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THE CITY OF ZION fn the fall of '89 a certain John Alexander Dowie had, for some time, been making more or less of a sensa tion, 'in and around Chicago, as a Divine healer.' He had gathered around him a number of followers, ind. in 1890. had organized the Chris tian Catholic church. He and his wife > .aducted a ‘Divine healing home" on Michigan avenue, and so large had his congregations grown that he had for some time been hold.tig services in the Auditorium. It now transpired that the general overseer of the Christian Catholic church was planning much larger things (hati he had hitherto attempted. He Announced that it was his purpose Dr. John Alexander Ocwic. to found a city as a home for his fol low- r; a new Zion- and that he had secured a site on the shore of l.akc Michigan, about forty miles north of Chicago. The day for such things had gone by, it was said, people no longer fol low - I their religious leaders blindly, or allowed them to dictate in temporal matters The newspapers treated the wind * afTilr us a huge joke and it ban 11 ways hem me of Howie’s chief grievances that he Is continually and persistently miarej resented by the re porters. Nevertheless flu* preparations went steadily forward. Payments were made on the land, a city was mapped out, tents were put up. and building be gan Today a prosperous city with a population that is ueariug the ten thousand mark testifies to the power •f Howie’s name. It took Chicago for ty years to acquire the population that Zion City lias reached in two. The most Interesting object In Zion CMy. from an industrial point of view, Is (tie laca factors-. It was announced •►»r*y In the history of the place that ihe manufacture of lace would be a leading occupation. Howie himself turns out delicious confections, and its fame is rapidly spreading through out the West. A large bakery Ss in successful operation, and it is ex pected that a new health food will he put on the market in the near future. A laundry, a lumber yard, a brick yard, a printing and publishing house, and various other departments minis ter to Zion's wants and give employ ment to her people. The Zion general stores occupy a prominent place on the main street, and seem fitted to supply every need of the inhabitants, from cooking uten sils to literature for the "faithful.” Elijah Hospice, an immense frame hotel, is advertised as "modern in every respect, and capable of accom modating a thousand guests at a meal,” and the administration build ing, contain.) commodious offices, with comfortable and convenient fur nishings. A substantial brick and stone build ing is observed and a neatly uniformed guard” readily gives the information that it is Zion College and that it will soon be ready for occupation. The present building is only a wing, to which a large central portion and an other wing are to be added In the fu ture. Further inquiry elicits the informa tion that a complete school system, continuous from kindergarten to col lege, Is being worked out by the edu cational department. The general appearance of Zion is one of activity and substantial thrift. Everything is aggressively new. The peculiar character of the people is made evident in numerous ways. For instance, the visitor notices, with a little start, perhaps, the motto, “Till He Come," over the ticket window in the station which the Northwestern Railroad has provided; signboards, conspicuous on every hand, warn all against the use of tobacco, alcohol, or profanity within the sacred precincts; the long beards which many of the men wear, in accordance with Howie's command, give them a somewhat pa triarchal look, in contrast with the many smooth-shaven faces among the unregenerate; the salutation, "Peace he to thee,” sounds strange to twen tieth century ears; and walking along Eramaus and Elim avenues, one won ders if Chicago is really only forty miles away. On entering the Tabernacle the vis itor realizes even more fully that he is in a community set apart from the world, where the working of miracu lous cures is au everyday affair. On the white wall, above the pulpit, are various queer-looking objects arranged in symmetrical groups. Closer exami nation reveals the fact that the groups are composed of articles discarded by converts to the new faith. Crutches, canes, surgical appliances and medi cine bottles abound; here Is a collec tion of pipes that would delight the heart of a sophomore; there are brightly colored Insignia of various secret societies (for Howie is the in veterate enemy of all such): very conservative estimate or tlie amount already spent in establishing /aon City. To the inhabitants this re markable development is but a surety of greater things that are to come. A most aggressive optimism pervades the conversation of the people and the literature of Zion publishing house (optimistic, so far as Zion's future is concerned, but deeply ami darkly pes simistic as to the moral ami spiritual state of that large majority which they call the "world”). Not only do tney confidently antici pate great growth for their own city, but they prophecy that other Zions will be founded whic h will ' Kind their crown, capital and consummation in Zion City at Jerusalem.” It is with this large