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VOL. IX.--N0.41.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879.
WHOLE NO. 457.
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Elcvouth-st., ColumbUt, Scb. ' '
Terms Per year, $2. Six months, $1.
Three months. 50c. ngle copies, 5c.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. S. Paddock, U. S. Senator, Beatrice.
Alvix Saunders, U. S. Senator, Omaha.
T. J. Majoiil, Rep.. Peru.
tl. K. Valentine, Rep., West Point.
STATE DIRECTORY:
Albinos Nance, Uovernor, Lincoln,
b. J. Alexander, Secretary or State.
F. W. Liedtke, Auditor, Lincoln.
G. M. Bartlett, Treasurer, Lincoln.
C.J. Dllworth, Attorney-Gencral.
B. K. Thompson, Supt. Public Instruc.
H. C. Dawson, Warden of Penitentiary.
S'lL bouwi;1, lrison IwPWto".
fr. J. O. Davis, Prison Physician.
H. P. Mathewson, Supt. Insane Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
f . Maxwell. Chief Justice,
AmaCCob1A"ociteJ"dK"-
rOUltTII JUDICIAL DIST1UCT.
d. IT". Post, Judge, York.
JI. H. Kee, District Attorney, Wahoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
H. 1). Iloxle, Register, Grand Inland.
Wm. Anyan, Receiver, Grand Inland.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
J. O. Ili'phis, County Jndjre.
John Suufler. Count' Clerk.
V. Kuinmrr, Treasurer.
Itenj. Spielnian, Sheriff.
U. L. Komitcr. Surveyor.
Wiu. ISlocdorn )
John V alter, J- CountyC
John Wise. )
ommUioi)LTS.
Dr. A. Ilelntz, Coroner.
S. L. Barrett, Supt. of School.
SVrMilleU't JucticesoftbePeace.
OUarles Wake, Constahlc.
CITY DIRECTORY:
A. Spelce, Mayor.
John Schram. Clerk.
-John J. Rlckly, Marshal.
J. AY. Earlv, Treasurer.
S. S. JlcAliihtcr. Police Judge.
J. G. Routsou, Engineer.
councilmen:
1st H'ard J. E. North,
E. Pohl.
2;J Irani E. C. Kavanaujfh.
C. E. Morse.
SJ H'ard-E. J. Baker,
AVin. Burses.
ColBmbam EOhf Office.
Open ou Sundays trm 11 A.M. to 12m.
mid from 4:30 to ( r. m. Business
hours except Sunday fi a. m. to S r. w.
astern mail cloe at 11:21 a. m.
Western mails close at 4:2Ur.M.
II ail leave Columbus for Madison and
Norfolk, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturday, 7 a. M. Arrives Mondays,
W'fdnevdayt., and Fridays, 3 p. m.
For Monroe," Genoa. Watervillc and Al
bion, daily t-xeept Sunday 6 a. m. Ar
rive, same, G r. i.
Tor Summit, UlysTs and Crete. Mon
days and Thursdays. 7 a. m. Arrives
Wednesdays, and Saturdays. 7 p. M.
For Itcllexille. Osceola and York, Tues
day . Thursdays and Saturdays J p. M.
"A'rfiej.t 12 i.
Kr Wlf, Farral and Battle Creek.
Mouda9 and Weilncdays,G a. M. Ar
rives Tuesdays and Fridays at 0 V. M.
For Shell Creek, Ncbo, Creston and
Mauton, on .Mondays at 7 A.M. Ar
rive Tuesday G p. M.
For I)aid City, Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturday's, I p. u Arrire, at 12
M.
I'. I. Time Tnblc.
Eastward Hound.
Enitsraiit, No.G, leaves at
Passcn-'r, " 4.
Fricht, " 8. " "
reight. " 10. "
Wtttieard Hound.
Frci-ht. No. 5, leaves at
PasciiK"r, " 3, " "
Freight. " !', ' "
Emigrant. 7. "
f:25 a. in.
11:IVJ a.m.
2:l." p. m.
4:30 a. in.
2:00 p. m.
4:27 p. m.
0:00 p.m.
1:30 a. m.
Everv dav except Saturday the three
lines leading to Chicago connect with
IT P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
thero will be but one train a day, as
thown by the following schedule:
J CAN. W. ) 7th and 2Sth.
Stpt . . - JC, U.Q. V 14th
(C, R. I. A P.i 21st
(C .. B. & Q. ) Mh and 20th.
