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CAPITAL CITY COURIKK, SATURDAY FI5HKUARY
21,
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JKACTICK, NOT THKORY.
BR. TM.MAGE CONTINUCS HIS SE
RIES OF EVANGELICAL SERMONS.
Vht. Cnlliolln Itortrln f "MihmI Work."
Ton Many I'rtitfutiuiL tMf Tim t.lltln
Mini mi Wiih Itrllnlun Sliimlil (In
lulu Hip Kvrrydnjr l.lfr.
IlltooKI.Y.N, bdi. In. (Irt-at niidlmf
ytaln nMcinlilrd Ht tlm ocrvlcti I))' Dr. Till
nmKolii tlm Brooklyn Aradfiiiy of Mulo
UiU moniliiK, iiml nlo at Tint Christian
fli-rald norvlra In the Nnw York Acadumy
of Mimlo In tlm (HpiiIiik, TI10 ri'inarkahlu
liitcrmt In tlm Utter roiitlnuci without
evidence of nlwitoinrnt, At tlumervlwi In
New York last. Sunday nt'itulng llirro were
ninny eiuntlntml episode iiiiuiiik tlio vnst
ildlenro.iuul to-night thcxinwro repeated,
hundred plrdi(liig tlit'itiMolvrH nnuw to
Christian liven henceforth. Dr. Till tonne
took for his text At the. Urooklyn Acadoniyi
"Faith without wotkit I dead" (Jim. II, SO).
The Itoiiimi Cat hollo church lias Ihxiii
cimrKcd with puttliiK too much Mrem upon
linod workn ami not enough upon faith. I
charge Protidtnntl.iin with putting not
enough stress iiK)ti good workn an eon-
voted with salvation, Uuml works will
arver mivo a nmn, hut If a man have not
good workn ho lias no real faith anil no
Rtwulna religion. Thura are thonu who do
pend Uiii the fact tliat tliey aru all right
tanhlo, while their conduct in wroiiK out
aide. Their rellKlon for tho moil part In
miwltiupof talk vluo roil talk, Uncut talk,
boastful talk, iwrpetual talk, They will
Mitcrtnlu you by the hour in telling you
how good tliey aro. They como up to nuch
hlKlier lift) that wo hnvo no patlenco with
ordinary Chrlntlaun In tho plain dlHcliargu
of their duty. An near an I can tell, thin
ocean craft In mostly Mill ami very little
tonnage. Korctopuiast May-Mill, foretop.
Bioit studding nail, uialutopnall, iiilxr.Mi.
topsail everything from Hying Jlh to mis
aen spanker, hut making no useful voyago.
Now tliu world ha got tired of thin, and It
wnntna religion that will work Into all
the circumstance of llfn. Wo do not want
new religion, hut tho old religion up
piled in nil possible directions.
TIIK IIHAWUNO, UBKI.KSH HTIIKAM.
Yonder In a river with ntevp nnd rocky
bftnkn, and It roars Hku it young Niagara
a It rolls on over Itn rough 1ml. It does
nothing lint talknhout Itself all tho way
from Itn source In the mountain to the
place where It empties into tinmen. The
tnnknnru so steep the cattle cnuuot coins
down to drink. It does not run ouu fer
tilising rill Into tho adjoining Held. It linn
aot 0110 grist mill or factory on either side.
It milks In wet weather with chilling fogn.
No 0110 enren when that river In Imrn
among the rocks, and no 0110 raren when It
die into tho sen. Hut yonder In another
river, and It iiiomcn itn luniks with tho
warm tides, nnd It rocks with Moral lulla
by the water lilies asleep on Itn bosom. It
tarlto herds of rattle, and Hocks of sheep,
nd coveys of birds to come thura nod
drink. It has throe grist mills on one sldu
aad ilx cotton factories on tho other. It is
tho wealth of two hundred miles of lux
uriant farms. Tho birds of heaven chanted
when It whs horn lit the inountalun, nnd
tho ocean shipping will presn In from tho
eft to hull It na It comes down to tho Atlan
tic const, Tho one river inn man who live
(or himself, the other river la a ninu who
Uvea for others.