view of the future that tne city lias been laid out. Ample parks have been provided for, residence and manufacturing districts have been assigned, and thousands of young trees have tir^n set out along the broad streets. Au underground anu overhead wires, gas and water mains, sewers, etc., are > tie confined to the alleys—a provision sufficient, in itself, to convert to “Ikiwieism ’ those who have suffered from the tearing up of pavements. The community is not comparable, in any way, to Brook harm or Amana or Oneida, or to any other of the Communistic colonies. There is scarcely a trace of Communism In the administration of Zion's affairs. The lots are not sold, we are inform ed, but leased for eleven hundred years, “for the land is the Lord's.” (But Dowie holds the title deeds.) Failure on the part of the lessee to conform to certain provisions of the lease, in regard to the use of alcohol, tobacco, etc., forfeits the lease. Each man builds bis own house anil works for himself, but each is reqtiir ed to give one-tenth of his Income, whatever that may be, to the "store- j house," for the maintenance and ex tension of Zion. Individualism in industrial matters Is strongly encouraged, if one may ! judge from Howie's dictum in regard to trades unions, which says: "Zion’s workmen are members of no ! labor union, nor do they work for a uniform scale of wages, for in Zion the skill of each man's competency is encouraged by an ever-increasing | wage. Ail men are not equal, and a level line of compensation is death to ambition.” This has no uncertain sound, and seems to settle the question once for all, so far, at least, as Zion is con cerned. It is one of Dowie's characteristics that he stands for very positive and definite ideas Alliterative allusion:: to "pigs, pills and physicians,” and "doctors, drugs, and devils" are con spicuous in Zion’s literature. The use of pork in any form is absolutely for bidden. Oysters also come under the ban. The "Fourth” must be celebrat ed without the firecracker, and Christ | But there is a class of people who I seek and earnestly desire an authori tative guide outside of their own con sciences, and to this class Dowie ai> peals. Zion City is a theocracy and Johr ! Alexander Dowie is its prophet. His position is somewhat similar to that : of Brigham Young among the Mor rnons. but the religion of Zion differs i radically from that of the Mormons I in that it contains nothing that is at | \ ariance with the general conception 1 of good morals. Indeed, whatever i may he thought of the marvelous | cures which it so plentifully records no one can read a copy of the “leaves of Healing” without being impresses ! by its high standard of morality. Dowie has become an establishei? f Mrs. Jare Dowie. fact in both the religious and the in dustrial worlds. Call him a gigantic fraud, if you will, he still remains. On more than one occasion his enemies have gleefully announced his immi nent downfall, only to find that he knows how to wrest victory from de feat. His shrewdness and executive ability proclaim him a natural leader of men. He has raised himself by his own unaided efforts, from the position of a poor and obscure "Faith Healer” to that of absolute autocrat of a pros* pero'js and growing community, with an almost unlimited income at his command. A certain dignity and state surround him wherever he goes, for he is far too clever to undervalue the importance of proper stage settings. His violent denunciations from the pulpit, his assumption of healing pow er, his theatrical proclamation that he is a second Elijah, have made him the subject of criticism and ridicule without limit. Yet, after all, it must be admitted that his followers are de voted and enthusiastic, and that his influence over them appears to be for EL; JAM HOSPrcr An~nNrs7ja477av botldovg -r> ■.. ■ -. vrov OY £ZA£lr’ azz. zz Lc&cnv .\zxrf: mcr mercer \ 1 wont to England to collect Informa tion and purchase machinery for the enterprise. When he returned he was accompanied by a number of English tueenmkers. A large brick building *as built, ami s great room is being «-apidly Ailed with looms, while, with those already set up, many different pal terns of lace curtains are being ajisiiufactured. as well as trimming *nces of various kinds. Zion City i* "Justly proud of her lace factory, but it is not the only success ful enterprise of which she can boast. There is a caudy factory which Tht' Tabernacle is an Immense, barn like structure, capable of seating seven thousand. It is to be replaced by a more substantial building, now In the process of construction. A site has also been selected and conse crated whereon Dowie promises to i rect a n.illion-dollar temple as a cen ter around which Zion will revolve. Now the Restoration ’tost, three thousand strong, has inraded New York City, and Madison Square Gar den is transformed into a "Hospice'’ | for their accommodation. Three million dollars would itc a mas trees are denounced as foolish. The rule against alcohol and tobacco is rigidly enforced. A strict system of supervision extends from the ‘'sanita tion of individual Zion households” to the moral and spiritual state of the people. it will thus he seen that while Indi vidualism may he encouraged In In dustrial lines there Is litile room for its growth in ethical matters. Says Lyman Abbott, “Each man’s conscience is an authoritative guide V' himself, it is not au authoritative guide for his fellow.” their general good. The community Is, at present, prosperous, happy and comfortable, and Zion's ambition to show the “highest birth rate and tho lowest death rate of any city in the country,” seems in a fair way to be realized. As to what will happen when L-owie dies, it is hardly worth while tr surmise, for he is not yet sixty and looks as though he might easily at tain the allotted “three score and ten*' ANNA NICHOLS GOODNOVV. Copyrighted. 