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-T-FftnTr " rijiwt'mrt'yft'?m-!!-H &'ritfrit0vtin'Q 'WfffW'W r JT" S "W CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY; JULY 27, 1N89, 3 HOW TO CONQUER. SERMON BY REV. DR. TALMAGE, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1889. Grent Crowds Present til Cult or I'nrk As sembly, Luko Mnxlnkurkec, Intl. Test, "When Slmll I AwnkeT I Will peek It Vet AriIii." Lark Ma.ti.vkuckkb, Irnl., July SI. Uov. T. Do Witt Tnlmnso prenched todny nt Culver Park nssombly, tills plnco,;rcat crowds being present from Indlmnpolls, Chicago nml surrounding regions. Ills subject was: "How to Conquer " The text wns! "When sbnll I nwnkol 1 will seek It yet ngnln." Prov xxlll, n.V Tlio eloquent preacher nld: With nil Insight Into human tmttiro such as no other mnn over renched, Solomon, lu my text, sketches tlio mentnl operntions of ono who, having stepped nsldo from tho iwith of rectltutlo, desires to return. With a wish for something hotter ho snid: "When slmll 1 awnkot When shall I coiuo out of this horrid nlghtmnro of Iniquity!" Dut, seized upon by unerndlcatcd hnblt, nnd forced down hill by his passions, ho crlos out: "1 will seek It yet ngnln. 1 will try It oneo rnoro." Our libraries are adorned with an elegant literature addressed to young men, (Minting out to them all tho dangers and ortln of Ufa complcto mnps of tho voyago, showing all tho rocks, tho quicksands, tho shoal. Dut sup posoa man has already mndo shipwreck ;suj poso ho Is already off tho track; suppose he hits already gono astray. How Is ho to get back That Isn field comparatively untouch od. I proposo to address myself to such. Thcro aro thoso In this audlcnco who, with ovcry Clou of their agonized soul, aro ready to such a discussion. They compnro them selves with what thoy were ten years ago, and cry out from tho bondago hi which they aro Incarcerated. Now, If thero 1k any hero, como with an earnest purposo, yet feeling thoy aro beyond tho palo of Christian sym pathy, and that tho sermon can hardly bo ex pected to address them, then, at this moment, I givo them my right hand, and call them brother. Look upl Thero Is glorious and tri umphant hopo for you yet. I sound tho trumpet of Gospel deliverance, Tho church Is ready to spread a banquot at your return, and tho hlerarchs of heaven to fall into lino of bannered procession at tho news of your emancipation. So far as God may help mo, 1 proposo to show what are tho obstacles of your return, nnd then how you nro to sur mount thoso obstacles. Tho first difficulty In tho way of your return Is tho force of moral gravitation, Just as thcro Is a natural law which brings dowu to tho earth anything you throw Into tho air, so thero Is a corresponding moral gravitation. In other words, it la easier to go down than it is to go up; it b easier to do wrong than It is to do right. Call to mind tho comrades of your boyhood days somo of them good, somo of them bad which most affected you I Call to mind the anecdotes that you havo heard In tho last flvo Cr ten years somo of them aro puro and some of thorn impure Which tho moro cosily sticks to your memory! During tho years of your llfo you havo formed certain courses of con duct somo of them good, somo of them bad. To which style of habit did you tho moro cosily ylold! Ah, my friends, wo havo to tako but a moment of self Inspection to find out that thero is In all our souls a force of moral grav itation! But that gravitation may bo ro tated. Just as you may pick up from tho earth somothiug and hold it lu your hand toward heaven, Just so, by tho power of God's graco, a soul fallen may bo lifted toward peace, toward pardon, toward heaven. Force of moral gravitation in ovcry ono of us, but power In God's Brace- to overcome that force Of