The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-12
THE CHRISTIAN JNFIDEL.

though constituting the same ego, sell
dom pull together. He is loving hus-
band. sympathetic father and warm
patriot upon the one side, but an in
tellectual Ishmalite within an ice fOrti-
fication, defying the world, upon the
other. No man has ever preached
more touching funeral discourses, with
hope left out and promises denied. On
occasions his eloquence CLOVIS with the
fires of an immortal soul only to end
with denial Of the possible existence
Of mans only immortal part. The
other day his old Illinois regiment,
which he commanded, held reunion
and Bob came west TO once more min
gle with the men whose manhood he
knows. His address TO them was full
of pothOs. of the dark and gathering
shadows in which mortal existence
finally disappears from the light and
scenes of time. He went on TO say:
Il have got hobbies and plenty of
them. Iwant to see 500,O0O,O0O of peo-
pie living here in peace. We must
develop the brain, civiliZe the heart,
and, above all things, must not forget
education from early days. Nothing
should be taught in the school that
somebody does not know. When l
look about me today, when l recall
the advance of the country in its de-
yelopment, then l think of the work
that has been done. l think of the
toll, l think of the labor, think of the
settlers, l think of the millions that
crossed the mysterious seas, think OF
the thousands of ships with their brave
prOws toward the west. think of the
settlements on the coast of the sea, and
the banks Of the rivers, and the edges
of the forest. / think of the countless
conflicts with savages, the midnight at
tacks, the cabin floors wet with the
| blood of father, mother and babe.
! think of the long winters and Worn
days of toll, of nights of fear and dread
l think of the hunger, I think of the
courage, the hope. and L think of de-
spair. l think of the suffering, the
| hardships. the homesickness, the dis
! ease, the death. l think Of the labor
| of millions and Millions pressing for
ward over the field and hill and forest.
l think of the great forest that re-
sounds with the echoes Of the AK.
| think of the stones that We're gathered,
the walls laid, the millions of miles of
furrC rs dug by the plow. l think of
| the logs changed to lumber, and TO mil
| lions of huts and cabins and houses.
| That is the work of those who have
! gone before us. Just think of ii.
Listen. and you will hear the hum OF
| the wheels with which our mothers
spun flax and wool; listen and you will
hear the loom and flying Shuttles, with
which they wove the cloth.
| And just think of the millions still
! pressing forward TO the unknown west,
! Think Of the lodges they built. the
roads they made. of the little houses
where the sunlight fell. where the bees
! hummed, and the birds sang. and the
children laughed and the little towns
with mill and shop. and schoolhouse
| of the old stages, and the drivers
horns. Think of the canals they dug
Of the mines they owned; think OF the
! thousands still pressing forward th5
unknown west. passing over the Ale
! ChenieS TO the shores of the ONO ant
the great lakes. and pressing forward
to the Mississippi. and the thousands
and thousands still going forward Il
| the great Mississippi. See the path;
Of the precesSiOnists, covered with wa
| CONS. drawnS by horses and by oxen
OF the men and boys and girls, and o.
the fond mothers, and of the dogs fol
lowing on. See the glimmer OF th'
camp fires AT night. see the travellers III
with the sun, leaving the perfume o
coffee on the air and sometimes leav
ing new-made grave for wife or child
Listen. and YOU will hear the cry o
gold. See the many thousands cross
ing the great plains, climbing IN
| lNouHAsIiiiS- llc>>iAi- cAt ~ t-N '-Ae't
of the great Pacific. Think OF III
Toll. the courage il has taken 10 posses
this land. 10 cultivate this soil. Thini
Of the inventions leaping from TN
brain Of genius; think of the Old wood
en- plow with the pull-tongue changed
!, TO iron and polished steel.
The American mind X the most II
ventive that nature has Vet produced
Think Of the old spinning wheel chang
ell 10 the jenny; think OF the old lOon
transformed u 8 machine thar seem
: almost TO think. and weaves flower
! that seem 10 blossom beneath its ircl
: hands: and think of the steamboat
that have traversed vas, rivers. bring
ing towns far apart into relations o
. friendship. Think Of the stage tha
; became ears. OF the horses that becam
: locomotives. with bones of steel an
: breath of flame Think Of the river
spanned. of tn. mountains tunielef. o
. the inventions which changed nuts Z
, cabins, and cabins 10 houses and house
: to mansions anu palaces. Think OF "a