3993, by The Associates Publishers’ Curuorutlun rhn-nxi) A Wealthy Motor-man. Peunls R. Creedon, a well known resident of East Orange. N. J., who owni> property valued at nearly $50, 000, and who receives a good income from it every year, works every day as a inotorman of an Orange trolley car at a salary of $1.90 a day. Mr. Creedon does not do this because , he needs the money: he does it be cause his physicians advise him to ' take up some such occupation in the open air. He lives in a handsome residence. You ran do your dyeing in half an hour wjjh PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. The Oldest Dunkard. The Rev. Samuel Murray of Irving ion. tnd.. is the oldest minister in the Dunkard church, both in years and term of service. He has just passed his 97th birthday, and has preached fifty five years, retiring from the pul pit two years ago. No chromos or cheap premiums, hut a better quality and one-third more of Defiance Starch for the same price of other starches. Had First $10,000 Cook. William K. Vanderbilt made ihe family name well known In Europe some years ago by paying his French cook $10,000 a year. And tradition has ir that it was William K.'s daugh ter, Consuelo, now Duchess of Marl borough, but lhen a child, who was so dissatisfied with this high-priced cook's way o. serving a chicken that he was summarily discharged. It is probable that there are several $10,000 a year rooks employ od by plutocratic Americans now in society, but. nobody minds such figures any more. Ask You Druggist for Allen's Foot-Ea^e. I tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recently end have just bought another supply ft bn* cured my corns, and the hot. burning and itching sensation in mv feet which was almost unbearable,and I would not tie with, out it now-Mrs. w. .1 Walker Camden. N J. bold by all Druggists, :.’So. Some men's sayings would fill many volumes and their doings wouldn’t fill a postal card. Tolstoi's Present Life. Professor Edward A. Stainer, of i Grinnell college, who has recently re- j turned from a visit to Russia, spent 1 some time on the estate of Count Leo | Tolstoi. He says the count, has been | exceedingly ill of late, but is recov ! (-ring and spends a portion of each I day working in his fields. He re- J ceives many tourists, whose visits he does not crave, yet he treats all with courtesy. He keeps in touch with everything going on in Russia of a po litical or socialistic nature, but recog nizes the fact that his age and in firmities will not permit him to par ticipate in public affairs or discus sions of any sort. He is still writing, however, but does not expect to under take any extended literary labory through fear that he will not live to complete it. Filipino Basket Balt. Basket ball Is a game that especially appeals to Filipino boys, but they do not play it in the American style. in the first place, the ball is really a small, hollow basket, made of wick er work, and therefore extremely light. An equal number of boys line tip on Slther side, and they kick the ball to *ach other, the trick being to keep it >ver on the other side. Instead of 'orcing it forward, as boys do when playing football here, the rules of the Filipino game demand a backward kick, so that the boy must look over bis shoulder and strike out with bis heels, mule fashion. Sometimes Filipino boys have lively tklrmishes, in which the ball does not get all the kicks. SPOILED CHILDREN Usually Make Sickly Men and Women The "spoiled child" usually makes a weak, sickly man or woman be cause such a youngster has its own way about diet and eats and drinks things that are unfitted for any stom ach and sickness results. "I was always a delicate, spoiled child and my parents used to let me drink coffee because 1 would cry for it." says a Georgia young woman. "When l entered school my nervous- j ness increased and my parents i thought it was due to my going to school, so they took me out again. ! But I did not get any better and my headaches got worse and weakened ; rue so that I wus unfit for any duty. Sometimes I would go a whole day witnout any other nourishment than a cup of coffee. ‘i>ast spring I had a had attack or Gie Grippe and when I recovered I found that coffee nauseated me so I could not drink it and even a few' swallows would cause a terrible burn ing in my stomach It was at this time that a friend who had been much benefited by the use of Postum sug gested that 1 try this fcod drink. 1 found it simply delicious and have used it ever sIdcp and the results speak for themselves. 