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CHRISTIAN HJiRALD. -
many men in peril; and when you
are hard in your criticisms about
men’s inconsistencies you do not
know what a battle they have to
fight—a battle compared with
which Austerlitz and Gettysbqrg
and Watetldo were child's play.
llec. T. De Witt Talmage.
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Wanted His Wages Raised.
I here are some young men who
may gee themselves in this inci­
dent, which occurred at Bridge­
water, N. Y. We asked a young
man to atten 1 the- temperance
meeting on Sunday evening, and
his reply was, “ My clothes arc not
good «nough to attend church. My
wages have been small, and I must
have them raised another year, or I
eha’n’t work for my present cm
ployer.”
How much are you receiving
this year ? You arc working on a
farm ?”
“ Yes; and I get $200 for nine
montWs,*|Uld my board.”
“ When is your time out ?”
’• It will be. out in two weeks."
“ How much money will you
have coming to you then ?”
Not an thing. . 1 have drawn
more than my pay now. H
“ How much of the 8200 have
you speRt for clothing ?”
Not quite $40.”-
” Have you any one beside your­
self to suppoit or care for C
“ No, sir ; I am for myself.”
“ What has become of the $160?”
“ W-e-1 I, I—I’ve spent that.”
“ Oh, you have. Did you put it
out at interest ? You don’t stem to
have any gnat desire to tell wheie
it did go, do you ? Well, let me
tell you. In June you drew $20,
and went up to I tica to a circus ;
you got drunk, bet on three-card
monte, lost all you bad, gob into a
fight, got whipped, put into the
lock-up, (thti man who gets whip-
pv<i, always is the matt-Whe gets
locked up), and in the uorning the
Recorder fined you 810. Is this
'true
" Yes, sir; but how did you find
it out ?■’
I hat don t matter. It seems
they did not leave you anything.
When the races were at Utica you
drew $50 more, and went there.
\ ou drank freely, jou were just
full enough to bet on the slow
horse, and lost all you had. You
had another tight, and, as usual, re­
ceived sound threshing, was taken
before the Recorder, and for a
second offense puid 825 tine. You
did not even profit from this trau-
saction. You went to a hop dance;
whisky was’ plenty, and you par­
took freely. You imagined some
one .insulted you, and tlie result
was a general row. This cost you
$25 more, beside the costs of court,
and the paying of your 1 iwyer. 1
should think you would v^ant your
wages
raised."
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He stood looking at the ground,
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“ 1 can see it al). What an ass I
am. Why, I have worked five
years for my present employer, and
have not laid up a cent. J have
worn poor clothes; have found
fault because my. pay was small.
If it bad not been for.drink, 1
should now have $500 at interest,
should be well dressed, and respect­
ful by honest people I will be at
ilie meeting just as 1 am, and sign
the pkdge for I ife.
He kept his word. He took his
pledge that night. He lias' been
true to it, and is now one of the.
leading young men in Oneida
county.
Young men, can you see your­
selves in this picture ? If you can,
heed the truth, and be made bettei
by correc ing your mistaken way
of living.—Rechabite.
The Saloon a School
BY Prior. GEO. E. FOSTEll.
The legalized saloon is a school.
It must and does itach. The
keeper is the master, and the
liquors his apparatus. This schtiol
is open sixteen hours of the day,
and'often seven days of the week.
Ils pupils are the citizens, and its
object lessons all but indelible.
W.luit does it teach ?
That the sale of drink is ne­
cessary and useful, for the law pro
tecta this aS it docs every other
sale.
That the drinking of liquors is
necessary and usefu I ; for, of cou rse,
the State.would notallow the sale
of what was unnecessary and harm-
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That it is right to turn sober
people into tipptcrs, and tipplers
into drunkaids, if only in the opera­
tion revenue is made for the State
ami gain for the proprietors.
That it is right to run establish­
ments which breed idleness, foster
vicidfis habits, prepare criminals,
nurse pauperism, and destroy man­
hood1, provided only this waste of
the human is coined into golden
showers.
That neither God’s moral law,
nor society’s pure interests, are to
be counted in the scale against the
ippetites of the destroyed and the
avarice of the destroyers.
That ¡,1 is only necessary to cany
on debauchery be wholesale in
order to gain the sanction of law,
and receive the proud name of
business enterprise.
