Nebraska Newspapers

    H The Value of Longevity.
Dr. Felix L. Oswald , in writing or
H tbo valuo of longevity , Bays :
H - "Can thoro bo a doubt that Burns and
Keats foresaw tlto issno of llioir otrun-
glo against bigotry , or ihat Oervantcs ,
i m tho gloom of las misery could read
fc * , * a iho sign * ° f tbo dawn presaging a sun-
T S purBt of posthumous famo ?
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ssB'r If > ° * hoir Roal ; Pascal , Harvey , Mac-
LH' - I % f { oulay , Buckle and Birhat l < * ft tboir in-
LijX Jit 1 "u l ° works balf iinisbed ; Raphael ,
H * * * J7 Mozart and Byron died at tbo vergo of
H [ 7/ a summit winch perhaps no other foot
shall over approach.
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Hf "Who knows how often , since tho
H dawn of modorn seienco , tho chill of
death hns palsied a hand that had all
but lifted tho veil of Isis * temple ? Or
H in bow many thousand lives timo alone
H would have solved all discords into bar-
monies ? An incrcaso of longevity
would indeed , solve tho vexing riddles
! of oxistonco ; it would furnish tho pe
culiar endorsement of Mr. Mallock's
_ j , conclusion. It would civo tbo vicissi-
Hji tudes of fortuuo u chanco to assert tboir
I equalizing tendencies , it would supply
- a missing link in tho arguments of that
natural religion that trusts tho equi
poise of justico in the apparent caprices
of human fato.
! "The prico of longevity would re
deem tho mortgago of our earthly para
dise" nnd it can bo prolonged and
l < should be , with caro and tho uso of
H \ proper medicine at tho right time.
Hi Owing to tho stress , tho worry , and
Hg tho nnuoynnco of every day life , there
| ' is no doubt but that tens of thousands
If of men nnd women yearly fill prema-
H I ture graves.
Hi Especially after middle life should n
Hf careful watcii bo kept over one's phys-
Ht ical condition. The symptoms of kid-
H [ ney disease , such as becoming easily
HI tired , headucbo , neuralgia , feeble heart
Hi action , fickle appetite , a splendid feel-
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HI next , porsihtcnt cough , trouble in urin-
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H Experiencing no pain in the region of
H > tbo kidneys is no evidence that they aro
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* organs have very few nerves of sensa-
' Hon , _ and oftentimes tbo kidneys aro
Hi positively rotting nnd being passed
Hi away through the urine before tbo vic-
Hi a m , s awaro ho is suffering from ad-
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H To preserve life and to bo well while
H you live aro two cardinal virtues , and it
Hi is timo well spent to give this vital sub-
H ) . ject earnest and careful attention , and
H | to uso tbo knowledge acquired in a ju-
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"OTHER DAYS LIYEdHr. ' 7
Tho Great Brooklyn Divine's
Sunday Discourse.
"Thou Shalt Eemember All tho Way Which
tho Lord Thy Goi Led Thee. "
UnooKLYN , May 8. At tho Tabcrnuclo
today , tho liov. T. Do AVitt Talmugo ,
D. D „ preached a scruion on tho subject ,
"Other Days Lived Over , " and made
rcfcrcnco to tho falsehood that ho had
advocated miscegenation of tho whlto nnd
black races. Tho vast congregation sang
tho hymn beginning :
Our God. our ncp ) In ases past.
Our liopo fur yenri to come.
Dr. Talmago's text was Deuteronomy vill ,
2 : uTliou shalt reincmber all tho way which
tho Lord thy God led thee. " Ho said :
Before entering on my subject I wish to
say that some newspaper correspondents ,
rofcrring to a recent sermon in which I
welcomed foreign nationalities to this
country , bavo said that I advocatoa as a
desirable thing the intcrnmrrinKO of tho
white and bluclc races. I nevor said so , I
never thought so , and any ono who so mis
represents that sermon is cither a villain or
a fool , perhaps both.
But to open this morning's subject I havo
to say God in the text advises ttio pcoplo to
look back upon thejr past history. It will
do us all good to rehearse the scenes between
this May morning nnd our cradle , whether
it was rocked in country or town. A few
days atro , with my sister nnd brother , I
visited tho place of my boyhood. It wan
ono of tho most emotional and absorbing
days of my life. There stands tho old house ,
and n9 I wont through the rooms I said , "I
could find my way here with my eyes shut ,
although I havo not been here in forty
years. " Thoro was tho sitting room where
a large family group every evening gathered ,
tho most of tnenx now in a better world.
