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"-TtTt-s. f yr,me. w yiiffypt.irtn; .f-MT T-qrT-Wr "W "" '-mT"J-w - -h wvr pf i-c T"1,frr'-T' 'v-if """ flFC Aatpar-ipir - rWVnrTtpk19rra'1,Vff ffr-JWrrT 'TaP TABERNACLK SERVICES. REV. DR. TALMAGE'S DISCOURSE LAST SUNDAY MORNING. Nothing llaplmuirtl Aliont (ho Illlitc 8u pprtlulllrit 11 lllmhTHiiro Itatlicr Tli.m a lli'll Wo All Huvo I'lnzcr tainuch. Tho Mint llcmillful r.K.t. UnooKLYN, Sept. S3. Tlio Itov. T. Do Wilt Vnhnngo, D. D., prenched lu tlio Hroc'dyn Tnbcrnnclollili morning on tlio nubjeet, "Hti Irorthiltln a Illndornnco." Kovornl ticean ktwimcrs nrrlvo In port BuiiJny inorritiRs, nnd many of (ho jxiisonccw, brownctl by tlio mm, como directly from tlio wharf to tho Urooklyn tnbcrnnclo. Tho great conRTORn. tlon, led by Professor AH'h cornet nud accom panied by tho organ, nt which Professor Hroivno presides, joined In tlio opening hymni Wo nro thy people, wo tliy cnrt OtirnouMntid all our mortal frame. What hxtliiR honors Klmll wo rear, Almighty Maker, to thy uaniof Dr. Tnhniigo'H text was, I Chronicle!) xx, 0, 7: "A man of groat stature, whoso fingers nnd toes icro four nnd twenty, six on each linnd nnd klx on each foot; nnd ho nl-m was tho son of tho giant. Hut when ho defied Israel, Jonathan, tho sou of Shimon, David's brother, slow him." Malformation photographed, nnd for what reason! Did not this passngo slip In by nils tako Into tho sacred Scriptures, tut sometimes n paragraph utterly obnoxious to tho editor Kcts Into his newspaper during his nbsoncnf Is not this scriptural errata! No, no; (hero Is nothing haphazard about tho llible. This ixissago of Soripturo vas ns certainly In tended to 1)0 put In tho Hlblo ns tho passago, "In tho begjuulng God created tho heavens nnd tho earth," or, "Qod so loved tho world that ho gnvo his only begotten Bon." And I select It for my toxt today liecauso it Is charged with practical nnd tremendous meaning. Hy tho pcoplo of God tho Philis tines had lieon conquered, with tho exception f n fow giants. Tlio rnco of giants Is mostly extinct, I nm glad to say. Thcro Is nousofor giants now except tocnlargotho incomo of museums. Hut thcro wero many of them In olden times. Goliath was, necordlng to tho Hlble, cloven feet four nnd n half inches high. Or, If you do not beliovo tho llible, tho famous Pliny, n secular writer, declares that at Crete, by nil carthn.ual.-o n monument was broken open, discovering tho remains of n giant forty-six cubits long, or slxty-nlno feet high. Bo, whothcr you prefer sacred or profano history, you must como to tho conclu sion that thcru woro in thoso olden times ruses of human nltltudo monstrous nnd np palling. David had smnslied tho skull of ono of theso giants, but there wci-o other giants that tlio Davldean wars had not yet subdued, snd ono of them stands in my text Ho vrat not only of Alplno stature, but had a surplus of dip'ts. To tho ordinary lingers was nu ucxed nu additional finger, nnd tho foot had nlso n superfluous addendum. Ho hid twenty-four terminations to hands mid feet vher others have twouty. It was not tho only instnnco of tho kind. Tnvernlcr, tho learned writer, says tho emperor of Java had n son endowed with tho sumo number of ex tremities. Volcatlus, tho ioot, had tlx fingers on each hand. Maupctius, in his celebrated letters, speaks of two families near Herliu similarly equipped of hand nnd foot All of which I rati believe, for I havoseen two cases of tho samo physical superabundance. But this glnut of tho text is in battle, nnd as David, tho dwarf warrior, had dispatched ono giant, tho brother of David slays this monstcrtf my text, nnd thcro ho lies after tho battlo in Gnth, n dead giant. His staturo did not savo him, nnd his superfluous appen dices of hand nnd foot did not savo him. Tho probability was that in tho battlo his sixth llngsrou his hand mado htm clumsy in tho iiso of his weapon and his sixth too crippled his grdt. Heboid tho piwtrato nud tnul formated giant of tho text: "A mnn great of stature, whoso Angers nud toesircro four nnd twenty, six on each baud and six on each foot, and ho nlso vn tho ron of tho giant. Hut when ho dolled Israel, Jonathan, tho so:i of Bhlmen, David'ti brother, slow him." Behold how superfluities nron hiudcranco rather than n help! n nil tho battlo nt GatU that day thcro was not n man with ordinary hand nud ordinary foot nud ordinary statur that wns not better of? than this physics curiosity of my test. Ai physical slso "is apt to run in families tho probability is that this brother cf David who did tho work was of nu ubbrovlnted stature. A dwarf on tho right biilo is stronger lhr.ii u giant on tho wrong tide, nnd nil tho body, cud mind, mid "state, and opportunity that you cannot tiso for God nnd tho betterment of tho