CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER , 1,2, 1889.
A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
DR.
TALMAQE SPEAKS OF
COMING WORLD'S FAIR.
Till Trit I fivui Kick lei xxvll, ISi
Trailed In Tliy fairs" Pointed
THE
gurs-
tlott of National
tlm (Ircnt Dlvlno.
SlcnlHrnurn Asknt by
DnooKLTN, Oct a Tlio Nov. T. Do Witt
Talmage, D. D., preached In tho Tntiomnclo
this morning on tho subject, "The, Coming
World's Fair, Shall It Uj Mndo n Illosslng or
a Cursor Ills text vvns Kzcktol xxvll, 12:
"Thoy traded In thy fair." lip said!
Fairs may lw for tho snlo of goods or (or
tho exhibition of goods on n small scnlo or it
largo scnle, for county or city, for ono imtlon
or for nil nations. My toxt brings us to
tho fnlrs of nuclont Tyro, a city that Is now
oxtinct. Part of tho city was on an Island
and part on tho mainland. Alexander, tho
conqueror, was much embarrassed when ho
found M much of tho city was on an Island,
for ho had no ships. Hut his military genius
was not to bo balked. Having marched his
army to tho beach, ho ordered them to tear
up tho city on tho mainland and throw It
Into tho water, and build n causowny two
hundred feet wldo to tho island. So they
took that part of tho city which was on tho
mainland and with It built a causowny of
timber and brick and stouo, on which his
army marched to tho capture of that jmrt of
tho city which was on tho Island, as though a
hostile army should put Hrooklyn into tho
East river nnd over It march to tho capturo
of Now York. That Tyrlan cauoway of
ruins which Alexander's army built Is still
there, and by alluvial deposits has perma
nently united tho Island to tho mainland, so
that it is no longer nu island but n promon
tory. Tho sand, tho greatest of all undertakers
for burying cities, having covered up for tho
most part llaalbeo and Palmyra nnd Thebes
and Momphls and Carthago and ltiibylou and
Luxor and Jericho; tho Mind, so small and
yet so mighty, Is now gradually giving rltea
of sepulture to what was left of Tyro. Hut,
oh, what a magnlllccnt city It onco was I Mis
tress of tho seal Queen of International com
mcrcol All nations costing their crowns at
her feotl Whero wo havo In our sailing ves
sels benches of wood, sho had benches of
ivory. Whoro wo havo for our mo.sU of
ships sails of coarso ennvas, sho hod 'sails of
richest embroidery. Tho chapter from which
my toxt Is tokon, after enumerating tho
richest countries in oil tho world, saysof Tyro:
"They traded In thy fairs." Look in upon a
world's fair at Tyro.
Ezoklel loads us through ono department
and It Is a horso fair. Under fed and over
driven for ages, tho hones of today glvo you
no idea of tho splendid animals which, rear
ing and plunging nnd snorting and neighing,
wcro brought down over tho plonk of tho
ships and lod into tho world's fair at Tyro,
until Ezoklel, who was a minister of religion
and not supposed to know much about horses,
cried out In admiration: "Thoy of tho houso
of Togormoh traded In thy fairs with horses."
Hero In nnothcr deportment of thot world's
fair nt Tyiv, led on by Ezekicl tho prophet,
wo find overythlng all ablazo with precious
stones. Liko pctrllled snow are tho corals;
liko fragments of fallen sky are tho sap
plilrcs, nnd hero U ugato n-blush with all
colors. What Is that aroma wo Inhnlof It
is from chests of cedar which wo uieu, and
find them filled wltii all styles of fabric.
Dul tho uromatics Increase ns wo pass down
this lane of enchantment, aud hero uro cassia
and frankincense aud balm. Led on by Ezo
klel tho prophet, wo como to nn agricultural
fair with n display of wheat from MInulth
and Pannag, rich as that of our modern Da
kota or Michlgau.
And hero Is a mlncraloglcal fair with spec
imens of Iron and silvor nnd tin nnd lead
and gold. Hut halt, for hero is purplo, Ty
rlan purple, all tints and shades, deep almost
unto tho block, and bright almost unto tho
bluo; waiting for kings and queens to order
it mado into robes for coronation day; purplo
not liko that which is now mode from tho
orchllln weed, but tho oxtinct purple, tho
lost purplo, which tho ancionts know how to
make out of tho gasteropod uiollusks of tho
Mediterranean. Oh, look at thoso casks of
wiuo from Ilelvou. Soo thoso snow bonks of
wool from tho bock of sheep that onco pas
tured in G I load. Oh, tho bewildering riches
and varloty of that world's fair at Tyro,
TIIU faiiis or THE WOULD.
