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Anadarko Daily Democrat.
KIIAW & MON'ltOi:, l'ul.
ANADAIMCO - - (UCLA
In tho Ithenlsh nnd Westphnllnn In
dustrial district there Is linnlly a
town without Un HmoklnK clubs, In
which n prlzo Ih given (n tho mini who
cnn conmimo tho largest quantity of
tobacco In tho Bhortc.it time.
Thcro nro seventeen communities of
Stinkers In the United States. Tho
Amnnn Society him 1,800 souls, and the
llnrmony Society, of Kconomy, Ohio,
hns hut nlno resident mombors loft.
Tho Xonrltes nnd tho Buskin colony, of
Georgia, havo both recently disbanded,
Only two wiimon In tho United
Htntes may uso tho malls without pay
ing for tho privilege. These two are
widows of former preside it In Mr
Julia Dent Ornnt nnd Mrs. Lucrotla A,
Onrfleld. Mrs. Onrfleld hus enjoyed
tho privilege since 1881 and Mra. (Irani
slnco 188C,
In Sweden, writes tin Ainerlcnn trnv
"lor, tho saloons nro closed on Suttir-dny-pay
day while tho saving!
bunks nro kept open until midnight
No Kovornnicnt cnn form u mini u
snvo his money, hut nt least this Hived
ish system cncoiiraKes him to dopusP
It whoro ho will draw better Intororfi
than it hondncho.
Evon looting has Its humorous aide
A Chinese mionkthlof recontly entered
nn Amorlcnn dining-room In Shank
hnj nnd abstracted n fow ton'pnom, a
sllvor'nyrup Jug and nn old clock, ul
of which lio tucked, Chinese fashion
Into his clothe. Tho syrup mil down
nnd for n long wny the thluf'M progress
could bo traced. "What n pity," was the
philosophical comment of tho owner ul
tho nrtlcles, "that tho clock did not rMi
down, tool"
King Kdwnrd. who, It Is wild, Buffers
moro than most men from n Him hat,
having conHtimtly to rnlBe It In re
sponse to tho salutes of tho men In
tho street, gives IiIh head & holiday
whon ho gets to sea. Amid tho moro
exciting things scon on Hiard Sham
rock II, at tho tlmo of the accident ttie
King's headdress maurged to vHcnpe
public notice. It was tho nemo of
comfort, bolng a rJosoflttlng enp.
rather of tho old night-cup pattern,
innilo of tho softer whlto silk.
, JV dejnnnd Is lrlng mndo In Jnmulcu
flfrjf?ric suppression of tho practice ol
gnnjnh BmokJiK umong tho many
thousnnds of Knst Indian coolies whe
work on tli bnnnna mid sugar planta
tions throughout tho colony. GnnJuli
is ntynrlMit of Indian hemp, or bluing
which W.is employed to urouso the
Jlcrco gussloiiH of tho rebel Sepoys dur
lng tho Indluii mutiny, and which to
day Is rcsiratiRlhlo in tho Knst foi
many cnt,e.s of "running nmok." The
coollo who smokes this most pernl
clous weed freely becomes an Incur,
unto llnnd with the most homicidal
tendencies.
Tho lingering death of tho lute dow
ager Empron of Germany has had
fow counterparts In English royal his
tory. Twonty-flvo per cent of tho iiiinu
her Hint has rolgned thcro since tin
conquest mot violent deaths. Two
Henry VII and Edward VI. died ol
consumption. Old age, with Its com
plication of physical troubles, helped
to carry off Victoria. Ocorgo III? Ellz
liboth, Henry VI, William VI, Kdwnrd
III nnd Henry III. Threo died young
Kdwnrd V, nt fourteen; Kdwnrd VI. at
sixteen, and Henry VI, nt thirty-three
Queen' Anna died comparatively young
of apoplexy. Mary's death Is said to
havo been duo to sorrow over tho loss
of English territory In France, Henry
VI's and Gcorgo Ill's last days were
clouded with dementlii, and George
IPs dcmlso wns occasioned by the
bursting of a blood vcn.se!.
