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3. ;-- .- 'i .T -" ik rf v '9f5,j' "x- niiaiiiiwumHTi i urn? suin hi.,, ji.i jvrgj SONG OF THE FOURTH OF JULY. 8WEET were the 1; wltalaarel, Aad sallow, sad splay bey. I Aad bronzed ware the fields with (alias grata That early Jaly day Bat the air was rife with trouble Wot the gallant Paal Severe, As ke rode through the dusky Bight to tell That "the British were almost here," Had sounded a prelnde, to echo Dowa the fair Colonial coast. T call from the peaceful farms aad fields A sturdy, dauatless host Aad aow there had gathered, swiftly. In the town of the Quaker, Pean. With a steadfast purpose la their hearts, A band of earnest raea. There was Hancock, the brave, the daring, Aad Jcffer-ion, the wise: franklin, the prophet of hoacst thrift. And Morris, with kiadly eyes; And thy framed a Declaration, That pleasant summer day. Which neither Prince, nor Queen, nor sword, Has oyer snatched away; Aad the hard-pressed soldiers brightened. And through long months f ouzht on. Until kingly sway o'er their wide land ceased. And their right was grandly won I Can we sing of them too proudly. This early Jufejr day. Who out of servitude and shame. So bravely made a way? ' Nay honor, praise aad blessing Supreme to them be given. Oar grand old "Coatlaebtals." may Their land be long uar.vea By eonfl'i t. and with reverence Their names be spoken, ever, "While patriots and freemen live, 4ad nations stand together! Helen Chase, ia Good Housekeeping. EZRA GALLUP. JaVa Interesting: Fourth of July Episode. Written for This Paper. L lWIHH it might be 'done." said Nahum Jones. "It's Terr easy to wish that," observed Holouion Ripley. "Bat it can't be." "Certainly e can't doit," concluded Silas Nelson. So the three stood at piuso, dolefully consenting that the thing which in all right and propriety 'ought to be could not be. Their re marks, as given above, came at the close of a lengthy discussion ot the subject, and having reached this unprofitaole finale, there was a brief alienee. Nahum Jones whittled a stick, Solomon Ripley drummed on an empty box with his finger ends, and Silas Nelson softly whistled "In the Sweet By and By." It was a hot forenoon in the Tillage of Crammond, which lies somewhere east of :the Mississippi and nprth of the Ohio. The long, dusty street. ehaded by patriarchal alms from the glaro of the sun, lay very quiet and stilL Few figures could be seen along its length exceptthese three whostood in front of Jones' general "country store." Sir. Ripley was a farmer who had just rid den into town for tho doing of divers er rands connected with practical agriculture, aad Mr. Nelson was the teacher of the vil lage school, and had some leisure in this time of summer vacation. All three were alert, brisk-looking young men, who talked and acted as though they lad something to do in life, and were zeal ously trying to do it Their meeting at this place on this morning was a chance one, and their discussion also came about in a -chance way; for asilipley alighted from his ws jon to enter the st re, Jones stood just putsidethe door, and Nelson, happening i!eag after mutual "good mornings," re marked that Fourth of July would be -long iii-it week whereupon sprang up a debate upon the practicability of having a public -celebration in Crammond. It soon ended, as we have Men, with an unanimous vote in the negative. But the subject being an interesting one. the young men hated to give it up so easily, and were about to make regretful remarks about it, when a subject of much greater pren nt interest appeared and drew all their attention. A young woman came along the broad walk, presenting, with her neat summer dress aad ribbons, with hat and sunshade to match, and her sweet face under the hat, a picture of the kind that the world everywhere, in and out of Crani moad, pronounces charming. The young men suspended their talk and looked re- A TODUO WOMAN CAJOE AXOKO THE BKOAO WALK. -spectfully at the passing vision. Their hats were lifted together; the vision gave them at little smile, and was immediately lost to aught around the corner. . The young men were bachelors, even to TUpley, who carried on the farmwith bo taer hoa-ewtfe than aa elderly female relative. The three were wans friends, -who were ia toe habit of exchanging mu tual confidences; aad the fact that each Aad cast covetous bat kepetoaa glances upon Eadora Gallup was no secret It may 4ea strange to some that there could be auch a tripartite friendship aa would admit of the exhibition ot uasatwaed heart manger of this Had; yet that was the fact, aad aa each we record