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ioux County Journal, The VOLUME VIIL HARKISON, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 2G, 1895. NUMBER 3. S v r Jests In Jingle. The bright ambitious mercury I heated to a cherry red, And the butter aud the summer girl Are beginning; now to make a spread. Indianapolis Journal. IT took her little hand in big, Jt Hhe did not draw it back; s Blie simply elevated it , And, Moses! what a whack! Detroit Tribune. The violet lingers in her eye, the rose Is on her cheeks; Her dainty lips of poppy-leaf with pearls play hide-and-seek; But the dearest of the blossoms which her many charms disclose, I the funny little dandelion-freckle on her nose. .Washington Star. The boy stood on the burning deck, because he was afraid He couldn't swim to save his neck, And that was why be stayed. Philadelphia Record. J A ballet firl who tried a bike, Though versed In antic steps galore, Performed a pirouette whose like Was never, uever seen before. New York Herald. The torrid sunbeams now descend; Forbearance is the rule. But verily that rule must end Toward him who says, "Keep cool." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The peach may be knocked galley west, And other fruits out of sight; Bat in this assurance we may rest The primes are there all right. Cincinnati Tribune. The Dead Doll. Ton need not be trying to comfort me, I tell you my dolly is dead; There's no use saying she Isn't, with a crack like that In her head. It'a Just like you said it wouldn't hurt much to have my tooth ont that .lay, And then when the man 'most pulled my head off you hadn't a word to say I When my mamma gave me that ribbon I was playing out In the yard 8he said to me most expressly, "Here's a ribbon for Hildegardr," And I went and put it on Tabby and Hil- degarde saw me do it. And I said to myself, "O, never mind, I don't believe she knew it!" But I know that she knew it now, and I Just believe, I do, That her poor little heart was broken and so her head broke, too, O, my dolly! my little baby! I wish my head had been hit, For I've hit it over and over and It hasn't cracked a bit! But, since the darling Is dead, she'll want to be buried, of course; We will take my little wagon, nurse, and yon shall be the horse. And I'll walk behind and cry, and we'll put ber In this, yon see. This dear little box, and we'll bury ber then under the maple tree. And papa will make her a tombstone like the one he made for my bird, And he'll put what I tell him on it yea, very single word! I ahall say, "Here lies Hildegarde, beau tiful doll, who is dead! 8he died of a broken heart and a dreadful " crack Id her head!" Home Queen. Boane Rweet To-day. I will not light the lamps until I've thought What waa the sweetest thing In all my day; I will not seek to speed . 1 The lingering ray Until my anxious eye somewhere has caught A word, a smile, or something that hath passed In my small sphere. 0, Memory, thou hast '-" Boms tweet to-day 1 Now fancy travels oat and conjures up A long and brilliant train; It all floats by, Joy ni tadnees go ' With laugh and algh, And dregs of pain lie deep in pleasure's i i cup. i Bat now I see two tender hasel ayea Turn on ma lipa that smile Ah, berela lis My tweet to-dayt A peffome breatbet from pictures of the aalnd, Aad la our fancy Memory carves ber ,. lore, 0r dsAreat treasures la the air we And ; I know mr bapplneaa to-night wat for i ji : (mm tweet to-day! -Boston TftarljJt. I ara sa, cheap tow that tba bur tad own tfctm. HUkttAlt art! ,t .fcci-m 'H ) vm t Li. od Ion ;(, n il in t-;iiiwi h Uii H a.. ;-. ? r.'. : " : f;'?t TALMAGE'S SERMON. A6ERMON OF CHRISTIAN CHEER FULNESS. Ber. Dr. Talmaae on Daniel's Devo tions Before the Window that Faced Ilia Native Jeruaalem-The Battle with Bin and Death-The Victory. The Open Windows. In his sermon Sunday Itev. Dr. Tal mage chose a theme overflowing with Christian cheerfulness aud encourage ment. The subject is "Open Windows," and the text selected was Daniel vi., 10, "His windows being open iu his chamber toward Jerusalem." The scoundrelly princes of Persia, urged on by political jealousy against Daniel, have succeeded in getting a law passed that whosoever prays to (Jod shall be put under the paws and teeth of the lions, who are lashing themselves ill rage and hunger up and down the stone cage, or putting their lower jaws on the ground, bellowing till the earth trembles, liut the leonine threat did not hinder the devotions of Daniel, the Coeur (le Lion of the ages. His enemies might as well have a law that the sun should not draw water, or that