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WIE KANSAS CITY JOUltNAL, MONDAY, lBRUA-lY 4 , 189o.
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WHAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY?
iLi:m.T ut:rtM:i) hy tu.mahu in
llfS SUItMltX M.Sll.HDAY.
fitnrt the Innocent V-oiin In the High! 1)1
rectlon-lt rck-s Aflir It Will Ho
Too l.nto Opportunities Am
Tlim l'lont).
New York, I'eu. 3 lfG-Hev. I)r, Tulmnge
ngaln found himself facing it vast mnllente
ut tho Academy of Mimic thl afternoon,
while thousands Dtirgul nrotinil tha en
trances, unabla to gain ndmlsslon. The
ncademj" was crowded shortly after 3
otloi-k, and the in llmlnnry aervlec of
long vvnj participated In by the throngs
that illlcd the corridors and b mans of
those at the doors on both Iiilnir plum
and Fourteenth street as well. Tho distill
KUlshcl divine took for his subject, ' C
Jiortunlty," the text selected being Usl
Htlan.i, vlilO. "As we hac, theriforc, up
tiortunlty, let us do goo J."
At Denver, Col, curs ago, nn audience
had oseotnbled for divine worship Tho
pastor of the church for whom t was to
preach that night, Intrrestwl In the neit
lug of the people, stood In the pulpit look
Int, from side to eld and when no more
I col e could be crowded within tho walls,
h turned to tne and Maid, with Ktnrtllng
en phislsi "What an opportunity! ' im
jnedlatel that word iieit.ui to enlarge, and
While a hjltm was hung sung, nt evuy
stanza the word "opportunltv ' swiftly and
lulgntll) iiniolilnl, and while the owmw
praser was l'lhg made, thu word nllel up
tn o Alps an I llnmilsisus of Meaning, and
ipreal out Into othir latitudes and longi
tudes of slBiiliU'nn"! until It becamo han
Irphoric, and It still gif .v In nltltnde and
circumference until It uiilriled oilier
viorius and swept out and mi and around
tin II It was as blii as eteriiltv .Wver slmo
ha i 1 rctd tr heard that word without
be im tin Ilk I with Its mugnltiidi nhd inn.
iiiintiim. Opportunlt) ' Although In th"
t i to some It tuav hi em a until and quiet
n jt , In the grent CJospel lnnrion It Is a
Ma aio pissagu. It It one of the loveliest
anJ awfulle-t v ords In our language of
rr.oro than lonoM words of KnKilsh vocnh
ularj "As we have oppoitunitj let us do
e- l."
V hat Is nn opponunlt) ? Tho lexicog
rapher woull coolly till vou II Is a con
junction of favorable (ticiimttancts for nc
cimpllshlng a purpose, but words cannot
tell what It Is Tiik. a thoiistnd jenrs to
tunnufacture a dn.nltloti, ami sou could not
HUCce sfulli rtesci.b It Opportunity ! 'i he
measuring rod wlih which tin unci I of tho
Apocalvpst ineasurid heaven could not
measure thin pivotal word of mv text,
Htand on the edge of thi pre lpl of nil
time and let down tin f ithotnlng lino hand
under lnnd ml luvur down and lower
down, and for a iiuintilllon of veaM let It
sink, and the lead will not Ktill.e bottom
Opportunltv I lint while 1 do not attempt
to incisure or iletlne the word, I will. Go I
helping me, take the rcsponMbllllv of tell
inr ou oomethlnr nlnut opportunltv.
i'lnt, it 1' virj wirt In Its motions
Sometimes within one mlaute It starts from
the throno of !od, swieps ntound the
crth, and ro-neendv the throno from
which It started Within less than MM)
vetnndi It fulniled its mission
In tho second place opportunltv never
comes back. Porhnpi un upportunltj irj
much like It mas arrive, hut tint olio
never Naturalists tell us if Insects whkh
uro horn fulfill their mlslon, nnd i sidre
In an hour, but munv oppm tunltks dlo so
t-oon after thes are boin that tilt li bnvlts
of llfo Is InLaleulable Wli it most nmnzfs
me H that opportunities do such overshad
ovvlnr far riathlnc ami tnmeudnuii work
In such a short earthls allowance You are a
business inun of lnr(,e expel lence The past
elithtcin months have been hard on bul
ms m"n A oum,- mirthiiit nt his wits'
ind came Into vnui oill e "i sour house
nnd vou niil 'llmi i aro hanl now, but
bittir ilass will come I hnvo scon thlnss
ns 1ml, ur vorse, 1 ut vvn (;t out, and wo
will K"t out of this The brightest dass
that this countiv ever eavv aro set to
come." Tho soumr man to whom vou sihl
that was ltids for nulildo or "omethlni;
worse, immels, n fraudulent tlim to Ret
out of his ilcpalrful position our hopo
fulntss inspired him foi all time mil
thlrts seats after sou nio detd lie vlll ho
napln thu alvantaKo of sour optimism
Ticup uppnrliinlt) to dn that one thlnir for
that Sonne nan was not h ilf as long as
tho time T h ivo taken to rehear It
111 sondcr third nailery 5011 --It, 11 man of
the world, but sou with ivetvbody well
While tho U rks are standing round In
jour store, or the men In sour factoiy nro
taklnfi their noon "pell, somo one siss,
"Ilave sou heard tint 0110 of our men his
ben converted at the revival incetlni; In
tho Methodist church'" Whllo It Is belnff
talked ovirsou as, "Well, I do not belieo
In revival". Thoo thlmjs do not list
I'eoplo get excited, nnd join tho ehuieh
and aro no better than tlie v.eio before
I wish our men v.oull keep m as trom
those meetings" Ijo vou know, oh man,
what sou lid In that intnuto of ileurnlT
tton? There vvero tv.o sounir nun in that
group who that nlcht would hvvo gone
to thosu meetings tnd been v iod for this,
world and tho next, but sou decided them
not to go They aro social natures They
nlready drink moie than Is good for them,
and ara dlspoted to be wild, l'rom tho
time thes heard ou as" that,
thes acielentPl tin Ir steps on tho down
ward road In ten sears they will bo
through with their dissipations, and pass
Into the Ctent llevoncl That llttbi tnlk of
jours decided their destiny for this world
and the next lou had nn opportunlts"
that sou mllmprov oil and how will vou
lee when vou confront those two immor
tals In tho laM Judgment and they till vou
of that unfortunato talk of sours that
Hung them over the prerlplio' Oh, man
of he v orld whs did sou not has In that
noon spell of convci "niton, "flood' I nm
f;lnd that man haa got religion I wish I
nd It mjself I,et us all go to-night.
