Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, December 01, 1888, Image 3

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UKAUTY OK T1IK GOSlMtt.
DR. TALMAGE DISCOURSES ULO
QUENTLY ON DIVINE SCRIPTURE.
Tlio Cntlirilrnl ol Notre Oiniin In Purl
Mado lho Hnldrrt of u MrlUlrc Coin
imrlnon lho Hjuitiotlo Mjrili, AIov nnd
Cnulu Siiiimi Itlrli .lli'tnpliiir.
HitooKLYN, Dec. 2. Now inctnberc nvro
received nt tlio Tnlwrnnelo till monilnp,
unking tlioonmiiiiinlcnnt tncnilicnitilp 4,llf.J.
Multitudes of ttrangcra from nil parts of tlio
earth wcro prcpont, nml nil together, led on
liy organ nml cornet, united In Kinglni; Will
JimCoHpcr'H liyniui
Thcro In n fountain filled ltli blood
Drsiun from Diinnucl'a rcliwt
Ami Klimcra pltincvd bciicalb that flood
Imw nil llmlr KuUly Klalns.
Tho llov. T. Do Witt TnlmtiBC, D. D.,
proichcil nn eloquent sermon on "Tlio Pnv
Krnnco of tho Uospvl," taking for his textt
"All thy gnrtnents mncll of myrrh, nml nloes,
nuil cnsxlu, out of tho Ivory iialacca." PriIius
xlv, B. Ho wild t
Anion;; tho grand adornment of tho city
of Purls Is tho Church of Notro Dnine, with
its (pent toners nml elaborated roso wliidom
nmlEctilptuiing of tho last judgment, with
tho trumpeting angels and rising dead; Its
battlements of quarter foil; IU encritty,
with rllitied celling nnd stntucs of saints,
llut thcro was nothing in nil that building
which nioro vividly appealed to my plain re
publican tastes than tho costly vestments
which laid In oaken presses robes that had
been embroidered with gold and been worn
by popes nnd archbishop on gront occasions
Thcro n n robo thut had been worn by Plus
VII nt tho crowning of tho first Nnpoloon.
Thcro w-ns also n vestment that had been
worn nt tho baptism of Napoleon II. As our
guldo opened tho oaken prcssci nnd brought
out Ihcso vestments of fnbulouscostnnd lifted
them up, tho f rngrnnco of tho pungent nro
matlcs In which they had been preserved
tilled tlio place with n tiveeiness that was al
most oppressive Nothing that hnd been douo
in stouo inoro vividly Impressed mo than
tlieso things that had beou dono In cloth,
nml embroidery, nnd perfume. But today I
open tho drawer of this text, nnd I look upon
tho kingly robes of Christ, nnd as I lift
them, Hashing with eternal jowcls, tho wholo
hotiso is filled with tho aroma of tlieso gar
ments, which "smell of myrrh, nnd aloes,
and cassia, out of tho Ivory palaces."
In my tost tho King stepj forth. Ills robes
rustlonnd blazons ho advances. Hlipomp
nnd power nnd glory overmaster tho bpectn-
tor. Mora brllliunt Is ho than (Jueen vasull
moving nmid tho Persian princes; than Mario
Antoiuetto on tho day when Louis XVI put
upon her tho tiecklaco of eight hundred dia
monds; than Anno Iloleyu tho day when
Henry VIII welcomed hor tohiipalaco; all
beauty and nil pomp forgotten, while wo
Mnml in tho presence of this imperial glory,
King or Hion, Kin;: of earth, King of
heaven, King forovcrl His garments not
worn out, not dust bedraggled, but radiant,
nnd Jeweled, nml redolci. It seems ns if
they must lmvo licen pressed a hundred
years nmld the (lowers of heaven. Tho ward
robes from u hieh they lmvo lieen taken must
lmvo been sweet with cluster of faiupliire,
nnd fraukliicciibo, nml all maunerof precious
wood. Do you not inhnlo the odorsf Ay,
ay. They uncll of myrrh, and aloes, und
cassia, out of tho ivory palaces.
