Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-08-15

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subject or Il e seasons of .defalcation will
continue to repeat themselves.
You have no right to ride in carriage
for which you are hopelessly, in debt to
the wheelwright wao furnished the landau
and to the horse dealer who provided the
blooded span, and to the harness maker
who, .caparisoned. the gay steeds, and to
the liveryman who has provided the stab,
ling, and to the driver who, with rosetted
hat, sits ON the coach box
Oh, am so glad 1t IS not the aosoiute
necessities OF HE winch SEND people out
into dlshonestles and hing them INTO mis-
fortunes. IL Is almost always the super
1ulties' ood mas PROMISED US house'
but not a palace; ralment, put not chln-
chllla; TODD, but not canvasoack duck;
am YET 70 see one OF these eIeat aeiaica-
tlons which Is not cohhecCeu III soilie way
WIZ eAtraVasahce.
WINE once IN aWhlie 1enIy 1rrilis OF
an az Euwln booth OF oosepn oelersoii
,hriis great auuiehce WIN tIa9euy, you
kno" as wen as 90 that tne VasJ major
Ivy oI Ine theat[es are as ueDaseu as ue.
paseo they can DE, as uhcIeah as uhclIal ll
they cah pe ahd M us uall.anie as uaillha|ric |
they can De. tnree nllmlon m ucliai t
vast haIori.y OF 'hose ooiiars soins III 'he
wrong oirec'ion'
Over hundred millions paid IN this
country for cigars and tobacco a year!
About $4,000, 100000 paid for. strong drink
extravaganza, pernlclous extravaganza,
can there be any permanent prosperity!
Business men, cool headed business men,
ls such a thing possibility! Ihese eX-
travagances also account, as [ have al
ready hlnted, Tor the positive crimes, the
torgerles, the abscondings OF the officers
OF the banks. The store on the business
street sWamped by the residence on the
tashlonable avenue. Ihe fathers S, the nus
bands craft capsized by CARRYING too
much domestic sail. That is what springs
tn the leak IN the merchants money till.
That is what cracks the pistols OF the sui
cides. That is what tears down the banks.
That IS what stops insurance companies:
lhst IS what halts this nation again and
again IN its trlumphal march OF prosper
ity. In the presence OF the American peo-
pie, so TAR as L can get their attention, L
want to arralgn tins monster curse OF eX-
travagance, ana L want you to peit 1t with
your, scorn and hurl at it your ,anathema.
know 1T cuts close. l did not know
but some OF you IN high dudgeon would
get up and go out. You stand 1T well.
Some or you make great swash in life,
and after awhile you will die, and minis
tiers Will be sent Tor to come and stand by
your coffin and lie about your excellences,
but they. will not come. Ii you send for
me, L Will tell you what my text Will be:
He that provideth not for his, own, and
especially TOR those IN hls own household,
Is worse than an !nfidel!"
What an apportionment! Twenty thou
sand dollars for ourselves and one cent
Tor God. All, my friends, this eXtrava-
gance accounts tor great deal or what
the cause OF God suffers
AnoS he desecration goes on even to the
funeral day. You know very well that
there are men who die solvent, but the
expenses are, so great before they get un.
der ground they are lnsolvent.
:; ntlt are lallllleS that go into penurs
IN "lckeo ,Tespohse TO the demands OF
t.4ls o"f. AhSy Put III casket ana TOMB
bread '"lT rbew whivn tnds h housd. 70 put IN
p,enu tben, .dmSs+ Infs wanted oread' you gave
0na Iii tI;ni- a.. A. I'D
oie witt thiilh ,hat tne lasC t"o op
s'IJ ns"tnl peIpie wou!u pe pdrIlcular ABOUT
toI'a mIu,u Ie p ehe pI!siclan ana the unaer-
Ea D.ia'.a' .ln my az .iie wv laSI oo
-, tI oo IN M Pioise1'0ie P'I s aLe a. 1ilioso
II; Ttea' Th,' ras.e' anu a he i,usI coine gay ana
amid the GREAT solemnities and often
these two men are the very last to be met
with compensation. MERCHANTS sell woods
and the goods are not paid for They take
back the goods. 7 am fold Rut there ia
no relief in this case The man snent Ill
he had in luyurv and eytr,vaoance While
he lived, and then he goes out of the
world and has left nothing for his family.
nothing for the obsenu;es and as he aoes
ont of the world he steaIs the doctor,s
pills and the undertaker's sinners was
reading in a New York naDer an ,ccount
of the obseouies in n family Of verv noSar0
ate estate, and the aggrecste wac Seo0o
a man in New York Of ,Soderafe estate ssyDyb.
dies He has Eved in owtro,,,a I,,,.,,,.,
He departs this lie The fan,;Iv des;rnyys
of keepine M tbe mogn;fcenne orders st ths tns
following things, Thev were nrodnced and
never Maid for 70 this dav. p1NDN'u '''u
C,sl,a+ oo,,o,o5 Ill,
oasihet, coEered Win Lyons VeNet, o
u SILVER hloldihgs ;;i;...'.''.......'.. $500
lleaIy Piaeeu handles. ...;;':..,,..... 6o
o1iiu t silver piate' engraved IN roman
re le'Ieps Frs '....::.. '.................. 70
Efd,1 len lihsn scars. .....'.............. 100
HIolal .I ueGoratlohs. ,........;...,.. 70
Maslc -rl anu luartet cholr at the mouse 4O
r TMeh's carriagss ':.....:........... l4o
men nlteeh other important eXpen-
oi'ures amounting to.............. 336
Mill; - o,o-,