The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-03-18

bank and have 10 walk three or four
miles until you get 10 he railroad sta
ton. and you will want all these con-
forts and conveniences. Blu, will yol
excuse meif'l make Il suggestion ortwo
about this va!ise? You say: Certain,
~; as we are having plain. frank talk
will not be offended al any honorable
suggestion"
Put in among yorr baggage some
carefully-selected, wholesome reading,
Let it be history. or poem. or book
Of pure fiction, or some volume that will
give you information in regard to your
line Of business. Then add TO that
Bible in round, beautiful type-small
type is bad for the eyes anywhere. bu,
peculiarly killing in the jolt of rail
train, Put your railroad guide and
your Bible side by sde-the one TO show
you the route through this world and
the other TO show you the route 10 the
next world. oh" you say. that is SUI
pertluous. for now in all the hotels. in
the parlor, you will find Bible. and in
nearly all the rooms OF the guests
you will find one!" But. my brother.
that is not your Bible. You want your
own hat, your own coat. your own blan-
ket your own Bible. But" you say.
II am not a Christian. and you ough,
not to expect me to carry IA Bible" My
brother. great many people are not
Christians who carry Bible. Besides
that. before you get home you might
become Christian, and you would feel
awkward withou; copy. Besides that
YOU might get bad news from home. |
see you with trembling hand opening
the telegram. saying: George is
dying" or Fannie is dead; come
home!" Oh as you sit in the train.
stunned with the calamity. going home.
you will have no taste for fine scenery,
or for conversation. and yet you must
keep your thoughts employed or you
will go stark mad. Then you will want
| Bible whether you read it or not. 1t
will be comfort to have il near you
tina, book full of promises which have
comforted other people in like calamity.
Whether you study the promises or not
| you will want tina, Book near YOU Am
| not wise when | say put in the Bible ?
Now, you are all ready to start. You
have your valise in the right hand and
you have your blanket and shawl strap
in the left hand. Good-by. May you
have prosperous journey. large sales.
great percentages. Oh. there is one
thing forgot to ask you about what
! train are you going 10 take? Well
you say. 81 will take the five O'Clock
Sunday afternoon train" Why? oh.
you say, 81 shall save day by that. apd
on Monday morning will be in the dis
] tant city in the commercial establish
ment by the time the merchants come
down.! My brother. you are starting
wrong. fyou clip off something from
the Lords day. the Lord will clip off
something from your lifetime sue
cesses. Sabbath breaking pays no better
for this world than il pays for the next
| Young man, the dollar that YOU carr
on the Sabbath is a red-hot dollar, ant
| If you put it into bag with 5000 hon
est dollars hat red-hot dollar viii burr
hole through the bottom of the bag
and let out all the 5000 honest dollar.
with it.
But you have come now near the enc
of your railroad travel. | can tell b,
the motion of the car that they ar
pulling the patent brakes down. The
engineer rings the bell at the crossing
The train stops. "All Quit" cries the
conductor. You dismount from the
train. You reach the hotel. The land
lord is glad TO see you-very glad! Ht
stretches out his hand across the reg
istry book with all the disinterestet
warmth of brother! You are assigned
an apartment. In that uninvitina
apartment you stay only long enough
to make yourself presentable. Yol
descend then into the reading-room
and there you find the commercial trav
elers sitting around long table with
great elevation in he center covered
with advertisements. while there ar
inkstards sunken in the bed of tn,
table, ard scattered all around rusty
steel pens and patches of blotting pa
per. Of course you will not stay there
You saunter out among the merchants
You present your letters of introduc
ton and authority. You begin bust
ness Now. let me say. there are TIVE
or three things you ought to remember
First. that all the trade you get by tn,
practice of treating" will not stick
you cannot get custom except by tip
ping wine glass with somebody. yo,
had better not get his custom. An oil,
commercial traveller gives as his ex
perience that trade got by treating
always damages the house that gets i
in one way or the other.
Again. charge you, tell the who'll
truth about anything you sell. Lynn:
commercial travellers will precede you
Lying commercial travellers will COM
right after you into the same store
Do not let their unfair competition
tempt you from the straight line. !
is an awful bargain that man make
when he sells his goods and his soul a
the same time. A young man in one o
the stores of New York was sellin,
some silks. He was binding them u
| when he said n the lady customer. 81