The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-16

article. and another drug may be IN ful
force. and 50 the prescription may have JUS
the opposite effect intended OIL Of worm
wood warranted pure from Boston va.
found 20 have Al per cent Of resin and
alcohol and chloroform- ScaDmony Is oD<
Of the most valuable medical drugs. IL L
very rare. very precious Il Is the sAf
or the gum Of tree or q bush IN syria
The root Of the tree is exposed, an lnclslon
is made into the root and toen
shells are placed at this incislon q
catch the sap or the gum as II
exudes. Il IS very precious, this scammony.
But the peasant mixes IL with cheaper ma
terial: then it y taken 70 Alsppo, and the
ruerchat there mixes IL with a cheaper
material: then it comes on 70 the wholesal e
druggist in London or New York, aad ne
mixes il with q cheaper material; then It
comes 10 the retail druggists, and be mixes
ft with cheaper material, and by the time
the poor sick man gets il into his bottle It IS
ashes and chalk and sand, and some Of what
has been called pure scammony after analy-
sis has been found 10 be no scaDmoEy
at all
Now, practical religion viii yet rectify
al this. 1t will 60 70 those hypocritical
professors Of religion who got corner in
corn and wheat in Chicago and New York,
sending prices up and up until they we're
beyond the reach of the poor, keeping these
LTedQSLuuH LUclI Own VI CSlNAOA-
ing them until, the prices going up and up
and Nd. they we're, after awhile, ready 70
sell, and they sold out, making themselves
millionaires In one or two years-rrying TO
fix the matter up with the Lord BY build
ing church OF a university or a hospital
deludinR themselves with the idea that the
Lord would be 90 pleased with the gift
be would forget the swindle. Now, as
such a man may not have any lit
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pose for him one which he practically Is
making: 20 Lord, we, by getting
corner In broadstuffs. swindled the people
of the United States out OF ten million dol
lars and made suffering all up and down
the land, and we would like to comprimise
this matter with thee. Thou knowest 1t was
a scaly job, but then il was smart. Now,
here we compromise it. Take one per cent.
of the profits. and with that one per cent.
miserable rsgamuffins Of the street, ard /
will take yacht and 60 to Europe, forever
and ever. Amenp
All, my friends, II a man hath gotten bis
estate wrongfully and he build line OF
hospitals and universities from here to
Alaska, he cannot atone for it. After
awhile, this man who has been getting q
"corner" in wheat dies, and then Satan gets
a corner on him. he goes into q great,
the market. According to Wall street par
lance he wiped others out, and now he Is
himself wiped out No collaterals on which
TO make a spiritual loan. Eternal defalca-
ton.
But this practical religion will not only
rectify all merchandise; it will also rectify
all mechanism and ali toll A time win
come when a man will work as faithfully
by the Job as he does by the day. You say
hoxt a fh{rox IN doua atnh thar
was done by the Job" You can tell by the
swiftness or slowness with which hack
man drives whether he Ia hired by the hour
or by the excurston. II he Is hired
by the excursion he whips up the
horses SO as 30 get around and get
another customer All styles of work
have 10 be inspected Ships inspected,
horses inspected, machinery inspected.
Boss to watch the journeyman- Capitalist
coming down unexpectedly TO watch the
boss. Conductor OF city car sounding the
punch bell TO prove his honesty as a pas
senger hands him a clipped nickel. All
things must be watched and inspected
Imperfections in the wood covered with
putty. Garments warrented to last until
you put them on the third time. Shoddy In
all kinds of clothing. Chromos, Pinohbeck,
Diamonds for el5o. Bookbindsry that
holds on until you read the third chapter,
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for several days made to look spry. Wagon
tires poorly put on. Horses poorly shod-
Plastering that cracks without any provo
cation and falls of. Plumbing that needs
TO be plumbed- Imperfect car wheel that
halts the whole train with g hot box. So
little practical religion In the mechanism OF
the world tell you, my friends. tho law
Of man win never rectify these things II
will be the al~pervading influence OF the
lrarffCal rotfOtOFr rf Ias4fz (.hrtsf hat utll
make the change for the better.
Yes, this practical religion will also 20
into agriculture, which il proven bially hon.
est. but needs to be rectihed, and it viii
keep the farmer from sending TO the New
York market veal that Is too young 70 kill,
and when the farmer farms on shares it will
keep the man who does the work from
making his half three-fourths, and 10 will
keep the farmer from building his post and
rail fence on his neighboris premises, and IL
will make him shelter his cattle in the win
ter storm. and II will keep the old elder
from working on Sunday afternoon Ia the
new ground where nobody sees him. And
this practical religion will hover over the
house. and over the barn, and over the
field. and over the orchard.
Yes, this practical religion of which l
speak win come into the learned professions.
The lawyer will feel his responsibility In
defending innocence and arraigning evil and
expounding the law, and IL viii keep him
from charging for briefs he never wrote,
and for pleas he never made, and for per-
centages he never earned, and from robbing
widow and orphan because they are de-
fenseless. Yes, this practical religion will
come into the PHYSICIANS life, and he will
feel his responsibility as the conservator OF
the public health. profession honored by
the fact that Christ himself was physician
And it viii make him honest, and
when he does not understand a
case ne viii say 30, not trying to cover
up lack of diagnosis with ponderous teohni-
cAlities, or send the patient to reckless
drug store because the apothecary happens
70 pay percentage on tho prescriptions
sent. And this practical religion will come
70 the school-teacher. making her feel her
responsibility in preparing our youth for
usefulness and for happiness and for honor,
and will keep her from giving sly box TO
dull head, chastising him for what he
cannot help. and sending discouragemeut
all through the after years of a lifetime.
This practical religion will also come to the
newspaper men, and it will help them in
the gathering of the news. and it will help
them in setting forth the best interests Of
society, and il will keep them from putting
the sins Of the world in larger type than its
virtues, and its mistakes than its achieve
ments.
Yes, this religion, this practical religion
will come and put its hand on what is
called good society, elevated society, sue
cessful society, so that people will have
their expenditures within their income, and
they will exchange the hypocritical mot at