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Some of the Toilets.

Some of the Toilets.
or course. rare and beauteous as
were the toilets worn by the ladies,
it would be inappropriate to omi.
special reference to the costumes of
the sterner sex. and hence few of
the more striking are mentioned:
John F Cook. one OF the seasons oebutauts.
was dressed decollete and wa, the center Of ali
eyes.
Lent Charles Keller sighed before he smoke.
and wore ornaments OF bronzcd silve,:ue
James bolllnger was neatly At irei in a dress
en- iraine. and was perpetual motion personified
John Cady carried aa iu,men-e bridal bououet
CT orSnce blossoms and orchic..
Ncnolas kuhn-n wore immense cluster of
his favorite rleur de Lis. It's quiet day when
Nicholas is not awake
Charles >kinner's Della Fox curl was bev;,cb.
Ing.
DR.. Charles Robertson wore a solid gold wa cb
AID his hirsure facial adornments were caytiyat.
iTg.
wD ximan was ac,f1liv atiired and tn. rol.
den rule was hanging Gown hts back.
Charles Spencer wore (in) creased trousers and
retired al miGni1Gt.
FrsCz Hayerslok was ore o. the bellies Of the
ball As the evening wore on his eyes took on g
spif, so'rowful expression. like a man who had
b;sn watching .hiIs that pa.. in the night.
Frshk Mccullough wore linen crffs and fha,
same soff yearnins le,t-l'ar EXPIRE son that he
has worn 20 often ii days agon-.
reston wore a lo~ GU collar and was IN.
moved nv the events CT he evening.
DR. Baocock wss absorbed IN an irridesceni
dream OF joy.
William buticrworth was grace iteelf-while
''The Bard Played Or"
:, Grant Nutii 2 mad number OF funny cracks
he came over the ice
OTTO HUBER wo:e dismon6s ard sad, eve,
emile.
John McCsffrcy wa, the poetry Of motion and
the p:i3e OF tie naiI
l. 5. Wni.e wore he hauahty air Of sco ck-
ing bic ciist.
Capt n tcham loosed a bios.cm made radisu.
by Tee Sunshine OF Paradise Alley
Or Il holi0wbu looie the picture Of pleas
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-04
Muslin Underwear.

Ladies' Gowns that are a WON
der, soc. SOC. 69c, 75c.
Ladies' Drawers. including the
new umbrella pattern, PIE, 25c,
S2c, a2c, 55a.
Ladies' corset covers. all en-
broidery trimmed, 19c. 25c. &c.
45c.
Children's drawers, 10c and 15c.
Ladies' skirts. 25c. 4Sc, soc, 75c.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-04
In Olden Times

People overlooked the Importance OF
permanently beneficial effects and
were satisfied with transient action:
but now that it is generally known
that Syrup O. Figs will permanently
cure habitual constipation, well IN.
formed people will not buy other
!axatives. which act for time, but
finally iniure the system.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-04
HURT AT THE BRIDGE

i,oss Carpenter william Usterbrook Sus.
tains Injuries.
William Osterbrook, of Indiana,
boss carpenter engaged in the work
of reconstruction of the Rock Island
bridge, was struck in the head bv q
falling tie from the upper to the
lower deck this afternoon and injur.
les about The head sustained which,
while not serious, were such as tc
require his temporary retirement
from the work, and he was taken tc
Davenport on train.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-04
Donors To Charley Isi,ton.

