Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-02

x:4. THE chariois shall rage in the
fs,feets; they shall justle one against
another in the broad ways; they shall
ike torches; they shall run like
hanings."
las been found out that many OF
irts and discoveries which we sup
~ ID were peculiar 10 our own age are
ely the restoration of the arts and
scoveries of thousands of years ago.
II suppose that the past centuries have
forgotten more than the present CEN
tyry knows. 1t seems to me hat they
must have known thousands of years
ago, in the days of Nineveh, OF the uses
oil steam and its application TO swift
Gravel. In my text hear the rush OF
the rail train. the clang of the wheels
and the jamming Of the car couplings.
The charots shall rage in the streets;
they shall justle one against another in
the broad ways; they shall seem like
torches; they shall run like the light
nings."
Have you ever taken your position in
the night far away from a depot along
the track waiting to see the rail train
come at full speed? At first you heard
I'm the distance rumbling like the com
Ing OF a storm; then you saw the flash
OF the headlight of the locomotive as IL
turned the curve; then you saw the
: wilder glare OF the fiery oye of the
train as II came plunging toward you:
then you heard the shrek OF the whis-
tie that frenzied all the echoes; then
you saw the hurricane dash Of cinders;
then you felt the jar Of the passing
earthquake and YOU saw the shot hun
derbolt of the express uain. Well, IL
seems that we can hear the passing Of
q midnight express train in my text,
rThe chariots shall rage in the streets;
they shall justle one agains. aDot her
in the broad ways; they shall seem like
torches: they shall run like the light
nings."
halt the train long enoughi TO get on
board, and go through the cars and |
And tfree-fourths of the passengers are
commercial travellers. They are folk
peculiar to themselves. easily recog-
nized. at home on all the trains. not
startled by the sudden dropping of the
brakes. familiar with all The railroad
signals, can tell you what is the next
station. how long the train will stop,
what place the passengers take lunch
con at :. can give you information on al
mos. any subject. are cosmopolitan. AT
homt everywhere from Halifax TO San
Francisco. They are on the eight
o'clock morning train, on the noon
ka III, t.h, 10
berth in a sleeping ear, and either
above you or beneath you is one of these
gentlemen. There are 100000 professed
commercial travellers in the United
States. but 500. 900 wou6 not include all
those who are sometimes engaged in
this service. They spend millions of
dollnrs every day in the hotels and In
the rail trains. They have their official
newspaper organ. They have their
mutual benefit association. about 1000
names an the rolls. and have already
Distributed more than $2O0.000 among
the families of deceased members.
They are ubiquitous. unique and ire
mendous for good or evil. All the ten.
denotes of merchandise are toward
their mulilplieaL The house that
stands back on its dignity and waits
for customers 10 come instead of going
20 seek bargain makers will have more
and more unstable goods on the shelf
aud will gradually lose its control of
the markets, while the great, enterpris-
Ing and successful houses will have
= their agents on all the trains and
-'their charioIs will rage in the streets.
hey shall juStle one against another
in the brodd ways; they shall seem like
torches; they shall run like the light
nings."
think commercial travellers can
stand sermon OF warm-hearled sym
paihy IL you have any words of good
cheer for them. you had better utter
them. II you have any good honest
prayers in their behalf. they will be
greatly obliged to you. never knew
a man yet who did notlike to be prayed
for never knew man yet that did
not like to be helped It seems TO me
this sermon is timely. AT This season
OF the year there are tens of thousands
OF men going out TO gather the spring
trade The months of February and
March in all our commercial estab-
lishmerts are very busy months. In u
few days our national perTlexities will
be settled. and then look out for the
brightest ten years of national prosper.
dty which this country has ever wit.
messed All our astute commercial men
feel tina, we are standing nj the opening
gate of wonderful prosperity Let the
manufacturers put the bands on
their wheels. and the merchants open a
new set of account books in place of
those filled with long columns of bad
debts Let us start on new CONNER
'cial campaign. Let us drop the old tune
Of Naomi" aud take up Ariel" or AN
tioch"
Now you. the commercial traveller.
nave received orders from the head men
the firm that yon are TO start on a
" excursions You have your pat
scns all assorted and prepared You
Nave them put up in bundles or cases
"a marked You have full instruc-
- us TO prices. You know on wha,
you may xtreat somewhat. You