Nebraska Newspapers

    CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MARCH
22,
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SERMON BY DR.TALMAGK.
TREATMENT OF PARENTS THE 8UD
JEC1 OF HI9 DISCOURSE.
"A IfM.IIli Son I tlin IlravlnrM of I'll
Mnllier" llm Text Chllilrrn Cannot Do
Too Muoli to Honor Ootlljr, Upright I'r
nU. HiiooKkYii, March 10. Tlio following nor
mon wns preached this morning by I)r Till
ningo In tlio Acnilotiiy of Music, In which Ills
church Is worshiping during tlio rubulltllng
of tlio llroukl yn TiiWiioclo, mill vv bleb will
oontlniio to lm ho occupied until tlmt edllleo
la comptotiHl. Aftur oxKutiillug a chapter
describing Absalom' carriage toward hU
fothor David, mul tho singing of mi appro
printo liyinii, Dr. TahnRgo announced an hU
text tlm words, "A foolish sou is the heavi
ness of his mother." 1'rov. x, 1. He wild:
PAllKNTH' HUt.tCITUIlK Kill THKIIt CIllt.llUKM.
All pal cuts want their children to turn
out well. However poorly father and uiothor
may Imvu dono themselves, thoy want tholr
sous and daughter to do splendidly. Up to
forty yearn of ago wirent may havo ambi
tions for themselves, after that their clilof
ambitions are for their chlldrai. Some of
tho old time names Indicato this. The iiiiuia
of Aimer means "his father's lump." The
naino Abigail means "her father's Joy " And
what a wircntal delight was Huliiiunu to
David, and .Samuel to llatmah, and Joseph
toJacobl Ami tho liest enrtlily stair that
father has to lean on Is a good son, and tlm
strongest arm a mother has to help her down
tho steep of years Is that of a grateful child.
But It Is not a raro thing to llud msI un
filial, and often tho parents mo themselves to
blauio. Aged erins sometimes Ihsmhiio
querulous nnd snappy, and tho children havo
tliolr hands full with thuold folks.
Iloforo entering my profession I was for
throo mouths what is called a colortcur.
Olio day In tho country districts I stopped at
tho house of n good, intelligent, genial
farmer. Tlio hospitality of such a country
houso Is especially pleasing to mo, for I wan
born In tho country. This (armor and his
wtfo wero Imrdwoikiug coplo, but tried to
mako their homo agieeablu and attractive.
Tho farmer'H father, about slxty-lh o years of
ago, and his grandfather, about ninety, woro
yot alivo and with him. Indeed, there wero
four generations In tho houso, for tho farmer
hud little children playing about the room.
Vto gathered at tho dining table After
tho blessing was asked tho farmer put somo
of tho meat tiou his pi a to and courteously
passed it to mo, when his father of slxty-ilvo
Years of ago cried out to his sou, who was at
least thirty years of ugot "Why do you not
pass tho meat as you always do, and let us
tako it olf tho pinto ourselves! you aro tr. Ing
to show oir liecntiso wo have voni'miiy."
Meanwhile his grandfather of ninety sat with
bis hat on at tho table, his faco unclean, and
his apparel untidy. Still tlio farmer kept
bis patience and cquiolso, and 1 never think
of him without admiration. Ho must havo
bad more grace than 1 over hud
Because pcoplo aro old they havo no right
to bo either migentlemauly or uncanny.
There are old ooplo so disagreeable that they
havo nearly broken up somo homes. Tho
young married man with whom thungedouo
lives stands It because ho has lieeti um.iI to It
all his life, but tho young wife, coming in
from another household, can baldly eudiiru
It, and sometimes almost cries her even out.
And when little children gather in tho house,
they aro afraid of tho venerable (Hitriareli,
who has forgotten that ho ever was a child
himself, and cannot understand vvh children
thould over want to pluy "hide and seek," or
roll hoop, or lly kite, and ho becomes impa
tient at the sound from tho nursery, and
shouts with an cxpotidlturo of voice that
' eeps him coughing llftceu minutes after
wards, "Hoys! stop that racket!" as though
any boy that over amounted to anything in
tho world did not begin life by making a
racket I
HOMK PAKKNTH AIIE NOT W011TIIY
Indeed, there aro children who oho nothing
to their parents, for those parents have been
prolligates My lamented friend, good and
Christian and lovoly Henry 'llon, vtco
president of tho United States, In early life
changed his uamo. Henry Wilson was not
bis original uamo Ho dropped his father's
name because that father was a drunkard
and a disgrace, and tho son did not feel called
upon to carry such a curcass all his life.
While child! en must always lie dutiful, I
sympathize with all young eoplo who have
disagreeable or unprincipled old folks around
tho house. Somo of us, drawing out of our
memories, know that it is possible, after sixty
or seventy or eighty or ninety years of ago,
for the oid to be kind and genial; and the
grandest adornment of a homo Is an aged
father anil an aged motho-, if tlio process of
years has mellowed them.