the south wind should not sweep across a garden of magnolias, or that Cod should be abolished. They could not scare him with the redhot furnaces, and they can not now scare him with the lions. As soon as Daniel hears of this enactment he leaves his office of secretary of state, with its upholstery of crimson and gold, and comes down the white marble steps and goes to his own house, lie opens his window and puts the shutters back and pulls the curtain aside so that he can look toward the sacred city of Jerusalem, and then prays. Daniel on His Knees. I suppose the people in the street gath ered under anil liefore his window aud said: "Just nee that man defying the law. He ought to be arrested." And the con stabulary of the city rush to the police headquarters and rcort that Daniel is on his knees at the wide open window. "Yon are my prisoner," says the oflicer of the law, dropping a heavy hand on the shoul der of the kneeling Daniel. As the con stables open the door of the cavern to thrust in their prisoner they see the glar ing eyes of the monsters. Hut Daniel be comes the first lion tamer, and they lick bis hands and fawn at his feet, and that night he sleeps with the shaggy mane of a wild beast for hia pillow, while the king that night, sleepless in the palace, has on him the paw and teeth of a lion be cannot tame the lion of a remorseful conscience. What a picture it would be for some art ist! Darius, in the early dusk of morning, not waiting for footmen or chariot, has tening to the den, all flushed and nervous and in dishabille and looking through the crevices of the cage to see what had be come of his prime minister! "What, no sound?" he says. "Daniel is surely de voured, and the lions are sleeping after their horrid meal, the bones of the poor man scattered across the floor of the cav ern." With trembling voice Darius calls out, "Daniel!" No answer, for the pbophet Is yet in profound slumber. But a lion, more easily awakened, advances, and with hot breath blown through the crevice seems angrily to demand the cause of this Interruption, and then an other wild beast lifts bis mane from under Daniel's head, and the prophet, waking up, comes forth to report himself all on hurt and well. But our text stands us at Daniel's win dow, open toward Jerusalem. Why in that direction open? Jerusalem was bis native land and all the pomp of his Baby lonish successes could not make him for get It. He came there from Jerusalem at 18 years of age and he never visited it, though he lived to be 85 years. Yet, when he wanted to arouse the deepest emotions and grandest aspirations of bis heart, he bad bis window open toward his native Jerusalem. There are many of you to-day who understand that without any exposi tion. This Is getting to be a nation of for eigners. They have come Into alHoccnpa tiont and professions. They sit in all churches. It may be twenty years since you got your naturalization papers and you may be thorough Americanized, but you can't forget the land of your birth and yonr warmest sympathies go out to ward H. Your windows are open toward Jerusalem. Your father and mother are buried there. It may have been a very bumble home In which you were born, but your memory often plays around it and you hope some day to go and see It the hill, the tree, the brook, the house, the place so sacred, the door from which you started off with parental blessing to make you own way In the world, and God only knowa bow sometimes you bare longed to see the familiar placet of your childhood and bow in awful crises of life you would like to have caught a glimpse of the old, wrinkled face that bent over you at you lay on tba gentle lap twenty or forty or fifty years ago. You may hare on this aide of the sea risen in fortune, and, like Daniel, bare become great and may have come into prosperities which you never could have reached If you bad ttald there, and you may hare many windows to your house bay windows and skylight win dows and windowa of conservatory and windows on all sides but yon have at least one window open toward Jerusalem. , By the Opea Window, ; When the foreign steamer comes to the wharf, yon see the long line of sailors, with shouldered mallbaya, coming down tba planks, carrying as many letters at you might suppose to be enough for a year'e correspondence, and this repeated again and again during the week. Multi tude of tbein are letters from home and t all the postoMcet of the land people wll go to the wiadow and anxiously atk for them, hundred! of thousands of per son Bndjng that window of foreign nalla tba ope window toward Jerusalem. Mte