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    CAPITAL CITY COUKIICR, SATURDAY JANUARY 31, 1891.
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A SIMMON ON KABYLON.
DtSCOURSE PIICACHGD SUNDAY,
25, DY Dfl. TALMAOE.
JAN.
A Jrlili lrrrlitlui nt (tin Winulem
f (till, AiiHrnl I'miikii Olty Monm !.
en Ttml Minulil It llrrilnl to IU
ttrnnn fnin, II I'sll.
ItiuMtKI.VN, 1I1111. M. - Hr Talning
prvarhed thu following senium this mom
lag In t lio Academy nf Minlo In thin city,
ml he rexatcd It tonight at 'I'lm Chris
tian Herald service In tho New Ynrk Acad
imy of Music. Ill text mi Daniel v, tlOi
"In that night wn lleWia..nr, thu king of
llie Chaldean, slain."
After the slto of Babylon litul Imh'M so.
b-cted, two tnlllloiiof men went employed
fnr thu construction of tho wall anil prin
cipal work The wall of lint city wuro
sixty mill" In elreumferenco. Tlmy wont
surrounded by a trench, out. of which hail
lamming tlm material for tint count met Ion
of tint city There, went twenty llvit Kates
at solid lira on each shin of tho siiiuru
atty. Between every two gates it great
anrr sprang up Into lint heaven. From
mch of tint twenty. live pate on either Mile,
Htrcet ran straight through to (hit gatu
a tint other sldo, so that them went llfty
treels, each fifteen mile long, which gnvit
I the city an appearance of wonderful
HWilnrlty,
The house illil not Join each ol her on tint
(round, and lietwccn them were garden
Mill shrubliery From housetop to house
top bridge swung, over which thnluhali
Mauls went accutuineil to pa. A lirauch
mt tint Knphrntes went through the city,
rcr which iv lirliln of marvelous t ruct lire
wait thrown, anil uniler which a tunnel ran,
To keep tint river from overllnwlng tho city
In time of frehet, a great lakit wa ar
ranged to catch the Htirplu, In which tint
water wiih kept asln a reservoir until timet
f drought, when It wa sent streaming
4own over the thirsty Intnl. A palncy
atood at each end of tint Euphrates bridge:
nn palaeo a tnllit anil threeipiartcr It.
Muipasa, mid the other palace mwcii anil it
half tulles In clrcumferenco. Thu wife of
Moliui'hndne.ur, having Inmiii brought tip
among tho mountain of Media, coulil not
Uud It In this Hat country of Haltylou,
Mil no to please, her Xclmchailucr.xar hail a
Mountain four hundred feet high Imllt In
the mlilt of tint city
This mountain was surrounded liy ter
races, for thusupportof which great archet
went lifted. On thn top of theu arches Hat
tone went laid; then h layer of recti and
bitumen; then two rows of lirlckN, closely
Mnicntcil; then thick sheets nf lead, upon
which thu noil wa placed. Tint earth heru
ikMisltcd won ho deep that thu largest tree
hail room to anchor their mot. All thu
glory of tho tlowery tropic wa spread out
at that tntmeudoii height, until It must
havo seemed to ono below a. though thu
cloud wont nil In hloom, and tint very
aky leaned on thu shoulder of thu cedar.
At thu top nn engine wa cotiHtrticteil
which draw thu water from thn Euphrates,
far below, and mailu It spout tip amid this
garden of thu skies. All this to pleau lib
wlfel I think hIiu iuuhI have Won phaed.
TIIK TKMl't.i: OK IIKI.UH.
111 thu midst of this city sIimmI hIho thn
temple of llclu. Onu of It tower wan
ono-elghth of a tnllu IiIkIi, and on thu top
of It nn observatory, which Kavu thu as
tronomurs great advantage as, being at ho
great a height, onu coulil cosily talk with
the stars. Thin tumplu wa. full of cup
ail atatue anil censers, all of Kold. Onu
Imago weighed a thousand Babylonish ta
lent, which would Ira equal to fifty-two
Billion dollar. All thl by day; but now
sight wa about toeomodown on liahyloii.
