the mccook tribune. (mccook, ne) 1897-01-08 [p ].cruising the lake in another man's...

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M < I TALM AGE'S SEfiMON- .H . "CROV/NS OF THORNS AND H CROWNS OF ROSES. " roK the Tcrt : "Vo Know the Grace B or Oar Lord Jesus Chrlnt , That Though H Hb Was Rich Yet For Your Sake 1I- H Beomo Poor" II. Cor. 8 : 0- .H . wHAT all the worlds B ' . /-4 which on a cold m . J l lfcxwwinter's night m \ vllJ \ w make the heavens | i * % &wL ono sreat glitter | r frzY are without inhab- itants - is an absur- djj3ijj - ity. Scientists tell H Zgy- ' these worlds are tee- M hot or too cold or- B too rarifled of at- H - Biosphere for residence. But , if not H lit for human abode , they may be fit M i far beings different from and superior m to ourselves. We are told that the- M world of Jupiter is changing and be- M - earning fit for creatures like the hu- M - man race , and that Mars would do for- M the human family with a little change H im the structure of our respiratory ori- M - sans. But that there is a great world H -swtmjj somewhere , vast beyond imagi- H. - . nation , and that it Is the headquarters H ol the universe , and the metropolis o- fH immensity , and has a population in- H , ' narabers vast beyond all statistics , and H appointments of splendor beyond the Hi capacity of canvas , or poem , or angel H to describe , is as certain as the Bible H is authentic Perhaps some of the as- H - tronomers with their big telescopes H have already caught a glimpse of it , H 3iot knowing what it is. We spell it- H with six letters and pronounce it- H heaven- .Ht . That is where Prince Jesus lived HJ nineteen centuries ago. He was the H ; King's Son. It was the old homestead H of eternity ; and all its castles were as- H old as God. Not a frost had ever chil- lH - ed the air. Not a tear had ever rolled Hj dawn the cheeK of one of its inha- biHi - txusta. There had never been a head- H - ache or a sideache , or a heartache- .H . There had not been a funeral in the H memory of the oldest inhabitant. There K liad never in ail the land been woven H a. black veil , for there had never been R anything to mourn over. The passage Hj of cnillions of yars had not wrinkled K -or crippled or bedimmed any of iti- Hj -citizens. All the people there were in- H a. state of eternal adolescence. What H -floral and pomonic richness ! Gardens H -of perpetual blcom and orchards in un- H - ; ending fruitage. Had some spirit from H ! another world entered and asked , What K is sin ? What is bereavement ? What w is sorrow ? What is death ? the brigh- tH - est oE the intelligences would have fai- lH - -ed. to give definition , though to studi esthe - question there was silence in hea- M - xcri for half an hour- .m . The Prince of whom I speak had hon- B - <jts , emoluments , acclamations , such as- M no ether prince , celestial or terrestrial , m ever enjoyed. As he passed the street , | h.e inhabitants took , off from their B brows garlands of white lilies and M threw them ir the way. He never en- m - texed any of the temples without all the B j worshipers rising up and bowing in- K | obeisance. In all the processions of the 1 high days he was the one who evoked 0the loudest welcome. Sometimes on 1 foot , walking in loving talk with 1 the humblest of the land , but at 1 other times he took chariot , and jl .among the twenty thousand that the Mu Psalmist spoke of , his was the swift- fi - | - est and most flaming ; or , as when St- .i . John described him , he took white 1 palfrey with what prance of foot , and Mm oxch of neck , and roll of mane , an- oHI gleam of eye is only dimly suggested Jff in the Apocalypse. He was not like P other princes , waiting for the Father HI io Ke and then take the throne. Whsr 1 years ago an artist in Germany made i a picture for the Royal Gallery repr- eHI - senting the Emperor William on the Hi throne , and the Crown Prince as ha- vHi - lag one foot on the step of the throne H | the Emperor William ordered the pic- HIture changed , and said : "Let the prin- cHI "keep his foot off the throne till I leave IS iL- "HI Already enthroned was the Heavenl } H | Prince side by side with the Father HI That a circle of dominion ! What mu- iHi - fitades of admirers ! What unending Hjj round of glories ! All the tower. HJ coiroed the prince's praises. Of all the Hj : inhabitants , from the centre of the city H QQ ov'Cr the hiMs ani clear down to the H ? lieach against which the ocean of im- H - ] mensity rolls its billows , the princ I j ias the acknowledged favorite. Nc H I -wonder my test says that "he was Hn rich. " Set ail the diamonds of the H | earth in one sceptre , build all the pa- lH - iices of the earth in one Alhambra , H gaUier all the pearls of the sea in one Hdiadem , put all the values of the earth in one coin , the aggregate could not express his affluence. Yes , St. Paul I was right. Solomon had in gold six Irandrcd and eighty million pounds , anS- in silver one" billion twenty-nine mi- llioa - three hundred and seventy-seven pounds sterling. But a greater than H Solomon is here. Not the millionaire , I tat the owner of all things. To d- eH - scribe his celestial surroundings , the I Bible uses all colors , gathering them I in rainbow over the throne and setting the. .. as agate in the temple window- .B . and hoisting twelve of them into a Hwall , from striped jasper at the base I to transparent amethyst in the ca- pI - stone , while between are green of eme- rI - aid. and snow of pearl , and blue of sapphire , and yellow of topaz , grey of , H chrysoprase , and flame of jacinth. All ; I the loveliness of landscape in foliage I and river , and rill , and all enchant-j I anent aqua-raarine , the sea of glasrj I ' mingled with fire as when the sun sink * ! I ' in the Mediterranean. All the thril'j ' o music , instrumental and vocal. ; I liaxpa , trumpets , doxologies. Therfj I * fee d the -prince surrounded by thos- ejI i mj'\ _ _ who had under their wings the vslocit- of - millions ofimlles in a second , him- oelf - rich in love , rich in adoration , ric- in power , rich in worship , rich in hoii- ness. - . . rich in "all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. " But ono day there was a big disastei- in a department of God'a universe. A race fallen ! A world in ruins ! Our planet the scene of catastrophe ! A globe swinging out into darkness , with mountains , and seas , and islands , an awful centrifugal of sin seeming to overpower the beautiful centiipetal of righteousness , and from it a groan reached heaven. Such a sound had never been heard there. Plenty of sweet sounds , but never an outcry of distress or an echo of agony. At that one groan the Prince rose from all the blissful circumjacence , and started foij the outer gate and descended into thrj night of this world. Out of what a bright harbor into what a rough sea ! "Stay with us , " cried angel after angel ; and potentate after potentate. "No. 'j said the Prince , "I cannot stay ; I must be off for that wreck of a world. I mus ! stop that groan. I must hush that dis- tress. ¬ . I must fathom that abyss. I mus , redeem those nations. Farewell thrones , and tcmrJrc. b. r.ts cherubic serapnic , archungelic : 1 will comt back again , carrying on my shoulder a ransomed world. Till this is done I ( choose earthly scoff to heavenly ac- elamation -; , and a cattle pen to a king's palace , frigid zone of earth to atmos- phere - ! of celestial radiance. I have no ! time to lose , for hark ye to the groan that grows mightier while I wait ! Fare- well ¬ ! Farewell ! 'Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ , that though he was rich , yet for your sakes he be- came ¬ ' " poor. Was there ever a contrast -so over- powering ¬ as that between the noonday of Christ's celestial departure and the midnight of his earthly arrival ? Sure enough , the angels were out that night in the sky , and an especial meteor act- ed ¬ as escort , but all that was from oth- er ¬ worlds , and not from this world. The earth made no demonstration of- welcome. . If one of the great princes of this world steps out at a depot , cheers resound , and the bands play , and the flags wave. But for the ar- rival ¬ of this missionary Prince of the skies not a torch flared , not a trumpet blew , not a plume fluttered. All the music and the pomp were overhead. Our world bpened for.him nothing bet- ter ¬ than a barn-door. The Rajah oi Cashmere seat to Queen Victoria a bedstead of carved gold and a canopy that cost seven hundred and fifty thou- sand ¬ dollars , but the world had for the Prince of Heaven and Earth only a lit- ter ¬ of straw. The crown jewels in the Tower of London amount to fifteen mil- lion ¬ dollars , out this member of eter- nal ¬ Royalty had nowhere to lay his head. To know how poor he was , ask the camel drivers , ask the shepherds , ask Mary , ask the three wise men of the East , who afterward came to Beth ¬ lehem. To know how poor he was ex- amine ¬ all the records of real estate in all that Oriental country , and see what vineyard or what field he owned. Not one. Of what mortgage was he the mortgagee ? Of what tenement was he the landlord ? Of what lease was he the lessee ? Wio ever paid him rent ? Not owning the boat on which he sailed , or the beast on which he rode. or the pillow on which he slept. Pie had so little estate that in order to pay his tax he had to perform a miracle , .putting the amount of the assessment in a fish's mouth and having it hauled ashore. And after his death the world rushed in to take an inventory of his goods , and the entire aggregate war , the garments he had worn , sleeping in them by night and traveling in them by day , bearing on them the dust of the highway and the saturation of the sea. St. Paul m my text hit the mark v/hen he said of the missionary Prince , "For your sakas he became poor. " The world could have treated him better if it had chosen. It had all the means for mar.iug his earthly condition comfortable. Only a few years before when Pompey , the general , arrived in- Brindisi he was greeted with arches and a costly column which celebrated the twelve million people whom he had killed or conquered , and he was al- lowed ¬ to wear his triumphal