age tkat teyi - "Wkn are yon control hotae ta see asT Broth eTtas ton la IM sw.m Plata fc dead fa tsar assd rtlsartA atlM eof feeWa, ,Wa are cm avail hi twit h'tntUh i t u: i 'th"nil Mm m'f i ft " I ,-r.vt. will you come to us? All join in love and hope to meet you, if not in this world, then in a better. Good-by." Yes, yes. Id all these cities and amid the flowering western prairies and on the slopes of the Pacific and amid the Sierras and on the banks of the lagoon and on the ranches of Texas there ia an uncounted multitude who, this hour, stand and ait and kneel with their windows open toward Jerusalem. Home of these people played on the heather of the Scottish hills. Some of them were driven out by Irish famine. Some of them, in early life, drilled in the German army. Some of them were aecustomed at Lyons or Mar seilles or Paris to see on tlie street Victor Hugo and Gainbetta. Some chased the chamois among the Alpine precipices Some plucked the ripe clusters from Italian vineyard. Some lifted their faces under the midnight sun of Norway. It Is no dishonor to our land that they remem ber the. place of their nativity. Miscre ants would they be if, while they have some of their windows open to take in the free air of America and the sunlight of an atmosphere which no kingly despot has ever breathed, they forgot sometimes to open the window toward Jerusalem. " No wonder that the sou of the Swiss, when far away from home, hearing the national air of hia country sung, the mal ady of homesickness comes on him so pow erfully as to cause his death. You have the example of heroic Daniel of my text for keeping early memories fresh. Forget not the old folks at home. Write often, and, if you have surplus of means and they are poor, make practical contribu tion and rejoice that America is bound to all the world by ties of sanguinity as in no other nation. Who can doubt but It is appointed for the evangelization of other lands? What a stirring, melting, gospel izing theory that all the doors of other na tions are open toward us, while our win dows are open toward them! Idolaters. But Daniel, in the text, kept this port hole of his domestic fortress unclosed be cause Jerusalem was the capital of sacred Influences. There had smoked the sacri fice. There was the holy of holies. There was the ark of the covenant. There stood the temple. We are all tempted to keep our windows open on the opposite side, toward the world, that we may see and hear and appropriate Its advantages. What does the world say 7 What does the world think? What does the world do? Worshipers of the world instead of wor shipers of God. Windows open toward Babylon. Windows open toward Corinth. Windows open toward Athens. Windows open toward Sodom. Windows open to ward the flats, instead of windows open toward the hills. Snd mistake, for this world as a god Is like something I saw in the museum of Strasburg, Germany the figure of a virgin in wood and iron. The victim in olden time was brought there, and this figure would open its arms to re ceive him, and, once enfolded, the figure closed with a hundred knives and lances upon him, and then let him drop 180 feet sheer down. So the world first embraces its idolaters, then closes upon them with many tortures, and then lets them drop forever down. The highest honor the world could confer was to make a man Roman emperor, but out ot sixty-three emperors, it allowed only six to die peace fully iu their beds. The dominion of thla world over mul titudes is illustrated by the names of coins of mnny countries. They have their pieces of money which they call sovereigns and half sovereigns, crowns and half crowns, Napoleons and half Napoleons, Fredericks and double Fredericks and ducats and Isahelllnos, all of which names mean not so much usefulness as domin ion. The most of our windows open to ward the exchange, toward the salon of fashion, toward the god of this world. In olden times the length of the English yard was fixed by the length of the arm of King Henry I., and we are apt to measure things by a variable standard and by the human arm that In the great crises of life can give us no help. We need, like Daniel, to open our windows toward God and re ligion. Necessity for Prayer. But, mark you, that good lion tamer is not standing at the window, but kneeling, while he looks out. Most photographs are taken of those in standing or sitting pos ture. I now remember but one picture of a man kneeling, and that was David Liv ingstone, who In the cause of God and civilization sacrificed himself, and in the heart of Africa his servant, Majwara, found