IDavana Chautauqua Slssembls “I roam the woods that crown The upland, where the mingled splendors glow, Where the gay company of trees look down On the green fields below. “Ah! 'twere a lot too blest Forever in thy colored shades to stray; Amid the kisses of the soft southwest To rove and dream for aye! “And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and power; The passions and the cares that wither life And waste its little hour." — Bryant. Press of Pantograph Printing dr Stationery Co. Bloomington, III. HAVANA,—^ CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY SECOND SEASON RIVERSIDE PARK ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER HAVANA, ILLINOIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, TO MONDAY, AUGUST 24, REV. M. P. WILKIN, President and Supt. of Program. H. A. COLLINS, Treasurer. B. A. MINTONYE, Secretary. COMMITTEES. Program and Advertising, M. P. Wilkin, B. L. McPaddes. Douglas Wright Grounds and Privileges, H. R. Nortrup, Frank Havighorst, J. J. Donaldson Tents, Cots, Etc., . . O. H. Harpham. U. L. Town, F. A. High Transportation. . . H. A. Collins, B. A. Mintonye, E. A. Windsor Finance, . . . . M. A. Terry, H. G. Bruning, Frank Havighorst Station Launch , in Quiver Lake. *^The Park**^ \r==£\ IVERSIDE PARK contains over twenty acres; is situated on a beautiful bluff |L J)) overlooking the Illinois river just one mile south of Havana. It is provided If\\ with shade, pure drinking water, a handsome pavilion, and every necessary convenience for camping. The grounds afford every opportunity for enjoy- ing outdoor sports, base ball, tennis, croquet, etc., while the river presents every facility for boating, bathing, and fishing. The park is owned by the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis R. R. Company, who have placed it in the hands of the Assembly free of charge. The views given in this pamphlet are taken from scenes in and around Havana and Riverside Park. We are indebted to Prof. S. A. Forbes, of Champaign, for cuts of views. For years hundreds of excursionists from Peoria, Jacksonville, Lincoln, Spring- field, and adjoining cities have come to Havana and Riverside Park. The state fish commission is located at Havana, also the state biological station. A summer school of the latter is opened up this season and already has secured a good attendance. The C. P. & St. L. R. R. reaches Havana from Peoria, Springfield, and Jackson- ville, and all points north and south; the Illinois Central from Champaign, Lincoln, Bloomington, and points east; the Fulton County Narrow Guage fron Canton, Gales- burg, Lewistown, and points west; while the steamer D. H. Pike makes two trips a week from St. Louis and Peoria each by river. While in attendance at the Chautauqua, if you do not want to be at all the lec- tures and programs offered, get a season ticket, go in and out when you please, take your fishing rod and tackle and go to Quiver Lake, or Thompson’s, or Matanzas, and enjoy some of the best fishing you can get anywhere. Quiver and Thompson lakes are less than two miles north, Matanzas about the same south. Then if you do not want to camp out in a tent, there are good hotels and boarding houses in Havana. The boats ply continually between the dock at Havana and the park; also ’bus lines, and in all probability the steam cars, and so you can go back and forth at pleasure. Row boats, sail boats, and steam pleasure boats are plentiful and can be rented at reasonable rates to satisfy all lovers of the water, also fishing tackle and minnows. Riverside Park is the place for a summer outing and August 13 to 24 is just the time. Deep Slough, near Matanzas Lake. ‘I wish, that fate had left me free To wander these quiet haunts with thee Till the eating cares of earth should depart And the peace of the scene pass into my heart.” c^^The Chautauqua Idea^^ Is already a fixed idea. It started about twenty-five years ago in a single location at Chautauqua in New York. Now nearly every state has one or more Chautauquas Every summer the noted lights of the lecture platform and of music and song bring people together from farm and crowded city to the wooded halls of philosophy. The ' old idea was a winter lecture course for the staid intellectual. The new idea is a . : summer outing course for the old and young, the sedate and gay. It embraces a course of instruction in nature’s own school. Many people cannot pay the tuitions of the great universities and the expenses attached thereto. This summer school of , philosophy offers the benefits of the university at the lowest possible outlay and ^appeals to all. It is an influence in the direction of the broader education of the masses and spreads its gentle growth by giving recreation to the body while giving rvilrength to the mind. You can well afford to leave the farm or the workshop, the counter or desk, for a few days once a year in the woods to get something in life worth living for. i Life will be sweeter for the year to come from the pleasures this Chautauqua will bring you. If you want to thoroughly enjoy yourself bring your fishing tackle, lawn ; tennis, base balls and bats, hammocks, musical instruments, books, magazines, cro- '' quet sets, foot balls, swings, and don’t forget the flags, bunting, and Chinese lanterns for decorations. 3 East Bank of Illinois River. ^^The Havana Assembly^^ ^ *)HE OFFICERS desire to make it emphatic that this is an assembly and not a summer school with many departments and special charges for tuition, On the contrary, notwithstanding our low rates of admission, every attraction and source of instruction are absolutely free to all upon the grounds. We lack buildings and other facilities for running different departments, but by holding to the original idea of an assembly, our attractions are furnished in a shorter time than at many resorts, and therefore our friends will find a rich bill of fare for a few days if they can remain no longer. While our present plans are simple and modest, we hope that the future has something better in store. The University of Illinois has already established a biological station, and specialists will be drawn to Havana by the advantages offered for study. College professors and specialists would no doubt be willing to aid in a summer school of greater breadth. When the association owns a park and can build cottages, then hundreds of teachers and students might spend a part of their vacation in Havana. Will this larger dream ever be realized? We shall see. For this year, the officers of the assembly assure the public that every name is placed on the program in good faith; that they promise nothing but what they will fulfill strictly unless providentially prevented. During the progress of the program it may be found necessary to change a few of the speakers from the hour now appointed the committee, but the hour for the special attractions is fixed. . ' 'i'V : Beacon Mound in Riverside Park. ....©ail? iProgram.... SECOND SEASON August 13-24, 1896. Thursday, August 13, 1896. Going into Camp.— Free Admission.— Pic- nic During Afternoon. 7:30 Free admission; concert: short ad- dresses; reunion; music, Lem Wiley, Peoria cornetist; Havana singers, etc. Friday, August 14— Opening Day. Young People’s Rally. Prof. Wiley, cor- netist, will lead the singing during the Assembly; Miss Minnie Hamlin. Organist; Music for the day, Apollo Quartet. 8:30 Devotional hour, Rev. C. L. Flanders Havana, leader. 9:30 W. C. T. U. School of Methods organ- ized Mrs. Carrie L. Grout, Rockford. 10:00 “ Demonstration Lessons in Cook- ery” begun, Miss Grace W. Braggins, Cleveland. Ohio . 11:00 Address, Col. Sobieski, Of the World, 2:00 Music and song. 2:30 Lecture, “Brains,” Dr. Frank Bristol, . Chicago. 4:00 Free Parliament, the relation of the Young People’s movement to Poli- tics, Col. Sobieski, leader. 8:00 Music; Stereopticon and Lecture— Egypt, Rev. C. H. Williamson, Lewis- town. Saturday, August 15 Educational Day. Students’ Rally; music by the Carol Quartet: Readings by Miss Nellie M. Clifford, Virginia. 111. 8:30 Devotional hour, Rev. J. M. Suther- land, Havana, leader. 9:30 W. C. T.U. School of Methods. Mrs Grout. 10:00 Lessons in Cookery, Miss Braggins. 11:00 Address. “The industrial system of Christianity,” Prof. J. W. Coultas, Streator. 2:00 Music, song, and readings. 