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UK0. K. HKIKNIK'OTKB. Editor »nd Tub.
IX)1'P CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Even In the international perspective,
the slouch hat has become greater than
the crowned head.
Will it be wine or beer at the
christening of the German yacht, or
just plain sarsaparilla?
That Filipino general may have been
a perfect lady, but war is not a good
business for a lady to be in.
Mr. Schwab should never forget that
he is held up as a shining example
to the young men of America.
It is manifest that Tientsin tangle
foot will not permit the military breth
ren to dwell together in unity.
We hope the government ukase
against long-haired Indians does not
apply to the Carlisle football team.
Chile always seems to be spoiling
for a tight. It may go tip against an
antagonist too heavy for it some day.
Marconi and Croker are going to
England on the same boat—the wire
less mun and the man of many wires.
If Signor Marconi will get that S to
come unmistakably in this shape, $.
we may not be as skeptical as at pres
ent.
Three presidents of the United States
have been of Scotch-Irish descent. The
remainder have been of American as
cent.
By meeting for terrible conflict in
a cemetery the Colombian combatants
are certain to leave some dead behind
them.
If the rumor of a donation of $26,
000.000 to the University of Chicago
is untrue, possibly the correct figure
is $27,000,000.
King Edward has started the fash
ion of wearing bracelets. They a^e
indispensable when a man won't go
along peaceably.
French scientists shake their heads
when discussing Prof. Loeb's discover
ies and advise the undertakers not to
go out of business.
The Egyptian women wore corsets
3,902 years ago. That's why the mum
mies are in such a fine state of preser
vation. Long live the corset!
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., says the
world does not owe any man a living.
Nor does the world give every young
man a multimillionaire for a father.
A Mississippi judge has declared that
a negroe's head is a deadly weapon.
It was not generally supposed that this
fact needed judicial determination.
Buffalo has felt so lonely since the
passing of the exposition that she has
been compelled to Invent a 212-pound
oyster fished out of the Niagara river.
French critics protest against Amer
ican writers of historical novels mak
ing history for France. They declare
that French romancers are fully equal
to the occasion.
One of the most foolish things in
modern class prejudice is the drawing
of the color line in football. All the
mop-headed gladiators look alike be
fore the first half is over.
That New York man who used a
whistle to call his wife and a whip to
correct her should not be difficult to
classify; but out of consideration for
the brute creation we refrain.
Far better than the man who puts
on sackcloth for his sins Is he who
scatters ashes under his neighbor’s
feet on the slippery spots of the front
pavement.—Baltimore American.
The men that robbed an Omaha
gambling den say that they thought
their occupation was open to no more
objection than that of their victims.
They pretty nearly make out their
case.
The South American Pan-Latin feel
ing against the United States Is Pan
Greek to most of us now. Let us hope
that it may never be translated into
the frying-pan vernacular of military
dispatches.
It must be admitted that Cupid
chooses queer weapons. Yesterday at
the stockyards Kubelik smelled a
bucket of lard, and this action sug
gested to a young woman stenographer
that the violinist ha3 domestic tastes.
Thereupon she dropped him a dainty
note hinting that her tastes were also
domestic and suggesting that a meet
ing might be to their mutual advan
tage.
Just think of the dear old London
Times complaining in a column edi
torial because there are not footwarm
ers enough to go around in the rail
way trains moving in and out of Lon
don. The footwarmers are contempo
rary with the warming pans of our
daddies, but they are still yearning for
'em in dear old Lunnon.
Italy, in considering the distinctions
made by this country in locating the
responsibility for lynching, feels that
it has encountered something very
nmol* like the oJd fifteen puzzle.
TALM AGE’S SERMON.
OUR CAUSFS FOR THANKSGIVING TO
THt GOD OF LOVE.
Tnt from "SIhr Into Him
with » Fualtery and an Instrument
ot Ten Strings" Favor* I.tiTlshly
lies to wed Ktrelved with Ingratitude.