A radical Innovation Iiiih been
. -rdbptod by tho ArWinstti lioard of
Charitable Intuitu ib, regmdliigtho
mjroK(;mentjot thVtUato lnsa'nonsy'i'
lumlnnf la causing consternation
niinng tho employes of tho Institution.
Tho board has adopted n resolution to
tho oftcct that tho superintendent shall
tijj ppi'odlly as practicable secure only
ilt ?n if Ark aim. for tho various
pc '' nnd that tho chiuiRo ahnll he
Hint u iilnoty ilitytt at the firthest.
Them nro 10ti employes at tho Vjylum
white nnd colored, and of thuin about
(.0 nro citizens of tho state. Of the
whlto employes, Includlngitht' asslst
unU and those In tho IilghYr stations,
not more than 2Ij per cent Kill be ex
empt from dismissal. Superintendent
Hooper snvs that tho ord' r leaves
them In "a mighty had llx. ' All su
perintendents have found ittnecessarj
to send outside the statu for)ortnlu o'
the expert nttondauts In the- euro ol
the Insane, and It Is said that it will
t.c dlinuult to fill the quota with per
-on- ns thoroughly competent. I'ndei
the order, however. CO of tho employe
musf bo discharged within tho next
three ir.onths.
A ImthrhoiiSM for negroes Is being
talked of by n Kansas City paper. It
i-ays this need hu been generally rec
ognlxud nnd has often been expressed
by those who have wntched the irowds
at tho public hath and realized tho dis
appointment of tho colored peoplo In
not being provided with tho facilities
enjoyed by whlto folks. This has re
sulted,. In starting a fund for tho pur
pose of building u bath-honso for ne
groes. The members of tho park board,
us Individuals, havo subscribed J50
each, and It Is believed that other uub
tcrlptlons will ho ruado rapidly.
mwsu
fty&fidffrr?
Old Orcati, Ut me iMiil with you
Thmo ntitnmn day no lirlnlit nnd .''..
For tl.otiKh your lizard In w .!',
You'ra not too old to romp win
You piny at tair, hikI try to rriu-h
It)' fret that lly along the Uracil;
Thtn f arc soldier, and you takr
Th tittle nand forU that I mukr
Vhn In your wave I venttirn out
Oh, how you tumtric in about1
For you are old, hut niorry too.
And ( I lovt to pluy with you
After Forty Years.
11Y I). II. TALMAdE.
Copyright. 1M1. liy Dully Story I'uVi Co )
Thcro died nut long ago In 11 cer
'.aln homo for soldiers a certain man
who shall here ho nameless. Ho died
In his bed at night, with none watch
ing hesldo him. Ho left no word. Ho
did not struggle. Bo nearly did thd
Joath calm resting upon him rcEcmblo
tho slumber of life thut ono of his com
rades, a Jest upon his lips, shook him
by tho shoulder in tho morning. And
then the word went forth that another
worn nnd weary ono had passed
through the Vnlley of tho Shadow with
out Buffering, and silently tho prayer
cnt up. "O Iiord, will that as ho was
taken so also may It bo with us."
They hurled him with military hon
ors, nnd then wrote to his mother an
nouncing brlelly tho facts. They gavo
no details. Aud presently 11 letter writ
ten by the faltcrlug bund of ago was
racclvcd.
"Toll me, plcasu," It said, "how my
boy died, nnd let mo know what be
longings ho had."
Tho answer was necessarily short,
there wiib so little to tell. Ho had been
buried in his only suit of cluthes.
There wan a sum of money, amounting
to thirty-six dollars, In ft tin box be
neath his hunk. In his vallso wero two
shirts, a suit of underwear, two pairs
of soclw and 0110 brown cotton glovu,
nothing more.
