Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, November 01, 1890, Page 6, Image 6
PTTfHH! - "---' " MM1. I1-1 "-f'Lli " - n in i iimi wrjmnpr" m ..- rr,r" A"V - ww - m m ? 1 vv ? I.' ?. -T " It If I la, . : lr .T lift . ft it WJ to 6 DEAD SEA AND JOKDAN. On. TALMAQb8 FIFTH SERMON ON HI9 TOUR IN THE HOLY LAND. Topography nf Iho Itr Ail Hci llrglon, Fumprll nml tlm Vnlrnno Tim lmnl tjtkn In lli Worlil llvlilcncm or (loil'i IVrnlli. UiiookI.VN, Oct. !M.-I)r. TnlmiiKO ErenMied tlio fifth Kormon of I ho ncrlm ou In tour in the Holy Iwimt In tlio Acndoiuy of Mimla In this city this morning. Thin vcnlngnt The Christian Herald nervlcu In tho Academy (if Music, Now York, tlio nor ntoti wim repealed I R' foil nu nudloiica which filled tlio vast building In uvory part. Dr. Tnlmnga announced mh hi text, I'd. eiv, M: "llo touoheth tlm lillln nml thoy woke" Ilcnuldi David the mhi hero pictures u volcano, and what Church's Cotopuxl doe on painter's ainviis thin author doea In word. You ec n hill, calm nml still nml for ngen Immovable, hut the-Ionl onto! tho henv wtjput hU linger on tho top of It, nml from lit rlie thick vnporn Inteuihot with flrcy "llo touohoth the hills nml thoy unoke." Owl I tlio only lielng who enn manage n Tolcano, nml ngnln nml nKaln tin ho em ployed volcnnlo nctlon. Tho pictures on tho wall of Pomix'll, tho exhumed Italian city, ns wo nuw thoiu lnit November, do monstrnto that tho city wan not lit to I he. In tho first century that city, engirdled with palace, ompnrndlsed with gurdeiiM, plllnred Into architectural exqulsltem, wan nt tlio foot of n mountain up tho hIiIoh of which It run with vineyard nml villus of merchant princes, nml nil that marble nml hronr.ound Imperial baths nml nrhnrl culture nml rnlohowed foiintnliis, mid 11 .jolltonm nt tho dedication of which nine thousmul txvitsts had boon slain, nml a su poruul lundiienpo in which tho shore gave roses to tho sen nml tho sea gavo crj tills to tho shoro; yon, nil that beauty and pomp jiiul wealth could give- wiw thero to be noon or hoard, Hut tlio bud morals of the city tind shocked tho world. In tho year Til, on tho 4th of August, 11 black column r.e nbovo tho adjoining mountain and spread out, I'llny tmvs, ns ho saw It, llko u grent plno tree, wider nml wider, until It liegnn to rain upon tho city llrst thin iishra nml then puuiico stone, nml sulphurous fumes scoopod, nml streams of mud poured through tho street till few people escaped, Mid tlio city was burled, nml soiuo of tho Inhabitant eighteen hundred jears after wero found embalmed In the scorhu of thntnwful doom. The lonl called upon volcanic force to obllterato that prolli Kato city. Ho touched tho bills nml thoy smoked. " BCIKNCi; AMD BCIIIITUIIK ACJIIKK. Nothing but volcnnlo action can explain whnt I shall show you lit the Dead sen upon which I looked Inst December, ami of whoso wntere I took u blttor nml tiling lug tust. Concerning nil that region thora hns boon controversy enough to fill II onirics, science unylug ono thing, ruveln tlon saying another thing Hut admit vol cnulo nctlon divinely employed nml both testimonies aro 0110 and tho saino. Oeology, choniUtry, geography, nstrouoiny, Ichthy ology, ornithology nml roology aro coming ono by ono to conllrni tho Scriptures. Two leaves of 0110 book nro Hovolntiou nml Cren tlon, and tht penmanship is by tho same tlivluo hand. Our horseback ridu will not bo so steep today, and you cnn stny on without clinging to tlio pommel of tho Bad die, but tbo scenes muld .which wo rldo hall, If passlblf, bo mora thrilling, nml by tlio time tho horses snuff tho sulphurous atmosphere of Lnko Ashnltites, or tho Dead sen, wo will Imj ready to dismount and rend from our Ulbles uliout what wan dono that day by tho Lord when ho touched tho hills and thoy smoked, Tnkn n detour and pass along by the rocky fortress of Mnsmln, whoro occurrtnl something more wonderful In the way of desperation thnu you have over heard of, unless you have heard of that, Herod built n jwdaco amid these heaps of black and awful rocks which look llko n tumbled midnight. A great baud of robbers, about ono thousand including their families, af