Democratic messenger., 1888-10-13

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How much would such an attorney have
received rs his fee for such an advocacy
Nothing In dollars, but much every way
In happy consciousness that would make
his own life brighter and his own dying
pillow sweeter and his own Heaven hap
pier-thc consciousness that he had saved
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coMMEcIAL ExIoEScIEs.
So there are commercial exlgencies. A
very late spring obilerates the demand
for spring ovcrcoats, and spring hats and
spring apparel Of all sorts. Hundreds Of
thousands Of people say: ut seems we
are going to have no spring, and we shall
go straight ont Of winter into warm
weather, and we can get along without
the usual spring attire" Or there Is no
autumn weather, the heat plunging into
the cold, and the usual clothing which is
a compromise between winter and sum
mer Is not required. II makes difference
In the sale Of millions and millions Of dol.
lars Of goods, and some over.sanguine
young merchant Is caught with vast
amount Of unstable goods that never win
be salable ugain, except at prices ruinous-
ly reduced. That young merchant, with
limited capital, Is In predicament.
What shall the old merchants do as they
see that young man In this awful crisis
Rub their hands and laugh and say: Good
for him. He might have known better.
When he has been in business as long rs
We have, he will not load his shelves In
that way. Ha! Ha! He viii burst up
before long. He had no business TO open
his store SO close TO ours anyhow"
Sheriff's sale Red flag In the window:
"How much Is bid for these out t.of. fashion
spring overcoats and spring hats or fall
clothing out ofdate? What do hear In the
way Of q bid!" Four dollars" Absurd;
l cannot take four dollars apiece. Why
these coats when first put upon the market
were offered at $i5 each, and now am
offered only -four dollars. Is that all?
Five dollars do I hear! Going at thati
Gone at five dollars" and he takes the
whole lot. The young merchant .goes
home that night and says 10 his wife:
"Well, Mary, We will have TO move out Of
this house and sell our plano: that old
merchant that has had an evil eye on me
ever since started has bought out all
that clothing. and he will have Il rejuvina.
ted and next year put Il on the market as
new, while we will do well TO keep out Of
the poor.house. The young man, broken.
spirited. goes to hard drinking. The
young wife. with her baby, goes to her
fathers house, and not only Is his store
wiped out, but his home, his morals. and
his prospects for two worlds-tbis and
the next. And devils make banquet Of
fire and fill their cups Of gall and drink
deep to the health Of the old merchant
who swallowed up the young merchant
who got stuck on spring goods and went
down. That is one way, and some OF you
have tried Il.
HE NAY ENTER ANY OF THE TWELVE
GATES.
But there Is another way. The young
merchant was found that he had miscalcu.
lated in laying In too many goods OF one
kind and been flung Of the unusual season,
Is standing behind the counter feeling
very blue and biting his fngernails or
looking over his account books, which
read darker and worse every time he looks
at them, and thinks how his young wife
will have to put In palmer house than
she ever expected to live In or go to u
third.ratc clearinghouse. where they
have tough liver and sour bread five morn.
ings out Of seven. An old merchant comes
in and says "Well, Joe, this has been
hard season for young merchants, and this
prolonged cool weather has put many In
the doldrums, and have been thinking
Of you great deal of late, for just amer I
started In business once got into the
same serape. Now, II there Is anything I
can do to help you out ! will gladly do ii.
Better just put those goods out OF sight
for the present and next season we will
plan something about them. I will help
you TO some goods that you can sell for
me on commission. and will go down TO
one Of the wholesale houses and tell them
that know you and viii back you up.and
II you want few dollars TO bridge over
the present can let you have them. Be
as economical as you can, keep stiff up.
per lip and remember that you have two
friends, God and myself Good morning.
The old merchant goes away and the
young man goes behind his desk and the
tears roll down his cheeks. Il Is the 6rst
time he has cried. Disaster made him mad
at everything, and mad at man and mad
at God. But this kindness melts him. and
the tears seem 10 relieve his brain. and
his spirits rise from 10 below zero TO so In
the shade, and he comes out OF the crisis.
And about three years amer this young
merchant goes into the old merchant's
store and says: "Well, my old friend. I
was this morning thinking over what you
did for me three years ago. You helped
me out OF an awful crises In my CONNER
cial history. learned wisdom and pros.
perlty has come, and the pallor has gone
out Of my wiie's cheeks, and the roses
that were there when courted her In her
fathers house have bloomed again. and my
business Is splendid, and ! thought l
ough, to let you know that you saved .
man I" In q short time after the old mer.
chant. who had been good while shaky
in hls limbs and had poor spells Is called
to leave the world, and one morning after
he had read the twenty.thIrd Psalm about
THE Lord Is my shepherd" he closed his
eyes on this world. and m angel who had
been for many years appointed to watch
the old mans dwelling, cries upward the
news that the patriarch's spirit Is about