(Copyright, 1802, by Louis ICIopsch. N. Y.1
Washington, Feb. 2.—In this dis
course Dr. Talmage calls attention to
causes of thanksgiving that are sel
dom recognized and shows how to cul
tivate a cheerful spirit; text. Psalms
xxxiii, 2, "Sing unto him with a psal
tery and an instrument of ten strings.”
A musician as well as poet and con
queror and king was David, the au
thor of my text. He first composed
the sacred rhythm and th'n played it
upon a harp, striking and pluc: ing the
strings with his fingers and thumbs,
'.'he harp is the oldest of musical in
struments. Jubal invented it, and he
was the seventh descendant from
Adam. Its music was sugested by the
twang of the bowstring. Homer re
fers to the harp in the "Iliad.” It is
the most consecrated of all instru
ments, it has a tenderness and sweet
ness belonging to no other instrument
that I know of. It enters into the
richest symbolism of the Holy Scrip
Hires. The laptures of heaven are rep
resented under the figure of "harpers
harping ou their harps.” We learn
from coins and medals that in the
Maccabean age the harp had only
three strings. In other ages it had
eight strings. David's harp had ten
strings, and when his great soul was
..tire with the theme his sympathetic
voice, accompanied by exquisite vi
bration of the chords, must have been
overpowering.
With as many things to complain
about as any man ever had David
wrote more anthems than any other
man ever wrote. Indeed, the more his
! roubles the mightier his sai red poems.
The words "praise" and "song" are so
often repeated in his psalms that one
would think the typesetter’s ease con
taining the letters with which those
words are spelled would be exhausted,
in my text David calls upon the peo
ple to praise the Lord with an instru
ment of ten strings, like that which ho
was accustomed to finger. The simple
fact is that the most of ns, if we praise
the Lord at all, play upon one string
or two strings or three strings when
we ought to take a harp fully chorded
and with glad fingers sweep all the
»'rings. Instead of being grateful for
here and there a blessing we happen
to think of, we ought to rehearse all
our blessings so far as we can recall
them and obey the Injunction of my
text to sing unto him with an instru
ment of ten strings.
Have you ever thanked God for de
lightsome food? What vast multitudes
are a-hungerod from day to day or are
obliged to take food not toothsome or
pleasant to the taste! What millions
are in struggle for bread!
Have you appreciated the fact that
on most of your tables are luxuries
that do not come to all? What fruits,
what nuts, what meats regale your ap
petite. while many would be glad to
get the crusts and rinds and peelings
that fall from your table. For the fine
flavors and the luxurious viands you
n« .'o enjoyed for a lifetime perhaps
yo i have never expressed to God a
v or.-i of thanksgiving.
Have you thanked God for eyesight
as originally given to you or, after it
was dimmed by age. for the glass that
brought the page of the book within
the compass of the vision? Have you
realized the privation those suffer to
whom tne day is i.s black as the night
anil who never s e the face of father or
mother or wife or child or friend?
The man of millions of dollars who re
cently went blind from atrophy of op
tic nerve would have been willing to
give all his millions and become a day
laborer if he could have kept off the
blindness that gradually crept over his
vision.
Have you ever given thanks for two
eyes—media between '.he soul inside
and the world outside, media that no
one but the infinite God could create?
The eye, the window of our immortal
nature, the gale through which all col
ors march, the picture gallery of the
soul! Without the eye this world is a
big dungeon. I fear that many of us
have never given one hearty expres
sion of gratitude for treasure of sight,
the loss of which is the greatest dis
aster possible unless it be the loss of
the mind.
Further, notice how many pass
through life in silence because the ear
refuses to do its office. They never
hear music, vocal or instrumental.