But tho world has copied these HI Mo men
tioned fairs In nil succeodiug ages, nnd it has
bad its Louis tho Sixth fair at Dagobert, and
Henry tho First fair on St. Bartholomew's
day, and Hungarian fairs at Pesth, hud Easter
fairs at Lolpsic, nnd tho Scotch fairs at Perth
(bright was tho day w hen I was at ono of
them), aud after thorn como tho London
World's fair, and tho Now York World's
fair, nnd tho Vienna World's fair, and
tho Parisian World's fair, aud it has
been decided that In commomoratlou of tho
discovery of America in 1403 there shall bo
held in this country In 16U3 u World'H fair
that shall ccllpso all preceding national expo
sitions. I bay, Ood speed the movomentl
Surely tho event commemorated is worthy
of all tho architecture nnd music nnd pyro
technics nud eloquence aud stupendous plan
ning nnd monetary oxjwndlturo nnd con
gressional appropriations which tho most son
gulno Christian patriot has over dreamed of.
Was any voyago that tho world over hoard
of crowned with such an arrival as that of
Columbus and his men!
After thoy had been encouraged for tho
last fow days by flight of land birds and
floating blanches of rod berries, and while
Columbus was down in tho cabin studying
the sea chart, Martin Pinion, standing on
deck and looking to tho southwest, crlod:
"Land I Land I Land I" And "Gloria in
Excclsis" was sung with raining tears on all
the tbroo Bbips of tho expedition. Most ap
propriate aud patriotic aud Christian will bo
a cotnmomoratlvo world's fair in America in
1603. Leaving to others the discussion as to
the elto of such exposition aud I wonder
not that some flvoor six of our cities aro
struggling to havo it, for it will glvo to any
city to which it may lie assigned an impulse
of prosperity for a hundred years I say,
leaving to others tho selection of tho partic
ular locality to bo thus honored, I want to
say soma things from tho point of Christian
patriotism which ought to bo sold, aud tho
curlier tho better, that wo may got thousands
of people, talking in tho right direction, aud
that will make healthful public opinion. I
beg you to cousider prayerfully what I fool
called upon of Ood as an American citizen
and as a preacher of righteousness to utter.
CITIES SHOULD NOT DKI CIATK K ACII OTUKH,
My first suggestion Is .at It Is not wUe, as
certaluly it is not Christian, to continuo this
wido and persistent uttciupt of American cit
ies to belittle and depreciate other cities. It
has been golug ou for years, but now the
spirit seems to culminate in this discussion as
to whero tho World's fair shall bu held, a
style of discussion which has a tendency to
Injure the success of the fair as a great moral
and patriotic enterprise, after the loculity
has been decided upon, There is sueh a
thing ns healthful rivalry between cities,
but you will bear me out in saying thot there
(.it it Ihi no good to con from thtt uncanny
things said about each thor by .Now York
mid Chl-'iw by Cblcimo rV Hi T mis, by
Bt. Paul nnd Minneapolis, by Tneom and
Seattle, and all through tho states by almost
svory two proximate cities.
All cities, liko Individual, havo their vir
tues and their vices. All our American cities
should bo our exultation. Whnt cliurclicsl
What public llbrorlesl What nsylunis of
mercy I What ncademlcs 'of inuslel Whnt
mighty men In low nud medicine nnd nrt
nnd scholarship! What schools nnd colleges
nnd universities! What women, radiant nnd
gracious, nud nn Improvement ou all tho
generations of women slneo Evol What
philanthropists, who do not feel satisfied with
their own charities until they get Into tho
hundreds of thousand and the millions!
Whnt "God's ncres" for tho dead; gnrdcniof
beauty and Kilores of marble for thoso who
sleep tho last slccpl Now stop your slander
of American cities.
Do you Kay thoy aro tho centers of crlmo
nnd Klltlcnl corruption Pleno admit tho
fact that thoy aro tho centers of Intelligence
aud generosity nnd tho mightiest patrons of
nrchltecturo nnd sculpturo nud luilutlug nud
music nnd reservoirs of religious lulluenco for
nil tho continent, ft will Ih well for tho
country dsltrlcts to cease talking against tho
elites, nnu it win iss won lor iiiuciiyiu one
locality to stop talking against tho cities of
other localities. Now York will not get tho
World's fair by depreciating Chicago and
Chicago will not got tho World's fair by bom
barding Now York.
