The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-16

from Burns, In which there were only one
syllable words. He pleaded for simplicity OF
language. not only short words, but orevity
OF speech. In a little tribute he said: 1 re-
call TO you one who mas been going cross
lots, thro' the orchard. il you please. and
as he spoke he pointed TO Mr.. Riley. who
had taken a seat in the audience. and the
audience testified its appreciation of the
compliments TO its chosen poet.
II you have a good. meaty thought. DO
not polish il up like a doorplate nor dress
IL in swallow tail or low neck; 1t will catch
cold and die" he continued. THE second
lesson is time-saving in friction" He asks
this question OF his class in the West: do
you believe i'm the Immortality of man, or
are you willing to be blown out like
candle into everlasting biackness?' The In
dian believes that his life will be continued
just where it left off in its highest state
here Mr.. Miller thought that the reasons
there were suicides was because men have
not faith. The third lesson Is that man is
good; temptations and weaknesses make
him anything else than good. Man is not
made to mourn. but TO be happy. 1t Is
duty 10 be happy" he said. 1t is duty
TO the little people. when they come here,
strange and .timid and know not the. Ian
guage, and then there are old people. The
fourth lesson is. the world is beautiful.
The story was told of the slug in the root
OF the rosebush. Because more attention
was paid TO the removal of the slug than
to the rose. the rose died. The lesson
drawn was that what people are TO look
for is the beautiful and not the ugly and
wicked. The dirt on the bush the thcrn
on the haw and the hole in the leaf of
the lily are not the things TO see, but the
beauty of the flower. I'VE must earn by
the sweat of our brows and not that of
another" said Miller. land ii is law of
nature that to live we must labor"
In the description of beauty in the world
the poet gave a practical lesson in his own
teachings. Short words and brief sentences
made the descriptions vivid and graphic.
He called attention TO the song of birds,
which rival PATHS: the treasures OF the
snow. the winds the thunder-the earth
shaking bull-throated thunder-the light
ming that we have learned 10 write with,
Popularity is mediocrity.' said he. MY
mother said to me, whenever you find
yourself getting popular, come home and let.
me know what you have been doing" He
particularly addressed the young men and
warned them TO beware of small smart
nesSeS. THE lesson on liars IL not needed
here" he said. The most serious lesson he
held to be cleanliness. not only cleanliness
of hands. but of heart md speech and he
told the story of General Grant. who stood
near some officers who were telling stories
and after woman had passed one of them
said: Now. General. that there are no
women present L will tell the funny part
of that story" General Grant turned and
said, IF there are no women there are
some gentlemen"
The lessons of nature were the ones to
be studied anywhere and everywhere. The
lecturer has strong countenance and
leOnine mass of beard and hair, mellow
voice. with clear cnunciation. and fresh
complexion that looks as if he had tas ted
the breath of heaven on the mountain
peaks.