The Oregon Scout.
VOL. II.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1SSG.
NO, 50.
THE OREGON SCOUT.
An Independent -weekly Journal, Issued ero y
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Editor, f
j D. CitANCEr,
I orctnan.
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Lotlgo Directory.
GnAJfD no.VDE Vai.lev Lodge. No. 50. A. F.
and A. M. Meets on tho second and fourth
baturaays or each month.
O. F.BEi.r., W.M.
C. E. Davis, Secrotary.
Union Lodge, No. 39. 1. O. O. F. Regular
meetings on Friday evenings of each week at
their hall In Union. All brethren In good
standing aro Invited to attend, lly order of
mo lougo. a. v. liO.sa, a. u.
G. A. Thompson, Secy.
Cluirrli Directory.
M. E. CnnncH Dirino sorvlco every Sunday
at 11 a. in and 7 n. m. Sunday school at ;i n.
m. Prayer meeting every Thursday ovenlng
atuiuu. kkv. watso.v, I'astor.
PitEPnYTKniAN Ciiuiicii Itegtilnr church
services every Sabbath mornimr and cvonlnir.
Prayer nicotine ouch weok on Wednesday
evening, eammiu scnooi every bnotmtii at
10 a. m. llov. II. Vehnon Hice, Pastor.
St. John's Episcopal Chuhch Sorvlco
every bunuay at n o clock a. m.
lttv. V. It. Powei,t Hector.
County OlllcerH.
Judge A. C. Craln
SherllT A. L. Saunders
Clerk II. i Wilson
Treasurer A. F. Benson
School Superintendent J. L. Hlndman
Surveyor K. Simoiils
Coroner E. H.Lewis
COMM1SSIONEHS.
Geo. Ackles Jno. Ptanloy
State Sonator h. II. Itlnehurt
UEPKESENTATIVES.
F.T.Dick E. E.Taylor
City Olllccrx.
i). n. itccs
COUNClIiMEN.
W. f. Ileidlcman
J. 11. Thompson
A. Levy
M. F. Davis
E. E. ntes
Mayor
P. A.Pursol....
J.S. Elliott
Jno. Kennedy.
Ilecorder
Marshal
Treasurer..
J. D. Carroll
Street Commissioner L. Eaton
Ilcpnrttiro of Train.
Regular east bound trains leavo at 0:30 a.
m. West bound trains leavo at 4:20 p. m.
I'llOFESSIOXAL.
J. It. CltlTES,
ATTOnXIJI AT 1,AW.
Collecting and nrobato nractfco RDeclaltlox
Ollico, two doors south of Postoflicc, Union,
uregon.
R. EAKLN",
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Office, ono door south of J. B. Eaton's storo
union, uregon.
I. N. CROMWELL, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Office, ono door south ot J.
Union, Oregon.
11. Eaton's storo,
A. E. SCOTT, M. I).,
II1YSICIAIV AIVI SUUGKOIV,
Has permanently located at North Powdor,
wuereuo win answer an cans.
T. II. CRAWFORD,
AXTOKIVKY AX JL.AW,
Union,
Oregon.
M. Baker.
J. F. Baker.
BAKER & BAKER,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
REAL ESTA1E AGENTS.
La Grande,
Oregon.
IX B. REES,
Public
Notary
-AND-
Conveyancer.
OFFICE-Stato Lnnil Ofllco building,
Union, Union County, Oregon.
II. F. BWRLKU51J,
Attorney ut Law, Itriil r:iulo
mill ;IIim!Iiiu; AkdiiI,
Luntl Ollico BuhIiumw u SproiitUy.
Ofllco ut Alder. Union Co., Oreirtm.
JKUSE IUMIKTr,
J. UT. HIHCI.TOM
SIIBLTON & IIARDBSTY,
A'lTOIIMIVN AT I..MV.
WW jrtU' iii t'al.Mi, lUif. Unwl,
(tiuMttlU u4 Uutrum I uimUn In Um
1 . f . .f . .- I L. llull
(4wul mm) iMitfwiM lAtntUut tkt UmUI
IUi i
JIlMlHI UJMI UM-tWIMlUi UWMUM h- I
J. W. STRANGE,
OFFICE-Corncr
Union, Oregon.
Main find A Streets,
All work
strictly first-class. Charges
rcnsonnble.
A. L. COBB, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Having permanently located in Alder,
Union county, Oregon, will bo found ready
to attend to calls in nil tho various towns
and settlements of the Wallowa valley.
Chronic Disease u Specially.
S2ETMy motto ia: "Livo and let live."
DEPOT HOTEL
A. C.
CRAIG, - - Propriotor.
(Union Depot, Oregon.)
Splendid accommodations for commer
cial men. Tables always supplied with tho
best tho market uuords.
J&flIIoT and Co mi Mim:kal BathsTKS
KENTUCKY LIQUOR STORE
AIVI SOOA I-'ACTOKY.
Cor, Main and I Sts., - Union, Oregon
SlIKIt.llAN A: II I,i:V, Prop.
