The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-24

The parepa Rosaa and Wilson's and the
s;ser ronderers Of elevated and divine
solos received their thousands Of dol
lars per night In collscums and acad-
amIes O, music. Some Of the people OF
small MONS almost pauperlzed them
,elyes that they might alt a few even
Inga under the onchantmcnt OF these
angels OF sweet sounds. | paid seven
dollars 10 hear Jenny Lind sing when
ID was not easy 10 AFFORD the seven dol
lars. Very expensive Is such music.
but the costllost song on earth Is the
song Il costs ruin OF
body. Il coa,a ruin Of mind. II costs
ruin OF soul Go right down among .
The residential streets Of any city and /
You can find once beautiful and luIu-
rlous homcsicads that were expended 1
N this destructive music. The llghis
have gone out In the drawing-room. the
pianos have ceased the pulsation OF
their keys. the wardrobe has lost the
last article OF appropriate attire. The
Eelshazzlroan feast has left nothing
but the broken pieces Of the crushed
chalicea There % stands. the ghasi-
Hest thing on earth. the remnant OF q
drunkards home. The co8tlics, thing
on earth iB sln. The most expensive
OF ail music Is the Song OF the Drunk
ards u o. the highest tariff Of ma
laus-n not q protective tard. but n
tariff of doom. O tariff OF woe. q tariff
OF death. This ovll wheia the knives
OF tho araassIn8. cuts the most OF the
wounds OF the hospital. makes neccE-
mry most OF tho almsh1uses. causes
the MOST Of the rawlings of the insane
asylum and puts up most OF the iron
bars OF the ponlicntIarios 10 has ia
hand to-day on The throat OF the Amer
lean republic 10 o. the taskmaster OF
nations. and the human race crouches
under rs anathoma. The Song of The
Drunkagds has for lts accompaniment,
the clank Of chains the cha,ierlng
teeth OF poverty. the rattle OF execu-
toners scadold. the crash OF ship.
wrecks. and the gfoan OF empires. The
two billion twenty million dollars
which rum costs the country IN a yeas
In the destruction OF grain and sugar
and the supporting OF the paupor5 and
the criminals which strong drink causes
Is only a small part Of what Is paid Tor
this expensive Song o. the Drunkards.
Again. this Song Of The Drunkards %
a multliud.nous song not a solo. not
q duet not a quarloiie. not a sextct,e.
but millions on millions are this hour
singing H. Do not think that alcohol
Ism has this Geld all 10 itself u has
powerful rivals 10 the iniox.cants OF
other nations. hashCosh. ana arrack.
end nu'que. and opium. aud Quayo. ana
mastic. aai wCdgo. Every nation. barr
barrie ss wen as civilized. has lts ret In
toZicant Thh Song OF tho nruukarls
Is rendered IN Chinese. ulndoo Arab.
Ian. perllan. McX.can-yca. all the Ian.
guagea AZ zones Join Il. No CONT.
nont would Dr. large enough for the
choir gallery u an those who have this
llhreiio In their hands should stand
side by side 70 chant the international
chorus. Other throngs are Just learn.
Ing the eight notes OF tails dreadful
music which is already mastered By
the orchcsiras in iull voice under the
hatons In full swing All the musicians
assembled AZ Dusseldorf. or Berlin or
Boston Peace Jubilee rendering SYM
phonies. rcquiems. or grand marehes
OF Mondclssohn or Wagner or Chopin
or Handel. were insignInoant ln mum.
bcrs as compared with tho innumor.
able thronEa. host beside host. gallery
above gallery. who are nov pouring
forth the Song Of The nrunkaria
Again. the Song OF the nrunkarls
Is a suggestive sons. You hear uur-
sory rciraia. and right away you thlnk
oi your childhood home. aud hrothers
and sisters with whom you PLAYED. and
mother. long since gone 90 rest Yon
hear a national air. and you think OF
the Cncampmont o. iSC3. ana the s..ll
nlght on the river bank. and The camp
tres that shook their reflections No and
down the faces of the regiment You
hear an Old church tune. and you are
reminded OF the revival scenes amid
which you were brought 20 God.
Nothing so brings up associations as
a song sung or played upon instrument
and the Drunkarls' Song IL fun OF sur.
gcsilon. As you hear u on the street
quite la;e some nishl. you beg.a TO say
20 yourself II wonder 10 ho has n
mother Is his wife waiting Tor him.
VIII hla children be frightened when
he enters the front door and stargers.
whooplnE. up the stairs? What chance
Is there Tor that young man. started
SO early on the down gradcg In what
business viii be succeedf How long
before that man win run through his
property ! wonder how he got so far
astrayl Can any Influence be welded
70 fetch him back? lie must have got
into bad company who led him on e"
So you sollloQulze and guess about this
man whose voice you hear on the stree,
under the starlight
Furthermore. the last Characteristic
OF the Drunkards Song Is 20 tromen.
dous that ! can hardly bring myself 10
mention o. The Drunkaras song A
a continuous song. Once stay. hat
tune and you kecp % up. You have
known a hundred men destroyed OF
strong drink Yon cannot mention ave
who BOT fully started ou that road and
stopped. The grace OF God can 40
anything. but O. does not DO every.
thing Religion saves some. Tenn.
rorancc soeclcs save some. Tho Bow
cry Mission saves some Tho Central
Mission saves some, Bu, one hundred
thousand who are annually slain hy
strong drink are not saved ut an. /
have been ot O concert which wen,
on ior two hours and a hall. and many
people goo zap and leil because q was
too long hui 95 per cent OF those who