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' au OriGCtl IOilh6S Your boy likes good clotlies, and he is quite
' W particular about them when he starts to w
I$? tfM Qphnol RoWQ School. Can't blame him his companions $
J will look smart and neat in their new things,
and so should he. He will need a Suit, Waist or Shirt, Collars and Tie , Hat or Cap, some
Handkerchiefs, Shoes, Stockings, etc. You must satisfy the boy, so
BRING HIM TO US
We know just what he wants, just what he will look best in, and c are sure to please him.
We have an attractive Stock of those popular BUSTER BROWN SUITS for the
Little Fellows, also Extra Collars for change when he soils them.
Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution.
HAS THE PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE
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J dollars, or maybe five, a week. Not
twenty feet from that same hotel I
r met a nymph lu pave who had a dia-
I monds enough on her person to have
I paid for a nice homo almost anywhere
I In the city. I presume the scrub girl
I I is glad to get a piece of round steak,
I fried, while tho harlot would turn up
I her nose at anything less than tender
loin, broiled with mushrooms. I will
bet tho lingerie worn by the woman
of sin is worth more than all that
working girl's wardrobe. When vice
rewards Its devotees like that and vir
tue pays off in such shabby coin, Is
there any reason for wondering at
crime?"
"I know a young man in this city
who has tried to secure a public posi
tion," continued the philosopher, "but
ho cannot. He is a family man, with
a decent wife and children; ho works
hard every day and just about makes
I both ends meet. As to ability, ho has
I plenty of It. Society doesn't recognizo '
him in particular, because ho is poor.
I know another man who enjoys a good
public position; who is entertained In
select circles; who lacks having half
tho ability tho first one has, and he
maintains a mistress in a fashionable
boarding house. Would there bo any
thing to wonder at tho first man, know
ing what ho does, turning out and be
coming thoroughly bad? Of course
there wouldn't. I have seen a grocer,
who kept a place where mon could
buy that which would mako their fam-
illes happy, fall, while a booze foun-
dry next door, which dispensed liquid
damnation, laid up money, and bought
its proprietor good clothes, diamonds,
a fancy team and carrlago and many
other good things. Could anybody
blame the grocer for wanting to start
a gin mill after an experience like
that?"
"I have seen a man with some cap
ital start In a legitimate enterprise,
containing some of tho elements of
speculation, and manage It with all
tho care a man could exercise and fail
to win, whilo upstairs over his place of
business a gambling house made a bar
rel of money. I have seen other men
engage in business strictly honorable
and go to tho wall In a short time,
whilo right across tho street a crook- j
ed, thieving, dishonest cur amassed a
fortune. I seo every day of my life
honest men, with hard hands, strug- j
?llng to make a living for their fam
ilies, wearing poor clothes, eating
coarse food, whilo elbowing them on
tho streets are tin horns and fallen
women's "secretaries" dressed In tho
finest with plenty of money at their
command. And noting all this I won
der if it really pays to bo decent?"
"Nor is all this confined to ordinary
humanity. I know of ministers who
do nothing but preach Christ and Him
Crucified to small congregations for
about forty dollars per month, while
parsons who refrain from calling tho
attention of their congregations to
their many errors get five times that
sum. I know men with so little
knowledge of books and art nnd music
that they couldn't tell who wrote
Vanity Fair' or 'The Leather Stocking
Tales,' who would not know tho dif
ference between nn oil painting nnd a
chrorno; who could not tell whether
tho orchestra was playing 'Pilgrim's
Chorus,' or 'Old Kentucky Home,' who
are admitted to social circles and lion
ized becauso in private llfo they aro
moral lepers, whilo poorer men aro
kept out, notwithstanding they aro tho
montnl suporters of tho other class,
nrd have forgotten more of tho things
that aro supposed to mako life worth
living than tho others will over know.
Now go far as I can seo tho rewards
that virtue bestows hero aro so limited
i in character that working for virtuo is
like laboring for nothing nnd boarding
'yourself. Virtuo may have a lot of
I money in tho bank, but sho never is
sues any checks upon it. Vico on tho
other hand carries a sack full of gold
and hands it out right and loft. Ask
any moralist, theologian or astuto stu
dent and ho will toll you that tho time
Virtuo makes herself felt is at tho
hour of parting with llfo. That tho
good man dies In peace, with a promise
of a better oxlstenco horeaftor. Look
ing at tho deaths of a great many good
men and a , "it many bad men, I can
not seo how much difference there is.
