Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-05-24

mighty blow. LO, tue TOSh OAOhN'
Solomon bids me give TO you the ham,
mer of persistence. He tells me to
point you to the rock Of adversely say.
ing: Strike. strike until the fires OF
heaven fash! Strike for your life!
And keep on strikingF
King Solomon warns the young folks
against sin because evil companions
are always the first to extend the right
hand Of welcome. The good young man
says: 81 cannot afford to associate with
every one. cannot go with every
stray acquaintance whom l meet upon
the street. | should live IN the city as
I live at home ought not to consort
with any companion whom | would be
ashamed to introduce 10 my mother or
sisters" When you enter the store as
n fellow clerk. he watches you. By
conversation be 1nds out whether or no
YOU are q church member. de Is 100
busy to gossip during business hours
and 80 II will take some time for him
and you TO become fast friends AFTER
awhile he will invite you 10 attend
night school or go to some lecture OF
meeting. He asks you what books you
read and then offers to lend you one OF
the classics. BY and by you arrange
IN take YOUR vacations together Then
the good young man gives to you the
highest compliment Of his life-he asks
YOU to come home with him ana WISH
his mother. That dear old lady wei
comes you as only his mother can. She
knows your own home Is so far away
that 1t is impossible for you to 60 there
and get back to the store when the two
holidays are over.
Some False Friends.
But the bad young man Is never hard
TO become acquainted with. He Will
slap you upon the back as soon as you
enter the store. He offers you a Gig
arctic or invites you later TO take a
drink. He stops you in the hall and
wants to Lave a long talk. He Is al
wavs loafing when the head OF the de-
nartment is away. After a little while
he begins to make fun Of your BiDle.
He ridicules you as s;ingy because you
send most Of your money home to sup
mort q widowed mother and five ra'
therless children. and then. II you have
money to spend he and his evil com
panions will gather around you to help
spend 1t If you will let them. GS h'lu
of clover toys will cmpty all the bee
hives from far ard near Hut aIter
vour money is gone and position gone
and health gore and honor gone they
will care no more for you than Tor q
dead cut in the street The night you
die the saloons will be as crowded the
glasses will click just as merrlly as
ever. At that bar which you now fire.
ouent there will not be tear shed oYei
) YOU. The Cay your body is buried the
very friends who are now entlclng you
nway will gamble just as recklessly
} and laugh Just as loud with others as
! they now do with you. and If necessary
: and they could find no ether place they
would be willing to gamble at YOU
grave.
| Some years ago In Glasgow team
] Of horses took fright and ran away
3 The coachnan was hurried from III
? box. The carriage waS TOSSED aDOu
from side to side. With snort ant
3 lathered hanks the mad creatures raj
= on Inside Of the vehicle was seel
r the pale face of woman. whose arm
: clasned to her bosom little chilo
j You might as well have tried to stop
8 thunderbolt as to stop that runaway
= Down the street they came faster ant
. faster. The carriage grazed this pos
t and that wheel. The people cleare'
: the track. Suddenly from out OF IN
I crowd a man sprang. He was dresse
D in the common clothes Of laborel
D With almost superhuman strength b
caught the bits Of the wild animals
s Though they trampled him underroo
n and were beating out his life. he hun
o on until they were halted. The Dy
|. ISLANDERS helped the fainting woma
( out of the carriage. Loving hands cal
t ried the poor bleeding body OF the Ii
It borer to the hospital. That night on
d of the finest mansions Of all Scotlan
was lighted. party was going oil
y The guests and friends were congra
d ulating the hostess upon her escap
u from almost certain death. In the ca
It Iy hours of morning the neighooI
u heard the noise Of song and mirth an
2 merriment. Not far from that NAL
l. sion. In one Of the public wards OF IL
hospital. hero's ife WAS ebbng ava.
II was the life Of the poor man WI
Ie that afternoon flung himself under II
It sharp iron boots As the nurse WI
D. moistening the dry lips and lifting hi
8, iust a little. and as the gurgle VIZ
e. sounding in the throat, he asked. "H'
s. she not been to see me?" NO. VIZ
q the answer; "she Is at party an
q. can't come" "Oh." said the dyir
le man. 81 did hope she would thin
le enough Of me to come just for one m
IF ment." Such will be the Indifferent
" Of evil companions after they ha'
~ wrecked your life. Are you ready
sacrifice all that you hold dear for sue
ID friends2
re One day some gentlemen were tai
Or ing to my uncle, and one said, rs
to not strange how willing the world
= to kick man when he Is down
es mo" answered my uncle. Il do II
I'd think the world kicks man so mu
ut when he is down as when he Is tryil
he TO stand up" "My son. If sinners
n tice thee, consent thou not"
ct King solomon's Warming.
D. King Solomon warns the young pc
cn ple not to consent to sin because ait
'e- we have once yielded we will never
rs the same again. 1t would be pleasa
1t If we could 90 on SHINING and then
ry er awhile say, II guess will stop
re start over again." But we cannot
- or do that. Whatsoever man sowe
of that shall he also reap. If a man ma
ds a bed of roses, he sleeps in a cloud
he incense. If he gather only the thor
nd he must be lacerated by the thor
Aftor vou have once robbed the III