Manufacturers and dealers in Soda
Water. Snrsiumrilln. Ginger Ale, Cream
Soda nud Chainpngno Cider, Syrups, etc,
Orders promptly idled.
Daily Stage Line
From Union to the Cove.
J. S. El.MOTT,
PnOPIUETOK
Leaves Union at 10::i0 n. m.. and re
turns ut 2:30 p.m. every day except Sunday
Faro Irom depot to Cove 7i
ltround trip SI -'G
Passengers will bo taken from tho depot
through to Covo via Union.
W. R.JOHNSON,
CONTRACTOR ANU BUILDER
Main Street, Union, Oregon.
Plans and Specifications for Dwellings,
Uarns and Hridgcs luniished r HLL Or
CIIAHGK.
Bridge Building a Specialty-
All kinds of Cabinet Work neatly execu
ted. Repairing done on short notice.
Nono lint tho best worknioii employed,
and satisfaction guarnntced.
Call and interview mo.
FRUIT AND SHADE
APPLE, TEAK, PLUM, PRUNE, PEACH,
APHICOT, CKAI1APPLE, CHEHIIY
SHRUBBERY AND SHADE TREES
Of well known vnrieties, Htiitiililo for this
climate. Can also furnish foreign sorts at
one-third the price asked by eastern can
vassers. 1 desire to noil trees) at prices
that pcopio can nflord to buy.
Is. J. uui fiK,
Cove, Oregon.
Or. Van Monciscar
132-134 Tbirfl Mreet, Portland, Orcp
TS a regular cradualo in medicine: hns
-L Yippn lnni'er niipfiepd in tho snecinl treat
ment ol nil Venereal, Sexual and Chronic
Diseases than any other physician in the
West, ns city papors show, and old resi
dents know; $1,1)00 reward for any ensa
which lie fails to cure, coming under his
trentment. by following his directions.
UK. VAN is the most successful Catarrh,
Luiir and Throat Doctor in America. Ha
will toll you your trouble without nuking
you a Hinglo ouestion, and WAKKAMa
PEKMANHNTlVKH in tho following cases:
NEKVOUS DEBILITY. Snermatorrhum,
Seminal Losses, Soxual Decay, Enllinj!
Memory, Weak Lyes, fetuuted Develop
ment, Lack of Energy, Impoverished
Illood, Pimples, Impediment to Miirriagu;
nlso Illood and Skin Diseases, byphilis,
Eruptions, Hair hailing, Iiono rains, towell
ings. Sore 1 liroat. i-'icers, J'.noii h oi .Mer
cury, Kidney ami Illadder Troubles, Weak
Hack, Horning Urine, Incontinence, donor-
hu'a, Gltwt, Stricture, receive sonrchina
ti Put intuit, prompi relief and cure (or life.
N1CKVOUS l)menH.-rt (with or without
difMins), l)iMaHt'ddlschHnp,ctiivl prompt
ly without hiiidrniire to businvM.
HUTU SlCXKacoiiault eoiirulentlully. II
In trouble eall ur writ. Delay urn dans
eroiu. UittrHS oi th I!y or iiMr, Ulceration or
CntHrrh. internal or wnteinal, DviifiiwMt or
l'rlyto. Hiiitlns or llonrinr .i,
Uttrkvutxl Drum, etc.. HruiHiintU i-uml.
U)NT MANHOOD ik-iI. . iIv rwtoi.d.
CANCKHK AXU T( Mojlrt p. r,.,ii.i. ally
rlHs(Hl without Ihu kiille oi i.ttiktic
VJetliclll rlllllMl(l.txt Mini lurHihl In
All itntitfiitri at i.ltli trlfr pure mid tnf
tU. liuoiuiitcD of I'lumstM run in
Mil ( itiidci ImWvi I ulia llallun lrv
hm4 lu.lly ruhl nil il All )
llM uni(ill) nit. lu.l ( iiit- ln ih nt
Urv I all r J'l n l Maw-iiMi .
2 - la I J ""' ' K'".'
TruM ijiU Omm ltur a. m
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TO EMPLOYEES.
DR.
TALMAGE ON THE LABOR
QUESTION.
Good Advice Given Owners
Factories and Shops.
of
Reasonable Pay and Fair Treat
ment Recommended.
Workers' Interests and Health
Should Be Guarded.
Christian Precept and a Oaro for tho Moral
Welfare of the Laboring Mon of
Invaluable Benefit.
Consideration for tho Workmen's Feelings,
Not Selfishness, tho Bettor Plan.
S Mini to the Kunnts City Times.
Hiiooki.yn, X. y .May 21. The Rev. Dc
Wltt Tiduiage, D. I)., to-day preached the sec
ond of his scries or sermons on the great labor
discussion, the subject Wing: "How Em
plovers Ought to Treat Kmployo. Tho
opening1 In mil was:
Glory to God on high,
Let heaven and earth reply.
Dr. Tuhnugo chose two texts, the tlrst from
(illations, v., 15: "If ye bile and devour ono
nnother, take heed tliatje be not consumed
one of another;" ami Philinnlnns. II.. 4:
'bonk not every man on his own things, but
every man also on the things of others." Fol
low lug Is the sermon In full:
The labor agitation will pooh quiet; the
mill again open, the railroads resume their
trallle; our national prosperity again start.