The thunder that rolls its full diapason
through the heavens does not startle
the prolonged silence. The air that
has for us so many melodies has no
sweet sound for them. They live in a
quietude that will not be broken until
heaven breaks in upon them with its
harmonies. The bird voices of the
springtime, the chatter of the children,
the sublime chant of the sea. the solo
of the cantatrice and the melody of
the great worshiping assemblies mean
nothing to them. Have we devoutly
thanked God for these two wonders of
our hearing, with which we can now
put oui selves under the charm of sweet
sound and also carry in our memories
the infantile song with which our
mothers put us to sleep, and the voices
of the great prima donnas like Lind
and Patti and Neilson, and the sound
of instruments like the violin of the
Swedish performer, or the cornet of
Arbuckle, or the mightiest of all in
struments, with the hand of Morgan
on the keys and his foot on the pedal,
or some Sabbath tune like “Corona
tion,” in the acclaim cl which you
could hear the crowns of -•isven com
ing down at the feet of jetfds? Many
of us have never thanked God for this
bearing apparatus of the c.'J. That 1h
one of the ten tarings of gratitude
that we ought always to thrum ufter
hearing the voice of a loved one or
the last strain of an oratorio, or the
clang of a cathedral tower.
Further, there are many who never
recognize how much God gives them
when he gives them sleep. Insomnia
Is a calamity wider known In our land
than in any other. Sleeplessness is an
American disorder. If it has not touch
ed you and i'ou can rest for seven or
eight hours without waking—if for
that length of time In every twenty
four hours jpu can be free of all care
and worrtm :nt and your nerves are
retuned and your limbs escape from all
fatigue and the rising sun finds you a
new man, oody, mind and soul—you
have an advantage that ought to be
put in prayer and song and congratula
tion. The French financier, almost
wealthy enough to purchase a kingdom
but the victim of Insomnia, wrote: “No
slumber to be bought in any market.”
Ho was right. Sleep is a gratuity from
him who never sleeps. Oh, the felici
ties of slumber! Let all who have this
real benefaction celebrate it. That is
one of the sweetest strings in all the
instrument of ten strings.
Further, let us gratefully acknowl
edge the power of physical locomotion.
To be able to go where we wish and all
unaided—what a kindness! What mul
titudes have to call in the aid of cane
and crutch and invalid’s chair, and
their whole life is a hinderment! How
hard to get about with la< .i of strong
and healthy and supple limbs! Con
gratulated ought you all to be ;f you
have the usual physical endowment,
and sympathized with ought all those
to be who can neither walk nor climb
nor enter upon any great activities.
That is one of the thousands of rea
sons why I hate war with a complete
hatred. It takes off with bullet or shell
or surgeon's knife the capacity of men
to achieve their own livelihood or do
the work for which they would other
wise be fully qualified. Brave men
self-sacrificing men, for the lest of
their life are put on the limits and
strangely suffer in stormy weather
from limbs amputated.
How much of the human family in
every century has been cut up and
shot to pieces and passed into mutila
tion! American manhood had hardly ,
recovered from the lacerations of the j
war of the Revolution when it was :
called to be carved by the swords and
stabbed with the bayonets ; ml black
ened with the gunpowder of 1812.
Hardly recovered was our American
manhood from that when the war with
Mexico began its butchery. Hardly
was American manhood recovered
from that before the civil war took
hold of it and dug its grave trench
through the north and its grave trench
through the south. Hardly was our
American manhood recovered from
tiiat when the Spanish war came, with
its malaria and crowded hospitals.
Thank God that now' four of the great
est nations are allied in good under
standing—the United States, England.
Germany and Russia—and if they will
do the right things they can forever
stop national and international strife
and put an end to wholesale amputa
tion.
Further, celebrate on the instrument
of ten strings our illumined nights.
They spread their tents over us, and
some of us hardly go out to look at
them. During the nights other worlds
come in sight. We thank God for the
day; we ought also to thank him for
the night. Worlds on worlds in sight
of the naked eye, but more worlds re
vealed by telescope. At least one night
in his lifetime every man ought to go
into astronomical observatory and see
what has been done by the great World
Builder. Thank God for lunar and
stellar illumination.
further, on tne instrument ot ten
strings celebrate the possession of our
reason. A severe stroke upon the head
or a sudden calamity or any one of
fifty kinds of accident might dethrone
our reason and leave us worse off than
the brute, for the brute has a substi
tute for reason in what is called in
stinct, but a man's brain shattered,
and he has neither mind nor instinct.