Do you know how the alto of the ancUnt
city of Jerusalem wan chosen f There were
two brothers who had adjoining farina.
Tho one brother had a largo family, tho
other Iiml no family. The brother with a
largo family aald, "There ia my brother with
ao family: he muat be lonely, and I will try
to cheer him up, and I will take some of
the aheaea from my field In thonighttime
and aet them over on hla farm and nay
nothing about It." Theother brother said,
"My brother has a large family, and it In
very difficult for him to auport thum, and
I will holp him along, and I will tausotnu
of the sheaves from my own fnrm In the
night time nnd aet them over on his fnrm
and any nothing about It." So the work
of transference went on night after night,
and night after night, but every morning
things aeemed to bo Just na they were, for
though aheavea had been subtracted from
each farm, aheavea had also been added,
and the brothers were perplexed and could
not understand. But ouu night tho broth
era happened to meet while making this
generous transference, and the sot where
they met was ao sacral that It was chosen
a the site of the city of Jerusalem. If that
tradition should prove unfounded it will
nevertheless stand as a beautiful allegory
aettlng forth the Idea that wherever a
kindly and grneroua and loving act la per
formed that Is the spot At for somo temple
of commemoration;
rniQHTruL wauds in roon.
1 have often spoken to you about faith,
tat now I speak to you about works, for
"faith without works Is dead." I think
you will agree with me in the statement
that the great want of this world Is more
practical religion. We want practical re
ligion to go Into all merchandise. It will
supervise the labeling of gooda. It will not
allow a man to say a thing was wade In
one factory when it waa made In another.
It will not allow the merchant to any that
watch waa manufactured in Geneva,
Swltserlaud, when It was manufactured In
Massachusetts. It will not allow the
merchant to say that wine came from Ma
deira when it camo from California. Prac
tical religion will walk along by the store
ahclvea and tear off all the tags that make
misrepresentation. It will not allow tho
merchant to say that is pure coffee when
dandelion root and chicory and other in
gredients go Into It, It will not allow hint
to say that In pure sugar when there are In
tteaud and ground glass.
When practical religion gets Its full
swing In tliu world It will go down the
streets, iiml It will como to that shoo store
aim rip oir the llctltious solus of many a
fine looking pair of shoes, and show that It
is piuttelward sandwiched between tho
sound leather. Anil this practical religion
will go right Into n grocery store, and it
will pull out the plug of all Unadulterated
sirups, mid It will dump Into tho ash
barrel In front of tliu store tliu cassia
bark that is sold for cinnamon and tho
brick dust that U sold for cayuniio pepper,
and It will shake out tho Prussian blues
from the tea leaves, and It will Mft from
tho flour planter of IMrls and bone dust
and MMtK.toue, and It will by chemical
analysis separate tho one quart of Uldge
wood water from the few honest drops of
cow's milk, and it will throw out the live
animalcules from tho brown sugar.
Thi'relias In-en so much adulteration of
artic't of food that It Is nu amiueiueiit to
me that there In a healthy 1111111 or woman
in America. Heavtvi only knows what
they put Into the bpkis, nnd Into the
sugar, and into the butter, mid Into tho
apothecary drugs. Uut chemical analysis
and tin microscope Imvo mndu wonderful
revelations. 'I he hoard of health in Miumi
chusetu analysed n gicni amount of w li it
waN called' pure coifee ami round In It not
one arllrli'iif ((ill'ie. In I'.i. aland ibficln
a law that forbids the putting of alum In
bread, Tliu pulillu authorities examined
fifty-one packages of lireml mid found
them all guilty. The honest physician,
writing a prescription, does not know but
that It may bring death Instead of health
to his patient, I stall so thero may I mi one of
tlm drugs weakened by 11 cheaper article,
nnd niiotherdrug may Ihi In full force, and
so tho prescription may luttu Just the op
posite effect Intended, Oil of wormwood,
wnrnntcd pure, from Boston, was found to
have. 41 N)rceut, of renin and alcohol and
chloroform. Hcammouy in one of tho most
valnnblo medical drugs. It Is very rare,
very precious. It In tho ssp or tho gum of
n tree or 11 hush In Syria. The root of tho
tree In exposed, an Incision In madu Into
tho root, and then sholln are plnced at thin
Incision to catch tho sap or tho gum nn It
exudes.
