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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, SEPT EM HER 24, 1892
THE KING'S PALACES.
DA.
TALMAGE'S FAREWELL SERMON
IN LONDON.
Hcrv H HI r.ilrmirdlimrjr Campaign
tf PirHiuK In Ornnt Ilrllaln I'r
sentetl with u (lulil Wntrti Tnktm the
Work of thn Spider Ma nil Itluntratlon.
LONUOS. Sept. 18. Tho closing week of
Hev. Dr. Tnlningo'H preaching tour was
marked by several gatherings wlituli In
magnitude ami enthusiasm eclipsed all
thnt hnil preceded tliem. Thu lust service
in Londou wns on Sept. .1, when, after ail
dressing three great meetings during the
daytime, ha spoke to nn Immense niiiltl'
tude tn ilydo park In thu evening. Some
estlmntes pluco tho tmnihcr at IMMIOO. The
crowd was no dense thnt many women
fainted and had to ho removed. During
the Hcrvlcc tho auditor were rained to the
highest pitch of religion fervor, and
scones wero unacted Mich ns hnvo not been
witnessed nlnco tho days of Whllellcld. On
tho following Wednesday evening Dr. Till
mngo addressed u great audleiico at the
Crystal palace, Sydenham, tho largest
building In the suhttrhsof London. Prayer
meetings Invoking tho dlvlno blessing on
tho services wero held in various churches
tho preceding Monday ntul Tuesday even
ings.
lief ore, tho sermon Dr. Tnliniigo wns en
tcrtnlncd at a hamuct In tho large bun
quoting hall of tho Crystal palace by 100
distinguished clergymen and laymen of
every denouilnatliiu and from every con
tinent, even Including Australia. A vote
of thanks was moved rehearsing Dr. Tnl
mngo's eminent services to (2nd and hu
manity; also that ho had traveled over
12,000 miles and preached in every promi
nent city In Great llrltalu to hundreds of
thousands of eager auditors, collected
Tnst sums for various Kugllsh benevo
lences, and throughout tho entire tour
paid his own expenses, not retaining one
farthing. Rev. Dr. Thaln Davidson sec
onded tho motion and declared that Dr.
Talmnge commanded tho admiration of
the entire Christian world for faithfully
preaching tho orthodox Gospel In times of
fierce religious dissension. Tlje motion
was unanimously carried amid great ap
plauso.
Dr. Taltnnge was then presented in be
half of his Kugllsh admirers with a beau
tiful and costly gold watch of unique do
sign, inscribed "Presented to Hev. Dr.
Tnlmnge at Crystal palace, Loudon, In
commemoration of his preaching tour
through England In tho summer of 18(.cj."
Dr. Talmago was then escorted tothe great
hall, where tho vote of thanks was unani
mously indorsed and rati lied by thu entire
audience.
Ho then preached his farewell sermon
and shook hands with hundreds at the
close. This was tho second sermon ever
preached In the Crystal palace, the first
having been dellvep'd by Pastor Spurgcou
thirty-five years ago on tho Crimean war.
The text selected for today is from Prov
erhs xxx, 28, "Tho spider tnketh hold with
her hands and is in kings' palaces."
Permitted as I was a few ilayH ago to at
tend the meeting of tho British Scientific
association nt Edinburgh, I found that no
paper rend had excited more interest tliuti
that by I lev. Dr. McCook, of America, on
the subject of spiders. It seems that my
talented countryman, banished from his
pulpit for u short time by 111 health, had
in the fields and forests given himself to
the study of Insects. And surely if It Is
not beneath tho dignity of God to make
spiders it is not liehcnth the dignity of
man to study them.
TIIK UNUSUAL ATTHACT8.
We nre all watching for phenomena. A
sky full of stars shining from .January to
Jnuuary calls out not so many remarks as
the blazing of one meteor. A whole dock
of robins take not so much of our attention
as one blundering hat darting into the
window on a summer ovo. Things of ordl
nary sound and sight and occurrence
fail to reach us, and yet no grasshopper
ever springs up in our path, no moth ever
dashes into the evening candle, no mote
ever floats in the sunbeam that pours
through the crack in the window shutter,
no bnrnnclc on ship's bull, no burr on a
chestnut, no limpet clinging ton rock, no
rind of nn artichoke but would tench us a
lesson if we wero not so stupid. (Sod in
his Bible sets forth for our consideration
the lily, and the snnwflako, and tho locust,
and the storkV, nest, and the hind's foot,
and tho nurora horcalis, and the nut hill.