The shadows of her twd hundred anil llfty
lowers began to lengthen. Tint Kuphrate
lolled on, toucheil by thu llery splendors of
the sotting huh, and Kate of bra, bur
aished ami glittering, oHiiied anil shut
like iloora of (lame. Thu hanging Kardeu
of Babylon, wet with thu heavy dew, beKan
tdpour from ittarllt (lower and ilrlpplm;
lekf a fraKrance for tunny iuIIcm around.
Tho street anil aquarvawcro IIkIiIciI for
danco ami frollo and iirximcnailu. Thu
theatrat ami Kallerliia of art Invited thu
wealth ami pomp and Kraudutir of tho
city to rare entertainment. Scene of
riot and wiwsall were mingled In every
street; Kdhw mirth, ami outniKeou ex
ocas, and Mplvmlld wlckeltiuN camu to thu
king's palacu to do their tulKhtloHt deed
of dtrknes.
A royal feast to-nlKht at tho kliiK'a pal
aool HuKhltiK up to tho gate are chariot,
pholtrul with preclotu cloth from Do
dan and drawn by flro eyed hontttii from
Togariuah, that rear and neigh In tho
irriuip of tho charioteer, while a thouimnd
lords dUtnouut, and women drettoil In all
the splendor of Syrian emerald, and the
color blending of agate, and the chatenem
of ooral, and the somlier glory or Tyrlan
purple,' and the princely umbrolderlc
brought from afar by camel acrost the
desert, and by ships from Tarhlh across
the sea.
LKT TIIK UUK8TH COMK IN.
Open wide tho gates and let the guests
come in. The chamberlalnt and cup bear
ers are all ready. Hark to tho rustle of
the robes, and to the carol of tho mii'lct
See the blase of thu jewels! Lift the ban
ners. Fill tho cups. Clap tho cymbal.
Blow the trumpets. Let tlu night go by
with song and danco and ovation; and lot
that Uabylnnlsh tongue bo palsied that
will not say, "Qb,-kingBeHiiuar, live
forever!"
Ah I my friend, it was not anyXttmmon
banquet to whlctt these great pvoplti came.
All part of the earth hodHeuVthoir rich
est viand to that fible. l)(.ickots and
chandeliers Hushed their lSHJI- unou tank
ards of burnUhed gold- 'lt(ti, rlo and
luscious, in bankctn of i)yar, untwined
with leaves, plucked lroi roynl com.erva
torle.t. Va.se., Inlaid with emerald ami
ridged with exipiUttu traceries, filled with
nuts that were thrashed from forests of
distant laud. Wlno brought from the royal
Tats.foauilugtu tho decanters and bubbling
in tho chalices. Tufts of cassia and frankin
cense wafting their sweetness f mm wal I and
bible. Gorgeous banners unfoldliiK in the
breeze that camu through thu opened win
dow, bewitched with the pert nine of hang
ing gardens. Fountains rising up from In
closures of ivory In jets of crystal, to fall
in clattering rain of diamond and cnrls.
Statue of mighty men looking down from
niches in thu wall upon crowns and shields
brought from subdued empires. l:-!sof
wonderful work, standing on ihmIiv.u of
precious stones. F.mbrolduries ilntopliig,
about the windows ami wrapping pillars
of cedar, and drifting on door inlaid with
Ivorw and aiHita. Music, mlnullui! the
thrum of burns, and thu clash of cvmbals.
and the blast of trumpets in onu wave of
transport that went rippling aloug the
wall, and breathing among thu garlands,
and pouring down tho corridors, aud'thrill
tag the souls of a thousand banqueters.
The signal is given, and the lords and
ladle, the mighty men and women of the
land, come around the table. Pour out the
wine. I At foam and bubble kiss tho rim!
