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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-08-18
Calmage
Sermon
Ply Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmage. ID. ID.

Los Angcl"s. CAL. Aug l. Like a
tcfrr ding mnuntain breeze. disprllng
The heat. This sermon comes with its
suggestion Of atmospheric rejuvena.
ton THE text Is Hosea vi. I, Your
gnnduc,s is rs morning cloud.
y sanity old preacher said in his
latter years: IF had my life TO live
oyV" again I would preach most Of my
sermons from familiar scenes Of the
Bible. like christ feeding the multi.
tubes With the loarrs aud the fishes.
believe Bible truths can best be
driven home 10 the hearts OF men hy
ringing the changes upon the old IA.
miliar texts" That Is true in one sense.
But believe also that an easy way TO
illustrate nur serluonic themes Is from
Bible siuilcs drawn from nature II
any man is Il lover OF nature and will
read the Bible intelig nifty. he will
find the leaves of the sacred book liter
ally filled with descriptions OF natural
phenomena Furthermore. IL you study
church history. almost without eXeep-
tion you viii lind that The most popu-
lar preachers and the greatest winners
of souls FOR Christ have been men like
ll"gry Ward Rccclicr and John Mason
an1 Thomas Guthrie and Rowland Hill
and Thomas Chalmers. who loved the
flowers and the stars aud the birds
and the snow1alles the same as did
David, tie psalmist. and Hosea and
Amos, Tho prophets. and Jesus Christ.
many Of whose PARALLELS have the
aroma Of the woods and the open field.
TAKE. for instance. the life ul Charles
kin LEY. ~ You wonder he rripped
the hearts III his hearers aud readers
as he did when YOU realize the nature
lover that he was: one uight. after
he had rertcd 10 his guests the story
OF Cornish shipwrcck. he led his
iriendS Oul into the open yard. where
he stood unjer the pcltinY rain and
looked NJ at Il superb thunderstorm
as he cried: "What night, Look
Is IL not splendid: This Is II ui2ht
when ynunr men cannot Talk or think
too much poetry. II was said that
lie knew every nook ana corner OF his
beloved country, in the center of which
was his parsonage one day when
out walking his son asked him Il he
though, he would ever lose his love
for the country Charles Kingsley
answered Nay If my friends ever
ask YOU thut ten them that am now
looking at the ~ Ist beautiful scene
ever saw" Does not this sentence re
veal the inner workings of nature
loving hcartt Did not Charles Kings
ley Gel many Of his miahtlest gospel
lessons 10y catching the cchnes of them
IN th" falling Wat~s as they tumhled
down the cascade near 10 his own
home? Indeed. have always felt that
Il minister was not a fully developed
teacher of God unless he can often
find his text simultaneously from the
book of nature and from the book OF
the Bible
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-08-18

Now. Hosea, the prophet. draws from
nature most beautiful scrmonic sim
lie. He seems TO H. standing by night
upon one Of the hillsides overlooking
the city OF Jerusalem That great cap
ital of tine east is crowded with much
wickcdnesS and apostasy All night
long hc stands there. with the roof Of
sky for his covering He thinks OF
how the Hebrew people have Snned
and how they have been punished and
then rcpented and then siuncd again.
Their sins followed each other as sol
dicrs IN u line OF march tread In each
others footsteps Thus the great
prophet of the east reviews the his.
tory OF his beloved people And as he
wceps and mourus over the sins of the
Hebrew race the stars pale and so
out Then the sunlight rims the east
ern hills and turns the early morning
clouds into curtains OF gold. Then he
sees the dcwdrops glltterm% upon ev-
cry leaf Then as the sun climbs high
or ANA higher ia the heavens and he
feels the day grow hotter Hosea sees
those early morning clouds cvaporate
and the dcwdropS disappear Then,
like Il Hash. springs lrom his lips the
similc of the yapOry rcpcntances OF the
Hebrew race 20 fphraim. what shall
| do with thee? O Judah what shall
| do unto thrct For yOur goodness Is
as the morning cloud. and as the early
dew It gocth auuy." Let Us IN Gods
name try to ep"plrc The vap0ry re-
pentances OF our lives to this beautiful
figure of the morning clouds
First we would turn TO the meteorol
ogist and say "Oh. student OF the
cloud land tell MS how these morning
clouds ARE formed. Ia the great fam
lily of clouds have they any individ-
ualitlcs or peculiar characteristics"
The prose poet of England, John Rus
kin. scans the hlllsidcs of the heavens
and lauds the beauty Of all the clouds
when hc writes; Mature has a thou
sand ways of rising above herself but
the noblcSt manifestations of her clpa
billy of colOrs are Ia the sunset among
the clouds There Is 40 limit To the
multitudes and no check 20 the in
tcnsiiy ~ the hues assumed. THE
whole Sky. from zenith 10 horizon. be
comes one molten. manlling sea of col
or and lire Every black bar turns TO
massey gold, every ripple and wave
into unsulied crimson and purple and
scarlet and colors for which there are
no words Ia the language and no IDEAS
IN the mind things which can hc con
celvcd only while they are visible. the
intense hollow blue Of the upper sky
melting through II an showing here
deep AMI pure. there modulated 10y the
fimsy, formess body of the transpar
ent vapor until II is lost, ilnperceptible
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ON an Indian Reservation.