world is n sixth linger nud a sixth toe, nud u terrific hludcrnucc. Tho most of tho good douo in tho woi Id nud tho most of thoso w ho win tho kittles for tho right nro ordinary jveoplo. Count tho lingers of their light hand mid they liavo Jut five v.o mora nnd no less. Or.o Dr. DufT nuiong missionaries, but threo thousand missionaries that would tell you they linvo only common endowments. Ono Florence nightingale to nursa tho sick in conspicuous places, but ten thousand women who nro just ns good nurses though novcr board of, Tho Swamp Angel wns n big gun that during tho war mado a bis nolso, but musket j of ordinary caliber and shells of ordinary heft did tho execution. President Tyler tuid his cabinet go down tho Fotomnu ono day to experiment tv.th tho Peacemaker, n Groat iron jiu that was to nf ilght with Its thundor foreign uavJcs. Tho gunner touches it off nud it explodes nud leaves cabinet mlnUterJ dead on tho deck, while at that timo all up nnd down our coasts wore cannon of ordinary boro nblo to bo tho defenso of tho nation, nud irmly nt tho first touch to waken to duty. Tho cursoof tho world is big gnus. After tho politicians who linvo mndo all tho uoiso go homo hoarse from nngry discussion on tho evening of tho first Monday In November, tho next day tho pco plo with tho silent ballots willrcttlo every thing, nnd rottlo it right, n million of tho whito slips of paper they drop making about as much uoiso ns tho full of an npplo blossom. Clear back in tho country today thcro nro mothers lu plain apron, nud shoes fashioned on n rough last by tho shoemaker nt tho end of tho lane, rocking babies that nro to bo tho Jlnrtln I.utltcrs and tho I'nrmluya nnd tho I'M isons nud tho Hlsmarcks nnd tho Gladstones nnd tho Wnshlngtsns nnd tho Georgo White Holds of tho year 10W, nud who will mako tho Twentieth century so bright that this much lauded Nineteenth In comparison will seem n part of tho dark nges. Tho longer I Hvo tho more I liko common folks. Thoy do tho world'j work-, bearing tho woi Id's bur dens, weeping the world's sympathies, carry ing tho world's consolation. Among law yci-j wosoorUo tip n lltifm Choato orn William Wirt or n Samuel L. Bouthand, but society wouldtjo to pieces to morrow if thero wero not thousands of common Juwycra I J sea that men nud women get their lights. A Viileutino Mott or u Willard Porker rises up eminent hi tho medical profession, but what nu unlimited sweep would pneumonia, and diphtheria, nud bcarlct fever linvo In tlio world if it wero not for 10,000 common docton. Tlio old phyislclau in IiIj gig, rolling up tho lano of tho farm houso or riding on horseback, his uisdicluej In tho saddlj bags, un Ivl.ig on tho I inth day of tho giyjAgL fovcf,nnd coming In to tako hold of tho pulso of tho patient, whllo tho family, pnlo with nnxlety, nro looking on nnd waiting for hi decision In rognnl to tho iatlcnt, nnd hearing him say, "Thank God, I linvo mas tered tho caso, ho Is getting well," oxJltes lu mo nn ndmlnillou quito equal to tho mention of thonamosof tho great metropolitan doc tors, I'nncoast or Gross or Joseph 0. Hutch insoii of tho past, or tho illustrious living men of tho present. Yet what do wo seo 111 nil departments! Pcoplo not satisfied with ordlnnry spheres of work nnd ordinary duties. Instead of try ing to seo what they run do with a hand of flvo flngers they want six. Instead of usual endowment of twouty manual nud ledal nddeuda they want twenty-four. A eertiilu nmouut of money fur Ihcllhood nnd for tho supply of thovi whom wo lenvo lx lilud us nftcr wo liayo departed this llfo Is iinportnut, for wo linvo tho liest nuthority for saying, "Ho that provldcth not for his own, nnd especially thoso of his own house hold, is worsothnu nn Infldel," but tho Inrgo nud fabulous sums for which many struggle, Ifobtaluol, would !h n hludernuco rather than nn ndvnntago. Tho anxieties nud nn noyniiccs that thoso liavo whoso estates liavo lxcomo plethoric can only bo told by thoso who possess them. It will bo n good thing when through your In iliMtry uud publio prosiKTltiesyou can own tho houso in which you live. Hut suppose you own fifty houses nud you lenvo nil thoso rents to collect nud nil thoso tenants to please. Bupposo you liavo branched out lu busluvM successes until lu nlmost every direc tion you linvo Investments. Tliollroboll rings nt night; you rush up stairs to look out of tho window to soo If it it nny of your mills. Kpldcmloof crlnio comes nud thcro nro em- bcz2leiucuti nud nbscoudlngs in all direc tion, nnd you wonder whether nny of your Ixiokkccpcrs will provo ivcivant. A panic strikes tho financial world, nud you nro liko a lien under u sky fu I of haw ka nud try ing with anxious cluck to get your over grown chickens safely under wing. After n certain stago