him in the tent by the light of a candle, stuck on the top of a box, his head In his hands upon the pillows and dead on hia knees. But here is a great lion tamer, living under the daab of the light, and hia hair disheveled of the breeze, praying. The fact ia that a man can see farther on hit knees than standing on tiptoe. Jer usalem was about 550 statute miles from Babylon, and the vast Arabian desert thifted its sands between them. Yet through that open window Daniel saw Jerusalem, saw all between it, saw be yond, taw time, taw eternity, taw earth and taw heaven, Would you like to see the wty through your tint to pardon, through you troubles to comfort, through temptation to rescue, through dire sick ness to immortal health, through night to day, through thinga terrestrial to things celestial, you will not see them till yon take Daniel's posture. No cap of bone to the joints of the fingers, no cap of bone to the knees, made so because the (Jod of the body was the God of the sou), and especial provision for those who want to pray, and physiological structure joins with spiritual necessity in bidding ut pray and pray and pray. The Bridal Jernealesa. But It It another Jerusalem toward which we now need to open our windows. The exiled evangelist of Kphesns saw it ont day aa the turf of the Icarian Hea foamed and splashed over the bowlders at hit feet, and bla vision reminded me of a wedding day When the brld by sitter and matd was bavlag garlands twisted for her balr axtd Jaw ale etraat for bar nock just beiot pots her betrothed toad tat th hand pfha amoed., "L, Job. saw a ftrMo saforiM 'Mr W hutsW'fiF' 'f 1 iff ion fc.'ica , J ni'i ' ,.' i ward that bridal Jerusalem are our win dows opened? We would do well to think more of heaven. It is not a mere annex of earth. It is not a desolate outpost. As Jerusalem was the capital of Judea, and Babylon the capital of the Babylonian monarchy, and London is the capital of Great Britain, and Washington is the capital of our own republic, the New Jerusalem is the capital of the universe. The King lives there, aud the royal family of the redeemed have their palaces there, and there is a congress of many nations and the parliament of all the world. Yea, as Daniel had kindred in Jerusalem of whom he often thought, though he left home when a very young man, perhaps father and mother and brothers and sisters still living, and was homesick to see them, and they belonged to the high circles of royal ty. Daniel himself having royal blood in his veins, so we have In the New Jer usalem a great many kindred, and we are sometimes homesick to see them, and they are all princes and princesses, In them the blood imperial, aud we do well to keep our windowa open toward their eternal resi dence. It ia a joy for us to believe that while we are Interested in them they are inter ested in us. Much thought of heaven makes one heavenly. The airs that blow through that open window are charged with life and sweep up to us aromas from gardens that never wither, under skies that never cloud, in a springtide that never terminates. Compared with it all other heavens are dead failures. Homer's heaven was an elysium which he describes as a plnin at fliB end of the earth or beneath, with no snow nor rain fall, and the sun never goes down, and lUiadnmanthus, the juatest of men. rules. Hesiod't heaven is what he calls the islands of the blessed, in the midst of the ocean, three times a year blooming with most exquisite flowers, and the air is tint ed with purple, while gameB and music and horse races occupy the time. Tht Scandinavian's heaven was the hall of Walhalla, where the god Odin gave un ending wine suppers to earthly heroes and heroines. The Mohammedan's heaven passes its disciples in over the bridge Al Sirat, which is finer than r hair and sharper than a sword, and they are let loose inio a riot of everlasting sensu ality. Keep the Window Open, The American aborigines look forward to a heaven of illimitable hunting ground, partridge and deer and wild duck more than plentiful, and the hounds never ofl the scent, and the guns never missing fire. But the geographer has followed the earth round and round no Homer's elysium. Voyagers have traversed the deep in all directions and found no Hesiod's islands of the blessed. The Mohammedan's celes tial debauchery and the Indian's eternal hunting ground for vast multitudes have no charm. But here rolls in the Bible heaven. No more sea that is, do wide separation. No more night that is, no in Romnia. No more tears that is, no heart break. No more pain that is, dis missal of lancet