terward held tlio fortress, When tho Ho man army stormed that stoennml tho ban. dlu could no longer hold tho place, their chlefwln, Kleawr, made a powerful speech wlcb iorsuttdel themt to-4ie before 'thoy Wore captured, first tho men kissed tholr families a lovtug and tearful good-by nml then put a dagger into their hoarts, nnd tho womeu and children were slain. Tljen ten men were choseii by lot to slay nil the other men, nnd each man lay down by' tho dead wife and children nnd waited for these executioners to do their work. This done, one man of tho ten killed the other nine. Then tho survivor committed sul ctdoj Two women and flvo children had hid themselves, ami after till was over came forth tqjtbll of the nine huudml nnd sixty slaughtered. Great and rugged nat ural scenery niukea the most trotnomlous until res for good or evil. Great statesmen and great robbers, great orators nml great bouillons, were nearly nil boru'or reared among mouubiln precipices. Strong nat ures are hardly ever born upon the plain. When men lutvo anything greatly good or greatly evil to do they come down off the rocks. TIIK'LAND OF (iKSbUTION. Pass on from under the shadow of Mnsv da, tho hceue of concoutnittsl dinliolisni, and come along where the salt crystals crackle umlef tho horses' hoots. You tiro near the most God forsaken region of nil theuarth. You to whom the word lake has heretofore suggested those bewitch. meuts of beauty, Luzerne or Cayuga, somo great pearl set by n loving God In the bonom of the luxuriant valley, change nil your Ideas alwui a lake, nnd see this sheet of water which the Hible calls the Salt sen, or Sen of tho Plain, nnd Joseplu- lls Ijike Asphnltltcs. The muleteers will take enro of the horses while we go down to the brink and dip up the liquid mixture in the palm of tho Imsd. The waters aro a com mingling of brbof tone and pitch, and have six times largOTperccntiigo of salt tlinn those of the Atlantic oceuu, tho ocean hav ing per cent, of salt and this lnko 20i per cent. I Jiko Slr-1-kol, of India, is the high est lake In tlio world. This lake, on the banks of which wo kneel, Is tho lowest lake. It empties into no sen, among other things, for tho simple, reason that water caunot run up hill. It swallows up tho river Jordan and makes no rcsponso of thanks, and never reports what It docs with tho twenty million cubic feet of wnter annually received from thut sacred river. It takes the tree branches nnd logs floated into it by the Jordan and pltchou them on the banks of bitumen to decay thero. The hot springs ueur Its banks by the name of Calllrhoe, where King Herod came to but ho off his Illnesses, no sooner pour Into this sen than they are poisoned. Not nils!) kuIo swims it, Notun Insect walks It. It hates lifo, and If you attempt to swim there it llfu you by uu unnatural buoyHiicy to the surface, as much as to say, "Wu want uo life here, but death Is our preference; ricuth." Those who at tempt to wndo Into this lnko, nml sul iiiergo themselves, come, out nlmost nrnil doned, m with tho sting of a hundred wasps ami hornets, nml with lips nnd eye lids swollen with tlm strange ablution, ThosiMrkln of Us wnl em Is not like tho epnrkle nf iKviuty on other lakes, but a metallic luster like unto tho Mash of n word that would thrust you, Tho gaiolles nml tho IIhixcs that live on tho hills liesldo It, nml cranes nml wild ducks that fly nomas lor, contrary to tlio old lienor, birds do safely wing their way over It nnd the Arnli horses you hnvo been riding, though thirsty enough, will not drink out of this dreadful mixture. A mist hovers over parts of It almost continually, which, though natural evaporation, seems llko n wing of doom spread over liiiuld desola tion. It Is tlio rinsings of abomination. It Is nu ntienus monster colled among tho hills, or creeping with ripples, nml tcnchfiil with nauseating tnnlodurs. TIIK CITIK8 OK TIIK PLAIN. Ill these regions onco stood four grent eltles of Assyria! Sodom, Goinorrnh, Adinn nml Zebolm, The Hlblo says thoy wero de stroyed by a temptest of fire nnd brim stone after these cities had II I lis 1 up of wickedness. "No; that Is