of success has been reneked ou hao to trust so many Important things to others that you nro npt to bocomo tho prey of others, and jou nro swindled nnd de frauded, nud tho nnxietyyou had on your brow when you wero earning jour first thou sand dollars Is not equal to tho anxiety on your brow now that you linvo won jour tureo hundred thousand, liio trouble with such a ono is ho Is sprend out liko tho unfur luuato ono lu my text. You linvo more fingers nud toes than you know what to do with. Twenty wero useful, twentj'-four Is n hindering suerllultj'. Disraeli rays that n king of Poland alxllcatcd his throne nud Jollied tho pcoplo end lecauin n jwrter to carry burdens. And soma ouo nsked him why ho lid so, nnd ho replied: "Ujxn my honor, gentlemen, tho nd wh'ch 1 quit Ij by far heavier than tho ono jou seojuo carrj'. Tho weightiest Is but n straw when compared to that world under which I labored. I liavo slept moro In four nights than I liavo during nil my reign. 1 begin to Hvo nnd to bo n king myself. Elect whom you choose,-for mo who nm so well it would bo madness to return to court." "Wcll,"saj-3 Eomobcdy "such overloaded persons ought to bo pitied, for their worrl ments nro real nud their fusonmin and their r.ervoii3 prostrations nro genuine." I reply that they could get rid of tho bothcrsomo surplus bj giving it uwuj Ifn man has moro houses than ho can carry without vexa tion, let him drop n few of them. If his cs tato is so great lie cannot tnaungo it without getting r.crvou3 dyspepsia from having too much, let him divldo up with thoso who havo nervous dj-spepsio; becauso they cannot get enough. No I they guard their ilxth linger with moro caro than they did tho original live. They go limping with what thoy call gout nnd know not that, liko tho giant of tho text, they nro lamed by n siqicr (luous too. A fow of thom, by largo chari ties, bleed themselves of this financial obesity and monetary plcthera, but many of them hang on to tho hindering superfluity till death, nud then, ns they nro compelled to givo tho inonej up any how, in their last will nnd testament thoy generously givo como of it to tho Lord, expecting no doubt that ho will feel very much obliged to them. Thank God that ouco lu n whilo w o havo a Pctci Cooper who, owning nn interest in tho inw works at Trenton, said to 2 In licstw: "I do not feel quito easy about tho amount wo nro making. Working under ouo of our patents wo havo u moinpoly which seems t- ino something wrong. Kvery body has to como to us for it nud wo nro making money too fast." Bo they reduced tho prico and this whilo our philanthropist wn3 building Cooper institute, which moth ers n hundred Institutes of kliulncts and mercy all over the land. Hut tha world had to wait flvo thousand eight hundred j-ears for Peter Cooper. I nm glad for tha beaav olent Institutions that get n legncj from ir.cn who during their llfu wero ns stingy cs death, but who in their hut will nud testament bestowed money on hospitals cud missionary societies; but for ouch tcstatora I havo no respect. Thoy would havo taken overy cont of it with them if thoy could, nnd bought up half of heaven and let it out at ruinous rent, or loaned tho money to celestial cltizcus at !2 er cent, u month nud got n corner on harp nud trump ets. They lived lu this world fifty or sixty j'ears in tho preseneo of appalling vuffcring nud want nnd mado no elTort for their re lief. Tho charities of such Koplo nro for tho most part hi "paulo-post futuro" tenso nud thoy nro going to do them. Tho probability is that if such u ouo in his last wi.l by u do nation to benevolent societies tries to atouo for his lifctlmo closellsteducss, tho heirs at law will try to break tho will by proving that tho old tnnu was senllo or crnty, nnd tho expeuso of tho litigation will about havo in tho lawyers' hawla what wns meant for tho American Hlblo society. O yo overweighted successful business men, whether thlj sermon reach your ear or your eye, let mo say that if you nro prostrated with anxieties about keeping or investing these tremcndoui for tunes, I can tell you how you can do moro to get j-our health back and your spirits raised than by drinking gnllons of bad tasting water nt Saratoga, Homburg or Carlsbad givo to God nnd humanity uud tha Hlblo 10 per cent, of nil your income, nud it will mako n now mail of jou.niid from rostlcm walking of tho floor nt r.ight you shall havo eight hours sleep v.