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E3S. "L: ZZ2 mzHmkj- ' WaPWfflili.illi. . 'wiua.. -,. . 6 CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1891. lit n TOKONK THING LACKING OH. TALMAQE CONTINUES HIS SERIES OF EVANGELISTIC SERMONS. .TtiD (Irrnt Army of Onml TIiIiir nii Av rag Congregation Cmi ItouU lf, Vet Too Many l.nrk That Wlilrli I llrnt nf All. nitflOKI.r.t, Frit. I. Tim deep religion feeling innnlfcslod In Dr. Tnlningn's con KWKnllntiH tlnro Ills recent nroinlng "Ap peal Outsiders" hns nppnrciitly encour aged lit m to rontlinio preaching distinct ively ovnugellstla sermon. Todny lio do llvercd mint her discourse of thu snino gos pel lypo, Inith nt tlm morning service In the Academy of Mimic, In t lift city, nnd nt Tho OhrMInn llornld service nt night In the New Yurk Academy of Music. Din text win taken from Murk .x,'Jl!"()no thing thou InckcsU" TI10 young twin of tho text was n splen did nntum Wo fall In love with him nt the first glance. Ho was amiable nnd frank nil earnest nnd educated nml refined and respectable and moral, and yet ho was not Christian. Ami no Christ addresses him in tho words that 1 hnvo read tn you, "One tiling thou InckcsU" I suppose that Hint txt wm no morn appropriate to tho young man of whom 1 hnvo swkcn than It Is a proprlnto to n great multltudo of people In tab) audience. There nro many thing" I" which you nro not lacking. For Instance, yon nro not lacking In n good homo. It In parhnps no more than an hour ngo that you cloned tho door, returning to noo whether It was well fastened, of one of tho beat homes In thin city. The younger chil dren of tho Iioum already asleep, tho older car, hearing your returning footsteps, will rush to tho door to meet you. And In theno winter evenings the children nt tho stand with their lessons, tho wife plying tho necdlonnd you reading tho hook or the pnpor, you feci that you hnvo n good home Neither nro you lacking tn tho refluo nents and courtesies of Ufa Von under stand tho polltu phraseology of Invitation, rngnnl and npology. You have on appro printo nppnrel. I shall wear no liettor dress A tho wedding than when I come to tho autrrlagoof tho king's son. If I am woll clothed on other occnslona I will bo no In n religious audience. However reckless 1 may bo nbout my pomoiml npHnrnuco nt athw times, when I come Into n conse crated nssemhliiRo I shall hnvo on tho (test divan I hnvo. Wo nil understand tho pro prieties of everyday life and tho proprieties of Snbbnth life. Neither nro you lacking in worldly sue cms. You hnvo not mado nit much money m you would llko to mnko, but you hnvo aa income. While others nro false wheti tbey say they hnvo no income, or are male lag no money, you hnvo never told that falsehood. You hnvo had a livelihood, or you hnvo fallen upon old resources, which la (Just the same thing, for God Is Just ns good to us when bo takes care of us by n anrplua of the past ns by present success. While there nro thousands of men with hanger tearing nt tho throat with the strength of a tlgcr'a paw, not ono of you Is hungry Neither nro you lucking In plena ant friendship. You hnvo real good friends. If the scarlet fever abould conio to-night to your houso you know very well who would conio In and alt up with the aick one; or, If death should como, you know who would come In and take your hnnd tight In theirs with that peculiar grip which mentis "I'll stand by you;" and, after the Ufa has fled from the loved one, take you by tho nrtn aad lead you Into the next rcont, and while you are gone to Greenwood they would stay In the house and put aside the garment and the playthings that migbt bring to your mind too severely yoar gnat loss. Frisndsf You nil have friend. HOB-CHRISTIAN rRIKNDa OF CIIM8TIAH1TY. Neither are you lacking In your admlrn tion of the Cbrtstlnn religion There Is nothlug that makes you so nngry as to have a man malign Christ. You get red in the face, and you any, "Sir, I want you to understand that though I am not my self a Christian, I don't llko such things aid as that lu my store:" and the man goes off , giving you a parting salutation, bat you hardly answer him. You are pro voked beyond all bounds. Many of you hare been supportera of religion and have given more to the cause of Christ than aene who profess his faith. There is noth tag that would please you mora than to awe your son or daughter standing at the altar of Christ, taking the vows of the