There was the old barn whero wo hunted
for Eastor eggs , and tho placo where tho
horses stood. There is where tho orchard
was , only three or four trees now lert of all
the grovo that onco bore aoples , and such
apples too. There is tho brook down which
we rode to tho watering of tho horses bare
back and with a ropo halter. Wo also visit
ed tho cemetery where many of our kindred
are waiting for the resurrection , tho old
people side by side , after a journey together
of sixty years , only about three years be
tween tho timo of their going. Thero also
sleep the dear old neighbors who used to tie
their horses under tho shed of tho country
meeting house nnd sit at the end of the pew ,
singing "Duke Sti-eet , " and "Balerma , " and
"Antioch. " Oh they were a glorious race
of men and women who did their work
well , raised a splendid lot of boys nnd cirls ,
and aro now as to their bodies in silont
neighborhood on earth , but as to their souls
in jubilant neighborhood before tho throno
of God. I feel that my journey and visit
last week did me good , if not in person then
in thought to revisit the scenes of boyhood
or girlhood. "Thou shalt remember all tho
way which tho Lord they God led thee. "
\ outh is apt too much to spend all its
timo in looking forward. Old ago is apt
too much to spend all Its time in looking
backward. People in mid-life and on tho
apex look both ways. It would bo well for
us , I think , however , to spend more time In
reminiscence. By the-constitution of our
nature we spend most of the time looking
lorwurd , as the vast majority of this audi
ence live not so much in tho present as in
the future. I find that you mean to make a
reputation , jtou mean to establish yourself ,
and tho advantages that you expect to
achieve absorb a great deal of your time.
But see no harm In this if it docs not
make you discontented with the present or
disqualify you for existing duties.
It is a useful thing sometimes to look
backhand to see tho dangers we have es
caped , and to see tho sorrows we have suf
fered , and the trials and wanderings of our
earthly pilgrimage , and to sum up our en
joyments. I mean this morning , so far as
God may help me , to stir up your memory
of the past , so that in the review you may
be encouraged , and humbled , and urged to
pray.
Thero is a chapel In Florence with a
fresco by Guldo. It was covered up with
two-indies of Btucco'untib our'American-
and European artist went there , and after
long toil removed the covering and re
traced tho fresco. And I am aware that
tho memory of the past , with many of you ,
is all covered up with ten thousand obliter
ations , and I propose this morning , so far
as the Lord may help me , to take away the
covering , that the old picture may shine out
again.
I want to bind in one sheaf all your past
advantages , and I want to bind in another
sheaf all your past adversities. It is a pre
cious harvest and I must be cautious how I
swing the scythe.
Among the greatest advantages of your
past life was the early home and its sur
roundings. The bad men of tho day , for
the most part , dip their heated passions out
of the boiling spring of an unhappy home.
We are not surprised to lind that Byron's
heart was a concentration of sin , when we
hear his mother was abandoned , and that'
she made sport of his infirmity , and often
called him "the lame * brat. " He who has
vicious parents has to fight every inch of
his way if he would maintain his integrity ,
and at last reach the home of the good in
heaven.
Perhaps your early home was In the city.
It may have been in the days when Canal
street , New York , was far up town and
the site of this present church was an excur
sion into the country. That old house in
the city may have been demolished or
changed into stores , and it seemed like
sacrilege to you , for there was more mean
ing in that plain house , in that small house ,
than thero is in a granite mansion or a tur-
reted cathedral. Looking back this morn
ing you see it as though it were yesterday
the sitting room , where the loved ones
sat by the plain lamplight , the mother at
the evening stand , the brothers and sisters ,
perhaps long ago gathered into the skies ,
then plotting mischief on the floor under
the table , your father with a firm voice
commanding a silence that lasted half
a minute.
Oh , those were good days ! If you had
your foot hurt , your mother always had a
soothing salve to heal it. If you were
wronged in the street , your father was al
ways ready to protect you. The year was
one round of frolic and mirth. Your great
est trouble was like an April shower , more
sunshine than shower. The heart had not
been ransacked by troubles , nor htd sick
ness broken it , and no lamb had a warmer
sheepfold than the home in which your child
hood nestled.
Perhaps you were brought up in the
country. You stand now to-day in memory
under the old tree. You clubbed it forfruit
that was not quite ripe because you couldn't
wait any longer. You hear the brook rum
bling along over pebbles. You step again
into the furrow where your father in his
shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen.
You frighten the swallows from the rafters
of the barn , and take just one egg , and
silence your conscience by sayiug they won't
miss it You take a drink again out of the
very bucket that the old well fetched up.
You go for the cows at night , .and find them
wagging their heads through the bars. Oft-
times in the dusty and busy streets you
wish you were home again on that cool
grass , or in the rag carpeted hall of the
farmhouse , through which there was the '
breath of new mown hay or the blossom of
buckwheat.