Of courc the damage done by tho strikes can
not be immediately repaired. Wages will not
be so high a- they were. Spasmodically thev
ma) be higher, but they will diop lower.
MUIKIW l.SJl'lli: MIIOK .MOST.
Strikes, whether right or wrong, always In
jure laborers more than capitalists. You will
see this in (lie starvation of next winter, boy
cotting ami violence and murder never pay.
They me different stages or anarchy. God
never bles-ed murder. The worst use you can
put a man to Is to kill him. lllow up to-morrow
all the country seats on the banks of ttic
Hudson, and all the (hie houses on Mndlon
upline ami Ilrooklyn heights, and Hunker hill
ami liiltcnhouso siii:ue and Deacon stieet.
and all tlic bricks and timber and stones will
just fall back mi the bare hands of American
labor. The worst enemies of tho worMiiir
classes In the United States and Ireland are
their demented coailfntors. Assassliintlim
the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish
and .Mr. Burke in Plieienlx park, Dublin, Ire
land, in the attempt to avenge the wronirs of
Ireland, only turned a way from that nil Icieil
people minimis of sympathizers. The attempls
to blow iiji the house of commons in London
had only this elfect to throw out of cinnlov-
mentteusof thousands of innocent Irish pco-
yiv in r.iiiiiiiii.
iiMimitisM xo rt iti: roit wnos-os.
In this country the torch nut to the fnrloHea
that have discharged hands for good or bad
reasons; olisti iictlmis on the rail tracks In
front of midnight express trains, because the
ollciidcrs do no; hue the president of the com
pany; strikes on ship hoard the hour they are
going to sail, or in printing oillces the hour the
paper was to go to mess, or in the inm.. Mm
day the coal was to be delivered, or on house
scaffoldings so the builder fails In keeping Ills
contract all these are only a hurd blow, at tho
nc.iu oi iiiicncan iiiuor ami enppie lis arms
and lame lis feet and pleice its heart. Traps I
sprung MKldenly iipuu employeis and violence
never took one Knot out of the knucklei-, of
toil or put one farthiiiir f wa-;es Into a callous
palm. Itarhaihrin will never cure the wrnm's
of cylll.-.;itioii. Mark that.
tiii: law Tin: iu:.vr iii:mi:uv,
Frederick the (ileal iidinlred some limit ni.nr
his imlaee lit I'dImIihii nud he reMilveil in ii.t.
It. it was owned by n miller. Jle offered the
miller three times the ralue of the nmnertv.
The miller would not take it liecuuse It was
the old homestead, and he felt about u Nu
both felt ahoilt his viiicvard when Al lllll IVlttll-.
edit, i'ledeilck the (neat wan a rouirh and
terrible man and he ordered the miller Into
ids pre.enee. and the klmr with n Mick In his
hanil a Mick aith which he (-ometliiieb strui-k
the olllccrs of state -mid totliu miller: ''Now.
I have olfercd you three, times the value of
that property, and If you won't sell It. I'll take
It anyhow." The miller mid: "Vour ma-
jesty. 3011 won't." "Ves," mid the kliijr, "1
will take it." 'Then." mid the miliar "if
your majesty does take It f will me vou In the
ciumcery court. At tliat tlueat Frederick the
Great yielded his Infamous demand. And tins
most Imperious outrnce airalnM. the u.n-l.-lii.r
clashes will cower yet before the law. Violence
and contrary to the law will never accomplish
nu. thing, hut righteousness and according to
me law win accomplish It.
Tin: TENiin.NCY or tiii: timks.
Kilt gradually the dnmnL'es donu to the In.
lxircrbv the .-tlikers will ho renalrcil. 11 ml
Mime liiiiHirliint things ought now to be hiiid.
j ne wnoie lenuency 01 our times, as Mm have
noticed, Is to make the chasm between em
plo.cr and employe wider and wider, in olden
time the head man of the factory, the master
builder, the eunitallM. the lieuif man or the
linn, winked side by Miio with tliclr einplores,
working soinetlmesut the sumo bench, dliilng
at thcninc table; and there 111c Uhm-c hen;
who can remember the time when the i-h.rU
of large comii,.-iciiil i stulilleliments were ue- !
ciiMumed to hiKinlwith the head men of the
Hi 111- All lids Is changed, ami the tendencv Is !
to make the d. stance between cumlow-r nnil 1
employe wider and wider. The tendency U to
make the employe feel that he Is wronged by 1
the H-cceu of the cuDltull't. mul to mul.11 tin. I
cnplulit feel, "Now n.y lulmrers ure only I
IvMkU of burilen; I must give mi much monev
form much drudgerr, Just m iimny pieces of 1
silver for m muiiy hemls of swcut' In other
words the Ixldge of )inpthv Is broken .Imv n i
at both elid Thut leeluig huh well ii- rll d '
by Ihoimu ChiIvIb vthen he wild: ' I'iuifMm. !
hi. Dully I udernhot. biicinneer-llkii sm
to his iia'ii: 'Nolilv sitlnnerp. tins I. tint luiu. '
di-dth thouMlwI we buve xhIiiwI, win rein I
iochu to dwell mul plmit my vlncvard. Tint
hundred tboUMiia j un.l li mine, the dully
w)(e w oii.. Adim. noblu fplniHifk. I
Drink my IU-4IU1 mth this urost. each which 1 '
;V um slid itlsiti .' "
MOM. llli. Ill . I UK W11IIKKIO!
