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S3E2BEE5 HWn k -"M - I CAPHAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, ,890 t , I . v Im it, ft DEADSEA AND JORDAN.' ON. TALMAGC'S FIFTH SERMON ON HIS TOUH IN THE HOLY LAND. VoiiirHili)- nf llm Head Ren lli-ilnn. i l'iiniirll mill llin Vnlrunti Tim lament ImUp In I tir Wnrlil IMilrnrcs uf (loil'a ' Writlti. IIIHNIKI.VN, Oct, !. Dr. TnlmnKO Jireneluil tlio llflh norinou nf (do norlri on i!n tour In tlic Holy lninl In tlio Aenilemy of Mimlo In this city tlilMiiornlng, Thin tm'iilnit tit Tlio Christian Herald nervlco In tlio Acmluiiiy of Music, Sow York, tlio scr moil win repeated liefimi nil nuilloiiro which filled tlio vast building In overy part. Dr. Tnlmngo nnnnunceil n IiU text, IV clv.it)' "llu touclieth tlio hill nml thoy ninko." HoMiiili David tliu poet horo pictured n volrnun, ml what Church' Cotopaxl doe on painter's can vim this author doc In wonts. Von iteo 11 hill, culm mid still nml for age Immovable, but tlio Iinl out o! tlio heav en, put IiU linger on tlio top of It, mul fro lii It rUo thick vapor Intenilmt with .lire,' "llu touchi'th tho hills nml thoy moko." (lod In tho only being who ran miiiinge. n volcano, mul again nml again ha ho em ployed vnlcnnla net Ion. Tho pictures on tho wall of Pnmpcll, tho exhumed Italian city, a wo wiw thoni hint November, ilo tnonstiate that tho city wan not lit to live. In tho Hut century that city, engirdled with palaces, empuradlscil with gardens, pillared Into architectural oxiiilMtoiun, wan at tho foot of a inoiiutalu up tho sides of which It rim with vluoyanU mul vllhw of merchant prince, ami all that uiarhlu nml .lirouzo nml Imperial hatha ami arboriculture- mul riilnhnwnl fountains, ami a colUuiiiu at tliu ilcillcatlon of which nluo iiiuusauu oeawH nan ucen mam, ami a nil periuil landscape In which tho shoro gnvo rose to tho sen nml tho son gnvu crytal to tho uliore; ) ea, all that beauty nml pomp nml wealth could glvo was thuro to lai scon or heard. Hut tho bad inoruU of tho city hml shocked tho world. In tho year 71, on tho mh of August, a black column rose hIkivo tho adjoining nioiiiitaln nml spread out, Pliny says, as ho Maw It, llko a (treat jilno trio, wider nml wldor, until It began to rain upon tho city first thin iodic mid then puinlco stone, nnd sulphurous fumcH ecoopidl, nml streams of mud poured through tliu streets till fow people chcapcd, nml tho city wan burled, and miiiio of tho Inhabitant! eighteen hundred yearn after were found embalmed In the neorliu of that awful doom. Tho Inl culled upon Tolcmilo fortvM to obliterate Hint prolll Knto city Ho toucho.l tho IiIIIh and thoy inoked, SCIKNCK AND 6CIIUTUIIK AOIIKK. Nothing hut volcanic action can expln'n what 1 shall show you at the Dead sea upon which 1 looked last December, nml Of who.su waters I took a bitter mid sting, lug taste. Concerning nil that region there Iim been controversy ciioiikIi to till 11 brnrluH, scloucu saying ono thing, revela tion saying uuothor thing. Hutaiimlt vol emile nctlou divinely einployedi ami both testimonies iiroouountl tliu .mine. Geology, choiuUtry, geography, lutronotny, Ichthy- T)logy, ornithology ami roology nro coining ono by ono to conllrin tho Scriptures. Two Icaxenof 11110 book nro Hovolatlon ami Crea tion, mid the iwninanslilp U by tho same dlvluo hand, Our horseback ride, will not bo so steep todig, nml you can stay on without clinging to tho pommel of tho sad dle, but tho scone amid which wo rldo hall, If povslblo, bo moro thrilling, ami by tho time tho homes snulT tho sulphurous atmosphere of ljiko Ashaltltes, or tho Dcnd sen, wo will bo ready to dismount nml read from our Ulhle.i ulxiiit what was done that day by tho Iord when ho touched tho hills nml they smoked, Tivko n detour nml pass nlong by tho rocky fortix'ss of Masada, whero occurreil omcthlti moro wonderful In tho way of deupcratlon than you havoovor heard of, ntilcss you have heard of that. Herod bulU u palace amid theso heaps of black and awful rocks which look like n tuiubliHl midnight. A itrcat baud of robbers, about ono thousand Including their families, nf torwnrd hold