R. Me other person -was ia aeariag, so 4bey coatlaued to cea warw, bat with a change ot subject. ''Thatwasa'taiucaeta auto," said the beekeeper, "bat what there was of it to to 1m divided aaaoag -,I suppose." "Of coarse," said the teacher. "Precious little eacouragemeat d aay of us get la that quarter.' "Either .froak father or daughter," added the farmer. . d alight groan cams from the teacher. "waUisrt,8Uas?"theothersasked. "Oat - wHa it; teU as your experieaoe." - toa't sack to tell; if I am oorrectly ia , the same thing has taapened to 5-fj(KS-L WmSLt'-JwvifM .paQESBrmmmwm jvni "" "f..' "rfrr each of you. I called at the house, and the eld hunks came into the .room, and said: Well, sir?' I told him I would like to see Eudora, and he bluatly told me that my visits there would aot be agreeable, and he wanted them stopped. And I stopped them." Jones and Bipley exchanged glances that Indicated a positive fellow-feeling. Nelson observed, and was in a slight degree com forted. "Well, it must be very mortifying to Miss Gallup," said Jones. "Yes, but not near as much so as it she cared for cither of as." "Who doe she care tor?" "They say the new minister manages to walk with her a good deal on the street, and-" "But he don't go to the house?" - "No, indeed! I guess he's been warned of old Gallup's aversion to those of his cloth." "Well speak of you know what Here comes the new minister himself." IX He came along at a nimble pace, a tall, red-cheeked, large-eyed young man, dressed like a clergyman and acting as lit tle as possible like the conventional type of that class. He stopped aad shook hands with each of the three friends, and began to talk to them ia a hearty, cheery way. "Glad to meet yoa alL What's the news? May I know what yoa three are talking so earnestly about?" " "Yes part of it, at least," said Jones, with a wink at his companions. "We were talking of getting up a Fourth of July cele bration." "Excellent idea! The day ought always to be observed la aa appropriate manner. What can I do to help along with it?" "Nothing, sir. The fact is, we have con cluded that there's no use to try it here la Crammond." "You astonish me," said Mr. Wager. "I have been settled ia two places befog coming here. Each was smaller than this; but each observed our National holiday with great enthusiasm. What's the matter here?" The farmer and the merchant looked at the teacher. "It is not," said the latter, "that thereto any lack of patriotism la Crammond. There is little wealth here, aa you have learned, but the people are naturally liberal and open-hearted. But for some years past they have been chilled and discouraged by the wretched example of that old hunks on the hill." "Of whom?" asked Ber. Mr Wager, ele vating his eyebrows. "Ezra Gallup, of course." "Ah! I've heard something of him. Go on and tell me more." "He's the richest man in the town the richest man in the county. They say he's worth a million." "Every cent of it," put in the merchant "Has mortgages on half the town. Income so big that he is troubled to invest it And he's the meanest old Shylock out Escapes every public burden he can; swears down his taxes, extorts compound interest and as for charity or giving any thing away, he'd think you crazy to ask him. So you see the people have fallen into what I may call an exasperation of temper over the situation. They won't give from their humble means when old miserly Gallup escapes every thing with his great riches This is the reason why we can hare no Independence Day doings here. The first man and each man we might go to with a subscription paper would aay: Take it up to Gallup,' " Mr. Jones and Mr. Bipley nodded emphatic assent to every assertion. "Has he been asked to give to public ob jects?" inquired Mr. Wager. "Not lately; what would be the use? His hard heart has been well known for years; nobody would think of asking him." "I propose to give him a chance," said the minister, decidedly. "I am not old in the ministry or in knowledge of human nature; but I've known very hard shells to be soft ened by the proper means. If you will add me to your committee, I will go around with you and solicit to-morrow. We will begin with Mr. Gallup, meeting here at nine o'clock." The others were amazed, and at first un willing; but as they found that the minister was firm and in earnest, they finally agreed. "It'll be great fun, any way," said Jones, in. Ezra Gallup, sitting on his broad aad shaded doorstep with his pretty daughter by his side, did not look in the least like the traditlonsl miser. He was portly in body and rubicund in face, but with a se vere chin and