Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-21

not the flame of strong drink ever scorch
your tongue. You may tamPer with these
things and escape, but your influence silI
be wrong. Can you not make o saGnnce
for the good of othersf when
the good ship London went down,
the captain was told that there
wes a way Of escape in one of the lite
boats BE said: mo, I Will 60 down with
the passengers" All the world scknoW+
edged that heroism. .e.
Can you not deny yourself insignificant
lndulgenees for the good Of othersY BE
not sIIured BY the fact you drink only the
moderate beverages. You take only ale,
and a man has to drink large amount OF
il to becoue intoxicated. YeSi but there
not in all the city to-day an inebriate that
did not begin With ale. "AAA; what does
that mark meant Xxx" on the beer bar.
rels; Xxx" on the brewer dray; "AAA
on the door Of the gin shop; "AAA on
the aide of the bottle. Not being able to
find any one who could tell me what this
mark means, have had to guess that the
whole thing was an Allegory: "XAH-
that is, thirty heart breaks, thirty agonies,
thirty desolated homes, thirty chances Ton
a drunkard's grave, thirty ways to perdi-
ton, Xxx If were to write story
the FIRST chapter would be 'AAA, the
last the pawnbroker's shop. Be watchtul
At this season all the sllurements to dissi-
patton will be especially busy. Let not your
flight to hell be in the winter.
EVENINGS ALLURENENTs.
IaIso remark that the winter evenings,
through their very length, allow great
swing for indulgences. Few young men
would have the taste to 90 to their rooms
at seven o o'clock and 81; until eleven, read
ing Morley's Dutch Republic or John Fos-
ters Essays. The young men who have
been confined to the store all day want
fresh air and sightseeing; and they must
90 somewhere. The most Of shsm have OF
q winters evening, three or four hours OF
leisure. After the evening rspast the
Young man puts on his hat and coat and
goes out Come in here" cries one form
OF sllurement. Come in here, cries an
other. 60" says Satan; you ought to
see for Yourself. why don't you goY
saws a comrade, 1T is shame for young
man to be IS greea as you are By this
time you ought to have seen everything.
Especially is temptation strong
WHEN BUSINESS is Dull
| have noticed that men spend more money
when they have little to spend. The tre'
mendous question to be settled BY our
great popuisce, day by day, is how TO get
q livelihood. Many OF our young men Just
starting for themselves are very much dis.
coursged. They had hoped before this to
have set up household of their Own. But
their gains have been allow, their discourage
ments many. The young man can hardly
take care of himself How can he take
care of another2 And, 10 the curse OF mod
ern society, before q young msn is able 10
set up a home of his own, he is expected
to have enough to support in idlenesS some
body else, when God intended that they
should begin together and jointly earn q
livelihood So, many Of our young men
are utterly discouraged and utterly unfit to
resist tenn ptstiou.
The time when the pirsts bore down
upon the ship was when it, sails were
down and it was making No headway.
People wish they had more time to think.
The trouble is, in dull times, that people
have too much time 10 think. Give to
many of our commercial men the four
hours Of these winter nights, with nothing
to divert them, and before spring they will
have lodgings in an insane asylum
| remark further that the Winter is
especially trying TO the moral character OF
our young men, because some Of their
homes ia winter are especially uusttrsc-
tive. In summer they can cit on the steps
or have bouque. 10 the vase on the man
tel, and the evenings ara go short that soon
sfter gaslight they fee! like retiring.
Parents do not take enough pains to make
these long winter nights attractive.
MAKE TIE PIaEsIDs ATTRACTIVE.
1t ia strange that old people know so
little about young people. One would
think that they had never been young
themselves, but had been born with their
spectacles on. 1t is dolorous for young
people to spend the three or four hours Of
q winters evening with parents who sit
talking over their own ailments and mis-
fortunes and the uothingness OF this world.
How dare you talk such blssphsmy? God
was busy six days in making the world
and has allowed it to hang six thousand
years on his holy heart; and that world
hath fed You and clothed you and shone
on you for afty years, and yet you tall
about the nothingness Of this world Dc
you expect the young people in your fan
iIy to sit q whole evening and hear you
groan about this magnificent, Star-lighted.
sun.warmed, shoWer-bsptised, flower
strewn. angel watched, God-inhsbited plan
es2 From such homes young men make
Wild plunge into dissipation.
Many Of yOu have the means
why do you not buy them
violin or @ picture2 or have your dsugh-
ter cultured in music until she can help
to make home sttraosivs2 There are ten
thousand ways Of lighting mp the domestic
circle. 1t requires no large income, nc
big house, no rich wardrobe, no chased
silver, no gorgeous upholstery, but Q par
entail heart awake 10 its duty. Have 6
doleful home and Jour children viii no
stay in it, though you block Up the doel
with Bibles, and tie fast to them million
catechisms, ! said to q man: This Is {
beautiful tree in front Of your house" III
answered with 9 whine: Yes; but It vii
fade" said to him: You have beauti
! full garden" he replied: Yes but it vii
perish" found out aftervard that hi
son was 9 yagabond, and was not sur
prised at it. You can not groan men int
decency, but you can groan them out OF il
Pray ye that your fight be not in tn
winter. Arm yourself against
TIE ESPECIAL TEMPTATIONS OF THIS SEASON
| Poets and painters hare represented
satan as horned and hoofed. If were
poet should describe him with manner
polished to the last perfection; hair ao1
ing in graceful ringlets, eye little blood
shot, but floating in bewitching languor
hands soft and dismonded; step light an
artistic; voice mellow as flute; boot eli
gsntly shaped; conversation facile, car
fully toned and Frenchy; breath perfume;
until it would seem that nothing had eve
,onchad bis hns save balm and myrri