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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
5
Reflections on a Cadaver.
BY CRITICU8.
Ugly and shrivelled,
Yellow and dead.
Naught but a cloth on the slab ’Death Its head.
Naked and nameless,
Food for the knife.
Where is the husband whoealied this his wife?
Those arms that are seamed as the bark of the
tree
Once restled the baby that crowed in its glee;
The bosom so sunken once heaved with the fire
Of passion and hatred, of love and desire.
The blue lips so shrivelled, the mouth closed so
tight,
Crooned cradle songs once, by the fire’s soft
light.
Were tender in love, were anxious In care,
Were reverent and solemn when opened In
prayer.
But the soul that looked out from the eyes once
so blue,—
Do we sever that, too, when the knife passes
through ?
Is this naught bat a shell? Is the body the
whole?
When we perish in form, do we perish In soul?
Ah, read me this riddle! thou! stretched on the
slab!
Open thy lips for an Instant to blab
Of the mystery concealed from the quest of the
knife:
Of the difference unfathomed ’twlxt death and
’twlxt life!
Silent and sphinx-like,
Grizzled and grim,
Answerless, heedless, rigid in limb;
Naked and nameless,
Food for the knife,
Where is the husband who called this his wife?
KIT WARREN
On Thanksgiving Day.
Thanksgiving day has come and gone and I
did the clean thing, and discharged my duty and
cleared my Bklrts like a little man. A faithful,
obedient, law-abiding, President obeying citi
zen, I gave thanks on the 27th. I gave lots of
thanks, f was thankful from Alpha to Omega;
from beginning to end; from the crown of my
bead to the sole of my feet; thankful from cen
ter to circumference; thankful through and
through. 1 left the preachers, and the deacons,
and.^he women to return thanks to l’rovldeuce
for health, and seasons, and crops and all the
other' boutithul blessings, for which I try to be
thankful, evening and morning, each day of my
llfe.u I resigned the management of that de
partment to others more competent and better
qualified to discharge its duties, and gave my
sole and undivided attention to another
branch of the business.
6^' y'es| I was thankful, thankful, thankful.
I was thankful that in descending from his ex
alted eyrio, Blaine would be chastened by expe
riencing the pains and paugs so tenderly ex-
presseu in lliese plaintive words of the poet:
. “I soar aloft on eagle's wings
Aiid light on daddy's wood pile.”
EE LOOKED LIKE GOULD.
Funny Story of a Man Who
Looks Like the Money King.
Made Miserable Through Fear of His
Life by the Resemblance.
[New York Sun.)
A man noticeable for his long, black beard and
piercing black, restless eyes, under a broad
QurPortraitGallen! ™nal mention.
What the People Are -oingand
PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES
OP DISTINGUISHED MEN
AND WOMEN.
DANIEL S. LAMONT.
Governor Cleveland’s Right-Hand Man.
President-elect Cleveland’s successful admin
istration as Governor of the State of New York,
forehead walked slowlv un Barclay street ha8 brought into great prominence the man who
_ j ’ i , , a ^ ^ shares his counsels and whose knowledge and
Thursday, just at the time when a crowd was sagacity have been unquestionably an element of
moving down Broadway toward the West- importance in the development of the extraor-
ern Union building. As the man with the dinary success which characterizes the public
. , , . . . . . . Career of his chief. Like Mr. Cleveland himself,
long beard was about to turn the corner Into , Mr . Lamont is always accessible to newspaper
Broadway he was nearly run over by a man 1 ’ *- ’ ’ • - ■
Saying.
President Grevy. of France, Is the most expert
amatuer billiard player in Parts, and the Elysee
is superbly supplied with all the requisites for
playing the game.
Queen Victoria and the Dutchess of Albany
expect to make a Pilgrimage next spring to the
villa at Cannes, which was the scene of the Duke
of Albany's death. Tuey propoge to time their
visit so as to reach the Villa Nevada, March 28,
1S85, which will be the first anniversary of Prince
Leopold's death.
