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    CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, KKBRUARY 8, 1890.
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DR. TAUIAGE'S TItfl
HE SUMS UP WHAT HE HAS SEEN
IN THE HOLY LAND.
Tim .tourney In l'nlctlna and Hjrla nnd mi
Watnrn Surrounded with lllbllral Asso
ciation. DlnciiniforU ol ths Trip Roiuly
fur lilt l.lfo or Christ.
Constantinoi'Lic, Jnnunry, 18U0. On leav
ing Amei lev I nddR-ssod somo wonU of f nrc
well to my sormoulo renders, nnd now, on my
way I101110, I wrlto this letter of salutation
which will probably rvnch you about tho
Monday tlmt will nnd mo on the Atlnntlo
ocean, from which I cannot roach yon with
tlio usual sermon. I havo completed tlio
Journey of Inspection for which I catno.
Others maywilto a llfo of Christ without
seeing tlio Holy Land. I did not fed compe
tent for such n work until I had won with
my own oyes tho sacred places, and so I left
homo and church and natlvo country for a
most arduous undertaking. I havo visited
all tho scenery connected with our Ird's
history. Tho wholo journoy has liocn to mo
a surprise, nu nmazoment, n grand rupturo
or 11 deep solumnlty, I havo already sent to
America my Holy Land observation for my
Llfo of Christ, and thoy were written on
horseback, on muleback, on cnmelhack, on
ship's deck, by dim caudlu in tent, In mud
hovel of Arab village amid tho ruin of old
cities, 011 Mount of Beatitudes, on beach of
Gcuesnroth, but It will tako twenty years of
sermons to tell what I havo been uud felt on
this Journoy through Palestine and Syria.
All tilings ha vu combined to make our tour
instructive and advantageous. Tho Atlantic,
and Mediterranean, and Adriatic, mid .Ego
an, nnd Dardanelles, and Marmora sous havo
treated us woll. BIuco wo loft New York wo
havo had but a half day and one night of
storm, and that while crossing Mount Her
moil. Hut lot only thoso in robust health at
tempt to go tho length of Palestine mid Syria
on horseback. I do not think it is because
of tho uuhoalth of tho cllmuto In tho
Holy Land that bo many havo sickened and
died hero or nfterward ns a result of visiting
theso lauds, but bocauso of tlio fatigues of
travel. Tho nuinlier of miles gives no indi
cation of the exhaustions of tlio wny. A
hundred and Ufty miles in Palestine and
Syria on horseback demand as much physical
strength as four hundred miles on horseback
in regions of oasy Journoy.
Bocauso of tho near two mouths of bright
sunlight by day and bright moonlight or
starlight by night, tho half day of storm was
to us tho mora memorable It was about
noon of Dec IS that tho tempest struck
us and drenched tho mountains. Ono
of tho horses falls and wo halt amid
a blinding rain. It is freezing cold
Fingers and foot liko lco. Two hours nnd
three-quarters before encampment. Wo rldo
on in silence, longing; for tho terminus of to
day's pilgrimage. It is, through tho awful in
cloinoncy of tho weather, tho only dangerous
day of tho Journoy. Slip and slide and
stumblo and climb and descend wo must,
sometimes on tho horso nnd somotimes off,
until at last we intt in tho hovel of n village,
and instead of entering camp for tho night
wo are glud to And this retreat from tho
storm. It is a house of ono story, built out of
mud. My room is covered with a roof of
goats' hair. A feeble (Ire mid-Iloor, but no
chimney. It is tho best house of tho village
Arabs, young and old, stand around in won
derment ns to why wocomo. Thero is no w in
dow In tho room, but two little opo-.iiugs, ono
over tho door, tho other in tho wall, through
which latter opening I occasionally find
an Arnb faco thrust to soo how I am pro
gressing. But tho door is open, so I havo
some light. This is an afternoon and night
never to bo forgotten for its exposures and
acquaintance with tho hardships of what an
Arab considers luxurious apartment. I sat
that night by a flro tho smoke of which (hid
ing no appropriate place of oxit took lodg
ment In my nostrils mid oyes. For tho first
time In my llfo I realized that chlmnoys wero
a luxury, but not n necessity Tho only
adornments in this room wero representa
tions of two trco branches in tho mud of the
wall, a circlo supposed to mean a star, a
bottlo hung from tho ceiling, and about
twelvo indentations in tho wall to bo used as
mantels for nnythlng that may bo placed
thero. Thlsstorm was not a surprise Through
pessimistic prophets wo had oxioctcd that at
this season wo should havo rain and snow and
hail throughout our Journoy. For tho most
part It has been suushino and tonlo atmos
phere, uud not a moment has our Journoy
been hindered. Oratitudo to Qod Is with us
tho dominant emotion.
