DON’T BE IN A HURRY TO GO 
siderour dignity is really our self-conceit—too 
much indifference to matters that ought to bo 
of vital importance. So long as they dou't 
affect us particularly, we don’t care to have 
anything to do with them or about thorn. But 
lot them route homo to us. un d then see w hat 
the result will be. Your son or uiino may take 
to drinking. Nothing Is tnoro likely, with so 
many chances thrown in their way. Would it 
he policy, would It l.io rfp/it, for me to tell my 
boy that he should not connect himself with a 
society like ours, knowing, as I was careful to, 
that, there were no elements of evil In it? 
There he is sure of being out of temptation. 
In the streets he Isn't. Would I have been 
doing right If I h id said, 1 You had better keep 
away from it, ni> boy, for fear you'll lower 
yourself in a social point or view?’ Should T 
make his pride, which 1 consider a wrong kind 
social and moral improvement. I hope you’l 
se<j the matter in a wore favorable light and let 
your son join our society, and Join it yourself.” 
“I don't think l shall," answered Mr. JOHN¬ 
SON, And he did not, He had a son, a young 
man of tine abilities, just from school. He, in 
common with many of the bust young men in 
Glenwtld, desired to join the Temperance so¬ 
ciety. But Mr. Johnson wus opposed to ills 
doing this. 
*'Some of the poorest class of society have 
become members,'’ ho said. “Could you feel 
free to associate with them ?" 
“They may educate themselves to a higher 
standard by associating with those of a higher 
social grade," was the young man’s r-ply. “I 
think I have nothing to fear in that, direction. 
I know many young men of our best society 
who have joined the organization, and they tel * 
me that there one is sure of getting good intel¬ 
lectual and moral culture. They have found 
that, instead of having a. tendency t,o lower the 
position or any one, it elevates, and teaches 
lessons of the highest good. May 1 join it?" 
“Not with my consent,” answered his father. 
“ Very well,” answered the young man, stung 
by the cold, Indifferent, way his father assumed 
In giving his refusal. And there the matter 
dropped between them. 
The society prospered. But the liquor shops 
were not shut up. They will live for all time, 
I fear, They arc so tenacious of life that noth¬ 
ing can quite destroy them. They come nearer 
being illustrations of the old fnblo of the Phoe¬ 
nix than anything else l know of. Shut them 
up by law, and straightway some highly respec¬ 
table person in legislative power procures a 
key to open them again. They are the pets, the 
darlings of our ruling power. What would a 
pure,politicalsi/stsm like ours, do without them ? 
It couldn't exist. They must be encouraged. 
It Is true that death to body and soul conies out 
of them, hut there's Influence and power in 
thorn for the man 
-- — _ Who wants it bad 
enough to obtain It 
through their agen- 
07 . Ami men mwirf 
have position and 
influence if men and 
are ruined by the 
very tiling that givi , 
_ =?=?: them the power they 
Beautiful, isn’t it ? 
It is political econo¬ 
my illustrated for 
“ They say Wt& Jj 
Johnson Is getting 
to be a frequent vis¬ 
itor &t the saloons,” 
said one young man 
to another. “Is it 
“Yes,” was the 
reply, “ he d rinks 
terribly. Ho wanted 
to join our aoOiOty, 
when it was started, 
but It i s father op- 
posed his doing so. 
With the worst class 
of society. He has 
, v, year ago I wanted to. 
It would have saved 
,no then. Now it’s 
too late. I’m too far 
t none. My appetite 
-| Or ha, be- 
society now, 
! ; " ' 
JiSlESBHSlfSb made upon the hill, 
and the son he loved 
-4| so well lawny 
regret. If he could 
have seen Into the 
Come, boys, I have somethtng tv tell you: 
< OEiu licre, I would whisper It low; 
\ ou'rrt thinking 01 leaving the homestead- 
Don’t be in a hurry to go. 
The out has many attractions. 
But think of the vices and am* t 
VY bon one • in the vortox of fashion. 
How soon the course downward b gins. 
You t-Ufc 1 f the a hies of Australia; 
They’re wealthy in treasure, no doubt, 
But, ah ! there’s gold In the fai m, boys. 
If you 'll on y shovel it out. 
The meren utile life Is a hazard, 
T p. good - nre llrst high n d then low: 
Better risk th ■ old farm a while longer— 
Don't he In a i.urry to go. 
