.l.l..-,.,. . I1".1' "WttW, .....a. . " -il .. ."WM lM7IB.Iv H'l2!?r,5"lS WW . ; . . m&Rtiii tttM ,i 4 ' Web y r -K if HFK HEMIXISCKNTKS. Dr. Tnlmngo Roviows Prist Ad vantages nnd Adversities. KlifniirnKi'iiM'tit llirhul rr, t.B lniktiiril-l'(,li,tH In l.lr,. Ill.torf WliUh It l Will to Itfiiii-nilii-r -Ciiiiiitiircil 1 rouble. In a lati1 sermon sit I'.rooklyn I!cv. T. IV Witt Tulniugo oIiom ns the topic, u nsinonium of rotnlnNcciieos appropriate to the .(iimiii, the text selected being I'Milin ..l...:!. "While 1 whs musing the ihc burned." lie said: Hero is David, the psalmist, with the foro-tlnger of his right hand against his temple, the door shut against the world, engaged in contemplation. And It would he well for us to take the same portion often, closing the door against the world, while we sit down in sweet .solitude to contemplate. In u Miiall island on" the coast 1 once passed a Sabbath in delightful soli tude, for I hail resolved that I would have one day of entire quiet before I entered upon autumnal work. I thought to have spent the day In lay ing out plans for Christian work; tint In-tcnd of that It became u day of tender remlnUeenoe. I reviewed my pastorate, I shook hands with un old departed friend, whom I shall greet again when the curtains of life are lifted. The days of my boyhood came back, and 1 was 10 year of age, and I was 8, and I was .. There was but one house on the island, and yet from Sabbath daybreak, when the blrd-chaut woke me. until the evening melted into the bay, from shore to shore there, were ten thous and memories, and the groves were ahum w ith voices that had long ago ceased. Youth Is apt too much to spend all its time In looking forward. Old age is apt too much to spend all its time In looking backward. I'eople in mid-life and on the apex look both ways. It would be well for us, I think, however, to spend more time in reminiscence. ly the constitution of our nature we spend most of the time looking for ward. And the vast majority of people live not so much In the present as in the future. I tind that you mean to make a reputation, you mean to es tablish yourself, and the advantages that you e.peet to achieve absorb a great deal of your time. Hut I see no harm in this, if It does not make you discontented with the present or dis qualify you for existing duties. It is a useful thing sometimes to look back, and to see the dangers we have escaped, and to see the sorrows we have sulTered, and the trials and wan derings of our earthly pilgrimage, and to sum up our enjoyments. I mean to day, so far as (Sod may help me, to stir up your memory of the p.ist, so that in the review you may be encouraged and humbled, and urged to pray. There is a chapel in Florence with it fresco by (Suido. It was covered up with two inches of stucco until our American and European artists went there, and after long toil removed the covering and retraced the fresco. And I am uware that the memory of the past, with many of you, is all covered up with ten thousand obliterations, ind I propose this morning, so fur as the Lord will help me, to take away the covering, that the old picture may bhiuc out again. I want to bind in oik.' sheaf all your past advantages and I want to bind in another sheaf all your past adversities. It is a precious harvest and I must be cautions how I swing the scythe. Among the greatest advantages of your past life was an early home and Its surroundings. The bad men of the day, ftir the most part, dip their heated passions out of the boiling spring of an unhappy home. We aie not surprised that Hyron's heart was a concentration nf sin, when we hear his mother was tbandoncd, and that she made sport of his infirmity, and often called him "the lame brat." lie who has vicious pa rents has to fight every inch of his way if lie would maintain his integrity, and it lust reach the home of the good in Heaven. Porhupsyour early home was in the sily. It may have been in the days when Canal str-et, New York, was far uptown. That old house in the city may have been demolished or changed Into stores, ami it seemed like a sacri lege to you fur there was more mean ing in that plain house, in that small house, than there is in a granite man don or a turreted, cathedral. Looking back this morning, you see it as