Como on, I will meet sou at tho church
door at 8 o'clock" Vou sio, sou would
"rave taken thun all to heaven, and you
would havo got thero joursclf, ,ost op
portunity Tho eias I left our countrv home to look
after mj-self, wo rode tcrojs the country,
nnd mx father was driving if course I
i-ald nthlnir that impll.d how I felt (IJut
there are hun'ieils of men here, who from
their own eiperlenie know hoy I felt ) At
Eui h a lime a voung man mas' bo hopeful
and even 'mtutUnt bm 10 leave the home
stead whcio eveis thing has been done for
you sour father or older brothers taking
jour part when sou vvero Imposed on by
larger boss and sour mother nlvvass
around when 5011 got cold, with mustard
applications for the chest, or herb tea to
in ike s'"U svvmt uff the fever, and sv.eot
miXMircs In the cup bj' the bed to stop the
couqh, taking sometimes too much of It
because it was pli.isinu to taki , and then
to go out with no on to stand bttween ou
nnd the world, gi, one a choking sen"n
t'on at tho ihrmt and a Iiome-'cknesH be
fore S'ou have got tl-ieo inilea nwny from
the old folks There was on the daj- I
epolto of a silence for n long while, nnd
then my father be'an to toll how good the
Lord had been to him, In slckni ss and In
health and when times of hardship came
how Provldencn hnd always provide,! the
means (f livelihood for the large houpe
boll; nnd ho wound up by t ivil g, "le
Witt. I have alwass found it fcafe to trust
t Lo-d " My father has been di ad thlrts
j an, but In all the cilues of mv life and
tVre hnve bien manv of them I havo fill
the mlrhty boot of that lekson In the
farm-wnson "De W'tt, I have alwass
f und It safe to trust the Lord." The fuct
vi in father tan that v.ns his oppor
tuc'tv rnd he Improv-ed it This Is one
rs'ju'j 1 am an enthu.. asile friend of
nil o''-rf Mens Ohrle'lan Associations
They gel hold of to many S'ouhk men lust
nrrtv-ln? in tho city, and whl! they are
ery Imprestlonabb aid it Is tho best op
rior urlty Why how big tho houes looked
lo us as vc hut entered the great city, and
to many people It seemed soma meeting
must have Just rioted tu till th streets in
that way. and then tho big 1 lueards an-roi'n-ing
all tsb of umusnitnt, and so
rn- nyof them on tre same right and every
night, after our bovhoo I had been spent In
rclnr.s where o i.y once or twleu In a
vv-1- 'a 'ear thire hied been an tntertain
ner.t In scroolhouso or church That U
the omorturtiv Hutrt that Innocent soung
r.ian In the right f'lrer tlon Blx weeks, nfter
will Im too h'o Tall rae what suci n, soune
man does with his tlrst six weeks In the
T"at nty ard I will tell jou what ho will
bo throughout Ids life or, earth, and where
he w'tl spend the ages of eternity. Op.
portnnltyt
" nil r "oyr're that rommerct ,1 and
literary and political successes depend up.
on "King adtumore -f or uortunlty Tne
great turifeors of Iirglnnd fared to touch
hs tuimr of Kn g Oeorjf IV Sir A"'ley
Coorcr looked at It and said to the kings
"I will cut your rcAjerty m though -ou
were a plowman," That wat, fclr Astlcy's
onportunfy Lord Ollvo was his father's
lisrr.&s. ciimMrr cnurcn ncgpies una do
Ing reckless things. Ills father sent him to
WarTae Ind's, as a ilerls In the sirvico of
n Dncl'sh uifl er r.Lve WdteJcid his time,
end wen war broke out camo to bs the
chief of the host that saved India for
C"glund. Tnat was I.otd Olive'i opportu.
nltj-. Poulire Lucce, the almost matohleM
tlneer, wua 1 ut little reeognUed until In the
absence of tl.o fololst In the Uerman choir
ha took her place and hgan the enohant.
ment of the world. That day was Lucca's
opportunltv Tnhn S-o!, who afiervvnw
twume Lord 171don, had stumbled his way
ftlontr in the i-ractfc of law until the casa
of Ackros 1 vs. Smlthson was to be tried.
and :U -speech that clay opened oil avenues
i 11 Hi 1 1 Ml iiiilii ' .. -y
I of success. That was Lord Hldon's oppor-
tunltj William 11 Hcwnnl was given by
his father n thouiuh 1 dollars lo t,ct 11 col-
, ltKlale edtieailon Hint money Hon (.one
his father said, "Now, sou must light sour
I own was," nnd he did, until gubernatorial
' hair nnd t'nltcd stntcs setmlotlal chair
1 were his, wi h a right to tho presidential
miur it tne mann" 01 .niericnn ikuuich
hnd not swlnllid lilm out of It Tin dns
when his riifh-r told hint to llRhl his own
wav vvus William II Reward's tipportunltv
John Henry Newman, becalmed n whol
Week In nn orange boat In th strait of
Iionlfnclo, wrote his Immortal hj mn, ' Lead
Klndlv llght " That was John llenr)
Newmans opimtlunlis. oil known Kirk
White's imimii'tal hvmn, "Whnt Mar'hall
cd on the Mghtlj rlflln." lie vvtote it in
a boat by a lantern on n storms night n
he was sailing n twill a rocky coast. That
was Klrlt Whltc'rt opportunlts.
TVhe importnnco of making the most of
opportunities as they present thcmselve
Is acknowledged In nil other directions,
why not In the mailer of tis tuthess'' 'i ho
difference of usefulness of good men and
woimn Is not su much the difference in
brain, or sodnl position, or wtslth, but In
t'liulprmnt of Christian comtmin, sense; to
know Jut the tlmo when to sny the right
word or do the light thing There are good
people who can nlwnvs be depended on to
ut' the right thltlg at the wrong time A
merchnnt selling (roods over the counter
to a wily customer who would like to git
them nt lesa than cost, n rnlliond conduc
tor whllo liking up the tickets from pus
nengets who want to work off a last j cur's
Trie pass, or git through at half rate a
thltd fullv grown a houekeeper trslng to
get tho tnbl" leads In time for the guests,
although th. oven hits railed tn do Its woik,
nnd tho groei t has mgheted to fulfill tho
order given him, those arc not oppoitunl
ties for religious ntldn rs Io not null up
to a man In the busiest pnrt of the dns
and when a half doren people arc waiting
for him, and ask, "How Is sour soul?'
Hut theic are plenty of lit cn'rasloii" It
is Interesting to see the siwrtsinnh, gun In
lintul nnd pouch nt side, nml nccomiililed
bv the hounds velplng down the road, off
on a. hunting expedition, but the best hunt
ers In this world iue those who hunt for
opportunities to do good, nnd tho game U
omethlng to gladdin earth nnd heaven,
I will point out some of the opportunities
When n soul Is In bereavement Is tho best
time to talk of iJospcl consolation nnd
In nv only teunlou. When a man Ins lost
IiIh piopertv Is the best time to talk to him
of heavenly Inheritances that ui necr be
levied on. Whin 11 man Is lck Is the best
time to talk to him about the supernatural
latitude in vvhl n unhenlth is an Impossl
blllts When tho IInls Spirit is moving
on a conimunitv in the best tlmo to tell a
man ho ought to be savid Hs a Word, by
n smile, bj a look! b a praser, the work
m.iv be so thoroughls done thnt nil ctemlts
cannot undo It. As the limp wan Invented
from heating tho twang of a bow siting,
as the law of gravitation wis suggrsted
bj the fall of un apple, as the order In
India for the use or a greased cartridge
stilted the mutlns of 1 .7. which nppalled
the nations, so nomethlng Insignificant
m is open the door for great result", lie on
the watch It mas be a glidiicsis, it mas
bo a horror, but It will be an opportunlts'.