1 have gained VZ pounds and my nerves are as steady as any one’s. ”1 consider myself well und strong and I make it a point now to take a cup of Postum with a cracker or two as soon as 1 come home from school in the afternoon. Postum with crack ers or a biscuit makes my luncheon. It certainly sived my life for I know coffee would have killed me in time had i continued drinking it. "I have a young girl friend, a sten ographer, who declares nothing strengthens and refreshes her like j Postum and she has a little oil stove in her office and makes a cup of Pos tum at noontime. I have recommend ed this wonderful beverage to many jf my friends who know what it hau done for me." Name given by Pos turn Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a copy of rhe famous little hook The Road to i Wellttile.'* Hs Knew. Judge Andenried of Philadelphia was hearing a ease, the proceeding in which brought to the front a man named Gosler. A German lawyer rep resented one of the litigants and ho persisted in mispronouncing Gesler's name, calling him Jesler. Finally the judge said: "The gentleman’s name is Gesler, not dealer. You surely remem ber the tyrant al whose order William Tell shot the apple from his own son’s head?" "Sure I do," said the German heartily, “is dis de man?" How’s This? Wo nlT*r One Hundred Dollars Reward f»r anr c**« of catarrh that cannot be ourea by Hal. ■ Cattarh Cure. F, J. CHKNKY Sc CO.. Trope.,Toledo. <». We. the underdfrned, have known F..I.Cheney for the last lft years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all buefnesM transaction* and Huan> (ally able to carry out anv obligation* made by thrlr firm. Wist & tut ax. Whole*ale Druaslsts. Toledo. O. Wai.dino, Kinvax & Marhx, Wholesalo Drug* Klstfl, Toledo, O. Hall’s catarrh cure 1s taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood aor! in ictma surfaces of tha vysteni. Testimonial* sent free. Trice 75o per bottle. Bold by all Druggist*. Hall’s Family Tills are the best. To the housewife v.ho has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch he made at once. Not alone because it i3 guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package con tains lti ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. | *,r*- Winslow** Mootning ftyroii* I For rcMaren rceUifug. goffcn* the gum*, reauccf *»• fc»mnmt!un, allay* |*a!u. euro# wiiju colic. 23c a bottl* Sometimes a man's shady character keeps him In hot water. President Roosevelt'3 Gold Plate. General Sherman used to say that j it the nomination for the presidency were offered to him on a gold platter he would decline it. President Roose velt has recently received an invita tion on a gold plate. It was not po litical, but it asked him to attend the mining congress in Lead, S. IX. next September Phe plate- was not big enough to eat a dinner from, as ir measured two and three fourths by five inches, but it was large enough to 3how what kind of gold the Black j ,iills produce. Piro’s Cure c-aunot be too highly spoken of na a cough cure.—J. \V. O'Ukikn, 822 Third Av&, ; ti.. hiluueapolis, Minn., Jau. 6, iWx Sympathy for the Phonograph. George W. Peck, ex-governor of Wisconsin and creator of the most un ruly boy in fiction, was induced to drop a penny in the slot and listen to a phonograph. “That thin* is al most human,” said a gentleman frort the interior who was the governor1’ guest. “I am sincerely glad that It is not entirely human,” answered Mr. Peek, as the penny's worth of music still vibrated upou the atmosphere. This remark caused a prolonged I “why” to proceed from the other. "Just imagine.” mused the sympa thetic governor, "how the poor in a chine would have suffered while a wo man was transferring that awful shriek into its interior. lewis' “ Single Hinder ” straight 5o cigar. No other brand of cigars is so popular with the smoker. He lias learned to rely upon its uniform high quality. I**\via’ Factory. Peoria. III. A wise man knows all he tells, but he never tells all he knows. Remarkable Pension Application. Perhaps the most remarkable pen sion application ever presented in congress is that embodied in a bill in troduced by Congressman Pearre of Maryland. It recites with great grav ity and a wealth of circumstantial de tail thai the applicant, when a child in arms in 1861, was so frlhgtened by Yankee invaders in Maryland that he became paralyzed and has never been able to do any work. Superior quality and extra quantity must in. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. St. Mark’s Tomb. The ox<a\aiious in the catacombs of St. Cecelia in Home have revealed what is believed to he a large under ground basilica that was used bv the vtrly Christians. A trace of the altar and the Episcopal chair were found. There was also found in a statu of ex cellent preservation a number of an cient paintings, including a Greek por trail of Christ. Three tombs were discovered, declared by archaeologists to be those of St. Mark, St. Marcel inns, who was martyred by Diocletian, and the famous Pope Demascus. A woman lovese a man in proportion to his ability to make her angry. FREE TO WOMEN! io prove the healing and denoting power of Taztlne Toilet Antiseptic we will mail a large trial package with book of lu.itructions absolutely free. This is not a tlry samuie, but a large package, -enough to con vince anyone of its value. 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