Hoist every one his cup, uud drink to the
sentiment, "Oh, King lleUlm.r.nr, live- for
evcrl" lleslarrril headband and rnrennct
of royal lieauty gleam li. tint uplifted chal
ices, n again and r.wuln ami again (hey ant
emptied. Away with care from tint pnlacul
Tear rnjal dignity to tatters! Pour nut
more wind (life Us more light, wilder
mmtlc, sueetitr iMirfiimul lonl shouts to
lonl, captain ogles to captain, (loblels
clash, decanter rattle There comes in
the vile souk, and the drunken hlccoiiKh,
and tint slavering lip, and the guHaw of
Idlotlo laiiKhtcr, burtlng from thu lip nf
prince, llllnhed, reeling, bloodshot; whih)
lulnullugwlth Hull I hear, "lluxal hux.al
for gnat Uelshar.rarl"
TIIK IIANIIWIIITINO OM TIIK WALL
What I that on tho plastering of tho
wall? Is it 11 spirit t Islt iiphautomr I
It (I01IP Out of tho black sleeve of thu
darkness a linger of llery terror trembles
through I ho air and come to I hit wall,
circling iiIhiuI a though It would write,
ami then, with sharp tip of llaiue, en
graves on tho plastering tint doom of tho
Mug. The iimslo stop, Tint goblet falls
from the nerveless grasp, There I n thrill.
There I a start. There I a thousand
voiced shilek of horror 'l Daniel Iw
bnniKht In to read that writing. Ho comes
In, lie reads It, "Weighed luthubalaucu
ami found wanting."
Meanwhile tint Assyrians, who for two
years had hcun laying siege In that city,
took advantage of thatcnroual ami camu
In. I hear thu feut of thu comiuerors on
thu palace stairs. Massacre rushes In with
a thousand gleaming kul ft, Death bursts
upon tint scene, and I shut the door of
Hint bampii'tlug hall, for I do not want to
look, There I nothing them but torn
banners, and broken wreaths, and thuslush
of upset tankards, ami tint blood of mur
dered women, ami I hit kicked and tumbled
carcass of a dead king. For "In that night
wa llelslm.zar, thu king of thu Chaldeans,
slalu."
ItKAII IT AH IT IS
I go 011 to learn that when (lod writes
anything on thu wall, a man had better
mad It as It Is. Daniel did not inlslnter
pmt or modify thu handwriting on thn
wall. It I all foolishness to expect a min
ister of the (lospcl to preach always things
that the people like or tint people choose.
Young men, what shall I preach to you to
night f Shall I tell you of thu dignity of
human unturuP Shall I tell you of thn
wonders that our men ha iiccniuplishciir
"Oh, mil" jou say; "tell nut thu mensiiKu
that camu from God." I will, If there Is
any handwriting on tint wall If I t lilt les
son, "Accept of Christ and be saved!" I
might tail: of u great many other things,
but that Is thu message, ami so I declare It.
Jesus never Haltered those to whom hu
preached. Hu said to those who did wrong
and who were olTcnslve In his sight, "Yu
Keueratloti nf vipers! yu whltcd sepulchersl
how can )e escape thu damnation of belli"
Paul thu apostlu preached hefom u man
who wa not ready to hear htm preach.
What subject did hu takef Did hu say,
"Ohl you am a good man, a very llu-t man,
a very noblu inanr" Sit; hu preached of
righteousness to a man who was unright
eous; of temperance to a man who wa thu
victim of bad appetites; of thu Judgment
to ennui to 11 man who was unlit for It. So
wo must always declare tint messagu that
happen to coinu to us. Daniel must mud
it as It I. A minister preached before
James I of Kngland, who was James VI
of Scotland. What subject did hutakuf
Thu king was noted all over thu world for
living unsettled and wavering In his Ideas.
What did thu minister preach alsmt to
this man who was James I of Kuglaud
and James VI of Scotland? Hu took for
ids text James 1, 0: "He that wavoreth Is
ilku a wave of tho sea, driven with the
wind and tossed."
Hugh Iatlnier offended thu king by a
sermon hu preached, and the king said,
"Hugh Ijitlmcr, comu and apologize."
"I will," said Hugh I Jit liner. So the day
was appointed, ami thu king's chael was
full of lord and dukes, and the mighty
men ami women of thu country, for Hugh
latimer was to apologize. Hu began his
sermon by saying: "Hugh la'tlmcr, be
think theel Thou art tu the pmsenco of
thlnu earthly king, who can destroy thy
body. Uut bethink thee, Hugh Latimer,
that thou art lu tho presence of tho King
of heaven and earth, who can destroy both
body and soul In hell tlm." Then hu
preached with appalling directness at tho
king's crimes.