One of the sacred writer, sitting amid
the mountains sees n hind skipping over
the rocks. The hind has such a lK-cullatly
haped foot that it can go over the steep
ct plnceH without faUingauil as the
nronhet looks uiioti thnt marklnir of thu
hind's foot on tho rocks and thinks of th
dlvlno euro over him ho says, "T.ou
niakest my feet like hinds' feet that J it. y
walk on high places." And another sac-icd
writer Bets the ostrich leaving Its eggs in
tho sand of the desert, nnd without any
cans of Incubation walk olT, nnd thu Scrip
ture says that is llku some parents, lenv
Ing their children without any wing ol
protection or care.
In my text inspiration opens before us
the gate of n palace, mul wuaru Indued d
amid the pomp of tho throne and the
courtier, and while wo are looking around
upon thu inaguillcence inspiration points
ni ton spider plying its shuttle and weav
ing Its net on the wall. It does not call us
to regard the grand surroundings of the
palnce, hut to a solemn and earnest con
nlderntion of the fact that "The spider
tnketh hold with her hands and is in
kings' palaces."
It Is not very certain what was the par
ticular species of Insect spoken of in the
text, but I shall proceed to learn from it
the exnulsitcucssof tho divine mechanism.
Tho king's chamberlain comes Into the
palnco nnd looks around and sees the spi
der on tho wall and sajs, "Away with that
intruder," and the servant of Solomon's
palnco comes with his broom and dashes
down the insect, saying, "What a loath
some thing it is." Hut under microscopic
inspection I llnd it more wondrous of con
st ruction than the embroideries on the
palace wall and the iiuholstery uboiit the
windows. All the machinery of the earth
could not make anything so delicate and
beautiful as the prehensile with which
that spider clutches Us prey, or us any of
its eight eyes,
Wo do not have to go so far up to see the
power of God in thu tapestry hanging
mound the windows of heaven, or ill the
horses or chariots of (Ire with which the
dying day departs, or to look at the moun
tain swinging out its sword arm from un
tier the mantle of darkness until it tun
tttrlko with Its sclnieterof thu lightning. I
love better to study God in thu shape of a
fly's wing, in the formation of u llsh's
scnle, In thu snowy whiteness of a pond
Illy. I love totrncU his rootsteps lu tin
mountain moss, and to hear Ids voice in
the hum of thu ije Melds, ami discover the
rustloof his robe or light in thusoiitli w 1ml
Oh, thts womlur of divine powerdiat can
build n habitation tor God lu mi tipple
blossom, and tune a Is'e's voleo until it Is
fit for the eternal orcjestrn, and can say
Inn firefly, "11. there be light:" and fronl
holding au ocean in the hollow of his hand
kin's forth to Hud heights and depths and
length and breadth of omnipotent:)' Inn
dewdrop, and dismounts from tho chariot
of midnight hurricane to cross over on tho
suspension bridge of a spider's web. You
may tako your telescope and sw eep It across
the heavens in order to behold tho glory of
(iod; hut I shall take thn leaf holding tho
spider, ntnl the spider's web, and I shall
bring the microscope to my eye, and wiuie
I gaze mid look and study ntul mil con-
founded, I will kneel down tn tho grass
and cry, "(J rent and marvelous tiro thy
works. Lord Gisl Almlghtyl"
NOSK AUK TOO WKAK. J
Again, my text teaches mo thnt Insig
nificance Is no excuse for Inaction. This
spider that Solomon saw on thu wall
might have siildi "I can't weave n web
worthy of tills great palace; what can I do
ninld nil this gold embroidery? I am not
able to mako anything lit for so grand u
place, and so I will not work my spinning
jenny." Not so said the spider. "The
spider taketh hold with her hands." Oh,
what a lesson that Is for you and mul You
say If you had some great sermon to
preach, If you only had a great audience
to talk to, if you had a great army to mar
shal, If yoit only hud n constitution to
write, If there was 1.01110 tremendous thing
in tho world for you to do then you would
show ns. Yes, you would show usl
What if tho Levito In tho ancient temple
had refused to snulT tho candle because he
could not be a high priest r What If tho
humming bird should refuse to slug Its
song Into tho ear of the honeysuckle be
cause It cannot, like, tho eagle, dash Its
wing Into the sunr What If thu raindrop
should refuse to descend becausu it Is not
n Niagara? What If the spider of thu texl
should refuse to move Its shuttle because
It cannot weavo a Solomon's robef Away
with such folly! If you are lazy with the
one talent you would be lazy with the ten
talents. If Mllo cannot lift tho calf he
never will have strength to lift thu ox. In
the Lord's army there Is order for promo
tion, hut you cannot bu a general until you
have been a captain, a lieutenant ami a
colonel. It Is step by step, It is Inch by
Inch, It Is stroke by stroke that our Chrlii
thin character Is bullded. Therefore be
content 10 110 winii. titsi ctiiiiiiiiums jmi
to do.