Christian. It might be a little hard on you, and sight make you nervous and agitated for m little while, but you would be man aough toaayt "My child, that Is right. Go em. I am glad you haven't been kept back yjasy exampje. I hope some day to Join yea.' You beliove all the doctrines of re Igtaa. A man out yonder aaya, "I am aala- mat." You respond, "So am I." Some one aaya, "I believe that Christ came to save the world." You aay, "So do I." Look lag at your character, at your surround (age, I And a thousand things about which to congratulate you, and yet I must tell yea In the love and fear of God, and with reference to my last aoceunt, "Oue thing taoa lackest." You need, my friends, In the first place, the element of happiness. Some day you feel wretched. You do uot know what Is the matter with you. You aay, "I did not i last night I think that must be the reason of my restlessness;" or, "I have i something that did not agree with me, and I think that must be tho reason." And you are unhappy. Oh, my friends, happiness does not depend upon physical condition. Some of the happiest people I have ever known have been those who have been wrapped In consumption, or stung with neuralgia, or burning with the slow lire of some fever. I shall never forget one man iu my first parish, who In excruciation of body cried outi "Mr. Tulmage, I forget nil my pain In the love and Joy of Jesus Christ. I can't think ot my sufferings when I think of Christ." Why, bis face was lllumlnedl There are young men in this house who would give testimony to show that there la bo happiness outside of Christ, while there IV great Joy in his service. There are yoang men who have not been Christians more than six months who would stand up to-night, if I abould ask them, and say In those six months they have had more Joy and satUf action, than In all the years of Utelr frivolity and dissipation. Go to the door of that gin shop to-night, and whan the gang of young men come out ask them whether they are happy. They lauv;b along the street, and they jeer and tbey shout, but nobody has any Idea that tbey are happy TIIK AOED CIIUIBTUN'8 JOY, looijldcall upon the aged men tn this house to give- testimony. There are aged men, here who tried the world, and they tried religion, und tbey aro willing to tes tify on our side. It was uot long ago that an aged man arose In a praying circle und said: "Brethren, I lost my son Justus be .graduated from college, un-i it hi oka my hcarti hut 1 am glad now ho Is gouo. He la nt rest, cscnK'd from nil sorrow and from nil trouble. And then, lu IM7, 1 lost all my property, and you sen I am gutting old, nnd It Is rather hnnl upon tnu; but I am sura (lod will uot let tuo suffer. Ho has not taken enro ot mo for seventy-five years now to lot mo dropout of his hands. " I wont Into tho room of nn ngnl man his eyesight nearly gone, his hearing near ly gouo nnd whnt do you supposo ho was talking nboutf Tho goodness ot (lod nnd tho Joys of religion. Ho saldi "I would llko to go over nnd Join my wife on tho other nldo ot tho Hood, nnd I am waiting until tho Ionl cnlls mo. I nm happy now. I shall bo hnppy thero." What Is It that gavotlinl aged man so much satisfaction and pence f Physical uxubornticof No, It has nil gone. Sunslilnof Ho cannot sec It. The voices of friends? Ho cannot hear thorn. It Is tho grace of Hod, Hint Is brighter than miushluo and that Is sweeter kbnu music. If n harpist takes a harp nnd finds that nil tho strings nro broken but ono string ho does not try to piny upon it. Yet hero I will show you an aged man the it rings of whoso Joy nro nil broken savo one, nnd yet ho thrums it with such satis faction, such melody that tho angels of God stop tho swift stroke ot their wings and hover nbout tho place until tho muslo censes. Oh, religion's "wnys nro ways of pleasantness, nnd nil her paths nro peace" And If you liavo not thoHntlsfactlou thnt Is to I hi found lu Jesus Christ, 1 must tell yoti, with nil tho concentrated emphasis of my soul, "Ono thing thou lackest." I remark, again, that you Inck the ele ment of usefulness. Where Is your busi ness f You nay It is No. 45 such a street, or No. DitO such n street, or No. U00 such n street. My friend Immortal, your business Is wherever thoro is a tear to lw wiped away or n soul to lo saved, You may, be fore coming to Christ, do a great many noblo things. You tnko n loaf of bread to thnt starving man iu tho alloy, hut bo wants