Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-09-06
GRASS, THE FORGIVENESS OF NATURE

Senator ingalls,, Of Kansas, is we'll
known for his powers of combat in a wal
Of words, so when he writes he writes
sense, even though it be sentimental.
The following from bis pen is not only
characteristic Of the man, but will com
mend itself for the beauty OF its senti
ment:
Next in importance to the divine pro
fusion Of water light and air, those three
physical facts which render existence pos
sible, may be reckoned the universal ben.
eiicence Of grass. Living in the sunshine
among buttercups and dandelions Of May,
scarcely higher in intelligence that min
ute tenants Of that mimic wilderness, our
earliest recollections are of grass; and
when the ftful fever is ended, and the fool
lsh wrangle Of the market and forum is
closed, grass heals over the scar which our
decent into the bosom of the earth made,
and the carpet of the infant becomes the
blanket of the dead.
Grass is the forgiveness Of nature--her
constant benediction. Fields trampeled
with battle, saturated with blood, torn
with the ruts Of cannon, grow green again
with grass, and carnage is forgotten.
Streets abandoned by traffic become grass
grown like rural lanes and are obliterated.
Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers
vanish, but grass is immortal; beleaguered
by sullen hosts of winter, it wlthdraws
into the impregnable fortress OF its sub
terranean vitality, and emerges upon the
first solicitation Of spring. Sown by the
winds, by wandering birds. propagated by
the subtle horticulture of the elements
which are its ministers and servants, it
softens the rude outline of the world.
"lt invades the soitudes of deserts,
climbs the inaccessible slope and forbid
ding pinnacles of mountains, modifes
climates, and determines the history, char
acter and destiny of nations. Unobtru.
sive and patient,lt has immortal vigor and
aggression. Banished from the thorogh-
fare and 6elG, it bdes its time 20 return,
and when vigilance is relaxed, or the dY-
nasty has perlshed, it silently resumes the
throne from which it has been expelled,
but which it never abdicates. 1t bears no
blazonry Df bloom to charm the senses
with fragrance or splendor, but its homely
hue is more enchanting than the lily or
the rose. 1t yields no fruit in earth Or air,
yet should It's harvest fail for single year
famine would depopuate the world
SWIFT SPECIFIC cured me of ugly and
very painful boils or raising had twen-
ty-three on my back and neck at one time
and a great many on body. took S. S.
s., and two bottles cured me. This was
FIVE years ago, and have had no boils
since.
w. M. MILLER, Arlington, Texas.
w. Ii. Wight, of Rogers, Ark, a
prominent farmer and stock grower, says
that Swift's Specific cured HIM of tetter
of twenty years standing. OF course in
that time he had great amount of treat
ing, and says the wonder is that he did
not scratch the flesh from his bones. S.
s. S. cured him quick and permanently.
THE continued use of mercury mixtures
posons the system canses the bones to de-
cay, and brings on mercurial rheumatism
The use of S. s. s. forces impurities from
the blood, gives a good appetite and diges-
tion, and builds up the whole human
frame. Send to Swift Specific Company,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ca, for Treatise on
blood diseases.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Draw.
er 8, Atlanta Ca, after a reward of one
thousand dollars TO any one who will find
by analvsis of mercury, iodide of potash,
or other poisonous substance in s. S. S.
Optic: C. B. Eddy, the enterprising
capitalist who IS doing so much to develop
the resources of the great Pecos valley, in
this territory, passed through this morning
on his way from the Pecos country to Den
var Mr. F1Iu hrtn,,s oi,oorir.,r ~ ,,o.,s FROM,