Besides that, if your old parents aro hard
to get along with now, you must remember
there was a time when the had hard work to
getaloug with you. When you wero about ft1 vo
or seven or ten or twelve years of ago what
a time they had with ou! If they had kept
a written account of your early pranks and
misdoings, it would make a whole volume.
That time when you gave your little sister u
clip; that time when you explored tho depth
of n Jar of sweet things for which you had no
permission i that havoc you one day made
with your Jack knife; that plucking from
tho orchard of uiirio fruit; that day when,
lnstoad of being at school, as your parents
supposed, you went u-flshlug; and many a
tlmo did you luieril your young llfo hi
placesi whei o you hud no business to climb or
Bwlm or venture. To gut you through your
first flfteeii years with our llfo and your
good morals was a fearful draft iioii paren
tal fidelity anil endurance.
Indeed, It uiuy tw that much of this pres
ent physical and mental weakness in your
parents may havo lieou a result of your early
waywardness. You made such largo and
sudden draft upon the bank of their patlenco
that you broko tho bank. Thoy woro injured
in being throw n while trying to break tho
colt. It is a mutter of only common honesty
that you pay back to them somo of tho long
suffering vv hich thoy paid to you. A father
tuid to his son: "Surely no father over had
as bad a Imy as I have." "Yes," said tho
son, "my grandfather had." It is alout tho
tamo fioui generation to generation, and
parents need to bo patient with children, I
and children ilutllul to tliolr parents. Tak
ing It for granted that those who hear mo to
day havo had a good lutreiitage, I want to
urge upon all tho young tho fact that tho
happiness and longevity of parents much de
pend iiKin tho right Itehavlor of their chil
dren, and I can do this no more clfi dually
than by demonstrating tho truth of m text,
"A foolish sou Is tho heaviness of his mut her."
HOME TIIIKOH AUK II1CST.
Perlraps somo young uriu astray may bo
brought buck by a thought of how they feel
about him at homo. A IVeuch soldier lay
wounded and dying in tho hospital at (iuievn,
Switzerland. His father, at home, Mtvuity
years of age, huaid of his son's sillier
Ing, and started, and took the long Jour
noy, and found the hospital, and as ho en
tered tho sou cried: "O father, I am so
glad you havo coino to seo niodle." "No,"
aid tho father; "you aro not going to die;
your uiothor Is waiting for ou, anil lam
going to take you homo; I havo brought you
m.iuoy and evil thing you need " "No,"
Mid the soldier, "t ie glvo me hero every
thing that is ulco to eat. but I havo no apio
tlte, and I inutdle" Then tho father took
from his kuiips.iel( a loaf of iu bread, such
os the plain peoplo of his country ale, and
wild, "Heiois a loaf of hro'id our mother
made, and I am sum you can wit this, shu
etit it to vou." Then tho soldier brightened
up, and took tho broad mid ate it, and said,
"It Is so good, tho bread from home, tho
bread that my uiothor model" No wonder
that in a fow days ho had recovcicd C)
young man, wouudist In tho battle of life,
nud discouraged, given up by yourself, and
given up by others, tho old folks at the coun
try llrwido havo not given on up I bring
oti bread from home. It iniiv 1 plain broad,
hut it is that broad of which if a man eat ho
ueveragalimhall hunger llre-ul fioin homo!
llread from home!
IXI NOT UTAH TIIK KAMII. NAME
t'arrlng out the Idea of mi text, liemnrk
tlmt a reckless or dissipated sou makes a
heiiv heal led parent liecnuso It hut ts the
family pride. It Is not tho given name or
the name which you i-i ivisl at the christen
Ing that Is Injuiisl by your prodlgallt You
cannot hurt oiir name of John m Ooorgoor
Henry or Mary or Frances or Rachel, bo
cause there have been thousands of people,
good and bad, having those names, and ou
cannot Improve or (Icpitsuiito t'u rcicctii
lilllly of those given names. Hut it Is your
last mime, uur fiunll name, that is at your
mercy All who lieor that miinii are IhiiiuiI,
befoie Ood and man, not to damage Its happy
slguilleanco You are charged, by all the
geni rations of the past and all the genet a
tious to come, to do our share for the pro
tcctinu and the honor and the integrity of
tlmt name You have no light, my oiiug
ft lend, by a bad life to blot tlio old family
Itlble containing tho story of tho mariuiges
and hlrlhs and deaths of the c-irs puic by,
in to cast a blot UHin tho family Ibhles whose
lis'oids ale et to lie owmiis1
There me in our Amei lean clt v ibrectoi les
n imes that always suggest ciiuiuicreinl ills
Iniiiestv or libertinism or cruelty or mean
ness, Just lieeaiiso ono man or woman licuriug
that naino ciumsI It forever by miscreancy
liook out how you stab tho family name! It
Is esxsMolly dear to your mother. Shu was
not born under that uauie. She was hoi n
under another name, hut tho years pusssl on
and she came to young womanhood, and she
saw someone with whom she could trust her
happiness, her llfo and her Immoi tnl destiny;
and she took his name, took it while the
orange blossoms were filling tlio air with
fragrance, took it with J im.xl hands, took It
while the heavens witucsstsl Sho choso it
out of all the family names since the world
stood, choso it for Uiter or worse, through
sickness and through health, by cradles and by
graves
Yea, she put oir hor old family name to
take tho family uamo vou now wear, and
sho has done her part to make it an honor
ah!" name How heavy a trouble you put
upon her when, by misdeeds, you wrench
that name fiom its high sigmllcouco! To
haul It down from your mother's forehead
and trample it in tho dust would lie criminal.