Tho nlllcinl making tho inventory
contemplated tho glovo somewhat cu
riously when ho camo to it, aud
icrntched hta head with tho blunt end
of tils pencil.
"Ono glovo," ho snld, half aloud.
Evidently a woman's. Wonder how It
happened?"
He continued to wonder for several
lays. Then the matter was explained
tu him.
A woman, leading by tho hnnd a
:hlld. appeared In tho commandant's
jfflce. seeking Information regarding
fho departed soldier. Sho wus not u
relatUe. Neither was sho a friend
it least sho had not beon u friend. Sho
and known him In his youth. She hrd
lecn him march away to tho war. Sho
nnd not seen him since.
The official questioned her guarded
ly, aud learnod largely by Inference,
from her replies that tho soldier hnd
been her lover, but that, his Idea of
loyalty had not been her Idea of loy
alty. They had lived In the borderland
between tho North uud tho South. Her
father and her brother and another
"Evidently a woman's glove."
mail had gone out to battle for the
South, while this man had remained
faithful to tho old ting. Sho bad given
him to understand plninlv that ho must
choose between tho flag nnd her. And
ho hnd chosen with maddening prompt
ness. Tho other man had returned from
the war, and sho hud married him. Ho
was sndly crippled, und her pity went
1, at to him, masquerading ns love. That
was years ago, Her llfo had not heeu
nn unhappy one, shu said, nlthoug 1 Uo
drawn face, tho lack-luster cyci Uta
stooping shoulders nnd tho dra,;tfliiK1
footsteps tohf a story of toll b nid
her strength uhd -of devotion ft cajl
beyond tho promptings of hor Bi .HL,
Her husb.ind vras dead. Ho had i-eb
burled but three days ago. Her I
I
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son also was dend, and her son's wife
nnd sho were not In sympathy The
child eho held by tho hnnd wan her
grandchild, hor ono comfort. She bad
como to see tho soldier who had been
faithful to tho flag of victory. Sho had
known when) he was throughout all
tho years, Shu had saved 11 Uttlo mon
ey cnouch, If eked out by a small pen
sion, to carry two peoplo of sixty to
tho end of their lives. Would tho of
ficial he so kind as to call the soldier
at once?
Tho official cleared his throat vigor
ously and scowled. Ho nlwnys scowled
when ho had a painful duty to perform.
And this woman, with tho love of for
ty years ago Intact In hor bosom, wni.
so pitiful a spectacle under the circum
stances thnt his courago was hardly
equal to telling the truth. Uut ho wa
not a man to shirk a duty.
"My dear madam," ho said, "I re
grrt to Inform you that your friend Is
dead."
She seemed not to understand nt
first; but gradually tho Import of the
statement was borne In upon her, and
she moaned hopelessly, trembling as
tho leaf of autumn trembles In tint
north wind. Tho official said nothing
more. He was waiting for her to
speak.
"Did did ho leave anything any
thing marked for 'Sarah'?" sho asked
nt last.
"Not anything," replied the olllclnl.
And then, ns gently as ho might, ho
recounted the circumstances attending
tho soldier's death.
"Ho went ulone," whispered the
woman "alone O Ood! Hut you say
he loft a glovo?" Wus It a brown
glove, Biich ns women used to wear?"
Tho olllclnl nodded.
"I hno the innto to tho glovo," shu
announced calmly, tho look of weari
ness nnd despair coming ngnln to hor
face. "It Is bloodstained nnd fnlllng
apart, but I havo preserved It because
something hero" placing her baud
upon her breast "told mo thnt tho
othor would bo found somo time, nnd
I would know tho truth. And I know
thu truth now."
Sho raised her eyes, and for an in
stant her lips moved silently.
