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CAIMMAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8i, 1890 SOLOMON'S GARDENS. OR. TALMAOC SKETCHES OF CONTINUES HIS THE HOLY LAND. ContlmiM liilrrrtt In lltn l.rrlitrcn At the Titlivrimrlo sml tlitt AilrirraMis I)e llvrrrd llndrr Hip Ampler, of TtinClirl. tlftii llrrnhl Tint llriiiirrrrtluii. HlimiKt.YN, Nov, a. Dr. Tiiliungn preach ed the sixth sermon 011 Ids tour In Palestlno today. After n pastorate of twenty-two jcars In this city It Ik astonishing lose tlie qntw ds of hoiIh who throng the Acad iny of Music etery Sunday morning to listen to IiIh discourse. No let remarkable wo the audiences thnt New York city fur nishes nt The Christian Herald services vcry Sunday iiIkIiI. Tislay's sermon was on the gardens and public works of Israel's insgnlllcolit kliiK. nnd tliu text Kcclrslnstefi It, 4 0: "I made mo great works, I hulldrd mo houses, 1 planted uui vineyards, I made me gardens nnd orchards, anil jtlintoil tree In them of all kinds of fruits; I iiindo mooolof water to water therewith tlio wood that lirliiKeth forth trees." Dr. Tnl wage mIiIi A spring morning and breakfast at .lent saIoui. A king with rols-s snowy while In chnrlot decked with gold, drawn hy eight horses, high mettled, and housing ns bril liant ns If scolloped out of that very nun rise, and like tlio winds for speed, followed by n regiment of arahent on horHebaok, with hand on gilded bow and arrows with Atrel points flushing In tlio nun, clad from head to foot In Tyrlau purple, and ltlttck Itnlr sprinkled with gold dust, nTl dashing dow.n tlio road, the horse at full run, tlio trills loose on their necks, and the crack of whips and tho halloo of tlio reckless t-aval-endo putting tho miles nt dclluiicv, Who in It, and what U Itf King Solomon inking nn outing beforo breakfast frotp Jerusalem to. hid gardens and parkH and orchardH Mid reservoirs, six. miles down tho road toward Hebron. What a contrast be tween that and myself on that very road one morning last December going afoot, for our plain vehicle turned back Jtor photographlu apparatus forgotten! wo on the way to And what Is called Solo mon's pools, tho ancient water works of Jerusalem, and tho Hardens of it king ttrnrly three thousand years ago. Wo cross tho aqueduct again and twain, and here wu aw at tho three great reservoirs, not ruins of reservoirs, but tho reservoirs themselves, that Solomon built three mil lennium ngo for tho purnoso of catching tlje mountain streams ami passing thout to Jerusalem to slake the thirst of tho city, and also to Irrigate the most glorious range of gardens that ever bloomed with all colors or breathed with nil redolence, for Solomon was the greatest horticulturist, tho; greatest botanist, tho greatest orni thologist, tho Krcatest capitalist and the greatest scientist of his century. WOSDKItFUI. ANC1K.VT MASONItr. Come over tho piles of gray rock, and hern we are at tho first of the three reser voirs, ,wilch are on threo Kreat levels, tho base of tho top reservoir higher than the top of tho second, tho base of the second reservoir higher than tho top of the third, o arranged that the waters gitthored from several sources abovo shall descend from basin to basin, tho sediment of the witter deposited In each of the three, ao that by the time It gets down to tho aqueduct which is to take it to Jerusalem It has had three filterings, mid Is as pure as when the clouds rained It. Wonderful specimens of masonry are these three reservoirs. Tlio white content fastening tho blocks of stone together Is now just when tho trowels three thousand years ago smoothed tho layers. Tlio highest reservoir 380 feet Uy 2; tho second, 423 feet by 100, and tho lowest reservoir, 580 feet by 101), mid deep enough mid wldo enough and mighty enough to float nn ocean steamer. On that December morning we saw tho waters rpllluR down front reservoir to reservoir, and can well understand how in this neighborhood tho Imperial gardens were one great blossom, and the orchard one great basket of fruit, and that Solo mon lit his palace, writing tho Song of Songs and Kcclcslastes, may