IIKM0I0N HIIOUI.D NOT YIKM) TO MOMCY.
Another suggestion concerning tho coming
exposition : lot not tho inntorinllstlo nnd
monetary Idea overpower tho mornl nnd re
I clous. Durlm: that oxixMltlon, tho first
tlmo in nil their lives, thero will lw thousands
of ieoplo from other hinds who will see n
country without n state religion. Ijt us by
nn Increased harmony among all denomina
tions of religion impress other nationalities as
thoy como here that year, with tho siiorlor
advnntago of having all denominations equal
in tho sight of government. All tho rulers
nnd chief men of Europe bolony to tho Btnto
religion, whntovcr it may bo.
Although our last two presidents hnvo been
Presbyterians, tho provlous ono was an Epis
copalian; nud tho two provlous, Methodists;
and going further I wick in that lino of presi
dents, we find Martin Van lhircn a Dutch
Reformed; and John Qulncy Adams, a Uni
tarian; nnd a nun's religion In this country
is neither hindrance nor ndvautago hi tho
matter of olttical elevation. All Europo
needs that. All tho world needs that. A
man's religion Is something between himself
nnd his God, nnd it must not, directly or in
directly, bo Interfered with.
CI1IU8T1AN CIVILIZATION A0AIN8T DAUUAIIIBM
Furthermore, during that exposition Chrls
tlnn civilization will confront barbarism. Wo
shall ns u tuition havo n greater opjiortuntty
to make an ovniigolizlng Impression upon
foreign nationalities than would othcrwiso
lie nITorded us in n quarter of a century. Lot
tho churches of tho city whero tho oxiosltlou
U hold lie open overy day nud prnyers bo of
fered nnd sermons preached and doxologics
sung. In tho less than three years liotwecn
tills and that world's convocation let us get n
baptism of tho Holy Ghost, so that tho six
months of that world's fair shall bo fifty
Pentecost in ono, nud Instead of three thou
sand converted, ns in tho former Pentecost,
hundreds of thousands will bo converted.
You must romomber that tho Pentecost
mentioned In tho lllblo occurred when thero
was no printing proa, no books, no Christian
pamphlets, no religious nowspapor, and yet
tho lulluenco was tremendous. Mow many
nationalities wore touched 1 Tlio account says:
"Parthlnna and Modes and Elamltes," that
Is, peoplo from tho eastern countries; "Phry
gla and Pamphyliu," that Is, tho western
countries; "Cyreno nud stronger of Homo,
Crctes nnd Arabians," that Is, tho western
countries but thoy wero nil moved by tho
mighty spectacle. Instead of the sixteen or
eighteen tribesof peoplo reortcd at that Pen
tecost, nil tho chief nations of Europo nud
Asia, North and South Amerlcn, will bo rei
rescnted nt our world's fnlr in 1892, and n
Pentecost hero nud then would mean the sal
vation of the round world. But, you say,
wo niny hnvo at that fair tho jwoplo of all
lands nnd all tho machinery of gospoltzntlon,
tho religious printing prcssos and tho
churches, but all that would not make a Pen
tecost; wo must havo God. Well, you can
havo him. Has ho not been graciously wait
ing! nud nothing stands In tho wny but our
own unbelief and Indolence and sin. May
God break down tho barriorsl
Tho crnndost opportunity for tho evangel
ization of nil nations slnco Jesus Christ died
on tho cross will Ihj tho World's exposition of
IKCJ. God may tnko us out of the harvest
field Ix-foro that, but let It be known through
out Christendom that thot year, between
May and November, will bo the mountain of
Christian advnntago, tho Alpine and Hima
layan height of opportunity overtopping nil
aI....i fi.M ui. I ..n l. f.tuti.flil it .lin .Inilf
nroeessof having to send tliu prosiwl to otliei
lands by our own American misslonm ies,
who havo dilllcult toil in acquiring tho for
eign language uud then must contend with
foreign prejudices, what n grand thing to
havo able and Inllucntlal foreigners convert
ed during their visit in America und then
havo them return to their natlvu lands with
tho glorious tidings. Oh, for nn overwhelm
ing work of grace for tho year 1K0, that
work beginning in tho autumn of 1850.