You may have in your windows now beau- !
tiful plants and flowers 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 yellow sunflower that
stood sentinel along the garden wall , and
the forget-me-nots playing hide-and-seek
mid the long grass. The father , who used
to come in sunburnt from the fields and sit
down on tho door sill and wipe "the sweat
from his brow , may have gone to his ever
lasting rest. The mother , who used to sit
at the door a little bent over , cap and
spectacles on , her face mellowing with the
vicissitudes of many years , may have put
clown her gray head on tho pillow in the
valley , but forget that home you never wilL
Have you thanked God for it ? Have 3'ou
rehearsed all these blessed reminiscences ?
Oh. thank God for a Christian father ; thank
God for a Christian mother ; thank God for
an early Christian altar at which you were
taught to kneel ; thank God for an early
Christian home.
I bring to mind another passago in the
history of your life. The day came when
you sot ud your own household. The days
passed along in quiet blessedness. You
twain sat at the table morning and night
and talked over your plans for the future.
Th-3 most insignificant affair in your life
l > ecame tho subject of mutual consultation
and advisement You were so happy you
felt you never could bo any happier. One
day a dark cloud liovered over your dwell
ing and it got darker and darker , but out of
that cloud the shining messenger of God
descended to incarnate an immortal spirit-
Two little feet started on an eternal jour
ney , and you were to lead them a ges j )
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rflash InhMvoaVcoronct , and you to.polish
it ; eternal ages of light and darkness
watching tho starting out of a nowly created
creature.
You rejoiced and you trembled at tho
responsibility that In your possession nn
immortal treasuro was placed. You prayed
and rejoiced , and wont and wondered , and
prayed and rojolccd , and wopt and wonder
ed ; you were earnest in supplication that
you might load It through lifo into tho
kingdom of God. There was a tremor in
your earnestness. Thoro was a double. In
terest about that homo. Thero was an ad
ditional interest'why you Rhould stay thoro
ana bo faithful , and when in a few months
your house wa * filled with tho music of
tho child's ' Uughtoryou were struck through
with'tho fact that you hud a stupendous
mission.
Have you kept that vow ? Havo you
neglected any of these duties ? Is your
homo as much to you as it used to bo ? Have
thoso anticipations been gratified ? God
helnyou to-day in your solemn rcmlnlsconco ,
and lot his mercy fall upon your soul if your
kindness has been ill requited. God havo
mercy on tho parent on tho wrinkles of
whoso faco is written the story of a child's
sin. God havo mercy on tho mother who ,
in addition to her other pangs , has the
pangs of a child's inlnulty. Oh , thoro aro
many , many sad sounds In this sad world ,
but tho saddest sound that is over heard is
tho breaking of a mother's heart Aro thero
any hero who remember that In that homo
thoy were unfaithful ? Aro there thoso who
wandered off from that early home , and left
tho mother to die with a broken heart ? Oh ,
I stir that reminiscence to-day.
I find another point in your lifo history.
You found ono day you woro in tho wrong
road ; you couldn't sleep atnight ; there was
just ono word that seemed to sob through
your banking house , or through your office ,
or through your shop , or your oed room ,
and that word was "Eternity. " You said ,
"I am not ready for It O God , have
mercy. " Tho Lord heard. Peace came to
your heart. In tho breath of the hill and
tho waterfall's dash you heard tho voice of
God's love ; the clouds and tho trees hailed
you with gladness ; you came into tho house
of God.
You remember how your hand trembled
as you took the Communion. You remem
ber tho old minister who consecrated it , and
you remember tho church officials who car
ried it through tho aisle ; you remember tho
old .people who at tho close of tho service
took your hand in theirs in congratulating
sympathy , as much as to say , "Welcome
home , you lost prodigal ; " and though thoso
hands aro all withered away , that Com
munion Sabbath Is resurrected this morn
ing ; it is resurrected with all Its nrayers ,
and songs , and sermons , and transfigura
tion. Havo you kept those vows ? Havo
you been a backslider ? God help you. This
day knosl at tho foot of mercy and start
again for heaven. Start to-day as you
started then. I rouse your soul by that
reminiscence.
