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.
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