Cod Is not ashamed to do small things.
He Is lint ashamed to be found chiseling u
grain of sand, or helping a honeybee to
construct Its cell with mathematical ac
curacy, or tiiigelug a shell In tho surf, or
shaping the bill of 11 chaffinch. What Cod
does he does well. What you do, do well,
lie it 11 great work or 11 small work. If ten
talents, employ all thu tun. If live talents,
employ all thu live. If 0110 talent, employ
the one. If only the thousandth part of a
talent, employ that. "He thou faithful
unto death, mul I will givu thee the eiown
of life." I tell you if you aru not faithful
to God In 11 small sphere you would be in
dnlent anil Insignificant In a largo sphere.
Again, my text teaches me that repul
, " 1, .1 in .1
s veness and loathsomeness wl somctll nos
climb up In o very elevate, places . on
would have tiled to have killed the spider
that Solomon saw. You would have said:
"This Is no place for It. If that spider Is
determined to weavu n web, let It do so
down In the cellar of this palnco or in some
dark dungeon." Ah! thesplderof the text
could not be discouraged. It clamberetl
on, and climbed up, higher and higher
ami higher, until after awhile, it reached
the king's vision, nnd husalil, "Tho spider
tnketh hold with her hands nnd Is in
kings palaces." And so it often is now
thnt things that are loathsome and repul
Hive get up Into very elevated places.
The church of Christ, for Instance, is n
iialace. The King of heaven and earth
lives In it. According to the Hihlo her
beams nre of cedar, and her rafters of llr,
ami bur windows of agate, and tho foiim
talus of salvation dash a rain of light. It
Is a glorious palace the church of (iod Is;
mid yet sometimes unseemly and loath
some things creep up into It evil speak
lug nnd rancor and slander and backbit
ing and abuse, crawling upon the walls
of the church, spinning a web from arch
to arch, and from the top of otio column
nlon tankard to tho top of another com
iiiunlon tankard. Glorious palace In which
there ought only lo he light nnd love and
pardon and grace, yet n spider in tho pal
nee!
TIIK CIIIIIST1AN IIOMK.
Home ought to he a castle. It ought to
be iho residence of everything royul. Kind'
v.e( love, peace, patience and forbenrance
CUct t to be the princes residing there: and
I ,Vt .loinetlnus dissipation crawls up Into
! I')IV tiome and the jealous eye comes up,
i.frt .hu scene of pencu and plenty becomes
hln, scene of tlointstlo jnrgou and dlssu
i H'fU'W. You say. "What Is thu mattei
) "(th the homer" I will tell you what In
the matter with it. A spider in the palace.
A well developed Christian character Is
a grand thing to look at. You see some
man with great intellectual nnd spiritual
proportions. You sayt "How uselul that
man must IhiI" Hut you llnd, amid nil his
splendor of faculties, there is some preju
dice, some whim, somu evil habit that n
great many people do not notice, hut that
you have happened to not Ice, and it is grad
unlly spoiling that mini's character It is
gradually going to Injure his entlru influ
ence. Others may not see it, hut you are
anxious In regard to Ids welfaie, and now
you discover it. A dead Ily in the olut
meiit. A spider In the palace.
Again, my text tenches me that perse
verance will mount Into thu king's palace.
It must have seemed a long distance for
thnt spider to climb In Solomon's splendid
residence, but It started at the very foot of
the wall and went up over tho panels of
Lebanon cedar, higher and higher, until it
stood higher than the highest throne in nil
tho nations the throuu of Solomon. And
so God has decreed It that many of thoso
who are down in the dust of sin nnd dis
honor shall gradually attain to thu Kiug'ii
pnlacu We see it ill worldly things.
Who is that banker in Philadelphia?
Win, he used to bo the boy that held the
horses of Stephen (ilrnrd while the mil
iionaiie went in to collect his dividends,
' Arkwright tolls on up from n barber's
' shop until he gels Ifito the palace of invell
lion. Sextlls V tolls oil up fiom the olllce
of u swineherd until he gets Into the pal
; ncu of Homo. i'Metcher tolls on up from
tho hum lusigiilllcuiit family position uu
'til he gets Into the palacu of Christian clo
qiicinc. Hogarth, engraving puwter potit
for u living, tolls on up until he reaches
(lie palacu of world leiiowuetl art.
J And (iod lint h decided that though you
may be weak of arm nnd slow of tongue,
anil he struck through with n gieat many
mental and moral delleiis, by his almighty
grace you shall ei nrilve in the King'it
I palacu not such u one ns Is spoken of lu
, the text, not one of marble, not one adorned
with pillars of alabaster mid thrones of
ivory and Hagims of burnished gold, but a
palace lu which (iod Is the King mid the
angels of heaven are the cupbearers.