though It were yesterday the sitting-room, .where tile loved ones sat by the plain lamplight, the mother at the evening ttiind, the brothers and sisters, per haps long ago gathered into the skies, then plotting mischief u the iloor or under the table, your father with u ilrm voice commanding silence, that lusted half u minute. Oh. those were good days! If you had your foot hurt, your mother ul ways had a soothing salve to heal It. If you were wronged in the street, your father was always ready to protect you. The year was one round of frolic and mirth. The greatest trouble was an April shower, more suushim than shower. The heart hud not been ran sacked by troubles, nor had Mckuoss broken it, and no lamb had a warmer sheepfold than the home in whieh your; childhood nestled. Perhaps you were brought up in the country. You stand now to-day in memory tinder the old tree. You clubbed it for fruit that was not quite ripe because you could not wait any longer. You hear thu brook rumbling nlong over the pebbles. You step again into the furrow where your father in Ills Mii.'t sleeves shouted to tho ln.y oxen. You frighten the swallows from the rafters of the barn and take just one egg, and slleuceyour conscience by mylng that they will not miss it You take a drink again out of tho very bucket that the old well fetched up. You go for the cows tit night and find them wagging their liPiidu through the bars. Ofttlmes in thu dustv anil busy streets you wish you were homo iifc'uin on thut cool I THE RED CLOUD grass, or In the hall of the farm house, through which there was the breath of new mown hay or the blossom of buck wheat. You may have In your windows now beautiful plants mid (lowers brought from across the seas, but not one of them stirs in your soul so much charm and memory as the old ivy and the yel low sunilower that stood sentinel along the garden walk, and the forget-me-nots playing hide-and-seek mid the long grass. The father who used to come In sun-burnt from the Ileitis, and sit down on the door-sill and wipe the sweat from his brow, may have gone to his everlasting rest. The mother, who used to sit at the door u little bent over, cup and spectacles on, her face mellowing with the vicissitudes of many years, may have put down her gray head on the pillow In the valley, but forget that home you never will. Have you thanked Ood for It'.' Have you rehearsed all these blessed reminis cences'.' Oh, thank (Sod for a Christian father; thank (Sod for a Christian moth er: thank (Sod for an early Christian altar at which you were taught to kneel; thank (Sod for auearly Christian home. I bring to mind another passage in the history of your life. The day came when you set up your own household. The days passed along In quiet blessed ness. You twain sat at the table morn ing and night and talked over your plans for the future. The most insig nificant alTalr in your life became the subject of mutual consultation and ad visement. You were so happy you felt you never could be any happier. One day a dark cloud hovered over your dwelling, and it got darker and darker; but out of that cloud the shining messenger of (Sod descends to incarnate an immortal spirit. Two little feet started on an eternal jour ney, and you were to lead them: a gem to (lash in Heaven's coronet, and yon to polish it; eternal ages of light and darkness watching the starting out of a newly created being. You rejoiced and you trembled at the responsibility that in your possession an Immortal treasure was placed. You prayed and rejoiced, and wept and wondered; you were earnest in suppli cation that you might lead it through life into the kingdom of (Sod. There was tremor in vour earnestness. There was a double interest about that home. There was an additional interest why you should stay there and be falthfui, and when in a few months your house was filled with the music of the child's laughter you were struck through with the fact that you have had ti stupend ous mission. Have yon kept that vow'.1 Have you neglected any of these duties'.' Is your home as much to you as it used to be'.' Have those anticipations been granted'.' (Sod help you to-day in your solemn reminiscence, and let His mercy fall upon your soul If your kindness has been ill requited. (Sod have mercy on the