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chastened and wholly subdued. and contem.
plate bitterly his coming epitaph:

psWt0 UltteTIy MS coming epttapn.
Here rests his head upon the lap Of earth.
youth to fortune and to fame unknown
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth.
And Melancholy marked him for her own"
Havin1 made reference 80 often and IN 40
many variations to the great American driuk-
ing habit. subject or phase Of II IL indis.
solubly connected with IL that must como
home to the stomschs and pockels Of oil GLASS.
es who AZ at oil familiar with II, viz. the
treating practices. Just why two civilized human
beings may not or do not or cannot Tor however,
we may have II classified 70 into saloon and
In deceocy and order take . drink and let Il
alone, and then perhaps another. and let IL
alone. keeping company with the one pre-.
vlously absorbed into the system. and then
return to our legitimate occupations or tho
fulnllment Of our social duties and obliss.
lions. IL past finding out But what do we see
and DO riRh: along ct home aud abroadY Go
into one OF these modern palaces Of gin and
Gin and meet Tom. Dick, and Harry. and throw
our individuality TO the dogs and our hard.
earned money to the smiling. sleek. and norid
saloon maRuate. a. II We had royal warrant
to be good fellow" commissioned to extend
our reputation in that uncertain regard I'D
libitum I'D nauseum. And 90 We Rand and
have another" and several others. when one
OF two would have been good to keep the
salivsry glands from: running dry. until our
head reels and our stomach protests and un.
I'll we reproach ourselves by the storm which
we have raised In our intestinal canal. until
our legs become unsteady. our eyes blearsd.
our compilations the color Of Q new.
baked Philadelphia red brick. our tongues
ps.oneu VIZ We CIV 1or water TO put
out tnc HveF' feacn IN our empty
poose's sna nna only tnc settiinRs caused by
.'a't'oss !umo"nR iof the onsnge That 10 con.
sp,cuous " us sosence' ana then swear on"
unsi' tne next day or no. wnsn We begin
sks'u tne'nexpncso'e to'iy OF tine same sense.
.ess "ua expensive routine ana again swear
o"' uns'' tne aAmnaoie ITERATION OF such per.
Jury oecomes - tedious ana reprehensible o.
t@se Vows OF love ana consistency And u all
oo"cs VI aeshe iaudaoic WITHIN reasonable
ooands OF oeina social man among our fel.
.o~s' nut st!snRe'y perverse when We. count
'"e oos' IN COLLARS ana sense.
A. before remarked, Willie and went to
New York to have . good time; but did We
have good time. This 10 capable Of induite
Willie will make Q bold blum
that we did, but say We didn't. and ! say We
didn't with o large DIDN'T. There was uu.
on his part, most desperate blum
to appear to DO enjoying himself, but did he?
In the calm and melancholy msdit ions In the
secret closet Of prayer and reflection, will he
be able to formulate the mon strous lie that he
had good time? VIII he dare TO presume
that taking drink Of bad whisky. and then
and stlll another. and another one
yet with doubtful company OF "blsse r0ues"
OF New York, and doubtful men about town,
10 having Q good time? VIII he presume to
htbited which the Society for the Prevention
OF Vice has condemned. and pay ?S cents for .
whisky with some marble.dust water on the
side. that that constitutes good timer viii
he have the etfrontery to declare that had
good time; II SO, how dare he speak for me?
Doesn't he know that my fine and sensitive ma
ture shrinks instinctively from these deRrsd-
Ing and bibulous habits which so to mako up
the sum OF the daily life Of the average man
about town In New York, Or any other city2 II
Willie has that idea 1t Is time to drop It, to ex-
plunge II from his mental system. to have 1t
changed into the fact that deeply abhor and
deplore all such habits and indulgences. II
going from saloon to saloon with good friends.
an some not SO good. mere acqusintances;
with people You well know and some you don't
know at oil, and people You are proud to see
tonight and would be ashamed to see to-m0r-
low-n that be having good time, that II
different!
Tito chapeTon gentleman who might be .
respectable business man but who, on occa-
slon' carries larRe-sized jag with him. whose