The spider criiwlliiu' up the wall of Solo
nion's palace was not worth looking after
or considering as rnmpitud with the fact
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Immortal. Ily thegincu of (Jul may wo
all reach It. Oh, heaven Is not n dull
plaeel It Is not n woruout ini'.uslon, with
faded curtains and outlandish chairs and
cracked ware. No; it Is as fresh and fair
nod lH'iiutlful as though It were completed
but yesterday. The kings of thu earth
shall bring their honor and glory Into It,
TIIK MATKIIIAt. IIKAVKN.
A pahieo menus splendor of apartments.
Now, I do not know whero heaven is, mill
I do not know how it looks, but If our
bodies are to be resurrected In the last day
I think heaven must have n material
splendor as well as spiritual grandeur.
Oh, what grandeur of apartments when
that divine hand which plunges tho sea
Into blue, and (ho foliage into green, and
sets the sunset on lire shall gather all the
lioautifulcolorsof earth around his throne,
nuil when that arm which lifted thu pillars
of Alpine roek and bent thu arch of the
sky shall raise before our soul the eternal
architecture, and that hand which hung
with loops of lire thu curtains of morning
shall prepare the upholstery of our kingly
resldencul
A palacu also menus splendor of assochi
lions. Thu poor man, tho outcast cannot
get Into Windsor cnstlo. The sentinel of
theiueen stands there and cries "Hall!''
ns ho tries to enter. Hut In the palace ol
which I speak wo may nil become rest
dents, and we shall nil bu princes and
kings. We may have been beggars, we
limy have been outcasts, we may have lieeii
wandering and lost as wu all have been,
but theie we shall take our regal power
What companionship In heaven I To wnl k
side by side with .lohu and dilutes and
Peter and Paul and .Moses and .loslma
mid Caleb mid Kzuklel ami .leremlah and
Mlcah and .euharlah and Wllherforee and
Oliver Cromwell ami Philip Doddridge
and 1M wan I Payson and .lohu Milton and
F.IUabcth Fry and Hannah Moro and Char
lotte Klizabeth, and all thu other kings
mid queens of heaven Oh. mv soul, what
a companionship!
A palace means splendor of banquet.
'I'll ere will be 110 common waru on that tn
hie. There will bu no unskilled musician
at that entertainment. There will be no
scanty supply of fruit or beverage. There
have been hniiqucts spread Unit cost n
million of dollars each, but who can tell
the untold wealth of that Imnquctf I do
lint know whether John's description of It
is literal or llgurntlvo. A great many
wise people tell me it is llgurntlvo; hut
prove Itl I do not know but that It may
he literal. I do not know but that there
miiy be renl fruits plucked from thu tree
of life.
I tin not know hut that Christ referred
to thu real juice of tho grape when hu said
that we should drink new wine In our
Put Iter's kingdom, hut not thu Intoxicating
stud of IhN world's brewing. I do not say
it Is so, but I have as much right for
thinking it Is sous you have for thinking
the other way. At any rate, it will be a
glorious banquet, llarkl thu chariots
rvniblliig In the distance. I really believe
thu guests aru coining now. Thu gates
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swing open, thu gues s dismount, hu pal ,
ace Is lining, nnd all he chalices, Hashing
with pearl and amethyst and carbuncle
nre lifted to the lips of the myriad ban
(jueters, while standing In robes of snowy
whltu they drink to tho honor of thuglo
rious King.
"Oh," you say, "that Is too grand a place
for you and forme." No.lt Is not. If a
spider, according to the text, could crawl
up on the wall of Solomon's palace, shall
not our poor souls, through the blood of
Christ, mount up from thu depths of their
sin and shamu and finally reach the palace
of the eternal Klngr "Where sin abound
od, grace shall much moro abound, that
whereas sin reigned unto death, even so
may grace telgn through righteousness
i unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our
Lord." One Hash of that coming glory
obliterates the sepulcher.
IN Tin: MAMMOTH CAVH.
Yearsago, with lanterns and torches and
n guide, wu went down in thu .Mammoth
cave of Kentucky. You may walk four
teen miles nnd sou no sunlight. It Is u
stupendous place. Some places thu roof of
the cave a hundred feet high. The grot
toes filled with weird echoes; cascades fall
lug from Invisible height to invisible
depth. Stalagmites rising up from the
lloor of tho cave; stalactites descending
from tho roof of the cave, joining each
other and making pillarsof tho Almighty's
sculpturing. There aru rosettes of nine
tliyst in halls of gypsum. As tho guide
carries his lantern ahead of you thu shad
ows have nn appearance supernatural and
spectral. The darkness Is fearful.