Vet . . . h, R. I. & P.- 12th
(C. & N. W. J l!th
iC, R. I. Jt P.J 2d and 23d.
JVoc... Jx.V. Y th and 3utb.
(C, B. .t Q. 1 llUh
IC, B. .t J. 7th and 2feth.
Dec -k, R. I. & P.V i4th
Farm for Sale.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
acres c f excellent farm land in But
ler Countv, near Patron P. O., about
qul-di.tatit from three County Seats
Davfd City, Columbus and Schuyler;
60 acre- under cultivation; 5 acre of
tree, maple, cottonwood, vc: ;ood
frame house, granary, j-tablc, sheds, ,tc.
Good stock ranpe, convenient to water.
The place is for sale or exchange for
property (houe and a few acres) near
Columbus. Inquire at the Journal
office, or address the uudersigncd at
Patron P. O. 403
JOUN TANNAIIILL.
FA1LHF.KX:
BE OF GOOD CtlEER. Let not the
low prices of your products dis
courage you. but rather limit your ex
penses Vo your resources. You can do
io by stopping at the new home of your
fello'w farmer, where you can lind good
accommodations cheap. For hay for
team for one night and day, 23 cts. A
room furnished with a cook stove and
bunks, in connection with the stable
free. Those wishing can be accommo
dated at the house of the undersigned
at the following rates: Meals 25 cents;
beds 10 cents. J. B. SENECA L.
K mile east of Gerrard's Corral.
di'' not easily earned in these
JL times, but" it can be made
vl I I I in three months by anyone
of cither sex. in any part of
the country who is willing to work
steadily at" the employment that we
furnish. fOC per week in your own
town. You need not be away from
home over night. You can cive your
whole time to the work, or only your
spare moments. We have agents "who
are making over $20 per day. All who
engage at once can make money fast. At
the pVescnt time money cannot be made
so easily and rapidly at any other busi
ness. It coFts nothing to try the busi
ness. Terms and $5 Outfit free. Address
at once. II. Halltt & Co., Portland,
Malro 375-y.
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can make money faster at work for
usthanatanvtbingelse. Capital not
required: we will startyou. ? 12 per
day at home made by tne indus
trious." Men. women, bovs and girls
wanted everywhere to work for us. Now
is the time. Costly outfit and terms free
Address Thue k Co., Augusta, Maine
$66s
. week In rnnrnwn tnwn SS
i Outfit free". No risk. Reader
if you want a business at
which Person of either sex
ean make great pay all the time they
work, write for particulars t H. IIal
jxtt & Co Tcrtland, Maine.
BUSINESS CARDS
Dr. J. S. .McAl.L.ISTKIC,
SURGEON AND MEDICINAL DEN
tist. Otlice ou 12th St., three doors
east of Schilz's boct and shoe store,
Columbus, Neb. Photograph Rooms in
connection with Dental Office. 215.y
HUGH HUGHES,
GARPENTER, JOINER AND CON
TRACTOR. All work promptly
attended to and satisfaction guaranteed.
Refers to the many for jvhom he has
"done work, as to prices and, quality.
2G4.
W. -A. CLAJEtK:,
Mffl-Writ it Eiiieer,
COLUMBUS, NEB. 402-12
T S.CHRISTISON,M.D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
SSTFor one year a RESIDENT PHY
SICIAN to the NEW YORK CITY
HOSPITALS, Blackwcll's Island, N.Y.
Oflicc on 1 Ith St., next to the Journal.
Mileage 50 cts. Mcdiducs furnished.
51. WEISEXFH;iI,
WILL repair watches and clocks In
the best manner, and cheaper than
it can be doue in any other town. "Work
left with Saml. Gass, Columbus on 11th
street, one door cast of I. Gluck's fetore.
or with Mr. Wcisentluh at Jackson, will
be promptly uttended to. 415.
NKLSOX MILLETT. BYItON MILLKTT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
N. MSI.IJETT J SOIV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus,
Nebraska. N. B. They will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to them. 218.
RYAN & DEGAN,
rpWO doors cast or D. Ryan'b Ilotel
X ou 11th street, keep a large stock of
Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
And everything usually kept at a flrst
clas bar." 411-x
FOR SALE OR TRADE !
