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REV. DR. IALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUNDAY
SERMON.
Subject: "The Martyrs of EveryDay
Life." (Preached at
Lakeside, Ohio.)
Text: Thou, therefore, endure hardness.
?II. Timothy, ii., 8.
Historians are not slow to acknowledge the j
merits of great military chieftains. \\ e have
the full length portraits of the Crom wells,ihe
Washingtons, the Napoleons and the Wellingtons
of the world. History is not written !
in black ink, but with red" ink of human j
p blood. The gods of human ambition do not
r drink from bowls made out of silver, or gold, j
or precious stones, but out of the bleached j
kulls of the falien. But I am now to unroll
before you a scroll of heroes that the weld
has never acknowledged: those Mho
faced no guns, blew no bugleblast,
conquered no critics, chained no
captives to their chariot wheels, and
yet, in the great day of eternity, will stand
higher than those whose names startled the
nations; and seraph, and rapt spirit, and
arohangel will tell their deeds to a listening
universe. I mean the heroes of common,
very-day life.
In this roll, in the first place, I find all the
heroes of the sick room. When Satan had
failed to overcome Job, he said to
God: "Put forth thy hand and touch
his bones and his ilesh, and he will
curse thee to thy face." fc'atan had found out
what we have found out, that sickness is the
greatest test of one's character. A man who
stand that can stand anything. To be
hut in a room as fast as though it were a j
bastile; to be so nervous you cannot endure '
the tap of a child's foot: to have luxuriant J
fruit, which tempts the appetite of the robust
and healthy, excite our loathing and disgust
when it first appears ou the platter; to |
have the rapier of pain strike through the j
side, or across the temples, like a razor, or to j
put the foot into a vice, or throw the whole j
Dody into a blaze of fever. Yet there |
.. have been men and women, but more
women than men, who have cheerfully
endured this hardness. Through
years of exhausting rheumatisms and excruciating
neuralgias they have gone, and
through bodily distresses that raspoi the
nerves, and tore the muscles, and paled the
cheeks, and stooped the shoulders. By the j
dim light of the sick-room taper they saw on i
their wall the picture of that laud where the
' Inhabitants are never sick. Through the
ueuu suence ui luo ni?Ub tucy uctuu tuo
choru3 of the angels. The cancer ato away
her life from week to week and day to day,
and she became weaker and weaker, and
? every "good night" was feebler than
the "good night" before?yet never
sad. The children looked up into
her face and ' saw suffering transformed
into a heavenly smile. Those who
suffered on the battle-field, amid shot and j
shell, were not so much heroes and heroines i
as those who in the field hospital and in the j
asylum had fevers which no ice could cool ;
and no surgery cure. No shout of a comrade
to cheer them, but numbness, and aching,
' and homesickness?yet willing to suffer,
; confident in God, hopeful of heaven.
Heroes of rheumatism. Heroes of
neuralgia. Heroes of spinal complaint.
Heroes of sick headache. Heroes of
lifeloog invalidism. Heroes and heroines.
Ttaev shall reign forever and ever.
Hark! 1 catch just one note of the eternal
anthem: "There shall be no more pain.'-'
Bless God for that
In this roll I elso find the heroes of toil, who
do their work uncomplainingly. It is comparatively
easy to lead a regiment into battle !
when you know that the whole nation will j
applaud the victory; it is comparatively easy
to doctor the sick when you know that your
kill will be appreciated by a large company
of friends and relatives; it is comparatively
easy to address an audience when, in the I
gleaming eyes and the flushed cheeks, you
know that your sentiments are adopted;
but to do sewing where you expect
that the employer will come and
thrust his thumb through the work to show
how imperfect it is, or to have the whole garmamf
fKv/\t?n Konlr an ttaii frt Ka Hon a avak
UICUW uuivnu vav.iv v/u j vu bv uc uvuc ?v*
again; to bui!d a wall au 1 know there will be :
" no oue to say you did it well, but only a i
wearing employer howling across scaffold; I
' to work until your eyes are dim and your j
back aches, and your heart faints, and tc
know that if you stop before nignt your (
"-' children will starve. Ah! the sword has 1 ;
not slain so many as the needle. The great j
?? battle-fields of our last war were not
Gettysburg and Shiloh and South Mountain.
The great battle-fields of th? last war
were in the arsenals, and in the shops and in
the attics, where women imde army jackets
for a sixpence. They toiled on until they
died. They had no funeral eulogium, but, in
the name of my Go.1, this day, 1 enroll their
names among those of whom the world was
not worthy. Heroes of the needle. Heroes
of the sewing machine. Heroes of the attic.
Heroes of the cellar. Heroes and heroines.
Bless God for them.
In this roll 1 also find the heroes who have j
uncomplainingly endured domestic injustices.
There are men who for their toil and
Anxiety have no sympathy in their homes.
Exhausting application to business gets them
a livelihood, but an unfrugal wife scatters ,
it. He is fretted at from the moment he en'
* ters the door until he comes out of it. The
exasperations of business life augmented by
the exasperations of domestic life. Such j
men are laughed at, but they have a heartbreaking
trouble, and they would have long l
ago gone into appalling dissipations I
Due lor me grace 01 uoa. oociety i
to-day is strewn with the wrecks of \ ,
| men, who under the northeast storm of j ,
t domestic infelicity have been driven on the j
f rocks. There are t?nsof thousands of drunk- j
(Wis in th'13 country to-day, made such bj j
their wives. That is not poetry. That Is '
pro3& But the wrong is generally in the op- I
posite direction. You would not have to go '
tar to find a wife whose life is a perpetual ;
! martyrdom Something heavier than a j
stroke of the fist; unkind words, staggering !
' home at midnight, and constant maltreat- |
ment which have left her only a wreck of j
what she was on that day when in thj midst j
p of a brilliant assemblage the vows were taken,
> and full organ plays l the wedding march, |
and the carriage rolled away with the
p. benediction of the people. What was the i
burn? ag of Latimer and Ridley at the stakr j
eompare l with this? Those men;Den became J
Unconscious in the fire, but here xs a fifty !
years' raartydom, a fifty years1 putting to j
death, yet uncomplaining. "No bitter words j
when the rollicking companions at 'J o'clock ;
in the morning pitch the husband dead drunk j
into the frout entry. No bitter words when ;
wip?pg from the swollen brow the b'.ood i
itruck out in a midnight carousal.
