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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY MARCH 7, 1891.
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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.
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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.
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