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CAPITAL CITY COUK1KR, SATURDAY JANUARY 24, 1S91. ERt KrVs w w fir b f. ' J" iv I b. WI i. TAHKUNACliK PtJUM'I, OR. TALMAQC CHOOSES THE MAGIC WORD "COME" FOR A TEXT. It 1 t'liuttit Nit II n ml 1 ril mill Mi'trnlj r.lgtil lime. In tin. IIII.U- II It (Inn iif he .'Mini Wiiiiilerrul Wainl In lint t.im lingo. lIliixiKl.vs, .Jan. IH, - l)r Tiilmnge reuchcd tin' following sermon this morn ing to 1111 uxcrllnwlng congregation In tho Aoailriny if Music, lids city At night, when The Christian IIitiiIiI service was licld in thu Now York Academy of Muslo, fully six thousand persons worn massed In tho large liillMhiK. A limrki'il solemnity IwrvntUil tin assembly, imil nl It close mmiy persons In vat Inn parts of the lioiino rose nl I lni Invitation of I hi' preacher to iwk for prayer for their salvation. Dr. Talniago ehosu Mm following texts for hi ncriium, "Como" (dun. vl, Is); "L'omu" (llov. xxll, IT), imperial, tender mid nil persuasive la this word "Come." Six hundred and sev-Mty-clght tiling Ih It fonml In tho Script tin. It MtantlH at tin front gate of the Illhlouslu my llrst text, luxltlng unteill InvlniiH Into Noah's nrk, ntnl ii stands at tbu other gato of tho llllilo ivi In my second text, luvltltiK Hi" postdiluvian Into tho nrk of 11 Saviour's mercy. "Unnio" I only n word of four letters, hut It Is I lie iiioon or words, 11111I nearly I ho entire niitlon of Kngllsh vuciiliiilury bows to Iti scepter It U1111 iHvmi Into which empty ten thousand rliors of meaning. Other words drive, lint this lieckoiiN. All moods of feeling luith thut. word "Come." Soincl linos It weeps mid sniute time It laughs, Sometime It prays, Home lime It teniit mid siimetlinos It destroys It sounds from tho door of church mid from thu seraglios of sin, from the gates of lienven mid the gates of hell It Is con tliient mid accrescent of nil povt ei It U t he heiress of molt of tho mt mid the almoner tf most of the f tit lire. "Come'" You limy Itronutiueo It so that alt the heaven will Iw hoard in lU cadences, or proiiouueii It mi Hint nil the hoc of time and eternity shall ruvorls-rato In It one syllable. It I on the lip of Hiihit mid piutllgatc. It I the might le.t of all sullcltuuts either for good or bad. A V.OIIII (IK Mll'tllS. Today 1 w elgh miehor nnd hmil in the plunks, mid net will on tlml great word, al though I mil niiro I will not Im' able to reach the further shore. I will let down tho fathoming line Into this mii mill try to measure Its depths, and though I tin to. grtherull tho cables and cordage I have on iKNinl, I will not lie able to touch bottom, All the power of the Christ Inn religion Ih in thnt wonl "Come." 'I'he dictatorial nnd communilutory In religion In of no nvall, The Imperative mood I not tho ap propriate inoisl when we would have peo llu savingly Imprecd. They may Iw coaxed, but they cannot bo driven. Our heart am like our home; at n friendly knock tho door will Ik opened, tint mi attempt to force open our door would laud the assailant In prison. Our theological seminaries, which keep young men three year In their curriculum lieforo launching them Into the ministry, will do well If lu so short a time they can teach tho candidate for tho holy olllco how to y with right ompliashi and Intonation nnd jtowcr that one wonl "Comet" That ninn vf ho has such clllclcucy In Christ Ian work, and that woman who ha such power to persuade piplu to ipilt the wrounand Ih'kIii the rlKht, went throimh nncrlra of liuww, IwreavctnentH, ihthccu Uoiin nnd the trial of twenty or thirty ytvam heforo they could make It a triumph of Krnct' every time they uttered the wonl "Come." "COMKS" SOMKT1MKH WAIt. You must remember that in many case our "Come" ha. a mlKhtier "Come" to oonimer lieforo It hit any elTcct at all. Just kU'o mo thu accurate census, tho sta tistic, of how many are down In fraud, In dniukeniuvvs. In uainlilliiK, in impurity, or In vice of any nort, and 1 will kIvo you tho accurate censu or Htatlstlc of how many have lieen mIhIii by thu wonl "Come." "Come mid click wine k1hhc with me at thin Ivory Imr." "Coiuo and e what wo can win at this KauiliiK table." "Come, enter with me