TIIK IIKUINNINO AND TIIK KSI COXTIIASTKI),
Another lesson, that conies to us. Them
is a great dllTumncu between tint opening
of the banquet of slu and its close. Young
man, If you had looked in upon thu ban
quet in thu llrst few hours, you would
havo wished you had Ihmmi Invited there,
and could sit at the feast. "Ohl the
grandeur of Delshaccar',, feast!" you would
have said; but you look in at thu close of
the banquet, and your blood curdles with
horror. The King of Terrors has there a
ghastlier banquet; human blood is tho
wine, mid dying groans am thu music.
Sin has mode itself a king in tho u'irtli. It
baa crowned Itself. It has spread a ban
quet. It Invites all the world to come to
It, It has hung lu Its huiquetlng hall the
po'.ts of nil kingdoms nml thu banners of
all'iatlon. it lias gat tiered irom nil nut
ate. It has strewn, from Its weilth, tint
tub es and the floors an 1 arches. And yet
hot? often I that banquet broken up, and
hot" horrlbl.t is Its end! F.ver a. id anon
thei) is a handwriting on tho wall. A
klig falls. A great culprit is arrested.
Tin knees of wickedness knock together.
God's Judgment, llku an armed host, breaks
iu upon tho banquet; and that night is
lie similar, tho king of the Chaldeans,
sla'n.
Hem I a young man who say: "I can
not see why they mnko such a fuss about
the Intoxicating cup. Why, it is exhila
rating! It makes mo foul well. I can talk
better, think tatter, feel better. I cannot
sec why people havo such a prejudice
ag.Uust It." A fuw vears past on, and ho
wakes up and tluds himself iu thu clutches
of nn evil habit which hu tries to break,
but can no'; mid hu cries out, ' Oh, Iird
God, help me!" It scums as thuiigh God
would not hear his prayer, and lu .111 agony
of bodymtd soul hu cries out, "Itbitcth
like a serpent, nml it stliigeth llku an
adder." How bright it was tit 'hu start!
How black it was at tint last!
tiik uouuoiia or a sinful likk.
Here is a man who begin to mad cor
rupt novels. "They am so charming,"
aays he, "I will go out nml see fur myself
whether ull these, things am so." llu opens
tho gate of it sinful life. He goes lu. A
sinful sprlto meets him with l.er wand,
Shu waves her wand, and it is ull enchant
ment. Why, it seems .is if thu angels of
God had poured out phials of pcrfumu lu
the atmosphere. As ho walks on hu limit
thu hills becoming mom radiant with foil
. age and thu ravines inoru resonant with
thu falling water. Olit what a charming
. landscape hu sees I llUt that sinful sprlto
' with her wand meets him again; but now
I alio reeies thu wand, and nllthecnchaut
' meiit Is gone. Tho cup is full of poison.
, The fruit turns to ashes.
I All tho leaves of the bower am forked
tongues of hissing serpents. Thu (lowing
fountains fall back lu 11 dead pool, stench
fill Yvith corruption. The luring songs bo-
0iiut curses uud scream of demoniac
laughter liosi spirits gather alxint. him
mul (eel for III heart, ami U'ckou him on
with "Hall, brothorl Halt, blasted spirit,
hail'" llu trie lo get out. He comet to
Hut fnint door where hit entered, uud tries
(o push it back, but I hu door tnrnt against
him, nml In the Jar ot that shutting dour
hit hear these words, "This night I Hol
tliM.nr, the king of tint Chaldean, slain."
-In may open bright a thu morning. It
"lids dark 11 thu night1
I learn further from this subject that
Death sometimes breaks lu iipouii bampiet.
Why did hit not go down to thn prison lu
llilliylun' Them went NM)pht (bent that
would like to have died. I suppose there
went men and women lu torture lu that
city who would hino welcomed Death. Hut
hu comes lo the palace; anil Just at thu
time when the mirth It dashing to thu tip
top pitch Death breaks lu at tho baniiiet.
Wu have often seen the same thing Illus
trated. Here is a jnung man Just comu
from college Hu I kind, Hit It loving,
Hu Is enthusiastic, llu Is eloquent liy
onu spring hu may bound to heights
toward which many men have been strug
gling for j ears, A profession open before
lilin. Holt established III thu law. Ills
friends cheer him. Kmluuut men eucour
ngit him.