Your father's name may not bo a distin
guished name, but I Iiohi it stands for some
thing good It may not bo famous, like that
of Homer, tho father of eplo poetry, or
Iaak Walton, the father of angling, or
iKschIus, the father of tragedy, or Kthul
wold, tho father of monks, or Herodotus, tho
father of hlstorv , or Thomas Aquinas, tho
father of moral philosophy, or Abraham, tho
father of the faithful, but your father has a
name in a small elrilu as precious to him as
theirs In a huger circle Ijook out how you
tarnish it!
Further, tho recklessness and dissipation of
a young man are a cause of paicntul distress
at a time when tho parent Is less able to bear
It. Tho vicissitudes of life havo loft their iin
precision upon thoso parents Thoeols not
as clear as onco, nor tho hearing as acuto,
nor tho nerves as steady, nor tho step as
strong, and with the tide of incoming years
conies the weight of uullllal behavior You
tako our parents at a great disadvantage,
for thoy cannot stand ns much as they onco
could. Thoy have not the elasticity of feel
ing with which onco thev could throw oh"
trouble. That shoulder, now somewhat bout,
cannot boar us heavy a burden as onco it
could. At the time when tho machinery is
getting worn out you put iiou It tho most
terrllle strain
At sixty and seventy yours tho vitality is
not so strong us at thirty or forty. Surely
thoy are descending tho down grade of llfo
swiftl cuuugli without our increasing tho
momentum Thev will bo gone soon enough
without our pushing them awn. Call In all
tho doctors who over llvisl since Hippocrates
raised medii'lne fiom a siijht tltiou to a sci
ence, and they could not cuio the heartbreak
of a mot her over her ruined boy. There may
lo, as somo suppose, enough bet lis on earth,
If discovered, to cure all the ailments of tho
liody; but nothing save a leaf from tho tree
of tho heavenly l'aiadise can euro a wound
mado by a foolish sou who is the heaviness of
his mother.
KUI'THEll HUmilUNQ HAVKI) II V DEATH.
I'erbops It is a good thing that cruel treat
ment by a child abbreviates a parent's lite;
for what is there desirable in a father's life or
a mother's life if its iuco is gonef Do you
not think death is something benellcont If it
stops tho mother's heart from achlii.; and her
eyes from weeping, and says: "You nss not
U'ar the excruciation iinv longer. (Jo and
sleep. I will put the defense of a marble slab
between you and that boy's outrages do
now whero the wicked cease from troubling
and the weiry aio at rest!" At the depart
ure of such mothers let the music l an an
them Instead of a dirge. While you and I
iiear no sound, et there are at this moment
teusof thoUMiudsof parental hearts breaking.
All caro was taken with tho boy's schooling,
all good counsels given, and the ispiipmont
for a sober and earnest and useful life was
provided, but it has all gone, and the foolish
son has become tho heaviness of Ids mother.
Much of tho siiguancy of tho arcntnl
grief arises from tlio Ingratitude of such ls
havior. What an undertaking It is to con
duct a family through tho ailments and ex
posures of early life! Talk about tho skill
demanded of a soa captain commanding a
ship across tho ocean 1 Thatreipilies less skill
than to navlgaton young soul in safety across
the infantile and boyhood years Tho sick
nesses that assault, the temptations that en
trap, the auxiales that ai'eeeitisl Young
man, you will never know what vour mother
has suU'crcd for you. Vou will novel know
how your father has toiled for ou. You
havo been In all their thoughts, in all their
plans, in all their prayers, from tho time
otir first breath wasdrawn to this moment's
lespiratlou. What they could do for your
health, what the xiulddo for )oiir happi
uess, what Uiey could do for our mind,
what the could d for our soul, have hceii
absolving ipiestloun To earn a livelihood
for oii has not always been an easy
thing for mil- father lt what fatigue of
body anil wlmt disturbances of mind, and
long years of stiu.'gle, in which soue'tunes
the loss.., wi'io gi eater limn tho gains, he got
In cad for nii, paving for it in the sweat of
his own brow and the i"d droi of Ids own
li"'iu t's blood! He looks older than he ought
to look at his vears, for It has bs.n work,
vtork, work. .Many a tlmo he felt like giving
up the buttle, but then ho lookisl at your
hi-lplessiiiss and the helplessness of the house
hold, oiel t I le uervi.l hl-Jl-W uuaiis-l
nud mill 'By tho help of (but I will not
stop; my children mtmt have homo and
(silica (Ion and advantages, and a comfort
able stai ting In the wot Id, and I must get a
little something ahead, eo that If I am takou
own these helpless onos will not bo turned
out on tho cold cholines of the woild " Yes,
your father has Ixcniigood friend to you.
