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"ffij -tj m,'v t "rfSr" ' -" Jjpi "" r K TTt CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889 . 1 iO.' u w ( THE MIGHTIEST WEAPON. TALMAGE'S TOPIC AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. "The Mlghtlrit Wrnpon In the Gospel" Hit Subject anil IIli Text the Words I There In None Like lliitt) Givo It Me." The Uiiausl Largo Amlleoce. DllOOKI.YN, Jlllie '. It 1M tllU exjieotn tlon of the Kov. T. DeWItt TiiIiiiiik, I). 1., to preach nt Kort Worth, Tcxu. to day, but lie was unable to reach that city, ho preached tliN evening to the usual large nudleiico ut the Tnlieniucle. Ills text m I Hauuiel xxj Ol "There Ik none like thnt; give It me," The preacher wild: David (led from his pursue Tlio world run very font when It Is chasing a good man. The country It trying to catch David, and lay him. David goes Into the houso of a priest, and asks him for a sword or spear with which to defend himself. Tlio priest, not being accustomed to uso deadly u capons, tolls David that ho cannot supply him; but suddenly the priest thinks of an old sword that had boon carefully wrapped up and laid away tho very sword that Uollath formerly used and ho takes down that sword, and whllo ho Is unwrapping tho sharp, glittering, tncmornblo blado, It flashes upon David's mind that this is tho very sword that wu1 wed against himself when ho was In the fight with Uollath, and David can hardly "keep bis band off of it until the priest has unwound It. David stretches out his band toward that old sword, aud saysi "Thero is nono like that, give it too." In other words, "1 want in my own buud tho sword which has been used against mo, and against tlio cauo of Ood." Bo it was given him. Well, my friends, thut is not tho first or tho last sword once usod by giant and Pbilisttno Iniquity which Is como Into tho possession of Jesus Christ and of his glorious church. I want, as well na God may help mo, to show you that many a weapon which bos boon usod against thoannlesof God is yet to bo captured and used on our sido; and 1 only Imitate David when 1 stretch out my hand toward that blado of tho Phllittlno and cryi "There is nono llko that, givo it mol" SCIENCE IB SOMETIMES FALSELV U8ED. I remark, first, that this Is truo In regard to all sclcntlfla exploration. You know that the first discoveries in astronomy and geology and chronology wcro used to buttle Christi anity. Wordly philosophy camo out of Its laboratory add out of Its observatory, and saidt "Now, wo will prove, by tho very struc ture of the earth, and by tho movement of the heavenly bodies, that tho Illblo isn llonnd that Christianity, as wo havo it among men, is a posltlvo imposition." Good men trembled. Tho telescope, tho Loyden Jars, tho olectrlc batteries, all in tho hands or tho Philistines. But ono day, Christianity, looking about for somo weapon with which to do fend Itself, happened to seo tho very old sword that these atheistic Philistines had been using against tho truth and cried outi "There Is nono llko that; givo it mo." And Copernicus, and Galileo, and Kepler, aud Isaac Newton camo forth and told the world that, in their ransacking of tho earth aud heaven, thoy had found overwhelming presence, of tho God whom we worship; and this old Biblo began to shako itself from tho Koran, and Sinister, and Zendavosta, with which it bad been cov ered up, and lay on tho desk of tho scholar, and in tho laboratory of tho chemist, and iu the lap of tbo Christian, unharmed and un answered, whllo tho tower of tho midnight heavens struck a silvery chime in iu praise, THK WORDS OF WORLDLY PHILOSOPHY. Worldly philosophy said: "Matter is eter nal Tho world always was. God did not mako it." Christian philosophy plunges its crowbar Into roots, and duds that tho world was gradually mado, and, if gradually made, thero must havo been somo point at which the process started; then, who started itl And so that objection was overcome and