Sunday Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 236, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 13, 1896 Page: 2 of 8
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SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 13 ISOfl.
THE VOICES OE NATURE.
Contributed to the Light.
How beautiful this world wbuld Im*
If no dark clouds obscured the light
And souls were joyous happy free.
As birds who sing from morn ’till
night.
In dewy sleep the lovely flowers
With nil their folded buds would
rt*st
Then fresh from sweet warm summer
showers.
They’d rise nt morn nil radiant
dressed.
At dawn the cl*uds should floe away
Like white-winged birds all sorely
pressed.
’Till eve when Sol. the god of day.
Would drain 1 their splendors in the
west.
Although never depressed by dark
days and stormy weather I am a lov-
er of sunshine and blue skies. To lie
in the orchard or sit by the brook-
side watching the great pile of cumu-
lus clouds banked up in their snowy
1 ■ .whiteness against the expense of a-
l . sure listening to the myriad
voices of nature is heaven
enough for me. There is
|- exquisite'delight in the sensation ex-
» ;. per fenced at such times the realiza-
tion of my oneness with all life—the
life pervading all. Its beauty seems
|E so palpitating so nearly akin to bu-
. man < onsciousness that at times I al-
most feel as though the silence would
I*. lie broken by audible speech. But
. this is not needed. There are voices
of nature language as real as we use
to convey our thoughts to one au-
> other.
If we are “near to' s nature’s heart"
we hear it throbbing; near to her
—-'-breast we hear innumerable voices.
I often wonder just what the crickets
and grasshopi>ers are saying in their
chirpings the frogs and den-
zens of the marshes in their
queer piping notes in their calls and
responses. They have a language I
am sure and we might learn it if we
were truer children of nature. Go
into the grand old forests of many
tints and shades alive with bird note
and insect hum. and a feeling of awe
falls upon you as in the intervals of
silence your ear catches the voice of
‘ a murmering stream so faintly heard.
Oh! the sweetness the tenderness the
restful calmness! You utter an ejac-
lation.. a prayer and a thousand
voices answer you.
Wc speak of inanimate nature;!here
is no such thing. The still life of na-
ture lias its voice its lieing its con-
stant expression of the One Life. We
feel this as we grow more and more
to realize our oneness with the whole.
■ as we become more open to the finer
subtler forces of nature. To breathe
in Hie air of a summer’s day becomes
then a pleasure which is more than
the mere physical senses can bestow
bloathe soulfully spiritually as
well as corporally and thus come in-
.to doser touch with the life of intelli-
gence. beauty goodness purity and
force which surround us on every
side. Then it is we hear these voices
so pregnant with all that is hopeful
and life-giving so strong in their af-
firmations of good so prophetic in
their utterances of the coming time
when only good shall prevail. We
hear not a complaining word an in-
harmonious sound nothing to grate
on the sensitive ear attuned to their
melodious measures. The voices an*
.‘ill pitched to the key-note of love.
Then 1 is no better way of getting
al>ove the discordant conditions of
earth «4han by holding communion
with these voices letting them s|ienk
to the inner consciousness of this
higher condition freed from all that
troubles or annoys. It is either a
dull or a ven selli'ii h 'ime ilmi
cannot comprehend them at all.
The spontaneousness of this life the
I • utter absence of useless form or re-
I Mriction infuses its dwn sense of
I freedom into the mind and instincts.
■ ' This is why a Sabbath with nature is
f a joy. while a day spent in church
I going is a torture. The stuff}- at-
I UQKphere and stiff posture the for-
l uml service and stereotyped utter*
AL ances of the preacher are all in direct
contrast to my • teinph not madi wi:h
of na Mire's vh. i s ■ mild
LIGHT.
wordy utterance heard from pulpit
or desk.
A How slow the world is to learn their
value and to seek their help how-
weak to lean on these makeshifts
substituted for the living word. In
the words of Emerson “Man is timid
and ai>ologetlc; he is no longer * up-
right; he .dares not say ’I think’ ‘I
am.’ He is ashamed before the blade
of grass or the blooming rose.
These roses under my w indow make
no reference to former roses or to bet-
ter ones; they are for what they are.