A Washingtonian says that Secretary Lincoln
will resume the practice of law in Chicago after
the 4tli of March next; that Mr. Brewster will
who came around the corner from the opposite 3 pendents, but it was discovered soon after the
direction. The men started back and looked at
men and courteous in his treatment of corre- retU m to his law office in Philadelphia, but estate
lisli a Washington connection and practice, and
that Secretary Teller proposes to succeed Sena-
each other, and then he from Broadway grasped
the other by the shoulder, and said:
“Great heavens, Meyers, don’t go down
Broadway. For God’s sake don't—as you value
your life. You'll be mistaken lor Jay Gould, as
you have been a thousand times, and there are
half a dozen men in a crowd in front of the
Western Union building who have ropes In their
pockets to hang Jay Gould if they can catch
sight of him. Turn around and go home.”
“I’ll risk it,” said Mr. Meyers quickly. “In
fact, I will go dowu to the Western Union build
ing and stand on the steps, and if the crowd
think 1’ra Jay Gould I'U make a speech and say
that Jay Gould Is the best fellow la the world.”
His friend expostulated, but Mr. Meyers was
determined to go. He went to the Western
Uulon building, stood as near the steps as he
could, and watched the proceedings, but no one
on that occasion declared that lie was Jay
Gould, and so be did not make a speech.
“lu all that crowd,” he said afterward, “prob
ably not one had seen Jay Gould.”
lie was seen at his residence. No. 24 Laidlaw
avenue, Jersey City Heights,yesterday, and to
tlie reporter lie related his experience since he
grew to resemble Jay Gould. His name is Her
man M. Meyers. He is a retired commission
merchant, who formerly did business at No. 126
Chambers street. It Is when Mr. Meyers is seen
at home, his hat off, and In animated conversa
tion, tiiat he most resembles Mr. Gould. In any
{ >lace, however, at home or abroad, the likeness
s startling.
“After wandering over the World a good
while,” said Mr. Meyers, “I came to New York
to go into business about fourteen years ago,
and had my home in Ninth street, Jersey City,
near Hamilton Park. I hadn't the faintest no
tion that 1 resembled Mr. Gould until one day
after my return home from business. My wife
met me at the door and asked me why I hadn’t
come into the house when I passed by in the
park in the afternoon.
“she would scarcely believe mb
when 1 assured her I had been lu New York all
cess. Well-considered appointments have been
made known at the proper time, and in frequent
cases, have been surprising to all not in the
Governor’s confidence. The publication of
much tittle-tattle, spoken or printed, has been
REV. SAMUEL D. BURCHARD.
prevented by this wholesome reticence of Mr.
Cleveland and bis {Secretary, and the adminis
tration lias been saved much criticism which
would have weakened and injured it. The
day. By niakiug inquiries I learned that Jay proverb. “A still tongue muketli a wise bead.”
Gould had been visiting a neighbor, and my has possibly an apter application to politics
friends commented on the resemblance. It was
not long before my friends and acquaintances
began u> call me Jay Gould, and people who did
not know me slyly |K>iuted me out to their com-
i ,anions on the street as the great financier. As
grew olderthey tell me the likeness i.etween
us increased. I am a little older than Mr.
I was thankful that the great army of toadies
and henchmen, and bngandjhand strappers and (jould, and, you see, my beard at the side is
blatherskites are to be whirled, andAossed, and s |j|,|,ily streaked with gray, and lam not Mr.
scutiersd like chaff in the wind, and, like roses | (j„ui d ’ s other self so much us I have been.
than to any other subject, which Mr. Cleveland
and Mr. Lamont evidently remember and prac
tice.
in bloom, and like smoke in a tempest, uud like
dry dust before a rolling chariot wheel, and like
ever ylhiu g else that is tossable, and scattera
tive. laioking to these facts, 1 gave, thanks, and
1 gave them liberally, and giviug didn’t impov
erish me; and if it had, they would have had to
couie anyhow, (or 1 couldn’t hold in.
in fact, 1 gave all the thanks Iliad, and wept
because 1 hud no more thanks to give. 1 gave
thanks to the virtuous voters of this Country
who elected Cleveland and HeudriCKs, and to
Burchard and Hutton, who manipulated the
botch work of the Republican party, and to
Conkling and Arthur, and Edmunds, who let the
cat have their tongues during the stormy ses
sion of the late lamented campaign. I also gave
thanks to the Independents, and the .leagues,
and the labor unions, and the trades uiiious, and
“At first I thought it was fun to be mistaken
for Mr. Gould. People would tackle me for
REV. SAMUEL D. BURCHARD.