But I must not spend any more of my
timo in going over tho advantages of your
life. I just pat them all in one great sheaf ,
and I wrap them up in your memory with
one loud harvest song , such as tho reapers
sing. Praise tho Lord , ye blood bought
mortals of earth ! Praise the Lord , ye
crowned spirits of heaven 1
But some of you havo not always had a
smooth life. Some of you aro now in the
shadow. Others had their troubles years
ago , you aro 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 it is impossible , as you had so many
tro ables and adversities. Then I will just
take two , tho first trouble and the last
trouble. As when you aro walking along
the street , and there has been music in the
distance , you unconsciously find yourselves
keeping step to the music , so when you
started life your very life was a musical
time-beat Tho air was full of joy and
hilarity ; with the britrht , clear oar you
mude the boat skip ; you went on , and
life grew brighter until after a while
suddenly a voice from heaven said ,
"Halt ! " and quick as the sunshine
you halted ; you grew pale , you confronted
your first sorrow. You had no idea that the
flush on your child's cheek was an un
healthy flush. You said it can't beany-
thing serious. Death in slippered feet
walked round about the craddle. You did
not hear the tread ; but after a while the
truth flashed on you. You walked tho floor.
Oh , If you could , with your strong , stout
hand have wrenched that child from the
eestroyer. You-went to your room and you
said. "God , save my child ; God , save my
child. " The world seemed going out in
darimess. You said , "I can't bear it ; I
can't bear it. " Yeu felt as If you could not
put the long lashes over the bright eyes ,
nevor to see them again sparkle. Oh , If you
could have taken that little one in your
arms and with it leaped the gravehow glad
ly you would have done It ! Ob , If you
could let your property go , your houses go ,
your land and your storehouses go , how
gladly you would have allowed them to de
part if you only could have kept that one
treasure !
But one day there arose from the heavens a
chill blast that swept over the bedroom , and
instantly all the licht went out , and there
was darkness thick , murky impenetrable ,
shuddering darkness. But God didn't leave
you there. Mercy spoke. As you took up
the cup , and was about to put it to your lips ,
God said , "Let it pass , " and forthwith , as
by the hand of angels , another cup was put
into your hands ; it was the cup of God's
consolation. And as you have sometimes
lifted the head of a wounded soldier , and
poured wine into his lips , so God put his
left arm under your head , and with his
right hand ho poured into your lips the
.wine of his comfort and 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 , "Even
so , Father , for so it seemeth good in thy
sight"
Ah , it was your first trouble. How did
you get over it ? God comforted you. You
have been a better man ever since. You
have been a better 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 f eit an irresistible draw
ing heavenward. You have Deen purer of
mind ever since that night when the little
one for the last time put its arms around
your neck and said , "Good night , papa ;
good night , mamma. Meet me in heaven. "
But I must come on down to your * latest
sorrow. What was it ? Perhaps it was
your own sickness. The child's tread on
the stair , or the tick of the watch on the
stand disturbed you. Through the long
weary days you counted tho figures in the
carpet or the flowers in the wall paper. Oh ,
the weariness , tho exhaustion ! Oh , the
burning pangs ! Would God it were morn
ing , would God it were night , were your
frequent cry. But you are better , or per
haps even well. Havo you thanked that
God to-day you can come out in the fresh
air ; that you aro in this place to hear God's
name , and to sing God's praise , and implore
God's help , and to ask God's forgiveness ?
Bloss the Lord who healeth all ourdlseases ,
and redeemeth our lives from destruction.
Perhaps your last sorrow was a financial
embarrassment I congratulate some of
3ou on your lucrative profession or occupa
tion , on ornate apparel , on a commodious
residence everything you put your hands
to seems to turn to gold. But there are
others of you who are like the ship on which
Paul sailed , where two seas met , and you
are broken by the violence of the waves.
By an unadvised indorsement , or by a con
junction of unforeseen events , or by fire , or
storm or a senseless panic , you have been
flung headlong , and where you. once dis
pensed great charities , now you have hard
work to make the two ends meet
Have you forgotten to thank God for
your days of prosperity , and that through
your trials some of you have made invest
ments which will continue after the last
bank of this world has exploded , and the
silver and gold are molten in the fires of a
burning world ? Have you , amid all your
losses and discouragements , forgot that
there was bread on your table this morn
ing , and that thero shall bo 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 a glad and
glorious and triumphant religion for your
soul ?
" Perhaps your last trouble was a bereave
ment That heart which in childhood was
your refuge , the parental heart , and which
has been a source of the quickest sympathy
ever since , has suddenly become silent for
ever , and now sometimes , whenever in sud
den annoyance and without deliberation
you say "I will go and tell mother ' the
thought flashes on you , "I have no mother , "
or the father , with voice left tender , "but as
stanch and earnest and loving as ever ,
watchful of all your ways , exultant over
your success without saying much , al
though the old people do talk it over by
themselves , his trembling hand on that
staff which you now keep as a family relic ,
his memory embalmed in grateful hearts , is
taken'away forever.