moral gravitation. J THE rOWKIl OP EVIL 1IAD1T. Tho next thing in tho way of your return Is tho power of ovll habit. I know thcro aro thoso who say it is very easy for thorn to givo up evil habits. I do not beliovo them Hero is a man given to Intoxication. Ho knows it is disgracing his family, destroying his property, ruining him, body, mind and soul. If that man, being an Intelligent man, and loving his family, could cosily givo up that habit, would ho not do sol Tho fact that ho does not givo It up proves it Is hard to givo It up. It Is a very easy thing to sail dowu stream, tho tido enrrylug you with groat forco; but supposo you turn tho boat up stream, is it so easy then to row It I As long as wo yield to tho ovll inclinations In our hearts, and our bad habits, wo aro sail ing down stream; but tho moment we try to turn, wo put our boat In tho rapid just above- Niagara, and try to row up Stream. Tako a mau given to tho habit of using tobacco, as most of you do, and let him rosolvo to stop, and bo finds it very difficult. Twenty-soven years ago I quit that habit, and I would as soondaro to put my right hand lu tho lire us ouco to lndulgo In It. Why! Bo causo It was such a tcrrlfla strugglo to get over It. Now, let a man bo advised by his physician to givo up tho uso of tobacco. Ho goes around not knowing what to do with himself. Ho cannot add up a lino of figures. He cannot sleep nights. It seems as If tho world had turned upsldo down. Ho feels his business Is going to ruin. Whero ho was kind and obliging bo Is scolding and fretful Tho composuro that charac terized him has given, way to a fretful restlessness, and ho has becomo a complcto fidget. What power Is It that has rolled a wavo of woe over tho earth and shnken a por tent In tho heavens! Ho has trlod to stop smoking or chowlngl After a whllo ho says, "I am going to do as 1 plenso. Tho doctor doesn't understand my case. I'm going back to my old habit," And ho returns. Every thing assumes Its usual composuro. II li bus iness seems to brighten. Tho world becomes an attractive placo to llvo In. His children, toeing tho difference, hail tho return of their father's gonial disposition. What wavo of color has dashed bluo into tho sky and green ness Into tho mountain foliage, and tho glow of sapphlro Into tho sunset! What enchant ment has lifted a world of beauty and joy on his soul! Ho has gouo back to tobacco I IT 18 A TASKJtAhTEK. Oh, tho fact is, us wo all know In our own experience, that habit isa taskmaster; as long as wo oboy it. It does not chastUo us; but let us resist, and wu find wo arn to bo lashed with scorpion whips and bound with (.hip cable, and thrown intd tho track of bone breaking Juggernauts! During tho war of XHVi, thero was a ship sot on lire just above Niagara Falls, and then, cut looso from its moorings, it camo on dowu through tho night and tossed over tho falls. It was said to havo been a scenu brilliant beyond all description. Well, thero aro thousands of men on lira of evil habit, coming dowu through tho rapids and through tho awful might of temptation toward tho eternal plunge. Oh! bow hard it is to arrest them. God only can arrest them. Supposo a man after five, or ten, or twenty years of evil doing, resolves to do right! Why, all tho force of darkness aro allied against htm. Ho cannot sleep nights. Ho gets down ou his kueos lu tho midnight and cries, "God help mol" Ho bites his lips. Ho grinds bis teeth. Ho clenches his list In his determination to keep his purpose. Ho dare not look at tho bottles lu tho window of a wlno store. It was ono long, bitter, exhaustive, band-to-band fight, with Inflamed, tnntnlyz leg and merciless habit. When ho thinks ho is entirely fns. thoold Inclinations pounco upon him like a p.icl; of hounds with their muzilcu tearing