The asylums for the insane, though
all the time multiplying, are not
enough to shelter the demented.
Through the cramming system em
ployed in many of the schools of this
country there are tens of thousands of
children having their brain depleted
Philosophers at ten years of age. us
tronomers at eleven years of age, geol
ogists at twelve years of age. They
will be first on examination day, but
last in all matters of useful anu suc
cessful life. It would be amusing to
see how much children are expected to
learn and know if it were not con
nected with the tragedies of damaged
intellects which follow.
Another string of this instrument 1
now touch—friendships, deep and abid
ing, by which I refer to those people
who, when good or bad motive may be
ascribed to you, ascribe the good; those
concerning whom you do not wonder
which side they will take when you are
under discussion; those who would
more gladly serve you than serve them
selves; those to whom you can tell
everything without reserve; those who
are first in your home by person or by
telegram when you have trouble. Oh.
what a blessing to have plenty of
friends! Aye, if you have only cne
good friend, you are blessed in that
glad possession. With one such friend
you can defy the world. If you have
been through some great crisis and you
have one friend left, thank God and
celebrate it on the «weetest harp
string.
• While all this is so," says some one,
"there are so many things that oOiers
have which I have not.” 1 reply, it is
! not what wo get, but whnt wa nre, that
I ijei-ijfs our happiness. With the bare
necessities of life many are unspeaka
bly happy, while other* with all the
luxuries are impersonations of misery.
Your heart right, all is right; your
heart wrong, all Is wrong.
But we must tighten the cords of our
harp and retune it while we celebrate
gospel advantages. The highest style
of civilization the world has over seen
is American civilization, and it is built
out of the gospel of pardon and good
morals. That gospel rocked our cradle,
and it will epitaph our grave. It soothes
our sorrows, brightens our hopes, in
spires our courage, forgives our sins
and saves our soul3. It takes a man
who is all wrong and makes him all
right. What that gospel has done for
you and me Is a story that we can
never fully tell. What it has done for
the world and will yet do for the na
tions it will take the thousand years of
the millennium to celebrate. Oh. what
a world this will be when it rotates in
its orbit a redeemed planet, girdled
with spontaneous harvests and en
riched by orchards whose fruits are
speckles:; and redundant, and the last
pain will have been banished and the
last tear wept and the last groan ut
tered, and there shall be nothing to
hurt or destroy in aP God's holy moun
tain! All that and more will come to
pass, for "the mouth of the Ix>rd hath
spoken it.”
So far 1 have mentioned nine of the
ten strings of the instrument of grati
tude. 1 now come to the tenth and the
last. 1 mention it last that it may be
the more memorable—heavenly antici
pation. By the grace of God we are
going to move into a place so much
better than this that on arriving wo
will wonder that we were for so many
years so loath to make the transfer.
After we have scon Christ lace to face
and rejoiced over our departed kindred
there are some mighty -pirits we will
want to meet soon after we pass
through the gate*. We want to see ami
will see D.»vid, a mightier king in
heaven than lie ever was on earth, and
we will talk with him about psalmody
and get from him exactly what he
mea..t when he talked about the in
strument of ten strings. We will con
front Moses, who will te’l of the law
giving on rocking Sinai and of his
mysterious burial with no one but God
present. We will see Joshua, rfnd he
wih tell ns of the coming down of the
walls of Jericho at the blast of the
ram's horn and explain to us that
miracle—how the sun and moon could
stand still without demolition of the
planetary system. We will see and
talk with Daniel, and he will tell us
how lit. -a» Belshazzar’s banqueting
hall turned into a slaughter house and
lio’i the lions ;;rctted him with loving
faw.i instead of stroke of cruel paw.