tho fortress. When tlio Ho tnuu army stormed that steop mul !io ban dits could no longer hold tho place, their chli'ftjiln, KK-.uar, inudo a powerful speeoh which pemuiukil thorn to die before, thoy wore enpt tired. First tho men kissed their families a loving nml tearful good-by nml then put a dinger Into their henrts, mid tho women mid children wore slain. Then ten men were chosen by lot to slay nil the othur'iuun, mid each man lay down by tlio dcnd 'wife mid children mul waited for these executioner to do their work. This doue, ono man of tho toil killed tho other nine. Then tho survivor committed sui cide. Two women mid live children had hid themselves, nml after nil was over caiuo forth to tell of the nine hundred nml sixty slaughtered. Great nml rugged nat ural scenery makes the most tretnen lous natures forgood or evil. Great ntntaunen and great robbers, great orators nml great butchers, w-e.ro nearly nil born or reared among mountain precl pious. Strong nat ures are hardly ever bom upon the plnln. When men have anything greatly good or greatly evil to do they coma down off the rockh. v TUB LAND Or DESOLATION. Pass on from under tho shadow of Mas, do, the scene of concentrated diabolism, and come along whero the salt crystals crackle under tho horses' hoofs. You are near tho most God forsaken region of nil the earth. You o whom the word Inko bos' heretofore suggested those bewitch menu of beauty, Liuerue or Cayuga, some great pearl set by a loving God In the bosom of tho luxuriant valley, change nil your ideas nbout n lake.'nnd see this sheet of water which tho Ulblo calls the Salt sea, or Sraof tl.e I'luln, nudJosephv ...lis bike AjplmltlieH, Tho muleteers will tako caro of the horses while wo go down to tho brink and dip up tho liquid mlxturu In tho palm of tho hand. The waters am a coin mlngliiig of brimstone and pitch, mid have tlx times larger percentage of salt than those of the Atlantic ocean, the ocean hav lug 4 per cent, of salt nml this lake Supper cent. Lake Slr-l-kol, of India, Is tliu high est lake In the world. This lake, on tho banks of which wo kneel, is the lowest lake. It empties Into uo sea, among other things, for tho simple rctisou that water cannot run Up hill. It swallows up the river Jordan nnd mnkea no response of thanks, nnd never reports what It does yrtth the twenty million cublo feet of water annually received from that snered river. It takes tho tree branches ami logs Moated . Into it by tho Jordan mid pilches them on the banks of bitumen to decay there. Tho hot springs near Its banks by tho name of C.illlrhoo, where King Herod carao to bathe olT his Illnesses, no sooner pour luto this sea than they are pdisoned. Not n fish scale swims It, Nut an Insect walks It It hates life, and If you attempt to iivlm there it lifts you by mi unnatural buoyancy to tho surface, ns much as to ay, "We wuut no life here, but death is our preference; deuth." Those who at tempt to wade Into thin lake, and sillv ' metgo themselves, conui nut nlnimt mad- i deti-d, ni with the si lug of a hundred wasps nml hornets, mid with lips mid ejo llds swollen with tho strange ablution. 'I ho sparkle of Its waters Is not llkothu fpnrklo f lxauty on other lakes, but a metallic luster llko unto tho Hash of n sword that would thrust you. Tho gazelle nnd tho ibexes that live on tho hills Ih'.iIiIo It, nnd cranes nml wild ducks that 11 y ncroM for, contrary to tho old liellef, birds do rnfrlv wing their way over It nml tho Arab horses you havo been rlillug, though thirsty onough, will not drink out of this dreadful mixture. A mist hovers over parts of It nlniOMt continually, which, though natural evaporation, seems llko n wing of doom spread over lliiuld desola tion. It Is tho rinsings of abomination. It Is an aqueous monster colled among tho hills, or creeping with ripples, mid stenchful with nauseating inalodors. TIIK CITIKH OK TDK I'UMN. in these legions nuco stood four great cities of Assyrlnt Sodom, Gomorrah, Adtiin nml Zebolm. Tho lllbtu says they wero de stroyed by a tomptcst of tiro nml brim stone after these cities had 111 toil up of wickedness. "No; that