It In very precious, thin ncammony. Hut
tho peasant mixes It with cheaper mate
rial; then It In taken to Aleppo, and tho
morchaut there mixes It with 11 cbeaier
nmterlal; then It comes on to the whole
sale druggist in Inidonor Now York, and
he mixes It with a cheaur material; then
It comes to the retail druggist, mid ho
mixes It with a cheaper material, and by
tho time tho poor sick man gets It Into his
bottle It Is ashen and chalk and sand, nnd
somo of what has been cnlled pure senm-
until. lift. if- iiiiiiIvhIu Iiiim Iumh fnniul 4 I
no seaiiinioiiv nt nil.
TIIK SIMXUI.ATINO IIVfOC'IIITK.
Now, practical religion will yet rectify
nil this. It will go to those hypocritical pro
fessors of religion who got a "corner' In
corn and wheat In Chicago and Now York,
tending prices up and up until they were
beyond tho reach of tho poor, keeping theso
breads! u ITs In their own bauds, or control
ling them until, tho prices going up nnd up
and up, they were after nwhllo ready to
sell, and they sold out, mn'.liig themselves
millionaires In 0110 or two years trying to
Ilx the matter up with tliu Uird by building
n church, or 11 university, or a hospital
deluding themselves with tho Idea that tho
lord would bono pleased with tho gift Ho
would forget tho swindle. Now, an nuch 11
man may not hnvo any liturgy In which to
say his prayers, I will compose for htm
0110 which ho practically In making: "O
Lord, we, by getting a 'corner' In bread
stuffs, swindled tho H'oploof tho United
States out of ten mlillon dollars, and mndu
suffering all up and down the land, and
wo would lika to compromise this mutter
with thee. Thou knowest It was a scaly
job, hut then It wan smart. Now, here wo
compromise it. Tnko one per cent, of tho
profits, and with that ouu tier cunt, you
can build nn asylum for these juror miser
able rngamuiuiin or tlio street, and I will
tnko a yacht nnd go to Kuropu, for over nnd
ever, nmcnl"
Ah, my friends, itn man hath gotten his
citato wrongfully, and ho build a lino of
hospitals and universities from hero to
Alaska, ho cnuuot atouo for It. After
a whllo thin man who linn been getting a
"corner" In wheat i1Im, nnd thun Satan
gets a "comer" 011 him. Ho goes Into a
great, long Black Friday. Thero Is n
"break" In tho market. According to
Wall street parlance, ho wiped others out,
aim now no is nimseir wiped out. No col
laterals on which to make a spiritual loan.
Eternal defalcation!
Hut this practical religion will not only
rectify all merchandise, it will also rectify
all mechanism and all toll. A time will
como when a man will work as faithfully
by the job as ho does by tho day. You say
when a thing In slightingly done, "Oh, that
was done by the Jobl" You can tell by tho
awtftuess or slowness with which it hack
man drives whether he Is hired by tho hour
or by tho excursion. If ho Is hired by the
excursion ho whips up tho horses, so as to
get around and get another customer. All
tylea of work havo to bo Inspected. Ships
inspected, horses inspected, machinery In
spected. Doss to watch the Journeyman.
Capitalist coming down unexpectedly to
watch tho boss. Conductor of a city car
sounding the punch bell to prove hla hon
esty as a passenger hands to him a clipped
nickel. All things must bo watched and In
spected. Imperfections in the wood covered
with putty. Garments warranted to last
until you put them on tho third time.
Shoddy In all klndsot clothing. Chromos.