MARES I COLTS,
Teams of
Horses or Oxen,
s
AlII,i: I0:IEN, wild or broke,
at the Corral of
423 GERRARD&ZEIGLER.
D0LAND & SMITH,
DETJ&GISTS,
TVlioIosalo n.nd Xlotail,
VTEBRASKA AYE., opposite City
1 Hall, Columbus. Nebr. "Low
prices and line poods. Prescriptions
and family recipes a specialty. 417
STAG 13 KOUTE.
JOHN IIUBER. the mail-carrier be
tween Columbiin and Albion, will
leave Columbus everyday except Sun
day at G .('clock, sharp, p-issing through
Mouroc, Genoa, Watjr illc, and to Al
L ion The hack will call at eithei of
the Hotels for passengers if orders arc
left at the post-ollicc. Rates reason
able, $2 to Albion. 222.1y
mmi AHD SADDLED!
At H. Cramer's old stand Opposite
I. Gluck's on 11th Street.
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USHIONS a specialty. Repairing
neatly done aim charges very low.
C. W. Laxdkus. Proprietor.
J. C. Pakkkk, Foreman.
Columbus Meat Market!
WEBER & KNOBEL, Prop's.
JT'EEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh
XV. meats, and smoked jiork and beef;
also fresh fish. Make sausage a spec
ialty. iSETRcmember the place. Elev
enth St., one door west of D. Ryan's
hotel. 417-tf
IMctrlcks' Jlout Market.
Washington Are., iirerljr opposite Conrt Ilonkp.
OWING TO THE CLOSE TIMES,
meat will be sold at this market
low. low down for cash.
Best steak, per lb., .10c.
Rib roast, " Sc.
Boil, " . Gc.
Two cents a pound more than the above
prices will be charged on time, and that
to good responsible parties only. 2G7.
DOCTOR B0NESTEEL,
IT. S. EXAMirVIG MJHtGEO,
COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA.
OFFICE IIOFRS, 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to
4 p. m., and 7 to 9 p.m. Otlice on
Nebraska Avenue, three doors north of
E. J. Baker's grain office. Residence,
corner Wyoming and Walnut streets,
north Columbus, Ncbr. 433-tf
MRS. W. L. COSSEY,
Dress and Shirt Maker,
3 Doom Wfst of Stlllmin's Dm; Store.
Dresses and shirts cut and made to
order and satisfaction guaranteed. Will
also do plain or fancyscwiug of any de
scription. J3T PRICES VERY REASONABLE.
Give me a call and try mv work.
425-lv "
HENEY QASS,
UNDERTAKER, KEEPS ON HAND
ready-made and Metallic Coffins,
Walnut Picture Frames, ilends Cane
Seat Chairs. Keeps on hand Black Wal
nut Lumber.
Tulips Art. ejpsite Cnrt Erae. C:!trir, Krt
F. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Storeon Olive St., near the old Post-office
CohuabuB Nebraska. 447-ly
J . T r A-MMifbillv
II r. E. L. S1G GIIt'S,
Physician and Surgeon.
JSTOflicc open
at all hours
Esil Min?,
J.
BYRNE,
DENTIST,
COLUMBUS, NEB.
32T Ojffice: Eleventh St., one door east
cf Jouknal building, up-stairs.
TJEXRY G. CAREW,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
COLUMBUS, NEnitASKA.
Formerlj a member of the English
bar; will give prompt attention to all
business entrusted to him in this and
adjoining counties. Collections made.
OHicc one door east of Schilz' shoe t-torc,
corner of olivq and 12th Stroets. Spricht
I)eut:h. Parle Franeais. 41S-tf
COLUMBUS BRICK YAED
(One mile west of Columbus.)
THOMAS FLYNN & SON, Propr's.
GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK
Always on Hand In
QUANTITIES to suit I'URCHASEUS
371-tf
CALIFORNIA WINES
Sl.25eSl.75
A GALLON
-AT-
SAML. GASS'S,
Eletcntli Street.
MARY AIKRIGELT,
Merchant Tailoress,
IZ'Jh. Street, epr::itc r::t-:ea.
Jlen's and boys' suits mado in the
latest "tyle, and good tits guaranteed, at
very low prices. Men's suits fo'.AO to
$!).oi), according to the goods and work.
Boys' suits $;1.00 to $4.00, according to
size.
tSTCLEANIXG AND REPAIRING PONE.JgJ
Bring on your soiled clothing. A
whole suit renovated audi made to up
pear as good as new for $1.25 424-y
LUERS&SCHEEIBER
Slacksmith and Wagon Mabr.