There is no time to them. There is
simply the rose; it is perfect
moment of its existence. Its nature
is satisfied and it satisfies nature in
all moments .alike. Thore is no time
to it. [lostpones of remem-
bers; he does not live in the pre'sent
but with reverted eye lamepts the
past or heedless of the riches that
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surround him stands on tiptoe to fore-
see the future. He cannot be happy
and strong until lie too lives with
nature in the present above time.”
This voice of nature is calling call-
ing constantly. Time it is that robs
of youth joy and happiness draws
the hideous wrinkle and stiffens the
supple joints sprinkles snow in the
sunny tresses and blurs the clear vis-
ion. Why not live above him? Why
not pull the scythe out of his bony
baud and topple over his skeleton
frame? Why not bury him out of
sight and forget him as do the birds
and roses? But they too are under
has ban you say. and no amount of
forgetfulness will avert his ravages.
Yes they are so unconsciously but
we are conscious awakened to a
sense of our power our immorality
our superiority to time which has no
place in the spiritual realm. Let us
learn from nature; but as we have
come out from her very bosom to a
higher life so may we aspire to attain
that higher ultimate rather than re-
turn to her. To conquer time to rise
above it this will be emancipation in-
deed. So let us not measure our days
weeks months and years. But like
the mighty cedars of Lebanon or the
giant oaks of our western wilds let
us withstand the changing shifting
experiences of an illusive life and
grasping the reality lift ourselves to
a higher plane of being. If they can
live on and on through centuries de-
fying time why may we not achieve
the same power? Why doubt these
greater utterances of nature and cling
so tenaciously to these old beliefs in
time and its ravages? The mighty
hills rocks trees and mountains voice
this great truth the world is slow to
perceive. Why not listen why not
lielieve. why not accept and live?
WHO IS THE LIAR?
To the Light.
It is not true as stated in the Ex-
press of this morning that a commit-
tee. consisting of “Col. .1. P. New-
comb. Albert Hohrath. Joseph Ryan
H. E. Vernor and C. 8. Robinson
called on Mayor Elmendorf yesterday
with a view to forming a county tick-
et with Judge Callaghan. District;
Lewis Treasurer Froedoese and
Clerk Lewis Treasurer Froboese and
Sheriff Campbel! as a neucleus.”
Mayor Elmendorf in a conversation
this morning with Mr. Hobrath de-
nied having given any such item and
promised to formally deny the same
in the Express of tomorrow.
JAMES P. NEWCOMB.
ALBERT HOHRATH.
JOSEPH RYAN.
HENRY E. VERNOR.
San Antonio. Sept. 12th 1890.
DOWN BY THE SEA.
Light Special.
Corpus Christi Sept. 12.—Ac-
cording to program Kleburg was
nominated for congress here by
the Democrats of the Eleventh dis-
trict but it was hard lines for the
sound money wing of the party.
Another monster excursion will
reach this city by the sea on the
27th. It will be made up at Cuero
and points along the Sap.
The senatorial convention of this
senatorial district will be called
soon but the date is not yet deter-
mined on bnt it will be before
Wells goes down to the Rio
Grande.
Conrad Westervelt left this city
for Annapolis Maryland on yes-
terday to stand examination for a
cadetship having been appointed
alternate a few months ago.
There is another rumor about
town that the Browns have con-
tracted for the completion of the
work at the pass and that work
will be resumed but the report
cannot be verified.
There was the usual attendance
of little ones and those < f larger
growth at the week)} 7 summer
dance last night. The little men
and women had the floor until 9
o’clock.
General Wheeler and the Aran-
sas Pass people are encouraged tp
learn that work on the jetties Is to
be immediately resumed but the
people have heard that so often that
they prefer to see the work in pro-
gress.
—Children before going to school go
to Gus. Albers Clifford BTdg. bar-
ber shop and get your hair cut 21 m
—There is no other place in the dity
where yon can buy men's $4 ian
shoes for 32.25 but SULLIVAN’S
AS YE WOULD.
If I should see
A brother languishing in sore distress
And I should turn and leave him com-
fortless.
When I might be
A messenger of hope and happiness-
How could I ask to have what I
denied.
In my own hour’of bitterness sup-
plied?
If I might share
A brother's load along the dusty way
And I should turn and walk alone
that day
How could I dare—
When in the evening watch I knelt to
pray—
To ask for help to bear my pain
and loss.