"Or , there was your companion Ut life ,
sharer of your joys an sorrows , taken ,
leaving the heart and old ruin , where the
chill winds blow over a wide wilderness of
desolation , tho sands of the desert driving
across tho place which onco bloomed like
the garden of God. A nd Abraham mourns
for S/iriJi ttaj & .ve of Machyelah. Go-
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ins along your path In life , suddenly , right
beiore you vru an open grave. Pcoplo
looked down and they saw It was only a
few feet deep and a low feet wldo , but to
you It was a cavern .down which went all
your hopes nnd all your expectations.
But cheer up in tho namo of tho Lord
Jesus Christ , tho Comforter. Ho is not
going to forsako you. Did tho Lord tako
that child out of your arms ? Why , ho is
going to shelter it hotter than you could.
Ho is going to array it in a white robe , and
with palm branch ft will bo all ready to
greet you at your coming homo. Blessed
tho broken heart that Jesus heals. Blessed
tho importunate cry that Josus compassion
ates. Blessed tho weeping eye from which
tho soffhand of Jesus wipes away tbo tear.
I was sailing down tho St John river ,
Canada , which is tho Rhino and tho Hudson
commingled In ono scene of beauty and
grandeur , and whilo I was on tho deck of
the steamer a gentleman pointed out to mo
the places of interest , and he said , "All
this is interval land , and it is tho richest
land in all tho provinces of Now Brunswick
and Nova Scotia.
"What , " said I , "do you mean by interval
land ? " "WelL" ho said , "this land Is sub
merged for a part of tho year ; spring fresh
ets come down , and all these plains nro
overflowed with tho water , and tho water
leaves a rich deposit , and when the waters
aro gone the harvost springs up , and thoro
is tho grandest harvost that was ever reap
ed. " And I instantly thought , "It is not
tho heights of tho church nnd it is not tho
heights of this world that is tho sccno of
tho greates prosperity , but tho soul over
which tho floods of sorrow have gone , tho
soul over which tho freshets of tribulation
havo torn their way , that yields thegroatest
fruits of righteousness , and the largest
harvest for time , and tho richest harvest
for eternity. " Bless God that your soul ia
interval land.
But these reminiscences reach only to this
morning. Thero will yot be 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 Napoleon's dying reminis
cence on St. Helena beside Mrs. Judson's
dying remininiscence In tbo harbor of St
Helena , tho same Island , twenty years after.
Napoleon's dying reminiscence was ono of
delirium , "Head of the army. " Mrs.
Judson's dying reminiscence , as sho came
homo from her missionary toil and her life of
solf-sacrlfice for God , dying in the cabin of
tho ship in tho harbor of btHelena , was ,
"I always did love tho Lord Jesus Christ"
And then , the historian says she foil into a
sound , sleep for an hour , and woke amid tho
songs of angels.
I place the dying reminiscence of Augus
tus Caesar against the dying reminiscence
of the Apostle Paul. The dying reminis
cence of Augustus Caesar was , addressing
his attendants , "Have I played my part well
on the stage of life ? " and they answered in
the affirmative , and ho said , "Why , then ,
don't you applaud me ? " The dying remi
niscence of Paul the Apostle was , "I havo.
fought a good fight , I have kept the faith ;
henceforth thero is laid up for mo a crown
of righteousness , which the Lord , the
righteous Judge , will give me in that day ,
and not to me only , but to all them that lovo
his appearing , " Augustus Caesar died
amid pomp and great surroundings. Paul
uttered his dying reminiscence looking up
through the wall of a dungeon. God grant
that our last hour may be tho closing of a
useful life , and tho opening of a glorious
eternity.
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A Practical Definition of Heroism.
Capt. Murrell , of the rescue steamer
Missouri , proves himself to be much
better at doing' than , at talking. Ho
was the honored guest and hero at a
succession of enthusiastic receptions in
Philadelphia , Tuesday , and the sum of
all he could be got to say in response
to the extraordinary demonstrations
was , "I don't know what it is all for. I
want to give my officers and men
credit for the act which was only a
duty. A ship was sinking and the
passengers ' .vere in distress and we
took them aboard. If any other English
captain were there he would have
done the same thing. "
Capt Murrell has shown himself to
be different from many other men in
like situation in that he not only
recognized his duty , but did it Not
all of us do duty when we see it. And
he was different from many other men
also when , recognizing his duty and
resolving * to perform it , he proved
himself competent to perform it skill
fully and well. Few men are able ,
however willing they may be , to dis
charge without mistake and without
disaster such grave responsibility as
was thrust upon this man by tho
wrecking of the Danmark.
Capt. Murrell is one of the world's
heroes not only , but is possessed of a
hero's ability to judge wisely and act
quickly and skillfully ; and for his
practical success even more than for
his good intention , he is entitled to all
the honor men can pay him.
The world is full of men of good in
tentions who , when a crisis comes , are
incompetent to meet it and fail igno-
minously. Such men are never heroes.