We will see and talk with Solomon,
whose palates are gone, but whose in
spired epigrams stand out stronger and
stronger as the centuries pass. We
will see Paid and hear from him how’
Felix trembled before him, and the
audience of skeptics on Mars hill
were confounded by his sermon on the
brotherhood of man. what lm saw at
Ephesus and Syracuse and Philippi and
Ronm and how dark was the flamer
tine dungeon and how sharp the ax
that beheaded him on the road to Os
tia. What a thrill of excitement for
us when we gaze upon the heroes and
heroines who gave iheir lives for the
truth. We wi’l sec the gospel pro
elaimers Chrysostom and Bourdaloue
and Wbitefield ar:d the Wesleys and
John Knox. We will see the great
Christian poets Milton and Dante and
Watts and Mrs. II-mans and Frances
Havergal. V*<>, all the departed Chris
tian men and women of whatever age
or nation.
mu iiwrp wu* do one rocus toward
which all eyes will be directed. His
infancy having cle-pt on pillow of
straw: all the hates of the Hcrodic
government planning for his assassina
tion; in after time whipped as though
he were a criminal; asleep on the cold
mountains because no one offered him
a lodging; though the greatest being
who ever touched our earth, derisively
called “this fellow;” his last hours
writhing on spikes of infinite torture;
his lacerated form put in sepulcher,
then reanimated and ascended to be
the center of all heavenly admiration
—upon that, greatest martyr and
mightiest hero of all the centuries «e
will be permitted to look. Put that
among your heavenly anticipations.
Now take down your harp of ten
strings and sweep all the chords, mak
ing nil of them tremble with a great
gladness. I have mentioned just ten—
delightsome food, -yesight, hearing,
healthful sleep, power of physical lo
comotion, illumined nights, mental
faculties in equipoise, friendships of
life, gospel advantages and heavenly
anticipations. Let us make less com
plaint and offer mmc thanks, render
less dirge and more cantata. Take pa
per and pen and write down in long
columns your blessings. 1 have recited
only ten. To exuress al. the mercies
God has b»stoweu you would have to
use at least, three, and 1 think five, nu
merals, for surely they would run up
into the hundreds and the thousands.
"Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he
is good, for his mercy endureth for
ever." Get into the habit of rehearsal
of the brightnesses of life.
Notice how many more fair days
there are than foul how many more
good people than bad you meet. Set
your misfortunes to music, as David
opened his “dark sayings on a harp.”
If it lias been low tide heretofore, lei
the surges of mercy that are yet to
roll in upon you reach high water
mark. All things will work together
for your good, and heaven is not. far
ahead. Wake up all the ten strings.
Pressing and honor and giory and
power be unto him that sitteth upon
the throne and unto the Lamb for
ever. Amen!
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VII. FER. I 6; ACTS 5: 33-42
—THE SECOND PERSECUTION.
Uoldra Test—"Dlrairil Arc 1 h»y Which
Arc Persecuted for Righteousness'
Sake: For 'fheirs Is the Kln;itoni of
Heaven'' Nolen on Persecution.
I. The Occasion of the Persecution.—
Vs. 12-16. Distinguish between the Cause
and the Occasion of the persecution. The
Cause lay in the hearts of the persecu
tors, whose rank, power, authority, hon
or and income might he affected by the
success of the gospel; and whose con
science would accuse them of the murder
of tile Mi sslah, and the ruin of their na
tion. The Occasion was the success of the
gospel; the great numbers of converts,
the transformation of their character,
their noble and joyous life, their pure
teachings, their generosity, and the many
things done by them to relieve disease,
sorrow and poverty. The leaders had
their choice of two ways: they could try
to do better things than the Christians,
or they could try to stop the progress of
those who were doing these things. They
chose the latter way.
