Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-21

They belonged to drunkard,s wita
Whose iiutey Whose shoes? Whose
SCARF TheN6elongedt to adrunkardis cbild
II could / would take the three brazen
balls hanging TO the doorway ana cIsnc
them together until they tolied the awfni
knell OF the drunkard's soul The pavn.
broker shop is only one eddy OF the rreat
stream Of municipal drunkenness.
Stand back, young man. Take not the
hrst step IN the path that leads here. Let
not the flame of strong drink over scoreh
your tongue. lou may tamper with these
things and escape but your influence viii
| oe wrong. Can yOu not make a sacrifice
for the good Of othersg When the rood
snip London went down the
captain was told that there
was a way of escape in one OF the life
boats. He said mo; | viii 90 down
with the passengers An the world ne.
knowledged that heroism.
Can you not deny yourself insignificant
induigences for the good of others? Be
not allured by the fact that you drink
only moderate beverages. You take ouly
ale, and man has to drink a isrre
amount of it to become intoxicated. Yes,
but there's not In all the city TODAY an
4 AAiNfA4t fNN AAAtAs NAA ubh NtAAu MALn ale.
"NAN," what does that mark meauy
"XXN" on the beer barrels; "XXXi' ON
the brewers dray; "NNNn on the door
OF the gin shop; "NSN" on the side of
the bottle. Not being able to ind anyone
WAC could tell me what this mark means,
nave mad to guess that the whole thing
was an ailegory; 'NNNh-that is, thirty
heart-oreaks, thlrty agonles, thirty desc
lated homes, thrty chances for drunk
ard's grave, thirty ways 10 perdition.
.AAA!' II | were TO write a story the
first chapter would be ''NNM;" the last
the pawnbroker's shop. BE Watchiul! At
this season az the alluremants to dissi-
patton viii be especially busy, Let not
your flight TO hell be in the winter.
also remark that the winter evenings,
through their very length, allow great
swing for indulgenes. Few young men
would have the taste to 90 TO their rooms
at O'Clock and sit until II, reading Mot
ley's Dutch Republic or John Fosters
Essays The young men who have been
confined to the store all day want fresh
air and sightseeing; and they must 20
somewhere. The most Of them have of a
winters evening three or four hours Of
leisure. After the evening repast the
young man puts on his hat and coat and
goes ont. "Come IN here,n cries one
form of allurement. "Come in here"
| cries another. GO" says Satan; 'you
ought to see for yourself" "Why don't
you goY" says comrade, ait
is shame for young man to be as
green as you are, BY this time you
ought to havessseen everything"
Especially is temptation strong when
business is dull. have noticed that men
spend more money when they have little
to spend. The tremendous question 70
be settled by our great populace, day by
day, is, how to get livelihood. Many of
our young men lust starting for them
selves are very much discouraged. They
| had hoped before this to have set up Il
household of their own. But their gains
| have been slow, their discouragoments
many The young man can hardly take
/ care of himself. How can ne take care of
another? And, to the curse of modern
| society, before young man Is able 10
/ set up home Of his own, he is expected
10 have enough to support in idlcuess
somebody else, whec God intended that
they should begin together and jointly
| earn Il livelihood. So, many Of oui
young men are utterly discouraged and
| utterly uuflt TO resist temptation.
The time when the pirate bore down
upon the ship was when It's sails were
down and it was making no Roadway
People wish they had more time 10 think
The trouble is, In dun times, that peopl,
have too much time 10 think, Give e
many of our commercial men the foui
hours of these winter nights, with moth
ing TO divert them, and before spriul
they will have lodgings in an insane asy
lum.
remark further that The winter i
especially trying to the moral characte
of our young men, because some OF thei
. homes in winter are especially unattrac
tive. In summer they can sit on tn
steps or have bouquet in the vase OF
the mantel, and the evenings are so shor
/ that soon after gaslight they fee
like retiring. Parents do not tax
enough pains to make Ties
long winter nights attractive
1t is strange that old people know so III
tie about young people. Que woul'
think that they had never been youni
. themselves, but had been born with thel
spectacles on. 1t Is dolorous for younI
/ people to spend the three or four hours Q
winters evening with parents who u
tHlkluL over lntlI bhu utllhNhNH anu nus
, fortunes and the nothingneSs OF thi
world. How dare you talk such bias
phemyY God was busy six days makinl
i the world, and has allowed it to hang ST.
thousand years on his holy heart; an
that world hath fed you and clothed go
/ and shone on you for fifty years, and We
! YOU talk about the nothingness OF thl
: world DO you expect the young peopl
in your family to sit a whole evening an
/ hear you groan about this magnificent
) star-lighted, sun-warmedi shower-baI
j tied, tiower-strewn, angel-watched, Goo
{ inhabited planet? From such home
; Young men make a wild plunge into dis
A sipation. Many of you have the means
Z why do you not buy them violin or
|, picture? or have your daughter Gu
1 tured in music until she can help to max
6 home attractive? There are ten thousan
4 ways of lighting UP the domestic circle
4 Itrequires no large income, no big mouse
n no rich wardrobe, 10 chased silver, II
gorgeous upholstery, but parental hear
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