Having visited tho scenery connected with
Christ's life, I was glad to close my Journey
by pushing through tho apostolic lauds nnd
seas. You can hardly Imagine our feelings
as wo cumo in sight of Damascus, and on tho
very road where Saul was unhorsed at tho
flash of tho supernal light. Wo did not want,
liko him, to bo (lung to tho earth, but wo did
hopo for somegreat spiritual blessing, brighter
than any noonday sun, and a uow prepara
tion for usofuluess. Our long horccback rldo
was ended, for a carrlago met us some miles
out and took us to tho city. Thoimpicsslon
ono receives as ho rides along tho walled gar
dousof tho place uru different from thoso pro
duced by any other city. But wo cannot do
scribo our foollngs as wo entered tlio cltj
about which wo havo heard and read so
much, tho oldest city under tho sun, and
founded by tho grandson of Noah; nor our
emotions as wo pass through tho street called
Straight, along which good Ananias wont to
meet Saul; and by tho sito of tho palaco of
Nuaiuan, tho lepor, and saw tho river Abulia,
as yosterdny wo saw Pharpar, tho rivers of
Damascus that Naaman preferred to wash in
rather than tho Jordan. Strange and uulimo
Damascus! It is worth while to cross tho At
lantic and Kuropo to seo it. Though it has
boon tho place of battle nnd mnssncio, and of
ancient allluenco and splendor as well us it is
of present prosperity, to mo its chief attrac
tion arises from tho fact that here tho scales
foil from I'uul'ri oyes, nnd that chief of apos
tles hero began that mission which will not
end until heaven is peopled with ransomed
spirits. So nlso I saw day beforo yesterday
Patmos, w hero John heard tho trumpots and
tlio waves of tho sea dashed to his feet, re
minding him of tho songs of heaven, "liko
tho votco of iiitiny w uters."
But this letter can only give u hint of the
things wo mean to tell you about when wo
gut home, w hero wo expect to bo beforo this
mouth Is ended I baptized by Immersion In
tlio Jordan an Auieiicau whom we met, and
who dciied tho solemn ordinance luhn Ills
tcred to l.lm in tho Bacrod waters I lolled
down fiom Mount Calvary or "place of a
skull" a stone for thocuriicr stone of oui now
Brooklyn Tabernacle Wo bathed hi tho
"Dead Sea" nnd In "Qldoou't Fountain,"
wheio his tin t-o bundled men lapped tho
water from their hands us they passed
through, and we sailed on Luke Galileo ami
stood on Mount Zln, mil Mount Monuli, nnd
Mount llei inon, and I saw the place wheio
tho hlieplieuls huild tho Clulotiuus aiitliem
the night Christ was hoi u. mid have been lit
Nazal eth, and Cupcriiiiuni, uud mt by
"Jucob's Will," nnd saw 'lVI-el-Koblr of
modern buttle, and Meglddo of am Kilt bat
tle, iiml wheio tho Isruelltn closed tho des
eit, and slept at Botlicl wheio one ladder
wns let down into Jacob's tlrc-mi:, but
tho night I slept tliero tho heavens were full
of ladders, first n ladder of clouds, then a
ladder of stars, nnd nil up nnd down tho
henvt-us wero tho nngel.i of beaut v , nngol of
consolation, angels of God ascending nnd
doM-endlng, mid I was on nearly nil tho Ileitis
of Hcrodlc, nud Solomonic, nnd Davldtc, nnd
Mosaic, mid Abrahamia history, I took
Homo nnd Naples and Athens, and Aloxau
drii and Calraon tho way out, and tako tho
Greek Archipelago, and Constantinople, and
Vienna on tho wny tinck. What more can
God In his goodness grant mo In tho wny of
natural sccucrv, uud classic association, nnd
spiritual oj irirtuultyf Ah yes I 1 can think
of something gladder than Hint ho ran grant
inc. Bale 1 eturn to tho KopIo of my WOovcd
Hock, the Held of my work, and the laud
where in fathers died, and In the dust of
whoso valleys I pray God I may bo hurled.
T. Dk Witt Taiaiahk.
llin HporUmnn'ii I'lorldii.
