The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-02-03

slmperinss, + " worth one good, round; honest
zeal of laughter. From such holio" IoU tha
| nc tortured guest retires at the close OF tue
e o1e and assures his host that he has en-
! loved himself -ua~
Tins social life has been cOntorted Src oe1
! formed until in some mountain cabin, Wnele
rustics gather to the quilting or apple partns'
| there is more good cheer than in all the res
! coed icehouses of the metropolis. we want
! i'm all the higher circles of society more
warmth of heart and naturalness OF oeHdFAol
and not so many refrigerators. ~ i'll,
Again. wrong fashion is Incompatible Win
happiness. Those who depend for their com
! fort upon the admiration or others are suo9eCG
! to FREQUENT disappointment: Somebody VIII
! critcise their appearance or surpass them III
! brilancy or will receive more attention; "
| the jealousy and detraction and heartburn
/ ing Gt those who move in this bewildered
| maze! Poor butterflies! Bright wings do not
| always bring happiness. ''She that IiVeth III
| pleasure is dead while she liyeth." The reve-
! fatiOns of high life that come TO the challenge
| and the fight are only the occasional crop
pings out of disqUietudes that are under
| meath, like the stars of heaven for nultltuue
! but like the demons Of the pit for hate. IHe
misery that will tonight in the cellar curl up
in the straw is not so utter as the princely dls-
| auietude which stalks through splendid draw
| Ing rooms brrOOding over the Sights and Of
! lenses of luxurious life. The bitterness OF
! life seems not so uniting when drunk out OF
| pewter mug as when it pOurs from the chas-
ed lips of a golden challace. In the sharp
crack of the vOluptuary's pistol, putting all end
! to his earthly misery, hear the continuation
that i'll a hollow, fastidious life there is no
| peace.
Again: Devotion to wrong fashion is pro-
ductive Of physical disease, mental imbeclllty
and spiritual whitening. Apparel lnsufhclent
to keep out the cold and the rain, or so fitted
upon the person that the functions OF lie
are restrained; late hours filed with excite
ment and feasting; free drafts of wine that
make one not beasty intoxicated but only
fashiOuably drunk; and luxurious Incidence
are the instruments by which this unreal life
| pushes its disciples into Valctudinaranism
and the grave. Along the walks of prosper
Gus life death goes a-mowlng-and such har-
| vests as are reapedl Materia medlca has been
exhausted to find curatives for these physo-
| logical deyastatiOns. DrOpsies, cancers, con-
| sumDtives, govt and almost every 1ntirmity in
all the realm of pathology have been the PEN
alties paid. To counteract the damage, phar-
macy has gone forth with medicament pam
acea, elixir, embrOcatiOn, salve and cataplasm.
THE DAY OF RECKONING.
BaZaars hang out their cOlOrs over the road
and trees of tropical fruitfulneSs Overbranch
the way. No sound of woe disturbs the air,
but all is light, and song, and wine gorgeous
ness. The world comes out to greet the daZ-
zing procession with: "Hurrah hurrah ~
But suddenly there is a halt and an cutlery OF
dismay, and an overthrow worse than the Red
sea tumbling upon the Egyptians. Shadow OF
gravestOneS upon finest silk! NORWOOD
squeezed into impearled gObletsl Death with
one cold breath whitening the leaves and
freezing the fountains. In the wild tumult Of
the last day-the mountains falling, the heav-
ems flying, the thrones uprising, the universe
assembling; amid the boom of the last great
thunder peal and under the cracking of a
burning wOrld-what will become of the dis
ciple of unhOly fashion,:
But watch the career of one thoroughly arti-
fetal. Through Inheritance, or perhaps his
own skill having obtained enough for purpOs-
es of display, he feels himself thoroughly es-
tablished. He sits alOOf from the common
herd, and looks out of his window upon The
poor man and says: put that dirty wretch
off my steps immediatelyr' On Sabbath days
he finds the church, but mourns the fact that
he must worship with so many Of the inele
giant, and says: They are perfectly awful "
THAT man that you put in my pew had {
coat on his back that did not cost So" lie
struts through life unsympathetc with trOu
bic and says: Il can not be bothered" He
is delighted with some doubtful story Of PeriS
ian life, but thinks that there are some very
indecent things in the Bible. Walks arm IL
arm with the successful man Of the world
but, but does not know his own brother
Loves TO be praised for his splendid house
and when told that he looks younger than
ten years ago says: "WeE really; do yol
think 500"
But the brief strut of his life is about over
Upstairs he dies. No angel wings lowering
about him. No gospel promises kndling ur
the darkness; but exquisite embroidery, ele
| giant pictures and a bust of Shakespeare or
the mantel. The pulse stops The minister
comes in 70 read Of the resurrection, that day
when the dead shall come up-bOth he tina
! died on the floor and he that expired undo
princely upholstery. He is carried out to bur
ial. Only few mourners but great arral
- A,A ut ~
funeral No befrended orphan to weep tea
on his grave. No child of want pressing
through the ranks of the weeping, saying
/ 'He is the last friend l have and l must Sc
} him."
: What nowl He was a great man. Shall
not chariots Of salvation come down to TIL
= other side of the Jordan and escort him Il
to the palace! Shall not The angels exclaim
/ Turn out? A prince is coming" viii tn
bells chime? VIII there be harpers with thei
t harps, and:trumpeters with their trumpetsf
= TWO FUTURES CONTRAsTED.
' No! No! No! There will be a shudder a
: though calamity had happened. Standin
= on heavens battlement, Waterman will sc
something shoot past with fiery downfall an
shrek: Wandering star-fOr whom Is RI
G served the blackness of darkness forever"
Y But sadder yet is the closing of woman
| life that has been worshpful Of worldlines:
all the wealth of life times OppOrtunit
e | wasted What a tragedy! A woman on he
I QYll9 DlllOW. JQlQklDR OF WDaJ she might nav
e done for God and humanity, and yet havin
done nothing! Compare her demise wit
t that of Harriet Newell going down to peace
t fully die in the isle of France, reviewing ht
e lifetime sacrifices for the redemption Of India
or the last hours of Elizabeth Hervey, haviD
f exchanged her bright New England home fC
- a life at Bombay amid stolid heathensm, ths
!. she might illumine ii, saying in her last INC
G ments: ''If this is the dark valley, It has nc
a dark spot in il; all is light light.' or TIA
= exit of Mrs. Lennox, falling under sudde
5 disease at SMYRNA, breathing out her soul wit
: the last words: 30, how happyn' or I'll
I departure Of Mrs. Sarah ID. COmstOck, spent
Z ing her life for the salvation of Burmah, g
e ing up her children that they might com
e home to America TO be educated and ssyin
Il as she kissed them goodbye. never 10 81
them again: go Jesus, 90 this for Thee
or the going of 1000 good women, who
+ less resembling spheres have lived not Il
n themselves, but for God and the alienation {
5 human suffering. That was a brilliant seen
n when, in 14S5, in the campaign for the captul
i OF Ronda, Queen Elizabeth Of CASTLE @
J, horseback, side By side with King Ferdinand
L rode out 10 review the troops. AS oil
o in bright arm0r rode along the lines
g the Spanish host, and waved her ieweed bar
= to the warriors, and ever and anon uttere
: words Of cheer 70 the worn veterans who Il
:. away from their homes were riskIng their liv,
Il for "a KINGDOM IL suectaPle TIL