Bending over the battered and i
hmiicnri form of him who when he toolf
her from her father's home, promised love, I
and kindness, and protection, yet nothing
but sympathy, and prayers, and forgiveness
r>efore they aro asked for. No bitter woicio
wben the family Bible goes for ram, ami th?
pawnbroker's shop gets the last decent dres3.
Some day, desiring to evoke the story of her J
sorrows,"you say: "Well, how ore you get- j
ting along now?' and rallying her trembling j
voice, ana quieting h?r quivering lip, she (
says: "Pretty well, I thank you, pretty
well." She never will tell you. In the delirium
of her last sickness she may
]r Veil all the sec vts of her lifetime.
Out she will not tell that. Not
until the books of eternity are opened on the j
thrones of judgment will ever be known !
what she has suffered. Oh! ye who are |
twisting a garland for the victor, put it on I
that pale brow. Wlien she is dead the '
neighbors will beg linen to make her a j
shroud, and she will be carried out in a plain
box with no silver plate to tell her years, for '
she has lived a thousand years of trial and
anguish. The gamblers and swindlers whc
destroyed her husband will not come to the
funeral. One carriage will be enough
for that funeral?one carriage to carry the
orphans and the two Christian women who
presided over the obsequies. But thjre is a
LUi-Ml, uuu mo \jl c* vcicdiiiai uuu> } ami
ashont: "Lift up your head, ye everlasting !
jate, and let her come in!" And Christ wiil i
itep forth and say: "Coma in! ye suffered
; xlth m9 on earth, be gioriaed with me in
aeaven." What is the highest throne in
heaven? You say: ''The throne of the Lord
3od Almighty and the Lamb." No doubt
ibout it What is tiie next highest throne in
heaven ? While I speak Jt seems to me that it
will be the throne of th_> drunkard's wife, if
-she with cheerful patience endured all her
sarthly torture. Heroes and heroines.
I find also in this roll the heroes of Christian
charity. We all admire the George Peabodys
and the James Lenoxes of the earth,
who give tens and hundreds of thousands of
dolarstogood objects.
But I am speaking this morning of those
who, out of their pinched poverty, help
others?of such mm as those Christian missionaries
at the West, wl.oare on -;j-50 j
a year that tney may proclaim Christ to the j
peop.e; one of them, writing to tne Secretary ;
?
.. -'i afc;& . : ; .... .. ?>.;
in Nevr York, saying: "I thank you
for that $25. Until yesterday we
have had no meat in our house for
three months. We have suffered terribly.
My children have no shoes this winter." And
of those people who have only a half loaf of
bread, but give a piece of it to others who
are hungrier; and of those who have only a
scuttle of coal, but help others to fuel; and
of those who have only a dollar in their
pocket, and give twenty-five cents to somebody
else; and of that father who wears a
shabby coat, and of that mother who wears
a faded dress, that their children may be well
apparelled. You call them paupers, or
ragamuffins, or emigrants. I call them
heroes and heroines. \ ou and I may not know
where they live, or what their nama is. God
knows, and they have more angels hovering
over them than you and I have, and they
will have a higher s at in heaven.
They may have only a cup of cold water
to gire a poor traveler, or may have only
picked a splinter from under the nail of a
child's finger, or have put only two mites
iiito the treasury, but the Lord knows them,
nnnsiflftrinir what thev had. thev did more
than we have ever clone, ani their faded
dress will become a white robe, and the
small room will be an eternal mansion,
and the old hat will be a coronet of victory,
and nil the applause of earth
and all the shouting of heaven will be drowned
out when God rises up to give his reword to
those humble workers in his kingdom, and to
say to them: "Well done, good and faithful
servant." You have all seen or heard of the
ruin of Melrose Abbey. I suppose in some
respects it is the most exquisite ruin on earth.
And yet, looking at it I was not so impressed
?you may set it down to bad taste?but I
was not so deeply stirred as I way at a tombstone
at the foot of that Abbey?the tombstone
placed by Walter Scott over the grave
of an old man who had served him for a good
many years in;his housa. The inscription most
significant, and I defy any man to
stand there and read it without tears coming
into his eyes. The epitaph: "Well done,
good and faithful servant." Oh! when our
work is over, will it be found that because
of anything we have done for God, or the
church, or suffering humanity, that such an
inscription is appropriate for us? God grant
it
Who are those who were bravest and deserved
the greatest monument?Lord Claverhouso
and his burly soldiers, or John Brown,
the Edinburgh carrier, ana his wife? Mr.
Atkins, the persecuted minister of Jesus
i^nns& in ocotiana, was secrecea oy jonn
Brown and his wife, and Claverhouse rode
up one day with his armed men
and shouted in front of the house.
John Brown's little girl came out. He said
to her: "Well, miss, is Mr. Atkins hereif"
She made no answer, for she could not betray
the minister of the GospeL "Ha!" Cleverhouse
said, "then you are a chip of the old
block, are you? I hare something in my |
pocket for you. It is a nosegay. Some peo- ,
pie call it a thumbscrew, but I call it a nosegay."
And he got off bis horse, and he put
it on the little girl's hand, and be^an to turn
it until the bones cracked, and she cried. He
said: "Don't cry, don't cry: this isn't a thumbscrew;
this is a nosegay." And they heard 1
the child's cry, and the father and mother j
came out, and Claverhouse said: "Ha! It j
seems that you three have laid your holy
head; together determined to die like all the |
rest of your hypocritical, canting, snivelling 1
crew: rather than give up good Air. Atkins, j
pious Mr. Atkins, you would die. I have a
telescope with me that will improve your |
vision," and he pulled out a pistol. 4'Now," '
he said, "you old pragmatical, lest you
saouia caica coiu in mis com morning ui o oland,
and for the honor and safety of the
king, to say nothing of the glory of
God and the good of our souls, I ]
will proceed simply anl in the neatest 1
and most expeditious style possible to blow i
your brains out." John Brown fell upon his I
knees and began to pray. "Ah!" siid Claver- 1
house, "look out, ifyou are going to pray; I
steer clear of the king, the council and
Richard Cameron." "01 Lord," said John I
Brown, "since it seems to be Thy will that I I
should leave this world for a world where I I
can lore Thee better and serve Thea more, I I
I rat this poor widow woman and three help- I
ess, fatherless children into Thy hauls. We 1
have been together in peace a good 1
while, but now we must 'look forth to ;
a better meeting in heaven, and a? \
for these poor creatures, blindfolded
and infatuated, that stand before me, convert
them before it be too late, and muy they
who have sat in judgment in this lonely place
on this blessed morning, upon me, a poor, defenseless
fellow-creature?may they, in the <
Last Judgment, find that mercy which they ]
have refused to me, Thy most unworthy, but i
faithful servant. Amen." He rose up and (
said: "Isabel, the hour has come of which 1 (
Bpoke to you on the morning when I proposed <
hand and heart to you; and are you will- 1
ing now, for the love of God, to let me i
rli'al" Rha nnfc Vinr ?rm? nrnnnrt him 1
and said: '^The Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away. B'.essed be the name
of the Lord!" "Stop that snivelling," said
Claverhouse. "I have had enough of it.