".My husband brought It with him
when ho returned, wounded, from Shl
loh. A Union soldier whose nanio he
would never tell mo had Btood between
him nnd death thcro, fighting hard
against his own peoplo that tho reb
el's wife might not Ve deprived of her
0 I n
"Anything marked Tor Sarah?"
husband. Tho gloves wero mine. He
reached out from tho ranks and pulled
them out of my hand tho day ho went
away to Join Grant's array, and I struck
him In the fnen whon ho did It. Ono
of them ho used to stanch tho How of
blood from my husband's wound, and
then stufTed It Into tho pocket of my
husbnnd's coat, whore I found it. Tho
other ho kept forty years."
Sho qulto hroko down at this Junc
ture, and tho .ofllclal essayed to com
fort her,
"His mother still lives," ho said, and
named tho place. ''If you wish, you
mny tnko his thlngt. to her."
Sho readily accepted the commission;
hut of tho meeting between the two
women only themselves know.
II lier Itoiimnrr l Itprallt-tl.
The Windsor library Is one of tho
most perfect retreats In nil England
for n rainy tiny, says n London nows
papcr. It has a superb outlook across
to Stoko nnd away to Harrow-on-the-11111,
und us the privileged Indies und
gentlemen of tho court loll In its cozy
chnlrs, leathered In brilliant bcarlct.
and rest their books upon Its polished
ebon tables 'Inlaid with Ivory, tho
spirit of the paBt of Anno nnd tho
duchess, of Elizabeth nnd her tiring
maids, of Charles II. nnd Lely's beau
tics seem to pervade tho fireplace aud
orell. alcove and mulllon. Llttlo won
der thnt such a corner became n fa
vorite retreat of Sunday nftcrnoous.
Introiturril ClirUtman Trim.
Empress Frederick, according to tht
London Dally Chronicle, was t be
cause of the Introduction of Chrlstma"
trees into England. Her father, l'rlnre
Albert, Insisted on having a German
Christmas treo with Its lights and
decorations for his baby daughter In
IS 10. uud tho fashion spread qillckly
l'rrhuK TliU Wrltrr Kuoui. '
The Inpps, a peoplo of northen
Europe, never wnsh. They nbhor wat
er, nnd from infancy to ago their cloth
ing Is never changed except when ft Itf
worn out. They wear the same gar
ments, mndo of reludcor skin with the
hnlr next to tho flesir. day nnd night,
winter aud summer.
Vitality rT)iliolil (It-run.
'Typhoid germs retnln their ltnlty
for many weeks; In garden earth,
twenty-one days; In filter sand, eighty,
two dnys; In dust of tho street, thirty
days; "on linen, sixty to seventy days;
ojrTwood, thirty-two dnys; In lec, a
yur or more.
i
TALMAGE-S SERMON.
"THE SPIRIT OF AMITY" LAST SUN
DAY'S SUBJECT.
"Tim nnrlinron Tropin Hhnweil t No
J.lltlc KliiiliiFn" Arid tvtllli 3
KlnUnri In Ar-tlou flic (Irvutrftl of
Mrttirn.
(Copyright, 1C0I. liy Louli Klopscti, N. Y
Washington. Sept. 22. In this dis
course Dr. Talmage commends the
spirit of umlty and good feeling nnd
mentions Illustrious examples of that
spirit; text, Acts xxvlll. 2, "The bar
barous people showed us no llttlo
kindness."
Hero wo nrc on the Island of Malta,
another name for Melltn. This Island,
which has always been nn Important
commercial center, oetonglng at dif
ferent times to Phoenicia, to Greece,
to Home, to Arabia, to Spain, to
France, now belongs to England. The
area of the lidand is about 100 square
miles. It Is in the Mediterranean sea
and of such clarity of atmosphere that
Mount Aetna, 130 miles awny, can ho
distinctly Been. Tho Island Is glori
ously memorable because the Knights
of Mnltn for a long whllo ruled there,
but mose famous hecauso of the apos
tolic shipwreck. The bestormed ves
sel on which Paul Balled had "laid
to" on tho starboard tnck, and tho
wind was blowing east-northeast, nnd,
the vessel drifting probably n mile and
n half an hour, she strucl. at what is
now called St. Paul's bay. Practical
willors hnvo takon up tho Illhlo nc
count mid decided beyond controversy
tho plnco of the shipwreck. Hut tho
Island, which hns so rough a coast. Is
for thu most part n garden. Hlchost
fruits nnd n profusion of honey chnr
ttctorlzed It In Paul's time ns well as
now. Tho finest ornngos. figs and
olives grow there.