Immortal bread. You take a pound ot candles to thnt dnrk shanty. Thoy want tho light thnt springs from tho throne of God, nnd you cuuuot tnko it liecauso you hnvo It not lu your own heart. You know thnt tho Might of nu arrow depends very much upon tho strength of tho Imiw, and 1 hnvo to tell you that tho best Imiw thnt was over mm lo was mado out ot tho cross of Christ; and when religion takes a soul ami puts It on that, and pulls It back and lots It fly, every tlmo it brings down a Saul or Goliath. There aro coplo here of high social posi tion, und largo menus, nnd cultured minds, who, if they would como Into the kingdom of God, would set tho city on llru with re ligious awakening, Oh, hear you uot the mora than million voices of those lu these two cities who nro unconverted? Voices of thosu who lu these two cities nro dying lu their sins? They want light. Thoy want bread. They wnnt Christ, Thoy want heaven. Oh, thnt tho Lord would make you a limning ovnugell As for myself, 1 hnvo sworn before high heaven that I will preach this gospel ns well ns I can, lu nil Its fullness, until every fiber of my body, und every faculty of my mind, nnd every passion of my soul Is exhausted. But wo nil hnvo work to do. I cannot do your work, nor can you do my work. God points us out the place where wo nro to serve, and yet aro there not people in this houso who nro thirty, forty, litty and sUty years of age, and yet hnvo not begun the great work for which tbey were created? With every worldly equipment, "Oue thing thou lackest." roLLY OK THE UKtllC WOItLDLINO. Again, you lack tho clement of personal safety. Where are thoso people who asso ciated with you twenty years ago? Where aro those people that (lfteen years ago used to cross South ferry or Fulton ferry with you to New. York? Walk down the street where you were in business fifteen years ago and see how all the signs have changed. Where are the people gone? How many of thorn are landed in eternity I cannot say, but many, many. I went to tho village of my boyhood. Tho houses were all changed. 1 passed ono houso in which oncu resided iv man who hail lived an earnest, useful life, and ho Is In glory now. Iu tho next house a miser lived. He devoured widows' houses, and spent his wholo llfo in trying to mnko tho world worse and worse And ho is gone the good man and the miser tiotb gone to the same place. Ah, did tbey go to tho same placer It is an Infinite absurdity to sup pose them both tn the same place. If the miser had a harp, what tune did ho play on it? Oh, my friends, I commend you to this religion as tho only personal safety! Whea you die, where are you going to? When we leavo all these scenes, upon what scenes will wo enter? When wo were on ship board, nnd we all felt that we must. go to the bottom, was I right In snyiug tu one next me, "I wondertf we'wlll reach heaven If wo do go dawn to-night?" Was I wise or unwise in asking that question I tell you mat man is a tool wno never thinks of the great future. It you pay money you take a receipt. It you buy linn's! ou record the deed. Why? Because everything is so uncertain, you want It down In black and white, you say. r or a iiouko mm lot twenty-llvo feet front by ono hundred feet deep, all security; but for asoul vast as eternity nothing, uothingt If some man or woulay standing in some of these aislea abould drop down, where would you go to? Which i your destiny? Suppose a mun is prepared for the future world, what different dots it make to him whether he goes to his homo today or goes Into glory? Only this difference if he dies he Is better off. Where he had one joy on earth he will havo a million in heaven. When he has a small sphere here he will have a grand sphere there. Perhaps It would cost you sixty, or ono hundred, or one hundred nnd fifty dollars to have your physical llfo insured, and yet free of charge I offer you Insurance on your Immortal lite, payable not at your decease, but now and to-morrow and every dav and always. My hope In Christ is not so bright as many Christians, I know, but I would not give it up for the whole universe, iu one cash paymout, it it wcro offered me. It has been so much comfort to mo in time of trouble, It lias beu so much strength to me whan I havvi been assailed, it has been ao much rest to mo wheu I have been per plexed, and It is around my heart such an Incasement of satisfaction and blessedness that I can stand hero before God and sayi "Take away my health, take away my life, take everything rather than rob me ot this hope, this plain, simple hope which I have lu Jesus Christ, my Lord. I must have this rohewhen tholastchlllstrlkcsthrnugh me. I must hnvo this light when all other lights j;o out lu tho bhut thnt comes up from thu cold Jordan, 1 must have this sword with which to tight my way through all thoio foes on my way heavenward." When I was In IMidcn I saw thero the wonderful armor of Henry V11I und Ed ward III. And yet I havo to tell you that there is nothing in chain mall or brass plate or g r.iutlet or halberd that makes a man so safo us the armor tn which the Lord God clothes his dear children, Ob, there is a safety In religtoal You will rid down nil your foes. Look out for that man who has tho strength of the lord God with him. In olden times thu .Jiorsemcn used to rldo Into buttle with lifted lances, anil tho enemy lied tho field. Tim Lord on the white homo of victory nnd with lifted huv-es of dlvliio strength rides Into tho lMlo, ami down goes tho spiritual too, while tho victor shouts tho triumph through tho Iord Jesus Christ. As n mutter of personal safely, my dear friends, you must hnvo this rcllglmi. AITKAIi TO TIIK YOU.NO. I nnply my subject to several classes of peopfo lieforo mo. First, to thnt great mul tltudo of young peoplo lu this home. Some if thoio young men are In boarding houses. Thoy havo but fow social advantages. They think thnt no ono cures for tliolt souls. Many of them nro on small sala ries, and thoy lire cramped mid liotliarcd perpetually, nnd sninotlmes their heart falls them. Young man, to-night nt your iM-dmom door on tho third floor you will hear n knocking, It will I mi tho hand of Jesus Christ, tho young man's friend, say ing, "Oh, young mun, let mo como In; I will help thee, I will comfort theo, I will deliver thee," Tnko the lllblo Aut of tho trunk If It has been hidden nway. If you have, uot the courage to lay It on tho shelf or table, tnko thnt lllblo that was given to you by some loved ono, tnko It out of the trunk and lay It down on tho bottom of the chair, then kneel down beside it, and read and pray und pray and read until all your disturbance Is gone nnd you feel that peace which uclthor.ciirlh iir hell can rob you of. Thy father's God, thy mother's God, waits for thee, Oyoung man. "Ive cape for thy llfol" Kscnpu tiowl "Ono thing thou lackestl" Hut I apply this subject to tho aged not many hero not ninny lu any imt!inhlng. 1'eoplod-i not llvo to get old. That Is the general rule. Hero nnd there nu aged man In tho houso. I toll you tho truth. You havo lived long enough In this world to know that It cannot satisfy nn Immortal nature. I must tnlk to you inoro rever entially than I do to these other people, while at thu hiiiiio tlmo I speak with great plainness, O father of tho weary step, O mother bout down under tho ailments of life, has thy God over forsaken thee? Through nil these yearn who has lieeii your best friend? Seventy years of merclesl Seventy years of food nnd clothliigl Oh, how many bright mornings! How many glorious evening hours you havo seen! O father, mother, God has beau very good ( you. Do you feel It? Soma of you have children and grandchildren; tho former cheered your young llfo, tho latter twluo your gray locks lu their tiny fingers. Has all the goodness thnt God has been making pass lieforo you produced uochano iu your feelings, and must It bosuldof you, not' withstanding nil this, "Ono thing thou luckest?" TAKE YOUH TItOtIIII.ES TO JESUS. Oh, if you could only feel tho hnnd of Christ smootliliigtho cares out of wrinkled faces! Oh, If you could only kul tho warm arm of Christ steadying your tottering stepsl I lift my voice loud enough to break through the deafness of tho car while I cry out, "Ono thing thou lackest." It was nu Importunate appeal a young man mado In u prayer meeting wheu he rosu up and said: "Do pray for my old father. Ho Is TO years of nge, ami ho don't love Christ." Thnt father passed a fow more steps on In life, and then he went down. He never gave iiuv Intimation that ho had chosen Jesus. It Is a very hard thing for an old man to become a Chris tian. I know it is. It Is so hard a thing that It cannot lio done by any human work: but God Almighty can do It by his omnipotent grace; ho can bring you at the eleventh hour at half-past II at ono min ute of I J he can bring you to the peace and tho Joys of the