The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1898-05-21

out an o4realtion TO discover 1t TO tnls
time When Span1ards would ike TO ue-
stroy it
Morning, noon and night let us COM
mend this beloved land to the care of a
gracious God. That he answers prayer is
SO certain that your religion Is halluci-
nation If he does not answer it. Pray that
In reply to such supplcation the farmers
boys may get home again in time to reap
the harvest of next July, that our bust
ness mon may return in time to prepare
for q fall trade such as has never yet filled
the stores and factories with customers,
and that all the homes in this country now
saddened by the departure OF father or
brother or son may months before the
Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays be
full of Joy at I he arrival of those who Will
for the rest of their lives have stories to
tell of double quick march. and narrow
escape, and charges up the parapets. and
night, sot on fire with bonn bardment, and
our flag hauled up to places from which
other flags were hauled down.
Away With Rarbarism.
Now that we have started on the work
let Us make that Spanish government get
out OF this hemisphere. We do not want
her any more, with her injustices and bar
barjsln and stilettos Of cruelty, hanging
around the shores of this free land. She
must not breathe her foul breath on our
winds; she must not again redden our seas
with her butcheries There bids fair to
be a scene on the deep as disastrous to the
Spanish as that which whelIned their
armada in 1858. Philip II, king Of Spain,
resolved on the conquest of Europe, and
already in the compass of his dominions,
besides Spain, were Naples and Sicily, and
the Netherlands, and the East indies and
the Canary and Molucca and Sunda and
Philippine islands, and Mexico and Cuba,
and some Of the most splendid parts OF
America. All the nations Of the earth e1-
cept England were to her underlings, and
the Spanish king resolved that even Eng
land must bow the knee. Although the
destructive strength Of modern battleships
was then unknown, the Spanish armada
started for the subsection of England with
about 140 great ships, with $500 guns,
1000 cavalry horses and 80, 900 men. The
battleships were provisioned with 147 900
casks of wine and six months of prova-
sions The commanders and officers OF
these war vessels were dukes and mar
quises and noblemen. At Plymouth,
England, on the 10th Of July the promi-
nent officers Of the navy were In bowling
alley, bowling with great elee-Lord
Howard, the high admiral; Sir Martin
Frobisher, the daring explorer, and Sir
Francis Drake, the first circumnavigator
of the world-when word came to them
that the Spanish armada was advancing.
The officers continued at the game of the
bowling alley until the game was finished
and then went out to investigate the IT,
dings, and, sure enough, that mighty feet
which was considered in vincible and which
was to lombard and overthrow England
was approaching, but the invading navy
was destroyed, for the Lord Almighty ap-
peared in the fight.
Old and New Spanish Armada.
A storm such as had never swept the
coast of England or aroused the ocean
Swooped upon the Spanish armada Most
of the ships soon went down under the
sen, while others were driven helplessly
along to be splintered on the coasts Of
England, Ireland, Scotland and Norway.
Another Spanish armada is crossing the
Atlantic. and we are ready to meet them.
The same cod who destroyed the armada
in 1858 reirus in 1898. May he in his
might, eitlfor through human arm or
dumb element, defeat their squadron and
give victory to the old flag of Admiral
Farragut and David Porter!
Yet what the world most wants ID
Christ who is coming to take possession