A OUEAT WOhLD'H PEACE C0.N0IIK8&
Another opportunity, If our public men
see It, nnd It is tho duty of pulpit nnd print
ing press to help them to see it, will bo tho
calling at that tlmo nud place of a great
peace congress for all nations. Tho conven
tion of representatives from tho govern
ments of North nud South America now at
Washington Is only a typo of what wo may
have ou a vast and world wide scale at tho
international cxposit' i of 1WCJ. Dy ono
stroko tho gorgon of jr might bo slain and
burled so deep that neither trumpet of hu
man dispute or of archangel's blowing could
resurrect It. When tho lost Napoleou called
such a congress of nations, many did not re
spond, and thoso that did respond gathered
wondering whnt trap that wily destroyer of
tho French republic aud the builder of a
French monarchy might spring on them.
Hut what if tho most Kpular government
on earth I mean the United Stau-s govern
ment should practically say to nil nations:
On tho American continent In IbW wo will
hold n world's fair, aud nil nations will send to
It specimens of their products, their manufac
tures nnd their arts, uud we invito nil the
governments of Kurcio, Asia and. Africa to
send representatives to u peace convention
that shall bo held at the some time uud place,
and that shall establish an International arbi
tration comiulhsloii, to whom shall be re
ferred all controversies between nation nnd
nation, their decision to tie final, nnd so all
nations would bo relieved from tho expense
of standing armies and navul equipment, war
having bet-u undo uu everlasting iuiosslbill
ty. AH the nations of tho earth worth con
sideration would como to it, mighty men of
England and Germany nnd Franco aud Rus
sia aud all the other groat nationalities. His
marck, who worships the Iord of Hosts, aud
Q lads tone, who worship tho God of Peace,
snd Doiilauger, who worships himself,
Tho fuct is that tho nations nro sick of
drinking out of chalices mado out of human
ikulli uud tilled with Mood The United
States government Is the only government in
the whole world that could successfully call
such u congress. Bupiioso Franco should call
r, (Iwrinanv would not como; or Germany
'xxv. jiu .
should call It, Franco would not comet or
Russia should call It, Turkpy would not como;
or England should rail U, nations long Jeal
ous of ho' overshadowing power In Europo
would not come, Ametlcn, In favor with nil
nationalities, standing out lndecudont nud
Mono, Is tho spot and IBM will bo tho time.
May is p'enso tho president of tho United
States, may It please tho secretary of state,
nmy It pl.viso tlio cabinet, tuny It p'oaso thn
senate uud houso of rcprmMilatlvcs, may It
please tho printing prcssuinnd tho churches
nud tho peoplo who lift up and put down our
American rnlorsl
To them I mnko this timely nnd solemn nnd
Christian appeal. Do you not think eoplo
die fat enough without this wholesale buli'li
eryof wnrl Do you not think that wecan
trust to pneumonias and consumptions nnd
nixiptcxk nnd jvilslos nud yellow fevers and
Asiatic choleras the work of killing them fast
enough! Do you not think that tlio greedy,
w ide open Jaws of tho grave ought to Iks satis
fied If filled by natural causr A with hundreds
of thousands of corpses n unrf Dojou not
think we can do something tatter with men
than to dash their life out against iwcmcuts
or blow them Into fragments by toredoos or
send them out Into tho world, whero they
need nil their faculties, footless, armless, oyo
less! Do you not think that women might Ihj
appointed to nu ensler place than the edge of
a grave trench to wring their palo hands nud
weep out their eyesight In widowhood nud
childlessness? Wy, tlio Inst glory has genu
out of wur.
Thero was a tlmo when It demanded that
quality which wo nil iidmlro nnmely, cour
age for a man had to stand nt tho hilt of his
sword when tho jKilnt pierced the fix), nud
while he was slaying another the other might
slay him; or It wns bayonet charge, lint
now It Is cool nnd delllierato murder, and
clear out at sen a Isiuilisholl can 1k hut list
miles nwny Into a city, or whilo thousands
of private soldiers who have no Interest In
the contest, for thoy wero conscripted, are
losing their lives their genernl may sit smok
ing one of tho best Havana cigars after n
dinner of quail on toast. It may be well
enough for graduating students of colleges on
commencement day to orate about the poetry
of war, but do not talk nlniut the jKxitry of
war to tho men of the Federal orl'onfodornto
armies who wero nt the trout, or to some of
us, who, ns momliors of the Christian com
mission, saw tho ghastly hospitals at Autle-
tam anil Hagcrstown. Ah I you may wor
ship tho 1ord or Hosts, I worship tho "Ood
of Peace, who brought again from tho dead
our Iiul Jesus Christ, that groat Shepherd
of tho sheep."
