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rgfraiWi Mwtawwfcwr Wim iWW w I "ieTtt'jwri mflw -p- - '- CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY MARCH 7, 1891. fi PLAGUES OF T1IK CITIKS. ME SECOND SERMON IN DR. TAL MAGE'S PRESENT 8ERIES. itiiurM li (ha Tniln nml ThU I Tt, "Nosh rlmilril i Vlnrjnnl, lln llrunk if ttin Winn hiiiI Wat tlrunhrn." Nkw VoiiK, Mnnh I. Dr. TnlmitKo mntluuod today tho erleof sermon Im ommenrcd Inst Sunday on the "Tun Plague of Now York and tho Adjacent Cities.'' The plnguo whleh In place arrond nn tlio list I Intemperance, nml on that subject Im discoursed th morning In Urn Academy of Mimic, Brooklyn, nml thl vuftliiK hi New York. Aitho dono of (ho service In tliu Nuw York Academy of MuMo Or. TnlnmKv went over to tlio Union Square Theatre, where hi son, Mr. Frank De Witt Tnlmnue, wiw holding nn over Mow Hireling, and brlully nddreised tlio crowded luiunn. Hot li tlio Now York nor tier nro under tlio auspice of Tlio Chris tian Herald, of which Dr. Tulinauo Is editor. Tlio toxt of tlio doctor' sermon was tnkon from Gone! Ix, SO, 'Jit "Nonli planted n vlnoynrd, nml ho drank of thu wlnuutiil wn -runken." "ThU Noah did tlio best nml tlio worst jIim for tlio world. Ho Imllt nn nrk (nltmt tlio dolugo of water, hut Intro iia'd n dcliiKO ngnlnst wlitoh tho human iC0 linn over since been trying to build nn k tlio deluge of drunkenness. In my text wo hour hi stnggorlng stop. Shorn nml Jnilut tried to cover tip tlio ill Kraec, hut thoro ho N, drunk on wlno nt 11 tlmo In tlio history of tlio world, when, to Miy the least, thoro wiw no Inck of wntor. Inebriation, IwivIiik entered tlio world, him not retreated, Abigail, tlio fair nml horolo wife, who saved tlio Hocks of Nnhnl, her husband, from confiscation hy lnviulorn. Hoed homo nt night nml finds him no Intox icated mIio cannot toll him tlio Mory of hi narrow uncnpo. Urliih cniiio to sou Duvld, uud David got hlin drunk nml paved tho way (or tlio despoliation of n household. Kvcn tlio church bishop noodod to be charged to bo nohor nod not given to too much wlno, nml no fnmlllar woro pcoplo of Dlblo times with tlio staggering nml full ing motion of tlio Inohrlnto Unit Isaiah, when ho conic to doHcrlho tlio llnul dlslo cation of worlds, miy, "Tlio earth shall reel to nnd fro llko n drttnknrd." A WOULil WWK TKMITATION. Evor since npplra nml grope nml wheat grew the world ha boon tvmptod to un healthful stimulants. Hut tlio Intoxicant a tho olden tlmo worn nn Innocent hover Ige, n harmless orangeade, a unlet hlrup, n leaccful sixlu wutorn coiupnrod with the iquld of modern luobrlntlon, Intowlilcha nadnes, nnd a fury, nml a gloom, unit a fire, uad n suicide, nnd u retribution liavu mixed tod luliiKlcd. Fermentation wu nlwny known, but it wa not until n thousand years after ChrUt that dUllllntlon wa In vented. While wo mut confess that hoiiio of the ancient arts have been lost, tlio Christian orn is superior to nil other In tka bad eminence of whisky and rum nnd ftln. Tho inodom drunk Is a hundred fold worse thnn tho undent drunk. Noah ta aU , Intoxication became Imbecile, but the victims of modorti alcoholism have to struggle with whole utonngerlcs of wild beasts, and Jungles of hissing serpent, uud perdition of blaspheming demon. An arch (lend arrived in our world, nml be built nn invisible caldron of tempta tion. Ho built that caldron strotiK nnd tout (or all ages and all nation. First Im squeoiod Into the caldron tho juice of the forblddon fruit of Paradise. Then ho gathered for It a distillation from tho liar Test field' and the orchards of tho hciuls aberea. Then ho poured Into this caldron capsicum and copcras aud logwood ami deadly nlKuUhadoaml assault and battery and vitriol and opium and rum nml mur der and sulphuric add and theft aud pot ash and cochineal and rod carrot ami pov trty and death and hops. Hut It wan a dry tesanound nnd It must bo moistened, and ft must be liquefied, and so the arch (loud poured Into that caldron the tear of cont tries of orphanage nml widowhood, nnd fcs poured in the blood of twenty thousand assassination. And then tho arch fiend took n shovel that he had brought up from the furnace beneath, and ho put that shovel Into this great caldron and began to tlr, and tlio aldron began to heavo and rock and boll and sputter and hiss and smoke, and tho cations gathered around it with cups nnd tankards and demijohns and kegs, and there was enough for all, and tho arch end cried: "Ahal champion llcnd am II Who has done more than I have for cofllus and graveyards and prison and Insane asylums, and the populating of tho lost world f And when this caldron Is emp tied I'll fill it again mid I'll stir It ngaln, and it will smoke again, aud that smoke will join another smoke, the moko of a torment that ascendotli forever and ever. 1 drove fifty ships on the rocks of New foundland, and the Skerries, and the Goodwins. I havo ruined more seuators than gather this winter iu the national councils. I have ruined more lords than are now gathered in the house of peers. Tho cup out of which 1 ordinarily drluk is u bleached human hull, and the upholstery of my palace is so rich a crimson, because it is dyed in hu man gore, and the mosaic of my floor is made up of the bones of children dnshed to death by drunken parents, and my favorite music sweeter than To Deuin or triumph al march my favorite music Is the cry of daughters turned out at tuldnlglit on the street because father has come homo from the carousal, and the seven hundred voiced shriek of the sinking steamer, because the captain was not himself when ho put the hip on the wrong course. Champion fiend am 11 1 have kindled mora fire, I have wrung out moro ugonles, I Imvu tretched out more midnight shadows, I lmvooencd moro Golgotha, I have rolled moro Jug gernauts, 1 havo damned moro soul than any other emissary of diabolism. Cham pion llcnd am II" TDK NATION'S OUKATKST KVIL. Drunkcuue Is the greatest evil of this nation, and It takes no logical process to prove to this audleuco that a drunken na tion cannot long bo a free nation. I call your attention to tho fact that drunken bcm Is not subsiding, certainly that it U not ntn standstill, but that It is on nn on ward march, aud it Is a double quick. There U more rum swallowed In thi conn try, and of a worse kind, than wa ever wallowed slnco the first distillery began its work of death. Where there was one drunken homo there are 'ten drunken homes. Where there was one drunkard's grave there on twenty druuknrds' graves. It is ou tbejnerease. Talk about crooked whUky by' which men mean tho whisky that does not pay thu tux to government 1 tell you all strong drluk U crooked. Crooked Otard, crooked Cognac, crooked ',i Mbnapps, crpoked beer, crooked wine, t(jMjwhUky' because It makes a man's .ath.crpbkedl and hi life crooked, and bU Math crotiked, nnd his eternity crooked. If I could gather all the armies of the dead drunkards and havo thorn mum to resurrection, and then add to that host nil the armies of living drunkard, flvo nnd ton abreast, and then If 1 could havo you mount a horse nml rldo nloug (hat lino fur review, ou would rldo that boron until ho dropHil from exhaustion, and ou would mount nnotherhorno mid rldo until ho fell from exhaustion, mid joii would tnko an other nml another, and you would ride nlong hour after hour and day after day. Great host, In regiment, In hrlgnde. Great iirmlcMof them, And then if you had voice stentorian enough to mako them nil hear, and you could glvo tlm command, "Forward, march!" their llrt tramp would mako tho earth tremble. I do not caro which way joii look In tho community to day tho ovtl I Increasing. IIKHKIllTAttr AI'I'RTITK. 