A city inlsslomrs In the lower pirtu of
the city found a soung woman In wretched
nes nnd sin He- slid, " hs do j-ou not
go home'" She sail, "flui would not
lecelve me nt home." He fid, "What Is
soul father's name, nnd where docs he
llvC" Having obtilnid the nddres and
written to liei father, tho cltv mission try
got a repls', on the outside of the letter tho
word Iminedi ite" undersi oreil It -was
thi heartiest possible invitation for tho
wandinr to come home 1 h it wis tho
cits mission m's opportunity And thx'ro
nto oppoi tunitlis all nbout vou, nnd on
them, wiltten bv tin h md of God, who will
Mess sou, and bliss tho v.hom 5011 In Ip,
In capitals of II lit th.- word "Immediate."
A mllltit) ollker vr pmfnnc In his
habits was going down Into n mine at
Cornwall i:nglind with n Clulsti 111 mln
ir, ror mans of these mini rs uro Chils
tinns The ollh 1 r used profane langingo
whllo In the etge going down As thes
were coming up out of the mine the pro
fune ollker Mild 'If it be so far down to
Sour work, how mm h firtlnr would It be
to the bottomless pit'' The Christ! in
miner responded ' I do not know how
fill It Is down to tint pi 100, hut If this
lope should breik sou would bo there In a
minute ' It 13 the ChrUtl 111 mlnet's op
portunltv Main miiis igo .11 lHigsman was
on a sloop on our Hud-ou liver, nnd he ir
itis 1 mm utter a blasphems, tho clergy
man slid "Vou hav spoken against my
best I'rli nd, !eus Christ" Seven seirs
after, this sune ileigsnnn was on his
way to the general assemble- or the I'res
bsterlau church at Philadelphia, when a
voting minister addiessed him ind nsUcd
him If he was not on a sloop on thu Hud
son river seven vears before' The n ply
wis In the nlllrmatlee "Well." unld tlm
joung minister. "I was tho man whom su
corrected for uttiilng that 01th It leu
mi to think nnd repent, nnd t am trslng to
atone somev hat for m early bell iv lor.
1 urn a pre iclur of the Gospel, and a delo
gite to the gmtial nssi mblj " Seven
ears before on that Hudson river sloop
was the ckrgs man's opportunity
I stand this minute In tho piesence of
mans heads of f unllles I wonder if thes
nil realise thnt the opoi limits of Iniluenc
ln the household for Christ and lie iv en Is
verv- brltf, and will soon be gone' Tor 1
while the- house Is full of the voices nnd
footsteps of children Vou sometimes feel
that sou can hardly stand the racket You
F.as, "Ijo be quiet' It seems as If ms' head
would split with nil tho noSe And things
git broken and ruined, and It Is " hi re's
my hat" "Who took mv books"" "Who
has been busy with my plas things"" And
It is a-rushing this was, and n-rushlng
that, until f ithcr and mother arc well-nigh
beside thcmselies it is astonishing how
mm h noise live or nix children inn nnko
and not h ilf trv. Hut the scars glide
bwlftls aw as. Alter awhile the voices aie
not so mans, md those which stay nro
more sedite 1'Irst this room gets quit t,
and thin that room. Death takes home,
ami marriage tnkis others, until nfter
awhile tho house lb awfully still Th it
man von ler would give nil be Is vvoilh
to have that boy who Is gono aw as' f or
is er rush Into the room onto more v. Ith
tha shout that was onco thought too
boisterous. That mother who was onco
tried becauso her little girl, now gone for
ever, with careless scissors cut up some
thing reiills- valuable, would llko to have
the old! 1 eomi back, willing to put In her
hands the most valuable wnidrnbe to cut
as she pleases Yes! Yes Tho houea
nols now will soon be still enough, I war
rant vou and as when 5011 begin house
keeping, there vveie Just two of sou, thero
will bo Just two again. Oh, tho alarming
brevity of lnfnney and childhood' Tho
oportunlty Is glorious, but It soon passes
Parents mas' say at the clobo of life,
"What a plu we did not do moro for tho
religious wclfnre of our children while wo
li 1 1 them with us'' Hut the lamentation
will be of no nvnll. The opportunity hnd
wings and It vanished When vour child
gts out of the cradlo let It climb into the
oututietched anus of tho beiutlful Christ.
"Con e: thou nnd ull ths honau Into tho
ark "
Hut there Is 0110 opportunlts-, so much
brlghtt r thnn any other, to much more
Inviting, nml so superior to all others that
there aie Innumerable tlngerj pointing to
It. nnd It Is haloed with a glorv nil Its
own It Is sours! It Is mlno' It Is the
pre-ent lioul It is the now We shall
nivn have it agiin While I sp. ak and sou
listen the opportunity Is ristle-s at if to
be gone You cannot chain It down You
cannot Imprison It. You cannot make It
stns. All Its pulfes are tluobblng with a
hnsto tint cannot be hindered or controlled
It Is the oppoitunlty of Invitation on my
part nnd ae-eeptnnio on oui put. The
door of the palacn of God's meres Is vide
open Go In Hit down and be klncs nnd
iiueens unto God fnri-Vcr "Will," sou say,
"I am not rends " ou nro ready "Aro
sou a sinner'" "Yes" "Ho jon want to
bo sav ed now and forev er?" "Yds " "Do
sou bell. ve that Christ Is willing and able
to do the wotk'" "Yes" Then sou nro
saved 1011 ure Inside the palace doir of
God's mercy tilreadv You look chnngfd
You a.o changed "Hallelujah, 'tis done'"
Dtl vou ever see nuvthing done fo quk k
is '' Invitation nfftri 1 nnd accepted in less
than a minute bs ms watch or that clock.
blr IMward Creasy wioto a bouk calle 1,
'The fifteen Decisive Itatths of tho
W'orll from Mamtl on to Waterloo" Hut
the most decisive battlo that 5011 will ever
fight, nnd the gnatest victors jou will
ever gain Is this moment when sou con.
mier tirst sour If and then all the hlnler
Ing mvrmldons of perdition bj saving,
"Lord Jceu" here I nm unione and help
less, to be saved by the an 1 thee alone "
That makes a pnnle in hell Thnt makes
a celebration In heaven Opportunlts '
On the 11th of January, ISM, a collier
brig rsn Into the roeks pear Wahner
Heach England Simon Prltehnrd, standing
on the beach threw off bis eoat nnd said,
' Who will help me save that crew 1"' Twen.
ty men shoute'd "I will." though only
seven wre needed Through thu awful
surf the boat dnhel, nnd In flftvn ruin,
uits from tho time Prltchard threw off his
coat all the Bbipw recked crew vvero saf.v
on the Un 1. Quicker work to-day Half
thnt time more than necessary to get all
this ntsemblare Into the lifeboat of tho
Goepe) and ashore- standing both feet on
the Hoik of Apes. Hy ilie two strong oirs
of faith and ntnser first pull f r the wreck
anl then pull for the shore Oaporturltyj
Over the city went the cry
Jesus of Nazareth passeth bj I
Let the world go. It has abused vou
enough, and cheated j ou enough, nnd sian.
dered sou enough, and damaged sou
cnounh. liven those from whom sou ex.