In Florida tho material changes of tho past
ten or fifteen onr havo bvem on n scale pos
sible only In what was practically n frontier
stnto. Tho jmst twenty years havo irtually
w ltnehsed tho settlement of Florida anew by
n H)pulatiou drawn thither from other states.
Tho Inrush of now citizens, tho building of
new towns nnd cities, the multiplying nnd
extension of railroads, tho conversion of vast
wilderness tracts from plnu nnd hummock
lauds into oronge groves and forms nil tlilr
has greatly changed tho faco of tho country;
nnd tho state has ceased to bo In many ro
spects the great shooting resort It once was.
Now hero is this more leadlly observed than
on Homo of the lines of river travel. Tho
great abundance nnd mvesxlbllltv of feath
ered gamo encountered on tho wnterwnvs
ouco made it pomlblo for tho cads nnd cook
noys not in nny remotest sense sK)rlsimm
who shot from tho moving crnf t, to slaughter
foolishly, wantonly nnd wnstefillly thousands
of birds of plume.
As time went by nnd tho fusillade was kept
up, the birds wero destroyed or senrod nway
until tho river banks locamo practically bar
ren of game. Then as tho now railroads
fortunately diverted tho tldo of travel nway
from tho rivers, nnd the haunts of the birds
wero left unmolested, thoy multiplied, mid
havo In many districts Ihvouio abundant.
Tho timo has gone by w lieu a majoi ity of
Florida tourists nro equipped with lltc-inus;
but those who nro seeking legitimate sport
with gamo birds aro still to bo found in
hosts; and tho tangible rownrds of one's out
ing aro generous. Florida is today mora
than over tho winter homo of tho sportsman.
Forest and Stream.
I.tlio Ills (Irnndiullicr.
Many )ersous who never heard tho word
heredity havo a very Just and vivid idea of
tho truth which that word was invented to
convey. Thoy know perfectly well Hint
physical and intellectual traits aro liandod
down from father to son, and from sou to
grandson.
Congressman Allen, of Mississippi, was
lately telling stories at a Washington hotel,
according to n reporter for Tho Now York
Star.
"I had Just returned from making u ixilltl
cal speech," ho said, "when I was mot at the
door by nu old 'Aunty' Allison, an ngod negro
woman who nursed mo in childhood. With
her big, black, good natural face all wreathed
in smiles, sho said, 'Bless ma soul, Muss'i
John, but how yo' don' remln' mo o' yo' deuli
olo grnn'fa'rl Yo' walk liko him, talk like
him, act liko him, nil' am Jos' liko him in poll
utes, too.'
" 'Why, aunty. I nover know that my
grandfather had boon active In -mlltlcs,'
said I.
" 'Oh, 'deed an' 'deed ho wall, Mass'r John
Ho wall Jest liko yo'self in that pa'ticlah.'
" 'In what way, nuntyj'
' 'Oh, ho wall all do timo a-holdiu' oillco.'
" 'What ofllco did grandfather hold, uun
tyl' " 'Jcs' do samo as yo' candidate.'"
ltull;lou LllxTty In Husslu.
Tho arbitrary measures uow being adopted
by tho Husslau government for tho complete
Hus&iaulznttou of tho German demouts in tho
Baltic provinces nro nrnusiug a very strong
feeling among tho Ilusso-Oermans. The most
exasperating of theso measures Is perhaps
tho attempt at wholesale proselytlsm now be
ing made among tho Lutherans by tho mis
sionary agents of tho holy synod. Tho Baltic
Lutherans resent theso prosolytlzlng missions
aa more unjust and cocrclvo than any similar
measures ever adopted against tho Catholics
in Poland.
Tho government has uiado tho discovery
that a very unusual number of meetings of
tho Hoiuuu Cat hollo clergy have lately taken
place In tho Polish provinces on the pi etext
of celebrating certain saints' days, which
number something llku "') 11 year. A keen
watch is kept 011 tho Human Catholic clerg ,
whoso luilueuco beyond tho palo of their
church It is sought to restrict in every possi
bio way, uud, therefore, tho minister of the
Interior has issued orders that no religious
ceremonies in Poland, accompanied by meet
ings of tho Homan Catholic clergy, shall tuko
place without tho express authorization of
tho local authorities, nud tho piosouco at such
meetings of a Hussion olllcial. Odessa Cor.
London Standard.
Tlio Gortu of Yellow fetor.
