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Wa can viiil will, tf you At a,lrarh you)u1(klyhow to torn from ftii to lIO a day at the aiart, ami mora a yim r 0 1. lluth acira, altar In any tariff America, inu mi mn liirnr it limnf, ulrlujr sll your timt, tr ijtnra inunirnl only, to 1 he work, WhH uaofTfrii new piiJ It hat bat 11 provad ttrr an 1 otrr ap!n,liMa;rat wy It sure fur very work a r. i aiy in frn, Noanrrlal abili ty ratirtl Itraionalita In duatry bnlynrc anary for mr, larja auccaai. Wa atari you, furnlihlnf tv rryihlnr.ThUU Ottaof tha area I alihlri forward In natftil, Inrtntlrt pro(T, thai rnrlrhci all m.ratrt. It it tirobahly Ilia areattsl npport unity lahurlna; paopU liavtrvar Ldowii, Now ll lha lima, prlay maanatosi, 1 nil rartlriitara frV H't'T nilta nt uiirt. Al tia, I!OKIi)I3 aaTI.NSO.N A: C'tMl 4t(ltlBiiriluMUf Muluv, 15233JE OaHff wwx&m LawiaimuvLv'&rap9ErJ,aBW'l BiiiVBiVaaBia-!ljBaWA snv1k?Sffipa4i PayiLaloS DR. LYMAN ABBOTT. llnnr tlir IMItur of Tim t'lirlntlnn Union Due II U l.lteniry Work. lSH''lnl t'iirrcHiiuteiic. Nhw Youk, Dec. Ill, Tho oxtnuuo scitiltivent'HS of tlio riliKiouHntinoMihuro of this country in shown by tin? furoro created by tho omission of a Hittatl wortl in tho mhlrt'Hi of tho Rov. Dr. Lyiniin Alilsitt in Boston tho othor tiny. Thoso familiiir with his viows received with much incredulity tho reimrt tlmt ho hmi declined unbelief in the divinity of JesiiH Christ. Knowing how closely ho con forms to tho orthodox view of tho Saviour, they felt Hint ho must have been tho victim of somo error. Tho siwwly publication of a corrected rejiort of his address with an omitted "not" in serted was, as our readers doubtlesH rn niemlxjr, a imullrmatiou of their suspi cion. In consequence of this unhapiiy ex perience, which is simply a repetition ot what has iK'fallen Dr. Abbott on several other occasions, ho is obliged to uxerulso tho utmost euro in grunting interviews with members of tho press. Ho insists, as a preliminary condition, that whatever is put into his mouth shall bo submitted to him for revision and correction. Not long ago 1 had occasion to obtain his viows on certain Iiiblical questions. Ho granted tho interview with tho greatest readiness and courtesy, thus creating a marked contrast with tlio brusque and insolent manner with which some men receive correspondents. But ho asked mo to show him tho manuscript or proof of what ho had said. It was with great pleasure that 1 complied with tho re tuicst, which was tho smallest possible return that I could mulco to his kindness. Ho is an extremely busy man, and tliu time that ho thus gave was a serious in fraction upon his regular dutios. As tho editor of Tho Christian Union and tho pastor of Plymouth church in Brooklyn ho has much to do. It is a wonder that ho can do it Ho is not by any means tho large, strong, robust man physically that his predecessor, Air. Bcechor, was. Ho is tall and quite slender, and lie looks as though bin health was rather fragile. Yet it is, I Dlt. f.YM.VX AnnoTT. am told, very good, as it enables him to get through a vast amount of work dur ing tho year. Ho does not, however, spend much time in the oflices of Tho Christian Union, although they are un usually attractive, and would go far to ward reconciling one with tho hard lot of journalism, lie gives, 1 boliovo, only two days a week Monday and Friday to oillce work, tho chief burden of tho management of The Christian Union dovolving upon Mr. Hamilton W, Mabie. his able and accomplished assistant. Tho editorial rooms in Astor place are perhaps the finest in tho city, with tlio exception of thoso of Tho Century and possibly thoso of Tho North Amoricaii Uoviuw. They aro in tho Ihbt place ad mirably lighted, a featuro that is too often ignored in the construction of ottlces. Tho public reception room is handsonioly furnished, comfortable chairs standing hero and there and beau tiful pictures adorning tho tinted walls. Just off this room is tho office of Dr. Abbott. If it is not large there is plenty of room in it for literary work. Instead of a tablo Dr. Abbott has a handsome oak roller-top desk. Hero, seated in a most comfortable library chair, ho may bo found on tho days lie is in tho oflico writing an enorgetic paragraph or ar ticle for Tho Christian Union or receiving some contributor with a manuscript, or discussing with somo writer a question of social reform or