Alter 11 while you may see him standing
In the I'lilted State senate, or moving a
popular assemblage by hi I'loquiiueo, us
tiee am moved lu 11 whirlwind. Sonm
night he retires early. A fever It on him.
Delirium, llku 11 reckless charioteer, sel.es
thu rein of hit Intellect. Father and
mother stand by and see thu tides of his
life going out to the great ocean. The ban
quet I coming to an cud, Thu lights of
I bought and mirth and cloiiience are
Is'lng extinguished, Thu garland am
snatched from thu brow. Tint vision Is
gone. Death at thu baii'jiictl
lli:.1ll AT TIIK nANQUKT.
Wo saw thu samu thing 011 a larger scale
Illustrated at thu last war In this country.
Our whole nation had been sitting at a
national banquet north, south, east and
west. What grain was them but wu grew
it oil our hills, What. Invention was there
but our rivers must, turn thu new wheel
uud lattle the strangeshuttle. What warm
fur but our traders must bring them
from the Arctic, What llsh hut our nets
must sweep them for thu markets, What
music but It must slug lu our hall, What
eloquence hut It must Huk lu our sen
ates, llul to thu national tiatnj ticl , reach
lug from mountain to mountain, and from
sea to seal To prepare that banquet thu
sheepfohl and thu aviaries of thu country
sent their Is'st treasure. Thu orchard
piled up on thu table their sweetest fruits.
Thu presses burst out with new wines. To
sit at that table came thu yeomanry of
New Hampshire, and thu lumls'rman of
Maine, and the Carolinian from thu ricu
Held, uud thu western emigrant from thu
pine of Oregon, mid wu went all brothers
-brother at a banquet. Suddenly thu
feast ended,
What meant those mounds thrown uput
Chlckamauga, Shlloh, Atlanta, Gettys
burg, South .Mountain What meant thosu
golden grain Held turned into 11 pasturing
giouml for cavalry horses What meant
thu corn Held gullied with thu wheels of
tint heavy supply train? Why thosu rlvurs
of tearsthose lakes of blood God was
nugryl .lust leu must comu. A handwrit
ing mi thu wall! Thu nation had been
weighed uud found wanting. Darkness!
Darkness! Wou to the north! Wou to the
sout hi Woo to t hu east I Wou to thu westl
Death at thu banquet 1
I have also to learn from thu subject that
thu destruction of thu vicious, and of thosu
who despise, God, will 1st very sudden. Thu
wave of mirth had dashed to thu highest
point when that Assyrian army broku
through. It was unuxpectud. Suddenly,
almost always, comes thu doom of thosu
who despise (Sod and defy thu laws of
men. How was It at thu deluge Do you
suppose It camu through a long northeast
storm, so that people for days before were
sum It wat coming? No; I suppose thu
morning was bright, that calmness irood
cd on thu waters; that IsMiuty sat en-
thtoned 011 thu hills, when suddenly thu
heavens burst, mid thu mountains sank
like anchor Into thu sea that dashed clear
over thu Andes ami thu Himalayas.
OVKItWIIKLMKII IN TIIK WATKItS.
Thu lied sea was divided. The Kgyptlans
tried to cross It. Them could 1k 110 danger.
Thu Israelites had Just gone through.
Where they had gouu, why not the Kgyp
tlans? Ohl It was such nlH-autlf ill walking
place! A pavement of tinged shells and
pearls, and on either sldu two great walls
of water solid. Thuro can bo no danger.
Forwanl. great hosts of thu Kgyptlans!
Clap thu cymbals, and blow the trumpets
of victory! After them! Wo will catch
them yet, ami they shall Iss destroyed. Hut
the wall Is'glu to tremble. They rockl
They fall! Tho rushing waters! Thu shriek
of drowning men! Thu swimming of the
war horses iu vain for thu shore! Thu
shewing of thu great host 011 thu bottom of
tho sea, or pitched by thu angry wave an
thu beach a battered, bruised and loath
some wreck! Suddenly destruction came.
One-half hour before they could not have
believed it. Destroyed, and without
remedy.