All kinds of repairing done at short
notice. Wagons, Buggies, Ac., ,vc,
made to order. All work warranted.
Shop on Olive Street, opposite Tnttcr
sal, Columbus, Nebraska. 32
J. 0 ELLIOTT,
AGENT FOR THE
STOVER WIND MILL
$20 OSCILLATING FEED MILL,
And All Kinds of Pumps
AND
PUMP MATERIALS!
ALSO
Challenge Wind and Feed Jfills,
Combined Shcllcrund Grinder,
JfallJfills. IJor.sc Powers,
Corn Shelters and
Fanning 21 ills.
Pumps Repaired on Short Notice,
Farmers, come and examine our mill.
You will lind one erected on thepremi.-es
of the Hammond House, in good running
order.
C O L. U .11 IC U S
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor.
Wholcsald and Retail Dealer in
Foreign Wines, Liquors
AND CIGARS,
DOUBLIN STOUT,
SCOTCH AND ENGLISH ALES.
ZSTKenlucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS,
In their season,
BY TIIE CASE, CAN Oli DISH,
11th Street, Somth. of Depot,
WM. BECKER,
)DEALER IN(
GROCERIES,
Grain, Produce, Etc.
I.
NEW STORE, NEW GOODS.
Goods delivered Free of Charge,
anywhere in the city.
Corner of 13th and Madison Sts.
North of Foundry. 39 T
A HKAItX'.S SECRET. :
"Was John Anderson there?" ask
ed Mary with great interest.
"Bless me, Cousin Mary, you
alarm me ! "What was it you asked ?
Let me see what was it?" And
the speaker glauccd shyly at her
cousin.
"I asked if John Anderson was at
Mrs. Allen's party."
"O, yes, to he sure. She was glad
to get a lion you know, or any other
wild beast which reminds me that
Marion Churchill told me she had
been spending a day in town at her
aunt's. I asked her if 6he saw all
the lions; and she caid no, she was
disappointed. Aunty took her out
to see them, but they went to the
Museum, the Park, and the Town
Hall, and by that time it was so late
she didn't like to remind her aunty
of the lions, though she had rather
have seen them than anything else."
Cousin Mary smiled faint!', and
then, with the air of a martyr said:
"What is he like?"
"Who? O, John Anderson! Well,
to quote Tennyson :
"His heard stands out a foot heforc.
His hair a part hetwecnl"
"As I am not his barber, suppose
we let his hair alone; and do try to
be sensible, Jennie!"
"Sensible! Why, wasn't Tenny
son sensible? However, I don't
want to touch his hair; but, really,
without all that hirsute appendage,
he would be a mere atom ; he looks
starved, and his face, what there is
of it well, I could not help think
ing of the old song: ;
"His guineas they were yellow, and so
was uis nice.
So he won't do for me!"
Here Miss Jennie danced oft", sing
ing the rest of the song at the top of
a clear, strong voice, and her sedate
cousin was left alone. ,
Cousin Mary was an old maid;
she was 4d, and very quiet and self
contained; apparently the even
tenor of her life had never been dis
turbed, and it would bo difficult to
imagine that the calm surface had
ever been ruflled by love's conflicts.
Yet it was so, though very (o.w had
ever known of-it at the time, anT
now it was "a thing of the pa?t," as
she kept repeating over and over to
herself as she sat there iu her accus
tomed quiet; for after Jennie, her
volatile cousin, who was visiting
her, had left the room, her work had
dropped from her every-busy fin
gers were clasping and unclasping
each other with a wild, nervousness,
and her face worked with a strong
emotion.
"I wonder if he will call," she
murmured. Then she walked to a
mirror in tho room, and, looking
steadily at 'herself, continued her
self-communing. "lie must have
seen so many beautiful women and
my prcttincss is all gone." Then,
putting her hand to her head, she
murmured, "Poor hair, you arc so
gray! Ah, Johnny, you have been
long at tne lair! Well, L suppose
he has forgotten me by this time."
Then she sat down, and by and by
two tears rolled slowly down her
cheeks.