THE IIIGTOtlY AND BtONIFICANCE OK ilYIUUI.
Your (lrst curiosity is to know why tlio
robes of Christ nro odorous with myrrh.
Thisunsn bright leafed Abyssinian plant.
It was trifollated. Tho Greeks, Egyptians,
Romans nnd Jows bought nnd sold It nt n
high price. Tho tlrst present that was over
given to Christ was n sprig of myrili, thrown
on his iufnutilo bed in Dcthlchum, and tho
last gift that Christ over had was myrrh
pressed into tho cup of his cruclflsion. Tho
natives would take u stone nnd bruise tho
tree, and then it would c.tido a gum that
would saturato all the ground beneath. Tim
gum was iihcd for purposes of mcrchnudlso.
Ono piece of it, no larger than a chest
nut, would whelm a wholo room with
odors. It was put in closets, in chests,
in drawers, in rooms, and its perfume
udhered almost intcrmiunlly to an) thing
that was nuyw hero near it. Ho when In my
text I read that Christ's garments small of
myrrh, 1 Immediately coucludo tho exquisite
sweetness of Jesus. I know that to many ho
is only Itko any historical person ar.other
John Howard, another philanthropic Ober
lln, another Confucius, n grand subject for a
painting, a heroic thorns for u pooin, n beau
tiful form Torn s.ntuo buttotliOM) whohnvo
heard his voice, nnd felt his pardon, mid re
ceived his benediction, lie Is music nnd light,
nnd warmth and thrill, nml eternal fragrance.
Kwcctnsa fricml htlcklu to jou when all
else betray. Lifting you u. w hllo others try
to pusli you down. Not m much like morn
ing glories, that bloom only when the sun b
coming tip, nor like "four o'clocks," that
bloom only when tho sun is going down,
but liko myirh, perpetually nromutle the
tamo morning, noon and night yesterday,
today, forever. It seems nsif wo cannot wear
him out. We put on liim nil our burdens,
ami alllict him with ull our griefs, and fcet
him foremost in all our battles, and yut ho
is ready to lift, and to sympathise, and to
help. Vo have so imposed upon him that
opo would think in eternal nlfrout ho would
pjit our Mill; and yet today lioiuldiesscs us
with tho tame tenderness, dawns upon us
with tho same smile, pities u with thosamo
compassion,
Thcro is no uamo llko his for us. It U
more imperial than Caesar's, mom musical
than Ueethovcn's, moro conquering than
Charlemagne's, moro eloquent than Cicero's.
It throbs with all lifo. It weeps with all
pathos. It groans with all pulu. It stoops
with all condescension. It breathes with all
perfume. Who llko Jesus to set u brokou
bone, to pity at homeless orphan, to nurso a
tick man, to ta'ko n prodlgul back without
uny tcoldlug, to illumine n cemetery nil
plowed w I tli graves, to make u queen unto
Uod out of tho lost woman of the street, to
catch tho tears of human sorrow in n lachry
matory that shall never bo broken Who
has such au cyo to two .our need, such n lip to
kiss nway our sorrow, such a hand to snatch us
out of tho lira, such n foot to triitupluour cuo
julcs, such n heart to embrace nil our necessi
ties? 1 fctrugglo for somo tuotaphor with
which to c.-p!vj him. Ho In no: liko tho
bursting forth of n full orchestra; that Is too
loud. Ho is noi like the sea when lashed to
rago by tho tempest; that is too boisterous
IIo is not like tho mountniu, its brow
wreathed with tho lightiilng; that is too soli
tary. Give us a softer tyj, a gentler com
parUon. Wo have scorned to see him w Hit
our eyes, mid to hear him tvith our cars, ami
to touch him without' hands. Oh, that to
day ho might nppcur to sotno other ono of
our live seuscsl Ay, the nostril shall dUi
cover hia presence. IIo comes upon m like
tpleo gnlas from heaven. Yea, his garnuiiLs
tmoll of puuguut, laitluj uud ell p.-rvalvc
uiyrrb.