till doubtful Hpcculatlon," "Come with mo and mud those iutldul trnctH on Christianity." "Come with mo to ii place of bad amusement." "Come with me In n Ray limit tlinuiKh under Kround New York." If In this city thero mto twenty thousand who am down In moral character, then twenty thousand foil tinder tlio power of tiu wonl "Como." I was mndluKof a wife whoso husband had Uh-ii overthrown by stnuiK drink, mid Mho went to thu saloon where ho was ruined, mid sha said, "(ilve mu back my liUMbaiid." And tho bartender, poliitliiK to a maudlin mid battered man drowsliiK In the corner of tho Imrroom, said: "Thero lie I. Mini, wako up; hero' your wlfo come for you."' And the woman wild: "l)o you call that my buslmndf What have you been dolnt? with hlmf Ih that the manly brow? In that tho clear eye? Ih that the noble heart that I married f What vile dniK have you nlven him that Iiiin tunul him iutoalloiiiir Take yonrtlKer clawH olT of him. Uncoil those ttorpont folds of evil habit that aro crushing him. (Ivo mo back my liuslmud, tho one with whom 1 HtiKid at tho altar ten year nun. (Jive him hack to me." Victim was he, an million of other have been, of tho word "Cornel" 1.KT t!8 IIAUNKSM THIS WOHIl KOIt tlOOD. Now wo want all thu world over to liar- lie. this wonl for Kood a others have har nessed it for evil, mid it wilt draw tho live continents mid the seas lietweou them, yea, It will draw tho whole earth back to the Cod from which it ha wandered. It Ih that woolnn and persuasive work that will lead men to kIvo up thulr hIii. Wiih nkep tlcUin ever bniunht Into love of thu truth by mi ebullition of hot wonl against In lldelltyr Wn over tho blasphemer stop ped In hi oaths by denunciation of blas phemy? Was ever u drunkard weaned fnmi hi ciii by tho tempcranco lecturer's inliulury of si iKucrliiK step and hlccounhf No. 'It wiiss, "Como with mu to church to day and hear our slnislni;;" "Come and let mo Introduce you to a Christian man whom you will iKisum to adnilm;" "Como with mo Into association that am cheerful and Koodaud Inspiring; "Como with mu Into Joy such as you never before experienced." With that wonl which ha douu mi much for others I nppmach you today. Am you all riudit with Godr "No," you say, "1 think not; I mil sometimes alarmed when I think of him; I fear I will not bo ready to meet hlin in thu last day; my heart is not right with Cod." Como then and have It mndo right. Through thu Christ who died to save you, comet What is thu use In waltlngf Thu longer you wait tho further off you am, mid the decH.r you urn down. Strike out for heaven! You remcmlicrthat n few years ngo n steamer called the Prin cess Alice, with a crowd of excursionists nboanl, bank in tho Thames, and thero was i.a awful sacrifice of life. A boatman from the shorn put out for the rescue, nnd ho had n big boat mid hogot It so full It would not hold mint her person, ami a ho laid hold of the oars to pull for the shore, leav ing hundreds helpless and drowning, ho cried out, "Oh, that I had a bigger Ismtl" Thank Cod, I am not thus limited, mid t hat lean promise room for all In till gospel boat, (let In; get till And yet. there Is room. Itooin In the heart of a pardoning (lod. Itoom In heaven 1111:111: ih Nor.sc m'ki'iiom i,iri;'HHiiii'(Kii,i:, I also apply the word of my text to those who would like practical comfort. If any ever escape the struggle of life, I have not found them. They am not certainly among the prospcrou classes, In most case It was a struggle all tho way up till they reached the prosperity, and since they haxi reached these height there hum been per plexities, anxieties mid crNe which were almost enough to shutter tho nerves and turn the brain It would billiard to tell which have tin biggest light ill thu world tlio prosperities or the adversities, tho con splcultles or I he obscurities, Just as soon as you halo enough success to at tract the nltentlon of other tho envies and Jealousies are let looso from thulr kennel. The greatest crime that you ei.u commit in the estimation of other Is to getou Is'tler than they do, They think your addition Is their subtraction. Five hundred persons start for a certain goal of success; one