Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-12-12


slegant scarf, elegant books, elegant me-
pleased countenances looking into such sl
window. When I look into pawnbroker's
window, Il seems 10 me as II had looked
into the window Of HE'LL To whom did
that watch belongf To q drunkard. To
whom did those furs belongf To q drunk
ards wife. To whom did those shoes be-
longi To drunkard's child. take the
three brazen balls at the doorway Of Q
pawnbroker's shop and clank them to-
gether, sounding the knell Of tho drunk
ards soul. A pawnbroker's shop Is only
one of the eddies In the great torrent Of
municipal drunkenness. "Oh," says some
one, "I don't patronize such things. I
have destroyed no young man by such In
fluences. only take ale, and 1t will take
great amount of ale to intoxicate." Yes,
but tell you there Is not drunkard In
America that did not begin with ale.
Three X's-I do not know what they mean.
Three KS on the brewers dray, three KS
on the door Of the ginshop, three KS on
the side of the bottle. Three KS. asked
a man. He could not tell. asked an
other what Is the meaning Of the three
KS. He could not tell me. Then / made
| up my mind that the three KS were an
allegory, and that they meant 80 heart
breaks, 80 agonies, 80 broken up house
holds, 80 prospects Of drunkard's grave,
| 80 ways to perdition. Three KS. II were
| going to write story. the first chapter
would call "Three ks and the last chap
| ter would call 1.-THE Pawnbroker's Shop"
Oh, beware Of your influence.
Curse Of Modern Society.
The winter season Is especially full Of
temptation, because of the long evenings
allowing such full swing for evil in
| dulgences You can scarcely expect q
young man to go into his room and sit
there from to II o'clock in the evening
reading Motley's "Dutch Republic" or
John Fosters essays. 1t would be very
beautiful thing for him to do, but he will
not do it. The most of our young men are
busy in offices, in factories, in banking
houses, in stores, in shops, and when even
ing comes they want the fresh air, and
they want Sightseeing, and they must
have 1t, they will have 1t, and they ought
to have it. Most of the men here assem-
bled will have three or four evenings OF
leisure on the winter nights. After tea,
the man puts on his hat and coat, and he
goes out. One form of allurement says,
"Come in here" Satan says: "lt Is best
for you to go in. You ought not to be sc
green. BY this time you ought to have
seen everything" and the temptations
shall be mighty in dull times such as We
have had, but which, believe, are gone,
for hear all over the land the prophecy
of great prosperity, and the railroad mer
and the merchants, they all tell me Of thu
days Of prosperity they think are coming
and In many departments they have al
ready come, and they are going to come II
all departments, but those dull time
through which we have passed have de
stroyed great many men. The question
!, of livelihood is with vast multitude thu
great question. There are young men wit
expected before this to set up their house
hold, but they have been disappointed II
, the gains they have made. They canno
, support themselves-how can they suppor
, othersp And to the curse Of modern societ.
the theory is abroad that man must no
i marry until he has achieved a fortune
/ when the twain ought to start at the foo
, of the hill and together climb to the top.
That is the old fashioned way, and tina
, 1 .
: ever redeemed. But during the har
: times, the dull times, SO many men wer
, discouraged, SO many men had nothing t
: do-they could get nothing to do-a pirat
bore down on the ship when the sails wer
: down and the vessel was making no head
way. People say they want more time
7 think. The trouble is too many peopl
! | have had too much time to think, and
8 our merchants had not had their minds d
Q verted many of them would long befor
. | this have been within the four walls of a
3 insane asylum. These long winter ever
Q ings, be careful where you spend them
9 This winter will decide the temporal an
Q eternal destiny of hundreds Of men in thi
, | audience.
0 Unattractive Homes.
Q Then the winter has especial temptation
, In the fact that many homes are peculiar
s ly unattractive at this season. In th
: summer months the young man can s.
Q out on the steps, or he can have bouqut
Q in the vase on the mantel, or, the evening
Q being SO short, soon after gaslight
d wants to retire anyhow. But there al
Q many parents who do not understand ho
Il to make the long winter evenings attrac
It i've to their children. 1t is amazing
me that so many old people do not unde
stand young people. To hear some
d these parents talk you would think the
o had never themselves been young and ha
s. been born with spectacles on. oh, it
Q dolorous for young people to sit in Il
II house from to II O'Clock at night and
If hear parents groan about their ailmen
a and the nothingness of this world. I'll
IS nothingness Of this world? How dare yc
10 talk such blasphemyf 1t took God s.
@ days to make this world, and he has a
IS lowed it 5000 years to hang upon his ho
heart, and this world has shone on you al
d blessed you and caressed you for these
t. or 70 years, and yet you dare talk abol
D the nothingness of this world Why, 1t
l. a magnificent world. I do not believe
es the whole universe there is world equ
N to it except it be heaven. You cannot e
s. pect your children to stay in the hou
st these long winter evenings to hear you d
nounce this star lighted, sun warme
n shower baptized, flower strewn, ang
Is watched, God inhabited planet.
i'd Oh, make your home bright! Bring
le the violin or the picture. 1t does not I
" quire great salary, or big house,
N chased silver, or gorgeous upholstery
ID make happy home. All that is want
(, Is a fathers heart, q mothers heart,
le sympathy with young folks. Ihave know
N a man with s700 salary, and he had ]
D. other income, but he had home so hapl
,e and bright that, though the sons ha
ID gone out and won large fortunes and &
Y. daughters have gone out into splend
le spheres and become princosses of societ
OF they can never think of that early hon
N without tears of emotion. 1t was to the
p the vestibule Of heaven, and all their ma
le sions now, and all their palaces now, ca
90 not make them forget that early plac
Id Mako your homes happy. You go aroul
OF your house growing about your rheum
Or tisms and acting the lugubrious, and yo