The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-25

long excursions. You have your pat
terms all assorted and prepared. You
have them put up in bundles or Eases
and marked. You have full instruc
tons as TO prices. You know on what
prices you may retreatsomewhat You
have your valiSe or trunk. or both,
packed. II were a stranger, would
have no right TO look into that valise.
hut as / am your brother, | will take
tae liberty. Hook Into the valise. andI
congratulate you on all these COM
Portable articles of apparel The e
sons are 81 chaugeable you have hot
taken a single ~preenution too many.
Some night you will getoutin the snow
bank and have 10 walk three or four
miles until you get 10 the railroad sta
ton. aud you will want all these COM
forts and ~convenlences. But win you
reuse meif make a suggestion or two
about this vallse7 You say: Certain
lyi as we are having a plain, frank talk
I will not be offended at any honorable
suggestion"
Put in among your baggage some
earefullyselected. wholesome reading.
Let II be history. or a poem, or . book
Of pure fiction. or some volume that viii
give you information in regard 10 your
line Of business. Then add TO that a
Bible in round, beautiful type-small
type is bad for the eyes anywhere but
peculiarly killing in the jolt Of q rail
train. Put your railroad guide and
your Bible side by side-the one to show
you the route through this world and
the other to show you the route to the
next world. "oh," you say, that is SUI
perhuous, for now In all the hotels, in
the parlor, you will find a Bible, and in
nearly all the rooms Of the guesta
you will find onei" But my brother.
that Is not your Bible. You want your
own hat your own coat your own blan-
ket, your wi Bible. "But" you say,
II am not q Christian. and you ought
not to expect me to carry . Bible" Ny
brother, a great many people are not
Christians who carry q Bible. Besides
that before you get home you might
become a Christian, and you would feel
awkward without q copy. Besides that
you might get bad news from home. 1
e you with trembling hand opening
the telegram, saying: George Is
dying" or Fannie Is dead; come
homei" oh. as you sit in the train,
stunned with the calsmity, going home,
you will have no taste for fine scenery,
or for conversation, and yet you must
keep your thoughts employed or you
will 90 stark mad. Then you will want
a Bible whether you read It OF not II
will be a comfort TO have 1t near you
that book full Of promises which have
comforted other people In like calamity.
Whether you study the promises or not
you will want that Book near you. Am
] not wise when | say put in the Bible9
Now, you are all ready to start You
have your yalise in the right hand and
you have your blanket and shawl strap
In the left hand. Good-byl May you
have a prosperous journey, large sales,
great percentages. Oh, there Is one
thing ! forgot to ask you about-what
train are you going to take? Well"
you say, 81 will take the Eve o'clock
Sunday afternoon train" whyq "Oh,"
you say, Il shall save a day bythat, and
on Monday morning ! will be in the dis
tAnt city in the commercial establish.
ment by the time the merchants come
DOWN." Ny brother, you are starting
wrong. II you clip of something from
the Lords day. the Lord will clip OF
something from your lifetime sue
eesseS. Sabbath breaking pays no better
for this world than It pave for the next.
Young man, the dollar that you earn
on the Sabbath IL q red-hot dollar, and
II you put It into a bag with 5000 hon.
est dollars that red-Lot dollar will burn
q hole through the bottom Of the bag
and let out all the 5000 honest dollar,
with II.
But you have come now near the end
Of your railroad travel. / can tell by
the motion Of the car that they an
pulling the patent brakes down. Tn,
engineer rings the bell at the c4SSring
The train stops. "AIl outI" cries I'll.
conductor. You dismount from tn
train You reach the hotel. The land
lord is glad to e you-yery gladi III
stretches out his hand across the reg
istry book with all the disinterestet
warmth Of a brotherl You are assignee
an apartment In that uninvitinl
apartment you stay only long enough
10 make yourself presentable. Yo'
descend then into the resdiDg-room
n there you nno the commercial trav
eierA sitting around a long table wit
great elevation In the center covere'
with advertisements while there ar
i~nkstanns snnken In the bed OF tn
TABLE and scattered all around rust
steel pens and patches OF blotting pa
per. VI curse you VIII not stay Tiers
You saunter out among the merchants
iou present your letters Of introduc
non and authority. You begin busl
ness now let me say, there are tw
OF three things you oughtto remembel
First, that all the trade you get by tn
practice Of treating" VIII not sticl
II you cannot get custom except by tip
ping q wine glass with somebody, 20
had better not get his custom. An oil
commercial traveller gives as his eI
perience that trade got by treating
always damages the house that gets !
In one way or the other.
Again, l charge you, tell the Who'll
truth about anything you sell. LyinI
commercial travellers will precede yot
Lying commercial travellers will com
right after you into the same stor,
Do not let their unfair coppetitio
tempt you from the straight line.
is an awful bargain that a man make
when he sells his goods and his souI a
the same time. A young man in one O