Sterling Standard from Sterling, Illinois • Page 8

he Local Weather Report. oilowlnn Is 1719 dally report furuinlied K. The Increasing s-i rsadlngi In ilcata fair weather and the as; Indicate ralnj The fair wpathor mp.rk IIU.IOJ T.ltfl 11'. I A M.I M. HIcbcM.

Lowest flurries tonight. Colder Wednesday. NUGGETS OF NEWS. Around the world with the Mcllrnths. will be no meeting of the Fourth Street bible class tonight.

partition in the hack of Flock's barber shop. ni brought good priori. Eihvood Pittman wns the aurt.ioncrr. party of six young men made a bet of a dollar each Friday evening to walk to Gait. Charles Clark and Fellow Cleft backed out.

but the remainder made the trip and returned in a trifle over two hours. Refreshments were then-'set up by the who had out. Marshalltown Times-Republican: William W. Messenger and Klmira. E.

Classen liavn sold to Edwin C. Welh- crbee, of Marshall county, and Charles NVetlu'rbee of county. Illinois, 120 acres in Taylor township, and 47.fi2 in Marion township, the purchase price being night about midnight the farm house on the Larry Garland farm, two and a half miles south and oVi, destroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is unknown. The lions" was va- Maennerchor society held a rant, at he time, a family moving out.

poorly attended meeting Monday evening. Nothing important was done. will be a meeting at the First Methodist church this evening. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend. icy sidewalks are a sort of a paradise for the small boys.

The kid skaters were numerous all over town this morning. The Mcllrath's are coining. regular meeting of the Sterling o.ommandery, K. will be held thi3 evening. A full attendance of the members is desired.

Go to Powell for hard and soft coal, wood and kindling, and full weights guaranteed. will be a special meeting of the Knights of Pythias this evening for work. All of the members are urged to be in attendance. haTdrsmoOtTrrvtlst the roads this morning made an excellent path for bicycles and a number of wheelmen were out enjoying rare sport. regular meeting of the Royal Neighbors will 'be held this evening.

The order expects to initiate four candidates. A full attendance is especially desired. next time the Nelson school house is to be used for an evening entertainment, it is suggested that permission be obtained from the board of directors. regular meeting of tlie-F. T.

S. was held at the rooms Monday evening. There was a good attendance. Nothing but the routine business was transacted. Ladies' Missionary circle of the Baptist church will meet'at o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.

O. L. Miller, corner of Fifth avenue and Fourth street. Subject, Chinese Religion. Semi-Weekly Standard if paid In advance f2.no if not paid in advance regular meeting of the Odd Fellows was -held at the hall Monday evening.

There was but a fair attendance. After the transaction of several days before. A rough estimate puts the damage about Siooo. It is said the bouse was insured for $300. Mr.

Garland will rebuild as soon as spring opens. cow with an appetite something similar to a gnat or an octrich was butchered by Whitman and Walker. Monday. In the stomach of the animal was found a handful of nails ranging in size from a carpet tack to a ten penny, the presser-foot from a sewing machine, a large buckle tongue, staple, numerous pieces of wire and a piece of nonpariel worn. Cal.

says the animal was a two-year-old and seemed to have been in nowise inconvenienced by the host of hardwars she had Morris News. by Orren Millar has pone tn Rapids on business. William went to Morrison for a short visit. P. G.Potts of Dixon transacted business hero Monday.

Mrs. M. A. Manning lias gone to Chicago on business. Miss Jesse Johnson went to Morrison for a short visit.

Manager Ward lias gone to Chicago on theatrical business. G. W. Moss was a business visitor in this city from Dixon. Charles Seidel is again able to be at work after a short illness.

The little daughter of George Nichol is reported vo be quite ill. Mrs. George Robinson of Fulton visited friends'in this citv Mondav. PERSONAL MENTION. Albert Seaman who have been ill for a short time are reported to be better.

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Long Sunday entertained at dinner Mrs. Charles Bartl and son of New Orleans, La. Miss Maude Berry, formerly a compositor for the Standard, has gone to Freeport to work for the Bulletin.

Fred Betts of Gardenplain arrived in this city Sunday, called by the illness of Mrs. Betts who is visiting here. T. Y. Davis has returned home from Bridgeton, N.