If I had heeded not my brother's
cross?
If I might sing to cheer a fainting
heart—
And I should seal my lips and sit
apart.
When I might bring
A bit of sunsldne for life's ache and
smart-
How could I hope to have my grief
relieved.
If I kept silent when my brother
grieved?
And so I know
That day is lost wherein I fail to lend
A helping hand to some wayfaring
friend;
But if it show
A burden lightened by the cheer I
send.
Then do I hold the golden hours well
s|ient.
And lay me down to sleep in sweet
content.
—Edith Virginia Bradt.
WAGES IN SILVER COUNTRIES.
India is one of the great silver coun-
tries. Here is some information
concernulg wages paid to working-
men in thaKcountry given under the
authority of United States Consul
General I‘olk at Calcutta' which
American workingmen will do well
to [louder:
M ages for unskilled labor as truck-
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MARCH OF THE AFRICANS.
WHERE THE WORKINGMAN WILL GET IT.
Bryan to Workingman—Now hold still and PH cut your dollar in two
without hurting you a bit
ers sweepers etc.. 4 annas (fie) per
day. Wages for skilled labor such
as the foreman in the picking card-
ing roving etc. rooms in rice mills.
12 annas (18c) per day. Native engi-
neers and firemen receive 1 rupee (24c)
per day. Coal costs 4*4 annas (7c)
]ier aund (82 2-7 pounds.
American wbrkingmen will perhaps
lie interested in reading what United
States Consul Jernigan at Shang-
hai says about the wages of laborer*
engaged in the cotton mills of China
which country is on a silver basib.
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Copyright The New York Musical Echo Co. iB<m
[From Harper's Weekly. Copyright. 1890. by Harper & Brothers.]
Mr. Jernigan says:
“The cotton mills now in operation
nt Shanghai employ 5000 laborers at'
the maximum average per day of
about 20c in silver. The food of these
laborers consists of rice cabbage
fish occasionallyand sometimes Chi-
nese pork two or three times a month
the cost of the entire food supply not
exceeding two Mexican dollars per
month. Ilie wages artd the food ap-
pear satlsfactoory to the laborers
and there has been no complaint by
them either on account of wages or
food. There are four large cotton
mills now being built and these will
employ an additional 5000 laborers
the number employed by the four cot-
ton mills now being operated. There
will be 10000 laborers employed in
the cotton mills at Shanghai alone at
the cheap rate of about 10c in gold
per day and it is represented to me
that under the guidance of*European
supervision by the aid of modern ma-
chinery the manipulation of the cot-
ton is as skiled in the cotton mills
at Shanghai as in those of any coun-
try.
“The American laborer can not live
on the wages paid to a Chinese labor-
er and he would not and ought not
to be contented with the food that a
Chinese eats with satisfaction. Such
wages and such food would depre-
ciate the manhood and the courage
which have ever been the safeguard
of our free institutions and the ab-
sence of which is so painfully evident
around me in the bearing and charac-
tre of laborers who receive their
wages in money of such little value
and subsist on food of as little sus-
tenance.”
PROBATE NOTICE.
The State of Texas I
County of Bexar. f
County Court in Matters of Probate to
September term. 1896.
The State of Texas to all persons in-
terested In the administration of the
estate of Anna Junghaenel deceased:
J. Belohlavek. administrator of the es-
tate of Anna Junghaenel deceased has
filed his final account In the County Court
of Bexar County which will be acted on
at the September term A. D. 1896 of said
Court at the Court House thereof in the
City of San Antonio after this notice
shall have been duly published for twenty
(20) days in some newspaper printed in
Bexar County. Texas; at which time all
persons Interested in said estate mav ap-
pear and make objections thereto if they
see proper.
Witness Thad. W. Smith. Clerk of the
Comity Court of Bexar County
< —'— ) and seal of said Court at my
% seal. 1 office In San Antonio this
* —> — Twenty-fourth day of August
A. D. 1896.
THAD. W. SMITH.
Clerk County Court Bexar County.
By R. C. Symington Deputy.
Issued same day.
CameOo hand. August 24th 1896 hM
o’clock jp. m.. and publication of
above elation ordered made In
A Light. jHBB
■ JNO P. Ca
_ Sheriff Bexar
Lv Van Dipeu
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