Two people, getting lost from thelrgulde
only for u few hours, years ago, were du
mctitcd, and for years sat In their Insanity.
You feel like holding your breath as you
walk across the bridges that seem to span
tho bottomless abyss. The guide throws
his calcium light down into tho caverns,
nnd thu light rolls and tosses from rock to
rock nnd from depth to depth, making at
every plunge a new revelation of the awful
power that could have made such a place
as that. A sense of siilTocntlou comes upon
you us you think that you are two hundred
and llfty feet In a straight line from the
sunlit surface of the earth.
Tho guide after awhile takes you Into
what Is called the "star chamber;" and
then ho says to you, "Sit here;" and then
hu takes tho lantern and goes down under
(thu rocks, and It gets darker and darker
until tho night Is so thick that thu hand
I an inch from thu eye Is uuohservnble. And
then, by kindling one of the lanterns nnd
I placing It lu u cleft of the rock, theru is a
1 rellectloii cast oil (hu dome of thu cave, nnd
there am stars coining out in constelln
I lions a brilliant night heavens and you
I Involuntary exclaim, "Beautiful! bcautl-
fill."
, Then hu takes thu lantern down lu other
depths of thu cavern and wanders on nnd
wanders oil' until lie comes up from behind
thu rocks gradually, anil It seems llku the
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awn of the morning nnd it gets brighter
and brighter. The guide is a skilled ven
trlloqulst.and hu Imitates thu voices of the
morning, and soon the 'ooiu Is all gone,
I anil you stand congratulating yourself
I over the woudeiful spectacle.
Well, there me a great many people who
look down into the grave as a gieat cavern.
They think it is a thousand miles subtcr-
, ram oils, anil all the echoes seem to be tho
voices of despair, nnd the cascades seem to
be the falling tears that always fall, and
the gloom of earth seems coming up lu
stalagmite, and the gloom of the denial
world seems descending in the stalactite,
1 making plllais of Indescribable horror.
The grave Is no such place as tliat to me,
, thank (iodl Our divine Guide takes us
I down Into the great cateru, mid we have
(he lump lo our feet, and tin-light to our
I patli. mul all tliu echiss in the rlfls of the
I ris's, nie mulleins, nun an ine inning
waleis me fiiuutulus of salvation, nnd
after awhile we look up, ntul behold1 the
envcrn of the tomb has become it King's
star chamber
And while we are looking at the pomp of
It uu exerlusilng morning begins to rise,
nnd all the ttnrs of tliu earth erystalle
Into stalagmite, rising up In a pillar on the
one si !e, and nil the glories of heaven seem
to l WrollnK In n stalactite, making a
pillar on the other side, and you push
ngalnst thn gntu that swings between thu
two pillars, and as that gntu Hashes open
you Hud It Is one of thu twelve gates
which ate twelve pearls. Blessed bu God
thnt through this Gospel (hu mammoth
envo of the sepulcher has become the
Illumined star chamber of thu ICItigl Oh,
thn palacesl the cternlil palaces! thu King's
palacesl
The WHe of n PiiRllUt.
"Do I llku pugilism f My gracious, nol I
think It's a perfectly hoi rlblti business! I
would glvo anything to Iiiivo my husband
lead n quiet, settled life. Hut what Is one
todof Mr. Corbet thus gone Into thu bus)
liess, mul that Is tho end of It. It Is per
fectly awful tn think of two men mauling
and maiming each other until ouu or thu
other shall be, an they call It, 'knocked
out.' I think It's 11 horrid, cruet thing1"
And Mrs. James, I. Corhett, thufaiunur j
pugilist's wife, gave her head n decided .
shake ns she concluded. There was no at
tempt at alVcctatlon, and It was evident '
that he was sincere In her utterances of '
dislike against her husband's profession.
She Is nn Interesting young woman, this
petite wlfu of brawny Jim Corbet t, mid as
pretty ns she Is Interesting. A pronounced
blond, hsiklng not 11 day older than the
twenty thiee years she confesses to, with a
wealth of yellow golden hair idled nrtlstlo
ally on a queenly little head, largo gray
blue eyes, shaded by long, dark lashes, a
fair complexion and 11 llguru whoso con
tour Is perfection, It seemed pretty hard to
Imagine her a prize lighter's wlfu as she
sat In tho cozy parlor Ina light blue bodice,
with natty pnlku dot tie, plain nnvy blue
skirt and liny russet shoes setting oil" t he
comeliness of thu young huly
Corbet t's innrrhigu was rather romantic,
In fact Included what might he called au
elopement When thu now famous lighter
was one of Sun Francisco's amateur nth
letes hu met his wife, a Miss Olllu Lake.