in the first tbroo words of tho Biblo wo find that Moses stated a magnificent truth when ho aid: "In tho beginning." Worldly philosophy said: "Your Bible is a most Inaccurate book; all that story in tho Ula Testament, again ana again told, about the army of tho locusts It is preposterous. Thero Is nothing in tho coming of tho locusts JJko on army. An army walks, locusts fly. An army goes in order and procession, locusts without order." "Walt," said Christian philosophy: and In 1803, In tbo southwestern part of this country, Christian men went out to examlno tbo march of tho locust. Thero are men right beforo mo who must havo no ticed In that very part of tho country tlio coming up of tho locust liko an army; and it was found that all tho no wspapcrs unwitting ly spoke of thorn as an army. Why I They seem to havo a commandor. Thoy march Uke a host Tbey halt llko a host No arrow rver went with stralghter flight than the lo custs como not oven turning aside, for tho wind. If tho wind rises tho locusts drop, and thou rlso again after it has gone down, taking tho somo lino of march, not varying a foot Tho old Biblo right every tlmo when it spooks of locusts coming llko an army; world ly philosophy wrong. Worldly philosophy said: "All that story about tho light 'turned as clay to tho seal' is Imply an absurdity." Old tlmo worldly philosophy said: "Tho light comes straight." Christian philosophy said: "Walt a Httlo whllo," and It goes on and makes discoveries and finds that tho utmosphcre curves and bends tho rays of light around tbo ourth, literally "as tho clay to tho scaL" Tho Biblo right again, worldly philosophy wrong again. "Ah," says worldly philosophy, "all thnt Illusion in Job about the foundations of tho earth Is simply an absurdity 'Whoro wast thou,' says God, 'when 1 sot tho foundations of tho earth I' Tho earth has no foundation." Christian philosophy comes and finds that tho word as translated "foundation" may bo better translated "sockots." So now soo how it will read If It is translated right: "Wher. wast thou when I 6et, tho sockets of tho oarthr Whoro I tho sockoU It is the hol low of God's hand a socket large enough for any world to turu In (10U IB ALWAYS RIGHT. Worldly philosophy said: "What an ab surd story about Joshua making tho sun and moon stand still If tho world had stopixxl an Instant, tho whole uulvcrso would havo boon out of gear" "Stop," said Christian philosophy, "not quite so quick." Tho world has two motions ono on its own uxis, and tho other around tho sun. It was not neces sary in making them stand still that both motions should bo stopped only tho ono turn ing the world on its own axis. There was uo reason why tho halting of the earth should, have Jarred and disarranged the whole mil Torw). Joshua right and God right, lulldel ity wroug every tlmo, 1 know it would bo wrong, 1 thauk Ood that tho tlmo has come when Christians need not bi cured at any scientific oxplorutlon. The fact is that religion and science have struck hand In eternal friendship, mid tho deeper down geology can dig and tlio higher up as tronomy can soar all tho better for us. Th armies of the Lord Jesus Christ havo stormed tlio observatories of tho world's science, anil from tho highest towers have Hung nut tho banner of the cross, and Christianity to-night froiu thu ot'rvntorlcH of Albany and Wnli lagton stretches out Its hand toward tho -puslug scientific weapon, crj 1114., "There Is none like that, give it mo," I was reading this afternoon of ilerschel, who was looking at a meteor through a telescope and when it came over tho face of . tho tolescopo It was to powerful he had to avert his eyes. And It has been Just so that many an nstronouicr has gone into an observatory and looked up Into the midnight heavens, and the Lord Ood bos, through unnic swinging world, flamed upon his vision and tho learned man cried out. "Who am If Uudouol unclean I havo mercy, lord (tall" A WOULD OF TnAVKLKHS. Again, I remark, that