Pinchbeck. Diamonds for a dollnr and n
naif. Dookblndery that holds on until
you road tho third chapter. Spavined
horses by skillful dose of jockeys for sev
eral days mado to look spry. Wagon tires
poorly put on. Horses poorly shod. Plas
tering that cracks without auv provoca
tion and falls off. Plumbing that needs
to lie plumbed. Imperfect car wheel that
halts the whole train with n hot box. So
little practical religion in tho mechanism
of tho world. I tell you, my friends, the
law of man will never rectify those things.
It will bo the nil pervading Influence of the
practical religion of Jesus Christ that will
make the change for tho better.
TIIKKR IS NONK l'KlirKCT.
Yes, this practical religion will also go
into agriculture, which Is proverbially hon
est, but needs to bo rectified, nnd it will
keep the fnrmer from sending to the New
York market veal that Is too young to kill,
and when the farmer farms on shares it
will keep the mau who does tho work from
making his half throe-fourths, and It will
keep the farmer from building his post and
rail fence on his neighbor's promisee, and
It will make him shelter his cnttlo in the
winter norm, and it Will keep tho old elder
from working 011 Sunday afternoon In tho
new ground where nobody sees him. And
this practical religion will hover over the
house, aud over the barn, and over the
Held, and over the orchard.
Yes, this practical religion of which I
apeak will como into the learned profes
sions. Tho lawyer will feel his responsi
bility In defending Innocence, and arraign
ing evil, and expounding tho law, and it
will keep him from charging for briefs ho
never wrote, aud for plena ho nover made,
and for iwrceutages ho nover earned, aud
from robbing widow and ornhau beennm,
they are defenseless. Yes, thin practical
religion will comu Into tho physician's life,
and ho will feel his responsibility as the
conservator of tho public health, a profes
sion honored by tho fact that Christ him
self was a physician. Aud It will make
him honest, and when he does not under
stand a caM) he will say bo, not trying to
cover up lack of diagnosis with jionderous
technicalities, or send tliu imttent to a
reckless drug store because tho apothecary
Happens in pay n percentage on tho pre
scriptions sent.
And this practical religion will como to
the school teacher, making her feel her re
sponsibility in preparing our youth for
useful ness.nnd for hnpplucss.nud for honor,
and will keep her from giving a sly box to
a dull head, cliiMtisiug lilm for what he
cannot help, and sending discouragement
all through tliu after years of a lifetime.
This practical religion will also comu to
tho newspaper men, and it will help ihmu
lu the gathering of the news, and it will
help them In setting forth tho licst Inter
ests of society, uuil It will keep them from
putting tho sins of the world lu larger type
than Its virtues, aud its mistakes than Its
achievements.
111(111 AND LOW ALIKK UL'ILTY.
Yes, this religion, this pructlc-il i-jllirlou.
I , , .
iii iiinn- nun rni nn iiiiuii oil WiUtL Is
called good society, eh.vated society, suc
cessful .loclety, mi that peoplu will havo
their expenditures within their Income,
nnd they will exi'hnugu the hypocritical
'not at homo" for tin) honest explanation
'too tired" or "too busy to see you," and
will keep Innocent reception from Wont
ing Intoxicating conviviality.