absurd," cries soma one; "It Is evident that this was n re gion of salt nnd brimstone ami pitch long before that.'1 And so It was. Tho Hlblo ays It was n region of sulphur long bc- loro me great cntnstropo, "Well, now." says some one, winning to raise lupmrrcl oeiween ncienco nun nuvciatloti, "you hnvo uu right to say tho cities of the nlaln were destroyed by n toiuntestof lire nnd sulphur nml brimstone, because this ro glon had these characteristics long before ineso cities wero destroyed," Volcnnlo no tion, Is my reply. Those, cities had been mint out or very combustible materials. I ho itiortnr won of bitumen enslly united. nml the wulls dripped with pitch most In tlnmiimblo. Thoy snt, 1 think, on a ridge of hills. Thoy stood high up nml coiuplcu ous, rndlaut In their sins, ostentatious In their debaucheries, four hells on earth. One day thero was a rumbling hi tlio earth, nnd uniiukiiig. "What's that?" cry thoiilTilglitvd Inhabitants. "What's thntr" The foundations of tho cnrtli were giving way. A volciuio, whose Ores had In-en burn lug for ages, nt God's command bursts forth, easily M'tttng everything iillnme, nml llrst lifting these cities high in air nml then dnshlng them down In elmsins fathom less. The Hies of that eruption luteishot tho dense, smoke and rolled unto tho heav ens, only to descend again. Ami nil tho configuration of that country was changed, nnd where there wnsn hill there caino a val ley, nnd where thero hnd beon tho pomp of uncleauness cumo widespread desolation. Tlio red hot spado of volcnnlo nctlon hnd shoveled under the cities of the plain. Ho fore tho cntostropho tho cities stood on tlio top of tho salt nml sulphur. After tlio catastrophe they were under the salt and sulphur. Science right; Hovolntiou right. "Ho toitcheth tlio hills nml they smoke." No Hclence ever frightened believers in Hovolntiou so much ns geology. Thoy feared that the strata of the elirth would contradict tho Scrlptures.and then Moses must go under. Hut ns in tho Demi sen Instance so In nil cases God's writing on the earth nml God's writing In the Hlblo nro harmonious, Tho shelves of rock cor respond with the shelves of the American Uibic society Science digs Into tho enrth nml llmls deep down the remains of plants, and so the Hlblo announces plants llrst. Science digs dowu nnd says, "Marino nuU mills next," nml the Hlblo says, "Murine nnlmals next." Sclenco digs down nml snys, "Lund animals next," and tho Hlblo responds, "Lind animals next." "Then comes muni" suya science. "Thou comes mnnl" responds the Hible, Sclenco digs Into tho regions about tlio Dead sea, nml llnds result of lire and masses of brim stone, nnd announces a wonderful geologi cal formation. "Oh, yes," nays tho Hible, "Moses wrote thousands of years ngo, 'The Lord rnlued upon Sodom and upon Go morrah brimstone nml lire from the Ixinl out of heaven,' nml David wrote, MIo toitcheth tho hills iukI they smoke.'" So I guess wo will hold on to our Hlbles a lit tle longer. A gentleman In the mite-room of the Whlto House nt Washington, hav ing uu appointment with Mr. Lincoln nt 5 o'clock In tho morning, got there fifteen minutes early,, uml asked tho servant, "Who Is talking In the next mom?" "It ta the president,' Blr."t Is nnybody with him?" ';No, sir; ho Is rending tho Hlblo. He spends every morning from 4 to S o'clock rending" the Scriptures." 1'ltOKl.KlATK CITIES OVKIIWIIKLMKI). My text Implies thut God controls vol canoes, not with tho full force of hV hand, but with the tip of his linger. Etna, Strom boll nnd Vesuvius fawn nt his felt like hounds before tho hunter. These orup tions of the hills do not belong to Pluto's realm, na the ancients thought, but to the divine dominions. Humboldt counted two hundred of them, but since then tho In dian archipelago has been found to have nine hundred of these grent mouthpieces. They nro on every continent uml In nil lati tudes. That earthquake which shook nil America about six or seven summers ago wns only the raving around of volca noes rushing nguinst the sides of their rocky caverns trying to break out. They must come to tho surface, but It will Imj nt the divine call. Thoy