tho traveling dispo sition of the world, which was averso to morals aud religion, Is to bo brought 011 our sldo. The man that went down to Jericho and fell amidst thieve wasn typo of a great many travelers There is many a man who Is very honest at home who, when he is abroad, has his honor lllchcd and his good habits stolen. There aro but very fow men who can stand tho stress of nn oxpodltlon. Six weeks ut a watering place has damned many a man. In tho olden times God for bade, tho traveling of men for the purKwos of trado, because of tho corrupting Influences attending It. A good many men now cannot stand the transition Iromotio place to an other. 801110 men w ho seem to bo very con sistent at homo. In tho way of keeping tlio Sabbath, when thoy got Into Spain, on tbo Lord's day always go out to seo tho bull fights. Plato said that no city ought to to built nearer to tho sea than ten miles, lest it ho tempted to commerce. But this traveling disposition of tho world which was adverse to that which Is good, is to bo brought on our side, Thcso rail trains, why, thoy aro to tako our Bibles; thcso steamships, thoy aro to transport our missionaries, thcso sailors, rushing from city to city all around tho world, aro to bo con verted into Christian heralds mid go out and preach Christ nmong heathen nations. Tho Oospols aro Infinitely multiplied In beauty and power sluco Hoblusoii, mid Tiomwon, and Burckhardt havo como back and talked to us about tiiloam, aud Capernaum, and Jerusalem, otutiiig out to us tlio lilies nbout which Jesus preached, tho beach upon which Paul was shipwrecked, tho fords at which Jordan was passed, tho lied sou bank on which wcro tossed tho carcasses of tho drowned Egyptians. A man said: "I went to tho Holy Land an Infidel; 1 camo back a Christian. I could not help It." I am not shocked nt tho idea of building a riilroad to tho Holy I-nnd. I wish that nil tho world might go and soo Golgotha nnd Bethlehem If wo cannot nfford to pay for muleteers now, perhaps when tho rail train goes wo can afford to buy a ticket from Con: stnntinoplo to Joppa, nnd so wo will got to too tho Holy Ijiud. Then let Christians travel I God speed tho rail trains nnd guldo tho steamships this night panting across tho deep in the phosphorescent wnko of tho shin ing feet of 1 1 tin who from wave elllT to w ivo cliff trod tho stormed Tiberias. Tho Japan cso como across tho water and seo our civili sation, and examlno our Christianity and go back and tell tho story, and keep that cmplro rocking until Jesus shall reign. Where'er tlio sun Does tils successlro Journeys run. And tho firearms, with which tho Infidel traveler brought down tho Arab horseman and tho Jackals of tho desert, havo been sur rendered to tho church, nnd wo reach forth our hands, crying "Thero Is nono llko that; givo it mol" IIELIOIO.N OOOD FOR EVERY ONE. So it has also been with tho learning and tho cloquenco of tho world. Peoplo say: "Itollgion Is very good women, it is very good for children, but not for men." But wo havo In tho roll of Christ's host Mozart and Han del in music; Canova and Angclo in sculp ture; Raphael and Reynolds in painting; Harvey aud Bocrhaavo in medlcino; Cow per and Scott in oetey; Grotius and Burko in statesmanship; Boylo and Llobuitz in philos ophy; Thomas Chalmers and John Mason in theology. Tho most brilliant writings of a worldly nature aro nil aglow with scriptural allusions. Through senatorial scocli and through essayist's discourse Sinai thunders and Calvary pleads and Slloam sparkles. Samuel L, Southard was mighty iu tho court room and Iu tho senate chamber; but bo reserved his strongest cloquenco for that day wlien ho stood before tho literary socie ties at Princeton commencement aud pleaded for tho grandeur of our Biblo. Daniel Web ster won not his chief gnrlands whllo ho was consuming Hayno, nor when ho ofwued tho batteries of his cloquenco on Bunker 11111, that rocking Sinai of tho American revolu tion; but on