glorious gospel, 1 must make application of this subject also to those who aro prospered Have you, my friends, found that dollars and cents nro no permanent consolation to the soul? You have large worldly resources, but havo you no treasures, no heaven? Is an embroidered pillow nil that you want to put your dying head on? You hnvo heard people all Inst week talk nbout earthly values. Hear a plain man talk nbout the heavenly. Do you not know It will be worse for you, O prospered man, If you reject Christ, und reject him dually that It will bo worso for you thnn those who had it hard In this world, because the con trust will make tho discomfiture so much mora appalling? As the hurt hounds for tho water brooks, as the roe speeds down tho hillside, speed thou to Christ. "Ks enpo for thy life, look not behind theo, neither stay thou iu nil tho plain; escape to the mountain lest thou be consumed!" I must make my application to another class of persons the poor. Wheu you can not pay your rent when it is due, have you nobody but the landlord to talk to? When tho flour has gone out of tho barrel, and you have not teu cents with which in go to tlje bakery, and your children are tugging at your dress for something to eat, have you nothing but the world's char ities to appeal to? When winter comes. and there are no coals, nnd the ash barrels have no more cinders, who takes care of you? Have you nobody but the overseer of the poor? But I preach to you a poor man's Christ. If you do notliao in the winter blankets enough to cover you iu the night, I want to tell you ot hint wno tiau not wnere to lay his bead. If you lie on the bare floor, I want to tell you' ot hlra who had for a pillow a hard cross, uno whose foot bath was the streaming blood of his own heart. Oh, you poor mant Oh, you poor worn anl Jesus understands your case alto gether. Talk it right out to him to-night. Get down on your floor and snyi "Lord Jesus Christ, thou wast poor ami I am poor. Help me. Thou art rich now, and bring mo up to thy riches!" Do you thluk God would cast you off? Will lie? You might as well think that a mother would tako tho child thnt feeds on her breast und dash tU llfo out, us to think that God would put nsldo roughly those who hnvo fled to him for pity and compassion. Yea, the prophet says, "A woman may forget hersucking child, that sho should uot havo couipiiBsWic on tho sou of her womb, but I will not forget thee." TUB VOVAOE OF LIKE. If you havo ever been on tho sea you have bcju surprised In the first voyage to find thero nro bo few sails in sight. Soino tlmes you go along two, three, four, five, six nnd seven days, nnd do uot see u single sail, but when a vessel does conn in sight tho sen glasses nre lifted to tho eye, tho ves sel Is Watched, und It It como very near then tho captain, through tho trumpet, cries loudly ncroks the water, "Whither oound?" So you and I meet ou this sea of life. We como nud we go. Some of us have nevor met before. Some of us will never meet again. But I hall you across the sea, and with reference to the last great day, ami with reference to tho two great worlds, I cry across tho water; "Whither bound? whither bound?" I know what service that craft was made tor, but hast thou thrown overboard thu compass? Is there no helm to guide it? Is Ibo ship at Mm muroy of the tempest? Is there no guti if distrust booming through tho storm? With priajtaai treasures wit n treasures aboard worth mora thnn nil the Indies wilt Mum nover coma up out of tho trough of tht sen? O Iord God, lay hold of thnt maul Sou ot God, If thou wert ever needed anywhere, thou nrt needed hero. Thoro nro so ninny sins to lw pardoned. Thero nro so many wounds to bo healed, Thero nro so many souls to lw saved. Help, Jesus! Help, Holy Ghost! Help, minister ing angels from thu throne! Help, nil sweet memories of thu pastl Help, nil prnyers for our future dollvcrnucol Oh, thnt now, In this Rio accepted tlmo and the day of salvation, you would Iwar tho voice of mercy nml llvo! Tnsto and sea thnt the Lord is gracious, In this closing moment of tho service, when everything lu tho houso Is so favor able, when everything Is so still, when God Is so loving nnd heaven Is so near, drop your sins and tnko Jesus. Do not client yourself out of heaven. Do not do thnt. God forbid thnt nt tho Inst, when It is too Into to correct the mistake, it vols should rlsa from tho pillow or drop from the throne, uttering Just