seem reserved for the punishment of ono kind of sin, The seven cities they hnvo obliterated wero cel ebrated for ono kind of transgression. Profligacy wns the chief characteristic of the seven cities over which they put their smothering wing: Pompeii, Herculniioum, Stabhu, Ad ma, Zobolm, Sodom nml Go morrah. If our American cities do not quit their profligacy, if in high life nnd low lifo disso luteness does not cease to xi a Joke uml be come, u crime, If wealthy libertinism con tinues tollndsomuny doors of domestic life open to Its faintest touch, tf Huaslnn and trench nml American literature steeped tn pruriency does not get banished from tho news stands and ladles' parlors, God will let loose some of these suppressed monsters of the earth. And I tell these American cities that It will bo mora tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrrnh in tho day of Judgment, whether that day of judgment bo In this present century or In tho closing century of the earth's continuance. Tho volcnnlo forces nro already in existence, but In the mercy of God thoy uro chained lu tho ken nels of subterraneous fire. Yet let profli gacy, whether It stagger Into a luznretto, or sit ou a commercial throne, whether It laugh In a faded shawl under tho street gns light or bo wrapped In the finest array that foreign loom over wrought or lapidary ever impended, knowright well that thero Is a volcano wuttlng for It, whether In do mestic life, or Boclnl life, or political life, or lu the foundations of the earth from 'which sprang out tho devastations that swal lowed tho cities of the plain. "He toucbeth tho hills uml they smoke," Hut tho dragoman was rejoiced when wo linn seen enough or this volcnnlo region of Palestine, and hu gladly tightens the girths for unother march around the horses which (ire prancing nml neighing for de parture. We uro off for tho Jordan, only two hours nwny. Wo pass Hcdoulns whoso stern features molt into n smile as wo give CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER flirnt the salutation Balaam Alelknum, "Pel x bo with you," their smile somo tiinm leaving us hi doubt tin to whether It Is caused by their gladness to aeons or by our poor pronunciation of the Arabic. Oh, they uro n strange race, those Hcdoulns, Such n commingling of rulllanlsm nhll honor, of eowudleo mid courage, of cruelty nnd kindness! When a baud of them caino down upon n party lu which Miss Whutely wns traveling, nml were about to dike liocketbookMnnd perhnp-4 life, this Indy all ting upon her horse took out her note book uml pencil uml begun to sketch these brig anils, and seeing this composure the ban dlts thought It something su permit uml nml lied, Christ Ian womanliness or man llness Is all conquering. When Martin Luther was told that Duke George would kill him If ho went to l'lpslc Luther ro piled, "I would go to talpsle If It mined Duke Georges nine days." KiiisT vir.w oi' nu: .ioiihan. Now wo come through regions whoro them nro hills cut Into the slmp.i of rathe drnla, with altar uml column mid urch uml chiiuccl nml pulpit uml dome uml architecture of the rocks that I think can Imrtllyjust happen so, Perhaps It Is Ihv cntiso God loves the church so well, ho builds In tliu solitudes of Yellowstone park nnd Yosemlte and Swlts-.orlnud nnd Pnlestlno these eeeleslnstlcnl plies. A d who knows but thut unseen spirits n:y sometimes worship there? "Drngomnn, when shall we seo tho Jordan " I nsk. All tho time wo wore on the nlert, nml looking through tamarisk uml willows for tho greatest river of all tho enrth. The Mis slsslppl Is wider, tho Ohio Is deeper, the Amiirou is longer, the Hudson rolls amid regions mom picturesque, the Thames hns mom splendor on Its bnnks, tho Tllier sug gests more Imperial procession, tho llyssus has mom classic memories, uml the Nile feeds grenter populations by Its Irrigation, but tho Jorduii Is the queen of rlieis, uml runs through all the Hible, a silver thread strung llko liends with heroics, uml before night we shall meet ou Its banks Klljah nnd Kllslm nml Dnvld uml Jacob nml Josh ua and John nml Jchiis. At Inst between two trees I gotu gllmpmi of n