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In THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , AUGUST 4 1905. The Unveiled Vision. w Sermon preached at Christian i church , Lordsday evening * July 0 , 15 , Elder J. Cronenborjjcr , minister. Text "Open tliott mine eyes , that I may behold wonderous things out of thy law. " Psalms 119:18. : r In the Dresden gallery of royal gems there is a silver egg ; touch a spring , it opens , disclosing a crown studded with gems ; touch the crown and it opens disclosing a magnificent ring. So it is with the Bible ; as we study it , we touch successive springs disclos ing exhaustlcss treasures. This expression of the Psalmist means literally , "Unveil thou mine eyes. " The "Law" here represent * the Scriptures. To the unveiled vision of the believer the Word of God represents ever increasing revelations of beauty , richer than the gems from any royal galler- . The human mind delights in wondrous things. There certainly are wondrous things in God's Word , things challenging our highest admira tion , things hard to be under stood , things overawing us with sublimity , things unfathomable in love and grace. There are wonders of God , of His love , wis dom , power , holiness , justice , goodness and truth. There arc wonders of man ; of his ruin and his rescue. There are wonders of redemption ; "Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! I low un searchable arc His judgments , and His ways past finding out. " I To these wonders the natural man is blinded. It is not a lack of natural capacity , but sin and selfishness and carnality veil the vision. The eye exists but it sees not clearly. We are natur ally blind to the true beauties of God and His Word and to the highest virtues of religion. Much that is in fact intellectually known by us is not spiritually appre hended or appreciated. We have read of a little boy that was born blind. An operation was per formed , and the light let in slowly. One day his mother led him out into the yard and uncov ered his eyes. For the first time he saw the earth , the Mowers and the sky. "Oh mother ! " he cried , "why didn't you tell me it was so beautiful ? " she burst into tears , and said , "I tried to tell you dear , but you could not understand. " So it is when we try to tell what is in the Bible , unless the spirit ual vision is opened the } * cannot understand. 2 Some things that veil the eves. There are many who care nothing for God's Word. The ) see no beauty in it if they shouh desire it. And there are causes many times deliberately encour aged by them , that only aggra vate their spiritual blindness. 1 One of these is neglect Tin fish in Mammoth cave lost theii eyes by not using them. Somt people so seldom look into God'i Word that they lose all aptitudi for seeing the beauty it contains Another cause is prejudice. Some people are so prejudice ! against God's Word that the ; never for one moment even giv it candid attention. Their eye arc blinded by prejudice. 3 Another cause is intellectua pride. The Bible can not revea Itself to the one who thinks h knowsmore than God docsand ar not willing in a teachable spirit t hear Him speak. God hides thcs things from the self-thought , wit and prudent , and reveals thei unto babes. Matt. 11:25. : 4 Another cause is indulgent in sin. Permitted sin gradual ! draws a veil over the eyes. Tl veil becomes darker and dark until all light is shut out. "Ho great is that darkness. " 3 God Himself is the physici ; to whom we should appeal.- "Open thou mine eyes. " He : the oculist to whom we shou go. If our eyes be abnormal , diseased of vision , we can n treat ourselves , for it takes t : well eye to examine it and op < ate upon it. As the blind m met Christ in the way ho cried out , "Jesus , Master , have mercy upon us ! Lord , that I may receive my sight ! " So should we take up the prayer of the Psalmist and call out of our spiritual blind ness , "Open thou mine eyes that T may behold wondrous things out of thy law. " 4 Some of the wondrous things to be seen. To the unveiled vision what beauty there is to be seen in God's Word. To the heart in touch with God every page is a letter of love and beauty. We have read of a voting lady who bought a book of beautiful binding ; she read a few pages , but she was not interested in it. Some months after a young man came into the neighborhood and gave some lectures ; a tender friendship