Maj. c. c. Hilton, of Chicago, son
OF the late Edgar Hilton of this city,
and who has scores of friends here,
was yesterday appointed adjutan,
general of the state militia vice Gen.
Alfred Orendorff. resigned The Az
GUS joins with others in Offering con.
gratulations.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-01-04
GREAT PRE-INVENTORY SALE

Good bargains are always in demand.
No idle talk, but straight bargain facts,
backed by good values that will save
you dimes and dollars.
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Blood and nerves are closely re-
lated. Keep the blood pure with
Hoods Sarsaparilla and you will not
be nervous.
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The paper is fully illustrated with the
earliest known portrait of Washington,
five drawings by Howard Pyle, and other
pictures.
Half of the history of the world
has been written in stones and blood be-
tween the sea line and the ranging
mountains" says Marion Crawford in
"a Kaleidoscope of Rome" in the jan
uary Century. This is the first of three
papers on Rome and the Vatican which
Mr.. Crawford will write and Andre Cas-
taigne illustrate for The Century. AS
both Crawford and Castaigne are Cath
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cred City in light new to most readers.
Among the more noticeable articles
in the January Forum is unusually in
teresting article entitled "Some Naval
Aspects Of the japan China War;" by
Vice Admiral the Hon. Edmund r. FIRE.
man, of the Royal Navy, who was COM
mander on the China station during the
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study which brings into broad relief the
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of these entertainments. Mr.. Herbert
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ters-an extremely interesting paper.
1.-THE Gray Man." new serial ystor
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During the current month, or in the i'm
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The first issue of the Atlantic Mon
thly for 1896 opens with an unpublished
Note Book of Nathaniel Hawthorne now
printed for the first time. Two political
articles will be sure to attract attention,
"The Emancipation of the Post Office"
by John r. Proctor. Chairman of the
United States Civil Service Commission,
and Congress out of Date" the latter
being an able statement of the evils due
to the present system of convening Con-
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Birkbeck Hill contributes description
of the meetings of the johnson enthu
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a sketch of provincial French life by
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THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE
BAPTIST.
January 10. 1896.
Lesson III: Luke iii. 15-@@.
INTRODUCTION.

Tn a real sense coming events cast
their shadows before" Preliminary con-
vulsions give warning of an irruptlon OF
Vasuvius. Samuel Adams and Patrick
Henry made the mission of Washington
possible. The John Brown raid pro-
figured the war of emancipation. Lignt-
ming bolts never fall from clear sky.
Discerning men are notified of great
crises is according to law that
the ministry Of Jesus should be pre-
ceded by that of John the Baptist. Ii
was given to the Baptist, as to no otner
man of his generation, to read the signs
of the times and foreeee the coming day.
Tn him the Hebrew spirit OF prophecy,
that had given to Ierael it's long line OF
divine seers, reached it's ideal. Inc
prophets. before the coming OF jesus
were. by the spiritual standard, the
greatest men the world had seen; ana
amoog them all, among all who had
been born of woman, there had not been
a greater than John the Baptist
The greatness of the Baptist, 1T Is to
be observed, is the greatness OF proph-
ct. voice. herald. 1t is the greatness
of self. abnegation. He was himself as
one crying in the wilderness. Ills WORK
was to prepare men, through repentance
and washing, for the work OF the One
who was to come after.
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TEACHING POINTS.

INTRoDUCTIoN.-No one can understand the
historical environment of Jesus who does not
have clear apprehension of the mission OF
John the Baptist, his forerunner and herald.
1t is the peculiar character of the Baptist that
should be specially impressed in this lesson.
a. v. 1917. The Baptist pointing to theCom-
ing One. 1t is a testimony to the greatness Of
John, and of the deep impression he made on
his generation. that the people were musing on
the question whether he was the Christ or not.
1t was specially to the delegation from the San
hedrim that the Baptist made his memorable
reply; yet 1t was in the hearing of the multi
tude.-John's baptism was. for its subjects, the
expression of negative purpose to forsake evil
practices because of their inevitable natural
penalties. The baptism of Jesus is positive
and joyous love of God and men and of all up
right and charitable ways.-The winnowing
fan in the hand of Jesus means the classifica-
lion Of all human institutions and all human
souls.-It is the chat the worthless stuff, that
is to be burned with unquenchable fire. To
speak of any child of the Father as 'chaff" is
to offend the Divine Justice Matt. v. 81, 22.)
(2) v. 1920. The career of the Baptist.
John spoke as one who feared God but not man.
He was grand and awful as the mountains
around him; he was unpeaceful as the turbu-
lent river Jordan in which he baptized. He
stirred the moral sense of the nation. "Herod
feared john" the king surrounded by luxury
and soldiers feared the man in sackcloth who
was but Voice. -Herod imprisoned and be-
headed John; but John still lives; he lived the
mortal life long enough to fulfil his mission as
the herald of the Coming One.
(s) V. 81. %. The baptism of Jesus. 1t sig
miles that his mission was the completion of
Johns mission. Jesus Internationally sur
rendered himself to the Spirit. Inexperienced
a ravlshing sense of the presence of the Spirit.
He saw the indescribable thing, an open heaven.
He heard with his inner ear (the Baptist shar-
ing in the Divine gift) clear benedction of
the Inner Voice.-In the combined n arratives
of the baptism we find no real testimony that
there was any attending phenomena which APP
pealed to the eyes and ears of the multitude.
The Father spoke to his son; but 1t was in the
unbroken silence of the inner spiritual deeps.
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SCHOLARS STUDY.