When Paul und his comrades crawl
ed up on the beach, saturated and
hungry from long nbstlnencc from
food and chilled to tho bone, the Isl
anders, though called barbarians be
cause they could not speak Greek,
opened their doors to tho shipwrecked
unfortunates. Everything iitd gone
to tho bottom of the deep, and tho
barefooted, bareheaded apostle and
(hip's crew were In n condition to np
preclato hospitality. About twenty
five such men a few years ago I found
In the life station near East Hampton,
lx)ng Inland. 'I hey had got ashore In
the night from tho sea, nnd not a hat
or shoe had they left. They found
out, as Paul and his fellow voyagers
found olit, thnt the sea is the roughest
nf all robbers. My text finds tho ship's
crew ashore on Malta and around a
hot tiro drying themselves and with
tho best provision the Islanders can
offer them And they go Into govern
ment quarters for three days to recu
perate, Publlus, the ruler. Inviting
them, although ho hnd severe sickness
n the house nt that tlmo, his father
lown with a dangerous Illness. Yea,
for threo months they staid on the
stand watching for n ship and putting
ho hospitalities of tho Islanders to a
severe test. Hut It endured tho test
sntlsfactorlly.and it Is recorded for all
tho nges of tlmo und eternity to' read
ind hear In regard to the Inhabitants
it Malta, "Tho barbarous people
showed us no little kindness."
A Mngiilllrriit Wonl.
Kindness! Whnt a great word
that Is! It would take a reed as long
IB thnt which tho npocalpytlc angel
used to measure heaven to tell the
length, tho brendth, tho height of that
munificent word. It Is a favorite Ulblo
word, und It Is enrly launched In tho
book of Genesis, caught up In tho
book of Joshua, embraced In tho book
i( Huth, sworn by In tho book of
Samuel, crowned In tho book of
Psalms and enthroned In many places
In tho New Testament. Kindness! A
word no more gontlo than mighty. I
expect It will wrestle me down before
I get through with It. It Is strong
enough to throw mi archangel. But It
will bo well for us to stand around
It and warm ourselves by Its glow ns
Paul and his fellow voyagers stood
around tho lire on the Island of Malta,
where tho Mnuc-sa mado themselves
Immortal In my text by tho way they
treated their victims of tho sea. "The
barbarous people showed us no little
kindness."
Kindness! All definitions of that
multlpotent word break down half
way. You say It Is clemency, be
nignity, generosity; It is made up of
good wishes; It is nn expression of
bencflcenco; It Is a contribution to tho
happiness of others. Some ono else
ays. "Why, 1 cnn give you a defini
tion of kindness; It Is sunshine of tho
soulflt Is affection perennial; It Is n
climacteric grnco;lt Is thocombluntlon
of all graces; It Is compassion; It Is
the perfection of gentle manliness and
womnnllncES." Are you nil through?
You have made a dead failure In your
definition. It cannot be defined, but
wo nil know what It Is, for wo have
all felt Its power. Somo of you may
havo felt It as Paul felt It, on some
conbt of rock as tho ship went to
pieces, but moro of us havo ngaln nnd
ngnln In somo awful stress of life
hnd cither from enrth or heaven hands
stretched out which "showed us no
llttlo klndncsa."
Tim llri- r forcltrnria.
Hut nro you waiting and hoping for
somo una to ho bankrupted or exposed
or discomfited or In Bomo way over
thrown then kindness has not taken
possession of your nature You nro
wrecked on n Malta whero thero are
no oranges. You are entertaining n
guest so unltko kindness that kind
nets will not come nnd dwell under
tho enmo roof. The most exhausting
and unhealthy and ruinous spirit on
earth Is n revengeful spirit or nallat-
lug spirit, ns I know by experience,
for I have tried It for flvo or ten min
utes nt a time. When some mean
thing has been done mo or said about
me, I havo felt: "I will pay him In
his own coin. I will show him up,
The Ingrntol The traltorl Tho liar!
Tho villain!" Hut five or ten min
utes of tho feeling Iiiib been so un
nerving and exhausting I havo aban
doned It, nnd I cannot understand how
people can go about torturing them
selves five or ten or twenty years,
trying to get even with somebody.
The only wny you will over triumph
over your enemies Is by forgiving
them nnd wishing them nil good and
no evil. As mnlcvolencs Is tho most
uneasy and profitless nnd dangerous
feeling, kindness Is tho most health
ful and delightful. And this Is not an
abstraction. As I have tried a little of
tho retaliatory feeling, so I havo tried
a little of the forgiving. I do not
want lo leave this world until t hnve
taken vengeance upon every mnn that
ever did me n wrong by doing him n
kindness. in most of such cases I
have already succeeded, but thcro are
n few mallgnnnts whom I am yet pur
suing, and I shall not bo, content until
I have In some wise helped them or
benefited them or hlefsed them.
Iturc llon-rr from Hoyal Uariten.
The king of Prussia hnd presented
to him by the empress of Russia tho
loot of a rare flower, and It wns put
In tho roynl gardens on an Island, nnd
tho head gardener, Herr Flntlcman.
wns told to watch It, And ono day It
put forth Its glory. Threo days of
every weok tho peoplo were admitted
to theso gardens, and n young man,
probably not realizing what n wrong
thing ho wns doing, plucked this flow
er nnd put It In his buttonhole, nnd
tho gardener arrested him as ho was
crossing nt tho ferry nnd nsked tho
king to throw open no moro his gar
dens to tho public. Tho king replied:
"Shall 1 deny to tho thousands of
good peoplo or my country tho privi
lege of seeing this garden hecauso ono
visitor has done wrong? No; let them
come nnd seo the beautiful grounds."
And when tho gardener wished to
give the king tho nnmo of the offender
who had taken the royal flower ho
snld, "No, my memory Is very tena
cious, nnd I do not wnnt to hnvo In
my mind tho name of the offender lest
It should hinder me granting him n
favor some other time." Now, I want
you to know thnt kindness Is a royal
(lower, and blessed bo God, tho king
of mercy and grace, thnt by a divine
gift, and not by purloining, wo may
pluck this royal flower and not wear
It on the outside of our nature, hut
wear It on our soul nnd wear It for
ever. Its radlanco nnd nroma not moro
wonderful for tlmo thnn wonderful for
eternity.
Ilontiriil mill Corillnl IVoriN.
Oh, say tho cordial thing! Say tho
useful thing. Say the hospitable thing.
Say tho helpful thing, Say tho Chrlst
liko thing. Say the kind thing. I nd
mlt that it Is easier for somo tempera
ments than for others. Some are born
pessimists, and somo nro born optim
ists, nnd thnt demonstrates Itself all
through everything. It is n cloudy
morning. Yon meet a pessimist nnd
you eoy, "Whut weather today?" Ho
nuswers, "It's going to storm," nnd
umbrella tinder arm nnd "wntcrproof
coat show that ho Is honest In that
utterance. On tho same block, a min
ute after, you meet an optimist, and
you say, "What do you think of tho
commercial prospects?" and ho says,
"Glorious. Crops not so good ns usual,
but foreign demand will mako.hlg
prices. We nro going to have such an
autumn nnd winter of prosperity as wo
havo never seen." On your way back
to your storo you meet n pessimist
merchant. "What do you thluk of tho
commercial prospects?" you ask, and
he answers, "Well, I don't know.