Soldiers, do your work. Take aim! Fire!"
and the head of John Brown was scattered
on the ground. While the wife was gathering
up in her apron the fragments of her
husband's head?zathering them up for
burial?Claverhouse looked into her face ani
said: "Now, my good woman, how do you
feel about your bonnie man?" "Oh!" she
said, "I always thought weel of him; he has
been very good to me; I had no reason for
thinking anything but weel of him, and I
think better of him now. Oh, what
\ grand thing it will be in the
I^ast Day to see God pick out his
heroes and heroines. Who are those
paupers of eternity trudging off from the
gates of heaven? Who are tnev? The Lord
Claverhouses and the Herods and those who
had sceptres, and crowns, and thrones, but
they lived for their own aggrandisement,and
they broke the heart of nations. Heroes of
oorHi hnf-. miirx?r? in pfcprnitv. I beat the
drums of tkeireterual despair. Woo! woe! 1
woo!
But there is great excitement in heaven, f
Why those long processions? Why the '
booming of that groat bell in the tower? It J
is coronation day in heaven. !
Who are those rising on the thrones, with 1
crowns of eternal royalty? They must have 1
been great people on earth, world renowned 1
people. No. They taught in a ragged school! '
Is that all? That is all. Who are those wav- 1
ing sceptres of eternal dominion? Why, they ]
are little children who waited on invalid <
mothers. That all? That is all. She was J
called "Little Mary" on earth. Siie is an em- >
press now. Who are that great multitude i
on the highest thrones of heaven? <
Who are they? Why, they fed the 1
hungry, they clothed the naked, they healed i
the sick, they comforted the heart-broken. 1
They never found any rest until they pat i
their head down on the pillow of the i
sepulchre. God watched them. God laughed 1
Jetiance at the enemies who put their heels i
hard down on these His dear children; and ]
one day the Lord struck His hand so hard on
His thigh that the omnipotent sword ratt ed i
in the buckler, as he said: "I am their God. 1
and no weapon formed against them shall
prosper." What harm can the world do you i
when the Lord Almighty with unsheathed
sword fights for you?
I preach this sermon for comfort. Go
home to the place just where God has put
you to play the hero or the heroine. Do not
envy any man his money, or tiis applause, or j
his social position. Do not envy any woman ! .
Jior n'a Pilrnlto I~1 T. amiticifd annanp. 1
ar.ee. Be the hero or the heroine. if
there be 110 flour in the house, and you do
not know where your children are to
get bread, listen, and you will hear
something tapping against the window-pane.
Go to the window and you will find it is the
beak of a raven, and open the window and
there will fly in the messenger that fed
Elijah. Do you think that the God who
grows the cotton of the South will let you
freeze for lack of clothes? Do you think that
the God who allowed the disciple.? on Sunday
morning to go into the grain field, and then
take the grain and rub it in their hands and
eat. Do you think God will let you starve?
Did you ever hear the experience of that
old man: "I have been young, and now am
I old, yet have I never seen the righteous
forsaken, or his seed bezging bread;'' Get up
out of your discouragement, O! trouble!
soul, O! sewing woman, O! man kicked and
cuffed by unjust employers, ()! ye who ar.1 har 1
beset in the battle of lil'e and lct.ow not which
way to turn, O! vou bereft one, 0.' you sick one
with complaints you have tDlci to no one,
come and get the comfort of this subject.
Listen to our great Captain's cheer: "To him
that overcomoth will I give to eat of the
fruit of the tive of life which is in the midst
of the Paradise of God."
Next fall Now York City will vote
for President, Governor, and Mayor.
Bometliing it lias not done at the same
time before since 187G, says the Troy
Northern Budget The Mayor is
elected for two years, the Governor for
three years, an*l the President four i
years, so this triple election can occur
only once in twelve years.
RELIGIOUS READING.
Ifo Thorn Without a note.
"There ia no rose without a thorn;"
Who has not found this true,
And know that griefs of gladness born
Our footsteps still pursue?
That in the grandest harmony
The strangest discords rise;
The brightest bow we only trace
Upon the darkest skies!
No thornless rose! So, more and more
Our pleasant hopes are laid
Where waves the sable legend o'er
A still, sepulchral shade.
But Faith and I/)ve, with angel might,
Brenk up life's dismal tomb,
Transmutiug into golden light,
The words of leaden gloom.
Reversing all this funer.il pall,
wl:.? . 1 A .
TV UllO IdlJIIGUU UIDJ UnUlUJOf
Their bappy song floats full and long,
"No thorn without a rosel"
A L'tlle Thing: yt at Decide,
A Cunarder put out from England for
New York. It was well equipped, but in
putting uo a stove in the pi lot-box, a nail
was driven too near the compass. You know
how that nail would affect the compass.
The ship's officers,deceived by that distracted
compass, put the ship two hundred miles off
her right course, and juddenly the man on
the lookout cried, "Land ho!" and the ship
was halted within a few yards of her demolition
on Nantucket shoals. A six-penny nail
fame near wrecking a great Cunarder.
Small ropes hold mighty destinies.
A minister, reated in Boston at his table,
lacking a word, puts his hands behind his
head and tilts back his chair to think
and the ceiling falls and crushes
the table, and would have crushed him. A
minister in Jamaica at night, by the light of
an insect called the candle-fly, is kept from
stepping over a precipice of a hundred feet.
