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with Indlan pictures. From learn that it was before ans came the mighty mile \ wagon 1 where nd mounta to its head nd t ke. But, you the lske was ing cc rough me: t Owens we know " ghtee P ng marsh upon “ W s 5 wns a p 1ce lava & aa ). the _Organization bf th,e' Christian Temperance Unign aeiod \) = » | The Bop ptist Church In Fredonie, New York, Where the First Meetingof the wumgn s Christian Temperapce Unlon Was Held. ever high enough to flow aown this old river bed? In the morning when the air is clear and everything is sharply de- fined we can see an old beach line far HEN history shall have record- ed the events of the nineteenth century, prominent among them will certainly be the woman's crusade movement which start- ed twe even years ago ning added vigor each year, and whose strength will not be sj until th reached for which thous: have worked and prayed for ove ter of : the abolis the le Prok few people are aware that in Fredoni: N. Y., still stands the church wherein begun that world fam movement, and that the real founde the Woman's Christian Tempera fon, Mrs. Esther Lord .\l\ Ne ing in that place; The history Temperance Union, written by Towne Burt, for several years of the New York State division, of the Woman's Christian Mary Mr president contains the fo ““Hillsboro, Ohto, claims t ace and December 23 as the birthday of this movement. True that from this place and day the influence and strength of the movement deepened and widened, spreading to other localities with wonderful rapidity, but to Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, is accorded the honor of inaugurating the work on December 15, 1872." The starting of this movement was brought about as follows: Saturday even- ing, December 13, 1873, one Dr. Dio Lewis of Boston delivered a lecture on temper- ance in the Fredonia Baptist Church. To a large and enthusiastic audience he out- lined a course which he thought woula be successful in doing away, to a certain extent, with the liquor traffic in that place. The plan was for the women to gather and visit the grog shops and, after prayers and hymns, to make an appeal to the proprietors to close their places, Thus was implanted in Fredonia the seed of temperance which grew Into that grand and beautiful plant, the Woman's ¢nristian Temperance Union, whose in- THE CALL CORNE S above the 7 miles In mountains, each “hills and that this waters > it col- to what is lasted for ranges show u Go where we through Calif of a once heavier The ry was molst everywhere. Old river be to be found in many piace: trees now there are cour ed where much more are so dry now it is still becoming pends largely upon at parts of then very > Pac > height and po- sition of the m ranges. The posi- of mountain ranges vary with time. lifted higher, more rain and n them, and if they are Which of these twa cesses is in the 7 it in the Sierra t present we do not know. The st and the metesrologist will have to work together for many vears to de- termine this momentous question. In the meantime we may go on as usual planting our crops, fecling sure that though it may rain a little less one vear, it will make up for it another, so that, as far as a few PASS BETWEEN SIERRAS AND <050 MTS MADE BY AN ANCIENT RIVER hundred yvears are concerned, we can de- tect no steady variation. The geologist deals witly the thousands of years and we must alarmed if not be fluence for good has spread over thé en- tire world. Dr. Lester the Baptist Ch Williams was then pastor of h and said that he be- lieved in “striking while the iron was hot,” and asked all of the women who mpathized with the movement to arise, and in an instant every woman in the house was on her feet. A con e appointed to draw up an appeal to be pre- sented to the saloonkeeper and a meeting was called for the following Monday decide upon an appeal and pgepare a plan of action. On the morning appointed about 300 women gathered at the church and adopted the following appeal: “Knowing, as we do, that the sale of ins toxicating liquor is the parent of all mis- prolific of all woes, in this world and the next, potent alone in evil, blighting every fair hope, desolating fam- flies, the chief incentive to crime, we, the mothers, wives and daughters, represent- ing the religious and moral sentiment of this town, to save the beloved members of our households from the temptation of strong drink, from acquiring an appetite for it, and to rescue, if possible, those who have already acquired an appetite for it, earnestly request that you will pledge yourselves to stop the traffic here in these goods, forthwith and forever, We also add the bope that you will stop your