I am Just setting forth a fart, which you
havo noi lets) as well as I. Ananias comet
to tho apostle. The apostlo says, "Did you
sell the land for so much?" llu says,
"Yes." Itwasalie. Dead I as quick as that!
Sapphlrn, his wife, comes iu. "Did you
sell thu land for so much?" "Yen." It was
a lie; and quick as that sho was dead.
God's Judgments am upon thosu who de
spise him and defy him. They come sud
denly. Thu destroying angel went through
Kgypt. Do you supposu that any of tho
people kuuw that hu was coming? Did
they hear thu Hap of his great wing? No!
no! Suddenly, unexpectedly, hu came.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot a
blnl standing on n sprig near by. If they
are skilled they p-ldu themselves 011 tak
ing It on the wing, and they wait till it
starts. Death Is 1111 old sportsman, ami hu
loves to lake men Hying under thu very
sun. Hu loves to taku them en thu wlug.
A WOltt) TO TIIK UXCONYtillTKD.
Ato tl.eru any hem who are unprepared
for thu eternal world? Am them any hem
who have U-eu living without God and
without hopu? Ia'I nut say to you that you
had better accept of thu Lonl Jc.su Christ,
jest suddenly your Inst chance be gouu.
The lnu will ccuus to breathe, the heart
will stop. Thu tlmu will comu when you
shall go no mom to thu olllcu, or to thu
ston, or to tint shop. Nothlug will bit left
but Death and .Judgment nml Ktcrulty.
Ohl tlcu to Goil this hour! If there bo one
In this presence who has wandered far
uwur from Christ, though hu may not have
heard thu call of thu gospel for many a
year, I Invito him now to comu and 1st
snvoJ. Flee from thy sin! Fleu lo the
stronghold of thugospull Now is thu ac
ceptu I time, now is thu day ot salvation.
Guid-nlght, iny)ouugfrlcniUtl May you
have roy sleep, guarded by him who nuvcr
kluuibcrs! May you nwuku Iu thu morning
strong and wulll Hut ohl urt thou a do
splserutGod? Is ;his thy lust night nn
earth? Shouhlst t.'ou be iiwukcuud in th
night ly something, thou knuwest not
what, Mid them ho shadows floating In tho
room, arid a handwriting on thu wall, ami
you fee, that your last hour It come, ami
there Ik 11 fainting at thu heart, and n
tremor In the limb, and n catching nf thu
breath then thy doom would 1st but an
echo of the wnrdt of thu text, "In that
night wat llelslia..ar, the king of IhuClml
deans, slalu."
Illl; (lOSI'KI, INVITATION-.
Heartheilivltatlonof thu Gospel! There
may Imi soiiiu onu In tin house to whom I
hall never speak again, and therefore let
it be lu thu Wiir Is of thu Gospel, and not. In
my own, with which 1 close! "Ho, uvury
one that thlrstcthl Comu yu to thu waters.
And let him that hath no money come,
buy wiuu anil milk without money, ami
without price." "Count unto me, all yu
who am weary and heavy laden, ami I will
give you rest." Ohl that my Lord Jesii
would now uiaku himself so attractive to
your souls that you cannot resist him; and
that, If you havo never prayed before, or
have not. prayed since those days when you
knelt down at your mother's knee, then
that tonight you might pray, saying:
Jiett 11 I mil, illiout onu plea
llul that thy blood iwikkIhsI for me,
And tlinttliiin bid's! nut count to tins'.
O Ijunlitif (led, I count!
Hut If jou cannot think of so long n
prayer us that, I will glvo you 11 shorter
prayer that you can say, "God, I hi merciful
to me, 11 sinner!" Or, If you cannot think
of so long a prayer as that, I will gUu you
a still shorter onu that you may utter,
"Lord, save me, or I perish!" Or If that
1st too long 11 prajcr, you need not utter
onu woid. Just look anil live!
IIiiu- to Itecuril the I'ikI.