! was most powerfully impressed
with this figure last year when up In an
Iuthan reservation. The evening clouds
and the morning clouds. in the language
of the meteorological. are one. Ii was
the evening of most beautiful day.
The members Of our party had broken
camp in the morning aud gone on
ahead | stayed behind Ia the woods
In order 90 study and write. About 2
o'clock Ia the afternoon | shouldered
my gun. threw my pack over my shout
der and started out to overtake them.
| walked on and ON toward the west.
The sun. high Ia the heavens. began
to drop lower and lower 20 the edge
Of the horizon After awhile II was
like reflector shining directly AT me,
and had 10 pun my felt hat down over
my eyes to protect them. but 10 soon
or did the sun fall behind the western
hills than il shot its rays M toward
the sky and began 10 tint the evening
clouds in the most beautiful colors.
Now they seemed "a be mirrors of fire.
Now they became great molten lakes OF
gold Now they were turned into eX-
quisitp lace work Now they seemed
10 be the great domcd heights Of the
cathcdrals of the heavens All, II was
a marvellous sight. the more marvel
GUS because knew that within few
moments by the atmospheric law OF
the west. those hills would be shrouded
In complete darkness Thus the figure
of the morning clouds Is the more
beautiful because they are the gIlded
charlois NJ the day. which start 90 rum
BILE across the boulevards of the sky as
soon as the king OF the barnyard has
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
SENATORIAL COURTESY.
sample of the Real Article Supplied
by August Members.

Boston Globe.
Nothing moro beautiful and edifying has
been witnessed in the history of the pro
ceedings Of the senate of the United States
than the pronounced courtesy which re-
Gently has marked the debates. The in
terchange of honeyed compliments between
the grave and reverend senators never has
been more frequent and frank. and these
phrases of polished politeness have passed
between men hitherto distinguished for n
readiness for combat.
Strangest fact OF all, the railway rate
bill, which might have been calculated to
inspired thus far the most profound cour-
tesy I'm discussion.
At the close Of last week Senator Till
man was questioned about this bill. and
the Congressional Record prints the fol-
lowing exchange of kind words between
the forceful South Carolinian and the not
less pertinaceous Senator Spooner of Wis
consin. which may sptly serve an illus
tration Of the era Of good feelings that now
reigns in the senate:
mr. Spooner-The senator used an express
sion which ! knew ne would withdraw.
MI Tillman-Certainly withdraw It. be-
cause it is not accurate, and / do not want
to be inaccurate, although 1 am very often
so, suppose, IN the nlCetleS OF language.
Mr.. Spooner-I do not know any man who
can be nicer than the senator from South
Carolina when he thinks for a moment
of time and considers what he says.
Mr.. Tillman-If 1 sat down to write a nice
note TO the senator from Wisconsin I think
/ might use language that probably would
| be calculated to pass muster in that line
Mr.. spooner-The senator has said a
great deal to me in the heat OF debate that
has been very agreeable and pleasant and
| complimentary.
| Mr. Tillman-I thank the senator for the
! compliment I really have no malice to-
ward anybody, but when 1 once get into n
discussion 1 get earnest though do not
want to say anything to wound
| Lord Chesterfield could do no more.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
THE PAVING BONDS.