that day when, In tho famous Qlrnrd will cose, ho showed Ills affection for tbo Christian religion, and oulogizod tho Bible. Tho eloquonco and tho learning that havo been on tho other sldo camo over to our sldo. WhoroisGlbbon'shUtorlcalpent Whoro Is Robespierre's sword 1 Captured for God. "Thero Is nono liko that, givo it mol" So, also, has it been with the plcturo mak ing of tho world Wo aro very anxious on this day to havo tbo printing press aud tho platform on tho sldo of Christianity, but wo overlook tho engraver's kulf 0 and tho painter's pencil. Tho antiquarian goes and looks at pictured ruins, or examines tho chiseled pil lars of Thebes, and Nineveh, and Pompeii, aud then comes back to tell us of tho beastli ness of ancient art; mid It is a fact now that many of tho finest s-icclmcns merely artist ically considered of sculpture and painting that aro to be found amidst those rulus aro not fit to bo looked at, and they aro locked up. How Paul must havo felt when, standing amidst those Impurities that stared on him from the walls nnd''tho pavements nnd tho bazars of Corinth, ho preached of tho puro and holy Jesus. The art of tho world on the sido of obscenity and crime, and death. In later days tho palaces of kings wore adorned witli picture. But w hat to unclean Henry VIII was n beautiful plcturo of tho .Madonna f What to Iircl JciTries, tho unjust Judgo, tho picture of the "Lust Judgment i" What to Nero, tho unwashed, n plcturo of the baptism Iu tho Jordan i" Tho art of tho world still on tho sldo of superstition nnd death. But that Is being changed 1101?. The Chris I'an nrtlst goes across tho Hater, looks at the pictures, and brings back to his American studio much of tho power of thoso old mas ters The Christian minister goes over to Vcnlco, looks at the "Ciuclflxlou of Christ," mid comes back to his American pulpit to talk as never before of tho sufferings of tho Saviour Tho private tourist goes to Romo and looks at Raphael's picture of tho "Inst Judgment." The tears start, and he goes back to his room in tho hotel and prays God for premratlon for that day when, Shriveling llko a paivtied scroll. The llumliitf lion mm loKuthvr roll THE rOWKK OF CHRISTIAN PICTURES. Our Sunday school uonperi and walls aro adorned with picture of Joseph In tho court, Daniel In the den, Slnulracli Iu tho fire, Paul In the shipwreck, Christ on the cross. Oh that we might, In our families, think more of the power of Christian pict ures I One little sketch of Samuel knoeling In prajer will mean more to your children than twenty sermons on devotion. One patient face of Christ by the hand of the mtlst will bo more to your child than fifty urinous on forbearance. Tho art of tho woildUtoho taken for Christ, W hut ha Ueomo of Thorwnldseu's chisel aud Ghlrlan dajoVi crayon i Captured for tho truth. "Theie is none like that; give it mol" So, I remark, It is with business acumen and tact. When Christ was uiou earth, the pfoplo that followed him for tho most part bad no social position. Thero was but one man naturally brilliant in nil tho npostleshlp, Joseph, of Artmnthcn, tho rich innn, risked nothing when ho offered n hole In tho rock for tho dead Christ, How many of tho mor Chan's In Asia Minor befriended Christ! I think of only ono Lydla. How ninny of tho castles on tho bench of Galileo entertained Christ! Not ono. When Peter enmo to Jop pa, he stopjied with ono Simon, n tanner. What lower had Christ's name on the Roman exchange, or lu tho bazars of Corinth I Nona The prominent men of tho day did not want to risk their reputation for sanity by pretending to tio ono of his followers. Now that Is nil changed. Among the mightiest men In our groat cities today an- the Christian mer chants and tho Christian bnukorn; nnd If to morrow, nt tho board of trado, any man should get up nnd malign the name of Jesus, ho would Ik) quickly silenced or put out, in tho front rank of nil our Christian workers today aro tho Christian merchants; nnd