He has ucvot told any one, and bo never will
tell any one, of tho suerlllceH he has made for
you. And he is ready to keep right on until
unto that baud that has Imsmi tolling for you
all these ears shall come tho very uumhucMS
of death. You cannot adord to lueak bis
heart Hut ou are doing it. Yes, oii nro.
You have ibiveu the dagger clear in up to
the hilt.
And vour mother I warrant she bus never
told oii much about the nights when you
well" do.Mi with scarlet fevei, or diphtheria,
and she slept not n wink, or, falling into
drowsiness, vour llrst crv uwakcmsl her, and
brought the wonls, "What Is It, nn dearl"
Oh, if the old rocking chair could sicitkl
Oh, If the ciiulle could only tell its story of
years And when ou got Ivttcr, and wero
fretful and hard to please, as Is usual In con
valescence, she kept her patience so well, and
was as kind as you weio unreasonable and
cross. Oh, midnights of motherly watching,
how can on keep silence! Heuk out and
tell that wandering young man tho story
that he so much needs to hear
WHAT HAH 1IKOOMK OP TIIK 01.11 I'llAtll.lCl
By the live, I wonder what has Us-ome of
our old cradle In which all of us chlldieii
were lockisl! I must ask my sister when 1
svo her next time. Wo were a large family,
and that old cradle was going a gissl many
yea is. I tcnicmhcr just how It looked. R
was old fashioned and had no taHstry Its
two sides and canopy all of plain wood, but
theie was a gloat deal of sound shs'plug in that
cradle, and mull aches and mlnswcic sixit hut
by It as it inovtsl In mul fro b da and night.
Most, vividly 1 icmcmhor that the rockers,
which came out from under the ci. idle, weio
on the top and side very smooth, so smooth
thatthey actually glWenisl. They must have
been worn smooth bv u foot that long ago
ccasisl its Join lie) llow tliisl the foot that
piessisl it must sometimes have gotl Hut It
did not slop for that. It went right on and
rocked foi I'liels) the (list, and for Do Witt
tho last. And it was a cradle like that, or
ieihapsof modem nnik'- and i Ichly uphol
stensl, in which our mother rocked you.
Can it ho that for all that cuio and
devotion vou aie paying her buck with harsh
words or neglects or a wickisl life! Then I
must tell vou that you aio the "foolish son
who is the heaviness of his mother " (letter
go home and kiss liei , and ask her lot give
uess. Kiss her on the lls that have so often
pra.visl lor vou. ICiss her on the forehead
that so often ached for you Kiss her on tho
eyes that have so often wept over you. Bet
ter go i ight awa , for she w III bo dead before
long. And how will you fisd then after you
realize It is vour wa.vwaldliess that killed
hcrf Romulus made no law against patri
clde, or the slaying of a father; matricide, or
tho slu iiu of a mother, Ihs-uuso ho consid
cnsl such cilmes Impossible, and for six hun
dred vears theio was not a crime of I hut soi t
in Rome. Hut then ciiiuo Lucius Ostitis and
slew his father, proving the crime Misslblo.
Now do .vou not think that the child who by
vvioug In havior sends his father to a prema
ture grave Is a putiiclde, or who by iniscon
duct hastens a mother Into the tomb is u iu.it
riciilo
The heaviness of pal cuts over a son's do
piuvity is all tho gi eater Usmuso it means
spiritual dismter andovei tluoiv That is tho
wortd thing alsiut it In the sinsloii regula
tions a Nildler receives for loss of both haniU
or fts-t fT'J For loss of ono bund and one
foot $::i! For loss of a hand or foot f:i()
For los of both oes $rj. Hut who can
calculate the value of a whole man ruined
bod, u 1 and soul How can parents
have an happiness alsiut our futuiodes
tiny, oh voting man gone astray! Can
Mich opKisito lives as you and the aro living
come out at tho same place Can holiness
and dissipation enter the sumo gate! Whero
Is tho little piayer that was taught you nt
your mother's knee! Is the Uod they loved
and worsh!Hsl vour (lislf It Is your soul
iilMiut which lh")' are most anxious, your
soul that shall live after the earth itself shall
begirdlisl with Humes, and tile Uuuies, d) ing
down, will leave the planet oulv a live co.il,
and the live coal shall havo Iss-oiuo ashes, ami
then tho ashes shall bo scattered by tho whirl
winds of the Almighty
HKHI-KCT YOUH l'AUKNTS, TIIOUOII TIIKY Ilk
di:ai).