little, twinkling eyes. He loved to acquire and to enjoy, but was not willing that another soul, save his beloved daughter, should share the fruit of any of his gains. This was his character in a nut shell; it was the refinement of selfishness. His wife, a delicate creature of sentiment and feeling, had died when Eudora was a child, saying that she hoped there was a world where larks and doves did not mate with barn-yard fowls. "Dora," exclaimed Mr. Gallup, "who are those men coming up the walk?" "They are the new minister, pa, and Mr. Jones, Mr. Bipley and Mr. Nelson." "What the devil do they want hertt Td like to see" "Good morning, Mr. Gallup," said the minister, a little in advance of the others, and tipping his hat to the daughter, who seemed surprised but not displeased to see him there. "These gentlemen and myself are a committee soliciting subscriptions in aid of the proper celebration of Independ ence Day in Crammond. We" "You have come to the wrong place. I never give any thing to anybody." "We are sure you will make an exception in this instance, sir. It you will head the list with a reasonable amount we shall have no difficulty ia getting five hundred dollars subscribed. The people all seem to wait on you." "Let them wait and be I You're a minis ter, ain't you? Nice business for you to be engaged in-begging money to spead ia fire-crackers aad such foolishness." "A minister ought to take an interest ia every thing that toads to humanise aad broaden the people that he dwells among. When I heard that the anniversary of our Nation's birthday had not beea celebrated for years la Crammond, I resolved that it should be this year. We cant afford to do without the leeaoac that'lt teaches! The young people mast know an about the day. and what makes it glorious. We must fulfill grand old John Adams' predicnoa, whea he said: 'Whea we are la oar graves, ear chUdreawiUanaertt. They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires aad ffluauaattoaa Oa Its aaaaal return-' " "Bosh!" growled Mr. Gallup. "Joka Adaaas never said that' It's one et Dan WssBtst's aUty night Bat I dea'tearea button. I won't give yea a oeat for this, purpose; aot a ceat sir ! Do yoa hear?" . '"Yea" repHed Mr. Wager, warming to his task," "I hear, aad hare got more tossy. Yoa have beea described to me at a selfish, soulless ihIbsi. aad I tear there to too much reason for the oplaioa. Now, 1 have a duty to da as a servant aad minister of Ged, aad I shall dn fearlessly. Miserable man! 1. wara yea that Hto wrath will Barely over take yea era long fer year orael selfish-, Bess. Yea are bat Hto steward aad ageat in the posseastea ef vast wealth; Just as surer asyoa oeatiame to withheld itwhere He win smite" The spectators of that extraordinary scene said that there was something so terrible in the minister's tone and manner as he uttered this warning that they trem bled themselves. But Mr. Gallup, they said, appeared badly frightened. His fat cheeks turned pale, and he shook in his chair like a pudding in a beg. Was aotthii the one thing needful that had never beea tried uroo. him! He had been coaxed, teased, argued with and begged; but to have the wrath of an offended God held over him in this way ah! that was dif ferent! "Wait" he said. "How much do yoa want of mc?" "Fifty dollars," replied the minister. Mr. Gallup took the paper and went in. He returned in a moment with his name written down for the amount named and his check. "Many thanks, sir." said Mr. Wager. "We hope you'll attend the whole per formance," remarked Jones, finding his voice with an effort "We had laid out a liberal programme for the day. conditional on your heading the paper, and now we'll put it through. Exercises oa the green ia "WA1T,,, hk said; "aow WANT?" MVGH DO TOW the morning; singing of National airs by the school; reading the declaration by Mr. Nelson; oration by Ber. Mr. Wager; splendid fire-works, all the way from Cincinnati, at night You must not miss any of It, sir." "And a brass band, too," added Mr. Bip ley, 'it we have to send fifty miles for it" IV. It is not for us to dissect the heart of Ezra Gallup and analyze the power that had softened and changed it in a moment We go our ways through life, influencing others for good or ill, but we never know the extent of that influence, and how much weal or woe we have wrought In this in stance it happened that the effect pro duced became widely known, and then men said that there must always have been some element of the human in Ezra Gallup waiting for the skilled hand that could bring it forth to the light His astonished daughter was further as tonished