reaches It and thu other four hundred nnd ninety nine aro mad. It would lake volumes to hold the story of the wrongs, mil rages and defamation thai have come upon you a a icsiilt of your succe. The warm sun of prosperity llrlugs into life 11 swamp full of annoying Insect1!. Ou the oilier baud the unfortunate classes have their struggle for uialuto nance. To achieve a livelihood by 0110 w ho had nothing to start with, and after a while for a family as well, and carry thl oil until children aro reared and educated and fairly started In the world, ami to do this amid all the rivalries of business, and the uncertainty of crops, and thu llekletiess of tarl IT legislation, wit hail occasional labor strike, and hero and thero a liuuuciut panic thrown In, is a mighty thing to do, and there aro hundreds and thousands such heroes mid heroines who live unsung mid He Ittihouoied. What weall need, whether Up or down III life or half way between, Is tho llillulli' solace of the Christian lellgioii. And so wo employ the wonl "Como1" It will take all eternity to Hud out tho niiiu Isjr of business men who have been strengthened by tho promises of Cod, mid tho people who have Is-en fed by the ravens when other resouices gave out, and thu men nnd women who, goliiglnlo this battle armed only with needle, or saw, or ax, or yanlstlck, or ien, or type, or shovel, or shoelast, liave gained 11 victory that made tho heavens resound. With all tho re sources of Cod promised for every exi gency no olio need be left, hi tho lurch. A Hflll.lMi: KAITII. I like thu faith displayed years ago in Drury lane, Loudon, In a humble home tvhuni every particle of food hud g'ven out, 'inil a kludlv soul entered with tea mid other table supplies, and found a kettle oil tliu lire re.uly for tho tea. The benevolent lady said, "How Is It thut yuu Imvo the kettle mady for thu tea when you hud no tea In the liousor" And thu daughter In tlio home said: ".Mother would have me nut thu kettle 011 thu lire, and when I said 'What Is thu usu of doing so, whim we have nothing in thu house!'' she said '.My child, (lod will provldu. Thirty years ho has already provided for mu through all my pain and helplessness, and he will not leave mu to starvo at last. Ho will send us help, though wo do not seo how.' Wo have Ik'cu waiting all tho day for something to some, but until wo saw you xvo knew not now it was to come." Such things the world may call coincidences, but I call them almighty deliverances, and, though you do not hear of them, they am occur ring every hour of every day and in all parts of Christendom. Hut tho word "Como" applied to thosu wlio need solace will amount to nothing unless it bo uttcmd by somu one who has experienced that solace. That spreads the responsibility of giving this gospel call among a gmat many. Thosu who have lost pnipertymul been consoled by rullglou In that trial lira thu ones to invito those who have failed in business, Thosu who have lost their health and ls-eu consoled by religion am the ones to Invito those who am in poor health. Thosu who hnvu had bumavements and lieun consoled In those bemuvoment am the one to symputhUo with those who have lost father or mother or companion or child or friend. What multitudes of us am alive today, and in good health, and buoyant In this life, who would have been broken down or dead long ago but for tho sustaining and cheer ing help of our holy religion! So wo say "louii'i " 1 no well Is not ilry. Tho buck ets am not empty. Tho supply I not ex hausted. Them I Just a much mercy and condolence mid soothing power In Cod as lieforo tlio first grave wa dug, or thu first tear started, or tho first heart broken, or tho first accident happened, or tho llrst fortune vanished. Thosu of us who have felt the consolatory power of religion hax'e a right to sK'ak out of our own experi ences, mid say "Come!" TIIK WOIII.H'8 DISMAL COSIIOI.KNCKS. What dismal work of condoluncu tho world makes when It attempts to condole! Tho plaster they spread doc not stick. Thebniken Ismes under their bandage do not knit. A farmer was lost In the snow storm 011 a prairlo of tho far west. Night coming on, mid after ho was almost frantic