Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-23

| spreading through me. L would nave
risen, but the riveted gaze of the being
| before me rendered volition impossible
essayed once more to address her, but
my tongue had become pOwerless. Even
| thought itself presently became paral-
lied. A new influence, mysterious, po-
tent, irresistible, took possession of me.
All could do was to gaze steadily, va
cantly, at my unknown visitant. Grad
| ually the surrounding atmosphere SEEM
ed as though becoming full of sensations,
and grew luminous. Every thing about
me appeared to rarely, the mysterious
visitor herself becoming more airy, and
yet more distinct tony eyes than before.
l now began to feel as one dying, or
rather to experience the sensations
which ahave sometimes imagined &C
company dissolution, l did not move
all were alike impossible, was only con-
scious of gazing fxedly, vacantly at nay
companion.
presently heard a voice saying
"Son of the Republic, look and learn"
while at the same time my visitor ex-
tended her arm and fore-fnger east
wardly. l now behold heavy, white
vapor at some distance, rising, fold upon
fold; this gradually dissapated, and l
looked upon strange scene. Before me
lay spread GU: on one vast plain, all the
countries of the world-Europe, Asia,
Africa and America. l saw rolling and
tossing between Europe and America,
the pillows of the Atlantic, and between
Asia and America lay the Pacific.
"Son of the Republic" said the same
mysterious voice as before, 'look and
learn"
"At that moment I beheld a dark,
shadowy being like an angel standing, or
rather floating in mid air between Eu-
rope and America. Dipping water out
of the ocean in the hollow of each hand,
he sprinkled some upon America with
| the right hand, while he cast upon Eu-
rope rome with his left. Immediately a
dark cloud arose from each of these
countries and Joined in mid-ocean. For
while it remained stationary, and then
moved slowly westward, until it envel.
oped America in its murky fold. Sharp
| flashes Of lightning now cleaned
throughout it at intervals, and ! heard
the smothered groans and cries of the
American people.
"a second time the angel dipped wa
ter from the ocean and sprinkled it out
as before. The dark cloud was then
drawn back to the ocean, into whose
waves it sank from view. A third time
l heard the mysterious voice saying:
"Son of the Republic, look and learn. u
81 cast my eyes upon America, and be.
held villages, towns, and cities springing
up, one after another, until the whole
land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was
dotted with them. Again | heard the
mysterious voice say:
"Son of the Republic, the end of cen
fury cometh look and learn"
"At this the dark shadowy angle turn
ed his face southwark, and from Africa
saw an Informed specter approaching
our country, fitted slowly and heavily
over every village, town and city Of the
latter; the inhabitants of which present
ly set themselves in battle array, one
against the other. AS | continued look
ing, saw a bright angel, on which was
traced the word UNION, being the Ameri-
can flag, which he placed between the
divided nation and said:
Remember We are brethren"
INSTANTLY the inhabitants casting from
them their weapons, became friends once
more, and united around the old stand
ard. And again | heard the mysterious
voice saying:
"Son of the Republic, look and learn
"And beheld the villages, towns and
cities of America increase in size and
numbers, till at last they covered all the
land from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
that their inhabitants became as count
less as the stars in heaven, or the sands
| oh ID I 4 bo
mysterious voice saying: Son OF the Re-
public, the end of century cometh,
look and learn"
"At this, the dark shadowy angel
placed a trumpet to his mouth and blew
three distinct blasts, and taking water
from the ocean, sprinkled it out upon
Europe, Asia and Africa.
"Then my eyes looked upon a fearful
scene. From each of these countries
arose thick, black clouds, and they were
soon joined into one. And throughout
this mass cleaned dark red light, by
which saw herds of armed men, who
moving with the cloud, marched by land
sailed 10y sea, to America, which country
was presently enveloped in the volume
of the cloud. And l dimly saw the vast
armies devastate the whole country
and pillage and burn the villages, towns
and cities which had beheld springine
up. As my ears listened to the thunder
ing of the cannon, clashing of the swords
shouts and cries of the millions of NOR
tails, again heard the mysterious voice
saying:
"Son of the. Republic, look and
Learnt"
"When the voice had ceased the DARK
shadowy angel placed his trumpet to
his mouth, and blew long, fearful
blast.
Instantly light as of a thousand
suns, shone from above me, and pierced
which enveloped America. At the same
moment saw the angel upon whose
forehead still shone the word Union, anG
who bore our national flag in one hanC
and sword in the other, descend from
heaven attended by legions of brigh
spirits. These Immediately joined the
inhabitants of America, who l perceived
were well-nigh overcome, but who, i'm
mediately took courage again, closed W
the broken ranks and renewed the bat
tie. Again amid the fearful noise of tn,
conflict, heard the mysterious voic,
saying:
''Son of the Republic, look and learn
"As the voice ceased, the shadowy an
gel for the last time dipped water from
the ocean and sprinkled it upon Amer
lea. Instantly the dark cloud rolled
back, together with the armies it hat
brought, leaving the inhabitants of thu
land victorious.
"Then once more 1 saw villages, town.
and cities springing up where they hao
been before, while the bright ange
planting the azure standard he hat
brought in the midst of them, cried in
i loud voice to the inhabitants