Now ttlmt r Hum In 1.1 n-l'Uilil tlml brl.lL'i-
of .UIiptl)). an I I jut the UiiMri lb 1 Mi ii of
llu-tuuwiil to im , rfuil I iitvaeli uiurr us-
tUlly Ihl luoruiiiK U iiiii4ocr , .iii-ti, 1
niiii'H4yu Miiai 1 nikr 10 iii ih- h,.u
U4ii In nil Htm ii in iiu- uta'
II" i-UHi "U. Ikl.UH N .ll llllilllllill. of
ll-'lIS l.iWMIli Itil II I II j I M r lllll Hie
Ui Um. 11...01I1. I., liaUnf Ii.Ikii.uu ami
lll.V ill I1111.I Ci4,i . Mil, l. .1 i.l, 11, vt
l Hll l II. I . Illpl I. Ill i. . 1 , 1 ,, ,,,
I br siittti Muit ll.. iIm.i . i.. IImw about
lb) Ui)4o 'liurrlorv I aul lo sal b o
Ihmu I tubiivM'i U lu fa , ml lu
whom these words may come, that all sh!i
owners, all capitalists, all commercial tlrms
nil master builders all house-wives are bouiK
to be interested In the entire welfare of theli
subordinates. Years ago some one gave threi
prescriptions for becoming a millionaire
Hrst, spend jour life In getting and keeplui
the earnings of other (iconic; 'secondly, liavt
iiu mi iciv uooui i ue worrunenis. ine Kisses,
the disappointments of others: thirdly, do not
mind the fact that your vast wealth' liupllei
i no poverty of a great manv people. Now
there i9 not a man In mv audience who would
consent to go out Into life with those three
principles, to earn a fortun-. It is our de
sire to do your whole duty to the men 'and wo
men In your service.
UK vsox tni.K imv iii:rmiMi-.viu-ii
First of all, then, pav as large wages as art
rcasouauie aim as jour nusuiess will afford.
Not necessarily what others pay, eertalnl) not
what una hired help say you' must par, for
that is tyranny on the part of labor unbeara
ble. The right of a laborer to tell his em
ployer what he must pay Implies the right of
an employer to compel a man Into a service
whether lie will or not, aud either of thoe
ideas Is despicable. When any emplocr al
lows a laborer to say what he liuist do or have
his business ruined', and tho employer submits
to It, he does everv business man' In the I'nl.
ted States a wrong and yields to a principle
which, carried out, would dissolve society.
Look over your atfalrs and put yourselves In
Imagination In your laborer's pla'ee, and then
pay him what before God and our on u con
science you think von ought to pay him.
"God hles yous'" are well lu their place, but
they do not bur coal nor pay house rent nor
get shoes for the children. At the same time
you, the employer, ought to remember
through what strait and strains vnu got the
fortune by which you built your store or run
the factory. You are to remember that you
take all the risks and the emphne takes nolle,
or scarcely any. You aie to remember that
there may be reverses lu fortune, and that
some new style of machinery mar make our
machinery Miluelcss, or some new' style of' tar
iff set your business back nopelcssfv anil for
ever. You must take all that into considera
tion, and then pay what Is reasonable.
l'ltOMlTNi:SS l'AYIXO OKMIt III. II.
Do not lie too ready to cut dow n wages. As
far as possible pay' all, and pay promptly.
There Is a great deal of Hible teaching (in
this subject. Malechl: "1 will bo a swift
witness against all sorcerers, and against all
adulterers, aud against tho?u who oppiess the
hireling in his wages." Leviticus: "Thou
shalt not keep the wages of tho hireling all
night unto the morning." ColosIans: "Mas
ters, give unto vour servants that which is
lust and coual; liuovvlng thai ye also liavo a
Muster in heaven." So you see it Is not a
question between you aiul your emploo so
much as it is n question lielw ecu you' and
God.
Do not say to your employes: "Now, If you
don't like tills 'place get another.'' when Sou
know they can not get another. As far as nos-
slble once a year isit at their homes xour
clerks and your workmen. That Is the "only
way you can become acquainted with their
wants. You will by such process tlud out that
there Is a blind pa'rent or a sick sister being
supported. You w III llud some of your young
men in rooms without any lire in winter, and
In summer sweltering In" ill-ventilated apart
luen .s. You will find how- much depends on
the wages you pay or withhold. On Saturday
morning when y ou come into your counting
room and draw the check which will bring tho
money for the wages or the salaries, vim will
have a thrill of satisfaction lu knowing It Is
not only the money you give to the young man,
but the relief of tlio dire necessities which
stand back of him,
orAiiiiiNo tiii: i:.mpi.ovi:'s ixtkuiists.