Tu thu "good ohl times" men lived un
iler thu horrid shadows of frightful super
stitious. Now It Is to modern science only
that wo owe our emancipation from thu
jokoof tills awful tyranny. Sclent lllc e.
ploiets haw been ocr thu earth and, find
ing unmnuthnf hell, that Is gone. Science
has explained earthquakes ami volcanoes,
and now devils light 110 louder iu thu bow
el of the earth. .Ktnnnud Vesuvius are
no longer vent holes of thu pit. Astronomy
has shattered the follies of ustiology, and
people have found out that thu stars urn
minding their own business Instead of
meddling with theirs, and eclipses, no
longer moon swallowing monsters, uru
only very natural and well behaved shad
ows. SiiH'o psychology Is studied wu know
that witchcraft it folly, and insanity It
only a illsuaso to be treated uud cured.
Thus science, llku 11 mother going upstairs
to Im'iI with her frightened boy, hat been
with her candle into ull thu old dark cor
ners that used to make us creep ami cringe
ami shiver with terror. Croakers always
have kid a special faculty for seeing
"breakers ahead" ami smooth water be
hind. Hut the sober facts of history Justify
thu statement that never was thu ship of
human hopu lu similiter trim, and never
was a fairer, broader sea ahead.
What then? Why, this: In spite of pres
ent lilt and difllculties and corruptions
ami discouragements, learn to seu things
at they are. How many a curse hat this
servile, unreasoning worship of thu past
fastened upon us! As If an evil that ha
stood a thousand years was not at abomi
nable as one sprung up today! Wu ought
Indeed iu church, society and statu to rev
erence thu past us father of thu present,
hut not so blindly us to keep errors ami
fallacious systems simply because our an
cestors endured them. Mluot J, Savage in
Arena.
MUlrmlliiR IIimiIc Title.
A paper hiwheen read Is-foru thu Library
association on thu misleading titles of
modern books. Thu subject Is onu in which
thu book buying public it necessarily in
terested. Them am many, even in tliesu
shrewd and careful time, who purchase
volitmcsou thu strength of advertisements,
or after 11 casual ghiucu at thu mimes of a
book and its author. Thu wiser mind
waits to know something about thu wares
olTered to It, but to many thu mem title of
a book is alluring, suggesting all sorts of
possibilities which may or may not bo fill
lllleil. Mankind docs not learn by experi
ence, cither personally or by deputy.
itli thu old standing example before
them of thu Ingenuous countryman who
bought ltuskiu's work "On thu Construc
tion of Sheepfohls" under thu impression
that it wat an agricultural treatise, men
and women still rush upon their fato iu
the mutter of book titles. And they are
meanwhile fooled to thu top of their bent.
Thu titlu wu havo Just quoted It, as every
body knows, by 110 means ltuskiu's only
achievement iu thu direction of mislead
ingor nt least mystlfyig the public.
"Sesuinu mid Lilies," "Thu Crown of Wild
Olive," "Thu Queen of thu Air," "Fors
Chivigcru" thoiu, and others iu their
time, have created quite at much confu
sion In tho minds of thu simple and cou
pling. And, fortilled by so Illustrious an ex
ample, tho book producers go 011 mystify
ing and misleading, outdoing each other
in tho perverted ingenuity of their inven
tion. London (lIulH!.
NIhms Mntlit nf l'or polio Hide.
This Is thu season for wet feet I mean
men's feet. Women, as a rule, wear rublier
overshoes, but few men will undergo thu
trouble India rubbers or arctics are sure to
Indict. A shoemaker the other day put me
up ton wrinkle that is worth trying. Kv
cry onu knows about porpoise hide shoe
string, how duralilo they are, ami all
that. This samu shoemaker showed me a
pair ot shoes madu of thu samu material,
wid told 1110 that they went virtually
.waterproof on account of thu porpoise hldu
retaining so much oil. Thu shoes weru
fashionably cut and handsomely mndu.
They do not polish well, but look neat,
uud oucu thu feet are snugly incased in
them, slush ami snow are held at detlauce.
Thu cost is a little more than thu ordinary
calfskin, but they will outlast two pairs of
thu lattcr.--I)hiladt'lplila Times.
A (Ireitt K.lcrtrlc Itullrimit.
M, lluross, thu Hungarian minister nf
commerce, Is not satisllcd with thu renown
which tho Introduction of thu .onu tariff
ha gained for him, but Is coming forward
with another plan liy which hu proposes to
glvo us thu lastest trains lu the world.