Of “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion”
notoriety-
The lata lively campaign was made more live-
points’ tmThecars an'd fen^-boats.'ai'id IwoiVld «• close by the utterance of oneof the
look surprised and indignant at being so famil- clergymen who acted as the spokesman for his
iarly addressed, or. if I felt like it, I would look brethren, when six hundred or so “holy men”
wise and say that D., L. & \V. or Erie might be paid their respects to Candidate Blaine in the
expected to go up or down and afterward re- city of New York. What would otherwise have
cover, but I wasn't prepared to say which. It been an effective demonstration was more than
w;is no uncommon thing when riding in a buggy rendered useless by an alliteralive phrase em-
up Fifih avenue witli my son to see both pedes- belishing the s|<eerh of the Rev. Samuel D. Bur,
ti tans and people in carriages nudge each other chard.of New York. The Republican “ctie’-
aud say loud enough for us to hear: I throughout the campaign had been to conciliate
‘‘•There goes Jay Gould and his son.’ I Catholic citizens, and by this means to convert
“On one occasion I thought I was going to he usually Democratic voters iuto supporters of
kidnapped because I was Jay Gould. It was a jhe opposite party. Unquestionably it had been
had been a largely successful until Brother Burchard “open-
it.” His men-
;was compara
tor Hill, of Colorado.
Prince Albert Victor, the son of the Prince of
Wales and the future King of England. Is to make
a tour of the United States and Canada, next
year. He will be 21 years of age the 8th of Jan-
foolish thought, I know, but there _
pood many savage and senseless newspaper ar- ed his month and put his foot in it
...— ji.,„ w i ln i rides printed about him in consequence of some (i„ n of -Rum” and -R ebellion” ;wa» couipara-
alt thei other individuals and orgaulzatioiis who flop lu Ule st(ick marke t. and I was a little ner- tively harmless, but that of “Romanism” alien-
help d to swell and magutfy the irinmpii. it | yons over a situation I found myself in. It was ated probably many thousands of citizens who
was my treat, and I treated thep whole cro t , j„ the Continental Hotel in Philadelphia. The had previously intended to vote the Republican
TTIV tli.i.iLu •Itwl U frlllMt IMJImHIV. lllilllKIUi! ' Aolneml icitoe onol-o .will. ma.. at.Atl.hw Al_s.il A I I lit 4
my thanks, and eli^ned uobody- TlmuWiil! colored waiter spoke with two men In another ticket. A well-informed newspaper said reeent-
Uie word wants elbow room. It needs riyeisoi , t o( tl)e c;lfe whiIe he was waiting for me to i v that information received from Westchester,
ins and forests of pens to give-it finish my dinner, and presently he sauntered New York and Kingsrounties. New York State,
received from Westchester,
— ...» .».v«. ........ UIUUCI , „„„ w® o...I.,new torn aim muggrouuties. New York State,
pressiou. 1 was thankful ail over, UiauKiuuiess , over my wa y and asked whether my name clearly established the fact that the phra e,
reigned and ruled through the lengw aim wasnot Mr. Wilson. The thought flashed into “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion” turned over
breadth, and height and depth 01 me.anu was ; my head that the men wanted to learu toy real fifteen thousand Catholic voters in those three
monarch of all it surveyed. ... - • . I name.and exacted. i ec untie*. from Blaine to Clevaland. The irrita-
Thanks r«IM trem mytoiijme, beraMam-i"! | as iNTiutBUNOO OAMB. tton caused by tills unfortunate expression had
eyes.slowcd in my features said werevocal even that j would tell who I was. Toseewhat would not time to pass away before election day. and,
lu the crack of my boots. Thanks c -uhie of it; I said: ... I as the political situation appears to-day, a phrase
me spoutaneoasly ' and ^sporadically. uey “‘No. my name Is Jay Gonld.’ 1 has “dished ’ a great party, and put a new Dbase
spilled out in showers; Midstreams, and billows, “The waiter thanked me and carried the news on ctirrent American historv. P
and thundare.and I <h>n'tcar«who mwwbr. | back to the two men. They put something Into The matter is the more Interesting because
“Thankful for Cleveland l--Why, yefc Aaeye- his hand a „ d W ent out of the cafe. I was on toy the Rev. Samuel l>. Burchard, D. D.. is person-
land was my first choice, and ray »“|«‘‘choice , way New Yo rk and the train was due. so i "ly oneof toe gentlest and moet Larmier of
and my only choice. He was my first love, x , seized my valise, hurried to toe depot, and was nit n; *" ■ —
' ' Cr -*SS. AVggSf.