pected better things turned out jour as
caluntsj as when Nanoleon in his last will
and testament left BiYO francs to the man
who shcit at Wellington In the streets of
Paris. Oh, it Is a mean worll Take the
glorious Lord for vonr mni.,.i..Iu. r
lillte Ahat the good man fai4 to oHo who
had cverj thing hut religion. The nllluent
tmn busted of what he owned, and of his
spl n lor' of surroundings putting Into In
slcn II ini e, ns lie thought, the christian's
iici "slims "Ah!" Slid the Christian man
I have something ou have not " "What Is
that'' said the worldling Tho answer
'was 'Pent el" Atld Sou initv nil nav - it
I id ate mm nodi peac a with me pi si pi ace
I with the futute, n pepio that nil th n-
1 snults of the world, nnd all tin- bimbard-
incuts entmile. cannot Interfrto Willi
1 A Scobli shepherd was dvlng and hnd
I th pastor tailed In Tho dsliiK shepherd
nld to his wlfo, ".Mary, please to go Into
tin next loom, for I want In sip tho minis-
tit clone." When tho two were Mono the
I dvlng shepherd Mid, "I have known tho
iinuo nil ms me, out 1 nm gum, nun 1 "...
nreereii to dct ' " 1 hen the pastor iUoti-d
the P'ltm, "Tho Lord Is my Shcphetd I
slinll tint vvnnt " "i, moil," sail tho
shepherd, "I wns familiar with that befoio
ou were born, but 1 11111 n-goltr. nnd I nm
nfeered to dee." Then snld llio pnstor.
"You know tint tho Psalm savs, Though
I walk through tho vnllev of the shadow
of dctth, 1 will fear no cvlt'" ""., fn'd
tho living shepherd, "l.knew that bcfoie
sou vvero born, but It does not help me
"Then," snld the pnstor, don't sou know
thnt sometimes when jou wore dtlvllnt the
shiep down through the vnlless nnd, fit;
vinos there v.otild be shadows nil nbout
jou, whllo there wns plentj of sunshine 1111
tho hills nboveV Imi nte In Hie shadows
now, but It Is sunshine higher up " Then
said tho dslliR shepherd, "Ah! that Is
I'ool. I never nw it tint way before. All
is well Though I pnss through the vnllev
uf tho shadow of denth Thou ait with me
Shadows hire, but sunshine nbovc So
the living shcphii.l got pi ace. Living nnd
dvlng tuny wn have the same nce' tip
pcrttinltv, ttndrr the nroli of tbit splen
did word let this multitude of ms hiaiets
pnss Into the pntdoti, nnd hope, utiil tri
umph uf the Ouspi 1 Go bs companies of
it hundred each Go by 1; glim tits of 11
thousand etch The nged leaning on the
start the mlddle-ngod throwing orf their
but dens ns they pars, atld th soung tn
have their present Joss nugim tiled bs more
glorious satisfaction Porward Into the
kingdom.! As soon ns sou pass the divid
ing line there will be shouting all up and
down the heaven The crowned Imlnoi
tals will look down nnd cheer J u of the
mnnv scars will rejoice- nt the result of his
enrthls sacrifice Ht parted snlnts will be
glnddmed thnt their ptnvvrs are nnsvveicd
An order will be given for the prcndlng
of n lunqnet ut which vou will be thu
honored piest Prom the Imperial Gar
dens the wreaths will be twlstnl for vour
brow, nnd from the halls of JUernal
Music the harpets will bring their lnrp,
and tho trump -ers their trumpets and nil
up nnd down the nmethvstlne sUlrwivs of
the cistlei. and In nil tho rooms of the
House of Mans Mansion, It will be talked
over with holy (.lee Hint this dav while
one plain mnn stood on the platform of
this vnst building giving the Gospel c til, un
nsemblnge in ido up from all parts of -the
entth and jillctt up In these galleries, 1 hose
Christ ns their portion nnd "tilted for
heaven as their everlasting home Itlng
nil the nous or neaven nt tne linings
Strike nil the csmbals at the J05 ' . Wavo
all the palm branches at the triumph! Mo
tors'! Victors 1
IT.VCOf.N AM) CdiAM.
Tiio Llttir Was Made 11 I lenti liiint Merc
lj bj a si r itrh.
Mr. Xoah Urooks wns one of tho best
known newspapermen In Washington dur
ing war times and he was ndmltted to un
usual Intimacy with Lincoln Mr. Hrooks
has been contributing a series of personal
recollections of Llnclon and of tho mem
bers of his cabinet to the Ccnturs'. in tho
Pobruirs numbir of the m.tgalno he nss
It is Intel estlng to call to mind some of
the foices which nindu Grant the gener il-ln-chief
of tin .unites of the- United btntcs,
nnd some of the- Incldi nts that attended the
consummation of that historic woik It
vv.u bs no means .a grateful task for the
congressmen of that time to lend a hand In
creating the grade of lieutenant general
In the- arms although thero was no ques
tion as to the mnn on whom thnt distinc
tion shoull be conferred I qui stlon very
much If the bill to revive the grade of
lieutenant general would have gone thiough
congicts thin It it had not been foi tho
verv general dissatisfaction with General
llalleck, who was acting as gcncr.tl-in-chlef
with headqtnitei at Washington
The dissatisfaction v.a-s constantly increas
ing, nnd, although tho countrv at largo
did li'' seem to be vers kcenlj- nllve to
II illecrt's Inadequacy to the situation,
Washington, nnd epecin!ly the chambers
of congress, resounded with complaints of
his slurgKhness, his unwillingness to take
rchpoipdbllltle-,, and his suppos, d Inenp ic
ily to gi-esp the whole military situation
I doubt if tho most outspoken and malign
ant Copperhead in congress was "o dis
liked, eo rilled against and o reviled by
the more ndlc tl members as this unfoitu
iiate general in-chief
The br li. f that tome new man, no matter
who he might be, could vlgorousls" proso
cut the war and biing a tpe.dv pe ice If
he were in llalleck s place, tn tdo possible
the passage of tho bill reviving tl e rank of
lieutenant general of tho niiny Oddly
enough men who clilmid that the presi
dent clung tenaclousls to General Halleek
ns his military adviser, never doubtid lor
a moment thar Mr. Lincoln was more than
willing that tho rank should bo revived
with tlu distinct unlerstnnding that Grant
bhould be the wearer of tho title, and by
virtue thereof become nt once the gi ner-nlls-imo
of all the mllltars fortes of the
United States.
Ill it the president did cling to Halleek,
in spite of the mis gi neral popular dis
favor with whkh th" general was regard
ed, Is well kno.vn Whin I ventuted, one
dss, to ay to the president that llalleck
was disliked because mans people supposed
that he was too timid and hesitating In his
mllltarv conduct, Mr Lincoln's fnie it
once wore a sober, almost severe expres
sion as he said that he was II illeck's ft lend
because nobods ( lce was Other men had
leieivesl from the president somewhat sim
ilar Impression, nnd whatever in ly have
been thought of the very remote possiMlitj
that nns 01 hi r in tn than Gi neral Grant
would b called to the bend of tho armies,
congressmen who weie clamorous foi a
more vigorous prosecution of the war were
eagetly tinning to the 'lieutenant general
bill," as It was called, ns tho readiest was
to be rid of Genual Hulleck't, alleged slow
nes If there w is nnv doubt ns to the popular
ity of Grant In Washington (and ho was
disposed to regard that cits ns a place of
snares), the atrial of the newly created
lieutcnint general effectually dl-slpated It
lie hal been called to the capital, nnd hnd
arrived thi 10 lato In tho afternoon of
Man h S, W I
That ivming as It chanced wns the oc
casion of tho usual w.-kls' reception nt tho
White House, nnd thltlur General Grant
went by special invitation Thithei too
went throngs of people when It w is known
that he vould be on view with tho presi
dent So great wns the crowd, and so will
the rush to get ne-nr tho genera), that he
was ohll,;ed at last to mount a sofa where
he could b teen, nnd where he was te
cure, nt least for a time, from the mad
ness ol the multitude Women were caught
up nnd whii led in tho torrent whiili swept
through tn- great east loom Lidles stif
fen 1 dire illsnsicr in the crush and con
fuMon, their lace3 were torn nnd crinolines
mnheil and pioplo got upon sofas, chairs
und tables to be out of harm's was- or to
get a better view uf the spectacle
It was the only real mob thnt 1 ever saw
in the White House It wns an indescrib
able rceno of curiosity. J05, nnd pleasure.