Oh, that you all kuoir his swoatnesj. I low
i.oou you would turu train your novels. JJ
lho philosopher leaped out of his bath inn
(remy of joy, and clapped his hawjs, nnd
rushed through tho rtivcts, becauEo ho had
found tho rolu'oncfu i11r.tl1cuntle.1l prob
Jer.i, Jiow wijl j-otj fc:J Isnjijnj; fror.i tko
fountain of a Havlour'n mrroy nnd inlon,
wnhed, clean and mado wlilto as snow,
when tho question has Itoon solved. "How
nu my soul bo saved f" NnUeil, frost bitten,
storm lathetl soul, let Jemn this hour throw
around theo tho "gnrmoiits that smell of
myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, uit of the
Ivory palaces."
1HK UITTUIINKSS OF TUB KAVIOUIl'H RlTI'Cn
tMia
Your second curiosity Is to Uuow why tho
robes of Ji-sus nre wlotinis Ith nlces. T'heru
Is some dlireicnco of opinion nb-)iit where
t lio-o al(Hs grow, whrt Is tho cclorof tho
flower, whnt Is tho pal culnr nppenrancoof
the herb. Bullleu It for you and mo to know
that aloes mean bitterness the otld over,
nnd when Christ comes with garments Uiir
lug that particular odor, they suagest to mo
the bitterness of a Knvleur's sulTcrings. Were
there over such nights as Jesus llrd through
nights on tho mountains, nights on tho ftn,
nights hi tho desert! Who ever had such n
hard uveptloii as Jesus had I A hostelry tho
first, mi unjust trial In oyer nnd terminer an
other, n foul mouthed, gelling mob the last.
Wits there li timco on his back as widens
your two Angers where he was not whipped I
Was there a space on Ills brow nn inch
tquaro where ho was not cut of tho brlcrsl
W hen tho splko struck at the instep did it
not go clear through to tho hollow of the
foot I Uh, long, deep, bitter pilgrimage.
A Iocs I Aloes I
John leaned his head on Christ, but who
did Christ lean out Kivo thousand men fed
by tho Saviour; who fed Jesus! The syni
pathy of a H.ivlour'n heart going out to tho
lejior nnd the adulteress; but who soothed
Cluit( Denied Ituttt crndloaiid death bed,
ho had a lit place neither to be born nor to
die. A jxxjr babo! A jioor Lull A poor
young maul Not so much ns n taper to
cheer hU dying hours. Mven tho caudle of
the sun imuired out. Oh, was it not nil aloes!
All our sins, sorrows, bereavements, losses,
and ail tho ngoulesof cnithnud hell picked
up as In one cluster uud squeezed Into ono
cup, nnd that pressed to his lips, until the
ncrld, tuiuseiitiug, bitter draught was
swallowed with n distorted counte
nance, and a shudder from head to
foot, uud n gurgling strangulation. Aloesl
A Iocs I Nothing but aloes. All this for him
self! All this to get tho fame In tlio world of
being u mat tyr! All thiJ lu a spirit of stub
bornness, because he did not llko Ctusarf No!
nol All this because ho wanted to pluck you
nnd mo from hell. Uccnuto ho wanted to
rniso you nnd mo to heaven. IJecuuso wo
were lost nnd ho wnuted us found. Hecuuso
wo wcro blind ami ho wanted us to see. I lo
calise we were hcrfs nml ho wanted us manu
mitted. Oh, j o in w hoso cup of life the sac-
t'hnriuo has predominated; oh, yo who havo
had bright and sparkling beverages, how do
you feci toward him who in your stead, and to
purelinso your discnthrnllmcut, took the
nloes, the unsavory iilocs, the bitter nlocsf
THE riX'ULIAM QUALITIES OK CASSIA.
Your third curiosity is to know why tlieso
garments of Christ are odorous w Ith cassia.