F. W. Robertson, the celebrated Englishman,
said that he entered the ministry from
a train of circumstances started by the barking
of a dog. Had the wind blown or-.e way i
on a certain day, the Spanish Inquisition I
would have been established in England; but
it blew the other way, and that dropped tho j
accurseu luswuiuuu, miu ij, iuui v?
shipping, to the bottom of the sea, or flung
the broken splintered logs ou the rocks.
"Cben-Ezer."
How many years have you lived? Has
God been very good to you, leading you day
by day, protecting you by night; leading
you in green pastures and beside still waters;
or, because the way must needs be rough,
helping you over all obstacles; becauso the
waters of trial are about and around you,
are they parted so that you can go through
iry-sbod? When you ask for daily bread, is
there manna for your hunger and water for
your thirst? Has He who clothes the I i 1 i33
of the field with beauty, not clothed you, O
ye of little faith? Are there falling all
around you the showers of blessing? Are
you thankful that the same loving care that
forb ds even a sparrow to fall to the ground
without His knowledge, has you in such
keeping that not the slightest harm can come
bo you, that no trouble cau assail, except as
He wills?
When Samuel prayed unto Ood for help
against the Philistines when tlioy wore about
to go to battle, and the assistance was given
so that the enemies were smitten before
them, Samuel took a stone and set it up, and
called it "Ebenezer," saying, "Hitherto hath
the Lord helped us."
You may not have sot up a "stone of help,"
but is there an Eben ezer in your heart? And
If God has helped you hitherto, is not the
same assistance waiting for you in the fulure?
There cannot be even a doubt of that,
Tor even in sucu gentle tonos as oniy iue near
Lord knows how to use we hear tho precious
words: "Fear not, little I Jock; I am with
pou even to the end of the world."?(.Christian
at Work.
The EM?r Brother.
"Who is this elder son?" The question was
)nce asked in an assembly of ministers at
Elberfeldt, and Daniel Krummacher made
mswer: "I know him very well; I met him
5nly yesterday." "Who is he?" they asked
aagerly: and he replied, solemnly: "My?lf."
He then explained that on the precious
day, hearing that a very gracious visitation
of God's goodness had been received
ay a very ill-conditioned man, he had felt
not a little envy and irritation. That was
;he true reading of the story, and it is capible
of manifold application. It fits the case
jf the scribes and Pharisees, to whom it wa3
addressed, and who sneered at Christ for
m -f Ti At,. ?La in
a is reception 01 burners, x i? aim iud vona iu
;he Saviour's day, and even in the early
;hurch, who looked askance at tbo Qentiles,
ind complained because ynto them also the
gospel had been preached. It fits the dis;iples
at Jerusalem, who, immediately after
Paul's conversion, were "afraid of him, and
relieved not that he was a disciple."
The appropriateness of this explanation
pvr.s very singularly impressed on my own
nind, in a manner which I can nover forget.
Some nineteen years ago I preached to my
jongregation in Liverpool, one Lord's Day
norning. from this episode to the parable of
;he Prodigal Son, and gave the same interpretation
of it as I have now presented to
(rou. As I was leaving the church for my
aome, I was requested to visit a dying man
whom I had seeu frequently before, but who
was just then apparently about to pass within
he veil. He had b -en for many years a
;areless and irreligious man; but as 1 spoke
with him from time to time I marked that a
*reut change had come over him. 1 bad
:onversed earnestly and faithfully with
lim of Jesus and His salvation, and
le had turned in sincere penitence to
lis Father, and was. as I sincerely believe,
accepted by Him. When I entered his room
that morning I found him in great happiness,
rejoicing in the near prospect of being
with the Lord,and apparently perfectly hap
py. 1 talked witn aim a acne on tuo vainga
jf the kingdom, and aftsr prayer I took my
leave. His brother in-law followed nie down
stairs, and said: "I cannot understand this
at all. Here have I been serving Christ these
twenty years, and I have never experienced
the joy he expresses, and yet he has not boen
a Christian, if he be really one, for more
than a few weeks." Immediately I recognized
the elder brother, and I staid long
Bnough to show him just how he looked in
the light of this parable. The result was
that he saw his error, and was delivered
from his envy.
Tho pastor of ago and excellence, who is
mourning over tho apparent fruitlessness of
his labors, and is tempted to ask why God
makes a young brother in the neighborhood,
of little experience and less eminence, instrumental
in bringing multitudes to Christ,
whilo ho has no such results from his ministrations;
the Sabbath school teacher who
throws up his work in wounded self-love because
another, who has no such qu ilifications
as he possesses, seems to be so much more
successful than he; tho laborer in any department
of beneficence, who, because he
thinks I hat more is mid? of some ono else I
thun himself, gives way to personal pique,
and withdraws altogether from the enterprise;
the over-sensitive, conceited roan, who '
is always taking offence where none is meant, I
and is so continually anxious for tbo duo recognition
of his dignity, that he manages to
exclude himself from every society with I
which he is connected, may all look hero, and !
in the elder brother each will see himself.
But lot not even these imagine that thoy
are beyond God's acceptance. The father
came out and entreatei the elder brother to
go into the feast, and so God is still appealing
to the envious. The door is open to ;
them if they will but enter; and when they j
consent to do so in the spirit of sons and nyt !
of servants, in humility and not in self-conceit,
in love and not as hirelings, then they j
too will rejoice, and tbo festival, instead of
aggravating them into misory, will bo foil
bv them to l>e an appropriate expression^ 0/ i
their gladness.?[William 11. Taylor,D. D.
Congressman' Plumb, of Kansas, has :
offered an amendment to the Sundry Qivil
Bill providing an appropriation for building
a public drinking fountain in the CapitoL
Almost any food or drink may be purchased
in the Capitol restaurant, but no one con
get a glass of water oxcept in the private
committee rooms.
The number of liquor saloons in 493
American towns and cities is about 80,000, or
one for every ItiJ persons; and $1,500,000 is i
derived from the licenses held by the saloons, i
being one-tenth of tha cost of the police j
departments fgr the wpq, i
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WORDS OF WISDOM. ,v
Most great works are accomplished
ilowlv.
Moral strength is the highest kind of
health.
A friend should bear his friend'3 infirmitics.
He who buys hath need of a hundred
eye3, and he who sells hath enough of
one.