Is absurd," cries some one; "It Is evident that this wan n rv glon of salt nnd brlmstono and pitch long hoforothut." And so It was. Tho Ulblo says It was n region of sulphur long be fore tho great cata-itropo, "Well, now," says some one, wanting to raise a quarrel between hclcuco mid Ituvebitlon, "you have 110 right to say tho cities of the plain were destroyed by n lumpiest of lire and sulphur and brlmstono, because this re gion had thesu characteristics long before thoso cities wero destroyed." Volcnula no tion, Is my reply. These cities had licon built out of very combustible m iterlats. Tho mortar was of bitumen easily luulted, and the walls dripped ith pitch most In llnmuiahln. They sat, I think, on u ridge of hills. They stood high up and rotuplcu ous, r "dliint In their sins, ostentatious In their tlebauehorlrs, four hells on earth. Ono day thero was a rumbling lu the earth, nnd 11 quaking. "What's I hair" ciy thonlTrlght'Ml Inhabitants. "WhatVthutr" The foundations of tliu enrth were giving way, A voleiMio, whoso llres had been bum lug for nges, at God's command bursts forth, easily setting everything allaine, and llrst lifting these cities high In air and thou dashing them dow n In chasms fathom less. The llresof that eruption lutershot tho dense sinoko mid rolled unto tho heav ens, only to descend again Ami all the configuration of that country was changed, and whero thero was a hill therucamea val ley, mid whet.) thorn had been tho pomp of uucleanuess cauio widespread desolation. Tlio red hot spado of volcnula action had shoveled under the cities of the plain, Ilo fore tho catastrophe tho cities stood on tho top of the salt nnd sulphur. After tho catastrophe they wero under tho salt and sulphur. Science right; Itevolntiou righL "Ho toucheth tho hills nml they smoke." No science ever frightened believers in Hev. hit Ion so much it geology. Thoy feared that tho strain of tho earth would contradict tliu Scriptures, mid then Moses must go under, lint ns In tho Dead sen Instance so In all cases God's writing on tho earth and God's writing lu tho llihlo nro harmonious. The shelves of rock cop respond with the shelves of the American Ulblo society Science digs Into tliu earth nnd (Luis deep down tho remains of plants, nnd ho the Hlhle announces pLuts llrst. Scluuce digs down nnd says, ".Marino ani mals huxt," mid tho illblo says, "Marino animals next." .Science digs down mul says, "hand animals next," mid tho Illblo responds, "Iand animals next," "Then comes maul" says science. "Then comes man!" responds the lllblc. Science digs Into the regions about tho Dead sea, nnd finds result of lire mul masses of brim stone, mid announces u wonderful geologi cal formation. "Oh, yes," says tho Illblo, "Mosch wrote thousands of years ago, 'Tlio ljrd rained upon Sodom ami upon Go morrah brimstone nml lire from the Uird out of heaven,' mid David wrote, 'Ho toucheth tho hills mid they smoke.'" So 1 guess wo will hold on to our Ulhles a lit tle longer. A gentleman In the ante-room of the White House nt Washington, hav ing an appointment with Mr. Lincoln ut 5 o'clock In the morning, got there llfteen minutes early, mid asked tho servant, "Who Is talking In the next roomf" "It is tho president, sir." Is anybody with hlmr" "No, sir; ho is reading tho Ulblo. Ho spends every morning from 4 to 5 o'clock reading tho Scriptures." l'HOVUOATK CITIES OVKUWIIKI.MKII. My text Implies that God controls vol canoes, not with the full force of his hand, but with tlio tlpof bis linger. I.tna, Strom boll mid Vesuvius (awu nt his feet like hounds before tho hunter. These erup tions of the hills do hot belong to Pluto's realm, ns the ancients thouuht. but to tho divine dominions. Humboldt counted two hundred of them, but since then the In dian archipelago has been found to have nine hundred of tueso great mouthpieces. They are on every continent and In all lati tudes. That earthquake which shook Ml America about six or seven summers ago was only tho raving around of volca noes rushing against the sides of their rocky caverns trying to break out. They must come to tho surface, but It will