DANIEL S. LAMONT.
uary next, and his birthday will be celebrated
witli imposing ceremonies at his lather’s palace
at Sandringham.
Mrs.'John Milliken, a Boston‘lady, but a
Southerner, bet §50 against $300 that Cleveland
winiHi carry New York by 10,000 majority. One
condition of the bet was tout, if lost, she was to
earn the $50 by. selling peanuts on toe Boston
Common. She paid the bet yesterday, realizing
over®too. Tbearaonntabove $50 site devoted
to the poor. From 200 to 300 people were about
her tent all day, and tlie lady did a thriving bus
iness, selling small' paper bags full at 10 cents
eaclu
It seems to be pretty well settled that the
President and Cabinet are to go to New Orleans
shortly after the opening of Congress. There
will be a large party of Congressmen made up
to go to toe opening of tbe Exposition.
Blondin, tbe famous gymnast, at 60, is fat and
slightly grey, but he is clever and daring as
ever on 1 lie rope. It is now more than a quarter
of a century siuce be first crossed tiie Niagara
river, and lie looks back to that feat as being
the greatest of Ins life. His home is named Ni
agara Villa. The rope on which lie walks at
exhibitions is two inches In diameter, made of
hemp bound around a core of steel. His balan
cing poles run from thirty-seven to forty-seven
pounds in weight, according to tlie height at
which lie performs, which ranges from 40 to too
feet. He has never yet bad a fall, and only one
slight accident. He was called Blondin, by tlie
way, on account of the color of his hair, his real
name being Jean Francois Gravele.
rr<U4i GlCVriAUU ^ - | || IHL BLIL MIO. IiWV A JllllUJl IJ’flllV IHLU.
tbe synthesis, aud the aggregate—Cleveland an on nearer acquaintance I didn’t like their looks,
about, and every where—Cfcvebtu* ysieiway, They were discussing me, as I could see out of
to-day aud forever: I want Cleveland, ttnupiv the oorner of my eye. They appeared to be dis-
wilhout any sweetening. ■ j puling. One shook his head, and the other in-
1 may he mistaken—noaalbiy I m a trinewifa i- sisfed in toe affirmative. Finally toe affirmative
oatedf but It's my deliberateopinionUiatLlevo- man; after a long took at me. got up sullenly
laud U the very man who discovered Oliruao- and went out, aud the other followed. I saw no
pber Columbus, gobbled up the hidden treas- more of them.
ureeof science, inveHtbd capillary attraction,!. -Oneday, owing to a peculiar incident.the
and set toe seven stars in good rstiuiug order, fun of the resemblance disappeared. 1 was iu a
That’s tlie man 1 voted for, and 1 voted for lmn well-known German club-house up town in New
a heap’ and voted for him had, and had my votes York. A German with a turn for talking SociaL
beeu as plentiful as bbickberrien-iu June 1 would ism was introduced to me, and. instead of
have given him tbe w bote crop without leaving laughing at tlie resemblance, as others uuiform-
any ixirtion with which to lift the rent inort- ly bad done, he looked grave,
gage. 1 am thankful that I voted for bim-aud “*I wouldn’t look as much 11 e Jay Gould an
thankful that I intend la keep voting for him as you do for $10,000' he said. ‘I shouldn't wonder
kjMgas.l Uve, and then appoint an executor,, if some one took it into his head to kill him.’
w ith instructions to vote for him as |puig as
“That alarmed me. and a few days afterward
mankind, declaring tiiat U be could not be
reached by law then Judge r.yucli liad better
be employed; and finally advising him to go to
Eumi>6 before ids health was so uracil impaired
tiiat it would be too late to make the trip. I
thought it was time fo me to see Mr. Gould and
find out whether he thought there was anything
to be feared from such articles. I went to see
him about it at bis office. His son started op
don’t Uve: And Tju ibankfuttliati, am thank, I was more alarmed by seeing an article from a
tul, and 1 give thanks tor alt-tbe thanks J give. Brno lyn paper calling Jay Gould an enemy of
RILL NYI IN HIS MIND
Pra a Visit to the Ftanch Metrop
olis.