tho I enterprises of tho world are coming on tho Km mm. uirra win n inrm wiueu away somo years ago, all tho prooeods of that farm to go for spreading Infidel books. Somehow matters havo changed, and now all the proceed of that farm go toward tho missionary causo. Ono of tho finest print ing primes aver built was built for tho ex- I press purpose of publishing In (Idol tracts nnd books. Now it does nothing but print Holy Bibles. I bollovo tho timo will como when, In commercial circles, tho volcoof Christ will bo tho mlghtost of all voices, and tho ships of Tnrshlsh will bring presents and tho Queen of Sheba her glory nnd tho wlso men of tho Kast their myrrh and frankincense. 1 look off upou tbo business men of our cities and ro Jolco at tho prospect thnt their tact, and in genuity, nnd taleut will, after a while, all bo brought Into tho service of Christ. It will bo ouo of tho mightiest of weapons. "Thero is none llkethat; givo It mol" nE DOWNHEARTED NO LONGER. Now, if what I have said bo true, away with nil downhcnrtedncssl If science is to Is) on tho right sido, nnd tho traveling disosltlou of the world on thu right sldo, and thu learning of tho world on tho right sldo, and tho plcturo making on tho right sldo, nnd tho business acumen and tact, of the world on tho right sldo thine, O Lord, Is the kingdom I Oh, fall Into lino, nil yo peoplol It Is a grand thing to Ik) in such an army, and led by such a commander and on tho wny to such it vic tory. If what I liavosald Is truo, thou Christ Is going to gather up for himself out of this world everything that Is worth anything, and thero will bo nothing but tho scum loft. A proclamation of amnesty goes forth now from tho throne of God, saying: "Whosoever will, lot him come." However long you muy havo wandered, however great your tins may hnvo been, "Whosoever will, let him come." Oh, that 1 uould marshal all this iiudleneo on tho side of Christ. He is tho best friend n man over had. He Is so kind. Ho is so lovely, so sympathetic. I cannot sec how you can stay away from him. Como now, and accept his mercy. Behold him as ho stretches out tho arms of his salvation, snylng: "Look unto mo, all yoends of tho earth, and bo yo saved; for I am God." Mako final cholco now You will either Iw willows planted by tho water courses or tho chaff which tho wind drlvcth away A Alan on llonrd. David A. Wasson was returning from England lu a railing vessel. Slue was n fluo, now craft, but had hardly left tho wharf before it transpired that sho was criminally overloaded with hardware a most danger ous cargo, from It llnblllty to roll from ono sldo of tho ship to the other To all appear ance, tho charterers of the vessel had planned for her to lio lost at sea, for the sako of tho Insurance money Tho captain hud been piled with brundy Just tioforo coming 011 board, nnd furthermore had boon supplied with enough to keep him drunk through tho voyage. It was at onco clear that all was lost un less ho could bo sobered anil kept solior, Mr. Wasson undertook to do this. Ho talked with tho officer, gradually gained his confi dence, nnd at tho right moment boldly de manded tho surrender of his tut?. Tho demand was complied with, tho liquor was transferred to Mr. Wasson's room, and the captain bocamo himself. It was nono too soon. A terrlblo storm camo on, and nil hands would certainly havo perished but for tho captain's efficiency. As Mr Wasson's biographer says, tho other passengers tho steerago was full of them never suspected that thoy owed their salvation to tho very quiet man who seemed not to bo ono of them. "Ho needod not to tnko command of the ship, for ho did better, ho commanded tho commander." His spirit was well shown during tho storm, no took uudor his euro tho young women who wero exposed to Insult In tho steerugo, but passed most of his tlmo In n diligent study of German. "I know wo wero in great danger," ho said afterward, "but though 1 wished to llvo, mv chief feeling for myself, lu view of tho peril, was an extremo disinclination to drown In such dreadfully cold wuter This feeble, childish dread only spurred mo to dlllgenco In studying Gorman, In which I mtdo more progress than over In four days before." What a contrast between tho shrloklng, uuinwuxi emigrants ami tins studious van fcool Youth's Companion. What Aro tho Thoughts or the Ujlnc? In Tho Soclote do Biologic, Fore affirmed that n dying person lu his last momenta thinks of the chief events of his life. Persons resus citated from dronnlncr. frl!ritlp iriii, ,.