1 call attention to tho fact that there are thousands of ooplo horn with n thirst for strong drluk n fact too often Ignored. Along .some ancestral lihe (hero runs tlio river of temptation. Them nro children whoso swaddling clothe am torn ofT tho shroud of death. Many a father ha made a will of this sorti "In the name, of God, ntneu. I iH-qncatli to my children my houses nml laud nnd estate; slmro nnd sharo nhnll they alike Hereto I nlllx my baud nnd seal In tho pnsencoof witnesses." And yet perhaps that very man ha mado nnothor will that tho pcoplo havo never read, and that has not lioen proved In tho court. That will put In writing would read Momethliig llko this: "In tho nainci of (Hhoiuio nml uppctltn nnd death, ntneu. I iMiueatli to my children my evil habits, my tankards shall Im theirs, my wlno cup shnll bo theirs, my deslrojed reputation shall Ihi their. Slmro nml slianinliko shall they In tho Infamy. Hereto I nfllx my hand and seal In tho preeuco of nil tho up' plnmllng harpies of hell." From the inultltiido of thosowho have tho evil habit born with thorn thl army Is being augmented. Aud I em sorry to say that a great many of thodritg stores nro ulH'ttlug lhlovll,nml alcohol Is mild under the liainoof hitter. It Is hitter for thl nml hitter for that and hitter for some, other thing, nml good men deceived, not knowing thcru I any Ihralhlom of alcohol ism coming from that source, urn going down, nml snmodnyu man sits with thu bottloof black hitters on his table, and thu cork llles out, nnd after It Hie u (lend nnd clutches the man by his throat and says: "Ahal I havo liecn after you for ten yearn. 1 havo got you now Down with you! down with you I" Hitter! Ah! ye. They make a man' funilly bitter uml his homo bitter and hi disposition hitter uml hi death hitter uml hi hell hitter. Hitters! A vast army, all the tlmu Increasing. It fteem to mo it Is about time, for tho 17,WK),(mio professor of religion In America to take side. It I going to Ihi un out uml out Imttle. with drunkenness nnd sobriety, between heaven ami hell, between God nnd thoslovll. Take sides lieforo thero Is any further national decadence; tnko Hides lie foru your mm urosaurlllced and thu now homo of your daughter goes down under the alcoholism of an linlirilted husband. Take shies whllo your voice, your pen, your pruyor, your voto may huvo any inllii enco iu arresting the despoliation of thl nation. If tho 17,000,(ioii professor of re ligion should take sides on this subject. It would not 1h) very long Is'foro tho destiny of this nation would Ihj decided In tho right direction. TIIK CUItSR OK STItOXQ IMitNK, Is drunkenness a Htato or national ovllf Does It belong to tho north, or doe It bo long to the soiithf Doe it iHilong to tho cast, or doc it belong to tho west? Ah! thoro is not nn American river Into which Its tears havo not fallen and Into which its suicide havo not plunged. What ruined that southern plantation? every Hold a fortune, tho proprietor nnd his family onco the most uflluont supporters of summer watering places. What threw that New England farm Into decay and turned tho roseate cheeks that bloomed at tho foot of tho Green Mountain Into the pallor of despair? What has smitten every street of every village, town aud city ut thl con tinent with a moral pctllencef Strong drink. To provo thnt thl Is n national evil 1 call up two stntcsln opposlto directions Mnlno nnd Georgia. Let them testify iu regard to thl. State of Maine says, "It is so great an evil up Hero we nave unntliemntued it oa a state." State of Georgia nay, "It Is so great an evil down hero that ninety conn- tie of this stnto nave mado tlio salo of in toxicating drink a criminality." So tho word comes up from all parts of tho land. Either drunkenness will bo destroyed In this country or the American government will bo destroyed. Druukenue and free institutions are coming Into a death grap ple. Gather up tho money that tho working clauses havo spent for rum during tho last thirty years, and I will build for every worklugman a house, and lay out for htm a ganlen, and clothe his son in broadcloth and his daughters in silks, nml stand