There msjbe mo re beautiful sigh ts^ P®****^* } rom |,j a M i, e uw me then stammered
than the quiet beauty of toe Frenctr capital a||d .
sleeping in the moonlight on the Seine, but I “-Excuse me, hut I thought you were my
An. romen.her at this moment what they father unexpectedly returned from the West.’
do not remember at . * “i told him it was because l looked like his
are. Looking down trom the mighty formica- fatbcr thal t )la<1 v(slte< t lUe office. Theu I
tlons to where nearly two million warm-liearted, showed him the article.
hot-headed loyal and yet rebellious, peaceful “‘ I don t know why they should want to kill
alill heuJo-rrot iieople are slumbering, my father, do you?’said be.
uiemmies of blowTaud riot and ruin come “I said I didn’t kunw, unless it was because
moping m-in the brain of the beholder! Again be had loo much money. That interview did
toeair seems filled with the wild roar and rush not quiet my mind much. I engeily read all!
of the riotous^canaille.the beautiful boulevards could find in the newspapers about Mr. Gould,
ri i nredwi I h'Ki eucli blood, and the glorious ar- Outlie appearance of tbe Broo.ljn paper ar
chitecture of fm got ten centuries crumbles aud tide
v .i.u in il c i lid tide of revolution and re- , I sought mr. could again
v -nee From the eal ly days of the infant faris. and found him in his office Not a word did I
known then as l.utetia Parisiorinu. when the say as to u.y looking hke him but 1 Could see
c-Ti. t .l w is sinihlv ail ouititling point, that lie discovered (lie resemblance as quick as
E'to days when itoe dictated’to Uul a flash Why didn’t I menlion it to him? Be-
lo the ill liter of natiomd debts and over- cause I thought lie might think it presumptuous
wonderful career of tlie In me, a stranger, to mention it. I told him I
tr^ citv t Atmin we see l sBsar rebuilding Hie knew a man who looked like him who was
P r ,^‘ u hbii being about wilii his neither a nervous nor a timid man, but who was
f ' , L < \A„a ^ 1 H ^nders flash» l ig iu tbe made miseralile iu Imdily health and distressed
coal off a” 1 M*™'* 8, ?^H.%eheadstUro« n by Hie articles addressed against him (Mr.
warn, southern sun. l,u Gould). That man, I saki, rea.1 an article in a
back proudly, and . , Dah) that news|iaper recently «lilch alarmed lilm. Tlien
pantaloons there Is a das themmtai-bed I told him what the article contained, as I have
shows where hesat ; {“ just told you. ami added:
near where t ie i aviliou Ult) - The writer of that article, Mr. Gould, If he
stands. Ra| idly J")* theTuilenes. the could, would put a knife through your heart.’ ,
Seinefroni ll'e IcuvrevaU i g Ju where toe “I supisise I'had become a little excited, and I
Rue Rlvoli and tin-Rue F Id . at t lie last a licit*- energetic, for Mr. Gould
ftiisse' raise's *Us**!'ale h.cades. In the fore- Jum|s;d bac - as I alluded to the kidle. I con-
President-elect Cleveland has five sisters, ail
married but one—Mrs. N. B. Bacon, of Toledo,
Ohio: Mrs. Hastings, a missionary in Ceylon,
India: Mrs. Hoyt, of Fayetteville, N. Y.; Mrs.
L. Ti Yeomans, of Walworth, near Rochester,
N. Y . and Miss R. A. Cleveland, the youngest,
wno ft now w itii tier bnaber, iiie PiesidetiV-eiect,
at Albany. It is'tfioiight that this lady will lie
the mistress of the White House. She is a lady
of literary tastes—a sort of blue-stocking it is
alleged. , „
Mary Anderson Is winning In England a fame
equal to that of any actress who has ever
adorned the stage. Her remarkable personal
His explanation of what his meaning was I beauty-no doubt is an element in her success.
‘ ‘ " could not be so highly praised by the
*f she did not possess a high dram-
Miss Anderson was not greatly ad-
ELLA MONTE JO—An American Lyric Artist.