from not knowing which way to go, hi sieigu struck: tlio rut of anotber sleigh and ho said, "I will follow this rut, ami it will take mo out to safety." Ho hastened on until he heard tho lulls of the preceding horses, but, coming up. he found that that man was also lost, and, a is tho tendency of tho.so who are thus confused In the forest or 011 tho moors, thoy wore both moving in circle, ami tho runner of tho one lost sleigh wa following thu runner of tho other lost sleigh round and round. At last It occurred to them to look at tho north star, which was peeping through tho night, and by tho direction of thut star they got homo again. Thoso who follow tho advice of this world in tlnio of perplexity aro In a fearful round; for It Is 0110 bewildered soul following another Unvlldered soul, and only those who have in such time got their eye oir the morning star of our Christian faith can find their way out, or be strong enough to lead others with an all persiin sive invitation, "Hut," says some one, "you Christian people keep telling us to 'Come,' yet you do not tell its how to como," Thut charge shall not Inj truu 011 tills occasion. Come Is-'llsviugl Como repenting! Como pray lugl After all that Cod has Is-en doing for six thousand years, sometimes through pattlnrchsuud sometimes through proph ets, nnd at. last through the culmination of nil tragedies on (lolgotha, can any 0110 think that Cod will not welcome your comiigr Will 11 father at vast outi iy con striut 11 mansion for his sou, and lay out park whlto with statues, and green with foliage, and all apaiklc with fountains, and tluu not allow hi son Initio it the house or walk In tho mrkr I Ins Cod built this house of (lospel mercy, and will ho then refuse entrance to hi chlhlreuf Will n government nt gmat expense build life s.ivb g stations nil along tho coast, anil Isiats that can hover unhurt like a petrel nvn: the wildest surge, and then when thu llfcb'iit has reached tho wreck of a ship ' In the oiling not allow thu drowning to sel.o he lifeline or take thu boat for the shore In safety f Shall Cod provide at the cost of Ids only Son's nssassluat Ion escape for a sinking world, and then turn a deal car to tho cry that comes up from the breakers? vol ni:i:ii ntrr iikmcvi: two tiiimi. "Hut," you say, "thero aro so many things I have to believe, and so many things In the shape of a creed that I have to adopt, that 1 am kept back." No, not You need be I line but two tilings tiamuly, that Jeu Christ came Into tlio world to save sinners, mid thut yoli are one of them. "Hut," you say, "I do IhiIIuvo both of thosu things!" Do you really Isdievo them with all your heart f "Yes," Why, then, you have passed from death Into life. Why, then, you aro a sou or a daughter of thu Lord Almighty. Why, then, you aro an heir or mi heiress of an Inheritance that will lie dare dividends from now until long after the stars are dead. Hallelujah! Prince of Cod, why do you not come and take yotit coronet? 1'rlnco.ss of the Lord Almighty, whyiloyou not mount your throne? Has up Into thu light, Yourlsiulls anchored, whyiloyou not go ashore? Just plant yout feet haul down, and you will feel uudei them the Itoek of Age I challenge tho universe for one Instance lu which a man In the rlghtsplrlt appealed for the salvation of the gospel mid did not get. it. .Man allvul uru you going to let nil tho years of your llfo go away with you without your having thl great pence, this glorious hope, thl bright expectancy? Am you going to let tho pearl of great price He in the dust at your feet because you arc too Indolent or too proud to stoop down and pick It up? Will you wear the chain of evil habit when near by you I thu ham merthut could with one stroke snap the shackle? Will you stay lu tho prison of sin when hero I a gospel key that could unlock your Incarceration? No, no! As thu one word "Come" ha sometimes brought many soul to Christ, 1 will try the experiment of piling up Into a mount ain mult I eu sending down lu anuvalaiiclii of power many of these gospel "Comes." "Come thou mid all thy house Into thu ark;" "Come unto me all yo who labor and 11m heavy laden and I will glvu you rest;" "Come, for