Yes, thero U a greatopportiinlty for mis
sionary work lu what am called tliu suc
cessful classes of society. It is 110 rare
tiling now to seu a fashionable woman In-tnli':iti-d
in tho street, or the lull car, or
the riHCiiiraut. Tliu iiumlicrnf lino ladles
who ili'lul, too much In Increasing, Per
hap'iyou 1 lay find her irf tho reception 1 11
most e.vallcd company, but shu has made
loo many visits 1 t tliu wine loom, and now
her eye Is gin sy, mid after a whllo her
cheek Is unnaturally Hushed, and then shu
falls Into Ills of excruciating laughter nlniut
nothing, ami then shu offers lckci,fcig
llatterles, telling muuu homely man how
well ho looks, and then shu Is bellied Into
the carriage, and bythutlmo the carrlagu
gels to her homo It takes tho husband ami
the coachman to get her up the stairs. Tliu
report Is, Shu wan taken suddenly III at 11
geiinan. Ahl no. She took too much
champagne, mid mixed liquors, and got
drunk. That wan all,
Yes, thin practical religion will have to
comu lu and fix up tho marrlagu relation
In America. ThcrouromumhorMuf churches
who havo too ninny wives and too many
husbands. Society needs to Is) expurgated
and washed and fumigated and Christian
l.ed. Wo havo missionary societies to re
form Kim street, In New York, I led ford
street, Philadelphia, and Shoredltch, I-on-don,
aud tho Urooklyn docks; hut there Is
need of nn organisation to reform much
that In going 011 lu Ik-acoiihtrect and Madi
son siiiaro and Hltteiihouso squaro and
West K111I and Urooklyn IlelghtHiind Urook
lyn Hill. Wo want thin practical religion
not only to tnko hold of what aro called
tlm lower classes, but to take hold of what
ire eallu 1 tliu higher classes. Tho trouble
is that peoplu havo nn Idea they can do all
ihelr religion on Sunday with hymn iHiok
mil prner book and liturgy, and nomuof
. I ..! I.. ..I...-..I. 1 I .!...!
1.111-111 mi. in uiiiiii;ii iiiiiiiik ii iiieir eyes an
though tliey were ready for translation,
when theirSahbath Is bounded on nil sides
by an Inconsistent life, ami whllo you aro
expecting to como out from under their
arms tliu wings of an angel, thero como out
from their forehead tho horns of a iieast.
1IIKIIK MUST UK A NKW DKfAUTtlllK.
There has got to Ira a now departure in
religion. I do not say a nuw religion. Oh,
110; but tho old religion brought to new
appliances. In our time wo liavohnd tho
daguerreotype, and the ambrotypo, and t lie
photograph, but It Is tho same old .sun,
and theso arts aro only now appliances of
tliu old sunlight. So this glorious gospel
Is Just what wo want to photograph tho
Imago of God on one soul, and dngiiurreo
tyM! It on another soul. Not 11 new gosift-j,
but tliu old gospel put to new work. In
our tlmu wo hnvo had the telegraphic
Invention, and tho telephonic invention,
ami tho electric light; Invention, but tliey
are all tho children of old electricity,
an element that tho philosophers hnvo
a long while known much nlioiit. So
this electric gospel neods to flash Ita light
on tho eyes nnd ears nnd souls of men, nnd
become a telephonic medium to mnko tliu
deaf hear, 11 telegraphic medium to dnrt
Invitation mid warning to nil nations; an
elect rlo light to illumlno tho eastern and
western hemispheres, ,'ot a new gostiel,
but tho old gospel doing a now work.
Now you say, "Thnt Is a very beautiful
theory, but In it possible to take one's re
ligion into all the avocations nnd business
of life?" Yes, nnd I will give you n few
specimens. Medical doctors who took their
religion Into everyday life: Dr. John
Abercromble, of Aberdeen, tho greatest
Scottish physician of his dny, his book on
"Diseases of tho Brain and Spinal Cord"
no more wonderful than his tiook on "The
Philosophy of the Moral Feelings," and
often kneeling at the bedside of his pa
tients to commend them to God in prayer.
Dr. John Drown, of KdinbUrgh, immortal
as nu author, dying under the benediction
of the sick of Kdinhiirgh, myself remem
bering him as ho sat in his study in Edin
burgh talking to mo about Christ and his
hopo of heaven. Aud a score of Christian
family physicians In Brooklyn just as good
as they were.
lawyers who carried their religion into
their profession: The late Lord Cairns, tho
queen's advlsvr for many years, tho highest
legal authority In Great Britain Lord
Cairns, every summer lu his vacation,
preaching as an evnugclist among the poor
of his country. John McLean, Judge of
tho supremo court of the United States
and president of the American Sunday
School union, feeling more satisfaction in
the hitter ottlco than In the former. And
scores of Christian lawyers as eminent in
the church of God as they are eminent at
tho bar.