river uml said, "What Is thatr" "The Jordan," wns the quick reply. And nil along the line which had been lengthened by other pilgrims, somo from America, nml somo from Kiiropo, nml some from Aaln, the cry was sounded "The Jordan! The Jordunl" Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims hnvo chanti'd ou its banks and bathed In Its wntors. Many of them dip i wet gown In the wuvo nnd wring It out mid curry it Homo ror their own shroud. It Is an Impetuous stream, and rushes on ns thoiuh It wore hastening to tell Itsstory to the ages. Many an explorer has it whelmed nml many a bout has It wrecked. Lieut, Molluenux hnd copcr Ixittomod crafts split upon Its shelvlngs. Only ono iMint, that of Lieut. Lynch, ever lived to sail tlio whole IciirMi of It, At tliu season when tho snows ou IaiIiuiiou melt the rage of this st renin Is llko tho Coiieinaugli when Johnstown perished, nml tliu wild bensts thut may lie near run for tho hills, explain Ing what .Jeremiah says, "Heboid he shall go up liken Hon from tliu swelling of Jor dan." No river so often chnnges Its mind, for it turns uml twltts, traveling two hun dred miles to do that which in u straight Hue might bu done In sixty miles. Among bnnks now low, now high, now of rocks, now of mud nnd now of sand, hiving the feet of tho terebinths uml oleanders nml acacias nml metis uml plstnchlns ami silver poplars, This river marries tlm Dead sen to Lake Gallllee, uml did ever so rough a groom take the baud of so fair u bride? MIIIACLICS AT TIIK JOKDAN. This is tlio river which parted to let nn nrmy of two million Isrnelltesucmss. Hem the skilled major general of the Aasyrlun host nt the sevunth plunge dropped his lep rosy not only by miraculous cum, butsiig. gestlng to ullages that water, nml plenty of It, has much to do with thoBuulUiry Im provement of tho world. Hem is where some theological students of Kllshn's time were cutting trees with which to build u theotogicnl hemlnnry, nnd nn nx head,' not sufllclently wedged to the handle, How off Into tho river uml sunk, nnd tho young man deplored not so much tho loss of tho nx head us tho fact that It wns not hlsowu, nml cried, "Alas! It was borrowed," and tho prophet throw u stick Into tlio river, and In dellancoof tho law of gravitation tho Irouux head cnmotothosurfaccnud floated llko a cork upon thu water, uml kept lloat Ing until tho young ninn caught It. A miracle jicrformed to give ono nn opportu nity to return thnt which was borrowed, and n rebuke In all ages for those who bor row and never return, their bad habit In this respect so established that It would bo a miracle If they did return It. Yen, from the hank of this liver Klljah took a team of llro, showing that tho most raging element is servant of the good, and that there Is no need thut 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 n departing saint, nothing can ever hurt you who love and trust the tard. I am so glad that that chariot of Klljah wns not made out of wood or crystal or anything ordinarily plcusuut, but out of fire, uml yet ho went up without having so much ns to fan himself. When, step plug from amid the foliage of these oleau ders uml tamarisks nn the bnnks of the Jordan, lie put his foot on the mil step of the red equipage, nnd took the red reins of. vnKr in his hands, uml spurred the gal 'oping steeds toward the wide ojien gate of iieaveu, It was a scene forever memorilble. So the hottest ullllctions of your life may roll you heavenward. So tho most binn ing persecutions, tho most fiery troubles, mny Is-como uplifting. Only bo sum that when jou pull on tho bits of fire, you drive up toward God, and not down townnl the Dead sea. When Lntlmer nml Hhlley died nt the stake they went up in a chariot of fire. When my friend P. P. Illlss, tho gospel singer, was consumed with tlio mil train thnt broko through Ashtabula bridge and then took Hume, I said, "An other Klljah gone up In a chariot of llro!" UAITIZINQ IN THE JOKDAN. Hut this river is u river of baptisms. Christ wns hem baptized nnd John bap tized many thousands. Whether ou these occasions the candidate for baptism uml tho officer of religion went into