bo nt the divine call. Thoy tiecm reserved for the punishment of ono kind of sin. The seven cities thoy havo obliterated weio eel cbrated for ono kind of transgression. Profligacy was tho chief characteristic of tho seven cities over which they put their smothering wing: Pompeii, Hcrcuhineum, Stabliu, Adma, Zebolm, Sodom and Go morrah. If our American cities do not quit their nrolllgncy, If in high life nnd low life disso luteness does not ceaso to be a joke nnd bo conio a crime, if wealthy libertinism con tinues to find so many doors of domestic llfo open to its faintest touch, If Husslan nnd French nnd American literature steeped in pruriency does not get banished from tho news stands mid ladles' parlors, God will let loose sonio of these suppressed monsters of the earth. And I tell these- American cities that It will be moro tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrrnb In the day of judgment, whether that day of judgment be in this present century or in tho closing century of the earth's continuance. Tliu volcanic forces are already In existence, but in tho mercy of God they nro chained in tho ken nels of subterraneous lire. Yet let profli gacy, whether it stagger into n lazaretto, or sit on u commercial throne, whether It laugh In a faded shawl uniur the street gas light or be wrapped in the llncst prray that foreign loom over wrought orlnphhiry ever tmpcnrlrd, know right well that there Is a volcano waiting for It, whether in do mestic life. orWlal life, or political life, or lu the fouiuhitiotiHof the earth from which sprang ouf 'the devastations that swal lowed the cities of the plnln, "Ilo toucheth tho hills and they smoke," Din tliu dragoman was rojolcvd when wo had seen enough of this volcanic region of Palestine, and hugladly tightens the girths for another march around the horses which are prancing nnd neighing for de parture. Wo are off for tho Jordan, only two hours nwny. We pass Bedouins whose stern features melt Into a smile as we give them the salutation Malaatn Alelkoum, "Pence Iki w h you," their smllu some times leaving us lu doubt us to whether It Is caused by their gladness to see us or by our poor pronunciation of tliu Arabic. Oh, thoy nru a strange race, those lledoulns, Such a commingling of rulllanisni and honor, of cowndlco and courage, of cruelty mul Idndnessl When n band of them caiuo down upon n party In which Miss Whately was traveling, and wero nbout to take pocket books mid perhaps life, this lady sit ting Upon her hurso took outlier note book nml pencil ami benaii to sketch these brig mills, nml seeing this composure the ban (Ilia thought It something supernatural nnd lied. Christian womanliness or man linesii Is nil conquering. When Martin Luther was told that Duke Georgu would kill him If ho went to lipste Luther re piled, "I would go to Lelpslo If It rained Duku Georgis lino days." piitsT vn:w oi' Tin: joiidan. Now wo coino through regions whero thert- nro hills cut Into tho shapo of cathe drals, with altar mid column mid arch nnd chancel and pulpit and dome and architecture of tho rocks that I think can hardly just happen so, Perhaps It Is be cause God loves the church so well, he builds lu tliu solitudes of Yellowstone park ami Yosemlle and Sifttzerlaml and Palestine these ecclesiastical piles. And who knows but that unseen spirits may sometimes worship theref "Dragoman, when shall wo see 'ho .Ionian r" In.sk. All tho time wo were on the alert, nnd looking through tamarisk and willows for the greatest river of all tho earth. The Mis slsslppl Is wldor, the Ohio Is deeper, the Ama.on Is lo'ger, tho Hudson rolls amid regions mom picturesque, the Thames has more splendor on Its banks, tliu Tiber sug gests moro In: .erlal procession, the llyssus has more clnsslo memories, and the Nile feiils Kreater populations by Its Irrigation, but tho Jordan Is tho queen of rhors, ami runs throtiuh all the lllble, it silver thread strung llko beads with heroics, mid before night wo shall meet on lis banks Klljah ami Kllshaaud David mid Jacob and Jotli mi and John and JesiM. At last between two trees 1 goto glimpse of a river nnd said, "Whnt Is thatf" "The Jordan," was tho quick reply. And all along tho lino which had been lengthened by other pilgrims, some from America, and sumo from ICurope, nml some from Asia, the cry was sounded "The Jordanl Tlio Jordan!" Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have chanted on Its banks and bathed lu Its waters. Many of them dip n wet gown In tho wavo nnd wring it out nnd carry It homo for their own shroud. It Is an Impetuous stream, nml rushes on ns thotmh It were hastenlngto tell Its story to the liges. Many an explorer has It whelmed mul many u boat has It wrecked. Lieut, Mollueaiix had copper bottomed craftB split upon Its sholvlngs, Only one boat, that of Lieut. Lynch, ever lived to sail the whole length of It. At the season when tho snows on lihanon melt the rage of thla stream Is like the Coneniaugli when Johnstown perished, and tho wild beasts that may bo near run for tliu hills, explain lug what Jeremiah says, "Heboid ho shall go nil like a Hon from tho swelling of Jor dan." No river so often changes Its iiiiuil, for it turns mid twlstx, traveling two hun dred miles to do that which Inn straight lino might be dona In sixty miles Among bunks now low, now high, now of rockH, now of mud and now of sand, laving tho feet of the terebinths and oleauderH mid aciiclas nml reeds mid pistachios and silver poplars This river marries the Dead sea to Lake- Gallllee, nnd did ever so rough a groom take tho hand of so falru brlder MlltACl.r.S AT TIIK JOIIDAN Thlnis tho river which parted to let an army (if two million Israelites across. Here the skilled major general of the Assyrian host at the seventh plunge dropped his lep rosy not only by miraculous cure, but sug gesting to all ages that water, and plenty of It, has much to do with the sanitary Im provement of tho world. Here Is whero some theological students of Kllsha's tltno were cutting trees with which to build a theological seminary, nnd an ax head, not Hiilllclently wedged to tho handle, flew olT into the river and sank, nnd tliu young man deplored not so much tho loss of tho nx head as tho fnct that it was uot hisowu, mul cried, "Alas! It was borrowed," mul tho prophet threw a stick info tho river, mul In ilcllnnce of tho htwof gravitation the Ironnx head camotothoHurfaceand floated llku a cork upon tho wider, mid kept float ing until the young man caught It, A miracle performed to give ono an opportu nity to return that which wns borrowed, and u rebuke In nil ages for those who bor row and nuver return, their bad habit in this respect so established that it would be a miracle if thoy did return It, Yea, from the bank of this river Klljah took u team of lire, showing that the most ragingelement Is servant of the good, and that there is no need that a child of God fear any thing, for If the most destructive of all ele ments was that day fashioned Into a vehi cle for a departing saint, nothing can over hurt j on who love mid trust the lord. I am so glad that that chariot of Klljah was not Hindu out of wood or crystal or anything ordinarily pleasant, but out of fliv, and yet ho went up without having so iuu;h as to fan himself. When, step plug from amid the foliage of these oleau dew and tamarisks on tliu banks of tho Jordan, he put his foot on tho red step of the red equipage, nnd took tho red reins of vapor lu Ids hands, nnd spurred tho gal loping steeds toward tho wldo open gato of heaven, It wii a scene forever memorable. So tho hottest afflictions of your life may roll you heavenward. So tho most burn lug persecutions, tho most fiery troubles, may becomo uplifting. Only bo sure that when you pull on tho bits of lire, you drive up toward God, and not down toward the Dead seia When Iwttlmcr mid ltldley died at the ktnko thoy went up lu n chariot of lire. When my friend P. P. Ullss, the gospel singer, was consumed with the rati train that broko through Ashtabula bridgo nnd then took llmne, ! said, "An other Klljah gono up In a chariot of Urol" 11AIT1Z1XQ IN TIIK JOIIDAN. Hut this river Is n river of baptisms. Christ was hero baptized mid John bap tized many thousands. Whether on these