sprang up , ripening into love and betrothal. He was the author ; the book was no longer dull , but every page and line full of life and beauty. Every sentence had n charm for her heart. Love was the interpreter. That book can be said to be the Word of God ; the Author Jesus by His Holy Spirit. To those whodonot know God , His Word may seem dry and un interesting , but to those \vho know and love Him , every page becomes a casket of jewels. Like a letter of love , quickening the heart-throbs , and filling the soul with rapture and with fresh and holy resolve. WIRELESS MESSAGES. Every institution is either reputable or disreputable , ac cording us people see it. When a business man begins to complain about competition , it is time for his creditors to present their bills. A millionaire is doubtless a powerful man in his way , but he cannot put brains where nature decreed there should be none. One young follow declared that the street fair was a Hat failure because there were no Peanut Sisters with the com pany. The street fair people do not own the only high dive on earth From what we can learn , there arc dives on the top lloor o\ many a sky scraper along Stone street. It is better to be the plain ordinary , plug citizen of a town than to bo the mayor thercol and have the ordinary plug cit izens making' fun of you behiiu your back. It is unofficially reported tha while the street fair was ii c progress , the dog catcher callei at the electric theatre to se whether or not the Dam tloj wore a license tag. The next thing on the prc gram is the Salem chautauqun \Ve have been to Salem chiui ir tauquu many times and neve failed to realize at least ten pe Cent in the investment. e About ten minutes ago w started to write a profound es say on "The Majesty of th Law" but while we were wrii ing the first two sentences , fiv e young men passed the windov s each with a cigarette in hi mouth , and so we gave up th essay idea and wrote this par : graph instead. te According to Ida M. Tarbel re if you look at John D. Rocki to feller in a certain way he is se living monstrosity : a wallcin se cartoi i. If you look at him i in another way , he is a preti decent sort of a fellow. Tl rft common man can imagine hi ll-v as either , according as the o lle can is full or empty , ere Notice ( o Creditors. in tliu County Court of Klclmnlson Coun Nebrn > ku : an In tlm mutter of tlio Estate of Jai Noff KIT ilrcoitectl. It is nrdcreil 1 > > " the conrt that the tl j limited ( or creditors to nlo claims IS eild : Katato U six months from the 15th J of July. m . ami ull claims not tiled In t aid court , duly verified , on or before said 1 nunied dnte , will bo forever barnxl. or dered further thut ull claims tlleU HKi kald vntuto Kill be exHinlncd inul adjus tot by the court , In the county court room the court hoiiho In Tails City , In siilil conn he September 15th , November IJth , 1U05 , t Jnnuttry iStli. WOO. lly order of the court dated July 15,190.1. * ISCAUl J. H. WlLHlTK. " " ian WHY OPALS ARE COSTLY. Perfect Gems Must Bo Bright nnd Without Streaks or Spots Cut ting Is Important. Vi-iiiH of opals art1 usually met with in noft foi'imitions , where nothing above ground indicates their presence. The search for them , therefore , often requires considerable time. Hut it is not extremely diillcnlt , for opals are generally found near Hie Hiirface. Indeed , it was thought for a long time that they were not to be found UH deep IIH 12 feet below the surface. Thin opinion linn , how ever , given way in the light of evi dence , because opulH of great value have been discovered at a depth of HO feet , Hays the Jewel- erf * ' Circular. The value of opalB depends upon several considerations , of which the principal one IN the color. It is important that they should be bright and not present streaks or spots ultcrnai ing with uncolored substance. The most Valuable are those which have red llres or mixtures of red , yellow , blue and green. Opals of a single tint are of little value , unless the lint is particularly striking and the figure beautiful. Indeed , one of the essential qualities of the opal is the arrangement of ( he figure , which sets off strikingly the hue of the si one. When the figure is quite regular and distinct it is the more valua ble , miK'li less so when the grain is quite small and irregular. Hornet hues the color appears as a single blaze or with figures ir regularly spaeed. 