robe in the senate. The world had applause for imperial butchers , but buffeting for the Prince of I ace. Plenty of golden chalices for the favored to drink out of , but our Prince must put his lips to the bucket of the well by the road- side ¬ after he had begged for a drink. Poor ? Born in another man's barn , and eating at another man's table , and cruising the lake in another man's fishing-smack , and buried in another man's tomb. Four inspired authors wrote Ma biogiaphy , and innumerable lives of Christ have been published , but he composed his autobiography in- a most compressed way. He said , "I have trodden the wine-press alone. " But the Crown Prince o' h.2 ivenly dominion has less than the r . - -. less than the chamois , for he was homeless. Aye , in the history of the universe there is no other instance of such com- ing ¬ down. Who can count the miles from the top of the Throne to the bot- tom ¬ of the Cross ? Cleopatra , giving a banquet to Antony , took a pearl worth a hundred thousand dollars and dis- solved - it in vinegar and swallowed it. | But when our Prince , according to the j Evangelist , in his last hours , took , the vinegar , in it had been dissolved all the pearls of his heavenly royalty. Down until there was no other har- rassment - to suffer , poor until there was no other pauperism to torture. Billions of dollars spent in wars to destroy men , who will furnish the statistics of the value of that precious blood that was shed to save us ? "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ , that , though he was rich , yet for your sakes he be- came ¬ " poor. Only those who study this text in two places can fully realize its power , the Holy. Iand of Asia Minor and the holy land'of heaven. I wish that some day you might go to the Holy Land and take a drink out of Jacob's well , and take a sail on Galilee , and read the Sermon on the Mount while standing on Olivet , and see the wilderness where Christ was tempted , and be some after- noon ¬ on Calvary about three o'clock the hour at which closed the cruci- fixion ¬ and sit under the sycamores and by the side of brooks , and think and dream and pray about the poverty of him who came our souls to save. But you may be denied that , and so here , in another continent and in another hem- isphere ¬ , and in scenes as different as possible , we recount as well we may how poor was our Heavenly Prince. But in the other holy land above we may all study the riches that he left behind when he started for earthly ex- pedition. ¬ . Come , let us bargain to meet each other at the door of the Father's mansion , or on the bank of the river just where it rolls from under the throne , or at the outside gate. Jesus got the contrast by exchanging that world for this ; we v/ill get it by ex- changing ¬ this world for that. There and then you will understand more of the wonders of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ , who , "though he wa3 rich , yet for your sakes became poor. " Yes , grace , free grace , sovereign grace , omnipotent grace ! Among the thousands of words in the language there is no more queenly word. It means free and unmerited kindness.- My . text has no monopoly of the word.- 'One . hundred and twenty-nine times 'does the Bible eulogize grace. It is- Ja door swung wide open to let into 'the pardon of God all the millions who choose to enter it. John Newton sang of it when he wrote : ' 'Amazing grace , how sweet the sound , That saved a wretch like me. " Philip Doddridge put it into all hym- nology - when he wrote : "Grace , 'tis a charming sound , Harmonious to the ear ; Heaven with the echo shall resound , And all the earth shall hear. " When Artaxerxes was hunting , Tire- bazus - , who was attending him , showed the king a rent in his garments ; the king said : "How shall I mend it ? " "By giving it to me , " said Tirebazus. Then the king gave him the robe , but commanded him never to wear it , as- it would be inappropriate. But seeing the startling and comforting fact , while our Prince throws off the robe , He not only allows us to wear it , but commands us to wear it , and it will become us well , and for the poverties of our spir- itual ¬ state we may put on the splendors of heavenly regalement. For our sakes ! Oh , the personality of this religion ! Not an abstraction , not an arch under which we walk to behold elaborate ma- sonry ¬ , not an ice castle like that which the Empress Elizabeth of Russia , over a hundred years ago , ordered to be- constructed. . Winter with its trowel of crystals cementing the huge blocks that had been quarried from the frozen rivers of the North , but our Father's house with the wide hearth crackling a hearty welcome. A religion of warmth and inspiration , and light , and cheer ; something we can take into our hearts , and homes , and business , re- creations ¬ , and joys , and sorrows. Not an unmanageable gift , like the galley presented to Ptolemy , which required four thousand men to row , and it3 draught of water was so great that it could not come near the shore , but something you can run up any stream of annoyance , however shallow. En- richment ¬ now. enrichment forever- .PERSONALS. . . Richard Croker will return to this country in December.- R. . . D. Jefferson has completed the feat of riding a bicycle a distance of 6,574 miles in 150 days.- Mrs. . . Mary C. C. Bradford has added 600 members to the suffragist clubs since her arrival in Idaho. Every morning Mrs. John Burns , wife of the great labor leader , reads for four hours before breakfast.- Gov. . . Budd , of California , says ho thinks the fraudulent coyote scalp claims will aggregate § 50000. The sultan of Turkey of late has been given quite a number of nicknames. The last to come to the surface is that of "Hamid the Hangman. " Dr. Livingstone used to tell how , while traveling in Africa , he was so hard set for food that he made a meal of two mice and a light , bluecolored- mole. . The queen of the Nethei'ands is not as strong as might be , and it has been decidedto take her to Italy , and , per- haps ¬ , to Egypt , for a good part of the winter. Czar Nicholas has become a patron of j literature. . He has co-nmissioned M. | Istomine to make a co'lection of the i popular songs aad patriotic ballads of , his empire. i Mr. . George Faudel-Phiiiips , the new j lord mayor-elect of London , is the fourth Jewto hold fbot office. His father , Sir Benjamin Phillips , who was lord mayor in 1 66 , was the second. Sir Henry Irving is one of the best swordsmen in England. He has prac- ticed ¬ scientific swordsmanship for many years. One of his fencing mas- ters ¬ was Prof. McLaren , now of Olyni- pia. - . The oldest living graduate of Har- vard ¬ is Dr. William Lambert Russell , of Barre , Mass. , who was in the class of ' 26. He is also senior alumnus of the medical school , being in the class of * 31. The Belgian government has just conferred the civic cross of the first- class upon a man of the name of Achilles Vandercamp , in recognition of his having saved the life of King Leo ¬ pold. A rich discovery of gold has been inside near Grahamstown , Cape Colony. BONANZA FORTUNES GONE. Inheritors of California Millions Now an Almost l'cnni.'ois Crowd. California has long had the reputa- tion ¬ as the home of the bonanza king and a recently issued document , eased on the records of the San Francisco Probate court , tells an Interesting atory- of the contests and entanglements which have massed about the last tes- tament ¬ of many famous millionaires and the final disposition of the vast suras they left behind them , says Den- ver ¬ Field and Farm. The document gives the history of fifty-three wills , disposing of 175000000. About 400 heirs divided the vast sum and to-day nearly half of that number are penni- less ¬ again and only a few succeeded in adding to their inheritance. The aver- age ¬ number of persons provided for in each was ten , though in a number of instances , the most notable of which was the case of Florence Blythe , the ;entire estates passed into the hands , of single heirs. The comparatively small estate of Kato Johnson , which was ap- praised ¬ at $1,250,000 , reached more heirs than any other , the number on the list being twenty-five , while the ? 4,000,000 of Thomas Blythe went to one child , Florence , after a celebrated trial. The estate of Maria Coleman was valued at $1,757,000 and it went equally to three heirs. Charles Crock ¬ er's $22,000,000 reached six persons , while Mary Ann Crocker's $11,883,657 went share and share alike to four of the six who got Charles Crocker's larger fortune. Peter Donahue's $3 , - 708,312 went in equal parts to three heirs. Mrs. Theresa Fair's $4,693,250 went to three persons Charles L. Fair , Miss Virginia Fair and Mrs. Charles Oelrichs while William P. Fuller dis- tributed ¬ his $1,771,262 to seven persons of his name. Emmanuel Goldstein's $1,000,000 went to six heirs , George Hearst's $S,788,137 went in equal parts to his wife and son , while Walter Ho- bart's - $5,273,366 went in thirds to his three chiidren Walter Hobart , Miss Ella Hobart and Mrs. Wenthrop Lester. Mary Hopkins' $20,694,762 went to two persons. Robert C. Johnson's $1,910 , - 550 went to eleven persons in almost equal portions. There are a few ex- ceptions ¬ to the general course of es- tates ¬ , as in the case of Lick and Stan ¬ ford. The $5,000,000 of the Lick es- tate ¬ went chiefly to one heir and to a number of trusts of a public nature created before James Lick's death. Charles McLaughlin left his $2,476,000- to his widow , while Alexander Mont ¬ gomery's $2,356,845 went to three heirs. Daniel T. Murphy's $2,041,670 v/ent to six heirs. William S. O'Brien's $9 , - 655,450 reached eight persons. James left an even million , which reached four persons in shares and a number of small bequests. A. J. Pope's $1,660,000 reached four heirs. Washington Ryer left $1,276,398 to fifteen persons. Le- laud Stanford's $17,688,319 went to four persons and the trust for the uni ¬ versity- .MENELEK'S . INDEPENDENCE.'