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Poison in Cigarette Wrappers.
Dr. Probst , of the state board of
health , received word this morning
that will not be hailed with much sat
isfaction by the smokers of cigarettes
in this and other cities. According to
what Dr. Ashman , the chief of the
Cleveland board of health , says , cig
arette-smoking in the Forest City has
received a set-back that will take some
time for its recovery. The case , as re
ported by him , is that of a young man
who was suddenly stricken with a pe
culiar disease. He lost his appetite ,
became pallid and emaciated , and
seemed to be fast approaching the last
stages of consumption. His friends be
came alarmed , and , knowing consump
tion was not hereditary in the family ,
set on foot an investigation that re
vealed a startling state of affairs.
It was found that the young man was
a cigarette fiend well nigh incurable.
But so rapid was his decline his friends
were not satisfied that this was all , and
they demanded an analysis of the
wrapper of the cigarette which he was
in the habit of smoking. An analysis
was made , revealing the truth of the
young man's unfortunate condition.
The wrapper contained arsenic in large
quantities , and the victim was suffer
ing from arsenical poisoning. Colum
bus ( Ohio ) Post
The Burglar's Mistake.
Masked Burglar ( surprising railway
official alone in office ) I'll trouble you ,
my friend , to open that 'ere safe and
hand me out the stuff that's inside.
Official ( trembling ) Don't point that
revolver at me , please don 't ! I'll do it.
Here it is.
Burglar ( pocketing the spoils )
Thank you ; my friend. Now I'll
trouble you to give me a pass to Omaha ,
properly signed , and with the place for
the name left blank.
Official ( coldly ) I can't give you a
pass , sir.
B arglar I must have it , my friend.
Official ( impatiently ) You are not
entitled to a pass. I tell you.
Burglar ( cocking revolver ) Come ,
he quick !
Official ( in a violent rage ) You infer
nal scoundrel , take that ! ( Knocks
burglar down , ties his hands and. feet ,
and telephones for police. ) Chicago
Tribune.
A Vital Objection.
The owner of a live gorilla in France
offers to back the animal in a .prize- ,
fight with any-living pugulist ; 'The
objection that will naturally suggest
itself to the scientific prize-fighter of
the present day is that if confronted
byan antagonist of this kind he
would be compelled to fight Chicago
Tribune.
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Protect k : nor '
The question of legislating nghinst
tho indiHcriminnto slaughter of game
unimul8 , irrespective of kcx or n < rp ,
which wiih raised last week in roforoiioo
to the game of tho National piulc niitl
Mirrouiuling region , is ono tlt'scrvim ;
tho most thoughtful consideration of all
I'Portsineii. Among all tho horned ru-
imnnnta ono malo Kiillices for a connicl-
emblo number of female. " , and. as tho
births of males ami females nro approx
imately equal , it follow that qtiito a
considerable number of males may bo
killed off annually without loworini : the
productivo powers of tho linnl , while
every femalo shot iu a diminishing
hem will result in a considerable de
crease in the number of the herd ten
years later. From tho standpoint of
economy the practice of killing females
is n suicidal policy , which should bo op
posed by everj' one feeling an interest
in the perpetuation of onr big game.
The slaughter of a buck represent * * just
his own weight of venison withdrawn
from the national supply , while the
slaughter of n doe represents tho an
nual reduction of tho national supply
by at least her own weight iu perpetu
ity. Forest and Stream.
When old Judco Jowler was tucked in
his little bed by Mr * . MoiiBer he couldn't
sleep a wink until tho excellent woman bad
brought a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
Then he crossed his little hands and sunk
in sweet repose.
General Wayne Stables , Balto , itPacaSts.
Balto. Md.
I can safely recommend your Salvation
Oil to all Buffering with rheumatism , ns I
was a sufferer , and before I had finished
using the first bottle wns entirely .cured.
JOS. S. FOX , Cattle Dealer ,
117 North Broadway , Baltimore , Md.
A Qlipntlun oT Interest.
"Will the Educated Woman Marry ? "
is a question under discussion in some
of the magazines. That depends. If
her education makes her briirht , pleas
ant , entertaining , and sensible she will
marry , providing a man worth having is
within reach. But if her education
makes her critical , dogmatic and pedan
tic she will not marry for the simple rea
son that no man will ask her. All avo-
men ought to be well educated. Noth
ing more requires a wise and well train
ed mind than to administer well the
affairs of a household. An education
l which unfits a woman for this is not
worth tho name. Western Recorder.
A CJmrncterlKtlc Story.
