Dodge City times., 1888-05-03

hold it no longer and all the barriers ours'
into Unlimited guffaw aud caehinnation. al
in high weather the water has tricklsc
through a slight opening IN the mill dan
but afierward makes wider and wider
breach until it Carries all before it witt
Irres ,stlblc freshct. Do not be too muct
offended at the noise your children new
make. 1t will be still enough when one o.
them is dead. Then you would give yonI
right hand to hear one shout from thel'
silent voices or one step from the still foot
You will not any OF you have to wait very
long before your house is stiiler snah you
want it. Alas that there are 80 nany
homes not known to the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Children, where
chl.dren are put on the limits ard whacksi
and cuffed aad ear-pulied and senselcssiJ
called 10 order and answered sharp and
suppressed until 1t is a wonder tina; under
such processes they do not ali turn OIL
Madocs and Mana Sahibs.
What is your influence upon this neigh
borhood, the town or the city Of your resi-
denoe! will suppose that you are star
Of w.t. What kind OF rays do you shoot
forthl Do you use that splendid faculty ,e
irradlate shs worli or to rankls i'll l bless
mau that makes ms laugh is Try bensfactor.
10 not thank anybody to mako mo cry.
can DO ,nat without any ass:ssanes. We
all cry enough ami have enouga 70 cry
about. God bless all skliiful punsters, all
repar;eei~is, ali propOuEders of ingenious
conundruns, all those who m,rtalu'iy sur
prise US with unusual juxtaposit;oa OF
words. Thomas Hooi ani Charles Lamb
and Sidney Smith had u divine mission, and
So have Their Successors in these times.
They stir INTO the acid beverage OF lilo the
sacrh2-lnc. They make the cup CT earthly
existence, which is sometimes stale, ehor-
vesc- and bubble. They p.acate animosi-
ties. They foster longevity. They slay fol-
Les and absurditrs which all the SER
mons of ali the pElpits can not reach.
They have for examples Elijah, who
made fun of the Daalitcs when
they cal!el down fire and it did not
come, suggesting that their heathen
god tad some hunting or was off oa jour
ney or WAS asleep and nothing but voclfer-
alton ro3ii wake him, s,ylng: Cry aloud
for he is i god; either he Is talking or pur-
suing or peradventure he sieopeth and
must be awakeG." They have an example
IN Christ, who with healthful sarcasm
showed up the lying, hypocritical Pharl-
sees by suggesting tina. such perfect peo-
PIE like themselves needed no improve
ment, saying: The whole need not a
physician. but they that are sick"
But what use are y0> making Of your
wit! Is it besmirched with profanity and
Do You employ it in xmuse-
ment at physical defects far which the
" r,.fi iY,,S ,a1
powers Of mi,niery used to put religion in
contempt! L, i; d bunch Of nettleserle is-
vectivesl Is i: a bolt Of uujas: scorn! Is
it fun at others misforsusess Is it glss q,
their disappointment aud iefoat! Ia it bls-
terness put drop by drop ;nto a eupi Is st
like the squeezing OF arteinisa absinth,um
into draught already distastefui.y pun
genta Then you are the star Wormwood.
Yours is the fun of a ratt!ssnake trying
h"" well II can sting. It is the fun of a
hawk trying how quick it can strike GU,
the eve Of dove.
But will change this and l will suppose
yOI are STAG Of worldly prosperity. Then
you have lsrg, opportunity. You can en-
courage that artist oy buying his picturs.
You can improve the fields, the stables,
the highway, by introducing higher style
OF fowl, and horse and COW and sheen.
You can bless the world with pomologicai
in the orchards. You can al
vance arborlcui;ure and arrest this DEATH
ful iconoclasm Of the American forests.
You can put piece OF sculpture into tho
niche OF that public academy. You can
endow college. You can stocking a
thousand bare feet from the winter frost
Vn1 c.,n f>I1, ohn
OF Christ on that foreign shore
You can help ransom world. A rich
man with his heart right can tell you and
me how much gCOl James Lennox or a
George Peabody, o. 4 Peter Cooper, or II
E. Dodge did while living or is do
ing now that he is dead. There is not a
city. town or neighborhood that has not
glorious specimens of consecratcd wealth
But suppose you grind the face of the
poor. Suppose whom mans wages are
due you make him wat for thom because
he can not help himself. Suppose that be-
cause his family is sick and no has had ex-
ira expenses he should politely ask you to
raise his wages for this year and you
ro"Ghly tell HIM if he wants . better p!acs
TO go and get it. Suppose by your Eanuer
ycu act as thcuyh he were nothing and you
were every thing. Suppose you are selfish
and oversearing and arrogant. Your first
name ought To be Attlla and your last
name Attiia, because you are the star
Wormwood and you have embi,tcrad ouel
third If not three-thiri5 Of the waters that
roll past your employees and operatives anu
dependents and associates, and the long
line OF carriages which the undertaken or
ders COR your funeral in order to make the
occasion respectable will be filled with
twice as MANY Org. fearless eyes as there
are persons occupying them. The clumsy
pail bearers may maze the gates Of YOUR
sepu.chrr q axe by striking Your silver
handled coffin against ;henl. but the world
viii feel 10 Ar as You 60 out oi It.
There IS an erroneous iiea abroad that
there arc only d few geniuses. There are
mli.oEs Of them; that is, men and women
who have special adaptation and Guickucss
for some one thing. 1t may be great it
may be small. The circle may be like the
c circumference of the earth or no larger
than Il chlmbie. There are thousands OF
geaii;seS here this morning and in some
one tang YOU are d star. What kind Of Il
stlr are yoU! You viii be IN this world
but few minutes. As compared with
eternity the stay Of the longest life on
earth is not more than a minute What are
we doing wlth that lnnute: Are we en-.
bitteilrg the domestic or social or Political
fountains. or are we like Moses, who, when
the lsra.llLies Ia the wilderness COM
planned that the waters of Lake Narah
were bitter aui they could not drink them.
their leader cut off the branch Of a certain
tree and threw that branch into the water
anC it became sweet. and slal.el the
thirst of the suffering host! Are We with
\ brauc't of the tree OF life sweeteniag all
the brackish fountains that we CAN touch |!
Dear Lord. send Us all out on Tuy mis-
sion. All around US are emb.t.ered lives,
e9blttered by persecution. embittered by
embittered 5y poverty, en-
bltteved hy pain, embittcrAd by injustice,
em Uttered By sin. Why not go forth and