Tho good man dies, Is given a cheap
burial and in a month is forgotten. The
other chap closes his eyes and rides
to a choice lot In tho cemetery covere'1
with American Beauty roses and 111 ,
of tho valley. In tlmo ho, too, is for-
I got ton, but when lie is remembered it H
is that he had a rattling good time H
wlillo hero; everything came cisy, H
while tho other, and tho poor devil , H
hustled from early infancy until sore I H
old ngo and passed away without a H
picayune. As to the lot of cither be- H
yrnd the clouds, I don't know, but this Hj
.feeding a follow en a diet of skimmed ' H
milk hero on earth with a promise of ' H
croani and butter on tho golden shore,
sc'.'kIh nil right, but It's mighty poor
consolation when the butcher climbs t )
in with n bill; when the ico man de- !' i i H
mauds pay; when the milkman conies ' ' H
round with the next dollars' worth of ', H
tickets and reminds you thnt the last , ti H
aro not paid for." 'j It H
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If anyone cin ruggo-t a remedy for i, j H
the conditions narrated by my friend ij t , H
I he Is welcome to nil this portion of my ,,,' j H
space, bocruifo, looking over tho sltua- ' ' ' H
'Hon, I am prone to admit that It is 71
more or less fnct. Suppose we should 1 1 H
try to correct this evil by an open ' : '
criticism or those who permit it. The i' H
man who litres the working girl would ', H
feci Insulted nnd would tnko his ad- f I H
vertising out or the paper, cut off his ;;; (
subscription and urgo his friends to VJ r
do llkowlso. The rellow who lives J;1; H
with tho concubine would start n libel , ' (
suit nnd would prove by a boon com- .. j tfl
panion or so that tho ".ady" had apart- I 'If J
ments on tho floor nbovo and would ,,t , ' H
produce receipts from tho landlndy in fi' H
, court Hliowing that sho paid her own In. H
rent. Then tho landlady would bring l: H
an action against us for damages to i I H
the "reputation" of her house- by roa- H
son of tho publication nnd thoro would ' " H
bo a heavy bill of costs. Attack tho u !' H
saloon man next door to tho grocer j ' H
who failed and the next tlmo one went r ' fl
into his plnce after a beer on a hdt j 1 1 H
dny and some thumper would knock h ! O
hi3 block ofr. Kxposo tho dishonest 1 -j i', H
cur who robs pcopH and tho chances ' H
aro that society would declaro wo 'j, i H
were "persecuting" a good man. Jar H
tho high salaried minister nnd his i H
flock would boycott one to a cold fin- lh H
Ish for meddling with something that hi , H
did not belong to one's business. Hold ' ! H
up tho moral leprosies of tho pampered J H
darling of society to tho light and his ' , j H
fcmnlo friends would have spasms bo- ' i H
.causo ono was saying such things , p H
about "dear Mr. Porkcnham." ' . H
But' what my friend says is true in 'l H
most partciulars. I knew a good old ?" ! H
soul who was engaged in a business, i h j H
legitimate In its chnracter, in this city ;' I H
for years. Ho did tho best ho could, ' j IH
i hut it wouldn't go, although ho kept ) j H
I tho best kind of goods and was fair 'j j H
to everybody. After ho sold out an- (j M
other man took tho placo, started a '. i M
I poker room in tho back and is making i.ju i M
money. In somo way or othor, people j'd j M
seem to patronize tho wicked and give i' M
tho good tho go by. Tho man who d J IH
sells moral books starves, while tho -, ji
chap who deals in dctcctlvo stories r? .', M
and playing cards gets thoro with I M
both feet. Whether It will always bo ! j
thus is a problem, nnd tlmo nlono will M
domonstrnto it. And yet with all the ' jJ
'damnnhlo ovidence at hand, I cannot ,i M
find it In my heart to advlso any ono j ; M
to forsako tho beaten track laid out ' H
by Virtuo to wnnder In tho devious i '
parthways marked out by Vico. Becauso K M
thero may bo something In tho maxim i tt
quoted at tho beginning after all. And ;' H
after this llfo is ended thero may be ' H
a -ubstantlal reward awaiting tho man 9 M
and tho woman who havo done tho ty H
best thoy could. Tho scrub girl may I H
wear a crown of glory and tho hard ., , H
working man a halo of peace, whilo ' H
tho harlot and tho paramour do a u H
small stunt in tho valley f tho land n H
of annoynnco. Tho grocor may walk B H
among tho flowers In tho, everlasting u H
gardens of joy, whilo the boozo scllor M H
turns handsprings on tho hot platos g H
of hades. Tho man. who went Into if H
bankruptcy may bathe in tho cooling U H
.waters of tho River of Life, whilo tho 1 H
chap across tho street writhes and H
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