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Show 'a prairie fire in north da- KOTA. r One of tho most magnificent sights I wo have ever seen in our. life (Swltzor- land and our owa mountains not ox--v "copted) was when, many years ago, wo were traveling over tho great h plains of North Dakota in tho night, C and witnessed ono of thoso great prai- A rlff-flrwwhlch sometimes happen-there. happen-there. A wall of flame, perhaps 20 miles long, streaming up into tho sky lb and coming toward 'us. It seemed al-w al-w most like tho final conflagration. It was magnificent, but terrible. When tho settlers see ono of these fires coming com-ing they at onco plough tho land about ' their buildings, and then set llttlo Hres in the tall grass about them, to go out to meet tho great fire and stop tho . conflagration for want of material to ' burn. Tho sovereigns of Europe, who live and thrive on the loll, and sometimes some-times on tho starvation, of their subjects, sub-jects, are perfectly aware that great fires of revolution are liable from tlmo to time to break out and threaten their thrones, and so then fence themselves about 'with their armies and military surroundings, and, If the danger seems "Mi too great, sometimes contrive to get up wars with each other, which servo to, divert' tho attention of their sub-- sub-- jects. for instance, when in Paris wq.we.ro tpld In confidence by a German Ger-man physician that tho war between . Germany and.Franco was on thopolnt of breaking out. Every part of tho German army, every ambulanco corps, every surgical Instrument, ready to bo used at an hour's notice. We have good reasons for believing that' Napoleon Napo-leon knew this and felt quite suro his armies would bo defeated, but thought It better to bo conquered by and surrender to tho Germans than to lose his head on tho gulllotlno at Paris. In tho great questions now coming up all over tho civilized world, it seems of tho utmost importanco to us that while our 'peace-loving citizens should do everything to prevent anarchy anar-chy at homo, they should also exercise exer-cise perpetual vigilance that wo are not drawn Into any of these European complications, which might involve tho safety of our frco institutions, and the growth of civilization and humanity. human-ity. To this end wo not only want Bands of Mercy and humane education in nil our lower grades of schools, but also influences that will reach our colleges and universities, and form in them a great army for tho promotion of peace on earth and good will, not only to men, but to all that depend upon our mercy. GEO. T. ANGELA. o |