-.. attacks, persons dying and already uncon scious, but momentarily brought liack to consciousness by ether injections to utter their last thoughts, all acknowledge that their last thoughts rovcrt to momentous events of their llfo. Such an ether Injection revives onco moro tho normnl disposition of cerebral activity, already nearly extinguished, and it might to posslblo at this moment to learn of certain Important ovents of tho past life. Drown-Sequnrd mentions tho remarkable fact that jierwins who, In consequonco of gravo cerebrnl affections, havo liccn paralyzed for years, get back nt onco when dying their sen sibility, mobility nnd Intelligence, All such facts clearly show that at tho moment of dis solution Important changes tako plnco, re acting uon tho composition of tho blood and the functlonsof thoorgans. Wiener Medlzin ischo Zeltung A Singular lllrth Murk, A singular freak of nature lias presented Itself lu Kl Pino. On a recent Sunday Mrs. T. Howard. of that placo, w(tiicsMln lalloon ascension, uud on the succtvdlug Tuesday presented Mr. Howard with 11 nice little boy, which Ikvii-hii singular birth mark, which is nothing moiv nor less than a ierfect repre sentation of the ImIIdoii. Tho photograph, at It lulght lie called, is located Just atmvo the eyes on the forehead, and every outline of tlio ball 1011 Is Imldly Kirtrayed in purple Hues In the skin of the Infant. Even the iatcli on tho nir ship cuu lu soon, being reproduced by it imteli of wlilte sklu. The photograph is perfect ,Vr I Inward and wife went to El IVowith the Mexican theatrical coinKiny, itiidmv well known to the profession. Ran I'iuiii'Im-u Argouitut Krillltiu it IllaflVr. A State stiisst grip train, crowded with INWMigcr, reached Sixteenth street about 0 o'clock Haturdny evening, when n very tough looking citizen inn out from tho sldowalk nnd Jumod tiu the platform of ouo of tho cars, lauding heavily Ukhi tho foot of nn In offensive young man who stood up ngalust the box of thu ear "tKik out, there!" yelled tho)ouugiimii,it his k1 com gave him a twinge. "Wa's do matter w Id you I" demanded tho bad man, as ho turned to slut up Id victim. "You Juuied on my foot," said tho little fellow, bravely. "Well, you soy much more, nn' I'll smash you up It: do' inout'." snarled tlio big fellow n ho advanced threateningly, "No you won't," said tho small man, nnd liowhipHd from his over coat iKH'ket something which ho thrust under tho now of tho bully. Tho latter Jimmied backward from tho platform, rolled over In tho street and then nnwo and took to his heels. The lutswiigeni on tho platform re garded tho young man doubtfully, uud the conductor ventured to suyi "Thero wn 110 need of your pulling n gnu on the man," Then the young man exhibited hlswcniion. It was a meerschaum ptK) caw, uud It did look llko 11 "gnu." Chicago Herald. (lot Ilia Pay ,lnt the Siiinr. Ill IH1I nn effort wn mado to removo the state capital from Augusta to Portland, and on n certain tiny In February tho members of the legislature wcro Invited to visit that city. At that time it was tho rule of tho legislature to Invito the different clergymen of Augusta, Hallowoll and dnrdlnor to officiate In rota tion a chaplains at the senate and house, lu accordance with a printed schedule mado out at tho first of tho session, for which they wero to rooelvo I..V) for each day's service. On tho day referrisl to It was Bishop Rurgww' turn to