and bitter draft and miasma and banishment of neuralgias and catalepsies and consumptions. All colors In the wall except gloomy black; all the music in the major key, because eelebra tive and jubilant. River crystalline, gate crystalline and skies crystalline, because everything is clear and without doubt. White robes, and that means sinlessness. Vials full of odors, and that means pure regalement of the senses. Rainbow, and that means the storm is over. Marriage supper, and that means gladdest festivity. Twelve manner of fruits, and that means luscious and unending variety. Harp, trumpet, grand march, anthem, amen and halleluiah in the same orchestra. Choral meeting solo and overture meeting an tiphon, and strophe Joining dithyramb, as they roll Into the ocean of doxologies. And you and I may have all that and have it forever through Christ if we will let him, with the blood of one wounded hand, rub out our sin and with the other wounded hand swing open the shining portals. Day and night keep your window open toward that Jerusalem. Sing about it. Pray about it. Think about it. Talk about it. Dream about it. Do not be in consolable about your friends who have gone into it. Do not worry if something in your heart indicates that you are not far off from Itt ecstasies. Do not think that when a Chrittion dies he stops, for be goes on. An ingenious man hat taken the heaven ly furloughs at mentioned In Revelation and has calculated that there will be In heaven 100 rooms 16 feet tquare for each ascending sonl, though this world should lose 100,000,000 yearly. But all the rooms of heaven will be ourt, for they are family rooms, and at no room in your house is too good for your children to all the rooms of all the palaces of the heavenly Jerusa lem will be free to God's children, and even the throneroom will not be denied, and you may run up the steps of the throne and put yonr hand on th side of the throne and sit down beside the King according to the promise, "To him that overcome! h will I grant to sit with me in my throne." But you cannot go in except aa con querors. Many years ago the Turks and Christians were In battle, and the Chris tians were defeated, and with their com mander Stephen fled toward a fortress where the mother of this commander wat staying. When she saw ber son and hia army In disgraceful retreat, she had the gates of the fortress rolled shut, and then from the top of the battlement cried out to her son, "You cannot enter here except as conqueror!" Then Stephen rallied bit forces and resumed the battle and gained the day, 20,000 driving back 200,000. For those who are defetted In battle with tin and death and hell, nothing but ahame and contempt, but for those who gain the victory through our Lord Jeaua Christ the gatet of tba Now Jerusalem will hoist, and there ahall bo an abundant entrance Into tbe everlasting kingdom of our Lord, toward wbttb you do. well to keep yovr windowa open...,, jr ,;,,, ,-. Jeremy, Taylor memorised hia Mr BMM so aMtlf tfaatt It WU MM of kixa ho neon to commit hia mvmw to matp- ) l.;7VM 3 til btdoiiof Jon hi H'fi GOWNS AND GOWNING WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WEAR. Brief Glances at Fancies Feminine, Frivolous, Mayhap, and Tet Offered in the Hope that the Beading Prove Beetful to Wearied Womankind. Gossip from Gay Gotham. ASH ION makers have turned a very chilly shoulder to ward the fancy waist, which U surely going entire ly out, despite all tfi many admirers can do to preserve stylishness to It This Is a severe dis appointment to hosts of women who welcomed this fashion as a means to eke out a scanty wardrobe and who treasured their one or two fancy waists In the fond hope that they would be serviceable for "best" for months to come. But a fashion that prevailed as long as these pretty garments did Is sure not to last much longer, even If its death cannot be foretold with the accuracy that comes from the Insurance man's mor tality tables, so, after all, the women who find themselves supplied with these erstwhile fashionable gar ments have only themselves to blame for their predicament Sweeping and comprehensive as this shift Is, It accords to the newer bodices quite as much and equally as fanciful trimmings as Its predecessors had. So X PROMENADKR OF UNUSUAL APPEAR ANCE. there Is no need of regret on the part of those women who delight In highly wrought effects. Dresses for middle aged and elderly women, Indeed, seem to approach even more nearly to the fanciful, though, of course, good taste keeps tight rein on the selection of colors so that the result may not be