.1., where he was called by the death of his father, II. G. Davis. Edward Duffy and children have returned to their home in Morrison. They were called here by the death of James Durr.

Deputy Sheriff C. Fuller and Mrs. Fuller who have been spending the winter in Florida have returned to their home'in Morrison. Mr. and Mrs.

Sharkey and Miss Mary Sharkcy who were called here by the death of James Durr have returned to their home Chicago. J. D. Wilbur slipped and fell near the Northwestern depot and cut a bad gash in his head: Dr. Carolus was called upon to dress the wounds.

William R. Stroup of Wheaton. carne to Sterling to visit his father G. O. Strop, Sr.

He has not been in Sterling for twenty-three the routine business the nomination ot officers for the ensuing term took place. The election will be held at the next regular meeting 'day of next Herman Fischer of Prairieville contracted Monday with G. M. Gerdes for a ticket to Germany. He -will leave on the twenty-first of this montli New York City, and on the twenty- fourth he will sail on the steamer Pathricia for Hamburg, Germany.

He will visit in the oid country but a short time. an officer was Saturday taking an insant man to Elgin on he Northwestern train arriving at Elgin at 11:23, the patient suddenly slipped away and leaped through a window. The train was running about forty mllea per hour, and the accident occurred near Oak Park. When backed to the scene of the escape no trace of the man was discovered. has been reported t6 Head Clerk Hawes of the Modern Woodmen that John A.

Magnusson of Camp No. IGo of Genoa, a musician serving in the Thi- ty-fourth Unites States infantry band, was drowned in the Rio Grande river, Philippine islands, not long ago. Mag- nnssonVs certificate is for $1000, payable to his sister, Anna Magnnsson, who resides at Grinlof, Sweden. The fact that Maguusson lostjiis life in the Philippines and the beneficiary under 3ils certificate lives in Sweden, will make settlement of the claim a difficult and tedious matter. of the boys at the Randolph played a mean trick on one of their number Monday.

It appears that the later has been pretty badly struck or. City. He says that business ia certain young lady so one of the ln the wholesale houses there, and J. R. Bell and Mrs.

Bell who have been spending the winter in Texas, are now at Hot Springs, Ark. They do not expect to bo home for a-month or more. Mrs. Ida Pattison has returned to her work IIL Chicago after a visit of a week in this city. She was called here by the illness of her daughter, Miss Mae Pattison.

Owen Shultz' who has been very ill of pneumonia at Nick May's boarding bouse is said to have passed the crisis of his disease and it is now thought that he will recover. E. M. Robinson, expert for Orr and Lockett of Chicago, is in Sterling putting up the elegant new refrigerator in the Schmoeger meat market. He will be here several days.

E. J. Cook's friends are having a hard time to recognize him, and already a number have incurred his wrath by not speaking to him. Ho got of. whiskers cut off.

Mrs. Pierce and son of Maninng, who have been visiting at the home of John Peugh in Coleta for the past mouth stopped at the home of and Mrs. George Lciand Friday, on their way home. Cards have received here announcing the marriage of Eben Tousey Turner and Miss Martha Mairs of New York. Miss Mairs has been a visitor in Sterling several times, while staying with friends in Prophetstdwn." J.

K. Chester has returned home from a business trip to New York to Clinton on telephone business. Mrs. Will Hoofstitler who has been ill for a time.Js reported to be worse. Herman Sox of Dakota is in the city, the guest of his brother, Lewis Sox.

The little child of Mr? and Mrs. Pert Comstock, who has been ill, is better. John Loos, went to Morrison to do some plumming for W. P. Lawrie.

John L. Harpham and Glenn Kcir have gone to Joplin, on business. A. W. Book of Gait has gone to Miller, S.

where he will look up land. Mrs. Charles Whitman of the First ward is confined to the house by illness. Mrs. Fred Betts of Gardenplain who is ill in this city remains about the same.

Mrs. C. S. VanDeMark and two children went to Dixon for a visit with relatives. J.

M.Reubenstein of Dixon was a -1 HI si i and today'. J. S. Mumma of Rockford came to Sterling to do some plastering for John Peck. Mrs.