For, is it not true, O honest
citizen, that the saloon system of
this country proditces more want­
causes more idleness—weaves Inore
clnrbis of evil habits—schools more
criminals—ruin» more homes—and
slays more precious lives, than all
other systems of vice put together ?
And is it not true that God’s law
and man’s good require that .this
work of debauchery cease ? And
is it not also true that it could not
exist for a year against the indig­
nant ^remonstrances of outraged
humanity 'but for the golden
sfrearns.it pours into the coffers of
the nation, and the pockets of the
liquor monopoly ?—
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Christian Man.
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Think of it. All the gamblers—
all the pimps; all the whisky-’
sellers; all the lewd and deeply de­
praved ;. all the drunkard-makers,
oij, one side clamoring for the right
to make a drunkard of your son ;
clamoring for the privilege of
making drunken sots of the hus­
bands of your daughters ; and you
offer apologies for them ; nay, you ~
are voting for them. No, oh no,
we misnamed you ; you are not a
Christian man.— Neb. Liberator. .
Eli Perkins,having visited Black­
well’s Island, says . The first case
of insanity I found to be the re­
sult of intemperance. Six-eighths
of the fourteen hundred cases of
insanity sprang from that alone.
How long shall this crime cry aloud
from the abodes of the poor, in­
furiated, and insane for redress ?
Absolute prohibition might inter­
fere with the personal liberties of a .
few, but it would save six hundred
lunatics from Blackwells Island
every year. What a temperance
Women at a Saloon Opening. lecture *•- ?”
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According to the daily papers of
New York, a thing has happened
in that, metropolitan city that
ought; to make the cheeks of Ameri-
can women tingle with shame, and
President Arthur turn his wine
;lass upside down.
The man who "removed .Jim
Fisk,” (it is not fashionable to use
the word murdered nowadays,)
opened a fine drinking s&Joon re­
cently, in the city where he com­
mitted the bloody deed a few years
igo. Among the novelties on open­
ing day, the ladies of the city were
invited, and a thousand accepted
the invitation. They were not
from the slum, but were women
from respectable families who stand
well in socie’y. Is it not time that
the temperate, thoughtful women of
the land, turn their eyes to the
■ Teat work to be done among
women ? It would seem that the
more notmious_.a.criininal, the more
the sympathy of the women is en­
listed in his behalf. But that they
would descend to a saloon to honor
so notorious a character as the
slayer of Ji in Fish is most dis­
creditable.— The Christian Woman.
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Ammen'd Cough Syrup cujea eolds,
coughs, bronchitis and consumption;
In the name of suffering humanity,
we request all physicians to try Ammeh’s
Cough Syrup, then they will prescribe
it for their patients who are troubled
with coughs, cold 1 and disease for which
it is recommended. Many doctors who
are opposed to patent medicines pre­
scribe this remedy ; the druggist sim­
ply change* the contents into another
bottle, and the patient is none the wiser,
while the physician gets credit for the
cure, which always follows where a euro
is possible.1 Ask your druggist to show
you .i lurge bottle.
BUSINESS COLLEGE,
(Old “ NATIONAL,” Esta’dwhod 186«. ) *
Front
Ht. bd. Washington
and Alder,
PORTLAND, OR.
A. P. Armstrong,
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Principal.
J. A. AVesco, - Prnmnn and Secretary.
An inatitutiou designed for the practical btui-
ness education of both sexes.
STUDENTS
Admitted on any week-day of the year. No
vacation* at any time, and no exam­
ination on entering.
SCHOLARSHIP, .For the Full
Course, $«0.
Business
w . e . •
A T errible F ait .—A youngman
was found in the Mersey river,
England, drowned. On a paper
found in his pocket was written :
•' A wasted life. l)o not ask any­
thing alieut me; drink was the
Let . me
cause. I__
. .. die, , let me rot.”
over two hundred letters from
fathers and mothers all over Eng-
land, asking for a description of the
young man.
FEN WORK
Of all kinds executed to older at reasonable
rates. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The College Journ l, containing information
cf the course of study, when to enter, time
required. cost of b<>ard. etc., and cut* of plain
and ornamental penmanship, all from "Îïie pefF~
of I’rof. Wcsco, «eut free.
Addrera
A. P. ARMSTRONG,
Leek pox 104.
x P ortland , OB.
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