Tills was a plant that grew In India nnd tho
r.djolnlng Islands. You do not caro to hear
what kind of n (lower it had or what kind of
a stalk. It Is enough for mo to tell you that
it was used medicinally. In that laud and
in that age, w hero they knew but llttlo about
pharmacy, cassia was used to nrrest many
forms of disease. Bo when in luy text wo
find Christ coming with garments that smell
of cassia, it suggests to mo tho healing and
curntlvo power of tho Bon of God. "Oh."
you say, "now you havo n superfluous
idea. Wo aro not sick. Why do wo want
cassia! Wo nro athletic. Our respira
tion is perfect. Our limbs nro lithe,
and In these cool days wo feel wo could
bound liko tlio roo." 1 beg to dllTer, my
brother, from you. Nono of you can lw let
ter in physical health than I am, nnd yet 1
must say wo nro all sick. I havo taken tho
diagnosis of your case, nnd havo examined
nil the best authorities on the subject, nml 1
havo como now to tell you that you nro full
of wounds nnd bruises and putrefying sorcu
which havo not been bound up or mo'lillcd
with ointment. Tho marasmus of sin Is on
us tho palsy, tho dropsy, tho leprosy. Tho
man Hint Is expiring to-night on Pulton
street tho allopathic, and homeopathic doc
tors havo given him up, mid his frlcndj
now standing around to take his last words
is no moro certainly dj (ng as to his body
than you and I nre dying unless wo lmo
taken tho medicine from God's npothcenry.
All tho leaves of this Ulblo nro only so many
prescriptions from tho dlvlno physician,
written, not in Latin, like the prescriptions
of earthly physicians, but written in plain
English, so that n man, though a fool, need
not en therein. Thank God that tho Saviour's
garments smell of c.-vwliu
Supposo n man wcro sick, nml thero was a
phial on his mautclpicco with mcdlciuo ho
know would ('1110 him, and ho refused to take
it, what would you say of him! Ho Is a sui
cide And what do you say of that man
who, bjcl; in sin, has tho healing mcdlciuo of
God's grace offered him, and refuses to take
It! if ho dies ho is a su.cidc. People talk us
though God took n man uud led him out to
darkness nud death, as though ho brought
him up to tho cllirs and then pushed him on".
Oh, no. Whou a man is lost it is not becausa
God push: him olf ; it is because ho Jumps
off. In olden limes a suicide was buried at
tho cros-i roads and tho people wcro
accustomed to throw stones Uxm his grave.
Bo it seems to mo thcio may bo in this houso
a man who Is destroying his own sou), and
as though the nugols of God wcro hero to
bury hlni nt tho point where tho roads of
life nud d'.-ntb crots each other, throwing
upon tho grave tho broken law ami a great
pile of uilslmprovcd privileges, bo that those
going may look at tho fearful mound and
learn what a suicide it is when au immortal
soul, for which Jesus died, puts itself out of
tho way.
SOME OK TUB CUltCS imOUOHT AIIOUT DY
ciimsT.
When Christ trod this planet with foot of
flesh, the Hop!o rushed lifter him people
who were tick, uud those who, being so sick
thoy could not walk, wcro brought by their
friends. Hero I see a mother holding up her
llttlo child and Guying: "Cure this croup,
Lord Jesus. Curo this scarlet fever," Aud
others saying; "Curo this ophthalmia. Givo
case nud rest to tills spinal distress.
Straighten this club foot." Christ mado
every houso w hero ho stopped a dispensary.
I do not bclioNo that In the nineteen centu
ries that have gone by since, his heart lias got
hard. 1 feci that wo can como now with ull
our woumU of soul ami get his benedic
tion. O, Jesus, Lore wo are. Wo want heal
ing. Wo want sight. Wo want health.
Wo want lifo. Tho w holo need not u physi
cian, but they that m 0 sick. Ulcsscd be God
that Jesus Christ conies through this assent
hlago uow, his "garments smelling of
myrrh" that means fragrance "and a ocs"
thoy mean bitter sacrillcial memories
"and cassia" that meatis medliMie and curo;
aud, according to my text, ho comes "out of
lho Ivory palaces."