Wur Is nu accursed monster nnd It was
bum III tlio lowest cavern of perdition, nnd 1
pray tint it may sjicodlry descend to tho place
from which It arose, Its last sword and shield
and musket rattling ou tin Intuitu of tho red
hot miu'l of hell. Iot thero bo called n oaco
convention for 181CJ, with delegates sent by
nil the decent governments of Christendom,
nud while they nro in session, If you should
homo night go out nud look Into the sky
iiIkivo the exposition buildings, you may find
that the old gallery of crystal, that w as taken
down nfter tho Hothlehem nuthein of eighteen
centuries ago was sung out, Is rebuilt again
In tho clouds, nud tho sumo angcllo singers
are returned, with tho samo librettos of light,
to chant "Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will to men."
DO NOT IMI-OUT FOUKION VICKH.
Again, ( suggest in regard to the World's
fair that, while appropriate places aro pro
pared for all foreign exhibits, we make no
room for tho imjHirtntiou of foreign vices,
America has enough of Its own, and wo need
no now Installments of that kind. A world's
fnlr will bring all kinds of coplo, good nud
bad. Tlio good wo must prouiro to welcome,
the kid we must prejinru to shun. The at
tempt will again lo mado in 1WU, as lu INTO,
to break up our American Sabbaths. That
attempt was made at tho Philadelphia centen
nial, but was defeated. The American Sab
bath Is the !cst kept Sabbath ou earth. Wo
do not want it broken down, aud substituted
in tho piaco thereof tho Hrussels Sabbath, tho
Vicuna Subbath, tho St. Petersburg Sabbath
or nuy of the foreign Sabbaths, which are no
Sabbaths nt all. I think tho Lord Is mora
than generous lu asking only Tti iluys out of
tho iltlTi for his service. You let the Subbath
go and with it will go your lllblo, nud nfter
that your liberties, and your children or your
grandchildren will be here lu America under
a despotism ns bad ns lu those lands where
they turn the lxird's Day Into wassail and
frolic.
Among those who como thore will bo, as at
other exK)sltions, lordly eoplo, who will
bring their vices with them. Among tho
dukes and duchesses and princes and princess
es of other lauds are some of the best men
and women of nil tho earth. Uememlx'r
Earl of Ivlutore, Lord Cairns aud Iml
BhufU'sbury. Hut there Is a snobbery nud
Uuukcylsm In American society that runs
nfter n grnudco, n duke, a lord or a prince,
though ho may Ihj a walking lazuretto and
his breath n plague. It makes the fortune of
somo of our queens of society to danco ono
cotillion with one of thoso princely lepers.
Somo jicoplo cannot get their hots on quick
enough when they soo such a foreign lord ap
proaching, nnd thoy do not euro for the mire
luto which they drop their knees as they bow
to worship. Lot no splendor of podlgreo or
any pomp nud xirnpherualin of clrcuaistouce
mako him attractive. There is only one set
of Ten Commandments that I over heard of,
and no class of men or women In nil tho
world nre excused from oIkhIIcucp to those
lows written by finger of lightning ou tho
granite surfaco of Mount Slnni. Surely wo
have enough American vices without making
any drafts upon Eurojiouu vice for ItsirJ.
OET I1KADY FOIt THE PAIK.
Dy this sermon I would have tho nation
made aware of Its opportunity nnd get ready
to improve it, aud of some perils nnd get
ready to combat them. I rejoice to In-Hove
that tho mlvnntnges will overtop everything
In that worlds fair. Wnatnu Introduction
to each other of communities, of states, of re
publics, of empires, of zones, of hemispheres!
What doors of information will bo swung
wide open for the boys uud girls now ou tho
threshold I Whnt national and International
education! What crowning of Industry with
sheaves of grain, and what impel lul robing of
her with embroidered fubrlcsl What scien
tific nppuratusl What telescopes for tho in
finitude above, aud microscocs for the infill!
tudo beneath, and instruments to put nature
to the torture until she tells hor lust secret!