have boon drawing Illustrations from what lie had ecu that very morning In tho royal gar dens when he alluded to melons, and man drakes, and apricots, and grapes, and pomegranates, and figs, and splken, and ainnamon, and calamus, nod caniphlro,, and "apple trees among the trees of the wood," and tho almond tree as flourishing, and to myrrh and frankincense, and repre sented Christ its "gone down Into Ids gar dens, nnd the beds of spices tq feed in tho gardens, aud to guther lilies,'' and to "eyes like Hsu pools,"-and ti) the voice of the turtle dove us heard In the laud. I think It was when Solomon was showing tho Queen of Shebit through these gardens that . the Hlblo says of her, "Them remained no more spirit in litr." She gave It up. lint nil this splendor did not inako Solo mou jumpy. Otio day, after getting lutck front his morning ride and before tho horses hud yet,bocu cooled off, and rubbud down by tho royal equerry, Solomon wrote the memorable words following my text, llko it dirge played after a grand march, "Behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the aun." In other words, "it don't payl" Would God that we might all learn the lesson that this world cannot produce hap piness! ' At Marseilles there Is it castellated house on high ground crowned with all that grove and garden can do, aud tho whole place looks out upon as enchanting a lniidsc,nst ns tho world lipids, water and hill clasping hands In a perfect bewitch men t of scenery, but thoownerof that place is totally blind, and to hint nil this goes (or nothing, Illustrating tho truth that whether one 1st physically or morally blind brilliancy of surrounding cannot give sat isfaction; but tradition says that when tho "wise men of the cast" wore being guided by the star on the way to Ilethlehem they for a llttlo while lost sight of that star, nnd In despair and exhaustion came to it well todrfuk, when looking down into tho well they saw tho star reflected in tlio wnler and that cheered tliont and they re sumed their journey; and I have the notion that though grandeur and pomp of stir round logs may not nfford peace at tho well of God's consolation, close by, you may find happiness, ami the plainest cup at the well of salvation may hold the1 brightest star that ever shone from tho heavens. TALE8TINK IIEADV TO DLOOM AGAIN. Although these Solomonic- gardens are in ruins, there are now growing there Dowers that are to bo fqund nowhere else in tho Iloly Land. How do I account for that? Solomon sent out his ships and robbed tho gardens of the whole earth for flowers, aud planted these exotics here, nnd these par ticular, flowers are direct descendants of the foreign plants he imported, Mr. Me shullaip.nC'hrhtlan Israelite, on tho very site, of these royal gardens, has In our day. by putting in his own spado, demonstrated that tlio ground is only waiting for the right call to yield just aa much luxuriance and splendor eighteen hundred years after Christ as It yielded Solomon one Uioiisaud years before Christ, Bo all Palest I no Is waiting to liecomo tho richest scene of hop tlculture, arliorlcultiiro and agriculture. Itecent travelers In the Holy Land speak of the rocky and stony surface of nearly all 1'alcstlno as nu Impassable barrier to tho future cultivation of tho soil, Hut it they had examined minutely the rocks mid stones oi' the Holy I .and they would Hint that they are lielng skeletonised ami are being united Into the soil and, being for tlio most part limestone, Uioy are doing for Hint lam! wlint tlio American and Kugllsh farmer does when, nt great expense and fatigue, he draws Ids wagon load of llmu and scatters It on tho fields for their en richment. The storms, tho winters, tho great midsummer heats of Palestine, by crumbling up ami dissolving the nicks are gradually preparing Palestine ami Syria to yield it product like unto tho luxuriant Westchester farms of New York, and I-an-caster county farms of Pennsylvania, and Somerset county farms of New Jorsyy ami tlieothermiignlllceutfarm llelds of Jdluno sotn and Wisconsin, and the optittu,t or chards of .Maryland and