-itliout tho help of bromldo of potassium, and from no uppctito you will hardly bo able to wnlt your regular meals, nnd your wan chock w ill fill up, nnd when j'ou dio tlio blessings of thoso who but for yon would havo penshe 1 will bloom nil over your grave w 1th violcti If it bo rprins, or gtr.diolu-i If it bo i.utamn. Perhaps sonio of you will tako this ndvlce, but tho most of you will not. And you will try tJ euro your swollen huud by getting on It moro Augers, nud your rheuiuntlo foot by getting on It moro toea, nnd thcro will bo i tlghcf relief when you uro gonooutof tho world; nud when over your remains tho lulu Isttr recites tho words: "Hlessed nro tho dead who dlo In tho hor.l," pmona who Imvo keen appreciation of tho ludicrous will hardly ba ablo to keep their face straight. Hut w hethcr hi that direction my words do good or not, 1 nta uiixlom that all who havo only ordinary equipment bo thankful for what they havo nnd rightly employ It. I think you nil lwu', llg'.iraticly ns well ns literally, ilffiiiiiihfnMtiHi in i -Tfii.iiTiil1iiiiiMi?iiii1i fingers enotiglu Do not long for hin dering (uperflultlra Btnndlng In tho presence of this fallen ylant of my text nnd in th s I'ost-mortcm examination of him, let us learn how much ItottcrolT wo nro with Just tho usual baud, tho usual foot. You havo thanked God for n thousand thing, but I warrant you never thanked him for thoso two Implements of work nnd locomotion, that no ono but tho Infinite nud Omnipotent God could havo over plnuueil or made, tho hand nnd tho foot. Only thatRoldlor or that me chanic who in n battlo or through machinery has lost them knows ntiythlng about their value, and only tho Chrlitlnn scientist en u have any appreciation of what dlvluo masterpieces thoy nro. Sir Citation Hell, tho t'nglish surgeon, on tho bat tlo lleld of Wntcrloo, whilo engaged in nmpii tatlons of tho wounded wns so Impressed with tho wondrous construction of tho human hand that when tho Karl of llrldguwntcrgnvoMO, 000 for essays on the wisdom nud goodness of God, and eight books wero written, Blr Charles Hell wroto his entire book on tho wisdom nnd goodness of God ns displayed In tho human hand. Tho tweutj'-soven bones in hand uud wrist with tho cartilages nnd ligaments ami phalanges of tho linger nil mado Just ready to knit, to sow, to build up, to pull down, to weave, to write, to plow, to pound, to wheel, to battle, to givo friendly salutation. Tho tips of Its Ilngei-H uro so iimtiy telegraph olllccs by rea son of their sensitiveness of (ouch. Tho bridges, tho tunnels, tho cities of tho whole earth nro tho victories of tho hand. Tho hands nro not dumb, but often Hpenk ns dis tinctly as tho lips. With our hands wo In vito, wo rope), wo Invoke, wo cutteat, wo wring them lu gilef or chip them In Joy, or spread them nlmmd in benediction, lho mal formation of tho giant's hand In tho text gloridcs tho usual hand. l'asbloucd of God moro exquisitely nud wondrouslj' than nny human mechanism that was over contrived, I charge you itso it fur God nnd tho lifting of tho world out of Its moral pre dicament. Hmploy It In tho subllmo work' of gospel handshaking. Ycu can seo tho hand Is Just mado for that. Pour lingers just set right to touch your neighbor's hand on ono sldo uud your thumb set so as to clench It on tho other sldo. Hy nil Its bones, nnd joints, and muscles, and cartilages, nud ligaments, tho nlco of nature Joins with the voico of God commanding jou to shako hands. Tho custom is ns old ns tho Hlble, anyhow. Jehu said to JchoualMid: "Is thhio heart right ns my heart Is with tliiuo henrtf If it lie, givo mo tliiuo hand." When hands Join in Christian salutation n g jqicl electric ity thrills across tho palm from heart to heart, nud from tho shoulder of ouo to tho shou der of lho other. Shako hands nil around. With tho timid nud for their encouragement, shako hands. With tho troubled uud in warm hearted sympathy, shako I .ids With tho j oung man Just en tering business nud disco.ir.tged nt tha small sales nnd tho largo expenses, shako hatidr. With tho child who is now from God mid started on unending journey, for which im needs to gather great supply of strength, nud who can hardly reach up to you now becatiMi j'ou nro so much taller, shako hands. Arrost cradles nnd dying beds and graves, slmkt hands. With j'ntir enemies, who linvo done nil todcfnmoiiiid hurt jou, but whom j'ou can afford to forgive, slmku hands. At tho door of churches where pcoplo como In, uud nt tho door of churches whero people go out, shako hands. Let pulpit shako hands with pew, nud Babliath day shako hands with week dnj, nnd Mirth shnko hands with heaven. Oh tho strange, tho mlglitj', tho uudellncd, tho iiij'sterious, tho eternal power of nu hon est handshaking. Tho dllfcrcneo between these times nnd tlio mllleunlol times Is that now como shako hands, but then nil will shako hands, throno nud footstool, across scan nation with nation, UoJnnu man, church militant and church trlumphnut. Yen) tho tiinlformntlau of this fallen giant's foot glonlles tho ordinary foot, for which I fear j'ou havo novcr onco thanked God. Tho twenty-six