"But," Bays some joiing man, "my mother
Is gone; my behavior will not trouble her
any more."
Oh tlmt those lljis hud language! Life has vissisl
With mo hut roughly since 1 heard thee last
What! Is she dead How vou startle me!
Is sho dead Then icrhiips vou have her
picture Hang It up in your room in tho
place vv hem you oftenest loo',, (1 i and study
her feutures, and while you uie looking the
past villi come buck, and you may hear her
voice, which is now so still, spouk again, say
ing: "Fioui my heuveuly home, my dear
boy, I solicit your leformutiou iindsnhu
tlon. (Jo to tho Christ who pardoned me,
mid he will pardon you My heaven will not
hocomplote till I hear of your changing
Hut I will hear of It right away, for there is
Joy up here when ono slunor rooutoth, and
oh, If the next news of that kind that comes
U) here might come up nvurding ou, oh
my child of many tears and anxieties and
prnors!
Come, in iKiy, do you not hear your moth
er's voice O my son, my sou, would (J.kI
that I could dio for thee! O in son, my sou!
Young ni'tiil what news for heaven woiild Iw
your conversion. Swifter than tclogiuphic
wile ever curried congratulations ton wed
ding or u coronation would lly hcavciiwanl
the news of your deliverance, and whether
tho ono most Interested In our salvation
wero on river lunik, or in tho temple, nr on
tho liuttlemouts, or in tho great tower, tho
message would bo Instantly received, and ls
foro this service is closed angel would cry to
angel: "Havo you heard the news! Out
under Is a mother who has just hcuid of hei
wayward Isiy's redemption. Another prodi
gal has got liomu. The deud Is alive again,
and the lost is found Hulleliijahl Amen!"
The Dully 1,1 f.i of un Actress.
Oirls win. long for tho adulation, Hatter
ami amusement commonly supposed to lie in
seiurable from llfo upon tho stage can prollt
ably study the words of an aclu-ss who has
succeeded in making a uamo for hoi self. "My
llfo Is very uneventful," she su)s. "It is full
of hard and monotonous work. Kxcitt-mcul
VIW. Ill llii'tit Villi. II I iitii l.f... tl... ....1.11...
but for the rest of the day no At tl o'clock
in the morning I ring for my bouillon. After
I have llulshid it 1 tuku a cold bath and then
in breakfast Unless I am duo at tho then
tiofor a long, tidiotis rcheaisal of four or
live hours, 1 attend to my conesKindeiico,
sorting and answering various luttcis. After
that is Ihiishcd and my household duties aro
looked after, I go for my constitutional walk
of two or thus) hours I cat no luu.-heoii,
and when 1 letuin from ni txucisoitli
heai I tune for my dinner, for I dine at I .ill)
o'clock After this meal is over I have Just
a little time to lest U'fore the real btl-luess of
thotwent four hours Uljuk, I must U-at
tho theatre nt 7:.'!0 o'clock nharp. At mid
night I mil home again, and uftei supper I go
to issl N ivv , this is n fair sample of m v lite
Huiy horn has H.diities " Tuionto Kmpire
HE LED A DOUULX LIFE.
The Hl;'il of reller 1'opr, nt l.iniisvlllr,
III lugs IIU Itreord to I.IljIiI.
The w long doing of one man geneiallv cat
siiplclou on many, and the its-cut Might of
William It. l'oK, telhruf the luilsillle City
Niitlonal lunik, with tV),(KiO or the Institu
tion's funds will prolmhly fuiiiUh evcue for
the luini' rl.ts iigaln to turn their attention
to bank olllelals as mihjts'l fm wlttv para
glaphs The violation of such a tliit as that
teposisl in a li'ller Is, however, more a theme
for sci Ions couslileiatloii than for a Joke
The Unci does not really lob the bank, he
robs the honest tolleis and professional and
business men who are tho ilesillois, and
who ili''inl usui their savings to nsmiik
their flit in fiom want.
I'eller I'omi Is a uutlveof Kentucky, and
was Itolll tlili tv -eight )euisago on a farm
Ileal Louisville Re
lis-ilvisl u good
education ami I n
issl inletisl the
sei vice of the Citv
National bunk us a
c I e r k h u v Ing
charge of eolhs--tlotis.