Dr. Qeorgo M. Sternberg, surgeon in the
United States army, recently leturued from
a six months' stay in Cuba, w hero ho hat
been continuing his researches with rcforonco
to ellow fover. Ho brought w ith him specl-111611-1
of microbes, with which ho will con
tinue his Investigations during tho winter lit
tho Johns Hopkins university. At tho uud of
this timo ho hopes to present a general icjiort
of his investigations to President Harrison.
"My researches," says Dr. Sternlxirg, "havo
not led to a positive demonstration of tlio
specific cause of tho disease; but I havo Iso
latod a considerable number of pathogenic
bacilli, disease producing germs, from tho in
testines of ellow fover cases, and have
strong hopes that 0110 or more of these may
pro 0 to bo tho specilla germ. I havo con
firmed my previous conclusions us to tlio ab
sence of a previous micro-organism In tho
blood and tissues of tho patients, and havo
failed to find in nny of my cases tlio germ
which Dr. Frero, of Brazil, has claimod to bo
tho causo of tho disease. For this reason I
havo given my nttentiou to tho bacilli of tho
alimentary canal." Exchange
I'Uli Cliiirms.
Fish charms havo lievu met with among
many uutions. Tlio Hah called tho bullhead
is used by sumo of tho Hussiau masuuts of a
charm iigainst lever. Many Muds of fih
have tno hnid bones Just within tho sides of
tho heud, and one sjiceies, tho mlagio, lias
these hones lui gcr (11 pio-oi-tlim than most
others. Theso two Isines, called collo stones,
iio legarded to poswws medicinal lrtues.
riioy weio iiiouiitml in gold uud hung round
tho neck Tioj Times. t
A family in IIeurycounty, Ga,, consists of
three mot hois, thieowms, two grandmothers,
'.hi 00 grandsons, one gieat-gruiidiiiother, 0110
aughtn-iu-law, one husband, ono ginud
(uughtt r-ln-law, two brothers, onodaughter,
two gioa'- 'laudsons, ono wlfo, two widows,
ono giiiudmothor-tiidaw and thero aro only
six In tho family,
STATKSMKN IXSOCIKTY.
PUBLIC MEN MUST Ct IOOSE BETWEEN
PLEASURE AND SUCCESS
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Kri'iisii 1111 Di'MTlttc III i:prlriire,
(Ss'l.il l)rrtioiideiieo
WAHilisnTON.Kob. (V Public nu'it coin
pi tin most bitter!.. ' i it society makes
km 'i lurgu iluiiiiiuils t',iii tliuir timo that
tb y cannot iiopul ol llnotigh their
wnrk, At tin last nllo IIiiiiro rtrcp
I. ii I wit down in tlio Kist U oin, taking
pos iorhIuh of n siuhuli'tl coiner, anil
wntclicd the fiiuunis men unil bcimtlfiil
woinon wli()veM'iromoii!ulliig tlmt noble
npaitmt'iit, rollectln upon their dully
lives, their n b eedentH, tliclr llfo sting
glt'H and dnilv t iiitine. Oiihiu'Ii nil occa
sion a tills it is always ohvlotci that the
woman In serene unil content anil self
jvosHcsHod, while the inun it is w In m'cniH
pressed for time, who It nersotit about
Ids appearance and IiIh inaiineirt.
AHKoilluckotildliaoitl wat joined
in this nook of observation by tlio man,
of all otlierH, whom 1 wanted to wo
joimgaiHl liandsome CongieMHinan Dol
ller, of Iowa. Dollher I wanted to hoc
liccaiiRO I knew lilm as an eloquent and
thoughtful man, a wit anil philosopher,
original and courageous in Ills tliotiKlita
and e.piissioiiH,auii the more interesting
tiecnuttu nil tills K'tectnculur airahlllty and
tlicssy show of cordiality was new and
st range to lilm. In short, I wanted to
know wliat a man of brains and nonce,
ficsh from the people and fiomiiform
of Hocletv much simpler than tills, would
think of'it all.
"Dolllver," iuiIiI I, at liu Hat down bo
side me, "tell mo Imw this scene im
presses you."
"First." lie leplied. "let me tell you of
my cxpet ieiice here to-uLdit. It was my
(lrst taste of olllcial loeietv an seen at a
public luveu in tho executive mansion. I
did not know what to do when I catno
hero, nud ho I thought it bust nlmply to
follow tlio ctowd. It took me forty min
utes to get from tlio front door to tlio
coat room, and thero a colored man
grabbed my hat and coat, while I was
willing to wager something handsome
that I sliould never get them back again.