Bohlander of Monmouth, 111., is visiting here with her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Unverforth. ly Standard paid in advance z.QO if not paid in advance Supervisor Overholser, Wetherbae and Davis went to Morrison to attend the meeting of the board.

Mrs. W. R. Anthony of Camanche, came to Sterling to visit with her sister Mrs. A.

Richtn-yer. Miss Etta Burgess of Dixon has accepted a position with Miss Jane Parker's millinery establishment. David Koser who has been working for George Powell the past season has gone to Storm Lake, where he will work on a farm. Mrs. W.

P. Hallett has gone to Mt. Carroll, called by the illness of Mr. Hallett's mother who is said to be in a critical condition. Daniel Over has gone to Abaleen, called there by the illness of hie brother C.

S. Over. He expects to be gone about three weeks. Mrs. K.

P. Conroy who has- been spending the past two weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chapin has returned to her home in Mociuo- keta, la. other boarders called him tip by tcle- gave him the name of the young 3 itSy and asked him to meet he on ihf bridge at 4 o'clock Monday after- girl on the that it is Impossible to got some very desirable things.

Prices are jumping at an unprecedented rate. Superintendent Hollister of the Wallace school has given to the mem tiers Imagine Jjlf MU-h a day iu Monday. he of the board of education curds upon fur i iif ho'ii is pint-'d thi- miturs of thf 'V si hi- b.Ki.ii thr t.iii.llt« canU BORN. Mr. and Mrs.

Froe- mont Drynan, Saturday, March 3, 1900, a daughter. Jersey Iieifur calf, rhcnp. 1 Imnilri! Jlardeu Boq. Tut'Jsw "Weekly Weather Report. 0.

K. BHNSINGER. Week finding Mar. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 7 a. m.

0 4 L'O 'Jl 8 12 m. 13 15 'J3 3'J 33 10 pin. 4 20 III 31 i 17 'J- 2. 27 3t 33 38 Lowest no 0 in 2J 7 Public Sale. Frank Tilton will have a public sale on the W.

W. Tilton farm at Gap Grove, on the Dixon road, at 10 o'clock on Wednesday March 14, 11)00. Sixty head of cattle, six head of hogs, and a large lot of farm implements will be disposed of. Free lunch at noon. Eggs for Hatching.

Barred Plymouth Rocks. Fine eggs from thoroughbred fowls Si.00 for eggs. HOKUM, sw'JUtS Nc-ar Water Works. Farmers! Bring your poultry to the Morrison Produce Company and save the commission paid to teams. We will send out no inure It-sins this season.

Farmers will find it to lhf.it interest to ea.il at our poultry where we pay the highest niar- kt-t prices fur yocxl, fat poultry. C)ur A. Brai.dl. will pir.nird to give you our prices Jild mhrr i Inf.iriiKifi.in I'r, tor- i in-; 1 1 i for Kent, Tram Tie Hrlpfol (o All Tm- p'nrtnnre of an Tliat to Inflection, Text: Acts 1: "And when the day of pcntecorf. W.TP fully coiiin thr-y were all with one accord In ouo place." lie paid: 'The blessings of Episcopal from a Presbyterian minister's standpoint is the theme of this sermon.

The histories of hermits, ascetics, macerations, sackcloth and ashes, pil- Erlmnjres, monasteries, juggernauts, human sacrifices and medicine men prove that days of fasting and supplication have been among the Kacrod customs of all nations. St. Agnes day. Candlemas day, St. Blaze day.

Valentine's day, Hoke day, St. Patrick's day, St. George's day, Shrove Tuesday, Maypole day. Holy Innocents' day, All- hallow R'en, St. Urban's dny.

Royal Oak rlnv Rl VHpo day, S3. Swithin, Margaret, Bridget, Catherine, Andrew, James, Klhcllnirgh. Elizabeth, Barnabas, Simon, Jud. days, Holy Rood day, Mnrtlmiis day, Cur- pus Christ! day are only a few of the runny we could name in the gleaming constellations of past holy days, as well as holidays. "The present close communion of the Covenanters dates back to the time of Scottish bigotries, when Lord Claver- house, like Paul, even unto strange As it meant life or death if an enemy discerned the worshipers, they had their tokens or little pieces of leaden metal about the size, of an English penny.