Long years before, when she was
only 19, and a pretty, bright young
girl, John Anderson had been her
avowed lover. At parties he was
always on her side, and other young
men complained that he would al
low no one a chance to dance with
her but himself. He it was who
took her to picnics and all pleasure
parlies ; he was her attendant caval
ier in moonlight walks, which the
young people were in the habit of
taking. He walked to and from
church with her, and then passed
hours by her side at her own home.
He was only one year older than
she, and though there was a tacit
acknowledgment of love, no formal
engagement had been entered into.
Then a young doctor came to settle
in the village; and as Mary was one
of the belles of society, and the doc
tor a gay, young man, with plenty
of leisure time, he devoted his spare
hours to as he expressed himself to
a friend "making the young rustic
fall in love with him." In that he
was mistaken, however.
Mary felt flattered by his atten
tion?, and still more flattered by
John's evident jcalousv. At last
John remoustrated with her for
"leaving him and flirting with that
medical fool." Mary grew angry
and told him she never flirted, and
that he was an "impertinent boy,"
to speak so to her. A lover's quar
rel ensued, and would, in all proba
bility, have been "made up" and all
gone on well again, as according to
the Latin proverb, "The falling out
of lovers is the renewal of love,"
but unfortunately Mary had a maid
en aunt, who must have been born
with an old and wilhered heart.
She was now on a visit to Mary's
parents, and took upon herself the
office of duenna. She talked to her
niece severely on her encourage
ment of two "deluded young men,"
and on no account would let her
meet poor John alone; so the cool
ness consequent on the quarrel con
tinued. Just at that time an uncle of
John's who was a sailor, was going
on a voyage to Australia, and otter
ed to take his nephew with him.
John eagerly accepted the oiler, and
in a Bhort time he was on his way to
the land of gold. He called to sec
Mary before leaving; but the inevi
table aunt was present, and they
only gave each other a warm hand
shake; for in that last momenfthe
pride of Jack gave way to ten
derness. Years passed, and still John did
not return. From Australia he
went to India, and there his uncle
procured him a lucrative position in
a mercantile house, where he had
remained until the present time, his
first coming home after thirty years'
absence.
Meanwhile, Mary's aunt had died.
Both her parents had also died
within a few years of each other,
and five years after John left for
Australia; so that her aunt had been
her sole household companion until
her death, which occurred fifteen
years before my story opens. After
she died, and Mary was looking
over the papers in her desk, she
found a letter addressed to herself,
which had been there for four years.
It was from John Anderson, asking
her to correspond with him. He
was "doing well," he said, and hop
ed soon to come home, if she would
bo glad to see him." Mary read the
letter, and put it away to be reread
many times; but being of a very
reticent nature always, and having
grown more so while living with
her aunt, she never told any one of
it. She felt a delicacy about an
swering the letter, after so many
years of silence, knowing that John
must have supposed that silence to
be the result of indillercnce. Now
he was home again, and she too had
been invited to the party to Mrs.
Allen's which she had just been
questioning Jennie about, but a
nervous, sick headache, verv often
her companion of later years, had
kept her at home. Yet in her mind
the constant question was running,
"Will ho come?" and every ring at
the bell set her nerves quivering
and cheeks burning, like those of a
young girl.
At last she grew so nervous that
she determined to taken brisk walk,
and try to regain her wonted calm
ness. With hat and shawl hastily
on, she was in the act of leaving her
door, when a tall very thin, yellow
faced gentleman met her, and, bow
ing, asked if she would be kind
enough to tell him if this was Miss
Holmes' house; he used to know it
well, but there had been changes in
its appearance since he saw it last.
She knew him. Her heart beat
thick and fast, her limbs trembled,
and the flushed face suddenly paled
as she thought, "I am so old he dou't
know me." But summoning up the
pride and resolution which had
covered many a heart-ache before,
she quietlyextended her hand, say
inr :
"This is her house, and she is hap
py to welcome to it her old friend,
Mr. Anderson. Docs he think her
so changed also?"
He eagerly seized the proffered
hand, saying:
"Then you arc Mary ?"
They entered the house together,
and were soon talking, sometimes
sadly, sometimes merrily, of the
events of the years during which
they had been separated ; but he
made uo allusion to their early love.
A happy hour passed in retrospect
ive converse; still no mention was
made of the matter; she could not
speak of it first, and he seemed to
have forgotten it, until, just as he
was leaving, he said :
"You never answered my letter."
"Xo; I did not receive it until
four years after it was written ; then
I found it among my aunt's papers."