by his request made the following morning that she would attend the cele bration with him. He remarked upon re turning home that afternoon that Mr. Wager seemed different to him from other ministers, and that his address was a very fine effort They also attended the grand exhibitioa of fire-works that night, which, on account of its novelty in that vicinity, the whole surrounding country came to see. The crush was tremendous, and Mr. Gallup, finding some difficulty in taking care of his own fat person, made no objection to his daughter accepting the minister's protec tion. Two years later, when Eudora accepted the same protection for life, and a large party attended at the Gallup home to see the ceremony, Jones, Bipley and Nelson came also. "Why, to be sure," said the latter to his companions in a corner, 'there was fear in it at first; conscience awakened at last I suppose. But it's grown to something dif ferent now. Wager's influence has entire ly changed the old man. Look at his chari ties and his munificent public spirit! He has really learned the luxury ot doin good." Jamxs Fbaskxix Fitts. PATRIOTIC POEMS. A Fourth Jaly Song. The jolly old Fourth o' July is here. Hurrah! hurrah! We welcome it gladly, the King of the Year. Hurrah! hurrah! 'Tis the happiest holiday uader the saa To the merry American boys The day of alljdays for frolic and fun, For hustle, commotion and noise. For jolly old Fourth o' July we cheer. Hurrah! Hurrah! To true-hearted youth 'tis the day that ia dear. Hurrah! hurrah! A happy procession, we march through the street. Keeping step to the beat of the drum, Of laddies so merry, and lassies so sweet With hearts all a-flutter, we come. From the house-top and turret the ruddy flags fly. Hurrah! hurrah! And all ia gay greeting to Fourth o' July, Hurrah! hurrah! Then, at night, there's the fire-works, bright la hts praise. So the Year ought to deem it aot strange If we wish he would take all the common place days. And give Fourth o' Julys in exchange. M. Thayer Reuse, la Golden Days. Ring Oat. Yd Bells. Slag out, nag out, ye merry bells, Aad let the deep-mouthed cannon roar Each patriot bosom swells. The glorious Fourth is here once more, When l'ght desceads what joys are his I The hissing rocket cleaves the skies. Hark! hear the rosa-a candle fizz, Beaold the red and bine lights rise. Now, whizz! x-x-slp! baag! torpedoes crsea Aad spilt the fretted ear ef Bight; r.re-crackersluap, toy-pistols Bash, Hid exclamations ef delight Now blase the barrels smeared with tar. Slew matches pass frem haaato haad, Aad salve aad stickieg-plsster are Atdraggists' stares ia great demand. Hestoa Badges, The Afterasata. Alas! whea the day aaagoae by Hew heavy aad heartfelt the a'gh, As the bills all come Is For the are-works aad din, Aad we aad the fun casta mighty high, Aad the bey. as with pala he to tossed O'er his pillow, thea reckons the east Which the days sport Imposed, Ib his beta esties dosed Aad the anger or two he has lest leae-tr te the Cigar Trade. tor Have you aay goad cigars Honest Dealer Hey f v. 'Have yoa aay good cigars f -Huh!" "I want a cigar." "Tea, sir; yes, sir. What arice, Ira, i srlIteea?,,-TiBM. it ought to be freely given. THE GOSPEL WEAPON. Dr. Talmas on Worldly Philos ophy and Bible Truths. The Weapons or Worldly Philosophy Tamed to Christianity's Servlce-Kvery -Mag Useral to Christian The Lord's Army of Business Men. Rsv. T. De Witt Talmage in a recent sermon at Brooklyn took for his subject: The M ghtiest Weapon Ia the Gospel." His text was from 1 Samuel xxL 9: "There is none like that; give it me." Tae preacher said: Tlaviri flari frnm his nnmaers. The World . runs very fas: when it is chasing a good man. The country is trying to catch David and to slay him. David goes into the house of a priest and asks him for a sword or -pear with which to defend him self. Ihe priest not bain? accustomed to use deadly weapons, tells David that he can not supply him; but suddenly the priest think of an old sword that had been carefully wrapped up and laid away the very sword that Go iatb formerly used and he takes down the sword, and while be is wrapping the shirp, glitter ing, memorable blade, it flashes upon David's mind that this was the very sword that was used against himself when he was in the fight with Goliath, and David can hardly keep his hand ft it un til the priest has unwound it. David stretches out his hand toward that old sword and savs: '"There is none Ike that: give it m." In other words: "I want in my own hand the sword that has bean used against me, and against the cause of God." So it was given him. Well, my