Moreover, it Is your dut as employer, as far
as possible, to mould the welfare of the cm.
plow. You ought to advise him about Invest
ments, about life insurance, about saWugs
banks. You ought to give him the benefit of
your experience. There are hiindieds and
thousands of employers In this country and
England, I am glad to say, who are settling In
the very best jio-slhle way the destiny of their
employes. Such men as Marshall of Leeds,
Lister of Hradford, Akroydof Hallllax and
men so near at home It might offend their
modesty If I mentioned their names. These
men have built reading rooms, libraries, con
cert hulls, afforded croquet lawns, cricket
ground, gviiiaiiHluius, choral societies for
their employes and thev have not merely paid
the contentment and the" thrift and tho
i nun- wages on Miiuruiiv nigiii. nut lliroiiLMi
gooo morals 01 tiieir einplores, tbev are pay
lug wages from generation to genefatlou for
ever. Again, I counsel all employers to look well
after the physical health of their subordinates.
Vou are expected to understand better than
they all tliee oiiestlons of veutlllatioii and
sunshine mid all the laws of hygiene. There
are stores and banking houses and factories
and newspaper establishments where the at
mosphere is death. Vour employes may al
ways appreciate )our work, 11s that stylo of
kindness was not appreciated lu the Instance
mentioned by Charles Keade, where in a greut
factory a fan was provided for the blowlnir
nwav of the dust of metal and stone, the dust
aiisfsiug from the machinery, aud some of the
u 1 Hi. men refused to put tills great fan lu mo
tion. 'Ihey seemed to pref.-r to Inhale the
tilings the poisonous tilings into their lungs.
Hut in the vait majority of cases your em
ployes will appreciate every kindness In thut
direction.
i,.nwi:ci:s8Auv fatiolf. ciiuf.u
Do not put 011 them any unnecessary fatigue.
I never could understand why the drivers 011
our city ears must stand all day when they
might just as well sit down and drive. It
seems to me most unrighteous that so many of
the female clerks in our stores should be com
pelled to stand nil day, and through those
hours when there are but few or no customers.
These people have aches and annoyance ami
weariness enough without putting iiion them
additional fatigue. Unless those female
clerks must go 1111 nud down on the business
of tho store, let tliein sit down. At the end of
the year you will llud that thev have sold w
many goods and niiide us line bargains - yea,
hotter; for one clerk w ith n clear hralu and
rested body and radiance will sell more goods
than two clerks with health bedraggled.
Then I would have yuil cany out this mili
tary idea mid put Into as few hours as ihissI
ble the work of the day. rkune time ugo -whetherit
has been changed I know not -there
were 1,000 grocery clerks lu ilrooklyu
who went to business at 0 o'clock In the morn,
ing and continued until 10 o'clock ut night.
Now, that Is Inhuman.
It seems to me thut all the inercli'iuU In ill
ihiKirtiiieiits ought, by simultaneous move
mcut, to come out In behalf of the early clou
Ing theory, Theso louug men oi;ght to hare
1111 oiKirlunlty of going to the Mercantile li
brary, to the reading rooms, to the concert
hull, to the gymnasium, to the church. They
liuvu uerviw, thev have brains, they hare lu
tcltiMf tiiul imiil ration, they hurt) Immortal
plrlu. If tfie) can do a gisM round day's
work lu the ten or eleven hours, you hare 'no
right to keep them huriifMcd for strentecu,
I do not think thut any Intelligent tmiiiloyer
iuu i4llnfd to lw recklea of the physical and
uieiibil bt-alib of hi ulxuxllimlfs.
MMiaiNo ait:h tiik iioium.
II111 l or all I charge yiMl, D, employ nr I
dial ).iu luok aftrr ttta moral ami spoil uu I
i if art of lour eiuployHs. I'lrst, knua a uWa
lh y aprutl tin Ir evauluifa. Thai tltu Mm
rvi r tliltiic iihi iiu uot awiit around your
Htoiif) diuair a ouuv lliau who Went last
umhi
In M. Jmj i Mbeiiaul. A IUUII Itoit
h.ln Hie altar In the iMurMlug ithaatly
iiiioviii ii'O- r) la uoi tint mail Ut )oor
Iiu mau mIhi apfHtla hl even-
lie nil. l of uMittil wuutru of u
iiitii iiiiU, ur in Ulvrun bji
.ii. la ib jrouujt hwh I'f your
au ttuMUatikuj liiuul4liliria, WilU
lujiartiowitit, )uj wuglii lu uavi yuur
1 mill
a 1II1
I'M
III,' '
III!
If
oung men uiidcrMin.d that yon are Inteiested
o inii.li In their welfare that ou want to
.now where the spi-nil their leisure hours, and
die) will liankh and gladb tell Mill.