Por oik a at least tha president of tho
United States was not the chief figure In
the p cture. The little, pcared-looklng man
who too 1 on a crimson-covered sofa was
win mm 01 me- nour no re maim d on view
for a short time, then ho was quietly
smuggled out bv- trlendlv hands, and next
day he departed from Die cits, which he
then appeared to dread so much, to bepln
the last und mightiest chapter in his mil
Itary career.
V I'ri tty Ilium 1 ut,
n6tiolt Pree Puss The diummer had
been ejttlto useful to the. joung girl, trav.
cling alone, and as ho was not nt all oh
triiblvo or Impudent, she Invited him to
sit with her
"Alo jou fiom Chicago?" she nsKtd.
Iiluniulj as ho tool; tho place bv her tide
"Whs?" he abked with a laugh
"Hic.iuj.0 mamma told ma I mustn't meet
Chicago men, becauto the) were too
'Oh, I don't think they aro giddier than
other men "
"I don't know mamma said so "
"nut sour 11 other doesn't know," ho snld
In deftinso
"Doesn't si o"" Bho retorted. "Well, I'd
llko to know why she doesn't. Wn live In
Chicago, and sho has been married font
times and U getting her dlvoice from the
fourth one
The drummer retired from the contest
without another blow In his own defense.
Ilowii Coo, tho I'lleo of foul,
Hcst Missouri lump, J2 23 per ton. Hest
Cherokee nut 51 per ton. 'ilest CI erokle
lump. UVi per ton liny our Los Cerrllloi
Authraclta coal and save money, It U the
bi8-t.yiu,,c, t.?al ln ,no world. '
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Burlington route train leaves at 8.1S p,
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with new elegant compartment berths and
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OUR BOOK TABLE,
WHAT IS Pltl.".i:.STl 1) HV TlU! PL'll
I.IOIIHIIS llltS Wl.l.K.
'llio Itrvilt of titer try Work as Shtimi
by the Ni 11 Hooks Tint Aro tin
the l'nbllber' Mirlves
1 Ittrnrj titi.
"Vernon's Aunt" was heralded as a novel
of such superior merit that the realization
is tn u measure disappointing, though It
must not be understood that We would de
tt ict from Its real sterling merits. It Is
not so much a novel In the technical senc
of the word, us a funnj, Interesting nnd
verj cleverly written story of a Journcj to
nn up-country station in India. It Is with
out statistics or any sjstematlzed Informa
tion, mid for that reason It gives In an
engaging form what maj be taken ns a
perfect Idea of the unevuitful, unobservant
und Unvaried life Hi such a station. Mr,
llveranl Cotes has nn esc lo the peculiar
things brought before in r vision nnd an
cur for tho uncommon thliiM she heats.
She has tit-il these perceptive facultlis to
good purpoe In noting ntnong othel things
how little know ledge of his surrounii'ngs
nn J;niillhtiirtn mt nbotb when he fortl
lies himself ugilnst acquisition. She has
pointed out this characteristic with gri it
iluvcrnc, much emphasis and keen sa
tire In this stars of India i rnon s Aunt
starts out for India to look up n lit phew
whom she biought up, it ml whom she his
not sein for eleven vcar The tal" of Inr
stilt Is nmusllig. r-he waited for her new
black silk tu begin with, whkh had to be
suit kink seven tlmis to be nlteled, she
waited for the fortnightly meeting of the
Djtens bocletv, 111 order to see that her
resignation was properlv accepted with
nattering regrets, mil tint Letitl.v Movv
btas hci most Intimate friend wns not
appointed In her place She vvulted to see
her cat in moio tellable hands thnn those
In which she nt tlrst decide 1 to leave it,
and then she walled to nurse the vicar of
her town through the measles, not will
ing him to run the rlk of taking cold bv
gating up too soon, or of pie-mature nnd
llttmilliible tn.etrlmnuv Induced bv the 1111-
necesars attendance of Mls llraj. And
then nt last she went Tho suggestion,
mole than described in lib nts of the over
land route, the Idlossncrncles of the- pts
sengeis Just hinted at and her or 11 lightly
toiu lied upon, are (harming gleams of rev
elation nnd wit, th lads a nlventurc on
ri aclilng Uombas in iv be a little too cx
tltvagant. but is xt rente 1) entertaining
The ludicrous mi t ik s of the lids with
regard to natives, tl. phnnts nnd other nov
el accessories; th touches ln relation to
tent life, cooking an I dallv routine of
magistrates' prov lnclal Indeed Jungle life
In India, lire ull ex. 11 litis told and drawn.
ri .. n ,n. ..,..,. -. ,.- ..I.h tl... n ... ... .Ii.tlt, nil.
J IIU IC'llWlS Ul XVI1IIU1 " ... ..V .u,.wb ....-
thcntlc. Alo his remark in regard to
Vernon, dislike- of his nationality. "Hut
skin Is not sin " . . ,
The celebrated love (") letter of Larlm
Hux, In which he nferred to a lawsuit,
and was mlsundertod b.v the mnldi n ladj
just out from KngI md, Is Inimitable.
"Jtespccttd Mndim I have the honor to
state thnt nil night I have been ngonlzlng
upon thu plllo, and It is not the muskutos
nor the bad dlgrstlm nor the bad con
science that I can a i ount for thl I do
not wish to gild 11 lined gold nor paint the
lilies but It is tie rn-morv of mad tin's so
gr 1CI0113 1 tngtiage w hlch Is ms only sup
port In this tijlnj our Pending sanction
I will speak with Mr V. II Hawkins on
Prldas, the 10th Inst but I have fear that
he has prejudice aeainst sour most humble
slave and will 11 ' hear me ln the suit.
Madam, ms' prn are with 5011 Klnillj
Judge the thing .S vv, sour neifew has .1
most noble heart but I think lie cannot
put up with othu m in's collorcd skin. Hut
skin Is not sin ,
Tne book is full if ab'urdltles.and must
be hlghls enjov. 1 bv elthei Indian resi
dents 01 people wlu li iv e never visited that
topsv-turvv lnnd It is not comiuirtble to
"A Daughter of To las " nor 'The -simple
Adventures of a viemsihlb," nor does it
(probablj) picttnl to be.