friends, that is not the first or last sword once us?d by giant and i'hilistine iniquity which is to come into the possession of Jesus Christ and of his glorious Church. I want as well as God may help me, to show you that mauy a weapon which has been used against the armies of God is yet to be captured and used on our side; and I only invite David when I stretch out my hand toward the blnda ot the Philistine, and cry: "There is none like that; give it me!" I remark, first that this is true in re gard to all scientific exploration. You know that the first discoveries in astrono my and geology and chronology were used to battle Christianity Worldly pbylosopby came out of it laboratory and out of its observatory, and said: Now, we will prove, by the very structure of the earth, and by the movement of the heavenly bodies that the Bib'e is a lie and that Christianity, as we have it among men, is a positive imposition " Good men trembled. The telescope, the Ley- den jars, the electric I aperies, all in the bands of Fhilist'n-s. But one day, Christ ianity,Iooking about for sorm weapon with which to defend itself, happened to see the very old swords that these atbeit:c Philistines had been using against the truth and cried out: "lhrei none like ih-t; give it m!" And Coprnicu. and Galileo, and Kepler and Isanc Newton came forth ard told Ihe world that, in their ransacking of earth and Heaven, they had found overwhelming presence of the God whom we worship; and th: old Bible begun to shrike itse f from the Koran and Shaster and Zemlavesta with which it bad been covered up, and lay on the desk of the scholar, and in the laboratory of the chemist, and in the lap of the Chris tian, unharmed and unanswered, while the towers of the midnight heavens struck a silvery chime in its praise. Worldly ph losophy ai 1 : "Matter is eternal. The world always was. God did not make it" Christian phi'osortby plunges its crowbar in'o r-cks, and finds that the world was gradunlly made, and if gradually made there nr.it have been som point at whici the procss started; then, who started it? And o that objec tion was overcome and in the first three words of tho Bible we find thtt M"e Stated a magnificent truth when be said: "In the beginning." Worldly philosophy said: "Your Bible is a most inaccurate book; all that story in the Old Tes'ament, again and agaia told, about the arrav of the locusts it is preposterous. There is nothing in the coming of the loc ists like an army. An army walks, locust fly. An armv goes in order and procession, locusts without or der." "Wait !" said Christian philosophy; and in 1868 in the southwestern part of this country Christian men went out to examine the march of the locust There are men right before me who must have noticed in that very part of the country the coming up of the locust like an armv ; and it was found that all the newspapers nn wittingly spoke of them as an army. Why? They seem to have a commander. They march like a host Tbey halt like a host No arrow ever went with straighter flight than Ihe locusts com" not even turning aside for the w'nd. If the wind rises the locusts drop and then rise azain after it bas gone down, taking the same line of rrarch, not varying a foot. The Bible is right everv time when it speaks of locusts cminglik ? an army; worldly philosophy wrong. Worldly philosophy said: "All that story about the light turned as clav to the seal' is simply an absurdity." Old time worldly philosonhv said: "The litrbt comes straight" Christian philosophy said: "Wait a little while." and it goes on and makes discoveries and finds that the atmosphere curves aad bends the ray of Hint around the earth, literally as the clav to the seaL" The Bible right again; worldly philosophy wrong again. "Ah," says worldly philosophy, "all that illusion in Job about the foundation or the earth is simply an absur Iity. 'What waat thou,' says God, wha I set the founda tions ot the earth!' The earth has no foundations." Christian philosophy comes and finds that the word as translated "foaadatioa" may be better translated "sockets." So aow see how it will read if it is translated right: "Where wast thou whea I sat the sockets of the earth?" Where is the socket? It is the hollow of Gcd's handa socket large eaoagh for any world to tara in. Worldly philoophy said: "What aa ab surd story aboutJoshaa making the san aad moon stand still. If the world bad stopped aa iastaat the whole universe would have beea eat of gear. " "Stop." said Christian philosophy, "not quite so quick." The world has two motions one oa its ax s aad the other arpaad the sua. It was aot accessary in