Ten minutes later and tho stream of peo
ple hud carried mo with them to tho re
ception room. I wrh a little dazed by
what oceui red there, nnd 1 have been a
little dazed over since. I romemlier
hearing my name mmg out by Homo one,
'Mr. Dollivcrl' A man whom I toolc for
the president grabbed my hand and
pumped my right arm up and down a
couple of tinu-H. Then I was Hlioved
along to Mrs. Harrison, I think it was.
My arm wan pumped again, nnd
as another cog was turned by tho
machine I heard myself greeted by
tho second lady as 'Mr. Gulliver.'
Again tlio pump motion was applied,
tho machine took up another cog, and
I was introduced to the next lady as 'Mr.
Mellvillo.' More pump liko movement
ot the right arm, and with tho lights
daz.ling my oyes, and my brain a little
disordered by visiotiHof beautiful women
anil gorgeoim dresses, I was passed along
to still another. Hero I recovered my
self htilliciently to endeavor to regain
posseRsioii of my proper uamo, but when,
live seconds later, the machine moved
again I found the pump action just liko
its predecessors and a large, handsome
woman with a French accent calling mo
'Mr. Gollyboy.' Then I gave it up,
and resigned myself to nn thing that
might happen in the wny of impiomptu
nomenclature. More pump handle
movements, mora parodies on the uamo
that I had come honestly by, nnd dually
I reached tho end of the line and as
'Gen. Zolllcoirer' made my escape into
the Ivist Room. Let mo sit down and
cateh my breath."
"And you like it?"
"Well, it is a wondeiful spectacle, anil
I am fond of tho spectacular. All the
glimpses I havo hud of the society of
Washington Interest me, particularly the
flue dinners. It seems to me that the
dinner is tho most rational and enduring
form of social activity heio. I never
fail to accept an invitation to dinner,
But what strikes me most forcibly is
tho demands this social business makes
on otio's time. How somo of the sena
tors and members manage to get through
their work and givo so much time to so
cial matters is more than I can under
stand. Of course I am willing to con
cede that this society is ery fascinating.
I must confess that it lias taken hold of
mo in a way which 1 had not dreamed
of. I cnino down here, as I am told
many a oung congressman had conic
beforo me, full of ambition and clothed
in good resolutions. I was not going tc
daily with the glittering tempter, soci
ety. Mydnvswoio to bo spent in lw
work of tho house of representatives and
in the service of my constituents, while
my oveningi. wero to bo devoted to lettci
writing and to study. Now as a mattei
of fact I have been out to a dinner or a
reception every night for a week. I hae
almost lived in a dress coat."
"And vou find youiadf much pressed
for time?"
"All tlio while. Itisfaomething now in
my experience. In tho country town in
w hicli I li ed w o did not know w hat it was
to bo hmried. Wo aioso at a reasonable
hour in the iiioiniug, had leisiue to lead
two or thico newspapers liefoio bieak
fast, walked down to tho olilce, btopping
to cliat with friends on the way, had an
hour in two for a middii dinner, took a
nap tlaieafter if so inclined, and in this
hixuriiius manner sp.nt the day and the
evening. Hut this is a different soil of
life. Tu'vo my e.p neneoof today as a
sample of every da's e.peiience, not
only of mine but of eery congi cabman's
uud senator's. I bieukfnsted at 8. at I)
was in a bited cal) going to the govern
ment punting oillco to get n job
for an ol I luiibtitmnt of mine, from
there to tin- pension oillco to look up u
case for a woithy woman of my district,
then to th postolllco depaitinent to seo
about a postolllco appointment, to tho
tienaury, to the war department and
flnnllr to tho Caui(ol. All dav there 1
wrote letuiM oi my constituents t
o'clock the house mljouriii'd, iu- I It.
an engu-iinu'iit to (lino at 0 bun miles
fiom the ( apltol. A uipld drive, u light
ning change fioiii business to diesi suit,
another Inn ilod drive, mid 1 win at my
host's, ten minutes late, ilespue all m
I'xeitioiiM. At 0 o'clock I had mi engage
ment with my friend and colleague,
ludgo Heed, tocomit to the piesideul's
iiH-eptloti, ami hero 1 am, all of whkh 1
cull piettv lively work for a plain vouug
cougicssiii.nl who hud llrmlj icmiIvi-iI
not to be led astnty by tho seductions of
Washington society."