nt hi front door a prancing span of sorrels or bay, and secure him a policy of life Insur ance so that tho present homo mny bo well maintained after ho is dead. The most per sistent, most overpowering enemy of tho working classes Is Intoxicating liquor. It Is tho anarchist of tho centuries, and has boycotted aud I now boycotting the body and mind nnd soul of American labor. It annually swindles Industry out of a large percentago of its earnings. It holds out Its blasting solicitations to tho mechanic or operative ou his way to work, nnd at tho noon spell, and on his way homo nt even tide. Ou Saturday, when thu wages are paid, It snatches a largo part of tho money that might come to the family and sacri fices It among the saloon keepers. Stand the saloons of this country sldo by side, and It Is carefully estimated that they would reach from Now York to Chicago. Tuts evil Is pouring Its vitriolic nnd damnable liquors down the throats of hundreds of thousands of laborura, aud w.hilo tho ordinary strike are ruinous both to employers and employes, I pro claim a universal strike against strong drink, which strike, It kept up, will bo the relief of the working classes and thu salva tion of tho nation. I will undertake to say that there Is not a healthy laborer in the United State who, within the next twenty years, If ho will refuse nil Intoxicating beverages aud Ihi saving, may not become a capitalist on a small scale. CANNOT SOMKTI1IN0 UK DOXKf Oh, bow many nro waking to seo if some thing cannot be douo for the stopping of inteniperancol Thousands of drunkards waiting who cannot go leu mlnutos In any direction without having the temptation glaring before their eye or appealing to their nostrils, tbey fighting against it with eufeebled will and diseased appetite, con quering, thou surrendering, conquering again aud surrendering again, uml crying, "How long, O Lord! how long liotoru these Infamous solicitations shall lie gonol" And bow many mothers are waiting to see If this uutlounl curso cannot lift? Oh, Is thnt the boy who had tho honest breath who come homo with breath vltiatud or disguUcd? What n change) How quickly tbosu hihlu of early coming homo have been i I'd for bo rn"',ut of the night key Iu tho door long after tho lost wutchimin has gnuo by uml tried to xco that everything wa closed up for thu nlghtl Oh) what n chnngn for that young man, vim wo hud Imped would tin something In uerehamllMi or Iu nrtlsaimhln oi Iu a ro Vssloii that would do honor to tho family name, long after mother's wrinkled liiiml ro foldisl from tho lust toll) All that ex :hungcd. for startled look when thu door bell rings, lest something has happened; tud tho wish that, thu scarlet fever twenty J ears ago had Im'cii fatal, for then ha would huwi goiiu directly to thu bosom of hi Saviour. Hut uhis! poor old soul, sho has lived to i'XK'rleuco what Solomon nld, "A foolish sou ln heaviness to his mother." Ohl u hat n funeral It will Im when that Imi)' Is brought hoincidcadl And how moth' it will sit them and siiyi "lthl my loy that I used tofoudle.uml thnt I walked tho Door with In tho night when ho was slckf I thl tho boy that I hold to tho baptismal rout for baptism? Im thl tho hoy for uliiinil lolled until tlio blood hurst from thu tips of my linger, that ho might huvu i good start and u good homo? Uml, why hast thou let inn live to moo this? Call It Is-that I heso swollen hands nru tho one that used to wander over my fnt-o when rocking him to sleep r Can It Imi that till twolleii brow I that I oncn ho rapturously 'ilsseil? Poor lioyl how tired ho does look. I wonder who struck him thut blow across hutemples? I wonder If huiittereduilyliig irayer? Wnku up, my sou; don't you hour no? wuku up! Ohl Im can't hear mul Meiidl dead! deaill 'Oh, Absalom, my on, uy son, would God thnt I hail died for thee, oh, Alualoiu, my son, soul' " llli: WOttlM OK TIIK HUM tIDNK, I urn not much of a mutheiiiiitlelau and I cannot