GODFKAMNO BUSINESS MKN.
Merchants who took their religion into
everyday life: Arthur Tappan, derided in
his day because he established that system
by which wo como to find nut tho com
mercial standing of business men, starting
that entire system, derided for It then,
himself, as I knew him well, lu moral char
acter Al. Monday mornings inviting to a
room in the topof hisstorehouso the clerks
of his establishment, asking them about
their worldly Interests and their spiritual
interests, theii giving out a hymn, lending
in prayer, glviug them a few words of
good advice, asking them what church
thuy attended on tho Sabbath, what the
text was, whether thuy had any especial
troubles of their own. Arthur Tappan, I
never heard his eulogy pronounced. I pro
nounce It now. And other merchants Just
as good. William K. Dodgo in tho iron
business; Moses II. Griutiell in tho ship
plug business; Peter Cooper in the glue
business. Scores of men just as good as
they were.
Farmers who tako their religion into
their occupation: Why, this mlnutu their
horses and wagons stand around all the
seating houses lu America. Thuy beg.in
thU day by a prayer to God, aud when they
get homo nt noon, nftur tliey havo put
their horses up, will offer prayer to God at
tliu table, sucking a blessing, ami this sum
mer there will bo In their fields not one
dishonest head of rye, not onu dishonest
ear of com, not 0110 dishonest apple. Wor
shiping God today away up among the
Berkshire hills, or away down amid the
lagoons of Florida, or away out iiinhl the
mines of Colorado, or along tho banks of
tho Passaic aud tho Haritan, where 1
know them lietter bocauso I went to school
with thum.
Mechanics who took their religion into
their occupations: James Drlndley, the
famous millwright; Nathaniel Dowdltch,
tliu famous ship chandler; Klihii Durrltt,
tliu famous blacksmith, and hundreds ami
thoiLsauds of strong arms which have
mail tho hammer, ami tho saw, and the
adze, and the drill, and tho ax sound in
tho ::rand march of our national Indus
tries
Gl'u your heart to God ami thun fill your
life vith goisl works. Consecrate to him
your store, jour shop, your banking house.
ou.' factory ami voiur homo. Tina1 '! m
one wjll hear It, God will hear It. That
Is enough. You hardly know of any one
clso than Wellington as connected with
tho victory nt Waterloo; hut ho did not do
tho hard lighting. Tho hard lighting was
done by tliu Somerset cavalry, and thu Hy
land regiments, and KomptV Infantry, and
thu Scots Grays and tho Llfo Guards. Who
enres, If only tlm day was wotil
A IIKAUTIKUL KXAMI'LK.
Ill tho latter part of tho last century a
girl lu Kugland Itccatuo a kitchen maid inn
farm house. SI10 had many styles of work,
nnd much hard work. Time rolled 011, mid
shu married tho sou of 11 weaver of Hall
fax. Tliey were Industrious; thuy saved
money enough after n whllo to build them
n home. On tho morning of tho dny when
they wero to enter that homo tho young
wlfo nroso nt 4 o'clock, entered the front
door ynrd, knelt down, consecrated tho
place to God, nnd thero madu this solemn
vow: "O Lord, If thou Milt bless mo in
this place, tho poor shall have 11 share of
It." Time rolled on and a fortune, rolled
In. Children grow lit) around them, anil
thuy nil beenmu affluent; onu, n member of
parliament, In a public plnco declared that
his success came from that prayer of Ids
mother in the door yard. All of them
were nflliient. Four thousand hands in
their fnctorlcs. They built dwelling houses
for Inborcrs nt cheap rents, and when tiiey
wore invalid nnd could not pay thuy had
tho houses for nothing.
Quo of those sons camo to this country,
admired our parks, went back, bought
land, opened a great public park, ami made
It a present to tho city of Halifax, Eng
land. Thuy endowed nn orphanage, tliey
endowed two almshouses. All Kugland
has heard of tho generosity and thu good
workH of tho Can-uleys. Moral Conse
crate to God your small means and your
humblo surroundings, and you will havo
Inrger meann and grander surround lugs.