"Towards TJtopI 1 ' makes no other claim
to the reasoning 1 iwers of Its leaders than
as tin- specul it rs of tho author in the
matter of n nl evolution I nder
cover of a pen name the writer stamps
his ovin,ess,o 1- Utopian, .and he cannot
complain if his mders ngiec with him
Tho book deals k nly with that large num
ber of social iv 11- which might be better, d
If people would inly trj The dllllcults Is
onlv that thej w 1 not trv The American
who n ads this bouk, written in Hnglaiid,
will at onco m that mans- of the- evils
criticised ire nli nly remedied heie, either
In wl'ol or in part Others me worse
heie than there Hut there Is a stimulating
side to the I- It In tint it calls nttention
to bunions whii h we still ncedlesslj carrs
How much tr k, for Instance, most bousis
contain of 1 Iks of trips, sh ibbv hrlc-n-brtc
ind si on which Ins to be t iken care
of and Is no lisp, to any human being
And dalls h' Is as full as our Iioufcs ot
things is u- less nnd less eislly thrown
.twos VV li mans' of tho reforms sug
gested bs lils autliot will tiled with the
11pp10v.il c' most men, tho gnaur part
ot the tin nts piopounded will give- llso
to little nt ntlon or thought I'or in
stance, th last Hngllsh cciibus enumei.a
tlon gav "ovir 7J0OJ groom3 nnd
cotchnicii In Unghind nnd Wiles,
usi ful ai 1 healthils emploved ser
vants whom "Pree L.ince" would
at once thiovr out of thilr plater.
I he s miii may bo snld for his sugge-sti d
abolition o' 1 ooks bs the establishment
of cult! il ktti hens. Hut In the matter of
tobacco !i gives himself away compleu
15 In 11 1 1 mer work It seems tint he had
londcmn. 1 both alcohol mid tobacco, but
now hivmi- t iken to it pipe hlmsi If, he
lniriniou-iv argues ln Its defense. V, o mas
smile it the admission nnd Infer that
were- ' Pru Lance" left hell to-morrow to
a handso'iiu estate, with well lllled cellir
and Ft ,1,1 , etc., ho would as teadlly ad
vocate tr ir use and enjosment ns ho now,
devoid of them, argues their extinction.
Midnme hins-Gene" This translation
of --irdo s llvels' loman ,, by Louie It
Heller i d llijittully rcndi red The ltcep
tlun of tin- il ty upon which tho romance
is toumh I bus bi en suth thnt the most
llvclj lnt, r. st ln tho book hits been awak
en, d wh luiir It his been read, and the
trans hi. n Is calculated to widils' ex
ti 11 1 pupiilar recognition of its merits as
one of thu gicat pioductlon of the das.
Tin stois Is replete with Interest, ns a
plctuie of the exciting times of the Prench
II volution nnd the easy manners of .'a
poll on a iourt. Tho book has been hnnd
sounls bound and is presented at n low
pi lee.
"The Land of the Sun; Vistns Mexl
canns, bs Christian lUld, Is it book of ex
ceptional Intuest. espe( tally to reudeis in
tills pal t of the Wi st. nnd at this particu
lat moment. Though Mexico Is our nearest
fuitlgn neighbor, the land Ins not until
reientls' attracted tho ntti ntlon of our
Poplc to which It Is eutlthd by Its Im
pel tame, both In a materlil was' and ns
,t countiy lor the study of tho tourist
The betttr incilltics for travel and the
Inci easing commciec have- changed these
conditions, and s. veral pleasant volumes
havo nlrendv appeared 10 nvvnkrn Mill
en itei Interest lii tho country and Its
people Mi. Held givet us a delightful,
brxs skit h of travel, Intei estlng In Its
well-told Incident, nnl vnhublo for Its tie
siilptlons uf pluub and people and tor Its
choice bcups of hlstiir). it Is a Journey
which the ladles of thu patty enjojed as
much as the nun, In fact, they added
laigels to tho life and animation nf the
pans, and through their presence doubt
less mans pleasantries weie extended US'
the gallant Mexicans which a party of
men alone would hnvo missed The book
Is handsomely llliibtiated throughout The
tlmo is coming when a run through Mex.
Ico nnd a view of its ruins mid soil and
btetieiy will be as populai as is now the
Journey to Uurope.
"Gcniral Hancock," General Piancis A,
V.'nlktrs wotk In tho latest addition to tho
"Great fuimiiandiib" buries of blogiaphl.
cal lilotoibs fiom tho Apploton's prebses,
is complete, lnteietlng and uppartntly
Impaitlil As a staff oillcer of tho Second
coipsof the Aims of the Potomac, General
Walker wu coiistnntly thrown Into per
sonal contact with Geucrnl Hantoek, and
thcio Is no better Judgo now living of that
famous soldier's ability nnd the valuo of
his beivkes to his countiy. This Is, In fact,
n boldleWs biography of a soldier, and as
such, It Is doubly welcome. The author is
no unthinking ciithusiust. IIU admiration
for Hancock Is founded on his intimate
knowledge of tho man and of all he did
as u commander His biography beeks to
prove ills hero's tight to a idace among
the "great commanders," and it seems to
accomplish Its purpose. This series of vol.
umes projected by tho Appletons Includes
blograi hies of Washington. Greene, Jack
son, Tajlor and Scott: Grant, Sherman,
Sheridan and Thomas; H. E. Lee and J. E.
Johnston 'Of them all Hancock was tho
onls one who never had a separate com
mand" General Walker's well-told ac.
count of I1I3 military experiences leads the
reader to flleve that circumstances alone
kept him from a higher rank whllo the war
lasted. Grant held Hancock to ho among
corps commanders superior even to the
Immortal Sedgwick.
j'ssivi iiuuub; a ioreJ((i ui 1110 itpmm
Habit." Mr. William nosser Cobbo has ln
tills book depleted In vivid languago tho
baneful effects of opium on tha mental,
moral ana physical naturo of its xlctlm.
Mr, Cobbe, a well kuown newspaper vvrltgi,
-H- . ..... ".tf "-"S"- 1 -'.V--l!J'-'.-..
himself n stnvo to the habit for many
)ear. writes front personnl eierlence
whnt he aptly terms "tho Juilas of drugs,"
stripping the prnctlce of Its glamor und
dtcclt nnd revealing lo the uninitiated tho
Ulsnstrous consequences of Indulgence In
Ilia dangerous and disgraceful addiction.
Mle-riirs .Notes,
Tho rebrtmry number of SI. Nicholas Is
a hiatus
Hntper Magn?lne for 1 ebrtmry Is nn
ex, client number both In Its text nnd Illus
trations. Chnrles Serlbner's Sons will lsue nl once
Hi. Pnrkhurst's work, "Our right With
Tnmmnn),"
The Porum for Pebrunry keeps up Its
reputation for the dlculon of the ques
tions ih tl people nre thinking nbout,
The llevlew of Itevlews for Pebruniv Is
n siirlghtlv and cntertnlnlng number nnd
ravers ndtnlrabl) the wide Held of litera
ture. The fourth nnd last volume of the lllu
trnted tsllllon nt thnt fnstlniillng book,
Green' "Short History of the English Peo
ple," will soon be- Issued bv the Harpers.
The Uidles' Home Journal for Pebrunry
contain one of Mr. A I) T. Whittles'
successful "friendly Letters" to her girl
friends The Journ tl combines ltistltictlou
with Its cutirtnltitiient utiin even page
A new writer tit stories nf the West ap
pears In the IV brunts' Hitlbner In the tier
son of Wnlcntt LeClc.tr Heurd, it son of
William H Heard, the well known painter,
nnd a member of the famous artistic f 11 lu
lls or that mime.