You know, or if you do not know I will
tell you now, thut somo of the palaces of
olden time were adorned with Ivory. Ahab
wd Solomon Lad their homes f urnUhcd with
it. Tho tuska of African and Asiatic e!o
fhauts wcro twlitcd into ell manners of
-jhapci, and there tirro ttalu of ivory, nud
chair of Ivory, uud tahto of Ivory, mid
floor of ivory, nud pillars of ivory, nud win
dows of ivory, and fountains tl at dropped
into loins pf Jyory, nnd rooms th it hud cell-
lugs of Ivory Oh, white nud ovcrnmsUnln,;
oentityl (Irecii ttvo l-rnnclira wrvpui;' the
white curbs. Yii'wstry trailing (he snowy
loom, Urnekets of lights Hashing on the hi
trousHirroundlngn, Silvery music ilppllug to
t he lieacli of tho arches, Tho more thought of It
utmost stuns my brain, nnd you rctyi "Oh, if
1 could only havo walked over such floors!
If I could have thrown mjself in such 11
chulrt If 1 could have heard tlio drip nud
dnsh of thoso fountains!" You shall lmvo
something letter than that If jou only let
Christ iutrodiimyoii. From that place ho
camonml to that place ho proposes to trans
port J oil, for his "garments smell of myrrh,
nml nloes, and cassia, out of the hery pal
aces." TUK aitANDnUlt AND UAClNtKICKNCU OK
IIEAVKM,
Oh, what a place heaven must hoi Tho
Tullerles of (lie French, tho Windsor castle
of tho English, tho Spanish Alluunbrn, the
Russian Kremlin, dungeons compared with
Iti Not so tunny castles on either side tho
llhlne as on both sides of tho river of God
tho Ivory mlaccsl Ono for tho nngels, In
sufferably bright, winged, lire eyed, tempest
clmiiotcd; one for the martyrs, with blood
red robes, from under (ho ultnr; ono for tho
King, tho steps of his palncu tlio crow us of
tho church militant; one for the fingers, who
lend tho one hundred and forty uud four
thousand; 0110 for you, ransomed from slut
ono for me, plucked from the burning. Oh,
the Ivory palaces)
Today it seems to mo as If tho windows ;f
tlioo pnhiccs were Illumined for soma great
victory, aud 1 look nud see climbing the
stalls of ivory, and walking 0:1 floors of
Ivory, nud looking from tho windows of
Ivory, somo whom we knew uud loved on
earth. Yes, I know them. Thcro nro
father nud mother, not KJ years ami 711
years, as when thoy left in, but blithe and
ouugns when 011 their marriage day. Ami
there aro brothers nud sisters, merrier thac
when wo used to romp ucross the meadow)
together. The cough gono. Tho cancel
cured. Tho eiysl-ioliis Ilea led. Tho heart
break over. Oh, how fair they nro in the
ivory pa la cos I And your dear llttlo children
that went out from jou Chilst did not lei
one of them dmp as ho lifted them. He did
not wrench 0110 of them from j oti. No. They
went us from ono thoy loved well to one
whom they loved better. If 1 should take
your little child ami press its soft face against
my rough cheek, I might keep It a little
white; but w hell you, tho mother, camo along,
It would struggle logo with jou. And so
you stood holding your dying child when
Jesus passed by In the room, uud tho llttlo
one sprang out to greet him. That is all,
Your Christian dead did not godown Into tlio
dust and the gravel uud the mud. Though it
rallied all that funeral day, uud the water
came up to the wheel's huh as you drove out
to the cemetery, it made no dlircrcnco to
them, for they sicpjtod from the homo here to
the home there, right Into tho ivory palaces.
All is well w ith them. All is well.
It is nut a dead weight thut you lift when
you cat ry 11 Chrlstulii out. Jesus makes tho
ed up soft with clct promises, nnd ho
saysi "Put her do 11 hero very gently. Put
that head, which will uover nchu again, on
this pillow of hallelujahs. Send up word
that the procession is coming. Illug tlio
bolls, ltlngl 0on your gates, yo Ivory pal
aces." Ami so your loved oiioj nro there.