- Sot . Such a Barbarian as Is Comintnly- Supposed. . The pope's influence has failed to se- cure ¬ the release of the Italian prisoners in Abyssinia. It is said that his shrewd councillors disapproved an attempt so little likely to succeed at a time when his holiness cannot afford to risk the papal prestige ; but a generous pity overcame their reasoned objections. As- if to emphasize the refusal , Menelek has set free sixty-four officers and men of his own accord. They report that the Abyssinian monarch is not such a barbarian as is commonly supposed.- He . reads the leading Italian journals through an interpreter it is well for the prisoners mean exactly by "many. " stand them himself. Menelek desires to make himself equal to the European sovereigns ; and this fact represents progress , for all his predecessors firm- ly ¬ believed themselves to be already equal or superior. The Italian officers are frequently questioned about the manners and customs of royalty in Eu- rope. ¬ . His queen actually wears dress- es ¬ from Paris and stockings , shoes , etc. Many French families are settled at and near Entotto , where the negus has a palace , and they supply these arti- cles. ¬ . One would like to know what the prisoners mean exactly by "many. " It may be credited , however , that Abys- sinia ¬ is about to undergo a change , with Russians and Frenchmen to direct it ; and , in that case , the sooner Egypt gets command of the upper waters of the Nile the better for her safety. To occupy the Sudan would be the first move of the energetic negus , who felt himself strong enough to organize a grand attack upon the hereditary foe , says the London Standard. And if he got possession of the Sudan , self-inter ¬ est would tempt him to divert the Nile , nutting ill-will towards Egypt aside.- Longfellow's . Gentleness.- He . was reluctant to make any criti- cism ¬ of other poets : T do not remem- ber ¬ ever to have heard him make one and his writings show no trace of the literary dislikes or contempts which we so often mistake in ourselves for righteous judgment. No doubt he had his resentments , but he hushed them in his heart , Which he did not suffer them to embitter. While Poe was writing of- "Longfellow and other plagiarists , " Longfellow was helping to keep Poe alive by the loans which always made themselves gifts in Poe's case. He very , very rarely spoke of himself at all and almost never of the grievances which he did not fail to share with all who live. W. D. Howells in Harper's. Fatality nt a Card Party.- Mrs. . . George J. Snook overturned a lamp at a card party in Akron , Ohio. Her dress caught fire and she was burned to death. Apple beer is now the rage in the country districts of Maine. 100 poses Ono Dollar U true only of Hood'a Snrsnpa- rllla. - . It la economy to get lloou's whim you need a blood purifier and nerve toiilo became Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the lwst in fact the Ono Trno Wood Pnrlflo- r.HnnH . * PUIc cur0 Liver Ills ; easy to S take , easy to operate. Kc.- A . ru-llUtic Karl. London society is much interested in an incident reported from Bucks , in which the earl of Orkney , who a few years ajjo married Connie Gil ¬ christ , was the principal figure. The earl was wallcintr out a few days ago with the countess' pat dojr and met some roughs who had a bull terrier which they set on the countess' put. The earl called upon them to desist , which they insultingly refused to do , whereupon ho wont for the bluest of them in true pugilistic fashion. A ring was formed , and there was a hot fight to a finish. The earl came off victor , leaving1 his opponent in a bat- tered ¬ and helpless condition. The earl came out of the encounter al- most ¬ unmarked. lie was heartily congratulated the next morning' at the meet of the hounds on his tri ¬ umph. One Srerpt of 1 ongevity. Those anxious to prolong this rapid trans- itory ¬ existence of ours beyond the average span , should foster his di estion , negatively by abstaining from indiscretions in diet , and ailirmatively by the use of that peer- less ¬ stomachic , llostctter's Stomach Hitters , when he experiences symptoms of indigest- ion. ¬ . The impairment of the digestive function is fatal to vigor. Subdue with the Hitters , also , fever and ague , billiousncss and constipation.- No . 3Ioro Tour-Ycar-Oltl Mutton. With regard to mutton , four-year- old mutton is now a thinjr of the past. Formerly people could notdine unless the saddle of mutton was cut from a- fouryearold sheep ; now the mutton sent to the table is from 18 months to 2 years old , and the younjrer genera- tion ¬ are not sure that it is not prefer- able ¬ to the much-prized four3'earold- mutton. . The saddle is still consid- ered ¬ the prime joint to serve. McClure ' s Magazine will begin in the January number a series of "Life Portraits of Great Americans" with re- productions ¬ of all the existing portraits of Benjamin Franklin known to have been made from life. There are fifteen such portraits , and some of them have never been published. Mr. Charles Henry Hart , probably the highest au- thority ¬ on early American portraits , is collecting and editing the material for the series , and will add introduction and notes giving the history of the sev- eral ¬ portraits and whatever is interest- ing ¬ in the circumstances of their pro ¬ duction. There will also be an article on Franklin by Professor Treat , of the Univeriity of the South.- Danjiori . in Target I'r. ctloc. Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , the late commander of the forcea in Ire- land ¬ , once told Father Ilealy that he found "blind shootin y ' prevailing te- a deplorable extent among- the Irish militia regiments , and that he in- tended ¬ to insist on a greater attention to target practice. "F. r goodness' sake don't do that , your royal high- ness ¬ ! " excluime I Fatlur Iljaly ; "if you make the militiamen goo I shots , there won't be a landlord left in thu- country. . " Merchants Hotel , Omaha.- CORXRK . FIFTKENTH AXD FAISXAJI .STS. Street cars pass the door to and from both depots ; in business center of city. Headquarters for state and local trade. Rates S2 and 3 per day- .PAXTOX . & DAVEM'ORT , Props. She r\ji > C t 1 Vict : il 1 r The umbrella of a Catholic penitent was stolen while 5-lu was at confes- sion. ¬ . She went with the storv to Car linal Wiseman , hoping probably to obt.iin compensation. The only consolation she got from the car liml was this : "My child , I arn sorry fo. - yon ; but the scripture telli us to watch as well us orav. " TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY.- TaUe . Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets. All Druggists lefund the money if it fails to cure. 5c Every vvinler we long for a night gov.n made out of a red blanket.- ITall's . Catarrh Cure [ b a constitutional cure. Price , > c The world may owe you a living , but nil it e-er y ays is a { aui er s funeral.- I . shall recommend Piso ' s cure 'or Con- sumption ¬ far aud wide. Mrs. iluiligan , Plumstead , Kent , England. Nov. b , 1V 5- ."When . a hoe c a ent 01 other fakir tries to rob 3 ou ask him if he is familiar with the sew word nit- .Ecsctnan'H . Camiilior Ic * with Gyrerlti " . dins Chapped Ham- , and Farp. Turnlfroi sort- ! * rt , Chilblain * , 1'ileAc. . C G. Clark Co. , New Ha > m , Ct- .It . is not fcU'h a terrible thing ; to lose your reputation ; some men would Le lucky it the }' could do it.- Dr. . . Kay " s Lung Ba m is the safest , surest and pleasant est ture for all coui'hs- .It . is 1 retable that everv man has tried to have two fir s nt one tirce. and iailed Floiror GhoUit. J v H Anyone who wishes to see the rjlioat / M 1- of a ilowor has only to make a very flfl simple experiment. Let him go up tv -V M- a cluster of blossoms and look very in- tently - * H for several minutes at one side H- of it. Then very suddenly he must | turn his gixzo upon the other side of H the same cluster. Ho will at once dis- tinctly - k sec a faint and delicate circle | of colored light around this second H half of the cluster. The light is always | in the hue which is "complementary" H- to that of the ilowcr. The specter of J Ht- hu scarlet poppy is of n greenish k- white. .. The ghost of the primrose is 4 H- purple. . Thu ghost of the blue fringed H gentian is of a palu gold tint. In H these circles of color the siiapes of Ht- hu flower's petals are always faintly H but clearly seen. H STATE OF OHIO ( MTV OI'TOLEDO. ] Hl- UUA . ( OUNTY. ss. j H rank 1. Cheney makes oath that ho It H the senior partner of the lirm of I' ' . J. M Cheney ft Co. . doing business In thu City M- of Toledo. County and .State aforesaid. Ha- nd that said lirm will pay the sum of H- iM : 11UMKKI > IuUAUS for each Ha- nd every case of catarrh that cannot bo HH cured by thu use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. HI- 'UANIC.I. . I'HKNKY. Ht- w rn to before mo and subscribed In H- my presence , this tth day of December , B- Heal. ( .) A. W. CI-KASON. M Notary Public. M- Hall's ( atarrh Cure Is taken internally .j H- and acts directly 011 the blood and mucus H surfaces of the system , bend for testi- S H menials , frco. H- l l\ 1. OIIKNEY .t CO. . Toledo. O. M Sold by druggists , iic. ! H Hall's I'amily I'ills arc the best. H- i :; g jir : d I itrsolf for Charity. , | The duchess of Santonna , who died ' V | recently in the deepest poverty Jit H- Madridspent a fortuns in cliarity.liur H gifts for half a century back being of j H the most generous description. On H- one occasion , hearing that a noble B Spanish ladr was about to sell her M M jewels to pay a debt , the duchess sent y H- liur a check for 520000. Site diud in H want , and n me of those to whom she H had given abundantly thought , enough H- of her to s. u that her days wore ended ] Hi- n comfort. H- In the opening paper of Harper's H Magazine for January I'onltney IJige- H low will sum up the result of "l'ortu- guese - M Progress in South Africa , " show- ing - H how ineffectual a colonizer l'ortu- H gal has been during four centuries of H nominal possession , and how demoral- izing - H lias been her influene upon the J blacks. 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Page 1: The McCook Tribune. (McCook, NE) 1897-01-08 [p ].cruising the lake in another man's fishing-smack, and buried in another man's tomb. Four inspired authors wrote Ma biogiaphy, and innumerable