'Half a Conturv With Judges nnd Livv
vci" Is Hie promising title of n book ot
legal rcmlnlseuices and iiinsMlotes bs Jo
seph A. Wlllird, who has bun for ninny
vi in clerk nf the uperloi court In Huston,
lloiighon, Mllllln V Co. will publish It till
month
The Coutitr ot Aberdeen, tho wife nf
the governor general of Cnnnil 1, contrib
utes to the Uebruir) Arena an uitlile out
lining the platform and purposes of "1 Im
Coming Ttlennlnl Met ting of the Council
of Women of the Unlttd Slates ut U ash
Ingtou General Lord Wolele) mnkes a most Im
portant contribution to the- literature of the
Chlnn-Japiii wur In nn urttcle for the
Pebrunt) Cosmopolitan he discusses the
situation nnd dois not mince mittcrs In
sit) lug what China must do In this cmer
gi ncv
G. P. Putnam' Sons announce that thev
have In prep nation nn Illustrated edition
of Captnln Mnrrsnt's famous ptorv, "Mr.
Midshipman Eis " The designs for tho
book will be pictured bs Ainerlr 111 urtlts
Thev have nlso In prcimintion for the hiiiuo
series editions of "Hlchellcu" nnd "Agin
court," bv G P It Jntne
I Appleton .X Co will shortlv publish ln
thi Ir Anthropological series "The PI. mlu. '
the last work of the distinguished "encli
scientist. A. de Quntrefiihi. In thi vol
ume, which has been trnnslatul bv Pro
fessor Piuleritk Stnrr, the nuthor bus
gathered the result of careful studies of
the small blnik races of Africa and ho
shows whnt the plgmlis of antlqult) re.alls
weie.
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LANt.liAt.j; OP 'UUJ AMItn.
llio Gossip nnd Chittir Unit lns"cs llu-
t Wi e it Iriuidl) Opernturs.
Prcm the Cincinnati Tribune.
At the main olllte of the Postal Telo
sraph Company or at tho Western Union,
no m ttter what time of night one enters,
one is sure to hear the incessant click of
the sounders, and peitons unacquainted
with the habits of tho versatile telegraph
ers ure apt to wonder If tho tales told by
wire have no ending
Onerators have a habit of discussing tho
cunei.t questions of the dns with peitons
hundreds of miles aw a), and when the
wile is not busj they do not hestltato to
give their personal opinions nnd a history
of their pilvate affairs to overs one on tho
circuit
Travelers who have heatd some slang
idiom for the llrst time In New York, aro
sui prised to find the phrase ln general
uso when thes- "each San Pinnclbco Somo
New York telegrapher realizing that he has
something new to "spring ' u on the plug"
at the other end of tho wire, puts him in
po-sesulon of the lastest slang. In this
manner tho expression travels nil over the
United States In the courio of one night
btoiles of double entmdie aro favorite
subject matter for mans' of the opeiators,
and, as a half hundred others listen to tho
first sender nnd then bend it to somo one
else, its circulation 13 impossible to com
pute without recourse to geometrical pro
grcsslon Tho uolss" wires talk ot more
things thnn now srpaper, commeiclal and
private messages, and onls those who
know its uisMia languago appreciate its
capacity for transmitting Intelligence,
A Cincinnati operator who had b.-en In
tho habit of "talking" to a distant opera
tor has cut him now nnd will not nnsvver
his "call ' after business hours. The es
trangement was brought nbout the other
night when tho offending operator tried
to send him a brand-new plan for cur
renes' reform, of which ho was the author.
"Tiio Hest 1111 I Ti r iiii d," is tho frequent
remark of purchasers ot Carter's Little Liver
Pill. When you try thorn you will say tho
same,
His Piloting sure,
Detroit Pico Press' lie was not an
adept ln dancing, and he knew It. and
whenovcr he made a misstep ha would
ask his partner anxiously:
"Did I step on jour foot?"
The joung woman grow tired of his re
peated apologies and laHt said:
"You must think 1 havo as manj' feet as
n centipede, Cm't jou tell when sou step
on a lady's foot?"
"Xot ln vour case." lie snld gallantlv.
and there was such a world of meaning
In his voice that she forgave his awk
wardness on tho spot.
pacts in a n:w nones,
Paper plates aro used in somo German
restaurants.
The now catalogue of tho lltltlsh mus
eum will contain 1,400,000 distinct titles.
Many pairs of enndals havo been recov
ered at Pompeii. Tho soles nro fastened
with nails.
Siberian women aro raised ns nbjecf
slaves untidy In dress, and are bought
with money or cattle.
In several European countries, including
Trance and Belgium, elections are alwuss
held on Sunday,
Instead of an engagement ring the Jap.
anesu lover glvea his sweetheart a piece
of beautiful silk for her sush or obi.
It Is said that tn London there are no
fewer than 10,i0 professional musicians of
various grades and that more than half
of them are vvomon.
In London nearly 284 streets aro named
after the queen, while there are 211 Cross
streets, 240 Albert streets, 212 Churth
streets, 181 Queen streets.
Away from the treaty ports a Japanese
barber charges threo-quarters of a cent for
a shave. If he has to go to his customer's
house the price is about four cents.
A large cat which succeeded In awaken.
Ins the father ot tho house by clawing his
whisker, is credited with saving the Wool,
folk family of Marlngo, Ind , the other
night from being burned.
A Walllngford, Conn,, silver manufacturing-
ilrm has received an order for sterling
silverware to be added to the service nt
tno unite itouse. -rno memoers or tne
firm decline to give a description of the
plate, but say the order will be a costly
onu.
CORSET SALE!
BEGINNING TO-MORROW (TUESDAY) MORNING WE WILL SELL.
300 pairs of the celebrated C-IJn In Spirit Corsets, '70r THnpll
made on the same lines as oilr rcRtilar 51.50 lit. for -"-' -A-""-
The whites and drabs aro Hindu of a fine finality of Coutillo nnd the
blacks are line Sateen, lined with white. These are new Roods and
we can give yon any sire, from 18 1030. They nro 'TO ("V-llic
worth in a reyular way 5i.oo pricu in this Sale -' vihcj
And 300 p.iirs of otir regular 50c Corsets Cor- l0 Ofllfa
sets of corr.ct shape nnd perfect fitting for --' Vjltlu'3
All S120S from iS to G in Drab, Ecru and Black.
EMERY, BIRD, THAYER & CO.,
3UCOBSSOR.S TO
35(jljijl9fr$
Doctor Henderson
to- anil 104 Weflt otli Street, Kansas City, do.
TI10 Ot 1 Itrllnble Doctor. Oldest in Age, lamgcst Located. A TtPgtil
urn, in, i in Meillilne. Over Ml Vcurs Special l'rictbo.
Authorized by tho Stale tn treat CHRONIC. NCrvOUScr SPCCIAL DIStASZS. Cures
v".r.V"V..'-'...-,.;...t.i aii ....H.I.1I., fiim , in rrai Inr usp. No rtetrn.
Hoa trom icjsliicss. 'l'atlcnts at 11
wKiTOTwftci-lwoln
rxpcricnco uro nnpori'im. niuiu u w-v .--- --.-... ---
dcr-ttil, ritrrprrcnDllynrly. utter. - yc--------,.i,r..