S"Vciulpio
motions followed
ill due course of
time, mul tw iv ears
ago he was made
teller The bank
I tfl1lIllll Illtll till kllH
plclon of I'omi, and k
i.... 1.1 1.1... -
III.-, l.-illinsi iiiiii i
nsiiHtson without
bud habits, ami
thrift in dlsposi wn.t.iAvi it. roi-ic
tlon, Ids thrift Indissl bordeimg on jieiiurl
ousness At hisapartiiienisou (ltavsoiistns.it
and to his bushiiiss acipiiiliilanis-s he was a
model of sobliet. Hut III another niitou
of the citv he liud a dilfeieul kind of dwell
ing place uud an cntlloly dlllVlcnt suit of
leputution To his shady companions ho
was known as a man of bad morals, who
guuiblisl heavily mul drunk ihsiply In a
word, he was .Mr. llilo at night and Dr
.lekvll In dil.
I l n h iilis. nee from tits diisk ono mot ulng
cicatcd suspicion, and a count of the cash
showed Unit fCO.IHH) In bills was gone I'om
was hniidtsl for '.1).IHH) by the Fidelity Casu
alty and Tnisl company of New York.
SHE WAS AN HONOR TO HER SEX.
Cnlllllllilii C.illige l'ci pi'tlml! s Hie Vlemorj
ol ll.i I'lisl rniiule Uliiilniile.
Hull In Maieh therowus place I in the east
end of tin- Columbia College libiaiy at Now
York a meiuoiial vvliidovv in honor of a wo
man the late Miss Maty I'm sons Ilankey,
daughter of .tames Ilankey, of Totts Hill,
Staten Island This meiuoiial is to Nirsitu
iite Hie meinorv of the fact that Miss Ilankey
vvus the III si lemiile .Indent whoever recelvisl
theiligiis ni It u-helor of Arts from Colum
bia. She giuduutisl with the highest honors
In 1S87, mid imuiisllately enteiisl on the cu
l cor of a teacher at tho Now Yolk ladies'
school with which Miss Rose Rllubeth Cleve
land vvus once identified. One day she met
with an accident, but insisted on leturuhig
to Wolk plematurely. Theiesiill was tvphold
fever, and death came six mouths after her
leavlug college. Miss Ilankey giaduuted
when ii'lcais of age, and at that time I'lcsi
dent Buriiurd said of her: "I have novu
I
TUT IIANKKY .MKVtOHIAt. VVINIIOVV.
known a hi iter example of a llnely propor
tioned and well rouudisl educatioii for a wo
uiau, and that woman a lad , than Mary po
sevses "
Thodi-slgu for the window Is liy Professor
Hlaiui, of Munich Tho subject Is treated hi
an allegorical wuv, nud represents tho stu
dent kneeling, with wreaths of forme! tri
umphs at her fis-t, and reaching for the fur
ther honois t.-ii'liT.sl bv ktiowhslge nr k'I
ence At tlio sumo time the student's face Is
turiKsl towiinl an angel who Iss-kous her to
an immortal crown. Appropriate luscrip
tions apHaratthe feet of tho figures the
class motto, tho family coat of arms, Miss
Hiiukey's favorite motto, and therecotd in
Iat in of tho young lady's scholastic stand
lug at Columbia and tho date of her death,
which was Jan. 1, 1S.V-
Artful Swindle of h Clllliiiliiuu.
Mis Kendal, the uctiss, says that "a girl's
flrsl lovo Is her rcbgli n." It might also tw
remarket thut a Cliluainaii's llrst love is his
cash, ami tho person w o gets It from him
must liouitful Indissl. Ris-ently a New Yoik
Celestial Joints! hi fortunes with those of a
w liitii girl, but failisl to contribute much to
her supjxirt. Sho bought ajiithy and juilmtsl
it olf on him as their clllliflly this means
sho succisshs-l in getting seveial hunilrtsl dol
bus from him, with which she lied. Tho
Chlnaiuuu Hist dts-ldtsl on killing himself,
but thought better of that and sworo out a
wan ant for the fugitive.
Sullivan lllsugiei-.tlil) SurprUeil
John I,. Sullivan, the champion pngUUt,
iK-ciisioiially llnds that he cannot have every
thing his own way. Reccutl be eutensl a
New York drinking place ami t.-i roriwd all
tlio patrons s.ivn one, an uukiiowu oung
man. who lesentisl iiiists.inlv f.uoiiiarity om
the lighter's part w ith a blow w lm h sent Sul
livan spiuvv ling on the Moor. The abashed
and mttixicnttsj champion was then led uwu
liv hi f I lends.
