The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-08-25

adapted TO excite admiration. and lin
those churches, from the way the
ladies' hold their fans, you know that
they are rot SO much Impressed with
the heat as with the p!cturesqueacss
OF half disclosed features. -Four puuy
sous stand in the organ lot ana sQuail
:Cne ;hat nobody knows. a::L wor-
SLIPPERS with S2.CcJ worth OF diamonds
OF the right hand drcp 4 cent into the
poor box, and then the EcncLiction Is
pronounced. ard the farce is ended.
The toughest thing | ever tried to 60
WAS 10 bc good ut Il watering place.
The air is bewitcilcl with the world.
the flesh and the devil There are
Christians who in three c- four weeks
in such II place have had SUcn terrible
rents made in tEcir Christian robe that
tEcy had To keep darnins it until
Christmas 10 get il mcudvI.
.hc health CT Il great many people
makes au annual visit 10 some mineral
spring an absolute necessity. h;:t take
y0"r Bible along with YOU and take an
hour for secret prayer every day,
though YOU lc surrounded hy gUi:aw
aai saturn"lia. Keep holy the sab
bath. though they Gcridc you as Il
h.So;cd Puritan. stand OF from gam.
bl!n:: hcilS and these other Institutions
which propose to initiate on this side
the water the in!quiticS OF Baden
Eadcn. Let Your moral and your i'm
mortal health keep pace with your
physical vccuprratiOu and remember
that all the sulphur and chalyb"ate
springs cannot do You so much :-OOl us
the healing. perennial food that breaks
forth from tie Rock Of Ages" This
may be your last summer. If so, make
it Il fit vcs:ibulc of heaven.
Turf denominations.
Another temptation lowering around
nearly ali our watering places is til,
horse racing business. We ail admirc
the horse, h"t we do not thiuk that it's
beauty or speed ought TO he cultured
ut the expense Of human dcGra alation.
The horse race is rot OF such impor-
taucc as the human race. The Bible
intiuatcS that Il man is better Than Il
sheep, and | suppose .v is Letter than
Il horse, though. Ike Jobs stallion. lis
neck lie clothed with thunder. Horse
races in ollru times We're under the
y
day the same Institution has come UP
under fictitious names. And il is call
Cd Il summer meeting" almost SUE
gcStivc of positive rel giouS exercises
And it is called an "a;s:c,li;uval :air."
suggestive Of everything that is i'm
proving in the art OF farming. Eut
under these deceptive titles are the
SAME cheating, and the same betting.
and the same drunkenness, and thu
same vasahondagc, and the same
that We're to be found
under the old horse racing system.
| never knew Il man yet who could
give himself TO the pleasures of the
turf for Il long reach of time and not
be battered in morals. They hook up
their spanking team and put on their
sporting cap and light their cigar and
take the rriuS and dash down on the
road To pcrdtiou. The great day At
Saratoga and brighton Beach and
Cape May and nearly all the other wa
tcring places is tie day OF the races.
The hotels ~" thrCu%Cd, every kind of
cuuipagc is taken UP 1T an almost fab
ulOuS price, and there are many re-
spectacle people mingling with jock
cys and gamblers and libcrtincS and
foul mouthCl men and llaShy women.
The bartender stirs up the brandy
smash. The bets rui ligh. The
grccnlornS. suppOSng all is fair put
in their money soon enough to lose il.
Three weeks before the race takes
place the struggle is decided, and the
E,cn la the secret know an which stccd