2:30 Lecture, “Child-study.” Prof. W. O. Krohn, University of Illinois. 3:45 Base ball game. 8:00 Music, songs, and readings; Round Tabl^. “Our schools and how to help them,” Prof. T. W. B. Everhart, Ha- vana. Foot of Quiver Lake , Illinois Fiver, and Bottoms , from Twin Mounds. PROGRAM. — Continued. Sunday, August 16— Gospel Day. “ Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy." 9:30 Third session. Assembly Sunday School; lesson for the day, Ps. 32:1-11. 10:45 Sermon. ‘‘Neighbors,” Mrs. Carrie L. Grout. 2:00 Song service. 2:30 Sermon, Dr. Frank M. Bristol, Chi- cago. 4:00 Young People’s mass meeting. 7:30 Song service. 8:00 Preaching. Monday, August 17— Civic Federation Day. Music by the Alpha Quartet. 8:30 Devotional hour, Rev. G. W. Scarlet, leader. 9:30 School of Methods, Mrs. Grout. 10:00 Lessons in Cookery, Miss Braggins. 11:00 Round Table, “Municipal Politics,” Rev. M. P. Wilkin. 2:00 Music and song. 2:30 Lecture. “Civic Federation,” Edward P. Gaston. Chicago. 4:00 Free Parliament, “Good Citizenship” Rev. A. H. Harnley, Mason City. 8:00 Music; address, “Pioneer Times in Illinois,” W. T. Davidson of Fulton County Democrat. Tuesday, August 18— Reformers’ Day. John G. Woolley: music, Miss Myrtis Chandler, Chicago, and the Carol Quartet. 8:30 Devotional hour, Rev. A. H. Flagge, leader. 9:30 School of Methods, Mrs. Grout. 10:00 Lessons in Cookery. Miss Braggins. 11:00 Address, “Our Next Door Neighbors, Mexico and its People,” Edward P. Gaston. 2:00 Music, Songs. Miss Chandler. 2:30 Lecture, John G, Woolley, Boston. 4:00 Round Table. 7:30 Music, song, and readings. 8:00 Address, “The Great American Dic- tator,” Rev. R G. Hobbs, Decatur. Wednesday, August 19— Veterans’ and Patriots’ Day Music, Miss Chandler; the Apollo Quar- tet; National Airs. 8:30 Devotional hour, Rev. J. S. Smith, Topeka, leader. 9:30 School of Methods, Mrs. Grout. 10:00 Lessons in Cookery, Miss Braggins. 11:00 Address to Veterans, Comrade W. G. Cochran, Commander of G A.R. Illi- nois, Speaker of the House, etc; 2:00 Music and patriotic songs. 2;30 Lecture, “The Last Days of the Con- federacy,” General John B. Gordon, Georgia. 4:00 Camp-fire; fuel furnished by the comrades! 7:30 Music, songs, and readings. 8:00 Address, “An Evening in Mexico,” Edward P. Gaston. Thursday, August 20— Popular Day. Dr. Talmage, Music, Miss Timmons, harp- ist, Chicago: Edwin Timmons, flute and saxophone, Chicago; Miss Myrtis Chandler, vocal- ist, Chicago. 8:30 Devotional hour, Miss Bessie Ains- worth, leader. 9:30 School of Methods, Mrs. Grout. 10:00 Lessons in Cookery, Miss Braggins. 11 :00 Address, “With a Bicycle Through Yellowstone National Park, ”Dr. Eu- gene May, Fargo. 2:00 Music and Songs. 2:30 Lecture, “Big Blunders,” Dr. Tal- mage. 3:45 Music and Singing. 8:00 Concert by all the talent; readings by Dr. May. 6 PROGRAM. — Continued. Friday, August 21— Musical Day. Lem Wiley, cornetist; Edwin Timmons, flute and saxophone; Miss Timmons, harpist: Miss Myrtis Chandler, vocalist; the Carol, Alpha and Apollo Quartets; Readings by Miss Clifford. 8:30 Devotional hour, Rev. R. H. Schuett, Pekin, leader. 9:30 School of Methods, Mrs. Grout. 10:00 Lessons in Cookery. Miss Braggins. 11 :00 Address, “The homes of the poets Wordsworth, Southey, Burns, and Scott,” Dr. E. May, Fargo. 2:00 Grand Concert by all the talent. 4:00 Round Table, a good time for all. 7:30 Music and readings. 8:00 Illustrated lecture (stereopticon), ••India,” Frank R. Roberson, New York. Saturday, August 22— Chautauqua Day. C.L.S.E. Reunion and recognition services for graduates; music by Timmons and the Alpha Quartet. 8:30 Devotional hour, Rev. J. O. Collins, leader. 9:30 School of Methods. Mrs. Grout. 10:00*Lessons in Cookery, Miss Braggins. 11:00 Round Table, C.L.S.C. Work, Frank R. Roberson. 2:00 Music, song, and readings. 2:30 Address, “With a Knapsack through Switzerland and up the Matterhorn Mountain,” Dr. E. May. 4:00 Field Sports. 6:30 Music on the River. 8:00 Illustrated lecture (stereopticon), “Japan,” Frank R. Roberson. Sunday, August 23. The Sabbath Was Made for Man. 9:30 Fourth session of Assembly Sunday School: Lesson, “Absalom’s Rebel- lion,” 2 Sam. 16:1-12. 10:45 Sermon. 2:00 Song service. 