esllinatu It, hut I theruuiiy one hero quick enough at figures to estimate aow ninny mother theiu uro waiting for something to Ihi dono? Ay, there uro many wives walling for domestic rescue, Ho promised something illireieut from that when, ufter thu long uc(iialutaucu uml thu en i of ii I scrutiny of character, tho baud uml the heart were offered nml incepted. What a hell ou earth it woman live In who has n drunken Inishnmll O death, how lovely thou art to her, uml how soft uml wuriu lh) skeleton hamll Thu sepulcherut mid night In winter Is a king's drawing room compared with that woman' home. It I not so much thu blow ou thu bead that hurt us tho blow ou tho heart. Thu rum llend ciiuiu to tho door of that beautiful home, and opened the door and stood there nnd said: "I cursu thlsihvellliig with un unrelenting curse. I curse that father Into a inaulae, I ciimu that mother Into u pauper. I cursu thoe sous into vugnhomls. 1 cursu thoiu daughter into prulllguoy. Cursed bu bread tray nml crudle. Cursed bu couch ami chair, uml family Hlblo with record of marriages uml blitbs nml deaths, (,'iiine upon cursu." Oh, how many wives nru there waiting til see If something cuiiuot In; done to shilkothese frost of thu second death oil" the orange blossoms! Yna, God Is waiting, thu God who works thmiigh human lu st riimeiitalitles, waiting to sou whether this nation is going to overthrow this evil, uml if It refllsu to do so God will wlpu out the nation as" he did Phti'iiluln, us ho did Home, us hu did Thebes, as hudld Hahylon. Ay, hu Is waiting to seo what thu church of God will do. If the church does not. do it work, then he will wlpu It out as hu did tho church of Kphesii, church of Thya tlra, church of Sardls. Tho Protestant nml Human Catholic churches today stand side by side, wltli an luiiMitent look, gazing on this uvll, which cost thl country more than a billion dollar u ear to taku care of tho 800,000 paupers, nnd the aiS.OOO crimi nals, and tlio 30,0110 Idiots, and to bury the 75,000 druuknrds. Protagoras boasted that out of tho sixty year of lit Ufa forty year he had spent lu ruining youth; but thl evil may niiiku tho moro Infamous boust that all Its life it has been ruining thu bodies, mind and souls of the human race. TIIK POLITICIANS AUK 1)01X0 NOTIIINO. Put on your spectacles and tnko a candle nnd uxumiuo tho platform of tho two lend ing political 'parties of thl country, and seo what,they are doing for tlio arrest of thl evil and for the overthrow of thl abomination, llesolutlons ohl ye, reso lution about Morinonlsin! It I safe to attack thnt organized mistiness two thou sand mile away. Hut not otio resolution against drunkenness, which would turn thl entire nation lntoonobe.stlulSnltI.ako City. Hesolutlons against political cor ruption, but not one word about drunken ness, which would rot thi nation from swlp to heel. Hesolutlons about protec tion against com)ietitlon with foreign in dustries, but not no word uhotit protec tion of family and church nml nation against the scalding, blasting, all consum ing, damning tariff of strong drink put upon uvery llnancial, Individual, spiritual, moral, national Interest. I look lu another direction. The Church of God 1 tho grandest nml most glorious Institution on earth. What ha it in solid phalanx ucctnupllshud fur thu overthrow of drunkenness? Havo it forces over bouu marshaled? No, not in this direction. Not long ago a great ecclesiastical court assem bled lu New York, and resolutions arraign ing strong drink were offered, nnd clergy men with strong drink ou their table and strong drink in their cellars defeated the resolution by threatening speeches. They could not lienr to glvo up their own lust. I tell thi audleuco what many of you may never havo thought of, that today not In the millennium, but today tho church hold tho balance of power lu America; and If Christian people thu men and thu women who profess to love tho lord Jesus Christ and to lovu purity nnd to bu the sworn enemies of all unclean- mwi ji ml l)ijillfhnr nml ulnlf nil uiw.li would march side by sldo and shoulder to shoulder, this ovll would soon Ihi over thrown. Think of threu hundred thou sand churches and Sunday school in Christendom marching shoulder to hIioiiI derl How very short a time it would tnko them to put down this evil, if nil the churchc of God, transatlantic ami cisat lantic, were armed on this subject? Young men of America, pass over Into the army of teetotnllsm. Whisky, good to prescrvu corpses, ought uuver to turn you Into u corpse. Tens of thousand of young men have It-en dragged out of respecta bility, uml out of purity, and out of good character, nnd Into darkness by this In fernal stuff called strong drluk. Do not touch III Do not touch it! UKJK NOT UTOS TIIK WINK. Iu tho front door of our church In Brook lyn, a few summer ago, this sceuu oc curred: Sabbath morning u young man was entering for divlno worship. A friend passing along tho street said, "doe, come along with me; I am going down to Coney Island and wo' II have a gay Sunday." "No," replied Joe; "I huvu started to go hero to church, aud I am going to attend service here." "Oh, Joe,'' hi friend said, "you ciin go to church any tlmol Tho day Is bright, aud we'll go to Coney Island, and we'll havo u splendid tlmo." The tempta tion was too strong, uml tho twain went to the bench, sn;iit tho day iu druukcunes null riot. Thu evening train started up from Urhihtou. Thu young meu were on It, Joe, In hi Intoxication, when tlio train wm In full speed, t'led topiissaroiuid from ono sent to nuuthor nnd fell nml wa crushed, Under tho lantern, a Joo lay bleeding hi life nwny ou tho gross, hu said to I..J comrade: "John, thnt was a bud business, your taking mo nvny from church; it was a very had business. You ought not to have dono Hint, John. I want you to tell the !my to-morrow when you .sen them that rum ami Sabbath breaking did thl forme. Ami John, whllo you nru telling them I will be In hell, uml It will Imi your fault," Is It not time for mo to pull out from the great organ of God' word, with many bank of key, the tremolo stop? "1ook not upon thu wlno when it I red, when It tuuvcth Itself aright in tho cup, for nt last It bltelh llko a serpent nml stlngeth llko an udder." Hut thl uvll will hu arrested. Illitclicr enmo up jut liofore night uml saved thu dny nt Waterloo. At 4 o'clock In tho after noon It looked very badly for tho Kngllsh. General Pousonliy unit Plcktou fallen. ShImtm broken, flags surrendered, Scot Gray annihilated. Only forty-two mun left out of tho German brigade. Tho Ku gllsh army falling buck uml falling back. Napoleon rubbed hi hand together nml said: "Ahal ahal wu'll tench that little Englishman a lesson. Ninety chances out of n hundred uro In our favor. Magnifi cent! magnlllceiit!" Ho oven ent mo sage to Purls to say ho had won tho day. Hut U'foii! sundown Hlucher came up, uml hu who had Ih-cii thu conqueror of Alisterlltz Is'caino thu victim of Waterloo. Thu n a mo which Lid sliakeu nil Kuropo and llllod oven America with apprehen sion, t hut iiaino went down, uml Napoleon, muddy ami hat less, and crazed with his dis asters, was found feeling for tho Htlrrup of a horse, that ho might mount uml resume thcconlllcl. Well, my friends, alcoholism Is Imperial, and It I u conqueror, nml there nru good peoplu who Hay tho night of national over throw I coining, uml that it I almost, night. Hut heforuHiiiidowii thuConqueror of earth uml heaven will ride lu on thu whllo horse, nml alcoholism, which ha hud It AuslorlltK of triumph, shall Imvu Its Waterloo of defeat. Alcoholism hav ing lost it crown, thu grl..ly uml cruel breaker of liunrui hearts, crn.ed with the disaster, will bo found feeling iu vuln for thostirrupoii which to reinoiintlt foaming charger. "So, O Ijord, lot thlno uneinles perish!" I'lioliis, the KIh-JI Miller. The iiholus. a small suectes of liivnlvn