The great busy West has inducements. 
And so bus the business mart; 
And wealth Is not made In u dac, boys; 
Hon t bo In a hurry to start. 
The banke and broker arc wealthy. 
And take In their thousands or so ; 
Ah ! lhlnk of their frauds and deeoptions- 
Don t b Inn hurry to go. 
The farm Is the safest and surest • 
The orchards nro loaded to-dtiy; 
You are free us the air of the mountain. 
And tnonnrch of all you survey. 
But stay on ,he fatui a while longer. 
Though profits cotnn In rather low; 
Remeinbo, you've nothing to link, boys; 
Don't be In a hurry to go. 
was should Identify himself with a society 
whoso success was doubtful, no matter how 
good its object might bo “ 1 don't look at the 
matter in the light you do. I look at. It in this 
way ; -There is too much liquor drank in Glen- 
wiid. Our young men nro constantly having 
temptations to drink thrown in their way, and 
there is nothing to counterbalance the effect 
and influence of the liquor trade. A society 
like ours can do no injury, if it does no good; 
consequently, those who join It are riot com¬ 
promising themselves In any way. 
“ Possibly, and I think altogether probable, 
it may result In a great deal of good. Wo don’t 
know, you see, whether it, will or not, and so 
long as there is a possibility of its doing some¬ 
thing to make men better, and none of its 
making them worse, It doesn’t look just right 
for men who consider themselves Influential 
for good to condemn the institution when they 
won't even take the trouble to find out if there 
is anything about It worthy of condemnation, 
I tell you what, it Is, Mr. Johnson, t here's too 
much I-am-better-than-you feeling In the 
world—too much Tear of getting bolow what 
we call onr dignity, though often what wo com 
moral good? No, sir. 1 gave my consent for 
my boy to Join, willingly, and Joined It musclf, 
I bus showing him that I had faith in It and 
wasn’t afraid of tryilUl to do good, even If the 
result might not bo anything great and famous. 
J don't believe it takes awav anything from our 
standing to go to work band In band with our 
poorer fcllowmen for possible good. The ovll 
we are working against is plain to be seen. It 
may knock at your door or mine next. I'm a 
plain-spoken man, Mr. Johnson, and I say 
frankly that I don't, think you’re doing lust 
TOO LATE!’ 
BY EBEN E. BHX.FOHD 
Thebe was a sensation in Glenwild. A tem¬ 
perance lecturer had been there. Tie had spoken 
to the people on l lie evil of intemperance, and 
God k nows there was need of it. He had spoken 
nobly and well. He had spoken ns one who 
knew of what hew 
speaking. He had — 
been a drunkard 
once, and a friendly 
hand had been out¬ 
stretched to help 
him. It had seemed 
the hand of man, but 
he knew that be¬ 
neath the guise of 
earthly clay, it was 
re;dly the hand of 
God. 
Beforo he went 
away he organized a 
Temperance Society, 
whose only requisi¬ 
tion for membership 
was a pladgo to ab¬ 
stain from all intox¬ 
icating drinks. Such 
a thing was unheard 
of in Glenwild, and 
therefore the fact 
that it created 
con¬ 
siderable sensation 
among all classes of 
society is not to be 
wondered at. There 
were a variety of 
opinions on the sub¬ 
ject. The habitual 
drinkers were terri¬ 
bly offended. These 
habitual drinkers 
wore what some peo¬ 
ple term “moderate 
drinkers ”— that 
Yvonderful class of 
people who know 
just how much to 
drink and when to 
stop. 
“ Why 1 It looks 
as if we was so fur 
gone that nothin' 
but signin’ the Tem- 
p'rance pledge could 
save us,” declared 
one of those strong- 
minded men In. the 
village barroom, to a 
crowd of kindred 
spirits. “For m // 
part, I know when 1 
have drank enough, 
in' the man who 
can't stop when be 
gets all that is good 
fur him, ain’t much, 
in my opinion." 
Whioh opinion was 
warmly seconded by 
the “ ancient w o r - 
thiea" congregated 
there. 
Tiie higher class of 
society lu GJenwild 
—and, like most oth¬ 
er places,it had some 
aristocratic people- 
held aloof. They 
considered these 
Temperance people 
as something like fa¬ 
natics. They carried 
the tiling too far. 
They were too strict 
in their rules — too 
stringent In their 
prohibition of ail 
kinds of liquor. How 