Time.-John the Baptist began to
nreach in the summer A. D. rs, when he
was thirty years old, and preached two
years. of which year and three months
were coincident with the ministry OF
Jesus.
Place.-John preached in the wilder
ness of Judea and the lower Jordan
valley; the baptism of Jesus was at
Bethabara, one of the fords of the Jor-
dan, five miles northeast of Jericho.
Golden Text.4"Behold the Lamb
of God that toketh aecdy the san OF the
qcorld."-JoHN j, %,
Universalist Catechism.-IlI. Is
God a Creator? "He made heo0en and
earth, and sea. and all things therein"
-ACTs. xiv, 10,
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preacher of righteousness. He did'not
hesitate to declare the sin Of Herod and
Herodias. the royal luxury-lovers who
were living together in defiance of the
holy law of marriage. He had one mes
sage and one law for kings and common
ers. Royalty was to him no screen for
wickedness.
The penalty of his faithful speaking
to Herod and Herodias was the prison
in the castle of Macherus. Here Luke
leaves the Baptist, not following him to
the completion of his martyrdom.
/ 3. The Baptism of Jesus by
JOhn,-vs. 81, %.
1.-THE Baptist" says the author of "Ec-
CO Homo" addressed all who came to
him in the same stern tones of authority.
Young and old gathered around him:
among them must have been many
whom he had known in earlier life, and
some to whom he had been taught to
look up with humility and respect. But
in his capacity of prophet he made no
distinction. All alike he exhorted to
repentance; all alike he found courage
to baptize. In single case, however,
his courage failed him. There appeared
among the candidates young man of
nearly his own age, who was related to
his family"
Before this One the Baptist hesitat d.
Matthew records: John acould haze hin
dered him, saying, haze need to be
baptized of thee, and contest thou to
naes This recogni ion of Jesus by the
Baptist, on the testimony Of his person
ality, is noteworthy witness to the
Christ. Jesus replied, as Matthew re-
ports, Suffer 1t noo; for thus 1t be-
comaeth as to fulfill all Righteousness,
Jesus approved of baptism as the
symbol of repentance. 1t was one of
the right things which he came not to.
destroy but fulfill. But not as himself
repenting was he baptized
With awe we ponder Luke's conclud-
ing record. There was rift 10 the in
ner heavens when Jesus had assembled
from the water. He was in prayer; it
was the public conservation of his life.
A witness of the Spirit descended on
him, which the Baptist could symbolic
as a dove. AS dove, specially per-
haps as the dove which brought the olive
branch to the ark 80 was The Spirit.
1t ie, as we feel, an endeavor to symbol
ize the indescribable. 1t was an unmis-
taxable descent of the Heavenly Dove
upon Jesus. And Voice spoke from
the inner deeps, saying, Thou art my
beloved Son.; in thee am aueU pleased.
This Voice, as the record implies, spoke
only to the attuned inner ears of John
and Jesus. ia Ii sg3. rs
In continuance note John l. 90
34) Johns more deliberate testimony to
Jesus. In Jesus John saw the fulfil,
ment of Israels ideal, a Lamb led by the
Heavenly Sheherd; he saw the Twenty
Third Psalm enacted 10 a human life.
He testified further John 3: 1886 that
Jesus. by the greater Divine power given
to him. would accomplish work of re-
demption not possible for any other to
fulfill.
And Jesus testimony to John is
no less noteworthy. Matt IL: 90;
Luke Z: 1880. John was to Jesus the
greatest of all who had been born of
woman, He most perfectly fulfilled the
spirit and letter of the Law. Yet he
was less than the least of those who had
found the Father, and lived 10 the trust
of conscious childhood to God.
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Magazine Notes.