"Godliness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of thu life that now Is ami
of that which Is to come." "Havo faith In
God by all means, but remember thnt faith
without works Is dead."
IleliiK InltlntiMl Into it .Secret Society.
Hero is tho reminiscence of a gray haired
old mini, a .raduato of Harvard, aud a
man who ha some reputation in thu world
of letters;
"On tho night of my initiation Into a
aoclety I cannot imimi It in this connec
tion, for that would I mi a breach of loyalty
I went to tho mystic hall with a heavy
heart and shaky legs. This particular Isind
of brothers had a special reputation for
ferocity, and I know well enough that it
was more than idle talk too, but 1 was
pledged, and forward' was tho word. I final
ly found myself mounting a pair of stairs in
utter darkness. Thin was something of a
feat, for at intervals 11 lmard would turn
up under my feet, and one leg would de
scend into somo unknown abyss, to the
great disadvantage of my liest trousers and
shins.
"At tho very top I carefully pushed open
n door and sprang luto a sort of water
trap, from which about threo gallons of
the fluid, descending in n big baptism
soaked mo completely. Having passed
tho water ordeal, I entered, and was vio
lently seized by several shadowy forms,
who appeared as sort of luminous, grin
nlng8kulls,whlch effect Is produced by pull
ing a Hhlrt sleovo over tho fnco mid rubbing
it with phosphorus. Just try a shirt sleovo
mask and see If It lsu't n horrible sight,
even in daytime. Well, I was soon rid of
my clothlug and stretched out on a plank,
on which were plnced various kinds of
burrs and thistles anything but a downy
bed.
"Then there camo a low, tomblike voice.
'Fetch tho red hot Iron. Dlabolus,' Soon I
could see through the darkness tho gleam
of fiery metal; nearer and nearer it came.
Tho terrible voice whispered, 'Brand him
In tho neck.' A horrible bolt of pain
flashed down my spinal column, accom
panied by tho sound nuft actual Btnell of
burning flesh. With a yell that no stole
could havo repressed I .leaped from tho
plnnk, nnd stood lu tho full glare of mnuy
lighted lamps, with tho society members
dnucing around mo In hilarious glee. The
branding? Well, they used a pleco of Ice,
which gives much tho same sensation as a
hot iron, whllo a fine beefsteak was nctunl
ly branded, furnishing my sensations of
sound nnd smell." New York Stnr.
A Minuter American Pyramid.
A gigantic pyramid, the most interesting
relic to tho antiquarian now on the Amer
ican continent, lies a few miles to the west
of Pueblo, Old Mexico. Tho spot Is easy
of access, and has been visited by every
traveler of note, either American born 01
foreign, who has interested himself In tho
least In hoary antiquities. It rises sud
denly from the plain and Is built of huge
adobes, or large iinburned bricks. Al
though mutilated and overgrown with
trees, tho massive liaso and four stories of
the gigantic structure aro yet almost en
tire. Humboldt describes it as a work of
such magnitude and vast news as, next to
the pyramids of Kgypt, lias nover before
been seen in the win Id. Its height ia ITS
feet, and the sides of its base 1,355 feet,
being 275 fiet lower than tho great pyra
mid of Cheops, and OiT feet louger.
The brick material is Interspersed with
layers of stouo and mortar, aud the four
Btories nre connected with each other by
broad terraces. These nre ascended from
bench to bench by regular and oblique
flights of stops which lead ton little chapel
at the top, which has lieuu dedicated to the
Virgin of Hemedios. In straightening out
the road which leads from tho City of
Mexico to Pueblo it became necessary to
traverse n portion of tho base of this an
cient monument. In cutting down a sec
tion of tho base an interior clinmber built
of stouo and roofed with lieams of cypress
was laid bare. In It were found skeletons,
Idols of clay, stone ami bronze, and a num
ber of potfry vessels, curiously varnished
and painted. St. Louis Hepublic.