Her voice was low and agitated,
and her eyes burning in their eager
intensity.
He started, flushed slightly, and
looked embarrassed ; but, quickly
recovering himself, said :
"Ah, that was rather unfortunate.
So you did not answer it, then?" A
pause, then he added: "Well, I
trust we shall always be good
friends. I should like to bring my
wife to see you. I am to be married
next week to a young lady whom I
met in Calcutta three years ago, and
who is willing to go back with me;
for I have lived too long in the tor
rid zone to come back to ice and
6HOW."
Still pale, but calm and quiet, she
told him that his wife would be
welcomed by her; and then he bade
her adieu, and she went to her own
room. What passed there, only her
Father in Heaven knew. Outwardly
she was the same quiet, gentle lady,
with perhaps'a little more sadness
in eye and mouth. No one ever
knew of her sorrow, and she is still
an old maid.
Revival of Sodom nntl Gomor
rah. It is announced that Sodom and
Gomorrah arc to be rebuilt, and
that the whole shore of the Dead
Sea is to become a sceno of busy
industry. The Sublime Porte, wo
are told, has granted a concession
to an English company for the
building of the Euphrates Valley
Railroad, and to a French company
for the building of a line from Joppa
to Jernsalcm, which is to connect
with it. Prominent among the in
dustries which are to keep these
lines profitably employed is the
pitch and bitumen business, of
which the old neighborhood of the
submerged cities will probably be
the centre. The whole region is
well supplied with a superior arti
cle of bitumen, identical with that
originally used in cementing the
bricks of the Tower of Babel. As
matters are now, the vicinity of the
Dead Sea is, as the name of that
body of water implies, pervaded
with a deadness not exceeded by
that of any other solitary place in
the world. There being no facili
ties for conveying the bitumen to
market the getting of it out would
be both useless and unprofitable.
From tho earliest ages these bitu
minous supplies have been well
known. Some of the chiefs whom
Abraham routed made a permanent
investment in bitumen by falling
into the "slime pits" with which the
Vale of Siduim abounded. This bi
tumen is rich iu products which
may easily be distilled from it, and
if properly handled may prove as
important an article of commerce as
any yield of our own oil regions.
Although there is a pretty rough
piece ot country between Joppa and
Jerusalem, the road between those
points need not be much over fitly
miles in length, while from Jerusa
lem to the Jordan there is but a
short distance, with rapid descent.
Tho Jordan valley can easily be
bridged, and the road proceed with
out meeting with any insuperable
obstacles through the rocky country
on the eastern side. Possibly before
long the scream of the whistle of
the narrow gauge locomotive may
echo among the hills and valleys of
Judea and Moab, and the shrill tenor
of the conductor's voice be heard,
shouting: "All aboard for Sodom !
step lively, there!" and, "Show y'r
tickets, all them what got in at Go
morrah!" The black smoke of the
oil stills of Admah and Zeboim will
ascend toward heaven, and a crowd
of money-making Britishers,French
men and Yankees will make the
shores of Lake Asphaltites more
brisk with traffic than the fugitive
Lot made good his escape and the
hesitating Mrs. Lot was converted
into sodium chloride. Philadelphia
Times.
The Storm of I. lie.
Dark, angry clouds overspread the
sky, illuminated at intervals by
vivid flashes of lightning; peals of
thunder rent the air like the voices
of angry gods, while the trees and
flowers fell before the heavy gusts
of wind and rain like grain before
a sickle.
The awful grandeur of the scene
struck terror to hearts heretofore
unknown to fear. For more than
an hour tho storm raged on till it
had spent its fury, when the wind
and rain abated, and here aud there
tiny rifts appeared in the clouds,
growing larger and still larger, till
the sun broke forth in glorious
effulgence, brightening the face of
Nature with dazzling brilliancy.
Myriads of diamonds hung in the
trees and glistened on the grass and
flowers. Never was the sunshine
more beautiful.
The terrific storm, so fearful in its
wrath, purified and washed the
whole earth and decked it in the
beautiful jewels which a shower
alone can give, and though in the
east a light rain was falling, it only
enhanced the beauty of tho scene;
for the cloud was spanned by a
beautiful bow beautiful not only
on account of its lovely combination
of colors, but as a sign of a glorious
promise made by nim who ruleth
the storm by his infinite power.