2:30 Sermon, Dr. May. 4:00 Young People’s consecration service. 8:00 Illustrated lecture on the “Holy Land.” Prof. Roberson. nonday, August 24— Closing Day. 8:30 Devotional hour, Prof. A. Hempel, 103 .( 3 . 61 * 10:30 Address, “The Yosemite Valley,” Dr. Eugene May. Good-bye. Afternoon Picnic. Breaking Camp. “Home, Sweet, Sweet Home.” HOW CAN WE ATTEND THE ASSEMBLY? After the program is provided, a matter of no small expense or labor, a large at- tendance is necessary. To hear Dr. Talmage in most of the cities people piy a dollar. We furnish him and a full program for the day at popular prices. The people will come. They can tent on the grounds in old camp meeting style, stop in town or come by tram or conveyance from home. Churches and clubs will again this year, as last, fit up a tent for headquarters and divide the expense. Some one paid to keep the tent and do the cooking will add to the pleasure, and the expense is light. It may be a family cannot all leave home at the same time, for ten days. Let some member of the family fit up a tent and then all can come and go and always be sure of a good stopping place. The management will strive to make the Sabbaths upon the grounds as restful and helpful as possible. Only necessary food will be sold and all will be asked to “remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” Some one has said that a successful “camping out” expedition requires either hunting, fishing, scientific exploration, or sketching, or else a territory so marvelous as to afford continual surprises to the eyes; without these it will become monotonous. Any one who has attempted camping, knows what camping monotony means. At the Assembly we take in intellectual tonic while we enjoy an ouLing, and thus avoid monotony. Havana Lake. ^OUR ATTRACTIONS.^ The following notices concerning some of our attractions will help our friends to anticipate the richness of our program. We could not use cuts of all our workers for lack of space. Other faces will appear in later advertising matter. Press notices of some have not been received at time of sending this booklet to press, hence the omission. Mr. Edwin Timmons and Miss Lee Timmons. Mr. Edwin Timmons and his sister. Miss Lee, will be new attractions to our plat- form. They are popular at home in Chicago, and well received wherever they play. Toledo Blade— TVIr. and Miss Timmons proved themselves favorites from the start. Mr. Timmons’ selections were ren- dered with great expression and feeling. His tone is pure and musical, and his technique exceptionally fine, and there could he no prettier picture than the one made hy Miss Lee Timmons. Everyone will admit that the dainty music of the harp takes in an added charm when the performer is a handsome girl in a quaint hlue gown with a pink rose in her dark curls. The rendition of ••Chi-mi-Frena” from “Lucie” given as a harp solo, showed to advantage Miss Timmons’ perfect mas- terv of this beautiful instrument. To an enthusiastic recall she gave the sweet old melody, “How can I leave Thee.” Cape May (N. J. ) Tim'e-The flute and saxophone solos of Mr. Edwin Timmons, at “Congress Hall,” are attracting a great deal of attention. He is an artist of un- usual versatility and merit. Michigan City Dispatch — Edwin S. Tim- mons is an artist on the flute and saxo- phone, and his sister an accomplished harpist. Col. Frederic Innes, the famous military band director of New York, says of Mr. Timmons: His saxophone playing shows that he has a most thorough knowledge of this intricate and difficult instrument, and his musical qualities and training combine in making him a true artist. Bloomington ( Ind .) Telephone — The enter- tainment given in the interest of the Y. P. S. C. E. at the college chapel, surpassed in most respects any such that have been given here by foreign talent. Mr. Edwin Timmons is from Chicago, where his ser- vices are much in demand. He is a prom- ising young man. and an artist of more than ordinary ability, and has won from Bloomington people a high appreciation of his skill as a musician, his gentlemanly bearing, and handsome appearance. In his performance he is not confined to one or a few instruments, but with the