shell having the remarkiiblu faculty of ooring nun inn iiuniest rock, I ono of the greatest wonder known to tho concholo gist. Grent block of grnnltu uml tuarblo thnt havu fallen overboard or been sunk in foundered vessels huvu been found years afterward completely hone) combed by thesu curious little Isirers, thuy themselves liuliig Imprisoned In thu cavity, obtaining their food from thu water that flowed lu ami out. Many explanations huvu been given ns to tho method by which thuy bore Into such extremely hard rock. Tho sholl Is known to contain nragonlto, uml some suppose thnt constant friction una ble tho shell to subdue thu ruck. Others, again, nru of thu opinion thnt tho shell secrete somu corroslvo Hold which dissolve tho rock uml enable tho creature to bore It hole. Somu of tlio most Interesting sample of Its work known to thu scientist mny bu seen lu tho pillars of tho Templu of Serupls, Italy. There thu laud becamu submerged long enough for tho shell to do It curious work. After a lapsu of iiges tlio laud ha now risen, and thu holes with their empty shell are plainly to bo seen, thu marblu pillars lieing completely permeated by them. These nnd other exhibitions of it work hnvu caused pholn to be called "tho shell miner," nnd, curiously enough, It i fur nished with a lamp, a rich blue white light that shine over tho entire body. Somu re markable experiments hnvu lieen mndo with tho shells of phobia. St. Louis Re public. Nothing Now Under tlio Hun. When tho phonograph wan Invented by Mr. Edison wo fancied that wo had at last disproved tho old Scriptural saying. "Sure ly," wo said, "tho phonograph at least 1 now." Wu Imagined that nothing llko It hnd ever been dreamed of before. Hut thero Is where wo were wrong ngaln. Something almost exactly llko It wa In vented when Edison was barely out of hi cradle, and more or less dim premonition of the modern marvel haunted thu minds of men centuries ago. In thu year 18.10 the fnmou Abbe Mlgno read a paper buforo tbo Hritish association describing nn In strument called a"phouautograph," which hnd but a short tlmu before been invented by a young Frenchman, M. E. L. Scott. This instrument wa still iu thu rough. however, uml thu ubbo went ou to explain thnt while it wu fairly successful with musical sounds, tho human volco presented certain dlfllculttes. Nevertheless ho hud little doubt thnt eventually tho phonau tograph would register for future genera tions not only tho words hut tho very tone of famous actor nnd orator. St. iouls Republic. SIiulu for tho V of the Public. Librarian W. A. Hardwell, of tho Brook lyn library, tells mo that tho now music department of that Institution 1 very lib erally patronized. Thu experiment of cir culating music llko ordinary hooks hu met with general approval, and few classes of books, except fiction, nro lu such con stant request. The department now contain 1,100 vol umes. It was materially strengthened during the summer when Mr. Paul Till den, n well known musician of Brooklyn, wont to Europe in tho interest of tho library nnd purchased over 000 volumes of classical music. Mr. Hardwell says that a largo part of tlio music Is iu constant circulation among tho members. It ia nil classical music, aud us somu of thu pieces are quite expensive thu pianists are not slow to taku advantage of their opportunities. Mr. Bardwell has recently received numerous letter from librarians In dllTcreut parts of tho country asking for information with u view to milling a slmllnr department to their respective institutions. New York Telegram. Interrupted. "Tho other night, just a Hohlusou was getting down ou his knees to propose to a girl, his suspender parted." "How unfortunate. I suppose Robin boii wa iu u terrlblu rago, wasn't ho?" "No, but tho girl wo." West Shore. Comment. Auut ,Iano (passing fashionably dressed lady) Deary mol Where can that girl pos sibly keep her pocket lu that tight skirt? Besilu