unduly gay. In this first picture there Is shown a rich costume for an elderly matron, sketched In prune colored ve lours, with a moderately wide skirt ex tending Into a short train and lined with black moire. The fitted bodice is alike la back and front and fastens at the side. Though on a middle aged wearer its rich fabric might seem to re quire little adornment, It is, neverthe less, provided with a Jacket of heavy lace whose design is outlined with gold. A medlcl collar with a slightly rolling edge and full balloon sleeves finished with lace epaulettes, complete the gown. The conspicuous successors to the fancy waist are the coat and Jacket bodices. The former will be seised upon by extravagant ones and be carried out In the most costly fabrics that can be made, and then be embellished In ways that, if possible, will go ahead of the richness of the chief material. Coats of sensible materials and of reasonable cost can be had, but the long purse gets A SAIHTVslTOr M1D-SSASOH MILLIHSBT u , r j tboro Int. aa usual, so they will sot ppoar abundantly until tbe expensive gnrmonu of which. tk7 art tn the mall I i Y.!lAmiij ti asrtn iit nemm unld' a rfutm iff It l 7 promptly democratic, and bids for tao favor of the million without first bo stowing iu graces upon the fortunate few. This being, then, tbe situation. It will be found on examination of cur rent fashions, that Ingenuity expresses itself in coats by richness and elaborato ness, while in the less ambitious gar ments, the air of novelty is more often attained by effects that at first seem odd. To better understand this, turn to the second picture, wherein Is shown how striking effects can be attained by unusual cut. This garment is of navy M FKESH FROM THE PLEATING FRAME. blue cheviot aud opens over a vest of white chiffon over figured white silk. Surprises in millinery are already abundant enough in autumn's head wear, but they promise to become even more plentiful with winter's showing. If. the latter's novelties have as large a proportion of desirable hats as fall has, susceptible women will surely be driven to extravagance, and milliners will have a midwinter haymaking time. Take the neat fall hat presented in the next picture; there is Invitation in every item of It from its novel combination of twisted dark blue velvet and felt, to Its trimming, which consists of a handsome buckle in front, In Its fall of white lace at either side, and In Its two quills perched so saucily atop it With such tasteful millinery plentiful, wom en's pocketbooks will be bard hit The rust that had been accumulating on pleating frames has been removed by this time, for accordion pleating Is to be freely used In trimmings and accessories and in whole gowns as well. When contrived tastefully these dresses make an excellent appearance. There are, however, many dangers of going wrong in planning them, which only makes success the greater when It Is achieved. The next illustration shows how swagger such a rig can be come when of artistic construction. Here the fabric is black silk and Its skirt Is not trimmed, the rows of rib bon that were once added being no A SMALL, BTTT ELABORATE CAP. longer permissible. The bodice la fit ted, fastens Invisibly at the side and is trimmed with a number of narrow pleated frills of the silk, both In front and back, and with two bows of wide black satin sash ribbon on the shoul ders. The only dash of color seen In the whole Is on the bat, which Is of black woven hair In toque shape with garni ture of vivid scarlet geraniums and foliage, In addition to black ribbon and wings. Furriers declare that full-length coats of costly pelts will be the fashionable thing for winter, but there Is a host of pretty capes that seem bound to make that prophecy ont a mistaken one. So many of these little capes are embel lished elaborately that It seems aa If the trlmmlugs of tbe discarded fancy waist had worked through to tbe out side. Here Is a sample one. In tbe final picture, made of almond green silk shot with rose and figured with darker green In stripes and flowers. Tbe garment Is bordered with an Inter tl on and points of yellowish lacs and Is edged with a frill of cream silk. Points of the tans lace ornament tbe top, and the collar consists of a raff of whit moosstUne with full groen rosettes. Another styV tab fall hat appears above It, mad of almond with' frees fsatkMH apt rlbbeas la two of M mmm otov-.ut JwWiih o i'jj r.i!t i. (I '! I 11 'I ' 3CtMct trail. t,,Mf!Y..f( "ill! i.) J,y. '. 'i'.t HH.Mtt, Hi.i 4t0 ilWl'L green woven fort and ! OtjprttgMt tmtminti.k & ni a.: I- HI I' '