dis- crimination of a native instinct uses many, and seems quite at home with one as another. It is to be hoped he may be heard here many times during this win- ter and subsequent seasons. Miss Lee Timmons, with masterly discrimination selects her music with a view of pleasing her auditors as well as satisfying the critics, and shows the taste and skill of the artist in all of her playing. Indianapolis Sentinel — To Mr. Edwin Tim- mons was accorded the lion's share of praise. His saxophone solo, “Nocturne,” by Chopin, being one of the most artistic and effective instrumental performances over given in this c,ty. Freeport Times— Mr. and Miss Timmons are artists and cannot fail to please. Chicago News-Record— The harp solo of Miss Timmons at the Richelieu won the applause of the evening. Edward Page Gaston. Edward Page Gaston, late of the City of Mexico, now Of Harvey, 111., who is a warm x>ersonal friend of President Diaz, and latelj' connected with the United States Legation in the Mexican Capital, is making a tour of the United States, de- livering addresses on the Mexican people, their engaging manners, and peculiar customs. He has been engaged to give two or more of these lectures, and also to speak in the interest of Civic Federation, as per detailed program. 9 • We gladly come to this quiet place To breathe the airs that ruffle thy face.” * Rev. Eugene May, D.D, Rev. Eugene May, D. D.. of Fargo, N. D., is a stranger at Riverside Park, but an old personal friend of the president. He is a graduate of the C. L. S. C., in the first class organized in that now celebrated reading course, and is an enthusiastic Chautauquan, a successful pulpit orator. He has been the recipient of flattering calls to the pastorate in New York, Wash- ington, Oregon, and central states. Dr. May has lectured widely both east and west. Few persons have traveled more extensively or had better opportunity to study the scenery, peoples, arts, and his- tory of other countries. He is familiar with all the grand scenery of America. He has done Switzerland elaborately, and also the most noted mountain re- ions of the globe. As a mountain climber e has distinguished himself in many lands. He has climbed the famous Mat- terhorn Mountain to its summit, and his lecture on “The Mattenhorn” is deemed by the best of critics to be the grandest descriptive lecture on the American platform today. Dr. May is a cultivated elocutionist of great popularity. He will lecture, read, and preach at the assembly and is sure to please during his stay of four or five days. Here are a few of the many press notices: Geo. K. Morris , D. D , Professor in Boston University , Boston— I never heard a more thrilling lecture than yours. I was fascin- ated by your account of the exploit, and could have listened all night without weariness. Give it everywhere. John Leeper, D. D., Duquoin, III.— Two hours of marvellously sustained interest. I have heard Joseph Cook, Prof. Swing, Geo. R. Wending, and many noted lec- turers. Dr. May is the peer of any of them. Sentinel ( Edqely , N. D.)— His subject was “The Seven Sides of the World’s Fair,” and “Ge-whil-li-ty Crick-ets,” what a lecture! Columbia City ( Ind ) Press — Eugene May, D. D., L. L. D., arrived in the city yester- day, and is the guest of Dr. Driver. His lecture last night was the wizard spell of a poet-orator , the culmination of his thrill- ing and perilous ascent of the awful Mat- terhorn. It was the event of a life-time to hear him. Fargo (N. D.) Daily Argus — “The Matter- horn” was the best lecture ever given in this city. The audience room was crowded from rear to entrance. Miss Grace W. Braggins, Miss Grace W. Braggins, teacher of cookery in the Cleveland public schools, will give ten demonstration lessons in cookery. She comes highly recomended by Mrs. Ewing, who is the leading teacher of cookery in the country, and who re- gards Miss Braggins as one of her most promising pupils. She will show what an endless variety we have in our food pro- ducts when properly understood. Think of it— “when thirty-eight varieties of meats receive treatment in one hundred ninety-one recipes; thirty-two kinds of vegetables are employed in one