this river, and .then while both were standing the water was dipped lu tho hand of one nnd sprinkled upon the forehead of the other, or whether the entire form of the ono bap tized disappeared for a moment beneath the surface of tho flood, I do not now lo clnre. While I cannot think without deep emotion of the fact that my parents held me In Infancy to tho baptismal font in tho old meeting housout Somcrvllle and as sumed vows ou my behalf, I must tell you now of unother mode of baptism observed In the river Jordnu on thnt afternoon In lost Ik-cumber, tho particulars of which I now for the first time relate. It was i scene of unimaginable solem nity. A (oinrade in our Holy Iand jour ney rodo up by my sldo that day and told me thut a young mau who Is now study ing for tl) gospel ministry would llko to bo baptized by me In the river Jordan, I got nil th ) facts I could concerning his ear neatness and faith, and through vorsoual examination undo myself confident ho was a worthy en illdato. Thero wero among our Aral) att.jndnnts two rolies not unlike those used fiir American baptistries, and these we obtained. As wo were to have n largo group of different nationalities pres ent I dictated to my daughter n few verses nnd had copies enough made M Mluw nil to slug. Our dragoman had u mini famil iar with the river wadu through uml across to show the depth uml thu swiftness of tho stream ami tho most npproprlute plaeo for i hu ceremony men i rem f,.0, tlu ju,e tho accounts of baptisms lu thnt sacred stream, nml Implored the presence of the Christ on whoso hisid the dove descended nt the Jordan Then ns thu candlduto nml myself stepped Into the waters tho iieoplo on the bunks snug lu full uml resounding volcei On Joi-ilnn's stormy bnnks I Maml Anil east a nlsliful ryo To Caiman's fftlrnml happy land. Where my micshIo.-m lie. Oh, tlietrniiHportlni;, rapturous scene That rises to my slclil: flMis-tnelilsnrrjjeil In IWInjf green Ami rivers of iIcIIkIiU Hy this time wo had reached tho nilddlo of thu river. As tho candidate sank under thu Hoists nml rose again under a baptism lu tho iiaiuoof the Father, ami the Son, nnd tho Holy Ghost, there rushed through our souls, a tdu of holy emotion such ns wo shall not prohilbly feel ngnlu' until wo step Into the Jordan that divides eartli from heavun, Will those waters lie deep? Will thoso tides bo strong? No matter If Jesus steps lu with us. Friends ou tills shore to help us off. Friends on the other shoru to seo us land, Seol They nre coming down the hills on tho other side to greet us. How well wo know their step! How easily wo distinguish their voices! From bunk to bunk wo hull them with tears uml they hull us with palm branches. They say to us, "Is thnt you, futherr" "Is thnt you, mother?" uml we answer by asking, "Is thnt you, my darling?" How near thoy seem, ami how narrow tho stream thut di vides usl Could no hut stand where Muses stood Ami lw the laiulscapoo'rr, Not .Ionian's stream nor Piutli's cold flood Could fright us from tho shoro. i:ii-rtrlrlly fur Omit. Klectrlcul endo.siuosis to accelerate tho passagoof drugs through tho skin has for some tlmo beun regularly pructlecd under medical sanction Kdlson, "the wizard," had not Led that gouty concretions me often treated ullli tlninlit nt liihlnm Ui,l,u . -. .- ,.... ..... ... ,,, rM,,o, -Mnlmn-lnternnlly to facilitate the forma- nun, dissolution nml excretion from the body of urnto of lithium. ThodlClculty In this treatment hns always been tho uu certainly of the absorption of the suit Into the system, and It occurred to Kdisou that more rapid success might Ik obtulncd by cxternul application uml the employment of electric endosiuose to curry the lithium Into the tissues. For tho purpose of test ing this application he carried out a series of experiments, tho results of which were plnccd liefoiv the international medical congress held nt lierlln. The subject experimented upon wns 711 years of nge, ami bad lived uu active and healthy life until ten years previously, when he contracted tho tendency to gouty concretions through sleeping in dump sheets. All tho Joints except the knees wero very