four words four sad, annihilating words, "One thing thou lack est." Msklng Rice Paper. Tho no called rlco paper is not made from rice, ns Its imtno implies, but from tho snow white pith of n small tree belonging to the genus Arallu, u genus represented In the United States by tho common sarsaparllla and tho spikenard. Tho tree grows in Foruiosu, nud, ho far ns is known, nowhere else. Tho stems nro transported to China, nnd there tho rlco paper Is made, which Is used by native nrtlsts for water color draw ings, orlyed of various colors nnd made Into artificial flowers. Mr. Hosle, in his "Three Years In Western China," describes tho process of milking tho paper. I wns Invited to visit a worker lit pith nfter nightfall. Although somewhat sur prised at the hour named, 1 accepted the invitation. On arriving at tho house, I wns ushered Into a badly lighted room, where a man was sitting nt n tnblo with his tools iu front of him. Thcsu consisted of n smooth stone, nbout n foot square, nud a lnrge knife or hatchet with it short wooden han dle. The blado was about a foot long, two Inches broad, and nearly half an inch thick nt the back, It was sharp as a razor. Placing u niece ot cylindrical pith on tin stone, and ids left hand on. the top, he rolled tho pith backward and forward fot a moment until ho got it Into tho required position. Then, seizing the kuifo with his right hnnd, ho held the edge of tho blado, nftor n feint or two, close to the pith, which lie kept rolling to tho l-ft with bis loft bund until nothing remained to unroll; for tho pith hnd. by tho application of tbt knife, ln'cn pnred Into u square white sheet ot uniform thickness. All that remained to Iki done was to squnro thu edges. If the render will roll up u sheet of paper, lay It on a table, place thu left hand on top, nnd gently unroll It to tho left, ho will have a good Idea of bow tho feat was accom plished. It seemed so easy that I determined to hnvo n trial. Posing ns a professional worker, I succeeded in hacking the pith nnd nearly maiming myself. A steady hand nud a keen oyo aro re quired for tho work, and honcu it Is that tho so called rlco paper is manufactured only at night, when tho city is asleep and tho makers are not llablo to bo disturbed. Jury Uni In Kiiglitiul. Bertie Sams, a drummer, says: WMn 1 wns over in England, iu 1888, 1 wns unlucky enough to lw nu eye witness of a hotel fight, und was compelled to give evidence at tho Old Bailey when the man who got the best of it stood his trial. Tho wny they selected tho Jury was amusing to n man who has seen a week pass whilo an effort wits being mado to get a Jury. A number of cards wcro put in n box, shaken up, nnd twelvo drawn out. The names on these twelvo were thoso of tho unlucky Jurors, and the remainder of those sum moncd were formally excused. Among tho twelvo was a lawyer's clerk, who was very Indignant, and who mado three suc cessive objections to serving. Tho first was tbnt ho know tho prisoner well, and didn't feci ublo to approach tho cuso without prejudice. Tho Judgo gave him a killing glance, and told him ho would have to, Tho second objection was thnt ho couldn't afford to loso tho time, and this wau over ruled. The third took my breath away. He nn nou need thnt hie house hnd less thnn fif teen windows, nnd he quoted authorities to show thnt one of tho qualifications of serving on a Jury was to occupy a Iioum with "fifteen windows or more." By this timo tho Judgo hnd fairly lost his tetnier, and warned the embryo attorney that it In quoted nuy mora obsolete statutes la would bo committed forcontempt of court. The young man subsided, und the cose pro ceeded. One ot the city newspapers, com mentlng on this episode, exphiiucd tha', technically tho young fellow wns right. The qualification is a survival ot the old English practice of paying taxes on win dows, a practice which led to tho closing np ot thousands of windows, to tho great annoyance of those who now occupy the bouses, although the tax has been takr-n off years ago. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Good Form In Kngland. A.word about the etiquette of calls and cards. In Kughtnd it would be tho worst possible form for a gentleman to call on nn unmarried lady and ask the servant If she Is at homo. Ho must ulways ask for the mother only. A gentleman is nover asked to "call again soon," but bo is told, "I hope we shall huo a good deal of you." In Gng land curds nre left only when tho person called on is out. Thoy are never sent in before the culler, if tho person called on Is at home. For husband and wlfo to have both names on ono card, as "Mr. and Mrs. Jones," Is very bad form. So it is for unmarried ladles to have bopurate visiting cards of their own. Jfhelr names should be engraved under the names ot their mother or of some other married female relation. In England one's address should always bo on one's card, in smaller letters, in the right lower corner. Wo might enumerate a thousand other peculiarities, but wo have cited enough to show that nu American citizen could not easily acquire what lu England is called "good form" without an expenditure ot tlm? that could be put to a better purpose New York Ledger. Ilootli Was Smoking. Hero Is un amusing story of Ivlwiu Booth and his slavish adherence to tl; fascinating cigar. A gentleman went to tho theatre In Philadelphia where Kdwlu Booth und Iuw rencu Burrett wcro playing. Ho hnd oc casion tc go behind tho scenes. Suddenly ho noticed a door that was slightly ajar. From it procivded dense clouds of smoke. Instantly tho visitor thought ot ilru, unci be paled us for nn Instant it dawned upon him that lio had made an awful discovery. Ho rushed to tho door and pushed It open, halt expecting to sen flames. What ho did see wat Edwin Booth seated iu his dressing roc'u, puffing ut a cigar as though his life I depon dud upon it. Epoch. 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He arraycth himself in purple and fine linen, for lo, and behold, he is snuglv ensconced in a "lower center" on the famous vcstlbulcd flyer, where smoke and dust are never known. He providctli himself with a book from tiic generous library near nt hand, adjusteth his traveling can, aud pro ccedeth to pass a day of unalloyed pleasure and contentment. And it came to pass, being hungry and athlrst, he steppeth into the dining car, and by the beard of the prophet, 'twas a feast fit for the gods. Venison, Blue I'olntf, Bcrgundy, frog legs, can vasbacks, Muni's extra dry, English plum pudding, fruits, nuts, Ices, French coffee, verily, the wise man waxeth fat, and while he llghteth a cigar, he taketh time to declare that the meal wns "out of sight." t occurreth 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 retlreth to rest. De liriously unconcerned, he sleeps the sleep of the righteous and awakes much refreshed. Ills train Is on time, his journey ended. He rejoiccth with exceeding great joy, as he holds a re turn ticket by the same route, the "Great Burlington." MORAL: Travel by J. FRANCIS, Gen. Pass, nnd Ticket Agent, Omaha. 100 Engrayed Calling Cards And Copper Plate, for $2.50. If you have a Plate, we will furnish 100 Cards from same, at $.150. WESSEL PRINTING COMPANY. Nebraska'? Leading Hotel. b THE MURRAY Cor. 13th nnd Harney Hts., If L oa-ix-A.. .: wrB. STRICTLY FIRST-GLASS All Modern Improvements and Conveniences. B. 8IL IRA HlbBVPrlnolptl Clerk, The foolish man buycth a ticket of a scalper. In the morning, behold, he saveth fifty cents; and lo, at nightfall he Is out $9.37. He starteth wrong. With might and tnair he hurricth to the deiiot, only to find his train four hours late, lhc peanut boy slzcth him up and scllcth him a pnpci of nn uncer tain date . A he journcyeth along, he formeth a new acquaintance, for whomhecasheth a check. Five minutes for refreshments. While he. rusheth to the lunch counter some one stealeth his gripsack, lie chnngcth cars, lo these many times, and it strik eth the foolish man that he "doesn't get through pretty fast," nnd lie bc moancth his III luck. - X Me iretteth n rlmW tn his v nn.l A verily he sweareth and cusseth full' free. 1 t cftuiiuiigviu uircc pieces 01 silver tor a bunk in a sleeper, and uwaketh just in time to catch an Infernal nigger sneak' Ingoff with his boots; the Porter's ex cuse avalleth nothing, and the foolish man straightway putteth his boots un der his pillow, that no man may break in and steal. H' train runneth Into a washout, a hackman taketh him in to the tune of six shillings, and the foolish man llfteth up his voice In great lamentation, for lo and behold, the tavern is away but half a block, He reacheth home weary and hearts sore; his trunk comcth next day mlnut the cover and one handle, he resolvch hereafter to travel only by the "Great Burlington," the Burlington Route A. C. ZIEMER, City Pass, and Ticket Agent,. Lincoln. -. i -u