Mi. Dolllver did not know I was going
to use him as a holt Iblo example of the
muutiei in vv hicli the society of the capl
t il desltovsgood lesolullous and leisuie
htiess. uud he limy not thank me foi so
doing, but b.'lng u voung ami handsome
iiieheloi, naturally lulling an easy lo
lini to the wiles of the world of fashion,
I wanted tocoutiast him with aceitaiu
senator whose case was soon called to
m notice by the appearance in the Ivist
Room of his beautiful wife. Mis. Davis,
wife ol (he senatoi from Minnesota, Is
ono of the Mipular women of Washing
ton, and goes much In society, hut bei
husband is i aiel.v seen with lien Ileisiuu
of tho few public men who have lought
against the tempter uud compicm!. al
though the odds wero not on his side, ie
enfoiced, as the opposition was, b) the
pleadings of Mrs. Davis. A friend ol
mine was telling me of n call he made at
Senator Davis' house ono night, In the
hall he met Mis. Davis just going to hci
carriage.
Tho senator was found upstairs In hit
libratv, sitttug In his shlit sleeves, o
cigar between his lips, his feet pel ched
upon a chair, the wholea pictuie of plain,
placid comfort. It was obvious that there
hud been a domestic discussion about the
social duties of a m'nulor of the United
Slates, can led on in executive session,
and with tho senator emerging as victor.
Mv Oii-nil, who had suiiulsed all this,
and who is very artful, asked tho senatoi
if he were going out
"Not much," said Mr. Davis, pulling
vigorously at his cigar and pushing tin
box over to his caller. "Not much The
fact is, this society business is the great
est nuisance of the day. A dress coal I
illuminate. Inm thiukingof intioduciiig
a bill to have all swallow tails abolished.
If 1 had known that a man had to wear
one of those infernal things three or fotu
times a week in Washington, I'm hanged
IT I would have come to the senate."
About the I lrst thing u public man has
to decide on coming to congress or other
olllcial station in tho capital is this one
of society. Shall ho go out and givo up
all his cherished plans of work and study,
all his ambition to be u great and useful
statesman, or remain at homo nud miss
the pleasures of dinners and leceptious:
It is a more tu-rious question than ihe
reader who knows not the situation
would bo III. elv to judge it. Once started
in the Hoeial vvhiil it Is not so easy to step
In fact. It is almost impossible, and the
llrst thing the victim knows ho will Uud
himself so pressed for time that ho can
not even read the morning newspapers,
uiid as foi wilting speeches or giving
careful study to any of the gie.it ipies-
liousor the times, that is not to lie thought
of. I was talking about this to a veteran
newspaper correspondent, one who has
Ihh-ii hero twenty years and kept his eyes
and cars open to good advantage, and he
lays down the rule that tho men who
eschew society nre tho men who make
successes in public life. Social pleasures,
oven moderately indulged, sap the ener
gies and undermine the ambition with
bin prising lapidity. As Secretary Win
dom walked tin ougii the i'l'isl Room my
fiieud pointed to him uud said:
"There goes ono of the most evenly
balanced, ono of the most capable of our
public men. He has a phenomenal ca
pacity for work. Hvery'duy the secre
tary Is at the treasury department till 5
or (I o'clock; hisdiimer is not finished till
8; four or ilvo times a week he Is out to
receptions, and yet he comes into his
oillco next morning thoroughly up with
all the news of the day and with a score
of important matters all leady to go into
tho hands of his subordinates. How he
could do that was a mystery to mo till
one night last week, when I chanced tt
pass his house on Massachusetts avemii
alioiit 2 o'clock in tlio morning. Then
was a bright light in his library, and
then I know how ho kept up with his
work. Ho burns tho caudle at lioth ends.
A little further down thoaventioaiiothei
librarv was brilliantly illuminated, not
withstanding tho lateness of the hour,
nnd thiough an open blind I saw the
little chief justico of tlio United States
bending over his desk. That explained
now he was able to devote so much time
to 6ociety, of which ho is very fond, and
at the same time to keep up with the
cnounoim amount of work which his po
sition throws upon him. And thus, 1
dare s-v , you'll dud it all over the citv
of Washington.