The only bond proposition that will
be submitted to- the voters Of Omaha
at the coming city election will be one
to authorize the issue Of $4,000 i'm in
tersection paving bonds. In the present
period of growth and material improve
ment consequent on the erection Of new
buildings i'm all parts of the city it is
absolutely imperative that the work of
replacement and extension of the paved
street area should continue uninter-
rupted.
The voting of $4,000 of intersection
bonds, the proceeds to he used in pay
ing for the paving at street and alley
crossings, means authority for letting
contracts covering S2jO,O0O worth of
work, because the intersections on the
average constitute one-fifth of the
paved street surface; the other four
fifths of the expense will come from
special assessments levied against the
abutting property benefited.
While it is doubtful that any one in
Omaha is opposed to the voting of these
/ bonds, they are still liable to be over
| looked unless attention is directed e
/ them, especially when using the voting
machines, on which bond propositions
must be voted entirely separate and dis
! tinct from the candidates for office.
The available funds for paving here
tofore authorized are practically ex
hausted. Omaha cannot afford to stanC
still in this matter at this time. 1
would be good idea for the Real rs
tate exchange to appoint n committee
to look after the paving bond PROPOSE
| ton
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
STRANGE THINGS DO HAPPEN.
Preliminary Lineup of Leaders in the
Democratic Camp.
Washington Post.

Talleyrand treated his friends as If they
were some day to be his enemies, and his
conduct toward his enemies was as though
they would some time be his frends-at
least that is the estimate Talleyrand's mas
ter, Napoleon Bonaparte, put on Talley-
rand's conduct. This reflection grows out
Of present political conditions right here at
home
The Cleveland people are asking to keep
company with the Bryan folks. 1t is said
that they will welcome the great apostle
of latitudinarian democracy when he re-
turns from foreign parts next month and
offer him the crown They feel that the
people hold the republican party RESPONSE
BILE for the present fast grip monopoly has
upon them. and that no argument, no
promise that the party can make will pre-
vent the triumph OF the democracy at the
polls next fall.
Mr. Bryan is now counted a conservative,
possibly because Mr. Hearst is a radical.
One of these two will lead the democratic
party in the next great battle unless the
unexpected should happen. The Cleveland
crowd have as little use for Hearst in 1906
| as they had for Bryan i'm 1895, and present
conditions show what capers and shines
parties can sometimes cut in this world
The radical OF yesterday is become the con-
/ sentative of today.
/ There will be a struggle between these
| two forces. That the Cleveland element
would strengthen Bryan in the east nc
one will dispute; but how about Indiana
| Illinois and Missouri? VIII the brethren
out there consent 20 be yoked with "thC
boilers and traitors Of 's6?" II we are &c
judge by the things they did TO Judge
Parker in 1904, il would seem as though
the acquisition of the Cleveland re-enforce
ments would not be OF material advantage
70 the 'Matchless" and the Peerless"
However none can tell what the har
vest will be, A free people is sometimes
whimsical especially when the pot is boil
ing But who would not journey across
the continent 70 see Grover Cleveland pre-
siding over great Bryan meeting in Madi
son Square Garden during the campaign Of
1903?
Stranger things happen every day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
personal NOTES.


The boy who stood on the burning deck
doesn't begin to measure up to the pro-
lessor who is sticking to the observatory
on vesuvius.
1t is regarded as Of suficient importance
to announce that John d. Rockefeller
sleeps across the street from his new grand
son in New York. He probably needs the
rest.
Colonel Thomas Johnson veteran Of the
Mexican and civil wars and said to be the
last surviving member of the confederate
congress is dead in Mount Sterling, KY,
aged SO years.
a bill is before the Texas legislature for
the protection Of colonies. 1t is designed
to prevent ordinary citizens, who have no
such rights, from being addressed as colo
nel' major"
Bourke Cochran says that 1t would be
impossible to land man with a million
in the penitentiary. and Millionaire Brad
bury of San Francisco under conviction
for perjury wishes he could believe It.
Benjamin wistar Morris. bishop Of the
Protestant Episcopal church for the do
cese of Oregon, died Sunday. He was born
at Wellsborough Pa, in 1s19 and was pas
tor and rector of churches at Sunbury.
ManayunS and Germantown, Pa, from 1871
to 1868, when he was consecrated mission
airy bishop of Oregon and Washington. He
is said to have been the oldest bishop in
| the United States.
! General Baron Kodama who has been
chosen to succeed Field Marshal Oyama
as head Of the japanese army, was edu-
Gated in Rutgers college, York, Pa. He
! has been called the genius OF the Japa-
nese army He is credited with having
done more than any other man to plar
the strategy which resulted in the Japa'
nese victories in Manchuris, where he wa'
Marshal Oyamas chief Of staff.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
ToWNE ON THE sPEAKERs POWERS.