1 )n nut s;u of these oiiiig nun: "If they
lo their work in the 'business hours, that Is
ill I have to ask." (iisl has made ou that
nun's miaidiaii. I want you to uti'ilcrMatid
ihat mini) of these young men arc orphans, or
torse than orphans," thing out Into society to
stnufcle for theuiselres. A umng mail Is
liliehed Into the middle of the Atlantic ocean,
and a plank Is pitched after him. and then he
' told to take that and swim ashore. Treat
that )inmg man as you would like to have your
son treated If you' were dead. He father to
:luit clerk. There Is nothing more beautiful
than to hear 1111 aged meichaut addressing ids
clci ks and sa) Ing: ".Nhson!"
Alii 111 K T.VlM'W's i:rni.i. i:nt EMMI'LK.
That oung man In 011r employ has a hls
torr. Ills father was'n drunkard. Ills llrst
rciiieiubrunce of his father was tho father
coming home lute ut night Intoxicated nud the
children hiding under the bed frightened.
And that young man hits stood many n time
between father and mother keeping lier from
the brutal blow. He l.s prematurely old In
trxlng to provide for the house rent and cloth
ing for his younger brothers 11 nil sisters. He
ina seem to ou like all other young men. hut
tiod and his mother know he Is a hero. At 'JO
ears of age he has sulfered ns much as many
have MilTeied nt tl'J. Do not tread on him.
Do not swear at him. Do not scud him on a
useless errand. .Sir "flood morning," nnd
"(lood night." nud "'Good bye." Vou nrc de
ciding that man's destiny for two worlds.
One of 111 v curliest remembrances Is of old
Arthur Tappau. There were many dllfcrciices
of opinion about Ids politics, but. 'no one who
ever knew Arthur Ta;pan, and knew him
well, doubted Ids being an earnest Christian,
lu Ids store in New York he had a room where
eerr morning lie called hlseinjiloves together,
and lie prayed with them, read tlie Scriptures
totliem, sang with them, uutl then thev enter
ed on the duties of the day. On Monday
morning the exercises dlffcrcdund he gathered
the voung men togeth' r and asked them where
they hud attended church, what lind been
lh. -Ir Sabbath experiences ami what had been
the sermon.
Samuel Iludgett had the lnigest business
lu the west of Knglund. He had In 11 room of
his warehouse a place plcasautlr f mulshed
with eoinfortnhly seats and "I-'letcher's Fam
ily Devotions" nnd Wesley 11 11 hymn books, and
he gathered Ids employes "together ecrr morn
ing, mid, having sung, they knelt down and
prayed side by shh the employer and the em
ployes. Do you wonder at that man's success,
aud thut though thirty years before he had
been a partner In a small retail shop in a small
village, at his death h bequeathed many mil
lions. Goil can trust such n man as that with
plenty of money.
sin -iitih svi.t's mi:tiiois.
ilr Titus Salt hud wealth which was beyond
computation, and at Saltalre, Kugluml, he hud
a church aud u chaiicl built and supported by
himself the church for those who preferred
the i:plseopal service, and the chapel for those
who preferred the Methodist service. At the
opening of one of his factories he gave a greut
dinner, nnd there were :i,.r00 people present,
and in his lifter dinner speech he said to those
people gathered: "I can not look around me
aud see this vast assemblage, of friends ond
w oik people without being moved. 1 feel
greatly honored by the presence of the noble
man at my side, and I am especially
delighted at tho presence of mr woik
pcople. 1 hope to diaw around mo u
population that will enjoy the b.-aulles of
this neighboihood a imputation of well-paid,
contented, happy operatives. I have given
Instructions to my architects that nothing is
to be spared to render the dwellings of the
operatives u pattern to the country, and If m v
llfe Is spured by Divine Providence. I hope to
see contentment, satisfaction uud hnppliiess
around me." That Is Christian character
demonstrated. There are others In this coun
try uud lu other lauds on a smaller scale doing
their best for their einploM's. They have not
lorgot ten their own curly struggles, Thev
remember the llrst yard of nankeen they
measured, the llrst quarter of tea they weigh
ed, the llrst banister they turned, the llrst
roof they shingled. They 'remember how thev
were discouraged, how hungry they were, uud
how cold uud how tired they were, uud though
'.hey may be sixty or seventy years of uge, they
iiliow just how il boy feels between ten nud
twenty, and how a young man feels between
twenty uud thirty. "They have not forgot tun
it. 'Iliose wealthy employers were not origin
ally let down out of heaven with pulleys of
Ilk In n wicker hu.d;ct, nitln lined, fanned by
cheiuble wings. They started lu roughest
cradle, 011 whose rocker misfortune put hcr
violent foot and tipped them Into the cold
woild. Those old men arc sympathetic with
boy s.
foiikmi:n tauoiit oi'.nti.i:ni:hs.
Hut you are not only to be kind to those
under you Chilstlunly kind but vou ure also
to see that your boss workman ami yom heud
eleiksaml your ugenis uud your o'rersceis lu
stores ure kind to those under them. Some
times a mull will get a little brief authority In
a store or lu a factory, uud while they ure very
courteous to you, the capitalist, or to you, tlin
nead muii of the llrm, tuey ure most brutal In
their treatment, of tho.-e under them, God
inly knows what nunc of the lads' mi Her In the
cellars uud In the lofts of some of our greut
estubllshiueiits. They have no one to npieul
to. The time will come when their urm will
be strong nud they can defend tlieniselres,
but not now. Alas! for some of the cash bors.
ami the messenger boys, ami the bors that
sweep the store. Alas! for some of them. Now,
you capitalist, you, the head man of the llrm.
must look, supervise, see those all around
you, lurestlgate nil beneath you.