Thoy nro Just us certainly there, having died
hi Christ, as that you nre here. There is 1 lily
0110 thing moro they want. Indeed, thcio is
0110 thing in heaven they have not got.
They want it. What is it I Your com
pany, llut, oil, my brother, unless you
change your tack you cannot reuch
that harbor. You might us well take
tho Ilaltlmoio nml Ohio railroad, ex
pecting In thutdhcctlon to reach Toronto,
us to go on In tho way some of you aio going
and yet expect to reach tho Ivory palaces.
Your loved ones uro looking out of the win
dows of heaven now, uud yet you seem to
turn your back upon them. You do not set-in
to know the sound of their voices ns well as
you used to or to Ixi moved by tho sight of
their dear fiircu. Call louder, jo dejiartcd
ones. Cull louder from the ivory lulaees.
When I think or that place, uud think of my
entering it, I feel nwkwurd; 1 feel ns some
times when I havu been exposed to lho
weather and my shoes havo been bcmlrixj
und my coat is soiled nnd my hair is
disheveled uud I stop in front of some
lino residence where I havo mi errand.
I feel not (It to go in as 1 mil
und sit among polished guests. So
somo of us feel ubout heaven. We need to bo
washed; wo need to bo rehabilitate! bo f 010
wo go Into the ivory palaces. Kternul God,
let tho surge of thy pardoning mercy roll
over us. i want uotouly to wush my bauds
nud my feet, but, like somo skilled diver,
standing on tho pier head, who leaps Into tho
wavo and comes uput a far distant point
from where ho went in, so I want to go down
nud so 1 want to como up. O Jesus, wash
mo In tho wuves of thy salvation.
THE UYBTEIIY OK CIIIHBT'H DIVINE US
CIIANUE.
Anil hero I ask you to solve a mystery thut
lias been oppressing 1110 Tor thirty jeurs. I
have asked it of doctursof divinity who have
bt-uii studying theology half n century, aud
thoy have clveu mo no satisfactory answer. 1
have turned overall the books In my library,
but got 110 solution to tho question, nud today
I como aud usk you for nit explanation. l)y
what loglo was Christ Induced to exchange
tho Ivory palaces of heaven for the cruci
fixion agonies of earth! I shall tako the first
thousand million ears In heaven tostudyout
that problem. Meanwhile nud uow, taking it
as tlio toudorestniid nilghtlestofnll facts that
Christ did come, that ho camo with spikes in
Ills feet, camo with thorns in his brow, camo
with spears in his heart, to savo you aud to
cavo mo. "God so loved tho world tliat ho
gavo his only begotten Son, that whosoever
bellovcth In him should not perish, but have
ovcrlasting life." O Christ, whelm this nil
dlenco with thy couipisslon. Mow them
down llko summer grain with tho harvest
lug slcklo of thy grace, itido through
toduy tho conqueror, Thy garments, smelling
"of myrrh, and aloes, und cassia, out of the
ivory palaces."
Oh sinner, fling everything clso away nnd
tako Christ! Tuko liim now, not to-morrow.
During tho ulglit following this very day
thero may bo un excitement In your dwelling
und n tremulous pouring out of drops from
an unsteady nnd affrighted hand, ami before
to-morrow moruiug jour chanco may be
Gone.
I.011!: Mini IVrsuns.
