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Show CHATTER. (Being the: personal opinions of the writer and for which no one else Is in any manner responsible.) It; begins to look as if immutable justice would . overtake this bald old grafter; Dowieand that his Zion will soon be a thing of the past. Aside from the fact that great distress will be caused a large number of .the sim- who have looked upon him as a leader, it will be a good thing. .Dowie never had any of the elements of piety, in' his make-u-p ; he was not ..at. all good he was a coarse, vulgar, ranting, money grabbing bluffer; Pretending to be a reincarnation of one of the prophets of ancient times, he worked upon the sensibilities of a number of people and got them to working for himself. He was the whole thing. Through him the Lord of Hosts spoke, and the burden, of His strain was: Bring. - Dowie the money. Dowie built up a small city north of Chicago, where he reigned absolute. . He bought the land on tick, and gave a mortgage to cover it He sold to his. .victims and took their good money for 'it , So if , it should be demonstrated that he is insolvent as he very likely is and the original holders insist upon their . money, Dowies dupes will see the money they have invested taken away from them, their homes revert back and they left without a - dollar to bless . themselves with. . pie-mind- ed . 1 . . ; runs the universe, is neither a land shark, nor a money shark. He does not demand that men and women toil from day to day and turn over the proceeds to some self appointed lieutenant for his enjoyment. As a matter of fact the writer believes the Infinite has no lieutenants, but that the humblest of us can approach Him with ah equal chance of a hearing with the most exalted. Why any man or any woman, knowing that all of us are children of one common Father, should be led to believe that He would give preferences is hard to understand. Then, too, when we see such a coarse, ribald, vulgar, noisy, blith- ering old scoundrel as Dowie is, pretending to stand as the representative of a God of Love, we cannot but marvel that human beings can be found who will believe him, who will trust him, who will turn over their worldly belongings to him, without taking a receipt, or a mortgage. , J t J , Perhaps it is a good thing, however, because whenever a fellow like this fails, it is an object lesson. It demonstrates that the Lord isnt fostering such schemes and is not protecting the grafters. It goes to show us that the Lord is not in the real estate business, in the lace business, in the banking business, and that none of these can be run in His name successfully. That God is not a material God, in the sense that He enters into partnership with a fellow to conduct the affairs of a grocery store or a blacksmith shop and that all who .endeavor to convince mankind they are business partners with Infinity come to grief and their . dupes with them. Women Burglars. Two women, armed with revolvers and daggers, and provided with a comwere plete set of burgling implements, caught early one morning recently in Paris robbing a cardboard warehouse. 21. They gave their ages as 8ENTENCE SERMONS, There is no godliness without liness. That cannot be manly moral. man. which is not The bible promises no leaves to n. Washington Relics. Leland M. Finks, of Calhoun, Mo., loafer. claims to have the coat of arms of the He who would be a leader must Washington family, Washingtons offiSo cial pedigree and a silver watch which before. formerly belonged to the Father of Slander is always most dirty at th 1 His country. handle. Prison for Usurer. Self-lov- e is not the same as self. It is a criminal offense in Hungary to lend money at usurious rates, and respect. a Pressburg money lender was senClean work cannot be done with tenced to twelve months imprisondirty tools. ment for that offense recently. . - ,pnly an enemy will judge a man bv his failures. About the only music that will kill a mosquito, in.our. opinion;-is- the solo The man without reverence cannot ; Gabriel will, play on his .horn when win respect. he rings down the curtain on the last ; day. North west Indianian.vv y A mans virtue does not depend on f Too True. . ' . v . ; , f- - '7 : . . , : Littleness.' Some men are so small that they are almost justified in expecting to slip through the gates of heaven withNew York Herald.' out being seen. his vocabulary. There is nothing more slippery a smooth smile. The Father of Mercies likes mercy in his children. Iron in the Soudan. Valuable iron deposits have been discovered in the Bongo country of the Soudan, and much interest has been awakened thereby. It is, presumed that when the real pinch comes, Dowie wili not suffer. It 1 will be remembered that at the time Dowie stormed New York City with ; his restoration host, with banners waving and bands playing, his lieutenINSIST ON YOUR DEALER GIVING YOU CIGARS HANDLED by- ants shouting Your money and your life, but especially your money, Mrs. Dowie took ship for Europe.. The Wm. Co. ,wise ones declare she had plenty of 'cash to pay her passage with. That the old man, seeing the impending yffnfTTTTTwffimitWHiMMimmnnwwwwnHnmmwiniifMfniTfiiniHiHinnfifffftmS - disaster, .converted a lot . of negotiable securities into ready money, had her put it in her ample stocking and flee away to foreign climes to await r his coming, in the event the New Yorkers did not give down as' hoped for. New York was a disappointment and ' the crash has come. Dowie is struggling to keep his - head above water and has appealed to his dupes for more money to- enable him to meet demands. .But it . looks as if sufficiently they could not to' tide' the old fakir over and hie will THE 8CENIO LINE TO have to go down. I If You Smoke ; . 1 Stickney Cigar . than to sm A demonstration of religion is tter be- than any definition. There is no, pedestal that suits devil better than a pulpit. the There are many churches in which the preacher is only a gas fixture. You cannot glean in the fields of sin without picking up the burrs of sorrow. No man ever yet went out looking for misery who came home without it Leading one man may be a much greater thing than leading a big meet ing. - It takes a man a long time to realln that God is not waiting for his id vice. A man believes in the ultimate good of all things until some one steals hit chickens. . Chicago Tribune. ITEMS OF GENERAL FUTILITY. - . jl Of course Dowie will not be left poor. He; doubtless has enough to keep him in comfort the balance of his days. Could he have had one more - - chance he might have secured enough to have given him more, hut he will not suffer, no matter what comes. It is his victims who will endure the hardships. Outside the innocent children who will have to go hungry and . cold the Dowieites will receive .very . little, sympathy.: Because in this enlightened day, the man or woman who sits down and waits until some hoary headed old villain comes along with a message, from the Almighty to get up and go to . work for the messenger, ...and : does': as..bjddn turns .over, every-;- . thing, every dollar j.eyery ;bii of :prop-ertis entitled to no, sympathy, except for ignorance. The infinite, who - y, Olenwood Springs, Aspen, Loadvillo, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and all points east - Tha only Tranwonllnontal Lino pasting directly through Salt SPLENDIDLY City. 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