On tho continent of Kort the iiilluciirn
mis Us n succeeded by a strange muluih
calleil la uuiiii. Sulleieis ns-ovi i ing from
the gnpisi fall into a state of coma for two
or t hi is dus If they wuke up tliomughl,
110 sel Ions eoiiMspienco follow , but if they
sink into another sleep death ouMies within a
few bonis. Iullui'iiiii, while abating in Kn
it ipo, is now luging vlruleiitl m Central
Asia.
It will cost next ear, as at present itl
miite.1, f lOO.UTO.tMK) to pa) the iensitns
giunttsl by the United States gov-ernuwvit to
urvivoisof the late wnr, ami thedi''ii lent
elutives of those who are dead
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A PRENTICE MULFOIIU LETTER.
I'eti rirtuie of Hie Sun rmnrlscii Chliirun
Qiiutler.
Hst'il CorristtMiiiiliiiicii.1
Han 1'itvst'lHUo, Miin-li 111. Twenty
yniirtngo I lliotiglit myself pretty well
iiPiiiiilnti'i vvllli (his town; but tiiiluy u
gotnl li-al nl it hint grow ti nut only out of
my leiiii'liililiincc. but glow ii hlnco fit
tciiHitilliimici'. l-'or liistiinci-, (bo Chi
iicsc iiiiuler Is ivvo-tlilids linger tlinn In
IHTll, vvlien I left. Ari-lillectiitally It Is
glci'tuif, liiotnilliigoti llldi, tiKil o nilciiliil.
Tho Hluii's nro hugor uud moio preten
tlnliH, Most of llieiii mo nenl, or
ilctlv mul well in inligctl. Thoy tiso
tlio hit go winilovv- piittoH. Thoy Imiig
out nlgtfi bulb In l-higllsli mul ClilncHe.
TIiiim, "Yung Nncii, (Icnlcr In cliinis."
"Wong llm, tiiiintifiu-liirei of vvlilli'
HlllltH," "luig Hihmi, mtiiiiifucluii'i- of
blooms, New Yoik brunch." "Hung
Tho, I'iiiic) (IooiIh, Step iniitid examine
for ouiHiivcH." They keep ready iiiuilo
clothing In pattein AinerU'iiii mul Chi
iicko. In thoso nIiois) I observed whllo
llieli b.llgulllillg for pillltillooliH. Till'
llUVli illVUilctl mill IIKIIKlplllleil stlccl
lifter Htlcet, win lo tiolin of their lace
dwelt mul i-iiiiicil on lillHlneHH I went
Jimitm ago. Thoy stielch ulotig tluw
t Inn i nigh fin oh for miles. When yon look
up a sheet mul unto In i-iilnr u mlxtiin
of gi cell, vclliivv mul gilt Hpotted with
red bieioglvplih-H oii uiuy know the
C.liincHo mo llteio iii fin co, (hi'en
mul vcllnw hcciii llieli fnvoiile
t'oloru fur Iioiiho fiiuitH, i-speclilllv
gicen. Tho Chliimiiuti piiintH only mmli
pint of llm bouse iih bo iK-i-tiplca. The
ii'Kt of tlu fiiinl lio leiiveH In the original
lino. In San l-'ruiii-lsco HiIh Ih iihiiuIIv
iltiht or mud color. Their six i iMih of
drv Niiiiiincr weather glveH the ilimt (lino
to hcttlc, tlilvo itself Into tlio wood mid
leave its lingo llieieon. S.in l-'rulii-isco
Is hugely us vet u wooden city. If the
( '1 1 1 till II III II OCfllpics! U HCCilllll Hoor, bo
HtienliH itH flout gieen or yellow mul
leuves it H.iliilw Icheil between llm tin
paititeil llrst mid lliiul hIoi-Ii-h. It is Hiig
gesthoof boV phi vvlien the liuvofull
nccesH ton paint pot. It is on his huge
ii-Htmitmit fionlH that ho most piles on
paint, gilding. curvliigH, vermululm fiom
boltoin to lop, glass globes, colored
paper Imiti-iuH, lingo mul small, mul
diminutive stutucH. Ills tllHpla.vH In this
respect meglmingmid pyiotci-bnic. Oil
line, of ciilltse, (-onileiniis Ills luMtf I
like H. Il isiiovii,if ghn ing, mul breaks
the iiionnt-inv d our Ameiii-mi dull lined
htieutH, It is liko tlio IiIk Klinllovver In u
bed of pinks, or UNpotied leopard inn
lliM'k of sheep. Hail l-'runulsco's t'lilnn
(loin is mi opeiiHtieet sbow, n iiiiiik iiiu
of Ollllcisilli-H in tilings ilispltiyeil in the
vvindowHof which ikiiio but the ('Inn i
mini knows llm use, iiuil things lo cat m
bis piovision HtoreH vv bleb, il uhuiiiiiinhh
to us, mo cniioiiH. He bus upon ulr
stnnils of haul win (i, tools eh-,, like the
New Yoik outbreaks of neb vvaies In
Viwy Htieet. His ft lift Mauds abound
vvllli long htullcH of sugar cane. Tho
Chinese little Isty, uriityeil in fashion
just like his rattier, but in color inoro
liixin iaiit, is also fur mom numerous
than in "'70."