nway at the Hanks of one oor reindeer In I'nristhoro isn sculptured represcntntlon of Bacchus, tho god of rovclry. He It rldhig on n panther at full leop Oh, how suggestive' Lot every ono who is sliced lug on bad wny understand he Is not riding ndodlenud well broken steed, but ho is rid lug n mounter, wild and bloodthirsty, going atn death leap "WHKN SHALL I AWAKE!" How many thero are who roitolvp on n bet tor life mid sayt "When shall I nwnko!" Uut, seized on by their old habits, cryi "I vllltryltonco moro; I will sock It yet ngnln I" Years ngo thero werosomo Princeton stu dents who were skating, nnd tho Ico was very thin, and somo ono warned tho company hack from tho a!r hole, mid finally warned them entirely to leavo tho placo. Hut ono young man, with bravado, after all tho rest had stopped, cried outi "Ono round moroi" Ho swept around nml went down, nnd wns brought out n corpse. My friends, thcro nro thousands nnd tens of thousands of men losing their souls in that wny. It Is tho ono round more. I havo also to say that If n man wants to return from ovll practices society repulses him. Desiring to reform ho snys, "Now, I will ihnko off my old associates, nnd I will find Christian companionship." And ho'np pcars nt tho church door somo Sabbath day, and tho usher greets him with n look, at much ns to say, "Why, you hero! You nro tho last man 1 over exacted to seo nt church I Como, tako this sent right down by tho doorl" Instead of saying, "Good morning; 1 nm glad you aro hero. Como; I will givo you u first rato seat, right up by tho pub pit." Well, tho prodigal, not yet dlscour nged, enters tho prayer meeting, nnd somo Christian man with moro zeal than common sense, says, "Glad to seo you. Tho dy ing thief was saved, and 1 suppose thero Is mercy for you I" Tlio young man, disgusted, chilled, throws himself back on Ids dignity, resolved ho nover wdl cuter tho houso of God again. Perhaps not qulto fully discouraged about reformation, ho sides up by somo liighly rcspectnblo man ho used to know going down tho street, nnd immediately tho rcstioctublo mnn has an errand dowu somo other street! Well, the prodigal, wishing to return, takes somo mem ber of n Christian association by tho hand, or trios to. Tho Chrlstinn young mnn looks nt him, looks nt the fnded apparel nnd the mnrkfl of dissipation, and Instead of giving him n warm grip of tho hand, offers him the tip end of tho long fingers of tho left hand, which Is equal to striking a man in tho face. Oh, how fow Christian icoplo understand bow much forco nnd gospel thcro Is In n good, honest hnndshnklugl Sometimes, when you havo felt tho need of encouragement and somo Christian man has taken you heartily by tho hand, havo you not felt that thrilling through ovcry fiber of your body, mind and soul, an encouragement that was Just what you needed t You do not know anything at all about this unless you know when a man tries to return from ovll courses of conduct, ho runs against repulsions innumerable, We i say of somo man, ho lives a block or two from tho church or half a mllo from the church. Thero aro people in our crowded cities who llvo a thousand miles from the church. Vast deserts of indifference between them and tho houso of God. Tlio fact is, we must keep our respectability, though thou sands nnd tens of thousands perish. Christ sat with publicans and sinners. Uut If there comes to tho houso of God a man with marks of dissipation upon him. people throw up their hands lu horror, as much as to say, "Isn't It shocking!" How theso dainty, fastidious Christians In all our churches are going to get Into heaven I don't know, un less they havo au especial train of cars, cush ioned and upholstered, each ono a car to him self 1 They cannot go without tho great herd of publicans nud