Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-05-18
THE -FOUR WAYS OF GETTING MONEY.

THE -FOUR WAYS OF GETTING MONEY.
Where do they get their money?
That is what you ask. That is what !
ask. Onlyafour ways Of getting mo-
ncy-only four: by Inheritance, by
earning il, by begging it, by stealing
it; and there urc vast multitude
among US who get their living not by
Inheritance, nor by earning it; nor by
begging it. do net like 10 take the
responsibility of saying how they
get It'll
Now, these mon arc a constant temp
tation. Wliy:klould toll and wear
myself out ilisthe bank, or the Office,
or the store, critic shop, orthc factory9
These men have nothing TO do. They
get along a great deal better. And
that is the temptation under which a
great many young men fall. They
begin TO consdft with these lncn.s these
oilers, and they SO down tic same
awful sleeps. s#hc.number OF mcnsin
our cities wllo#rc. trying to get their
living by their wits and by slcigllt of
hand is allthc time increasing.
A New York merchant suwa young
nan. one CT lis clerks, i'll half dis.
guisc, going into very low place OF.
amusement. The merchant said 10
f:s;I must COX fofsthati
clerk; lie is Goings III bad company;
and going i'll Lad places; / must look
out for lin" Afcw months passed
on, ard one morning the merchant
entered his store, and this clerk OF
whom l have been speaking came up
in assumed CONSERVATION and said:
"Oh, sir, The store has Leon on fire; !
have rut cut the fire, butthcrc arc c
great many goods lost; we lave had q
great crowd Of people coming and 20
ing" Then the merchant took The
clerk by the collar and said: 81 have
had enough of this; you cannot &c
cciyc mo; where arc those goods you
atolcT' The young man instantly
confessed lis villainy.
0 the numbers Of people in these
great cities wlloar trying 10 get their
living rot honestly!. And they arc q
mighty temptation 10 tho industrious
young man WHO cannot understand it.
While these others have it so easy
they have it so hard. 1Loratius OF
oldcn time was told that he could have
just as much ground as lie could pillow
around with yoke of oxcn in ono
day. Efc hooked up the oxen to tic
pillow and he cut q very large circle
and plowcd until hc came to the same
point where lie started, and ell that
property was lis. But ] have to tell
you today that just go much financial,
Just SO much moral, just SO much
spiritual possession you will have as
you compass with your own indus
tries, and just so much rs from the
morning CT your life to the evening OF
your lilo you can plow around with
your own hard work. Go 10 the ant,
thou sluggard; consider her ways and
lie wise. u One of the NEST awful cal
.irons Ct Death tcday is en- indolcnt
life. Thank Cod that you have 10
work.
TIE AWFUL SALOON.
III. Once moro remark: that tie
drar,. shop is great caldlon OF in:
EQUITY in cur time. Anacharsis SAID
that the vine bore three grapes: the
FIRST was Pleasure, tho next was Drum
ienncss. and tic next Misery. Every
falcon above ground or under ground
i; !, fountain of iniquity. 1T may have
license and it may go along quite
respectfully for u while. but after
- n,sr gfnll onsnpslstl.s
colcrcf tic -iiiiquity vii. nc displayed
..Oh. says somc one, you ouSl!
TO 10 easier OH such traffic when !
Eays such Ii largo revenue 10 the gov
ci1:mclit. and Helps support ycuf
ncl.ools and your great institutions OF
mercy And tl.cn I think Of what
WilliaEi Z. Gladstone said think it
IVES the first time lie was chancellor
Of tic cxchc1ucr-whcn men engaged
in The ruinous traffic came to him and
said their business ought 10 have more
consideration from the fact that il paid
such II large revenue TO the English
government. Mr. Gladstone said:
"Gcntlcncn, don't worry yourselves
about Tic revenue; give me thirty
rlilors of sober people, ard we'll
haze revenue enough and surplus.
We might in this country-this
traffic rcrisllcd-Eavc less revenue,
but VIC would have more happy homes.
and NC would have moro peace, and
VIC would have fewer people i'll the
pcnitcntiary, and there would be tens
CT thousands OF men who arc now on
the road 10 hell who would start on
tic road to heaven.
Eut tic financial ruin is Il very small
part Of it. THIS iniquily Of which
i speak takes everything that is
sacrcd cut OF the family, everything
that is holy in religion, everything
that is infinite in the soula tTmples
it under foot. The marriage day has
come. The twain are at the altar.
Lights fash. Music sounds. Gay
feet go up and down the drawing
room. Did ever a vessel launch on
such bright and beautiful sea2 The
scene changes. Dingy garrett No fire.
On q broken chair a sorrowful wife.
Last hope GONE. Poor, forsaken, trod-
den under foot, she knows all the sor-
row of bcingu drull1ard's wife. "Oh, !"
she says, he was the kindcst man that
ever lived. he YVES no noble, he was SO
good! God never made IL grantler man
than lie was. but the drink did it, the
drink did i'll! Some day she will press
her hands against her temples and cry;
"Oh. my brain, my brain!' orsLe will
go out on tic ;butnlcnt of the bridge
some moonliglltnlgllt and look down
on the CLASSY surface and wonder II
under that CLASSY surface there is not
come rest for broken heart.
a young man, through the inter
eession OF metropolitan friends, gets
place in Il bank or store. He is going
10 leave Ills country home. That
morning they are up carly i'll the old
homestead. The trunk is OH the
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