GENERAL ITEMS-
The House of Representatives of Vermont r -
fused to iiierease the (poveruor’s meager s.ilai
to (2.W0. but added $000 to the preseut auiouit
and made it $1,500.
urDi. VV* w ",«...Ok-tt>i relusing to ‘ Mr. Gould replied IhoucldfiiHy that he had Citizens of Washington will this winter u>
and exclusive alajut his sa c I t Uer 4 j“ uW geeil j4 0 , ue w f the articles directed against him, every |tc«sib!e legal im aus to secure the n
use a secmid-hand s.ircopnagu , a u<| some lu had not seen, and seemed to l»e iu- inoval of the railroad tracks from the heart t i
dieai ly he c«nrid l‘ ri,C iVM«Jrr‘rniiiid we come sud- different on tlie subj*ft, hut it was not difficult the capital. *
Moving town jd the backgr roup to see that-the subject was distasteful to him. n it » ...
denly iiHm the Ro'jrse. Un? Bon-Bon, The interview was thus concluded. Oneof the oddest p«»lllicalljets of the eampaig
dVtat. tlie 1 alais des IWux-A - ^ t , rt . Ms “Nuw. I think it was in consequence of that !5!h I . , . ,SI « e il Ji^ rV 5r a,,l rt $ ^» lweeu tWo r; ‘ l
and the Ghanips de Ihifiiiiny* silent and conversation.'* Mr. Meyers said, “that Mr. r °«*d nieu. Out*« ffeied to l>et lus natural teeil
the Gmnil Bmilevaril tie *arl<yvao. *» » “ Gml | d | Kllt tiin vurht iMrilt. :iik1 that he t.mk a agaiiml the <• her a i-.«ket knife that Blai..
abandoned while down ‘be river lurineianu |( jp fil|l )(f ||lW| ' f „ ra w(lUr T ld.«. thing in wear- wouid carry Now York State. Tlie bet w.
Nevada, during the last two years, has sold
ut aw.OOO acres of its lands, aud alioiil $15.-
I er un*11111 is coining into the slate from siirli
nearest I I sthowetl that I was l»rave. didii t l. in going have been disposed of.
V' * E i.i, nmrh nleasui e bv been well for a uay or two, and xiaveirt i»een v
v it Mill la- n-sid .J* 11 . 1 should, at first out of rloors t.oday. My he dth is affected. Yet n i„,
ewlm see it. and U there ^ twrtjw| , 1H , tllluK | am descend-
i, appear t«> l*« a v 'ih'Vi.» description. 1 ed from a fighting admiral in the sixteenth con- S ..J
hope the gentle reader will bear in
Tie Siiliug. Wyoming, is about tlj®
ever
the
myself
delayed in reaching tlieretids
Mv uext loner Mill tie from Rome. . .
. For a cripple, i hitomi as nwen «
Europe this fall as possible.
i disposed
Pe< pie m h s ly tl at > ecause Mrs. W. II. Van
lired as an actress while on toeAmerieanstage,
TALMAGE’S
Thanksgiving Sermon.
Brooklyn, November 30.—[Speoial. j—At
the annual Thanksgiving services at the
Brooklyn tabernaole, the ehuroh was pro
fusely decorated with oorn from the west,
sugar oane from Louisiana, wheat from the
north and ootton from Georgia. The open
ing hymn was:
“Hark, toe sound of jubilee
Loud as mighty thunder’s roar."
The enbjeot of the sermon by Dr. Talmage
was “Thanksgiving Day, 1884.” Tbe texts
were: Ezekiel xli, 11, “Another door toward
the Sooth of Revelation;” xxi, 13, “On the
Sooth Three Gates.” Dr. Talmage eaid:
“King George, of Eagland, at the close of
the Revolutionary war, in whioh he had loat
the thirteen oolonies, set apart a day for
national thanksgiving, beoanee of the return
of peaoe. A chaplain of the king asked him,
“Are yon going to return thanks for the lose
of the thirteen brightest jewels of yonr
orownT” “No; not for that,” answered the
king. “Beoanee so many millions have
been added to the national debt?” “No
not for that,” answered the king. “Because
so many thoaeands have been alain, though
belonging to the same race and religion?”
“No; not for that,” answered the king. “For
what, then,” insisted the ehaplain, “does
yonr majesty want ns to give thanks?”
“Thank God," vehemently oried the king,
‘thank God it is not any worse! And if the
year now past has brought to any of yon
misfortune or calamity or bereavement, yon
have eo many meroiee left that yoa ought to
thank God that things are no wore# with yon
than they are.'