shiners. Oh, yo, who curl your lip of scorn at tho fallen, I tell you plainly, If you had bcn surrounded by the somo Influences, instead of sitting today amid tho cultured and tho refined and tho Chris tian, you w ould havo been a crouching wretch in stablo or ditch, covered with filth and abomination! It Is not bocauso you are naturally any lxtter, but bocauso tho mercy of God has protected you. Who aro you, that brought up lu Christian circles, and watched by Christian parentage you should bo so hard on tho fallen! I think men av aro often hindered from return by tho fact that churches aro too anxious about their membership nud too anxious about their denomination, and thoy rush out when thoy seo a man nliout to give up his sin and return to God, uud ask him how ho U golug to bo baptized, whether by sprinkling or by Immersion, nnd what kind of a church bo Is going to join. Ob, my friends! it is a poor timo to talk about Pres byterian catechisms, and Episcopal liturgies, and Methodist lovo feasts, and baptisteries tc a man that Is coming out of tho darkness of sin into tho glorious Hght of tho Gospel. Why, it reminds mo of a man drowning In tho sea and a lifeboat puts out for him, and tho mau in tho boat says to the man out of tho boot: "Now, If I get you ashore, nro you going to livo in my street)" First got him ashore, nnd then talk about tho uon-eysoutlals of roligiou. Who cares what church ho joins, if ho only jolm Christ and starts for heaven! Oh, you ought to havo, my brother, an Illumined fnco, nnd a hearty grip for every ouo that trios to turn from his ovll way! Tako hold of tho same book with him, though his dissipations shake tho book, remembering that ho that converts eth a sinner from tho error of his ways shall Eavo a foul from death, and htdo a multitude of sins. HOW TUB SHACKLES MAY DE LOOSED. Now, I havo shown you theso obstacles Ihj causo I wai.t you to understand I know all tho difficulties In tho way; but I am now to toll you how Hannibal may scalo tho Alps, and how tho shackles may bo unrlvctod, and how tho paths of virtue forsaken mny be re gained. Firstof all, my brother, throw your self on God. Go to him frankly and earnestly, and tell him theso habits you havo, and ask him if there Is any help In all tho resources of omnipotent lovo, to givo it to you. Do not go with a long rigmarolo tieoplo call prayer, made up of "ohs" nnd "nlm" nnd "forever nnd forever aniens I" Go to God nnd cry for help! help! help! And if you cannot cry for help just look nnd livo. I remember In tho wur 1 was at Autietam and 1 went iuto the hospitals after the battle, and I said to a man. "Whero nro you hurt!" Ho mode no answer, but held up his arms swollen and splintered. 1 saw whero In was hurt. Tho slmplo fact is, when u man has a wounded soul, nil bo has to do Is to hold It up before a sympathetic Lord and get It healed. It does not tako any long prayer. Just hold up tho wound. Oh, it is no small thing when a man U nervous and weak and exhausted, coming irom his ovll ways, to feel that God pit ft. two omnipotent arms around about him and says: "Young mau, I will stand by you I Tho mountains may depart and the hills hi removed, but 1 will nover fall you." And then, as tho soul thinks the nows Is too good to bo truo, nnd cannot bo llcvo It, nnd looks up in God's lace, God lifts his right hand nud tnkes an oath.uuaflldavlt, saying; "As 1 llvo, taith tho Lord God, I have no pleasure In tho death of him that dUh." thank oon ran tub oosrru Blessed bo God for such a Gospel as this. "Cut tho idlecs thin," ki d tho wlfoto tho hut . bmd, "or thero will not lo enough to go nil around for tho children! cut the slice thin." UUcd I Ood thero Is n full loaf for every , ouo that wntit It, bread enough nud to svm . No thin slices ut tho Iord's tnblo. I