making them stand still that both motions should be stopped only the aae turning the world oa its owaaxR lhere waa ao reasoa why the halting of the earth should have jarred aad disar ranged tho whole aaiverse. Joshaa right aad God right; ialdelity wroag every time. I knew it waald be wreeg. I thank Ged that the time has come whea Caris tiaa aeed aot he scared at aay scieatile xploratioa. The fact is that religion and seieaee have struck hand ia eteraal friend ship, aad the deeper dewa geology !s aad tae aifaer ap aatraaeasy all the better for a. The armies of the Lord Jesas Christ have stormed the obser vatories ot the wor-d's science, aBd from the highest towers have lang oat the ban ner of the cross, aad Christianity to-aigh. from the observatories of Albany and Washington, stretches oat ti haad toward the cpooslng scientific weapon, crying: There" is none like that; give it to me!" I was reading this atteraooa of Herscuel. wbo was looking at a meteor through a telescope, aad when it came over the face of the telescope it was ao powerful he had to avert bia eyes. Aud it baa bea just so that manv aa astronomer has gene into an observatory and looked up into the mid night heavens, and the Lord God has. through some swinging wor.d, flamed ap on his vision, and the Named man cried out: Wbo am 1? Undone I Uaclean! Have mercy. Lord God!" Again, I remark, that the traveling dis position of the world, which was averse to morale and religion is to be brought on our side. Ths man that went down to Je.-icfao and fell amidst thieves was a type of a great many travelers. There ia many a man wbo is very honest at home who, when he is abroad, hvs his honor filched and bis good habits stolen. There are but very few raea who can stand the stress of an expedition. Six works at a watering place has damned many a man. Ia the oldea times God forbade the traveling of men for the purposes of trade because of the corrupting influences attending it. A good many men bow can not stand thy transit'oa from one place to another. Some men who seem to be very consilient at home in the way ot keeping the Sab bath, whea they get into Spain, oa the Lord's day always go out to see the ball fights. Plato said that no city ought to be built nearer to the sea than tea miles, lest it be tempted to commerce. But this traveling disposition of the world, which was averse to that which is good, is to be brought en our side. These rail train, why tbey are to take our Bibles; these steamships, they are to transport our mis sionaries; these sailors rushing fn ra city to city all around the world, are to te con verted iatoCbristian heralds aad go out and preach Christ among the heat Ben nations. The gospels are infinitely multiplied in beauty and power since Robinson, aad Thompson, and Burckhardt have come back and talked to us about Siloam, anil Capernaum, and Jerusalem, pointing out to us the lilies about w hicb Jesua preached, the bench upon wh.ch Paul waa ship wrecked, the fords at whiih Jordan was passed, th Red sea bank on which were tossed the carcasses of the drowned Egyptians. A man aid: I weat to the Holy Lind an in tidal; I came back a Christian. I could not help it." I am not shocked at the idea of building a railroad to the Holy Land. I wish that all the world might go and see Golgotl a and Bethlehem. If we can not afford to pay for muleteers now perhaps when tha rail tram gots we can afford to buv a ticket from Constantinople to Jopoa, and so wo will get to see the Holy Land. Then let Christians tiavel. God speed the mil trains and guide ihe steamships th s night panting across the deep in the phosphor escent wake of the shining feet of Him who from wave cliff to wave cliff to wave cliff trod the stormed Tiberias. The Japanese come across the wat?r and see our civilizaiion and examine our Christ ianity, and go back and tell the story, and keep the Empire rocking untii Jesus shall reign Where'er the snn Does bis uccesslve Journeys run. And the firearms with which the In fidel traveler brought down the Arab horseman and the jackals of the desert, have beea surrendered to the Church and we reach forth our bands, crying: "lhere is none like that; give it tome." So it bas always been with tbe learning and tbe elcq tence ot the world. People say: "Religion is very good for women, it is very good for children, but not for men.' But we have ia the roll of Christ's host Mozart and Handel in music, Canova and Angelo in sculpture, Raphael and Reynolds in painting, Harvey and Boer baava ia medicine. Cowoer and Scott ia poetry, Crotius andBurke in statesmanship, Boyle and Lietnitz in philosophy. Thomas