phaso of religious thought. Tho most of Dr. Abbott's work is done in ids large and handsome library in his Willow streot residonco in Brooklyn. He chooses this place, 1 suppose, so as to bo free from tho constant interruption to which ho would be subjected in his oflico at Tlio Christian Union. Ho sots apart for himself certain hours that are not to bo invaded except under extraor dinary circumstances. It is in no other way that ho can get the timo that lie must have to propane his sermons and to reflect upon tho policy that ho must pursuo in legard to tho great church in trusted to his euro. Far different as ho is from Mr. Beeeher, there hns been no falling off in tho regular membership and tho parish work of Plymouth church. Indeed in soino respects tlio work of Un church is larger and of a different char acter troni what it used to bo. Dr. Ahliott is greatly interested in charitable and social reform work, which lias taken a much wider tango than was thought to bo possible or proper in tlio days of Mr. Beeeher, Fuanki.in Smith. (HfU to YiiIk Cnlli'Kii. "Alma mater" is rarely forgotten by thoso whose college days have been pleasant and whoso subsequent lives have Ihh'U prosperous. It appears by the report ol the treasuier ot Yalo col lego. . which has just been published, that the gilts received during tho year covered by the i eport amounted to the largo sum of sfillil.ilM. Tho gifts range in magnitude from f.OO to ?.i0.000. On an avorago London endures twon-ty-fivo fogs each winter. Lust year the number numbed llfty, lit CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY JANUARY j, llr W-mi'l l'ltt4. Our trunks hail Ih-cii burned with tt mr. mid when vo got to Cincinnati an efil clslof tlio rsllro.ul ttuupaiiy desired wioli one df us to give him our Ktnleinont of Iosa A tall and solemn looking young man came tome mi I was llguilug away ami wanted tO kiutr what sum I was going t name. "Well, I think my loss Is at least slxlj dollar," I replied. "Was your trunV burned too"" "Yes," "On! your lossllguivd upf" "Nut yet. and I wanted to ask you ahoui It. Can I talk to you In imilldeneor" "Oh, yes," "Well, I don't stippoo my things wm let nail v vtoi th over twelveilollars, bill"-- "Hutyo'iM like to get llfty dollursf" "That's It. exactly. The rallroiwl folk, Kent u tiling to pity w hatever Is asked." "Well, then, why not make It llfty del larsf" "Wouldn't It lm cheating?" "That's a matter you must settle will your ow n uncleiice." "Yes, I know It Is, nnd gaul darn in) buttons If I don't hope that somebody wil kick mo all oxer this town." "Why, what's tho matter?" ".Matter! Why, Instead of Mug read) to scoop this railroad out of forty or lift) dollars, I've got to take tea or twelve dol larsl I've been studying to ho u preuchci for the Iimi six month", and blast my old hat If I ilast to tell 'em a lie! That's allui the way of it. I'm never llxed to hit any thing Kood which conies ulongl" (Jhlca; Tilbune. All Ho Anbe.l. "I.iiiira," said tleorge, with an cagur restless yt.'iinlng hi his gaze, "may I ask favor of you, dearr" Thuy h, id sat In tho darkened parlor foi hours In the eloquent communion of soul with soul that needs no aitleulato sound ti give ll language. Hut something impelled ticorgo to speak The longing that surged up from his veij heart mut llud expression In words. There fore he had sKikeu. "What Is It, (ieoigeV she wlilwpcii il. "It may Involve some saerilleo on youi part, darling. Mill hellevu me, Laura, It li for tliu hcstt" "What Is It, (icorgor" she repeated, In I voice that trembled as If with a vague fori) liodlug of coming illaster, "You will bellevo me, dearest," he said with an agitation hoeoiulug every momeiil more uncontrollable, "when I say that I am dil veil to ask It by circumstances ovei which I have no control; that I have pun deied loua; over It and am not acting ft (in hasty Impulse?" "Yes! Yes!" the beautiful young glr exclaimed, with quivciiug lips. "What li It you ask, (Jeoigo? What Is it?" "Dai ling," ho said, am! tho wild, implor lug look in his face thrilled her to the In most depths of her being, "I wish yet would sit on tho other knee awhile. Tliii ono Is getting horiibly llrcdl" Chlcam Tribune. A l.lielil lli'M'I'Iptlon. Wife It was a nice party you say, ,lohn I'm soriy I couldn't go, hut am leally glue that you enjoyed yourself. How was Mrs Gadabout drcs-cdr' Husband Well, she had on one of