Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-08-26


domestic infclieitirs uf this country than
nearly all other things combined. Society
is 81 artificial there chat 80" sure judy
mrut II character can be-. formed They
Who form companions amid such cir
cum~iancrs go into lottery where there
are 20 blanks 10 one prize la The Sc
we're tug nf life You want more than gilt
ter and splash Lift" is not a ballroom
where the music decides the step, and
bow and prance aud graceful swing IF
long train can MAKE NJ Tor strong CON.
mon sense Nou might as we'll - among
the gnyly painted yachts nf summer
regatta To- nnd war vessels as IL go
among III" light Splay of the summer wa
tering place 10 find character that can
stand the test of the great struggle Of I'm
man life In the battle Of life you want
stronger weapon than lace fan or a
cruquct mallrt The load Of life is -
heavy that Ia order Z" draw il you want
team stronger than that mad" up of a
masculine Era>>h"ppcr aud II feminine
butterfly. Ii there j. any man IN the
community who cXcitc> my contempt
aud who ought To excite ia" contempt 90
every man and woman. It is the soft
handed. soft headed dude. who. prrfumcd
until the air is actually sick. spends his
summer III NNFlkAhE hlililE dAtitiftftN. anu
waving sentimental adicuX. and talking
iniinitrsimal nothiugs and finding his
heaven in the set Of lavender kid glove
Boots as tight rs an inquiSition. Two
hours Of cunsummatc skill exhibited in
the Tie IT flashing cravat His con
vcrsation made mp of Abs" and obs,
and lie hes
There j. only one counterpart I" such
man a. that. and that is the frothy
young woman nj the watering places: her
conversation made up Of French moon
shine what She has in her head only
equalcd by what She has on her back;
useless ever since she was horn. and Ia
lee useless until She is dead unless she
becomes an intelligent Christian. W"
may admire music and fair faces and
graceful step: hut amid the hear'lcssncSs
and the imitation and the fantastic iniiu
ences ~ our modern watering places he
ware how You make lifelong covenants.
Another temptation that hov"rs over
the watering place is that "f hancful lii
craturc Almost every one starting of
for the summer takes some reading mat
ter II i book ont Of the library ar oil
the bonk>tand or bought 81 the boy
hawking hooks through the ears. really
believe there j. more pcSiifcrous trash
read among the intelligent CLASSES in
July and August than in all the other
ten months IL the year. Men and WON
on who nj home would not he satisfied
with a book that was not really sensible
find sitting an hotel piazza or under the
trees reading hooks the index Of which
would make them blush il they knew
that You knew what the book was.
oh" they say YOU must have int"lli
gent recreation" Yes. There is no need
that you take along 1" watering plac"
"Iamilton's Metaphysics or some pom
dcrous discourse on the eternal DEGREES
or "Faradays Philosophy. There ar"
many easy books that ar" good. You
might as we'll say. II propose now &"
give a little rest to my digestive organs.
and instead Of eating heavy meat and
vegetables | will. tor a little while. take
lighter food little strychninc and a
few grains nf ratShanc" Literary poi
son in August is aS had aS literary pol
son in December. Mark that. DO not
let the frogs of a corrupt printing press
jump int" your Saratoga trunk or White
mountain valiSc Are there not good
books that are easy to read hooks "
entertaining travel. books nf congcnial
history books ii pur" fun: books of po-
etry. ringing with merry canto; books of
! fine engraving. books that will rest III"
mind a. well n purify the heart and
elevate the whole life? There will not
! be- an hour between this and your death
when YOU can afford Ia read s book lack
| ing in moral principle.
Dangers of Intcmperance.
Another temptation lowering all around
our watering places is Intoxicating hey
eragcs am told that il j. becoming
more and more fashionable for women I"
/ drink care not how well woman may
/ dress il She has taken enough II wine Ia
| flush her cheek and put glaSsincSS ON
her eve. she is drunk. she may lee
| handed into $500 carriage and have
| diamonds enough I" astound the l hanys
she is drunk. She may H. graduate
Of the best young ladies seminary and
the daughter Of some man in danger Of
being nominated for I'll" presidency she
Is drunk You may have Il larger v"cah-
ulary than have. and you may say in
regard To- her that she is ''convivial' ar
| she is ''mcrry" or she Is festive or She
| is "cxhlaratcd but you cannot with all
your garland> 81 vcrhias" cover up the
| plain fact that il * an old fashioned ease
Of drunk.
Now the watering places are full Of
/ temptations to men and women 10 tipplc.
| At the close of the tcnpim billiard
game they tipplc. Al the close Of the
cotillon they tipplc Seated on the pi-
azza cooling themselves of they tipplc.
| The tinscd glasses come around with
/ bright straws and they tipple. First
they take light Wines rs they call
them. but light wines" are heavy
enough to dchas, the appetite. There is
not very long road between champagne
Mt 81 n bottle and whisky at Ia cents
glass Satan has three or four grades
down which he takes men to destruction.
| One man he takes up and through one
spree pitches him into eternal dark
ness That is n rare ease. Very seldom
indeed can you find a man who will hc
such fool as that Satan will take
another man to IA grade. Ia II descent ut
an angle about like the Pennsylvania
coal shoot or the Mount Washington rail
track. and shove him of But this is
very rare. When n man goes down Ia
destruction. satan brings him Ia plane.
| II i almost level. The depression is 50
slight that you can hardly see it. The
man does not actually know that he is on
the down grade. and il tips only n little
toward darkness just n little. And the
hrSt mile ~ u claret ana thc second mlic
1t is sherry and the third mile it is punch
aand the fourth mile it is ale and the firth
mile il is whisky and the sixth mile it is
brandy and then il gets sleeper and
sleeper and sleeper. until il is impoSsi-
bile to stop. 'I.ook not thou upon the
wine when it is red. when it givcth its
color in the cup. when il moveih itself
Alright At the last it hitcih like a ser
pent and Stingcth like an adder
The Only safe shelter.
Whether you tarry ~ home which
will hc quite rs safe and perhaps quite as
comfortable or 90 int" III" country. arm
yourself against temptation The grace
of God is the only safe shelter. whether
in town or country. There ar watering
places accessible L. all of ~. You can
not open book Of the Bible without
finding out som" such watering place
Fountains open for sin and uncleanncss