Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-24

ranued pure, rrom Goston was found 20
have IL per cent Of rosin and alcohol and
chloroform. Scammony Is one Of the most
medical drugs 1t Is very rare,
very precious. 1t Is the sap or the gum OF
o tree or bush In Syria. The root OF the
tree is exposed, an incision Is made into
the root, and then shells are placed at this
lncision 10 catch the sap or the gum as 1t
exudes. 1t is very precious this scammo-
ny. But the peasant mikes itwith cheap
er material Then. 1t is taken to Aleppo,
ana the merchant there mixes 1t with q
cheaper material; then 1t comes on to the
wholesale druggist in London or New
York, and he mixes 1t with cheaper ma
terial; then 1t comes to the retail druggist,
and he mixes it with cheaper material,
and by the time the POOR sick man gets 1t
into his bottle 1t is ashes and chalk and
sand, and some of what has been called
pure scammony after analysis has been
found to be no scammony at all.
scaly job.
Now, practical religion win yet rectify
all this. 1t will go to those hypocritical
professors of religion who got "corner"
in corn and wheat in Chicago and New
York, sending prices up and up until they
were beyond the reach Of the poor, keep
ing these breadstuffs in their own hands,
or controlling them until the prices, going
up and up and up, they were, after awhile,
ready to sell, and they sold out, making
themselves Inillionaires in one or two
years, trying to fix the matter up with the
Lord by building church or a university
or hospital, deluding themselves with
the ideg that the Lord would be SO pleased
with TIE gift he would forget the swindle
Now, as such man may not have any lit
urgy in which to say his prayers, will
compose for him one which he practically
is making: "Oh, Lord, we, by getting O
corner in breadstuffs, swindled the peo-
pie of the United States out Of $40, 900, 600
and made suffering all up and down the
land, and we would like to compromise
this matter with thee. Thou knowest 1t
was a scaly job, but. then, it was smart.
| Now, here we compromise 1t. Take per
cent of the profits, and with that l per
cent you can build an asylum for these
poor miserable ragamuffins of the street,
| and will take yacht and 60 to Europa
| Forever and ever Amen"
All, my friends, If man hath gotten
his estate wrongfully and he build line
| of hospitals and universities from here to
| Alaska, he sannot atone for it. After
| awhile this man who has been getting q
"corner'' in wheat dies, and then satan
gets a corner in him. He goes into q
great, long Black Friday. There Is a
"break" in the market According to Wall
street parlance, he wiped others OUT and
now he Is himself wiped out No collater
ais on which to make spiritual loan.
Eternal defalcation.
Reform In Work.
But this practical religion will not only
rectify all merchandise; 1t will also rectify
all mechanism and all toll A time will
come when man will work as faithful,
by the job as he does by the day. You sa.
when thing is slightly done, ooh, tina
was done by the job" You can tell by tn
swiftness or slowness with which a hack
man drives whether he is hired by tn
hour or by the excursion. If he is hired b.
the hour, he drives very slowly, SO as t.
! make as many hours as possible. II he !
hired by the excursion, he whips up tn
horses SO as to get around and get anothe
customer. All styles of work have to b
! lnspected-sbips inspected, horses inspect
, ed, machinery inspected, boss to watc
!. the journeyman, capitalist coming dow
unexpectedly to watch the boss, conduct
,, or of city car sounding the punch bel
! to prove his honesty as passenger hand
to him clipped nickel. All things mus
be watched and inspected-imperfection
in the wood covered with putty, garment
, warranted to last until you put them o
{ the third time, shoddy in all kinds {
clothing, chromos, pinchbeck, diamond
9 for 81. 80, bookbinding that holds on III
8 til you read the third chapter, spayine
t horses, by skillful dose of jockeys, for soy
: eral days made to look spry, wagon tire
I poorly put on, horses poorly shod, pla
t tering that cracks without any provoci
t tion and falls off, plumbing that needs
Q be plumbed, imperfect car wheel tht
i halts the whole train with a hot box. s
|. little practical religion in the mechanisl
It of the world tell you, my friends, I'll
Q law of man will never rectify these thing
: it will be the all pervading influence
y the practical religion Of Jesus Christ th
. will make the change for the better
y All VIII Feel 1t.
v Yes, this practical religion will also [
II into agriculture, which Is proverbial
!, honest but needs to be rectifed, and
will keep the farmer from sending to t.
II city market veal that is too young to XII
q and when the farmer farms on shares
20 will keep the man who does the work fro
n making his half three-fourths, and 1t w
Il keep the farmer from building his pc
"a and rail fence on his neighbours premise
N and it will make him shelter his cattle
/ xxv;l %ha n
a. elder from working on Sunday afterno
IN in the new ground where nobody sees hil
i And this practical religion will hover oy
4 the house, and over the barn, and over
"a field, and over the orchard
NJ Yes, this practical religion Of which
he speak will come into the learned prof
ID sions. The lawyer will feel his respon
- bility in defending innocence and arraig
m ing evil and expounding the law, and
,d will keep him from charging for briefs
&c never wrote, and for pleas he never mat
and for percentages he never earned, q
from robbing widow and orphan becal
they are defenseless. Yes, this practi
OF religion will come into the physical
to life, and he will feel his responsibility
an the conseryator OF the public health, a y
at fession honored by the fact that Chr
q himself was a physician. And 1t "
ID make him honest, and when he does !
ne understand case be will say SO, not t
Ia ing to cover up lack Of diagnosis with p'
u derous teohnicalities or send the patient
as a reckless drug store because the apot
ne cary happens to pay percentage on
"a prescriptions sent. And this practical
IN ligion will come to the schoolteach
ed making her feel her responsibility In ?
all pairing our youth for usefulness and
happiness and for honor, and will keep
IL from giving sly box to dull head. Oh
bis Using him for what he cannot help 9
bhe sending Encouragement all through
nd after yearsof q lifetime. This practical
so Mgion will also come to the newspa
lite men, and 1t will help thern In the gail
ar ing Of the news, and 1t will help them
setting forth the best interests Of socit
and it will keep them from putting