bones of lho foot are tho admiration of tho anatomist. Thonrch of tho foot, fashioned with n gracoaud u jiolso that Trajan's nreh at Hetievoutuin or CousUiutlnoi arch nt Home or Arch of Tri umph ut tho end of Champs Klj-sces could not equal. Thoso arches stand whero they wcrj planted, but this arch of tho foot Is nu adjustable r.rch, u yielding arch, u flying nreh, and ready for movements Innumerable. Tlio liumnu foot so fashioned (is to enable man to stand upright r. i no other creature, nnd lcavo tho hand that would otherwise havo to help in balancing tho bodj' frco for nny thing It chooses. Tlio foot of tho camel fashioned for tlio sand, tho foot of tho bird fashioned for tho trco branch, tho foot of tho hind fash Joned for tho slippery rock, tho foot of thn lion fashioned to rend its prey, tho foot of t'.io liorso fashioned lor tho solid earth, but thtfootof man mado to crosj tho desert, or climb tho tree, or scalo tho cliff, or walk tho earth, or go nny whero ho needs to go. With that dlvluo triumph of nuatomy in your pos session, whero do j'ou walk! In what path of rlghtcousuis or what path of bin havo you sot it down! Whero havo you left tko mark of your footstep.il Amid tho petrifac tions lu tlio rocks havo been found the mark of tho feet of birds nud beasts of thousauds of years ago. And God can traco out nil tho footstein of jour lifctlmo, and thoso j'ou undo Hf tj j'ears ngo nro ns plain as thoso mndo lu tho last soft weather, all of thsni petrified for tho Judgment daj. Oh, tho footl How divinely honored not only huts construction but in tho fact that God represents himself in tho Uiblo us having feet: "Tho clouds on tho dust of his feet;" "Darkucsawaa uuder his feat;" "Tho earth is my footstool." And representing cyclones nud ouroclj'dons nud whirlwinds and hurri canes as winged creatures, ho describes him self as putting his foot on theso monsters of tho air and wulkiug from pinion to pinion, tajiugi "Ho wnlkcth upon tho wings of tho wind." "Thou hast put all things under his feet," cries tho psalmist. Oh, tho footl Givo mo tho autobiography of your foot from tho timo you stepped out of tho crndlo until todaj'.aud I will tell j'ou-.' exact character now nud what mil jour prosjiects for tho world to come. That thero might lo no doubt nbout tho fact that both theso pieces of dlvluo mechanism, hand nnd foot, belong to Christ's service, both linmhot Christ nud both feet of Christ wero spiked on tho cross. High' through tho nreh with both his feet to the hollow of his footstep wont tho iron of tor turo, nnd from tho palm of his hand to tho back of it, nud thcro is not n musclo or ner o or bono nmoiig tho twenty-seven bones of hand uml wrlt, or ninong tho twentj'-slx bones of tho foot, but it belongs to him now nnd foro.-cr. Charlea lleade, tho groat writer, lost tlio joint of his forefinger by feeding n bear. l.ook out thnt your whole hand gets not into tho maw of tho old Ccrbcruj of icrditlo:i. Sir Thomas Trow bridgo nt tho battlo of liikcrmauii lost his foot, and when tho soldiers would carry him away ho said, "Mo; l do not moo until tho battlo is won!-' Bj If our foot bo lamed or lost let it bo in tho icrvieo of our God, our homo or our couutry, '1 hat I tho most tieautiful foot that goc about paths cf greatest usefulness, nnd that tho most beautiful hand thnt does tho most to Lelpotlicri 1 was reading of three women who v.iro i.i rivalry about tho nppcaruucv of iafAa.WtfM" the hand. And tho ono reddened her lmod with berries, nnd Wild tho beautiful llnga mndo hers tho most beautiful. And another put her hand In tho mountain brook, nud said nu tho water dripped off, that hrr hand wns lho most lioutlful. And another plucked flowers off tho bank, nnd under tho bloom contended that her hand wns tho most ntlrao tlvo. Then it poor old wonrui npticnrcd, nud looking up lu her decrepitude nsked for alms. And n woman who had not taken pait lu tho rivalry gave her Alius. And nil tho women icsohcd to leave to this U'ggnr tho question ns to which of all tho hands present wns tlio most nttmctlvo, and she said i "Tho most beautiful of them nil Is tho ouo that gnvo relief to my necessities," uud ns sho so said her wrinkles nud rag i nud her decrepitude nud her body dlsapiH'ared, nnd In place thereof stood tho Chri.it who long ngo said i "Inasmuch nsjodld It to ono of tho least of theso, jodld It to inof'niid wh to purchase tho service of our hand uud foot hero on cmth or In resurrection stnto, had bis own hand and foot lacerated, DAUGHTERS OF EVE. Carrlo Hrngg edits Tho Virginia Laurel, tho only jvijier lu tho couutry conducted by n colored woman. Jean Ingelow gives several dinners weekly to tho sick, oor uud ditchurged coiiviiIch cents from hospital. Miss Kloretico Nightingale Is now n con Ormed Invalid, nnd n patient nt HL Thomas' hospltnl, London, Her services during the Crimean war Injured her spine, uud sho has novcr recovered from tho effects thereof. 