Mr. Lake, Ollle's father, was a widower,
who had come to California from Amster
dam, N. Y in INili, when the gill was still
a baby In her mother's arms. Miss Lake
was studying fur n school toucher's position
In thu state normal school when young
Jim met her. An ailed Ion sprang up be
tween the ymug folks, but Corbet I'm par
cuts would not sanction an engagement.
The sweethearts were perforce obliged to
wnlt. In IKNl Jim traveled to Salt I .like
City to fight Duncan McDonald. There
Miss Lake Joined hlin, ami 11 Justice of t he
peace made them ouu. A second ceremony
was performed when tho happy pair re
turned to Snu Francisco. A school teach
er's ccitllleatc to the state Normal school
nwaitetl Miss Ollie Lake hi San Francisco
while she was being married in Salt Lake
City.-Now York World.
How it I'tirtuiin Wits Hlnrtril.
Talk of the cholera revived among some
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I ui me tinier m-w i uiri-rn tut- stiirj' tit uie
1 laying of the foundation of a very sub
stantlal fortune through tho visit of the
'scourge to this city In the thirties. Not
long liemru the ti sense appeared a young
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,f ,, Clll,,,t ,, n loro ,,.,Nt,K
long before tiie disease appeared a
, road to wealth In this city than wasoltered
In his native state. Ho had very little
. money, but hu had plenty of grit, ami al i
though at llrst the latter did not appear to
Ikj a very successful substitute for thu for- )
I iner, there came u time when nerve meant
I big financial returns to Its possessor. The .
cholera gave this young man hisoppor-
I tunlty. I
As soon us the death list began to mount
I up there arose mii"h dllllcnlty in securing ,
I men to bury the victims. Hearse drivers
caught the panic nnd refused to work, mul
the time siu came when any sort of suit-
1 able vehicle was In great demand for the
sad service. I lien the young man bor-
possesseil or u stun winch guv
his start, and In a few years ho was what
ho sought to be a rich num. New York
Times.
Tint Forcfi of llulilt.
A business limn of this city who has pe
culiar views concerning thu amenities of
language, sent for ouo of his clerks recent
ly nnd said:
"Simpson, I am told you aru lu thu habit
of using u gieat many expletives In your
conversation."
"Great Scott! sir, what are they r" nsked
Simpson in awestruck tones.
"There, I havo thu proof from your own
lips, you see, nnd I deslru n moro correct
form of speech from you in future."
"Holy Alosesl" exclaimed Simpson ex
cltedly, "wu'ru not running a Y. M. C. A..
aru we, sir?"
"No," answered his employer, "but la
theru any necessity for employing such em
phatic language In your dally couversa
tlonr"
"Great Ciesar! How can a man help 1
beg jour pardon, sir, I will set n watch on
my lips It's the force of habit, I know."
Mr. Simp-on bowed himself out and his
feilow clerks at once asked him If ho had
been called In by the boss to hnvo Ids sal
ary raised.
".Tumping Jerusalem! No," hu said.
Then hu suddenly became iniiteund refused
to say another word for tho rest of the
afternoon. Detroit Free l'ress.
A Hint Cloneriitor.
All amateur electrician in Huston ha.1
discovered a new way of heating by elec
tricity which, while it may not bu prac
tical, is certainly effective. Hu has a bat
tery fan motor, which ho operates by nn
Incandescent current of 110 volts, taking
up the cxtnw current by Introducing a
thirty-two caudle power lamp in series. Ilia
original intention was to create a cool
breeze, but hu found that thu heat gener
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n...l 1... ,1... t....,(l ..1U ..In.... ft..... .1... ....
lamp In front of thu fan and obtains a
! strong current of hot air. He believes that
jit Is possible lo create artificial heat in
I this manner on n much larger scale Hot
ton Herald.
I'uitteiilni; Hie Corset.
Tho question of fastening the stays from
the top down or vice ersu Is one that Is
best decided by one's self, though the
Flench corset maker claims that a stout
woman should alwajs clasp her corset
(rom the top down, and a slender one ie
ver-e this mode. Tho broad Isme wlthnn
under lining of plush Is most desirable in
all stii)s, but Is really the one mist seldom
f-eeu People writu and talk against stats
without ever having tiled those that me
rrnlly propt r to w er.r.- .M rv Mnllon in La
dies' Home Journal.
Colonel CtiKt'lit' l'l-hl' iicnl Invention.