An actor near me told me a character
istic anecdote of an actress whose back
was toward us. She is Miss A. , and
when she played leading Shakespearean
parts in the provinces her rival was Miss
B. , who was taking the same character
in another company. Mr unknown
friend had . supported both , and what
Miss A. said to him about her rival was
that "she had onco met B. at Tate , tho
agent's and B. spoke so .much about her
self that she" ( the unhappy Miss A. )
"could not get a word in edgewaj's. " "
Subsequently , Miss B. informed him
that "she once had a talk with A. , at
Tate's , if that could be called a talk in
which A. 's tongue wagged continuously
about her own affairs from beginning to
end of the interview. " Time.
The late Dr. Dio Lewis , in speaking
of Warner's Safe Cure , said , over his
own signature : If I found myself the
victim of a serious kidney trouble , I
would use Warner's Safe Cure. " He
also said "The medical profession stands
dazed and helpless in the presence of
more than one kidney malady. "
Encournzliis Her.
A Springfield woman , with an .invalid
hnsband'who was not expected to live ,
thought she would take time by the
forelock and engaged a dressmaker sev
eral weeks ago to make a full suit of
mourning for her. This week the dress
maker received a letter stating that the
looked for event had not yet taken
place and the wife had decided to wait
until the death of her husband , as she
wished her suit made in the latest style.
This cheerful postscript was added to
the letter : "Please do not get dis
couraged about it. You will be sure of
the job sooner or later. " Springfield
Homestead
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Tlio LnxtAct.
Adding to a long series of continued
success , the Union Pacific again takes
the lead in running supurb dining cars
on its solid vestibuled train from Omaha
to Denver. "Meals , 75 cents.
The more a man thirsts for notoriety ,
the less he gets of it to drink.
There is no distrust like the distrust of
one woman for another woman.
If foo's were never published for their
folly , there would be no wise men.
100,000 Sweet Potato Plants.
Yellow NHnsemond , Yellow Jersey , Red
Bermuda , 35 cts. per 100. $2.50 per 1,000.
Tomato plants , from seed bed , 40 ets. per
100 , $2.75 per 1,000 ; transplanted. $1
per 100. $7 per 1,000. Early cabbage
plants , 75 cts. per 100 , $5 per 1.000.
Late cabbage plants , 35 etc per 100 , $2.50
per 1,000. A general assortment of green
house and bedding plants , roses , coleus ,
geraniums , pansies , alternanthera , canna ,
&c. &c. at low down prices. A liberal dis
count to the trade. Pure bred poultry
and eggn for hatching ; Black Cochin , Ply
mouth Rock , S. C. Brown Leghorn , $1 for
13 eggs. A few good fowls for sale cheap.
W. J. Hesseu ,
Flattsmouth , Neb.
A man that has horse so-ise may be the
father of a donkey.
Sheriff * Sale
Smoke the Sheriff SaleSegar. A straight
10 cents Havana Cigar for 5 cents.
Where ignorance is bliss , 'its folly to be
otherwise.
Tlie Swayluc < > f Chimney * .
Observations upon the swaying of
tall chimneys during high winds show
that one 115 feet in height and four feet
in total diameter at the top waved twen
ty inches during a heavy gale , and an
other 164 feet high , but with six and
one-half feet diameter of flue , moved
through nn arc of only six and one-half
inches.
Oregon , the Para dine of Farmer * .
Mild , equable climate , certain and abun
dant crops. Best fruit , grain , grass and
stock country in the world. Pull informa
tion free. Address the Oregon Immigration
Board , Portland , Oregon.
Getting it Ddivii Fine.
Marguerite , a bine eyed cherub of o
years , knows how she wants the gas
turned when she is ready for sleep.
After she had said her prayers a few
nights ago , and as her mother was pre
paring to lower the gas jet , she said :
"Mamma , turn it to jnst a pimple , " and
then closed her eyes to sleep and dream
of "Pigs in Clover. " Buffalo Courier.
Deafnps * Can't Be Cnred
By local application , as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness ,
nnd that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi
tion of the mucus lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you
have a rumbling Bound or imperfect hear
ing , and when it is entirely closed Deafness
is the result , and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition , hearing will be de
stroyed forever ; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh. which is nothing but
-nn inflamed vconditionidf. the macus sur- ,
faces. " ' "
We will give One Hnndred Dollars for any
case of Deafness ( caused by Catarrh ) that
we can not cure by taking Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send Tor circular * , fri > e.
F. G. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , 0.
jSJ-Sold by druggists , 75c.
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aicinu to and Professor of Clinical Medi
cine at University Collego Hospital ,
London , Enjr. , says : "Briiht'HDinen80
Iiiih no H.vinptoniH of ila own , and may
loiur exist without tliu knowledge ) of tliu
patient or practitioner , an no pain will
l ) felt in the kidneys or that vicinity. "
This account * for many pcoplo dying
with Briirht'H Disease , or mlvmiced kid
ney maladv. Tho diseaso is not sus
pected until it reaches a fatal period.