'I he Illustrious philanthropist Is nearly Ut) jears old. Grace Greenwood sjijm sho never wns nn nctlvo woman suffragist, becauso sho wns nfrnld of Mug culled upon to mako off hand sHeches, but sl.o bus always ucccptcd nud advocated tho main principles of tlio suffra gists. Miss Susan Halo mourns thn obliteration of tho quiet seaside hamlet. Bho saj'H that tho bus discovered ouo ufter another along tho Massachusetts coast, only to huvo them destroyed, as fnr ns her comfort wns concerned, by lho ninreli of fashion. Thero Is ono left, sho says, and thcro sho Untprcx cut biding. Miss A. I- Wilson, of Cynthinun, ICy., Is said to rank next to Miss Middle Morgan lu her know ledgo of Hvo stock, nud to outdis tance that lady's Information In tho matter of pedigrees nud tho history of trotting horses. Miss Wilson Is manager of Tho San I'rnuelseo Ilrccdcr mil Sportsman, and has tho reputation of lielng u graceful ns well ns well Informed writer. "Ouldu" has re illy becotno religious. It wns lumorcd some timo ago that sho wns verging towards repentance, nnd now it Is learned that the. fk.'ih1s her days In reading pious books and making long prayers. Bho oven refuses tonskocinto with worldly coplo. Sho U not devoted to nny sjicviul denomina tion, but i-eeuuto Ik) slowly forming u cult of her own. Miss Lois It. Itoj'ce, tho llttlo school touch ing hcroluo of tho western blizzard, has ro od ved tho inlr of artificial feet to provide which teachers nnd othcni lu Hoston contrib uted tho means, uud they havo already proved wonderfully efllclent. Bho writes: "'I hoy lit so far admirably, mid I wall: very well with them. I walked to tho carriage this afternoon just by taking hold of my father's arm." MIssLoutso Imogen Gtilnej', ulthough r.tlll lu her twenties, bus mndo n pleasant reputa tion by her published verses nud stories for children. At tho ngo of 7 sho showed tho bout of her mind by sclecthu; Chnrles Lamb ns her fnvorlto author. MUs Giiiuoy has n strong, Intellectual faeo nud u well developed forehead, from which tho hair Is combed straight up. As lho hair Is Inclined to curl, tho effect is not ns uupicttircsquo us it might bo under other circumstances. Auulo Iuilxo Cury ltaymoiid is staying nt Scurliorougu beach, in her uatlvo Maine, nud there, Norn Pcrrj writes, sjo occasion nlly l.fts her voico lu song, but only occn siouallj, nnd for tha benefit of u few friends. Mrs. Iliiymond has lived u very quiet, ictlred llfo since her marriage, In strong contrast to tho unquiet, exciting life of tho stago that sho led leforo it. Although sho seemed to enjoy tho npplauso of her audiences nud tho nrtMie pleasure cf gijigiug, sho says that-ho wns never bo happy ns sho has Ikx-ii lu mnr lied life, uud that sho hat never had thn least deslro to return to tho footlights. Tho llusslan enrlua, though nearly 40 ycarsofngt-. !iu3 still n girlish uppearanco; her sparkling eyes nud her Joyful smile, hrr elastiu llguie, her graceful and yet natural movements, ns bho shows them when danc ing, till combine to Imprest her with that stamp of j-outhfulucu rare nt her tlmaof life. And how sho lauglia so heartily, so loud, so naturally, tint sho herself bccmuior; uud th"u to think it almost frivolous, when u bashful red nt ouco cjcrs her fuco, cud r..akea her loo!: ntill moro liko u biz gill c: uti overgrown child. Miis Lottlo Dod, tho champion lady ten nis player of England, Ij only 13 ycarj old, but sho bus handled tho racquet over tinea sho wns ten j care of ago, Mitu Dod ia a pict ure of robust ICiiglith girlhood. Sho Is abovo tho average height of women, with her head let well upon her shouldeiv. Shoii unusu ally dark fornn English woman, her hair and eyes leing black ns tho raven's wing. For tlio Inst tight years thlsnthlctlo youug lady has traveled all over Eiilnud, Scotland nud Ireland, wresting lho trophies from local champions, until dually sho wrested tho r humpioiisblpof all Lhiglaud from Miss JIuui Watson. A Vulley of Dead SIcii'm Uoni-ri. Frank Morrison hai kindly furnUhed n rc poi ter with somo very interesting facts con cerning certain dUcov erics ou tho Islucdot San Clement i, which llei off tho cojst from I-ngunn soma twenty or thirty miles. A party of gentlemen, among whom wns Ar thur Cheatham, of Bantn Aim, visited tho island n fow weeks ngo. '1 hey reached tho island by yacht from Sun Diego. Of all tho many strange discoveries made by thu party on thoisiitud, which boomed to bo u land of won Icis, none was co startling us their com lu' suddenly upon n Ijvel tort of plain, which wusstrowii with tho skeletons of about flvo bundled iiumun beings, 'ikcy ho scat tered