Bat to vast throngs of os it haa been a year
of everlasting meroy, and as individuals,as
ohnroh.as a nation we keep j ibilee.and would
to God that oar habit of gratitnde might
become os fixed as that of St. Felix, the monk
of Oantalioe, who on all oooasiona, whether
stopping a fight or soliciting alms for the
monastery, oried oat, “Dso gratia*," (thanks
be to God), ontil the ohoroh called him
Brother Deo Gratiae, and the ohildren hailed
him along the street as Father Deo Gratiae.
After a year in wbioh other nations have felt
the scourge of epidemio, bnt this land has
been spared, after emerging nnhart from a
presidential oontest, in whioh the blind
Samson of partisanship threatened to pall
down the pillars of state and to leave the
temple flat in the dost, and after 365 more
days of kindness from oar God we are here.
In the graoeful and splendid decoration of
this ohnroh to-day, witn the grain and f ruita
of all sections, we have an American Oon •
grees of national prodnots. Delegations
from North, Sooth, East and West Here
are delegations with white hair from the
ootton fiel eof the south. Here are these
with aabnrn beards and looks from the
golden wheat fields of the North. Here are
fruits that have in their ronod ohecks the
blush of the Betting snn of the West. Bahold
this moss from Soothern woods, the bridal
veil of the forest. Behold these pinnies of
pampas from the far West. Behold thisrioe
from the Oarolinas, and these grapes aud
pears from California. Behold these ap
ples from Conneo iont, the land of steady
habits. Behold these great banana trees,
standing sentinel at either end of the plat
form, by last steamer from Florida, bnt the
trnit this moment growing, and one of them
in blossoms of resplendent oib. Behold
this coal from Pennsylvania, and this iron
ore from Idaho, and this silver from Nevada,
and this lead from Colorado, and this cop
per from Lake Superior, and these great
blossoms of Hew York and New Jersey and
L mg Island oereal luxuriance. Harvests of
1884 looking down npon all their predeces
sors. So the wave of temporal blessings has
dashed to the top of the nation’s oorn bin.
Aye, the. proepertiy of this nation- has
rolled npnntil the crest of the wave has
broken and recoiled open itself. More oorn
and wheat and ootton and rioe than we oan
find profitable market for. More manufac
tured goods than we oan dispose of. The
grain markets are glutted and the factories
by the hundreds stopped .pr ran with only
half the spindles harnessed and wages are
cat down because the supply haa swamped
the demand. Nothing is the matter to-day
with this country bnt ovor-prodootion and
nnder-oonsamption. When there to work for
ten there are twenty who offer their servioes,
and tbe hundred thousand wheels of Amen-
oan indastry are slowing up, not because
there is too little, bnt because there is too
moeh. God has snowed npon the track of
the nation snob vast aooomnl tion of pros
perity that the engine whion draws the train
cannot plough any farther through. The
Amerioan nation is being ohoked to death
with surplus of prodootion and mannfao-
toree. Too mnoh wheat, too mooh oorn, too
mnoti ootton, too mao i fruit, too maoh ooal
and iron, too mnoh hardware, too many dry
goods, too many shoes, too many carpets,
too many philosophioal instruments, too
many cattle, too many sheep, too maoy arti
sans, too many merchants, too maoy law
yers, too many doctors, and from the large
number of exoellent men in my own profes-
ion without settlements, some might think
too many ministers.
The deluge of supply rises 15 cubits high
above the mountains of demand. The load
of national wealth is greater than the team
oan draw. The man who dies for look of a
oroat of bread is no worse off than the man
who is smothered to death in a wheat bio.
The nation suffers to-day not of marasmus
but of plethorea, not from consumption bnt
from apoplexy. What shall we do. Let ns
rash right do«n to Washington and have the
tariff ohanged, say a multitude. Bat pat ap
the tariff as high as the tip-top hon-e of
Mount Washington and while yon might
keep out foreign goods, we have enough
milts of onr own left to weave ten flannel
shirts where there is only one back to wear
them, and ten pair of shoes for every two
feet that needs them, and twenty curtains
for every window that coold support them,
and twenty pair of eye glasses for alt the
visions that could be reinforced by them,
and twenty ear trumpets for all that could
hear through them. Doctor the tariff with
homeopathic or allopathio or eoleotic dose
from now until the Thanksgiving Day of the
year 2 000, and yon cannot in that way core
this onrouio national malady.
Others hope by change of national admin
istration to oorreet 1trouble. No presi
dent, though he oombined the patriotism of
a Wasningtoo and the broad views of a Jef
ferson and the snavity of Madison and ihe
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