Tho statistics takeu of nged psoplo In New
England aro very encouraging to people of
light comploxloii, blue eyes and brown hair,
while tall people have a decided ndvantago
over tho short. Tho men who stand above
60 years rango from 100 (o (GO pounds, nud
tho women from 100 to WO. Tho men
through lifo havo been of tho buoy sort; but
tho vtomcu tho other way. Tho teeth nro
mostly gone, but hnlr lu good condition; nnd
in almost all eases tho skin remains smooth
end molbt. If r.ny ono wishes to ilgtire up
hiJ chauces of living to a good old age, ho
cau take theso items into tho couut, if they
arofavorablotohlm; if not, wo advise liim
to reject them and rely on good hubits, mod
erate exercise aud going to bed early nud
lUlngcarly. Thaoldrcclpj for loaglltoii
good yet; "Ho that would llvo long must
wnteh tho sun;" that Is, go to bod early and
bo up ut suurUj. St. Iouls Globe-Democrat.
CONDENSED CREAM.
Of nliout 23,000 ii(wxipcrs In the world
ouu-hnlf are Anifrlcau,
Tho now governor general of Onnnda, Lord
Stanley, Ims seven children -nil lmy but
one,
' Of all the nppctlles (hat curse .loiuia men,
the npctlto for ofilce seema to 1110 (olio the
fllllest nml meanest.
Uememlier that education, llko somo other
things, does not consist lu tho multitude of
things n man iossrsscs,
Josephine's famous clianu, Mnlmnlsnu, lu
which slio lived to many years nfter Napo
leon dhorccd her, Is going to decay. There
wcro no bidders for It at a recent attempted
into,
Tnm O'Hhnnter speed nt tends tho para
graph which stateathnt tho saw ami 11 x In
rollwny cam in e for tho uso of passengers
who call for plo when the train (-tops
"twenty minutes for refiesluuents."
Wood oil In now made on n sonioivlmt cxlen
slvoscnlo In Sweden, where the icfimoof tim
ber cutting nml forest clearings Is turned Into
account for tho oil It contains. It Is used for
illuminating purpose., und gives, when put
in a lamp especially miulo for It, a very sat
isfactory light,
l'batiou, Ky., clnlms thn champion old
woman Aunt Til Purdy, tgcd l!il. Her
mother, Cliai lotto Schiick, who died three
year ngo, was i:t nml the lllhlo of hor
former owner Is put In evidence, as therein
Is recorded the birth of Charlotte Seluiek In
1750, nud tho birth or this daughter lu 1707,
when tlio mother was but 17 years old,
Btupleloun, ns transient guests of tho mind,
may lie useful In establishing the Innocence
which should bo brought to light or In prov
ing tho guilt which should lie purged away;
but as poriiiaiieut Inmates of tho mind tholr
Influence is most pernicious. Suffered to re
main they rankle nml fester und produce nil
manner of social corruptions.
Tlio Princess Lewlldn llniiein, eldest sister
of lho Kheillvu Tow Ilk Piulm nml wlfo of
Mautir Pasha, who died recently nt tho age
of 118, had emancipated herself almost en
tirely from Oriental manners, dress nml wiivh
of life, nnd was a groat favorite iitnotig tho
European reshbnts in Egypt. Her funeral
wns attended by the llrltlsli troops and by
tho diplomatic and coiiMilur corps.
Slavcrlo Is tho uamo of tho man who has
succeeded to the position of chief bandit In
Ilulgurla. Ho Is described us a handsome
young follow, highly educated und a must
eloquent orator. Tw o years ngo ho was 11
member of tho llulgnrlan skuptselilnu, hut
U'lng detected lu "hoodling" lied to the
mountains, ami now has a very desirable
jiosltloii ns boss of the back counties.
Tho chrysanthemum has taken Its ncrtts
tomed place ns the most popular (lower of lho
reason, lu loose bouquotn, tied with white
ribbon, It Is carried by tlio iirldo; in great
pvrnmlds of gorgeous color It ntipenrs ns a
tnhlo decoration; It brightens tho drawing
loom nml noils from tlio hall. The loose,
fringed blossouu nro noticeably tho most
popular arlety this fall nnd palo lavender
seems to lie considered tho most desirable
tint.