TOWNE ON THE SPEAKERS POWERS.
Hon. Charles A. Towne simply in
dulges in partisan balderdash when
he assails Speaker Cannon as 1.-THE
tool" of President Roosevelt and pre-
tends that he would not remain in the
house If he did not hope for the annihi-
lation of the powers of the speaker
through the success of the democratic
party. The power of the speaker,
whether it be greater or less, is in fact
the power of the house. and is the
method by which the house conducts
business There is no reason what
ever to believe or to suppose that Mr..
Towne himself believes that the demo
cratic party II it were in the majority,
would curtail in the slightest degree
the power of the speaker acting
through the committee on rules,
through the appointment of the house
committees in general or through any
OF his other means of influence.
The democratic party as a minority
vehemently denounced Tom Reed when
he as the agent Of the majority made
| the house verify a body of conclusive
action. But it is familiar history that
Carlisle and Crisp, as democratic
speakers. were not one whit less
GEARS" than Reed was or than Cannon
is today. They, in fact, materially in
creased the powers of the speaker.
The substantial fact back of all is
that the country demands legislative
action, and the chief criticism Of the
senate is that it refuses or fails TO pro-
vide means whereby public business
can without unnecessary delay be
brought to issue and disposed of. The
precise means is not the point but the
actual result is what is demanded The
house from the days Of Reeds speaker
ship has shaken of dilatory impotency
and instead Of the house relapsing into
1t again, no matter under what form
or pretense the country will requir,
that the senate also shall find a way {,
coercive action.
Mr.. Towne himself If speaker. woul,
, not consent any more than Carlisle ant
, Crisp to a situation in which the mi
nority, as Roger Q. Mills on a memor
able occasion declared. would b
, virtual masters of the majority"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16

Candidates for the recent municipal
primary have been filing their expense
accounts as required by the corrupt
practices act. NO one, however, has
yet sent in sworn expense accounts Of
the campaign committees, who had
charge of the propaganda for the va
rious states. The law is very ex
plicit as to what constitutes cam
paign committee, making it the duty OF
the treasurer to tell how much money
he handled and how it was expended.
If the law is to be enforced upon candi-
dates, it should be enforced equally
upon the outside committees.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
THIS is FoR MEN ONLY.


She cannot wear The old gowns
She wore year agOi
You, manllke, think II easy
To sooth away her woe,
With mans superior wisdom,
You tell her not to mourn,
For in a sew-sew fashion, you
Declare they may be worn.
You say with thread and scissors,
No womans heart should Rrieve;
Make over skirts and founoes,
And last years old-styie sleeve,
TITS not the simple task, sir
That TO your mind appears
1t takes more than the old gowns, and
For more than thread and shears.
1t takes long hours of lab9p,
1t takes great pains and skili
1t means a ranking headache
Sometimes-a DOCTORS bill
Strained nerVes-perhaps Mysteries
And when these woes are past,
Ten spoiled old gownsl Alas II means
A modiste at the last,
You are mere man, KiseG
And mere men cannot know;
Till years shall make you wiser,
What Carrie says must go,
She cannot wear the old gowns,
Because, tits sadly true,
To fix them up would cost fac more
Than TO invest In nsW,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
Popular Choice of senators.
Boston Transcript.

William Alden Smiths proposal to the
voters Of Michigan that the senatorial con-
test within the republican party be settled
by direct election, either in June or in No
vember leaving It a point of honor with
the legislature to ratify the popular deci-
sion, affords another example OF the devices
by which the constitutional method of
electing senators lie circumvented. without
an actual amendment TO the constitution.
The man who, like Mr.. Smith. proposes
popular choice as a means OF arbitration
puts his rivals at a disadvantage in refus-
ing IL. This is one of the reasons for the
growth Of the practice.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
MaudIin sentImentaIi.m.
Baltimore American.

bdIIIIIOIt AIneIICdU.
Maudlin sentimentalism is we'll illustrated
by a movement made for the pardon OF a
gang of murderers in New Jersey whose
crime Of a few years ago was particularly
deliberate and atrocious, and whose punish
ment was in the first place by no means
commensurate with the enormity of their
offense. The only plea made for them is
that two OF them are in bad health. II is
sentimentalism Of the sort which encour-
ages criminals in reasonable hopes OF COM
hitting crime with impunity, and which
provokes communities into taking the law
into their own hands TO their own eventual
hurt.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
THE MICK RAKE."