In adversity men must discover pruience;
in prosperity, folly and extravagance.
A merchant should familiarize himself
with every line of goods which he
bandies
The way to gain a good reputation is
to endeavor to be what you desire to
appear.
Be content to do the things you can
and fret not because you cannot do ev
eryining.
Seasons of depression in trade are generally
followed by years of success and
prosperity.
As long as woman ha3 to work to support
government she should have a voice
la its management.
Some people talk so smoothly and
fluently that they almost seem to believe
what they say themselves.
It is love by proxy when a woman accepts
the advice of another man how
6he shall treat her husband.
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye
that never blanches, the thought that
never wanders, are the harbingers of
victory.
Some tlnng3, after all come to the poor
that can't get in at the doors of the rich,
whose money somehow blocks up the
entrance way.
To read aloud is to assure one's self of
what one is reading. There are people
who read very loud, aud who have the
appearance of giving themselves their
word of honor us to what they are perusing.
The best preliminary preparation for
even the studies of a specialist is a liberal
education. Such an education connects
him with the wide circle of
thought and knowledge, and saves him
from narrowness and hobbies. The man
who can do one thins best is usually a
man who could have^done other things
well.
Modern Lace Manufacture.
Jennie June writes to the New York
World that lace manufacture has declined
in Brussels since the imitation of
it by machineiy has reached such a degree
of perfection. Still, one cannot
see how a lady can wear anything but
real lace with a rich dress; and the laces
of Brussels are so beautiful and so cheap.
That they grind the worker down to
starvation point now is certaiuly true, in
the eager competition of trade, and
when one sees the marvelous fabric they
produce, the swift movements of the
fingers, which must be delicate and cannot
be clumsy among the bobbins and
pins, and the art required to produce
the wonderfully minute but faithful
copies of leaf and flower, of wheel and
star, one wishes for power and wealth
to distribute and save these lovely arts
from being crushed and lost under the
pressure of modern life and the cross of
civilization.
To nroduce even a yarn ot lace or tne
smallest article a number of bands are
requisite. First tbe pattern is pricked
in glaced paper, and then it is traced in
outline in line cotton thread. Then an
expert worker puts in the leaves and
flowerets, another the tiny, starlike
figures and borderings, another the fine,
netted mesh, which unites the whole together.
A pattern is shown of the bridal
veil made for the Princess Stephanie,
which took four hundred workmen
three months to complete, and for which
was paid $1000. Brussels round-point
is the fine3t lace made?there is nothing
better, at its best, in the world. The
flat-point, now known as "Duchesse," is
inferior. Then there is Vallencienne3,
"Binche," which is a finer and closer
Yallenciennes, all made on the pillow,
ana reijuir.ng ior a gooa pattern iour
hundred bobbins and two hundred pins,
and the black "Brussels" lace, which is
Vallenciennes made with silk thread instead
of cotton. Applique lace consists
of real sprigs applied to machine net
upon a frame, with lace stitches put in
upon the under side.
Facial Peicepttion in the Blind.
The tenth biennial meeting of the
American Association of Instructors of i
the Biind was held recently iu Balti- j
more. Thn delegates representod al- j
most every section of the country and
embraced both sexes.
The chief address of the first afternoon
was that prepared by Robert W.
Swann, of Baltimore, on "Facipl Perception."
The faculty of detecting objects
by the feeling iu the face, he said,
was a skin sense, and that people having
it perceived through the face and forehead.
The speaker related the case of a
Frank Smith, who. although, deaf, dumb
aud blind, could detect the presence of
trees, posts, etc., by the feeling in his
face. Mr. Swan had made a number of
experiments with the subject, and fouud
that such a person, when wearing a
mask, would be "blind." The faculty
did not depend upon light or hearing.
Objects and some of their properties hud
been detected by facial perception at a
distance of from (? to 27 iuches. Mr. N.
B. Kneass said that facial perception depended
on echo and shadow. The latter
could be felt by the blind. A number
of experiments were made in presence
of the members of the association, with
results quite wonderful in their way. In
the case of Frank Smith a number of
variously shaped figures, arches, tubes
and different sized flats were placed directly
before the subject, and he readily
told their form. Others with whom experiments
were ma'le were equally positive.
The object was placed before the
sace at various distances, varying from
six inches to twenty-sev'fen. Mr. Miller,
of Kansas, told of a totally blind young
lady in his institution who could, upon
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of the faculty was in the room, nnd, if
so, call the person by name. lie also
had in his place a boy who could tell
the clothes of everybody in the place by
his sense of smell. When laundry would
come home and the superintendant
would not be able to tell to whom it belonged,
the services of the boy would
be called into use, and he would name
the owner without ever making a mistake.
Tiic Dollar Plant.
A queer little growth makes its appearance
in the wire grass country of
Georgia. It is called oy the natives the
dollar plant, from the singu'arity of its
leaves, which are perfectly round, lying
l!at upon the gro.ind, and when full
grown the exact size of a dollar. When
the plant is pulled up it is seen that, the
leaves retain their perfect roundness
from their incipiency, and grow through
oil iV>o orvnrlntlniiQ tlio mnnev takes from
the size of the silver live cent piece to
dimes, quarters, halves and the coin from
which it takes its name. At this season
it throws out from the centre a cluster
of yellow flowers,?Brooklyn Eagle.
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A Dairy School.
Mrs. Hanna Neilson i9 the manager of
a successful dairy school in Denmark.
She traveled extensively, learning how
to make the finest kinds of cheese peculiar
to each country. She now ha3 hundreds
of DUDlla. innllldinor Pnnnta nnrl
Barons, from all over Europe. She ha3
taken a number of premiums, and at her
silver wedding she was presented with a
silver cup by the Royal Danish Agricultural
Society as an acknowledgement of
her share in the progress of Danish
dairying.?Detroit Free Press.
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Care of Gloves.
In buttoning a glove for the.first time,
do not begin at the top battou, but with
the second or third; go on to the lowest
button, and then return to the top one.
The strain will not come by this means
on the kid ot the upper wrists, a part
which is important should fit snugly.
Experts say that you should take o?E a
glove from the wrist always, and never
by the finger-tips; rather peel it of!,
turning all the fingers inside out. This
helps to remove the slight moisture, and
the glove is better dried and in better
shape when it is turned again to the
right side out, which should be done before
laying it away. Keep a long box
for kid gloves; they should never be
rolled into each other or left in a ball, as
the moisture then dries into them and
makes them stiff and hard.