"A new biography of George Wash
ington. by Professor Woodrow Wilson,
of Princeton, will be feature of Har-
per's Magazine during 1896. The first
paper, which appears in the January
number, treats of the conditions of the
colonies. with especial reference to Vir-
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LESSON STORY.

John the Baptist's sudden Elijah
like appearance as a prophet, his fiery
preaching that brought the Jews In
masses to his baptism of repentance, his
ideal fulfillment of the Office of Hebrew
prophet gave to his character the touch
of romance which appeals powerfully to
the historic imagination.
The Wilderness of Judea, where the
Baptist preached, signifies In general
the southeastern part OF Judea, begin
ming almost at Jerusalem and stretch
ing to the Dead Sea and to the southern
desert. "It SIS" says. Geikie, "a dreary
waste of rocky valleys; in some parts
stern and terrible,-the rocks cleft and
shattered by earthquakes and convul-
sion, into riffs and gorges sometimes
thousand feet in depth. though only
thirty or forty in width; in others
stretching out in bare chalk hills full OF
caves or in white flint bound ridges and
winding muddy swadys, with an occa-
sional reservoir shewn in the hard lime
stone to supply water in country des
titute of springs.2 The whole district is,
in fact, the slope of the midland chalk
and limestonekhills, from their highest
point near Hebron of nearly 5000 feet
above the level of the Mediterranean, to
1000 or 1900 feet below the Mediterra-
mean to the valley of the Dead Sea-" The
desolate region was not entirely, in all
sections, uninhabited. Z 1t afforded hid
ing places to Arab robbers. Its caves
were the homes of the Hebrew hermits,
the Essenes, the men who had turned in
disgust from the corruption of the cities
and lived among the rocks in such pow
erty and fasting as saved them from dan
ger by the robbers; in such strict obser-
vance of the ritual law, such renuncia-
ton of the world, as made them Phari-
sees of the Pharisees.
John inherited the natural prospect of
a life Of ease and honor as temple
priest. But he chose rather to fulfil to
the very letter the Nazarite vow his
parents had made for him. He left his
home for the desert solitude. He lived
for years as neighbor of the Essences; yet
not of them. His going to the desert
could not have been unknown to the
priesthood of which he was member;
such an act Of remuneration could not
have been unnoted even by the mass of
the Jews his countrymen.
1t was time of popular discomfort.
The Jews were in scarcely-suppressed
rebellion against Roman rule. The Spirit
had left the religion Of Israel. Excessive
Journalism was maintained, but free de-
votion was almost unknown. The ma
tional hope had turned to despair. "
Under such conditions the nation was
startled by the thrilling Voice 10 the ad-
jacent wilderness. When, soon after
wards, John began preaching 10 the val
ley of the lower Jordan, the mass of the
population of Judea crowded to his
presence. c
John preached with the fascination of
terror He was. in his prevailing mood,
in an agony OF apprehension. He saw
that the axe was now to be laid at the
trunk of every tree; the withered trees,
the hollow-hearted the unfruitful were
to be cut down and cast into the fire.
He made the people fear the discrimi
mating axe. The harvest time was at
hand; the winnowing on the threshing-
floor would be relentless; the wheat
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