What n display of the munificence of tho God
who has grown enough w heat to make a loaf
of gxxl bread largo enough for the human
race, nnd enough cotton to stocking every
foot, nnd enough timber to shelter every
head making it manifest that it is not God's
fault, but cither man's oppression or Indo
lence or dissipation If tlieru bo nuy w ithout
supply I
Under tho arches of tho chief building of
that uxpo-dtlon let Capital and Iabor, too
long estranged, ut lost Ik) married, each tak
ing tho hand of each lu pledge of eternal
fidelity, while representatives of all nations
stand round rejoicing at the nuptials, and
saying! "What God hath Joined together
let not man put asunder." Then shall the
threnody of tlio needlewoman no longer be
heard:
Woik, work, work!
Till the hralu Ixvlui to swim;
Work, worW, work!
Till the eyes nre heavy and dim.
Seam auJ gusset aud baud,
ltsnd and gusset nnd scAtn,
rill over tlm buttons 1 fall Mirers
And sow thrm on In n ilrenm.
Oh, (,'hrlstlnn America! Mnko ready for
tho grandest exposition over seen under ths
sunt Hnvo Hliiles enough IkuuiiI. Hnvo
church" enough established, Hove sclentlflo
halls enough endowed, Ilavoprlntlng presses
enough set up. Have revivals of religion
enough lu full blast. I hcllovo you will,
"ilosnium to tho Hon of Davldl Mossed is
ho that comet h In tho name of tho Until"
Through the harsh toloen of our day,
A lo v, sweet prelude finds Its way!
Through clouds of dotilit, nud en clp of fear,
llt:ht Is hivnUng. calm nud ehsir
Tlint song of Ions now low nud fnr,
l'.ro long slmll swell from star lo star.
Thro Unlit, the dreading day, which lls
Tlio golden splrvd Axicnlypol
OUR STOCK-
One Way of (lolling it Wire.
Among the passengers who hoarded tho
Darlington express for tho north Friday
morning was a comely young Geriunn girl
named Anna Schwartz. Sho lias Usu living
with a rcsjiootablo fnmlly In this clty for n
uuiulx'r of years nnd boars nu Irreproaehablo
character. In Orient. I). T., n well to do
German farmer named Jacob Shllllnger has
residisl for n numlicr of years nud amassed n
coniiictenpy. Sovoral mouths ago he w roto n
letter to his old homo lu Germany, telling
them that he wns lonely and wanted them to
send him n wife. Ills tcoplocnt nltout them
nud learned that n young girl of their village
hail coiuu to America four or live years ngo
and settled lu Kansas City. Thoy obtained
hor address and sent It to Jacob Shllllnger,
who forthwith wroto to her, Thoy hud never
seen each other, but know each other's fund
lies, and tho result wns that Anna agreed to
liecomo Mrs Shllllnger and the mistress of n
Dakota ranch. Jacob was too busy with his
wheat nud buy to como to Kansas City nfter.
tho frnuleln, nnd yesterday morning Mr.
Ilnrry O.-r, of tho Hurllngton, sold tho pretty
Gorman girl n ticket and saw her safely off
for Orient, I). T. And ho smiled and looked
oloaxed every tlmo ho spoko about tho matter
"yesterday. Kansas City Times.
An Hntliusliistlo AViiiiiiiii 'Cjrllnt.
Probably there is nut n more enthusiastic
bicycle i Ider lu the city thnn Mrs. Now comb.
Sho is a mcinlic; of tho Harlem club, nnd do-
votes a great deal of tlmo to tho exercise.
When I row her sho had just returned from
a four days' trip to tho Delaware WnterGnp,
where n party of four Mr. nud Mrs. Nuw
comb and Mr. Ibilsltcck and Miss Kalslicck
hod Pent most of their time ou their wheels,
nnd had explored picturesque corners and
tiptop peaks of mountains to their hearts'
content. "I don't think 1 over had ns much
enjoyment out of anything else in my Ufo ns
from my bicycle," said Mrs. Nowcomb, "nnd
you can soo how well I ami To 1h sure, I
burn my face with the sun, and I sometimes
got very warm wdth the exertion, hut It Is
the most delightful way of spending one's
time that can Ihi imagined. Mrs, New comb
Is the picture of health. In spite of a shade
or two of tan, she has a fair complexion, aud
wdth it pretty bluo eyes, Her light hair Is
knotted up nt tho back nud worn In a bang
lu front. She has always Uvn devoted to
athletic i xcrclses and Is on excellent tennis
player. Now York Cor. Philadelphia News,
Improved lllertrla Motors.