A Classic Wedding in Arkansas.
While upon a recent visit to Little
Rock, Ark., Mrs. LuellaSteele witnessed
a most beautiful and unique wedding at
one of the fashionable Episcopal
churches of that city. There were teu
bridesmaids, beautiful young girls, attired
in Grecian costumes which consisted
of some soft white material, gracefully
draped over the figure and con'ined I
to the waist by silk cord and tassels. ;
The hair was arranged in a Grecian
knot, crossed over by bands of white
velvet. They entered the church, one in
each aisle, followed each other in turn,
and formed a semicircle around the altar. 1
Then came the bride, unattended and 1
attired in the usual fashion, slowly and
gracefully, with drooped eyes, keeping i
step to the wedding march which was <
being sung by the choir. At the altar she i
was met by the groom and minister,
each emerging from opposite sides of the J
vestry. The whole effect was beautiful ;
and impressive.?Atlanta Constitution.
Names of the New Colors.
The syndicate of Faris manufacturers
uavo auu^icu iuo iuiiuwiug uo ouiuu^ <
the leading colors for the coming season: :
Emeraude?a deep, rich, emerald
green.
Scarabee?a dark, yellowish green.
Couroncou- a shade lighter than scar- ,
abee.
Peupliere ?a shade lighter than cou- '
roncou. j
Nil?a light water-green.
Couquelicot?a rich blood red.
Cardinal?a dark scarlet. j
Boulanger?a bright live blood red.
Bouton d'or?a gold yellow.
Mais?a straw yellow.
Yolcan?a reddish terra cotta.
Aleznn -a dark reddish brown.
Pactole?a light golden brown.
Oxide?a dark; slate.
Lionceau?a dark fawn.
Heron?a gray drab.
Luciole?a gendarme blue.?New York 1
Journal. I
A Stylish New Hat
The satin braid Panama is the name of
a very stylish round hat of palest golden
tan color. The brim of the bat is very
wide and pliant, so that it can be bent
here and tnere at will, as found most becoming,
or simply caught up at the side
with a loop of gauze or net. One hat of
this kind was trimmed with a trail of
hops, shaded oats, and a bunch of hazel
nuts mixed, with a little golden green
gauze the shade of the nuts on the left
side. The hat was faced with olive velvet.
Nearly all hat brims are lined except
the Happing leghorns?some with a
bias piece of shot velvet or of plain black
or colored velvet. Otherwise, lace is put j
in extremely full under the edge, or net j
or tulle is shirred and puffed as a finish. '
Some of the straw and rush hats are ab- j
surdly large, and there are piles of artificial
flowers heaped upon the crown.
Often it is one enormous garland of roses
and foliage, which looks as if it had just
been flung at the wearer and alighted on
her hat. The pretty little tulle draperies
which veil the flowers on hats and bonnets
look like an afterthought, and are a j
dainty and becoming addition.?New
York Post. i
Foraging For Her Cats.
The spectacle of a handsome woman i
in an unmistakable Worth gowu pluck- j
inor rrrasa out of a Fifth avenue doorvard ,
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would, I am certain, says a writer in the ;
New York New,have attracted the attea- I (
tion of an even less cur'.ous person than my-1.
self. The fact that I was well acquainted ;
with the charming wearer of the gown | ]
and had never known her to be addicted \ ]
to excesses of lunacy added to the inter- j,
est her act inspired in me. Her e xplanation
was simple enough, however. She j (
was foraging for her cats. Pussy, it ,
seems, has a gastronomic fondness for ]
gras3 second only to that which she cher- .
ishes for catnip. She devours grass, my ]
fair friend avers, as a tonic, and a cat (
well dosed with grass will, she states,
preserve its good condition against all j
the ills that felinity is heir to. Having (
two cats in her family, my gentle iu- |
formant should certainly be au authority. ]
She goes to the trouble of canying a (
handful of grass home every day to her ,
pets to nibble on, and they do it justice, j
she says, as a properly constituted ,
Frenchman would render its due to the ,
most succulent salad. They get the grass ,
as a reeular diet, and catnip as an occa- {
sional^reviver at this season, but in win- I
ter time have to worry along oa catnip
a'one. An additional and curious item,
according to my enlightcner, is that a
fairly well bred cat infinitely prefers the
dried catnip one buys at the druggists to
the leaves fresh from the field. Pussy
will roll herself on the fresh leaves, and
perhaps nibble them just a little. She
will roll on the dried catnip, too, then
devour it to the last crumb and stagger
away to sleep off her debauch in a quiet
co.uer, like any experienced rounder
that travels on two legs.
Significance of Moles.
The nonsense or tortune-ieuing 13 one ]
in which not only our servant girls indulge,
but the daughters of wealth and
education are addicted to it. The surreptitious
visits to a fortune-teller is one
of the common escapades of society
matrons and maids, and anything new
in that line is bound to recompense its
operator. A New York astrologer has
set up in a curious variation of his business
of humbug, and his specialty is the
telling of fortunes by the means of
moles. lie pretends to be able to read
character and make prophesies by means :
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of these blemishes of skin. It would
bother other than an ingenious man to pu4
this method into practical use, but thti
difficulties are surmounted by the "proi
fessor" in question. He has printed oq
cards four outlines of the female human
figure?showing the form from each
point of the compass, so to speak. His
clients on their first visit are provided
with a set of these cards, which they
have taken home, and mark in just the
right spots with the moles they happen
to bear. Then they return to the
fortune-teller, and he reads their attributes
and destiny from the diagrams
as filled out. A mole on the shoulder
means one thing, one on the side has a
totally different interpretation, and so
on through a vast number of locations
and combinations. The fellow has
adapted himself to his particular humbug
by growing a tremendous beard,
wnicn makes turn look like a wiso man
of the East, and he wears an Oriental
robe, which increases his impressiveness.
His gravity is perfect; he talks like an !
educated man, and ho is doing an im- !
mensely lucrative business, his price
being $2 and his customers so many that
usually one has to wait in tho ante-room
an hour or so for an audience.?Chicago
Herald.
Fashion Notes.
Red hold3 its own in Paris.