If Warner's Snfo Cure in used at tho
proper time , the fatality from that ( lis *
cflfio would bo greatly decreased. Dr.
Thompson also says : "More adults nro
carried ofiu tliiH country by clirouio kid
ney disease than by any other ono mal
ady except consumption. "
Perseverance succeed sometimes almost
equal to buccoms.
It is easier to get ten idi'nn into a man's
head than it is to get ono out.
When Hali.r t\n Mrfc. < • v i < > Imr Cmtorla.
\ \ li n Klif Tin * ii C'lillil. kliirHrtl ! < ir < * iiHioria.
WJipij * lii" liM-ntns JO * * . Mif Wiunr to OiKtoria ,
When obe liml Clillilreii. liruvc them I'uscorla
Thoro is at leaat onocomfortin life ; pros
pects are always good.
The man or woman who is profitably
employed is generally happy. If you are
not happy it may be becauseyou havo not
found your .proper work.Vo earnestly
urga all such persons to writo to B. F.
Johnson &Co. , 100D Main St. , Richmond ,
Va. , and thpy can ahow you av work in
which you can bo happily und profitably
employed.
Which worries man moat , too much bus
iness , or a lack of business ?
For two two-cent Btamps wo will send
you one of the handsomest almanacs in
the country. "Homestead , " Omaha , Neb.
A man who hns a present need not
worry so much about his future.
Tho IHfllctllty Experienced
In taking Cod Liver Oil is entirely over
come in Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil
and Hypo phosphites , it is ns palatable
as milk , and the most valuable remedy
that has ever been produced for tho cure
of Consumption , Scrofula , and Wasting
Diseases. Do not fail to try it.
No man knows enough to entitle him to
conceit.
Garfield Bench.
The Union Pacific Bailway beg to an
nounce that they will open their Bath
ing and Pleasure Kesort , Garfield Beach ,
on Great Salt Lake , Utah , on May 15th.
Garfield Beach is within a few min
utes' ride of Salt Lake City.aud is the
only beach on Great Salt Lake having a
clean , sandy bottom , free frommud t nnd
rocks.
Bathing suits to rent for ladies and
gentlemen , grand concert every after
noon , restaurant and a magnificent danc
ing pavillion , make this the finest pleas
ure resort in the west , and is best
reached via the Union Pacific , "Tho
Overland Route. "
For genuine pleasure , go to Garfield
Beach. For excursion rates or descrip
tive pamphlets apply to your nearest
Agent or E. L. Lohax ,
General Passenger Agent ,
Omaha , Neb.
GOOD ADVICE. I
You want a good Liniment for Burnsv , ' | 5
Sprains and BrulscB. No family should . M
to houso without a Llnl- !
protend keep ( jW |
ment. Lot us namo a remedy , \mf \
RECOMMENDED | |
by thousands , who 'bear * willing1 tcstl- W
mony to its virtues * and action when jm
applied externally. Persona of every g f |
dogreo of intelligence and every rank i'If
in lifo uso W M
Perry Davis' ' Pain-Killer , jf
If any of our readers doubt tho magic ir S
of this old standard remedy , wo advise . | - S
them to buy one twenty-live centbottlo. | g
nnd give it a trial. •
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should always havo a bottle of Pain- I S
Killer with thorn , as accidents aro | 9 -
liable to occur. I M v *
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The world ought to Wvl know what 8.6. S. b * * V ' J * -
done forme la the euro Iff J ofamiltaiftnt Cancer , A ML
which was to bad as to bo considered Incnra- HJl , S
ble by the physicians W | In Chlcaao. where C 3 JB
wentto be treated. One J/ * 1 of my neighbors sent. lliH
mc a copy of on adxertlscmcnt In regard to- J4flB
Swift's bpcclflc. nnd 1 began taking lL I got. lURi
rcllcffromthcflrstfcwf/Vldogcs ; tho poUon.wa * . - - . 4jhB §
gradually forcedontof L"Jmy system , and 1 waa- N , /
soon cured sound nnd ! well. It is now lea /ggjg
months since I quit ltk > * lnz S. S. S. and I baTO • Jtwa
had no sign of return of the dreadful disease. JIKgR
Mas. Amk DornwzLL. j Wgal
An Sable , Mich. , Dec. 20 , 'S3. MEm'
Send for books on Blood Diseases and Cancers ; ' Msr
. The Co. $ rS'
mailed free. Swrrr Sreciric v < *
Drawer 3 , Atlanta. Gsv KJr
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