Human life has its storms. Ad
versity, temptation and sorrows
sweep over the soul, filling it with
fear and dread. But after a time,
tiny rafts of God's mercy pierce the
clouds around us, and if we in pa
tience wait, the entire sunshine of
His love will break in beauty over
our heads, and spanning the clouds
that are drifting away from us, we
shall see rainbows of precious
promise.
The tongue does large business on
a small capital ; it raises a mighty
storm on the most trivial occasions.
There is not a family, or school, or
single village in all the land, which
is fire-proof; they are all iu momen
tary danger of this little member.
An OmLxli Wedding.
Doubtless many of our readers
are familiar with the customs aud
habits of the religious sect known
as the Ornish ; but it is to be ques
tioned if many of them know how an
Ornish wedding is conducted. The
Ornish differ from the Mennonites
in their simplicity of dress, and be
ing more strict in their discipline.
They also hold their reglions meet
ings in private houses. Their own
ministers perform the marriage cer
emony, which is seldom tho case
with the Mennonites.
A Wedding-day among them isnn
important event. All the relatives
and friends of the families assemble
at an early hour. A stranger to
pass by and see the yellow carriages
iu groups iu a field adjacent to the
house would be awe-stricken. On
the arrival of the guests, each one
unhitches from the carriage his own
horse and secures for him a place in
the stable. The ceremony begiusat
S a. in. The bride and groom with
their attendants, occupy a room aud
sit face to face, the men ou one side
and the women on the other. The
remaining guests sit iu other apart
ments of the house. The services
consist of singing and preaching (all
in German), and when thi.s is over,
which lasts till twelve o'clock, the
couple to be married advance to the
preacher and the wedding ceremony
is pronounced. Then follows the
dinner. Iu a short time the tables
arc fitted up and bountifully sup
plied with roast turkey, beef and
vegetables. To this all who can
find room sit down, after which the
tables are ngaiu supplied with cake
and wiiic,ut which the young people
congregate aud spend an hour iu
singing, when they partako of the
delicacies spread before them. The
older persons then follow and enjoy
the good things, which consumes
considerable time.
At six o'clock a supper is spread,
which remains ou the table during
the night. It is at this hour (six
o'clock) the festivities begin. All
repair to the barn, which has been
thoroughly cleaned for the occasion,
and indulge in the old-time plays.
These amusements arc kept up till
after midnight, when all parties
wend their way homeward. Lan
caster (Pa.) iVeia Era.
.SiiiM oi t!i I'm hers Maintain
ed by (lie .Sons.
One of the customs of our fathers
was the habit of going to sleep dur
ing church service, and various and
singular were the expedients adopt
ed by the minister and the deacons
to keep them wide awake. Here is
an account of a funny scene in a
Lynn, (Mass.) church in 1GIG, dur
ing the preaching of good old Rev.
Samuel Whitney, D. D. It is taken
from Obadia Turner's journal :
"1G1G, June ye 3d : Allen Brydgcs
hath bin chose to wake ye sleepers
in meeting, and being much proud
of his place must needs have a fox
taile fixed to ye end of a long staff"
wherewith he may brush the faces
of them yt will have naps iu time of
discourse; likewise a sharpe thorne
wherewith he may prick such as be
most soundc. On ye laste Lord his
day, as he strutted about ye meeting
house, he did spy Mr. Tomlins
sleeping with much comforte, head
slcadic by being in ye corner aud
his hand grasping yc rail. And soe
spying Allen did quicklie thrust his
-taff behind Dame Ballond and give
him a grievious prick upon ye hand.
AVhereupon Mr. Tomlins did spring
up much above ye floor and with
terrible force strike his hand against
ye wall, and also, to ye great won
der of all, prophainlie exclaim in a
loud voice, 'Cus the woodchuck ho
dreaming, as it seemed, yt a wood
chuck had seized and bit his hand.
But on comeiug to know where he
wa3, and yo great scandall he had
committed, he seemed much abash
ed but did not spcake. And I think
he will not soonc againe go to slecpe
in meeting. Ye women may some
times sleepe aud none know it by
reason of their enormous bonnets.
Mr. Whitney doth pleasantli 6ay yt
from ye pulpit he doth seem to be
preaching to stacks of straw with
men jotting here and there among
them." Springfield Republican.
Io Everything: Well.