occasions the candidate for Imptlsm and theolllcorof religion wont Into this river, and then while both were standing the water was dipped in tho hand of ono nnd sprinkled upon tho forehead of the other, or whether tho entire form of tliu one ba tlzed disappeared for a moment lament h tlio surface of tho flood, I do not now de clare. While I cannot think without deep emotion of tho fact that my parents held mo In Infancy to the baptismal font In the old meeting houso at Souiurvillo and as sumed vows on my behalf, I must tell you now of another mode of baptism observed in the river Jordan on that afternoon In lastDecL-mlier, tho particulars of which I now. for the llrst time relate. It was a scene of unimaginable solcm nlty. A comrade in our Holy IjuuI Jour nuy rode up by my sldo that day and told me that a young man who Is now study ing f)i tho gospel ministry would like to be baptized by me In tho river Jordan. I got nil tho fuels 1 could concerning his ear nestness and faith, ami thrsuh uerbounl uxamlnitlnu mndo myself confident ho wo n wort ly candidate- Thero wero among our Arub attendants two robes not iinllko thoso used for American baptistries, nnd these wj obtained. As wo wuro to havo a Inrge gioitp of different nationalities pres ent I dictated to my daughter n fow verses mid had copies enough niailo to allow all losing. Our dragoman had a man famil iar with the river wado through nnd across to h'iow tho depth nml tho swiftness of the stream and tliu most appropriate place for tho ceremony. Then I read from tho lllble tho accounts of baptisms lu that sacred stream, and implored tho presento of the Christ on whoso head tho dovo descended nt the Jordan. Then as the. cumliilate mid myself stepped Into tho waters tho people on the bauks sang in full mul resounding volcei On Jonlnn's itonny banks I stnnj And cast A wishful eyo To C'ntianti's fair nml lmppy land, Where my xseMloni Ho, Oh, thotrnnortlng, rapturous cccno Thnt rises to my sights llwcet fields nrrnyed In living Rrocn And rivers of delight. I)y this time wo had reached tho middle of thu river. As tho candidate sank under the floods and roso again under u baptism lu theuauiuof the Father, ami tho Sou, and tho Holy Ghost, thero rushed through our souls a tide of holy emotion such as we shall nut piobably feel again until we step into tho Jordan that divides earth from heaven. Will thoso waters bo deepf Will those tides Im strong No mutter If Jesus steps In with us. KrleniN on this shoro to help us olT. Friends on the other shoro to seo us laud. See! They nro con lug down the hills on tho other side to greet us. How well wo know their stepl How easily wu distinguish their volcesl From batik to bank wo hall their, with tears mid they hall us with palm brrnches. They say to us, "Is that you, father?" "Is that you, mother?" and wo answer by asking, "Is that you, my darling?" How near they seem, and how narrow tho stream Unit ill vldes usl OoiiM mo hut stand where Muses stood Ami lev tho laii(lscnsi o'er, Not .Ionian's utreniu nor Death's cold Hood Could fright us from tho shuro. IMiTtrlrlty fur Clout. Klectrlcal emlosmnsls to nccolerato the passage of drugs through tho skill has for Homutimubcun regularly practiced under medical sanction. Kdlson, "tho Jvlard," had notL'cil that gouty concretions me often treated with thu aid of lithium salts, taken Internally to facilitate- tho forma tion, dissolution nnd excretion from th6 body of urate of lithium. Tho dlf.lculty in this treatment has always been the uu certainty of tho nbsorptlon of tho salts Into tho system, nnd It occurred to Kdlson that more rapid success might be obtained by external application ami the employment of electric endosmoso to carry the lithium into the tissues. For tho purpose of test ing this application he carried out a series of experiments, the results of which were placed before the International medical congress held ut Uerlin. Tho subject experimented uponwus 7J years of age, and had lived an activo and healthy llfu until ten years previously, when ho contracted tho tondency to gouty concretions through sleeping in damp