Wheat and corn crop blasted In Kan
sas nnd Missouri, nnd tho grain gam
blers will get their fist In, and the hay
crop Is short In some places, nnd In
tho southern part of Wisconsin they
had a hailstorm nnd our business Is ns
dull as it ever was." You will find tbo
enmo difference in Judgment of charac
ter. A man of good reputation Is ns
salled and charged with some evil
deed. At tho first story tho pessimist
will believe in guilt. "The papers said
so, and that's enough. Down with
him!" Tho optimist will say: "I don't
believe a word of it. I don't think that
a man thnt has been ns useful nnd
seemingly honest for twenty years,
could have got off track like that.
There nro two lI i s to this story, nnd
I will wait to hear tho other sldo be
fore I condomn him." My hearer. If
you are by nature a pessimist, mako a
special effort by tho grace of God to
extlrpato tho dolorous and tho hyper
critical from your disposition. lle
Uove nothing against anybody until
the wrong is estnbllshcd by nt leaBt
two witnesses of Integrity. And, it
guilt Is proved, find out the extenuat
ing circumstances, if there are nny.
Kindness! Iet uh, morning, noon and
night, pray for It until wo get It.
Klmlnc-M nt Arllon.
Furthermore, there Is kindness of ac
tion. That Is what Joseph showed to
his outrageous brothers. That Is what
David showed to Mephlbosheth for his
father Jonathan's sake. That is what
Oneslphorus Bhowcd to Paul In the
llomnn penltcntlnry. That Is what
William Cowper recognized when he
said ho would not trust n man who
would with his foot needlessly crush
a worm. That Is what our assassinat
ed President Lincoln demonstrated
when his prUnto secretary found htm
In the capttol grounds trying to get a
bird hack to tho nest from which It
bad fallen, nnd which quality the Illus
trious man exhibited years before
when, having with some lawyers In
the carrlago ? the way to court passed
on the voad a awlne fast In tho,, mire,.
I after awhile tried 10 his horses, 'Ho'
, nnd said to tho gentlemen, "1 must go
back and help that hog out of the
mire." And he did go hack and put
on solid ground that most uninterest
ing quadruped. Thnt wns the spirit
thnt was manifested by my departed
friend, Hon. Alexander II Stephens of
Georgia and lovelier man never ex
changed earth for heaven when nt
Washington. A senator's wife, who
told us of tho circumstances, snld to
him, "Mr. Stephens, come nnd seo my
dead ennnry bird." And bo nnswercd,
"No; I could not look at the poor t'jlng
without crying." Thnt Is tho spirit
which last night ten thousand niothcrg
showed to their sick children coming
to give the drink nt tho tenth cnll as 1
cheerfully and ns tenderly us nt the
tlrst call
Suppose all this assemblage and nil
to whom these words shall come by
printer's typo should resolve to mak
kindness an overarching, underglrdlng
nnd all-pcrvndlng principle of their life
and then carry out the resolution. Why
In six months the whole earth would
feel It. People would say, "What Is the!
matterl It seems to mo thnt tho worldl
Is getting to be a better place to live'
In. Why, life nftcr nil Is worth llvlng.S
Why, thero Is Shylock, my nclghlwi
hns withdrawn his lawsuit of forcclos
urn ngalnst dial man, and hecauso hel
has had no much slckncsa In his family
he a going to hnte the house for onel
year rem irec. rncre is nn old lawyer
In that young Inwyer's ofTlco. nnd doi
you know what he has gone in there
for? Why. he Is helping to fix up 11
cuso which is too big for tho young
man to hnndle, nnd the white-haired
attorney Is hunting up previous de
clslons and limiting out a brief for tin
boy. Do you know that a strange
thing has token plnco in tho pulpit
nnd nil the old ministers mo helping
tho young ministers, and all tbo old '
doctors are helping tho young doctors
nnd tho farmers are assisting curb
other In gathering the harvest and
for thnt farmer who Is sick tlm neigh
bors have mnde n 'beo,' aa they call It
and they havo all turned In to help
him get his crops Into the garner' And
they tell mo that the older nnd moro
skillful reporters who hnvo permanent
positions on papers are helping the
young fellows who are just beginning
to try 'and do not know exactly how toll
do It. And nftcr n few erasures and
interpolations on tho reporter's pad
they say, 'Now, hero Is n readable ac
count of tho tragedy; hand It In, nnd I
nm sure tho managing editor will take
It.'"
