The Progress., 1898-04-23

ano prosperity, and IN such battle tie
thousand men fall OF ten business
y men whom l bury, nine die of over
work for Others. Some sudden disea
mas them with no power of resistanc,
and they are gone Life for life
Blood for blood. Substitution!
AT one o'clock Tomorrow mornino
the hour when slumber is most ,,n;T
terrupted and profound, walk amid the
dwelllng-houses of the city HSre and
there you will find dim light, because
IL Is the household custom to keen a
suodued light burning; but most of the
houses IRON base to top are as dark as
| though unlnhabited. A merciful God
mas sent forth the archangel of sleep.
and he puts his wings over the citv
But yonder is a clear light BURNING.
and outside on a window easement
glass or pitcher containing food for a
SICK child; the food is set in the fresh
air. This is the sixth night that
mother has sat up with that sufferer.
| one mas to the last point obeyed the
PHYSICIANS prescription, not giving a
drop too much Or too little, or mo-
menu TOO soon or too late. She is
very anxious, for she has buried
three children with the same d.
ease, and she prays and weens
each prayer and sob ending with a |
KISS OF the pale cheek. By dint Of |
Aindness she gets the little one
through the ordeal. After it is all over
the mother is taken down. Brain or
nervous FEVER sets in, and one dav she
leaves the convalescent child with a
Mo1ners blessing and goes up to join
'ne three departed ones in the kingdom
OF Heaven. Life for life. Substitution,
The fact is that there are an unconnted
number of mothers who, after thev
nave navigated . large family of chill.
oren through the diseases of infancy
ma got them fairly started up the
nowering slope of boyhood and girl
nood' have only strength enough left
70 Ole. They fade away. Some call it
some call it nervous
psostration; some call it intermitte Mt
" ns'er'al 1ndisposition; but call it j.,
= a.fSyroom OF the domestic circle. :
Life Tor life. Blood for blood. Snh. !.
;titution!
Or perhaps mother fingers long q
enough to see son get on the wrong Y
oad and his former Kindness becomas
ough reply when she expresses ankle
= ABOUT him. But she goes right on
'ohlng carefully after his apparel, re- :.
eHoering his every birthday with !
'he memento, and, when he is brought. -
ome worn out with dissipation, nurses =
I'M I'LL he gets well, and starts him ~
ga'n' and hopes. and expects, until ",
IF prays, and counsels. and suffers ~ =,
atli her strength gives out and She "
lis. She is going, and attendants u
'nolng over her pillow, ask her if she -,
IS any message to leave, and she - r,
axes great effort to say something. 10 10
:. out OF three or four minutes of in ~.
stlnct utterances they can catch but -
rec words: "My poor boyr' The VIC
npie fact is she died for him. Life o. o.
: life. Substitution ar(
About thirty-eight years ago there ~ ~
nt forth from our northern and ~
athern homes hundreds of thousands as
men to do battle. All the poetry of ,oi
r soon vanished and left them moth. NY
put the terrible prose. They two two
oed knee-keep in mud They slept t .ue
snow banks. They marched till their t .lo
1eet tracked the earth. Thew we've Ihe
nailed out of fhei,. b,,,oox iLo'