sheets. All the joints except tho knees wero vol y much enlarged, nml thu Joints of the little linger almost obliterated by con cretion. The patient experienced freedom from pain, which up to that time hail been Inteuse.iifter thu first day's treatment, nml in fourteen days a reduction of nearly an inch mul u quarter was vlTected in tho cir cumference of ono of the lingers, whose form was favorable lu accurate measure ment. The general condition of tho pa tient was considerably ameliorated, and the rcsuluof thu experiment were in ev ery way encouraging. Now Orleans Pica yunu Thu Skeleton lu tlm Ticnrlien. Among Mr. Carter's war relics is a little pen ami Ink sketch, ghastly in the storv told by its hurried work. In thu trenches", clad in "ragged regimentals," with knees drawn up nnd cramped in tho narrow covert, with itrmyrillu still pressed against thu shoulder, thu muzzle pointing over the edge of the trench, the left hand support ing the barrel, tho right forefinger touch ing tho trigger, Is seated tho skeleton of a Confederate solillorl That is all. Thu Held Is bare. The llgure Is solitary. Armies bad fought oer that plain, but they had passed on to other bat tie grounds. Tho dead soldier in the trench had been overlooked after the fight, nnd had sat therein the awful attitude, of ilea. lly con flict until the IK-hIi shrlvolcil away, the worn uniform fluttered about a skeleton, empty eyo sockets glared along the leveled gun harpil, and a grinning skull took the place of tho resoluto face that had fronted the charge of a brigadot Underneath this pen nnd Ink horror Is written! "Thrco months after tho battle of Spottsylvaula Court House," The skele ton in the trench had been found by a young officer of tho Confoderateengiueur corps, sent to tako survey notes on the Held. Almost tho entire top of tho dead soldier's head had been taken off by a sh. II fragment. Ho had evidently died without thu qulvei of a muscle, Tho offlcer who sketched tho figure of this dread sentinel of Spottsylvaula drew a dramatic picture of scarcely less Intensity thnn that of the Homan her try found at tho gates of Pom pell. St. louts Republic, UeiulU of Cutting tho Bcriiion Short. Tho Rev. Dr. Smyth's sermon nt Center church Sunday morning was unusually short, and ns a result confusion wits caused. Tho man who Is employed to pump the organ had ipparently gono out for a stroll, oeiioving, on mo strength or previous ex pcrlenco, that his services would not in any event be required before 1 1:45; null when tho pastor announced the closing hymn alout twenty minutes earlier than usunl the organist found that his humble coadjutor was missing. Thero was a de lay of u few moments, mid then one of the male memU'rs of the choir was scon to hurriedly disappear In tho direction of the pumping room. A fow seconds moro nml tho organ began to sound. Few of thoso of tho church attendants who are accustomed to rldo to and from church found their carriages awaiting them when thcyr wero rvady to return home, the roaclimen as well as tho organ pumper having miscalculated the length of tho Kcrniou. Now Haven Palladium. -4 A National ..Neetl, The people of this nation need Just now to pay much more attention to Improving their bodies; we have, a reputation for brain force, but It must needs liesupporttsl by healthy and vigorous Ixidles, or We shall never la? able to maintain our po.si tiou among the nations of the earth for stijierlorlty. Kvery consideration of er soual happiness and national welfare mid greatness urges us to thin!; seriously upon this question of plijMcnl development, to seek for truth, and having found it to profit individually b) its teachings. J. F. Walker, M. 1)., In Jeuiios-Mlllcr Magazine. Guns and Loaded Shells, Cutlery, Shears and Scissors, Japanned and Granite Iron Ware, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, Garland Stoves and Ranges Thu Largest and Most Complete Stoek in the City. RUDGE &c No. ii22 N Ensign's Bus, Carriage and Baggage Lines si a. xxtii at. Hacks, Coupes, Landaus and Carriages INHTANTI.Y KUUNIHIIKI). Telephones .- city officii:, 303. DEPOT OFFICF., i.