hundred eighty recipes; one hundred eighty-four formulas for preparing twenty-three kinds of fruits, and ninety-seven methods of cooking eleven varieties of flour and cereals.” Miss Braggins will carry on practical cooking before her classes and show what can be done. If will not be surprising if the men take as much in- terest in these lessons as do the women, especially when the samples are passed around. Prof. W. O. Krohm. Prof. Wm. O. Krohn ought to be heard by every teacher and parent. The “Child Study” is now the great study in the edu- cational world, and Dr. Krohn is a leader. Be sure to hear him and learn the value of child study. He is editor of “The Child- Study Monthly,” which is worthy of a place in any home, since it is a most au- spicious fact for philosophy and for edu- cation that both are coming to be based more and more upon the eternal and natural foundation of sympathetic obser- vation of childhood. Mrs. Carrie L. Grout. Mrs. Carrie L. Grout, who is in charge of the “School of Methods” needs no in- troduction at River Side Park. Her lec- tures last year, her sermons on Sunday, and her recitations, were all warmly re- ceived and highly appreciated. Those who heard her then will gladly welcome her this year, and hundreds of new friends await her coming, in the interest of “Home and Every Land.” Prof. Lem Wiley. Prof. Lem Wiley stands high among bly, play the calls for the various ser- musicians as a master of the cornet. He vices, furnish solos, etc. will lead the singing during the assem- 11 LIBRARY ^ I fMIVERSITY OF HimOlS Rev. T. De Witt Talmage. ^R. TALMAGE is too well known by the thousands who read his sermons to demand space. Last year he failed to reach us on account of the great sorrow that came to his home. This year we trust Providence will kindly send him to Riverside Park on August 29, where thousands will greet him. Miss Myrtis Chandler. This young woman is charmingly pretty, and besides this attraction is added that of a good voice and ability to carry her part well .— Chicago Tribune. Miss Chandler is one of the sweetest singers the assembly ever had on its programs , — Crete ( Nebraska ) Democrat. Miss Chandler in one of Frederic W. Root's most promising pupils, and her future is considered ex- ceptionally bright.— Chicago Tunes- Herald. One of the songs sung by Miss Chandler which especially pleases the audience was a rather pa- thetic one entitled. “When I’m Big I’ll Be a Soldier.” The song in itself was pretty, but when sung by Miss Chandler it was simply great . — The Omaha World-Herald , July , '95. A new face at the Assembly this year is Miss Myrtis Chandler, a soprano soloist from one of Chi- cago’s large churches. Miss Chandler has appeared on the program already several times and has made a good impression. Her Scotch songs are especially commendable .— Kansas City Journal, July, '95. 12 Frank R. Roberson. Frank R. Roberson, famous every- where, will give there grandly illustrated lectures. Mr. Roberson draws large au- diences in the greatest cities. His home is in New York. For subjects of this and other lectures, see detailed program and his individual advertising matter. We give from very many notices the follow- ing: He delighted our large appreciative audiences two evenings. — Rev. C. B. Ogden , Ocean City , N. J. His two tours at the Beatrice Chautau- qua was packed full of information. His views, unique, colored, and greatly ad- mired. — Rev. W. L. Davidson, Beatrice, Neb., 1894. Re-booked for 1896. His work was eminently satisfactory* We have never had an illustrator who so completely pleased the people with illus- trated tours. We shall be glad to hear him again. Of the operator we say “su- perb;” of the views, “superber;” of the lecturer, “superbest.” — Rev. Eugene May, Fargo, N. Dakota. Gen. John B. Gordon, Gen. John 3. Gordon, of Georgia, will not fail to draw thousands to Riverside Park on August 19, “Veterans’ and Patri- ots’ Day.” We could fill this pamphlet with the warmest words of praise, but we have room but for a few lines. His great lecture on “The Last Days of the Confederacy” became famous on the occasion of its first delivery in the Taber- nacle of