The public life OF President Roose-
welt has been a continuous, conspicu-
Gus and effective struggle with the
CRATER. In his notable address at
Washington the president attacks an
other public enemy, not less dangerous
now and even more despicable than the
grafter-the slanderer.
The president has never made a
more timely nor a more salutary utter
ance. Nothing could more signally
demonstrate the efficacy of the move
ment so bravely led by him for high
ideals in public service and business
life for purging office of dishonesty
and graft and Furnishing the guilty
than the tribute which the low-minded
and the mercenary in their evil way
are paying TO his reform work. The
public conscience has thereby been pro
foundly stirred. Tie people are de-
handing with a rigor never known be-
fore separation of the sheep and the
goats in all places Of trust and in
huence. Reform has become popular.
Yet righteous effort to cure the bad
has created the opportunity of evil
minded men to make merchandise of
reform.
IL is not in the nature of a man like
President Roosevelt, who has wrought
honestly and in truth to bring
wrongdoers to punishment, to stand
quietly by while indiscriminate Sian
derers in yellow journals and maya
zines. and by word of mouth on the
stump and lecture platforms, destroy
faith in honest public service and IL
the integrity of the national character
! 1t is one thing to attack and drive on
the CRATER, but quite another thing t.
lie about honest men and smirch thu
public service with wholesale defama
ton To do this out of pure perversit!
would be bad enough, but to do it witt
cold calculation of selfish gain, at ono
pandering to pruriency and even max
ing game of awakened honest popula
Impulses, is a worse kind of corruption
Thoughtful men will applaud tn
president when he declares, with al
application to the defamatory hord
that is not yelled. that "the liar is n
whit better than the thief, and if hi
mendacity takes the form of slande
he may be worse than most thieves.
We have been crucifying thieves, bu
the president. who is foremost in tina
good work, now properly feels that
is time to cruelty also the slanderin
liars who would rub out the distin'
ton between thieves and honest mel
President Roosevelt herein no NOR
than voices the conviction lately grow
ing in the minds Of patriotic and ser
GUS Americans of the imperative nece
i sity of checking the spread Of calumn
and mercenary aspersion though nj
hating one moment in the work {
cleansing government and business {
corruption and wrong. All men al
not scoundrels because some are graf
ers and money getting slanderers. II
presidents optimism is the true no
OF Americanism.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
THE MISSOURI LFNCHING.

The neighboring state of Missouri is
disgraced by a negro lynching. The
two victims, of whose guilt there was
only suspicion, were in the hands Of
the law. where they could be securely
held behind steel bars till the truth Of
the charges against them should be
regularly ascertained and If guilty the
penalty Of the law inflicted. But mob
frenzy possessed the community,
sweeping away the sense of law and
order and all regard for the just rights
Of the suspected negroes I'm legal Gus
tOdy.
While sane people are disposed to
extenuate the rude Justice Of the re-
mote mining camp OF the isolated from.
tier. the regular forms Of law not yet
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16

This talk about the democratic party
adopting the platform which Jim"
Dahlman has swallowed with his eyes
shut" is decidedly amusing. The plat
form has no more ofiicial stamp of
party approval than any other formula
ton that might have been made by a
self-appointed committee OF democrats.
Had the document presented contained
declarations Numerically opposite to
thOse made, Dahlmdn would have guiped
il down just as readily.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16

having been established there or being
too distant to be available, there is no
excuse for mob vengeance In any
established community. The Spring
field lynching is simply another exhibit
ton Of ferocity. the reverse Of the
spirit Of justice, and Incompatible with
its ends and utterly debasing and
hrutalizing 10 any community
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-16
Great Respectors Of Law.

Just at this time. when the coal railroad
operators are qusrrelling with the mine
workers over the question Of wages, II is
interesting to learn at the hearings OF the
Interstate Commerce commission how they
have maintained pooling agreements for the
last ten years covering the distribution and
transportation Of coal and the division Of
tTafie among the different roads- There r.
nothing Ike respect for the Law.