all thing uru now ready;" "The Spirit and thu lli.le say 'Come,' and lot him that hcareth say 'Come,' and let 111 111 that Is atlilrst come." Tho stroke of one bell ill a to.ver may be sucot, but a scum of bells well tuned, mid rightly lifted, and skillfully swung lu one great chime fill thu heavens with music almost celestial. And 110 one who low heard the mighty chimes in tho towers ol Amsterdam or Client or Copenhagen can forget t hem. Now, It seems to mu that in this Sabbath hour all heivcn is chiming, mid thu voices of departed friends anil kindred ring down tho sky saying "Come!" Thu angels who never fell, bending from supphliu thrones, aro chanting "Cornel" Yea, all thu towers of heaven, tower ot martyrs, tower of prophits, tower of Apos tles, tower of evangelists, tower of the temple of tho Lord Cod and tho Lamb arc chiming, "Comet Come!" I'm dim for all, ami peace for all, mid heaven for all who will come TIIK WAlt WAII OVKIt. When Russia was In one of her great wars tho sutTcrlng of tho soldiers had been long mid bitter, anil ihey were waiting for the cud of the strife Olio day a messenger in great excitement ran among thu tents of tho army shouting "l'eace! 1'eacol" Thu sentinel on guanl asked, "Wlio says peace?" And thu sick soldier turned 011 his hospital mattress and asked, "Who.says peace?" and all up and down tho encampment, of tho Rus sians went tho iiiicstton, "Who says peace?" Then thu messenger responded, "Tho c.ur says, peace.1 That was enough. Thut meant going home. That meant thu war was over. No more wounds and no more long inarches. So today, as onu of the Iinl's messengers, I inovo through these great encampments of souls and cry: "I'eacobetwceu curthuud heaven) Pence Is'tween Cod and maul Peace be tween your repenting soul and a pardon ing Ijiinll" If you ask me, "Who saj lH.'iice?" I answer, "Christ our king de clares It." "My pence I give unto youl" "Pence of Cod that passed all understand lugl" Kvcrlastitig pence! Force of Sett Waxen. Awful rollers lush themselves into foam 011 tho exposed west const of Ireland, and in somu measured by thu Karl of Dunraven tho silvery spray rose onu hundred and llfty feet. Two llfo saving boats pulled out to sea from Dingle bay to test their quali ties In NovciiiImt, tHH, when waves were breaking over tho headlands mid surmount ing acliir more than one hundred feet high. One remained under tho leo of the land; the other, steered by Mr. Kearney, pulled into tho seething waters. A tremendous wieve swept in from seaward extending right across the bay, and Increasing its height as it reached thu shallow water xvhere thu Isiat was, Tho coxswain headed his boat to meet tho wave, tho men steadily strained at tho oars, nnd she Hew into the roaring cataract, whoso overhanging crest wiih twenty-live feet ulsivo her. Down canto the mas of water upon their devoted head, washing out two of tho crew. Crushing tho boat ls-sllly under water tho wave boro her astern at an awful speed Knch of her crew was bowed down on to tho thwart before hint. One was stunned, but thu others were conscious, their eyes wide open, but lu total darkness. They could not determine whether they were still attached to the boat, but felt as though whirled through a railway tunnel, Tho lsmt emerged with each man sitting in hi place, and the llrst object which met their view was a buoy close alongside, which wa nearly a quarter of a mile from the place where thu wnvuliad overwhelmed them. She had retained thu vertical posi tion during her submersion. CIiuuiIhth' Journal. A Kingly Ijiie.llioi. A domestic belonging to the court of Frederick the Croat one day thought to please that monarch by appearing before lilm in nu clultorato llcsh colored coat. Per ceiving by thu great Fredeilck's manner that he had made a mistake he hastily withdrew ami reappeared with a nunc fit ting garment. The king, apparently not noticing the change, at length turned to him and said, "Tell me, my fi It ml, who was thut coxcomb that appeared at Sail Soucl Just now In a llcshcoloredco.it?" Clothier and Furnisher, Tho great Cerman naturalist Stern pul llsheil in thu Kovtuj I'-illllque et Lltteralro a very curious and