This plan I for an elictrlu railway, for
piisM-ngcrs only, between Vicuna and
Uuda-IVhth. Thu dlstancu of I.MS miles
would be achieved lu two hours and a half.
Onu railway carriage would stint every ten
minutes between (I In thu morning and
midnight Tho only dilllculty Is thu cap
ital required for tint execution of thu proj
ect, which is no less than :iS,(KK),(Kio Horius.
Tho faro from Vienna to I'esth would be
10 llorlns. Vienna Cor. London News.
Ml blue KwlnitliiK by Klrctrlclty.
Professor Uurrett, tho city electrician of
Chicago, proposes to remove thu steam en
gines now used to turn thu bridges and
substitute electricity. He claims by this
means that onu man cuu do all thu work
at each bridge aud lessen thu expeuse
greatly. New York Journal.
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A TWICE TOLD TALE !
X'ic wise man sclcctcth the "Bur
lington route" and therefore stnrtcth
nrlgbt,
Je nrrayetli himself In purple and
fine linen, for lo, and behold, be is
snugly ensconced in n "lower center" on
the famous vcstibulcd llyer, where
smoke and dust arc never known.
He providctli himself with a book
from the generous library near at hand,
adjustetli his traveling can, aud pro
cccdeth to pass a day of unalloyed
pleasure and contentment.
And it came to pass, being hungry
and athlrst, he st'cppctli into the dining
car, and by the beard of the prophet,
'twas a feast fit for the ods. Venison,
Blue Points, Hcrgtindy, froj; legs, can
vnsbneks, Mum's extra dry, Kngllsb
plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices, French
coffee, verily, the wise man waxeth
fat, and while he lightcth a cigar, lie
Ukctli time to declare that the meal
was "out of sight."
t occurrcth 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 he
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 rctlretli to rest. De
liclously unconcerned, he sleeps the
sleep of the righteous and awakes
much refreshed. His train is on time,
his journey ended. He rejolcetli with
exceeding great joy, as be holds a re
turn ticket by the same route, the "Great
Burlington.'''
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 Irom
same, at $.150.
WESSEL PRINTING COMPANY.
Prices,
WHITE.
rry'K
Finest
Dining Hall.
TtlANAHi'.K.
1123 N Street. o-
$4.50 per Week.
Nebraska's Leading Hotel.
THE MURRAY
Cor. 13th and Harney His ,
02:.A.ZX.A.,
xtx:xj.
I STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
All Modern Improvements and
Conveniences.
B. SILLOWAY, Proprietor.
IRA U1QBY, Principal Olerk,
5?
T'ic foolish man buyetli a ticket of .1
scalper. In the morning, behold, he
savetli fifty cents ; and lo, at nightfall he
is out $9.27. lie startetli wrong.
Wit" might and main he hurrlcth to
the depot, only to find his train four
hours late. 1 he peanut boy sizetli him
up aud scllcth him a papci of an uncer
tain ''ate.
As lie journcyeth along, lie formeth a
new acquaintance, for whom lie casheth
a check.
Five minutes for refreshments. While
he rushctli to Hie lunch counter some
one stealcth his gripsack. He cliangetU
cars, lo these many times, and It strlk
cth the foolish man that he "doesn't
get through pretty fast," and be be
moanetli his ill luck. rD
He getteth a cinder in his eye, and
A verily lie swearetb and cussctli full free.
lie excliangeth three pieces of silver for
a bunk In a sleeper, and awaketh just In
time to catch an infernal nigger sneak
Ing off with his boots; the Porter's ex
cuse availeth nothing, and the loollsli
man straightway puttcth his boots un
der his pillow, that no man may break
in and stcn.1.
Hi1 train runneth into n washout, a
liackman taketh him in to the tune of
six shillings, and the foolish man lifteth
up his voice in great lamentation, for lo
and behold, the tavern Is away but
half a block. J
He reacheth home weary and hearts
sore; his trunk comctli next day mlnut
the cover and one handle, he rcsolveli
hereafter to travel only by the "Great
Burlington."
the Burlington Route
A. C. ZIEMER,
City Pass, and Ticket Agent,
Lincoln.
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