-T.) .i' """""nokln waiting nt our ollleout nil bourn, day or ubzlit, and cnlls eltlior by Telcphono or In person aro Immediately aiiHwered. Special arrniBoincnls roriiburban trip, iiImi for Hhoppng. v tstoHlalo Prison, Insauo Aylumoto. lonuouruan TH6 EUBOPBA1T. MOW OPEN Table Service Unsurpassed in the City. Apartments Single or En Suite withor without Board. Passenger Elevators. Cor. 13th anil J Street... Tvlt!iliniii) No, !',. L. MEYER, Notary Public and Real Estate Dealer in City and Farm Property AQKNT y VfEflnvcV. BffSSy. North German-Lloyd Steamship Co., Hamburg-American Packet Co., and Baltic Lines. AUo Railroad Agent for the Different Companies En6t nnd West. -Southampton. Havre, Hamburg, Stetten, London, Paris, Norwnv, Plymouth, Bremen, Sweden, and nnv nolnt In Eiiron. Post Orders nnd Foreign Exchange ....!.. 1 III., a ..... .... ..hi iniim. mm, iii Dime, ioiiiuy anil uny iciiiurn Clam market prlco. Call nnd eo mo or Lorremmnd with me. L. MEYER, 108 A TWICE TOLD TALE ! "J"he wise man sclcctcth the "Hur llugton route" and therefore stnrteth aright. He arraycth himself in purple and flue linen, for lo, nnd behold, he Is fcnuglv ensconced hi a"lowercenter" on the famous vcstlbuled flyer, where sinoko and dust are jievcr knpwn. He nrovldeth himself within book from tiie generous library near nt hand, ndjustcth hi traveling can, aud pro cccdcth to pass n day of unalloyed pleasure and contentment. And It came to pass, being hungry and nthlrst, lie steppcth Into the dining i:nr, and by the beard of the prophet, 'twas a feast fit for the gods. Venison, Him: Point, Hergundy, frog legs, can vnsbacks, Mum's extra dry, English plum pudding, fruits, nuts, Ices, French coffee, verily, the wise man waxetli fat, and while he llghtcth a cigar, he takcth time to declare that the meal was "out of sight." t occurrcth to the wise man that the country through which he journey ed was one of wondrous beauty, Inso much that It was with deep regret he noted the nightly shadows fall. How ever, tenfold joy returned ns he beheld the brilliantly lighted car, nnd the merry company it contained. Verily, It afforded a view of Elysluoi. T'n- wise man rctlreth to rest. De llciously unconcerned, he sleeps the sleep of the righteous and nwnh.es much refreshed. His train is on time, his journey ended. He rejolcetli with exceeding great joy, ns he hold a re. turn ticket b the same route, the "Great llurliiigton." MORAL: Travel by J. FRANCIS, Gen. Pass nnd Ticket Agent, Omaha. MORRIS, STREET. tr-f&-F?Z-' ft W:mttiiSiB' .i)5&F''V r--" BOND -v M. ISABEL BOND Prop. l-'OIt Tin: tailed to all prominent point n Europe. .... .-... North Tenth Street. T'n-' foolish man buyeth a ticket of n scalper. In the morning, behold, he snveth fifty cents; nnd lo, nt nightfall he Is out $9.27. He startcth wrong; - Wit" might nnd main he hurrieth to the denot, only to find his train four hours Inte. The peanut boy slzeth him up nnd sellcth him a paper of an uncer tain date. A le jonrneyeth along, lie fornietha new acquaintance,- for whomheensheth a check. Five minutes for refreshments. While he rusheth to the lunch counter some one steuleth his gripsack'. fie chnngeth cars, lo these many times, nnd it strik eth the foolish man that he "doesn't get through pretty fast," and he ' be inonnctli his ill luck. He getteth a cinder in his eye, and verily he swenreth ntu cusseth full free. He exchangcth three pieces of silver for a bunk in n sleeper, and nwakcth just in time to catch an Infernal nigger sneak lug off with his boots; the Porter's ex cuse nvalleih nothing, nnd the foolish mail 1 straightway putteth IiU boots m,. der his pillow, that no man may break lu nnd steal. Hi train runneth into a washout, a linckman taketh him In to the tune of klx shillings, and the foolish man Hftetli up lis voice In great lamentation, for lo and behold, the tavern Is away but half a block. ' Hereacheth home wenrv and henits sore; his trunk conicth next day jnluut the cover and one handle, he resolveh hereafter to travel only by the "Great llurliiigton," the Burlington Route A. C. ZfE.MEU, City Pass, and Ticket Agent, Lincoln.' 4Wi