When these Covenanters came to the. door whero the communion was to be held they presented these tokens, which were the same as a soldier's countersign. So the modern custom of eating hot cross buns on Good Friday finds its origin in heathen times when the devotees would bring the sacred bread to lay upon the altars. Down to the reign of Henry VIII. the Catholic church, in order to celebrate the triumphant entry of Palm Sunday, made a wooden ass, amL astride this nss they placed the wooden figure of Jesus Christ, and the people would drag It through the streets before which the worshipers bowed in holy rapture.

As was quaintly expressed in the ancient poem: "A wooden ass they have and image great that on him rides. But underneath the ass's feet a table broad there slides. Being borne on wheels which ready drest and all things meete therefore, The assc is brough abroad and set before the clitirche's door. Fount of tho Jevrn. "Not only did the Jews have the feast of the Passover, the feast of the Tabernacles, the feast of the Pentecost, the feast of the New Moons, the feast of Charity, the feast of dedication, the feast of trumpets, the feast of the Sabbath, for these feasts were only.an- other name for fast, but in Zecharinli we read, "The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth, und tho fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Jud'ah joy and gladness and cheerful After the ascension, when they were all with one accord in one place, the little band of 120 disorganized followers of Jesus Christ gathered together In an upper chamber In Jerusalem, and there they fasted and prayed day after day until at last the Holy Ghost came in the sound of a mighty rushing wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting, and there appeared unto them cloven tongues of fire and It sat upon the heads of each.

"The sacredness of the Lenten sea- Bon Is the natural outgrowth of heathen, as well as Christian worship. Though we hold not allegiance to any bishop, nor reverence the idea of apostolic succession, and use not the Liturgy, let us gather next Ash Wednesday In the different parishes under the shadow of the cross, and for forty days bow the Unee In worship, side by side with those who are merely sheep of another fold, of whom Jesus Christ is the same shepherd. "In the first place the text honors the Episcopalian Lenten season because it is a protest against social dissipations. In order to dissipate some people believe one has to be a drunkard like Edgar Allan Poo, a libertine like Lord Byron, or an opium fiend like Thomas de Quincey, who on account of his physical infirmities made that marvelous mind so weird and unbalanced that in dreams he wandered among the clouds. The stara were the shining knobs which opened the dark doors of the night.

In the strange palaces of vision which fatal narcotics built, he heard his little baby playmate, the loving sister who died in Blng the songs of the nursery. As an artist he painted his pictures, and ac a magician waved his wand until vast processions passed along In mournful pomp, friezes of never-ending stories, that to my mind were as sad and solemn aa if they were stories drawn from times before Oedipus or Priam, before Tyre, before Memphis. And at the same time a change took place in my dreams; a theater seemed suddenly opened ami lighted within my brain, which presented nightly spectacles ot more visions than earthly spkMidors. VliloiiR at 1.Hut. "But at last in Thomas do Qulncey's visions the angels of heaven and tlio sweet.

Incense of the fields and tho bright even of hope were driven away by the Satanic Influences which sent him flying und through space. Ho was a irmnSHC shivering In the clutched of despair. The cometerk-a i were turned Into mobs of chatterinjr slvli'tons, 'I'hfl resiHTffted nnt jitrpfehlnj? fiirUt Ihfi!" living air' 1 i I i In tho Ood for folf-murder bprdde--; fomul nUms; Ili'j poisonous highways of oplJMn, liquor and moral The pplsed worm rlostroys the monster ri" V.T.II Th-: little pod) or the frozen slrcnm cracks the solid rork HP nn the fiiiRry Tlie flowing waters of Nl- aK'ira river dissolve, the mmmtalns. "In the first chnpter of Genesis we Uils plnnot two runs. The moon la nothing bur.

burnt-out sun. Hut fitter the felt too much light would destroy the human race, so IIR practically said: children must hnve a time In sleep. The flowers close tlirlr petals In clumber. The trees become torpid'in a winter nap to give forth the spring buds. Evrn the machinery must have rest or it will BOOH wear out.