thou dresses made of wliat-you-eall-lt Mull, of kind of a mixed shade anil trimmed wit! what's-his-iiaiues. I don't roincuilicr turn whether it was cut low or not, or wlietlu;, il had sleeves, but 1 know it was one oi the other. Her hair was done up in tin style like you see In pictures you know what I mean. I don't know whether slit hud any ornaments or not, but I gues. sh had. That's about all, I think, that I no ticed about her, but you eau tell from thai how she looked. New York Piess, Full In tliu Cimu. "And so you were ruined by fast honest' "No; by slow ones." Life. Kept Her I limy. Clara You dined at the Mulberry's lam night, didn't your What did they hav for dinner? Maudo Haven't the least Idea. Yot know Mrs. Mulberry had on a dress that 1 bad never seen before. New York Sun. C'lirloii Similarity. "When we were in the north seas," salfl the whaling captain, "wo frequently traded blubber for sealskins." "That's nothing," said Bond; "down It the North river region my wife worked th, Mimu racket on me." New York Herald, A Modern i:e. 8I10 took a course of lectin en In tlio nlmplonj'1 of ilrupliiK, And slut studied upon fulirlcs from n aclali tlllc point; 8bo bouiibt a ilneii bonnets Jiut to learn ti nit of bbiiplni;, And bur himlmnd curried ouikIIon till bit arms weiunutof Joint. Ebo Kol up couvurautlons on luathctlc coinblna tlnns Tbnt would liurinonlo exactly with tho com plux liiiiiuiii eye. Ami sbo urun ho laturested Hint tbo house, fell short 011 rations, And lur hiinlmud went to buitlncHtion a fay blu bank of pin, Hbo btudled up Hiiatoiny to uet tbo proper atti tudes, And took iiKiiirsenf DelMirtu to pirfect tier self In una e; And uhlleMio mu tlmsiiLt-upldl tier busbinn Hcuiehcd 1 lie lutltiidcn. With ejelmjls full of MmpMiil, for atowril for IiIk luce. Hhu lioiluhl hole tousof 1 iblxius and a uillsoi so of lines. And inn n, count In lnii'lnu' till It cciutd 1 1 1 j a Ji lie. Rut tin MMhli pimu 1 on lil Mop hur, solar lit bbniiil ilu)cd too nice In lis M mi I desperation, till busbilllled horn's Hind bloke. Then she m otiiii little booklet on Ihu futuu uueot Cushion, And the other uomen rend It with tlio moot eertatlo thrills; And while her biisbiiuil loro Hrouud noil worked Into 11 pulsion, It briiiuht her In 11 lortiuie, and she footed nil tbo bill -Yum Mhhmiii In Clonk Itmleir. llp.Vu NEW YEAR'S FOLKLOHE. I, It. Ilxmlln Write of Momn Obi Imlbtiiit Nui'rtltliMi, Hotunnny Hint ecr Vulnxt tbnt Mnioa cimiwi Wherein mirHitx lour' bltth Ucelebriitrsl, Tim bird of tluunltiK kIiikcIIi nit nlulit louiti And linn they my mi Hplrll eiui walk nironit The nlitlit are w holemitaej then no plniiett Ktrlko. No fairy taken, nor w Itch hath onr(ii('lmrai, Ho Imlloneil anil so Kriuiluas I tlio time. Ho HhakesiH-aro says, or makes Mar colitis say and Horatio agree with him, but for some reason I could never din cover, the traditions of tlio south and o( southern peoples generally have It aim foried Jho larger share of these gracious Influences to Now Year's night. Tho rare "Yankee" who penetrated to our section of tlio lower Wabash valley in tlio foi ties ami llftles was amar.ed at our notions, and the New Ktiglaud erlllo sometimes said that our parents had been "Africanized" in their old homes in tliu border south. He meant, I suppose, that tho poor and middle class whites the early settlers of tho Wabash region had Imbibed tho superstitions of tho negroes; ami (hero must have been somo truth in it, for surely wo had many beliefs that no white rat" would huvo Invented, "To watch tho old year out and tho now year in," was to sto strange sights indeed. Then tho cows would fall upon their knees ami low in a strange, prayerful way; tlio chickens would rise on their porches ami stretch their wlngii as if in prayer; other animals would show devotion after their maimer, and all nature would take on an appearance that indicated tho beginning of a new life. If tho potatoes In store had sprout ed, as they too tften did in a warm cellar, the sptouts would often shoot out six inches in as many minutes, and if the ground near the smokehouse wan bate, peculiar white plants would spring up. "1 have pulled shoots as long as my arm." one good old lady told me, "but they never would keep. Thoy jes dried up and blow away before daylight." All this ami much more I steadfastly believed, ami why not? Hundreds of tliu kbest negroes in Kentucky had testified most