The Apostles’ Action in Persecution.—
Vs. 21-32. First. They went on fearlessly
preaching the gospel, Just as if there hail
been no threats. They did not hide their
''light under a bushel,” but placed it on
a candlestick. They were a city set on a
hill. Hut the officers again arrested them
as quietly as possible, and brought them
before the court. They were afraid of
mob violence. "Godliness converts men in
to heroes, ungodliness into cowards.”
"Did not we straltly." Strictly. "Ye
have tilled Jerusalem with your doctrine."
How much better to fill Jerusalem with
the gospel Instead of those things with
which it had been tilled. "This man's
blood." It was plain that if Jesus was the
Messiah, the rulers had been traitors to
their nation. It was this charge that
stirred them so deeply. God gave the
apostles In this way another opportunity
to preach the gospel to the rulers, who
could not have been reached In any other
way.
"We ought to obey t ;ou num r man
men." The conscience's of the Sanhedrim
approved of the principle, however they
(littered from the application, lie charges
the rulers with fighting against God. The
apostles were patriots: they were on the
side of the God ot their fathers, and the
rulers were arrayed against him. The
rulers had done the same before, but had
failed. God had given life to him whom
they had killed, and exalted him whom
they rejected. But then was still room
for hope and for salvation. They and
their nation eould be saved. That this
was true was pro\ ed by a double array
of witnesses, the apostles, and the Holy
Spirit.
The Persecutors fighting against God.
Vs. 33-40. 33. -They were cut to the
heart." Their consciences were touched,
and yet they were not willing to obey
them. Their souls were a battlefield of
conflicting passions. The voice of the spir
it was speaking to them. It is not religion
that disturbs the soul, but resistance to
its mandates. "And took counsel." Not
fail t<> show the supernal greatness of
how they might learn the truth, not how
they might be saved from sin. but "to
slay them." As If breaking the alarm bed
would put out the tire, or destroying the
accuser would bring innocence to the ac
cused.
“Then stood . . . up one in the coun
cil, a Pharisee, Gamaliel, son of Symeon,
and grandson of Hillel, and said, lake
heed to yourselves.” Be very careful wh it
you do. I.ook at the matter from every
point of view. Gamaliel proceeds to take
example from the recent history of the
Jews, from which to learn how to pro
ceed in the present case.
"Refrain from these men." Do not try
to kill them, or to interfere with them
by force. "For if their labor be of men."
of human origin, of worldly purpose, car
ried on by only human power. “It will
come to nought " Such work as the apos
tles conducted in their way could not suc
ceed unless God was in it. The whole Ro
man power would rise against any Insur
rection or any attempt to raise up a new
kingdom. The Sanhedrim could well leave
the apostles to them.
"But it it be of God, ye cannot over
throw it." Vou will be laboring in vain,
"last," if you undertake to put this new
sect down by force; "haply," possibly.
"Ye he found even to tight against God."
That is a battle in which no man can
win.
"And when they had . . beaten
th.'tnSt. Paul, as he tells us in 2 Cor.
II: 24, was five times flogged by the Jews.
“And . . . commanded . . . them,”
as if that would do any good.
Rejoicing in Persecution.-—Vs. 11. 42.
"Set before your pupils the magnificent
boldness of Peter and all the rest in the
matchless speech tvs. 29-32). There is
r ('tiling more sublime In literature. Never
far, to show the supernal greatness of
Scripture characters. God's people are
Go (1-like. Make pupils look for the high
est greatness In connection with him, in
the Bible and "tit of it." The apostles
were “dignified by indignity, honored by
dishonor. They are so great that all that
men can do cannot degrade them."
"And they departed . rejoicing
that they were counted worthy to suffer
shame for his a into " R V.. "the Name."
In this they obeyed Christ, who In his
beatitude bade them rejoice and he ex
ill When bad men hate and oppose us, we
have reason to believe that we have some
active goodness and are not living In
vain. It places us among the s ilnts and
prophets and martyrs. (2) "Great shall tie
the reward In heaven." for it gives an
opportunity of gaining the heavenly char
acter and spirit the heavenly capacity
for joy. Only through battlefields can
come victory and crowns t.'b It gives tin
opportunity to express our love to Jesus;
to move it to him, to ourselves, and to
the world.