Fancy ribbon sashes are stylish for
young girls.
Handsome costumes are made of black
lace over white surah, jet ornaments.
Ribbon bows, large and small, are
scattered about promiscuously upon the
skirts and bodices.
The long scarf3 of Brussels or Spanish
net, which are used to trim large black
hats of fine Milan straw.
The fancy belts of gray and tan suede
kid are very stylish, as well a3 those in
fancy leathers and morocco.
Lace dresses for young ladies' wear
are often made of the straight lace.gath
erca into tne belt, over a silk skirt.
The manner of making lace costumes
must be decided by the wearer, as there
are no arbitrary rules laid down by Dame
Fashion.
. Too much drapery docs not diaplay
the pattern of the lac'e, while full
draperies are much more becoming to
the figure.
Graceful modifications of the polonaise
are constantly appearing. It is no longer
a simple garment, but in most instances
is decidedly complicated.
It is now stated that ultra-fashionable
brides require two wedding dresses, one
for the church ceremony and the other
for the festivities which follow.
The braided jersey is chosen by many
young ladies to wear with tennis costumes,
instead of the universal blouse,
and they are both comfortable and graceful.
Shirting cambrics, which are used for
the comfortable neglige waists now in
vogue, are shown in white and tinted
grounds, figured with small conventional
patterns.
Braided tulle is a novelty in bonnet
making, and it would seem unsuitable as
a material for this sort of manipulation,
yet when made in two different shades
the effect is very pretty.
Brides may now wear V necks back
and front, finished either with lace
draped around, but not filling the opening,
or else with many folds of the tulle,
net or silk mull that makes up the
drapery of the whole gown.
The beat dressed society women have
abandoned the mere strap which
lias served in many full dress toilets as a
sleeve. Although the sleeves are often
extremely short, still a sleeve in some
form must be distinctly visible.
Printed mohairs, bengalines, challie3
and the like are chosen for morning wear
at watering places, or in the country,
and almost smothered in white lace, to
match which the wearer needs a lace
jhade hat, lace parasol and airy gauze
fan.
It i3 the judgment of Paris that the
traveling gown be of wool, in stripes
jither wide or narrow, mude up into a
skirt with narrow pleats alternating with
wide ones, and a tight round waist, over
which comes a plain redingote, that
jometimes opens at the side.
The housemaid's skirt, which is so
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siynsn wun ine Jingusn mouse waist 01
;olorcd silk, is a simple full skirt with a
[j-.oup of tucks at the bottom, or near the
bottom of the skirt. The fine tucked
pokes are prettiest in plain fabrics, but
many of the most stylish blouses are
af fgured India silk, and these have a
pretty look when they are tucked or
smocked. India silks in plain colors
ire smocked.
Pekin Pickpockets.
The Chinese Timis, in an article on the
Capital of China, says that beneath the
superficial quiet and order of Pekiq
there are many evil agencies at work.
The bandittti, for example, think nothing
of sei/.iug honest folks and holding
them to ransom. Their special victims
ire the silver porters. The currency
consists of large lumps of silver, like
partially consumed halves of monster
aranges. The carriers are said to derive
heavy emoluments from their judicious
handling of the metal while it is in
their care, but they have their own trials.
When one is known to be going on duty
the banditti waylay hira, and if they succeed
in beating his guards he may be
held to a ransom amounting to half a
pear's profits. These wealthy porters
aee!c the protection of the Princes, a3
traders did iu Europe in the Middle
Ages. If a princc lends a silver carrier
his cart and mule, in return for a share
of the profits, the bandits will not care
to meddle with the august vehicle.
Sometimes prize fighters are hired to sit
jn the shafts, and have to be extravag- ;
intly paid for their protection. Pick- (
pockets infest the city in every direction,
especially in wet weather. Ladies are
jften the victims, even when riding in
:arts, the thieves springing on top and
matching the valuable head ornaments
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31 me luancnu iuuics wuuui, ine ur'ver j
;aking no notice for fear of his own skin. |
The thieves have regular depots, where j:
itolen property is placed, and persons of j
nfluence can generally recover what <
;hey have lost if they are persisteut j:
inough. Near one of the city gates is a .'
narket where stolen goods are regularly j ]
told for one hour at daybreak. Spurious i
irticlea are often offered at this place; a i
nan purchases a roast duck, and finds | j
>n arriving at home that it is only a ;
:lever imitation in mud; and rain boots ]
ire counterfeited in paper which melts i
iway when wetted. "In the social ar- i
angements of the Chinese the philoso- J
)hy of grin-and-bcar-it lias been culti- j
rated to an extreme perfection, and is (
ilso, no doubt, arcbaic. Bystanders will J i
icver interfere with the commission of a 1>
:rime in the open street in open day, j J
ind the whole system of predatory ;:
:rime i3 tolerated, as vermin is, as the
jrdinary lot of humanity. In fact, foul- 11
iess, impassable roads, defective laws, 1
ind all other forms of suffering, are \
jorne with for want of the energy to re- .
list and overcome them, aod not, as is
,ometime3 supposed, because the people j i
oaliv love these things." ( ;
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TEMPERANCE..
No Papa for Us Threa
A man of intemperate habits bad been absent
from home for a long time, and did not oft&a
write; and when no letter cAne bis little threeyear-old
girl would say, "No papa for us three?*
which incident Inspired these verses: k
'Tis four months and a day, dear,
Since we kissed you fond good-by;
Oae letter only came to us
To ke^p the tear-fount dry.
Wee Maggie lists the postman's call, j
When letters come for me, 3
And Willie asks, "one from papa!"
I shake my head; my baby says, v
"No papa for us three."
The days drag, Oh, so slowly by,
The nights are sad and dreary _ __
you do not write; say wny, un wnyi >
Where are you straying, dear?
The chilly aatamn winds are out,
Our children's feet near bare;
The coal-bin empty long ago,
In cupboard scanty fare.
Oh, James, where can you be to-night! j
What are your thoughts for me?
Our baby's words go through my heart:
"No papa for us three."
i
Last night I thought her lost in sleep,
Wrapped in her tiny bed.
r heard her softly ask, "Dear God,
Can papa dear be dead?"
I ask the question o'er and o'er,
No answer comes to me;
The postman's gone, and baby says,
'No papa for us three."