parent, on the wrinkles of whose face Is written the story of a child's sin. (Sod have mercy on the mother who, in addition to her other p.iugs, has the pang of a child's Iniquity. Oh, there are many, many sad sounds in this sad world, but the saddest sound that is ever heard is the breaking of ti mother's heart. Are there any hero who remember that in that home they were unfaithful'.' Are there those who wandered off from that early home, and left the mother to die with a broken heart'.' Oh, I stir that reminiscence to day. 1 (Ind another point in your life his tory. You found one day you were in the wrong road; you could not sleep at night; there was just one word that seemed to sob through your banking house, or through yourollice, or your shop or your bed room, and that word was "eternity." You said: "I am not ready for it. O (Sod, have mercy." The Lord heard, l'eace came to your heart. You remember how your hand trembled as you took the cup of the holy com munion. You remember the old min ister who consecrated it, and you re member the church olllcials who car ried it through the aisle: you remember the old people who at the close of the service took your hand in theirs in con gratulating sympathy, us much as to say, "Welcome home, yon lost prod igal;" and though those hands have all withered away that communion Sab bath is resurrected to-day; it is resur rected with all Its prayers, ami songs, and tears, and sermons, and tr.iuflgui'.i tlon. Have you kept those vows'.' Have you been a backslider'.' (Sod help you! Hut some of you have not always hud a smooth life. Some of you are now in the shadow. Others hud their troubles years ago, you are a mere wreck of what you once were; I must gather up the sorrows of your past life, but how shall I do it'.' You say that is impossi ble, as you have had so many troubles and adversities. Then I will take just two, the first trouble uud the last trouble. As when you are walklug along the street and there has been music in the distance, you unconscious ly find yourselves keeping step to the music, so when you starU'd life your very life was a musical time-beat. The air was full of joy and hilarity; with the bright, clear oar you made the boat skip; you went on, and life grew bright fill, until, after awhile, suddenly a voice from Heaven said "llalt!"undyou halted; you grew pale, you confronted your first sorrow. You had no Idea that the flush on your child's cheek was an unhealthy flush. You said It cannot be anything serious. Death In slippered fVet walked around about the cradle. You did not hear the tread; but after awhile the truth flashed on you. You walked the floor. Oh, if you could, with your stout right hand have wrenched the child from the de stroyer. You went to your room, and you said: "(Sod, save my child! (Sod, savu my ehllil!" The world seemed going out In darkness. You said: "1 cannot bear it. I cannot bear it." You felt as if you could not put thu lashes over the bright eyes, never to scu them again sparkle. Oh, If you could havu taken that little one in your arms, and with It leaped into the grave, how gladly you would have done It! Oh, If you could have, let your property go, CHIEF, RED CLOUD, your houses go, your land nnd your store house go, how gladly you would have allowed them to depart If you could only have kept thut one treasure! Hut one day there aiose from the heavens a chill blast that swept over the bed room, and Instantly all the light went out. and there wasdarkness thick, murky. Impenetrable, shudder ing darkness Hut (Sod did not levti you there. Mercy spoke. As you were about to put the cup to your 'lips, Cod said. "Let It pass," and forthwith, as by the hand of angels, another cup was put Into your hands; it was the cup of (Sod's consolation. And if you hue sometimes lifted thehead of a' wounded soldier and poured wine into his lips, so (Sod puts'llls left arm under vour liead, ami with Ills right hand' He pours Into your lips the wine of Ills comfort and His consolation, and you looked at the empty cradle and looked at your broken heart, and you looked at the Lord's chastisement, and you said, "liven so. luthcr, for so it seem good in Thy sight." Ah, it Is your first trouble How did you get over If.' (Sod comforted you. You have been u better man