officiate, and ho duly arrived nt tho cnpltol, to find It empty. "What does this moanf" he nskod tho Jani tor, "Didn't you know tho legislature) had gout to Portland to mm) about tho now state house P "Why, no. I know nothing alKiut It; and I have como from Gardiner this bitter cold morning to olllciuto at tho 0eiilng of the house, and was nearly frozen when 1 reaclstnl hero." "Oh, well, you'll get your my Just tho same," wns tho comforting nsKiuso. Lawls ton Journal. HfiK-nis of Cjrllni;, It Is said that tho trlcyclo Is growing In jwpulnrlty among the ladles of this country; certainly it ought to do so, iu one of the U-st means of cure for nervous debility, neural gia, coustlutlon, sleeplessness und number les Ills to w Inch they are jioculiarly liable. Dr. Jennings, In hi Ixsik, lays down n law of moderation, Ho plainly InsUt I hat nono but professionals, thoroughly trained, should en gage In races. Hunlso finds that tho over trained nthleto does not lost long, and quotes HIpiKJcrntes, who said: "Tho good condition of the liody In athletes I dangerous, lending to tho highest degree of plcnltudo, aud us It cannot remain thero or Increase, It must de crease." So It I tho best not to train. All who use tho trlcyclo for health me warned to resist tho tendency to spurt and race. The lioglniicr must go slowly thu moment the heart fonts fast or he jersplrei. Six mile an hour Is it-commended as u gosl into of travel. An essential of first iuqiortnuco to tho cyclist is that ho bo dressed properly and completely in flannels. No cotton whatever Is to bo al lowed. Boston Herald. Gut Him III it litis, "Did you givo that man money P' was asked of n citizen who had Just parted with a man who walked with a limp. "Yes n quarter." "He's n chronic font." "Well, perhaps." "But you should discourage such charac ters." "Yen, I know; but when a man comes up to you, nnd calls you colonel, and savs ho was right fohlnd you when you charged that Imttery at Atitletam, how can you go back on I1I111P' "But you were not nt Aiitietam." "No." "You wero not a colonel," "No." "You didn't even enlist lu tho late war." "No nud do you KUpjtoso I'm going to own it up fur tho sako of saving 11 quarter Not mucui ivo got a half dollar for the first man who calls 1110 general." Detroit Freo 1'ross. This Muy Ho Greek to You. Ono of Socrates' pupils 0110 duy stood up to read hi essay and begun, "A poor man win derived a precarious subsistence from tho sales of a patent medicine which ho manufac tured" when tho philosopher smote him across tho Jowl with n bed slnt, oxclaimiug, "Mensureles liar! wilt thou mako nil Athens think I am conducting a school of Journal Ismf" The pupil wept, us under tho rules of tho academy ho was entitlod to do, for tho sjiaco of a brief whllo, and then aroso to read his nmended composition: "A wealthy fog gar, who was astorof u rich nnd fushlonnblo church with Yalo locks on tlio jwws and lass keyB for tho outer door" "That," said the philosopher, "sounds something llko a compo sition. Now fix yourself up and show tho claw how you strike a cotton seed oil man for a chlmo of foils anil u now baptistry." Bob 111 t ftjllft A Riitlclou SiibmlMlim, A small Ixiy had been having a day of un mitigated outrageousncsH,such us nil children who tlo not tile young uro likely to huvo at times, and w hen ho wa ready for bed his mother said to him: "When you say your prayers, Georglo, ask God to make you a fotter boy You havo been very naughty todu." Tho youngster accordingly put up his peti tions in the usual form, and then before closing with "Amen" ho a-Muls "And please, God, mako mc n. good boy " Ho paused a second and thti to tho utter consternation of his mother, concluded with unabated gravity: "Nevertheless, not my will, O Iionl, but thlno bo done!" Providence Journal. T11 Win u Wuiiiuii. What Explorer Stanley does not know of African human nature would not mako a larso or Vei'V internitln'r vnliiniK In tl... depths of a vast forest