much enlarged, nnd thu Joints of tho little linger utmost obliterated by con cretion. Tlio patient experienced freedom from pain, which up to that tlmo hud been Intense, nfter tho first day's treatment, and lu fourteen days a iductlon of nearly an inch nml a quarter was effected lu tho cir cumference of one i f the fingers, whose form wns favorable In accurate measure ment. Tho general condition of the pa tient was considerably ameliorated, and the result,! of tho experiment were in ev ery way encouraging. New Orleans Pica yune. Thu Skeleton In tlio Trcnchos. Among Mr. Carter's war relics Is a lltt.e pen nnd Ink sketch, ghustly In the story told by its hurried work. In the trenches, clnrt'ln "rugged regimentals," with knees drawn up ami cramped lu the narrow covert, witli army riflo still pressed against tho shoulder, tho muzzle pointing over the edge of thu trench, tho left hand support ing the barrel, tho right forefinger touch ing thu trigger, Is seated tlio skeleton of u Confederate soldier! That is all. Tho Held is bare. The ligura is solitary. Armies hud fought over that plain, but they had passed on to other buttlo grounds. The dead soldier In the trench had been overlooked nfter tho fight, nml had sat there In the awful attitude of deadly con lllct until the flesh shriveled nwny, the worn uniform fluttered ulmut a skeleton, empty eye wickets glared aong tho leveled gun iNirrel, and a grinning skull took the place of the resolute face that had fronted the charge of a brigade! Underneath this pen uml Ink horror Is written! "Three months nfter tlio battle cf Spottsylvaulu Court House." The skele ton in the trench had been found by a young olllcerof the Confederate engineer corps, sent to take survey notes on the Held. Almost the entire top of the dead soldier's head hud been taken off by a shell fragment. Ho had evidently died without the quiver of a muscle. The olllcer who sketched the llgureof Ibis dread sentinel of Spottsylvunlu drown druniatlo picture of scarcely less Intensity than that of the Itomnn-kentry fouud at the, gates of Pom jiell. St. Louis Hepubllc, llemilU oT Cutting the fierimni Short. The Itcv. Dr. Smyth's sermon nt Center church Sunday morning was unusually short, nnd as a result confusion was caused. Tho man who is employed to pump the organ had apparently gone out for a stroll, believing, on the strength of previous ex perionce, thnt Ids services would not In nny event be required before 11:4.1; and vhrn tho pastor announced thu closing hymn about twenty minutes curlier than usual the organist found that his humble coadjutor was missing. Thero was ado lay of a few moments, nnd then one of tho mule members of the choir was seen to hurriedly disappear in tho direction of the pumping room. A few seconds more nml the organ began to sound, Fewofthosu of the church attendants who nro accustomed to rido to and from church found their carriages awaiting them when thoy were ready to return home, thu coachmen as well as the ovuu pumper having miscalculated the length of the sermon. New Haven Palladium. A National Need. ' The people of this nation need Just now to pay much more attention to Improving their bodies; wo have a reputation for brain force, but it must needs bo supported by healthy and vigorous bodies, or we shall never bo able to maintain our posl Hon among tho nations of tho earth for superiority. Kvcry consideration of per sonal happiness ami national welfare nml greatness urges us to think seriously upon this question of physical development, to seek for truth, and having found It to profit ImliWdiuilly by lis teachings. J, P. Walker, M I),, iu Jcnucts-Mllle r Mugaiiio, i, ,890 i&H -W-- Keystone Freezer .. HukH Hfl jjCillHBfis. RUDGE & No. 1 122 N Agents for Garland A. M. DAVIS & SON, Fall and Winter Carpels and Draperies, 1112 0 St Telephone 219. Most Popular Resort in the City. Exposition Dining Hall, S. J. ODELL, Manahi'.k. -o ti'9, ii2i and Meals 25 c! s. A TWICE TOLD TALE ! o "Tlic. wUc mnn selecleth the "Hur llngton route" nnd therefore startcth aright. He nrrnjeth himself In purple and fine linen, for lo, nnd behold, lie Is Miuglv ensconced