Seminal Weakness and Sexual Debility, (Tm"p..tcnc.v,:
prodiicitir? lo"CS, pimples nnd blotches on tho fare, ruahes of blood to head, pains In b iclt. ton.
(used Ideas and forsclfulness, bashfttlncss, nrerslon to bocicty. loss ot sexual power. 1"" "t
ninnliood. Ac T cures! for life. I can step nil nlrjUt losses restoro lost sexual power, rcstoro ncrvo
nnd brainpower, enlarge and strengthen w calt parts uud m.w.o j ou nt for marrlujc.
Csmlsilic thattcrriblodlscnsc,lnnnits5CfrJcf.,.e rennnncntlv cured without
bVpnlllS, ,orm, nnd stsccs cared fnr3LriCLUI - cnustlc, cuttlns, boturlru or
life, lllood 1'olsonlng. r 1.1-1 Dlseoscs, Ulcers, j sounds. No pan, no exposure. 1'atlent can
(swellings. Sores, Oonorrhu'innd tllcet, nmlall j uso the treatment at home'.
mZwcfumied0 mscas" r I Rheumatism ufSo S&"
Rnntr "r both sexes, M pneos. 27 pictures. J RUUIJ CUItn. 1 ho nrcatcst aiscov cry In tha
1500K trlI0 to life, with lull dcsirlption of I annals 1 1 medicine. OsJ iloo cites relief ', 1
Bbovodlcies, the elicits nnd cure, n-ut teal- B few doses remove fovrr nml pain In Joints;-,
ett In Plain wnppeffor re. ln stamps. Head tbisl euro in a fovr elavs. Send statement, of ease,
little tool: and ausiv t r list ot questions. I with Btauip for circular. 1 '
Free Museum of Anatomy fis aTZ'tXU
life like models and wax flRurcs dceplr Impress tho inlud; a tchool ot in-1 Sundajs 10 to 12.
otructlon a sermon vlthout words. ...... , ,, ,l , i . -,.
H It ) lian SHOO demited In tha tank. uHcn I will forfeit for about dlaeict that I cannot cur
Gas House Coke!
A clean and cheap Fuel.
$4.00 per ton of 50 bushels.
For sale by all dealers.
Kansas City Gas Li
Telephone 1906.
UlKUCTOKSl
D V. HiEurii. President.
HEMir a Kumit, Vicol'resu
Foreign Drafts Issuort on
B. W. WOODWARD.
r. .
nnmmmmm
WOODWARD, FAXON & CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Vr.ALV.US 2.V PAIXIS, VIZS t. ULASs,
1206 and 1208 Union Ave. (Near Union Depot). Kansas City, Mo.
Richards & Conover Hardware Co.
:RID"WP. !
Cutlery, Iron, Steel, Wagon Wood Work, Nails, Sales, Scales Etc.v
Southeast Corner l'ltth an- Wyandotie bts., Kansas City Ma
What!
NEVER TRIED
Honey Cured
Meats?
Then ask your dealer for
that famous brand of Mild
Cured ,
Hams and
Breakfast
Bacon
produced by
The JACOB DOLD PACKING CO,
I mljerid terribly from
roarlna tn my hewi during
an attack of catairh, and
beeausa t rru tlctif, uncd lily's
Cieam llalm and tn thict
ueeha conlJ hear as ue'l at
tiei, A. H. Xt ui m t ,
CiaUnu, Midi.
0.TA.3E!1R:.
ELY'S CREAM BALM
Opens anil cleanser the Xasal Passaces, Allan
l'aln and inn iinmntlon. llels tne Sores. Pro.
tet the MemUrat.0 troni Colila, Hostorea th
bensei of 1 astn ana bmell, '1 he lialra is uulcU
1)' ubsoi bed and civ e-i rellel at once.
A I'irilcia H aiinllecl Into each nostril ana li
?'irv.tl,l,ljr c.i?e'? ce.a,li ru'Klt or w malL
LLY lirtOlllI.lti, 60 Warren 5L. New Vorlt
IF nnilbl'2 .?." BWIIBH HKX,
..w. w llliu
A ll.it. I haln I ..
Jecteil iliiei'tly lo tho
urut of IIiomb ilUeaura
of tho UeultoVrluarj
Orsans, rnuutre- nu
rhuiiKe of diet, tlurn
suaranteed In I to il
.InWM kl.na I ........ .
TT TPR TO nscc' ' Ui i.oo,
redermann & Ilallar, Druggists ana Sola
Agents. 801 Main Bt . Kansas Clt. Mo,
stE.viro.
I HAVE) UnUSUal facilities for fnmlnhlno
reliable information anont l.tnil". lnws
ta.es, ratents, mines and general affairs
for Mexico. Central America and West In.
riles Correspondence solicited. Tel. 2623
day, or 23S evenlnca for engagements.
Edward II. Young. Kxoh-tige building.
A pure antiseptic,
medicinal toilet
Soap tor daily use.
uruggims soil it.
tn
rcsgfTTj,
IWcf4MVBAtVN
GIG
4-y Ju D
tmnl- n n.vmotnl. -. iJT. I
Suwmi rJWf wK-mimmmmtm I . ., ;; I
.llsitimo treated by mnll nnd express. Medicines
pi and Coke Co,,
9th and Central.
New York Life Building.
R. V TovingtoV Cashier XX A. McIvinBC
r. IL Knvip, li, J hucke. & s. bbitAt
all Parts of tho Old World.
rAXON.
J. O. BOBTOJfa
Oldest and Original
NO
fJM CFPP.
Mc$r no
v. ri
o West Ninth St., Kansas City.Mo,
Loading ind Successful Specialist in Wood,
Nervous and Urlnarj Ui-c ism.
m:iiviisis hi, iiii. i iv, with its maur
gloomy sTmptoms, cunil
l.HM VI1AI.1IV iwrmancutly restored
. I'll ii.is tured forllfu vvltlioiit nieicury
lllll.NAIIV iiisiiam.i cured quickly ani
thoroughly.
vviii.n a-I. iillllllls rAII.consultDr.lt.
J Wlilttler and receive the candid opinion of v
liliyslcl in of etieilcnce, blilll ami Integrity. Nil
promises in ido th it cannot be f ullllle 1
vii.nti IM.s furiiUhcd at binall cost, anl
cent anywhere scalid Ircuunent M.VI.H
M.N I I , II. 11.
I lti:r. consultation and urluiry analysis.
nnrilll1 to licUUl ami emeigencles, scale 1,
vJ J i-UlU tor it i ent st.iiiiiu. Ulanlts l're.
Call or address in confidence
Dr. H. J. WHITTIER,
10 West MutliSt.,
KANSAS (IIU, VIII
THE DEPOT
Carriage and Baggage
COMPANY,
teientli mid llro ulu.iy,
KA.Nb V C'l'f r. 110.
-Vie tlnfy Jirtt-eUisi
Malles In th Clt'j.
lI.ai.l'OEltS, 01'I.V DAY AND NIGHT.
President and Manager.
No Exira Charge for Night Work.
Always call us up when lu need oi a Carrias.
or a llagga.o Wison.
McGREW
IS TUE OMr
S SPECIALIST
V U li n rii tic. s .
PRIVATE DISEASES,
Wi.JkiieasandDls.
ordem of
MEN ONLY
p??y tin? liunranteei
.- ,b... .-.i.vrii lieu.
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