"To tlia man of airairsand success ant,
conscientious effort to do his vv hole dutj
there is but ono way lo make up for the
time lostin bocietj'sgay whirl, and thai
is bv consumption of the miduight oil
This does for a season or two, but the
man w ho settles dow u to it as a re-gulai
thing will fail sooner or later. This re
cepiion is given in honor of the supreme
couit and cougieas. It is theonesoci.il
event of tho year which senators and
repivs. ntatives are in ilutj bound to at
tend, vet not one-half of tho leading men
ol t luxe bodies at e heie. Many that an
hoie will not go out again this season
The need their evenings in their libra
ries or dens" for the ptuposo of writing
lett.is. lending bills, stud.v ing public
iiu ctiuus or conferences with fi lends
'mil colleagues. Thy havo made the.r
i hoico letvvecn pleasuie and success in
lavoi of tho latter."
Wai.ttii Wi:li.m.vn.
All IllipcillMlll I'onltliili.
I'aier Dr vour tears, mj girl. Voting
I i libo; can't bo my son-in-law until 1
b..ve coi.utituicd myself chaiimaii of a
domestic vv a s and means committee.
t,laia--Why, papa?
I'.iter llecuubo 1 intend to look into
tho oitng man's ways, and find out what
ho means, boforo I consent. Pittsburg
UuUaiiu
'llin l'rnir Vi) In tlo About It.
Mlw Utitryiip Ah' Uooigo, ynu cannot
till idint tiouhlo n girl bus who Is receiving
tlionttentl 'in of a gentleman.
Ml lIoMnir Tumbles, Can let Of what
iiutuiv, prav t
A is II. Well, imo's little brothers are ill
wiivn making fun of one, and one's relatives
mo nlu nvs saying, "When Is It toromnnffi"
.is If mnrrlngii weio u pi Ire light. Hut that
Is not the worst. Them's the IliipiUltlveneM
of olio's pircuts. They want to know every
thing. Tin ro's m, now ; lii) Is constantly nsk
lug such nuosl lon us, "t'nirln, what mo Mr.
Ilotdolf's Intentions Whatdnes ho call nou
.veil Miicgiilmly fur, and stay so lata when hit
does call '' And ho sometimes looks so mnd
vvlfui lie nsks these questions tlmt 1 actually
tumble.
Mr II. And what iiunvver do you make to
his quest loi I'jirrle, disannul
Mb 11. I can't iniikii any answer nt nil',
for, oii sw, you haven't said anything to
mo ami and of course 1 I
Then Mr HoldolT vvliUHnsl something In
I'uri In's ear and next (lino her father ques
tions her sin1 will I mi ready w Ith n satisfactory
reply Bodoii Courier.
An tlnliili Ad v untune
"If I get out or this, Bridget, but I'll miikn
you Jumpl"
"Faith tin' 1 know that Mine; so I'll JuM.
sit hero till you change our niolnd, that's
nil."
And sho does,) Life,
llinlerxliiuil llin I'liuill).
Monsieur wauled the pictuie hung to tho
right; mailame wanted iton the loft. But
monsieur IiikIMisI that tho servant should
hang the picture according to his orders.
('(lUM-quoiill, Jntoph stuck n null in tho vvnll
on tho i Ight, lull tills doiib ho nlso went nnd
stuck another hi on tho left.
"What Is that second mill fori'' his master
inquhed in ioloiilslinient,
"It's to save mo tho trouble of fetching tin)
ladder to-morrow when monsieur will havo
eomo louud to the views of niudauio." Lon
don l'imcli,
A Cliiitirn fur a Hooop,
Man (awaking at night mid finding a mil
der hi tho room) Holloa, what aro 0U doing
in lieiel
llohlxr 1 am a burglar nud If you don't
keep erfectly quiet I'll hurt you.
"Burglar, eh I What's your numul"
"Sum Jackson, Why do you want t
kuowl" (pulling oou n drawer).
"Oh, as n matter of business. I mil a re
porter and I want to write up tho perform
ance First opportunity I'vo had for n scoop
In ulxmtslx months." . rkuuuw- Traveler.
Kriiiiiimy.
First Boor Young Man-1 noticed you
p-issisl Young Onlddust without returning Ids
Imiw
Bocond Poor Young Man Yes, I always
cut lilm.
Flirt Poor Young Man Great bwoII, isn't
lie'"
Second Poor Young Man Yes, nnd It's tho
cheiqiest way I know of cutting n swoll.
Ameiicn,
Sanitary Item.
Ill some (tarts of Texas tlioxsplo live to bo
very old. An old man of (K), living quite a
distance from the nearest town, requiring
some family giocci ii-s, sent his sou, a man of
7(J odd years of ago. When tho sou fulled to
show up with tho provisions on timo his father
reproached himself by saying:
"That's what comes from sending a kid "
Texas Hlftlngs.