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I TALM AGE'S SEfiMON-

.H

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"CROV/NS OF THORNS ANDH CROWNS OF ROSES. "

roK the Tcrt : "Vo Know the GraceB or Oar Lord Jesus Chrlnt , That ThoughH Hb Was Rich Yet For Your Sake 1I-

H Beomo Poor" II. Cor. 8 : 0-

.H

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wHAT all the worldsB '

. /-4• which on a cold

m .J l lfcxwwinter's nightm \vllJ\ w make the heavens| i *%&wL ono sreat glitter| r frzY are without inhab-

itants-

is an absur-djj3ijj

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ity. Scientists tell

H Zgy- ' these worlds are tee-

M hot or too cold or-

B too rarifled of at-

H-

Biosphere for residence. But , if notH lit for human abode , they may be fit

M i far beings different from and superiorm to ourselves. We are told that the-M world of Jupiter is changing and be-

M-

earning fit for creatures like the hu-

M-

man race , and that Mars would do for-M the human family with a little changeH im the structure of our respiratory ori-

M-

sans. But that there is a great worldH -swtmjj somewhere , vast beyond imagi-H.

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. nation , and that it Is the headquartersH ol the universe , and the metropolis o-fH immensity , and has a population in-

H ,' narabers vast beyond all statistics , and

H appointments of splendor beyond theHi capacity of canvas , or poem , or angelH to describe , is as certain as the BibleH is authentic Perhaps some of the as-

H-

tronomers with their big telescopesH have already caught a glimpse of it ,

H 3iot knowing what it is. We spell it-

H with six letters and pronounce it-

H heaven-.Ht

.