nbout lu u promiscuous manner, which sufpiests that tho whole lot must huvo been biulJfiil nud nt onco killed. Thoy wcronj pnrciiiiy Indians, nnd tuoplnco whero tboir remains now Ho Is u veritauto "valley of dry boacs." Itlvcwldo (Unl.) Tribune. Attached to Her Home. Tho teii-:eliy with which jeoplo lovo to 1?1 1 to their homesteads is illustrated in it plv-o of In ud nt Har Harbor, tho fusliloaablo watering place, whicu has "n view," nud would ho a splendid sito for n cottage. It is owned by uu old Insi washerwoiiian, who has u hut nnd drici her cloihcs mere. All persuasions to sell it hao foiled tomovo her, uud it U slid that ClJU.OOOwiu offered for tho property mis summer. Tho tiuipio minded liar HurhoriiPd liavo always resented tho in roads of "tlio hwclls"' and tho way they havo Appropriated tho place, nud many cf them havo similarly refused to sell their birt places. Phllc.-lelpblu Timw. '"M - 'JiLaliVjJAan..,.J. .ii...t ; yA.f .."& NEW SPRING STYLES! JUST ARRIVED. And now rendy for inspection at John Morrisons, All the Finest Qualities and La tost l'attems in stock. I have ihe finest cutter in the city and guarantee satisfaction. Call and see my goods and work. 121 North Eleventh street. BOOHS, THREE CENTS EACH! Th following lrxiV tr putitlilitil In nost rrr, snJ nunr of IIkhii linnilnitnulirtllumMn llUrtluio ir Hi iliir si Ilia mnt liimny rino, llmu Hi ptlct tt Mdlcli ttiff HI lirt ullotrd, i:cti iiti j in aiiv Miiu ur iiiiffimEP. anil iiirnnii in Wonittr T lho Iturlil. NATliatL ami. Ofliia. (s.n lalna t1.itlrllnni mhI lllmiralluiit r IS fwal wnnUifiil nililillililr an,t rl tutu fiy InUf.flllnff n-l Intlturlh. anilrr nf lhi.HfM. A d.rtl lloit til Ilia many wuniltr. fol.nl Uaullltil tlilnia luana al I In Imltom i. II. a m,aan,illb irafuaa lllu.ltallena "A l'lrHanr i:frllon,H ml Ollirr SUfldira. fl "Jn.un anaa'a !." X rnilrfllnn i. Iii..i.iii.i Nnnr Ikalrliaa Sy Ilia hiMl (.iil.r l,nnH,raa llltr M ll.a il.f. Thi. Aunt Kiatnh liiirra, lr Ctaa. Aimiara, anllmr f "Ilia Hum ISictiin.iit. A tiif.l rlillruluutl; fanny liuuk lnaarr way ninalln WIJiiw llr.lntl ' f'hrlalma Nlnrlra, If Cn.aipa liiraan Cnnlalna a nnmUrnl Ida mnalrliaiiiilna: Cliliaimaa alnilraa.at willltn by lliairaala.t fctllfrlHiaMrlhit laflniiial.fnmlla llniiml Ihn l!ai nlnar I.iiimi. a I--..W ulaioiltailclaraa, fii.ii,..ii,..mi. i.'r i,iii,i, ,. p. itni. I'onliliip llrfllnllniia nml IHiilnvHaa. hnmnrnna.ilrama. Ildau,l .all,allr ifilii Una: all tlia lal.aT.Ufl all 1 mtl pi.itlar 1 htiMrir.iiiuiti. trn nr JUu.lrrti'1 Imra. (Mniaina H.r Iralla anl I lvr n.(,1ra !( f.tnniia aalf biaila Aniallraaa,ripm Ilia Ulna nf rranhllii In Ilia prtarnt rMilllnr Oiinlnllnna. OititalnlnclliaMtflnanl anllmr Mpof niaav l,ia.ra fianuatillr ntal Imaaillnc an I canaaiia. linn A valnal.la wnik rf ta'rttnra l.otr I.ITn In Nrtr V111U. A a.il-acif ltMn Irlm.a linwlnl Iliart.H tlUnf ll'aiill.aiaalrllr IllmtfUd 'I hr llonil In Wrnllli. KM an lrrfllaln( ilrcnlar, Sol a llinrnniMr ri.rllr.l ink, xlnlln( mil a oa; k v-lrh all may tnaia motiay aatlly, raMly anl linnr.lly Oni. llnnilrril I'npiitnp htthfa, apiiilmtttUI (allallc M rnmti-, hifln llnf hm.l nl Ilia tavmll.a n.w an I rill, Xlf Nntl'a llrlr. A S.K.I ll. Mi. Hit auaia Pi tana A llnrl.rril l.lfV. A N....I. Ily Maamalltai aau. An (Mil Sluil'a Nk.'tlllrr. A Nu.l, lr Ilia. Aan S. rVHtaa. W lll aainl anri'in.f Hi shorn Imnliatiy mailimai rul I lir-nii rrrclptnrnntr 10IVnla anylfn for SAanlanrri'vtilyiyornil'rnlalhnanUrnllPllllitiiHiliafiir7AMiilallin rnlli llal Imiiinl III inwrji lllicliitlilMik.forHt ,IO. 1lilalaihni(rialaaltirialnliihiiikaetpriirrarril ll.i not fall lotika ailtanlnri-iif It. IKAirllnnifMiininf.nlnraifttirurrninilril. l'oaapnaumia Ukrn fnrfracllnnanf ailnllar A a liiniir rrllal.lllly, tafar in nr iawapair inilillahril In Nrw Vntk. Ilkanlan In Ihn l!iminPrlal Ananrlra. All orurnlhtl by rnuilL AddnnallK'llrtai ', M, I.WrXOM.l'ulillaher.Ao. Oil AlurruyNlrajct.Naw TCmrh. nion - Pacific - Railway The Overland Route. Shortest and Safest Route to all points in JnJtffwk. Idaho, UdJUjLLl Oregon, ii tci r'.i ivi m mik Colorado, Utah, California, Montana, lm ml fiJimhmmwi Inhn the iivcrlnnd Dyer nnd savo ouo day to nil I'iicIMc const points. Til 15 UNION PACIFIC IS Til 15 Fit 15 15 CHAIR CAR UN 15. IltiunliiK Into Union Depoln nnd I'oiineetltiK with lho fust limited triilus of nil line tor a points ciihI, north nnd south, 'lliniiixli llclielH on iiiihIitii dny co'I.'Iipm, llau'iiiicoi hoeko Ihrouiili tiiili-siliiiilliin from nil points cunt u (ho Unlii-d Hlutis nnd Ciiiiiuhi. Sleeper iiccoininoUatlons rcscrcd in lluouj'li I'ulliiiaii I'ulucu cars (rum thu Mis u i her to the l'nclflc const. E. 13. SLOSSON, Agent. 