California, Ultho Turk ixi driven out and the American or Kiigllshmaii or Scotchman go in and Mo hammedanism withdraw Its Idolatry and punt Christianity build Itsaltnrw.iimlUiolr rlgatlou of which Solomon's pools wasouly n suggestion will make alt that laud from Dan to lleersheba as fertile, and aromatic, and resplendent us on tho morning when tho king rode out to his pleasure grounds In chariot so swift and followed by mount' cd riders so brilliant that It was for speed like a hurricane followed by it cyclone. WISDOM OK TDK ANCII'.NTfl. As I took upon this great aqueduct of Palestine, n wondrous specimen of ancient iniisonry, about sotcn fret high, two feet wide, sometimes tunneling tho solid rock and then rolling It waters throu-'li stone ware pipes, an aqueduct doing Its work ten mllcH Is'foro It gets to tlioso three reser voirs, and then gathering their wealth of refreshment and pouring It on to tho mighty city of Jerusalem nipl tilling the brazen sen of her temple, and the bath rooms of her palaces, and the great pools of Slloam, mid Ilcr.cklah, and Ilethesda, I llnd that our century lias no monopoly of tho world's wonders, and that the con ceited ago In which wu live had lietter take in some of the sails of Its prldu when It ro members that It Is Imnl work in, later ages to get masonry that will last fifty years, to say nothing of tho threo thousand, nnd no modern machinery could lift block a of stono llko some of those stand ing high up In tho walls of llaal bee, and tho art of printing claimed for recent ages was practiced by tho Chinese fourteen hundred years ngo, and that our midnight lightning express ndl train was foreseen by tho prophet Nnhtim, when in tho lllble he wrote, "Tlio chariots shall rage in me streets, tnoy shall jostle one iigalnst another In the broad was, they shall seem llko torches, they shall run like lightnings,!1 and our electric telegraph was foreseen by Job, when In the lllble he wrote, "Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto thee, 'Here we nrof" What Is, tlmt talking by the light nings but the electric telegraph? I do not know but that tho electric forces uowlielng year by year more thoroughly harnessed tnny have been employed in age extinct, nnd that the lightnings all up ami down tho sky have Iweu running around like last bounds to llnd their former muster. Kmbalmciit wns a more thorough art three thousand years ago than today. Den tistry, that wesuppose one of tho important nrtsdlscovered lit recent centuries, Is proven to be four thousand years old by tho filled tcoth of tho mummies, lu tho museums nt Cairo, Kgypt, nnd nrtlllclnl teeth on gold plates found by Bolxnul In the tombs of de purUsl nations. Wo have been taught that Harvey discovered tho circulation of the blood so late its the Seventeenth century. Oh, not Solomon announces It In Kcclcslas tes, where first having shown that he un derstood thesplunl cord, silver colored as It Is, nnd thnt it relaxes lu old ago "tlio silver conl lw loosed," goes on to compare tho heart to a pitcher at a well, for tlio threo canals of tho heart do receive tho blood llko a pitcher, "or tho pitcher lie broken at tlio fountain." hat Is thnt but tho circula tion of tho blood, found out twenty-six hundred years before Harvey was born? After mnuy centuries of exploration nnd calculation astronomy finds out that tho world Is round. Why, Isaiah know If was round thousands of years beforo when in the lllble hesaidi "The Ionl sltuith upon the circle of tho earth." Scientists tolled on for centuries and found out refraction or that the rays of light when touching the earth were not straight, but ls!iit or curved. Why, Job knejv that when ages before lu tho lllble he wrote or the lights "It N turned as clay to the seal." 01.1) 1WINTK1U AND DVKIlH. In the old cathedrals of England mod ern painters In tho repair of windows are try lug ,U -moke something as good iis the window' Hinting 6f 'four hundred years ago and always falling- y t he iiuunlutous verdict of nil who examine and compare. The color of modern painting fades lu Hfty jears, while tho color of the old masters Is a