iu n"lowcrcentcr" on the famous vcstlbulcd llyer, where smoke nnd dust nre never known. He provideth himself with n book from tlio generous library near nt hand, ndjiiKtetli his traveling can, nud pro ceedctli to pass n day of unalloyed pleasure nnd contentment. And it cntne to pass, being hungry nud nthirst, he steppetli into tho dining i:nr, and hy the heard of the prophet, 'twns n feast fit for the gods. Venison, lllue Point, Hergundy, froj; legs, can vnsbacks, Mum's extra dry, English plum pudding, fruits, nuts, Ices, French coffee, verity, the wise man wnxetli fnt, nnd while he llghtctli a cigar, he tnketh time to decinre thnt the meal wns "out of sight." t occurreth to the wise '. hat the country through which lie journey ed wns one of wondrous beauty, Inso much thnt It was with deep regret lie noted the nightly shadows fall. How ever, tenfold joy returned ns he beheld the brilliantly lighted enr, nnd the inerrv company it contained. Verily, It afforded a view of Elysium, Tbc wise man retireth to rest. He llolously unconcerned, lie sleeps the sleep of the righteous nnd nwnkes much refreshed. Ills train Is on time, his journey ended. He rejolceth with exceeding great joy, as he holds n re turn ticket by the same route, the "Great Ilurllngton." MORAL: Travel by J. FRANCIS, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Omaha. I gmPrWa liSr "r"tj' mi t 7-wr jj.. ,ir2ri t r'"OsJcy fill be ui)tyr tije pergonal eupcruTjIoi) of HORKCB L. LEL-TCND, t5B-55a5s??sI od ulll b opei) for tr reeptlol) of quejts Jui first lo each' year. Visitor; will fM THE ORLEHNS Is first oli66 li) of Its appointments, beli?) well supplied with 34$, ijot ai)d cold water batfys, eletfrio bells oJ all moSri) Improvement;, steam laundry, billiard trails, bowllnf alley, etc., r)4 positively free from annoyance ty mosulto8. Round Trip Excursion Tickets will b placed on sal at tij commencement of u?e tourist 6507 by tlft Burlington, Sedar lipids 4. Jortncro Railway an all connecting Hn5. at loui rates, to tyo following potrjtB in Iowa and flVnnccota Spirit laljc. Iowa; filbert lea, Uatcrvllle, Minneapolis, St. paul, s Tllooctoi)a. Uijitc Dar e and Dulutij, uJn'jesoM; Slear i$i. Iowa; (ae Superior points; Yellowstone parl points and points in Colorado. Urlte for "A Midsummer Paradise," to t$o General JloKt agd fassen$er fent. Scdar lipids. Iowa, agd, feJafcl IJatcs to H. U. Leland, Spirit e, Iowa. C, J. IUES, pi5- ? Ctt t- J- E- HHNNECHN. Ctgi pcVi 194 pats, fijipt. Something New for tho Kitchen TIIK W AND Beater Combination ALL FOR $1.50. MORRIS, . STREET. Stoves and Ranges. 1123 N Street. -O- $4.50 per Week. T'u-' foolish man buctli a ticket of a scalper. In the morning, behold, he saveth fifty cents; nnd lo, nt nightfall lie Is out $9.27. lie startcth wrong. With might and main tie hurrieth to the depot, only to find his train four hours late. '1 he peanut boy slzeth liitn up and selleth him a paper of an uncer tain date A" be journey etli along, he formctha new acquaintance, for wlionihecaslteth a check. Five minutes for refreshments. While he ruslieth to the lunch counter some one stcalcth his gripsack. Ue cliangctli cars, lo these many times, and it strlk eth the foolish man thnt he "doesn't get through pretty fast," and he be inoaneth his 11,1 luck. He getteth a cinder in his eye, nnd verily lie sweareth and cusscth full free. He exchangetli three pieces of silver for a bunk in n sleeper, and nwaketh just in time to catch an Infernal nigger sneak ing off with his boots; the I'ortcr's ex cuse nvnllcth nothing, and the foolish man straightway putteth hU boots ' un der Ids pillow, that no man mav break in nnd steal. Hi train runneth into a washout, a hackman taketh him In to the tune of six shillings, and the foolish man llfteth up his voice In great lamentation, for io and behold, the tavern Is away but half a block. He rcachcth home weary and hearts sore; his trunk cometh next day mlnut the cover and one handle, he resolveh hereafter to travel only by the "Great Hurllngton." th; Burlington Route A. C. ZIEMER, City Pass, and Ticket Agent, Lincoln. ,J-rvjji5V3 iUVi ''? Wll -11 H TWpMM SIT JWfl"7T BOW