A Mutual AIIik limmit.
Maliel (looking out tlio wludownt a maimed
cur) Oh, how diemlfiil; who could havo cut
otr that toor dog's tall I
Phllosphlcal Charlie Oh. tho dog don't
mind it; he's ui-ed to it b this time,
MiiIk'1 I don't know alMiut that; lieforo ho
lost It ho must have Ikhjii strongly attached
to It. Philadelphia Press.
.Iim-nllt! Itepeiitanre.
"Johnny, you havo locn a bad boy today "
"Yes'm."
"At o you sorry f"
"Yos'm."
"Why nro you sorry f
"Cos I know that tho chances nro nbout
seventeen to two that I'm goln' to got licked "
Merchant Traveler.
A VoMllitn lUpluiiatlnu,
Dolllver What a itwillar book rovlowor
Ilu7zlo isl Did you ovcrnotlco how confused
his ideas seem to lo how rambling nud in
coherent I
Pouqious Yes; I'vo noticed It. (Htruek
with an il a.) Perhaps ho reads tho hooks
ho rovlowsl I.ipphicott's Magazine.
Tommy's Niilviito.
Schoolmistress Tommy, what did you ills-
olioy 1110 fori
Tommy 'Cos I thought you'd whip me
Scli)lml.iti ess What did you want mo to
whip ou fori t
loinuiy 'lAwpasaiil no wouiu 11 you mini 1.
ami ho hurts. Harer's Buair
A Common fuso.
"What fruit Is that?"
"Uln oh, well, how odd. Ill, Jlminv,
what kind of fruit is tlilsT
"Thoso nro dates "
"They are daUv, iiiadam. I never could
remember dnti s." Now York Sun.
Sim AIH) IjiiicIis.
Mr. Dolloy Oh, I'vo a pretty good sturv
to tell Now ono, too (Tells It I
Miss Amy (who owes .Mr. Dolloy onei U '
hid (upltal! I nlwas laugh when I in r
thatslor. I just can't help it. It's sin h a
good 0110 Yenow Ino's News.
I'likliuli-at Cut or All.
Visitor to Uilltor C011I1I you u
ly on iiml sem on "Tho Nareon
lill'or I could, of course, hut
nntelies aro so eln-ip I don't seo
Mppinoott's Mnganue.
n'iro
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1 us
l.iu
Us I
tl
A .Vlutli r ill ICxpi ne.
Miss I'lhsan feat her There's n , fn nd,
Mis. llillier She moves 111 tin- lnt nhH)
Mi's Yeat Ye, I bupposo sh (In Is it
elii-aper to iiiovo tliau to mij lout 'ii'i.i.ir.
M'ltetiuau
An Uiiklml I utlii-r.
Ardent Sumn Sli. 1 ndi 10 our daughter
Parent ifn. ii'-ii. vet stern)-Ah I e, a
door. Apt "i f a dMi , let mo too you gel
through that no. "veUanrrV
WAITED!
Everybody to examine the
plans and standing of the Un
ion Central Life Insurance
Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
before insuring,
lowest continuous
It has the
death rate
of any company.
Realizes the
highest rate of interest on in
vested assets which enables it
to pay large dividends,
Policies inconlestiblo find
non-forfoitabo after third year.
The Union Central issues
endowment policies at ordt
ary life rates; these policies
are now maturing and being
paid in from one to two years
earlier than time estimated by
the company. They protect
the family and estate during
the younger years of life, and
the insured in old age at regu
lar life rates. Other desirable
policies issued. Call on us or
write for plans.
J. M. KD.VIS7UN, Mate Auail.
V. I.. MKSIIUUI, ,Im(. State Afjtni.
a. T. VUMl'lU.l.Y, Olu Solicitor.;
Boom 2J Burr llloolc,
LINCOLN, NEB.
WESTERFIELD'S
Palace Bath Shaving
PARLORS.
Ladles - and - Children's - Hair Gutting
A SPECIALTY.
COR. 13 & (I STS., NEW BURR BL'K
Roberts & Co,
212 North nth Street,
Undertakers andEmbalmers.
I'clcphoncs Oilicc ijs Resilience I 56
Open Ony nnd Nlgnt.
E. T. HOBERTS, Manager.
ERED. E. THMAS,
ORDERTMER
-ASP-
Funeral Director.
121 S. 12th St, Lincoln, Neb.
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