And then I charge you not to put unneces
sary temptation in the way of your young
men. Do not keep large sums of money lying
around unguarded. Know how much money
there Is In the till. Do not have the account
IsMiks loosely kept. There are temptations
Inevitable to young men, uud enough of them
without your putting unv uiinecessarr tempt
ations lu their way. Men lu Wild street
baring thirty years of reputation for honesty
hare dropped into Slug Slug aud Hrdltloii,
anil you must be careful bow you try a hid of
llflecii. Aud If lie do wrong, do not smnce
011 liim like a liyen.'i. If he prove himself un
worthy of your eonlldcnco do not cull In the
police but take him home, tell why you dis
missed him to those who will give luiu anoth
er chance. Many a young man bus douo wrong
once wiio will never do wiong again.
i.Aiioinuts) iiavi: homi: n:i:i.ios.
Ah, my friends, I think wo can nlford to
give everybody another chance, when tiod
knows we should have all been lu perdition if
He had not given us tea thousand chances.
Then, if lu moving around your factory or
mill or bum or Uiu you art) Inexorable with
young men (iod will temember It. Some day
the wheel of fortune will turn uud you will be
n pauper and your daughter will goto tho
m. 11 khoiiMMiud your sou will die on the scaf
fold. Jf In moving among your young men
ou e oiiu with 1111 ominous Hillor of cheek or
ton livur I1I111 coughing Iwhlud the eoiiuler
at to him "tday home u day or two ami
real or tfo out and bri ulhe t Iiu breath of the
lull-." If hU mother die do not demand that
mi Ha- du h!Ut the funeral he b III tile Mure.
(lte hint at least wea to gat over thut
Which he will IH'ter get over.
I.inpliorr., urge llaill Vour iiiuloya ulaira
ad a iMlvi- itTlaiiMis life You can do It
You an-in a llloii not to ba tuilgued ut, or
'i. ff.il at, yi eiisl at You hold tha krta of
Ho Ubluliiiii 11I. and 1 1) tour laaJiaio yoii
di luund li t 1 n me u,lllg all tho HH-(juti-
lul'. a I' I h Ion life, ho fur ll4U llmt
4.. . il, t.. 111 u mini InMoad uf haiug
In 1 11 don ilie iiai in hi awu, mum nl yon
ttv ialkalura, and it U a bard IhiUK fur toil
1 null )imi ruiianaH IHIVMIlil III I mil ttOati
iai 11
Uttn ttuMv llu'fu ale mj
muti) uualila lu
ibKlou. KinOuM. a Utttw
uamral umlur
Frederick tho Great was a Christian. Fred
erick the Great was an iulldel. One dav'
.lethen. the venerable, white-haired gcncraL
asked to be excused from military duty thai
lie might attend the holy .ucrntneui. He wis1
excused. A few days lifter .lethen was din
ing with the king and with many notables ot
Prussia, when Frederick the Great, In ajocosa
way, said: "Well, .lethen, how did tha
sacrament of last Friday digest!"
ZIHTIIKN'S ANSWKIt TO FltKOKIttCK.
The venerable old warrior arose and said:
"For your majesty I have risked my life many
n time 011 the buttletlcld and for your majesty
1 would bo willing auv time to die, hut you do
wrong when you insult the Christian religion.
You will forgive me if 1, your old military ser
vant, cannot bear In silence any Insult to my
Lord and my suvlour." Frederick, tho Great
leaped to his feet nnd he put out his baud and
ho said: "Hnppr .lethen! Forgive me, for
give mc. You will never be bothered ngaln."
O, there are manr being scollcd nt for their
religion I and 1 thank (iod there aro many
men as brave ns lethen. Go to heaven your
self, O. employer I Take all your iK-oplc with
you. Soon you will he through buying and
selling, and through with manufacturing nnd
building and God will ask you: "Where are all
those, people over whom you had so greut in
fluence! Aie they here I Will they ho here!'
O, shlowners, Into what harbor will your
crew sail! After being tossed on so many seas
will they cnln the port of heaven! O, hank
ers, will those voung men who are running up
nud down the long lines of figures ami hand
ling tho mils of government securities aro
they keeping their accounts right with God! -the
credit account of mercies received and tho
debt account of sins forgiven I O, you dry
goods merchants! nre those young men under
your care who nre providing fabrics of apparel!
for bend and hand, nud foot and back, to go
unclothed unclothed Into eternity! O, you.
merchant grocers 1 nre those young men tliat
under your cure nre providing food for tho
bodies and families of men to go starved for
ever! living a i.itti.i: roit oTiinits.