These seemingly little obi men go ulxillt
ill pink or led silken lot ho trousers, up
per garments of red or yellow, n led or
blue button on their lint like bead gi ir
cillhroiilcicil Chinese shoes, mid vmitu
fill pigtail extended into silk biaid So
attired the im-e ulxillt tho stleel mid
H(llcnl Mptillively in their Hugos iih our
Ikivs s(tteal III theirs. I'eiiiulcs lit Ml bl
lull be seen chattel illg oil Ilic paveiin Ins
gorgeoiisl (liessed in lobes of pud,
tiimined with many colors. If vuiiuii
in certain ncigliboi hoods ut night, tin
Chinese limn will dog uu fur blink
mul Kiur most hei ions Hiiggestions into
your em- legmding tho pussibilitiea ul
Heeiug utielilal ftunale societ. John Is
nut ut nil u giMid mail, lie seems In cum-h
c-oiruptible, but bow iniicli be was cor
rupted before be came hole, mid how
liltli'li bo gullied ill cul riiplKiii after, is
more than 1 know.
This glare mul color is confined to
what seems tho fashionable center of the
Chinese (juarter. Reaching lur beyond
on its outskirts is block on block, reach
ing high up the hills un which flic- iitv
Ih built mul far (low u to tho wharves no
tho level made land, all IIDcd with (.'bin i
ineuulvvork. lillililings which vve.iltu
mul fashion onco occupied mo lull ol
tin-lit. Ramshackle sheds Kitten vvilii
ilecil lire ttlll of tlieui.
The all l celts with tho peculiar odoi
of u Chinese population. What makes
it I don't know. It is not as fragrant .n
a rose, neither is it so piouotiuced us tin
vvblirs New York gets when tho vv ind
blows from tho Hunter's Point uo.il ml
relluurii-H. I am not defending China
(loin; but in heeiug mul U-ing veiy much
ulivo to till) fllllllsof utlier races, it seel lis
to me tlmt woilo vet htraiunt some go. its
and nwiillow a few camels.
A dtiiiil.cn Chinaman is rare. An tin
clean one III pel son ditto. Isik at their
builds and linger nails ami compare
them with thoso of sonic other races
among us. He was the Hist washer
man California had, something a little
less than forty yeuis ago, and sho then
ttmltal linn badly, for a dirtier pupulu
Ron hart rarely been Hccutluui that in tin
city in Wi'i. It was a suit ol foiccd un
cleanliness. There wan hurdh linn-(
wash. Tbero wero fow conveniences,
Tho pioneei hotel often ran but ono tow 1 1
for ll hul (le of guests. It paid lietter t
buy a new shut than expend an hour n
washing it. Hut tinder these ciuu
stanies vou c,m imagine bow lung s i t
men would wear somo shiits. At tl
jtiuctuic the Cliiiiammi came, juiui
into huapstuls and cleaned the H-tph
at least outside. l'ltlUSTRK Mu.Kiltl)
Ijnl) rillllii't'liile.
I.ul I'.iuiii efoto, of the Hmi-.li U,a
lion, is wiumiig pupuhuitv by hi i l.u
lor it is the most open loveof evei tlm
Aiiicm-mi .she is not a bit olllslior l.i .
Iis.li, and every one is taken by hei
niiiskfd ilesiic tn kutivv the pts.ple .iinv
vvlmm she will live. "I like Ann l
mid Auici leans," she said vv lu-ii askt I
l.er iiupic-siui! of tliis ii itn'rv mid tin
way hlie gt es sight ts-in; and imtestl.
w rid to i. ill i.n, , Hi ,i l,,,!,
ote sim ,lks III gnu I fault
JDSTJDDED
wis iiavk just Ri:ci:ivi:i) a
HUAUTIKIM. hIN'H Ol-'
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Card Cases
In nil (hi veiy Intent shnpes nud lln.
Ishcs. Then goods weio bought per
sonally by our Mr. WuMol while in
New York, nud Include cvurvlhlng
(Icshublc fiom a
Genuine Seal Skin,
OOZE CALF
And Ibc best down to tho cheapest.
Cull and sec us.
Wossol Printing Co.
Courlor Offlco. I 132 N St.
WESTERFIELD'S
Palace Bath Shaving
PARLORS.
Ladies - and - Children's - Hair - Cutting
AS.' X'.AI.TY.
COR ii'Ar O STi., NIJW ItURU IHK
EllED. E. THOMAS,
UNDERTAKER
M- -
I'uneral Director.
121S,12tliSt,3 Lincoln, Neb
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