reiuoin Iter when the Mnoter StivCk luwpltnl, lu Phlln I delphln, uu opened during tho wnr, n tele gram cnnii) wtylnj, "There will bo three- hun drcd miiiiuutl men to-night, ho ready to take care or menu" nud from my church thero went In mi:ii twenty or thirty men nnd women to Kmk after these oor wounded fel lows. As they came, fome from one part of tho land, tome from another, no olio usked whether this man wns from Oregon, or from Massachusetts, or from Minnesota, or from Now York. Thero was a wounded soldier, nnd tho only question wns how to tako off tho rags most gently, nnd put on tho lnudngo, nud administer tho cordial. And w hen a soul comes to God, ho does not ask w here you enmo from or whnt your nn costry wns Healing for nil your wounds. Pardon for nil your guilt. Comfort for nil your troubles. Then, nlso, I count-el you, If you wnnt to get back, to quit nil your bad nssociatlons. Ono unholy Intimacy will nil your soul with moral dltcmcr. In nil tho nges of the church them has not !ccn nn instnnco where n mnn kept ono evil rvsoclato nud wns re formed. Among tho fourteen hundred mill ion of tho race not ono Instance, Go home todny, open your desk, tako out lottor pnpor, stamp nud envelox, nnd then wrlto a letter something llko thlst "My old companions: I start this dny tor heaven. Until I nm persunded you will join mo ly this, fnrewell," you jiuht UKNOu.vcn o.i: on the other. Then sign your unmo nnd send tho lotter with tho lirst post, Givo up your bad com panions or give up heaven. It Is not ten bad companions that destroy n mnn, nor flvo lind compinlons, nor three bail companions, but one. What chauco Is thero for that young man 1 saw along thostreet, four or llvo young men with him, halting lu front of n grog shop, urging him to go In, ho resisting, vio lently resisting, until nfter a whllo thoy forced him to go lu! It wns n summer night nnd tho door was left open, nud I saw the process. They held him fast, nnd they put tho cup to his litis, nnd they forced down the strong drink. Whnt chnuco is thero for such a young man! I counsel you nlso seek Chrlstinn ndvlco. Every Christian man Is hound to help you. First of nil, seek God; then seek Chrlstinn counsel. Gather up nil tho energies of body, mind nnd soul, nud, appealing to God for sue cess, declare this day everlasting wnr against nil drinking habits, nil gnmbllng practices, nil houses of sin. Half-and-half work will amount to nothing; it mutt I hi n Waterloo. Shrink back now and you nro lost. Push on and you aro saved, A Spartan general fell at tho very moment of victory, but ho dipped hU linger In his own blood nnd wroto on a rock near which ho was dying, "Sparta hm conquered." Though your strugglo to get rid of slu mny seem to lu almost a ilcntL strugglo, you can dip your finger In youi own blood nnd wrlto on tho Rock of Ages "Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Oh, what glorious nows It would 1h foi somo of theso young men to send homo tc their parents. They go to tho postolUci every dny or two to seo whether I hero an nny letters from you. How anxious they an to hear. SEND THE GOOD NEWS HOME. Somo ouo said to a Grecian general, "What was tho proudest moment in your lifef II( thought n moment, nnd said: "Tho proudest moment in my llfo wns when I sent word homo to my parents that I had gained the victory " And tho proudest nud most bril Hunt moment in your lifo will bo tho moment when you can send word to your parents that you have conquered your ovll habits by th( graco of God nnd becomo eternnl victor. Oh despise not parental anxiety I The tlmo nil como when you will hnvo neither father noi mother, and you will go around tho place whero they used to watch you and fine them gono from tho houso nud gono froir tho field, nnd gono from tho neighbor