1011 O Htroet, Lincoln, Ncbrnst.ii. THOS. la. KIMIlAIala. Actio,; (Jiueiiil Munn,:ir, A UIJACQOAIHTBD WITH THE OEOOnAI'ItY Or TnE COUNTRY, WILL ODTAIN KVOU VALUADLE INFORMATION TOOM A STUD' OV THIS MAr Or Tlin CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y. Its contrnl position nnd cloa" connoctton with Enstorn Hiiob at Chicago nnd contlnuo'B llnee tit terminal points, Wont, NorthvOHt, nnd South woHt, mako it tho truo inld-HnU In that tranHcontlnontnl chain of stool which unitoa tlio Atlantic and Pncltlc. ltd ranln llnoa nnd branchos tncludo Chl cntfo, Jollot, Ottnwn. LnSallo, Poorln, Qonosoo, Mollno nnd Koclc Ialand, In o, Jollot. Ottnwn. LnSnllo, Poorln, Qonosoo, Mollno nnd Koclc Ialand, In lolu: Dnvonport, Muscntlno, Wivaliincton, Fairfield. Otturawn, Oaknlooan, atUborty, Iowiv Ciy. Dot. Moines, lndlunoln, Winlersot, Atlnntlc. Knox a, Audubon, Ilnrlun, duthrlo Ccntronnd Council Dluflo, Inlowa; Uallatln, . a. . ff.a . . - aa, Oa TnnntAll (a-arl Tnnctin Pitt ta. HTItlUM 1 ! a T.infritlirrbttl iiiiuoib: Wost I Tronton, Cumori.n.St Jor.oph and Knnena City, In Missouri; Loavonworth nnd Atchison, In KanBunj Mlnnoauolla nnd St i ..ul, In bi.nnesoUv ; Wntor- Villi ft llllllllllll. I.1III IUII. IIUIIII ill -JL town una Sioux l'litia in DaKotn, nnu many otnor prospGruiiB townu unci ciuos. It ulso otlora iv OHO ion OF ROUTES to and f -m lho Xieltlo Const and Intor modluto plnooa, maklntr nil trnnsforn t'l Ur'-ui d pots. Fust Trnliia or tlno DAY COAGUns. oloffant DINING OARS, nuignUlcont PULLMAN PAIiAOFi SLEEPING OARS, nnd (botwoon CMcnpo, St.Jospnlr Atchlt n nnd ICunsaa Cltvi n.iittUl REoL:NING OHAIU GARS, eoata FREE tc tioldora of through Urs't-cltBS tlckots. THE CMICACO, KAWSAS & NEBRASKA R'Y (GREAT ROCK IGLAr!n RO 'TE Extends wsni nnd eouthwoiit from Kano City and St. Josoph to Fnlr. burv, Nol.on, Uorton, Tonnka, Horliif;ton, I.utchinucn, Wichita, Culdwoll, unifiill polntH In Southom N br, ukn lut i-J-r V .noaa nnd buyond. Entity niuaOnerur oaulpmont of th colobrntod Pullman mnnuflicturo. Solidly bal huitort trnck of ho.xvy etod rail, iron nnd uton brldorca. All nafoty apnllnncog nnd modornlmprovcmints Commodious, v?oll-bullt stations. Colorlty, cor talnty, comfort und luxurv nsaurod. THE FAMOUS ALBERT F-EA ROUTE IbDio fnvorlto botwncn Oblcam, RorU IjIuikI, tcbinon, Knnana Cltv, nnd Mlmicupoll mud !i '.:id T'i ' r-. irl s rout to ullNorUiorn fjv.mmor Hcaorta. Ita Wiitortown ninnolt f 'r - tm iiw .i nrotluc.tlvo lartlo oft'.u prone " whoufi und dalr v bolt" ot ri ortlio.-u Iowa, South wotitcm Mluncaotn -nd East Contrnl Dakota. Tho Short Lino via Sonoca nnd Uankakoo otters ouporlorfncllltioa to titivol botwocn Cincinnati, IiKiluuupoha, Lumyotto, nnd Council lilutfB, St. J onoph, Atohlrion, Jjonvon rovth, Kunsmi City, Mlnnonpollu, and St. Paid For 'flokota, M.ipp., Foldorti, or nny doairod Information upply to nny Cou pon Tlckot OIUjo In t ho United Stutuu or Gnnudu, or uddruaa E. ST. JOHN, Ooncrnl Miniver. ! I uj; cs 'St rtmptiWit form, Tlnt. from nnj rt.llW Iff an rxl slKil limy lo wlllioul Firrptliin Ilia rtiMpm lixika atrr rtlb In lh ii nt Mm I'K'i'le an iwirtunltr Ki trrnr thl0 In Mijr iillifr Miln tlii gutl roik wuulj cotl tutor on la ruinlta In llrl(i Thn rnrrrlllnl lllil.lra. A Ka?al, Hy M. T. Cila. 'I tinOliMlnkrli I hral. A So.. I II y tLvaanadoaa, It, '1 ho lrarl rilinOri-MM, A Natal, Hy CI aa Aiumara. Ilollnnr Aali IUII. A Natal, II; Uiamaar 'tavT. llnilraK.1 IIITti llniiap. A Natal, tty Ktra W. t'laaf. tlnilrr Ihn l.llura. A hat. I, 11 ll.a aalbar af'lUla lltitiiia,' 'Ihn lllnmnnil llrnrtlat. A Ket.l, fly Uit, llaaat Wnan, llMilial.,1. Thn l.nwyrr'aMrrrrl. A Kattl, Ityln.all K. naahaaa. 'I ho Hrnttut rtiainr llr. Jrhll nn.1 Mr. Iljilt. A .Niital, llr II Urltataaana A W'lrti.ldlrl. A Snttl rt (lat Crfll. lilt, l.mly nhtiirlli'a IllnninnJa. A fatal 11 y "Ta lliMtirea,'1 llrlrf n Ttrri Slna. A Natal, ry ll.a aall.or al " Dara llintna, IllutttafJ 'I hn Mn of llrarla. A Karri, fy n, I.. r.aiana, llwrla'a I'nrlHnr. A .Nntrl lly PLvaaal Wtantlt, A l.iiw Wutllunr. A Nnttl, lly Ml.l Ml'luca. tth,: 'I hr llnlllr llltrr. A Sntrl. lly Wll aia CuLLl.a. 'I hpl'nl.iin of Aana. A Karri llr PLnaaar lliaattT, final flrnnvr. A Natal, llr lira, llaaat Wnon, 'iritlna; Ihn I'allara. A Natal, Hy tilt, Aiatlanat. A ilnyxtlaliCa llamlilar. A Natal. H; ilia, Aaaia ritwaaiia lfi,lratJ i'nlr hul I'nlar. A Natal, y la aallar af "data limilia" firuirrnfr,!, . l.unrn.Ur'a t'uliln A Na-il. lly Ilia, ll.V.Tlctaa. lN.rralrrf I'lnrrnrn lalnclm.'a llalh. A Natal. My Ufa, tl.ay A, llaalana Inllialll. 1 1m Wainnn llulrr. A Haiti, ry Up. J.ll. Naai.iaa. Ma.lpalPil llmt'iillrarnU t'nhln. A Natal, lly u. T, carnal. Washing'n Territory. 15. I.. I.0MAX, J. H. TKHHUTB, Ass. Ucii. 1'iism. nud Tlikt-t Ac,t. Gen. I'iism nnd Ticket Agt LIMrl;JlJNl UL1U 11 all LA taJU LI 1 1 1. I E. A. KOLEROOK, Oen'l Ticket &Paj'r Agent. .u. i.