Ob, husband, wandering far
To-night, in paths of sin if be,
List you the cry from breaking hearts,
"No papa for us three."
Please send a letter soon to cheer
tk/% iav/ui ttfvirt waif
And change the sad tone to the glad,
"A papa for us three."
~Danville {N. Y.) Good Time*.
Effects of Strong Drink.
Most of the misery, want and suffering tha
human family endure to-day may be justly .
attributed to our non-conformity to the will
and design of the Creator. Mankind Is ever
too ready to contract habits that are evil and
vile, habits that are productive of misery^
Buffering and crime. Our useless habits ana
foolish fashions draw hundreds down to want
and beggary where monopoly and capital do
one; and, of all the habits that ever cursed
the human race, the habit of using strong
drink as a beverage ranks first. That alona
has produced more misery, want, wretchedness
and crime in the land since the Christian
era than war, pestilence and famine combined,
and has done more to corrupt tba
morals and impede the prosperity of oar
country than any other cause.
This old King Alcohol is one of the most
cruel and heartless despots ever known, one ~
who imposes the heaviest burdens on his tub- ^ J
jects, and, no matter how loyal and devoted Jm/k
they may be to him, they never get any act S
of kindness or favoi^from him in return for
their menial servitude; and as soon as (mo j
enlists in his service he begins to brand and ^
torture not only him,but his whole household,
family and friends.and he soon destroyn everything
of value to the poor man. Above all,
he ruins or destroys that great and priceless
gem} the talent or intellectual power of
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utilize all the blessings given as by the Creator,
the germ that makes him so superior to '
the brute. The continual use of alcohol in
any form soon destroys qualities that are
pure and noble, and arouses passions that are
vile, brutish and dangerous. Authentic statistics
show that a very large percentage of
the misery, pauperism and crime in the land
is directly or indirectly the result of the use
of strong drink as a beverage.
We can hardly take a paper in our hands in
which is not chronicled one or more bloody
and fatal crimes committed by some poor
drunken fiend who has been fitted and prepared
for this cruel and bloody work by some
avaricious landlord or druggist who sometimes
seems to care little or nothing for the
safety or well-being of the poor suffering
wife and helpless children at the home of the
drunkard,as long as the business brings them
in a good profit The greatest sufferers from
the evils of intemperance are the poor and
destitute wives ana families of drunkards,
who are at home in some lonely hovel without
necessary food, fuel or clothing, shivering
with cold and hunger, and the little innocent
children huddling around their poor
heart-broken and grief-stricken mother, begging
and crying in vain for bread or something
to soothe or allay the pangs of hunger
and cold. Perhaps this same mother once
faithfully labored early and late with her
heart buoyant with hope, looking forward to
the near future when she should sit in the
midst of plenty, where she and the partnar
of her life, surrounded by children, could en?
joy the highest type of earthly bliss and happiness;
but ere she was aware this monster
intemperance laid his ruthless hand upon her
once fond husband, and transformed him
into a brute, and now her burden of poverty,
shame and wretchedness becomes so great
that in her frenzy and despair she takes her
own life or the lives of hpr dear little ones
whom she would giadly have laid down her
own life to protect before this monster-intemperance
invaded her once happy homo.
Oh! have the mind, talent and energies of
our American people become so dwarfed that
they are unable, or the avenues to the heart
so closed, or the heart itself so calloused, or
eyes so blind, that they cannot be made to
feel, see and realize the fearful responsibilities
resting upon them ?
Very often, in stating event3 or clrcum- stances,
the subject is exaggerated and enlarged,
but in portraying the evils of intemperance
it is impossible for the greatest artist
to overdraw the picture, as his greatest
efforts and gandest results come far short of
the reality. No pen can write, or pencil
paint, the fearful anguish that is produced by
thismonster;itmust bo experienced to be realized.
Let no one think or feel himself
guiltless who treats this thing lightly or
turns these things one side as of no account.
This vile curse, with its sad effects and results,
has become a thing of so common occurrence
that it fails to excite in us that degree
of horror that it otherwise would. Somo
of the brightest and most aspiring youths of
our land, those who bid fair to rank high in
intellectual ability and usefulness, ere they
are aware of any danger, are environed witn
the powerful meshes of this vile curse and
have begun to descend the drunkard's ladder,
which is made for descending but never to
ascend. The rounds or steps in this ladder
are named in the following order, commencing
at the top: Evil associations, tea, tobacco,
rum, crime, delirium and death. The
evils of intemperance are not so common out
in the country as in our large towns and
cities, where you wili often find the depraved
of both sexes joining in drunken carousals.?
Qeorge W. Cooh, in the "Battle Axe of Temperance."
Evils of the Treating Custom."^
The following extract irora a uwuigv
journal illustrates the hold of the "treating)
custom" upon the business interests of the
country, and its terrible effects upon those'
who, for the sake of obtaining busiest
patronage, sacrifice often both wealth and
morals and finally even success itself. ; "*)
A brilliant young man of Chicago recently,
said to the writer: "I have always held a
first-class place in my business, much abovaj
the average journeyman, but when all the)
necessary expenses attached to my position
are paid, I have not very much left, I do
not drink or I would long since have gonq to
the doss, but it seems to be an eternal round
of cigars, oysters, theaters, billiards, and
many other thing3 by which I am supposed
to entertain patrons of the house when I
would much prefer to be in ray snug little
home. This ls simply a matter of business
with me. It is really a part of my work. I
am acquainted with the gentleman who for-,
morlv hnlri mv He WHS a noble fel
iow, and as kind hearted a man as it was ever
my privilege to know. He understood the
business thoroughly in every detail, and was
almost invaluable to the firm. But he had
the same trouble with which I now have to
contend, and he was not aware of the terrible
enemy lurking in the social glass. He
drank with the customers. He drank to excess.
His indulgences became frequent and
.deep. He became neglectful of his business,"
and, going from bad to worse, the firm felt
obliged to dispense with bis services. That
man is now in the Chicago Bridewell, a total
wreck of his former self. I consider him a
victim of this terrible custom of trying to
hire patronage in business by the expenditure
of money in dissipation. It is a fact
that it is done by a great many reputable
houses. It is a shame, and I hope the day
will come when the tempcrance sentiment
will be so strong it will be considered a di+
ijrace for a foreman or superintendent to take
customers to neighboring saloons to treat
them." *