Chalmers and John Mason in theology. Tbe most brilliant wr.t ng of a worldly nature are all aglow with scriptural elu sions. Through sensational speech and through essayists discour-e Sinai thun der and Calvary pleads and Siloam sparkles. Samuel L. Southard was mighty ia the court room and the senate chnraber, but he reserved his strongest eloquence for that day when be stoo 1 before the literary societies at Princeton and pleaded for the graaieur of-our Bible. Daniel Webster won not his chief garlands while he was consuming Hayne. nor when he opened the batteries of bis eloquence on Bunker Hill, that rocking binai of the American revtlution, but on that day when, in tbe famous Girarl wilt case, he showed his af fection for tbe Chris ia-i religion andeulo g zid the Bib'e. Tbe eloquence and the learning that have baen on the ctier sida came over to our side. Where is Gibbon's historical pen? Where is Robespiarre'j swirl? Captured for God. "There is none like that; give it to me !" So. al-o, has it been with the px'ure making of the world. We are very anx ious on this day to have tbe printing press and tbe platform oa the side of Christiani ty ; but we overlook the engraver'a knife and tbe painter's pencil. The antiquarian goes and looks at pictured ruins, or ex amines the chiseled pillars of Thebes, and Nineveh, and Pompeii, and then comes back to tell us of the beast iness of ancient art; and it is a fact now, that many ot the finest specimens merely artisticly considered of sculpture and painting that are to be found amidst those rains are not fit to ba looked at and they are locked up. How Paal must have felt whea stead ing amidst those imparities that stared on him from the walla aad the pavements, and the baziars of Corinth, he preached of Ihe pura aad holy Jesua The art of the world on the aide of obsceaity aad crime and death. In later days i hi palaces of kings were adorned with pictures. But what to un clean Henry VIII. was a beautiful picture of the Madonaa? What to Lord Jeffries, the unjust judge, tbe picture ef the ''Last Judgment?" What lo Nero, the un washed, a picture of the baptism ia the Jordan? Tbe art of the world ia still oa the sile of saperstitloa aad death. But that is beiBg chaaged now. Tne Christies artist goes across the water, looks at tbe pictures aad briags back to his American studio much of the power ef these eld masters. The Christian miaister gees over to Veaice, looks at the "Craciaxioa ot Christ" aad comes back to his Ameri can pulpit to talk as sever before of the sufferings ef the Savlcar. The private tourist goes to Roma aad looks at Ra phael's pictare et the "Last Jadgmeat" The tears start aad he goes back to his room ia tbe betel aad prays God for area cratioa for that, day when, Shriveling Mae a perched scroll. The gaming aeaveaa together relL Our Suaday school aewsaapera aad walls are adoraed with pteiarea ef Jatep ia the ccurt Daniel in the d'n, Sbalrack ia the Ire, Paul in the shipwreck. Christ oa the cross. O, that we might, in our , famil.es. think more of the power of the Christian pictures! One little sketch of Samuel kneeling in prayer will mean more to your children than twenty ser mons' oa devotion. One patient face of Christ by tbe hand of th" artist will be more to your child than fifty seimons on forb aianc. The art of the worl 1 is to be taken for Christ. What has le-umefC Taorwnldsea's chisel ant? Ghirljndiijo's crayon? Captured for the truth. "Ihore is at ae like tha ; give it me!" So. I remark, it is with business acumen aad tact When Curit was upon earth ' the people that followed Him for the most part had no sccial position. There was but one man nature 1 y lirillinnt in all the apostieship. Joseph of Ariniathen. the rich man, riko-l nothing when he offered a bole ia the rock for fiedead Christ. How many of the merchants in A ia Minor be friended Jesus? I think ot only one, Lyd:a. How many of the castles on tha beach of Galilee entertained Christ? Not one. When Pter came to Joppa he stopped with one Simon, a tanner. What powt-r had Christ's name on the Roman exchange or in tbe bazars of Corinth? None The prominent men of the day did not want to risk their reputatio i fur san ity by pretending to by one of H.s follow ers. Now that is all changed. Among tbe mightiest men ia our great cities to-day are the Christian btnkers; and if to-morrow at the t oard of trnde aay man should get up aad malign the name of Jesus lie would be quiet I v silenced or put out. In the front rank of all our Christian workers to-day are tht Christian merchants; and the enterprises of tbe world are coming oi the right