well preserved lifter five hundred jwtrs as after one year. I.saw last winter ou the walls of exhumed Pompeii paintings with color as fresh as though made the day be fore, though they were burled eighteen hundred ears ago. The making of Ty rlau purple Is nu Impossibility now. In our modern potteries wu are trying lianl to make cups and pitchers mid bowls US exquisite its thoso exhumed from Herculaueum, aud our art Ulcers are attempting o make Jewelry for car nnd neck aud finger equal to that brought tip from the mausoleums of two thousand )cars before Christ. We have lu our time glass lu all shapes and all colors, but Pliny, more than eighteen hundred years ago, dcscrllM-d it malleable glass which, If thrown upon the ground nnd dented, could bo pounded straight again by the hammer or could bo twisted around the wrists, and that confoumUitll tho glass manufactories of our own time. I tried in Damascus, Syria, to buy a Damascus blade, one of those swords that could bo bent double or tied Into a knot without break ing. I could not get one. Why? Tho Nineteenth century cannot mako a Damas cus blade. If wogo ou enlarging our cities wo may after a wldlo get a city its largo as Uabylou, which was live times the size of ondon, These aqueducts of Solomon that I visit today, finding them in good condition threo thousand years after construction, make mo think that tho world may have forgot ten more than It now knows. Tho great honor of nut ago Is not machinery, for tho nnclonts hud sumo styles of It more won derful; nor art, for tho ancients had art more uxqulslto and durable; nor architect ure, for lioptnp Coliseum nnd Grecian Acropolis surpass, nil modern architecture; nor cities, for somoot tho ancient cities were larger than ours In tho sweep of their pomp. Hut our attempts must be in moral achievement nnd gospel victory. In that wo, have id ready surpassed them, nnd in that dlrcctlou let tho ages push on. Let us brag less of worldly achievement aud thank God for moral opportunity. More pd men and good ttomru Is what the wij-ldtMiuts. Toward moral elevation and spiritual attainment let the chief struggle be. Tho source of all that 1 will show you Is-fom sundown of this day ou which wo have visited the pools of Solomon and tho gardens of the king, III TIII.KIIKW Of JUDKA. Wo are on this IVcoinlor afternoon on the way to the cradle of him who called himself greater than Solomon. Wo nro coming upon tho chief cradle of all the world, not lined with satin, but strewn with straw; not sheltered by a palace, but covered by a barn; not presided over by a princess, but hovered over by n peasant girl; jet a cradle tho canopy of which Is angello wings, and the lullaby of which Is tho llrst Christmas carol eter sung, and from whleli all the evenU of tho past and all the events of tho future have and must take dale its being II. O. or A. I), liefora Christ or after Christ. All eternity past occupied In getting ready for this cradle, and all eternity to come to be cniplojod lu celebrating Its consequences. I said to tho tourist companies planning our oriental Journey, "Put us lu Ilethle hem lu Doeeinltcr, the place ami the month of our lord's birth," and wo had our wish. I nm tho only man who liasovernttemptf.il to tell how Ilethlehem looked at tlio sea son Jesus was lmrn. Tourists and writers are there lu Kobruary, or March, or April, when the valleys are an embroidered sheet of wild (lowers, nnd anemones and ranun culus are Hushed as though from attempt ing to climb the steeps, and lark and bttl flnch are Hooding the air with bird orches tra. Hut I was there In Deceinls-r, it winter mouth, tho barren Is'iich between tho two oceans of redolence. I was told I must not go there at that season, told so before I started, told so in Kgypt; tho books told mo so; nil travelers thnt I consulted about It told mo so, Hut I was determined to see llcthlchvin tho same month lu which Jesus arrived, nnd nothing could ills sundo mo. Was I not right lu want ing to know how tho Holy Land looked when Jesus camo to It? Hu did not land amid flowers and song. When the angels chanted on tho famous