ever since. You hac been a U-tter woman ever since, in the jar of the closing gate of the sepulcher you heard the clanging of the opening gate of Heaven, and you felt an irresistible drawliiL' heaven ward. You hae been purer and holler of heart ever since that night when the little one for the last time put its arms around your neck anil said. "(Sood night, papa: good night, mamma. Meet me in Heaven." Hut I must come on down to your later sorrow. What was it'.' Perhaps it was sickness. The child's tread on the stair or the tick of the watch on the stand disturb you. Through the long weary days you counted the figures In the carpet or the flowers In the wall pai-er. Hut you are better, perhaps even well. Have you thanked (Sod that to-day you can come out In the fresh .ilr; that you are in this place to hear Cod's name, and to sing Cod's praise, and to implore (Sod's help, ami to ask Cod forgiveness'.' Perhaps your last sorrow was a finan cial embarrassment. Ily tin unadvised indorsement, or by a conjunction of un foreseen events, or by fire or storm, or a senseless panic, you have been flung headlong, and where you once ills P'lised great charities now you have, hard work to make both ends meet. Have you forgotten to thank Cod for your days of prosperity, and that through your trials some of you made investments which will continue ufter tho last bank of this world has ex ploded and the silver nnd gold are molten in tires of a burning world? Have you, amid all your losses and en couragements, forgot thut there was bread on your tablu this morning and that, there shall be a shelter for your head from the storm, and there Is air for your lungs, and blood for your heart, and light for your eye, and u glad and glorious and triumphant re ligion for your soul'.' Perhaps your last trouble was a be reavement. That heart w lilch in child hood was your refuge, the parental heart, and which has been u source of the quickest sympathy ever since, has suddenly become silent forever. And now sometimes, whenever in sudden an noyance and without deliberation you say, "I will go and tell mother," tho thought (lushes on you: "1 have no mother." Or the father, with voice less tender, but at heart as earnest uud loving wutehful of all our ways, ex ultant over your successes without say ing much, although the old people do talk it over by themselves is taken away forever. Or there wus your companion in life, sharer of your joys and sorrows, taken, leaving the heart an old ruin, where tin ill winds blow over a wide wilder ness of desolation, the sands of tho desert driving across thu place which once bloomed like the garden of (Sod. And Abraham mourns for Sarah at thu cave of .Machpelah. doing along your path in life, suddenly, there was an ojh'ii grave. Hut cheer up in the name of the Lord .lesus Christ, the Comforter. He is not going to forsake you. Did thu Lord take that child out of your arms'.' Why hi Is going to shelter it better than you could. Ilu is going to array it in u white robe, and give It a palm branch and have it all ready to greet you at your coming home. Illessed the broken heart that Jesus heals. Illessed thu importunate cry that. lesus compassion ates. Illessed the weeping eyu from which thu soft hand of .lesus wipes away the tear. Hut tliese reminiscences reach only to this morning. There Is one more point of tremendous reminiscence, and that Is tho last hour of life, when we have to look over all our past existence. What a moment that will be) I place Napo leon's dying reminiscence on St. Helena besldu Mrs. .ludson'sdylng reininiscenco in the harbor of St. Helena, the same Island, twenty years after. Napoleon's dying reminiscence was one of delirium as lie exclaimed: "Head of the army!" Mrs. .ludson's dying reminiscence, as shu came home from her missionary toil and her life of self-sacrifice for (Sod, dying in thu cabin of the ship in the harbor of St. Helena, was: "I always did love tho Lord .lesus Christ" And then, the historian says, she fell into u sound sleep for an hour, and woke amid the songs of angels. I place tho dying reminiscence of Augustus Ciesitr against the dying rem iniscence of thu Apostle Paul. The dying reminiscence of Augustus Ciesar was, addressing his attendants, "lluvo I played my part well on the stage ol life'.'" and they answered in theatllrma tlve, and lie said: "Why, then, (join you applaud me'.'" The dying reminis cence of Paul the Apostle was: "I havu fought a good tight, I have fin ished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Ijoril, the righteous Judge, will give ine in that day, and not to me only, but to all them that love His ap pealing." Augustus Ciusur died amid pomp ami great surroundings. Paul uttered ills dying reminiscences look Stilt ui throuirli the roof of a dumvoi.. (Sod grant that our dying pillow 111115 bo the closing of a useful life, uud till opening of a yl jricu; eternity. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, pWiEU?; 2 knL Absolutely PUP THE ROYAL Baking Powder surpasses all others in leavening power, in purity and wholesomeness, and is used generally in families, exclusively in the most celebrated hotels and res taurants, by the United States Army and Navy, and wherever the best and finest food is required. All teachers of cooking schools and lecturers upon culinary matters use and recommend the Royal. Chicago Health Authorities Certify. "I find the Royal Baking Powder superior all the others in every respect It is purest and to strongest. 1 Made from pure grape cream of tartar, and the g.. only Baking Powder containing neither ammonia nor alum. ,'J 5Jtfafc HE HAD A DREAM. Anil lie ltclnti.1 It to III lather with ririMlng Iti'Kiilla. Top," said young Philip Orn lobar to his father, "1 had a dream last night" "You don't mean It!" bald Mr. Unilo bar. "Yes I do," said Philip. "I dreamt I was glng along the street, and I got awful thirsty nnd I went into 11 drug store, to get some soda water. The sodu, fountain thcro was biggest onu I ever saw, nnd the man tending it was a giant. He looked down on mo and nsked mo what I'd have, and I said I'd like a strawberry with ico cream in it "The giant set out on tho counter 11 glass about two feet high and he put in it a lot of strawberry sirup, and then ho took tho cover off of nn ico cream freerer that was pretty near as big as barrel and scooped out about throe platofuls of iee croam and put that in. Then ho put the tumbler under the soda water spout nnd whirled the wheel around and tho soda wont s.-z-z zt! sztl s.t! and then tho ginnt pushed tho glass over in front of mo, full, tind with tho thick creamy foam running over tho top nnd 1 didn't touch It." Whutt" said Mr. (Jratobar. "No, said Philip, "I didn't touch it. I felt in my pocket and I found I hadn't got a cent." Mr. Grntobur understood. Then Philip wont forth in search of n fountain; not of thu fountain he had seen in his dream, but of ouo as nearly like it ns he could find in actual life. N. Y. Sun. Josn Uiixinos says: "I will novcr pur cliase n lottery ticket so long un 1 eua hue u uiun to rob mo ut reusouublu wuges." Diamonds conio highest at cut rates. Rtmxn a hobby is sometimes very restful. lUm's Horn. HAPi'ivr.st Is all mora or less honio-mndo. nnlvoston News. ''Hot? Well, I should rejolco to shiver I Puck's Library. Ronr.TV Is what pcoplo try to ho when they know they aro wutched. Uam's Horn. Tim: ninnkoy goes to tho stiniiv side of tho treo when ho wants a wanner climb. Tin: great auk Is an extinct bird. U t ioulitedly its great auk-wurdiicss prov fatal. 1 Tim: bearded fucltlvo from lustlco often manages to vscnpu by acloso slmva Tioy Press. Tub sadilost of all sones Is that of tho ml. lectors: "A duo, kind friend, a duol" Cleveland Plnlmlculer. . Two iirads aro certainly bolter than ono when tho problem Is to produco u kiss. Bomurvillo Journal. Maud "Did ho marry her for hormonovl" r.olu ".Vo, for lior fathor's." Kato Field's Wushmgton. A MTTi.nglrl In church after tho contribu tion plato had been passeit, complacently nil audibly said: "I paid for four, mamma, ivus that rlghtl" Tim. i;lrl with a hammock understnmU Iho moaning of not profits even if sho never learned tho multiplication tublc. Tilt. al.K.tn ni'iiiiln.a In ...a 1... .l. .1...!.. 1 ho theory is that hocau sco tnoro with one jju in. 111 uu u.iu I'uiiiprcufiiu, Tin: stroot navor Isn't far wrnnL In rnr. actcrlzliig his work an beneath hua, lluf falo Courier, yfffjvy, AUGUST 18, 1898. ttAM NCTOWDETV "WALTER S. HAINES, M: D. 