That is where Prince Jesus livedHJ nineteen centuries ago. He was theH ; King's Son. It was the old homesteadH of eternity ; and all its castles were as-

H old as God. Not a frost had ever chil-lH

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ed the air. Not a tear had ever rolledHj dawn the cheeK of one of its inha-

biHi-

txusta. There had never been a head-H

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ache or a sideache , or a heartache-.H

.

There had not been a funeral in theH memory of the oldest inhabitant. ThereK liad never in ail the land been wovenH a. black veil , for there had never beenR anything to mourn over. The passageHj of cnillions of yars had not wrinkledK -or crippled or bedimmed any of iti-Hj -citizens. All the people there were in-

H a. state of eternal adolescence. WhatH -floral and pomonic richness ! GardensH -of perpetual blcom and orchards in un-

H-

; ending fruitage. Had some spirit fromH ! another world entered and asked , WhatK is sin ? What is bereavement ? Whatw is sorrow ? What is death ? the brigh-tH

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est oE the intelligences would have fai-lH

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-ed. to give definition , though to studi

esthe - question there was silence in hea-M

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xcri for half an hour-

.m

.

The Prince of whom I speak had hon-B

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<jts, emoluments , acclamations , such as-

M no ether prince , celestial or terrestrial ,

m ever enjoyed. As he passed the street ,| h.e inhabitants took , off from theirB brows garlands of white lilies andM threw them ir the way. He never en-

m-

texed any of the temples without all theB j worshipers rising up and bowing in-

K| obeisance. In all the processions of the1 high days he was the one who evoked0the loudest welcome. Sometimes on1 foot , walking in loving talk with1 the humblest of the land , but at1 • other times he took chariot , andjl .among the twenty thousand that the

Mu Psalmist spoke of , his was the swift-fi

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| - est and most flaming ; or , as when St-

.i.

John described him , he took white1 palfrey with what prance of foot , and

Mm oxch of neck , and roll of mane , an-oHI gleam of eye is only dimly suggested

Jff in the Apocalypse. He was not likeP other princes , waiting for the Father

HI io Ke and then take the throne. Whsr1 years ago an artist in Germany madei a picture for the Royal Gallery repr-

eHI-

senting the Emperor William on theHi throne , and the Crown Prince as ha-vHi

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lag one foot on the step of the throneH | the Emperor William ordered the pic-

HIture changed , and said : "Let the prin-cHI "keep his foot off the throne till I leave

IS iL-"HI Already enthroned was the Heavenl }

H | Prince side by side with the FatherHI That a circle of dominion ! What mu-iHi

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fitades of admirers ! What unendingHjj round of glories ! All the tower.HJ coiroed the prince's praises. Of all theHj : inhabitants , from the centre of the cityH QQ ov'Cr the hiMs ani clear down to theH ? lieach against which the ocean of im-

H-

] mensity rolls its billows , the princI j ias the acknowledged favorite. NcH I -wonder my test says that "he wasHn rich. " Set ail the diamonds of theH | earth in one sceptre , build all the pa-lH

-

iices of the earth in one Alhambra ,

H gaUier all the pearls of the sea in oneHdiadem , put all the values of the earth

in one coin , the aggregate could notexpress his affluence. Yes , St. Paul

I •was right. Solomon had in gold sixIrandrcd and eighty million pounds , anS-

in silver one" billion twenty-nine mi-llioa

-three hundred and seventy-seven

pounds sterling. But a greater thanH Solomon is here. Not the millionaire ,I tat the owner of all things. To d-eH

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scribe his celestial surroundings , theI Bible uses all colors , gathering themI in rainbow over the throne and settingthe.. . as agate in the temple window-

.B.

and hoisting twelve of them into a

Hwall , from striped jasper at the base

I to transparent amethyst in the ca-pI

-

stone , while between are green of eme-rI

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aid. and snow of pearl , and blue ofsapphire , and yellow of topaz , grey of,

H chrysoprase , and flame of jacinth. All ;

I the loveliness of landscape in foliage

I and river , and rill , and all enchant-jI anent aqua-raarine , the sea of glasrj

I ' mingled with fire as when the sun sink * !

I ' in the Mediterranean. All the thril'j' o music , instrumental and vocal. ;

I liaxpa , trumpets , doxologies. Therfj

I * feed the -prince surrounded by thos-

ejI imj'\ „ __

who had under their wings the vslocit-of

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millions ofimlles in a second , him-oelf

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rich in love , rich in adoration , ric-

in power , rich in worship , rich in hoii-ness.

-.

. rich in "all the fulness of theGodhead bodily. "

But ono day there was a big disastei-in a department of God'a universe. Arace fallen ! A world in ruins ! Ourplanet the scene of catastrophe ! Aglobe swinging out into darkness , withmountains , and seas , and islands , anawful centrifugal of sin seeming tooverpower the beautiful centiipetal ofrighteousness , and from it a groanreached heaven. Such a sound hadnever been heard there. Plenty ofsweet sounds , but never an outcry ofdistress or an echo of agony. At thatone groan the Prince rose from all theblissful circumjacence , and started foij

the outer gate and descended into thrjnight of this world. Out of what abright harbor into what a rough sea !

"Stay with us , " cried angel after angel ;

and potentate after potentate. "No. 'jsaid the Prince , "I cannot stay ; I mustbe off for that wreck of a world. I mus !

stop that groan. I must hush that dis-

tress.¬

. I must fathom that abyss. I mus ,

redeem those nations. Farewellthrones , and tcmrJrc. b. r.ts cherubicserapnic , archungelic : 1 will comtback again , carrying on my shoulder aransomed world. Till this is done I(

choose earthly scoff to heavenly ac-

elamation-;

, and a cattle pen to a king'spalace , frigid zone of earth to atmos-phere

-!

of celestial radiance. I have no!

time to lose , for hark ye to the groanthat grows mightier while I wait ! Fare-well

¬

! Farewell ! 'Ye know the graceof our Lord Jesus Christ , that thoughhe was rich , yet for your sakes he be-

came¬

' "poor.Was there ever a contrast -so over-

powering¬

as that between the noondayof Christ's celestial departure and themidnight of his earthly arrival ? Sureenough , the angels were out that nightin the sky , and an especial meteor act-ed

¬

as escort , but all that was from oth-er

¬

worlds , and not from this world.The earth made no demonstration of-

welcome. . If one of the great princesof this world steps out at a depot ,

cheers resound , and the bands play ,

and the flags wave. But for the ar-

rival¬

of this missionary Prince of theskies not a torch flared , not a trumpetblew , not a plume fluttered. All themusic and the pomp were overhead.Our world bpened for.him nothing bet-ter

¬

than a barn-door. The Rajah oiCashmere seat to Queen Victoria abedstead of carved gold and a canopythat cost seven hundred and fifty thou-sand

¬

dollars , but the world had for thePrince of Heaven and Earth only a lit-

ter¬

of straw. The crown jewels in theTower of London amount to fifteen mil-lion

¬

dollars , out this member of eter-nal

¬

Royalty had nowhere to lay hishead. To know how poor he was , askthe camel drivers , ask the shepherds ,

ask Mary , ask the three wise men of

the East , who afterward came to Beth ¬

lehem. To know how poor he was ex-

amine¬

all the records of real estate inall that Oriental country , and see whatvineyard or what field he owned. Notone. Of what mortgage was he themortgagee ? Of what tenement was hethe landlord ? Of what lease was hethe lessee ? Wio ever paid him rent ?