birth night nil tlio' Holds of Palestine were silent. The glowing skies were answered by gray rocks. As Hcthlchcmstoodngulnst n bleak wintry sky I climbed up to It, as through a bleak wintry sky Jesus de scended upon It. His way down was from warmth to chill, from bloom to barren ness, from everlasting Juiiu to it sterllo Deccmlier. If I were going to Palestine as a botanist ami to study the Horn of thy laud I would go In March; but I went as n minister of Christ to study Jesus and so I went in Dccemlier. I wanted to see how tlio world's front door looked when the heavenly stranger entered It. Tlio town of Ilethlehem, to my surprise, Is In tho shape of a horseshoe, the houses extending clear onto the prongs of the horseshoe, the whole scone moro rough ami rudu than can bo Imagined. Verily, Christ did not choose it soft, genial place In which to I hi born. The gate through which our I ml entered this world was it gate of rock, n hard, cold gate, nnd the gnto through which ho departed wns n swing gate of sharpened spears. We enter it gloomy church built by Constantino over the place In which Jesus was born. Fifteen lumps burning day and night and from century to century light our way to the spot which nil authorities, Christian and Jew and Mohammedan, agree upon as ladng the placoofour Saviour's birth, aud covered by it marble slab, marked by it silver star sent front Vienna, and tho words: "Here Jesus Christ was bom of tho Virgin Mary." IIK WAS llOIIS IN A CATTI.r. I'KN. Hut standing there I thought, though this Is the place of the nativity, how d I Her eof tho surroundings of the wintry night in which Jesus camel At that time it was a khan, or a cattle pen. I visited one of these khans, now standing and loo' lug just as In Christ's time. Wo rode in under the arched entrance and dismounted. We found the building of stone, and around an open square, without roof. The building Is more than two thousand years old. It Is two stories high; in tho center are cam els, horses and mules. Caravans halt here for the flight or during it long storm. The open square is large enough to accommo date it whole herd of cattle, it Hock of sheep or caravan of camels. The neighboring Hcdoulus here Hud market for their hay, straw and meats, Oir from thlscenter there are twelve rooms for human habitation. The only light Is from the door. I went Into ono of the.se rooms and found a woman cooking the evening meal, There were six cows in tho same room. On it little eleva tion there was some straw where the people sat and slept when they wished to rest. It was in a room similar to that our Iord was born. This was the cradle of n king, and yet what enidlo overbold so much? Civiliza tion! I.llHirtyl Uedeinptloul Your par don ami mine! Your poaco and mine! Your heaven and mine! Cradle of a uni verse! Cradle of it God I Tho gardens of Solomon we visited this morning were only it typo of what all tho world will lie when this lllustilnus ersonage now born shall ,hav) completed his mission. Tlio ho;-M'H,of llnest limb, and gajest champ of hit, and subllmest nrch of neck, that eve' brought Solohiou down to thc.su adjoining gardens was but it poor typo of tho horse upon which this conqueror, born lu the barn, shall ride, when according to apoca lyptic vision all the "armies of heaven shall follow him on white horses." The waters that rush down these hills into yonder threo great reservoirs of rock, aud then pour in marvelous aqueduct into Jerusa lem till the brazen sen is full, and tho baths are full, and Slloam Is full, are duly nu Imperfect typo of the rivers of delight whleli, ns the re-sult or this great one's coming, shall roll ou for the slaking of the thirst of all nations. The pulacuof Ixib anon cedar from which the imperial cuv nlcndo pautcd out in tho early morning, and to which It returned with glowing cheek and jingling harness and lathered sides. Is feeble of architecture compared with tho house of many mansions Into which this ono born this winter month on these bleak heights shall conduct us when our Bins lire nil pardoned, our battles all fight, our tears -nil wept, our work