Sew IHnprimatlun of linnlalllyt
My hearers, you know and I know
wo nro far from that stato of things
But why not Innugurato a now dispen
sation of geniality. If wo cannot have
a millennium on a largo scale, let us
hnvo it on a small scalo und under our
own vestments. Kindness' If this
world Is ever brought to God, that Is
tho thing that will do It. You cannot
fret tho world up, nlthough you mny
fret tho world down. You cannot scold
it Into excellence or reformation or
godliness.
The cast wind nnd tuo west wIikJ
wero ono day tnlklng with each other
anu mo east wind said to tho west
wind: "Don't you wish you had my
power? Why. when I start they hall
me by storm signals nil along the
coast. 1 can twist off a ship's mast
as easily as a cow's hoof cracks an
aider. With one sweep of my wing I
hnvo strewn the coast from Newfound
land to Key West with parted ship
timber. 1 can lift nnd have lifted tho
Atlantic ocean. I nm tho terror of all
Invalidism, and to fight mo back for
ests must be cut down for fires, and tho
mines of continents are called on to
feed tho furnaces. Under my breath
the nations crouch Into sepulchers.
Don't you wish you had my power7"
said the eust wind. Tho west wind
mndo no nnswer, but started on Its
mission, coming somewhere out of tho '
rosy bowers of the sky, and all the
rlvprs und lakes and Beaa smiled at Its
coming. Tho gardens bloomed, and the
orchards ripened, nnd tho whentflelds
turned their silver Into gold, and
henlth clapped Its hands, and Joy
snouted from tho hilltops, und tho na
tions lifted their foreheads into the
light, nnd tho earth had a doxology
for the sky, and tho sky un nnthem for
tho earth, nnd the warmth nnd sparkle
nnd tho gladness, nnd tho foliage, nnd kl
tno nowers, and tho fruits, and thv
beauty, and tho llfo wero tho only an-
swer tho west wind made to tho In
solence of the east wind's lnterroga
tlon.
And whllo we take thte matchless
klndnc&s from God may It io found J
that wo have uttered our last bitter I
word, written our lnst cutting para
graph, dono our last retaliatory action
felt our last revengeful heart throb
And It would not be a bad epitaph for J
any of us if, by tho grace of God, from
this tlmo forth wo lived such benoft
cent lives that the tombstone's chip
could npproprlntely cut upon tho plij
slab that marks our gravo u sue
tlon from the text, "He showed
little kindness." But not untj th
child of God hns got ashore fro nl
earthly storms that drovo him on'
rocks like Mediterranean Euroclydonsj
not until uu tho thrones of heaven art
mounted,, und ajl th conquoroi
crowned, nnd all tho haipa and truni
pets and organs of heavi n are thruiJ
med or blown or sounded and the rai
eoniml of nil climes an( agos arej
inn cnoruu unuer 1110 juu lant swlr
angelic baton, and wo shall for 'ti
dnnds of years have seen the
from under tho throne rolling I tits'
"sea of glass mingled with flre,"j
this world wo now Inhabit shall
far In the past thut only a stretd
celestial memory can recall that ItJ
existed at all, not until Ihsn 'wlJ
understand what Nehemlah' caUt
great kindness," and Datjd calls 1
marvelous kindness," and ,tsalhtij
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