Not owning the boat on which hesailed , or the beast on which he rode.or the pillow on which he slept. Piehad so little estate that in order to payhis tax he had to perform a miracle ,

.putting the amount of the assessmentin a fish's mouth and having it hauledashore. And after his death the worldrushed in to take an inventory of hisgoods , and the entire aggregate war,the garments he had worn , sleeping inthem by night and traveling in themby day , bearing on them the dust ofthe highway and the saturation of thesea. St. Paul m my text hit the markv/hen he said of the missionary Prince ,

"For your sakas he became poor."

The world could have treated himbetter if it had chosen. It had all themeans for mar.iug his earthly conditioncomfortable. Only a few years beforewhen Pompey , the general , arrived in-

Brindisi he was greeted with archesand a costly column which celebratedthe twelve million people whom he hadkilled or conquered , and he was al-

lowed¬

to wear his triumphal robe in thesenate. The world had applause forimperial butchers , but buffeting forthe Prince of I ace. Plenty of goldenchalices for the favored to drink outof , but our Prince must put his lipsto the bucket of the well by the road-

side¬

after he had begged for a drink.Poor ? Born in another man's barn ,

and eating at another man's table , andcruising the lake in another man'sfishing-smack , and buried in anotherman's tomb. Four inspired authorswrote Ma biogiaphy , and innumerablelives of Christ have been published ,

but he composed his autobiography in-

a most compressed way. He said , "Ihave trodden the wine-press alone. "

But the Crown Prince o' h.2 ivenlydominion has less than the r . -- . lessthan the chamois , for he was homeless.Aye , in the history of the universethere is no other instance of such com-

ing¬

down. Who can count the milesfrom the top of the Throne to the bot-

tom¬

of the Cross ? Cleopatra , giving abanquet to Antony , took a pearl wortha hundred thousand dollars and dis-

solved-

it in vinegar and swallowed it. |

But when our Prince , according to the j

Evangelist , in his last hours , took , thevinegar , in it had been dissolved allthe pearls of his heavenly royalty.Down until there was no other har-

rassment-

to suffer , poor until there wasno other pauperism to torture. Billionsof dollars spent in wars to destroy men ,

who will furnish the statistics of thevalue of that precious blood that wasshed to save us ? "Ye know the graceof our Lord Jesus Christ , that , thoughhe was rich , yet for your sakes he be-

came¬

"poor.Only those who study this text in two

places can fully realize its power , theHoly. Iand of Asia Minor and the holy

land'of heaven. I wish that some dayyou might go to the Holy Land andtake a drink out of Jacob's well , andtake a sail on Galilee , and read theSermon on the Mount while standingon Olivet , and see the wilderness whereChrist was tempted , and be some after-noon

¬

on Calvary about three o'clockthe hour at which closed the cruci-

fixion

¬

and sit under the sycamores andby the side of brooks , and think anddream and pray about the poverty ofhim who came our souls to save. Butyou may be denied that , and so here , inanother continent and in another hem-

isphere¬

, and in scenes as different aspossible , we recount as well we mayhow poor was our Heavenly Prince.But in the other holy land above wemay all study the riches that he leftbehind when he started for earthly ex-

pedition.

¬

. Come , let us bargain to meeteach other at the door of the Father'smansion , or on the bank of the riverjust where it rolls from under thethrone , or at the outside gate. Jesusgot the contrast by exchanging thatworld for this ; we v/ill get it by ex-

changing¬

this world for that. Thereand then you will understand more ofthe wonders of the grace of our LordJesus Christ , who , "though he wa3rich , yet for your sakes became poor."

Yes , grace , free grace , sovereigngrace , omnipotent grace ! Among thethousands of words in the languagethere is no more queenly word. Itmeans free and unmerited kindness.-My

.

text has no monopoly of the word.-

'One.

hundred and twenty-nine times'does the Bible eulogize grace. It is-

Ja door swung wide open to let into'the pardon of God all the millions whochoose to enter it.

John Newton sang of it when hewrote :

' 'Amazing grace , how sweet the sound ,

That saved a wretch like me. "Philip Doddridge put it into all hym-

nology-

when he wrote :

"Grace , 'tis a charming sound ,

Harmonious to the ear ;

Heaven with the echo shall resound ,

And all the earth shall hear. "

When Artaxerxes was hunting , Tire-

bazus-

, who was attending him , showedthe king a rent in his garments ; theking said : "How shall I mend it ? ""By giving it to me ," said Tirebazus.Then the king gave him the robe , butcommanded him never to wear it , as-

it would be inappropriate. But seeingthe startling and comforting fact , whileour Prince throws off the robe , He notonly allows us to wear it , but commandsus to wear it , and it will become uswell , and for the poverties of our spir-

itual¬

state we may put on the splendorsof heavenly regalement. For our sakes !

Oh , the personality of this religion !

Not an abstraction , not an arch underwhich we walk to behold elaborate ma-

sonry¬

, not an ice castle like that whichthe Empress Elizabeth of Russia , overa hundred years ago , ordered to be-

constructed. . Winter with its trowelof crystals cementing the huge blocksthat had been quarried from the frozenrivers of the North , but our Father'shouse with the wide hearth cracklinga hearty welcome. A religion ofwarmth and inspiration , and light , andcheer ; something we can take into ourhearts , and homes , and business , re-

creations¬

, and joys , and sorrows. Notan unmanageable gift , like the galleypresented to Ptolemy , which requiredfour thousand men to row , and it3draught of water was so great that itcould not come near the shore , butsomething you can run up any streamof annoyance , however shallow. En-

richment¬

now. enrichment forever-

.PERSONALS.

.

.

Richard Croker will return to thiscountry in December.-

R..

. D. Jefferson has completed thefeat of riding a bicycle a distance of6,574 miles in 150 days.-

Mrs..

. Mary C. C. Bradford has added600 members to the suffragist clubssince her arrival in Idaho.

Every morning Mrs. John Burns , wifeof the great labor leader , reads forfour hours before breakfast.-

Gov..

. Budd , of California , says hothinks the fraudulent coyote scalpclaims will aggregate § 50000.

The sultan of Turkey of late has beengiven quite a number of nicknames.The last to come to the surface is thatof "Hamid the Hangman. "

Dr. Livingstone used to tell how ,

while traveling in Africa , he was sohard set for food that he made a mealof two mice and a light , bluecolored-mole. .

The queen of the Nethei'ands is notas strong as might be , and it has beendecidedto take her to Italy , and , per-

haps¬

, to Egypt , for a good part of thewinter.

Czar Nicholas has become a patron of j

literature. . He has co-nmissioned M. |

Istomine to make a co'lection of the i

popular songs aad patriotic ballads of ,

his empire. i

Mr.. George Faudel-Phiiiips , the new j

lord mayor-elect of London , is thefourth Jewto hold fbot office. Hisfather , Sir Benjamin Phillips , who waslord mayor in 1 66 , was the second.

Sir Henry Irving is one of the bestswordsmen in England. He has prac-

ticed¬

scientific swordsmanship formany years. One of his fencing mas-

ters¬

was Prof. McLaren , now of Olyni-pia.

-.

The oldest living graduate of Har-vard

¬

is Dr. William Lambert Russell ,

of Barre , Mass. , who was in the classof '26. He is also senior alumnus ofthe medical school , being in the classof * 31.

The Belgian government has justconferred the civic cross of the first-class upon a man of the name ofAchilles Vandercamp , in recognition ofhis having saved the life of King Leo ¬

pold.

A rich discovery of gold has beeninside near Grahamstown , Cape Colony.

BONANZA FORTUNES GONE.

Inheritors of California Millions Nowan Almost l'cnni.'ois Crowd.