The auRelus bell without quiet will cease to chime, so, in order to hnvc man and woman Klci-p I will show mem my will. Kor ten hours at least I will envelop the earth In total Like our grandmothers with a candle-snuffer, God down nnd put out the light of that sun which wo call the moon. And this is tlio rrjiipoii we ought to go to bed with the chickens and answer early to the morning call of the crowing cock. "In (he next, place, tho text honors the Lenten season because it Is a protest against, human perfection. It there were any people on earth who by physical contact were fitted for the receiving of the Holy Spirit on account of their natural conditions, they were the little band of 120 Christians, composed of Peter, James, John, Martha, Lazarus, Mary, the mother of Christ, and Mary Magdalene, who had the seven devils, and the rest of the apostles who sat with Christ at the last supper.

They ate of his body and drank of his blood. Many of them knew Jesus when he was in Galilee and made the wlno at the wedding of Cana. They Raw him crucified. They tomb which was rilled. They saw him and talked to him and touched him when he was resurrected.

Paul said: 'After tV.nt TM rrvnri--nrf his ni-l'-r. At. the holy nnd wept. I have re- pr.itfnl the prayer: 'From all of heart, from pride, hypocrisy; from every hatred, ond nil nncharitablenens, good Lorrt, deliver "And I now plead with you, my hyfprlan people, to answer with me thn rail of Episcopalian Lent and go to the upper chamber in Jerusalem, whero 'we can be all with one accord in one ORIGIN OF First by the Indian! On Western J'lnlnn. They were all sitting around a table In tho Gibson House cafe, Farny and a few other congenial spirits.

Someone ordered a drink, and when it came and every one was about to raise his glass Farny said: "How?" It is an that ho was seen of above 500 brethren fit once, of whom the greater part remains unto this pentccost, but some are fallen llehfld tlio Anmnulon. "They saw Jesus' ascension, when he mounted-higher and higher, until the trees were under his feet; higher and higher, until his hair was moistened by the halo of clouds, as the gardens are besweated by the morning mists; higher and higher, until other worlds crowded around him in love; higher and higher, until his white, flowing garments became as the wings of a and higher, until earth itself to him must have dwindled into a star. Vet these disciples, before tho Holy Spirit came, had to gather in one place, with one nccord, for supplication and prayer. Cannot you and I train our eyes to see the tongues of fire; strain our ears to hear the spirit winds moving amnng the trees; reach forth our hands for the gospel heart- clasp, and lift our lips for the kiss of divine love? "One day among the arctic Icebergs a whaling ship sighted a strange craft. Its ropes were ropes of ice.

Its sails and hull und quarter deck were all covered with ice. Its rudder chains could not move, for they were in the grip of omnipotent ice. When the commander came nenr enough to this strange craft he lifted the trumpet and called, 'Ship ahoy, ship ahoy. Whither bound; from what There was no answer. A boat wns lowered.

When the rescuing party climbed over the bulwarks they found the captain frozen dead in the cabin; tho sailors frozen dead in tho bunks; tho cook frozen dead in tho kitchen; the wheelman frozen dead at Uie wheel. For thirteen long years that ship had floated helplessly about, the sport ot' every current, the plaything of every wind, and the only funeral dirge was sounded by storm demons, shrieking and hissing in the rigging. "So every man at -10 or fiO years of nge Is a derelict, a divinely pitied human craft, drifting around with a full cargo ot decayed opportunities, with his corpses of misapplied influences. We must first throw overboiled our dead selves before we can let Jesus Christ step upon the decks. Arllom Tliui I'oinmuuJ Cnnloiniu.

"By our actions we try tu push ourselves down to the lowest depths of God's great ocean of contempt. Thia was not the figure of the peutecostal gathering. Methlnks we see them. There is Mary, the Mother, weak and old, with her eyes red from weeping. There Is Peter, repulsive Peter, moment-all faith, next nil discourage- 'mcnt.

