The Morning herald., 1877-01-26
ONE.CENT.

Tss Mag.. ONEpCEN i.
hought they were swelling in riches, when
70 reality, like the man Who had nlled
himsslf with lager beer, they were only
'loatsd. The heavens and earth were opsn
o them, more churches were built and
'reed from debt, more libraries were found.
q tnan at any other time in our natural =
history, and this weal,h rum ont in factor
10, IN corporations, in mines, in railroads.
.nd colmenated in that gigantic enterprise
which Joined ocean to ocean, and bsde
leep call unto deep. Some tell us that
our revulsions are owing to these railroads
and that they have outrun tho country's
wants and interests. This ID not 20. There !.
Are not yet sufficient roads for the vspts
'f the country, although there may be
many that never pay . dividend. But
gradually whispers begin to be breathed, ,
no crash comes, the whole. couhtry d
shocked and business ID at 4 stand still. On
whom does the blow fall most pitilesslv. =
The poor school mistress who supports her
mother and keeps her brother 1t college,
''ter long years Of patient labor, and scru- /,
pulous economy, lays up . few thousand !,
'ollars which she invests in Government
oonds. she reads the religious papers, and
she ands the Northern Pacific Railroad
highly spoken of. She learns that II was
opened BY prayer and she takes some shares
In 1t. The lawyer looks at the meter
carefully and shrewdly, and hs takes some
the doctor thinks 1t . safe Investment and
20 too does tho minister. and I am that
man with the experience fst. Paul and in
full sympathy with him, can ssy to You in
bis words, II would that all who hear me
were both almost and altogether such as I
an, except these bonds" This crash ran
back to the outcome Of all things. p II does
oot hurt much simply to break
rich men and capitalists, but ,
when the surplus and ovsrplus which
have been gathered together By hard labor,
are swept away, and when men worth their 9
millions 20 back 10 the rtnd and crust,
when great corporations suck up the little
life blood Of industry, among Thousands
then the shock ID like that Of the earth.
quake which shakes the mountain from
summit to foundation. Wesh have learned BY
pur experience that it ID honorable to work
for living. Tho production and distribution
of wealth are alike commendsble. Every
thing that gives to matter new forms, new
functions, new service Is bensdcial, but tan +
men want to distribute whore one Il willing
to produce, and 70 they come to tho city,
and when II vomits, ten thousand clerks are
thrown up. What Il needed is more men
willing to take hard work with all Ito blows,
and fewer lily-white gentlemen. Another
lesson We have learned 10 the value
of home. Men work for love, not
money, for father and mother, for wife and
children, and when The hand of adversity
swoops down gradually upon them and
clutches them by the throat, the thought
Of home craxes the mans brain, and tho
Hght with the spectre 10 worss than the
battlefield. When the last thread breaks
he goes home, and there his wife gtves him
courage. She Is luminous with heroisn,
and - he looks into her eyes he lifts his
eyes to heaven and cries out, "Thou hast
given me an angel and l knew 1t not"
There 10 . great joy in activity, In all the
many services life imposes nPon u. And
yet, lot 40 remember that We are born for
oetter things, that We should not lay the
foundations too deep northwest too much,
nor love too stronly. There 10 only ono safe
place to which We can fee, and that Il the
city "whose builder and whose Maker Is
God" Riches, honor and ambition dre
transient, treasures laid up In heaven, aEe
sure and eternal. Man feels the luminous
ness of that place If he has learned this
Dy loss and trouble. And 20 our land
which has been tossed by war and squeesod
by psnury, If 1t has also been filled with
divinsr hope, has been crowned with .
blessing for which there cannot be anthems
sung teo swsetly or swelled too loudly. ~
~ InsmssWs0 6ssSssse ,....
Everybody has heard of Bartlett's black
ing, Il has become household word.
Yesterday we had the pleasure OF meeM1g
with Mr. Bartlett, who IL In this city in tho
intersst Of the 6rm. He states that they
are now msuu,acturing an article called
"lS76 Backing" which surpssses anything
ever introduced in this country. Thts nrm
have now, Notwithstanding the hard tines
ABOUT thirty travelling salesnen employed.
A. H. Bartlett q Co., are undoubtedly the
most successful blaoking maAuiscturefs W
tne uuiIed States, - their goods can be
found in every corner grocery In the Union.
NhnnAa nf RoD1e.