gaming tables.” The women then formed a Iline of march to the raylor House, that then stood where now stands the Columbia. These women were the wives and daugh- ters of the very best men in the place; they were venerable and revered women who dared to do right and work for the welfare of their husbands, sons and brothers, even, if necessary, to go into the saloons and be scoffed at and insulted. The band immediately made known their mission and Mrs. Judge Barker read the appeal to the proprietor. A hymn was sung, after which all joined in repeating the Lord's Prayer, followed by a prayer frem Mrs. Tremaine. Mr. Taylor was er -setg cne Jan Francisco fas a Meeting of Prayer Rugs and QOther Mohammedan Jreasures. HE prayer rugs of San Franecireo have been meeting together. Tha Sketch Club gathered them for ex- hibit into jts little California-street cottage, where th were arranged t) point any but Meccaward. This was not as it had once been, for the rugs were ia the ruthless hands of the unbeliever. From the homes on our hilltops and our beach-stretching avenues the praver russ were brought, and along with them came other things sacred to the teachings ¢f the prophet. A purely Mohammedan ex- hibit s what the Sketch Club staried out to make rarest Bi and although some of tI t trophies that San Fren- cisco owns crept in to change the plan, nevert hammedan thought was basis of action and Mohammedan ures occupied the main room and much of the other “Regularly perform tha er at thy pr declension of the sun, at the first darkness of night and the prayer of daybreak: for the prayer of caybreak is borne witnuss unto by the angels ) says the Kor; And again: “'O, thou wrapped up, aris rayer, and continue therein durin night except a small part; that during one-half ther the rising at night is more e steadfast continuance in dev Day and night and ever between it m have been “steadfast cont tion,” judging from the Kneeworn they are, threz many of them v about the edges, sian rug loan: spick and span —contrasted wit gu splendid modern Pe:- v Raphael Welll--a rug nd fresh from the weaver he old prayer rugs and g what they, too. mu. have been-before pray i med pamed ‘‘the pi “the key of Paradise {fresh beauty. Many of the prayer r H. E. Benguiat col Benguiat has made 2 curics. One of h ftolia™. is 0da in effec color rather than m thast usual to the sig: Anmher marked “Anatolia’” by Mr. M. B. Mihran, and is very aligio wore away was loaned an- PTT T T T TS tique. It is of Yordes (Ghiordes) tectural desisn and is one of the I rugs exhibited. Perhaps lem owner who stepped e from the crowded street or the busy shop for his daily devotions thought to perform them the better for having much space upon which to sit, stand or prostra in the solemnity of his worship. A rug 1 d by also An archi- its pious M vm-.n IL is exquisite—so s what the ori An odd little bit of embrofdery Persian girl's The gre quilted white silk and embroidered flow- ers are scattered over this. From it as kneeling ground the prayers of some little maiden have ome one whose face was seen, we be sure, only by her household. . Women thei shall b tather: fldren of nephews.” that day to been u s veils were ners en. Frem omen has 8. Howard They are long, flowing black lace of the finest mesh, embroidered gold. They must have bel treasured beauty, s the kind we picture balcony, where cen in the midst of her s hangin We know of what the spien- dor of these I is from the pur- daks or portieres on exhibit. One of these Bokhara of Miss Crocker's. White hile over this trails that bursts everywh ming. It i € abel on the little for children her Anatolian i - ored with ble dve, its peculiarity being a green border. All fts colors are A Daghistan has seven bore 1 comb design is unusually plain. The A Méslem does not go to his prayer h disarranged attire or with hair and rd uncombed. S > A rare little relic of old plety is an an- e Yordes t rin Peck. A ued rug of red id Bro guiat designs stit follows it is without for the the outli sclence book which to be kept the frag- Is were uttered. 