable as the stuffed bird craze. Baby alligators have becomo tbo fashionable garnituro of tbo ladlee' bats and bonnets In the southern states. Thu young alligator used In this way is from six to ten inches in length, they are stuffed, provided with bright gluss eyes, and aro arranged to at toapiear to bo crawling up the front trimming of rib bon bows." Not long ago some ono entered M. Carolus Duron's studio and found him gazing nt an Illustrated paper which contained a large picture of tho wlfo of a rich bourso specu lator. "What do you find In thnt to Interest youT asked tho visitor "I was wishing," said tho great portrait painter, "that I could get up to such exulted lino nrt as that," "That! Why, that Is a wretched thlngf "Yes, butseol I spend weeks on a portrait It is finished. It Is a work of art. And I get how much tor Itl Hay $5,000, or perhaps $10,000, if it's for a rich American. Well here Is my friend, tho editor of this paper. Ho prints this picture. It took his botch of an engraver a fow hours to make It, And he gets $3J,000 for it. That it high nrtl" TRAVEL VIA THE It Is theimly line riiuulnu directly through Denver niul Hull luko Clly. eiiroutu to Hnll Pranelsei) and other California points, and In known ns tho "Scenic Line" to tbo I'nclllo count. Tho Burlington lioutn runs over Its own trnek every day In the year. Oomploto tinltiH of Pullman I'alaeo Car iiusl Klegnut llii Conches between Denver and Chicago, Denver and Kan. City, Denver and Omaha, Kansas City aud Peoria, Kansas City and Chicago, Lincoln and Chicago, Lincoln and St. Louis, Lincoln and Peoria, Lincoln and Kan. City, .Making direct connections In Union Depots for nil points North. Kimt, Houtli and West. It U the I'loncr Dining Cur Lino lielweon Mlsourl river and ChieiiKi). Meuls only 75c. Tho Iliirllnct'iii Dining Curs were built ox pro sly fur tho service and me nmmiKcri on ilrclyln tho Interest of our patrons. IT 18 TIIKHUOHT LINK 1IBTWKKN LINCOLN AND OMAHA, Vln the AHhlniid t'ut-oD', uuiUlng direct con nections with trains for HI. Paul, Mltim upolls Chicago nml all points Kant nnd NurthonM. Tho (llngritniN of the Lluroln-Chlcnso Bloop ers via this popular rout nro nt CltyOlllco.cor. O and 1 0 tli sts., where berths may bo cecured ntuiiy lime. i Niieciaity is mane m weeiin Micaiusmp iick- etc, and parlies contemplating a trip to tlio old country or ilettlring to send fhr tholr frlentli should not fall to corroHiioiid with up Our rntca am the loMest, anriour facilities uncqualed, an wo repre sent each and eieiy line crossing the Atlantic. A.C.ZIKMKlt, City 1'iins. Ant . Lincoln. I . MIANCIS, u W MOI IlltEon, tlen. Pass, nml l"kt gt., QemMiil M'ger. Omiihn. Oiniha USTAoUSHtQi THE ifiw WestShore fPORUANO'OrUGON' vvjwa The West Shore Is tho only Illustrated tnagn :tno published on tho Pacific coast, and aside from Its excellent literary features. Its object Is to convey Information, by both pen and pencil, of the great resources of this region, and the progress of their development. Special Illustrated articles appear in each Issue ; also, several pages of notes of the pro gress being made In every section. Oregon, Washington. Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Utah, California, llrltlth Columbia, and tho Pacific Northwest In genera), aro being Illustrated, The subscription price Is only $3.00. It Is not only tho cheapest llluitrstcd magazine in the United States, but contains articles and en gravings of great Interest to every resident of Inis region, which can cot be round t any other publication. Subscribers for 18ft) rccclvo a large supple ment every month. Tho first one Is a beauti ful oleograph of tbo " Entrance to the Colom bia River.'' printed In nine colors, and each of the others represents some feature of oar sublime scenery. The supplements are aloae worth more than the price of the magazine. Try It for 18H8, and after reading, tend It to your friends elsewhere. You will And It entertaining and Instructive. L. SAMUEL, Pabusher, 171-173 Second St., Portland, Oregea. TAKETHE Missouri Pacific Eailway The Shortest, Quickest and Best Route to Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, Hew York and Boston. RECLINING CHAIRS FREE ON ALL TRAINS. UerVor furtlier Information Folders, ete.,eall oa or address 11. (1. 1IANNA. Oity Ticket Agent, Cor. O nnd 12th U. D DA1ICOCK, Dupot Ticket Agent. Greatly as the pope wo pleased with hit Jubilee gifts, bo t-tys that none of thom gave him so much plcaauru as the uowt of the al olition of slavery tn llraiiL IMI-OUTED AFTEIINOON OOWN. Tbo tailor hats will be much worn thl season, as thoy aro becoming to most persons, nnd shade tho eyes better than the 1'am O'Shantcrs and toque. Another now bat I an elaborate Imitation of a Jockey cap. It I mado of tho samo material as tho dross. Tlio "Tarns" promise to l moro numorous than over during the season that Is now oponlug, Shoes and hosiery will bo worn to mutch tho costume. In men's suits only slight changes havo been mado from last summer's ttylos. Wholo suits of stripes will bo worn in place of the striped blazer iind plain pantaloons of last year. Tlio preference Is for pantaloons In ttcad of knickerbockers. Tenuis suits will be handsomer than ever, and a novelty In the shape of a silk shirt Is bound to havo a run. It is mado lu the same stylo at tho llanuel shirts, but Is more dressy and worn whore tho flannel ono Is out of place. Leland Stnnrortl Junior Unlvomlty. Senator Stanford, Just before sailing for Europe, said of the Leland Stanford Junior University, of California, that In this school one sex was to have equal advantage with tho other. Senator Stanford also added that this university would be open to the poor as woll at tho rich, aud that tbo cost of tuition will bo put at bo low a price as to be within the roach of oven thoso pooplo to whom a dollar represents overy one of Its hundred pontiles. Freo scholarships nro to bo provided for thoso meritorious young persons who arounablo to pay for their education. Inaddl tlon to tho regulnrcollego courses, thoro will bo a macblno hhop and a deartmont to en courago inventions. Harper's Uuzar. Wealthy Cnunterfeltlui: flung. Tho Ilappcl says that the gang which ha lately issued false French bank notes Is com posed of wealthy Russians mid Amtrians. They possess ships and crews and all the necessary upparotus. The notes nro engraved at sou and the plates aro throw u ovorlxinrd into tho water Tho ships put Into oru whoro accomplices receive tho notes, wntter them and give back those unused. Then the wholo establishment travels to.uuothcr port. Now York Hun. Adulteration of Tea, Sovernl of tho wi-nlthlest merchnnta of Moscow have lieen convicted of adulterating too, Ono of thum wn deprived ol tin civil rights and banished to Hiborm for lite The others convicted were boutcnml t-o .lilloront terms of Imprisonment. - lioston I ruu-4-Tipt. A Now I'lro tlftenpis A nsw flro escape lu Itiiglninl Is a sort of a chair thntiilides down rott, mid the host ol a biiiiM) XkthO!uuug it ofUin entertains fill guest by i nutting their to tnl'o a ndo At the Italian exhibition in lmilon It is ex lioctod to prove a gie.it Uval to the witeh buck railway -Now Yolk Hun. WONDERFUL SUCCESS. ECONOMY IS WKALTII. 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