nil done. THE CltADLK OK OUR FAtTIU Standing here at Hethloheiit do you not wo thnt thu most honored thing in all the earth Is tho cradle? To what else did loosened star ever point? To what el so did heaven lower balconies of light filled with chanting Immortals? The way tho 'cradle rocks tlio world rocks. Gsl bless tho mothers all tho world overl The cradles decide the destinies of nations. In ten thousand of them nro this moment tho bauds that will yet give benediction of mercy or hurl twits of doom, the feet that will mount tho steeps toward God or descend tho blasted way, tho lips that will pray or blasj nemo. Oh, the cradlol It Is more tremendous than the grave, Where are most of tlio leaders of tho Twentieth cen tury -OOU to dawp upon ns? Ate they ou thrones? Nn. In chariots? No. In pulpits? No, In forums? Nu. In senatorial halls? No. In counting houses? No, They nro ! la thecrudle. Tho most tremendous thing In tlio ti hire no nnd next to God is to be n mother. Iinl Shaftesbury said. "Glvo me n gcneratlo. of Christian mothers, and I will change, he whole phase of society in twelve montiis," Oh, (ho cradle! Forget not tho ono lu which you were rocked. Thdiigh old mid worn out thatcradlo may Iki standing in attlu or burn, forget not the foot that swayed It, the lips that snug over It, the tears that dropped upon It, the faith lu God that made way for it. Thu boy Walter Scott did well when lie spent the first live guinea piece he over earned as a present to his mother, Dishonor not the cradle, though It may, llko the ono my sermon celebrates, havo Ihsiii a cradle lu n barn, for I think It was a Christian era lie. That was n great cradle lu which Martin 1. other lay, for from It came forth thu reformation of the Six teenth century. That was a great cradlu In which Daniel O'Coimell lay, for from It came forth an eloquence that will be lu spiring while men have eyes to read Drears to hear, That was a great cradle III which Washington lay, for from It came forth the happy deliverance of it nation. That wns a great cradle lu which John Howard lay, for trout it came forth a uieicy that will not cease until the last dungeon gets the Hlblo ami light and fresh air. Great cradles In which the John Wes leys ami the John ICnoxes and the John Masons lay, for from them came forth.au all conquering uvnimcllzatlriu. Hut the greatest cradle lu which child ever slept, or woke, laughed or cried was the cradle over which Mary bent anil to which the wise men brought frankincense and upon which the heavens dropped song. Had there Ih-cii no manger, there had been no cross. Hnd there Is-on no Hethlehcm, there had Ih'cii no Golgotha. Had there been no incarnation, there had been no ascension. Had there been no start, there had bcou no closo. WHAT PAN WK DO KOIt CIIIM8T? Standing In the chill khan of a Saviour's humiliation, and seeing what lie did for us, 1 ask, What have wo done for him? "There Is nothing I can do," says one. As Christmas was approaching in the village church it good woman said to a group of girls in lowly and straitened clrcuiu stances. "Lot all now do something for Christ." After the day was over she asked the group to tell her what they had done. Ono said, "I could not do much, for vo are very poor, but I had n beautiful flower I had carefully trained in our home, nnd I thought much of It, and I put that flower ou the church altar." And another said, "I could not do much, for wo. are very poor, but J cau sing n little', and sol'went down ton poor sick woman In tho lane, and sang as well as I could, to cheer her up, a Christmas song." "Well, Helen, what dldoitdo?" She replied, "I could uotdo much, but I wanted to do something for Christ, and I could think of nothing else to do, and so I went Into the church after the peoplo who had been adorning the altar had left, ami I scrubbed down the back altar stairs." Hjautifitll I warrant that tho Christ of that Christina day gave her a much credit for thnt earnest act as ho may havu given to tho rolled ofllclal who on that day read for tho people the prayers of a resounding service. Some thing for Christ! Something for Christ! A plain man passing n fortress saw a Uiisslau soldier on guanl in it terribly cold night, and took otT his coat and gave It to thu soldier, faying, "I will soon bo home and warm, and you will be out hero all night." So the soldier wrapped himself in the borrowed coat. Tho plain man who loaned the coat to tho soldier soon nftcr was dying, ami lu his dream saw Christ and said to him, "You have got my coat on." "Yes," said Christ, "this is tho one you lent me ou that cold night by the fortress. 