1 to memory r written stones pa leaves, shou ades of us. It plece s St done by body ow how easure One is a to \lra in the 1 elabs Oriental Both are w of intricacies gs good gifts 1nd worships with costly ap- pol But if he be a righteous be- liever he remembers the words of his slanderer and backbiter and thinketh they - to every who heapeth up can render him st into ‘Al Hotama, kindled by d."” hes immortal the fi hall of be hell DD DD TS TS i he tells us that California m: became a desert or as green as Washington. We must know what he means. H. W. FAIRBANKS. TS TS TS @ then asked to accede to their appeal, and he finally said he would if the other li- quor dealers in the place would do so. The work was continued for a week and one hotel and one drug store closed their bars. * Thus wa started the movement known as the crusade that swept around the world, carrying its mission of happi- ness to thousands of homes. On Monda December 21,1873, the women met to perfect i permanent organization. This they named the Woman's Chricilan Temperance Union of ‘Fredonia. The pledge adopted at the meeting was: “We, the undersigned women of Fredonia, feel- ing that God has laid upon us a work for temperance, do hereby pledge ourselv-s to united and continous efforts to suppress the trafficking of Intoxicating liquors in our village until the work is accom- plished; and that we stand ready for united efforts upon any renewal of the trafic. We will also do all in our power to alleviate the sufferings of drunkards’ families and to rescue from drunkenness all who are pursuing its ways.” Soon after this unions were formed In various places throughout the State, and the work assumed far greater even the most sanguine had thought pos- sible, and it was decided to hold a meeting for the organization of a State union. This ting was held in Syracuse, October 1, 1874. The work steadily advanced, not only in this State, but spread through every State in the United States, ani finally a national union was formed, and later an International Woman's Christiar Temperance Unien. Most prominent among the workers in this first crusade was Mrs. Esther Lord McNeil, who is known throughout the en- tire country as “The Veteran Crusader,” Mrs. McNeil was borr in Carlisle, Schoha- rie County, New York, in 1812, and at the age of 10 years she was left fatherless in 4 family of ten children. At 20 she was mar- ried to James McNeil and moved to Fre- donia, where she has since resided, living a noble life given to charity and the tem- perance cause. EMMONS K. ELLSWORTH. proportions than LITTLE LAKE FILLING A PART OF BED OF AN NCIENT RIVER , FORMER QUTLET BT DT DD < ETITIONS are in circulation among [ prominent coiored people of Omaha asking the City Council to make an effort to sect s the permanent the famous old Lin- n car. n falling to pieces on g down at the Unior F shops that any relic so closely thie great emancipatc treasured by the community y entire ass into rom the city pd in time »m privat owl assoct r sho They ated with be better lest it go into de was built at the Unit States miii ps in 1564 especiall for President Lincoln on plans approv by hi It was peculiarly constructed, in that hi armor piate that would r the heaviest rifle bullet set betwee the inner and outer walls, so that the President could with safety go to. th front. The car was thus used on seve of the Potomac r then, it looks trips to visit the Although it w like a pygmy by Pullmans. It i army the s feet long and $'; fee ments. There is but one entrance, leading into a narrow hallway the entire length of the car. The interior of the car was richly upholstered in crimson silk and furnished with easy-chairs and a big sofa that could Ve unfolded and was used as a bed by Mr. Lincoln. The larger of the three apartments was used by him as an office and reception room. Then, again, the car was used on a most memorable trip—that which conveyed the remains of the martyred President from Washington to Springfield, Ill., for burlal —a trip that included every State capital on the way and many large cities, lasting from April 21 to May 3, 1865. After the war, when the Government was selling urserviceable property, the car went at auction and was bought by Sidney Dillon, then president of the Union OF QWEN'S LAKE PP JAbraham .mec!n s anale Car. Durant and hrought was used but on or its great &, ld car was retired to the Ll n the yards, to remain od ice by the Trans- iesissippi where it was placed in v y hundreds of thousands ¢ it went back to the shop ear in decay unless the peopie or some other enterpr in time J. B. HAYNES. j-alse Jeeih of Antiquiiy. and use of false teeth pr of great an- i nt Egyptians were no mean dentists. Jawbones of mummies have been found with false teeth in them, and also h filled with gold. The ancient Gr knew how to fill teeth with gold and how to make false ntiful evidence of skilled dentistry among the Remans, for many of the old Latin authors have references to faise teeth. In the “Roman Laws of the Twelve Tables” there are d inct ref- erences to a cial teeth. The first part of No. 10 forbids useless expense at funer- als in general, but an exception is permit- ted by No. 11, which allows that the gold fillings of false teeth or the gold with which they were bound should be buried or burned with the deceased. i ___YARDS AT OMAmMA