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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,
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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.
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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
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Surplus . . . 30,000.00
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Telephone 225.
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We do the rest."
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