positively to having seen such things, ami though our own white folka bad never been so favored, they did not contradict tlio old negroes and tliu old white people who bad seen them. One sight, however, I did see, and that waa tho "world in an egg." If tlio sun shono bright on Now Year's day tho trial was made by opening the t-uiith door of the dwelling ami setting a glass half full of water on the floor in the sunshine. Into this an egg was broken, and as the contents slowly min gled with tho water tho bright rays of tlio -un illumining tlio mass would show in it men of various nations pursu ing their varhus employments. I saw tho "egg men," a few of them, once when I was about eight years old, but have never been able to see thorn since. Philosophers may supply tho explana tion. In those days, too, I often saw wonderful things in the clouds, in tho coals of tho wood fire and in the frost upon tho window angels, fairies and iiiarvelously beautiful birds, lovely facort and deep vistas of garden and woodland but I cannot see them now. Now Year's in tlio west and south waa then a sort of supplementary Chrlstmiu there was less rioting and more quiet, homely cheer. On Christmas the ten dency was to gather at tho village or country store to drink and slug, shoot at a mark, wrestle and race; New Year's was the day for relatives and intimate friends to gather and partake of a boun tiful dinner. It was about 1 850 that "watch night" began to bo observed witli religious services, at loast in our neighborhood, and the old superstitions seemed to disapjiear all at once. No more praying cows or reverential roost ers, no more sprouting plants or "men in the egg," and no doubt tho young peoplo of that region would now hear with amazement that any one, no matter how Ignorant, ever "took stock in such things." J. H. Beadle. NEW YEAR'S CALLS. The fashion seems sotting in for im proving tlio N--.T Year's call out of ex istence. Tho advanco of fashionable progress ia a retrogression in common sense. With our hurry scurry modo of life, wo have already knocked half tho poetry out of it, and it is really timo to call a halt on the movement for wiping out what remain of the good old cus toms of our grandfathers. Why should the fraternal, spirit-kindling wish bo allowed to mummify itself into a dry conventionality? What wo want is to restore its old timo genuineness and re new its rious grace. Ye, luilreill When a man wakes up on tlio morning of Jan. 1, conscious that he. has a dollar In his pocket, that he has a kooi! position, that his clothes are seasonable and abun dant, that his rent and board are paid for a week in advance, that his health Is good and that Ids best iil promised tliu night before to marry him In tho sprint:, it is per fectly allowable for him to get up, poso bo fore tliu looking kIiiss In Ids nightgown, shaku his own hand and wish himself a Hannv New Year. Moving Household Goods and Pianos a Specialty I 1892, rims -W?. f0B$!ih yv llrV J ". 1 ( iuf k S ARE YOU AT HOME, AT HOME? We are lecelvlng hoiiio of the liandMiincut kind of compliments 011 our thlrty-llvo dollar lad loom untie If money anting I an object, It is it stilto that will suit you to peifectlon, You lm e tend a good deal about fiirnltuie and perhup you hnvc not quite hcllexcd all Hint you have ccn In print hut Ibis sullu tells It own story and you will he lost hi wonder when 3011 see It. How It eau he Mild at such a flguic will he a ilddletoou. Come along and echo what we ,iy about Hand don't forget to take nd vnntnge of the opportunity which jour Mt will afford u to show you our line stock of holiday goods. A. T. Gruetter & Co. 124 to 134 North 13th. Opposite New Lansing Theatre Bl.oek. German National Bank, .A'CO.X, A'il. U.K. Montgomery,' President. Herman II. Srliriliurtr, Vb'e 1'icst, liisepli ll.ieblnur, Cashier. O..I. Wilcox. Asst. Cnsbler. Capital . . . $ 1 00,000, 00 Surplus . . . 30,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Business Issues hitlers orcii'dlt.ilinwdinrison all part of the world. I'nri Inn collections a specialty Telephone 225. "You My the ticket We do the rest." 3 - J. FRANCIS, General Passenger Agent, OMAHA. 1 i bIIIIIIHHHIIIIIiB 'iaHflaHaiiiH r ibUBBIIIH Ifflw i BUmmilllK 'BHaUHki Canon City, Bock Springs, Vulcan, Mendota, Scranton, Anthracite. A. C. ZIEMER, City Passenger Agent, LINCOLN. OFFICE iOOl 0 Street. -zSc- ,'4 j. 4 41 ( I J A