hood. Cry ns loud for forgiveness us yoj mny over tho mound in tho churchyard thov will not answer Dead! Dead! And then you will lako "ouf tho Iilto lock of hnlr thnt was cut from your mother's brow Just beforo they buried her, ami you wit tako tho enno with w hlch your father used e walk, and you will think and think and wisL thnt you had done just ns they wanted vol to, nnd would glvo tho world If you hat never thrust a pang through their dear olo hearts. Ood pity tho poor young man w he has brought dlsgrnco on his father's name God pity tho young man who has broken bit mother's heart! Better if ho had nover been born better If, In tho first hour of Ids llfo, Instead of being laid against tho warm bosom of maternal tcudorness, ho had been coffined nnd sepulcbered. Thero Is no balm .powerful enough to heal tho heart of ono who hai brought parents to a sorrowful gravo, and who wanders nbout through the dismal ccmotcry, rending tho hnlr nnd wringing the hands and crying, "Mother! Mother!" Oh, that today, by all tho memories of tho pas! and by all tho hopes of tho f uturo, you would yield your heart to Ood! May your father'! God and your mother's God bo your God foroverl I'lno Writing. Thcro Is a grent denl of flno writing done on somo of the Now York dnllles. A repor ter on ono occasion wishing to state that Joe Coburn, tho ox-convict and prizo fighter, struck his benefactor, tho eceeutrlc million alro, Luw, a blow on tho faco for refusing tc udvauco a loan, uses tho following language "Tho story goes that Coburn asked for It.OOO on tho spot, thnt Law didn't seo It, and thnt Coburn promptly landed tho par ticular nuserino fowl of auriferous tenden cies on whom ho has constantly backed, o 'swat' which tumbled him in tho sawdust." This is positively an improvement on the words of tho fastidious clerevmnn whe altered a well known text to, "It is tho pro- rogiuivo oi innocence to project tno initia tory liowlder." Texus Sif tings. A Long Journey for Six Cent. Two weeks ngo George, tho l.Vyenr-old son of Mr. HerU'rt, of the city eugiueer's office, ran away from homo nud was no: heard of ngnln until yesterday, n lieu his futher re ceived a letter from him nniiounehig his safe arrival lu San Francisco, whero ho is camped with relatives residing lu that city. When George faded awuy from Deuver his financial assets aggregated six cents lu postngo stamps. At tho closo of a 1,300 mllo Journey ho had nn accounting nud found himself tho proud pos sessor of f 5. Should he continue hi Journey nround tho world it is apprehended that ho will return to Denver in possession of n handsome competence. Deuver Republican. A Chapter of Cnliiniltlrs, A southern merchant had u chanco tho other dny to tlntl tho first cause of an acci dent which happened lu his storo, A rattle snnko frightened a cat, that scared n hen, that knocked u Jar of Jam from n shelf, w hlch hit the fnueet of n barrel of molasses, which turned the faucet, causing the loss of n barrel of molos4. Uut the man who sends a boy who orders goods which nourishes tho body which supports the mau who nover intends to ay for a bat he received is often moro expen sive tbnu this rattlesnake Northwest Trade, THE CIRCU9. Whnt tho lllll ItimnU llilu The Truth About It. The man who designs tho works of nrt thnt decorate tho bill boanls throughout tho United Stntes nt this season of tho yenr should hnvo K-en consulted beforo tho first menngerle wns mndo to order for Adam nnd Kvonnd turned loose In tho garden of Eden H -5 Lrtnr arnoNO-noLn in his nore nAtNciNo ACT. Ho could hnvo given valuable- pointers nbout tho proKr pruortloiu of tho vnrlous ani mals, nud would hnvo nddeil to tho collection bensts nud birds and reptiles which could now bo used to advantage. The circus nrtlst Is n wonderful mnn, with n