interesting articlu on speaking llshes. Somu varieties, ho af llrtn, can whNtle, bark and grunt; while othurs ilo very well as songsters, consiiicr Ing f.ho fact that they aro scaled instead of beln.1 feathered. THREE AU1HUIIS OF NOTE. A Hlmli'iit of .tiller Iciim (111) l.lfn nn4 Two i:iiullli Noiellsts, Jacob A KM, author of "How the Other Half I, Ives" a thorough mid coiupreheii she study of New York tenement and their ilenleiis -is 11 tint Ivo of Denmark lie reached America when about 'M years old, with no dellnlto plan or purposes. When his money gave out he worked at anything that came to hand. In thofal' of 17(1 ho was employed at a brick yard near Now Hruuswick, N. J. Ho wu In sore straits at thl time, and once slept lu agraieymd. Another night ho wit com pelled to seek shelter in a New York pollen station. Recalling thosu hard times, Mr. KIN recently told a reporter; "Thu night I slept lu a police station I hud picked up near the North river 11 black and tan dog (poor little beast!), and I cur ried It into tho station. I had 0110 thing of value, and that was a gold locket I wore Inside my shirt. It had a lock of hair lu .lACOII A. ItllH. It, That night sumo of tho lodgers took it from mu while I was sleeping, ami when I found it wu stolen tho onu thing that connected mu with homo I made a com plaint to the sergeant, who ordered the doorman to kick mu out. 'Do you come In here,' cried he, 'and sleep, and yet tell me that you had a gold locket 011 your neck?' It did sound ridiculous, When 1 got out side with my dog I wa angry enough to go buck and demolish every 0110 there. I wauileiedoir a space, and while I was gone thu dog had a lit in thu street nnd full down; a crowd gathered, and a policeman came along anil eliibWd tho poor auiiual to death before my eye, It seemed to me that wa the very last link that had given away " Subsequently .Mr. KIN obtained a posi tion in New York as 11 newspaper reporter. Ho worked until 10 o'clock at night on his llrst assignment, nnd was too proud to tell any onu that it was tltu third day ho had not broken fast. When ho reached the stairs to his room he fell In a dead faint. Ills circumstances speedily improved, and he was made police reporter. While doing tills work lie gathered m.xnyof the fact con tained In his deeply Interest lug book, which bus been onu of the literary successes of the season. America is soon to bo visited by .Mr. Far jeon, thu charming novelist, upon whom it wa at onu time expected the mantle of Churlcs Dickens would fall. Although thl fair promlsu of hi early years has not Ik'imi fulfilled, Mr. Karjeon Is one of tho foremost anil most successful of Kiigllh story tellers, lie wu born In London about llfty live years ago, and early devel oped the faculty of llct lou writing, being ill thu habit of amusing his schoolfellows 11. t.. FAIMFON. with talcs of his own Invention. After leaving school Mr Farjeon served an up preutlccshlp as compositor in a newspaper olllce. When IW years old ho went to Aus tralia, where ho brought out his llrst book, "Otlef," from which ho still draws a royal ty. Then came ".losluia Marvel" and that delightful Christinas story, "Hladcs o' Grass." Thu advance sheets of thu latter were bought by Harper Bros, for a good round sum. Since then Mr. Farjeon has been paid as high as tl,r00 for advance proof sheets of his novels. Mr. Karjeon has many ties to bind him to tlio United States. Ills father and mother rest In Amcrlc-wi graves, and he wooed and won an American bride, Mar garet, tlio daughter of Joseph JclTerson, tho famous Hip Van Winkle of tho Ameri can stage. ltliler Haggard, another prominent Kn gllsh writer wliosu wonderful romances of African life anil adventure have been widely read in thu United States, Is on a visit to thu western hemisphere. Hu ar rived lu New York a few days ago, accom panied by his charming wife. After a brief tour of America, Mr. Haggard will go to Mexico to study thu shadowy history of tho ancient A .tec race, with a view to ItllUat IIAMlAliP. Incorporating somu of their mysterious surroundings in a now novel. In personal appearance Mr. Haggard Is very tall and slender, and bears a remarkable lesein. , bianco to Cecil Clay, thu husband of Hosina j vokes, tho talented KugJIi.h comedienne. f 'Ha N - 1 I o ;-V.s'5:: x "s , RED CROSS STOVES RT Reduced Prices, KRUSE & WHITE. 