ho camo across n wltheied old hag, tho only human fomg cu pablo of giving the Information desired. Finding her childish, surly and iion-coimnii-nlcatlve, ho placed tho comeliest young na tive In his command nt her sido mid bado him mo all the arts of Ihittery. Tho sww-'t draught hud Us effect, tho du.kywitdi uu fout, and Stanley was soon lu possession of the coveted Information. Sweet are tho use of flirtation. Pittsburg Bulletin. .V I'lflty 1IIS !)mrtiirt. "My dear," said Mr. Thoinsonhv, after listening for half an hour to Sim Thomson- hv'Sdnttioil llll tin, vllMi,i nt ,..i,l 1 ... i,.,... little earlier o' nights, "tlo you know how you differ from ono of these lutein detective cautemsP' "No. 1 l.ii' " "Well, tho mineral urrungt-d to shut itself up in three imo-huudtvdth of a kvcivI." tiprtuxuuld Union. a 'QUICK MEAL RUDGE & 1122 N SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Wo beg lenvc lo Inform our Lincoln patrons ami the public In general thnt our Importation of FINK Novelties for Spring and Summer Are now rvntly for Inspection. Wc Imvc n much larger nnd finer assortment than ever before. Call and sec our latest novelties from London nnd I'nrls. Dress Suits a Specialty. guckert & Mcdonald, 315 S. 1 5th St., Omahn, Nob. LINCOLN'S NEW AM STUDIO A COMPLETE SUCCESS! ELITE STUDIO ONLY GROUND FLOOR FINE ART WOI?K. 12U South Eleventh Street. JjJjJIJJjjflsBWssstssssssssssssssssssssssssBssssste ssssssssmsfflLssslsNsssssssssHa IBalfflflBi iMmBinlWlm' ,BWM11HM"ssIsbbWii1 V9MsBHiBaSBBBH!VBBBBBBsitHKBBBBBBBBBBl O.n, nn?. '. . ,'"" "CW nd co,nt. I'roiupt .mice nnd the best menu In Oinnlm. Hot and cold water In every room. Olllce und dliilnK Imll on flrM floor. All mod cm Improvement.. Miieolnlln. i.Iwhjh reerhe a cordial welcome. Call and ice us while In ni'iiKc-r to tiu" im,I,,i,, c-" ? M 'IT1 u,", ,Hko anky bt., caulk link 1)1 KM I TO Till. DOUIt for. Nth and Harney. Ira I Hmnv. ClerK I A BEAUTIFULLY mPliHWI hiimimiuijj bbbbISiIIIIIbbbI that U the very embodiment of ensc nnd luxury a friendly game of WliUt, a choice volume from the well stocked library, n prom enade from car to car (the handsome vestibule excluding all dust, smoke, rain or wind, and thus rendering the promenade a de lluhtful and novel nrutimel A suinninnin ,..., 1 ,i,n, ,......,, i the nick of time, nnd 'just strikes the spot." ' '" " -'"iiK' uct-oraicu ami gort'eoiip smoking apartment, and finally n peace- ful sleep in a bed of snewy linen nnd downy softness. Such is life on the "IJUR LINGTO V HOI TC. What other line or combination of linn, rnn nnr vnn it,-.. advantages' NOT ONE I;cac remember this when next vou trael. - s7jsssQsgtAJTtssMLfr iA"i vq -ilaMMBBBBBBBBBBBBBVllBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBrVlBBBBBBBBBi (j me Infiinr.utioi. id a. kir J permut ing to K.ti!ro.-u! or IK can Steam ship Tickets piompt'y answered. G. V. HOI.nRt.tiF, Uen'I Mgr. J. FRANCIS, li. IV n4 T. A, OMAHA, NBU. S?S&!feSd4sW& HARDWARE, STOTES AND TINWARE, Leonard Refrigerators. Hot Air Furnaces, Van's Wrought Iron Ranges. MORRIS. Street. STUDIO IN THE CITY. 'I. W. TOWNSEN1), Proprietor. LINCOLN IIRANCII OF Max Meyer & Bro., WLltule ssd Befall Driltn In PIANOS 0 ORGANS Clcnernl wenlern ucrnls for tho Hteln wiiy. IvBslir, ClilekfrliiR, Viioe, Krnut (Jsbler, Ilehr limn., NewbyA Kvuim, nnd HlerlltiK. ' rinr.ON marked in pluln fluuren prices nlwsy the lowest for thu grnilo of pianos C. M. HANDS, Manager. M12 North lltlV Street. THIS MURRAY Omaha's Leading Hotel. Op6ned Sept. 1,H8; Finest Hotel in the West K. HILIXNVAY, 1'roprlclor. UPHOLSTERED RECLINING CHAIR The quiet enjoyment of n fragrant Ha- My superior advantages enable me to 'ukcttoand from Europe at the lowest raU and to secure desirable cabins In advance of sailings. The generous patronage accorded uy prominent people in UllUti.l, Lincoln ami other .Nebraska cities attest the popular it of this office. ' C yff s -s &HUAS City l'atKBger and Ticket A sent, LIN'COLN, NCU. r r v- S I c