Thnro is doubting Thomas, with his face growing longer every day. Ho says: 'Do you think Jesus will keep Ills'word und send the Comforter? Do you believe ho will forgive us the way we treated him when upon earth? Why. I would not believe hi in until ha let mo probe my linger into his wounded They talk on, day after day, until nt Inst John says: 'Brethren, let me pray again, and then. Mother, remember the Savior told mo to call you Mother, you follow with another While the party knelt, suddenly there was a noise Ilka a mighty rushing wind, and some or.o cried: 'What is A tornado is coming; As ibey lifted their blanched faces. John point, ed to Mary tho Virgin.

Over her head was a tongue of lire. und. like the In- burst Into ft blaze when one tip is touched, the of firs flamed over every head and they all cried: "It is tfcti Holy Ghoiit! It thft Holy "i love my eiuifrh. ttiy own ctiuroh, tit- d' ii' 1' i 'til I 'I 1 I i 11 i 4 x- i a 1 i I i pj dreds of times a day, and yet few people know its origin. Seated in the crowd at the table In the Gibson House was an army ofllcer, and someone said: "Where In the world did this expression 'how 1 come from?" Then the army officer laughed and said: "Draw close, my children, and I will tell you." And he did.

"How" is an expression used by every man when he drinks, b'ut it had its beginning in a joke. Years ago, when the army was engaged in driving the red man out farther and farther toward the setting sun, the officers had many experiences with the Indians. Many pow-wows and meetings were held, and at those assembled many Indians who could speak but a few words of English. Army ofllcers are proverbially hospitable, and at these pow-wows they always produced a bottle and asked the chiefs to drink. In those days the officers said to the chiefs: "I drink.to your good health." The chiefs, who knew but a few words of English, always replied "How." The thing started as a joke, but every army officer fell Into the habit of saying "How," and now it is recognized as the particularly when doing so with tho sons of Enquirer, Wine from Science has lately made it possible to obtain good wine for the table, which haa always been devoted to sparkling cider, says an exchange.

Experts have been deceived 1n sherry, madeira and sauterne, which came from apple Juice Instead of grapes. Juice from tho apple is fermented with years of different kinds brought from tho grape- growimg districts of Europe to this country. For Instance the flavor of sherry Is not due to the to the infinitesimal fungus germs that cause its fermentation. The American companies these germs from the district in Spain where they flourish, inoculate the apple juice and obtain a fine wine. These yeasts are obtained from the sediment in the vats of Europe.

They are easily propagated and tho only difficulty Is to separate tho different kinds. As the quality of the wine depends on these fungi, winemakers have usually left to chance kind of wine they produce, depending on the organisms which float In the air and attach themselves to the grapes. The yeasts are sold bottled and aro much in demand. A Vindictive An actor who is thoroughly convinced of the vindlctlveness ot women relates this anecdote In support of his opinion: "I had a woman enemy once. She was leading woman In the company when I was leading man.

On the stage we were lovers. Off the stage we didn't even speak when we mat. I had a scene with her In which I had to clasp her in my arms, while her head sunk on my breast. I -wore frock coat and a beautiful light satin scarf. And what did that woman do? She used to make up with grease paint, and when her head sunk on my breast, she used to rub her cheek on my tie, a light satin tie with red and grease paint on it isn't a thing of beauty.

I had to buy a new tie for every performance. I stood it five nights, and then another woman told me what to do. I filled my scarf with pins, points out, and when my lady" rubbed her 1 damask cheek against my breast that night she looked like a. war map." Tho MIcroKcoplo Kxumlnatlon of Cotton, Cotton fiber, when magnified about ino diameters, has the appearance of a band of ribbon twisted in a spiral. It Is thicker at the edges than in the middle, and has irregular surface mark- Ings.

In some cotton the spiral characteristics are much more apparent than in others. In the bettor qualities of Sea Island cotton a transverse section shows a central cavity running longitudinally with the fiber. The breadth of cotton fiber is less than ttoat of wool. It is a curious fact that cotton, wool and silk present characteristics in common, being and spiral. The wonders of the microscope are many, and familiarity -with this Instructive Instrument furnishes an endless source of knowledge aad entertainment.

O. H. Peters who has, been working In the interests of the gang and scaffold brush in tho west for some time has returned to Sterling for a short visit with his friends and relatives. Mrs. Elatii Uutt and Mrs.

Kd Smith left Monday night for Bogurt, where they will make their home in the future. HUH and Smith u- l--.