Tliu cotton gill width Kllgeue Field ill
vented when lu London has pmvcil mixta
.rowed or hired n horse and wagon and "'"" ' " '", ""'K "" "rrauge-
1.1.11.1 1 . .. 1 . . 1 ineiit. carrvinir her liolnt lit thn cost of
matiu 11 ins oiisiuess 10 carry 1110 iienn 10 v --------- -- . ------- ;, , : ,
thugravu. High prices weru paid, nnd ' T"1? d,efyl,,K Jlio iiiliilHtrj-. 'Ihls Incl-
whllu the epidemic lasted hu fairly coined , d,,1"ll kn"M" 1" '"' ItlnUiry iih tliu
money When It was over hu found him 'lieilchainbur iiii.tloii and, s rangu as
...if ..tt..MU.i f .. u.,... ...1.1..1 1.1... It may appear, It kept Hubert Peol out of
I r inrpnnt in it ctllll MUlbll kll I li II I III
complete success nt Ilajiai Nira, lu Lou
ilshiiui, where the pu limiuai) tiial was
given The gin has u iletai liable II reproof
liutiooni Athmi.i IN iistiiiition
I
CLOSE TO VICTOJiTA.
LNGLISH WOMEN
WHO WAIT ON
OF HIQH HANK
HCn MAJESTY.
The I'lisllltin of Mhtlrvii if the. IIiiIim l
One of Hie Oilier of thn lliimrniiienl,
mill the liieinillieill (lues Out with
lit pry ('bonne uf Putter.
Tho Duchest of Huccluttuli, mistress of
tho robes of her majesty the queen, has
the distinction of being the only woman In
thu kingdom whoso position was directly
iifTccted by thu overthiow of thu conscrvn
lives.
It. Is thu only olllcu held by 11 woman
which Is distinctly n part of "thu govern
ment" and contiollcd by thu patty In
power. Only tluohi'i-scs mo eligible tott
anil as It Is a position of great, dignity and
honor, the compel It Ion for the place Is very
strong, and the pressure for Its control I1
unusually gieat. Theie nrn comparatively
few duchesses with pronounced Liberal
predilections. Ileneu thu sutamhlluu for
thu post is not us gieat. when the Liberal
government comes Into power as It Is when
thu Conservatives aru oil lop. In ctme
quencou Liberal plemler has to inakocom
paratlvely fewenmules by "tinning down'
applicants, whllu a Consurvnllvu chief li"
beset by 11 perfect horthi of aristocratic
latlles, all of whom, with the exception ol
I thu ouu fortunate enough to capture the
prize, aru preltysuro to make things ux
ceedlugly uucoinfortahln for him,
I A constant lomluilorof thululuiiHucngci'
ness of thu duchesses of her loyal majesty')
. domain to occupy this place Is the fact flint
1 thu nilsliessof thu robes no longer has au
1 olllclal badge. This badge was formerly n
1 golden key, hut sonio years ago It was dona
I away with to end a controversy between
tliu ambitious ladles who sought to obtain
1 thu place. It Is tecorded that Sarah, thu
I duchess of Marlborough, being superseded
In tho olllcu, refused totlellver tho key tu
' her successor. A must, disgraceful and ah
' surd qiiai rel ensued.
Finally, however, tho Duchess of Somer
set, who had obtained thu place, got hold
of thu coveted key, built was determined
afterward that 110 further opportunity
should bu given for similar scenes, and
ever since then them has been 110 olllclal
hailgu to designate the mistress of tho
robes. Thu last lady who had thu honor
of carrying It, the Duchess of Marlborough,
was so proud of this Insignia of her olllclal
station that she woru thu golden key
"watchwlse 011 thu right hand side."
Thu duties of tho olllcu 111 u largely orna
mental. Whenever tho queen goes III
statu to any ceremony thu mistress of thu
robes accompanies her majesty and walks
behind her In thu procession. Shi) Is al
ways in attctuhiucu at drawing rooms ami
levees, and has thu privilege of riding to
and from thu pnlacu wberu thu queen may
bu residing for thu tiiuu being In ouu of
thu statu carriages In full regalia, ror
iin.t-lv tin. iiilktnoii nf thn rnlwH itlsn bud
special supervision of thu maids of honor!
of her majesty's household, nnd she was (
known, in iiiiiiiiiou to ner regular title, as
the "mother of thu maids."
At coronations tliu mistress of thu robes
is In her glory. Kvcrvthlng pertaining to
the queen on that day Is under her direct
supervision, Shu lias thu ordering of tho
coronation dress nnd is Immediately con
cerned In all tliu movements of thu royul
person. Asidu from these duties, how
ever, very little of her time is occupied In
tliu discharge of thu duties of her position.
Her salary Is JW.OOO u year.