11 may then beef of a fine ruby red and is much sought after , but oftenest the uni form tint is only green or reddish , and has but little brilliancy to of. The cutting is important for the opal ; thus a thick stone will be mueh less beautiful than a thin one , which , on losing part of its volume , loses also the figure. Th ( foundation tint contributes mud : lo the beauty. It ought to Ik1 transparent , slightly milky , and harmonize fully with the different reflections of the opal , which- , when it is really beautiful , pre sents a variety of hues infinitely pleasing to ( he eye. ANCIENT ROME VS. PARIS. When the Eternal City Was the , World's Art Center Jieces- slty to Education. \ There was a time when Home was the world's art center. No artist's education was considered , complete unless he spent some , time in that city , declares Cen tury. There WHS always to be found there a coterie of strong men , many of them famous , in whose society the tyro might min gle and gain much by the compan ionship. That day has gone by , however , and a change has taken place. Paris has usurped the pre rogative of the old city , and it is to her that the world now turns for new ideas of art. The Italian galleries remain , the master pieces hang in their accustomed places , the sky is as blue , the aii us soft , and the outlook as lovely but the glory of Hoinan art liff has departed. The humanity thai gave the art impetus , the inter cut to the student , has betaken it e self from the Seven Hills to tin s- peaceful Seine , where it llourishci in the wilder , more luxnrian growth , nurtured by the liothousi forcing of ( lu-de-sieele ideas , tin trammeled by convention or tru v , dition. For good or bad and tin 18 judgment must be left to the read 1C er the fact remains that to-iln. a- Paris is the hub about which th' wheel of art revolves. Yet from Paris there go aniu ally to the Italian capital a nun ea ber of young men , winners of th a annual competitions for the priz iff of Home , to spend four years i in the most idyllic manner , as guest ty of the French republic , at th lie Villa Medici , a beautiful palae im owned by the government and sjx cially arranged for their rece ] tion. These men have not wo their spurs without hard worl without great preliminary trail ing and many struggles. 0011 He Didn't Make a Sale. { Lai'y ( in shoe store ) She y me some slippers , please. Ian New Clerk Yes , ma'am. Win Or- . . - t inn number/ lift "Two. " imi "Yes , I know you want two < them ; but what size sixes < sevens ? " Chicago Daily News. Salem Interstate Chautauqua AUGUST 12 to 20 , 1905 DeWITT MILLER That reliable old time favorite. Dr. Jehu Dewit Miller will lecture at the Salem Assembly the opening Sunday , August I3th , at 2:30 : P. M. Subject : "Self-Sufficiency of the Republic. " Again on Monday August i4th at 2:30 : P. M. Subject : "The Reveries of a Bachelor. " Dr. Miller never fails to please and always gives the most profound something to think about. DR. MATT S. HUGHES Dr. Matt S. Hughes will give one of his polished lectures Saturday August 19 at 2:30 P. M. Subject : "The Evolution of Woman" On the clos ing Sunday , August 20 , at 2:30 : P. M. his subject will be : "The Dimensions of Life. " It is unnecessary to tell those who heard him two years ago at our Assembly , that Dr. HuQhes is nusurpassed as a public speaker. I If you want a program or a tent , write to I W. P. Shildneck , Secy. , Salem , Neb. J State Fair News. The ednciitionnl exhibit at the State Fair , September 4th to 8th , will oeeupy three times the space heretofore alloted to the schools of the state. Five times the usual amount is oil'ered in prizes , eight hundred and twenty dollars worth of prizes and ninety two diplomas being offered. Of the total 721 prizes , twenty-six are general two hundred and nineteen are for town and city schools and four hundred and seventy-six are exclusively for rural schools. Colleges also come in for prizes , and individual work has not been overlooked. The schools have a gardening de partment which show school nnd home gardening by pupils of the public schools.gardeningby teach ers in the summer normal schools. An exhibit will be made from the five junior normal schools. SPECIAL FEATUUES. A model rural school will occupy the center space opposite the south entrance. This will be up-to-date in eeating , lighting , heating , blackboards , maps charts , libraries wall finishing , decoration , desks , etc. Work of pupils will be on exhibition as in an ideal rural ; school , and in charge of the room will bo a model teacher , who will explain to visitors any features exhibited. A school teacher mnde of Rock county grasses will be in petition to keep an eye on all who enter , and a school boy made of York county corn products will be present - sent every day. Box Butte county will illustrate her products of horses , cattle and ' potatoes by figures made of pota toes , nnd Perkins county will been : on hand with the "stag of life" re presented by the cnctus plant as trained in the west to furnish food for hogs , cattle and horses. The Lincoln city schools will have in operation n section of their cooking school , where pupils e will be instructed in and preform the regular work of the school. The following countries have to date reserved space for a county exhibit : Boone , Box Butte , Buffalo Burl , Cedar , Chase , Colfax , Deuel Dodge , Dundy , Fillmore , Franklin Gage , Hamilton , Holt , Johnson , Lancaster , Lincoln , Logan , Mer- rich , Nemahn , Nuckolls , Perkins , Pierce , Polk , Richardson , Rock , Sovvnrd , Sioux and York. of The educational exhibit will be DI i point of interest for visitors. Wednesday , September Gth , It's rccliy a pleasure lo recom mend an article with merit. If you have a corn or a bunion and want to rid yourself of it , we recommend Blue-jay a pains taking plaster. Next time your corn hurts , don't swear , say : " Blue-jay. " E S , Price , 1 Oc. Torn THE KING PHARMACY be School Day. A speaker of national reputation will give an address. Plans will be made to entertain nnd care for school chil dren. Excursions will be run from all localities where n suffi cient number of persons become interested. It is urged that the schools do i not commence until Monday. September 11 th , in order that both teachers and children who desire may attend the fair and take ad vantage of the educational exhibit. Deputy Superintendent E. C. j , Bishop , State House , Lincoln. wilMmve charge of the exhibit arrangements. Write to him for any derired information. Kuth , the daughter of E N. Dewey , of Asjnewvllle , Vu. , was seriously ill of cholera infantum lust summer. "We gave her up and did not expect her to llye from one hour to another , " he says. "I happened to think of Cham berlain's Colic , Cholera und Diarrhoea Remedy and cot a bottle of it from the store. In five hours I saw a change for the better. Wo kept on glvlnp it und before she hud taken the half of one small bottle she was well. " This remedy is for sale at Kerr's arug store. Missouri Pacific Railway Time Table , Falls City , Neb. NORTH No. 105 Omaha and Lincoln Express A 1:57 : a m No. 103 Omaha and Lincoln passenger A 1:00 p in No. 191 Local Freight , Au burn A 1:00 : p m SOUTH No. 106 Kansas City and St. Louis and Denver A 3:10 : a m No. 108 Kansas City and St. Louis and Denver Al:25pm No. 192 Local , Atchison. . 10:30 a m No. 164 Stock Freight , Hi awatha A 10:20 p m A. Daily. B. Daily except Sunday. J. B. VARNKR , Agent. Burlington TIME TABLE Falls City. Neb. ' Lincoln Denver ) mahn Helena Chicago Butte > t. Joseph Salt Lake City ( ansas City * Portland at. Louis and all San Francisco points east and and all points south. west. TRAINS I.KAV1J AS FOLLOWS : No. 42. Portland St. Louis Special , St. Joseph , Kansas Citj : , St. Louis and all points east and south 7:20 p m No. 13. Vcstibuled express , daily , Denver and all points west and northwest 1:25 am No. 14. Vestibulcd express , daily , St. Joe , Kan sas City , St. Louis and all points east and south 7:47 : a m No. 15. Vestibulcd express , daily , Denver , and all points west and northwest 1:28 p m Nc 16. Vestibuled express daily , St. Joe , Kan sas City , St Louis Chicago and points easi and south 4:25 p m No. 20. Local express daily Atchtson and points south and west. . . . 4:35 p m No. 41. St. Louis-Portland SpecialLincolnHe lena , Tacoma and Portland without change 10:07 : p m No. 115. Local accommoda tion , daily e x- cept SundaySalem , Nemaha and Ne braska City 11:15 : p m Sleeping , dining and reeling chair cars ( seats free ) on through trains. Tickets sold and baggage checked to an ) * point in the States or Canada. For information , time tables , maps and tickets , call on or write to G. Stewart , Agent , Falls City , Neb. , or J. Francis , G. P. & T. A. , Omaha. Read The Tribune , $1.00 a Year ,