Shodoesn't.Iguoss; there' room for half a dozen, though, iu tiioso big sleeves of her. Harpur's Bazar. Great pictures, great book, great no tions, great soul, nro slinplo. A dozen uuthors might bu quoted to show how uni form Is the belief in the beauty of simplicity. This is the Season of the year when COAL is KING when Competition is Close and Everybody has the best. Then is the time to go direct to Headquarters. You need a supply for the Winter and as now is the time to buy, why not call on BETTS, WEAVER & CO. and see their line and get prices. There you can get the pure article direct from America's greatest mines noted for their purity and excellent quality. Call up Phone 440. H. W. BROWN DRUGGSITHlBOOKSELLER (yfliejjClioiccst line of Perfumes. D. M. Ferry V Finest r"" M Flower and Garden Seeds. 127 South Eleventh street. Most PopularJjResort in the City. Exposition! Dining Hall, aaVMavaaMaBakaieaMsyMsnr. iVrr rf S. J. ODELL, Manager. -o 1 1 '9, ii2iand 1123 NQStreet. o Meals 25 els. $4.50 per Week. slaHaffiSffUWaTnfiMollVaH"- "v laHlliliiSfHSIS .OlililSfRiES 3 '!!L .mmimlittEBl9 "SMsBBBBsiiiigw"' A TWICE TOLD TALE ! fhe wise man sclcctctn the "Bur lington route" and therefore startcth nrlght. He arinyeth himself In purple and fine linen, for lo, and behold, he U snuglv ensconced in n "lower center" on the famous vcstihuled llycr, where smoke nnd dust arc never known. He providcth himself with a book from the generous library near nt hand, ndjustcth his traveling can, nml pro ccedeth to pass a day of unnlloycd pleasure nnd contentment. And it came to pass, being hungry nnd nthlrst, he steppeth into the dining i:ar, and by the beard of the prophet, 'twns n fenst fit for the gods. Venison, Blue Point, Burgundy, frog legs, can vasbneks, Mum's extra dry, English plum pudding, fruits, nuts, ices, French coffee, verily, the wise man waxeth fnt, nnd while he llghtctli a cigar, lie tnkcth time to declare that the meal was "out of sight." t occurred) 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 retlrcth to rest. De llclously 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 hold 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 from same, at $.150. WESSEL PRINTING COMPANY. Office, 118 south nth st. Nebraska's Leading Hotel. THE MURRAY Cor. 13th and Hnrncy Hts , O.A.XI-A.. .: 1TES. MM !? S STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS n$) All Modern Improvement nnd Conveniences. B. 8ILL0WAY, Prorltor. IBA HIOBY, Principal Clerk T"e foolish man buycth a ticket of a scalper. In the morning, behold, he snveth fifty cents; and lo, nt nightfall he is out $9.27. He starteth wrong. W"1' might and mnin he hurrlcthto the depot, only to find his train four hours late. 1 he peanut boy slzcth him up nnd scllcth him apnpct of nn uncer tain date. As he journeycth along, he formcth a new ncqualntancc.'for whom he ensheth a check. Five minuics for refreshments. While he rusheth to the lunch counter some one stealcth his gripsack, I le chnngcth cars, lo these many times, and It strik cth the foolish man that he "doesn't get through pretty fast," and be be- monnellt Ills III luck. He gcttcth a cinder in Ids eye, and verily he sweareth and cusscth full free. He exchangeth three pieces of sliver for a bunk In n sleeper, and awnkcth just In time to catch nn infernal nigger sneak ing off with his boots; the Porter's ex cuse avallcth nothing, and the foolish mnn straightway puttcth his boots un der his pillow, that no man may break in and steal. H's train runneth Into n washout, a hackmnn takcth him In to the tune of six shillings, and the foolish man Ilftcth up his voice In great lamentation, for lo and behold, the tavern Is away but half a block. J He reached) home weary and hearts sore; his trunk comcth next day minut the cover and one handle, he rcsolvch hereafter to travel only by the "Great Burlington." the Burlington Route A. C. ZIEMER, City Pass, nnd Ticket t;ent, Lincoln. yi- 'l..i40 . -