California has long had the reputa-tion

¬

as the home of the bonanza kingand a recently issued document , easedon the records of the San FranciscoProbate court , tells an Interesting atory-of the contests and entanglementswhich have massed about the last tes-

tament¬

of many famous millionairesand the final disposition of the vastsuras they left behind them , says Den-ver

¬

Field and Farm. The documentgives the history of fifty-three wills ,

disposing of 175000000. About 400

heirs divided the vast sum and to-daynearly half of that number are penni-less

¬

again and only a few succeeded inadding to their inheritance. The aver-age

¬

number of persons provided for ineach was ten , though in a number ofinstances , the most notable of whichwas the case of Florence Blythe , the

;entire estates passed into the hands , ofsingle heirs. The comparatively smallestate of Kato Johnson , which was ap-

praised¬

at $1,250,000 , reached moreheirs than any other , the number onthe list being twenty-five , while the? 4,000,000 of Thomas Blythe went toone child , Florence , after a celebratedtrial. The estate of Maria Colemanwas valued at $1,757,000 and it wentequally to three heirs. Charles Crock ¬

er's $22,000,000 reached six persons ,

while Mary Ann Crocker's $11,883,657went share and share alike to four ofthe six who got Charles Crocker'slarger fortune. Peter Donahue's $3 ,-708,312 went in equal parts to threeheirs. Mrs. Theresa Fair's $4,693,250went to three persons Charles L. Fair ,

Miss Virginia Fair and Mrs. CharlesOelrichs while William P. Fuller dis-

tributed¬

his $1,771,262 to seven personsof his name. Emmanuel Goldstein's$1,000,000 went to six heirs , GeorgeHearst's $S,788,137 went in equal partsto his wife and son , while Walter Ho-

bart's-

$5,273,366 went in thirds to histhree chiidren Walter Hobart , MissElla Hobart and Mrs. Wenthrop Lester.Mary Hopkins' $20,694,762 went to twopersons. Robert C. Johnson's $1,910 ,-550 went to eleven persons in almostequal portions. There are a few ex-ceptions

¬

to the general course of es-

tates¬

, as in the case of Lick and Stan¬

ford. The $5,000,000 of the Lick es-

tate¬

went chiefly to one heir and to anumber of trusts of a public naturecreated before James Lick's death.Charles McLaughlin left his $2,476,000-to his widow , while Alexander Mont ¬

gomery's $2,356,845 went to three heirs.Daniel T. Murphy's $2,041,670 v/ent tosix heirs. William S. O'Brien's $9 ,-655,450 reached eight persons. Jamesleft an even million , which reachedfour persons in shares and a number ofsmall bequests. A. J. Pope's $1,660,000reached four heirs. Washington Ryerleft $1,276,398 to fifteen persons. Le-laud Stanford's $17,688,319 went tofour persons and the trust for the uni ¬

versity-

.MENELEK'S

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INDEPENDENCE.'-

Sot

.

Such a Barbarian as Is Comintnly-Supposed. .

The pope's influence has failed to se-

cure¬

the release of the Italian prisonersin Abyssinia. It is said that his shrewdcouncillors disapproved an attempt solittle likely to succeed at a time whenhis holiness cannot afford to risk thepapal prestige ; but a generous pityovercame their reasoned objections. As-

if to emphasize the refusal , Menelekhas set free sixty-four officers and menof his own accord. They report thatthe Abyssinian monarch is not such abarbarian as is commonly supposed.-

He.

reads the leading Italian journalsthrough an interpreter it is well forthe prisoners mean exactly by "many. "stand them himself. Menelek desiresto make himself equal to the Europeansovereigns ; and this fact representsprogress , for all his predecessors firm-ly

¬

believed themselves to be alreadyequal or superior. The Italian officersare frequently questioned about themanners and customs of royalty in Eu-rope.

¬

. His queen actually wears dress-es

¬

from Paris and stockings , shoes , etc.Many French families are settled atand near Entotto , where the negus hasa palace , and they supply these arti-cles.

¬

. One would like to know whatthe prisoners mean exactly by "many. "

It may be credited , however , that Abys-sinia

¬

is about to undergo a change ,

with Russians and Frenchmen to directit ; and , in that case , the sooner Egyptgets command of the upper waters ofthe Nile the better for her safety. Tooccupy the Sudan would be the firstmove of the energetic negus , who felthimself strong enough to organize agrand attack upon the hereditary foe ,

says the London Standard. And if hegot possession of the Sudan , self-inter ¬

est would tempt him to divert the Nile ,

nutting ill-will towards Egypt aside.-

Longfellow's

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Gentleness.-

He

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was reluctant to make any criti-cism

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of other poets : T do not remem-ber

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ever to have heard him make oneand his writings show no trace of theliterary dislikes or contempts whichwe so often mistake in ourselves forrighteous judgment. No doubt he hadhis resentments , but he hushed them inhis heart , Which he did not suffer themto embitter. While Poe was writing of-

"Longfellow and other plagiarists , "Longfellow was helping to keep Poealive by the loans which always madethemselves gifts in Poe's case. Hevery , very rarely spoke of himself atall and almost never of the grievanceswhich he did not fail to share with allwho live. W. D. Howells in Harper's.

Fatality nt a Card Party.-

Mrs.

.

. George J. Snook overturned alamp at a card party in Akron , Ohio.Her dress caught fire and she wasburned to death.

Apple beer is now the rage in thecountry districts of Maine.

100poses Ono Dollar U true only of Hood'a Snrsnpa-rllla.

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. It la economy to get lloou's whim youneed a blood purifier and nerve toiilo became

Hood'sSarsaparilla

Is the lwst in fact the Ono Trno Wood Pnrlflo-

r.HnnH.

* PUIc cur0 Liver Ills ; easy toS take , easy to operate. Kc.-

A

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ru-llUtic Karl.London society is much interested

in an incident reported from Bucks ,

in which the earl of Orkney , who afew years ajjo married Connie Gil ¬

christ , was the principal figure. Theearl was wallcintr out a few days agowith the countess' pat dojr and metsome roughs who had a bull terrierwhich they set on the countess' put.The earl called upon them to desist ,

which they insultingly refused to do ,

whereupon ho wont for the bluestof them in true pugilistic fashion. Aring was formed , and there was a hotfight to a finish. The earl came offvictor , leaving1 his opponent in a bat-tered

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and helpless condition. Theearl came out of the encounter al-

most¬

unmarked. lie was heartilycongratulated the next morning' atthe meet of the hounds on his tri¬

umph.One Srerpt of 1 ongevity.

Those anxious to prolong this rapid trans-itory

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existence of ours beyond the averagespan , should foster his di estion , negativelyby abstaining from indiscretions in diet ,and ailirmatively by the use of that peer-less

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stomachic , llostctter's Stomach Hitters ,

when he experiences symptoms of indigest-ion.

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. The impairment of the digestivefunction is fatal to vigor. Subdue with theHitters , also , fever and ague , billiousncssand constipation.-

No

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3Ioro Tour-Ycar-Oltl Mutton.With regard to mutton , four-year-

old mutton is now a thinjr of the past.Formerly people could notdine unlessthe saddle of mutton was cut from a-

fouryearold sheep ; now the muttonsent to the table is from 18 months to2 years old , and the younjrer genera-tion

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are not sure that it is not prefer-able

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to the much-prized four3'earold-mutton. . The saddle is still consid-ered

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the prime joint to serve.

