The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-22
Who frowns at others feasts had.

Who frowns at others feasts had
better bide away.
One look from a fair and virtuous
woman il more acceptable than all the
kindness SO prodigally bestowed by a
wanton beauty.
Il is folly to believe that he can faith.
fully love, who does not love faithful.
ness.
Asst o what the English language can
do, Sidney agrees with Chaucer and
not with bacon. He says whatever
subject and whatever manner be pro-
posed, our language Is excellently ca
pable Of expressing it. One will say,
it is a mingled language. Why not 50
much the better, taking the best Of tho
languages from which it comes. An
other will say, it wanteth grammar.
But it wanteth not grammar. For
grammar it might have, but it
needs it not, being so easy of itself
and SO void of those cumbersome diff
ferences Of cases, genders, moods and
lenses, which | think to be a piece of
the tower OF Babylon's curse, that a
man should be put to school to learn
his mother tongue. But for uttering
sweetly and properly the conceits Of
the mind, which is the end of speech.
tnasn hail; I'll it, i equally 9sa "a with any other
Prof. Freeman closed with the fol-
lowing:
It is getting late in the summer Of
1886. Let us cross the English chan
mel and see how fares the struggle for
liberty in the wasted Netherlands. Sid
ney is there, and has been for a year,
governor Of Flushing, successful in
the surprise Of Axel, victorious in
several actions, now commanding the
cavalry under Leicester at the siege of
Zutphen.
The morning of the 22nd of Sept.
was damp and chill. The fog rolling
up from u branch of the Rhine con
cealed both besieged and bcsiegers.
''Theil es%p lay On the %shadowy hill. all silent as
lite very heart Of life stood still, aud tho white
mist brought i.a slroud:
For death was walking in the dark, and srinly
How sl WAS rangcd aud ready for his surnptuo,,s
jubilee"
AS the mists lifts a little, Leicester's
guards discover that a professionalism
is entering the town. It was escorted
by 300 Spanish cavalry, we'll otticered.
But in a moment the 500 English
horse led by Sir Philip Sidney and Sir.
Jno. Norris are upon them. The
charge. The retreat. The Rally. The
charge again. The Spanish ut last
are giving away, when Sidney sees
Lord Willoughby surrounded by the
enemy. He rushes to the rescue and
brings him out. But as they join
their squadron, 1t is seen that Sidney
can scarcely keep his seat. In the last
melee a musket ball has crushed his
thigh. But he keeps the saddle while
they slowly gain the English quarters.
20 Philip" cries Leicester, II am
sorry for thy hurt" 1T is for your
honor and her Majesty's service" is the
reply.
In death as in life lie serves not his
self but others.
And now occurs the famous incident
Of the draught of water. To one whose
duty it has been to carry the wounded
from the field, who has marked their
pallor, the drops of sweat on the fore
head, the short, quick breath, the anxi-
GUS eye of the wounded nan endeayor-
ing to read tina verdict of life or death
in the surgeons c%ountenance, and heard
their heart-rendlng cry for water, it
is next to impossible to believe this IN
cident, but all do believe 1t Of Sir
Philip Sidney.
will they never bring that watcr?"
said Lord Leicester with an oath. 1t
was long in coming, and was a scanty
draught at best,hut at length it comes.it
is there. and Sidney raises it to his lips.
At that moment a private. mortally
wounded, is borne past. The soldier
fixed his glance upon the water but
said nothing. Sidney saw his look. and
without tasting, Instantly said: "Give
him the water. His necessity is great
er than mine"
And thus passed away the embodi-
ment of the patriotism, the piety, the
intellectual activity, the romantic
Knight-erranty of England, Philip
Sidney, the last Of the knights and the
first Of modern gentlemen.
Erening Session.
The "invisible concert" announced
for seven o'clock was given by the
band, they taking their stand up
among the rocks and trees above the
pavilion. From that position the
music had a very pleasing effect. The
band afterwards opened the evenings
exercises with a selection in the pa.
wilton.
The evening lecture upon " Instinct
and intelligence of.Animals," was by DIR,
Duryea, of Omaha. His grounds were
that instinct is a lower degree of in
telligence. Instinct only serves ia
protect the life Of the animal itself
while intelligence reaches farther and
looks after others. The lecture was
illustrated by many incidents, showing
the intelligence Of animals.
SIXTH DAC--wEDNEsDAY, AUGUST 20.
Morning Session.
At S o'clock devotional exercise;
were observed.
At 9 the chorus drill, conducted by
Professor Straub, occurred. The class
under the Professor is improving, and
many wish they had become members
the first, day.
:; The " W. .: 7. U. School Of Method.