The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-06

| sweat OF unrequllel 'oll, ana not one
spark of bad temper flashes from the
bronze bracket, and there is not one
drop of needlewoman's hearts blood on
the crimson plush; while there are
other fortunes about which it may be
said that on every door-knob and on
every figure of the carpet. aud on every
wall there is the mark OF dishonor.
What IL the hand wrung by toll and
blistered until the skin comes of
should be placed on the exquisite wall
paper, leaving its mark of blool-four
fingers and thumb? or, if in the
night the man should be aroused from
his slumber again and again by his
own conscience, getting himself up on
elbow and crying out in the darkness,
"Who is there?"
There are large fortunes upon VIII ich
Gods favor comes down, and it is just
a 5 honest and just as Christian TO be
| a fluent rs IL is to be poor. In many a
! house there 10 a blessing on every pic
| tured wall and on every scroll, and on
every traceried window, and the JOY
that flashes in the lights, and that
| showers in the music, and that dances
in the quick feet of the children pat
! tering through the hall has in it the
favor OF God and the approval of man.
| And there are thousands and tens of
thousands of merchants who, from
the first day they sold yard
of cloth, or frl<in OF butter. have
maintained their integrity. They ere
born honest, and they will die honest.
But you and l know that there are in
commercial life those who are guilty of
great dishouesties of speech. 4 mer-
chant says: Il am selling these goods
at less than cost" Is he getting for
these goods a price inferior to that
which ae paid for them? Then he has
spoken the truth. Is he getting more?
Then he lies. A merchant says: Il
paid, SIS for this article" Is that the
price he paid for it? All right But
suppose he paid for it S23 instead of
So? Then he lies.
But there are just as many false
hoods before the counter as there are
behind the counter. \ customer comes
in and asks: How much is this arti-
cle?" 1T is S." Il can get that for
four somewhere else" Can he get it
for four somewhere else. or did he say
that just for the purpose of getting it
cheap by depreciat!ng the value of the
goods? Ifso. he lied. There are just
a. many falsehoois before the counter
as there are behind the counter.
a merchant unroAs upon the coun-
ter "a bale OF haudkerchiefs. The Gus
toner says: Are these all Silk?"
Yes NO cotton in them?' No cot
ton in them" Are those handkerchiefs
all silk? Then the merchant told the
truth. Is there any cotton in them ?
Then he lied. VI oreover. he defrauds
himself, for this customer coming in
will after awhile ind out that he has
been defrauied, and the next time he
comes 10 town and goes shopping, he
viii look up At that sign and say: No,
| won't 20 there; that's the place where
| got those hanGkerchiefs." First, the
merchant insulted God, and, second,
he picked his own pocket.
Who would take the responsibility OF
saying how many fa.sehoods were yes
terGay told by hardware men. and
clothiers. and iumbermen, and tobac-
conistS. and jewellers. and importers.
and shippers, and dealers in furniture,
and dealers in coal, and dealers IN gro
ceries? Lies about buckles, about sad
dies, about harness, about shoes, abou
mats, about coats, about shovels, about
tOugs, about forks, about chairs, about
sofas, about horses. about lands, about
everything. l arraign commercial
ta.sehood as one Of the crying sins Of
our time.
pass on TO speak Of mechanical false
hoods. Among the artisans are those
upon whom we are dependent for the
houses in which we live, The garments
we wear, the cars in which we ride.
The vast majority of them are, 50 far
a. | know them, men who speak tile
truth, and taey are upright, and many
" them are foremost in great philan-
thropie> and in churches; but that they
a.. do not belong - that class every
one knows. In times when there Is
great demand for labor. il is not 50
easy for such men 70 keep their ob.iga-
tlOns, because they may miscalculate
in regard 20 the weather. or they NAV
not be able 70 get the help they ant!ci-
patcd in their enterprise. / am speak
lug now OF those who promise 10 do that
which they know they Will not be
able 10 do. TREY say they will come
on Monday; they do not come until
Wednesday, They say they Will come
on Wednesday; they do not come until
Saturday. They say they VIII have
the, ::S.b done in ten days; they do not
get IL done before thirty. Aud when
a man becomes irritatcd and will not
stand i any longer, then they 90 and
work for him a day or two and keep
the Job along: and then some else gets
irritated and outraged. and they 20
and work for that man and get MIN
pacited. aud then they 20 somewhere
else. ! believe they call that nursing
the ioD.7
An, my friends. how much dishonor
such men would save their souls IL they
would promise TO do only that which
they know they can do. ''on," they
say. tits of no Importance; everybody
expects to be deceived and disap-
pointed There is a voice Of thunder
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