"They ceased not.”
Not that persecution always has in It
an element of meanness, it is the strong
overbearing the weak, not In intellect or
virtue, but in numbers and popular
power.
The Treatment of Krror. The sentiment
of Gamaliel is full of wisdom in regard
to the treatment of error. Jesus himself
said. "Kvery plant, which mv heavenly
Father hath not planted, shall be rooted
up” (Matt. IB; 13). For (1) the very way
to exalt error into noth e, and to confirm
men In It. is to oppose it In a harsh, au
thoritative, and unkind manner. (2i Krror,
if left alone, will often die away itself.
The interest of men in it will often cease
as soon as it ceases to tie opposed; and
having nothing to fan (he flame, it will
expire. It Is not so with truth. (3> This
does not mean that error is to do all the
talking, and truth never attempt to set
the people right. But (1) the power of
truth is positive. In the presence of error
preach the truth, and live the gospel,
taking as little notice of the error as. pos
sible. One revival of religion is worth
more to nut down infidelity than a million
hooks full of unanswerable arguments.
Persecution a Failure. The one way to
overcome evil is by good. Only moral
weapons can really destroy moral evil.
But persecution 111 the end usually helps
the good. It Is a sieve that sifts out the
chaff from wheat, the bad seed from the
good, both In the community and the in
dividual. Many a man's piety shines
brighter, and his strength Is increased by
opposition.
Tin- Population of Maunchniittti.
In Massachusetts 44 per cent of the
population are native born of native
parents, and 56 per cent are foreign
ers.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Of all money transactions in Eng
land 97 per cent are transacted by
checks, only 3 per cent by notes and
gold.
“Johnnie, what do you want me to
buy you for Christmas?” “How much
money you got?"—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The number of eggs in cold storage
in the Uuited States on October 15
was 720.000,000, in value about flO,
000,000 worth.
A PETRIFIED FORE-.T.
Almost everyone hai heard of the
petrified forest In Arizona, but few
know that It Is comparatively easy of
access to visitor*.
The distance from the railroad is but
seven miles and at the station Adam
ana, on the Santa Fe, a few miles east
of Holbrook, Mr. Albert Stevenson
maintains a small inn, accommodating
about ten people and provides a spring
wagon outfit and several saddle ponies
for those who desire to visit the forest.
The old pioneer, Adam Hanna, who,
in the sense that John Hance made the
Grand Canyon, made the Petrified For
est, has moved away.
At the forest there are hundreds of
sections of tree trunks of various
sizes nd in variegated colors lying ex
posed on the plain or half buried in
the hillsides. There are several ex
tinct volcanoes in the vicinity of the
forest and about two miles from the
railway station are the ruins of an old
Aztec settlement and curious hiero
glyphics carved on rock.
Stop overs are granted at Adamana
on through railroad and Pullman tick
ets where the holders desire to visit
the Petrified Forest.
The man on the sidewalk sees more
of the procession than the drum ma
jor does.
Garfield Headache Powders! 4 Powilcri sre aolil
for 10c. I Powder cure# a headache.
The man who coddles a sorrow
gives strength to au ungracious com
panion.
DEFIANCE STARCH
should be In eve-v household, none «o
good, besides 4 oz more for 10 cents than
any other brand of cold water starch.
A man is not necessarily idle be
cause he is not objectively performing
labor.
no VOl'R Cl.OTHKS LOOK YELLOWt
If ro. use Bed Cross Ball Blue. It will make
them white as snow, ii oz. package 6 cents.
To appreciate the splendor of the
dawn one must have known the
gloom of the night.
(JarAHd Tra. the herb medicine, curea const li>a*
tiufi, nick headache aiul liver disorder*.