The Improved electric motor w hlch has Us.n
brought forward by a Cincinnati Inventor,
nnd for which various ml vantages havo liccu
claimed over all others, has Ikvii subjected to
rccated exhlhltory tests, and It would apieiir
hns given very satisfactory uvldtnco of Its
value. This motor, according to all accounts,
oscxHfS u method of sjKtsl regulation which
fulfill' in a remarkable degree the great de
sideratum of simplicity, as well as other de
sirable qualities. Tho arrangement consists
of two nfullnrly constructed colls of wire
suitably placed lu connection with n centrif
ugal governor, driven from tho nrmnturo
shaft by i leans of n rubtier licit designed espe
cially for tho purposo, and tho mechanism Is
such that, should the governor belt break or
lly olf, tlio arms will collaso and close, nnd
tho motor be Immediately stopied, New
York Telegram.
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On Mount Victoria.
Sir William McGregor, governor of Now
Guinea, has recently mndo tho ascent of
Mount Vlctorin, lil.llil feet high, tho highest
K-ak of tho Owen Stanley range. On the
summit daisies, buttercups, forget-mo-nots,
grasses and heather were growing, nnd larki
were seen. Icicles and white frosts were met
with. Tho country traversed by tho party
was very mountainous. Natives were met
with only on two occasions. They wuro stout,
well built men, with short legs. No women
wero seen. They wero destitute of warlike
Implements. Muuy nuw plants aud birds were
discovered and ono nulmul resembling ulicnr,
but with a long tall. Its extreme length Isji
feet (I inches, tlio tall being IU Inches long.
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Kllli'd In Various Wars.
According to a computation Just Issues! by
nn eminent statistician the cost In human
llfo of the wnrs of the last thirty-four your
has been i!,i!A'l,UOO souls. Tho Crimean war
cost 7.V),UK) men; tho Italian war (IBi'J),
45,000; tho Danish war (IbtVI), 3,000; the
American civil war tho northern states,
2b0,0ut); tho southern states, ?!0,000; the
Austro-Prussluu war, 4ft,000; the Kranco
Gcrniau war France, 1M.000; Germany,
C0.000; tho Turco-Russlau war, &Y,000; the
south African wars, 110,000; the Afghan war,
Sft.OOO; tho Mexican uud Cochln-Chlncno ex
peditions, (Vi.OOO, nud tho Uulgnro-Sorvlnn
Insurrection, i 000, This list iIoch not Include
mortality from sickness. Chicago Herald.
A TreUy Toy.
Mr. Thomas Goodall, of Sonford, Me,, hns
an Ingenious Invention made, by a uattvo of
Oenovu, Swltrerlaud. It is n box about
throo Inches long, two Inches wldo and three
fourths of an inch deep. This box is full of
machinery, and w hen a key Is applied a por
tion of tho top will open unit n smnll Lira
como forth und slug, chlpjxT, flutter its
wings, turn noout nud retreat out of sight.
Tho work beneuth Is of solid gold nnd very
llnely wrought. This lox cost f.VJO. Tho In
ventor died after making It, and although he
hail tho machiuory of several others muuo no
ono as yet tias Usui able to put It together and
mnko It work. Ixjwlston Journal.
THE NEW YOST
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WESSEL St WHEELER,
General Agents for Southeastern Nebraska.
Ji-iny lluntliuin's hktileton.
The skeleton of Jeremy Bent ham In tho
hiopiUil miiM'um, Ixmdon, Is thero at tho re
quest of Us owuor, who made a special pro
vision in his wdl to ha ro it presented to the
curators tho hospital, who, upon accepting
the gift, nere to have tho skeleton mo mi tea
and put !u the presidential chair at each
meeting of .no hospital directors. John W.
Wright lu St. 1ouU Republic.
An Kusf Mutter.
"Do you lieliuvo In spirits I" asKed n young
woman ci hor escort to a pui ty.
"I cau't say that 1 no."
'Oriiliureaturl"
"To bo frame, I don't think i belle vo in
anything."
"Hut you ought to try. It isn't very hard.
Tou needn't think scarcely nt all to Udlovs
things." Merchant Traveler.
100 EfGRiYED Calling Cards
And Copper Plate, for $2.50.
If you have a Plate, we will furnish 100 Card's from
same, at $1.50.
WESSEL PRINTING CO.
Courier Offlco. Tolophono 253.
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