Year: 1878

e and as the devil had not yet made hi
10 appearance, there was no chance for RI
It Cancellation not even for civil servic
D reform. Laughter Finally the 81
Il preme Being made up bis mind to max
/; him a companion; and so be caused
n deep sleep TO fall on this man, and took
n rib out Of this man. and from that b
4 made a woman Well after He got tn
u woman done. she was brought to the mar
4 not to see how she liked him hut TO so
= how be liked her He liked her. an,
a they started housekeeping; and the,
1 were told OF certain things they might a,
r and Of one thing they could no
1 do-and of course they did IL. wouls
{ have done it in fifteen minutes, and
J know IL. And then they were turnet
y out Of the park and an extra force wa
? put on to keep them from getting back
1 read in another book what appeared q
? be an account Of the same Transaction I
} was written about 1000 wears before th.
: other but all commentators agree tha
9 the one that was written last was the
original. and that the one that was writ
ten first was copied from the one thai
was written last laughter and applause I
: but / would advise you all not to allow
your creed to be disturbed by n little


matter Of some four or FIVE thousand


years Laughter


In this other story the Supreme Brah


ma made the world. the man. and the


woman, and put them on the Island oi


Ceylon. Such birds. such songs, such


flowers, and such verdure And the


branches Of the trees were so arragned that


when the winds swept through them ev.


cry tree was n thousand aeolian harps. -


The Supreme Brahma. when he put them


there. said Let them have period OF
courtship. for il Is my desire and will
that true love should forever precede


marriage" They were married by the


Supreme Brahma. and he said to them /:


Remain here you must never leave this


island Well, after a little while the


man-and his name was Almond. and the
woman's name was Heva-beRan to want
/ to go West" Laughter. and he said to
| Heva: II believe Ill look about little


and he went to the western extremity Of
the island. where there was little mar.
row neck OF land connecting il with the


main land. and the devil. who is always
| playing pranks with IA. got mp a mirage


and when he looked over to the main land
such bills and d@lls. wales and dsles such


mountains crowned with silver such cat.


aracts clad in robes of beauty did he see
there. that he went back and told Hsva





times better than this let Us migrate


Bot when they got over they heard
crash, and discovered that this narrOw


neck Of land had fallen into the sea and
the mirage had disappeared. and there
was nought but rocks and sand; and then
a voice called out cursing them. Then 10
was that the man spoke up-and have
liked him ever since for it--"Curse me.
but curse not her; il was not her fault. ID
was mine" That's the kind Of a man 10
start the w1rll wi b. ApI ltue Tn
Supreme Brahma said. II will save her
hut not thee" She spoke up out Of her !
feelings Of love and said III thou wilt
not spare him. spare neither me / do
not wish to live without him; I love
him" Then the Supreme Brahma said.
II will spare you both and watch over
you


From the same took he found some Of
the ideas Of those ui.erable heathens |
and he quoted from one Of their books ta
show the man we are trying TO convert
IL says Man is strength woman is beau
tv; man is courage. woman j. love When /
the one man loves the one woman and
the one woman loves the one man. the I
very angels leave heaven and come and
sit in that house and sing for joy
When he read such lines. he thought " |
would be rs well TO send with the mis- |
sionaries n few bank presidents and man |
ayers Of insurance companies. in order to /
give the heather a comprehensive idea I
Of the extent Of our civilization. Regard I
ing woman's sphere he further said. IL
seems TO me that the woman l. the equal 1
Of the man She has all the rights ] /
have and one more, and that Is the right /
tn be protected Again. in the relations t
OF the sexes he said lf there is a man | i
detest IL il the man who thinks he j. the I
head Of the family-the man who thinks 4
he Is the boss That fellow in the dug .
ont used that word boss" lie scourged .
the stingy man. and the man who would 4
trust his wife with his heart and his hon
or and not with his pocket book nor with 4
a dollar, making n beggar of the one to .
whom he entrusts the training OF his .
children. For himself. he had rather be .
a beggar and spend his last dollar like a
king than be a king and spend a dollar I
like n beggar IL you have but dollar
and got TO spend il. spend il as though u .
was dry leaf and you the owner Of un.
bounded forests.


The lecture abounded in most beauti 4
ful passages. but want of space prevents 4
their introduction in this report beyond .
the following selectionsl;-


A little while ago stood bv the grave
Of the old Napoleon. magnificent tomb.
ft for a dead deity almost. and gazrd in .
the great circle at the bottom Of it. In .
the sarcophaRus Of black Egyptian mar
BILE at last rest the ashes Of that reztles
man looked over the balustrade. and I
thought about the career of Nspol Ion.
| could see him walking upon thu banks
of the Seine contemplating suicide. .
saw him at Toulon. / saw him putting 1
down the mob in the streets Of Paris. ! A
saw him at the head of the army OF Italy. I
| saw him crossing the bridge at Lodi {
with the tri color in bis hand saw him
in Egypt fighting the battle OF the pyra.
mids ! saw him cross the Alps and MIN
gle the eagles Of France with the eagles
Of the crags | saw him in Austerlitz -
saw him in Russia whore the infantry T.
Of the snow aud the cavalry Of the wild 4
blast scattered his legions like withered /
leaves ! saw him Al Leipsic when his
army was defeated and he was taken cap I
tive. ! saw him escape. ] saw him land 4
again upon French soil. and retake an .
empire by the force OF his own genius | \
saw him banished once more. and again .
at St Helena with bis arms behind him. /
gazing out upon the sad and solemn sea
and thought OF the orphans aud widows I
he had made / thought Of the tears .
that had been shed for his selfish glory I
thought Of the only woman who ever 4
loved him. who had been pushed from 4
his heart by the cold hand Of ambition /
and as ! looked at that saIcophagus ] I
said II would rather have been a French /
peasant and worn wooden shoes ! would I.
rather have lived in n hut, with a vine
growing and riPening in the sun / would 4
rather thousand times have been that 1
French peasant than that imperial per 4
sonation Of force and murder" Great
nunlausa