Brooklyn, New York, before an audience of five thousand people. It has charmed many thousands in all sections of the United States since that night. Its broad patriotism, its exquisite humor, its faithful portrayal of great leaders of both armies, its pathetic delineation of thrill- ing incidents, and the magical eloquence of the description of the closing scene at Appomattox, and of Grant and Lee as they stood together in the little brick house in that last act of the great drama, and the mingling together of the soldiers of the hitherto hostile armies, combine to make this lecture one of great histori- cal and patriotic interest to the young and old of both sections. Vast audiences everywhere are alternately moved to tears and laughter and enthusiasm.” Beneath the stars and stripes Gen. J. B. Gordon stood, last night, in the Academy of Music and told the story of “The Last Days of the Confederacy.” The large au- dience he addressed was a notable one. Prominent men from every profession laughed at the humor of the speaker, wept at his pathos, and applauded his sentiments as he dwelt upon the scenes and character of the great struggle.— Philadelphia Press. General Gordon’s great lecture ought to be heard by every young American. It is a masterpiece. Not only as a gem of oratory, but as a superb outburst of pa- triotism. it will live long after we have passed away. The vast audience that heard him last night will, we are sure, voice this expression.— Louisville Courier- Journal. The lecture of Senator John B. Gordon in the L.L.A. course last Thursday evening was a graphic picture of the scenes and incidents attending the closing days of the civil war. The series of incidents which he gave of army life were patriot- ically designed to bring the Northern and Southern sections of the country into closer sympathy and brotherhood. At the conclusion of his great lecture he held a brief reception, at which scores of the G.A.R. pressed forward to clasp his hand in token of our reunited country. No lecture of recent years has been so well received in Albion as that of Gen. Gordon. — Albion, Mich., Record. The Bluff of Riverside Park from the River. Quiver Creek , near Lake. ‘Thou windest away from the haunts of men To the quiet valley and shaded glen.” Dr. Frank Bristol Dr. Frank Bristol, the popular preacher of Chicago, is so weil known that his name in the program on opening day, will suffi- ciently introduce him, and hundreds will gladly hear him and join the universal verdict that no man can put more fire and sense into human speech than this same Dr. Bristol. Dr. Bristol swept all the chords of elo- quence, and was applauded to the echo. He was sharp, rapid, and thrilling.— Daily Advocate , St. Louis. Dr. Bristol is truly an accomplished orator, whose great mental energy con- trolled so charmingly, reminds one quite forcibly of the almost incomparable Wen- dell Phillips.— Benton Harbor Palladium. John G. Woolley Who is called the John B. Gough of the will hear him for the first time, on ‘ Re- platform, never fails to move and please former’s Day,” and mark a new event in his hearers. Those who have heard him their lives, will come to hear him again, and many Prof. Coultas. Prof. Coultas needs no introduction at awhile at the Park. All will enjoy his Havana, and among the educators of the lecture, state. He will visit old friends and rest Col. John Col. John Sobieski's history reads like a thrilling romance of the middle ages, and he is well known as one of the most patri- otic and eloquent citizens of his adopted Sobieski. country. He will be present on opening day only— other engagements demanding his time— but his many friends will greet him at Riverside Park, if only for a day. Hon. W. G. Cochran. Hon. W. G. Cochran, of Sullivan. 111., who will speak to the veterans of the G. A. R. on August 19. is an all round man. Coming out of the army a boy he settled down on a farm with his young Christian wife ; he has prospered, and is now a good preacher, as well as a good lawyer. He has been twice speaker of the house, and is now Commander of the State in the G.A.R. He will make many friends at Riv- erside Park. 15 Matanzas Lake.