Klictitlni; Against TuUuuous Canity.
A fact which lias lieen commented upon
recently Is that there is an almost entire
nbscncuof polsoulugcases from adulterated
candy, which were so numerous in former
years. This uvil at one time been mo so su
rious that an association was formed for
thu illst luct purpoM) of hccurlug thu passage
of special statutes in various states making
thu adulteration of confectionery with any
suUstaiicu injurious to health punishable
by a heavy fine; nud for several years Min
eral rewards have been offered by tills asso
ciation, its well as by its Individual men
hern, for evidence against any offender
sullicieiit to obtain 11 conviction under tliu
laws, tin) association assuming tliu cost
and lespoiihibllity of the pioseciitioti.
lu New York aud Brooklyn theiu are a
large number of firms, including all thu
largu manufacturers of confectionery, who
aru pledgedto thu prosecution of all offend
ers against thu special statutes passed by
thu legislature 011 this subject, and by ap
plication to a iiieiulHjr of thu ashoclatlon
any suspected confectionery can atoucu Im
analyzed freo of charge. New York Com
mercial Ad vci User.
This is the Sciison of the von r when
COAL is KING
when Competition is Close nnd Everybody has the
best. Then is the time to go direct to Hoadqunrters.
You need n supply for the Winter niu' ns now is the
time to buy, why not call on
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A TWICE TOLD TALE !
The wise man sclcctctti the "Bur
lington route" nnd therefore started"
aright.
He arraetli himself in purple and
fine linen, for lo, and behold, he is
snuglv ensconced in a "lower center" on
the famous vcstibulcd tlyer, where
smoke and dust are never known.
He provldcth himself with a book
from the generous library near at hand,
adjusteth his traveling can, aud pro
ceedeth to pass a day of unalloyed
pleasure and contentment.
And it came to pass, being hungry
and athirst, lie steppeth into the dining
i:ar, and by the beard of the prophet,
'twas a feast fit for the gods. Venison,
Blue Point, Bergundy, frog legs, can
vasbacks Mum's extra dry, English
plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices, French
coffee, verily, the wise man waxcth
fat, and while he llghteth a cigar, he
taketh time to declare that the meal
was "out of sight."
t occurretli 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
liciously unconcerned, he sleeps the
sleep of the righteous and awakes
much refreshed. Ills train is on time,
his journey ended. He rejoiccth with
exceeding grent joy, as he hold a re
turn ticket by the same route, the "Great
Burlington.
MORAL: Travel by
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Omaha.
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same, at $.150.
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Tne foolish man huyeth a ticket of n
scalper. In the morning, behold, he
savcth fifty cents ; and lo, at nightfall he
Is out $9.37. He startcth wrong.
WM might and main he hurrlctli to
the depot, only to find ids train four
hours late. 1 he peanut boy slzeth him
up and sclicth him a paper of an uncer
tain date.
A ne journeyeth along, he formeth a
new acquaintance, for whomhecashctli
a check.
Fivo minutes for refreshments. While
he rusheth to the lunch counter some
one stcaleth his gripsack. He chnngctU
cars, lo these many times, and it strik
eth the foolish man that he "doesn't
get through pretty fast," and lie be
moaneth his III luck. i i
I He getteth a cinder in his eye, and
A verily he sweareth and cusscth full free.
ue excliangeth three pieces of silver for
a bunk In a sleeper, and awaketh just lr
time to catch an infernal nigger sneak
ing off 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.
HI train runneth Into a washout, n
hackman taketh him In to the tune of
six shillings, and the foolish man llfteth
up ills voice in great lamentation, for lo
nnd behold, the tavern Is nway but
half a block.
Hcrcaclicth home weary and hearts
sore; his trunk cometh next day mlnut
the cover and one handle, he resolveli
hereafter to travel only by the "Grent
Burlington."
the Burlington Route
A. C. ZIEMER,
City Pass, and Ticket Vjjent,
Lincoln.