Until the advent of Victoria thu entire
female portion of thu queen's household
came In and went out, us thu mistress of
thu robes does to-day, with thu party in
jMiwer. Thy present sovereign, however,
olllce for two years mid a half. Hu Insisted
on his accession to power upon controlling
thn appointment of thn feiuulu members of
her majesty's household. To t Ids Victoria
miidu n most positive resistance, notwith
standing the fact that it had been thu cult
loin for several centuries.
Upon first ascending thu throne shu hod
surrounded herself with tho friends of her
girlluxsl, and she declined to part with
their services ut the request, of Mr, Peel or
miybtsly else. As nearly as can 1st ascer
tained at this time theru was a misunder
standing on both shies. Thu queen was
under tlie Impression that Peel desired to
swpep out her entire establishment ami
put lu attendants of Ids own choosing,
while hu on tliu other hand imagined that
tho queen Intended to retain thu services
of thu wives of thu cabinet ministers whom
his party had just superseded.
lloth sides to thu controversy rested ou
their dignity anil declined to mako expla
nations, and as a resiiltSIr llohcrt declined
to form a ministry, anil u crisis ensued
which rcsulti-d in keeping Ids party from
tho active administration of tho govern
ment for n long periixl. Filially, however,
matters were straightened out, mul It was
agreed that only thu mistress of tliu robes
should change with thu government, all
the others remaining subject to the wislus
of the queen.
Thu dowager Duchess of Itoxhurghe,
mother of thu duke, Is at present in the
household of thu queen, with whom slut Is '
a great favorite. Shu holds u position ns
ouu of thu Indies of tliu btslchainljer. Tliu I
other ladies of Ihelnslchauilieruruthudow
tiger Duchess of Athole, dowager Lady
Churchill, Countess of Hi roll, Lady South
ampton, Lady Amthill, Viscountess Dow no
mul Countess of Antrim. These Indies are
generally styled ladles In waiting, and '
share thu duty of ihtsoiiiiI attendance upon
the queen throughout the year.
During their term of actual service they '
llvu in the palace, and their "waits" vary I
from two to three weeks nt a time, accord-,
lug as Die queen may arrange. No one
under the rank of a peeress can hold thu
olllce, and whlle.they aru lu attendance ou
thu queen thu ladles of the bedchamber ac-
i company her on all occasions. Former!) '
1 J1U'h,ufl.m,1'T..ri!ul.,'rr,1 ,K,rM,T! hTlc,,al
the toiletof their mistress Highland moiii-
lug, but of recent years this has been
changed, thu active, work being performed
sl'shlrSlwr favor tho queen'
appoints n number of extra ladles of the I
', H.dchainber, who servo without salary.
i tie lnt'.sL'iiv uiL-iuui'i'iit tit tun. istst. aru
' thu Viscountess Cllfilen.ilowagerC'ounteis
ol Mayo, Duchess of Hedfortl and Lady
' Waterpnrk.- New York Times
To iicct'inpllsh for young women wiint
our colleges v ero doing for young men was
the hope of the founder of the llrst worn
all's collegeMatthew Vassar. Twenty
llvu years ago Vnssiir college conferred de
grees on Its Ill's! graduates, mul since then
it has Krndlliiti'tl 100 equipped women.
Many women ubu it Snu Francisco sen I
to thu clt) daily hit-iipers of wild tlowers
autl ferns gntiieiv.l In neighboring cmuoim.
I
HDIES
Will be Interested Jfa
10 team thai a new proem has linen Invent
ell for removing IIIoIcIiik, I'rceklcs, etc,, from
the race, IcitvliiK thu skin clear ami brixutlnil.
11 Isiliiun by the
New Steam Process I
lust Introilu I by Mis, J, P. Hell, and Is pro-
vluga i.Ir success mid very popular. All thu
litest elleels In
Hair Goods, Ornaments
nnd a full tine of most approved (.'osmetic
may also lie round there.
Ifulr Dii'ssluu and MunleiirlUK done on
slum notice mul In thu very latest styles,
MRS. J. C. BELL,
I 1 4 North 14th at
DR. HENRY A. MARTIN'S
Medical Institute
FOIl TIIK OUIlK OK
Chronic Diseases
SPECIALTIES:
Diseases of Women ,
Catarrh,
Morphine and Opium Habits.
Cure Ciiininutccd. Coimiltntlnn Free.
OHiees, 141 South 12th Street
rilUIT ADDITION TO
NORMAL
The moU beautiful sulmrbnn prop
erty now on thn market. Only
thrco block from tho lunilnom Lin
coln Nnrmnl Unlvorslty it ml but
threo block from Ilia proKicd
lecttlo railway. Tlime loU nrn now
being plucrd on Ilia market t
IxceedlDgly Low Prices and Easy Term
For plat, terms and Information, call on
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