'I'rv. Chemistry, Rusk Medical College, "Consulting Chemist, Chicago Board of Tub Past and tho Kuture. Kortuno-tollcr "I euii toll you win) jour fuluio husband will Do." Chicago Woman "That doesn't disturb mo In thu slightest. hut 1 want to know is who my imst husbands buvo been." Duti oil Free Press. "Pai'A, It siiys hi this account of tho flliht that Hlr Afiirmudiiko fell 011 his kncrs and bogged for quiiricr," suld Tommy, "Whatiliil lio want uquurtcr fori I thougnt ho was rich." "Oxn of you boys lias been stealing rais ins again; 1 have round tho seeds on tho floor. AVhlch oueof jciu was lit" Tummy "It wasn't 1110; 1 wullowcd tho seals In mlno." Tld-Ults. "Tim seashore Is tho plnco tomnkotho bnshful lover pioposc," said tho philoso pher. "If ho hiinn't grit enough himself, ho cult acouiro sll the sund ho needs on tho beuch." liurper's Oaiar. ' . "Satoiu seems to be vorv guarded In his speech, ho" "Pvo noticed thut myself; his wlfo nnver lots him got In u word any place." Inter Ocean. Growing Old I'leunnntly. Tho cheerful old folks you can find aro those wlso enough to nilliguta tho Infirmit ies of uiio with HostetterV. 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Write him for particulars. Hold by l)i ugKints, 7fo. . Tun wulklng delegate doesn't need to bo remarkably hamlHomu to present a striking up'wurjiico. HuiTalo Courier. Tub principal causes of sick heailacho, bllllousneHs and cold chills are found in tho stomach uud liver. Cured by llccelium's Pills. . Customeii "Have you ony roach foodl" Baloslndy "No; but wo bavo so vend kinds of baby's food." . Flannel next the skin often produces a rush, removed with llieun's Kiilpluir Koup. Hill's Hutr und Wlilhker Dyo, 60 cents. -I m - The laundry glrla of to-duy think their lot u hard one, hut it wus la tho days of Queen Klizuhoth that thoy hud a roully ruff ticio of it. Troy Press. . No Flies on It. That lly paper tliosalos mun (old juu wus better than iho kind you culled for. Boston Transcript. Canada bus carried oft nearly all tho woi Id's fair prizes for cheese. Tho vlutory must buvo been u mito-youe. Tioy Press. THE POT INSULTED THE KETTLE BECAUSE, THE COOK HAD NOT USED SAPOLIO GOOD COOKING DEMANDS CLEANLINESS. SAPOLIO SHOULD be used in every KITCHEN. If yon wish the lightest, sweetest, finest cake, biscuit and bread, Royal Baking Powder is indispensable in their preparation. j) Health," etc. fel 9 MiAVV'H H t jjyff "TiiiciiK, I knew something was liii wind," said tho western fat fuer sudW himsolf, us, through u crack in thu cevt wall l,o saw his new burn sailing iilongii , tho crest of ti oyuloau. Huston Courier. . r Lath revoloi s singing "Thoro's no plaii like homu" id win, h stop tho melody just be- lore mey get mom aim creep upstairs their stocking foot. Huston Truuscrlpt. A MJ.TCH doesn't know enough to keep If when il rains At all evcnls, It is sure M go out if Ilis wot. Wiikn a woman sots her fuca ngnlust nny thing it usually lias to ko except It hap pens to bo u mustache. Troy Press. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and Improvement nx tends to personal enjoyment wher rightly used. Tho many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with, less expenditure, by inoro promptly adapting tho world'a best products to tho needs of physical being, will attest tho value to health of tho pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence in duo to its presenting ; in tho form most acceptiiblo and plcait nnt to tho taste, tho rof rcshing and truly beneficial propertied of n perfect lax--ative; cfTcetiiiilly cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches und fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with tho approval of the medical, profession, because it nctH on tho Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it id perfectly frco from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for salo by nil drug gists in 60c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Co. only, whoso namo ia printed on every package, also tho namo, Syrup of Figs,, nnd being well informed, you will noli, accept any substitute if oflercd. l'lho'H Hcmody for Catarrh i. the I IlfHt, Kaslust to Use, und Chuupest. I ISolil by ilni-tKlnts or feat by mall, fOc. K. T. Jliwolllne, Warren, I'u. A. N. K. D 460 WIIKN WltlTlNU TO ADVEKTISMIS .LKA-K t.tathal you .aw'tbn AdrnUm-t In IU H 4. r aSi?V at-maa