If you have something to attend
to, go about it coolly and thought
fully and do it just as well as you
can. Do it as though it were the
only thing you had ever to do in
your life, and as if everything de
pended upon it; then your work
will be well done, and it will afford
you genuine satisfaction. Often
much more does depend upon the
manner in which things seemingly
trivial are performed, than one
would suppose, or than it h possi
ble to foresee. Do everything well
and you will find it conducive to
your happiness, and that of those
with whom you come in contact.
Bccchcr According: to wGalh."
Looking at him a3 an intellectual
study, it occurred to mo that it w3
a triumph of the art of extempora
neous speaking. I was told iu tLo
church that when he first came
among them ho was less easy and
prompt in the selection of fit words
to convoy his meaning. Had ho at
that period commenced to write his
sermons and become the slavo of
manuscript, ho could never have
brought to perfection that sympa
thetic, conversational power he em
ploys to explain and illustrate, uot
only Scripture, but matters of feel
ing and daily experience. Beecher's
gentle sensibilities, study of nature,
adaptability for friendship, love,
and the delicate side of life, gave
him originally the seat of power.
Having a great deal of work to do
he adopted the plan at the outset of
preaching from his mind instead of
from the page. His studies, there
fore, consist in drawing a plan of
his sermon and thinking out the
figure which will fill it up. As a
reader of the daily news ho hardly
has an equal among clergymen, and,
there is more suggestive aud human
iu the newspaper than in Shaks
peare or Bacon. No man can bo a
lirit-class popular preacher unless
there is something of the politician
at his heart. No great act of tho
church or its ecclesiastics but has
been iu some way connected with
politics and national action. All
cardinals are forgotten but tho po
litical cardinals, like Wolscy, Crom
well, Kichelien. Even tho theolo
gians take human ull'ect by political
performances, a3 in the case of Cal
vin, Luther, Mohammed, Confucius
and Father Matthew. The minister
who does not reud tho daily papers
is not fit for our cities, where the
multitude of daily friction is in no
mood to hear cold disquisitions ou
stupid old patriarchs aud prophets.
Tlan'.s Age.
Few men die of old age. Almost
all die of disappointment, passion,
mental or bodily toil or accident.
The common expression, "choked
with passion," has little exaggera
tion iu it; cycu though not sudden
ly fatal, strong passions shorten life.
Strong bodied men often die young;
weak men often live longer than
the strong, for the strong use their
strength aud the weak have none to
use. The latter take care of thera
selyes, the former do not. As it is
with the body so it Is with the rnind
and temper. The strong are apt to
break, or like a candle to run ; tho
weak to run out. The inferior ani
mals that live temperate lives havo
generally their prescribed number
of years. The horse lives twenty
live, the ox fifteen or twenty; the
dog ten or twelve ; the rabbit eight ;
the guinea pig six or seven years.
These uumbers all bear a similar
proportion to the time the animal
takes to grow to its full size. But
man, of all the animals, is one that
seldom lives this average. He ought
to live a hundred years according to
physical law, for five times twenty
is a hundred ; but instead of that, he '
scarce'y reaches on an average- four
times hi3 growing period ; the cat
six times, aud the rabbit even-eight
times the standard of measurement.
The reason is obvious man 5.y"i'
only the most irregular and intern
pcrate, but tho most laborious and
hard-worked of all the animals. Ho
is also most irritable, and there is
reason to believe, though we cannot
tell what an animal secretly feels,
that more than any other animal,
man cherishes wrath to keep it
warm, and consumes himself with
the fire of his own secret reflections.
Iler .HI take.
In going down Michigan avenue
on the car, yesterday, a woman part
ly rose up at a street corner, and
one of the men across the aisle at
once sprang up and pulled the bell.
The woman pulled her shawl around
her and sat down again, and after
the car had waited quite a spell, the
man remarked :
'I rang the bell to let you off."
"But I don't get off here," she re
plied. "Well, you rose up as if to ring
the bell, and I pulled it for you," ho
continued. "Tho car has stopped,
aud the driver expects some one to
get out."
"I didn't want tho bell rung," she
answered.
"I see you didn't, now, but a3
long as you led me into the mistake
it is only right that you should get
oil. The driver is looking right at
you, and his car is losing time."
The woman rose up aud walked
off without another word, and the
man sat down and paid not the least
attention-to the amazed Iook3 of tho
passengers. Detroit Free Press.
Don't a9k your pa9tor to pray
without note. How else cau ho
pay his provision bill ?
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