1 wits naked, aud yo clothed me." Something for Chrlstl Hy the memories of Hethlehcm I adjure you! In tliu IlKht of thntstni- Uo thu uses oniH.arlcil. Tlint miiik from nfnr llus swept over tlio worlil. Changes In a Vcur. A New Yorker who went nbronil In Oc tober, 188U, mid turned up again hero this week sat ot. a lounge lit the Lucifer club. "I've got tho whole year's nows within the past few days," ho said, "and am dallysur poised at things I hear orseu lu visiting my old haunts in Now York, and nt the changes that have taken place during tlio short time I was away from the city. I hear of nearly a score of my old time com rades who havo been buried within the yenr. I hear of bachelors among my ac quaintances who have got married and are sires, and of hoydens who havo wedded and are mammas. I see gray hairs in th locks and beards of friends who were not thus decorated a year ngo. I hear of an adversary formerly hard up who hns made money, and of it chum who was n bond holder last year, but is now deep in the mire. "I see that blooming youths who wore jackets when I went atvay nro in Ion; tailed coat this autumn. I hear that my well wisher, tho widow, has now it new spouse. I nut told that our old chamber maid hit at last got a place that suits her. I have learned that my barber has made n palug Investment outside of his lather brush. I can't help notlcin;: that our ladles have discarded last year's fashions. I hear that my former uelghlKtr who lived in it Hat is now dwelling In his mansion. Thus it goes lu New York 'year after year, changing all tho time. All over the city nnd in every street of it I seo that there have bean changes since last year, I tell you that when it man picks up a whole twelvemonth's news within a week, as I have just done, there are several Items that surprise him. Now glvo us it rest." New York Sun. Cnlluptttil Kloquviire, A new Kuglaud pastor tells this story at tho expeuso ot a brother preacher. A well known and oloquoitt Boston preacher wns invited by n country pastor, who always read his sermons, to occupy his pulpit Tho visitor did so, and delivered a fine ex temporaneous sermon that attracted wide attention. Some of tlio remarks were borne to the village pastor, and ho determined to preach an extemporaneous sermon, and show his critics that ho could do it, id though ho had never attempted it before Ou thu following bitmiay Ifo hail a lar,;e congregation. After the usual services lie nrose, announced his text and for alioiit ten minutes spoke fluently and well. Then ho forgot his words in tho midst of ono of Ills most eloquent flights. With ono bund upraised ho paused, tried lu vain to collect Ids thoughts, ami finally, ns ho dropped Ids hand, said: "Hrothron, let us pray." Hoston Trnveler. James M. Place, of Harrlsburg, Pa., who lias published lit tiook form an elaborate history ot tho Jamestown Hood, anil is hell ing it at Ills own expeuso for the bencllt of tho flood sufferers, was a newsboy In bis youth. Hu has erected the llnest business house in Harrlsburg. and edits and ptili lishea Tho Sunday Telegram, Is-cause, as lie says, "is I havo got too old to sell news paper? mjbclf I want to pilut them for other boyj to sell." RUDGE & No. 1122 N Agents for Garland A. M. DAVIS & SON, Fall and Winter Carpets and Draperies, 1112 0 St Telephone 219. Most Popular Resort in the City. Exposition Dining Hall, S.J. OI3KLL, Manaokk. -o ti'9, i I2i and 1123 N Strcot. o- Meals 25 els. A TWICE TOLD TALE ! "The wise man sclcctetlt the "Hur llngtoit route" and therefore stnrtetb aright. He nrractli hiiuhclf in purple and fine linen , for