McClure 's Magazine will begin inthe January number a series of "LifePortraits of Great Americans" with re-productions

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of all the existing portraitsof Benjamin Franklin known to havebeen made from life. There are fifteensuch portraits , and some of them havenever been published. Mr. CharlesHenry Hart , probably the highest au-thority

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on early American portraits , iscollecting and editing the material forthe series , and will add introductionand notes giving the history of the sev-

eral¬

portraits and whatever is interest-ing

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in the circumstances of their pro ¬

duction. There will also be an articleon Franklin by Professor Treat , of theUniveriity of the South.-

Danjiori

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in Target I'r. ctloc.Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar , the

late commander of the forcea in Ire-land

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, once told Father Ilealy that hefound "blind shootin y ' prevailing te-

a deplorable extent among- the Irishmilitia regiments , and that he in-

tended¬

to insist on a greater attentionto target practice. "F. r goodness'sake don't do that , your royal high-ness

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!" excluime I Fatlur Iljaly ; "ifyou make the militiamen goo I shots ,

there won't be a landlord left in thu-country. . "

Merchants Hotel , Omaha.-

CORXRK

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FIFTKENTH AXD FAISXAJI .STS.

Street cars pass the door to and fromboth depots ; in business center of city.Headquarters for state and local trade.Rates S2 and 3 per day-

.PAXTOX.

& DAVEM'ORT , Props.She r\ji > C t 1 Vict : il 1 r

The umbrella of a Catholic penitentwas stolen while 5-lu was at confes-sion.

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. She went with the storv toCar linal Wiseman , hoping probablyto obt.iin compensation. The onlyconsolation she got from the car limlwas this : "My child , I arn sorry fo. -

yon ; but the scripture telli us towatch as well us orav. "

TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAY.-

TaUe.

Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets. AllDruggists lefund the money if it fails to cure. 5c

Every vvinler we long for a night gov.nmade out of a red blanket.-

ITall's

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Catarrh Cure[b a constitutional cure. Price , >c

The world may owe you a living , but nilit e-er y ays is a { aui er s funeral.-

I.

shall recommend Piso 's cure 'or Con-sumption

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far aud wide. Mrs. iluiligan ,

Plumstead , Kent , England. Nov. b , 1V 5-

."When

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a hoe c a ent 01 other fakir tries torob 3 ou ask him if he is familiar with thesew word nit-

.Ecsctnan'H

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Camiilior Ic * with Gyrerlti " .dins Chapped Ham- , and Farp. Turnlfroi sort- !•*• rt ,

Chilblain * , 1'ileAc. . C G. Clark Co. , New Ha > m , Ct-

.It

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is not fcU'h a terrible thing; to lose yourreputation ; some men would Le lucky itthe }' could do it.-

Dr.

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. Kay "s Lung Ba m is the safest , surestand pleasant est ture for all coui'hs-

.It

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is 1 retable that everv man has triedto have two fir s nt one tirce. and iailed

Floiror GhoUit. J v HAnyone who wishes to see the rjlioat / M 1-

of a ilowor has only to make a very • flflsimple experiment. Let him go up tv -V M-

a cluster of blossoms and look very in-

tently- * H

for several minutes at one side H-of it. Then very suddenly he must |turn his gixzo upon the other side of Hthe same cluster. Ho will at once dis-tinctly

- ksec a faint and delicate circle |of colored light around this second H

half of the cluster. The light is always |in the hue which is "complementary" H-

to that of the ilowcr. The specter of J Ht-

hu scarlet poppy is of n greenish k-

white.. . The ghost of the primrose is 4 H-purple. . Thu ghost of the blue fringed Hgentian is of a palu gold tint. In Hthese circles of color the siiapes of Ht-

hu flower's petals are always faintly Hbut clearly seen. H

STATE OF OHIO ( MTV OI'TOLEDO. ] Hl-UUA . ( OUNTY. ss. j Hrank 1. Cheney makes oath that ho It H

the senior partner of the lirm of I''. J. MCheney ft Co. . doing business In thu City M-

of Toledo. County and .State aforesaid. Ha-

nd that said lirm will pay the sum of H-iM : 11UMKKI > IuUAUS for each Ha-nd every case of catarrh that cannot bo HHcured by thu use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. HI-

'UANIC.I. . I'HKNKY. Ht-w rn to before mo and subscribed In H-

my presence , this tth day of December , B-

Heal.( . ) A. W. CI-KASON. MNotary Public. M-

Hall's ( atarrh Cure Is taken internally .j H-

and acts directly 011 the blood and mucus Hsurfaces of the system , bend for testi- S Hmenials , frco. H-

ll\ 1. OIIKNEY .t CO. . Toledo. O. MSold by druggists , iic.! HHall's I'amily I'ills arc the best. H-

i : ; g jir :d I itrsolf for Charity. , |The duchess of Santonna , who died ' V |recently in the deepest poverty Jit H-

Madridspent a fortuns in cliarity.liur Hgifts for half a century back being of j Hthe most generous description. On H-one occasion , hearing that a noble BSpanish ladr was about to sell her M Mjewels to pay a debt , the duchess sent y H-

liur a check for 520000. Site diud in Hwant , and n me of those to whom she Hhad given abundantly thought , enough H-

of her to s. u that her days wore ended ] Hi-

n comfort. H-

In the opening paper of Harper's HMagazine for January I'onltney IJige- Hlow will sum up the result of "l'ortu-guese

- MProgress in South Africa ," show-

ing- H

how ineffectual a colonizer l'ortu- Hgal has been during four centuries of Hnominal possession , and how demoral-izing

- Hlias been her influene upon the Jblacks. For this paper It Caton Wood-

ville- H

has made four spirited illustra-tions.including

- Hthe frontispiece , from | |photographs taken by Mr. Uigelow. M

George du Maimer's "The Martian" |will continue to increase in interest Mwith the development of its hcroIiarty M-

Josselin. . HI-

nsultfd. . H-

As she jumped from her bike , dust- J li-ng iier boots with a spray of golden-rod

- M, she exciaimed : "I have wheeled. H

more than sixty miles since dinner ; M

what do you think of that ?" |"Great feat , " he surprisingly ejacu- l* sjHl-ated. . J M-

"Sir !" she almost hissed and turned Haway witli malign hauteur ; nor has Hshe spoken to him since. H

1 lflilPPlI-GREAT? deal of I H& §$ !§& W * l nonEcn =e " s been W J H

8 WWA Wl ten-and fcc" \ HI mWls203m m itc7dotinfiers.? a out 9ff SI W$ W@b H What ?uyifics the Hi-

h 5Lsv iii&sLJa! fclrod > & I H-

8SaS8r IM SiifiliJ | 1H1 AND THEY ALONE. | H-gj If diseased , however, they cannot , a. H2 and the blood continually becomes W H-H more impure. Every drop of blood jj&

| H-gj in the body goes through the kidneys , K M<3 the sewers of the system , every three p M M

|] minutes , night and day, while life A H-a 4endures. k H1 I MI I lllI I 9 H|] puts the kidneys in perfect health , and j ) H-a nature docs the rest. H

The heavy , dragged out feeling , the p H|| bilious attacks , headaches , nervous $) . H-dj unrest , fickle appetite , ail caused by sk H

poisoned bleed , •will disappear when & H-§ ike kidneys properly perform their g| " B-

Q functions. g\ AVJJ There is no doubt about Ihis. . _ B-Q Thousands have so testified. The |) BflVJf-fl theory is right , the cure is right and p\ -j fhealth fellows as a natural sequence , g ||j Be self-convinced through perra j H-gi sonal proof. f H-

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<4& UOW did he get there ? Once a vigorous, !

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v $5PIS osJn kk 2°° sense, losing his business M2 Mm SM1 fiends. | H-l\\Mwmhl Wm Ym Feel Ieaa and irritable '

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