The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-06-19

about to fail, and for such kindness and
of caution against the dis
honesty of other business houses, of
course it is expected they willard so
they do-they take drink. Other mer-
chants lodging IN adjoining rooms find
it hard to sleep for the clatter of de-
canters, and the coarse carousal OF
these ''hail fellows we'll met"
wakes louder. But they sit not
all night at the wine cup.
They must see the sights. They |
stagger forth with cheeks flushed and |
eyes bloodshot. The outer gates OF hell |
open to let in the victims. The wings |
of lost souls fit among the lights, and |
the steps of carousers sound with the |
rumbling thunders of the damned. |
Farewell to all the sanctities OF home!
Could mother, sister, father, slImbering
in the inland home, in some vision OF
that night catch glimpse of the ruin
wrought they would rend out their hair
by the roots and bite the tongue until
the blood spurted, shrieking out; "God
save him!"
What, suppose you, will come upon
such business establishments? and
there are hundreds of them in the cities.
They may boast of fabulous sales, and
they may have an unprecedented run, OF
buyers, and the name of the house may
be terror to all rivals, and from this
thrifty root there may spring up branch
houses in other cities, and all the part
ners of the firm may move into their
mansions and drive their full-blooded
span, and the families may sweep the
streets with the most elegant apparel
that human art ever woye or earthly
magnificence ever achieved. But
curse is gathering somewhere for
those men, and if it does not seize
hold of the pillars and in one wild ruin
bring down the temple of commercial
glory it will break up their peace, and
| they will tremble with sicknesses and
| bloat with designations, and pushed to
the precipice of this life, they will try
to hold back, and cry for help, but no
help will come; and they will clutch
their gold to take it along with them,
but it will be snatched from their grasp,
and a voice will sound through their
soul: ''Not farthing, thou beggared
spirit!'' And the Judgment will come
and they will stand aghast
before it, and all the business
iniquities of lifetime will gather
around them, saying: ''Do you
remember this?" and ''Do you remember
that?" And clerks that they compelled
to dishonesty, and runners and dray-
men and book-keepers who saw behind
the scenes, will bear testimony to their
nefarious deeds, and some yirtuous soul
that once stood aghast at the splendor
and power of these business men will
say: ''Alas! this is all that is left Of
that great firm that occupied block
with their merchandise and over-shad-
owed the city with their influence, and
i made righteousness and truth and puri-
ty fall under the CALLING fire of avarice
md crime"
While we admire and approve of all
acuteness and tact in the sale of goods
we must condemn any process by which
. fabric or product is represented as
, possessing value which it really does
not have. Nothing but sheer falsehood
can represent as perfection boots that
l rip, silks that speedily loose their lus
Y ter, calicoes that Immediately wash
f out, stoves that crack under the frs
s hot fire, books insufficiently bound
carpets that unraved, old furni
s ture reiuvinated with putty ant
/ glue, and sold as having been re
: Gently manufactured; gold watches made
= out of brass; barrels of fruit; the big
/ gest apples on the top; wine adulterate
a with strychnine, hosiery poorly woven
y clothes of domestic manufacture shin
r ming with foreign labels, imported good
/ represented as rare and hard to get, be
cause foreign exchange is so high
d rolled out ON the counter with matches
: display. Imported indeed! but from tn
10 factories in the next street. A patter
h already questionable and unsalabl
,e palmed off as new print upon som
/, country merchant who has come to tow
re to make his first purchase of dry good
10 and going home with large stock c
S. goods warranted to keep.
r Young business man, avoid the frs
ic business dishonor, and you will avoi
Lr all the rest. The captain of vesst
it Was walking near the mouth of a rive
ar when the tide was low, and there was
long stout anchor chain, into one of til
j. great links of which his foot Slipped
20 and it began to swell and he could n,
Ig withdraw it. The tide began to ris
W The chain could not be loosened n,
d. filed off in time, and surgeon WI
ne called to amputate the limb, but befo
ID the work could be done the tide role
of over Che victim, and his life was gon
n And I have to tell you, young ma
n. that just one wrong into whit
ed you slip may be a link of long cha
Ic! of circumstances from which you C;
al not be extricated by any ingenuity
Sc your own, or any help from others, al
At the tides will roll over you as they ha
he over many. When Pompey, the wa
srl rior, wanted to take possession of cit
es and they would not open the gates,
I'M persuaded them to admit sick soldie
ng But the sick soldier after awhile g
hit well and stong, and he threw open t
ow gates and let the devastating arm
in come in. One wrong admitted into t,
lat soul may gain in strength until, aft
re awhile, it filings open all the avenu
it of the immortal nature and the ST