lo, and behold, he Is sniiglv ensconced in n"lowcrcenter" on the famous vestlbulcd flyer, where smoke and dust arc never known. He provldetli himself with n book front tlie generous library near nt hand, ndjustetb his traveling can, nud pro ccedctlt to pass a day of unalloyed pleasure nnd contentment. And it came to pass, being hungry nnd athlrst, be steppeth into tlie dining car, nnd by the beard of the prophet, 'twas n feast fit for the gods. Venison, lllttu Points, Hergundy, froj; legs, can vnsbacks, Mum's extra dry, Knglisb plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices. French coffee, verily, the wise man waxcth fat, and while be llghtetli a cigar, he tnkctli time to declare that the meal was "out of sight." t occurred! to the .wise t bat the country through which be journey ed was one of wondrous beauty, Inso much thnt It was with deep regret be noted the nightly shadows fall. How ever, tenfold joy returned as be beheld the brilliantly lighted car, nnd tbemcrrv company it contained. Verily, It afforded" a view of Elysium, The wise matt retlreth to rest. I)c liclously unconcerned, he sleeps the sleep of the righteous aud awakes much refreshed. Ills train is on time, bis journey ended. He rejolceth with exceeding gieat joy, as he holds n re turn ticket by the same route, the "Grent Utirlington." MORAL: Travel by J. FRANCIS, MMB1 A. C. ZIEMER, Gen. Pnss. nnd Ticket Agent, Omaha. Wilt be" ---- .- t- - - .-.-- ' -- 'wj.r ui)f?r the tersoijal supervision of HOF23 ers2sz-2- and uilll b open for tt; reccptlof) of que$t6 Jun$ flr$t In eac.17 year, litltorj will find THE ORLEANS 13 first class I7 all of Its appointments, belnf well cupped uitf; a$, ijot anroold water battys eletfrlo bell and all modern Improvement;, steam laundry, billiard trails, bowling alley, cto and po$ltluly free from annoyanoq by nosqultos. Round TripExcursion Tickets will X placed on 6al at tr c,ommentcmnt of tyt 1 tourist sajo? by ti Burlington, ?edar Rapids i. tortijern Railway and all coijijetli) lines, at low ! rates, to ti?c following points ii) Iowa and Minnesota. Spirit lae, Iowa; filbert lea, Uatcruille, Minneapolis. St. paul, e frlrjr;Ctoi3a. Ufyitc Dar ,alc3 and Duluty, Minnesota, ?lear ltle. Iowa; lak.c $upcrlor points; Yellowstone parl points and points In Colorado. Vlrit for "A Midsummer Paradise," to tt)0 (Jeneral Jiolct and Jasscn$er fent. Sedar lipids. Iowa, apd, feijjljl Ijates to H. L. Lcland, Spirit le. Iowa. C. J. IUES, prtj. ) Cttf pt J. E. HnNNECHN, Cti I ptl 194 pa. njigt Something New for the Kitchen nu: Keystone Freezer AND Beater Combination ALL FOR $1.50. AT - MORRIS, STREET. Stoves and Ranges. $4.50 per Week. The foolish man btitctlt a ticket of a scalper. In the morning, behold, he savetlt fifty cents; nnd lo, at nightfall lie Is out $9.27. lie startetlt wrong. W't'i might and tnnin he Iturrletb to the depot, only to find his train four hours late. Hie peanut boy sizetli hint up nnd sellctlt him a paper of an uncer tain date As he journcti'tlt nlong, be forinctlia new acquaintance, for whomliecnshetli a check. Five minutes for refreshments. While he rushcth to the lunch counter some one stealeth his gripsack. Ue changetlt cars, lo these many times, and It strlk cth the foolish man that he "doesn't get through pretty fast," and he be moanetb bis ill luck. He gettetlt a cinder in his eye, and verily lie sweareth and cusseth full free, lie exchangeth three pieces of silver for a bunk in a sleeper, nnd nwnketh just In time to catch an Infernal nigger sneak ing off wlh his boots; tlie Porter's ex cuse availeth nothing, and the foolish man straightway puttcth hU boots un der his pillow, that no man tuny brenk lu nnd stenl. H's train runneth into a washout, a backman taketh him lu to the tune of six shillings, nnd the foolish mnn liftetlt up his voice in great lamentation, for lo and behold, the tavern is awny but half a block. He rencheth home weary nnd hearts sore; his trunk comcth next day ntinlit tlie cover and one handle, lie rcsolvelt hereafter to travel only by the "Great Hiirlington." the Burlington Route City Pass, and Ticket Agent, Lincoln. T