O, yon inuiiiifnetuicrs of this United States!
with so many wheels tlying and so many bauds
pulling, uud so manv hew patterns "turned
out, ami so many goons snipped, aro the spin
ners, are the carmen, aro the draymen, nre tho
salesmen, ure the wntchers ot your establish
ment working out everything but their own
salvation! Can it be that, having those -o-ple
under your care live, ten, twenty years,
you have made no everlasting Impression for
good on their Immortal souls! God turn u
nil buck lrom such selllshuct-s nud teach us
to lire for others and not for ourselves. Christ
seta us the example of sncrlllce, nnd so do
many of his disciples.
One summer, in California, a gentleman who
hail Just removed from the Sandwich Islands,
told me this Incident. Ho mi Id one of tho
Sandwich Islands Is devoted to lepers. Pcopio
getting sick of tho leprosy on the other IslamU
nre sent to Hint isle of lepers. They never
come olf. They nre m different s'ngc.s of dls
ense, but nil who die on thut island'dlo of lep
rosy. On one of the healthy Islands there wai
u physician who always wore his hand gloved,
and It was often discussed why he alwuts had
a glove on that hand under nil circumstances.
a riiYsici.tx'sj si:i.f .N.veititn:.
Ono day this physician came to tho city
authorities, and lie withdrew his glove, and
he said to the olllccrs of the law. "You see on
thut hand a spot of the leprosy and that I am
doomed to die. I might hlde'thls for u little
while uud keep uwuv from the Isle of lepers:
hut I um a phtsleiun, uud l can go on that
Island and administer to the sufferings of
those who ure further gone In the disease, nnd
I should like to go now. It would ho selfish iu'
me to btuy n ih Id these luxurious surround
ings, when I might bo of so much help to tho
wretched. Send me to the Me of tho lepers."
They, seeing the spot of leprosy, of course
tisik tho man into custody. He bade farewell
to his family nud his friends. It was au
agonizing farewell. Ho could never sec them
nguln. lie was taken to tho Isle of lepers,
and there wrought among the sick until pros
trated by his own death, which nt lust cuine.
Oh ! that was magnlllcent self denial, inngnf
llcent sncrlllce, onlv surpassed by that of llliii
who exiled Himself from the hearth of heaven
to this leprous island of a world, Hint Ho
might physician our wounds nud weep our
griefs and die oiirdeuths, turning the isle of a.
leprous world Into a great blooming paradis
ical garden. Whether employer or employe,
let us catch that spirit.
A Spider That lilkctl .Music,
Wliotltor tho beo hours tho ilrttm
niingof tin-pans, or can ajiptooiuto tho
duliciitu Hounds of music, might bo a
inaitor of (iottl)t, nays u writer iu The,
Jiuticiilor, at loasl, I novor heard of a
hco Hint was spellbound at (lie sound of
mimic. Jt is said that Sir .John Lub
liook, after pluying; his, violin before his
lines, wiis not ttiilo to induce them (o
waltz, hunt time, or try tho key of "ono
sharp" on him. Whether Sir .John ov
er tried anything of this kind I am not
prepared lo say; nt any rale, an indif
ferent behavior on tho part of the bee.T
is not to bo wondered tit. In books oC
natural history wo road that spiders,
however, scorn to exhibit signs of keon
enjoyment at tho sound of tho guitar o
other instruments. When I nrst aav
this statement it was too much for me
to believe; but chancing ono evening to
play my accordion some years ago in
tiie factory, ono of my friends who wai
with mo ejaculated till at once: "Oh,
look at that monstrous spider!" As I
continued to play tho insect advanced
toward me. for reasons that I did not
then suspect, and before I was awaro of
it was perched upon my kuoe, whoro
on rested my accordion, l'eoling a
eold chill creep down my back as I dis
covered this intimate " friendship, I
shook tito ugly "basic" upon tho lloor,
stamping my feet as I did so. Tho spi
der mndo good his retreat and disap
peared under a pile of hoards. When
quiet prevailed, uud I had resumed my
playing, lo and belioid ! our good friend
crept cautiously out as buforo. I will
not say that he walUcd, but he ditl act
us though ho wore spellbound, i then
recollected what I had read, aud nat
urally concluded that it was the music
that delighted his worship. If l cetuedi
playing, tho spider crept away, aud
whenever I resinned ho would reappear.
I mado repeated trials, with the saiue
rcatilhs, and ou separate evenings, (00.
On one or two occasion. I called him
out lu this way lo show lilin to my
friends, who were a little Incredulous.
It annul hardly possible that tip' vi
bration oounid by I ho music produced
au ujii'uoitulu SDiiaiit ou upon tun auten
inn of the hpulur, and Unit il u only
u dnlioalo utilise of touch, ami not of
huitrinjf. On tliei'iiiiU'iiry. it ic mkikou.
ulilu lor um lo suppose Hint lhi ijildnr
liut mil V hwaid, lllll enjoyed, the lull-'
alu. Wliuthui' it Iwo nan llpplllfllllO
iniuUvil Hound or nut. wo twin not do"
eiih'l lint If it tiplilei' mill nojoy (Item 1
litilloin h bwo 00 11 hour ui uul iko
"uup. Aiep'1 of tho ijuuuib
v lit I'lUwM, OfljW