1210 O STREET, H. W. BROWN DRUGGSIT:md BOOKSELLER The Choicest line of Perfumes. D. M. Ferry V Finest Flower iini' Garden Seeds. 127 South Eleventh street. Most Popular Resort in the City. Exposition Dining Hall, S. J. ODKLL, Manaiskk. -o ii' 9, 1121 and 1123 N Street. o Meals 25 els. $4.50 per Week. z i'bJc(,-.' -?r.Z7" 'i''2-5-' "t'fcr-as . .t-mtr-m tr--,T "J 1 ' P -rr-ri-- iL - w - K Imj. .V V -.IHVBKSm- j--1 -h. a I E - . , Bmas iM'-itfx 1 kiKV V t.iif . vm C?3'!' -VtffliTKB l3l I. V' "wmm nnn filffTWi w " - - -: Un En tSSSMtfraifr iHuBHI BHlMljflKaiHH2l 1 jilt BPW iBa lBjB&1WiBljlpU tj A TWICE TOLD TALE ! The wise man sclcctctb the "Hur llngton route" and therefore startctlt aright. He arrayeth himself In purple and fine linen, for lo, and behold, be is snuglv ensconced in al,lo or center" on the famous vcstibulcd flyer, where smoke and dust are never known. He provldoth himself witli a book from tlic generous library near at band, ndjustcth Ids traveling cat), aud pro cccdctli to pass a day of unalloyed pleasure and contentment. And it came to pass, being hungry aud atbirst, he steppeth Into thu dining car, and by the beard of the prophet, 'twas a feast fit for the gods. Venison, Hlue Points, Hergundy, frog legs, can vasbacks, Mum's extra dry, Knglish plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices. French coffee, verily, the wise man waxeth fat, and while he lightcth a cigar, he taketh time to declare that the meal was "out of sight." t occurrctli to the wise -n hat the country through which he journey ed was one of wondrous beauty, inso much that It was with deep regret lie noted the nightly shadows fall. How ever, tenfold joy returned as he beheld the brilliantly lighted car, and the merry company It contained. Verily, it afforded a view of Elysium. The wise man retlrcth to rest. De liriously unconcerned, he sleeps the sleep of the righteous nnd awakes much refreshed. His train is on time, his journey ended. He rejolceth with exceeding gieat joy, as he holds a re turn ticket by the same route, the "Great Hurlington. MORAL: Travel by J. FRANCIS, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Omaha. 100 Engraved Calling Cards And Copper Plate, for $2.50. If you have a Plate, we will furnish 100 Cards from same, at $.'50. WESSEL PRINTING COMPANY. Nebraska'? Leading Hotel. ri. C - '' iirrrfs. 3 THE MURRAY Cor. 11th ami Harney Hts , STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. All Modem Improvements and Conveniences. B. 8II.L0WAY, Prorltor. IRA HIOBY, Principal Clerk.. T'ic foolish man luneth a ticket of a scalper. In the morning, behold, he saveth fifty cents; and lo, nt nightfall he Is out $9.7. lie starteth wrong. Wit" might nnd main lie hurrieth to the depot, only to find his train four hours late. '1 he peanut boy sizeth him up and scllcth him a pnpet of an uncer tain date A1 he journcyetli along, he fonncth a new acquaintance, for whonihecnshetli a check. Five minutes for refreshments. While he rushcth to the lunch counter some one stealeth his gripsack. Weehangctlt enrs, lo these many times, and it strik eth the foolish man that he "doesn't get through pretty fast," and be he monncth his ill luck. He getteth a cinder in his eye, and. verily he sweareth and cutsctli full free. He exchangeth three pieces of silver for a bunk in a sleeper, and awnketh just in time to cntch nn infernal nigger sneak ing off with his boots; the Porter's ex cuse nvnlleth nothing, and the loollsU man straightway pnttetli his boots un der his pillow, that no man may break in and steal. His train runneth Into a washout, a liackman taketh him in to the tune of" six .shillings, and the foolish man llfteth. up his voice In grent lamentation, for lr and behold, the tavern Is nway hut half a block. H-" renchcth home weary nnd hearts sore; his trunk cometh next cloy mlnut the cover and one handle, he resolvch hereafter to travel only by the "Great Hurllngton." the Burlington Route A. C. ZIEMKR, City Pass, and Ticket gent, Lincoln. si