The value of Spain's mineral pro
duction in 1900 was $57,714,(151.
ALL CP TO DATE HOI SEKKEPF.Rfl
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because
It Is better and 4 oz. more of it for same
money.
It takes many a woman a long while
to find out how small a part she plays
in the world.
MET WEATHER HATS
\QWEQ-s
MADE BY TM& MAKER? OF
ON SALE
EVERYWHERE
f-fttt
CATALOGUES
: oh .
CARMENTS'
AND
HATS.
A J TOWER CO
BOSTON. ■
MASS. .
tyfl BM**
SLICKERS
HAVE THE SANE POINTS
OF EXCELLENCE AND CITE
COMPLETE SATISFACTION.
150 Kinds for 16c.
It Is a fart that Sailer’s TP*c**table and flowrr
- s(H*da Km found tn more gurclrtis
bum on niorc i:uimu u.nil liny oti.er
in America. There ia reason l«>r this.*
We own ami operate over uw acres for
the production of our choice seeds. In
onler to induce you to try them i
we make t tie follow w# uuprec- |
♦ denied otfer: '
For IB Cents Postpaidi
10 kind* of nrfd lossluns rtdlilMi, V
<
15 MSKnlflpoBt earliest melons,
16 torts Rlorlont tomatoes,
IS peerless Icttnre 'urtellrs,
It *plendl<l hret sorts,
•5 norsmily brsutlfal flower seeds.
In all 150 kinds positively furnishing
bushels of oharinint? flowers ami
luia and lota of cl»ofc#
together with our great catalogue/’
telling all about Teoalme ami Tea, V
Oat ami llronmsand 8peltz, onion
seed at 60c. a pound, etc., ail only (
% for l <lo. in stampa. Write today.
JOHN A. SALZER SEED C0.t
11) La Crosse. Wit.
IJ«l« •»(••• •' *I»IWI OIWI •(•lit,ml
1 The Lincoln Eye and Ear Infirmary j
HUM |
Successfully|
treats all curable |
diseases and in- *
juries of the
s EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT,
i Including
| BLINDNESS, DEAf NESS and CATARRH.
8 Contagious and incurable cases not adrnit
t tad. Patients boarded, nursed and treated.
• Letters of inquiry promptly answered.
• Writ*! for announcement.
L»RS. (JARTEN & COOK,
t Oculists and Aurists in attendance. Lincoln.Neb.
THe Wabash
R.aiIroad
with Its own rails from Omaha.
Kansas City, St. Louis and Chi
cago to Buffalo. N. Y., for all
points east, south and southeast
Reduced rates to all the winter
resorts of the south. Ask your
nearest ticket agent to route vou
via THE WABASH. For descrip
tive matter, rates and ail Infor
mation call on or write Harry E
Moores. Gen'l Agent Passenger
Department. 1415 Farnam 8t...
Omaha, Neb.
f WEEKAND rx I’ENSE.H
i for men with rig* tc
ttlC
U/ ■ Introduce our Poultry Mixture. Stralglil
aalury. We mean till ~
EI RKKA MFO. CO., Dept.
hla. Knrlole alamp
W, Sa.t Ht. UwU, til.
WE PAY $20 a Weak and EXPENSES
to men with riga to Introduce our Poultry Compound.
fit. r * Mi
Bendatamp. Al'MKMF'G CO., Kata t
Inmla.IU.
NO FAKE SALARY;
If Poultry Mixture. Write
offer. but big commission to
agents to Introduce Success
ry Mixture. Write today. Never mind Btainp.
fcUCCESS N1FG. CO.,Dept.N, EaatSt. Loula, III.
■ALL WBIOHT POR MOHR THAN HaLP A CPIfTOBT*
WR!fpTLLS
•V* oqumimum, cam. ... r.T«r, OJ
■" l.o.uuu. All l>n*(l.te. trim 11 Mil. . ■».
WlUOaT'S INDIAN VEOETABLB PILL CO.. Ntv V«t.