piieuomeuni sizuot imagination ami a in-l preum contempt for fncts. Ho looks with disdain upon the modern renllstlo school of nrt. He has no uso for realism. Tho circus nrtlst probably knows Ids business. For ninny, many yenrs ho hiu been drawing pic tures of elephants forty feet high tramping their wny majestically through scene of Oriental splendor. Flvo generations hnvo stood wllli glaring eyes nnd ojien mouths be foro these grent works of tho lithographer's nrt, They hnvo patronized each succeeding circus, nud swallowed tho rising lump of dls apK)inlnient occasioned by tho discovery that the seventy-llvo foot glrnffo could stnnd erect In n seven foot cnge. Ono hundrod yenrs from now It will lie tho snmo. No mau looks nt tho bill boards nfter tho circus has left town. As ho passes by ho looks the other wny. It Is n matter of rcgrot thnt the circus Is so far behind tho progress mndo by the nrtlst nnd tho ndvnnco agent. The ndvnnco agent Is n talented gentleman, with nn enthusiastic tenierament. As tho circus becomes moro nnd more nntiquntcd the udvnuco ngcut grows moro eloquent. Ho announces thnt nil former achievement!) will bo cast in thoshndo; that tho colossal aggre gation is grander than over nnd thnt tho price of admission will not lw increiwed. Tho circus urtlxt Is equal to tho occasion Ho de signs a new elephant, with a trunk thirty feet In length, nud draws n vivid representa tion of a llfo and death fight between tho wild ynt of Patagonia and a comiuiny of sailors who hnvo stepped ashoro from a man-of-wnr. "LA TASCOV," THE IJUMAN FLY, DIVINO INTO A NET. Tho Chlengo Herald presents a series of pictures, I oducod from photographs, depict ing nctunl scenes in ouo of tho greatest ag gregations over exhibited beneath canvas. i Their accuracy will not bo questioned by ' thoso who hnvo visited tho circus recently. Ilcfercncu Is made to tho spirited drawing of "La Ttttcot, tho Human Fly," lu her daring act of diving iuto a net, Tho artist has evi dently made a mistake in his perspective, for as tho picture Is drawn tho suggestion that tho stakes uro too short force? ((self on alj who mako a critical analysis of this spirited sketch. Tho "La Tascot" on tho bill boards Is a far prettier female, but her faco lacks tho decision and chnrncter portrayed In tho original. Mnny are disappointed that tho dlvo is not mndo head first, as per advertise ment, but this feeling soon passes away. The urtlst has shown Signoor Kelly hi tho star act of tho evening. Signoor Kelly Is tho champion "lienr-buck" rider of tho world. Those not acquainted with tho dangers which surround tho llfo of a circus performer may fall to properly appreciate tho risk taken by Signoor Kelly In tho feat undertaken by him ns thowu lu tho sketch. Thero is a chnnco that tho upright so firmly grnK-d by tho rider mny break or pull out, Whnt would becomo of tho unfortunate mau! He would bo dashed to tho sawdust track. Then, again, the horso might drop dead Thoso not In th business hnvo no right to crlticiso, but it is bard to keep out of ono's mind tho recollec tion of n sreuo shown on tho bill boards, whero u flying horse dashes around tho groat ring, currying on his back a graceful rider, whoso toes seem hardly to touch tho gallop lug stood. BIUNOIt S1KLLY, THE DEAn-UUCIC niSKR. Thcro Is no uso in kicking becauso the man who was advertised to turn thirteen times over twelve largo elephants simply jumps off of a ip'liigboaiil and turns a somersault over ono solitary, melancholy pachyderm with a far away look in ills olf eye. Not half of the people (n the vust audience would dnre to per form that act. But lu spite of all theso petty disappoint ments it U everlasting fun to seo the circus. A .llr In Nitmo Only. Mrs. Parvenu Mr. Travis, you know ev ery IkxIv. Who Is that