Tho following Item Is from Tho Ilotso City
Democrat: Miss Alllo Angel, ftepdaughter of
L. I 'finer, who wont to llaltlmoru a fow
days since, took with her nn apple grown 011
the Tiucr plnco that measured twenty 0110
luchcs In clrctimferenco both wnys and
weighed forty ounces. This ?clmcii of
Uolso valley fruit created a rciisntlou on the
cam all along tho route, nnd Its fair possessor
refused many tempting oircrs of coin to port
with It, Every ono who aw It took it to bo
somo sort of a squash and would not believe
it nnupplo until submitted to handling and
applied to tho uoso.
At n recent meeting of tho Now York
Acndcmyof Anthropology an addresi was
mado by Vlroqua, princess of the Six Nations
of tho Mohawks, who llvo on the Grand
Itlvcr reset witlon, Her address was In re
gard to 1111 Indian college which sho is en
deavoring to havo established at Washing
ton. Col. Jnquess, a wealthy Plilladelplilan,
who lias been living lu England forthohst
ten years, has promised to contribute- 81,000,
000 towards siieh nn Institution on tho condi
tion that $2,000,000 more nro raised In this
country. Tho princess Is quite conlldcnt of
her success In tho attainment of her object,
and Is going to lecturo on tho subject in vir
rlous (wrta of tho country.
The Is That Owneil tlio Ilrrr.
Two dogs had been chasing n deer, nnd
when it was finally brought down tho v ivncrH
of the dogs began to wrangle about which of
thodogs started tho deer. The gnmo was laid
on tlio green sward, nnd soon tho bo-it ar
rived with tho two dogs. Ono of tho old
hunters cried out: "Send thoso hounds up
here, nnd let us c?o whoso deer this is."
Tlio gentleman who relates tho Incident,
never having heard of so strutigo a test, said,
half lu doubt:
"What nonsense Is that you nro talklngP
"No nonsense, doctor; wait and no."
Being deeply Interested 1 npproached
closely, that 1 might better observe tlio mil
ninN. Ouo of them walked up to tho deer,
smelt him nil ovor, nnd seemed qulto in
doubt. Then tho other dog camo up with nn
nugry growl, smelt the doer, ond deliberately
laid himself down by tho animal, whilo tho
first dog quietly plao.'d his tall between his
logs aud walked away. I could not help ex
pressing my nmnr.'.Mnent, aud, still doubting
lho fnct, I fiald to my old guldo:
"That dog that U lying by tbo door has
lioeu tho master of tho other, ami has cowed
him."
"On tho contrary," said my informant,
'tho dog thut guvo up tho doer Is tlio better
fighter, nnd whips that dog every time."
During tho day It was learned that tho
deer had been started ten miles down tho
river by tlio dog that claimed It, nnd tho
sound of his voice drew tho other 0110 about
four miles below tho lake Truo l-'lug.
The Ktotlio-Tclopliono.
If tho Lowth stetho-tclcphono conies Into
general use, ns It promises to do, tlio mouth
will cut but llttlo If any figure In tho trans
mission of telephone messages. The Instru
ment is n new iloiKirttiro In tho field of tele
phony. Instead of talking Into a dinphragm
the ojicrator 11ppl.es a button to tho vocal
cords on either ono or tho other side of the
thorax, talks Into 1 pure, and tho vibrations
nro taken ii;, carried along tho w Ire, and de
livered accurately In unwritten lungungont
the listener's car, miles away. Tho Instru
ment Un combined transimiternnd tecelvcr,
lho email box containing tlio receiver having
a hollow extension, nbout (our inches long,
starting from tlio side nud Muling in a small
boll shaped mouth, protrml ng slightly from
w bleu is u small, light button. The receiver
is adjusted to tho car In tho usual way, tho
button is slightly pressed ngulust tho larynx,
nud tho work of truusmitticu Is dotio by mus
cular vibrations that preccdj ami accompany
tho utlcranco of words or soui.di instead of
by ntinospherlo or sound wncr, cs lu the or
dinary telephone,
A peculiar feature of tho Invention is that
there liclng no diaphragm only the oiierntor'i
voico will.ba admitted, no matter how many
persons may isj inlklnj loudly around him.
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