side. There was a farm wil'el away some years ago, all the proceeds of that f-irra to go for spreading infidel books. Sumehow matters have changed and now all the proceeds of that farm go toward tho mis sionary cause. One of the finest printing presses ever 1 uilt was built for the express purpose of publishing infidel tracts and books. Now it does not binz but print Holy Bibles. I believe that tbe time wilt come whea in commercial circles tb voice of Christ will be the mightiest of all vo ces. ami the sl.ips of Tarshish will bring pres ents and the Queen of Sheba tier glory and tbe wise men of the East their myrrh and frankincense. I look off upon tbe business men of our cit es and rejoic; at the prospect that their tact and ingenu ity, and talent will, after rnvhile, all be brought into tbe service of Christ. It will be one of tbe mightiest of weapons. 'There is none like that; give it me!" Now, if what I have said be true, away with a'l downhearteriness! If science is to be on the right side, and the tiaveling disposition of the world on the rfcht side, and the learning of the world on the right side, and the picture making on the right side, and the business of acumen and tact of tbe world on the right side thine, O Lord, is the kingloru! O, fall into line, ail ye people! it is a f:rand thing to be in sue h un army, and led by such a commander, and on the way to such a victory. If what I have said I e true, then Christ is going t3 gather up for Him self out of this world every thing that is worth any thing, and there will be nothing but tbe scum lett. A proclamation of am nesty goes forth now from the throne ot God, savins;: "Whosoi er will, let hin'A' come." However long you may havoa wandered, however great your s lis mn y have been, "whosoever will, let him come." O. that I cpuM marshal all this audience on the side of Christ. He is the best friend a man ever hid. H is so kiia so lovely, so sympathetic I can not ee how you can star away from Him. Come now and accept His mercy. Behn'd H.m as He stietches ou the arms of His salvation, saying: "Look unto Me. alt yp ends of the earth, and be ye saved; for I am Ged." Make final choice now. Yoa will either be willows planted by the water course or the chaff which the wind dri veth away. CAUSES OF MALARIA. A Physical Disturbance Attributable te Electricity ami Heat. A popular delusion is malaria, so called. The word malaria means bad air. The diseases that are attributed to this cause are frequently common in districts where there is no stagnant water or any thing- else to taint the at mosphere. It will be remembered that during the autumn of 1881 there was an unusual number of people who were attacked by these diseases in Southwestern andWest Central Missou ri and Eastern Kansas, when there had been no rains of any consequence for months, and that. too. in districts far removed from decomposing' water or any other substance. The cauc or causes of these diseases were surely not in the air. consequent ly should not be attributed to malaria. It is more probable that during: tha dry, hot weather of summer the heat that is radiated and the electricity thcrt; generated by the sun have an enervating influence on tho system that from the nerve centers this in fluence reaches the muscular system, principally through the pneumo-gastric nervo. and the stomach being the most delicate and intricate of almost any of the involuntary muscles, is the princi pal sufferer from such enervating in fluence. Indigestion follows as a symptom, and an increase of bile brings what is called biliousness and malaria. I hope my medical friends and I claim many as such will pardon the presumption on my part of the dis cussion of a subject that comes more withia their province than that of mine. But this conclusion has been forced from observations that reach over a period of many years as a surveyor ia the West. I have observed that there were more cases of sickness of this kind during or immediately after the season in which there were the great est number of electric showers or elec tric disturbances as shown by the surveyor's instrument. I conclude, then, that heat and electricity are the prime causes of "malaria," and that they weaken the stomach, and, in a large majority of rases, produce the diseases usually attributed 4o this cause. I give the thought to the pro fession with the hope that it will offend none. Cor. St. Louis ReDublic V a If there were ten chairs in the root and one freshly painted, it would oe tne fate of & man to sit on chair Atchison Globe, sas3&fKffaswS 355MiwSP-SFgW- '--tT-pngTiB T"TTirJf- - ' --t -- .-.-". -" T"