pretty girl over there, sitting on thedlvauf Mr, TravU That Is oti of my Mr rs, Mrs. Parvenu, Mr. Parvenu Indeed! You don't look ni If you lieloiiged to the samo family. Mr. TrnvU (sadly) No, nnd we never shall Burllugtou Free Press. .wv" .v lv mnsTgi " MJt JJ "3SWSB(OBfcSp 0 QUICK MEAL RUDGE & 1 122 N BEK---. r SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT t. Wo ben lenvo to Inform our Lincoln patrons nnd the public In Kcncrnl thnt our Importation of FINE Novelties for Sprii g and Summer Arc now rendy for Inspection. Wc hnvc n much Inrjjcr nnd liner uisortiiKiit thnn ever beforo. Cnll nnd sec our Inlcst novelties from London nnd I'nrls. Dress Suits a Specialty. guckert & Mcdonald, 316 S. 16th St., Omaha, Nob. slllllHS3HPMMPPH9Li J. F. LANSING linndllouuht nnd Hold, Mouses llented. Abstracts furnished, Tuxes Pnlil for Nou-ltcslilcnts uud nil other ImMiRMt pertalnliiK to Ilea! Kstuto promptly attended to. ST4,'rV Where nil .ilnds of -i; Buggies, Carriages or Saddle Horses, Cnn he lind nt nnv lie, Dny or Night, on hhort notice, Horses Boiirclod and w. . .nken care of at Reasonable Rates, Call p.nd sc us, io: Q street, or give all orders by Telephone 147. IwHilSliHSBB? f JhhoBS 3JDM IfllailiflKnSiiMIJiillfl. .8L 3MHssWHsCK!!iBfe? ltntes lenMiniiMe, Kverytluntt new nud complete. IPronipt rervlre nud tho bett menu In Ouuihii. Hot nnil cold wilier In every loom. Olllc. nnd dlnlnit hull on ttrxt lloor. All mod ern Improvement. I Inutilities uIwiijh Heelve n enrdlnl welcome. Cnll nmUeo us whllo In Omuhii. You cnn net into the rnrs nt depot nnd tnko HAHNKY ST., CAULK LINK lUUKCT TO Tim 1)0011, Cor. Hth nnd Hnrnoy. In . P Iliniiv, Clerk. II. HILLOWAY, Proprietor. jTrffWrPW MflHlTMlilii ifsHliiliUSH the nick of time, and "just strikes the spot." The quiet' enjoyment of n frngrnnt Ha vana In a charmingly decorated nnd gorgcotif smoking apartment, nnd finally n pence ful deep in n bed of mewy linen nnd downy soltncts. Such Is life on the "HUR LINGTON" KOL TE. What other line or combination of lines can offer )0 thcic advantages? NOT ONE. Please remember thU when next you travel. :5S22TTO&&22i 'V Information of all kinds pertain ing to Railroad or Ocean steam ship Tickets promptly answered. G. V. HOLDREGE, GenM Mgr., J. FRANCIS, G. P. and T. A., OMAHA, NEI1. l i 1 it iT m fcrrini n niMriMfii i HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE, Leonard Refrigerators, Hot Air Furnaces, Van's Wrought Iron Ranges, MORRIS. Street. LINCOLN I1RANCII OF Max Meyer & Bro., wholttsla and RcUII Otslers In PIANOS ORGANS. General western iikchIs for tlio Htoln wiiv, Kiialie, Uhlckerlnir, Vose, Krnst Onliler, llchr llros., Newby A Kviiiin, nml Hlcrllng. ' Pianos mnrkrd lu plnln fltures-prlcei iilwnH tho lowest for the grade of planni C. M. HANDS, Manager. A'2 North 11th Stroot. REAL ESTATE Fire Insurance and Loan Broker. Itoom lllltleliurd's lllock.l IWrfll W Vah Cor. utii nud o HtrcetN, LlnliULU, fl60, FINEST LIYERY RIGS In the City nil come from the Graham Brick Stables 1027 Q STREET, THE MURRAY Omaha's Leading Hotel. Opened Hcpt. 1, 1888.; Finest Hotel in the West A BEAUTIFULLY UPHOLSTERED RECLINING CHArR thnt is the very embodiment " re nr.d 'i vi n , u friendly game of WliUt, n choice vo.un.e from the w ' KtocUu hbmr), n proui ennde from enr to car (the hnndtotue vitiibulc excluding all diut, smoke, rain or wind, nnd thu rendering the promenade n de lightful nnd novel pastime). A sumptuous meal that comes in My superior advantages enable me tc ticket to and from Europe at the lowest rati and to secure desirable cabins In advance of fallings. The generous patronage accorded me by prominent people of Omaha, Lincoln and other Nebraska clticb attest the popular- ot " ow,ce- -cauaS City Passenger and Ticket Agent. LINCOLN, NEB. SZlts Lsr s - il l